Homestuck - Midnight on the Demon Patrol - 19/?
Mon, Dec. 23rd, 2013 13:31Chapter contains porn and OCs. Almost 11k of such. orz
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The first thing Karkat does when they finally come home is to rush up the ladder and check on his nest, wings flapping along pointlessly. (The new shell is still frail enough that they have to alternate keeping the muscles exercised and making sure no wrong movement cracks him open again, but to return home he refused to be bandaged up.)
Dave's shoulder is still not to be strained, and climbing would be awkward one-handed, so once again he's right back to sleeping on the couch. He's starting to think the universe wants him to cede the space to his demon, but damn it, he is not giving up his futon under the slanting ceiling and the odd light that comes from the window.
"Marshmallows still good?" he calls up to Karkat, even as he flops down on the couch under the mezzanine.
"Uh -- lemme open the bag." A pause. "Yeah, they're still edible, though I was more concerned about rats or those motherfucking crows."
Dave snorts quietly. He can't say he was honestly worried about the marshmallows, those things last years. Okay, at least half a year. He's pretty sure he read things about that before.
The crow vendetta keeps being silly and hilarious.
"We don't have rats!" he calls up.
"Uh huh," Karkat replies, muffled and distracted, as he rummages into a plastic bag. "You keep thinking that."
Aw, man. "We have rats? Seriously? Hell."
"If they're not rats I'm not sure what else. Wall wolverines?"
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The first thing Karkat does when they finally come home is to rush up the ladder and check on his nest, wings flapping along pointlessly. (The new shell is still frail enough that they have to alternate keeping the muscles exercised and making sure no wrong movement cracks him open again, but to return home he refused to be bandaged up.)
Dave's shoulder is still not to be strained, and climbing would be awkward one-handed, so once again he's right back to sleeping on the couch. He's starting to think the universe wants him to cede the space to his demon, but damn it, he is not giving up his futon under the slanting ceiling and the odd light that comes from the window.
"Marshmallows still good?" he calls up to Karkat, even as he flops down on the couch under the mezzanine.
"Uh -- lemme open the bag." A pause. "Yeah, they're still edible, though I was more concerned about rats or those motherfucking crows."
Dave snorts quietly. He can't say he was honestly worried about the marshmallows, those things last years. Okay, at least half a year. He's pretty sure he read things about that before.
The crow vendetta keeps being silly and hilarious.
"We don't have rats!" he calls up.
"Uh huh," Karkat replies, muffled and distracted, as he rummages into a plastic bag. "You keep thinking that."
Aw, man. "We have rats? Seriously? Hell."
"If they're not rats I'm not sure what else. Wall wolverines?"
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