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[eudaimonikos]

[Oh, here's Michael! For those who may have seen him this month, it seems like his corruption has receded quite a bit. He's lacking those fangs and claws, and he mostly seems kinda withdrawn and sheepish. Honestly, he'd rather not be doing this publicly at all; there's simply too many people he needs to say it to, and he doesn't even know who all of them were.]

Hey. I, um. I just wanted to apologize to everyone I may have chased through the streets with weapons or...otherwise caught in a booby trap...this month. Things got a little bit weird there, for a while...

[He seems sensible of the fact that this is potentially not a great apology, but he also doesn't seem to know where else to go from here? There's a moment or two of awkward silence.]

So, yeah. That's my bad. Let me know if there's, ah...anything I can do, or whatever. Shop's gonna be closed for a couple more days.

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[schoolingfish]

Oh. Um...glad to know that's not a normal thing for you, then.

[eudaimonikos]

Oh, right...fish kid.

[oh god, this is just the worrrrst]

Yeah, sorry, that was uncalled for. I got a little caught up in...I don't know, whatever weird blood stuff was going on.

[schoolingfish]

Yeah. I mean, it wasn't your fault. Even if that water was way colder than any water I should be in.

[eudaimonikos]

......right.

[He grimaces a little, but he's been through things like this before in Deerington. It always goes the same: if it were someone else, Michael would tell them it wasn't their fault, but it just feels different when it's him. Like he should be better than that by now.

It's not worth arguing over.]

Well, anyway. I'm Michael.

[schoolingfish]

I'm Luca.

...so, you said something about how humans can't handle cold water. Does that mean you're not human, either?

[eudaimonikos]

Oh, no, I'm a demon.

[A bit of an awkward pause, before:]

Sorry, was your fish thing a secret? I wasn't thinking. [He's def projecting his own issues, but. Worth asking, maybe?]

[schoolingfish]

Well...it was, but I'm starting to realize keeping it a secret doesn't really matter here.

[eudaimonikos]

...and why's that?

[CAN'T RELATE LOL]

[schoolingfish]

Because no one here seems to care. Back home I had to worry about harpoons, but no one really seems to have an issue with the fishiness here.

[eudaimonikos]

Wh...they could, though.

[He says immediately, and then realizes that he has literally no reason to frighten a child? That fish shape was totally normal, no one's gonna have an issue with that! Oh no he's projecting bad]

But I'm sure they won't! It's totally fine. No clue why they'd worry about it back home, either - but humans can be a little iffy on these things, I guess. Anyway! Ah, congrats about that!

[schoolingfish]

Yeah, back home humans didn't like us very much. I guess someone might show up here who does, but at least most people here will probably back me up, right? Well, unless we have a month like we just had.

[eudaimonikos]

There'll probably always be months like that. Always were before.

[There's a moment of brooding silence, but he visibly shakes himself out of it.]

We can bounce back, though, we always do. There's always going to be someone around to back you up, at least. I've never heard of it hitting everyone the same way at the same time.

[schoolingfish]

Yeah. And at least since my house has every blood type living there, it's never going to be everyone living with me.

[eudaimonikos]

Really? Crowded place. But yeah, put like that, I see the benefits.

[schoolingfish]

Oh, yeah. We have more people than rooms there. Mostly kids, though, so it's really nice having a bunch of people around my age there.

[eudaimonikos]

Oh! Are you in that...child house, with Fern and them?

[Fern's got a Child House, doesn't he?]

[schoolingfish]

I am, yeah!

[It definitely is a Child House.]

[eudaimonikos]

Ah, that sounds fun. They're a good group - plenty of combatants, they can look out for you.

[He's not really got a good enough sense to be like "lol maybe kids Fern and Varian's age shouldn't have to do combat". Like, sucks that anyone has to do combat, but they sure do here!]

[schoolingfish]

Which is good, because I don't know if you noticed, but I'm not much of a fighter. I mean, I've got my poison, but that's mostly a defense mechanism.

[eudaimonikos]

I did notice that, yes. Maybe you can try to learn how to spit the poison at people?

[schoolingfish]

Oh! I should try that! I don't know if I can do that, but that definitely sounds like something I might be able to do!

[eudaimonikos]

That'd be neat! Maybe you could squirt it out of your eyes, like those lizards.

[Michael mimes this, because of course he does.]

[schoolingfish]

Um...maybe, but I think I'll be fine with it if I just spit it out of my mouth.

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[klawful]

HEY MAN. IT'S OKAY. WE ALL GET BLOODTHIRSTY SOMETIMES. ARE YOU OKAY?

(Karkat, no.)

[eudaimonikos]

[Usually he might look askance at that, but...well, Michael was in Deerington for a year. It sure seems like we all do get bloodthirsty sometimes.]

Oh, I'm all right. Didn't really get hurt or anything. I was a little...

[Vague hand gestures because he's still getting used to the concept of corruption as applied to himself!]

But it seems to have passed. [.....] Are you alright? Sorry, I have no idea what blood type you are.

[I know enough to know that this is sort of a Loaded Thing to Say to a Homestuck, but Michael probably doesn't! He's really just thinking about how Warmbloods and Vilebloods were being targeted by basically everyone just now.]

[klawful]

BATSHIT BONKERS?

(Eloquently put, Karkat.)

I AM FINE. IT'S FINE. I PREFER TO KEEP BLOOD TYPES PERSONAL AND EVERYTHING. IT CAN BE A VERY REVEALING QUESTION.

(Karkat just barely restrains himself from dying at the question but only just barely. He's trying to remember most people here are unfamiliar with troll norms. )

[eudaimonikos]

...can it?

[This lines up with none of his experiences in Trench! But whatever, it's not like he needs to know or anything.]

Well. Glad to know you're alright, anyway. I haven't really been keeping up with anyone since I went "batshit bonkers". Didn't even open the shop the past couple weeks... [Oh well, no biggie?]