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[bffpoltergeist]

[Like many others, Liz left her room without her heart. Sure, she'd considered bringing it with her, but she was a poltergeist and had a tendency to turn ghosty without warning. The last thing she wanted, after the whole pumpkin thing, was to have the heart jar break and shatter or otherwise damage the heart.

She didn't know the effect it would have on her.

She's currently sitting near the lake, mindless of the weather or of anyone that might be around.

She'd liked being a lizard girl.]

This place sucks.

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[Video]

[fallintheriver]

[SIGH.]

You got that right.

[Video]

[bffpoltergeist]

[She throws a rocks across the lake and scowls.]

I liked it better when I was, like, a lizard, Ezra... at least I was solid.

[Video]

[fallintheriver]

At least people still like you like this. At least you still have friends.

[But, oh, the mention of the body switch reminds him, Tetsu never told Ezra what he changed into, did he? Did he already hate him back then? Ezra looks like he's about to cry. Giving your jar-heart to a guy and letting him eat it will do that.]

A-at least no one hates you.

[Video]

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz raises a brow at all of this, lips pursed slightly.]

Ezra. People like you and I'm pretty sure nobody, like, hates you.

[The whole fucking world is upside down.]

Seriously... are you, like, about to cry?

[Because, seriously, she might just close the fucking journal right now if he cries. Cannot deal with that shit right now.]

[Video]

[fallintheriver]

I'm not going to cry!

[He's doing his best to hold the floodgates back and keep face, but he's honestly not very good at it.]

I just stubbed my toe, okay?

[Video]

[bffpoltergeist]

[This earns you an eyebrow raise, Ezra, because... you're totally going to cry.]

Mmm hmm... Or bit your tongue, right? You should, like, watch out for that.

[Video]

[fallintheriver]

Thanks for the warning, what would I do without you. [He huffs.]

[Video] She'll feel so badly about this later ;3;

[bffpoltergeist]

I dunno... stub your toe more often, most likely.

[Video] lol her meaness is so tame

[fallintheriver]

You're not being very helpful, you know.

[Not that he'd asked for any help or anything. It's the mood swing talking.]

She's so new at this rude frankness... and tame though it may be, she'll b'aww

[bffpoltergeist]

[She actually gives a half shrug to this.]

You never really seemed like the sort that, like, wanted to be coddled, you know?

[thii2ii22tupiid]

No shit.

[bffpoltergeist]

[She rests her chin on her knees.]

How do you keep from, like, losing your mind or killing people, Sollux?

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*Hm. This isn't like Liz either. Interesting.*

Killing people isn't worth the effort when they just come back.
I'm not sure about losing my mind, I'm sure a lot of people would say I already did.

*Or that he never was sane, one of the two.*

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz, like IB, left her heart where it should have been safe enough... only not quite the case. The Keep just wasn't making it easy to determine the best thing to do when curve balls were thrown.]

Must be nice to just, like, come back from the dead.

[Liz sighs softly, brows knitting in consternation.]

Well, they're jerks and I think you're, like, just fine the way you are.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Not really. It just gives you a chance to do it all over again.

Of course I am. If those fucks can't handle fixing themselves I'm not going to bother listening to them trying to 'fix' me.

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz pulls a face at this.]

Some of us just stay dead one way or the other... and, like, when this place decides to make you solid, it just takes it away from you again without any more warning than it, like, gave to you. It's just, like, a big fucking game to Deior and I hope he's having a great fucking time with it.

[A soft snort at this.]

Some of the people here, like, are a total mess... it'd be like asking a first grader to fix your computer; good luck with the end results.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Or like when he stopped making my darned voices USEFUL but still fucking makes me hear them.

*Don't start a 'who has it worse' game with Sollux, Liz. He will always win.
He chuckles at that, though. No idea what a 'first grader' is, but he gets the picture.*

Right. It's better not to let them anywhere near it. Or you.

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz snorts softly, canting a brow slightly.]

You should be happy that hearing them was, like, ever useful. Yeah, it sucks that they're not anymore, but at least they weren't just gibberish the whole while, right? I mean, it'd, like, be great if they were back to normal and all, but still...

[This is fact, but she's still scowly. Sollux, why you so miserable, boo?

She snorts, nodding again with a smirk.]

Agreed. Doesn't keep everyone out of your business, but it, like, totally helps.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Right. Because knowing who was about to die was a wonderful ability. Even more so when no one would listen to me about what they said or the fact that they were going to die soon. Not to mention the fact that they're so fucking loud I can barely even think even when I can fucking understand them.

*And he's not even heartless! Well, any more than usual.*

Oooo, angry icon! :D

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz listens to all this and her brows rise a bit.]

You had to deal with that shit, like, all the time, Sollux? Shit... I don't know why, like, someone wouldn't take you seriously. Hardly seems like something you'd be dealing with because it's a grand old time.

Do all of you guys have to deal with that?

its pretty :3

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*Hmph.*

No. I'm special.

So many lovely icons you have of him!

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz makes a face and when she speaks, it's not pity in her voice. Sollux has never seemed to be the sort to appreciate pity or any sort and she's less inclined to offer it than ever right now.]

That sucks... man... aren't you, like, the lucky one.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Oh yeah, I'm just the luckiest little troll in the universe.
Except I'm also the only troll in the universe, so I guess it fucking evens out.

*GRUMP GRUMP GRUMP.*

Look a tthe motion in that one!

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz would feel sorry about her curt bluntness later, even if she's getting the same from Sollux (same as she always does, in fact).]

Like, batting a hundred, aren't you?

[All the grumps that ever grumped.]

i found some nice ones, yepyep

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Two hundred, at least.

*He has no idea what she's referencing, but it probably needs to be doubled.*

There are so many nice ones for the HS cast

[bffpoltergeist]

[A smirk is earned from that.]

At least.

[aerospace]

No really? Here I thought it was the most wonderful place that ever could be imagined.

[bffpoltergeist]

[All deadpan. No inflection. Starscream, you're hilarious.]

Ha Ha Ha. Your sarcasm is, like, soooooo totally appreciated right now. Like, I couldn't have possibly managed to make it through today without a heaping load of sarcasm.

[aerospace]

[Isn't he?]

That's what I'm here for. To provide your day with all the sarcasm you could ever want. It's my day job, you know.

[bffpoltergeist]

[A pure gem. :| ]

Well.... lucky me. You, like, want to find another job, then?

[She scowls.]

[aerospace]

No, I like this one quite well. I think I'll keep it for awhile.

[bffpoltergeist]

[If you could see her face, Starscream. If you could see her face.]

Well aren't we, luck, the luckiest folk of all?

[aerospace]

Of course you are. Everyone is lucky to be in my presence at any given time.