5 ∅ [Anonymous Text]

[callbacks]

[You'd think Dave would have learned his lesson about anonymity, but maybe learning doesn't stick so well at ass in the morning when he can't sleep. At least it doesn't seem like he's really trying to mask his identity, here. It's just...a plausible deniability thing, maybe. Probably, given the content of his message.]

what was growing up like for you
like
how was your childhood
were you happy

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[loveisanopendoor]

do you want the short answer or the long one because the short is

uh

pretty bad & absolutely not ^^;

text;

[callbacks]

[THIS IS SURPRISING AND UPSETTING NEWS. Who hurt you, Anna, he'll show them the mean end of a sword.

The mean end of a sword is the pointy end that hurts people.]

why what happened

[...Oh. Wait. Does this have to do with the stuff Elsa said? Shit. Okay. He won't show Elsa the mean end of a sword. ANYONE ELSE, THOUGH. RARRGH!]

[Text]

[monge]

I think so????
I don't really remember, it was a long time ago.

I don't think I was sad??

Why?

Were you??

[Text]

[callbacks]

i



im trying to figure some stuff out
because whether i was sad or not i told myself a bunch of things that might notve been true
about what was happening and how i felt about it
so im looking back and seeing if i can pick out what actually happened and seeing how other peoples lives compare might help me identify what was weird about mine
does that make sense

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[veggie_vamp]

Before or after becoming a vampire, because the before was kind of okay but I was still pretty happy, and when I became a vampire it got a lot better in some places but not in others?

text

[callbacks]

uh
both i guess??
if you were still a kid when you became a vampire

[action + anon text]

[quadrangle]

[... So, it's even more obvious that your moirail is playing anon when you can see him typing away on his Gear at the same time those responses are going up. Just saying. And, considering what Dave has been asking... yeah, Karkat can see why he hadn't been consulted on this immediately. How do human childhoods even work, he hasn't the faintest clue.

Wordlessly, after several more seconds of internal debate, he leaves his own perch and pads over to Dave's side. He's not the best at being unobtrusive (understatement), but that doesn't stop him from trying as he settles in at his moirail's back and fidgets with his own Pokégear.]

Difficult. I didn't get out much. It was too dangerous.
I was afraid.

[action + anon text]

[callbacks]

[Oh my fucking god, Karkat. Dave can feel him type, subtlety is not a thing that is taking place here on any level. He turns his head to say something, but the response stills him, and he just reads it, breathes out slowly, and responds.]

dangerous huh
did you have someone to protect you

[text]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Ohhhh boy she wasn't paying attention to the other comments here so she has no idea Anna already responded.....]

It was...
Very lonely.

[text]

[callbacks]

what did you do
when you were lonely

anonymous text;

[doitrockapella]

I imagine it was a childhood that many people would call "abnormal". Or "unusual", if they were being polite.

But yes, I was happy. I think children sometimes show amazing resilience to things that, as adults, they're surprised to reflect back on in retrospect.

anonymous text;

[callbacks]

[Ahahaha he doesn't want to talk about his resilience to things that he's surprised to reflect back on in retrospect. Haha. Hahahaha.]

so
i guess it was a good kind of weird?
were you raised in a houseboat or something because those sound fun

anon text 5ever

[styxiedust]

Quite honestly, I don't know. I don't remember what it was like. I feel like I was with people, though, and we all cared for each other. You know, until they didn't and I was left on my own.

I can't entirely blame them for not wanting anything to do with me after a certain point, since I'm not a human.

[callbacks]

they
just abandoned you???

[text]

[solas_ion]

It was pretty good. It was a long time ago, so most people would probably think the shit I did back then was crazy, but I was more than happy with it.

[text]

[callbacks]

what kind of crazy
like cool fun traveling through the jungle papoosed on your grandmas back crazy or more like
my dad tried to throw me off a roof when i was an infant crazy

permanon text;

[usedglaciate]

It was...difficult. My father really didn't do a great job at keeping work and home separate.

permanon text;

[callbacks]

what did he do
for work i mean

[Anon Text for all!]

[wing_attack]

It was pretty bad, actually.

I mean... no one wanted me.

[callbacks]

[Ow. Ow. That one slides home like a knife right through the heart. It takes a while for Dave to answer.]

how did you know

Anonymous Text

[dreamsofahero]

Are you seeking positive answers to encourage you, or negative ones to make your own circumstances feel better?

[callbacks]

wow what
im seeking honest answers so i know what to think of my experiences at all

[soundmind]

[And this is not anon because she doesn't care who knows.]

I already told you a little bit, didn't I? Honestly it could have been a lot worse, my parents just fought with each other sometimes but that wasn't a big deal.

[...She's also not bothering with the pretense that this "anon" is someone mysterious, the typing style is pretty obviously Dave's.]

PRIVATE

[callbacks]

maka you could at least PRETEND i was being surreptitious

[text]

[charcoalfeather]

If you want me to be honest... I really don't know at all if I was happy as a kid.

[text]

[callbacks]

[Well, that's weird.]

how come

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[There's no point going anonymous. And- if it's not him...then there will be nothing lost by doing this. If it is, maybe...]

mine was alright
kind of lonely for awhile


are you trying to figure something out?

[callbacks]

yes

[There's no way she doesn't know that this is him. But, well. Gotta keep up appearances.]

Text

[coolskeleton_95]

[The text seems pensive? As pensive as caps locked Papyrus font can get.]

FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER IT'S ONLY BEEN MY BROTHER AND I. WE...HAD TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, BECAUSE WE WERE ALL THE OTHER HAD. IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR TOO LONG, REALLY....

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[callbacks]

[...

Ooooooooooooooooooh okay that one's hit a little too close to home.]

um

how
did that go

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[heartdive]

Parts of it were and others weren't. Good things happened and some really bad things happened as well. I think part of growing up is how you deal with the bad stuff.

[permatext]

[callbacks]

[Whoa okay dude what if your anonymous correspondent here was trying to be considerate to any roommates he might have, why do y'all gotta put your faces up on everything abusing the weirdly everlasting bandwidth of this fine PokéNation. How HI-RES do you even have to BE?

Anyway, Dave sticks to his anonymous text because of course he does.]

so how do you deal with the bad stuff

[islandshore]

Pretty dull, honestly.
Lived on a tropical island, but when you live there all your life, it's less like a fancy resort.

But i guess I had it good. didn't have much to worry about besides a personal score in all the stupid games we'd play and getting good grades at school.

Honestly, the most exciting things that happened were when two strangers dropped by from the outside world, and when a girl washed up after a meteor shower.

[callbacks]

what kind of meteor shower
like not the kind that destroys planets i guess