Comments | milliways_bar: deck the halls with oh dear god what is that thing

nepetaleijon in milliways_bar

deck the halls with oh dear god what is that thing

Dec 28, 2011 23:47

It is an ancient troll tradition -- one of the few that doesn't involve murdering each other -- to gather behemoth leavings at the turn of the sweep, to celebrate the end of an old year and the start of a new one. The Milliways trolls have divided the tasks between them; Karkat and Kanaya hunting a behemoth leaving, and Nepeta agreeing to stay ( Read more... )

nepeta leijon, kanaya maryam, karkat vantas, tyler marlocke, ilena, adrian shephard, ako (negima!)

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crabbycustomer December 29 2011, 04:56:34 UTC

Karkat is trying, simultaneously, to light the highest prong and wave off Kanaya's help.

"STOP IT... I DON'T need... GET THAT THING... NNGGGGH!"

Yeah he can't reach.

bloodyvirgo December 29 2011, 04:59:01 UTC

"Karkat, You Are Going To Knock It Over At The Rate You're Going At. Either Take The Stool, Or Let Me Light It."

crabbycustomer December 29 2011, 04:59:49 UTC

"YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A SMALLER FUCKING LEAVING," he lashes out.

He is the one who picked the leaving.

bloodyvirgo December 29 2011, 05:02:10 UTC

Kanaya deems it necessary to point this out.

"You Are The One Who Insisted We Take It. Besides, Anything Smaller Would Have Demeaned Us Both, And The Holiday."

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tyler_marlocke December 29 2011, 04:59:27 UTC

..okay, you know what? There's worse things to come down from your room to witness happening in the middle of the bar proper. There could be a swarm of puppets!

Okay in all seriousness, Tyler is heading straight towards this festive little event with his new jacket on over his pyjamas wearing a pair of green slippers.

"Hey guys! What's all this?"

crabbycustomer December 29 2011, 05:00:57 UTC

"IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR SIGHT GLOBES? IT IS AN ENORMOUS SET OF ANTLERS THAT WE ARE DECORATING FOR SOME DUMB ALIEN REASON."

tyler_marlocke December 29 2011, 05:02:44 UTC

"And I had to ask the stupid question."

nepetaleijon December 29 2011, 05:01:51 UTC

"Hi Tyler!"

Nepeta waves from where she's perched cross-legged on a table, surrounded by fragments of bone that she's threading onto a long string.

"We're decorating for Twelfth Purrig33's Eve! Want to help?"

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remindmeof_me December 29 2011, 05:12:07 UTC

Huh.

Now ain't that something.

Okay, so, apparently the troll idea of holiday decoration involves a hunting lodge exploding. Shephard's down with that. Especially since, well, big damn antlers are things you recognize, okay? Antlers like that get respect. Even if they're being a pain in the ass to put up.

"Any of y'all want a hand there?"

crabbycustomer December 29 2011, 05:15:58 UTC

Karkat glances back at Shepherd, and hopes that neither of these two embarrass him. "YEAH, SURE. WE ARE DECORATING THIS SWEET BEHEMOTH LEAVING WE RETRIEVED FOR THE HOLIDAY. FEEL FREE TO DRAW SOME PICTURES OF YOUR BADASS EXPLOITS FROM THE LAST SWEEP OR JUST STRING UP SOME TEETH."

"THIS IS KANAYA AND NEPETA, MY FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE. GUYS THIS IS SHEPHERD, HE IS A GUY I KNOW. NEPETA HE WANTED TO TAKE YOU FISHING."

nepetaleijon December 29 2011, 05:22:10 UTC

"Hi."

Nepeta regards the human with some interest. Fishing, huh?

remindmeof_me December 29 2011, 05:26:37 UTC

"Hey there," says Shephard, waving. "Gimme a couple of them teeth first, I'll git 'em up for you first'n draw shit later." He cocks an eye at the other trolls. "Might still git you out fishin' before spring if I c'n find somewheres the ice'll hold us proper. Ice fishin' ain't my big thing, but I've done it a couple of times."

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seat_five_girl December 29 2011, 05:16:58 UTC

Oh hey, people other than Ako are regretting her present to Karkat!

Good to know.

Never mind the bluenette peering around at things as they go up.

crabbycustomer December 29 2011, 05:29:06 UTC

Karkat clambers up on a chair to light the remaining candles, having lost today's battle with the indignities of troll puberty. He glowers at Ako from up there. "GRAB SOME CRAYONS AND HELP US DECORATE."

seat_five_girl December 29 2011, 22:01:00 UTC

Lots of people look at Ako from above.

"Sure Karkat-san."

dis_armed December 29 2011, 05:26:29 UTC

Standing there and watching sounds good!

In other words: there's a creepy hooded figure staring fixedly at the flurry of inexplicable activity.

(They're probably not yoma. They're definitely not human. In fact, she has no idea what they are.

Ilena's world is very small, and this is not a thing that's ever happened to her before. It's a very strange sensation. But nobody's making any statements about the relative tastiness of guts, so things probably aren't dangerous. Yet.

Still, she's keeping her one hand on the broadsword hidden away inside her cloak.)

bloodyvirgo December 29 2011, 05:31:14 UTC

The hooded figure receives a sideways glance from Kanaya, but she waits until she's finished putting up a string of teeth before moving to greet their guest.

"Hello! Did You Wish To Help Us Decorate?"

dis_armed December 29 2011, 05:48:36 UTC

". . . ." says the figure, eloquently.

After a moment, when nothing seems to make any more sense than it did a moment ago: "Why?"

Ilena is not really familiar with the concept of 'decorating.'

crabbycustomer December 29 2011, 05:52:47 UTC

"WHAT AN EXCELLENT QUESTION! KANAYA, EXPLAIN TO THIS SPOOKY NOOKSNIFFER WHY IT WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO RISK OUR TRAGICALLY-SHORT LIVES TO RETRIEVE THIS THING AND COVER IT WITH TACKY CRAP LIKE THE MOST RETARDED OF DRUNK MAGPIES, IT'S A GREAT EXPLANATION."

"THIS IS COMPLETELY SINCERITY, YOUR DUMB EXPLANATION HAS SET UP CAMP IN MY SUPERSTITION GHOST AND I AM DOING ALL THIS SHIT WITH A FUCKING WILL, SO I THINK YOU ARE THE BEST ONE TO COVER IT. I AM PASSING YOU THE DOPEY HAT I WEAR AS YULE MARSHAL."

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