Constants & Variables - Act 2.13

[nobrandhero]

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AG: This is defin8ly it?
GT: yeah, it looks like a quest cocoon to me anyway. it's even got the light symbol like rose's did.
GT: you ready?
AG: Gimme a sec, I told Kanaya I'd let her know the 8asics of this God Tiering shit.
GT: why?
AG: She's 8een compiling a walkthrough for some reason???????? As if we're going to ever REPL8Y this!
AG: 8ut meh, that's her pro8lem, if she'd rather w8ste her time on that when she could be leveling. I can afford to do her a solid.
AG: So okay! That's done, she can credit meeeeeeee for that section when she posts this wherever.
AG: Anyway I'm on the sla8 thing and it's really uncomforta8le.
AG: Step one complete?
GT: yep, sounds about right.
GT: next is the hard part.
AG: I know.
AG: I'm as ready for this shit as I'll ever 8e.
GT: oh, but one last thing! you won't have a computer when you revive, so i can't contact you until you find a new one.
AG: Honestly... that may 8e just as well.
GT: ?
AG: John, I appreci8 everything you've done for me, but... after 8eating my denizen and all... I think I need to just spend some time leveling 8y myself. 8ecome a hero on my own.
GT: i understand. :(
GT: will you contact me again though? keep me updated?
GT: i mean upd8ted?
AG: Defin8tely. ::::)
AG: I have no plans to totally lose contact with my troll mentor.
AG: And I mean, who knows? May8e when we're 8oth at the end of this game, we could... find a way to meet up in person. Hang out. If that goes okay... may8e try a d8 from there?
GT: oh?
GT: OH.
AG: Hey, I'm just 8rainstorming some dum8 ideas here!!!!!!!!
AG: Just think a8out it a little may8e.
AG: We don't have to put anything down in stone yet! I've got some God Tiering to do first, remem8er?
GT: haha, yeah, um...
GT: meeting up sounds exciting for sure! and we can play everything else by ear.
AG: Exactly.
AG: First I've gotta... do this dying thing........
GT: yeah... i had my pale girlfriend kill me.
GT: i dunno if i could have done it on my own.
AG: It's... I'm not scared or anything!!!!!!!!
AG: It's just fucking weird.
AG: Ugh, and there's a giclopse coming this way.
AG: It'd pro8a8ly 8e the quickest way to non-suicide God Tier, actually. ::::\ 8ut I don't think I could just lie here and take that.
AG: Especially since it might hurt. DXXXX
GT: can you fall asleep for it?
GT: that's what i did, so i wouldn't have to watch the final blow.
AG: I'm supposed to fall asleep in the less than a minute 8efore my murderer arrives? John, you're kind of a dummy sometimes.
GT: oh. pfff.
GT: but you have aaaaaaaall the luck, right?
AG: S8GH.
AG: This seems like an a8use of powers, but fine. Let's roll the dice and see what my luck does here.

Vriska tossed her strife specibus into the air so the dice clattered onto the stone slab next to her. As usual, they rolled high.

John expected an avalanche of boulders to fall from the sky on top of the approaching enemy, but nothing happened. Crap, what if the glitching was blocking her luck from activating? It'd worked in the fight against her denizen, but the glitching had been unpredictable so far.

The giclopse was getting closer and she was going to have to fight back or run for it soon. If she could just pass out long enough to not feel the killing blows... if Vriska could just... if he could just reach out and help her sleep...

His head felt fuzzy. It reminded him of the sensation of flying through heavy winds, except his body was still. He felt something warm, confident, unfamiliar at the cusp of his mind. Just as fast as it arrived, it faded.

Vriska flopped over, eyes closed.

For a moment he was afraid a projectile had struck her, but as far as he could see, she was unharmed, just unconscious.

Had he... done that? That wasn't possible, right? Okay, maybe he had mind control in his ancestry, but he couldn't pull that shit. But, crap, he felt funny. Did Vriska's dice pull out what little luck he had and give him a single shot at living up to his ceruleanblood potential?

He rubbed at his temple, trying to ease away the sensation. Whatever it was, random headache or potential ancestry powers unlocking, he did not want it again.

Static overcame his viewport just as the giclopse was within attack range. Trollian must have been able to tell Vriska wasn't conscious or something, by how quickly the visibility faded, but he was mostly grateful he didn't have to watch the God Tiering process. It had been bad enough with Rose.

Whatever happened, he hoped Vriska was all right. If they could survive the game together, he really wanted to meet her afterwards and hang out and... He paused, her words rushing through his mind again. Hang out and "d8."

Oh. Oh, wow. It wasn't that he'd never considered dating Vriska, but he'd never considered it seriously, more like, ha ha, what a crazy idea that would probably never even come up! She was a really gr8 friend so far and he liked talking with her. She'd probably be a pretty fun quadrantmate too, but...

Even though it was a stupid pity-at-first-sight crush, he still liked Karkat enough he wasn't sure he should commit to someone else just yet. It wouldn't be fair to them, if he was still nightdreaming about Karkat. Except Karkat probably didn't like him back, so what was the point? Vriska was just as awesome! And she actually liked him!

But, bluuuuuuuuh, he really liked Karkat. Maybe he could learn to hate him instead? Karkat seemed to dislike him enough they could probably fall into a pretty good kismesissitude. And hey, then John could swoon over Karkat without being an ass to Vriska and have all his quadrants filled. (The ashen one barely counted. Who wanted a kismesissitude that required an auspistice?)

After all, Karkat kept calling him a "cocksucker." (Pfff, no, that was just funny. How could he get angry at that?) And yelling at him. (So cute.) Karkat was so hateable. (No, he wasn't.)

John sighed. He'd have to talk to Vriska about it the next time they had a breather. Maybe they could even wait until after the game. What was the point of worrying about any of his quadrants when they weren't sure they'd ever meet in person? He'd just back off both of them in the meantime.

He wasn't treating either as a second choice, oh hell no. They were just friends until he sorted out all his confusing feelings. Maybe they'd never be more than friends, if John's confusing feelings didn't match up with their confusing feelings. And that was okay! Disappointing maybe, but okay, because they were both awesome alien friends and how could he ever complain about that just because they never got to kiss and stuff? Alien friends were the best regardless of kissing status.

He shook his head, trying to expel the last of his headache. Whatever he told Vriska next time they talked, he still had to find a way to kill time until she contacted him again. Shit, would she be able to contact him at the right time even? Wait, yeah, they'd left their chat window open. Once she logged in, she could reenter the same chat. He just had to wait.

In the meantime, it'd been too long since he'd talked to Karkat anyway. (He tried not to feel too guilty that that was the first place his mind went at the promise of freetime.)

It was too risky to interrupt Karkat in the timeframe where he couldn't see what was going on -- and he didn't want to step on Jade's toes anyway -- so he scrolled back to before the glitch activated, before Karkat chased frogs on LORAF, before...

Oh, hell fucking yes, he knew exactly when to troll him. He couldn't miss that.

-- ghostyTrickster [GT] began trolling ectoBiologist [EB] --

GT: hi karkat!
EB: NO
EB: NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME, GO AWAY, SHOO! FUCK OFF! GO JACK OFF IN THE CORNER WITH YOUR WEIRD ALIEN JUNK
GT: uhh
GT: is something wrong? this looks like a pretty normal part of sgrub to me.
GT: especially after everything that happens later in your session.
EB: HOW ARE TWENTY-FOUR TEST TUBE BABIES CRAWLING AROUND A MYSTERIOUS METEOR LABORATORY "NORMAL"???????
GT: oh man, are those your grubs?
GT: which one's you?
EB: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS TIME?
EB: IS THERE EVER ONE GODDAMN MINUTE THAT JOHN FUCKING EGBERT DOESN'T BABBLE NONSENSE LIKE HE'S BEING PAID NOT JUST BY THE WORD BY BY HOW LITTLE SENSE EACH INDIVIDUAL WORD MAKES?
EB: ARE YOU A FUCKING MILLIONAIRE YET, JOHN? WHY ARE YOU SO GREEDY?
GT: pffff. dude, i'm just curious which little wriggling alien is you!
GT: i think i can narrow it down to... four?
GT: never mind, it's down to two.
GT: aw, and that's deeeeeeeefinitely little vriska chasing terezi around.
EB: ...
EB: ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TRYING TO TELL ME THAT THESE SCREECHING LITTLE BRATS ARE *US*?
GT: yeah dude, that's how ectobiology stuff works.
GT: you made paradox clones who're gonna fly off on a meteor and land on your planet and grow up to be you.
GT: say hi to little wiggler karkat for me, ok?
EB: AUUUUUUGH OH MY GOD THAT'S THE MOST FUCKED UP THING I'VE HEARD IN MY LIFE.
EB: THAT'S WHY THE SCREEN KEPT FOCUSING ON OUR GUARDIANS?
EB: AND THAT'S... THAT BABY'S *MY DAD*??!
EB: AND
EB: OH MY GOD
EB: OH MY FUCKING GOD, I'M RELATED TO GAMZEE.
EB: *OH MY FUCKING GOD* I'M RELATED TO SENATOR MAKARA!!!! FUCK ME, FUCK ME SO HARD.
GT: ...uh...
EB: IT'S A FIGURE OF GODDAMN SPEECH, YOU USELESS PERVERT.
EB: THE OTHERS ARE GOING TO FLIP THEIR SHIT WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THIS.
EB: OH GOD THEY KEEP TRYING TO GRAB MY JEANS. FUCK NO, GET AWAY
EB: WHY THE FUCK DO THEY COME PREPACKAGED IN DIAPERS ANYWAY?????
EB: WHAT THE FUCK, WAS ERIDAN FUCKING BORN WEARING GLASSES??
EB: WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT, HE WASN'T FUCKING *BORN* AT ALL APPARENTLY.
GT: born?
EB: I'M REFERENCING THE FACT THAT WE SKIPPED THAT STEP AND CAME INTO EXISTENCE VIA SCIENCE BULLSHIT INSTEAD OF BY NATURAL MEANS
GT: no, what's born mean?
EB: I'M NOT EXPLAINING THAT. STOP BEING PURPOSEFULLY OBTUSE, ASSLICKER.
GT: fuck you too, nookbite. what the hell is born?
EB: AREN'T TROLLS BORN?
GT: yes, karkat, that is exactly why i want to know what the hell it is, because we're totally not hatched or anything.
EB: OH. YOU'RE HATCHED LIKE FROM OUT OF EGGS? SERIOUSLY?
GT: well you see, we're quite different from you humans! for instance, we're mostly made up of tentacles. also, nine-feet tall generally.
EB: GROSS.
GT: it is badass, man. you don't even know.
EB: YOU'RE WRONG, BUT WHATEVER.
EB: HUMAN BABIES GENERALLY SPEAKING GROW INSIDE A WOMAN'S BELLY FOR NINE MONTHS BEFORE BEING BORN BY GETTING EJECTED OUT THE GENITALS INTO THE REAL WORLD.
GT: ...
GT: THAT is gross.
EB: NOT AS GROSS AS THESE SNOT-NOSED, SCREAMING LITTLE MONSTERS OH MY GOD CAN I JUST SEND THEM TO SBURB DAYCARE ALREADY.
GT: i just left mine to do whatever they wanted.
EB: I THINK I'D BE ARRESTED IF I LEFT TWENTY-FOUR GODDAMN BABIES TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES ON A METEOR.
GT: they'll survive. we already know that! :P
EB: I AM GOING TO, JUST... NEVER FUCKING FORGIVE MYSELF IF I ACCIDENTALLY WRITE SOLLUX OUT OF EXISTENCE OR SOMETHING HERE.
GT: nope, not how it works. they're gonna be fine, dude.
GT: heheh, that one must be you, 'cos it's screaming so much. poor wiggler karkat.
EB: THEY'RE CALLED BABIES.
EB: AND BABY ME IS LOUD AS SHIT, THIS IS THE FUCKING WORST. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISGUSTED WITH A PAST ME BEFORE, AND I'M ALWAYS DISGUSTED WITH PAST ME.
EB: YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DID THIS ECTOBIOLOGY SHIT IN YOUR SESSION?
GT: yep. oh man, that was shithive maggots.
GT: eight little wigglers vying for attention!
GT: but also it was awesome, just like what you're doing now.
EB: THIS IS PURE SHIT-EATING MISERY.
GT: no, man. it's awesome.

Aw, crap, he definitely had to turn Vriska down until he could get his shit in order. He still really liked Karkat.

* * *

Dave kind of wished the countdown would just reach zero already. They were well past halfway through their remaining time, whatever those dwindling numbers actually stood for, and the wait was driving him up the goddamn wall. The seconds just kept ticking by as a steady reminder that eventually John was going to catch up on the timeline and find out what happened to Vriska.

Dave slipped away from his computer to check on John for at least the third time in the last half hour. He leaned over John's shoulder, wrapping an arm around his front. "Where you at on the timeline?" he asked. For once John's viewport wasn't focused on Vriska at least. Instead it was monitoring the human's obnoxious-as-shit session leader. What an upgrade.

"Oh, uh..." John tapped a spot on his screen, relatively near the top of the timeline. "I left off with Vriska here. I'm just waiting for her to reply once she's back from God Tiering."

Dave's grip tightened before he could stop himself. Wouldn't be much longer, then. Maybe... maybe John would understand. He'd see what Vriska was pulling and call her out on it and sever ties and-

"You don't have to be all nice to me, Dave." John glanced up at him. "I already know you feel bad about threatening the humans."

Goddammit, John. Dave so did not need reminded of what a forgiving asshole his best bro was just then. (John was never going to see Vriska as a threat, who the fuck was he even kidding? Best he could hope was that John would forgive him too. Again.) "The fuck are you talking about?" Dave muttered.

John laughed, butting his head back against Dave's shoulder. "Why the fuck else are you being such an affectionate asshole? It's totally uncool by your standards."

"Everything I do is cool by virtue of me doing it." Dave wrapped both arms around John's shoulders and squeezed. "Check it, I'm making hugs cool. They'll be the next fad, just you fucking wait."

"Laaaaaaaame," John said, even though he totally leaned into it like a hypocrite.

"Ironically."

John snorted. "Sure, man, whatever helps you sleep at day. Apology accepted."

Fuck, Dave probably needed to say something, but maybe they'd all die before John had to find out, or John wouldn't put together that Dave had played Terezi's accomplice, or John somehow wouldn't mind that his human flushcrush was dead. "I..." Dave swallowed. There was no way he was guaranteeing that John knew about it by ratting himself out. "I gotta get back to Terezi."

John grinned and gave one of Dave's arms a nudge. "Go for it, bro."

Dave detached from John and tried not to think about the fact John might not let him be so friendly again.

TG: back
GC: 4S 1F 1 NOT1C3D WH3N YOUR3 1N 4 S3P4R4T3 T1M3L1N3
TG: announcing brb and back are an internet tradition man dont take that away from me
GC: F1N3 :P TH3N 1 GU3SS TH3 ONLY 4PPROPR14T3 R3PLY 1S
GC: WB
GC: SO NOW WH4T
TG: dunno
TG: what dyou wanna do from here
GC: 1 DONT 3V3N KNOW WH4T TH3 OPT1ONS 4R3 4NYMOR3
TG: you could try more alchemizing in hopes the machine glitches up and gives you something useful for once
TG: try to figure out your planetary quest and get that done for shits and giggles
TG: you could check in on your teammates and find out who wants to take on a wild mission to fight the black king on the battlefield
TG: or sit on your ass and listen to music i guess thats always an option
GC: MY T34MM4T3S 4R3 DROPP1NG L1K3 FL13S 4ND 1TS SO SURR34L 1M NOT 3V3N SUR3 WH4T TO TH1NK OF 1T Y3T
GC: PROB4BLY JUST 4S W3LL 1T F33LS UNR34L FOR NOW
GC: 1 DONT KNOW 1F W3 3V3N H4V3 4 CH4NC3 OF TRY1NG TO F1GHT TH3 F1N4L BOSS3S 4NYMOR3
TG: yeah probably not
TG: fucking around aimlessly is probably the best option til someone else gets a bright idea i guess
GC: 1 SUPPOS3
GC: DO3SNT R34LLY M4TT3R
TG: i could send you another sbahj comic
TG: describe it
TG: you thought the last one was the shit and all
GC: M3H
GC: 1F YOU W4NT
TG: terezi whats up youre acting weird
TG: weird for you i mean
GC: 1 4M?
TG: yeah kinda
TG: youve barely even insulted me lately
GC: H4
GC: 1M NOT 4LW4YS 4BOUT 1NSULT1NG YOU COOLK1D ;]
GC: FOR ON3 1T WOULD M4K3 MY BURNS ST4RT TO LOS3 TH31R 3DG3 1F 1 US3D TH3M 4LL TH3 T1M3
TG: yeah thats true
TG: aint sensing this is about pacing your burns though
TG: especially since you got less in my face right about the same time you killed vriska
GC: :[
GC: 1TS TH4T OBV1OUS HUH
TG: idk
TG: i dont really get it or anything
TG: i just know that before that you were all hey coolk1d lets do fun shit together and ill laugh at your alien customs and youll poke fun at how obviously inferior mine are
TG: and now youre like ugh youre bothering me strider im trying to secretly get my angst on im like goddamn troll batman over here
GC: YOU H4V3 TROLL B4TM4N :?
TG: t-z what kinda self-respecting species doesnt have batman
TG: s2g
GC: 4 F41R PO1NT
TG: yeah so anyway its kinda hard to miss youre brooding over something
TG: and its kinda throwing us off our game so if we can maybe address that shit
TG: thatd probably be a thing we should do
TG: get back on our game and all
GC: :\
TG: what cmon im serious here how often does that actually happen
TG: achievement unlocked: a strider is actually concerned
TG: thats like a platinum trophy right there
TG: takes most people sweeps of practice to earn it and here you are a total natural apparently
TG: you could fucking win tournaments with your eyes closed
GC: D4V3 YOU FORGOT 1M BL1ND 4G41N
TG: its metaphorical ok
TG: the point is im worried and thats impressive
TG: so lay it on me whats going on
TG: is the game weighing on you or something
TG: or is it about vriska
GC: UGH
GC: 1TS VR1SK4
TG: gdi seriously?
TG: we came to a consensus on that
TG: totally the right decision remember?
GC: BUT 1 SHOULD H4V3 TR13D H4RD3R TO G1V3 H3R 4 F41R TR14L
GC: TH3 D34TH P3N4LTY 1S NO C4R3L3SS M4TT3R
GC: 1 C4NT JUST H4ND 1T OUT ON 4 WH1M :[
GC: 1F 1 DO TH4T 1M NO B3TT3R TH4N H3R
TG: man she deserved it
GC: TH4TS NOT HOW 1T WORKS D4V3
GC: 1 MURD3R3D H3R
GC: TH4TS NOT SOM3TH1NG 4NYON3 C4N "D3S3RV3"
TG: it was practically self defense
GC: W4S 1T
GC: 1M PR3TTY SUR3 SH3 D1DNT 4TT4CK M3 F1RST
GC: CONS1D3R1NG 1 L1T3R4LLY ST4BB3D H3R 1N TH3 B4CK
TG: you still had to do it
GC: 1T W4S ST1LL MURD3R!
TG: goddamn
TG: humans are fucking weird
TG: she killed your friend sabotaged your game and endangered everyone
TG: its beyond fucking normal to kill her for that
GC: TH4TS TROLL JUST1C3 >:[ WH1CH SOUNDS STUP1D 4ND 4WFUL
GC: HUM4N JUST1C3 DO3SNT 4LLOW MURD3R 4S 4 R3SPONS3 TO MURD3R
GC: 1TS ST1LL 4 CR1M3 3V3N WH3N 1TS R3V3NG3
TG: yknow what fine then
TG: we can do it your way
TG: present your evidence prosecutor pyrope
TG: courts in session they wanna hear about this supposed murder case
GC: WH4T
TG: well you think this is apparently a crime
TG: so lets fucking do it bring on the trial
TG: judge can decide if youre at fault if youre so certain you gotta be racked with guilt over something that had to be done
GC: WHO TH3 H3LLS TH3 JUDG3
TG: the reverent and badass judge strider as it turns out
GC: BUT YOUR3 B14S3D 4S FUCK!!!
TG: objection
GC: TH4TS MY L1N3
GC: D4V3 YOU DONT 3V3N UND3RST4ND WH4T 4 JUDG3 DO3S
TG: judge says to shut your mouth
TG: his courtroom is unconventional and awesome
TG: deal with it
GC: OH MY GOD
GC: STOP M4K1NG M3 L4UGH WH3N 1 F33L L1K3 SH1T
TG: you cant tell me what to do
TG: im a motherfucking judge
TG: and you will continue to laugh at my awesomeness
TG: wait
TG: fuck
TG: that came out wrong
TG: laugh at
TG: my entertaining musings that are absolutely meant to be chuckled at
TG: my awesomeness is no laughing matter
GC: OH MY GOD MY S1D3S HURT
TG: yknow what you can stop laughing how about that
GC: 1M TRY1NG B3L13V3 M3
TG: order in the court dont make me sic the jury on you
GC: D4V3 SHUT UP 1 N33D TO BR34TH3
TG: i am trying to run a goddamn courtroom here prosecutor
GC: 4ND YOUR3 SO FUCK1NG B4D 4T 1T
TG: how would you know weve barely even gone into session
TG: in fact we werent in session at all yet
TG: everything before this is stricken from the record ok
TG: shits serious
TG: were going to dig into this murder case and get it settled for you once and for all
GC: D4V3 TH3R3S NOTH1NG TO S3TTL3
GC: 1 FUCK3D UP
TG: aright we are not doing confessions we gotta start with testimony first
TG: how did you fuck up exactly prosecutor pyrope
GC: OH GOD
GC: 1 K1LL3D MY S1ST3R FOR 4 DUMB R34SON 3ND OF STORY
TG: dumb reason meaning that you had to stop a rampaging maniac after shed already caused significant damage to your game session?
GC: TH4TS 4 L34D1NG QU3ST1ON JUDG3 BUT 1LL L3T 1T SL1D3 S1NC3 YOUR3 SO SH1T 4T TH1S
GC: Y3S 1 MURD3R3D VR1SK4 B3C4US3 SH3 H4D GON3 ON 4 STUP1D S3LF1SH R4MP4G3 4G41N OK
TG: so ms pyrope are you saying if you had not and i quote "murdered" ms serket that she would have in all likelihood fucked shit up to hell and back?
GC: W3LL Y34H
TG: and you have clear evidence that she already had wreaked some goddamn nasty havoc both upon your session and your friends
GC: SH3 D3STROY3D 4 FUCK1NG PL4N3T!
GC: 4ND K1LL3D TAVROS
GC: BUT 1 C4NT PROV3 SH3 W4S GO1NG TO DO 4NYTH1NG 3LS3
TG: ms pyrope may the court remind you that you are in fact a seer of fucking mind
GC: TH4T K1ND OF 3V1D3NC3 1S NOT 4DM1SS4BLE 1N COURT J4CK4SS
TG: so whatd you do just say yo sis and stab her
TG: pretty sure you talked for more than that
GC: W3LL 1 M34N
GC: 1 C4LL3D H3R OUT ON H3R BULLSH1T
GC: SH3 S41D 1 W4S JUST 3X4GG3R4T1NG
GC: 4ND SH3 H4D SOM3 STUP1D PL4N TH4T W4S R1SKY 4S SH1T 4ND SH3 W4SNT 3V3N GONN4 RUN 1T BY TH3 R3ST OF US
GC: 4ND 1 JUST
GC: SH3 WOULDNT L1ST3N
GC: 1 L3T H3R TURN 4W4Y
GC: L3T H3R TH1NK SH3 WON L1K3 W3 H4D PL4NN3D
GC: 4ND TH3N 1 K1LL3D H3R :[
GC: 1 UTT3RLY B3TR4Y3D H3R B3C4US3 1 COULDNT R3L34RN TO TRUST H3R 3V3N 4 L1TTL3 4ND G1V3 H3R STUP1D PL4N 4 CH4NC3
TG: you just called it stupid
TG: saying theres a reason not to trust it pyrope?
GC: W3LL H3R L4ST PL4N R3SULT3D 1N NON3 OF US B31NG 4BL3 TO GOD T13R 4NYMOR3!!
TG: you seriously trying to tell me you didnt have sufficient reason to stop her by any means necessary?
TG: what else could the defendant have done here prosecutor pyrope
GC: 1
GC: 1 DONT KNOW
GC: L3T H3R GO 4ND K1LL MOR3 OF US 4ND G3T H3RS3LF BLOWN UP 1N TH3 PROC3SS
TG: so there we have it
TG: self defense
GC: TH4TS NOT S3LF D3F3NS3 1TS JUST
GC: PROT3CT1NG TH3 OTH3RS
GC: YOU C4NT T4LK TO H3R ONC3 SH3S D3C1D3D SOM3TH1NGS FOR TH3 B3ST
GC: 1V3 TR13D
GC: 1 COULD S33 1T WOULDNT WORK H3R3 31TH3R 1T JUST L3D TO 4 DOOM3D T1M3L1N3 WH3R3 SH1T GO3S TO H3LL
GC: ...
GC: SO 1T SUCKS BUT
GC: 1 GU3SS K1LL1NG H3R W4S TH3 ONLY CHO1C3
TG: yep
TG: jurys walking out t-z theyre calling this case a waste of time they want their money back
TG: the judge agrees and rules not guilty on grounds of your actions being hella justifiable
TG: you keep bothering him tho and he might sentence you to two weeks cleaning the brooding caverns
GC: D4V3
GC: YOU ST1LL H4V3 NO FUCK1NG CLU3 HOW TH3 4M3R1C4N JUST1C3 SYST3M WORKS
GC: <3
TG: yeah
TG: maybe
TG: im still right tho
TG: judge strider calls this case dismissed and ms pyrope released on all charges
TG: gavel goes down
GC: B4NG B4NG B4NG
TG: court adjourned
TG: <3

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