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Who: Karkat Vantas (

10thingsihateaboutme) & Magdal Leijon (

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Where: The Sufferist safe house.
When: End of February
What: The Second Troll Jesus meets the Disciple of the First.
Warnings: Don't expect there to be any. Karkat's swearing??

Di was nervous.

She had known to eventually she would be introduced to the Signless' successor, but after so long of being left to her own devices she had started to wonder if something had gone amiss. When she woke up to the message that they would be bringing him in today it had first sent her into a fit for them not having giving her more notification and then a panic when she realized she...really had no idea of what to expect. How old was he? How informed was he? Was he fully immersed with the Sufferist, or was he like her, still getting his bearings? When she realized just how much she didn't know it made her exasperated but at least that was easier to deal with than anger or panic.

It was a testament to how badly she wanted to make a good impression that she actually gave some thought as to what to wear. In the end she had settled for some boring black dresses pants and long sleeved turtle neck, but the fact that Di had given an iota of thought instead of just slapping on whatever she grabbed first was something.

The rest of the day was spent nervously cleaning up things for the fifth time, looking at the clock, trying to read, looking at the clock, redoing her braid, and looking at the clock. There had to be something wrong with it because she was certain it had never been this slow before, but when at last that knock came it almost seemed too soon.

Di took a moment to compose herself before walking to the entrance, and opening the door.

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"Not much. Learning about it is what I've been trying to do in the time I've been here." She would probably have a much better general sense if she didn't insist on researching things in such detail, but that was her way.

"As for the Trailblazers I know they are an organization with several groups around this continent. They take in younger...superheroes...people who show exceptional combat skills or abilities to train them. CONDOR supports them and that's about it as far as my knowledge goes."

"Yeah," he says. "That's my team. I'm on the West Coast Trailblazers – that's the Trailblazers group on this side of this Earth continent – and..." He winces a little. "It's probably because I'm the only troll, so every now and then some jackass notices me when I'm not in uniform and decides they're gonna use me as bait to try to lure the rest of the team into a trap whatever. Or just because they hate Alternians, whatever."

Disciple honestly was not sure what to think of this situation anymore. Back when the movement had first begun things were different. Sure the odds were overwhelming. More so than now, if she had to be honest. Before it was her, Signless, Psiioniic, the Dolorosa and those who followed them against the Empire. An Empire that had powerful highbloods, and almost all the technology in their hands. Here they had many more followers, some of them capable of producing great things, and one of the most powerful organizations of another planet backing them up. By all accounts things should look much more brighter but...they didn't.

Karkat was so young and she was now, more or less, useless with how out of her element she was. Moreover, while she still held onto those strong beliefs of equality and compassion without really having any individuals to love and want to protect it was harder to hold onto those ideas.

Before, while things had been overwhelming at the very least she had been able to chart out the things needed for their success. Now she was completely lost. Where to even begin when things were so difficult for Karkat in a place that was meant to be sanctuary from their oppressors?

Well, perhaps that was her answer. It wasn't much of one, but if Karkat kept getting dragged into situations like that he needed to learn to defend himself better.

"What training do they give you at Trailblazers?"

Karkat frowns slightly. "I do a bunch of combat training, why?"

She had assumed as much but it was good to have it confirmed. It vague answer though.

"Do they focus on anything in particular, or is it generalized? I was thinking perhaps I could show you some things I know. Truth be told I'm not sure how much my experience will count for in this world, but I don't think it would hurt to share what we know."

He actually perks up a little at that. "Shit, really? Hell yeah, that'd be awesome – our stuff is pretty general but mostly I use sickles..."

She smiled a little as well when he seemed to perk up. Fighting against someone who wielded sickles would be familiar, so she wouldn't be completely lost.

"We'll find a way to make it work. Do you know of any space that we could use?" She'd rather not wreck the place that was provided for her.

"We could probably get away with doing it at the Trailblazers base," he suggests. "We've got a training facility there, I'd just have to clear you with CONDOR first, and they already know you're here..."

Di nodded. It seemed like a good idea, and while she had never really spoken with any representatives of CONDOR, considering she was using facilities they had provided, she was certain the Sufferists must have informed her of them.

...then again, perhaps not. She frowned a little. With everything else that had been happening she wasn't certain whether CONDOR knew she was here or not. It had never really crossed her mind.

"I'll need to confirm things with the Sufferists first but that seems like an ideal place." She'd be very interested in see what the Trailblazers was like.

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"Cool," he said, "yeah, okay." He was actually kind of smiling there – he did want to make a good impression on her, and maybe if she taught him some moves they could, like, bond or something... maybe this would all be less awkward.

It would definitely be nice to have something to focus on. Helping Karkat be able to defend himself better would finally be something that made Di feel like she was accomplishing something of worth. As tense as their conversation had been thus far, she likewise felt that it would be nice to get to know him more.

Though there was nothing stopping them from doing that still.

"With some business taken care of...I'd really like to know more about you, Karkat. If you don't mind that is. What do you like to do?" She was curious about a lot of things really. Largely what his life had been like up until now, but those were questions that were best left for some other time.