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Chapter 11; Video/Filtered Video to Karkat

[[The feed flicks on to a view of four Pokemon. The first three are likely familiar to anyone who knows their trainer.

An all-too-cool Wooper, who currently seems rather put out and a little scratched up.
A primping and preening Pidgey, who seems quite proud of itself.
And a rather irritated looking Eevee, ruffled somewhat and glaring in the aforementioned Wooper's direction.
The fourth Pokemon, sitting quietly and watching the three with interest, is a Mareep.

From off camera comes the voice to confirm that yes, this is indeed Rose's team.]]

I am pleased to say we are finally making progress in level. Surprisingly, Dave has been putting forth a great deal of effort into his training. I am unsure as to why, but not complaining.

Woop!

That was a compliment. You should accept it as such.

Pilcrow, the Pidgey you see before you, has also gained a few levels of her own. Guillemot has earned the most, however. I am highly proud of her. I also have a new addition, of whom I have just caught. Halos the Mareep. He is quite the energetic one, and I am sure he will make an excellent addition to my team.

[[And now you get a view of the girl, who looks like she's recovering from a cold.]]

I have doubts of challenging the gym here before we leave, but I suppose that is not my duty as a breeder anyway, is it?

[[For everyone else, the feed ends here. However, Karkat gets one soon after.]]

[Filtered to Karkat]

...Karkat. Would I be able to ask a favor of you? It concerns living arrangements, as I have been unable to work for the past week due to both my illness and the incident with Dave, and therefor can no longer afford room and board.

Of course I intend to find work as soon as possible, but until then I have no where to stay...

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[No petting, Guile. Poor little Eevee.]

[But if there's to be any romcoms, Rose will have to suggest him. Karkat can brood like nobody's fucking business when he wants, and that's what he's doing now. Silent, internalized, good old fashioned emotional bottling. Stoppering it all back up inside with each sip of hot chocolate, as though it were his own rage and self-loathing he were drinking down. Good and bitter.]

[[Welp.

After a few minutes of letting him sip that rage down, she finally leans forward and sets her cup down, gently pushing Karkitty to the side with an apology. Getting up, she heads to her bag and roots through it, retrieving three cases.

Walking back to Karkat, she produces them, holding them out to him. They're indeed romcoms, and she's hoping a few he hadn't watched before.]]

...If you are in the mood.

[[And now she manages a tiny smile.]]

They are the perfect cure for everything, after all.

[His eyebrows lift. He knows the shape, and likely what they are before he even turns to look.]

[So, between her small smile, and her words, and the sight of them... It's hard to really keep as flat out broody and quiet.]

Alright.

[He points to one.]

Go put it in the player. Probably what I would have done eventually on my own, if you weren't here.

[[And, while trying to hide her relief, she puts two down and goes to play the one he had pointed to. It takes her a moment to figure it out, but eventually she has it in the player, the television on, and the movie playing.

And so she settles back down on the couch, inviting Karkitty once more if he likes, and sipping a little less tensely at her drink.]]

[Karkitty retakes his place quite gladly. And Karkat, for his part? He actually pats his lap to invite Guillemet back over.]

I swear, at this rate, I'll have seen every damn romcom you can find in this city by the end of the earth human year.

[[Oh man Guile is so there. Though not as excited on the outside. Tentatively sleeping into his lap, she chirps once and settles down.]]

These are actually from Goldenrod.

Huh. Really?

[A glance her way, then back at the screen. Guile meanwhile gets earscritches.]

Yes. A...friend offered to buy me a few things from Goldenrod while he was up there. I asked for romcoms. I gave him a list of what was in Violet so there was little chance you would have seen it already, and had him go from there.

[[And Karkitty is getting the same.]]

Kinda nice, having a friend who's into them too. I could kill for some real troll romcoms, but having variety is better than nothing.

[His sips at his hot chocolate some more.]

I don't know if he's into them, so much as willing to pick them up for me.

[[Sipping thoughtfully.]]

I believe, aside from I suppose Dave - though I would likely never ask him - you are the only friend of mine who is interested enough to watch these with me.

You're the one I meant, dumbass.

And Dave--I dunno. It's hard to believe he'll watch them at all, even when it's what he actually wanted to do one day instead of other stuff. So... I'm not sure I can say whether he'd watch them with you or not.

Oh. Well I'm pleased we share the mutual enjoyment of each others interests then.

And I suppose with me, specifically, he wouldn't. He would likely complain about how embarrassing it is. I tried approaching the subject of your relationship, and what he thought and felt on the matter, and he just couldn't say anything because he was far too embarrassed. [[Just rolling her eyes now at the memory.]]

[He snorts at that.]

To think you basically dragged it out of me. Or maybe just found the right nerve to poke until I vomited it all up like some weird romantic spew. Leave it to the fucking earth human coolkid to bottle it all up.

I do not plan on leaving it that way, trust me. He had simply caught me too tired to want to argue. Waking me up at the hour he did.

[[Sigh and pressing back into the couch a little.]]

He's confusing.

[Peering more her way now, but his attention still stays half on the screen.]

Really? So are you going to tug out his emotional guts too?

[Then back at the movie.]

I guess he is. But I think I get him more than I used to.

Of course. There are many a topic I wish to touch base with him on, your relationship being one of the. I have but one view of it, and would like both.

[[And here's a glance your way this time.]]

...I feel I understand him less now. He's different somehow compared to how he is back home. Not much, but enough to surprise me.

Even putting the physical crap aside, this place kind of has a way of doing that. At least that's what it seems like.

You'd have a better time judging him than me, though, since I never did meet you humans before I came here. Fucking timeline shenanigans.

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Possibly. Though possibly not. You are far more intimately involved with him than I. I am sure you have seen sides of him I will likely never meet. You are his lover. His Kismesis.

[[With a chuckle, she shakes her head.]]

I am simply the Flighty Broad.

[Way to make him blush.]

Shut up, Rose. Those--that's--none of your god damn business and secondly the word is matesprit if there's anything that positive involved and thirdly I said shut up.

[He grabs a pillow, hugging it to his chest with crossed arms such that the upper half hides part of his face. His eyes peek over the top to allow him to watch the movie, at which they stare intently.]

...I was simply making a statement to disprove the theory that I would be in the better position to judge him. And pardon my misuse of terms. Though does this mean you are in a Reacharound with him?

What part of shut up don't you understand?!

[He tugs the pillow up higher, burying his face.]

If he's not going to tell you that much then why should I?

Because we are Moirails?

[[Though she finally does quiet down now with yet another sigh, watching the movie and stroking Karkitty all the while.]]

Ughhh.

[Huff. He puts the pillow down.]

God damn stupid fucking pale quadrant.

Fine. He--well--yes. I was really confused about it at first because it just seemed weird to even feel that way about someone I hate so fucking much, especially when my level of hate is so damn high anyway. But then--I don't know. Some stuff was just... nice. And not hateful.

The first time I really noticed it was the third date, and it freaked me the fuck out then, but it happened as early as the second and I really don't even fucking know how it happened.

So I talked to--someone who has a reacharound and he called me stupid for not figuring it out myself, but fuck him, because it was still confusing. And then I talked to Dave like you suggested in that one conversation, and, well, that went fucking terribly at first but later I admitted to him I might be flushed, but it wasn't set in stone then or anything like that.

So. So on the 9th last month - one month after he'd agreed to be my kismesis - well. We got into a huge argument and shit then and I didn't mind that, because that's what kismesisses are supposed to do. But. He got kind of upset, you see, 'cause he didn't want it to be caliginous that day. And we just... ended up watching romcoms and hanging out and shit, and that was good. And it's around then that it really sort of hit me, and that's why I made those heart chocolates for him and shit.

And Valentine's Day itself--well.

[He sort of sinks forward, curling in on himself until his face is nearly pressed against the Eevee on his lap.]

None of your fucking business, but it made it pretty clear.

[[Guile totally took that opportunity to nuzzle his cheek a little, settling back down before she wore out her welcome. Rose, meanwhile, simply offered him a thoughtful sound in reply.]]

[Karkat, after a moment or two, turns his head to glare at her, cheeks still tinted with his blush.]

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