♈ Aradia: Finally get around to showing your face. [video]

[psych0p0mps]

[The video feed opens on an alien teenager who some of you may never have seen before, dressed all in red and grinning widely. Most notably, though, she is wearing two eye patches, one over each eye. She gets right down to business.]

Is this working? Yes? It beeped, so I think so. Okay.

People of the internet, I have a quick question. [She points to the eyepatches.] On a scale of one to ten, how silly do these look?

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[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia turns her head slightly, although not enough to interfere with the brushy brushy. That topic sorta came out of nowhere!]

What do you mean?

[fintastic]

I don't know. Have you been getting caught up? Getting to know each other again?

[psych0p0mps]

[At this point Aradia realizes the teasing is running out of steam and decides to call it off for now.]

Heh, well, whatever. I was just joking around.

[psych0p0mps]

I'm not totally blind, I can see lights now. I could probably find you by your eyes.

[because they totally glow 100% of the time that is how solluxface works]

[psych0p0mps]

Oh! Yeah, kind of. I mean, it's not like we stopped knowing each other. I think it's more we're getting used to each other again.

[fintastic]

Good! Very good! You should keep doing that! How is that going, then?

[ She's not trying to do anything here, swear! ]

[psych0p0mps]

[Sure, of course not! But Aradia's starting to suspect at the motive for this line of questioning.]

It's going ... fine? Is something up?

[fintastic]

No, nothing's up! Why would something be up? Do you want something to be up?

[psych0p0mps]

[Yeeeah something's up. She turns properly to face Feferi, although she's... only almost looking in the right direction. sob]

Feferi, if you need to ask me something, you can just ask... We're friends, I don't want stuff to be awkward between us.

[she has sort of an idea what the question will be, but it's best to get it from the seahorse's mouth really.]

[fintastic]

Aradia...

[ Feferi puts down the brush, and sets into braiding her hair. ]

I just know you and Sollux were close. Really close. And when Roxy left, Sollux didn't say much about it, but I know it bothered him, so when you showed up, I was hoping maybe you would hit it off with him.

[demonbloodblade]

An acquaintance, not a friend.

I may have helped pass some money along to make it all work out, but really, who wouldn't be curious to find out what happens in that kind of situation?

[flarp]

Gamzee went totally shithive and blew his lid, then Kanaya kicked his, mine and Eridan's collective asses. Then I went up to the roof to send some important messages to my important correspondents! Not that it's any of your business, but I'm telling you 'cause I'm nice.

[feel_nevermore]

Pirates? Usually not two of them, though.

aw yeah

[bodilesswarrior]

Hmm. [Serious Consideration.] You know, it just might, until you walked into a tree.

[sweetling]

...bombs.

[Well fuck.]

Uh. 'Interesting' might be one way to describe it. 'Fucking awful' would be better, I think.

[the_human]

They look awesome! You should keep wearing them!

[psych0p0mps]

It does sound like it'd be pretty entertaining to watch. From a safe distance of course.

[psych0p0mps]

[laughs; jokingly] That was only five or six times.

[psych0p0mps]

It's actually not so bad once you get used to it! I hadn't realized how little attention I was paying to my other senses. And I haven't walked into too many doors.

[psych0p0mps]

Oh, makes sense. Blind pirates can get away with it, though.

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[psych0p0mps]

[laughs] Is that sarcasm? I can't really tell. [he certainly sounded genuine about it!]

HI HI HI

[the_human]

No, it's not! They're totally rad! My bro has an eyepatch collection, and he'd totally dig yours.

[psych0p0mps]

[Oh you mean the roof where you got totally shanked? Or will get. Aradia looks a little discontented at this news, and scratches her head absently.]

Oh, boy. That was almost a sweep and a half ago, from my perspective. So I guess you wouldn't know. [A lil sigh. How even to deal with this? Probably best to start with the facts.] Yeah, it turned out I had a dream self all along, sleeping in the crypt in Derse's moon. So I revived when Bec Noir blew the place up, and then went to meet the rest of you at the Green Sun.

adventure buddies y/y?

[psych0p0mps]

Well, thanks! I'm glad you like them. [even if the only reason she's wearing them is to convince Sollux they look stupid.] I've never heard of collecting eyepatches before. Is he a pirate?

oh my god yes please

[the_human]

Nooo, but that'd be way cool. He's a dog! And a hero, just like me.