[Text; un: turntechGodhead]

[itsknighttime]

aight so last month i asked you guys for software to fuck with and make some beats
my dudes you delivered faster than motherfuckin dominos

now its my turn
lemme drop you a beat
lemme give you that aural pleasure i know youre all craving
hit me up with a genre or a word or a feeling or someshit like that and ill see what i can do
i got my forte but i got to do something out of the box here at least
if youre not sure hit me up with a dj dave spin me a tune

im here to serve
peace

[Locked to Dirk]
yo man if you see this
i got one just for you
if not
then youll never see this
which is cool i know youre busy

[Locked to Karkat]
not only do i have some smoothass beats for you best bro
i got you somethin youre really gonna want
it aint even a dick joke

((OOC: I'm actually going to be making these loop tracks for babby practice so it may take me a few to get them into the post. They may be shortish and corny. I'm no proper DJ and it's fun to pretend lol. PS Permission post for colour & things. ))

((Edit Oct. 2nd: Had a few people ask last night if I'm doing them still and yes! I'll do them until the interest dies down and have been convinced there needs to be a concert for musical sorts around here and those who want to help or learn. So I'll figure that out some time in the future. Thank you for the lovely reception on these and since a some said they were going through the comments, here's a list except Bro's.))

Comments

Dave: "I can be quiet" Also Dave: "*wall of text*"

[itsknighttime]

[[He does. Dave is going to make sure he does. Even if Karkat is a super mean guy wow.

A nod of his head again and a small shrug of his shoulder once more.]]

Sure man whenever, I'm mostly on nights anyway. I figured you could use someone you could rely on in the later part of the day. We can call ahead and just schedule an appointment or I could just fuckin' ask her, I'm talkin' to her right now too. I'm sure she'd be cool with that. You got anythin' on the schedule I should know? Tappin' them hunnies in the pot?

[[EXCUSE.
HIM.]]

Is...
is that a challenge? Are you challenging me while forgetting to say no homo before saying my mouth is just fucking? Bro. Don't challenge me.

[[Says the man before he continues talking.]]

Whenever, just let me know. I need to likely disarm my bedroom door before I can get this out anyway. Easier for you to tell me when's good for you.

[[To which he stops, pauses and snorts.]]

Nevermind I can just put it in my 'dex and go out my bedroom window which...

[[He looks offscreen, skeptically at it.]]

I think I'm still going to try to disarm. When's good?

[mutantblood]

[ Karkat is going to respond selectively to that... Mountain of words. It was hard for him not to tune out and close his eyes for a moment or two. Just to rest them. ]

No plans. Just fuck me up.

[ Shit talking on the Network doesn't count as a plan. ]

Stop throwing those words at me assuming I know what they mean or even care.
You know I find the sexual restrictions of your species dumb as fuck.

[ Also, wait. What? ]

If you're being serious, then you're not going back.
You're staying with me.
No traps.

Any time is good.

[itsknighttime]

no homo
so hard
maybe shell be open tomorrow or later today or somethin and we can get you some good sleep

[[Those are plans. Those are the only plans he ever has, don't you dare take that from him.]]

wow karkat
thats some serious short thinking i didnt give those hunnies a gender
plus theyre not dumb they like
let us breed
i thought you guys liked breeding
how else are we supposed to overtake planets and fill out our creators wants ultimately
dont you want us to become a planet conquering race karkat? isnt that what you wanted for us lowly humans? no? okay then let us do our thing

[[And while Karkat is ignoring specific things, so is Dave. He doesn't know what Bro has or hasn't done but it's got his hackles.]]

oh a preslumber party two person party?
yeah okay i could deal with that
i got to leave a message for bro to tell him ill be out a bit or hes going to worry
he worries about what im doing you know?
family
cant live with em cant live without em
okay im getting snacks and coming over

[mutantblood]

I don't think it will be that quick or easy, Dave.
She doesn't know how trolls work.
Which, fucking duh. I'm the only one here.
Not to mention the different metabolisms we have.
Seriously. They have different sopor strains for different castes.
And I don't even have a caste!

[ It's a little more complicated than dumping a troll in sopor and hoping for the best. Unfortunately. ]

NO. When you said homo.
That's the word John said.
I'm tired. Not panfucked.
ALSO. No. I don't.
We don't.

[ Karkat paused. He's trying to make sense of... All that. Maybe one of them misunderstood the other? Maybe he's missing words? ]

A preslumber and postslumber.
I'm not risking you getting decapitated because you need to use the load gaper at a bad time.
You've got your own hives.
This is fucking stupid.

[ Urrrrghh. ]

Fine. Hurry up.

[itsknighttime]

fine ill be the optimist and you can have the stick up your ass
its cool

[[Because that's what this is? No? Yes? Okay but he's going to make sure Karkat at least feels like there's an outcome where they don't get him no sleep.]]

i said no homo as in the blatant disregard of the homo that would be involved
ill show you the difference when i get over there

[[Wait. Context.]]

no homo

ah shit
karkat
youre breaking up
it must be the bridge youre going under
ill be over soon with a cool bed and some other shit

talk to you soon

[[BOY byeeeeeeeeeeeee. Also boy hiiiiiii, that tapping on the window is hiiiim. He might have expended the chroma to get his shopping done a little faster and maybe dive into the future where he can't meet his own clones here as far as he's seen. Dave is reenacting the Buffy the Vampire Slayer scene waiting for Karkat to let him in.]]

Aaaand and ACTION!

[mutantblood]

[ No responses. Just waiting. Of course, Karkat's curtains are closed. His housing is as dark as he can make it. It takes him a few moments of considering whether or not he is hallucinating before he shuffled on over to the window and peered between the sheets.

Two, dimly glowing yellow lights from his eyes lingered on Dave whilst his pupils narrowed into sharp, studious crescents. Inconvenient that he had to let them adjust to the light. ]

Fucking hell, Dave. [ He growled, fumbling with the window and tugging it open. It already feels a little too chilly for comfort out there. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave just waits, Karkat will get it or Dave will keep knocking. It doesn't matter what floor he is or isn't on at that point.

Luckily though he doesn't have to wait too long and gets the welcome home glare from Karkat's nocturnal gaze.]]

Hey.

[[To him fucking hell'ing him. He pops down into the window and climbs in, closing it behind him and starting to fuck with the curtains... sheets? So that Karkat won't have to reach. He's used to being the tall friend.]]

My turn to come baring gifts.

[[He hands over a bag of snacks and drinks.]]

One of those is soda, but it's supposed to be sugar free. I'm guessing you'll be hibernating come winter. Do you guys have winter? Really cold? Snow? Full disclosure Texas didn't have winter either but one time it snowed. It was cold.

[mutantblood]

[ Sheets and curtains. He is endeavouring to make this apartment as dark as he can feasibly manage.

Karkat stepped back, giving Dave room to enter through the window and fix everything on his way in. He watched the human with halflidded eyes, though clearly he had his attention. ]

Hello. [ He is polite enough to reply, even if his tone is half-grumbled.

Carefully, Karkat reached out with both hands to take the offered food and drink. He held them to his chest and slowly tipped his head off to the left to listen. ]

Cold. I fucking hate it. [ He huffed, moving back to settle upon the couch and tuck his knees close. He set aside his gifts but made sure that they were both within easy reach. He feels even more tired now that Dave has arrived, but he's not sure if that is because of the human's energy level or the fact that he feels just a little bit safer with him around. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave knows that Karkat can be a nice guy when he wants to, and any other ire or vitriol is just how he is. It doesn't bother him but the hello is nice. He lets Karkat, unimpeded, move wherever he wants to and follows after him.]]

Yeah it sucks balls a lot. I didn't like it. I mean it was good training but I hated it. Glad my planet was lava.

[[The heat he could take and maybe, just maybe, that's why Bro decided they live in Texas so he was ready for that sort of thing. He sits down next to Karkat, close enough to be close but not close enough to need a no homo.]]

They been bad? The nightmares?"

[mutantblood]

[ He is harmless. Dave knows this, Karkat (begrudgingly) knows this. He's at least dampened in his aggression beneath the weight of his exhaustion that hung heavy at his shoulders.

The atmosphere was calm as well. Quiet, aside the soft hum of the standard refrigerator, and warm. Very warm. Karkat never has been able to handle the cold well. Even now, in his slightly too-big sweater and tucked into the corner of the couch, he prefers the heating system to work its magic. ]

Or you could not be dumb and prefer neither. [ He grumbled, kneading his claws in lazy, alternating motions into the arm of the couch. The fabric plucks slightly with each slow curl of his fingers. ] The middle ground exists.

[ A short, acknowledging rumble rattled low in Karkat's chest when he felt the seat beside him sink under Dave's weight. One of his ears flipped backwards once the human began to speak once again. ]

I've been staying awake as much as I can. They're a pain in the chute and I don't give a fuck about even giving them the satisfaction of harassing me in the first place. [ Karkat hissed. Fueled by spite, as ever. ]

... But, yeah. They're bad. [ Whenever sleep overwhelms him enough to let the nightmares plague him. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave does know this but he doesn't rub it in. If one day Karkat ever got his shit together and didn't care about the blood thing, it'd be one hell of a reckoning for someone. He's a little more worried about Karkat's health than he is about poking fun at him, the network is different where they can ball bust all day and it's just good old fun. But not in person.]]

Nah.

[[That's his only response to it, make whatever out of it that you want, Karkat. There's not many things that actually tug at his heart strings, he's not heartless, but it's seeing Karkat say that something 'beat' him, even if he's doing his damnedest fueled by, as said, spite. The tiny rumbles make Dave keenly aware that he's alright and is doing nothing wrong by sitting down.]]

Alright.
But they can't withstand the power of friendship, Care Bears said so.

[[It's not like he hasn't spent nights curled up on Karkat's lap before where putting a friendly arm around him is a big concern. It's what he's doing right then, giving him a gentle tug in toward his shoulder/chest. Dave is trying to be casual about it, trying not to let the thump of his heart make a big deal about his forward move. It isn't a big deal at all so why would it be a big deal? No deal. None, not a deal. Howie Mandel has left the building.]]

We'll get it figured out. Won't be for much longer.

[mutantblood]

[ Dave is very, very lucky that Karkat's level of concentration is practically in the negatives right now. They still had those traps to discuss, but the poor troll was having difficulty holding a thought for more than a few moments. It made the weird shit that the human was spouting even more confusing. ]

Shut up. [ He mumbled, having decided that whatever nonsense he heard wasn't worth decrypting into even making slight sense.

No resistance was presented when an arm scooped Karkat in. He dropped against Dave with all of his weight and grunted. His fingers stretched and spread, then curled themselves against the Knight garb at his friend's chest. Knead time, pun maybe intended. The troll yawned, baring his short, sharp teeth with the languid stretch of his jaw, then settled himself in. He tucked his knees close and nestled in place with his eyes barely squinted open. This is fine. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave had to specifically bite his jaw down tighter, not because he got told to shut up. He knows himself and as soon as Karkat actually goes along with the tiny tug, he almost has the need to spout off about how god damn gay it is all while insisting he stay there.

For now it's mostly a tense of muscles now and again when he feels the prickly pun filled kneading of pointy nails. For the time, Dave settles back against the couch, adding the other arm to hold him in place. It's totally not gay to hold your homie goodnight.]]

You wanna sleep a bit more? If I catch you nightmarein' I can just wake you up. I promise I'm no Glen, I will wake you up and you'll still be on Elm Street. Knight in red cotton armour saving you from the dastardly dreams people who gave him that job.

[[Let him live.]]

Promise. You twitch? I wake you up.

[mutantblood]

[ Karkat didn't have the strength to pull away from the tug even if he wanted to. Which he didn't. There was a certain sort of comfort that came with feeling a heartbeat against his ear, and with how he was enveloped in a familiar scent. Each gentle clench of his fists progressively grew weaker with every knead. Karkat's eyes closed, and... ]

Nn. [ He twitched awake. The troll shuffled and curled tighter into himself. ] No.

[ Just no. No sleep. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave has been directly challenged. This is now a fight and Karkat doesn't even realize it. In fact, he employs the most devious of tactics and while he's awake sort of shuffles a little bit to grab his cape and pull it around him with the fold of his arm.]]

Alright, cool, no sleep.

[[It's easier to think that this is about winning when he knows Karkat is tired. It's really easy to think that he isn't lifting his hand and dragging it carefully through the bedhead locks at his shoulder because he wants to. Much easier than just admitting the obvious, everyone else back home had admitted the obvious and when he tried to tell John it blew up in his face.

It makes less thudding in his chest about it if he thinks on the scale of a challenge. If he thinks for one moment he's doing it because of how precious Karkat feels in his arms, against his chest, warm and relaxed, he'll have a mental breakdown at himself.]]

We'll just stay awake.

[[Which he's trying avidly to see Karkat do the opposite of.]]

[mutantblood]

[ Oh, God. Not the cape. Curse the comfort of a makeshift cocoon. Karkat growled in protest and arched his shoulders in a small, defiant display. It didn't last long. Too much energy was being drained when he didn't have much to spare. ]

Fuck no. [ He murmured and raised his head to nudge against the fingers threading so gently through his hair. Go away. No touches, the purrs don't mean shit.

But, once again, Karkat's kneading motions slowed to a slack stop. A drowsy whine passed and he drifted back to sleep. For now. ]

[itsknighttime]

Sure, I'm leavin' right now.

[[He is not. In fact, the opposite and he lays his head against Karkat's, petting just south of his own cheek in his hair. If he hadn't seen so many movies with Karkat, he may not really know this much, but he knows some.

In fact. Dave would like to think he knows what he's doing. He's been around Karkat almost constantly the last three years and the ins and outs of mister big bad here aren't so hard to figure. He just needed to feel safe and Dave understands that. So, for however long the tiny mutant is asleep, Dave just stays stationary, petting and playing silent games on his glasses. They may not hook to the system but at least still has this.

For all the rumbles and the growls and the snarls he gets, he knows that Karkat holds him in high regard and he'll do just like he promised. Keep him safe until he either wakes or twitches.]]

[mutantblood]

[ Twitches didn't seem to come. Occasional, creeping muscle clenches did, but there were no sharp movements for the time being. A heavy exhale rushed through Karkat's nose every now and then until all of his unease compounded. The troll flinched awake.

Not even an hour had passed. Groggy and confused, he snarled and clumsily backed away from Dave, his ears pinned and every ounce of him on the defensive behind the lingering haze of sleep. His fangs chattered and hisses rattled in his throat with a warning cacophony of clicks. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave at least tried. There's moments where he contemplates waking him up, but no, arm half asleep Dave lets Karkat be a snarly mess. He takes his arm back, the other is still around him, bending it and unbending at the elbow, working out a little kink in it from staying stationary.]]

Good morning sunshine.

[[There's no morning and trolls don't wake up in it.]]

Moonshine? That's alcohol.

[[You've woken up to your nightmare, Karkat.]]

[mutantblood]

[ All fangs and all snarls. There is barely a troll underneath all of that bravado. Ears back, pupils pinned, claws-- ]

Huhn..? [ Karkat squeezed his eyes shut and took a moment to steady his breathing. His heart was hammering. Being startled awake is never ideal, even with a good dose of confusion to offset a little of the fear.

He turned around to bite at whatever was moving around him. He got a mouthful of fabric and, luckily, didn't clamp down on the poor human's limb. That was an arm. ]

Dave. [ He mumbled behind a mouthful of cape and Time garb. It's a statement. That is Dave. He is nowhere near awake yet. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Dave is used to fangs, is used to snarls, but he forgets there's teeth behind it and that Karkat is a feral beast at times. No homo. It's Dave's fault for ambushing him with the rambling and with sudden movement instead of letting him wake up at his own pace.

The bite did nothing, it's true, Dave is capable of moving out of the way, but the slight movement of his arm so that there's only fabric is what Karkat gets.]]

Dude.

[[He's not mad, but you are totally biting his god damned clothes.]]

[mutantblood]

[ Slowly, Karkat released the grip of his fangs around Dave's clothes. His hands curled into tight, little fists. He peered upwards, eyes half lidded and dazed. He needed to confirm that Dave was here and this wasn't just a hopeful hallucination.

The troll whispered an apology and tucked back into himself, against Dave. He was trembling somewhat. He needed to push past the adrenaline spike of his nightmare and the surprising circumstances that he woke up to. At least he could nose close to a familiar scent and take reassurance from it. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[This is the result of this fucking place not having a damn thing ready for Karkat to help him and the second Dave sees him curl back in, it's one of the rarest heart breaks he's ever felt. He lived a life of daily fear and he can't imagine if those fears were even worse when he went to sleep, or needed sleep... well yes he can. Living with Bro and Cal was a hell he wasn't allowed to let himself experience.

When he tucks back in, it takes a few moments for Dave to realize and not that long for his arms to reach back out and hold him in against his chest.]]

Alright, alright.
It's not like you dreamed my dick was a monster and bit my pants it's just my arm. You didn't even get it, no blood drawn, so I don't gotta put you down.

[[He goes back to setting his head on Karkat's for somewhere to rest it.]]

We good man, it's all good. Nothin' big and scary out here. Like maybe taxes if we have to start paying those or neighbours that don't understand how to pull a curtain. I mean unless you got hot neighbours then I know why I wouldn't sleep.

[[Take his rambling to try to comfort. His rambling and the gentle nudge of his nose in some hair.]]

I got you, you're fine man.

[mutantblood]

[ Dave is talking. Of course he is, but Karkat isn't understanding many of the words being cast his way. He woke up rather suddenly and his consciousness is slowly catching up. His blinks are slow, lingering closed for longer than they open, and only one of his ears were alert.

The little troll's body was dead weight; easily scooped up against Dave's chest. With a soft grunt, Karkat rubbed at one of his eyes with a grumbled: ] What?

[ The noise of Dave is reassuring, he just doesn't understand all of those sentences. Karkat's ears splayed when the human nuzzled in between his horns. ] Yeah, it's just... Fucking... Ass.

[ Breaking news. It's ass. ]

[itsknighttime]

[[Groggy trolls are the best thing since sliced bread or melba toast. He just wishes it was because of the god damn sleep he had and not because of the lack of good sleep he can get. This has gone on long enough and Dave is determined to find something, anything, that can help him get rest.]]

Yeah bro, it sounds like ass. I got you though, I am the ass master. Nothing can get past me. No booty too round to escape my glaring gaze. No cheek too cheeky to go undenounced.

[[Dave offers a tiny little pet of his hand in the back of Karkat's hair.]]

Y'know I'll stay here and you can have your cat naps.

[[Even under the probability of being bitten.]]