aperture_high | IT'S THE HOMESTUCK ICE CREAM PARTY!!

((COME ONE, COME ALL. BRING YOUR HOMESTUCK CHARACTERS FOR A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL!!))

[Jade couldn't really say how she got here-- though she was a space witch, it was all still a blur. However it happened, she had somehow ended up in a strange metropolitan beacon-- Final Destination City. For a girl who spent most of her life on an island, it was kind of a culture shock.

She knew what she needed.

She needed ice cream.

It had also come to her attention that she might not be the only SBURB-er in the city. Much like her methods of transportation, she wasn't quite sure how she knew, or who was here, but she decided to test the waters and fire off a quick fishhook message. Just in case.]

hello anyone out there!!!
anyone in the mood for a treat???
i'm going to sprinkletown won't you come keep me company?? :)

[The only thing better than ice cream was ice cream with friends, after all. So here she was, standing in front of the parlor in winter gear. She had awkwardly tried to place earmuffs over her white dog ears, but settled on just cutting holes in a skull cap. Who would come to get cold desserts in the cold weather with her?]

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[ICE CREAM? ICE CREAM.]

Hey, I want some ice cream!

[SHE WILL TAKE THE SCIENCE FLAVOR.]

[Well, this was a new face. She seemed friendly though, so she should be welcomed all the same!]

well come on down then!!
i'll see you there?? my name is jade by the way :D

Nice to meet you, Jade! I'm Ema!

Sorry, you just seemed really nice to offer ice cream!

hello ema!!!
it's totally fine! :) i don't know how long i'm gonna be here or anything....
so i thought i would see what this big city had to offer!!
oh!! i'll be the one with the long hair and the white fluffy dog ears
woof
:)

White fluffy dog ears?

[Jade claims to have dog ears. Questionable enough to write down. Must see if they are real or not.]

Oh, okay! I am the girl with the long hair and lab coat!

okay i will be on the look out
see you in a little bit!!!

[AND LO

KARKAT

IN A BOOTH

WAITING.

This was the place they'd decided to meet, after all, but MAN did he feel awkward. Obviously unaccustomed to this kind of establishment, he'd gone into full-on sulk mode, hunched over and looking INCREDIBLY GRUMPY as he waited for Jade.]

[Jade had wandered inside of the parlor, keeping her eyes open for a girl with long hair and a lab coat-- however she couldn't help but feel a pleasant hammer in her chest at the sight of a boy with messy hair and little orange horns waiting instead. The sulk only helped her recognize him. She strode right up to him, biting her lip in restraint, but she was grinning pretty big anyways.]

Karkat... !

[OH there she is. Maybe. Possibly. Karkat has never actually met her in person before.

So he's gotta make sure it's actually Jade. Then they can partake in the glory that will be human frozen confections.]

Password.

[She ponders on this, but she can't help the full blown smile, buck teeth and all.]

I think... was it... "See You Soon?" Or did you already say that? I was kind of distracted last time we talked...

[She didn't want to bring up the fact that she blew up the last time she talked to him. She kept her hands clasped tight behind her back, restraining herself from reaching out and touching his shoulder or something. It was Karkat! Sitting right here, in front of her! She could hardly believe it.]

[His expression softens ever-so-slightly at that, his frown maybe possibly beginning to uncurl itself. Maybe. It could just as easily be a trick of the light.

He leans back in the booth with a whump, arms still folded.]

Password accepted, fuckass.

[That means HAVE A SEAT. Or awkward across-the-boothhug. Who knows.]

[Oh gosh he was so adorably grumpy. She stifled a giggle and slid into the booth across from him, swinging her legs off the seat. She folded her hands on the table in front of her.]

Wow, you're really here... I thought some people might answer my message, but I didn't think you'd be the first person I'd meet.

[Swing swing swing.]

Um... have you ever had ice cream before?

[He probably should have been more upset by suddenly finding himself in a strange city with all these humans and other strange creatures, but truth be told, her message had been a comfort and he'd rushed to the given location as soon as possible, just for a sense of familiarity.

Even if that familiarity was someone he'd never actually met.

Not that he'd ever admit any of that, of course.]

I have not experienced your frozen human confection, no.

[Ice cream wasn't really on his mind, anyway. Were those--were those ears real? Maybe he could just. Reach out and.

Touch. Them.]

[Oh. That was interesting. She was just about to explain the concept of ice cream (she would have never imagined having to do something like that), when Karkat reached across the table to touch her ears.
~~One of her legs involuntarily shook~~
Well. If that was the way it was going to be. Jade reached back across the table to touch the troll's horns.
So there they were. Two kids, sitting across from each other in an ice cream parlor, touching each other's heads in relative silence. Off to a great start.]

[Oh, wow. Okay. Those are real.

As a rule, Karkat DOES NOT LIKE ANYONE NEAR HIS NUBS EVER and though he flinches a little, looking as though he's about to launch into one of trademark tirades on personal space and touching other people's nubs without asking, he does realize such a speech would make him a big fat hypocrite.]

I'm going to sit back down and we're going to pretend that didn't happen.

[Yeah. She's just gonna. Lean back as well. She bit back a comment on how they felt just like Earth animal horns for Karkat's benefit.]

Um. Okay. That sounds good.

[AWKWARD SILENCES. She slowly moves a hand to the side to get the menu.]

Aaaaanyways! Here, let me show you. It's really cold, and really sweet. It's good, I promise!!

[She points out the list of flavors.]

It comes in all these... wow, there are a lot here that I've never even heard of...

[A pair of weird lyre-shaped candy corn horns started slooowly emerging up from beneath the table in the vacant spot of the booth next to Karkat.]

[Jade immediately smiled again, though she was just a little confused. It was another troll! But... which one? Karkat did mention a... clown.]

Uh. Hi!!

[GAMZEE YOU ARE RUINING THIS DATE AND IT HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET.]

Gamzee, you assclown, what the fuck are you doing?

IT'S THE HOMESTUCK ICE CREAM PARTY!!

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THIS IS A NON ICE CREAM THREAD FOR AMANDA