♋ 13th stage: [video] [Dec 19th, late at night]

[dungenessmaster]

[Hours after Gamzee was caught and jailed, Death City's other least favorite grey-skinned asshole returns. apparently Karkat skimmed the network to get an idea of what's been going on. he's moving fast with the Kinshin Chamber vanishing in the background, and he looks... awful. his eyes are too wide. long story short, he's been through some shit

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[wiredgod]

No one's died. [It's Normal who responds, worried and tired]

At least, I'm pretty sure. A lot of serious injuries. Some people are still unconscious.

...Is there anything we can do...? ['We' being her and/or Bold, of course]

[dungenessmaster]

[For a moment Karkat looks sort of confused, then he remembers. This is the girl with the three different personalities.

He likes Bold better, but he can deal with Lain. Especially when she just made him feel a whole lot better about everything. No one's dead. This is bad and Gamzee apparently hurt lots of people, but they might all recover.]

Oh, thank fucking... whatever.

[he rubs his temples, then looks at her dubiously.]

You wouldn't happen to know how to break into an apartment, would you?

Video; derp forgot this

[wiredgod]

[Blink. Her lip twitches, a ghost of a tired smile. Bold, in the back of her mind, snickers. Of course they can.]

Bold would. I can get her on it right away; but I need your address first.

no prob most of these are vid anyway because he's still on the move :V

[dungenessmaster]

[there's a pause, then an incoming file with a city map, and his apartment number marked by the right building in grey.]

Tell Bold -- or however the shit your head works -- to get over there and look for a pie. Like, look in weird places, on the bookshelf or under the ablution basin. Gamzee stashed those things wherever he happened to forget about them. It'll be kind of weird-looking, and for fuck's sake don't try to eat it!

perma vid then!!

[wiredgod]

[There's a change then, from Normal to Bold, with Bold wrinkling her nose in distaste]

Why the hell would I eat a weird pie I found in your house in a weird place?

I'm not an idiot.

[She rolls her eyes, but is clearly on the move now] You can count on me! But what's a pie gonna do?

HUZZAH

[dungenessmaster]

[oh good, Bold is a lot more like what he's used to dealing with.]

Yeah, well you'd be amazed at the basic harrowing stupidity people display when they're confronted with something different.

The pie's cooked with sopor substitute. It's a long story, all you need to know is that Gamzee's not going to go back to the way he was without it.

Re: HUZZAH

[wiredgod]

Yeeahh, see that's the difference between me, and stupid humans. My first instinct is to take the shit apart, not stick it in my mouth. Remember that before you give unsolicited advice.

[She frowns, confused. The hell is 'sopor'? But she shakes her head] Well, whatever helps.

And before I forget--what happened to you? You look like hell.

No offense.

[dungenessmaster]

Unsolicited advice is kind of my thing. Being one of the few people in this city who gives me even a modicum of faith in the intelligence of your species doesn't make you exempt.

[he's been on the move this whole time, and finally he slows to a walk. apparently he's within sight of the jail.]

Makes sense. Shit kind of completely went to hell back in the Veil.

[wiredgod]

[Was that a compliment? Her eyebrow raise a little but then she smiles at him] Heh.

...Wanna talk about it? Not right now, obviously. Waaay more important things to get done.

Also, has anyone given you a list of who all's been put in the clinic yet?

[dungenessmaster]

Yeah, no, fuck that. Tell me who got hurt. I know about Jade, Fabiola, Kurt...

[he pauses.]

And maybe Yosuke?

[wiredgod]

Neji got a list. He likes being organized.

Let's see, uh... Aside from the ones you named, there's Tohru, Miku, Rei, Yako, and Choushiro. But those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. I think there are more, but you'd have to ask clinic workers directly.

[dungenessmaster]

[most of those names mean nothing to him. except...]

Oh fuck, Rei? He got Rei Kurosawa? But she's just... in the clinic or something, right?

[wiredgod]

[She hesitates, then shakes her head]

Uh...No. She's in a coma. No one's really sure when she'll wake up. [Pause] Or if she even will.

[dungenessmaster]

[good thing Karkat was done running, because he probably... can't anymore. whatever happened to him back where he came from must have really knocked him off-balance, he's not even trying to hide the stricken look on his face.]

You're joking right? Bold. This is NOT THE FUCKING TIME.

[wiredgod]

[She stops moving too, for the moment, looking angry]

Why the hell would I joke about that!? Go see her yourself if you're not convinced!

[But his expression sinks in and the anger dissipates. Bold sighs a little.] I'm not joking. It's true... I'm sorry.

[dungenessmaster]

How bad is... never mind. I'll go see for myself when I get this shit taken care of.