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[crab]

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE ACCURATE TO CALL IT DRINKING.

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[glowsferatu]

well it is nominally rainbow drinking
only without the rainbows anymore
i feel i should probably start calling myself a red and more different red drinker

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[crab]

THAT SOUNDS PRETTY STILTED THOUGH.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BE DRINKING RAINBOWS IF YOU COULD.

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[glowsferatu]

i can dream of rainbows all i like
but all i have is and probably will be red and that other red

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[glowsferatu]

yours is the "red" in case you were wondering

[crab]

SO
MINE REALLY TASTES DIFFERENT?
IT DOESN'T TASTE LIKE HUMAN BLOOD AT ALL?

[glowsferatu]

theyre like night and day
human blood is too salty and bitter
ive had much worse and it gets the job done but its more of a necessity than a choice
rose tries eating different things to see if it will affect the flavor and i humor her yes
but the honest truth is any change is almost imperceptible

and dont you dare repeat that to anyone not even ruka
rose tries far harder than i deserve and i appreciate every moment of it
i will drink her weird-tasting blood to the day i die for good

yours though
its sweet to the degree of an after-dinner delicacy
a sort of richness you almost fear might rot your teeth
karkat as far as im concerned you bleed literal liquid candy

[crab]

[ It is a weird conversation, for sure. A year ago he can't see himself allowing it to progress even this far. A year ago he wouldn't have let her feed off of him to begin with. He supposes this means he trusts her fully, more than he did in the beginning, even. ]

HUH
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY I EXPECTED ANYTHING ELSE, REALLY. OR WHAT I WAS EXPECTING AT ALL.
IT'S JUST HARD TO IMAGINE SOMEONE SAMPLING MY BLOOD AND NOT ERUPTING WITH PROJECTILE VOMIT LIKE A GODDAMN GEYSER
POSSIBLY NEEDING TO BE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FOOD POISONING.
BUT CANDY? OF COURSE IT'S CANDY. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE PEOPLE REFERRED TO MY BLOOD AS "CANDY RED"? HELL, I'M PRETTY SURE "CANDY SWILL" USED TO BE THE STANDARD BLOOD-RELATED INSULT, FOR ME.
HOW, UH
HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO OTHER TROLLS?

[ Validate him tell him he tastes the best VALIDATE HIM ]

[glowsferatu]

well i mean
its no tyrian
but god what is
tyrian is so robust and just
basically wow
i would say that comparatively yours is considerably sweeter
as for the others its really been too long since ive had the opportunity that i cant really trust my memory to accurately describe them
except that eridans was really fishy in an unpleasant way
bias might have made it taste worse than it really was but wherever the truth lies it just wasnt any good

[crab]

[ That is not the answer he wanted, and it leaves him disappointed, but he supposes he shouldn't have expected much better. "Better than human blood" is probably something he should be grateful for.

It would just be nice to be on top for once. Even if it is the top of the menu. ]

OK AGAIN, NOT SURE WHAT I WAS EXPECTING THERE.
I MEAN BEING BETTER THAN HUMANS IS A GIVEN, BUT. WELL, YOU KNOW.
AND ERIDAN TASTING BAD IS A GIVEN TOO. I HAVE TASTED HIS BLOOD TOO.
GRANTED, ALL BLOOD TASTES FUCKING DISGUSTING TO ME, BUT I REMEMBER HIS BEING PARTICULARLY REVOLTING.

[glowsferatu]

yes im sure you absolutely hated it

also i think
gamzees might have been
i dont even know how to describe it
undesirably intoxicating
if you ever drank it you had better prepare yourself to be a useless piece of shit all day
because youll be utterly incapable of any alternative activity

i feel like its a safe assumption to recall equius as having a strong flavor
but im not sure i actually sampled his blood before
the odor put me off
the rest of them werent really notable
they were blood and they were edible
i think that says a lot

[crab]

YEAH. I DID.
ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPLY SOMETHING???

OK SO...
IS IT JUST THAT MINE IS TOO SWEET? LIKE HOW SWEET ARE WE TALKING?
BECAUSE ALL I REALLY HAVE TO GO ON IS TEREZI'S REVIEWS AND THOSE WERE KIND OF
WELL
CREEPY. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.
I THINK SHE DID THAT ON PURPOSE.

[glowsferatu]

why karkat i dont know what you could ever mean
what could i possibly be implying

and i dont know if youd say its too sweet
just that it is sweet and sweeter than other things one might consider sweet
it isnt too sweet for its occasion
but perhaps a sweet to fear might spoil you if taken with every meal
especially given the limits of its source

[crab]

[ It is truly bizarre to him. He wants to be complimented on his blood. He has literally never wanted that before-- he would have rejected any attempt. Maybe it's the context of the compliment? It isn't like she's trying to say his mutation isn't an aberration or crime against nature. She's not trying to lie to him. Just that it tastes sweet.

It's an easy compliment to swallow, and he wants more of the same. He wants to be told more. ]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU COULD BE IMPLYING, ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT'S WRONG.
WHATEVER IT IS.
WRONG.

WELL DO YOU FEEL LIKE TAKING IT WITH YOUR NEXT MEAL?
I JUST HAD LUNCH, SO I SHOULD BE FINE.
YOU COULD COME OVER NOW.

[ He is actually impatient to be a food source. ]

[glowsferatu]

[ even though they've done the donation before, this is really the first time they've spoken about it at length. and it's been months since she's last had him for supper. it's a tempting offer, and a temptation she isn't terribly inclined to fight. ]

and spoil my dinner
absolutely
ill be right over

[crab]

GREAT.
SEE YOU SOON.

[ He doesn't expect it to be a long wait, between the message and her arrival, so he simply sits back and waits for the portal to open. ]

[glowsferatu]

[ it's about fifteen minutes, just enough time for her to finish up whatever she was in the middle of when he texted, that she knocks at the door. as soon as it opens, she pauses before entering. ]

If we're going to do this, we should perhaps observe the rules of the exercise. You're required to invite me in.

[crab]

Are you serious? [ He gapes at her a little. That's so embarrassing.

But he does want her to come in, so: ]

Fine. Come in, Kanaya.

[glowsferatu]

[ she steps inside, setting her purse down as she takes a seat on the couch. ]

Be grateful I hadn't stepped in with exclamation expressing my plain desire to suck your blood. I considered it momentarily, but even Bela Lugosi was never guilty of such a thin line.

[crab]

It is exceptionally likely you would have been going hungry, if you'd done that. The buffet doors would have slammed shut so fast it'd make your nub spin. [ There are limits to what he can abide.

He takes a seat beside her, but this is where a little of his confidence starts to flag. It is still a bit awkward to him, initiating this. Maybe best to leave it up to her. ]

So... whenever you're ready, I guess.

[glowsferatu]

There are never many times when I could not be considered ready. Unless I was worried about overtaking my measured input, but this is a case I wouldn't hesitate to calculate around.

[ she holds out her hand to receive his arm. ]

I would, however, hope that you are first ready.

[crab]

[ He extends his arm for her, inside of his wrist upturned. ]

It's fine. I wouldn't have invited you if I wasn't.

[glowsferatu]

[ she pulls his sleeve up to his elbow, studying it carefully before tracing a vein. ]

There are steps we can take to reduce the pain as well, we don't have to jump right into it unprepared.

[crab]

What kind of steps? [ He watches her with curiosity rather than apprehension, now, at odds with the first time she did this. ] It doesn't hurt that much in the first place. Not as much as I was expecting it to.

[glowsferatu]

Well, anesthetics are out, they'd likely only transfer with the blood, and a topical agent would only get all over my lips. [ she knows these things, she's been training enough for them, after all. she gets up from the couch and disappears into the kitchen, returning after a moment with a couple cubes of ice, holding them out for him. ] But there are non-medicinal ways to numb the area.