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Characters: Terezi Pyrope and AU!Karkat Vantas
Setting: Fourth floor
Format: Action
Summary: Karkat has a surprise for Terezi????
Warnings: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SURPRISE IS


[Terezi has spent the entire day scouring the Tower for her Karkat, but to no avail. She hadn't really expected to find him after she discovered his name was no longer on the plaque outside his room, but she'd still hoped, just a little. She has no idea what happens when people disappear from the Tower if their worlds are really destroyed, and so she's more than a little bit worried.

But the other Karkat has a surprise for her! That should be a good distraction, right?]

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[caliginous]

[...oh. He rubs the back of his head.]

...I don't know. I still don't buy that whole world being destroyed...thing.

[Except even as he says it, his tone drops slightly.]

Well. Not for you, anyway.

[scalemate]

[She frowns. There's... Not much she can say to that. It's pretty obvious his timeline is a doomed one. That doesn't make her feel any better, though.]

Our Veil wasn't much better than yours.

[caliginous]

We don't need to talk about that.

[Which is to say that he's dropping the subject.]

Enough people seem to come and go from different periods and points on their timelines. I ain't a hero of time, but that sounds pretty sketchy to me.

[scalemate]

[Nods!]

So... You think he'll be okay?

[caliginous]

He'll be fine.

[Ugh, he really doesn't want to talk about him.]

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[DEAL WITH IT.

He seems to have cheered her up, though, and she sits up to kiss him on the cheek.]

Thanks, Karkat.

[caliginous]

[Man, he could really get used to that. He sinks a little into the couch in relaxation.]

...yeah. Its fine.

But like I said, I ain't a hero of time, so maybe consulting one of them might give you better results.

[scalemate]

Maybe I will!

[Later. She's way too comfy to move right now.]

[caliginous]

Don't worry about it.

[Even as he says those words, they taste bitter on his tongue. Hypocritical. Every time Karkat came up in conversation, he could feel a sickening pit in his stomach. Couldn't help but feel that he was merely tiding her over until he came back.

And then he would wonder the same about himself, and nothing would make sense again. So instead, this time, he'd merely wrap an arm around her and stare thoughtfully ahead.]

[scalemate]

[She's going to keep worrying about it, but she can at least try not to show it.]

Sooo...

[She holds up her hand with the ring on it, wiggling her fingers.]

How'd you make this, anyway?

[caliginous]

[Seeing the ring on her finger lifts his spirits a little. The thumbs toward the door with his free hand.]

There's a workshop in the tower. It was nice enough to send me along with some of my supplies, so i didn't have to pilfer anyone else's precious gems or anything like that.

It kind of went hand-in-hand with my advisement schtick.

[scalemate]

[She's just... Raising her eyebrows...]

[caliginous]

[And he's...squinting.]

...what?

[scalemate]

You're dumb.

[caliginous]

[.............................................UNSURE?]

I--what?

[scalemate]

Jeeez, are you deaf, too?

[caliginous]

[HE'S SO CONFUSED AND HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE HER?]

What the fuck is even going on right now?? What did I say?

[scalemate]

[She frowns, wiggling away from him.]

Oh my god, you don't even know?

[caliginous]

[NO NO NO EVERYTHING IS FALLING OUT OF HIS HANDS--he reaches for her, dumbfounded.]

Oh my god stop, what, what??

[scalemate]

[OH GOD HE IS TOO EASY??? She scowls, pulling further away.]

You should know!

[caliginous]

[He has to look so pathetic right now, being dragged by the grip he has on her arm.]

What the precious fuck are you talking about?

[scalemate]

[She's trying so hard not to laugh.]

Jegus, Mr. Hero-of-Heart? Shouldn't you know?

1/3

[caliginous]

Can you stop taunting me for two fucking seconds and just--

2/3

[caliginous]

[EPIC PAUSE OF THE CENTURY as he does the Heart thing to check her intention--]

3/3

[caliginous]

[--nothing.

Oh.

No anger.

At least not from her. He suddenly releases her and stammers open mouthed for a moment before he gets extremely indignant.]

What the fuck is your major malfunction?!