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[shipper]

Hey! You juuust missed me, which is purretty hard to do so good job! Leave a message here and I'll get back to you as soon as I pawsibly can. If it's supurr impurrtant though, you should just try and find me in purrson! It's purrobably a lot easier than waiting fur me to pick up.

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text; late 6/25

[glowsferatu]

Nepeta I Need To Know That Youre Alright
You Were Brought Here As Well Werent You
Whats Been Happening On Your Side

[shipper]

:33 < yeah im in new vesuvius too, although i didnt know you were
:33 < im fine i guess
:33 < we spent the day chasing after windmill blades and evacuating a bunch of dumbasses who threw rocks at us
:33 < what about you? and is anyone else we know here?

[glowsferatu]

A Lot Of Us That I Can Tell
But None Of Them In The Segment I Was Assigned To

Fine You Guess
What Does That Mean

[shipper]

:33 < thats too bad
:33 < im pretty sure that i saw feferi in the building they took us all too but not really anyone else
:33 < and i mean that ive got all my limbs attached and stuff but im still pretty mad about everything thats happened
:33 < i dont like this at all

[glowsferatu]

Theres Nothing To Like About It
I Think We May Be All In Terrible Danger

[shipper]

:33 < id believe it
:33 < no one really s33med to care if we could handle those windmills or not and i dont even know what the other castes have b33n doing
:33 < and the people really dont s33m to like imports at all

wednesday 3rd, night time.

[nitidus]

Nepetaaaa/
Laaescheise
Lachoo
Lacheese (nailed it) said everyone is home. Are yu home? I hope you ar e youre my favorite cate troll. Pls tespond RESPOND* ASAP so I kno wyoure alive etc etc etc.

I tr ied really hard to do some cat puns bt it is just too hard Nepetea. :( Yuo are truly magnificent at tehm it is a talent.

[shipper]

:33 < yeah im back now and i guess im fine
:33 < as fine as someone can be after all that i mean
:33 < im sorry that you found the puns too diffurcult! kitty puns are purretty much the best to throw around
:33 < but dont f33l too bad, ive b33n using them fur my whole life :))
:33 < are you ok by the way? youre typings all weird

[nitidus]

Hahahhaha!!!!! PUrREFectly see thats genous.
Im glad yur okay.
<3
Im okak too don't uworr y abote me.

[shipper]

[!!!

WHAT IS WITH LALONDES AND THROWING HEARTS AT HER GOD DAMN]

:33 < well ok if you say so
:33 < purrfectly is actually a purretty simple one to make! beclaws the words sounds a clawful lot like purr anyway
:33 < its the more compurrlicated words that get harder to pun with
:33 < but thats purrt of what makes it fun :))

[nitidus]

Compurrlicated thats amazingk.
Incredibibele.
<3!!! Thats how much I love ur puns.

[shipper]

:33 < oh the hearts are fur the puns! ok!

[small wheeze of relief]

:33 < im glad you like the puns so much
:33 < i think theyre impawsibly cute and whenefur people enjoy them as much as i do it makes me happy
:33 < theyre supposed to be fun but i guess not efuryone realizes that

11/08, evening

[glowsferatu]

[ is she going to answer? who knows, but she won't find out without trying. ]

You Should Do Something About Your Cats

[shipper]

[if this were any other topic then Kanaya would be treated to a big fat nothing at all. but this is about cats, cats that she knows personally, so there's really no choice but for Nepeta to investigate.

she still takes her sweet time responding, though. old habits and all that.]

:33 < what are you talking about?

[glowsferatu]

Im Sure You Must Have Noticed That They Arent Wherever You Are
Had You Considered Where They Might Have Gone Instead

[shipper]

:33 < its a big city and they can take care of themselves
:33 < so no i dont really worry about that

[glowsferatu]

Ten Days Now Ive Found Them Waiting For Me When I Come Home
For Ten Days Ive Fed Them An Allowed Them to Sleep Here Only To Let Them Out When I Leave In The Morning
This Is The Eleventh
Maybe Its Due To The Lack Of Attention You Show Them

11th of november, late at night

[crab]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO PATCH UP THE TATTERED ASSRAG OF MY FRIENDS' INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS INTO SOMETHING VAGUELY, AND I DO STRESS VAGUELY, FUNCTIONAL AND PRESENTABLE.
YOU SAW HOW MUCH TIME I SPENT ON THAT WHILE I WAS TRYING TO HOLD YOU INSUBORDINATE BULGEGOBBLERS TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE RECKONING. WASN'T IT OBVIOUS HOW MUCH I WAS ENJOYING MYSELF THAT WHOLE TIME? I CAN'T SEE HOW IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS, WHAT WITH ALL THE FROLICKING AND GIGGLING AND RAINBOWS SHOOTING OUT OF MY EVERY ORIFICE.
SO I JUST FINISHED SCHOOLING KANAYA IN ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH SHE HAS BEEN TERRIBLE AT APPROACHING HER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
AND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.
TIME TO FESS UP. WHAT'S YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY?
AND BEFORE YOU TELL ME TO PISS OFF, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT THIS ENTIRE FEUD IS INDIRECTLY MY FAULT. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF NOT FOR MY SHADOW'S SHENANIGANS. MY MEDDLING IS TOTALLY JUSTIFIED.
NOW START TALKING.

[shipper]

:33 < oh my god

[that's all he gets for a solid ten minutes as Nepeta attempts to wrap her head around this text. is this really happening? did she finally eat a bad pigeon and suffer the ill effects that everyone's been telling her would eventually happen?

she can't help but hope that any of these answers are the correct one, because Karkat Vantas demanding the gory details of her falling out with Kanaya causes the sort of embarrassment that is usually reserved for when one's mother shows naked baby pictures to all and sundry.

there is a strong urge to just ignore the message and hope it would go away, but she knows Karkat well enough to know that if she doesn't face the music now she'll just have to at some point in the near future. it doesn't stop her from trying to downplay the issue, of course, but small steps are better than none]

:33 < i dont really know if theres all that much to talk about
:33 < i thought kanaya was my friend but it turns out i was wrong
:33 < so we just dont have much to do with each other anymore

[crab]

[ had she ignored the message she would have had to contend with him tracking her down in person to interrogate her, so in answering she may have dodged a very awkward bullet. ]

KANAYA IS YOUR FRIEND, YOU NUMBSKULL.
SHE'S JUST BEEN INDESCRIBABLY AWFUL AT EXPRESSING THAT. LIKE, REALLY BAD. WORSE THAN EQUIUS SMELLS.
FROM WHAT I GATHER COMMUNICATION ON BOTH OF YOUR ENDS HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS. I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER OF YOU.
MORE THAN I USUALLY AM.
NOW STOP TRYING TO WRIGGLE OUT OF THIS AND TELL ME WHAT WENT DOWN FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

[shipper]

:33 < i think she did pretty well at expressing herself the last time we talked honestly

[ok, ok, no. now is the not the time to let that pettiness and hurt leak through. Nepeta pauses, takes a deep breath the way she used to before listening to Equius pour out his troubles, lets her flash of anger out with the exhalation.

just talk, girl. let the truth speak for itself.]

:33 < she knew what happened to me in the future
:33 < i mean, you all did, but she promised to tell me
:33 < but it was always later
:33 < but then the shadows happened and we fought feferi together and she saw what i could do as if the rest of the game wasnt enough, she saw and
:33 < and i talked with your shadow and it was public and she still didnt say anything
:33 < so i asked
:33 < and she wasnt sorry she didnt say anything she was sorry id found out
:33 < and i asked why she wouldnt tell me and it was because she thought i couldnt handle it
:33 < like i was a wiggler and n33ded her to watch over me
:33 < like she had any right to k33p my own future from me
:33 < and then she acted like i was just proving her right because i wanted to try and change it
:33 < like it even matters to her
:33 < and i was so angry but i didnt want to fight so i left it alone
:33 < and we didnt talk but it was ok
:33 < sort of
:33 < but then we got into it again when we were in new vesuvius because she was doing the same stuff with that
:33 < and i was so tired
:33 < but i thought maybe we could just ignore it long enough to get out
:33 < i was wrong



:33 < i got mad

[there's more she could say about the words flung around, Nepeta's moving out, about Kanaya's sudden decision to usurp custody of her cats after months of silence. but the horrible fight they'd had on that post is still raw in some ways and she can't bring herself to move past it just yet. let Karkat absorb this chunk first, then move on from it.

not for the first time, she wishes Equius were here. maybe this wouldn't have happened if he were]

[crab]

LISTEN
I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, OK? I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FEEL LIKE YOUR FRIENDS DON'T RESPECT YOU, OR TRUST YOU, KANAYA IN PARTICULAR.
I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR GETTING PISSED. I WOULD HAVE TOO.
BUT YOU SHOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE KANAYA'S BEEN COMING FROM, TOO.
I KNOW HER METHODS CAN BE PRETTY SHITTY SOMETIMES, AS YOU'VE JUST OUTLINED, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE FACT THAT SHE'S USUALLY MOTIVATED BY THE FACT THAT SHE CARES ABOUT YOU.
SHE NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SHE CAN'T FORCE YOU TO ACCEPT YOUR FUTURE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, AND WHETHER OR NOT SHE DEEMS YOUR REACTION "MATURE" DOESN'T MEAN SHE OR I OR ANYONE ELSE HAD ANY RIGHT TO WITHHOLD IT FROM YOU. SHE NEEDS TO STOP PATRONIZING YOU.
I'VE TOLD HER THIS.
BUT YOU NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WAY YOU'VE REACTED HAS BEEN, AND I SAY THIS AS A FRIEND, COMPLETE BULLSHIT.
WHAT'S THIS ABOUT BREAKING INTO HER HIVE?

11th of december, early afternoon

[crab]

HEY.
DO YOU WANT TO HANG OUT SOMEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON?

[shipper]

[she almost asks if he's texting the right number, but considers that he's been trying really hard to keep things friendly again and gives him the benefit of the doubt. she'd prefer the optimistic view of reality in this case anyway]

:33 < uh yeah sure
:33 < i dont really have anything purrlanned fur today
:33 < do you have anywhere in mind?

thing left under that tree she lives in | 25th of december

[crab]

[ if suffering through the cold on the 25th of december, she might woken up to see him hauling the stupid thing into place, but he wouldn't have stopped to chat if she confronted him. nepeta doesn't even get a box -- there is just a bow taped to the big pile of canvas that is a fairly sturdy tent. stuffed inside said tent there is a thermal sleeping bag, designed to retain body heat.

there is a card taped to the canvas, which reads: ]

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY FREEZE TO DEATH.