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?

Comments

[bythehorns]

[??????]

I thought, uh, you were, pretty good, with those sickles, weren't you?

[pincerattack]

You mean the sickles I put in a fetch modus I can't even open without half an hour and a reference book.

[you are so done with this at this point you're not even defending your programming skills at this point. stupid hacker fetch modus. why did you ever think that was a good idea? oh, right, because Sollux told you it was a bad fucking idea and you had to prove him wrong!]

[bythehorns]

...I think, um, maybe, I should just, not talk anymore, since, it seems like, I just keep making it worse. Um. Sorry.

[pincerattack]

FOR FUCK'S SAKE, STOP ACTING LIKE I JUST KILLED ONE OF YOUR FIDUSPAWN.

1/2

[bythehorns]

D:

2/2

[bythehorns]

Y-you know, maybe, that would, be easier, if y-you didn't yell at me, every time, I tried, to be nice to you.

Re: 2/2

[pincerattack]

[see, that's more like it!]

See, was that so hard?

[bythehorns]

Y-you don't want me, to answer that, with the truth.

[it is really hard to put your hands someplace where he can't see them shaking]

[pincerattack]

[it's ok, your shakes earlier definitely weren't rage!]

I... look. You're way braver than I am about a lot of things that are important, okay?

[bythehorns]

I-I am, not so sure, about that, but also, I really don't want to have, more yelling.

[faygoandpie]

[gogdamn, your motherfucking Tavbro is shaking like when you up and dropped one of your faygos. You take his hands and close them up in yours, like a little flutterbeast closing it's wings all up on around itself.]

You alright, little bro?

[bythehorns]

[oh. that does feel nice. and Gamzee is pretty much never mad at you, even though you are a failure at almost everything.]

I-I think so, it's just, it's really hard, to be brave, sometimes.

[faygoandpie]

[your pump biscuit just can't motherfucking handle him sometimes]

When it gets too hard, brother, you just come on over. I'll be happy to take care of you.

[bythehorns]

That, um, that sounds, really nice.

[you scooch closer and lean into Gamzee for a hug, really more like just leaning on him than anything. he's so nice to you.]