[8:35:38 PM] *** adiosToreador added cuttlefishCuller ***
[8:36:24 PM] adiosToreador: ((okay i think this thing is working))
[8:36:36 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ((Yupyup))
[8:36:53 PM] adiosToreador: ((awesome))
[8:37:03 PM] adiosToreador: AT: sO, uHH, wHERE ARE YOU,
AT: rIGHT NOW,
[8:37:41 PM] cuttlefishCuller: AC: :33 < i went back down to the basement after equius fixed your legs.
[8:37:56 PM] *** adiosToreador added grimAuxiliatrix, Vriska, Jane Egbert ***
[8:38:06 PM] cuttlefishCuller: AC: :33 < it's my own little cave . h33 h33.
[8:38:17 PM] adiosToreador: AT: cAN i, uHH, mEET YOU THERE??
[8:38:33 PM] cuttlefishCuller: AC: :33 < sure thing!
[8:38:53 PM] cuttlefishCuller: AC: :33 < s33 you in a minute! :33
[8:39:10 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador heads down to Nepeta's basement!
[8:39:15 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller sits in the basement, back against the wall, facing the stairs downward.
[8:39:33 PM] *** adiosToreador added terminallyCapricious ***
[8:39:56 PM] adiosToreador: uHH, hEY NEPETA,
[8:40:13 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < hey!
[8:40:32 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < legs back and working, then? :33
[8:40:38 PM] adiosToreador: yEAH, }:)
[8:40:41 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < h33.
[8:40:57 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < be careful on those stairs, then!
[8:41:03 PM] adiosToreador: i, uHH, wILL,
[8:41:08 PM] adiosToreador: eQUIUS WARNED ME ABOUT THEM,
[8:41:08 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < remember what happened last time? x33
[8:41:16 PM] adiosToreador: yEAH,,,
[8:41:19 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador frowns.
[8:41:22 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller grins
[8:41:44 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador Vriska threatened to throw him down stairs...
[8:41:46 PM] adiosToreador: bUT, uHH,
[8:41:47 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < something the matter?
[8:41:55 PM] adiosToreador: uHH, nOTHING,
[8:41:57 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller tilts head, pouting.
[8:41:58 PM] adiosToreador: hOW ARE YOU??
[8:42:16 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < i'm good as evfur.
[8:42:35 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < haven't even talked to vriska since you told me to stop. :33
[8:42:47 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < haven't talked to anybody, really...
[8:43:13 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador pulls Nepeta into a tight hug.
[8:43:51 PM] adiosToreador: aRE YOU, uM, oKAY??
[8:44:02 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller blinks, a little confursed?
[8:44:15 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < i'm okay, tav! don't worry about me! :33
[8:45:03 PM] adiosToreador: yOU HAVEN'T BEEN, uM, wITH PEOPLE A LOT, lATELY,
[8:45:51 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < ...i've b33n thinking.
[8:46:08 PM] adiosToreador: oH, uHH, aBOUT WHAT??
[8:46:18 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < life and death and silly stuff like that.
[8:46:24 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < that's all. :33
[8:46:44 PM | Edited 8:46:51 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador frowns.
[8:47:20 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < mostly i've been drawing and stuff, though...
[8:47:32 PM] adiosToreador: tHAT'S, nOT SILLY,
[8:47:37 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller motions to other walls of basement - brand new wall drawings, just like home!
[8:48:15 PM] adiosToreador: i'M GLAD YOU'VE BEEN DRAWING, tHOUGH,
[8:48:19 PM] adiosToreador: i LIKE YOUR DRAWINGS, }:)
[8:48:25 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < h33.
[8:48:53 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < i was trying to draw all our lusii together over there...
[8:49:02 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < but feferi's made it purretty hard!
[8:49:13 PM] adiosToreador: yEAH, hERS IS, uHH, pRETTY BIG,
[8:49:23 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < i miss pounce.
[8:49:36 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\
[8:49:36 PM] adiosToreador: i MISS TINKERBULL,
[8:49:40 PM] adiosToreador: a LOT, sOMETIMES,
[8:50:01 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < pounce was my best furend in the whole world...
[8:50:04 PM] adiosToreador: dID YOU TALK TO POUNCE WHEN HE WAS A, uHH, sPRITE?
[8:50:13 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < yeah, some!
[8:50:23 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < mostly she just meowed! x33
[8:50:42 PM] adiosToreador: sO SHE WAS JUST A, uHH, bIG KITTY, hUH?
[8:50:48 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < and she tried to eat some of the sugarcubes all over the place. x33
[8:50:48 PM] adiosToreador: tINKERBULL WAS REALLY SMART,,,
[8:51:20 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :<<
[8:51:38 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < ...i don't really want to talk about this anymore, tav...
[8:51:55 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < it's too hard.
[8:52:04 PM] adiosToreador: iT DOES, uM,
[8:52:07 PM] adiosToreador: iT STILL HURTS,
[8:52:12 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador takes her hand.
[8:52:20 PM] adiosToreador: yOU HAVEN'T, uM,
[8:52:31 PM] adiosToreador: bEEN THE SAME, sINCE YOU SAW THE MALE YOU, uHH,,,
[8:53:49 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < ...yeah
[8:54:15 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i mean, look at you and your other self, tav.
[8:54:27 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < what would you do if she died?
[8:54:41 PM] adiosToreador: i CAN'T EVEN,
[8:54:45 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador shakes his head.
[8:54:50 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < not even just died... like...
[8:54:50 PM] adiosToreador: i CAN'T IMAGINE IT,
[8:55:20 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < like... if you had no idea it happened, and you stumbled across her mutilated corpse...
[8:55:36 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller shudders a little, eyes unfocused.
[8:55:40 PM] adiosToreador: oH,
[8:55:45 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < ...there was blood everywhere...
[8:55:52 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador pulls Nepeta into a tight hug.
[8:55:56 PM] adiosToreador: i'M SORRY,
[8:56:01 PM] adiosToreador: i'M REALLY SORRY,
[8:56:10 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < a...and i screamed, and nobody came -- and...
[8:56:24 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i guess part of me died then, too?
[8:56:30 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i don't know.
[8:56:55 PM] adiosToreador: i'M,
[8:56:59 PM] adiosToreador: i'M SORRY i WASN'T THERE,
[8:57:06 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < all the rest of you are so happy and noisy upstairs - and even if you're not happy, you guys at least seem to feel something...
[8:57:13 PM] adiosToreador: i'VE BEEN A, uM, bAD FRIEND,
[8:57:17 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < right now, i'm just kinda going through the motions...
[8:57:31 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < no, no, it's okay, don't worry about it -- you can't change the past.
[8:57:47 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador squeezes her, not entirely sure what to say.
[8:57:58 PM] adiosToreador: i WANT TO BE, A BETTER FRIEND, tO YOU,
[8:58:19 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < no, tav. it's okay, i'm fine.
[8:58:28 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i don't want to ruin the mood up there.
[8:58:35 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i don't really fit in.
[8:58:52 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < it's better for efurryone if i just... stay down here.
[8:58:59 PM] adiosToreador: nO IT'S NOT,
[8:59:04 PM] adiosToreador: yOU'RE, rEALLY GREAT,
[8:59:13 PM] adiosToreador: yOU'RE REALLY KIND AND FUN TO BE AROUND,
[8:59:45 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\
[8:59:55 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i'm just not f33ling it, tav.
[9:00:41 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i'm fine down here.
:\\ < it's nice. i like being alone.
[9:00:49 PM] adiosToreador: tHAT'S NOT GOOD,
[9:00:58 PM] adiosToreador: yOU NEED TO, uM, bE WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
[9:01:14 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < why?
[9:01:29 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < so i can be reminded of how i'm always the od one out?
[9:02:08 PM] adiosToreador: tHERE'S A LOT OF, dRAMA,
[9:02:25 PM] adiosToreador: aND EVERYONE IS PRETTY, uM, iNOLVED IN THEIR OWN THING, uSUALLY,
[9:02:37 PM] adiosToreador: bUT IT'S EASY TO, uHH, gET LOST IN YOUR HEAD,
[9:02:38 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < so i can just hang around everyone else's h33ls and sometiems there's a little pat on the head, or maybe some leftover love for nepeta. but you're the first one to even notice i'm not there, Tav.
[9:02:48 PM] adiosToreador: wHEN YOU'RE ALONE,
[9:02:49 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < ...after you fell.
[9:02:55 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < what did you do?
[9:03:08 PM] adiosToreador: i, uHH, cOULDN'T REALLY DO A LOT,,,
[9:03:15 PM] adiosToreador: bUT,
[9:03:21 PM] adiosToreador: i LIKED TO, uHH, tALK TO GAMZEE,
[9:03:28 PM] adiosToreador: eVEN THOUGH, hE SPACED OUT, a LOT,
[9:05:07 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i guess... maybe you're just more of a people purrson than i am.
[9:05:25 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i'm kind of the social outcast. i don't really fit in.
[9:05:58 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i made a decision a long time ago whether i wanted to be true to myself or have friends.
[9:06:05 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < i guess i made the wrong choice.
[9:06:37 PM] adiosToreador: yOU CAN STILL, uM, bE TRUE TO YOURSELF,
[9:06:40 PM] adiosToreador: aND HAVE FRIENDS,
[9:06:47 PM] adiosToreador: i'M YOUR FRIEND, rIGHT?
[9:07:07 PM] adiosToreador: aND TALKING TO PEOPLE,
[9:07:13 PM] adiosToreador: iT'S GOOD, eVEN FOR A LITTLE,
[9:07:40 PM] adiosToreador: i WOULD, uM, gET LOST IN MY HEAD, sOMETIMES,
[9:07:44 PM] adiosToreador: aND THINK, bAD THOUGHTS,
[9:07:47 PM] adiosToreador: aND i THINK,
[9:07:56 PM] adiosToreador: iF YOU MAYBE WERE, uHH, oUT A LITTLE MORE,
[9:08:01 PM] adiosToreador: iT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER,
[9:08:36 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < maybe in a little while... i'll talk to equius..
[9:08:54 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :\\ < but mostly talking hurts more than it helps.
[9:09:37 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador just keeps holding her.
[9:09:43 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador doesn't know how else to make it better.
[9:09:48 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...thanks, tav.
[9:09:53 PM] adiosToreador: i'M ALWAYS, uM, hERE TO TALK, oKAY??
[9:09:59 PM] cuttlefishCuller: yeah.
[9:10:01 PM] adiosToreador: i WANT TO BE, a BETTER FRIEND, fROM NOW ON,
[9:10:07 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...it means a lot.
[9:10:35 PM] adiosToreador: i'M GLAD,
[9:10:39 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador smiles a little.
[9:10:50 PM] adiosToreador: yOU HAVE A REALLY, nICE SMILE,
[9:11:20 PM] adiosToreador: i LIKE SEEING IT,
[9:11:21 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller tries really hard to give him a little smile. More of a cringe than anything, but she's trying.
[9:12:22 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...i don't deserve a friend like you, tav. especially how i've b33n treating you and vriska, lately.
[9:12:40 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador shakes his head.
[9:12:41 PM] adiosToreador: uM,
[9:12:46 PM] adiosToreador: fORGET ABOUT VRISKA,
[9:13:00 PM] adiosToreador: i,
[9:13:12 PM] adiosToreador: i THINK i MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE,
[9:13:22 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...
[9:13:47 PM] adiosToreador: uM,
[9:13:58 PM] adiosToreador: cOULD YOU,
[9:14:05 PM] adiosToreador: cLOSE YOUR EYES, fOR A SECOND?
[9:14:23 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller blinks, a little confused... but complies.
[9:14:44 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador takes a shuddering breath, leans forward, and...
[9:14:49 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador gives Nepeta a kiss.
[9:16:06 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller stiffens a little, but doesn't move. Good job, Nep. You probably got what you wanted. Tavros is kissing you and Vriska's gonna be pissed.
[9:16:21 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller and how do you feel? Miserable.
[9:16:32 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador pulls back after a moment, frowning.
[9:17:01 PM] adiosToreador: ,,,fUCK,
[9:17:20 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...i think that's probably a bigger mistake...
[9:17:51 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador let's her go and steps back.
[9:18:18 PM] adiosToreador: i WANTED TO SEE, hOW YOU--
[9:18:22 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador shake shis head.
[9:18:24 PM] adiosToreador: i'M SORRY,
[9:18:45 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...it's not you, it's me. i'm just... not with it right now.
[9:18:56 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...i mean...
[9:19:03 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...i don't know what i mean...
[9:19:13 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...kitty litter. :<<
[9:19:25 PM] adiosToreador: iT'S, uM,
[9:19:29 PM] adiosToreador: iT'S NOT YOUR FAULT,
[9:19:38 PM] adiosToreador: i THOUGHT, mAYBE,
[9:19:45 PM] adiosToreador: iT COULD WORK, bUT,
[9:19:48 PM] adiosToreador: i'M SORRY,
[9:24:38 PM] adiosToreador: sHOULD I, uM.
[9:24:41 PM] adiosToreador: sHOULD i GO?
[9:26:11 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...it could work, tav.
[9:26:17 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...just not right now, okay?
[9:26:30 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...and i don't wanna do this to you.
[9:26:49 PM] cuttlefishCuller: stay or go, I don't really care, i guess...
[9:27:40 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador gives her one last hug.
[9:27:49 PM] adiosToreador: i, uM,
[9:28:20 PM] adiosToreador: i GUESS, i WILL GO,
[9:28:29 PM] adiosToreador: bECAUSE i NEED, tO THINK, aBOUT THINGS,
[9:28:32 PM] adiosToreador: bUT, uM,
[9:28:35 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller attempts another little smile.
[9:28:44 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...?
[9:28:45 PM] adiosToreador: i WOULD STILL LIKE, tO HANG OUT AGAIN SOMETIME,
[9:28:59 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...yeah. it's a date...
[9:29:41 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador gives her a sad smile.
[9:29:53 PM] adiosToreador: yOU SHOULD, cOME UPSTAIRS SOMETIME, oKAY?
[9:30:02 PM] adiosToreador: i, uHH, hOPE TO SEE YOU UP THERE,
[9:30:20 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...yeah. i'll come up sometime later.
[9:30:32 PM] cuttlefishCuller: thanks, tav.
[9:31:15 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador squeezes her hand.
[9:31:24 PM] adiosToreador: i'M GOING, tO CHECK ON YOU TOMORROW,
[9:31:29 PM] adiosToreador: aND MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING FUN THEN,
[9:31:51 PM] adiosToreador: aND,
[9:32:00 PM] adiosToreador: yOU SHOULD DRAW, sOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY,
[9:32:13 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...yeah. i'll do that. :33
[9:34:02 PM] adiosToreador: hEHE, gOOD,
[9:34:23 PM] adiosToreador: tROLL ME IF YOU EVER, uHH, COME UP, oKAY??
[9:35:18 PM | Edited 9:35:32 PM] cuttlefishCuller: :33 < ...yep.
[9:35:32 PM] adiosToreador: i
[9:35:39 PM] cuttlefishCuller: ...you?
[9:35:47 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller tilts her head.
[9:35:50 PM] adiosToreador: ((pressed enter by accident >>))
[9:35:56 PM] adiosToreador: i'LL SEE YOU LATER, fOR SURE,
[9:36:32 PM] adiosToreador: pLEASE, tAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,
[9:36:36 PM] adiosToreador: adiosToreador awkward absconds.
[9:38:03 PM] cuttlefishCuller: cuttlefishCuller gives him a tiny little smile as he runs off. Tav. What are we going to do with you.