second feather- [Video]

[charcoalfeather]

[....Boy, it's a bit early to be making a video, isn't it? But it would seem someone's set on it, the way the feed settles on the open window of a room before it's turned around to show... Rakka. She seems rather awake, despite the early hours, peering down at her gear with those big eyes.]

Look at this.

[Quiet voice, Rakka. A simple thing to ask before she moves the screen again, jostling it but actually making it clear that they're going to the window and the gear is heading riiiight through it.

Outside the window was Violet city, obviously quiet and dark at this hour, though not so much now as it used to be. The street lamps provide decent illumination, but that's not what Rakka wanted the gear to see as she turns the gear around so it's facing upwards. Pointed into the dark night sky, you get an impressive view at the expanse of twinkling stars up there.]

They're beautiful, right? ...But at the same time they also seem strange. The stars here remind me of the ones back home. I was wondering if any of them are the same, or if I would even be able to tell. [Off-screen, Rakka breaths a quiet sigh.] Maybe not...

[She pulls the screen back into view of her again.] At least I'm getting used to this world now. It's been... [yaaawn] easier then before... Huh?

[Now is the perfect time for a couple of sleepy Doduo heads to poke their heads into the frame and seek attention via tenderly and repeatedly nudging their trainer. Absolutely. It helps sleep-deprived Rakka notice them.]

H-hey, what's wrong? I'm not doing anything...! [Wait, unless she... oops. Whisper time should still be in effect uuhhh] I'll go to bed soon, really...

[And the feed is cut there. Pleasant dreams, Route.]

Comments

[video]

[charcoalfeather]

[....Awwww.]

...Your dog is cute.

[Sorry, she's tired. Uh.]

Uhh, what were you saying?

[ THAT'S OKAY ME EITHER]

[charcoalfeather]

Thanks. I'll try to ask Dave about it then. there has to be something about it that he understands better then I do.

[Or maybe he'll just laugh about the fact that Karkat's gotten someone else into romcoms. This is the kind of life they have, but somehow Rakka was lucky enough to not be deserving of the blunt of it.]

Huh? You have a troll version of this movie?
and a troll version of will smith?
or uh this actor? Really?

[text]

[quadrangle]

[... this is true. Also, uh. Fuck. Wait, maybe he can. Fudge a little?]

SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
IT'S SORT OF FUCKING COMPLICATED. LET'S JUST SAY THE TROLL VERSION EXISTED FIRST.

[coolskeleton_95]

YES! I KNOW I DON'T LOOK LIKE IT NOW, HOWEVER!

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[placidly] Damn right she is.

[He idly strokes Steve's ears.]

I was asking what your homeworld's like. A couple details should narrow down whether it's earth or not, at least.

[He lets out a deep sigh.]

Christ, saying stuff like that doesn't even feel weird anymore.

[text]

[charcoalfeather]

it does? is that real?

[....]

Are there Troll versions of other humans?

[text]

[quadrangle]

[god

DAMMIT]

LOOK IT'S A REALLY LONG STORY.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES? BUT IT'S REALLY FUCKING COMPLICATED AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET INTO IT.

text

[pipers_son]

still dont know but there are books right

[text]

[charcoalfeather]

uh

oh okay. it's pretty late anyway. another time!

[text]

[quadrangle]

[...]

YEAH. NEXT TIME, MAYBE

[text]

[charcoalfeather]

[....]

I probably shouldn't be awake so long. I'll talk to you later, Karkat

text

[charcoalfeather]

I guess, but I haven't be able to find anything like a library anywhere!

[charcoalfeather]

oh! uh you mean you're a human now too?

I mean, it's great if you think it is.
do you miss being a skeleton?

[video]

[charcoalfeather]

Oh! Well, my world's kind of different from everyone else's I think. [She starts slowly, piecing her answer together as she goes.]

Well there are humans, for starters. I think that's important. And, um, aside from that, the biggest thing is the only part of my world that I know about is the town I'm from.

Re: [text]

[quadrangle]

YEAH, OK.
LATER.

[Rakka, please don't ask again, he does not want to tell you about Homestuck.]

[coolskeleton_95]

WELL, I DO MISS MY HANDSOME VISAGE, THOUGH, BEING HUMAN HAS GIVEN ME MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THEM!

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

Humans, that's a good place to start. You're one of those, right? You can't tell by looking around here.

Right, small-town girl. It got a name? You always live there?

text

[pipers_son]

goldenrod should have one

[charcoalfeather]

I know. I heard it has a really good bookstore too!

I can't wait to see it for myself.

[charcoalfeather]

[Handsome?.... hmm, okay...]

Oh? Like what?

[video]

[charcoalfeather]

Oh, no. [She drowsily shakes her head.] I wasn't a Human. Actually, I was a Haibane.

[Explanations are haaaard.] And... the town is named Glie. I've lived there for as long as I can remember.

[coolskeleton_95]

DIGESTION, FOR ONE!

[charcoalfeather]

Oh... you mean
when you were a skeleton you couldn't

[oh no

whhhyyy does she have to have this mental image at this time of night. why]

[coolskeleton_95]

[Paps, however, is pretty oblivious to the faux pas here.]

UNTIL NOW, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT GOING TO THE BATHROOM REALLY MEANT!

[charcoalfeather]

uh
okay



can we talk about something else?

[PLEASE oh man she made such a mistake this night]