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[glowsferatu]

If it should happen that you've been presented with this recording, then the likelihood that my availability would allow me to attend to your message is quite thoroughly absent. Luckily, you are fully capable of leaving your own recording in reply to this one, and should I not find myself so busy in the future I may have opportunity to hear it and adopt the appropriate reaction. Of course, there's only one method you can employ to discover if this duty will be ultimately fulfilled, so there's little need to waste time avoiding it. Mind the beep.

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tuesday night; private comm message

[crab]

KANAYA IF YOU'RE RECIEVING THIS, WHAT'S YOUR STATUS
ARE YOU IN NEW VESUVIUS OR ARE YOU BACK IN THE CITY
ARE YOU OK??

[glowsferatu]

Ok Is A Relative Concept
My Position Is Typically Distant From It
Youre Here Too Arent You

[crab]

ALRIGHT WELL IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE PEDANTIC ABOUT IT, ARE YOU STILL IN ONE PIECE?
OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE. I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T BE, THOUGH.

[glowsferatu]

About As Here As One Gets
If The Question Is Whether Im Physically Unharmed Then My Answer Is Yes
Are You Safe
In The Physical Sense At Least

[crab]

DID YOU KNOW IF YOU SUSTAIN REPEATED MILD ELECTRIC SHOCKS THAT SLOWLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY YOUR ENTIRE BODY WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAS REPLACED YOUR BLOOD WITH A SOLUTION MADE OF MICROSCOPIC NEEDLES FOR HOURS AFTER THE FACT
BECAUSE I SURE AS FUCK LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY.
BUT YEAH I GUESS I'M FINE. JUST SORE.

[glowsferatu]

If I Can Make Only One Request
Its That Please
Dont Fight
Just Go Along With Whatever Theyre Saying
It Will Only Be Worse If We Dont
And There Could Be Some Chance We Find A Way Through This
But You Have To Stay In One Piece First

[crab]

I WASN'T FIGHTING
NOT REALLY
OK MAYBE A LITTLE BUT IT WAS PURELY PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE.

[glowsferatu]

Dont Even Do That
Give Them The Best Soldier They Can Expect
Perhaps Even Someone Worthy Of Merit
Your Impulses Will Advise You Otherwise But Youll Need To Bury Them
Keep Yourself Until The Time Is Right

[crab]

THEY DON'T WANT ME TO BE A SOLDIER
THEY WANT ME TO BE A PIECE OF FUCKING LIVESTOCK.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE STUCK THEIR FINGERS IN MY MOUTH TODAY?
HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE YANKED ON MY HORNS?
PULLED MY EYELIDS BACK TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF MY OCULAR GLOBES?
I FEEL MORE THAN MILDLY VIOLATED, AND I THINK I AM PERFECTLY WITHIN MY RIGHTS TO BE SURLY.

[glowsferatu]

[ not a soldier? the expectations must be different for the others. ]

Karkat Theyll Kill You
They May Only Be Waiting For The Excuse
Theyve Been Doing A Lot Of It Here And I Doubt Lack Of Opportunity Will Have Made Their Methods Less Effective
Please Dont Give Them A Reason

[crab]

KANAYA I THINK YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN.
I'M FINE, OK? THE WORST THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME IS A FEW ELECTRIC SHOCKS, AND THOSE WERE GEARED TOWARDS GETTING ME TO COMPLY WITH THEIR BIZARRE SALES DESIGNS.
NOBODY'S GOING TO DIE, ALRIGHT? IT'LL BE OK. WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.

[glowsferatu]

Karkat You Dont Understand
Theyve Done This Before
Dont You Think Its Weird That The Infrastructure Exists Already
And Yet You See No One Using It But Those Who Came With Us
Tall Buildings Full Of Empty Housing
What Do You Think That Was Used For Before Our Arrival

Theyre All Empty Because Everyones Dead
They Showed Us Karkat
They Showed It All To Us

[crab]

[ that sends a chill through him, and there's a definite pause before his reply comes through this time. ]

OK, GRANTED, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE MORE GRAVITY TO THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAN I INITIALLY ASSUMED
BUT STILL
IT ISN'T LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE LIVED IN A STRICTLY ENFORCED CASTE SYSTEM WITH THE PROMISE OF DEATH DANGLING OVER YOUR HORNS SHOULD YOU STEP OUT OF LINE.
IF ANYONE IS EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH A SITUATION LIKE THIS, IT'S US.
IT'S GOING TO BE OK.

[glowsferatu]

I Dont Think That Some Of Them Stepped Anywhere Near The Line
These Arent Simple Culls It Was A Total Purge
Everyone Met With The Same End Whether They Rebelled Or Not

[crab]

DOES IT MATTER, THOUGH? ARE THEY PURGING US RIGHT NOW?
OR IS IT JUST A THREAT, LIKE GLOBBY-WHAT-THE-FUCK-EVER WAS? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. FEFERI'S MONSTROSITY OF A LUSUS.

[glowsferatu]

Theres A Difference Between This And Glbgolyb
Mainly In That Glbgolyb Was Never Deployed Deliberately
This Was Entirely By Design
We Cant Let It Happen Again And Thats Why You Need To Stay Alive
If Were To Find A Way Out We Have To Be Smart

[crab]

OK, OK
IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER I'LL BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY WHEEL US OUT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF UNCOMFORTABLE FONDLING AND GRABBING.
I'LL DO AS I'M TOLD.
FOR NOW.

[glowsferatu]

For Now
Until A Better Option Presents Itself
We Save Ourselves For When We Can Make A Difference
And Then We Unleash All The Fury Of Hell And Alternia Together Mingled
We Make Them Regret Every Thought Theyve Put Into Action
Every Drop Of Blood Theyve Spilled
Every Minute We Are Kept In Patience For This Moment To Come
But For Now We Wait