001 ▼ first level

[pristinestar]

[ A kid, wearing a red hat, is currently staring out at the large... empty-looking set of buildings above this street view.

That is, until a voice calls his attention. He leaves his little daydreaming session for now, in favor of turning his head to that certain voice. ]

Eh?

[ The figure walking up to the kid moves swiftly, briskly as if there's too

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West Side

[inflictedknight]

[Karkat is wandering the west side with his items in hand. He is looking for a place to settle down and try to gather his thoughts, but he hasn't found one that's sufficient. He realizes how stupid he must look, wandering around with a handful of random personal possessions.]

[inflictedknight]

[His first thought is to just drop it unceremoniously, but he doesn't. It's not the animal's fault that its owner is such an idiot.]

What the fuck? How did it fit in-- Okay, I'm not even going to try to figure it out. [He stares at the animal for a second longer, makes a disgusted face, and puts it on the ground.] It's hideous.

[hailforward]

[At least Karkat is honest about not liking how Eevee looks. Green stifles a small smirk, simply taking the Pokéball from Karkat again and returning Eevee to her ball before she can attempt to bite Karkat for calling her hideous.]

You do know how to charm the girls. [A tiny part of him is irritated, irritation reflected on his face in the shape of his small frown.] If you think Eevee is ugly, you would have a fit over what other Pokémon look like.

[inflictedknight]

Women and men both line up to fondle my bone bulge. I know.

[Karkat rolls his eyes and bares his teeth in annoyance. Of course, troll standards of 'cute' and human standards of 'cute' are probably drastically different.]

If they're all as hideous as that one, then I agree with you.

[hailforward]

Such a sad life you lead. They're probably waiting just around the corner to jump you.

[Honestly, those teeth look rather sharp and should probably be a sign that Green should back away as soon as possible. Instead, the Gym Leader just smirks and stores Eevee back in his waist bag again.] You would have a field day over Jigglypuff and Clefairy and their evolutions.

[If only his PokéGear would work, he'd show them to Karkat and enjoy the obvious horror on the troll's face.]

[inflictedknight]

[Karkat isn't trying to be intimidating, nor is it a sign to run. That's... pretty much just the way his face looks.]

They sound fucking stupid.

[A pause.]

So which one are you, a Pigglejuff or a Clefage?

[hailforward]

Really? [His voice is filled with dry humor, lips curled into a disbelieving grin.] If you were trying to insult me, you'll have to think of something better, that was a little pathetic.

Name's Green Oak and the day I'll start looking like a Jigglypuff or Clefairy will never, ever come. [The grin widens into a smug smirk, head tilted slightly to the side.] How about yours? Or should I start calling you Horns?

[inflictedknight]

I don't think I have to insult you at all. Whoever named you when you were a grub did my job for me. You're named after a fucking color.

[He paused and listened. He wasn't completely averse to giving people his name, though this is one of the first humans who have asked it.]

My name is Karkat.

[He is blissfully unaware that his own name could easily be given to a Pokemon without people blinking an eyelash at it.]

[hailforward]

And your name sounds like something a kid would name his Caterpie. Or Skitty. Which are considered cute by human standards. [Because Karkat wouldn't know about Caterpies or Skitties being cute. If only he knew what they looked like.

Especially Skitty. Pink and fluffy and squealed over by all the girls Green has met.] Do you have a last name to go with that mess that is your first name?

[inflictedknight]

Vantas is my last name.

[He paused for a second to try to think of what the other meant, and eventually, a stupid grin went across his face.]

Are you calling me cute, then? By human standards.

;; sorry about the delay!

[hailforward]

[Congratulations, Karkat. You have now obtained one (1) slightly flustered and annoyed Pokémon trainer.]

No! Who do you take me for, there's nothing cute about you! [Well, if Karkat were teddy bear sized, kids would probably take him and squeeze the life right out of him.

But Green has never been into calling anyone or anything cute. Especially not someone with razor sharp teeth and horns.]

Re: ;; sorry about the delay!

[inflictedknight]

[Karkat just stares and narrows his eyes after a second. Watching the other get all flustered is more than amusing, so he decides to roll with that.]

Really? That's what it sounded like to me. Sounds like you already got some fucking unresolved red feelings for me. I understand, it's difficult not to.

[hailforward]

Look. I've known you for maybe five minutes. There are no unresolved red feelings or whatever. I know it's difficult to resist me but try to hold back, Karkat.

[When flustered yourself, try to get the other just as flustered and squirmy as you are.]

[inflictedknight]

[Karkat seems to read past the snarkiness of that sentence and zones in on the main part--]

Wait... You know about the quadrants?

[This is the first human that hasn't been all 'BLUH?' when he mentioned something like that to them for the first time.]

[hailforward]

[The what now? Green just gives Karkat an irritated look.] What do red feelings have to do with quadrants?

[Let Green explain his train of thought to you, Karkat.] Don't tell me you didn't know that we think of affection and love in red or pink colours. And when you're talking about red feelings, you obviously mean that, don't you?

[inflictedknight]

[Karkat just gave him a blank look. This was totally new information!]

I'm tired of fucking explaining it to you humans. [Heaves a great sigh.] There are four romantic quadrants. It's probably way too complex for your simple little monkey mind to make out.