tentacletrainer | Chapter 10; Action/Voice for Karkat, John and Jade

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Chapter 10; Action/Voice for Karkat, John and Jade

[What happened]

[[She certainly didn't mind his company, as much as she bickered with him when he insisted upon taking care of her, and insisted upon making sure she was comfortable, and insisted upon getting her more blankets, knowing she would want them. As much as she argued she didn't need the help, she did appreciate it.

And so, even though the subject struck up yet more sibling snark-ery, she appreciated him offering to make her soup.

Still had a hard time expressing it though.]]

Dave, I do not care how delicious you claim it tastes. I do not care how insistent you are upon the fact it is good for me. I do not want soup.

[[He just laughed at her, and that simply annoyed her more.]]

Relax Rosie. You're not getting any better by throwing a fit.

[[Looking away with a snort, the girl glowered at the window. When a spoon clattered from being dropped, she thought nothing of it.]]

Would you please refrain from making a mess, I would really hate to--

[[Cut off by the sound of something far bigger slamming into the stove finally forced her to turn her glare towards the kitchen.

Which Dave was currently occupying the floor of.]]

...D-Dave?

[[Unfurling and scrambling from her nest, she quickly crossed the hotel room and stared down at the boy a moment, before bending down to carefully touch his forehead - which judging from how red the skin was and how it was already starting to bruise, that must have been what she heard colliding with the stove.

Carefully she shook him by his shoulders.]]

If you are trying to tease me to force some form of sincere affection from me, th-there are better ways to go about that. This is unacceptable, and I will not stand for it, so I request you sit up and cease this tom-foolery.

...Please?

[Voice for Karkat]

[[When Karkat answers, he is greeted by Rose, who definitely does not sound as put-together as usual. She's not in a panic, but her voice is shaking a little.]]

K-karkat. I require your presence immediately. Dave just collapsed, and I am unsure of what to do about i-it. I am unable to move him on my own, and am fairly certain we should not leave him on my kitchen floor.

[Text for John and Jade]

[[A text is also sent to John and Jade, as Rose is aware they would both want to know.]]

John, Jade, I would like to inform you that Dave, currently, is passed out on my kitchen floor.
I am having Karkat come over to help, and fear having more than him and I might make this complicated as it is a fairly small kitchen and room, so please do not worry about assisting.
I simply felt you would both like to know.

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... Yeah.

[He reaches out to take her hand, if he'll let her. Some small comfort though it may offer.]

It's just--

Nevermind.

[[And when she notices the hand, she closes the distance of her own accord and wraps her hand around his.]]

...you are able to tell me anything, Karkat. If you're comfortable enough.

[He's quiet for a long stretch, just holding hands as they are. But eventually he does speak up.]

I just keep worrying anyway. Lots of "what if"s and shit like that.

I know.

[[With a gentle squeeze, she murrs.]]

But. The nurse wasn't worried. So I am doing my best not to.

Hah.

That's what's keeping me from freaking out. _{But not from worrying still.}

Then I suppose it is up to me to aid in that endeavor, isn't it?

[[Have a tiny, attempting to be reassuring smile. Maybe a little teasing too.]]

[Karkat predictably frowns at that smile.]

At least it's your job to keep me calm enough not to bite everyone's head off here. Putting up with John half the night is going to be a fucking pain, I swear. Especially when I just know I'm going to be tired for that part tonight, too.

...I could always trade with you. Let you sleep and I will stay up the rest of the night, if you'd prefer.

[A bit of a stern look.]

No, no. I'm not letting you lose what sleep you're going to get tonight. I need to learn to deal with him sometime, anyway.

Well if you feel it becomes too much to bear, do not hesitate in letting me know.

[[And an appreciative look in return before a sip to her coffee.]]

I am sure you two will be fine. You are, after all, working together for the benefit of Dave.

I'm not so weak I'd have to do that.

[He sips his own coffee.]

Yeah. That's what's keeping me going.

Just never realized I'd miss having my jaw ache until he couldn't punch me anymore.

I would offer to give you a punch, but that would not be the most satisfying, and it would not carry the meaning I know you are craving.

Rose?

[He looks at her.]

Do me a favor: Don't ever punch me.

As I said, I would offer you one. I do not plan on punching anyone any time soon, and that is saying something as Eridan is included in that.

Probably a good idea there. Knowing him, he'd try to be your kismesis if you punched him.

Edited 2011-03-02 08:47 (UTC)

Ugh. Though with the 'woman' comments he keeps making, I am closely approaching that level of hate.

[Up go the eyebrows. He forgets to keep his voice down, even.]

What, seriously?

Oh yes.

[[She is managing to keep her voice down through the fact she is practically hissing her words.]]

It would have been so much easier on him if he had left it at the simple request of teaching him to knit a new scarf. But no.

Instead, he felt the need to discard my correction that I knit not sew, and then he had the sheer audacity to order me around because of my gender as if I were a wench at his disposal.

[[Glaring. Glaring at her coffee. Her coffee will absorb all of this anger for her.]]

[Karkat looks a bit taken aback by all this. Ordering her around like that would be annoying, but her getting that worked up over scarf-creation terminology? Add in the glare, and it's a bit impressive.]

[This time, at least, he manages to be quieter.]

Well, it's not like you'd have competition if he's given up on a kismesissitude with Sollux.

I mean no offense by this, I really don't, however I would not afford him such luxury as to be my kismesis.

I am doubtful he would have the ability to return it, with how quickly he came crying back to me once I had hung up on him.

Why would I be offended?

[He gives a bit of a snort.]

I really can't say I'm surprised there. He's pretty fucking pathetic. He used to hate Sollux, but somehow he's looped around to wanting to be moirails with him now. Makes no fucking sense.

He's irritating, sure, but he's pretty fucking low on the scale.

I just know you take your quadrants seriously, and I am still feeling my way around them. Refusing a kismesissitude with one of your...well. Comrades. On such a reason as that simply sounds like it might be cause or part of a touchy subject.

And yes, so I have noticed. He is completely unable to care for himself. You must have had to baby him your entire session.

Did you know when I informed him he would need a week's worth of food, at least, he simply pointed to the cheese puffs and soda that he spent almost all of his money on? As if that would suffice?

Pfft. I'm not going to force you into any quadrant with anyone, much less him. He's a fucking moron, anyway.

You know what he did in Sgrub? He spent it killing angels in his Land, even though they were supposed to be helpful game constructs. So essentially he turned the whole place into something you couldn't even enter without getting attacked, and then came whining when no one wanted to visit him there.

Edited 2011-03-02 09:33 (UTC)

...

[[Okay, that has her a little floored.]]

I. Am not even quite sure what to think of that.

Yeah, he's a fucking dumbass. To think he had the nerve to complain about how long it took to kill them, too.

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