12/20 an intro

[riflew]

a. a graceful landing

[ if you are outside at the base island today, you might see something unusual. well, more unusual than normal? this place is weird. but up in the sky, you will see one redheaded teenager and a troll with robot legs just... flying on an anti-tank rifle, following one of URSULA's drones. they seem to both just be chatting, not paying any real attention

which is their downfall because it means that the girl (izetta) does not notice when she steers them right into a goddamn tree. they both die the end. no, they just both fall off the rifle and crash onto the ground. at least they weren't that high up! care to go check on them? ]

b. you saw nothing

[ if you were not around to witness tavros and izetta eat dirt, then you can catch them both wandering around the base, clearly new as they don't seem to know where they are going.

izetta is carrying her rifle and tavros for some reason has a hole in his shirt where his chest is and it also seems to be (bronze) bloodstained? how weird! maybe he hit that tree really hard. anyway, feel free to help them out, they are dumb teens. ]

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[parodeity]

[ YEAH OK THIS DUDE IS DEFINITELY FOR SURE DEAD, like the shirt was a giveaway but it was worth asking. he wonders briefly if nepeta was ever informed she was dead??? is karkat still keeping that on lockdown??? does dave want to care. troll politics are not a thing he needs to get involved in, surely.

also shit maybe he should have been sensitive about dying. maybe he should remember that other players don't have to deal with their own mortality as often as the guy tossing his corpse into lava. ]

Ok, 1, I definitely won any lyrical battle and we can throw the fuck down to reiterate my smackdown success at any time, and 2...

[ will he call tavros on his casual failure? absolutely not. ]

Do you actually want a new shirt because Vantas, Kanaya, and Leijon are all wanderin' around and you probs don't want to go through this song and dance with them. Though if you want to know I think Leijon's behind you timewise and the other two are for sure ahead. There are of course fucking stupid time shenanigans afoot, and it's really best to just get that out of the way now. We mostly try to ignore them, but they sure do exist.

[emotivational]

Did not.

[ So profoundly mature. And he's totally content to leave it there, until Dave goes into his second point. he picks at his collar.

He needs to tell them. He should have never tried to attack her himself - and if time things are afoot, then there's probably not much time to do so. ]

Uh... yeah. Do you, uh, have anything that buttons up?

[parodeity]

Yeah - you don't mind being anti color coded for a bit, do you? Because most of my shit is red which I know breaks the whole. [ HAND WAVE ] Blood color code thing y'all do but I'm sure Kanaya will make you things that adhere to our universal color coding needs later?

[ but yeah he has a red button up shirt. it looks really nice??? it's from a pile of his done laundry already. this is probably a thing he wears with suits.

yw tavros ]

Also that sounds like a challenge and you're on for a rematch like...tomorrow? Whenever you're settled or whatnot. P.S. mostly everyone is living off of the same observatory, if you want to go there, but don't feel obligated to join in. There's exceptions to the rule and everyone kind of does...whatever?

[emotivational]

No, that's fine. I, uh, I don't mind, wearing something else, for a bit. [ Even if it's sort of weird what is it with you humans and your multicolored clothing. ]

Sure, I mean - on the rematch, as for the, uh, the living. [ Uh... ] Where is, Vriska staying??

[parodeity]

Vris is stayin' nowhere on account of not bein' here at all. [ also he's handing over the shirt, so. ] Trollwise it's you and the three I mentioned.

[ whoEVER YOU ARE wait shit. ok. jake's sprite guy surely he remembers the name? god dave get it together it's only been like over half a year since you had to think about the dude you met for like. a day or whatever ]

Uh, humanwise there's me Rose and Jade, then our corresponding lusuii in their younger forms.

[emotivational]

Oh. Good. [ Just kind of pulling his ruined one off without much ceremony and putting the nice button up on. God damn, look at this swag. ]

... wait, did you say that your, lusii are here, but, young?

[parodeity]

Yeah that falls under the time shenanigans clause and I can like, explain it to you in how that. Even became a thing but it involves sburb - sgrub sorry whatever - shit and I find it is all around easier to just go. Of course, yeah, that's a thing, let us never speak of it any more than necessary ever again.

[ translation: he will explain homestuck to you if he has to, but does anyone really want that. even homestucks. do they really. ]

[emotivational]

That sounds, fine by me, actually, so, I agree to the terms and conditions of, this particular arrangement concerning the state, of, our respective timelines.

[parodeity]

Cool you're my new fave.

[ AND THEN THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT TIMELINE SHENANIGANS EVER AGAIN, which as a time player maybe dave should be less a proponent of but maybe actually that is exactly why he should realize talking about time shenanigans is just a headache and a half. for him especially. god. ]

So what kind of tour would you prefer? As in is there like. Any kinds of things you would like to see? We have an entertainment room I guess that's kinda one of the main, like, interests. And the fabricators, although ngl I am not the best person to show off all the features. The kitchens? The farm is up on the island...

[emotivational]

I guess, whatever is here, would be good to see and understand, and, probably commit to memory, so that I do not get lost.

[parodeity]

Sure. The communicators like, can display a map, but I can show you around normalways too.

[ he just has to hop off the laundry machine. tho after they leave the laundry room he will. have another dave in there doing the guarding thing because he's paranoid post bomb scare oops. ]

Let's start with the place where most people we know live I guess so you can find it? Kanaya lives in one of the rooms in the housing area so she's an outlier but everyone else is pretty much clustered in the Magister's Observatory.

[emotivational]

[ Okay, okay. Tavros belatedly registers the 'fave' comment and grins a little to himself, choosing this instead of all of that. ]

Sure, alright. Show me where you, and, everyone else, uh, "chill".

[ please stop trying to be cool. ]

[parodeity]

Ok. I can add you to our door codes while we're at it, they're biolocked.

[ THIS GUY WASN'T ONE OF THE MURDEROUS TROLLS, TO HIS KNOWLEDGE. ]

Right this way, dude - we're actually on the right floor, but it's waaay the fuck at the end of the hall. You can meet the Magister as long as we're there. He's an alien fishbaby that imprinted on Rose'n'me.

[emotivational]

Oh! That sounds, really amazing! I, noticed that there are a lot of, unusual and interesting fauna around here which, is, uh, really interesting in terms of, seeing the variation in evolution and, in species placement.

[ He just wants to talk to your baby ok. ]

But that sounds, like a really good idea. The, uh, the biolocking. And being added to it, but, the concept itself is, smart.

[parodeity]

You might like the reefbacks - they're these huge whale things, they sing, they're some of my favorite ones. I like the stalkers, too, which are. Shark dogs I guess? Their species name is a little unfortunate, but URSULA - our base AI - does most of the naming of those.

[ and then there are the kharaa but maybe that should be a Day Two conversation? ]

How we're set up is...well, you can see in a minute. [ when they finally hit one of the halls leading to the observatory, where dave will pause at the door and tap into the keypad. ] Ok, just like, put your hand on the pad and. Say something? They have voice lock shit now, Dirk and Mom upgraded it.

[emotivational]

[ Well, okay. He hesitates for just a minute, maybe waiting to see if it's actually a trap and something is going to jump out and attack him, then plunks his hand down on the pad. ]

Uh...

[parodeity]

[ it is a SHOCKING TRAP that literally just adds tavros to the door codes after dave motions for him to lift his hand and does his own access thing. so apparently dave is not out to get him. YET. or ever because that sounds like #effort???

behind the door is a short hall that leads to an observatory. most of the observatory is taken up at the center with an aquarium in which the magister and three rabbitrays live. dave immediately goes to the tank to gently fistbump the glass, and the magister happily returns the gesture so this is probably #normal.

the room otherwise has four beds built into the walls at equal intervals, some shelves of dead preserved things, turntables, and three doors leading to private rooms (only one of which can be opened, as it is empty) and one other hallway door leading away. ]

That's Karkat's room, that's Jake's, but the rest of us sleep in the beds or elsewhere. Kanaya was back down the hall a ways; that room's empty so you could have it if you want, or take one of the communal rooms or a private room in a different observatory. Also, that's the Magister, Lady Gaga, Milady Rhianna, and Master Frigglish.

[ stop letting dave name shit ]

[emotivational]

[ Woah yes Dave sorry you're no longer the most interesting thing the room. The space of obviously Cool but the animals catch his attention immediately. He lays a hand gently against the glass, admiring them and noting the magister.

Something something pick a room something something plenty of space but weird animals come first. ]

They're, so cool!

[parodeity]

[ honestly that's fine the magister is dave's CHILD he is always down for people being impressed. he'll just come to a stop by tavros, sticking his hands in his back pockets. ]

The Magister's a Cute Fish - actual species name, not just a description - and the other three are Rabbitrays.

[ dave hums a snatch of the Song and the Magister picks up the tune and sings it back. ]

Everything that swims can sing, more or less. That Song, and another one, which is a lot less friendly. I'll teach you it later, if you want.

[emotivational]

Yeah!

[ Fantastic. He's -- he's all for this, yes. He smiles a little. ]

I never really, got to see much aquatic life, back on Alternia before, uh, it exploded, badly.

[parodeity]

Yeah our planets kinda didn't do so hot eventually. Well, if you want to like...get an underwater tour or somethin' at some point, feel free to hit me up? I actually am friends with lots of aquatic life. Somehow. I think mostly because everythin' here likes singin' and I don't mind singin' back.

[ he actually smiles back, a little. ]

I have been told I am a weird lookin' fish?

[emotivational]

I'm not, uh... a seadweller so, I don't really know, how well that would go. But I would love to, if, there was a possibility of going and not, drowning, or, having my legs break down due to, them being robotic in nature.

[parodeity]

Well, we have like...breathing stuff for underwater. But re: your legs, you could ask Dirk to do something to make them like. Seaworthy.

[ he has no idea what dirk could or could not do. um. ]

[emotivational]

You think so? And, oh! That sounds, really useful. The first thing, but, both of them would be useful, really. Since, there seems to be a lot of water, and, not a lot of, anything else.

[parodeity]

Yeah, for sure. He's always willin' to help out, pretty much, but you also have the added bonus of bein' "ours" from back home, so he'd probs be even more so?