28. [ RL with Karkat ]

[areyoulovers]

[ The Vashtis keep up a safehouse in the suburbs of Warsaw, a brick terraced house that has (fake) flowers in the window boxes and generally gives an air of generic homey-ness. Unlike some safehouses (Setsuna), it's fully furnished, albeit unusually organized, because no one actually lives there; but Mileina's made a movie-watching sanctuary in the

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[goddamncrabby]

[It is one huge freakin' culture shock.

It doesn't help that he's already trying to figure out the WHAT and the WHO and the HOW of worldhopping at the same time he's taking in his new surroundings with wide, yellow eyes and a wrinkled nosed. Watching John and the other humans grow up over the computer was nothing compared to actually visiting a human abode in real life. And he had no idea how to deal.

So while Mileina greet him happily (oh god a human in the flesh how was he supposed to react what was he doing?!), he just kind of... spins around, gaze darting across the room in surprise]

What the fu-- [CULTURE SHOCK. SUCH A HUGE CULTURE SHOCK]

This... this is a human hive?

[areyoulovers]

Yes! Um, to be honest, I don't usually live here-- my real home is in space, you see, but I'm not allowed to introduce aliens into the environment... um, no offense, of course! But this is a completely normal human hive. Or rather, human house!

[ poor Karkat looks so confused ;o; She will endeavor to help him!! ]

If you'd like any explanations, I'd be happy to give them! I'm sure it must look very different from what you're used to.

[goddamncrabby]

[SO CONFUSED INDEED. But hey, he cannot be blamed]

I'm fine! It's just different than, well. You know. Watching it on a computer screen.

[Already moving forward to poke a couch]

What the hell is this?

[areyoulovers]

It's a couch! You sit on it, see? [ she demonstrates by bouncing down onto it :D ] It's traditional to watch movies from a couch!