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maybe one day you'll find a place to call your own; call it home. you think back to the humble oasis you had when you were younger, that you've been lately wishing you could have showed karkat. 

a sentimental shot.

the bartender possesses a small but sharp set of tusks, a pair of cloven feet, and a flirtatious smile that he flicks karkat's way. (karkat awkwardly turns him down.) his race, who call themselves Treodoruun, is from a nearby system.

name: KARKAT VANTAS class: THRESHECUTIONER-IN-TRAINING, former status: DESERTER

name: KANAYA MARYAM class: MEDIKILLER subclass: SURGEONIHILATOR

a beguiling "showgirl"-- an elegant race with pennarum. upon an uncharacteristically intimate inspection on your part, that "boa" is in fact, biologically part of her. they are quite entertaining.

you take a picture to immortalize the occasion.

foreign monetary units. the first time you come across fibrous, pulp-based currency, neither of you know it. you think they are scraps of MANUSCRIPTIONERY because they lacerate so easily; you have a couple strewn around, thoughtlessly scribbled with reminders. in contrast, the universally-accepted GRUBSTUBS(1) are printed on TANNED GRUBHIDE. 

a closer view of karkat's googles

Karkat takes to them so easily like... like some effortless manner of metaphor. Or rather, he takes them, he strangles and rages and beats them into submission, to flourish his own creative vocabulary. not that it should be particularly encouraged but every time he incorporates something you've brought to him and makes it his own, it sends a fond thrill through that secret, tentatively pale corner of your vascular pump.

I. Kanaya Abandoned - Astrophrenia           Instrumental II. Lost! - Coldplay           And you'll be LOST!          Every river that you tried to cross          Every Gun You Ever Held Went Off          OH, AND I'M JUST WAITING TIL THE FIRING STOPS.          Oh And Im Just Waiting Until The Shine Wears Off III. Martha's Theme - Murray Gold           instrumental IV. End Credits - John Williams           Instrumental V. Blood on my Hands - Hans Zimmer           INSTRUMENTAL VI. Darling Kanaya - Homestuck           Instrumental VII. Do - The Other Truths           instrumental VIII. Frida Kahlo - Rachel's            INSTRUMENTAL IX. Summer Song - James Yorkston           If I Promise To Settle Down With You Forever By My Side           Oh Will You Keep The Peace           OH LORD KNOWS I HAVE TRIED.           Lord Knows I Have Tried X. Primavera - Ludovico Einaudi           instrumental XI. Gravity - Vienna Teng            Hey Love            THAT'S THE NAME WE'VE LONG HELD BACK            FROM THE CORE OF TRUTH.            So Dont Turn Away Now            I AM TURNING IN REVOLUTION.            THESE ARE THE SCARS THAT SILENCE CARVED            ON ME. XII. Honey, I'm Home - Murray Gold           instrumental XIII. Brennan's Theme - Mushman           INSTRUMENTAL XIV. I've Got You - Tegan and Sara           In The Company Of You           I DON'T NEED LOVE           Because Your Love Will Do           And Ive Got You           AND YOU'VE GOT ME           And Thats ALL We NEED XV. Of Moirallegiance - Satoru 13           instrumental

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