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KARKAT: BUT SERIOUSLY, I STILL DO WANT TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS BATTLE SOMEHOW! KANAYA: I Know You Do KARKAT: LOOK, I COMPLETELY ADMIT. I'M SHIT. KARKAT: I'M THE SHIT THEY RESERVE FOR THE SMELLIEST TOILET WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING ABILITY. KARKAT: ALL THAT SMACK TALK BETWEEN ME AND VRISKA ABOUT MY USELESSNESS, THAT WASN'T EVEN SOME SNAPPY LITTLE FARCE, WHERE WE ALL RIDE KARKAT'S CROTCH BANDEAU FOR A LIVELY CHUCKLE. KARKAT: IT WAS JUST SOME BASIC BOILERPLATE INTERLOCUTION THAT WAS EXACTLY ON THE FUCKING LEVEL. KARKAT: I'M NOT A GOD TIER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? NEITHER ARE YOU, AND NEITHER IS TEREZI. KARKAT: BUT YOU'RE BOTH GREAT, AND DEADLY AS SHIT. IT'S NO EXCUSE. KARKAT: I'VE NEVER BEEN ANY GOOD, AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO COME TO TERMS WITH HOW DELUDED I WAS ABOUT THAT. KARKAT: THE ONLY REASON WE ENDED UP WINNING OUR GAME WAS THAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE SLACK FOR ME. KARKAT: PRETTY MUCH ALL I DID WAS SPEND A FEW WEEKS SHOUTING AT EVERYBODY. KARKAT: I NEVER TOLD ANYONE THIS BUT... KARKAT: EVEN WHEN I BEAT MY DENIZEN KARKAT: I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I GOT THE ONE RESERVED FOR THE WEAKEST PLAYERS. KARKAT: LIKE A SPECIAL ONE. KARKAT: YOU KNOW HOW THERE'S THAT SUPPOSEDLY RARE ONE THAT ONLY REALLY STRONG PLAYERS GET... IT HAS SOME WEIRD FUCKING NAME. KARKAT: I'M PRETTY SURE MINE WAS LIKE THAT. BUT JUST THE OPPOSITE. KARKAT: REALLY, I NEVER SAID *ANYTHING* ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING, BUT KARKAT: WHEN I GOT TO HIM, HE WAS... WEIRDLY SMALL?? KARKAT: LIKE JUST REALLY SMALL. KARKAT: AND HE MUMBLES HIS CHOICE SHIT WHICH OF COURSE I COMPLETELY IGNORE, AND HE SEEMS TO KNOW I WILL. KARKAT: I CAN HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE. HE KNOWS I WON'T CARE, HE CAN SENSE MY CONTEMPT, HE CAN SENSE HOW SMALL AND PITIFUL I FEEL, AND BECAUSE HE'S LIKE ALL KNOWING AND SHIT, HE'S *FACTORED THIS IN*. KARKAT: ON SOME LEVEL, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD ALL THIS, AND IT JUST MADE ME FURIOUS. KARKAT: SO I KILLED HIM. KARKAT: AND IT WAS TOO EASY. EVEN FOR ME, IT WAS EASY. KARKAT: I REMEMBER THINKING "WHAT THE FUCK?" AFTER THE FINAL BLOW. KARKAT: SO YEAH, I'VE BEEN PRETTY SURE I GOT THE "TRAINING DENIZEN" EVER SINCE. IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF ADMITTING IT TO MYSELF. KARKAT: ACTUALLY, AS DUMB AS IT SOUNDS... KARKAT: I THINK I'M *STILL* NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE KNOWING THAT FACT. IT STILL FEELS HUMILIATING. KARKAT: WOULD YOU MIND NOT TELLING ANYONE, KANAYA? KANAYA: Ill Stay Quiet KARKAT: BUT YEAH, MY UTTERLY TRAGIC LAMENESS ATTRIBUTE NOTWITHSTANDING, I'D STILL LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE. KARKAT: I KNOW IT WON'T COUNT FOR MUCH. KARKAT: I MIGHT EVEN GET IN THE WAY OF SOMEBODY COMPETENT. KARKAT: BUT IT MATTERS TO ME, TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS THIS TIME. KARKAT: NOT TO PROVE I'M STRONG OR AWESOME OR ANYTHING. KARKAT: THE OPPOSITE REALLY... TO PUT MYSELF OUT THERE KNOWING PERFECTLY WELL I'M NOT. KARKAT: I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO INHERIT THIS UNIVERSE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. KARKAT: NOT JUST GET DRAGGED INTO IT ON THE LOOSE FABRIC OF EVERYONE'S FUCKING PAJAMAS. KARKAT: IT ALSO FEELS IMPORTANT TO JUST KARKAT: I DON'T KNOW KARKAT: STAND THERE WITH MY FRIENDS. KARKAT: THEY'RE RISKING THEIR LIVES, AND THEY MAY BE MORE SUPERNATURALLY RESILIENT OR WHATEVER, BUT HEY. KARKAT: I SHOULD BE RISKING MINE TOO. KARKAT: TO AT LEAST SHOW I'M THERE WITH THEM. KARKAT: AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE A MOMENT WILL PRESENT ITSELF... KARKAT: WHERE I CAN DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT. KARKAT: LIKE NUDGE SOMEONE OUT OF THE WAY OF A RANDOM FLAMING FUCKBALL JUST IN TIME. KARKAT: OR SOME OTHER SMALL THING ACTUALLY WITHIN MY ABILITY. KARKAT: MAYBE I'LL DIE IN THE PROCESS OF SAVING SOMEONE MORE CRUCIAL TO VICTORY? KARKAT: IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PART OF THIS, SO BE IT. KARKAT: I'M IN. KANAYA: Thats Why Youre Our Leader Karkat KARKAT: I'M NOT YOUR FUCKING LEADER!!! KANAYA: Statements Like That Are Also Why Youre Our Leader KARKAT: NO, I DON'T ACCEPT THAT. KANAYA: You Have To KARKAT: WHAT KARKAT: WHY?! KARKAT: NO I DON'T. KARKAT: LOOK, WE *JUST* ESTABLISHED THIS BACK ON THE PAD. KARKAT: I'M NOT A LEADER ANYMORE. END OF STORY. KANAYA: That Isnt What Echidna Said KARKAT: ??????
Hey check it out. Every week we'll be revealing some new troll characters from Hiveswap until Act 2 is out. Follow the Troll Call here, and meet the first two here. Expect a few more surprises like this to drop in coming weeks.