ANOTHER OPEN LOG

[nitrodamus]

Who: Sollux and anyone who could be in the Trailblazer dorms.
Where: Trailblazer dorms.
When: January 31st and onward, whenever is convenient.
What: Sollux finally ventures out of Karkat's room for little bits at a time, and typically makes messes.
Warnings: Sollux, mostly.

[Either talk to me OOC and I'll set up a thread or just tag in and I'll reply with a description of what Sollux is going at the time! Threads below.]

Comments

[metabee]

[Metabee leans over to see what Sollux is pointing at.]

Close, but not quite, yo. I am a dude, that is not. That is a mushroom. It's a plant.

[nitrodamus]

Dooo-dah.

[He hums the word to himself quietly, as if enjoying the sounds on his tongue.]

Mushrooooom.

["Ooo" sounds are not ones you hear a lot of in Alternian.]

[metabee]

Yep, that's a mushroom.

[He leaned forward more to watch the screen better.]

Man you got the hang of that really quick.

[nitrodamus]

I'm good for videogames.

[He repeats the words, smirking a little bit in apparent satisfaction.]

[metabee]

I'm good AT videogames. That's what you're trying to say, dude. Watch out for the flying guys they should be coming up soon.

[He grabbed Sollux's shoulder for support as he pointed to the upper screen. The mattress wasn't exactly the most sturdy surface.]

[nitrodamus]

Good at videogames...

[He mumbles the words, and tenses suddenly when Metabee braces against his arm. He shrinks down a little, but doesn't actually pull away yet. He looks up at top screen, leaning over a bit like he might shake the robot off.]

What? Guys? Stop.

...Oh khshxx.

[It takes a moment, but he realizes that Metabee is trying to point out the monsters coming up. He frowns in concentration, but he ends up handling the situation okay. Afterwards he gives the device an approving look.]

I like two. The two.

[He gestures to the two screens.]

[metabee]

[When Sollux starts buzzing again Metabee gets a little concerned. Oh, right, he doesn't like being touched. Someone mentioned that earlier. He quickly throws his hands up, leaning back onto the bed.]

Sorry dude, my bad. I forgot you don't like touching.

[He relaxes a bit when Sollux changes the subject. Apparently video games are a universal icebreaker.]

Yeah the dual screen is pretty cool, the older ones only had one. The new ones have two screens still, and they're bigger and the top one does 3D stuff. I've asked to get one but they'll only approve stuff like that for the group I guess. Like the xbox in the main room.

[nitrodamus]

Xbozk?

[That's the one part he does understand. He's pretty sure he's heard Karkat say the word while they were speaking in Alternia. As a proper noun, it didn't have an exact translation.]

Different videogame? Electronic?

[metabee]

Yeah, you got it man! It's a little different than the DS, the screen is just the TV and then you have a controller.

[He gestured his hands apart to emphasize the screen size.]

If you want to try it out I can show you where it is. It's pretty cool, and we have more games for it than I have for that.

[nitrodamus]

[Sollux has apparently gotten to the end of the first level, and takes that opportunity to hand the DS back to Metabee.]

Yeah, I want look.

[metabee]

Sure thing, man.

[Metabee reached over to grab the DS, checking if it had saved before turning it off and putting it back in the drawer. He was a little annoyed to see Sollux had beat his high score already. Nerd.]

C'mon, dude, let's go check out the xbox. Main room is this way.

[He opened the door and headed into the hallway, waiting a second to see if Sollux was following him before heading off toward to TV room.]

[nitrodamus]

[Sollux gingerly follows the robot down the hall, though he is apparently much more nervous as soon as he's vaguely out in the open. He is worried about other people seeing him.]

[He stops at the end of the hall before the TV room and just stands there, hesitantly.]

[metabee]

[Metabee had gone ahead into the room, but poked his head back when he noticed Sollux wasn't following him.]

Yo, c'mon man, TV's in here.

[He glanced down the hall to se what had spooked Sollux, but didn't see anything.]

Dude, you don't need to worry about someone attacking your or anything, you're good here. Unless it's Wildcat, she might pounce on ya.

[nitrodamus]

[Sollux comes forward a little, but he keeps staring off to the side, distracted.]

Humans hit me. Out.

[metabee]

Yeah, Karkat told me. That sucks, bro.

[He went ahead into the room, jumping onto the back of the couch and scrambling over the top of it. He turned back to Sollux, obviously standing on the cushions.]

Are you trying to say 'ouch', or do you actually mean 'out'? Cause out doesn't really make sense on it's own.

[nitrodamus]

Out.

[He repeats the words, more forcefully.]

Not here. Other. What are 'ouch'?

[metabee]

[Sollux's response didn't really clear things up at all, but Metabee didn't really see the point of correcting him. Let Karkat fix his friend's english.]

OK, dude, whatever you say.

[He slid off the couch, and flopped down in front of the entertainment center, sorting through the games piled up next to the console. He kept talking as he looked for his favorite racing game.]

'Ouch' is, like, what you say when you get hurt, I guess to let other people know. Like, if you run into a doorway or trip or Flame Princess hits you with a fire blast or whatever.

[nitrodamus]

Ouch. Okay.

[He points at the games Metabee is filing through.]

Videogames?

[metabee]

Mmmhm.

[He wasn't totally paying attention, till he managed to find the disk he was looking for and swapping it out for whatever what in the console at he time. He put the disk back in the case since he had it open already and put it back on the pile.

He grabbed two of the controllers, tossing one so it landed near Sollux on the couch.]

Alright, let's get this started.

[He jumped onto the couch, grabbing the remote and getting the game setup.]

[nitrodamus]

[Sollux doesn't need any more explanation than that. Much like with the DS, he picks up the controller and it only takes a couple minutes for him to figure his way around it. He is going to take to this game annoyingly fast.]

[metabee]

[Metabee was a little impressed and a bit disconcerted by the ease that Sollux had figured out the game. He watched the menu screen flicker by until it got to the car select. He selected his usual choice, yellow of course.]

Dude, how is it that you can barely talk, and yet you managed to get through the entire start menu?

[nitrodamus]

[Sollux smirks, leaning over the back of the couch with the controller, eyes intently staring at the screen.]

Videogames, dude.

[He picks the car that has the most pleasing arrangement of red and blue and acceptable stats and is done with it. At least from what he can tell of the random ratings on the screen.]

I'm wreck you.

[metabee]

That's what you think, dude. It's ON.

[Metabee made sure to select his best track before Sollux managed to take over the menu controls again. and leaned forward in his seat as the level loaded up.]

[nitrodamus]

[It takes about a lap for Sollux to start figuring things out, and then another lap for him to catch up. By the end of the third lap, though, he's getting very close to schooling the heck out of Metabee. Watch yourself, bro.]

[He is also smirking quite a bit.]

[metabee]

[Metabee is not a quiet gamer, and get progressively louder and more agitated the better Sollux does. By the third lap he is basically falling off the couch he is leaning so far toward the TV.]

What the heck, man? There is NO WAY you can be this good. It has got to be illegal or something.