Kick back, knock back a few. [OPEN]

[thewarisover]

Characters: The Watch and whoever wants to drop in, especially if they were in the Capture the Flag log!
Location: The Northern Lights
Rating: G
Time: December 31, early evening onwards
Description: Another New Year's party, partially courtesy of Team B. XD

Comments

[open!]

[dungenessmaster]

[Karkat opted for cleanup detail instead of setup. Meant he got a chance to have a nap while it was still daylight and watch the fireworks before biting down on his pride and going down to Northern Lights to do his job.

it also meant he got to miss the party. he was doing a lot better, but he still wasn't much in the mood to be stuck with a bunch of people.

so here's Karkat, all pissed off and dragging a trash bag, picking the cups and bigger trash up off the floor so it can be cleaner properly.]

[wiredgod]

[caually throwing a paper cup at your head.

she was aiming for the trash bag. really]

[dungenessmaster]

Hey!

[Karkat wheels, looking annoyed.]

Bold, what the actual war-torn fuck.

[wiredgod]

Hey, how'd you know it was me?

[She grins, forgetting entirely about her cup-throwing antics in favor of this]

[dungenessmaster]

Because Lain would be over here helping out instead of making the mess even worse...

[he stops to swipe the cup off the floor and bag it]

...and I'm pretty sure the other one would be too busy ruining everyone's life over the internet to give a shit about showing up here.

[wiredgod]

[She only laughs--but it stops abruptly into a fierce glare at the mention of the 'other' Lain]

Bring her up again and I'll give you a bigger mess to deal with. [Her hands are on her hips, lips twisted in a scowl. There is no love between those two personalities]

How'd you get stuck with clean-up duty anyhow?

[dungenessmaster]

Settle the hell down, I have enough batshit to deal with on a daily basis without going around looking for more.

[Karkat steps past Bold, picks up some other trash.]

How do you think? Losing team had to work this crappy New Sweep's party.

[wiredgod]

[Casually tosses another paper cup at him in revenge. Where does she keep grabbing these from]

...Oh right. I should probably be helping out, shouldn't I...

[.....

She doesn't look like she's going to be helping anytime soon though]

[dungenessmaster]

[no clue but Karkat is seriously about to revoke her cup privileges]

That would be one way to ensure we won't be stuck here until everybody develops unfortunate age-related medical conditions.

[wiredgod]

[fight me.]

Don't get your panties in a bunch. [She snickers and starts grabbing up trash idly chucking them into Karkat's bag because she's too lazy to go get her own.

She continues like this for several relatively quiet minutes, before she stops and frowns at Karkat like she wants to ask him something, but isn't sure how to start.]

Hey...

[dungenessmaster]

[Karkat works in grouchy silence until she bothers him again.]

What?

[wiredgod]

[One hand rests on her hip, the other scratching at the back of her head. A quick look around reveals that she can at least talk without too much fear of being over heard]

Okay, uh-- Look, don't laugh at me, because if you laugh I'm going to punch you in the mouth, but--

I need to ask your advice. Relationship advice. [She shifts awkwardly, arms moving to cross over her chest and her chin slightly lifted as if daring for him to start laughing]

You seemed to know what you were doing when you talked to other people. [Yeah she knows about those, Karkat. She knows all.]

[dungenessmaster]

[that gets her SUCH a side-eye, but it's not like he doesn't know about her computer skills, so.]

I'm not going to sit here and argue with you about it all night, but that's kind of fucked up. That was all private correspondence that didn't even concern you.

[but he can't resist a chance to blather about someone else's love life, so moving on.]

So, tell me. What's going on?

[wiredgod]

[She waves her hand as if shooing a fly.] It was for a good cause. I don't do that normally.

[A sigh] It's not for me--not really, but it's about Lain.

To make a long story short, she's super in love with Naruto, which seems to be obvious to everyone but him, that dumbass-- [pause. Right. On topic]

She wanted to kiss him and confess at midnight, but got halfway to leaning in to surprise him with a kiss, chickened out, and ran off to cry in the bathroom until I instituted a forceful take over and shoved her out of the driver's seat. [Bold throws her hands up in the air and brings them down with a light slap against her legs, the picture of exasperation and frustration]

And I don't know what to do. With either of them.

[dungenessmaster]

Oh my god, Naruto? Really? I'd pity him and his lone braincell if he didn't piss me off so much.

[with that charming interjection out of the way, he listens to her story.]

Okay, well. What did he do? Did he even notice?

[wiredgod]

[She raises an eyebrow] Why are you pitying him?

[But she shrugs, shaking her head] I don't think he noticed. He was pretty confused as to why Lain ran off like that all of a sudden, but I'm pretty sure he didn't know what Lain was trying to do.

This is Naruto we're talking about. I'm pretty sure if Lain ever confessed he wouldn't know what the hell she was talking about--but that's just my opinion.