W00rst part is that he never ap00l00gized, and pr00bably never will. I tried really hard to supp00rt him after he licked that stupid fuck-ass l00llip00p, but... he just g00t w00rse after it w00re 00ff. T00-00k an entire sweep t00 wear 00ff, but, after that? He kept saying he "Kn00ws the truth". . .

Well, uh-- n00t the 00nly reas00n. But it was the straw that br00ke the hump-beast's back, as it were.

[You do not mind. It's...weird that he cares, but whatever. It feels nice to have someone apologized, because your ex moirail didn't. And hasn't.]

++ and show off the holes scattered throughout.]

He had n00 idea h00w t00 pr00fessi00nally pierce ears, I have n00 idea what c00mpelled him t00 d00 it. . .

[Another bite of grubcake, a sip of juice.]

++ and then my ex m00rail went d00uche-m00de and attempted t00 pierce my ears. Thus all the h00les in them. They g00t infected and fucked me up f00r ab00ut half a sweep.

N00wadays, my ears aren't infected anym00re, but it kinda makes hearing a pain in my ass.

[You gently lift your ear, ++

... [Your smile drops, at the memory of when your hearing got worse. When you sit back down, you take an awkward sip of your juice and a bite of the grubcake you had set aside for yourself. You hand the mutantblood a plate with a grubcake on it.]

...My hearing was always shit, ++

(( me waiting for the karkat interactions. ))

(( i would be so down for this...

(( WHACKS YOU WITH A FUCKING BROOM

SPIT THOSE OUT I GOTTA FINISH THOSE WHEN MY ELBOW FEELS BETTER!!!!!! /silly!

dude it's not even done aaaaaaa /gen + /lh

Sucks that that fucking thing is back in circulati00n.

My ex-m00rail tried it and he wasn't the same until it w00re 00ff literally a sweep later.

He's still n00t exactly the same, even.

[You frown, eyes cast downward, wringing your claws.]

The l00llip00p of c00smic j00y? 00r are y00u referring t00 s00mething else?

( left is mienta kryopa, and right is barsti ventok

(( Full Ref Sheet, drawn/colored/rendered by me.

do not steal/copy/edit/trace ))

(( Your boss is actually Alternian. ))

Yeah. S00metimes when I sleep, I get these...visi00ns. They're always vague, c00nfusing, upsetting, and blurry. . . This time, was staggeringly m00re clear.

[You rub the side of your head, shaking off the head pain that lingered.]

++ b00ring. . . ! [A little laugh, as you return to him, offering him a frosted grubcake from your friend, Inaria. She's a great baker, but... stigma has her baking aspirations down in the dirt.]

00kay, as l00ng as we're 00n the same page. Is there anything y00u wish to kn00w in particular?

[You stand up, your mouth a little dry, so you go to the refrigerator cube and open it for more juice and something to snack on. Grubcakes and juice for you and Karkat.]

I'll be h00nest, I'm kinda ++