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[dicey]

Hey, this is Vriska! I'm ignoring my PCD right now. Leave me a message and if I like you enough, I'll get back to you!

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[combatking]

Not 'doesn't get'.. Somewhere 'round the way he or someone said he didn't understand people's emotions.

[dicey]

[she thinks about this]

... Yeah, I can see that. For some of them, anyway. He told me he thinks love is useless once.

I wonder if he'd answer me if I asked him how he sees emotion.

[combatking]

Probly. I think you or Rip have the best chancea getting an answer from him on that one.

[dicey]

[a week ago she would have denied that, but...]

... Maybe.

[combatking]

[Silence hangs in the air.]

Want to go swim in the lake?

[dicey]

I don't want to leave the house until I talk to Hanna. That's not weird, is it?

[combatking]

Not really, no. Shows you're worried and care about the outcome, you know? Some people take long walks when they're thinking, some people just sit.

[dicey]

And I want him to be able to find me.

[Vriska wriggles over and rests her head on Zell's shoulder]

[combatking]

Well this is definitely a good place. Or if you did leave, you could leave a note.

[dicey]

Maybe if he still hasn't talked to me by tomorrow.

[combatking]

[He puts an arm around her, mostly reassuringly.] Well if you're gonna be here overnight too I can get you a blanket.

[dicey]

I was here last night too and I was okay. Don't worry, I'll be okay.

[she idly picks at her sleeve]

-- I like Pitch probably more than I should. Are you, like, judging me for that right now?

[combatking]

Aeons, Vriska, how longve you been out here!?

[The question confuses him for a moment.]

No. Just because I don't like him doesn't mean he doesn't have redeeming qualities or that other people can't like him.

[dicey]

Not that long. I accidentally fell asleep at Pitch's place night before last and then came home the next morning.

... I think what I think are his redeeming qualities are things that other people wouldn't necessarily agree with.

[combatking]

Oh yea, right..

Welll.. you come from a different culture, different qualities are a given. Where I come from, I'm celebrated as a hero for being a SeeD, but I've had a couple people here tell me some very different things about theirs..

[dicey]

I'm just really, really confused. About everything.

[combatking]

Maybe clarity'll come your way sooner or later. Just don't try to fight your nature too hard..

[dicey]

Don't I have to if I'm going to live on Earth?

[combatking]

To a point, s'far as I can tell.. but I don't really know much about Earth. ..I mean from what it sounds like, s'long as you're not just killing people in the streets its fine..

[dicey]

Yeah.

I just... don't know what to do. About anything.

[combatking]

Yea... nothing says a good time like inner turmoil.. [It was at that moment he realized that when it came to someone's internal struggling, there really wasn't much he could say. It killed him inside, but this was a problem she had to conquer for herself. He wasn't a troll, a weird nightmarebeast or from Earth and had no real clue other than what he'd heard from others how they'd interact. Not every world was like his world, where weird magical laws and creatures meshed just fine with his race. Maybe she would be hunted down, maybe she wouldn't, he really didn't know.

A sorrowful look contorted his face.] I'm sorry I suck at advice.

[dicey]

It's not your fault. I just...

["wish Hanna were here right now, too"]

[combatking]

I know.. its a pretty difficult situation..

[dicey]

[she just snuggles down further against his side, not responding]

[combatking]

[Cuddling back, he grips her tightly, the fairly new emotion of regret once more gracing his conscious.]