#4357

(Drunken kiss/tipsy)

Getting drunk with his Law professor was not on Quinn’s list of things to do this morning, but he’s not upset that it’s happening.

It’s just that — Tyler’s really nice, and Quinn’s been really stressed, and he’s kinda been bottling everything up, so when he showed up to office hours he must’ve looked so pathetic that Tyler had just given him a pitying look and asked if he needed a hug.

Then Quinn had burst into tears, and Tyler had just sighed and reached under his desk for a bottle of gift-bagged wine he had gotten for his promotion.

None of that is really an excuse for why Quinn’s slumped with his head against Tyler’s shoulder, giggling a little deliriously, all wine-flushed and red, but. Hey. He’s a weak, weak man.

“If you sleep here tonight, c’n I sleep over too?” Quinn slurs, tipping his head up to give Tyler a pleading look. Tyler’s cheeks are pink, the first two buttons of his shirt popped. He’s so handsome, Quinn kind of wants to start crying again.

“Don’t you take the bus? Just go home and sleep in your own bed,” Tyler answers with a rather undignified snort that just sends Quinn into a fit of giggles again.

Eventually Quinn calms down, slumping over again with a sigh. “‘m tired.”

“No wonder,” Tyler rumbles. He pops the cork back into the empty bottle and pauses briefly before he leans over and —

“Oh,” Quinn says aloud, surprised. The press of lips to the crown of his head only last a second, but it sends warm shivers down his body.

Dave, it's so much worse than you think.

Enjoy the next three years, dude. You'd better get really fucking good at recognizing the faint honking of a distant clown.

KARKAT: YEAH, HE DOES THIS KARKAT: HE SORT OF COLLECTS BODIES AND DECAPITATES THEM AND STUFF KARKAT: STICKS THEM IN BIG SCIENCE JARS, FOR SOME REASON?? KANAYA: Im Pretty Sure He Kisses Them Too Sometimes

Sorry, let me get this straight. You were fully aware of this behavior, but you still tried to form a quadrant with him?

Like... Karkat. The whole universe is telling you that this guy's a little beyond the help of your average moirail. If you want to do something for Gamzee, it's going to need to be a group effort - and if I were a betting gal, I'd guess that the Seers will be the key to his recovery, particularly Terezi.

KARKAT: YOU KNOW HOW EVERY NOW AND THEN YOUR LUSUS WILL BRING SOME RANDOM ASS DEAD ANIMAL BACK TO YOUR HIVE FOR NO FUCKING REASON KARKAT: AND THEY DON'T EVER STOP DOING THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU YELL KARKAT: IT'S LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN DAVE: not really DAVE: oh wait DAVE: against all odds i sorta do DAVE: mine actually did do that once

This revelation is not even slightly inconsistent with the established personality of Bro 'Bigger Dirk' Strider.

DAVE: when i was really young DAVE: he made this stupid leather bib for me out of a goddamn horse […] ROSE: Was that the one you mentioned had a pink heart on it? DAVE: yeah […] ROSE: It's just that with the clarity afforded by my new abilities, it occurred to me just now that dead horse was likely the beautiful pet pony my mother gave me recently.

...alright, I don't have a clue how knowing about Maplehoof's death applies to Rose's Path to Victory ability. How does this help her achieve anyone's personal goal?

Maybe Rose obtained multiple Seer abilities upon ascension. After all, God Tier John has a bunch of Breath powers, so there's no reason why Rose should be restricted to one single Light ability, powerful as it is. Maybe this 'clarity' is another facet of Light, then, allowing Rose to see the connections between disparate pieces of information, and tie it all together, like a web of string on a Pepe Silvia evidence board.

DAVE: well shit DAVE: thats a hell of a mystery no one thought was a mystery and didnt even really need solving DAVE: but damn if it didnt just get solved so nice work

...holy shit.

Holy shit, this is the line!

Anyone who's used Tumblr in the last ten years has seen The Line - probably dozens of times, in dozens of different contexts. It's part of Tumblr's vernacular - and, up until this moment, it had completely slipped my mind that it was a Homestuck line.

[ask game]

Petey isn't with them on the roadie, for reasons everybody knows and laments, but Mysie's shoulder is an even taller vantage point, so if Quinn tries to just reach for those silver linings, this isn't a bad one.

It took some getting used to for the both of them—Quinn's usually either somewhat lower to the ground or very, very much lower to the ground, and Mysie, well, he feels suddenly like a surprise guest on Sesame Street.

He doesn't say it out loud, though. Yes, the cast of Sesame Street is mostly Muppets, but he doesn't want to insinuate anything about Quinn, and he also doesn't want anyone to start calling him Big Bird or something.