video; UN: TripleJ

[kyley_b]

[The feed at first is just a mass of red, curly, curly hair. Then Kyle sits back from where he's propped up his Omni on his desk so his upper body and head are visible. He looks vaguely annoyed, which anybody who knows him will recognise isn't terribly unusual.]

So this is a problem that isn't REALLY a problem, but fuck it, I'm gonna ask about it anyway...

You guys have noticed the clothes here, right? Like, everything looks like you're gonna go hunt Dracula or some shit, or like you're going to that fancy-ass party celebrities go to on earth, the, uh, Met gala? Yeah, that.

Now I'm not a fashion guy. [This is evident to literally anyone who can see the feed - this is clearly a man who bought the first clothes he found that fit. Well, mostly fit. He's looking a bit like he mugged an extra in a bad stage production of Oliver Twist.]

But if I DID want something that didn't look like ass, I don't even know what that would look like, you know? Like if you wanted to make an impression, or something. So I guess just like... what the hell are you guys wearing?

Comments

[kyley_b]

luckily all my bulbs are warm. i think it makes things look cozier.

well they don't just fall off but you can get frostbite and have to have things amputated yeah. usually fingers and toes.

hahaha it's not for everyone. i'm used to it, it snows like all the time where i'm from. and hell yes, dude, SO cozy. you saw how mine works, i am fucking thrilled to have it.

[Excuse him he just needs to have a minor crisis for a moment. After his brain reboots.]
ok yes. yes i will debauch your mouth.

if i thought you looked dumb i'd tell you.

[klawful]

I LIKE YOUR PLACE. IT IS "COZY" AS YOU SAY. IT FITS YOUR PERSONALITY. WHICH I ALSO LIKE.

HOLY FUCKING COCKCHOKING MOTHERSHIT. THAT SOUNDS TERRIFYING WHAT THE FUCK. MAYBE I WILL JUST HIBERNATE THROUGH IT. PLEASE, USELESS BODY, GO INTO A LONG-TERM SLEEP HOLY SHIT.

WHERE DO YOU TECHNICALLY COME FROM? I MEAN I KNOW EARTH BUT I AM REALIZING I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFICS. NOT THAT IT WILL MEAN ANYTHING TO ME, BUT STILL.

I'LL KEEP MY JAWS OPEN. JAW OPEN? JAWS? I THINK THERE IS ONLY ONE JAW BUT NOW I AM WONDERING WHY THAT ONE MOVIE WOULD BE CALL JAWS. WAIT NO I THINK IT'S TWO JAW BONES TECHNICALLY AND THEREFORE IS THE PLURAL OF JAWS.

(........)

WOW SHUT UP.


THAT WAS "SHUT UP" AT ME NOT YOU.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LET YOU KNOW TOO. VERY LOUDLY AND EXPLICITLY AND IN GREAT DETAIL.

[kyley_b]

thank you. :)

it's really not that bad! and i'll make sure you don't freeze. oh! i should have a slime prototype for you by like, beginning of next month.

oh i'm from south park, colorado. it's a very small town. nothing interesting, really.

yeah i think its jaws in the context of like 'jaws open.' but then only singular if you get punched in the jaw. huh.

lol you're so fucking funny dude.

thanks. i appreciate it.

[klawful]

OH FUCK REALLY? THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE. EVEN IF IT IS A COMPLETE FAILURE THAT'S STILL A VERY NICE GESTURE. I'M SURE IT WILL WORK.

NEVER HEARD OF EITHER OF THOSE THINGS, SHOCKING ABSOLUTELY NO ONE. I GREW UP IN A VERY BLAND PART OF MY WORLD TOO. IS SOUTH PARK COLORADO AT ALL LIKE THIS PLACE?

OKAY, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. I SHOULD JUST CALL THEM THE OBLITERATION BONES FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE.

YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE SENSE OF HUMOR.

[kyley_b]

fuck really! and if it doesn't work we'll try again.

no, not at all, this place is so big and there's SO many people. altho i guess my hometown was overrun by weird shit on a fairly regular basis, so i guess that at least is familiar.

that sounds like a metal band name.

i do not!

[klawful]

THERE REALLY IS AN INSUFFERABLE AMOUNT OF CIVILIZATION HERE. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN ONE GIANT GLOBE WAITING FOR A MERCILESS GOD TO SHAKE IT UP WHEN IT GETS BORING. I AM IMAGINING A JAR FILLED WITH BERRIES AND SHAKING IT VERY HARD. OUR BODIES WILL BE THE BERRIES HITTING THE GLASS. IF YOU GET MY IMAGERY.

DOES IT SOUND LIKE A GOOD METAL BAND OR A SUBPAR METAL BAND THAT GETS BY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GOOD SCREAMER?

YES, YOU DO C:B

[kyley_b]

i totally get your imagery, and i agree. altho people seem to make decent lives here so maybe it's not so bad.

the latter.

my sense of humour is refined and intelligent.

[klawful]

WELL, YES. I AGREE TO THAT. EVEN THE WORST PLACES HAVE REDEEMABLE QUALITIES. THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE IN ITS COMPANIONSHIP.

D:B

ARE THOSE THE DESCRIPTORS YOU'RE GOING TO USE FOR IT? ARE YOU SURE.

[kyley_b]

i'd agree with that. plus we have food and running water and electricity. i like that.

fuck you you short piece of shit.

[klawful]

IT IS PRACTICALLY LUXURIOUS.



WOW. OKAY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THAT I WOULD EAT THE FUCK OUT OF BOTH YOUR LEGS, AND THEN YOU WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN ME. AND I WOULD MAKE YOU BOW DOWN TO MY COMPLETELY AVERAGE HEIGHT.

[kyley_b]

exactly.

i dunno dude even legless i might be your height.

[klawful]

(Karkat is actually sitting around trying to figure out if Kyle was right. He tries to count on his fingers a few times before giving up.)

THEN I WILL FORCE YOU ONTO YOUR STUBS AND HANDS. LIKE A FOOTSTOOL.

[kyley_b]

like to see you try

[klawful]

I COULD MAKE YOU SUBMIT SO HARD YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!!

(Why can't they ever be normal.)

[kyley_b]

you could not! if anybody is gonna submit it's YOU!

[They can't help themselves.]

[klawful]

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY. AND FAIL.

[kyley_b]

you'll see me WIN

[klawful]

YOU'RE ON, BITCH. CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE YOU EAT YOUR OWN WORDS AND EXTRACT ANY CONFIDENCE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AND SPIT IT OUT.

[kyley_b]

YOU WISH

[klawful]

I DO WISH VERY DEEPLY, ACTUALLY, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING, SCUM.






MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH...WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT CLOTHES YOU WEAR? ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE A THREATENING IMPRESSION? IS THAT IT? JUST COVER YOUR CLOTHES IN BLOOD AND EVERYONE WILL BE INTIMIDATED.

[kyley_b]

i don't CARE care i guess i just sorta want to not look terrible or something.

plus i feel like just going fucking shopping will be a good step towards dealing with some issues re: crab people and like internalized homophobia or whatever.

[klawful]

WHY IS THAT THOUGH. YOU ALREADY DON'T LOOK TERRIBLE. YOU ARE VERY APPEALING REGARDLESS OF WHAT CLOTHES YOU WEAR.

I CAN GET DOWN WITH OVERCOMING FEARS. IS INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA THE THING WHERE A GAY DUDE HATES HIMSELF FOR BEING GAY AND HE SHOWS THAT BY BEING AN ASSHOLE ABOUT ANYTHING PEOPLE MIGHT PERCEIVE AS GAY?

I DID NOT REALIZE YOU STRUGGLE WITH THAT. WHY DO YOU?

[kyley_b]

[You're killing him. He's so very lucky this is text.]

thanks. i guess i just kinda thought i dunno other people look cool. you look cool.

yeah, that's the one.

i didn't really think i did but i've had some conversations recently that made me wonder. plus i figure i'll only have to go shopping once really.

[klawful]

I WEAR THE SAME THING 90% OF THE TIME. SOMETIMES I JUST PUT SHIT ON TOP WHEN I GO OUT.

OH.

(Well, damn. That actually makes Karkat feel kind of sad. Mostly for Kyle, but for humanity as a whole. As pro-feel-miserable as he was, that just seemed ridiculous.)

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE THOSE FEELINGS? HOMOPHOBIA HAS NEVER REALLY MADE ANY SENSE TO ME, I'LL BE REAL FUCKING UPFRONT HERE, BUT I CAN DO MY BEST. DAVE HAD A LOT OF THAT TOO.

I THINK IT TAKES A WHILE FOR IT TO BE UNPACKED IF IT IS ANY CONSOLATION.

[kyley_b]

yeah but it looks good.

did he?
i'm mostly ok with things, i think. like i don't have any major hangups about liking guys or anything like that, it's more i guess insidious? my dad wasn't one of those "be a man" guys but i am from a pretty redneck town so maybe that's part of it, i dunno. i don't mind other people being very vulnerable emotionally but sometimes i worry that I'M a wuss? i dunno.

yeah, it does. thanks dude.