DAVE: hey
NEPETA: :33 < hey ermmmmm
DAVE: uh
DAVE: dave
NEPETA: :33 < right.
DAVE: goddamn it
DAVE: i knew itd be awkward but goddamn
KARKAT: IS THIS SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?
DAVE: dont worry about it
DAVE: its um. cleaning up after her
KARKAT: AND YOU DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE CLUED IN? MAYBE SAY HEY, YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT A DECEASED ALTERNATE SELF'S LONG RUNNING PLANS?
DAVE: its not plans its just
DAVE: tying up loose ends and closing loops
DAVE: it doesnt matter so much
DAVE: ok it matters a lot but
DAVE: we can talk about it soon
DAVE: when its not an ongoing story
DAVE: in the meantime ive got some of your stuff here pets
KARKAT: PETS? DUDE, YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT HERE.
DAVE: karkitty if you stop the presses every time two people who have been sharing a brain have weird colloquialisms for each other
KARKAT: NOT EVEN NEPETA CALLED ME KARKITTY. I THINK YOU'RE DOING THIS TO FUCK WITH ME.
KARKAT: IF YOU'RE DOING THIS TO FUCK WITH ME YOU LEGALLY HAVE TO TELL ME, OR IT'S ENTRAPMENT.
DAVE: 0w0
KARKAT: DFJKGHDFGKJFDHGFD I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF.
DAVE: not before i finish my tortured metaphor youre not
DAVE: if we stop the presses every time this happens sweet bro and hella jeff may never reenter production
NEPETA: :33 < wouldn't that be purrific.
JANE: Is that a pun on terrific or horrific? I can't tell.
NEPETA: :33 < the ambiguity is the point! :33
DAVE: theres zero difference between good and bad things
NEPETA: :33 < *ac bows her head.* very wise.
DAVE: anyway pets if you get up off the table ill put it there
DAVE: i dont want to dump it on the floor or whatever
NEPETA: :33 < oh exsmellent! :33
KARKAT: CAN I KILL MYSELF NOW.
NEPETA: :(( < i would prefur if you didn't.
KARKAT: ... I WASN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO, I WAS EXPRESSING MY FEELINGS IN A SHOCKING AND PERHAPS DISRUPTIVE WAY.
NEPETA: :33 < that seems like a purretty bad way to do that.
NEPETA: :33 < we can talk about it if you'd like.
KARKAT: IT BECOMES LESS OF A JOKE WITH EACH PASSING MOMENT.