August Pre-Hurricane Post | Open Mingle

[imsorey]

[It's the calm before the storm—or at least the not-quite-so-bad-weather before the storm. The winds are starting to pick up, the ocean is rolling, and all manner of sea creature is heading for cover to ride things out.

But at the base, there's still lots to do as usual. Whether it's getting ready to hunker down, goofing off, or making friends, there's never a dull moment under the sea! Have at it, and remember to check out the OOC planning/mission signups to see what's going on!]

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[hopefragment]

URSULA will be so disappointed...

[Not... that Hajime really cares, when it comes down to it. As far as he's concerned, URSULA is still incredibly suspicious. But other people care about URSULA's feelings.]

But sure, alright. It's none of my business. But... you might want to mention to URSULA that your relationship is some kind of big secret.

[While URSULA may not have said anything about that, nor had Dirk dropped the deets, he has a few suspicions. Nothing concrete though.]

[alienates]

[ karkat does not really care either, but everyone he hangs out with on a regular basis cares about URSULA A Lot, and unfortunately a lot of them know about this particular shenanigan. when she gets disappointed they are going to blame him?? ugh. he didn't mean to get engaged it was an accident. ]

It's not a big secret! [ karkat says, defensively, like you would over something that is a big secret. ]

[hopefragment]

Alright, alright.

[Hajime holds up both hands, because yes, it's obviously some kind of big secret if Karkat's going to go on like that.]

This quadrants thing still seems unnecessarily complicated to me.

[alienates]

That's just because it's a new concept to you. Once you actually sit on the idea for a while it will definitely make a lot more sense to you, trust me.

[ he says as if hinata is going to actually want to think about this ]

[hopefragment]

[No, I'm... pretty sure that's wrong.

Is what he thinks, anyway. But in the interest of inter-species cooperation or something, he says instead,] Okay, let's pretend it does make sense. What am I supposed to do with all this new information?

[alienates]

You retain it until there comes a time where you put it to use obviously. That's the whole point in learning something new.

[ honestly hinata what did they teach you in human school ]

[hopefragment]

No, that's what I mean... I have no idea when that could become useful. I already know how to make friends, and I'm definitely not interested in having a romantic relationship with someone I find annoying.

[So don't worry, Karkat. No awkward crushes from Hajime for you.]

But sure, alright. I'll keep it in mind.

[alienates]

[ the true irony in all of this is the fact that karkat himself is in a monogamous relationship because dave refuses to do the quadrant system. ]

You know how to make friends? What a fucking shocker, dude.

[hopefragment]

Yeah. Maybe sometime I can teach you Friendship 101.

[This again...]

[alienates]

What would even be your first lesson? Somehow I don't think you're qualified for this position.

[ because obviously karkat is more qualified

(lmao no) ]

[hopefragment]

You'd be surprised.

[WOW Hajime has made friends with everyone he's spoken to. With one notable exception.]

Insulting people you've only just met is usually step one. Were you sick the day people learned that?

[alienates]

[ wow hajime..... why don't you consider cute hajime a friend :/ that's rude ]

Don't be ridiculous, when have I ever insulted anyone here, you whiny fucker?

[ karkat. ]

[hopefragment]

[There can only be one Hajime.]

...

[Bro. Dude. My pal. Just that face.]

[alienates]

I see you have been completely moved to silence by my irrefutable point.

[ because hinata is always wrong forever ]

[hopefragment]

Do you... listen to the things you say?

[alienates]

Listen, there are a lot of words that exit my talk hole on a daily basis and I cannot pay attention to each and every individual syllable at all times. But that doesn't even matter. The real point here is that I am doing my best here and you're just an asshole. A pointy headed asshole.

[ the ahoge. ]

[hopefragment]

[Aah... he's getting a headache.]

Okay... I don't know what kind of alien planet you're from, so maybe it's the translator messing up, but you know things like "whiny fucker" and "pointy-headed asshole" are insults, right?

[alienates]

Those are all obvious just careful observations I have made of your person. How is me putting out that your head is pointy any form of insult?

[notice how he completely passed over the "asshole" part ]

[hopefragment]

"Asshole" isn't an insult in your language...?

[Oh my god does he try. He's trying to give you the chance to recover and apologize gracefully, dude.

Why did we lose Faize, the polite alien.]

[alienates]

Of course it's an insult. I'm pretty sure it's an asshole in any language.

[ he does not take the chance. ]

[hopefragment]

So you are being insulting on purpose!

[Is Karkat making fun of him on top of just being a pain in the ass??

Ugh, no, okay, he has to rise above this. He has to be the Adult. He'd been mistaken about Fuyuhiko's nature back then, maybe he's wrong here too.]

Look, okay, never mind. We clearly just got off on the wrong foot. Let's just move on.

[Without any more insults, please??]

[alienates]

[ see the problem with that request is that karkat is physically incapable of not insulting someone even if he loves them

so.

they have reached an impasse. ]

Fine, let's. The first order of business on this brand new foot that we are standing on is [ he waves his memo in the air. ]

[hopefragment]

[He groans. He can't help it.]

Alright. I'll bite. What about it?

[Is there anything left to cover...]

[alienates]

Anyway I'm beginning to wonder, do you have any romantic experience at all? If you don't then maybe that's why it's so difficult for you to comprehend any of this.

[hopefragment]

W-what kind of question is that?!

[Okay we might have been starting on a new foot but that is not how to go about that. You need to clear like, at least two FTEs first.]

I don't think that has anything to do with it...