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one (video) ♊ go on ahead; will you ever make it back?

[The feed clicks on to show a very angry black-haired boy, his background a striking contrast of gently shuffling leaves; it's obvious by the scenery that this kid hasn't gotten much farther than New Bark, and one might even be able to catch a glance of houses in the distance. Slightly visible off-screen is the limb of some kind of small brown Pokémon, spinning around rhythmically and humming its name in a low drone: Bal-toy. Bal-toy. Bal-toy. It seems this unfortunate tendency has put the newbie Trainer in something of a... mood. He turns around and swats the thing lightly with one hand, the other still holding onto his PokéGear.]

Will you shut up? I already have this music playing, I don't need you too.

[The Baltoy squeaks in surprise, but obliges, spinning silently now. The boy sighs deeply and returns his attention to the PokéGear. He commences speaking to the microphone now; several of his teeth are visibly pointed and oversized, to the degree where they give him a noticeable lisp. He's also wearing glasses with red and blue lenses -- making him immediately identifiable if you knew him in a past life.]

Okay, I don't know what kind of terrible fucking joke this is supposed to be, but I am really not in the mood for it. So congratulations, ED. You've actually managed to throw your shitty magic at things enough to do something of moderate skill and importance. Good job.

Now get me the fuck out!

[Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.]

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CAPTOR!

[ no multiples for this one. JUST SHOUTING OUT OF BARELY DISGUISED PURE JOY. ]

...

What the fuck, man. Don't yell at your goddamn partner in this less than magical journey, you shit licker.

WHAT.

[Sollux had gotten used to Karkat's emotional screaming by now, but he could only guess that this change to a human (because obviously he was not the only one missing horns in this endeavor -- what the fuck had Eridan done?) had affected his vocal chords somehow. Because that sounded like a happy scream. He never gets a happy scream.]

I wouldn't have to yell at this pile of discharge if it didn't have to summon a goddamn horrorterror or whatever it's doing all the fucking time.

[ stares. long and hard. ]

Take the red and white ball and hold it towards your Baltoy and tell it to return.

[He does so. His expression doesn't change when the Baltoy returns with a quiet sucking noise, but his tone does. It's a fair bit relieved now.] Thank god.

[Sollux drops the Pokéball into his bag, clearly conveying that he intends to never open it again for as long as he lives; whether he actually does or not is up for debate. But instead, he hunches further over the PokéGear to get a better look at Karkat. Human. Squishy and flush-colored as it gets.] So you're here too.

[He picks a leaf out of his hair, eyeing it with disgust before dropping it on the ground.] Mind imparting some of your vast leaderly knowledge as to what in fuck is going on?

What you just put away was your partnered Pokébeast. I have several of them by now...

[ Karkat motions to behind him. he's got a Beartic sitting next to his shiny Haxorus. both seem to be too preoccupied by eating. there's also a Joltik climbing on his shoulder, but ignore that. ]

Since this place isn't very welcoming to anyone who isn't human, we all get changed upon arrival. Time shenanigans are at fucking work too. I'm from the future in your perspective. John is way in the fucking past for the both of us. Whatever force that transported us here apparently doesn't give a shit about continuity or consistency as far as time goes.

John, Rose, Vriska, and Jade have been here for a long time. Me? It's getting close to half a goddamn sweep.

[What the fuck... even... are those things. You get a brief and hugely entertaining "WTF" face from Sollux, but as the description suggests, it doesn't last long; soon enough he's back to looking angry, though it's at a much lesser level now that he has a constant stream of information in the form of Karkat. It seems there's going to be a lot he doesn't know, though, with all of this time nonsense, and plus the -- jesus christ, half a sweep?! -- Karkat and the others spent... great. That's really. Great.]

Sounds like a party.

Says you. I spent most of it catering to the every whim of a very blind Captor until about a month ago.

[ no, really. Karkat paid for everything, working to support both Eridan and Sollux. ]

That reminds me. I have a beast from the former you that was here. Do you want it?

Blind? I went blind in this bucketfill? [And a moment later:] KK, I was never here before.

[He totally does want the old Sollux's Pokémon, though, considering his faith in the one he has is diminishing quickly. R u d e.]

No. You went blind in the Veil, just like you fucking said you would.

[ his head nearly smacks against the table he's at though. goddammit. no wonder people got migraines from explaining this shit. ]

Look, nookbiter, this place does shit to your memory too. When you get sent back home, you don't remember this place. Then if you end up here again you may or may not remember it still.

Apparently this is my fourth or fifth time in this shit hole and I don't remember the other times.

...

[And excuse him for a moment as he shifts the Pokégear's position to a bit further away and abruptly slams his head forward, as if he was looking for a surface to headdesk on but realized too late that he was on a little handheld device. Regardless, it is accentuated with a pretty loud "fuck". At least... at least he got it done in the Veil.]

Ugh... whatever. [And he's rubbing at his head, noticing very much how odd it is to not have to navigate around his horns.] What's this monster the old me had, then?

It's a fire type called a Typhlosion. You named it ~ATH.

[ Tildeath is kind of a funny name but hey. ]

I've been raising it, but you can probably ride on him instead of walk and believe me when I say that so helps.

There's also another option...

Who the fuck names an animal ~ATH? [Wow, past him was a retard. But Karkat's comment about riding definitely sparked Sollux's interest, because he is not built for all this walking.] Fuck. I'd better take him back, though. Don't want you to troop around with the worst-named Pokébeast on the entire fucking planet.

[And at the mention of the other option, he grunts as a means of imploring Karkat to go on.]

Apparently you do, Sollux.

[ he snorts and rubs the back of his neck. just a little wary. ]

I can come and get you on my flying type. Bring you to Goldenrod. Personally, I don't know how long me and Vanitas are going to stick around. We were going to head on over into the next region.

[ which is a roundabout invitation. ]

[And he's just about to say "then past me is a dipshit," but then realizes with slow-dawning horror what nearly passed from his lips and who would be receiving it, and decides to switch tracks. Yes. Vanitas. Other region. Right.]

Fine. It's not like I have any other plans, seriously.

It will be a few hours. Think you can not kill yourself in that time?

[He grumbles.] Oh gee whiz, I'll do my best. ...And don't get your ass sniped out of the air, either, that would just be pathetic.

[This is the closest you'll get to good wishes from him.]

There's nothing here to shoot me out of the sky, dumbass.

[ action oooorrr? ]

Seriously? That is way too easy.

[Let's do it.]

See you in a few hours, I guess.

[ after eating with Rose, that is. which means it will be well into the night before Karkat and his GIANT FRIGGIN CROBAT can be seen in the skies, flying over the route leading into New Bark Town. ]

Yeah, see ya.

[Sollux basically didn't move from his spot for that entire time. After a while he got hungry and started picking at the food provided by that woman, eventually letting Baltoy back out. It started spinning again, but Sollux allowed it to chant this time. Karkat had mentioned that one fire guy had a name, ~ATH... should he give one to this freaky thing too? An actually good one? It had to be better than ~ATH, right?]

[He'd been watching the skies all day; there were a bunch of small birds flitting through it, so he had stopped reacting to those. But a Crobat is significantly larger than a Pidgey, and it also had a troll-shaped (or human-shaped, damn) lump on it. Baltoy had fallen asleep somewhere in the meantime, so Sollux returned it without bothering to wake it up, and collected the rest of his assorted possessions which he had strewn around.]

[Yeah, the thing was coming down. It had to be Karkat. Sollux stood up, slinging the swag bag over his shoulder, and waited.]

[ well at least Sollux isn't browsing the network then. it means one less thing for Karkat to be embarrassed by.

Josie lands and Karkat gets off, tossing her a little treat. ]

Hey.

[ but before he can say anything else? Josie is latching onto Sollux, giving affectionate licks. ]

He-- [At least you got a word in.]

[Immediately Sollux is flailing wildly, attempting to get the thing off. Unfortunately, his noodly limbs do nothing to subdue the Giant Freaking Bat currently attacking him, hungering for hugs and kisses. It's really pretty fun to watch; if only he had accidentally left the PokéGear on for this, it would have made a great accidental network post.] What the fuck, KK?!

[ he stares. then he starts laughing. AND LAUGHING. finally, Karkat comes over and tugs gently on one of those lower wings. ]

Off, Josie. No blood sucking for you.

Don't you fucking laugh at me, you goddamn--

[...Oh.]

[And the result is one very scuffed-up looking Sollux, readjusting his glasses and glaring daggers at either Josie, Karkat, or both.] Very funny, KK. Hilarious.

I can't help it that she LIKES people, dumbass. She also hasn't seen you in about a perigee.

[ he smooths over some of her fur. ]

Which is why you'll be riding on her while I dig out Huckleberry.

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