[ karkat is currently having the same problem as rose... as in, he can't tell if he is currently being a #worrywart or not? damn you dave, and actually... being a good fucking actor, what the hell. but as he does not know what is being said in rose's meta text, he can only believe that she thinks dave is being legit? since she didn't call him out on anything??? ]
I... guess?
[ he sounds confused because what just happened. ]
[ he continues to focus solely on karkat because he doesn't want to look at rose she's extremely good at reading him and that "no" was a little too long. for a moment he feels like they're thirteen again and she's making comments about bro or puppets or something and he's playing her off like he did. every single day back then. rose lalonde always wins but it took him sixteen years to admit she was right and she hadn't been able to confirm whether or not he was lying until then.
...which. actually makes him hesitate for a split second because he'd told her everything except the details of what he's feeling about all of this in exact terms, and that's why he's getting away with it. if he actually commits to this lie, he'll be committing to not telling rose the truth again. he actually kind of liked telling her the truth about shit? it wasn't easy but it was...nice. after a lifetime of lying to her face.
would she be disappointed or mad or sad or what? it's hard to predict. this time he does slant his gaze over towards rose though it's. hard to tell with shades.
lie or don't lie? ]
...Soooo are we gonna like. Hammer out details further or something, or is it okay to go and actually do the farming shit I'm supposed to do today?
[ it's a sour twist in his stomach but his posture straightens out and he offers rose a smirk as he makes a split-second decision to undo everything he'd done with her previously. it was nice while it lasted and lying to rose is like riding a bike. probably. ]
Oh, shit. I think I'm supposed to do something re: skeletons, too. But I can put that stuff off until whenever if need be, since time shit.
[ his tone is perfectly casual and he thinks he probably shouldn't be allowed to talk to rose but he'll deal with that never. lying to karkat in order to keep him from freaking out was one thing, but rose has always been another thing entirely. if he's lucky, she'd still deign to hold his hand if they were about to die.
[ that's just it. rose has gotten used to dave telling her the truth, and telling her how he feels. he told her about bro, so she's begun to expect him to not... do this, right here, what he is doing. she expects him to be honest with her, at the least, or at least not lie to her face. even if he avoided talking to karkat thus far, he always told her about his feelings and this... settled those feelings, right? his issue was that he wanted to be public with karkat, karkat agreed to be public, dave agreed to accept that? that's what she thinks has ocurred here, and that sounds like a job well done.
so even if she's a bit unsure, suspicious, she decides to trust dave. even if this was way too easy, leaving a bad taste in her mouth. later she might realize why, possibly while in a pumpkin patch with karkat. but for now she looks between dave and karkat again, waiting to see if something suddenly implodes like it feels it should. when it doesn't, rose nods resolutely. ]
No, I suppose that's it. You two can work out any details yourselves without my meddle-- mediating, yes? Is there anything else needing discussion?
[ that question is directed at karkat, since he isn't the discussion avoider in the room. ]
Uh no, I think we can handle it from here. [ a pause, before he turns his attention fully to rose. ] Thanks.
[ KARKAT SINCERELY THANKING SOMEONE and not doing it in a weird, roundabout way that negates the gesture? alert the presses and file this under things that probably won't happen again any time soon.
he still has... no idea at all how to feel about this, since he is also very caught off guard by how easy that was. he literally spent weeks and weeks arguing with dave on this subject, but... well. rose has always been the person who knows dave best. it would make sense that dave would be willing to try something after she stepped in? probably. maybe?
karkat hopes so.
he glances back at dave. ] We can talk about it later? I think I'm going to go to bed.
[ another plot twist: karkat actually deciding to sleep for once. but this day has been fucking exhausting and he isn't sure that he wants to talk to dave right away once rose leaves? which is weird but. yeah. ]
[ he actually takes his hands out of his pockets to take a few haphazard steps towards...rose. she gets a brief hug and a kiss on the cheek before he steps back to wait for her to like, unlock the doors. ]
And obviously love you, sis. [ he is not 100% sure she will accept such signs of affection if she figures out he lied to her later so. he'll just. do it now as a last chance measure. ]
I have to get goin' for the whole. [ vague hand gestures ] Skeleton thing so yeah we can talk about it later.
[ nah this of course ended in the best possible way with every party equally as happy?? nothing went wrong.
karkat is going to wait for both of them to leave first though so he can bang his head against the wall since even though this worked out (lol) he still went behind dave's back to set this up after they both agreed to not bring it up again and he feels bad for doing something sneaky and dishonest (lmao).
so he is just going to awkwardly wave them both off..... usually he expects at least one [1] hand hold from dave since that is a thing that happens even when they fight but karkat will not risk getting purposely denied that so. bye losers. ]
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I... guess?
[ he sounds confused because what just happened. ]
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...which. actually makes him hesitate for a split second because he'd told her everything except the details of what he's feeling about all of this in exact terms, and that's why he's getting away with it. if he actually commits to this lie, he'll be committing to not telling rose the truth again. he actually kind of liked telling her the truth about shit? it wasn't easy but it was...nice. after a lifetime of lying to her face.
would she be disappointed or mad or sad or what? it's hard to predict. this time he does slant his gaze over towards rose though it's. hard to tell with shades.
lie or don't lie? ]
...Soooo are we gonna like. Hammer out details further or something, or is it okay to go and actually do the farming shit I'm supposed to do today?
[ it's a sour twist in his stomach but his posture straightens out and he offers rose a smirk as he makes a split-second decision to undo everything he'd done with her previously. it was nice while it lasted and lying to rose is like riding a bike. probably. ]
Oh, shit. I think I'm supposed to do something re: skeletons, too. But I can put that stuff off until whenever if need be, since time shit.
[ his tone is perfectly casual and he thinks he probably shouldn't be allowed to talk to rose but he'll deal with that never. lying to karkat in order to keep him from freaking out was one thing, but rose has always been another thing entirely. if he's lucky, she'd still deign to hold his hand if they were about to die.
if not, well, serves him right? ok. ]
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so even if she's a bit unsure, suspicious, she decides to trust dave. even if this was way too easy, leaving a bad taste in her mouth. later she might realize why, possibly while in a pumpkin patch with karkat. but for now she looks between dave and karkat again, waiting to see if something suddenly implodes like it feels it should. when it doesn't, rose nods resolutely. ]
No, I suppose that's it. You two can work out any details yourselves without my meddle-- mediating, yes? Is there anything else needing discussion?
[ that question is directed at karkat, since he isn't the discussion avoider in the room. ]
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[ KARKAT SINCERELY THANKING SOMEONE and not doing it in a weird, roundabout way that negates the gesture? alert the presses and file this under things that probably won't happen again any time soon.
he still has... no idea at all how to feel about this, since he is also very caught off guard by how easy that was. he literally spent weeks and weeks arguing with dave on this subject, but... well. rose has always been the person who knows dave best. it would make sense that dave would be willing to try something after she stepped in? probably. maybe?
karkat hopes so.
he glances back at dave. ] We can talk about it later? I think I'm going to go to bed.
[ another plot twist: karkat actually deciding to sleep for once. but this day has been fucking exhausting and he isn't sure that he wants to talk to dave right away once rose leaves? which is weird but. yeah. ]
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[ he actually takes his hands out of his pockets to take a few haphazard steps towards...rose. she gets a brief hug and a kiss on the cheek before he steps back to wait for her to like, unlock the doors. ]
And obviously love you, sis. [ he is not 100% sure she will accept such signs of affection if she figures out he lied to her later so. he'll just. do it now as a last chance measure. ]
I have to get goin' for the whole. [ vague hand gestures ] Skeleton thing so yeah we can talk about it later.
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[ AND NOW THAT THAT SAPPY TRASH IS OUT OF THE WAY ]
All right, then. Consider this mediation over.
[ and she moves to unlock the door and release the hounds. this will in no way come back to bite them in the ass, ever. ]
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karkat is going to wait for both of them to leave first though so he can bang his head against the wall since even though this worked out (lol) he still went behind dave's back to set this up after they both agreed to not bring it up again and he feels bad for doing something sneaky and dishonest (lmao).
so he is just going to awkwardly wave them both off..... usually he expects at least one [1] hand hold from dave since that is a thing that happens even when they fight but karkat will not risk getting purposely denied that so. bye losers. ]
See you guys later or whatever.