D --> No one is here to punish me

[horschestra]

D --> I've found no sign of my lusus






D --> Whoever built these fine e%amples of roboti%


D --> I apologize for breaking them

Comments

[riseup]

damn.

[ihateyouetc]

are you lookin9 for karkat as well?

[riseup]

this computer beeps every time that name is mentioned.
people keep bringing it up to me.
I feel it is important, though I don't know why.

[ihateyouetc]

i feel like i should apolo9ize. i don't want to disappoint you
6ut i also don't want to lie
i don't think you'll find him

[riseup]

haha, that is ok.
it only adds to the mystery.
who are you, then?

[tastes]

1 WOULD L1K3 TO KNOW TH1S 4S W3LL.

[ihateyouetc]

i don't know yet
6ut it isn't like i've for9otten
explainin9 it is difficult
it's like havin9 memories that are clear enou9h once you reflect on them you see throu9h them
and each time you see somethin9 different
it's hard to 9rasp anythin9 tan9i6le 6ecause there's too much to remem6er
and you think you can't possi6ly remem6er it all without sweeps to consider
6ut i know i was a va9a6ond 6efore i was d

[ihateyouetc]

was here.

[riseup]

that all sounds very complicated.
however, it doesn't tell me what I should call you.
I could call you Mr. Differential Memory Span, but that doesn't have a very nice ring to it.

[ihateyouetc]

i wish i had a 6etter answer for you
6ut i have 6een called worse, so please
si9nless
differential memory span
karkat
not-karkat
9uppy
i'm not particular.

[riseup]

then it is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Signless.
I am John.
your text reminds me a bit of a friend of mine.
this place is confusing, isn't it?

[ihateyouetc]

likewise.
it's nice to meet you.

[ihateyouetc]

i think
it's no more or less confusin9 than anywhere else
just confusin9 in a complicated way
re9ardless of what it is
the act of existin9 has a way of complicatin9 things no matter where you are
6ut i think that's 9ood more than 6ad.

[ihateyouetc]

you feel familiar
6ut i don't know anythin9 a6out you

john
have you always lived here?

[riseup]

something about you is familiar as well.
I cannot place it.
perhaps it is just the text color.

some say I was here as a child, but I do not remember it.
have you?

[ihateyouetc]

no, i shouldn't 6e here at all
6ut i asked 6ecause i don't 6elieve many of us should 6e
however, in re9ards to myself,
i also 6elieve my arran9ement should 6e a 6it more permanent than the others who don't 6elon9

[riseup]

why would it not be permanent?