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"It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist." - Literally 1984

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twinArmageddons [TA] began trolling carcinoGeneticist [CG]

TA: kk

TA: kk are you there

TA: 2eriiou2ly karkat,, re2pond

TA: ye2 ii know about your fugly pop2iicle-a22 blood and ii know you''re probably two bu2y packiing your 2hiit two an2wer me,, but there''2 actually a much bigger fuckiing problem faciing you now..

TA: 2eriiou2ly dude,, pick up

TA: don''t make me have a fucking aneury2m

TA: please.

CG: OH MY GOD, CHILL OUT, I'M HERE.

CG: UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF MY UNDERGARMENTS AREN'T.

CG: I FORGOT TO PUT THEM IN THE DRYER.

CG: SO NOW I HAVE TO FUCKING WASH THEM AGAIN, AND THEN DRY THEM.

CG: THAT MEANS I'M ALL EARS FOR YOUR MEANINGLESS DRIBBLE FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS, AT LEAST.

TA: that''2 fuckiing excellent kk!! now 2hut the fuck up about your lingere and lii2ten..

CG: HEY WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU KNOW ABOUT MY BLOOD

CG: WHO TOLD YOU

TA: that''2 not relevant.. ii know that''2 not the an2wer you''re lookiing for but iit''2 true..

TA: but hey good new2!! you no longer have two worry about that..

TA: actually,, good new2 and bad new2..

TA: the good new2 ii2 that the government ii2 not even remotely concerned about your mutatiion,, or anyone el2e''2 blood color for that matter..

CG: WHAT

TA: bad new2 ii2 that''2 becau2e the government doe2n''t actually exii2t.. at lea2t,, not the one that we were told about..

TA: you know how all our liive2 we''ve been told that we were goiing two be 2hiipped off two 2erve the miiliitary iin a genociidal forever war??

CG: NO, I'D COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN. COULD YOU GIVE ME A REFRESHER?

TA: turn2 out,, complete bullshiit..

CG: WHAT DO YOU MEAN.

TA: everythiing,, kk..

TA: the war.. the empiire.. the conde2ce.. the fuckiing ance2tor2.. iit wa2 all bull2hiit.

TA: and a2 far a2 ii can tell,, iit alway2 wa2.

CG: WELL OBVIOUSLY THE ANCESTORS WERE BULLSHIT. ANYONE WITH A THINK PAN CAN FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.

CG: AS FOR THE REST, HA HA, NICE PRANK BRO.

CG: DID YOU TAKE YOUR MEDS THIS MORNING?

TA: kk thii2 ii2 not the tiime two 2tubbornly refu2e two beliieve everythiing ii''m telliing you liike you alway2 do..

TA: our lu2ii are a lot le22 2twopiid than they 2eem..

TA: at lea2t,, miine ii2.

TA: well,, wa2..

CG: SOLLUX DID YOU JUST KILL YOUR FUCKING LUSUS

TA: iin 2elf defen2e,, kk.. and unfortwonately you wiill 2oon have two do the 2ame..

CG: OH MY FUCKING GOD

CG: YOU'VE ACTUALLY GONE OFF THE DEEP END. IT'S GAMZEE ALL OVER AGAIN.

CG: WHY THE FUCK DO ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE TO BE FUCKING INSANE!?

CG: JUST ONE NORMAL, RATIONAL PERSON. JUST ONE! THAT'S ALL I EVER WANTED.

CG: I GUESS TAVROS WAS PRETTY CHILL, BUT HE WAS ALSO A DUMBASS AND NOW HE'S DEAD.

CG: JOKE'S ON ME FOR NOT BEFRIENDING THE CRIPPLED SISSY BEFORE HE GOT CULLED! HA HA! EVERYONE LAUGH AT KARKAT! BASK IN THE SCHADENFREUDE

TA: are you done yet??

TA: 2orry ii don''t have tiime two lii2ten to your rant2,, although ii''m not 2ure iif ii or anyone el2e ha2 ever had tiime for that..

TA: you''ve got a lot of iimportant 2hiit two do,, now..

TA: fiir2t,, you need two kiill that fuckiing crustacean..

TA: next,, you''re gonna need two get the fuck off thii2 planet..

CG: I'M ALREADY ABOUT TO HEAD TO TEREZI'S HIVE.

CG: THAT'S GONNA BE A DIFFICULT ENOUGH TREK. I DON'T THINK I'LL HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO COMMUTE TO THE FINAL FUCKING FRONTIER, SCOTTY.

TA: tz''2 2hiitty treehiive ii2n''t far enough..

TA: after you belatedly abort that dragon,, you and tz will need two find 2omethiing capable of 2pace travel..

TA: and then just go..

TA: u2e up all the fuel iif you must.. driift endle22ly untiil you cra2h land 2omewhere vaguely iinhabiitable,, iif 2uch planet2 even exii2t..

CG: THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN, IF THEY EXIST?

CG: IF WE ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE SYSTEM, WE'LL BE OBLITERATED. YOU KNOW THIS.

TA: ii''ve ju2t told you,, man,, iit''2 all a fuckiing liie..

CG: SO WHAT ABOUT TAVROS AND NEPETA?

CG: AND I GUESS ALSO GAMZEE, BUT HE WAS ALREADY ON DEATH'S DOOR BEFORE WE HAD TO SCATTER.

TA: the drone2 are legiit,, but they''re not culliing for the rea2on that we led two beliieve..

TA: maybe the drones them2elve2 don''t know the truth.. and two be hone2t,, ii don''t really know eiither..

TA: ii''d a22ume the lu2ii would be able two make 2omethiing out of them,, e2peciially nepeta..

TA: ii mean, 2he wa2 perfectly healthy when they got her..

CG: DON'T REMIND ME.

TA: maybe iit wa2 2ome kiind of revenge for all the bea2t2 2he 2laughtered..

TA: but then they''d have certaiinly done u2 all a fuckiing favor and riid the world of eriidan..

TA: actually,, now that ii mentiion iit,, he''2 actually been doiing u2 a favor by huntiing them..

TA: we 2hould''ve been thankiing hiim for every lu2u2 he kiilled!!

TA: fuckiing priick.. don''t tell hiim anythiing.. ii would never forgiive myself iif he caught wiind of thii2 and wa2 able two e2cape alterniia..

CG: OH MY GOD

CG: THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL

TA: yeah,, no 2hiit..

CG: IT'S JUST

CG: UNTIL NOW I THOUGHT YOU'D GONE INSANE, OR WERE PULLING A REALLY FUCKED UP PRANK, OR MAYBE BOTH.

CG: BUT YOU WERE BEING DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT ERIDAN. HIS MASS POACHING ACTUALLY HAD A BENEFIT BEYOND FEEDING FEFERI'S FATASS MOM.

TA: agaiin,, not a word two hiim about any of thii2..

TA: oh,, 2hiit.. biig wall of cream comiing up behiind me..

CG: PHRASING.

CG: NOW HOLD ON

CG: KANAYA WAS CONSCRIPTED TWO MONTHS AGO

CG: AND I SURE AS HELL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER SINCE

CG: WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER, SOLLUX?

TA: ii

TA: i don't know, karkat.

TA: but her lu2u2 wa2 already breakiing the rule2 by raii2iing her..

TA: 2o who know2.. ii''m al2o concerned,, but for now we''ve gotta worry about our2elve2..

TA: lii2ten,, ii''m gonna have two fiight the2e mon2ter2..

TA: get two terezii and then get a 2hiip,, by any mean2 nece22ary..

TA: ii''ve got a viial of miind honey...... iif ii 2omehow make iit out of here,, ii''ll catch up wiith you guy2..

CG: SOLLUX, WAIT

CG: YOU SAID THE CONDESCE WAS ALSO FAKE

CG: OR AT LEAST OUT OF THE PICTURE

TA: oh shit

TA: i'm a fucking dipshit

TA: karkat, you need to message ff for me

TA: tell her to flee

TA: take her with you, if you can

TA: please

CG: SHOULD I ALSO TELL HER THAT YOU LOVE HER? AND THAT YOU'RE THREE WEEKS FROM DISCHARGE?

TA: oh,, fuck off..

TA: actually

TA: uhh

TA: 2iince ii probably won''t make iit

CG: SOLLUX

TA: ju2t

TA: good luck and gog2peed o7

twinArmageddons [TA] ceased trolling carcinoGeneticist [CG]

CG: SOLLUX?

twinArmageddons [TA] did not receive message from carcinoGeneticist [CG]

CG: OH, FUCK ME SIDEWAYS.

Notes:

I don't even like Homestuck anymore.