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WH3R3 TH3 FUCK 4R3 W3? WH4T 1S TH1S PL4C3? WH4T 1S UP W1TH 1TS 33R13 OB3SS1ON W1TH SH1TTY HUM4N V4L3NT1N3S D4Y C4NDY?? 4M 1 4LON3 H3R3? 1S TH3 C4LL COM1NG FROM W1TH1N TH3 HOUS3????

1F YOU H4V3 3V3R WOND3R3D TH3S3 QU3ST1ONS OR 4NYTH1NG S1M1L4R
PL34S3 D1R3CT YOUR 4TT3NT1ON TO TH3 TROLL 1N T34L

L3G1SL4C3R4TOR 4ND PR1V4T3 3Y3 T3R3Z1 JUST SO H4PP3NS TO B3 ON TH3 C4S3
YOU 4R3 4LL 1N SUCH LUCK
TH3 MYST3R13S B3H1ND OUR UNL4WFUL K1DN4PP1NG 4R3 4BOUT TO B3 UNR4V3L3D L1K3 Y3ST3RD4YS DRUNK3N KN1TT1NG

SO!

ST3P ON3 OF MY 1NV3ST1G4T1ON:
COLL3CT 1NFORM4T1ON

T3LL M3 4BOUT YOURS3LV3S! T3LL M3 4BOUT TH3 PL4C3 YOU W3R3 L4ST
WH4T CHOR3S W3R3 TH3R3 FOR YOU TO T4K3 C4R3 OF 4ND WH4T W3R3 YOU 3V3N DO1NG D1R3CTLY B3FOR3 COM1NG H3R3
TH1S 1S NOT 4N OPPORTUN1TY / 1NV1T4T1ON TO TM1
US3FUL 1NFORM4T1ON ONLY!

MY N4M3 (DURRR) 1S T3R3Z1 PYROP3 4ND MY L1F3 STORY 1S TOO TR4G1C FOR MORT4L 34RS
1 L1V3D 1N 4 TR33 ON 4 PL4N3T C4LL3D 4LT3RN14 4ND PL4Y3D G4M3S W1TH MY FR13NDS
1 W4S 4CTU4LLY ON 4 VOY4G3 TO 4NOTH3R UN1V3RS3!
1T 1S V3RY FUCK1NG TROUBL3SOM3 TH4T 1 H4V3 B33N T4K3N 4W4Y FROM TH4T
1M 4S H4PPY 4S TH3 R3ST OF YOU MUST B3

4NYW4YS!

TH4NK YOU V3RY MUCH FOR YOUR 1N3V1T4BL3 COOP3R4T1ON >:]


[TRANSLATION:]
Where the fuck are we? What is this place? What is up with its eerie obsession with shitty human Valentines day candy? Am I alone here? Is the call coming from within the house?

If you have ever wondered these questions or anything similar, please direct your attention to the troll in teal.

Legislacerator and private eye Terezi just so happens to be on the case. You are all in such luck. The mysteries behind our unlawful kidnapping are about to be unraveled like yesterday's drunken knitting.

So!!

Step one of my investigation: collect information.

Tell me about yourselves! Tell me about the place you were last. What chores were there for you to take care of and what were you even doing directly before coming here? This is not an opportunity/invitation to TMI. Useful information only!

My name (duh) is Terezi Pyrope and my life story is too tragic for mortal ears. I lived in a tree on a planet called Alternia and played games with my friends.

I was actually on a voyage to another universe! It is very troublesome that I have been taken away from that. I'm as happy as the rest of you must be.

Anyways!

Thank you very much for your inevitable cooperation. >:]

[ ooc: I will be replying to text with text, video with video, and so on! If you don't want the typing quirk or need a translation, please check out my permissions right HERE. ]

Comments

text;

[tooled]

[ ... This isn't quite what she expected to read when she looks at the screen. And Peko actually has to squint a few times before she fully gets it, at first it only seems like some sort of code language but then she finally gets it. Her typing is somewhat slow though, she's.. not used to this at all. ]

Before that, let me ask you something. Why do you type in such a way? Is it necessary to use code in our messages here? [ Is something listening in on them? Well, she wouldn't be surprised by that, given the general atmosphere.. ]

text;

[jurisdiction]

[ Oh. Yeah, it kinda does resemble a code. ]

1TS 4 PR3TTY SH1TTY COD3 1F YOU C4N F1GUR3 1T OUT
WH1CH 1S TO S4Y
1TS NOT 4 COD3 4T 4LL
1TS JUST HOW 1 TYP3 >:?

[tooled]

[ Give her another moment to consider this.. Why would people want to type like that?! (Then again, Peko's too boring to understand that sort of thing.) ]

Is it not inefficient to type like that?

[jurisdiction]

1TS JUST TH3 S4M3 4S TYP1NG W1THOUT 4 QU1RK
4CTU4LLY MY W4Y M1GHT B3 F4ST3R
FOR M3 4NYW4YS
4NYW4YS! TH1S 1S NOT 4 POST 4BOUT TH3 W4Y 1 TYP3
T3LL M3 4BOUT YOURS3LF

[tooled]

[ It's still weird to her, okay!! But fine, fine.. ]

If it is for the purpose of sharing information.. My name is Peko Pekoyama. Before this I was a student at Hope's Academy.

[jurisdiction]

P3KO! 4LR1GHT
N1C3 TO M33T YOU
OR SOM3TH1NG L1K3 TH4T

W3 4R3 OFF TO 4 GOOD ST4RT!
BUT W3 4R3 M1SS1NG TH3 LO4F 4ND S4UC3 OF TH3 M4TT3R
D3T41LS PL34S3

[tooled]

What details exactly are needed? [ She's not too keen on giving out too much information at once, especially since there's some pretty sensitive stuff involved.. ]

text;

[carcinogenetics]

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO RELIEVED TO SEE THAT EYE SEARING TYPING QUIRK IN MY LIFE.
TEREZI.
STOP BEING FAINTLY OMINOUS AND DEMANDING FOR A MOMENT.
I INSIST YOU TELL ME IF YOU WOKE UP WITH A CINNAMON BALL OF CANDY IN YOUR MOUTH TOO.

text;

[jurisdiction]

[ Oh, she's relieved too. More than she wants to say on a public forum. ]

Y34H 1 D1D!
1T T4ST3D L1K3 B4D 4ND 4LSO C1NN4MON
DONT T3LL M3 TH4T TH3 C4NDY 1S 1MPORT4NT SOM3HOW
4M 1 GO1NG TO G3T POSS3SS3D OR D34D W1THOUT TH4T P13C3 OF SH1T 1N MY MOUTH

text;

[carcinogenetics]

I HOPE NOT, I SPAT MINE OUT AS SOON AS I WOKE UP.
CINNAMON, MORE LIKE SHAVINGS OF THE DEVIL'S ASSHOLE.
EURGH.
WHERE ARE YOU? DID YOU WAKE UP IN A SHITTY HIVESTEM TOO?

text;

[jurisdiction]

Y3P
SOM3ON3 P41NT3D ON TH3 B3DROOM W4LLS
TH3YR3 PR3TTY FUCK1NG 4W3SOM3
TH3 NUMB3R 1S 201

WH4T 4BOUT YOU
WH3R3 4R3 YOU >:?

Text;

[carcinogenetics]

UGH I JUST HAVE SOME MOUTHLESS LITTLE WHITE CAT AND SAD LOOKING BEARS AND SHIT ALL OVER MY PLACE.
IT'S EERIE AS FUCK.
AND ENTIRELY TOO MUCH PINK FOR MY PERSONAL ENJOYMENT.
BUT WHATEVER, ENOUGH ABOUT THE DUBIOUS TASTE OF WHOEVER BUILT AND DECORATED IT, THE NUMBER IS 315.
THOUGH I'M OUT IN THE HALL RIGHT NOW.

text;

[jurisdiction]

4ND TO TH1NK HUM4NS C4LL US W31RD
P1NK 1S 4 F4NT4ST1C COLOR BUT 1 DONT R34LLY TH1NK 1T SU1TS YOU MUCH

1M GO1NG TO W41T OUTS1D3 MY DOOR 4ND ST4Y PUT FOR NOW
YOU COM3 F1ND M3
OK4Y?

text;

[carcinogenetics]

IT DOESN'T AT ALL.
OF ALL THE COLOURS TO SUIT ME, LIGHT AND FLOWERY PINK IS NOT ONE.
WHATEVER, I'M ON MY WAY.

[And indeed, sometime later Karkat shows up, jumping at shadows and looking over his shoulders as he goes. His sickle is clutched in his hands, and he's trying to avoid standing close to the walls.

When he sees her, he almost sags with relief.]

Terezi!

text;

[selfism]

[ He can see that Peko has already asked about the typing quirk, which is a serious eyesore, so he doesn't bother to bring it up. ]

You mentioned being on a voyage to another universe. Explain.

text;

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1TS 3X4CTLY WH4T 1T SOUNDS L1K3
1 W4S FLY1NG THROUGH SP4C3 W1TH SOM3 OTH3RS
4ND W4S 3V3N N34RLY TH3R3!

BUT TH3N 1 3ND3D UP H3R3
1 R34LLY R34LLY DOUBT TH3 TWO 4R3 R3L4T3D
W3 H4D 4 V3RY CL34R 1D34 OF WH4T W4S W41T1NG FOR US
4ND SPOOKTOWN 1S NOT TH4T

text;

[selfism]

[ If anyone had told him that they were on a voyage to another universe before he had arrived in Jigoku, he would have undoubtedly written them off as mentally unstable. In this place, though... ]

If you were with a group of people, did anyone else arrive here with you?

[ What did this town look for in its targets? ]

text;

[jurisdiction]

TWO P3OPL3!
MY FR13NDS G4MZ33 4ND K4RK4T
WH4T 4BOUT YOU?
OR 4R3 YOU CONT3NT TO B4SK 1N YOUR MYST3RY

text;

[selfism]

[ And yet none of his friends were brought here.

Then again, that's for the best. ]

Definitely content.

[gatto]

[Really. The important question, when faced with a typing quirk, is clearly not why, but how.]

Yeah, I can answer your questions! I'm Rin and I was in Toshima, Japan before I got here.

But I've got a question for YOU too! How'd you write like that?? I didn't know you could change the color, I wanna know how to do that too!

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1 TH1NK
TH4T 1 L1K3 YOU 4LR34DY
L3T M3 SHOW YOU HOW TO CH4NG3 TH3 COLOR
1TS R34LLY V3RY S1MPL3
3V3N THOUGH 1TS K1ND OF T3D1OUS TO DO 1T FOR 3V3RY COMM3NT

[ PRETENDING MODE ACTIVATE: EXPLANATION GOES HERE. It is wonderful and it is simple. ]

[gatto]

[PRETENDING MODE IS SUPER EFFECTIVE.]

I've got it! Don't worry, I'm not gonna use it a lot.

I just wanna try it out.

Hey! It works!! This is so GREAT, I think I like you too already, Terezi!

How do you know all of this stuff??

[jurisdiction]

[ Yes he picked the best color. ]

TH4T TOO 1S P4RT1CUL4RLY S1MPL3
1 KNOW HOW TO US3 4 COMPUT3R
1 THOUGHT TH1S W4S PR3TTY B4S1C!
BUT 3V3RYON3 ST4RTS SOM3WH3R3
SO K33P L34RN1NG 4ND M4YB3 YOU W1LL B3 4BL3 TO ST4ND ON YOUR OWN TWO F33T

[gatto]

[Red's always the best, hell yes.]

So you've always gotten to use computers then, huh, huh? I've never had one before. Or a phone.

But this is real fun, it's great that we got some! I'll keep learning!

text.

[timid_werewolf]

[BRB taking awhile to translate that out before he replies.]

I was kidnapped, and then I woke up here. Why do you type like that?

text.

[jurisdiction]

Y3S W3 4R3 4LL 1N V4R1OUS ST4T3S OF W4K1NG UP 1N 4 W31RD PL4C3 4ND K1DN4PP3D

DO YOU H4V3 4NYTH1NG US3FUL TO SH4R3 W1TH TH3 CL4SS