Glamour Failure

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Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A general mingle log for the reaction to the beginning of the Idealism event.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary

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[ghostytrainer]

Alright. What does a ghost wear when it's raining?

[He didn't even stop to think about that. This is comedy gold right here, okay? Prepare yourself, Karkat.]

[caliginous]

[He's not ready. But he is on the edge of his seat here.]

What?

[ghostytrainer]

[He raises his "hands" up in the air, wiggling bits of wire that used to be fingers but are now only the crudest approximation of said appendages. The undoubtedly silly face he's attempting to make is warped and it's hilarity is lessened somewhat by the vague aspects of his face. His voice takes on an utterly ridiculous, over-the-top quality. He's clearly attempting to be ~spooky~ here. (Tilde'd for fakeness)]

Rain boooooooooooooooooooooooooooots.

[caliginous]

[That...

..was awful.

Karkat just sort of stares, almost as if he doesn't get the joke. His stare will slowly start to collapse into a frown, at which point he will open his mouth to insult John, and then close it again with no words.

He raises a finger pointedly and then lets it fall with a small scoff. Said scoff starts the chain reaction and he's laughing again.

So John, was your joke a success? Its still a mystery.]

Fuck--

[ghostytrainer]

Oh no, but wait! There's more!

[John's mouth curls into something vaguely resembling a grin. He's not done with you yet, Karkat. Not by a long shot.]

What do sharks say when something radical happens? [He pauses shortly, but since Karkat is laughing he just goes ahead and answers his own joke.] Jawesome.

What's the best way to carve wood? Whittle by whittle. What do you call a nosy pepper? Jalepeno business!! How does an octopus go to war? Well-armed!

Once again, he's barely stopping to think before rattling these jokes off. In fact, he's only pausing before revealing the answers, and even then only for maybe twenty seconds or so.]

[For the love of god, stop him before rapid fire joke more continues into forever he's got a million of these things and most of them are of this same caliber.]

[caliginous]

[John, no stop, he can't deal with this.

Karkat falls down on his back and clutches his stomach, caught in a loop of awful laughter. Somewhere in between his barrage of jokes and Karkat slamming his fist on the floor, he wheezes out "oh my god, stop" several times.]

STOP!

[ghostytrainer]

[John's still grinning as the super duedly joke attack comes to a stop. He is all about respecting Karkat's request for a ceasefire right now.]

So do you get it now, hm? The difference between when I am telling a joke and stating a fact? Because...if not, I have more where that came from!

[caliginous]

[It takes Karkat a second to catch his breath, rubbing his eye free of nonexistant tears. He chortles betwen breaths until it finally fades away.]

Still sounded all the same to me.

[He picks himself up off the ground and dusts himself off only partially before he reaches up to clap John on the shoulder.]

Stay with me, Egbert. You came from somewhere other than the Medium, yeah?

[ghostytrainer]

[He's ready to start firing the jokes off again, but he's thwarted by Karkat's question. Gotta answer that first.]

[But don't think you've been spared at least one more quality Egbertian joke, my friend.]

Well I am originally from the medium, but yes. Most recently I came from someplace else. Why?

[caliginous]

Because I'm trying to figure out which festering shithole is the bigger joke, and I'm talking to the obvious expert here.

[He holds out his hands, both of which are still carrying weapons.]

So which is it?

[ghostytrainer]

Hmmm. [John strokes his chin, seeming to really consider the question though he actually isn't thinking about it that hard. It's actually pretty facetious on his part because he already knows the answer.] See, there's just one problem with that question Karkat.

It implies that both options are funny at least to a mild degree. And they aren't. But as far as festering shitholes go, I would say that this one is the more putrid pile of excrement. I don't know how it all went down in your parallel universe, but my SBURB at least had some redeeming qualities.

The only thing this place has going for it is the fact that there are some pretty cool people from other worlds here. But to be honest, these are quite possibly the shittiest possible circumstances to meet somebody under.

[caliginous]

[Its not so bad, since the question was facetious to start with. But then John mentions that tidbit of information that Karkat had glazed over in their previous meetings.

Maybe that would make his question easier to understand.]

You wanna know how it went down in my session?

[ghostytrainer]

If you want to talk about it, sure.

[Why not? Granted, he is looking for Rose right now and kind of worried about her, but he's not about to be a total asshat and just bail on Karkat during a time like this.]

[Because that's not what palhonchos do.]