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[sparrowfeather]

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10/6

[parodeity]

yo you need to never talk to karkat about me and him ever again because 1 it aint your business and 2 what the fuck

[sparrowfeather]

what???? he told you??? come on, i was just trying to be his cheerleader!

[ sort...... of... ]

and there was more to the conversation than that!

okay, that's it. have i managed to piss off every strider here?

[parodeity]

thats the part that matters
and i dont buy that shit about "being his cheerleader"
just dont talk about us again
full stop
and idk
what the fuck did you do to make dirk mad

[sparrowfeather]

okay. i won't. message received, loud and clear!!! sorry. he's just one of those people who is way too easy to tease and i was kinda surprised. and happy! and i'm just digging a deeper hole SERIOUSLY i'll stop

with dirk it was "irresponsibility with the (potential) distribution of alcohol" but we managed to clear it up i think? your brother can be sort of intimidating.

[parodeity]

k

he can be in certain scenarios
that would in fact be one of them

[sparrowfeather]

the shades help, but what's worse is when i can tell he's giving me a death glare from behind them, you know? anyway, he chilled out when i told him that i'm pals with his best friend, and then we came to a sound resolution. i think? i hope.

anyway...... i guess this means i'll have to work harder to live up to the name "rose"

don't worry, i won't give up!

idk early october

[oneandmikleonly]

[and immediately after this Mikleo is sneaking out somehow and sending Rose a frantic text]

are you really sure this is going to work i asked him about dating just now he literalyl has never consdered it before and i dont' think he wants to

[yes it goes through with all of those typos]

[sparrowfeather]

[ rose responds in about .2 seconds. ]

wait, what?!?!?! what do you mean you asked him about dating???? what did you say?? why would you think that??? give me direct quotes here, i need more information!

[oneandmikleonly]

we were wathcing videos adn one about dating came up it seemed like a good time

'it's not like I need to prepare i'm not exactly going on dates here'

'who said i watned to [go on dates]'

then when i made him thikn about it more hse said he'd have to introduce me to his date?/??

[sparrowfeather]

hold on

hold on.

so you asked sorey about his interest in dating and he offered no real thoughts about it except that he'd have to introduce you? like that was the extent of sorey's deep and insightful thoughts on dating? introducing you to his potential date, when he is not super into the idea of a potential date at all?

just stop panicking and tell me i'm getting this right????

also i have a question

[oneandmikleonly]

[there's a slight pause in which mikleo apparently regains the ability to type with steady hands]

yes he said he'd think about trying it though but he definitely found the idea weird

what is it

[sparrowfeather]

before you pressed him on it, was he all "i've never thought about it because i'm always spending time with you anyway" or whatever

early october please love us

[imsorey]

[so after this Sorey is texting Rose]

rose i think something is wrong with mikleo

GOD HELP THEM ALL

[sparrowfeather]

[ deep breath rose DEEP BREATH ]

what's wrong with mikleo, sorey

[imsorey]

he started asking me about dating and wanted me to date someone

thats weird right

[sparrowfeather]

yeah, it's definitely pretty weird. something might be up, mikleo doesn't ask random questions like that.

you said no right? i mean obviously

[imsorey]

i said i'd think about it because he seemed pretty serious about it. but then i wouldn't get to spend as much time with you guys. if he just wanted space wouldn't he say that?

wait do you think he read a book that said humans have to go on dates and get married and now he thinks i need to go on dates to be happy

[sparrowfeather]

well you guys spend like every night staying up reading books involving inter-species relationships, remember? human on human relationships never seem to come up much, so that can't be it

but have you ever wondered whether mikleo was interested in dating anyone? maybe he asked you because he was thinking about it too

10/16

[alienates]

HEY OTHER ROSE.
1) DID DAVE EVER APPROACH YOU AFTER THE LAST TIME WE TALKED?
2) IF THE ANSWER TO THE ABOVE QUESTION IS YES, WHAT DID HE TALK TO YOU ABOUT?

I MEAN. IF HE DID THEN I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT HE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, BUT JUST CHECKING.

1/2

[sparrowfeather]

hey, other karkat! i'm sure there's another one out there somewhere. i think you're the last person i ever expected to text me like willingly, but hey!!

anyway, to answer your actual question, yeah, he did. he told me to never talk to you about anything that has to do with you and him ever again, and to stay out of your business. there was a "what the fuck" in there, too, just to emphasize that he was pissed. really pissed, i think.

so... i promised him i wouldn't bug you about it. pretty sure i made it onto his shit list, though. so much for starting a two-person rose harem.

[ should she apologize? does karkat even care about apologies? did she screw up that much? as much as she and karkat banter, rose doesn't dislike him in the slightest. he's just fun to mess around with. she wouldn't bother going back and forth with him if she didn't like him. that'd just be a waste of time on her part.

maybe she took it a little too far this time, but she wasn't lying to dave about being excited about it, never mind the fact that dave didn't buy it. but. okay, yeah, judging by dave's reaction, she probably did go kind of overboard. she never knew it was a sore subject or that big a secret or whatever it is, and she wouldn't have teased him about it so relentlessly if she'd known better. she can't blame herself for that. but still... ]

2/2

[sparrowfeather]

look, i should have toned it down a notch. i suck at apologies, but i'm sorry, okay? i mean it. if i'd known the subject was that sore, i wouldn't have gone that far and pushed so much.

so i promise i'll keep my promise! that makes it a double promise!! we cool?

HOW THE FUCK DID I REPLY TO THE FIRST ONE LMAO

[alienates]

[ a part of karkat gets suddenly very sappy because dave is attempting to defend his honor? what a good boyfriend. and then he remembers that shit between dave and him is currently weird. when he thinks about it, he isn't even sure approaching rose about this even matters anymore? everything is up in the air and confusing, but it's easier to just go along with what he knows instead of floundering around attempting to understand another person's feelings who doesn't like sharing their feelings.

there is a few minute delay. he appreciates the apology, at least. ]

I WOULDN'T SAY "COOL" BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADMITTING WE WERE EVER COOL IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[ HE'S STILL A SHIT, ROSE..... sorry ]

I DIDN'T MENTION IT TO HIM FOR HIM TO GO AT YOU LIKE THAT THOUGH.
IT JUST KIND OF CAME UP IN CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE TOPIC WE WERE DISCUSSING WAS RELATED TO IT.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I SENT HIM OVER TO YELL AT YOU? BECAUSE THAT WASN'T IT.

shhhh it's okay

[sparrowfeather]

[ nah, karkat is just meant to be a little shit, and rose would be more concerned if he wasn't, tbh. that's good enough for her. ]

oops, my bad. i must have mixed up my wording or something. i should've asked if we're still not cool instead. knowing that clears things right up!

[ there's a brief delay on rose's end between that and the text that follows, too. ]

and duh! you'd never ask anyone to come yell at me when you're more than capable of doing it yourself. the thought never even crossed my mind.

believe it or not, i'd ask if everything's alright, but i guess that'd be breaking my promise, so i'm not going to. in a hypothetical situation where said promise to butt out didn't exist, though, asking is something i'd hypothetically do.

but a promise is a promise, right? just thought i'd let you know that a hypothetical door is open if there was ever a hypothetical situation you needed one.

[ she's not (hypothetically) giving him an option to bring whatever it is that happened to her to be nosy this time; rather, she's (hypothetically) asking because whatever this talk entailed, it must have been a pretty big deal if karkat cared enough to check in with her like this. rose won't push the issue, and he has an easy out, but karkat is more obvious than he thinks he is. it's a (hypothetical) invitation, considering rose is one of the only people who know about it. rose can take a wild guess that something's up. she's getting some serious It's Complicated vibes right now.

plus, rose is a little (okay, more than a little) curious regarding how her little chat with karkat was related to a serious conversation at all. a passing "so listen to what bullshit that Other Rose just pulled" seemed like a reasonable assumption to make before being told otherwise. ]

[alienates]

[ karkat's immediately response is to tell her to mind her own business, and he even begins to type it out but. stops.

the number of people who know dave and karkat are dating is... pretty limited. there's everyone he knows from before they came to this planet (except jade... they should tell jade?????? probably), rin, and now rose. hinata and chara are aware that karkat is dating someone but they don't know who, and they most likely don't care since it's not like either of them like karkat as a person. so. ]

THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
I AM PRETTY SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE.
OR AS FINE AS IT CAN BE. UGH.

[sparrowfeather]

approximately 99% of the time, what you just said tends to mean that everything is going the exact opposite of fine.