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[alienates]

WHO: karkat and you!
WHERE: various locations, two prompts are at the high school though.
WHEN: forward dated to monday (4/10)
WHAT: guess who has two thumbs and just regained his troll horns? THIS GUY.
WARNINGS: none at the moment except for explicit language from karkat!



a; morning at recollé high

[ if you share a first period 12th grade english class with karkat, you will notice that at one point he gets up to go to the bathroom, leaving his backpack at his desk. you will also, eventually, notice that he just never comes back. it's almost like he just suddenly decided to skip altogether, which is a little weird considering all of his stuff is still at the classroom? he misses the rest of the class. if you have his phone number maybe you text him to see what's up?

likewise, if you enter one of the boys bathroom, you might spot karkat fussing over himself in front of the mirror. when he sees you come in, he will immediately stop what he's doing to rush into one of the bathroom stalls. you might catch what looks like two, small orange shapes on his head?? weird. anyway, karkat has made this bathroom stall his home and he is just camping out in here for whatever reason. ]

b; afternoon at recollé high

[ or it's his home until security kicks him out of the bathroom.

so now you might run into karkat frantically speed walking through the halls. he seems to have acquired a hat, which is fine, except for whenever a teacher makes him take it off in which case karkat goes back to covering his the top of his head with his hands.

whether you spot him while he's wearing the stylish hat or while he is trying to cover his new nubs on his head, he is not going to look very happy. ]

The "what the hell are you looking at?" line is really goddamn cliche, but I swear to god I will unironically use it if you don't stop staring.

c; late afternoon, all around the city

[ while karkat would love to just run home the second school ends, he unfortunately has shit to do today. you might spot him returning books to the library, or maybe at the freshens, buying pet food for his army of cats. maybe you run into him in the streets! no matter where you see him, though, he is going to be nervously tugging down his very fashionable hat and glaring at anyone who looks at him for longer than two seconds.

at one point you can even spot him inside the retrospec building! if you're on the outside, it'll just look like he's talking to himself. if you pop inside, you will discover that he is, in fact, talking to himself! well. he's yelling. at the nonexistent staff. ]

-- and hey, maybe next time you can turn my fucking dick into candy corn too, so that way when you're choking on it it'll be more pleasant, you shady, poor excuse of--

[ maybe you should just shut the door and walk away tbh. ]

d; evening, grub mart

[ finally, late at night, you can find karkat at his job at grub mart, a convenience store in tisse. unfortunately, due to dress code, karkat is not allowed to wear his hat, so his horns are just out there. he keeps trying to hide them like he had been earlier, but at this point he more or less has completely given up on life and is ready for death.

seriously just end him. ]

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[ghostories]

I'm good for now. But this is quite the predicament you're in! [ She playfully tiptoes around him in a circle. ] First you find a scythe in the mail, then this... if this was an anime, you'd be the chosen destined to save the world!

[ She almost says Halloween Town, but stops herself. ]

[alienates]

[ smart move. he can handle playful teasing if it's meant to distract him, but he may snap if it goes too far, honestly. ]

I wouldn't know, I'm not a weeaboo. [ he rolls his eyes. ] Also I think I'm starting to look more like a villain than a hero at this point.

[ghostories]

[ you mean like a low-tier boss from candy crush??

is what she wants to say, but ugh he makes it so hard, why can't he just be a good sport ]

Oh, don't give me that. You're too nice to be a villain. [ Just. Casually caresses his cheek... ] Besides, your face is too round.

[alienates]

[ his face goes red as the caressing. he would normally make a bigger scene over it, but he is doing his Best to not attract any extra attention so he is fighting the urge to do his usual tsun reaction. ]

What the fuck? This is round face bad guy erasure and I will not take this. I would be a goddamn phenomenal villain.

[ghostories]

[ She shooshpaps him. It's okay. He doesn't have to try so hard. ]

It's too early for your breakout villain song! We haven't found your fairy tale princess yet. Or is he a prince? I can't wait to meet him.

[ Because they should totally be talking about this while ignoring the elephant in the room. ]

[alienates]

[ oh god karkat hasn't even thought of how horns is going to affect his romantic life. well, he doesn't even have a romantic life even without horns, but this should make that even worse, right?? ]

Holy fuck, Yuuko. What if I start attracting weird goth people who want to fuck Satan or something now?

[ karkat pls. ]

[ghostories]

[ she pulls him close and lifts his chin. if he's red now, then wait until she takes a dab of rouge from her lips— ]

Then I'll draw runes on you to ward them away.

[ —and paints the number 6 on his forehead and both cheeks. ]

[alienates]

[ yuuko........ will be the death of karkat, it is official. the move definitely makes him blush more, but also. what the hell did she write. he is 90% sure he knows what it is, and admittedly that is pretty hilarious, but there is always the 10% chance it's dicks. ]

Somehow I feel like this is just going to make them come faster.

[ghostories]

[ Yuuko's not that lewd! Probably. She chuckles, silently counting the minutes it takes to get him to realize the disaster on his face. ]

Well, you have that scythe to scare them off, don't you? [ pats his face again! ] If anyone asks about the horns, just threaten to off them.

[alienates]

I really would be the grim reaper then.

[ he pulls out his phone to go to the camera function since it's the only way he'll have a mirror.

he then adds on, his tone casual but yuuko probably knows him well enough to be able to tell that he is actually worried about her answer, ]

You're not scared or anything?

[ghostories]

[ She'd make another joke—it's too easy—but that's not what Karkat needs to hear right now.

She lets go of Karkat and places her hands behind her back, a little shy as looks away, but always composed. ]

You're still you, aren't you? You accepted me for who I am... so I don't see why I shouldn't do the same.

[alienates]

[ he almost wants to point out there's a difference between having your eye color change and having shit growing out of your head, but he manages not to.

he wouldn't even blame her if she ditched him though. ]

I don't see why I wouldn't accept you.

[ghostories]

[ Yuuko smiles and hums. She's not talking about just her eye color, but she thinks he's given her enough friendship speeches this year. She doesn't want to say anything that would warrant another. ]

Anyway, you're clearly unhappy about this. But until we find a solution, you're just gonna have to live with it!

But that hat is hideous. Have you ever considered telling people they're part of a costume? Your horns, I mean.

[alienates]

And why would I wear a costume? It's April.

[ someone else might be able to pull off it being a part of the whole extended april fools thing, but anyone who knows karkat even a little would probably call bullshit on him doing something like that on his own. ]

[ghostories]

Because you fell in love with a cosplayer from Seattle and became a meganerd to win her heart! The rising prices of international flights can't stop your love!

Only they can. That's why you're still here.

[alienates]

She better be the love of my goddamn life to get me to cosplay at school. Like, Anne Hathaway, or something.

[ karkat refuses to sink down to the level of people who would go to school wearing whatever the naruto equivalent of this world is??? ]

[ghostories]

[ karkat, you're not actually wearing them if they're a part of you... though i guess that's worse.

yuuko chuckles. ]

Oh? Is that your former Disney star of choice? Then let's say she's a rodeo queen from Texas. She's really into the horns.

[alienates]

[ he's about to comment on the disney thing, but pauses, and a funny expression crosses his face before he talks again. ]

Yuuko, are you implying that my one true love is someone who wants to fuck a bull?

[ghostories]

[ She gasps! ] But aren't you a furry?

[alienates]

[ in a flat voice, ]

Yuuko, did you find my fursuit stash? How could you dig through my things.

[ghostories]

While we're on the topic on bestiality, maybe you shouldn't use sarcasm while looking like that.

[ points at her head ]

[alienates]

The day you pry sarcasm out of my cold, dead fingers is the day I shove my entire head up that bull's ass, Yuuko.

[ he does pat the hat though, double checking to make sure he put it on correctly and that the horns are covered..... ]

[ghostories]

Hmm...

[ Either way, lying about the horns is out of the question. ]

Well. At first, people thought my red eyes were weird. People who don't have the app, I mean. But just recently, they started saying, "Oh, that girl? Yeah, she has red eyes. But isn't that normal?"

[alienates]

[ ... well. that's weird. ]

Somehow that's more alarming than if they just thought it was normal from the beginning.

[ even if they just got used to it, wouldn't they still think it's weird? like karkat is used to the app by now, but he still thinks it's crazy. ]

[ghostories]

Right?

[ Yuuko also thinks the app is crazy. Super crazy. ]

I have a feeling it has something to do with the chocobos... Anyway, hiding them probably won't matter in the long run. You just have to deal with people calling you weird for a month!