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I'M GOING OFF TO TRAIN FOR A BIT.
NO ONE HAVE A HEART ATTACK OKAY?
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL OR ANYTHING BUT I GUESS IT'S WHAT YOU'D CALL CLAUSTROPHOBIA.
KARKAT VANTAS NEEDS SOME PERSONAL PACE TO BALANCE BEING FACE DEEP IN SOMEONE'S ASS ALL THE TIME.

[ /Private ]

So I'm on my last badge. After this both Johto and Kanto will have been crushed under the fearsome wrath that is one Karkat Vantas and his victorious team of battle hardened beasts.

...What now? I mean what the fuck do you do after that massive undertaking has finally been cleared away? The Elite Four is still not an option, I know. Yeah, sure, I have some little beasts that need to be trained. But what is there really left to do?

I've just woken up from spending two whole goddamn years shooting the metaphorical breeze with ( if that's even how the saying goes - fuck if I know ) one red clad asshole and the Mayor. Not that it's been a bad experience, but I'm so done with sitting around with my nubs shoved up my waste chute.

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Good luck.

...I feel as though this is pretty damn ironic.

...why?

[Rude can't think of any reason why the situation's ironic. Maybe the Pokemon life isn't for him personally, but Karkat seemed quite adjusted to this world when they had their first conversation.]

You asked what there was do to around here and I threw out some options. Now I'm the one fondling my globes while trying to figure out my life choices.

That's pretty close to situational irony.

Hmm.

[Rude gives this a good think-over. What would he do if he was in Karkat's shoes...?

It takes a few minutes of careful thinking, but eventually he offers his opinion over.]

Be the best then.

Beat every other Trainer out there.

...Prove my superiority to all of the others?

There's a thought.

It's something.

[He's seen a whole bunch of other trainers, some weak, some strong, and some who were just plain obscenely over-powered.

Getting to the top of that mountain is going to take time. But it sounds like Karkat's got plenty of that.]

The problem is that so many people here are goddamn weaklings.

Then you trash them.

And spread the message.