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[Fic] "Trollstuck," part 30 (start of ch. 8) - Homestuck
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Trollstuck, part 30
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====>Respond to inadvisable memo
CURRENT tentacleTormentrix [CTT] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board DOWN IN THE DEEP.
CTT: -> The purpose of this memo is to explain precisely how and why certain courses of action are undesirable in the extreme
CTT: -> or in other words, why killing Aradia is equivalent to the pathetic wailing of a spoiled wiggler throwing a tantrum because she stubbed her toe
CTT: -> and in the process hurling herself off a cliff while her eyes are squeezed shut in a melodramatic grimace. <-
CURRENT gleefulGorgon [CGG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CGG: wow, harsh!
CTT: -> But true. <-
CTT: <- Or do you dispute my analysis? ->
CGG: nope!
CGG: i just wouldve put it more like
CGG: this is a memo where we try to persuade vriska not to shoot herself in the foot the way she always does
CGG: not because we care if she hurts herself
CGG: or at least i dont care, maybe you do, everyone can have her own opinion!
CGG: but she does the shooting with a fucking satellite-to-ground laser and that means scorched earth for everyone!
CURRENT arachnidsGrip [CAG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAG: If this is going to 8e another "Let's all shit on Vriska Serket!" session, I'm gone.
CAG: I have 8etter things to do with my time.
CTT: -> I'm inclined to doubt that. <-
CTT: -> But as you said, we're not here to exchange insults. <-
CTT: -> We have higher purposes in mind tonight. <-
CAG: Suuuuuuuure we do.
CGG: vriska shut your moaning voicepipe and listen
CGG: and alonde, get to the fucking point
CGG: we dont have time for either of your melodrama!
CGG: i know that if aradia dies tonight, everything goes straight to shit, but i dont know WHY
CGG: my dreams werent clear on that point and i dont have any recordings to analyze because of CERTAIN PEOPLE who shall remain nameless
CGG: grrrrrr!!!!!!
CAG: 8luh 8luh, here we go, 8ack to your dum8 hatecrush.
CAG: Now who's wasting time with melodrama?
CGG: lalalalalala i am ignooooooring youuuuuu
CAG: No you're not, you're flipping off your computer again.
CAG: Do I detect a hint of frustration?
CAG: ::::)
CGG: go stand in a window and fondle your bulge while equius watches
CGG: platonically
CAG: In your dreams!
CGG: yes lets talk about my dreams!
CGG: the point is i dont have any video recordings to show as proof that you could actually fuck up the whole world, but i promise you this is important!
CGG: alonde, you explain why
CGG: i know you know, you always know everything
CGG: heres your chance to rub our snouts in your creepy genius
CTT: -> Alas, I must confess that your opinion of my omniscience is, in this one case, higher than warranted by reality. <-
CTT: -> I may have suspicions about Aradia's vital role in the future of our planet and species, but they are merely suspicions. <-
CTT: -> Perhaps not even worth the dignity of that name. <-
CTT: -> Mere embryonic traces of the evolutionary antecedents of suspicions. <-
CTT: -> Ghosts of an inkling of a hunch, if you will <-
CAG: And what if I won't, huh?
CAG: What if this is all just a 8unch of dum8 flap8beast droppings?
CGG: but what if it isnt?
CGG: if youre really dead set on killing aradia, you can do that any old time!
CGG: what would it hurt to hold off and try talking to her first?
CAG: Don't you try sweet-talking me!
CAG: We 8oth know you're not pale for any8ody in this memo.
CAG: 8esides, shooshing doesn't work very well when you're making 8itch faces at your screen.
CAG: Oooooops, did you forget that I can see you?
CURRENT grimAuxiliatrix [CGA] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CGA: Hello Alonde
CGA: I Have Been Trying To Troll You But I Think Either You Have Me Blocked Or I Am Doing Something Wrong
CGA: I Noticed This Memo And Thought I Would See If I Could Access It Instead
CGA: It Seems I Can
CGG: um, hi kanaya!
CGA: Hello Jarlia
CGA: And Vriska Is Here As Well I See
CGA: Have I Interrupted A Private Conversation
CTT: -> The public nature of memos is their one downside, I admit. <-
CTT: -> But no, this conversation is quite public. <-
CAG: Of course it is, 8ecause it's always fun to turn on hatefriends as pu8lically as possi8le, isn't it?
CAG: I knew you were all in cahoots!
CAG: You're all on Aradia's side, trying to 8reak me! 8ut I won't 8e 8roken!
CAG: I'll show you!
CGA: I Feel Like I Have Started Watching A Film Halfway Through And Have No Idea Of The Plot
CGA: Does This Have Something To Do With Flarping
CGG: yes!
CAG: No!
CTT: -> Yes and no. <-
CTT: -> Apparently Aradia took vengeance on Tavros's behalf by sending ghosts to make Vriska repent.
CTT: -> As most of us could have predicted, this failed to work and now Vriska is seeking revenge in her turn. <-
CGA: I See
CGA: In What Way Is That A Problem That Requires Outside Intervention
CAG: It isn't and it doesn't. They're all out to get me!
CGG: we are not out to get you, you blubbering paranoiac
CGG: we just dont want aradia to die!
CURRENT cuttlefishCuller [CCC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CCC: )(i, Alonde!
CGA: Vriska Is This True Do You Intend To Kill Aradia
CCC: S)(orey to barge in, you guys, but I reelly need to talk to my as)(mate and s)(e's not answering me w)(en I troll )(er. >38(
CCC: Alonde )(ekata, W)(AT in t)(e glubbing name of your Ancestor )(ave you done to -Eridan?
CAG: Yes I do intend to kill Aradia Megido.
CTT: -> Nothing permanent, I promise. <-
CAG: It's only fair. She tried to kill me first.
CTT: <- Has he been blubbering at you? ->
CCC: Wait, w)(at t)(e s)(ell?
CGG: hi feferi!
CCC: Forget -Eridan, WAT-ER IS GOING ON )(--ER--E?
CGG: long story short, vriskas going to use sollux to kill aradia
CGG: because aradia made some ghosts haunt vriska
CGG: because vriska broke tavros by jumping him off a cliff
CGG: and if aradia dies were all doomed
CAG: You say that like 8eing haunted is no 8ig deal.
CGG: and vriska is being a huge bitch and wont listen to us and LET IT FUCKING GO!!!!!!
CAG: Have you ever 8een haunted?
CAG: Have you ever had ghosts pouring h8 and fear into your mind for nights on end and you can't get aw8y and you can't m8ke them leave and they never sleep and even sopor can't keep them out?
CAG: H8VE YOU????????
CGA: I Dont Wish To Be Rude Or Dismiss Your Suffering But I Would Like To Clarify One Point
CGA: Were These Ghosts Chosen At Random Or Do They Have Some Prior Connection To You
CTT: -> This I can answer. <-
CTT: -> Ghosts are self-sustaining imprints of psychic energy anchored to this frame of existence by the connections they felt in life. <-
CGG: oh god not another lecture, get to the point already
CTT: -> The point is that ghosts have limited energy. <-
CTT: -> To maintain themselves on our plane requires energy. To actively "haunt" a person or place likewise requires energy. <-
CTT: -> Therefore ghosts can only haunt people or places to which they have a pre-death tether, since that connection reduces the energy they must expend to maintain their existence and frees that excess for other purposes. <-
CCC: T)(ese g)(osts must )(ave a very N-EGATIV-E conc)(nection to Vriska, or Aradia wouldn't )(ave c)(osen t)(em to take )(er R----EV-ENG-E!
CAG: Fine, you win.
CAG: I killed them. I admit it.
CAG: Stop looking so disappointed, fussyfangs!
CAG: They died in fair fights and they knew going in that Flarping was dangerous!
CAG: 8esides, it's as much Terezi's fault as mine. We worked as partners. She was playing that night too!
CAG: Why isn't anyone 8laming her?
CGG: because it wasnt her idea and she obviously had nothing to do with it since you sent jothan to distract her along with aradia
CGG: DUH
CGG: theres this thing called logic, you might want to look into it :))))))
CGA: Yes That Might Be A Good Idea
CGA: From The Sound Of It I Think Not Killing Aradia Would Also Be The Most Sensible Course Of Action
CAG: See, you're ALL in cahoots against me!
CAG: I don't care how many times you deny it, this is proof. PROOF!!!!!!!!
CGA: ...
CGA: I Dont Think That Is How Logic Works
CTT: <- Ah, but Kanaya, don't you realize that anything but complete compliance with Vriska's current view of the world means that we are out to get her? ->
CTT: -> There is no possible way that we could oppose her for her own good. <-
CTT: -> That is simply unthinkable and therefore she cannot think it. <-
CAG: 8utt out, you huge witch. No8ody asked you.
CGG: i hate to agree with vriska but......
CGG: alonde i really dont think youre helping!
CCC: Yes, Alonde, s)(oos)(. Jarlia is rig)(t. But I know somet)(ing t)(at WILL kelp.
CCC: W)(at Vriska and Aradia need is...
CCC: AN AUSPISTIC---E! )(ee )(ee )(ee!
CCC: Isn't it krilliant? 38)
CTT: -> I believe this is where I facepalm. <-
CGG: sounds like a plan, can i join you?
CGA: Feferi If This Is A Passive Aggressive Way Of Suggesting That I Step In
CGA: I Would Like To Remind You That Successful Auspisticism Tends To Require The Middle Leaf To Physically Intervene Between The Lower Leaves
CTT: -> Despite my best efforts, Feferi has thus far failed to learn the techniques of passive-aggression from me. Alas. <-
CGA: At Least In The Early Phases Of The Relationship
CAG: If you're thinking of stepping in, you can step right 8ack out ag8n, fussyfangs!
CGA: And For Obvious Reasons I Cant Do That In This Case
CGA: Even If I Harbored Ashen Feelings For Both Trolls In Question
CAG: You too, Feferi!
CGA: Which I Dont
CAG: I am not 8lack for Aradia. I just want to kill her. Pl8tonically.
CAG: I have every right to kill her!
CGG: maybe so but that doesnt make it right!
CCC: Yea)(, w)(at s)(e said!
CCC: )(ig)(bloods )(ave a respons)(ellbility to care for trolls beneat)( us in t)(e )(emospectrum, not to take advantage.
CAG: Oh yeah?
CAG: Fine, I'll take care of Aradia.
CAG: I'll make sure she never has to worry a8out anything ever again.
CAG: The end.
CCC: T)(AT IS NOT W)(AT I GLUBBING M-EANT AT ALL! >38(
CAG: It's not? My 8ad, so sorry!
CAG: Except oh w8, I'm not.
CAG: Now you know what it feels like to be misunderstood every time you open your mouth.
CGA: Oh Dear Here We Go Again
CAG: Yeah, here we go, w8sting more time.
CAG: That's your secret plan, I 8et. You want to keep me trapped on this memo until one of your minions shows up to throw a wrench into my rightful revenge.
CAG: 8ut I'm on to you!
CTT: -> Oh no, she's found us out. <-
CTT: -> The horror, the horror. <-
CAG: You have nothing to say I haven't heard a million times already.
CAG: Even Alonde's little "I know a secret" trick was just a 8luff.
CAG: I'm outta here.
CAG: See you later, after I win.
CGG: no wait vriska!
CAG ceased responding to memo.
CGG: oh for fucks sake
CGG: now what are we supposed to do?
CTT: -> We hope that Karkat got through to Jothan, and/or that Terezi convinced Davven to intervene and Vriska will be unable to control him. <-
CTT: <- Speaking of which, does anybody know if she can? ->
CGA: That Is A Very Good Question
CGG: yes, yes it is
CGG: ......
CGG: ..................
CCC: O)(, glub. Aradia is sunk, isn't s)(e?
CTT: -> Quite possibly. <-
CTT: -> Dammit. <-
CTT: ...
CGA: I Understand
CGA: We All Dislike Feeling Helpless
CTT: -> Yes. <-
CTT: -> On that note, I believe I will troll Nepeta and ask her to request her moirail's aid after all. <-
CTT: -> Kanaya, if you wouldn't mind contacting Davven to see if Terezi has had any success on that front, that might set all our minds at ease. <-
CTT: -> Insofar as ease is possible in this farcical tsunami of errors. <-
CGG: no, ill troll nepeta
CGG: shes my friend, not yours
CCC: We're ALL fronds )(ere, Jarlia. 38(
CCC: But you're rig)(t. Alonde, you s)(oald work on salmoning one of your little baby )(orrorterror conc)(structs and sending it to kelp Aradia.
CCC: Meanw)(ile I will deal wit)( -Eridan mys)(ellf and make sure )(e won't interrupt you.
CTT: -> I highly doubt any of my squid will make a difference worth mentioning when set against a psionic of Sollux Captor's level. <-
CTT: -> Perhaps if I could find a way to reproduce Gl'bgolyb's voice on a local scale... <-
CGG: no dont!!!!!!
CGG: NO NO NO NO NO NO
CGG: youd only kill him and aradia too and anyway what you need to study is how to COUNTER her voice
CTT: <- Is that prophecy? ->
CGG: YES
CGA: Your Cryptic Hints Sound Fascinating And I Would Like A More Detailed Explanation Somenight
CGA: But Perhaps We Should Follow Vriskas Example In One Respect
CGG: what??????
CGA: And Stop Wasting Time On This Memo
CCC: )(ee )(ee )(ee!
CCC: Yes, let's s)(ip out!
CCC: On t)(e count of one, two, T)(R-E-E...
CCC ceased responding to memo.
CGA: I Will Report Back Once I Have Contacted Or Failed To Contact Davven
CGA ceased responding to memo.
CGG: me too!
CGG: only with nepeta not davven, bluh
CGG: bye, alonde!
CGG ceased responding to memo.
CTT: -> Until later. And may luck favor us all. <-
====>Stop wasting time
That's an excellent idea! However, you will need to be more specific. We haven't yet identified our POV character for this chapter. Who would you like to be?
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Next section... well, who knows, really?
I officially don't care whose head the action jumps to right now, since I think the only way to effectively manage the climax action is to repeatedly switch POV characters. We'll obviously have to hit Vriska, Aradia, and Davven at least once each, but aside from that, feel free to give me some guidance. I would prefer to write the parts readers want to see, after all. *wry*
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continue to part 31
So yeah, I wrote a thing. Yay?
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Trollstuck, part 30
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====>Respond to inadvisable memo
CURRENT tentacleTormentrix [CTT] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board DOWN IN THE DEEP.
CTT: -> The purpose of this memo is to explain precisely how and why certain courses of action are undesirable in the extreme
CTT: -> or in other words, why killing Aradia is equivalent to the pathetic wailing of a spoiled wiggler throwing a tantrum because she stubbed her toe
CTT: -> and in the process hurling herself off a cliff while her eyes are squeezed shut in a melodramatic grimace. <-
CURRENT gleefulGorgon [CGG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CGG: wow, harsh!
CTT: -> But true. <-
CTT: <- Or do you dispute my analysis? ->
CGG: nope!
CGG: i just wouldve put it more like
CGG: this is a memo where we try to persuade vriska not to shoot herself in the foot the way she always does
CGG: not because we care if she hurts herself
CGG: or at least i dont care, maybe you do, everyone can have her own opinion!
CGG: but she does the shooting with a fucking satellite-to-ground laser and that means scorched earth for everyone!
CURRENT arachnidsGrip [CAG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CAG: If this is going to 8e another "Let's all shit on Vriska Serket!" session, I'm gone.
CAG: I have 8etter things to do with my time.
CTT: -> I'm inclined to doubt that. <-
CTT: -> But as you said, we're not here to exchange insults. <-
CTT: -> We have higher purposes in mind tonight. <-
CAG: Suuuuuuuure we do.
CGG: vriska shut your moaning voicepipe and listen
CGG: and alonde, get to the fucking point
CGG: we dont have time for either of your melodrama!
CGG: i know that if aradia dies tonight, everything goes straight to shit, but i dont know WHY
CGG: my dreams werent clear on that point and i dont have any recordings to analyze because of CERTAIN PEOPLE who shall remain nameless
CGG: grrrrrr!!!!!!
CAG: 8luh 8luh, here we go, 8ack to your dum8 hatecrush.
CAG: Now who's wasting time with melodrama?
CGG: lalalalalala i am ignooooooring youuuuuu
CAG: No you're not, you're flipping off your computer again.
CAG: Do I detect a hint of frustration?
CAG: ::::)
CGG: go stand in a window and fondle your bulge while equius watches
CGG: platonically
CAG: In your dreams!
CGG: yes lets talk about my dreams!
CGG: the point is i dont have any video recordings to show as proof that you could actually fuck up the whole world, but i promise you this is important!
CGG: alonde, you explain why
CGG: i know you know, you always know everything
CGG: heres your chance to rub our snouts in your creepy genius
CTT: -> Alas, I must confess that your opinion of my omniscience is, in this one case, higher than warranted by reality. <-
CTT: -> I may have suspicions about Aradia's vital role in the future of our planet and species, but they are merely suspicions. <-
CTT: -> Perhaps not even worth the dignity of that name. <-
CTT: -> Mere embryonic traces of the evolutionary antecedents of suspicions. <-
CTT: -> Ghosts of an inkling of a hunch, if you will <-
CAG: And what if I won't, huh?
CAG: What if this is all just a 8unch of dum8 flap8beast droppings?
CGG: but what if it isnt?
CGG: if youre really dead set on killing aradia, you can do that any old time!
CGG: what would it hurt to hold off and try talking to her first?
CAG: Don't you try sweet-talking me!
CAG: We 8oth know you're not pale for any8ody in this memo.
CAG: 8esides, shooshing doesn't work very well when you're making 8itch faces at your screen.
CAG: Oooooops, did you forget that I can see you?
CURRENT grimAuxiliatrix [CGA] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CGA: Hello Alonde
CGA: I Have Been Trying To Troll You But I Think Either You Have Me Blocked Or I Am Doing Something Wrong
CGA: I Noticed This Memo And Thought I Would See If I Could Access It Instead
CGA: It Seems I Can
CGG: um, hi kanaya!
CGA: Hello Jarlia
CGA: And Vriska Is Here As Well I See
CGA: Have I Interrupted A Private Conversation
CTT: -> The public nature of memos is their one downside, I admit. <-
CTT: -> But no, this conversation is quite public. <-
CAG: Of course it is, 8ecause it's always fun to turn on hatefriends as pu8lically as possi8le, isn't it?
CAG: I knew you were all in cahoots!
CAG: You're all on Aradia's side, trying to 8reak me! 8ut I won't 8e 8roken!
CAG: I'll show you!
CGA: I Feel Like I Have Started Watching A Film Halfway Through And Have No Idea Of The Plot
CGA: Does This Have Something To Do With Flarping
CGG: yes!
CAG: No!
CTT: -> Yes and no. <-
CTT: -> Apparently Aradia took vengeance on Tavros's behalf by sending ghosts to make Vriska repent.
CTT: -> As most of us could have predicted, this failed to work and now Vriska is seeking revenge in her turn. <-
CGA: I See
CGA: In What Way Is That A Problem That Requires Outside Intervention
CAG: It isn't and it doesn't. They're all out to get me!
CGG: we are not out to get you, you blubbering paranoiac
CGG: we just dont want aradia to die!
CURRENT cuttlefishCuller [CCC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
CCC: )(i, Alonde!
CGA: Vriska Is This True Do You Intend To Kill Aradia
CCC: S)(orey to barge in, you guys, but I reelly need to talk to my as)(mate and s)(e's not answering me w)(en I troll )(er. >38(
CCC: Alonde )(ekata, W)(AT in t)(e glubbing name of your Ancestor )(ave you done to -Eridan?
CAG: Yes I do intend to kill Aradia Megido.
CTT: -> Nothing permanent, I promise. <-
CAG: It's only fair. She tried to kill me first.
CTT: <- Has he been blubbering at you? ->
CCC: Wait, w)(at t)(e s)(ell?
CGG: hi feferi!
CCC: Forget -Eridan, WAT-ER IS GOING ON )(--ER--E?
CGG: long story short, vriskas going to use sollux to kill aradia
CGG: because aradia made some ghosts haunt vriska
CGG: because vriska broke tavros by jumping him off a cliff
CGG: and if aradia dies were all doomed
CAG: You say that like 8eing haunted is no 8ig deal.
CGG: and vriska is being a huge bitch and wont listen to us and LET IT FUCKING GO!!!!!!
CAG: Have you ever 8een haunted?
CAG: Have you ever had ghosts pouring h8 and fear into your mind for nights on end and you can't get aw8y and you can't m8ke them leave and they never sleep and even sopor can't keep them out?
CAG: H8VE YOU????????
CGA: I Dont Wish To Be Rude Or Dismiss Your Suffering But I Would Like To Clarify One Point
CGA: Were These Ghosts Chosen At Random Or Do They Have Some Prior Connection To You
CTT: -> This I can answer. <-
CTT: -> Ghosts are self-sustaining imprints of psychic energy anchored to this frame of existence by the connections they felt in life. <-
CGG: oh god not another lecture, get to the point already
CTT: -> The point is that ghosts have limited energy. <-
CTT: -> To maintain themselves on our plane requires energy. To actively "haunt" a person or place likewise requires energy. <-
CTT: -> Therefore ghosts can only haunt people or places to which they have a pre-death tether, since that connection reduces the energy they must expend to maintain their existence and frees that excess for other purposes. <-
CCC: T)(ese g)(osts must )(ave a very N-EGATIV-E conc)(nection to Vriska, or Aradia wouldn't )(ave c)(osen t)(em to take )(er R----EV-ENG-E!
CAG: Fine, you win.
CAG: I killed them. I admit it.
CAG: Stop looking so disappointed, fussyfangs!
CAG: They died in fair fights and they knew going in that Flarping was dangerous!
CAG: 8esides, it's as much Terezi's fault as mine. We worked as partners. She was playing that night too!
CAG: Why isn't anyone 8laming her?
CGG: because it wasnt her idea and she obviously had nothing to do with it since you sent jothan to distract her along with aradia
CGG: DUH
CGG: theres this thing called logic, you might want to look into it :))))))
CGA: Yes That Might Be A Good Idea
CGA: From The Sound Of It I Think Not Killing Aradia Would Also Be The Most Sensible Course Of Action
CAG: See, you're ALL in cahoots against me!
CAG: I don't care how many times you deny it, this is proof. PROOF!!!!!!!!
CGA: ...
CGA: I Dont Think That Is How Logic Works
CTT: <- Ah, but Kanaya, don't you realize that anything but complete compliance with Vriska's current view of the world means that we are out to get her? ->
CTT: -> There is no possible way that we could oppose her for her own good. <-
CTT: -> That is simply unthinkable and therefore she cannot think it. <-
CAG: 8utt out, you huge witch. No8ody asked you.
CGG: i hate to agree with vriska but......
CGG: alonde i really dont think youre helping!
CCC: Yes, Alonde, s)(oos)(. Jarlia is rig)(t. But I know somet)(ing t)(at WILL kelp.
CCC: W)(at Vriska and Aradia need is...
CCC: AN AUSPISTIC---E! )(ee )(ee )(ee!
CCC: Isn't it krilliant? 38)
CTT: -> I believe this is where I facepalm. <-
CGG: sounds like a plan, can i join you?
CGA: Feferi If This Is A Passive Aggressive Way Of Suggesting That I Step In
CGA: I Would Like To Remind You That Successful Auspisticism Tends To Require The Middle Leaf To Physically Intervene Between The Lower Leaves
CTT: -> Despite my best efforts, Feferi has thus far failed to learn the techniques of passive-aggression from me. Alas. <-
CGA: At Least In The Early Phases Of The Relationship
CAG: If you're thinking of stepping in, you can step right 8ack out ag8n, fussyfangs!
CGA: And For Obvious Reasons I Cant Do That In This Case
CGA: Even If I Harbored Ashen Feelings For Both Trolls In Question
CAG: You too, Feferi!
CGA: Which I Dont
CAG: I am not 8lack for Aradia. I just want to kill her. Pl8tonically.
CAG: I have every right to kill her!
CGG: maybe so but that doesnt make it right!
CCC: Yea)(, w)(at s)(e said!
CCC: )(ig)(bloods )(ave a respons)(ellbility to care for trolls beneat)( us in t)(e )(emospectrum, not to take advantage.
CAG: Oh yeah?
CAG: Fine, I'll take care of Aradia.
CAG: I'll make sure she never has to worry a8out anything ever again.
CAG: The end.
CCC: T)(AT IS NOT W)(AT I GLUBBING M-EANT AT ALL! >38(
CAG: It's not? My 8ad, so sorry!
CAG: Except oh w8, I'm not.
CAG: Now you know what it feels like to be misunderstood every time you open your mouth.
CGA: Oh Dear Here We Go Again
CAG: Yeah, here we go, w8sting more time.
CAG: That's your secret plan, I 8et. You want to keep me trapped on this memo until one of your minions shows up to throw a wrench into my rightful revenge.
CAG: 8ut I'm on to you!
CTT: -> Oh no, she's found us out. <-
CTT: -> The horror, the horror. <-
CAG: You have nothing to say I haven't heard a million times already.
CAG: Even Alonde's little "I know a secret" trick was just a 8luff.
CAG: I'm outta here.
CAG: See you later, after I win.
CGG: no wait vriska!
CAG ceased responding to memo.
CGG: oh for fucks sake
CGG: now what are we supposed to do?
CTT: -> We hope that Karkat got through to Jothan, and/or that Terezi convinced Davven to intervene and Vriska will be unable to control him. <-
CTT: <- Speaking of which, does anybody know if she can? ->
CGA: That Is A Very Good Question
CGG: yes, yes it is
CGG: ......
CGG: ..................
CCC: O)(, glub. Aradia is sunk, isn't s)(e?
CTT: -> Quite possibly. <-
CTT: -> Dammit. <-
CTT: ...
CGA: I Understand
CGA: We All Dislike Feeling Helpless
CTT: -> Yes. <-
CTT: -> On that note, I believe I will troll Nepeta and ask her to request her moirail's aid after all. <-
CTT: -> Kanaya, if you wouldn't mind contacting Davven to see if Terezi has had any success on that front, that might set all our minds at ease. <-
CTT: -> Insofar as ease is possible in this farcical tsunami of errors. <-
CGG: no, ill troll nepeta
CGG: shes my friend, not yours
CCC: We're ALL fronds )(ere, Jarlia. 38(
CCC: But you're rig)(t. Alonde, you s)(oald work on salmoning one of your little baby )(orrorterror conc)(structs and sending it to kelp Aradia.
CCC: Meanw)(ile I will deal wit)( -Eridan mys)(ellf and make sure )(e won't interrupt you.
CTT: -> I highly doubt any of my squid will make a difference worth mentioning when set against a psionic of Sollux Captor's level. <-
CTT: -> Perhaps if I could find a way to reproduce Gl'bgolyb's voice on a local scale... <-
CGG: no dont!!!!!!
CGG: NO NO NO NO NO NO
CGG: youd only kill him and aradia too and anyway what you need to study is how to COUNTER her voice
CTT: <- Is that prophecy? ->
CGG: YES
CGA: Your Cryptic Hints Sound Fascinating And I Would Like A More Detailed Explanation Somenight
CGA: But Perhaps We Should Follow Vriskas Example In One Respect
CGG: what??????
CGA: And Stop Wasting Time On This Memo
CCC: )(ee )(ee )(ee!
CCC: Yes, let's s)(ip out!
CCC: On t)(e count of one, two, T)(R-E-E...
CCC ceased responding to memo.
CGA: I Will Report Back Once I Have Contacted Or Failed To Contact Davven
CGA ceased responding to memo.
CGG: me too!
CGG: only with nepeta not davven, bluh
CGG: bye, alonde!
CGG ceased responding to memo.
CTT: -> Until later. And may luck favor us all. <-
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That's an excellent idea! However, you will need to be more specific. We haven't yet identified our POV character for this chapter. Who would you like to be?
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Next section... well, who knows, really?
I officially don't care whose head the action jumps to right now, since I think the only way to effectively manage the climax action is to repeatedly switch POV characters. We'll obviously have to hit Vriska, Aradia, and Davven at least once each, but aside from that, feel free to give me some guidance. I would prefer to write the parts readers want to see, after all. *wry*
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So yeah, I wrote a thing. Yay?
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She's so IC! I WANT TO SLAP HER SO BAD AAAAAAAAAAA.
umm umm ummmmm DAVVEN.
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I'm really glad Vriska felt IC to you -- she has been maddeningly difficult to write in this story, trying to walk the line of making her understandable (maybe even sympathetic in places) without downplaying her awfulness, her screwy mindset, or the terrible things she does.
Okay, Davven first. I can do that. Do you want to drop in on him while he's still talking to Terezi, or after he wraps that up and is starting to do stuff? (Also, do you want to read the conversation he will presumably have with Kanaya?)
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Actually no it couldn't, because the narrative demands Vriska attempt Aradia's murder, but as far as the characters themselves are concerned...
And you did an excellent job of creating the illusion (or demonstrating the fact, from a less meta and more in-story perspective) that it could actually have gone better, if people hadn't kept jumping in to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment, derailing the conversation before anyone managed to get around to actually saying anything meaningful. Instead it ended up being a bunch of jabs at things that she already feels guilty about but is choosing to ignore, and therefore completely useless at convincing her of anything except that she's right to think that everyone is conspiring against her.
...I can't help but wonder if what Vriska let slip about her experience of the haunting will prove to be significant later. Would a normal haunting involve perceiving the emotions of the ghosts? If not, is Alonde likely to pick up on this at some point, and draw the logical conclusions (either Aradia did something really weird with the ghosts, or Vriska is an empath)? What is she likely to do with this information?
As far as who gets to be the next POV character, I'm torn. On the one hand, Davven seems like the most natural choice, as the only one involved in the plan who hasn't been heard from since it started to go down. On the other hand, Equius is one of the few characters we haven't even seen yet, much less from his own POV. ...Maybe a brief glimpse of his POV, before switching to Davven, kind of like what you did with Nepeta early on? (Maybe he's in the middle of an argument with Nepeta, of the "Yes!" "No." "Yes!" "No." "Yes!" "No." variety, and the narrator decides that it's not going to end soon enough to be worth being him.)
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I have no idea what may or may not come of Vriska's little "oh by the way, I'm an empath not just a mind-controller" moment. *files away your thoughts for future reference*
Hmm. Equius would make a good joke scene, but I am trying to hash out relative timelines and I'm not sure it would make sense to be him before we see Davven doing... no, wait, better idea. *evil grin* Okay, I know what I'm doing now.