I, I thought they would have resolved all of this last month. Riki won. [Tara will be keeping well back from Karkat while he's testing out that sickle.

Instead, she paces around the immediate area of the room, making for the door and generally trying to keep her mind focused so as to avoid feeling her frustration over having her powers disabled. She had a feeling that even trying to astral project would end unfortunately for her.]

Guess they just, um, can't stop competing. Like, um, like pushing the boulder up the hill. Sisyphus.

[She hears something moving beyond the door. The noise, soft and faint as it is, makes her step sharply back with a sharp gasp.]

...w-we really have to go out there? [She hates the way her voice comes out as a squeak, but that doesn't change anything.]