FIFTEEN ♋

[selfhatred]

I'M NOT GOING TO THE REST OF MY CLASSES TODAY.
COULD SOMEONE PICK UP THE HOMEWORK FOR ME AND HAND IT TO ME LATER?

[Filtered to other Vantas-Leijons]

i don't know

it's

Uncle Sal, Aunt Di...dad's here.

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[Voice]

[zazzerpan_cg]

I DON'T KNOW YOU.
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?

[fuckmackandme]

i'll do it.
did something happen?

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[accioleggings]

What

[selfhatred]

THANKS, EG JOHN.
YEAH. YEAH, SOMETHING HAPPENED.

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[selfhatred]

Dad's here.

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[c9rp9realn9rmative]

9rdinarily I w9uld say that that's imp9ssi6le, 6ut...

Are you alright, Karkat? Where are y9u right n9w?

[he's going to address the child involved, here. He assumes Armand must be a ghost, like he was on Parent's Day.]

[Voice]

[selfhatred]

What...
who the hell is this?

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[accioleggings]

Where are you, Karkat?

[Voice]

[zazzerpan_cg]

I AM ZAZZERPAN.
WHO ARE YOU?

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[selfhatred]

I'm okay. I'm just a bit startled, I think.
I'm We're in the Charms corridor.

[selfhatred]

Charms corridor. Class just finished.

[Voice]

[selfhatred]

Isn't that what Kishitani named his bloody goat?

Karkat.

[fuckmackandme]

wanna talk about it?

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[c9rp9realn9rmative]

['We're'? He hesitates before replying, bright red ink smearing on his fingertips as he shifts his grip on the quill and the ink drips onto the journal. Karkat doesn't know how he is now, yet. Nevertheless, he should offer his assistance.]

W9uld y9u like me t9 c9me find y9u?

[Voice]

[zazzerpan_cg]

YES. I AM A GOAT.

WHAT ARE YOU, KARKAT?

[selfhatred]

MAYBE LATER.



THANKS.

[selfhatred]

Yeah...he wants to see you.

[fuckmackandme]

see you later then!

[Voice]

[selfhatred]

What the fuck is a goat doing talking?

Human. Duh.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

[...............




okay then.]

Alright, then I will 6e right there.

Karkat, I must tell y9u
I've underg9ne

Give me a m9ment.

[And then he's off. For once, the heaviness of being alive again feels almost like a burden.]

[Voice]

[zazzerpan_cg]

I AM TALKING BECAUSE I HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY.

AND THAT IS VERY INTERESTING. I KNOW MANY HUMANS.

[selfhatred]

Okay.

[When he gets to the Charms corridor, Karkat will be standing there conversing with a much older man in military uniform. For all accounts Karkat looks okay, if not a bit uncomfortable.]

[accioleggings]

Give me five minutes.

[He's supposed to be teaching a class right now but something like this is much more important without question. He announces a study period and trusts the seventh years not to cause trouble before hurrying out of the classroom to the charms corriror.]

[Voice]

[selfhatred]

No kidding, because the castle is full of them.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

[Kankri pulls up short when he sees not a ghost, but a solid, real-looking older man. His eyes go wide, and his feet just refuse to carry him any further forward.]

Armand?

[Of course, it might be just as surprising for Armand and Karkat to see Kankri, whole and in the flesh, as well.]