A Night in West Egg

[professorlionface]

WHO: EVERYBODY OF ALL AGES
WHERE: The Xavier Institute
WHEN: The night of June 16th, all night!
WARNINGS: Who can really tell anymore? Probable language. Possible violence. Copious dancing.
SUMMARY: PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM
FORMAT: OPEN

The guests into an auditorium transformed. Through the magic of papier mache, the room has been decked out like a speakeasy, the refreshments laid out on a very makeshift bar that will not stock alcohol as long as they can prevent it. The whole room is cast with a cool blue light, and a jazz band's been hired to take the stage for an hour before leaving the rest of the evening to the DJ.

It was time to get this party started.

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[hellionated]

[ Oh hey, it's this guy. Didn't he say he wasn't coming?

Well, he already looks uncomfortable. That means it's just about the right time for Julian to go say hello. So he smirks, and comes up behind Karkat. ]

So, she said yes after all, huh? That's nice for you.

[crab]

[ oh shitting fucks. it's him. karkat bristles immediately, drawing himself up to try and look badass and untouchable (it is not very effective).

he's a bit confused by julian's comment. does he mean kanaya. ]

Whatever agreements or protests were passed between us are none of your pathetic human business. Why are you talking to me, don't you have anyone else to annoy?

[hellionated]

[ Pushing Karkat's buttons is so fucking easy. That's why he loves it.

Which might be obvious from the fact that he's wearing the most annoying smirk he's capable of right now. ]

Wow, that's rude. This is supposed to be a party, what's got you so pissed off?

It's cause you came with Kanaya, isn't it. You can't say I didn't warn you.

[crab]

[ uuuuUUGH SO TERRIBLE ]

Shut up about Kanaya you pathetic jumped up primitive pink primate. I'm pissed off because I've had to pay witness to your face, like, that's pretty much the worst thing you can spring on someone without warning, you should have given me time to prepare myself for the nausea. Fucking rude.

[hellionated]

[ Yeah, this is gonna be fun. ]

Hey, you knew I was gonna be here. You didn’t have to bring this much asshole with you, although I guess that just comes naturally at this point. I can see why you and Kanaya are such a good fit, you deserve each other.

[crab]

Did I waltz my unsightly carcass up to you and dangle my throbbing asshole pouch in your face uninvited and unwanted? No. I did not bring the asshole. The asshole was always there, with you, inside your human aortic blood pusher.

[hellionated]

[ Because he's so good at improving these situations Julian leans in, getting in Karkat's face. ]

And there I thought you weren't gonna show at all. Isn't that what you made a whole, involved, whining post about? You said you didn't care about any of this, remember?

[crab]

[ not to be outdone, karkat curls his lip in disgust and stretches up to get in julian's. ]

I stand by everything I said in my post. This entire ordeal is merely sealing my opinion.

[hellionated]

Then why are you still here, sleazoid? [ He punctuates that ‘here’ by prodding Karkat in the chest. ]

[crab]

[ he refuses to back down. god, he hates this guy, it's like he goes out of his way to antagonize him- ]

I don't have to explain myself to you. What I do and where I do it and who I do it with is, shockingly, none of your fucking business! Why do you consistently insist on ramming your hideous, shit slathered prong where no one wants it? Is it your goal in life to be the greatest megalithic tribute to douchefuckery ever documented?

[hellionated]

Do you all talk like that? Seriously. Because Kanaya comes out with that bullshit too, and I thought no one was beating her out on the whole loves her own voice thing until I met you. God, I don't even understand half of what you just said. It's called English, man, use it.

[crab]

Yes we all talk like that you specieist fucktard, we're aliens. Try to have some cultural sensitivity.

[ at the barb about english, he sneers even more and- ]

[hellionated]

[ lmao what. ]

Is that creepy alien code for, 'leave me alone before I cry again', cause I gotta tell you, it's getting old now.

[crab]

That's Alternian for your existence makes me want to puke. Shockingly, languages not your own actually exist! Who would have fucking guessed.

[hellionated]

See, Karkat. Shit like this is why the only person putting up with your shit is Kanaya.

[crab]

[ scoffing and rolling his eyes. ]

What, seriously? I have hoards of people putting up with my shit. I have several who clamor for the opportunity to put up with my shit. My shit is a commodity, you should be grateful that I'm bothering to give it to you at all.

[hellionated]

Jesus Christ, listen to you! You're so far up your own ass, you think everyone wants to smell like it.