I love the way you call it art

[verymuchalive]

Characters: OU Aradia and OPEN
Setting: Art Gallery floor
Format: Starts in action, but will follow either
Summary: Aradia's taking in a little of the tower's version of culture
Warnings: Grim art? But otherwise not much yet.

[Up until now, Aradia hasn't really spent much time perusing the art gallery that appeared when the tower grew a few floors. Today she's decided to rectify that.

And so she wanders aimlessly about the floor, looking at the various artworks on display and lingering in front of those that catch her eye. Probably one of the more morbid ones, but she seems far more fascinated than she does horrified.

Pester her?]

Comments

[verymuchalive]

I guess so. I mean sure, you get everyone looking down on you but at least so long as you don't let yourself run into any rogue highbloods or anything you can pretty much do what you want.

[Her tone is playful, in a self-depreciating way]

Well, I can understand that. I find it incredible that there's a timestream where I'm actually in charge of the whole of Alternia.

[agoodoffen2e]

You make a really great leader. [He's smiling.] Probably way better than whatever thaltlicker they have ruling the plathe where you're from.

[verymuchalive]

[She blushes and glances down]

That would be her Imperious Condescension. Not that she has much to rule any more.

[agoodoffen2e]

Oh? Why'th that? [He's hoping it's because they're in the process of overthrowing her now. Better late than never, after all.]

[verymuchalive]

Well, Alternia was destroyed and as far as I know, the Vast Glub killed everyone that wasn't in the medium at the time. Um, you know, of the game we were playing...which you didn't play on your world but for us it was kind of a thing.

[agoodoffen2e]

Shit. [Wow that is. Bad. Really really bad.] Tho almotht everyone...? They're all dead?

[verymuchalive]

[She nods]

There were twelve of us left, though I'm led to understand there's even less than that now.

[agoodoffen2e]

[Sollux just. Stares. Only 12 trolls? That sounded like some seriously bad odds for their kind.] Who'th left?

[verymuchalive]

Well before I exploded there were still twelve: myself, Karkat, Sollux, Equius, Nepeta, Vriska, Terezi, Tavros, Gamzee, Kanaya, Feferi and Eridan. But like I said, I think a lot happened since I last remember.

[agoodoffen2e]

Tho now there'th even lethh? [Genuine distress!]

[verymuchalive]

I think so...I'm sorry.

[She bows her head]

[agoodoffen2e]

Well it'th not your fault, there'th no need to apologithe. And head up. Even though you don't realithe it, you're royalty, and you should act like it.

[verymuchalive]

[She glances up at that, though she doesn't look convinced]

That's your world's Aradia. Not me.

[agoodoffen2e]

But you're thtill Ay-ay! Tho you thtill have thothe thame leadership qualitieth that she doeth! I know you have it in you.

[verymuchalive]

[She doesn't look convinced]

Not really...unless you count that I was the one to convince us all to play that game, and that was out of my control anyway.

[agoodoffen2e]

You can do anything you thet your mind to.

[verymuchalive]

Well...maybe. But I'm still not sure I'm leadership material. I appreciate that you think I could, though.

[agoodoffen2e]

Of courthe my thweet! [Grin] And hemothpectrum or no, your blood'th thtill a really great color. [He calls that line the panty-melter]

[verymuchalive]

[She is sort-of really not sure what to do with herself right now because this is not something she's particularly accustomed to seeing from Sollux]

Um, well...thank you?

[agoodoffen2e]

...Thorry, I'm probably coming on a little too thtrong, aren't I?

[verymuchalive]

Oh, no it's fine. Just...not what I'm used to, you know, from my Sollux.

[agoodoffen2e]

Yeah I notithed I theem a bit more confident than him. [Not. By a lot. But. By enough to make a difference.]

[verymuchalive]

A little, yes. But it seems like you're a little bit older than we are too, so maybe that's something to do with it.

[She refuses to put the bulk of the reasoning on the hemospectrum]

[agoodoffen2e]

Yeah, you do theem a couple of thweepth younger than I do. I wonder why we're older.

[verymuchalive]

I suppose if you never played SGRUB then Alternia never got destroyed. Which I guess gives this place a longer timeline to work with.