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*day 66,
karkat

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ALRIGHT YOU RIDICULOUS NOOKSNIFFERS WITH ALL YOUR FUCKING YELLOW FACED SMILES. LISTEN UP. I'M LOOKING FOR SOME IMPORTANT FRIENDS OF MINE AND YOU'RE GOING TO FORK THEM OVER OR I WILL FIND SOME MEANS OF BEING MORE THREATENING THAN THIS PREHISTORIC WRITING UTENSIL WILL ALLOW.

NORMALLY THIS WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, BUT IF I'M A SQUISHY PINK HUMAN LIKE THE REST OF YOU THAN THEY PROBABLY ARE TOO AND I CAN HARDLY TELL ONE OF YOU LOAD GAPER DRINKERS APART FROM ANOTHER ONE. YOU HEAR THAT, ASSHOLES? IF YOU'RE OUT THERE YOU BETTER RESPOND TO THIS SO I CAN FIND YOU. THIS ISN'T JUST SOME RANDOM MEMO FOR US TO ARGUE IN LIKE A BUNCH OF FUCKNUTS. YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER THING I POST FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, APPARENTLY. THIS IS SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS.

OH MY GOD WHY IS SHE EVEN STICKING SMILES ON THE PAPER? WHAT THE SHIT. KNOCK IT O`---

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YOU'RE NOT WASTING ANY BREATH IF YOU'RE WRITING.

Well, that question certainly answered itself quickly.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH ANY ANSWERS AROUND HERE.

I can't disagree with that. Are your other lines of inquiry proving fruitful, at least?

THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU CLASSIFY AS USEFUL.

...I see.

If you don't want my help, then you don't need to learn anything from me, but try to learn from someone. If the people you're looking for aren't here, then I'd make at least one friend before nightfall, if I were you.

YEAH, BECAUSE I MAKE FRIENDS *SO EASILY*.

UGH. I KNOW I'M BEING STUPID. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME.

Why don't we start with your name, then? Being stupid doesn't have to be a permanent state of being.

YOU'D BE SURPRISED.

IT'S KARKAT. KARKAT VANTAS.

Sage Harpuia.

As I'm sure you've already noticed, everything that goes on this board is monitored. I doubt I can tell you everything here without it being censored, Karkat.

YEAH, I KIND OF HATE THIS PLACE.

You're hardly alone in that sentiment. It sickens me to see power used to to quash justice instead of uphold it.

If we ever encounter each other in person, I can talk with more detail, but for now, I'll let you know that I was serious about finding someone before nightfall. The days here are tedious and degrading, but the nights are actively dangerous.

OKAY, OKAY. I'LL TRY TO ATTACH MYSELF TO SOMEONE RELATIVELY LESS DOUCHEY THAN HALF THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD.

THIS WILL BE A FEAT IN OF ITSELF.

I hate to narrow your options further, but try to make sure it's nobody sick. Their illness isn't exactly benign.

OH MY GOD, THIS PLACE SUCKS.

I wouldn't put it so crudely, but... yes. It sucks. Keep your wits about you.

If nothing else, you can seek me out. I'm not easy to miss; I'll be the one with green arrows on his face.

YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO PAINT ARROWS ON JUST SO I'LL FIND YOU, YOU KNOW. A DESCRIPTION WORKS TOO.

No, that's... just how my face looks. Those marks were part of my design when I was built.

BUILT? WHAT, LIKE SOME KIND OF ROBOT?

Precisely. Before I was brought here, I was a type of android called a reploid. Being organic is a new experience to me, let alone being human.

SO THEY CAN GIVE ROBOTS HUMAN BODIES TOO? HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK??

Frankly, it shouldn't. It defies logic. A human brain simply should not be able to host a reploid's control chip.

Am I correct in assuming you've been changed as well? Given your word choice in your first note, you sound as if being human is not your natural state either.