This is definitely not LOWAS

[prankster_gambit]

[In a particularly nasty part of the already generally unpleasant cave, John Egbert descends, catching himself before he takes a nasty fall. This place sure doesn't look familiar but that's okay. Nothing has looked familiar in a while! Instead of climbing down the steep decline, John floats down because gosh, floating is awesome; he's pretty that if floating were a thing people could just do, shoes would be totally obsolete.

Landing at the bottom of whatever makes up caves - biology is his thing, not geology! - John looks around.]

Hello?

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[bythehorns]

[inspecting the human's hand, uncertain: what do you do with this? ...you hold out one of your hands in the same gesture. human greetings, how do they work.]

Uh, I am Tavros, and I think, I can just call you John, that would be okay, because probably, if you called me, the Tavros troll, that would sound weird, also.

[prankster_gambit]

[haha, awesome! You're about to show him a human custom! You're pretty proud to be the one to do so! You grab Tavros' hand - gently because gosh those claws look sharp and you don't want to startle him! - and shake up and down twice]

Nice to meet you, Tavros! Where are we?

[bythehorns]

[oh! humans have a greeting custom that involves holding hands. now you know. you shake John's hand up and down to mimic the way he did it to you. hopefully that was right.]

We are, uh, in a cave.

Which, I guess, probably you can tell, but, that is about, all there is to say about it, except, that I don't think it's in the game, and, there are dwarves, who make things, and also, some robots, who are really nice, and some different humans, who weren't, in the game at all.

[prankster_gambit]

Hmmm.

[You realize you should probably stop floating! Letting your feet touch the ground, you strike a thoughtful pose.

...

You got nothing. Dropping the pose, you shrug and grin.]

Gosh, robots, huh? That's pretty exciting! But I wonder where everyone else? I sure home they're doing okay without us!

[bythehorns]

Oh, uh, I guess, that's a good point, that I had, not really considered, since, I don't think I was much help, anyway, and also, there are some trolls, in the game, that I don't miss, at all...

[prankster_gambit]

[friendly shoulder pat!]

Aw, don't be like that! I bet you helped out a lot more than you think you did!

[bythehorns]

:<

You are, a very kind human, to say so.

[prankster_gambit]

Thanks, bro! All of my friends are pretty kind. Well, maybe not Dave, he's way too busy being the coolkid to worry about being nice! Did you meet any other humans while you were playing the game?

[bythehorns]

Not in person, of course, but I did troll them, yes, and I remember, Dave was the first one, that I trolled, and he was, uh, well, the things he said, were sort of upsetting, with lots of, I think, human sex things, in them...

[prankster_gambit]

Haha, yeah, Dave's definitely someone you get use to! But he's pretty harmless, really.

[gosh, you sure hope they're okay without you. Sure, they all pretty much could handle themselves and you weren't really their friendleader but. Still.]

So, besides Karkat, are any of your other friends here?

[bythehorns]

I am glad, that he isn't, actually as upsetting, as he seemed.

Uh, there is, one other troll here, that I know of, so far, and that is, Gamzee, who is my, um.

...I am glad, he was the one, who came here, when I did.

[prankster_gambit]

Aw, yeah! It's good to have your best friend with you! I kind of wish Dave was here with me, even though he would totally hate it.


[John doesn't understand, news at 11, good job bro. XD]

[bythehorns]

[Tavros ships John/Dave now, just ftr. good job, bro.]

I am sorry, for your sake, that he is not here with you, even though, I am not so sure, I would be ready, to meet him.

It is not the same, but, maybe there will be people here, that, you will like, spending time with....

[prankster_gambit]

Haha, it's okay! I would make him behave. His coolkid visage only works on me part of the time!

And I hope so! You're here and the shoutmaster himself is here so things are definitely looking up.

[bythehorns]

[okay, Tavros ships it and is pretty sure you top. He's not entirely sure what quadrant you're talking about, though.]

Haha, that is, I think, a really good title, for Karkat. Even if, it would just make him, yell more, for you to say it to him.

[prankster_gambit]

I'm not sure there's anything that'll make him yell less! He just has a lot of feelings.

[bythehorns]

Or at least, they are, very loud feelings.

[prankster_gambit]

Haha, yeah! Poor guy. He has to have the most extreme feelings!

[bythehorns]

He has, uh, been trying really hard, to keep us working, as a team, which is, a thing that, most trolls don't like, to do.