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[onlyasign]

HELLO, YOU'VE REACHED SUFFERER. I'M NOT HERE RIGHT NOW TO TALK TO YOU; IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO TRY TO REACH YOU LATER, LEAVE YOUR NAME AND I'LL CONTACT YOU.

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[lawesome]

[Does she want to meet him? Perhaps. Part of her certainly does. And part of her wishes he just wasn't here. He's so much easier to deal with when he was just a troll she heard about in stories, when she could let herself be inspired without facing his actual judgement. And goddamnit, she had never cared about anyone's judgement before, and yet--

No. She had to do this. She had absconded from their last convo, something which hardly sat right with her. She was Redglare, she didn't abscond. Not again, at least.]


1 B3L13V3 YOU OW3 M3 4 M33T1NG.

[onlyasign]

[Ah, Redglare. Sufferer is definitely interested in meeting her, and talking about the future. He also gets the distinct impression that he makes her uneasy, and that won't do. Even though he's Sufferer now and now Signless, the Dolorosa didn't raise a troll who is rude and makes people nervous.]

YES, I'D LIKE THAT. IS THERE ANYWHERE IN PARTICULAR YOU'D LIKE TO MEET?

[lawesome]

1'V3 H4RDLY B33N H3R3 FOR LONG 3NOUGH TO D3V3LOP 4 PR3F3R3NC3.
SOM3WH3R3 WH3R3 W3 WON'T B3 D1STURB3D.

[Just... not her place. That is her little safe haven right now. She isn't one of those brooders or anything, but having a little space where she can unwind is still pretty valuable.]

[onlyasign]

[From what he's seen, all highbloods have a marked tendency towards brooding.]

THE PARK, PERHAPS? IF WE MOVE INTO THE WOODED AREA, WE'LL BE LEFT ALONE.

[lawesome]

[Yeah, it is a highblood thing. They are pretty pathetic lugs like that.]


YOU KNOW, YOUR D3SC3ND3NT SUGG3ST3D TH3 S4M3 TH1NG B3FOR3.
4LL R1GHT. W3 C4N M33T TH3R3.

[onlyasign]

I THOUGHT HE MIGHT. KARKAT IS A CLEVER YOUNG TROLL.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL MEET YOU THERE IN A FEW MINUTES?

[lawesome]

1 W1LL B3 TH3R3.

[devwocean]

Signless receives a medium-sized box tied with a pink ribbon and filled with diamond-shaped chocolate-covered cherries, and a note:

They say Vvalentine is the time to tell those you lovve howw you feel about them, so here is somethin I wwrote.

Cherries are red, an your blood is too.
But nevver wwill I consider the hue.
My regard for you is pale as can be.
My life is perfect so long as you're wwith me.
You'll nevver knoww howw deep my feelin goes.
It's like nevver-ending wwaters wwith how far it flowws.
If you wwere taken from me I don't knoww wwhat I'd say.
But I think it'd rupture the bubble wwith howw I'd make evveryone pay.
I lovve how you hold me an pap my fins.
I think in this wway then evveryone wwins.
The humans wwould ask be my vvalentine.
But all I'll ask is to say forevver you'll be mine.

[onlyasign]

[That is very sweet, but just the tiniest bit possessive and highblooded. They'll have to work on that more.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DUALSCAR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME EAT THESE WITH ME?

[devwocean]

[He poured his heart out on the page]

Wwell, if you wwant to share them then I can't think a anyone better suited.

[onlyasign]

[Sufferer can tell.]

THINGS LIKE THIS ARE ALWAYS BETTER SHARED.
I'M IN THE RESPITEBLOCK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME.

[devwocean]

[He's there in a flash, smiling with his fins pricked up happily. He all but pounces Signless, wrapping him up in a hug]

You liked my poem? I wworked on it all wweek.

[onlyasign]

[Sufferer hugs him back.]

I did! I could tell you worked really hard on it!

[devwocean]

[Wow, he's actually happy. He rumbles and grabs a chocolate, then holds it up for Signless to eat]

Wwell, I did. I don't knoww that I'm vvery good at poetry.

[onlyasign]

Thank you.

[Sufferer takes the chocolate and eats it, his eyebrows rising with surprise as it melts in his mouth. It's good, if a little sloppy.]

Did you make these too?

[devwocean]

Yes! [He's so proud] I made them wwith my vvery owwn prongs. [Also Zelda helped]

[onlyasign]

They're delicious!

[It's nice seeing Dualscar so proud of things like poetry and chocolate-making, and Sufferer reaches up to indulge himself a little and ruffle Dualscar's hair.]

[devwocean]

[Wow, praise is great, but hair ruffling gets a bit of a squirm and a scowl. Still, Signless likes the efforts he made and that makes it worthwhile]

I'm glad you liked them. Real glad.

[onlyasign]

[Hey, Dualscar ruffles his hair all the time! It's only far that he gets his own ruffled occasionally!]

It's nice that you spent so much time on them. Thank you.

[feralfanatic]

[Disciple had been putting this off for awhile, but finding out both Darkleer and Dualscar had talked to him already... well, she had no more reason to delay it. Awkward conversation, go!]

Hey there, Nubby
There is something I believe we n33d to talk about

Rather
More then just one something

Are you okay to m33t up somewhere?
My hive
Or somewhere else if you prefer?

[onlyasign]

[He's sure he knows what this is all about, but he'll let her tell him in her own time.]

WHY DON'T I COME VISIT YOU? WE'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE INTERRUPTED AT YOUR HIVE.

[feralfanatic]

[It is sort of the trunkbeast in the room she had been trying to ignore.]

That sounds perfect then
Do you want tea or coff33 or anything?
I can put it on for when you arrive

[onlyasign]

TEA, PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OF PSII'S HONEY FOR SWEETENER? IF YOU DON'T, I'LL BRING SOME ALONG.

[feralfanatic]

I do
I make sure to k33p some on hand at all times
Just in case
You know?

[With that she sets about preparing the tea. Something relaxing, more for her own nerves then anything. he already knew, at least that is what they said, but it was going to be an awkward conversation regardless.]

[onlyasign]

I KNOW. SEE YOU SOON, KITTEN.

[A short time later, there's a gentle knock at her door.]