text; 022 - APRIL 29/'10 - early evening

[silicomb]

s0 let me ask now while i've still g0t the cajones t0:
how many 0f you nub-witted bipedals 0ut there actually know h0w to handle a standard c0mputer.
or even these shitty mirr0rs.
and on a s0mewhat (not really) related n0te:
combat training.
wh0 has it?

[ FILTER; trolls ]
eridan's g0ne.
i don't kn0w if it's on his 0wn or if BREW's just g0ne on an0ther binge.
he's not ar0und that i can tell.
[ /FILTER ]

[ FILTER; dat empress ]
hey y0u.
how ab0ut it.
you.
me.
b0ttle of s0da and a movie 0r some shit.
b0w chika bow w0w.
call me.
[ /FILTER ]

[ FILTER; mattbutt ]
sing 0r hum the aperture science theme at my corpse party.
0r whatever you weird0s call it when some0ne kicks it.
bring juice.
[ /FILTER ]


((translation:
So let me ask now while I've still got the cajones to:
How many of you nub-witted bipedals out there actually know how to handle a standard computer?
Or ever those shitty mirrors.
And on a somewhat (not really) related note:
Combat training.
Who has it?))

Comments

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[silicomb]

aren't i a fucking badass?
it'll be fine.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[3rdbest]

No, it won't.

Wtf Sollux.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[silicomb]

s0meone has t0 assess the situation.
sure as hell isn't g0ing to be th0se pansies who call themselves tr0lls.
more like hippies.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[3rdbest]

So you just jump in front of the fish queen.

Yes, that makes perfect sense. I forgot how much sense you make all the time.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[silicomb]

near has a city-wide netw0rk.
shit happens, people will kn0w, right?

[ ha. haha. he can hope. ]

we're the same species anyway where's the harm in trying 0ut for s0me kind of truce.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[3rdbest]

Why you? Why not someone else?

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[silicomb]

what's t0 lose?

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[3rdbest]

Your life!

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[silicomb]

says the assh0le who gets himself maimed 0n a regular, perigreel basis.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[3rdbest]

I don't get myself killed, though. I have a partner to go with me to those missions, I don't jump alone in front of a fucking shark.

[ ᴛᴇxᴛ ] - private

[silicomb]

it'll be fine.
seri0usly.
and in the event it isn't, well.
welp.

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

[ yes. Video.

Have an angry Matt, Sollux ]

Don't "welp" me, asshole.

[ VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

[ Who is Sollux to deny Matt due courtesy? Video function, deploy.

Have a healthy dose of the middle finger, Matt. ]

I do what I want, bitch.

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

Yeah, you know what?, you are right!

Why the FUCK do I gotta worry about you?!

[ VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

Gee, I wonder! Why the fuck DO you!? Last I checked, I freak the fuck out of your tender little human bloodpusher!

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

Oh sure, go there! I'm not the one who keeps threading around pretending nothing ever happened, am I?

And I sure as fuck would love to know why I give a damn, specially when you are acting like a fucking bitch on PMS!

[ VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

Well, what the fuck do you want me to do!? Pretend shit's fine? That you didn't go and come back not know who any of us are? Oh yeah, because that would've turned out awesome!

FUCK you, Matt. What the hell would you know anyway? You're only fucking human.

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

I don't fucking know! It's exactly that you pretend shit's fine that I don't-

[ oh, fuck you, Sollux ]

You think that this is exclusive to you?! Because it fucking isn't! Go ahead and think of yourself and how this falls all on you, and forget that JUST MAYBE I'm-

[ nope. Not going there. Matt can't go there.

he bites his tongue and turns away. ]

[ VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

What? That you're what?

[ Sollux is angry, and at the same time regretful. Furious yet, inexplicably, sad.

This isn't how this was supposed to go. This isn't how anything was supposed to go. ]

Well?

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

[ fuck all of this ] That maybe I'm much more aware about this whole mess than you think. Maybe I do care.

[ not maybe ] I care.

I care if you get killed or not. And I care if shit isn't fine or not. And I care about this whole fucking mess.

[ VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

[ dammit Matt, it's easier to be angry than to think in a calm, rational manner, particularly when every other bit of him wants to be angry. ]

And you waited this long to clue me in? Well, thanks, you rancid asshole.

[ aauugh, his heart isn't in it, this is utterly stupid. ]

I'm going to fine. Everything's going to be fine. You know how I know it is?

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

How?

[ VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

Because I have everyone else out there to watch my back.

[ This is, perhaps, the most stupid, purile, and utterly embarrassing thing Sollux has ever said, and that's saying a lot, considering his track record.

He's not a kid of sentiment, is the thing, hates to admit to needing help or advice or friends. Hates to add his shit to someone else's pile of problems. Above all, he hates the idea that by displaying all this schmoopy shit, it makes him weak, lesser than what he was taught trolls aught to be like. ]

I got you.

[ VIDEO ] - private

[3rdbest]

[ Motherfucker.

Matt looks away from the screen. It's not like he will be able to convince the kid not to go. Trolls are stubborn as rock, he found out. ]

Alright. [ Near has the cameras. Near wouldn't let anything happen. And Sollux knows what he is doing, Matt has to trust him, right? ]

Okay.


[ there is a pause, before he calls out again ]

Sol.

VIDEO ] - private

[silicomb]

[ it would detract from the moment if sollux outright admitted that near's penchant for voyeurism is the only reason why he's doing something this stupid.

Welp. ]

Yeah?