[IC: On top of the Stationhive]

[youmustlickit]

> Be the EMOTIONALLY CONFLICTED BLIND GIRL.

Oh boy are you ever succeeding at that.

You're sitting on the edge of the roof of the STATIONHIVE trying to think things through. You've been avoiding most of your friends, Karkat in particular, the past few days.

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[bethecoolkid]

[As the Knight of Time, you know exactly how long shit has been awkward overall at Rainbow Rumpus Party Town. It's a subtle effect of your powers, that you somehow just seem to KNOW how time flies by whereas before you could have just ignored it. When each tick of the clock feels like a chickenshit heartbeat and every movement of the hands some kind of unidentified but no doubt gross glandular activity, sitting still and doing nothing is REALLY capable of driving a kid mad.

Mad enough to start slowly, but surely, walk up all the stairs towards the top of the roof, where you know the girl in question is hanging out. Each step feels like it's priming you for some ironic trip and embarrassing tumble, as if to really hammer home what a phenomenally stupid idea this is.

But as you're not Tavros, you manage to climb up and, as soon as you open that door to the rooftop, confront the girl.

Aaany time now. Gonna confront the girl. You confront her. YOU CONFRONT THAT GIRL THIS INSTANT.]

[youmustlickit]

[You know the COOLKID is there. You could smell him the second he came up. But you're going to wait for him to make the first move. ]

[bethecoolkid]

[On the other side of this door is possibly the most awkward talk you're ever going to have with a girl. Behind you, stairs. Bro warned you about the latter, and now you wish that he had taken some time to dish out about the former. Your throat is dry, you're head's a mess and you wonder:why bother? Wouldn't it be best to just let it be? Drop this whole situation like the hot mess it is, watch Terezi drift back to Karkat, everyone wins, everyone's happy.

Everyone except you. Because that's the strategy you've been following these past few days, and it's pretty fucking obvious by now that isn't working out for you at all. Selective blindness isn't an option right now. It probably hasn't been one since she first told you Bro was dead. So... hands on the handle. Turn it sideways and push.
were doin this man
were makin it happen]

hey

[youmustlickit]

...H3Y

[bethecoolkid]

[You proceed to sit down by the edge, keeping a respectful distance to her.]

sup

[youmustlickit]

STUFF
1 GU3SS

[bethecoolkid]

kay

you okay

[youmustlickit]

Y34H
SUR3
TOT4LLY OK4Y

[bethecoolkid]

[Yeah that's not fooling you- but you're too awkward to call her on it, so- still back on square one.]

aright

[youmustlickit]

[You get your AWKWARD SILENCE on for a good couple of mintues.]

SO
4R3 TH1NGS JUST GONN4 B3 4WKW4RD NOW?
NO MOR3 COOLK1D 4NT1CS FOR US?

[bethecoolkid]

[You sigh, and lie down on the roof- immensely grateful that she broke the silence, and kind of disappointed in yourself for not doing it first.]

not until we get past this shit

[youmustlickit]

WH4T DO W3 DO TO G3T P4ST 1T
B3C4US3 TH1S SUCKS 4ND 1 DONT KNOW WH4T TO DO
4ND 1 H4T3 NOT KNOW1NG WH4T DO TO

[bethecoolkid]

we do the smart thing
forget this ever happened and move on
everyone gets along again and all the weird goes away

[youmustlickit]

PR3TTY SUR3 1 C4NT JUST FORG3T 1T

[bethecoolkid]

why not
its just making shit worse
isnt it

[youmustlickit]

1 DONT KNOW
1 M34N 1T 1S BUT
HOW 4M 1 SUPPOS3D TO JUST 1GNOR3 1T