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Third Feather [Video/Action for Violet city]

...Hello? Is this working? At all?

[The feed opens on a familiar street of Violet City, somewhere notably outside the gym. The beautiful morning it is, you'd think that nothing's wrong at a glance, but you'd be so wrong.

The voice itself that could be heard just now was possibly unrecognizable, not helped by how the screen isn't facing whoever's holding it; it's pointed a the gym, rather. But then it moves along, going to a group of Pokemon standing around nearby, and a Dodrio, who's three heads all seem curious about the pokegear... or whoever's holding it.]

Well, it looks like it's working, right Kuki? Hmm, the Pokegear still being broken would be the least of our worries.

[A worried squawk follows. The voice is mature, but still light, like someone that was just stepping into an adult's shoes. A nice step away from the confusing rush of children on the network, isn't it?

But enough of the scenery, the gear is finally turned over, smoothly revealing... Rakka? Only, she looks like Rakka, albeit from several years down the line. She positions the gear until it's pointed directly on her face.]

...Some of you might not recognize me right now. [Hehe. Hair's still a mess, but that smile's one hundred percent her's.] It's Rakka. I guess I wouldn't recognize me either if I suddenly looked like this.

[But therein lies the point. With minor hesitancy, she speaks.] Is... anyone there? Karkat? Ashley? ...Yang? I'll take anyone, really it... feels like I slept for years. So, I just need to know if anyone's still around, okay?

[She'll let that sit for a moment, glance away, and cut the feed.]

Action for Violet City

[Y'know, maybe if this world actually gave them some warning when it was about to get weird, maybe it wouldn't be so bad? Yeah! Rakka could live without some of this excitement; it's not exactly fun to wake up in bed feeling like you've slept through your teens. Still... got to try and look on the bright side!

...It's a nice day? Bluh.

Well, curiosity never really dies down. And she's got on a nice dress she doesn't remember buying. So she sets out on a stroll through the city. She's always got at least one of her roster at her side - yes, even the Phantump because someone's feeling a bit braver. She spends the day talking to the locals, asking people in random shops and Sprout tower about the current weirdness, to not much luck. Mmrrgh.

She can at least try and unwind a little at a cafe she comes across, but her pokemon are getting their share of it. What? She's eating! One, or two bites count.]

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YES BUT IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT.
IT ISN'T PURE HATRED. THERE'S ATTRACTION BETWEEN KISMESES THAT GOES BEYOND THE MERE PHYSICAL.
LIKE YOU HATE THIS PERSON BUT SOMETHING KEEPS DRAWING YOU BACK TO THEM. THERE'S SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY LIKE, BUT SO MUCH ELSE ABOUT THIS PERSON PISSES YOU OFF THAT YOU CAN'T BRING YOURSELF TO FORGIVE WHATEVER FAULTS YOU SEE IN THEM.
SO IT EATS AWAY AT YOU, BOTH HATING AND LIKING THEM, TO THE POINT WHERE IT BECOMES AS MUCH OF AN OBSESSION AS BEING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE IN THE NORMAL HUMAN SENSE.
EVEN EXPLAINING IT LIKE THIS DOESN'T REALLY DO IT JUSTICE BUT I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS EXPLANATION SIMPLE. BLACK ROMANCE IS JUST. A LOT OF HUMANS DON'T GET IT. IT MIGHT BE A TROLL ONLY THING, I DON'T FUCKING KNOW.
OH AND I'M TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT THE CALIGINOUS QUADRANT HERE. AUSPISTICISM IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.

Yeah it sounds kind of like something a Troll would understand better then anyone else would, but I think I can understand where you're coming from.
I guess if it does involve hating someone so much that you... like them? People probably wouldn't be able to get that.
What's Auspisticism then?

HATING THEM BUT STILL LIKING THEM, OR EVEN HATING THEM BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM. LIKE I SAID, IT'S COMPLICATED.
AUSPISTICISM IS THE MOST CONFUSING QUADRANT EVEN FOR TROLLS. IT EXISTS TO PREVENT BLACK INFIDELITY OR INTERVENE IN RELATIONSHIPS THAT WOULD WREAK HAVOC ON THE INVOLVED TROLLS' LIVES IF ALLOWED TO FLOURISH.
IT'S THE ONE QUADRANT WITH THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED INSTEAD OF JUST TWO: ONE MEDIATOR AND TWO BRAINLESS ASSHOLES WHO CAN'T KEEP THEIR SHIT TOGETHER.

So you're saying that Auspisticism is all about someone getting between the other two whenever it could lead to a disaster.
Wait, is the third person in the relationship too?

OF COURSE THEY'RE IN THE RELATIONSHIP.
IT WOULDN'T BE ROMANCE OTHERWISE.

Right, right. I should have guessed.
You know, Haibane aren't very big on romance. At least I wasn't back then.

IS UH
IS THAT DIFFERENT NOW

[.....??????? WHAT IS HE EVEN WRITING]

Are you curious?

[And she'll let that sit for like a couple seconds...]

well, to tell you the truth, everything's different now. even before I uh woke up like this.
When I look back on my first year as a Haibane, there was so much I had to get used to. I think I went through a lot so romance wasn't anything I really thought about.

OH OK. I GUESS THAT MAKES SENSE.

[..... HAHAHA TIME TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.]

SO UH
FUCK. I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT QUADRANTS, RIGHT? DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT AUSPISTICISM.

Yeah, I don't know. Maybe.

[Something for her to think about when she's younger again... maybe. Possibly. Who knows.]

No, I think I uh understand it. Most of it.
But, about Quadrants. If these are all different types of relationships then a Troll could have all of them at once?

RIGHT. IDEALLY, YOU'D HAVE EVERY QUADRANT FILLED AT THE SAME TIME.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY, BUT UH
ANYWAY IT'S SORT OF COMPLICATED.

yeah uh
It sounds like if you did have all of it filled out that would be
busy.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC SOCIAL PURPOSES FOR THE CONCILIATORY QUADRANTS, AND THE CONCUPISCENT QUADRANTS ARE
YOU KNOW. CONCUPISCENT. SO IT WORKS OUT IN THE END.

That's good to hear. Even if it's not really a human thing, I'm glad it works out for you.
or you know, other trolls.

[... oh wow ouch??? Fucking ow, Rakka, goddamn.]

RIGHT. YEAH.
THANKS I GUESS.

[ ;u; ]

Yeah. Okay.
You sure that you're alright?

WHAT? I'M FINE. WHAT THE FUCK RAKKA EVERYTHING'S FINE.

[hahahahahaAHAHAHAHAHHA time to change the subject]

SO THAT WAS AUSPISTICISM AND KISMESISSITUDE. I ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT FLUSHED SO THAT JUST LEAVES MOIRALLEGIANCE.

...Alright.

[WHATEVER YOU SAY MAN]

And Moirallegiance is different from both of those, I bet.

IT IS YES.
MOIRAILS ARE MEANT TO EMOTIONALLY BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT. MY SPECIES IS
KIND OF FUCKING UNSTABLE I GUESS, COMPARED TO HUMANS. WE'RE A LOT MORE VIOLENT
SO HAVING A MOIRAIL AS A COUNTERPOINT FOR WHATEVER THE FUCK KIND OF ISSUES YOU HAVE IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S A REALLY BASIC EXPLANATION BUT YOU SEEM TO BE GRASPING THIS REALLY QUICKLY SO FAR? AGAIN LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

Ooooh.
Do you think so? I guess I am. Maybe you're just explaining them well.
I think the way a Moirail sounds like would be like having a best friend around to help you through some terrible times.
How's that for a comparison?

MAYBE. AND UH
IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT. OR, FUCK, I GUESS THAT WORKS FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT FOR TROLLS.
SORRY I MEANT HAIBANE PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
MOIRALLEGIANCE CAN BE CONFUSED WITH NORMAL FRIENDSHIP, THOUGH, IN SOME CASES. PALE FEELINGS CAN ALSO BLUR INTO FLUSHED. IT'S ALL REALLY FUCKING COMPLICATED.

Yeah, I think there's not many ways to compare it to a Human relationship. There just aren't the right words.

[Or they're both just terrible at explaining what's on their minds.]

It sounds like even when you've got so many names for them, the quadrants can still kind of blur together after a while. But at least I think that's something Humans have in common too. Sometimes.

I MEAN
KIND OF. THEY SHOULDN'T.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE MORE SENSE AS YOU GET OLDER. AT LEAST I SURE AS FUCK HOPE IT DOES.

I'm sure it will, eventually.
Look at it this way, I'm much older and I'm just starting to really understand how all of this works.
To be honest, I hope I can remember it all. If things ever go back to being normal, I mean.

I GUESS.
HEY, IF IT DOES, LET ME KNOW? MAYBE THEN IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND IT HAPPENS TO ME, I CAN USE IT TO FIGURE SOME SHIT OUT.

Third Feather [Video/Action for Violet city]

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