SUBJECT: So, uh ........ a8out whatever is up with this place?

[hypertoxic]

[ USER: #005682 ]

Since there's fuck all else to do, I decided to try flying around and seeing how far I could get! Not gonna lie, I would have ditched every single one of you losers if I could.
8ut I couldn't! No matter how far or high I fly, there's just ........ nothing. Nothing at all! Though if you go up high it gets pretty fucking cold, so I don't recommend trying it to people who aren't dead.
Anyway, there's your upd8. We are even more trapped than we previously assumed!

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[hypertoxic]

[ out of sorts, vriska frowns and looks away, pawing her messy, knotted hair over her shoulder. it's no longer in braids, but she hasn't been able to untangle it despite days of frustration. ]

You're asking my permission?

[ ... ]

It's fine. I mean, I'm not against it or anything. You seem nice?

[messianic]

Sure. It just seemed right.

[Of course he's asking! It's the right thing to do in a case where they've been shoved together without their permission........ also it's sort of his way of saying he's not going to ditch her to be alone again, because she sounded way too lonely in that moment.]

So in that case... I'm Minato. It's nice to meet you.

#0715CD

[windeity]

so you saw the layout of the town too?
how the buildings change and it looks like three kinds of places and the dumb well in the center.
trapped is probably a good way to put it.

[troubadamsel]

What bizarre land structure. This will need more investigation from the ground level.

A "quirk", is it? I suppose it is a little adorable, but perhaps best saved for a less serious situation.

[maribelle = party pooper]

[parodeity]

terezi at least dropkicked the fucker from the sky
that was pretty sweet
but i feel like maybe he deserves a little more than that bc
god that dude is just unequivocally awful
i think we can all agree on that one fact even if we argue about other things

[drubbings]

1 S33
TH3 L4ST T1M3 YOU S4W M3 YOU W3R3 GO1NG TO G3T NO1R?

[ .... ]

C4N 1 S33 YOU

[heartsteals]

[ sigh...!! he gives up. ]

Is it not a legitimate point? What use do the dead have for civilization? Or for "posting" on a laptop, for that matter? I've never believed in ghosts or poltergeists, and I find it harder still to believe one would busy themselves with something as trifling as this. Yet I've heard people speaking of Time-Travel and other such things, so I suppose I may as well believe in you, given everything else.

#C81F0A

[explodosafe]

There's no city around? Not even something like electrical lines? Roads? Any signs of the people who have lived here and where they might have gone? Nothing??

[He's not bothered by the flying or being dead tidbits. It's not that strange, unlucky word choice aside.]

[dreidels]

It's a long story. It does suck, but I don't know what other choice we have right now but to deal with it, which is something I hate to admit.

[hypertoxic]

Nope! Just emptiness, forever. It's like this place came into 8eing all decrepit and fucked up already. I mean, let's 8e real, there are some scary spooky shenanigans going on, so honestly, I am not sure what else I expected to find.

[hypertoxic]

Yes. It is pretty clearly organized. For what and why are, of course, the mysteries we get to solve! Yay.

[hypertoxic]

It definitely merits that, 8ut I'd recommend 8eing careful.
Excuse me???????? Fuck you, I am not adora8le! And I am taking this completely seriously. You're the one 8eing pointlessly pedantic.

[hypertoxic]

Yes.
........ I would like that.
We can meet at the well?

[hypertoxic]

You and me 8oth, pal.

[hypertoxic]

You don't know anything A8OUT me! May8e if you'd just 8SKED instead of making 8aseless assumptions I could have cleared all of that up for you. 8ut I am not wasting my time on some jackass who thinks he's smarter than every8ody else. Here's a clue: you're not.
8uzz off.

[hypertoxic]

[ very softly ]

... it is very kind of you to ask. You're more than welcome to stay. I mean, it's not really my decision, anyway.

[ another beat. she chances a look at him, her brow furrowed in uncertainty. ]

My name is Vriska. It's ... it's nice to meet you too, I guess.

[ ... ]

You don't seem all that weirded out by me.

[hypertoxic]

Really? Haha, nice. Wish I could've seen it.
Isn't he? God. I have no idea what Karkat ever saw in that creep, even 8efore he flipped his pan.
He and Eridan were always just the worst.

[hypertoxic]

[ Just. Kind of gives him a blank stare. ]

... uhh. You know what, I'll pass. It would be great to be alive again, but I feel like becoming an oozing disgusting corpse would actually be a step down from being a ghost. I dunno, this whole thing was your idea! What's your favorite hex? Try that one! Not on me.

[messianic]

[...Well.

He just kind of snorts softly at that, an amused noise.]

Well... I woke up in a well in some sort of strange colorless Town, and met a lot of people with strange abilities.

You look more unique than most of the people I've seen appearance-wise, but I don't think that's a bad thing.

[Also, he's surpassed his weird quota so now he's just accepting everything.]

[hypertoxic]

[ Vriska huffs through her nose, a sound that is almost a laugh. ]

Haha. Unique is one word for it, I guess. There are worse ones! So you know what, I'll take it.

[messianic]

[And, perfectly straightfaced:]

The horns are cool though.

[Very impressive? Horns are like. One of those things that totally works somehow.]

[hypertoxic]

[ .... SNORT ]

You think? [ she reaches up to brush her fingers over one of them, smiling crookedly. ] I guess they would seem that way to someone without horns. Wanna touch 'em?

[ bows her head a little, if he wants to reach out. ]

[messianic]

[... You know what.

Sure.

He'll go for it. He reaches out, touching them carefully. Hm...!!]

They're really solid. I guess I'm not really sure what I was expecting.

[Real!! Horns!!]

You're not human then, right?

[hypertoxic]

[ Vriska will smile a little. It doesn't really feel like all that much to her. Just some very faint sensations, like what you might feel if someone touched your fingernails. ]

Well now you know they're real!

[ She'll sit up again, smiling crookedly. ]

Good job, genius. You just figure that out?

[ a pause, and she shakes her head. somewhat more earnestly: ]

You're right, I'm not. I'm a troll.

[murdery]

[And he stares at her, in turn.]

It's for you? You're a ghost? Dang! How'd that happen?

[...And he's moving to see if he can put his hand through her without waiting for an answer.]