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H3LLO

[The letters appear one by one, as if someone was writing them in the air in marker--or perhaps chalk--and below the greeting someone begins to . . . draw a picture? It's not clear what it is at first, but eventually a lime-green dragon begins to take shape.

The last thing the artist adds is a pair of glasses, the same color and shape as Jade's.]

[ oh

oh. jade wasn't expecting this, mostly because terezi seems like the sort who keeps herself too busy to send her any kind of messages. aside from a quick "i can handle this!", her contact with most people has been... minimal, to say the least.

it takes her a few moments to respond, because she wonders if there's a possibility of the guards giving her a pen and paper to make this easier on her. they don't. looks like it's the tried and true "imagine it until it's real" method. ]

hi :)
its nice to hear from you
are you ok?

[ the lime green dragon gets a crown of planets rotating around it's head, and a new, teal dragon forms. jade pauses before deciding on a sharp grin to go with the teal; terezi's smile is unforgettable, after all. in a good way! ]

[Terezi pauses for a moment--she hasn't really made peace with her aspect since . . . Vriska, but it seems appropriate to fill in a few Mind-style neurons above the teal dragon. So that's what she does.

She also adds a pair of red shades, and some very tiny stick figures, to give a sense of scale.]

1 4M DO1NG F1N3
D4V3 4ND K4RK4T 4R3 RUNN1NG 4ROUND L1K3 H34DL3SS CLUCKB34STS THOUGH
W3 DO NOT H4V3 TO T4LK 4BOUT WHY 1F YOU DONT W4NT

[ oh, that is super cute. jade opts to draw hearts around the jade-dragon to convey how cute the jade-dragon would find these additions to the terezi-dragon. ]

they are pretty much always running around like headless cluckbeasts!
dave has been a drama queen for as loooooooooong as i can remember
and karkat is....
well he is karkat :P
also
i appreciate that offer
if you have any questions you want to ask before i say i am done talking about it, though
i will answer them :)

[There is a pause--what next?--before Terezi opts to draw a couple of smaller dragons around the teal and lime dragons: one red dragon with a set of super cool shades, and one gray dragon with an exaggerated scowl.]

TH4T 1S OK4Y 1 TH1NK 1 C4N GU3SS >:/
SH3HU1 1S NOT 4S V1OL3NT 4S 4LT3RN14 BUT
TH3Y 4R3 NOT D1SS1M1L4R
DO YOU W4NT 4NYTH1NG FOR 4FT3R YOU G3T OUT?
1 C4N M4K3 4 TR1P TO TH3 'HUM4N' 'STOR3' FOR 'GOODS'

[ pfft. jade opts to draw a speech bubble with a smile in it coming from dragonkat, because they both know he's a softy on the inside. dragon strider gets a shitty skateboard, though, drawn what is probably a fair few feet away from him, as if the artist just couldn't pin point the exact way a skateboard is used. ]

thats really nice of you terezi!!!!!!
wow
ummm
really that kind of depends because i dont know what you guys are getting
i am guessing if this plan is successful that we cant go back to the apartments... :(

PROB4BLY NOT
1 TH1NK TH3 PL4N 1S TO H1D3 OUTS1D3 FOR 4 WH1L3 4ND TH3N
31TH3R F1ND TH3 ON3 KNOWN 4S QR1 OR BR34K OUT OF TH3 C1TY
R1GHT NOW W3 4R3 G4TH3R1NG FOOD 4ND SUPPL13S
TH3 T4LL ON3 C4LL3D P3RC1V4L H4S BULL3TPROOF V3STS

[She also scribbles a little >:] face to show her approval of these additions, and then:]

WH4T N3XT >:?

bullet proof vests???
i mean that is creative
but their guns do not have bullets!
well the ones i have been experiencing do not at least?

[ hmm. jade has to consider her next move. she doodles a chrysanthemum; she had only seen them on prospit, but they are beautifully golden. she keeps that color. ]

i could never get them to grow in my atrium
i think i miss prospit a bit!

>://///

[Yeah, that's all that needs to be said about that.]

4NYW4Y
1 TH1NK TH3 1D34 1S TH4T TH3Y M4Y CH4NG3 T4CT1CS WH3N W3 BR34K YOU OUT
4LSO TH3 ON3 KNOWN 4S P3RC1V4L S33MS 4 L1TTL3 M4NLUSUS-Y
1F YOU KNOW WH4T 1 M34N >:]

[She scribbles a chrysanthemum or two of her own, and a few more spiky flowers--maybe something on Sgrub's Prospit?]

1 M1SS PROSP1T TOO
1T 4LW4YS T4ST3D L1K3 HON3Y
K4RK4T N3V3R GOT TO S33 1T WH1CH W4S V3RY S4D >:[

[ is this like, the ddlg thing davesprite once made a vague allusion to ]

yes i know what you mean
he is very protective
he checks up on me every day
but thats good the plan will change
my vines may not seem that cool but they can be used in very creative ways so i will be sure to help :P

[ oh-- those are pretty. she never asked what fauna was like on alternia, now that she thinks about it. ]

he told me!
he said i should ask you about it but you know how he is
he is a stick in the mud about things
you could taste prospit?

[jade no]

1 B3L13V3 YOU >:]
1 4M COM1NG UP W1TH LONG L1STS OF L13S SO 1 C4N DUMP W4T3R ON TH3M V3RY F4ST
1 GU3SS TH1S STUP1D POW3R 1S GOOD FOR SOM3TH1NG

[She scribbles a couple more flowers, and what looks like a golden venus fly trap.]

UGH Y3S
1 W4S D1S4PPO1NT3D 1 D1DNT G3T TO SHOW H1M 4ROUND BUT H3 W4S 4LL
"WHY WOULD 1 W4NT TO S33 SOM3TH1NG SO G4R1SH T3R3Z1"
1 COULD T3LL H3 D1DNT M34N 1T BUT 1T W4S SO FRUSTR4T1NG

4ND Y3S 1 COULD SM3LL 4ND T4ST3 COLORS
MY LUSUS T4UGHT M3 4FT3R 1 W3NT BL1ND

karkat is so stubborn!!!!
it is ok if something bothers you
he is a goober and wont take his own advice!
i wish you got to show him too terezi

ohhhh
that is pretty awesome!
and very caring of her
mine taught me how to shoot guns and bec took care of me
and now he gave me his nose and teeth so i can gnaw and sniff out all kinds of things!
ummm
i am sorry about the blind thing though?
how did it happen, is that ok to ask?

[Leave it to Jade to just ask the question, directly. It makes Terezi pause: she's never really told this story to anyone before, always dealt with it in covert hints and mysterious smiles. Even Karkat never found out.

But maybe it's time. Jade is an unusual choice, but she's been surprisingly easy to talk to.]

1T 1S OK TO 4SK
D1D YOU 3V3R T4LK TO VR1SK4?
4R4CHN1DSGRIP?

[ it's strange how terezi's quirk is so easy to figure out. maybe it's the fact this is all she has to focus on. "arachnid'sgrip" is easy to read. ]

most likely!
the thing is it was when you guys were trolling us :p
so nothing really of note comes to mind!
is that bad?

1T 1S PROB4BLY FOR TH3 B3ST
SH3 W4S NOT V3RY R3SPONS1BL3 1N HOW SH3 TROLL3D
4NYW4Y SH3 4ND 1
US3D TO B3 FR13NDS 1 GU3SS
W3 WOULD PL4Y G4M3S TOG3TH3R, L1K3 FL4RP
D1D YOU KNOW T4VROS? 4R4D14?
3R 4D1OSTOR34DOR 4ND 4POC4LYPS34R1S3N?

heh....
yes i am very familiar with tavros and i have met aradia
she seems nice
like the grim reaper!

W3 US3D TO PL4Y FL4RP W1TH TH3M
T34M SCOURG3 V3RSUS T34M CH4RG3, TWO ON TWO
1T W4S JUST SUPPOS3D TO B3 FUN
W3 PL4Y3D FL4RP FOR OTH3R TH1NGS, L1K3 JUST1C3 4ND F33D1NG VR1SK4S LUSUS
BUT 4R4D14 4ND T4VROS D1DNT DO 4NYTH1NG WRONG

[The words pause here. This is still hard to remember.]

VR1SK4 H4S M1ND CONTROL 4B1L1T13S
M4NY C3RUL34NBLOODS DO
1T 1S 4 LONG STORY BUT SH3 US3D TH3M TO M41M T4VROS 4ND K1LL 4R4D14

[ so that's how tavros ended up in a wheel chair. she'll figure out aradia's deal later. this seems difficult for terezi. ]

i see...
i am sorry that happened to your friends, terezi

[ trolls have a complicated culture. jade can summarize this on her own. still, maiming someone and killing another without rhyme or reason - terezi says they didn't do anything wrong. she pauses. jade can gather enough to think that... even if troll culture is different, trolls do not necessarily have to be blood hungry. ]

1 4M TOO >:/
4FT3R TH4T 1 D3C1D3D 1 H4D TO T4K3 C4R3 OF H3R
1 M34NT TO K1LL H3R BUT 1 ONLY M41M3D H3R
H3R 3Y3, 4ND H3R 4RM
SH3 TOOK H3R R3V3NG3 BY BL1ND1NG M3

:|
so you were playing a game with your friends and she messed it up?
you did not deserve that!
honestly terezi she sounds dangerous!

SH3 W4S
SH3 W4S D4NG3ROUS 4ND M4N1PUL4T1V3
4ND SH3 N3V3R R34LLY TOOK R3SPONS1B1L1TY FOR TH3 TH1NGS SH3 H4D DON3

[But.

There is a 'but' here, whether Jade can sense it or not.]

[ ah. terezi did not really want to do that, did she? jade wonders what alternia is like, and thinks back to their conversation about legislacerators. ]

she was still your friend
your um
"scourge sister"

Y34H
3V3N THOUGH SH3 D1D NOTH1NG BUT C4US3 PROBL3MS
1 ST1LL M1SS3D H3R WH3N SH3 W4S GON3

hmmm
that is pretty complicated
you are not weak though
admitting that you still missed her is very brave

H4RL3Y
4R3 YOU TRY1NG TO M4K3 M3 F33L B3TT3R

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