[January 23-etc Open Mingle]

[ex_resound725]

[WELL THAT'S OVER! Here is your post-alien open mingle. Relax! Enjoy not being attacked by aliens! Take a nap! Also you could explore, or do useful things, or otherwise be a productive member of crewciety.

The OOC plotting post has all the info on missions and going-ons. Or: nap!]

Comments

[alienates]

Who said they were mine? I just brought them here.

[ ????? that means they're yours, dumbass

he makes no move to help either of them ]

Oh, calm down. You'd think you've never been bitten by a giant, possibly carnivorous animal before.

[missmaladroite]

[Thanks for nothing, Karkat!!!]

Because we haven't, because that's insane!

[she's trying to fight the one on Adrien's head again, shrieking all the while]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[he has technically been almost bitten by a giant possibly carnivorous animal before, but adrien isn't going to mention that

mostly because:]

Possibly? You mean you don't know???

[okay NOW he's yanking it off properly, screw his hair and his life this is POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS for poor defenseless marinette!! also himself but like he probably has 9 lives somewhere maybe]

[alienates]

It's a goddamn alien creature, I don't know its exact diet. Hell, I'm not even sure of all the shit that you humans eat.

[ yall are weird

but he does go over to the treemus that adrien was just rude to and pats it on the head. there there, weird tree bird. the cat can no longer hurt you. ]

You two are just overdramatizing this whole thing. Maybe you should chill, perhaps?

[missmaladroite]

Maybe you should actually help! And know a thing or two about your stupid pets!

[Sorry, plantbirdies. She's not having any luck getting hers off, Adrien, use your superior height and pluck it off too, she's seething]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

You just said they might potentially be carnivores, I don't think wanting to keep their mouths away from us is being overdramatic! No one wants to be eaten!

[he says with wide, over-dramatic arm gestures before plucking off Marinette's bird in a move that may or may not be extremely painful]

[alienates]

Yeah, for like, fish or smaller shit. They don't eat people. Also they're not my pets.

[ he says, as he feeds the one that had adrien a berry??? this is very not pet owner behavior here ]

You're lucky I'm the only one who walked in on this pathetic display because, jegus, I am suffering from so much secondhand embarrassment right now.

[missmaladroite]

Right, Whatever, of course they're not, they're your fri--

[There goes Adrien, she screams loudly again]

[Karkat's right, this is embarassing]

--Thank you!

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Not your-- You're literally feeding them right now?

[aaand winces sheepishly at Marinette's scream. but then she thanks him so... good... enough?]

No problem? [he's pretty sure there was a better way to do that but now he's just going to try to ... shoo... the tree bird thing away] I still don't know what those things are.

[alienates]

Well, they're obviously hungry? I'm not going to let them starve, I'm not an asshole.

[ literally everything he has done in the last five minutes has been asshole-ish BUT NOT TO THE WEIRD ALIEN BIRDS

he glances at marinette though ]

Were you already balding before this happened, or...

[missmaladroite]

[why would you do this]

[she's about to go back into dopey mode until Karkat says that, and then,]

I'M BALDING?!

[WILDLY PATS AT HER HAIR THIS IS THE WORST]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

I didn't say you were an...! [it's impossible to tell what substitute for asshole adrien wouldve used because--oh my god, his eardrums]

Your hair is fine! [he says before he stares at both her pigtails. is. is one shorter. uhhh turns back to karkat] Don't joke about things like that, that's not nice.

[i'm sure karkat cares about nice, adrien]

[alienates]

It's not like I pay much attention to what her hair looks like. I was concerned.

[ he feeds the other bird alien some berries too now. ]

Also screaming at animals isn't nice either.

[ karkat is the last person who has any right to lecture someone over screaming at things tbh yet. here he is. ]

[missmaladroite]

[Yeah, Karkat, it's not nice]

[rolls her eyes into the back of her head]

Letting your animals attack innocent people isn't nice, either!

[HUFFS AND STRAIGHTENS OUT HER HAIR, no thanks to Karkat and fuzzy... planty... friends]

A...are you alright, Adrien?

[now she blushes a little god help us all]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[raises his hands in a 'trying to keep the peace' gesture because ... it is mean to yell at animals... but they were eating him...]

Let's just... let it go. No one was hurt, including the-- flapbeasts? Is that the name for it?

[at marinette's blush doki doki question, adrien just smiles like he doesn't notice anything weird. because he doesn't.]

I'm fine. Thanks for coming to my rescue.

["oh no is that too cheeky", adrien thinks, innocently, not knowing the spiral of disgusting het he is about to cause]

[alienates]

[ he glances between them..... they were weird when they stepped outta that present and they are still weird now, wtf. ]

You weren't even in any danger so it wasn't much of a rescue.

[ #cockblocks ]

[missmaladroite]

Oh, well, I was rescue to happy-- er, I mean happy to hescue-- I mean, I'm glad I could help.

[The het's about to start until KARKAT VENTUS: MOMENT KILLER interrupts it with his jerkness]

You should keep them on a leash. Or feed them more, so they don't bite people.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[still hopelessly trying to stave off a fight]

It wasn't really biting...? I think if they're herbivores, it's normal for them to just graze anything they see all the time? But you probably shouldn't let them graze people. Hair can't be good for them.

[alienates]

They were already grazing you before I got here! Do you expect me to just stand around here all day, warding off people from getting too close or else they'll have their hair munched on?

[ he has things to do???

also shit he should have taken a picture of that. he has so many regrets. ]

[missmaladroite]

[Adrien tries so hard]

[And gets so far]

[But in the end, it doesn't even matter]

Yes! Or keep them where you can see them! What is wrong with you?!

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[he Tried so no one can ever criticise him]

Or maybe just keep them somewhere safe?

[he's TRYING]

[alienates]

It's either this island or the base. Do you want them walking around inside the base then? I will move them over there right now if that's what the two of you really want.

[ he will put those bird aliens into his sylladex and march them right over to prove a point if he has to ]

[missmaladroite]

[HUFFS!!!!]

[Looks like she's finally starting to calm down. Good job... Adrien....?]

Just keep a better eye on them. We need our hair.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

I meant like a pen or something...?

[like... like regular bird tree animals? okay. fair. there's no such thing.

a beat and then he just stares at marinette]

... We do?

[he likes his hair but. need seems a bit much]

[alienates]

It'll grow back. And why the fuck would I keep them in a pen? They're not dangerous and are perfectly fine doing whatever they want. You probably just got too close.

[ you can also invest in wigs ]