Truly, mundane, you should know better.

[greatsoliloquist]

After all this time, you truly believe that I will be the one feminine muse that holds fast in your mind? I don't know whether it's tenacity, or out of sheer stubbornness that you do this.

And of course, of all the inane little AUs to put me in, a high school AU? How completely stereotypical. Unless you're doing it - as Dave would say - "for the ironies." Then it's just insipid.

Though it does give me a chance to calmly explore the possibilities I never would have been able to pursue in the alpha timeline. Hypothetical situations in which I can meet people I've only met in passing in dream bubbles. So it's not all that bad, I suppose.

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[theprinceofsilence]

[greatsoliloquist]

But don't play so innocent, Kurloz. It's directly due to you that this silliness even was put into motion.

[theprinceofsilence]

Better than the motherfucking Eridan-related silliness at home though right?

[greatsoliloquist]

Well, I wouldn't say it's much different, knowing he's here, as is everybody else, practically. But I suppose so.

[not_lesbian_nope]

Well I Can Say With Some Authority That A "High School AU" As You Call It Is Not As Boring As You Might Think At First

[greatsoliloquist]

_{[What ho! Who goes there! It is a lovely maiden who looks very much like a troll Rose has met during her foreign exchange adventure. You know, the one who Speaks Very Clearly, and has the doting mother and mega-hot sister? If only they had gotten to know Rose just a little sooner, then she wouldn't be voodooing it up with clowns and questioning her own homosexuality!]}

My reticence to enjoy the alternate universe lies not within the high school part of it, but rather the cliche of it all.

I don't find it boring, but... Well, it's just that the boys always seem to take a front spot in the spotlight, and I've been very patient. It's less that it is boring, and more that it gets boring, if that makes any sense.

You remind me of a girl I know in this AU, actually.

[not_lesbian_nope]

I Do Not Exactly See How They Could Take The Attention Away From You

[Despite the username she is very good at flirting giving platonic compliments.]

Well I Would Hope So Considering I Recognize Your Appearance As Well

I Suppose Introductions Are Still In Order Though

My Name Is Kanaya Maryam

[greatsoliloquist]

Rose Lalonde, it's a pleasure. And yes, that's who I thought you were, though it's so odd, seeing you as a human. Odd, but not unpleasant, though I doubt any Maryam could be unpleasant. Any Kanaya especially.

And I infer that you, too, are from a similar AU? How exciting.

_{[The way she says 'how exciting' could possibly be the least exciting 'how exciting', but she's currently trying not to be so flustered by the fact that Kanaya was still incredibly... Kanaya, even with the drastic changes.]}

[not_lesbian_nope]

You On The Other Hand Look Like The Rose I Know

[Kanaya finds it much harder to get over being flustered herself. She blushes a bit at the compliment. Luckily she manages to keep some semblance of decorum.]

Yes Although I Am Going To Assume One Difference
The School You Go To Is Not An All-Girls School
At Least If Your Comment About The Boys Taking The Spotlight Was Any Indication

[greatsoliloquist]

Your assumption is correct; I'm currently going to a co-ed school in the country of Alternia, where there are a different species of person. I'm here in a foreign exchange/ au pair program, along with my brother. I'm staying with the Amporas, if that name rings any bells. They're quite dramatic, but we get on well. And apparently, before we arrived, there was some bluster and fuss about the dealings of a certain member of the Condesce's court doing illegal and unsanctioned things, so his sons live with us as well.

It's really all quite simple, despite my rather consistent inability for brevity.

[not_lesbian_nope]

It Does Although I Do Not Know Much Regarding Eridan's Family In My World
As You Might Of Guessed He Is Also Human Along With Everyone Else You May Know

I Must Admit Any Information I Could Give Other Than About Specific Events Would Be Rather Disjointed As My Story Has Been All But Stopped With Many Things Left Unknown To My Mundane

Although If You Have Any Questions I Would Do My Best To Answer Them

[greatsoliloquist]

I'm sure that comes as a relief to everybody's necks; speaking to Dualscar is a very literal pain in the neck, standing at 8' tall. All of the highbloods are very tall, and only get taller with age. My goodness.

So, a good question I suppose I could start with is how you and I know each other? I mean, in what context.

[not_lesbian_nope]

Everybody's Necks?

[She has been given very minimal information about her troll counterpart.]

We Met At Skaia Academy Which Is The All-Girls School I Mentioned Earlier
We Are Classmates As Well As Members Of The Knitting Club
I Would Also Dare To Say We Could Be Called Friends At This Point

(ooc: Also one of the few girls who HASN'T unceremoniously kissed Kanaya in this canon)

[greatsoliloquist]

Yes. Looking straight up when you're trying to have a civil conversation is a bit of a challenge on my neck, at least.

We're friends in this particular reality, as well. There's no knitting club in our high school, alas; but I have violin practice and I sit in on Drama club. But we get together with my brother's host family frequently, and since your mother raised his father, or rather, the other Kanaya's mother, we see each other fairly often in an out of school setting.

[not_lesbian_nope]

I Do Not Think I Have Run Into Anyone Quite That Tall

Well That Does Certainly Sound Like Fun
I Suppose There Are Plenty Of Opportunities For Us To Meet As Well Since Skaia Academy Is A Boarding School

By The Way Could You Describe Your Brother's Appearance?
The Rose Of My World Only Has A Sister Named Roxy

[greatsoliloquist]

Certainly. I have a sister named Roxy as well, but she's back home with mom. Dave is awkwardly tall and thin, with light blond hair and red eyes which he always wears sunglasses over. He's a nuisance, and always seeks me out as a sounding board for his own mental worries. He's also quite protective of me, especially since we've arrived. When our parents divorced, we were split up, and so his being able to see me on a daily basis must be something of a relief to him. It certainly has been, for me.

[not_lesbian_nope]

Pointed Sunglasses?

If So He Is At Skaia Academy
Which Im Not Entirely Sure How That Is Possible Given My Prior Mention Of It Being An All-Girls School
He Still Wears The Uniform Though

[greatsoliloquist]

Aviators. The one to which you are referring is Dirk. My other brother. We... don't get along.

[not_lesbian_nope]

[There's a look of recognition.]

The Boy In The Aviators Is Real?!

((ooc: Also the AU is called Heartstuck. Even if it's on hiatus or even done for good it's worth looking at if for no other reason than Nurse Strider.))

[greatsoliloquist]

Sometimes, I ask myself that, as well. But yes, Dave is very real. He's my twin brother, though I hear that's not the case in a vast majority of realities.

The men in our family are eccentric, to say the least. Then again, I suppose the same could be said of the ladies. We're not exactly what would be considered average.

[not_lesbian_nope]

I See
My Surprise Comes From The Fact That The Only Time I Saw Anyone Of That Description It Was In A Dream

[clonksukcer]

so let me get this straight
your mun wants to get better at keeping a firm grip on slippery lady types
and youre the one they go for
the girl whose longstanding love affair with cephalopods and flowery bullshit may in fact have left her permanently coated with a fine layer of urple slime that deflects all intentions good and bad
see youre always complaining about how people dont plan ahead and this rose?
this is prime time example of someone who has no idea what the fuck theyre doing

[greatsoliloquist]

You will not be seeing an argument from me on this particular issue, Dave.
My mun is very much in over her head, for the reasons you mentioned - as unappealingly as they were worded - as well as her inability to fully grasp the subtle nuances of my character. It will be quite a feat to instruct her on my proper writing and speaking cadence, as well as the finer details of my inner psyche. It will be arduous, but I believe with enough time, she will learn how to, well. Properly keep a hold of me.

But, to be fair to my mundane, she has been slowly cultivating my voice over time, rather than jumping straight into playing me, as she has with so many other characters. I believe that gives me a far greater chance to stand the test of time.

[clonksukcer]

once upon a time your reassurance would be
well
reassuring
but i dunno
she doesnt let you drink right?
thats not why youre so strangely supportive of some weird disembodied forces attempt to control your life is it?

[greatsoliloquist]

No, she has made it so I'm still firmly in the "BLUH!" camp when it comes to alcohol. I do admit that there are very rare occasions that I'll steal a cigarette from time to time. Moments of stress, mostly. And it certainly isn't habit.

And I don't know whether I'm supposed to be defensive about your discussion of my proclivities or simply offended, so I'm going to go with apathetic. My getting in touch with the Horrorterrors is none of your concern.

And anyway, they aren't controlling my life. I find myself completely at the wheel at all times. If anything, they're protecting me.

2/2

[greatsoliloquist]

Oh hell, I misinterpreted what you said and wound up defensive anyway.

[clonksukcer]

yo rose im happy for you and ima let you finish
but i was talking about your mun
not horrorterrors
gog knows im not gonna make any progress on that discussion
also i guess smoking is okay since its not like it makes you an embarassment and it cant kill you
just make you vaguely more toolish

[clonksukcer]

...welp
that happened

[greatsoliloquist]

It sure did. And what of you, Dave? My mun says you are the Dave that she thread stalked watched at CFUD that was partially the reason behind her reading our rather large canon. What have you been up to?

[clonksukcer]

... seriously?

[Before you can dissolve into a puddle of feels and surprised at how anyone could follow your misadventures and find them intriguing, the mun grabs and shakes your account around and forces you to re-read Caliborns godawful rendition if your harem-adventure unless you get a grip. No time for slackjawed amazement here, Dave Strider!]

um
not much
mun had one of those "reasses my life" situations and i ended up cooling down here
big surprise right me having to sit around like a useless piece of shit all day
havent really done anything since then this is pretty much the first thread ive had in months

[You proceed to not mention at all the odd guest appearances in various silly slash salacious memes you've been in and out of, since dropping that is just gonna sound awkward. Besides, there is certainly no way that Rose could pick up a hasty attempt to cover up uncomfortable truths through stuff like the tone of your voice, or the hurried insistence on how you haven't been up to anything special. That would just be silly.]

[greatsoliloquist]

[Dave just gets this expression directed at him.]

Is that so? That's a shame. One would think that you'd be more persistent to stretch your legs a little. While you aren't the paragon of an active lifestyle, you still like to keep busy.

I cannot imagine you simply letting your mundane ignore you.

[clonksukcer]

yeah well
cant stop change now can you?
when youre a kid you think change is just gonna be going from awesome to awesomer but thats not how it works
sometimes you realize that maybe what you wanted all along was for life to just
get off your back
let you have some time to yourself

[greatsoliloquist]

Mmhmm.
I'm sure that's exactly what you've been doing all this time.

[clonksukcer]

what ive been doing
is that ive been doing pretty good at not creating any more doomed timelines or furthering a bunch of bullshit octopus demons vaguely sinister plans or a giant green assholes definitely sinister plans
thats what ive been doing
like im not gonna lie its not as awesome as hanging out with mickey mouse
pretty much the highlight of my unproductive life right there
but what im doing right now is better than the options i got back "home"

and how bout you?
gonna go to school and destroy the local mean girls and teach everyone that its what on the inside that really counts not what clique you roll with?
or are we talking a different kind of high school here?

[greatsoliloquist]

Try more to the tune of a young lady and her brother decide to enroll in a foreign exchange program to get away from their divorced parents and ridiculous older siblings, only to find that their lives in that different country are changing drastically. Perhaps for the better. I'm not sure about the Dave in question, but I'm certainly feeling more happy here than back home.

It's hardly what I'd call action packed drama of the highest caliber, but I'm enjoying myself immensely by way of teasing our local seadwelling prince about his reticence to simply accept the fact that crossdressing is a perfectly natural side-effect of his histrionic personality disorder.

[clonksukcer]

huh
i was gonna say that it sounds pretty nice up until that part about ampora
now im all for giving alternate universe-people a fair shake and all
but isnt that the guy whose doucheyness transcends time space and universes?
like isnt him being awful a universal constant?
why would you wanna bark up that awfull mess of a tree?

[greatsoliloquist]

Oh, don't get me wrong, calling Eridan a mess is being extremely forgiving. But I consider him... A platonic rival, if anything. His ability to make everything about him until the blame needs to be placed is uncanny.

But he is my host brother, so I must put up with him while I'm here. And if you think he's bad, you should meet his older brother. I would not touch that steaming pile of psychoses with a ten foot pole.

[clonksukcer]

welp
long as this game of snarky horseshit doesnt spin out of control and end in horrible terrors i guess i can just
let you keep on keeping on
so what does host brother mean in this context?