[IC: On top of the Stationhive]

[youmustlickit]

> Be the EMOTIONALLY CONFLICTED BLIND GIRL.

Oh boy are you ever succeeding at that.

You're sitting on the edge of the roof of the STATIONHIVE trying to think things through. You've been avoiding most of your friends, Karkat in particular, the past few days.

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[threshprince]

[You've spent the past few days going absolutely SHITHIVE MAGGOTS trying to find your MATESPRIT. Trollian, asking people, and good old-fashioned legwork haven't helped you any. But you do know her pretty well. You may not be a SEER OF MIND, but you know she has a way of seeking higher ground when she needs to think, and so you look for her on the roof.]

...
TEREZI?

[youmustlickit]

[Crap.]

...
H1

[threshprince]

OKAY, LOOK
I'VE BEEN THINKING
AND I REALIZE THIS MAKES ME THE BIGGEST IDIOT ALTERNIA HAS EVER SEEN
BUT I HONESTLY CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL ME.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG THIS TIME?

[youmustlickit]

YOU D1DNT DO 4NYTH1NG WRONG

[youmustlickit]

WHY WOULDNT 1T B3?

[youmustlickit]

SOM3T1M3S GOOD TH1NGS H4PP3N ON ROOFS!

[reach_within]

Jaime [BB] began trolling gallowsCalibrator [GC]

Jaime: uh
Jaime: hey
Jaime: are you there?

[youmustlickit]

GC: Y34H 1M H3R3
GC: H3Y J41M3

[reach_within]

Jaime: guess I thought I'd check what's going on
Jaime: haven't seen you around

[youmustlickit]

GC: ...
GC: 1 D1D SOM3TH1NG K1ND OF STUP1D

[babyjusthurtme]

[You come up to the rooftop to do more INTROSPECTIVE THINKING. At least, that's damn well what you're going to call it rather than, I don't know, BEING BORED OUT OF YOUR FU- oh hey look, it's Terezi.]

hey ter

[youmustlickit]

...H3Y 3R1D4N

[babyjusthurtme]

wwoah ok shit somethins up

[youmustlickit]

WHY DO3S 3V3RYON3 4SSUM3 TH4T?

[bethecoolkid]

[As the Knight of Time, you know exactly how long shit has been awkward overall at Rainbow Rumpus Party Town. It's a subtle effect of your powers, that you somehow just seem to KNOW how time flies by whereas before you could have just ignored it. When each tick of the clock feels like a chickenshit heartbeat and every movement of the hands some kind of unidentified but no doubt gross glandular activity, sitting still and doing nothing is REALLY capable of driving a kid mad.

Mad enough to start slowly, but surely, walk up all the stairs towards the top of the roof, where you know the girl in question is hanging out. Each step feels like it's priming you for some ironic trip and embarrassing tumble, as if to really hammer home what a phenomenally stupid idea this is.

But as you're not Tavros, you manage to climb up and, as soon as you open that door to the rooftop, confront the girl.

Aaany time now. Gonna confront the girl. You confront her. YOU CONFRONT THAT GIRL THIS INSTANT.]

[youmustlickit]

[You know the COOLKID is there. You could smell him the second he came up. But you're going to wait for him to make the first move. ]

[bethecoolkid]

[On the other side of this door is possibly the most awkward talk you're ever going to have with a girl. Behind you, stairs. Bro warned you about the latter, and now you wish that he had taken some time to dish out about the former. Your throat is dry, you're head's a mess and you wonder:why bother? Wouldn't it be best to just let it be? Drop this whole situation like the hot mess it is, watch Terezi drift back to Karkat, everyone wins, everyone's happy.

Everyone except you. Because that's the strategy you've been following these past few days, and it's pretty fucking obvious by now that isn't working out for you at all. Selective blindness isn't an option right now. It probably hasn't been one since she first told you Bro was dead. So... hands on the handle. Turn it sideways and push.
were doin this man
were makin it happen]

hey

[youmustlickit]

...H3Y