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[candycrabapple]

YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS SCHOOL?

WELL NOTHING, ULTIMATELY THIS PLACE IS A FESTERING VOID OF TEEN DRAMA AND BULLSHIT, SO IF I WAS BEING HONEST, I'D ONLY ACTUALLY LIKE THE CURRICULUM, BUT EVEN THEN THE LEVEL OF HOMEWORK PISSES ME OFF.

NO, NO. WHAT I *LOVE* ABOUT THIS SCHOOL, IS THAT IT MANAGES TO MAKE A COMPLETE AND UTTER SHITFEST OUT OF ONE OF THE MORE ENJOYABLE HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR.
IS IT REALLY SO MUCH TO ASK TO WANT ONE HOLIDAY WHERE SOMETHING DOESN'T GO COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY TITS UP, WITH SNAKE EGGS THAT CAN OOZE LOVE POTION PHEROMONES ON NEARLY EVERYONE IN SCHOOL? BECAUSE I'M REALLY STARTING TO THINK I'M GETTING MY HOPES FAR TO UP FOR THIS CRAP AND ONCE AGAIN THEY COME SPIRALLING DOWN INTO EITHER NAUSEATING DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION TO SOME MATCH UPS THAT ARE TOO HORRIFYING TO EVEN CONTEMPLATE WHEN IS I WAS TO BE COMPLETELY OUT OF MY MIND HIGH.

NOTE TO TEACHERS: THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCK THIS PLACE, NEXT HOLIDAY I'M JUST NOT LEAVING MY BED, I'LL JUST SLEEP THE DAY AWAY.

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oh gdit i'm so used to john i didn't even notice the color was wrong, sorry ;;;

[stubbornskeptic]

I didn't say I was preoccupied with that!

LOL it's okay, bro!

[candycrabapple]

IF YOU WEREN'T PREOCCUPIED WITH IT THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT IT UP, OR YOU WOULD HAVE SAID WHAT PREOCCUPIED YOU.
OR MAYBE YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO TELL ME, SO WHAT MAKES ME SO UNIMPORTANT THAT I CAN'T BE TOLD?

[stubbornskeptic]

I never said you were unimportant!
It's just awk personal.

[candycrabapple]

PROVE IT, WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL?

[stubbornskeptic]

Well, what kind of personal would you expect during that kerfuffle?

[candycrabapple]

KERFUFFLE? REALLY? OF ALL THE WORDS YOU COULD HAVE PICKED, YOU WENT WITH KERFUFFLE?

SO WHICH WAS IT? YOU'RE REALLY INTO THEM, OR WOULD YOU RATHER HANG THEM OFF A BELL TOWER SO THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR YOU AGAIN?

[stubbornskeptic]

Really into them, I suppose.
But of course there are very few people I'd ever want to hang off a bell tower...

[candycrabapple]

WELL THEN CLEARLY YOU'RE DOING A LOT BETTER THAN I AM IN THE WHOLE NOT WANTING TO HANG PEOPLE AREA, HOW GLORIOUS FOR YOU.

SO THEN WHY WAS IT SO CONFUSING IF YOU LIKE THEM THEN?

[stubbornskeptic]

It wouldn't work out, mostly.
Not with me, anyway.

[candycrabapple]

OH? AND WHY ISN'T IT GOING TO WORK? LOVE TRIANGLE?

[stubbornskeptic]

Partially that.
Partially how he'd never like me specifically.
For various reasons.

[candycrabapple]

WOW, YOU'RE GETTING THE TEEN ANGST PRETTY DOWN PAT.
DO I EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHO IT IS YOU'RE FEELING THIS OVER? OR IS IT JUST GOING TO MAKE ME WANT TO EAT MY OWN FACE AT HOW POINTLESSLY STUPID THIS MATCH IS?

[stubbornskeptic]

I don't know what your tastes are.
And maybe I don't want to write down his name and spread this around.

[He could guess, though.]

[Filter]

[candycrabapple]

THAT'S WHAT JOURNAL FILTERING IS FOR.
DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME BECAUSE OF MY INABILITY TO NOT RANT AND THINK WHAT I SAY. I'M ACTUALLY MORE THAN CAPABLE OF KEEPING SECRETS.

SO WHO IS IT?

[Filtered forever] l-lol i wasn't sure if we could do this actually

[stubbornskeptic]

Oh. Right.

[She forgot this was an option.]

Well, so long as you promise you will keep it secret.
I was talking about Dirk Strider...

[Filtered forever] Oh you silly, you.

[candycrabapple]

You're interested in a Strider? What the hell is wrong with your head, they're a bunch of arrogant arseholes.

I mean okay, you're allowed to like what you like, but even you have to have standards.

[Not that Karkat has a thing about Striders.]

[stubbornskeptic]

"Even" me.
Well, thanks.

Well shit, look who forgot to add Karkat's quirk DX

[candycrabapple]

YOU'RE WELCOME. bUT IN A MORE SERIOUS CAPACITY HERE, OUT OF ALL THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON THIS WIDE STUPID PLANTED, WHY HIM? STRIDERS ARE A FLOCK OF MAGESTIC DICKBIRDS THAT ENJOY SPENDING THEIR TIME MAKING YOU'RE LIFE A FRUSTRATING BALL OF BIRD SHIT AND AWKWARDLY ARRANGED FEATHERS.

/pat issok

[stubbornskeptic]

He was nice to me.
When he liked me.

[candycrabapple]

WAS THIS "NICE" HE WAS BEING MASKED IN A VERY POORLY VEILED MASK OF IRONY AND BAD RAP? I SHARE A DORM WITH THE MOST INSUFFERABLE STRIDER, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IRONY AND BAD RAP IS ALL THEY FEEL, THEY DON'T HAVE HUMAN FEELINGS.

[Karkat just don't enjoy Dave antagonising him. Can you tell?]

WAIT, I'M SEEING A PAST TENSE RIGHT THERE.

[stubbornskeptic]

The potion made him like me.
He doesn't anymore.

[candycrabapple]

ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT HE WASN'T ACTUALLY MEANT TO BE FOR YOU, EVER THINK THAT? PEOPLE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO USE MAGICAL EMOTIONAL SUBSTITUTES FOR REAL EMOTIONS.

LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY, AND ACTUALLY LIKING YOU BACK.

[stubbornskeptic]

Well, that's assuming anyone is, isn't it?