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[The sun doesn't so much as rise as flick on with the sudden, glaring brightness of noon. Whatever time keeping device you have on you says its about 8:14am when this happens.

The power's back, but the time on your timekeeping device never really make sense with the position of the sun as it moves across the sky.]

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[oh, my god. Dave drags a hand over his face.]

Cool. Thanks.

[Vanyel's cheeks go a little red, burning]

I'm not—. . . I've never had many friends, so I know I'm—not terribly . . . good at this sort of thing. But you've helped me so much, I had to at least offer.

[Dave seems to get ahold of himself, frustration bleeding out to guilt.]

It's cool, you're doing fine. his theoretical thing bothering me just honestly isn't worth talking about, I'll get over it in like a day.

I . . . suppose. But things kept inside tend to fester.

[he shakes his head]

If you want to go see 'Fandes after you're done work . . . [he just lets that trail off]

Look I'm good, got no things inside and a constantly flapping yap to prove it. I know it sounds like I'm just 'playing it cool' being all stoically aloof but I gave that shit up four years ago and wasn't ever any good at it in the first place. So that would be a pretty stupid thing to do.

Edited 2017-08-27 23:14 (UTC)

Is this to do with Karkat?

[welp.]

Obviously.

I see.

. . . I'm sorry.

It's fine. Alternate timeline versions of your loved ones are a pretty standard phenomenon.

And . . . rather upsetting?

[speaking from experience]

It really shouldn't be??? Just in my case, I mean.

Why not?

God I sound like such a hypocritical tool, just. Alt timeline stuff is sort of old news to me? I've met alt timeline Karkat's before; I've been nugbone stalk deep every kind of Karkat you could think of. And the more stupid things I say about it right now the more I realize how fucking obtuse I'm being because of course this is a whole different situation but it feels so...

STUPID.

. . .

It's . . . alright to feel bad, Dave. You're allowed.

I don't feel bad, I feel PISSED.

[He's feeling a lot of things ok.]

. . . oh, yes?

Yes!! What emotion could I possibly be feeling like on the umpteenth time I've had the specter of displaced and inaccessible loved ones dangled in front of me besides anger!!

I—really couldn't quite say.

[oh

right.

Dave presses the heels of his palms against his eyes, under his shades.]

Jegus. Sorry.

. . . no, you don't have anything to apologize for.

Ok.

I'm going to go catch some sleep.

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