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[usedshooshpap]

Hopefully everyone is done wallowing in shame and embarrassment from that party enough for me to say that if I see mistletoe next year, I will fucking burn the place to the ground. Also, the adult Lalonde is not allowed to add her special "touch" to anything that might go into the bile sacks at any group function. Not that I don't appreciate the sentiment, but the end result was excruciating to watch.

Now that the official business is over, I've got a dilemma here. Obviously the first of the week, I'm going back towards Kanto. Big surprise, I know. What is surprising is that I don't know what I want to do. There are still four badges for me to get, but the question is... Do I just stay in Vermillion or Fuchsia until more tolerable traveling weather is in sight or just  keep going? I'm a little on the fence because it's fucking cold and I hate traveling in it.


[ Locked to Kanaya ]

Hey, is everything all right? I saw you leave the party, but didn't really get the chance to catch up with you.

[ /Locked ]

Oh, right. The Deino hatched yesterday. What the fuck is with these hyperactive hatchlings I've got recently?

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[timelymaid]

Then why do you have a bunch of aches? Did you hurt yourself or something?

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[usedshooshpap]

Nevermind talking or nevermind trying to deceive me?

[voice | Private]

[wontturntostone]

[No she's not answering that there's just another pause.]

Did you know Rose and John are dating, Karkat?

[A breath.]

Because I did not know that. No one said a word to me about it, in fact.

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[ghostytrainer]

Well guys and girls don't go through the same pubertal changes, obviously! Girls typically don't have facial hair and guys typically don't have boobs, in case you haven't noticed.

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[usedshooshpap]

They...


They bleed!?

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[ghostytrainer]

Every month, yes.

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[usedshooshpap]

HOW THE FUCK IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!?

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[ghostytrainer]

They don't just start gushing from every orifice or something, jeez.

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[matini]

It was mildly entertaining, and I merely forgot to label what were alcoholic and what weren't. Mistletoe is traditional, so it would be a shame to let it go.

[voice | Private]

[usedshooshpap]

Yeah I know John and Rose are dating...

[ very carefully here... there's an emphasis he is not going to miss. ]

Why is that a -

[ oh. fuck. ]

Shit. You're together on the - FUCK. Kanaya. I didn't know. I would have warned you, promise!

[voice]

[punchandkiss]

You aren't on your planet though, you're here.

[voice | Private]

[wontturntostone]

It's not your fault.

[She means that, too. Honestly.]

It's not really anyone's fault, probably. I just didn't know, and it never even occurred to me to ask.

Not that things from the meteor matter here, and...I'm not even really certain Together is the right-

[She sucks in a breath to force herself to stop.]

No. It doesn't matter.

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[shadowdive]

[Watches, wordlessly questioning.]

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[usedshooshpap]

That's what you're making it sound like.

Poor Rose.

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[ghostytrainer]

Well it's...uh. Okay. You do at least know what the whole point of puberty is, right?

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[usedshooshpap]

Not really no. I just thought it was akin to our pupa stage, what with all of the changes and all.

[voice]

[usedshooshpap]

So? I just buy what I'm used to.

Though I do have to get my shirts specially printed.

[usedshooshpap]

More like...

[ pauses for the word. ]

Growing pains?

[Audio]

[usedshooshpap]

I don't care about tradition.

[timelymaid]

Oh! You're getting taller, then?

[voice | Private]

[usedshooshpap]

No, stupid. It does matter.

And if you want to talk about it, I'll be here.

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[ghostytrainer]

Uhhh...okay well. For humans, it's...basically... [Jesus Christ how has nobody had this talk with Karkat yet.]

...our bodies getting to a point where they are able to reproduce. We aren't born able and ready to do that.

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[wontturntostone]

What would I even say, Karkat?

[Kanaya might be good at helping other people work through their problems, but her own? They're just so out of luck.]

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[usedshooshpap]

[ because he's never needed it? ]

Wait. Seriously? I mean granted, I have the vaguest ideas of how humans reproduce, but I didn't know there was a fucking process to get there.

[voice]

[roemance]

So did you get the gift I sent you? I was goin' to send a pokemon too but decided not to bother seein' as you have too many already.