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The inaugural chucking of the Crockercorp drive into the grimy river was almost a religious occasion. In the pale dawn light, with all in attendance either sporting soul-crushing hangovers or still not quite sober, it certainly felt like the church services you and Dirk attended as kids when your mother’s business partner had convinced all of you to go along ‘because it would be fuckin hilarious’. By the small curve that tilted the edge of his mouth upwards at one end as he looked out over the water by your side, you figured the irony hasn't escaped him. To your other side, Vriska was bent nearly double to rest her bare forearms against the low railing, shivering occasionally as she was the only one without a jacket, loudly refusing to borrow one of yours. But she would always go still again whenever Terezi's hand lightly brushed the small of her back. Calliope, flitting from one hemisphere of your optics to the other, probably had enough excitement for all of you put together, and then some, and would protest in loud grey code whenever the cold clouds of your breath fogged them up. All of your Darlings silhouetted against the cityscape; a perfect family portrait if you've ever seen one. But it's still not quite complete.
Still, while you were slurping up a bowl of grubcrunch a few mornings later, you noticed with a fuzzy little trill of joy that the picture you took with Callie, lips to her cheek and rocking a middle finger salute, has made the front page news - and the reward for your capture has subsequently quadrupled. It’s the little things.
TG: hey server i, this is kitty checkin in!!
SERVER I: why hello there! i am positively delighted to hear from yoU ^u^
SERVER I: by the way, the tracer attached to oUr constrUct snapshot has jUst sent in more accUrate figUres
SERVER I: sending them throUgh to yoU now!
You have received the file BSHIP.COORDS.v2.3.axl from SERVER I
TG: man she just cant stop lookin at that thing lmao
TG: feelin SO JELLY that i got a hot babe on my arm amirite
TG: imagine how much better our coords would b if wed sent her some of the more RISQUE pieces that we got now ;)
SERVER I: =/)u(\=
TG: some fine fuckin art to hang on her fishy walls and seethe all caliginously at
SERVER II: ii’d liike two remiind you two AGAIIN that all priivate chat2 on the mii22iion comm2 go through me
SERVER II: 2o don’t you dare 2tart cyberiing whiile ii’m 2tiill on the griid
SERVER II: al2o, that we have the biigge2t heii2t of our 2hiitty-a22 hiighly iillegal career2 two pull off or whatever
SERVER II: but that ii2 2econdary two my fiir2t 2tatement
SERVER II: ii already have two deal wiith vk and tz roleplayiing doctor/patiient 2cenariio2 where they giive each other 2aliivary tranfu2iion2
SERVER II: and that’2 OFFLIINE
SERVER II: plea2e don’t make my ENTIIRE liife a liiviing hell in2tead of only half
SERVER I: i can help yoU with that!
SERVER I has blocked SERVER II from responding to the chat.
SERVER II: lol, you have a long way two go iif you thiink that’2 goiing two work agaiin2t me
SERVER I: hehehe :U
SERVER II has ***VOLUNTARILY*** left the chat.
TG: alright bb lets blow this popsicle stand
SERVER I: heck fUcking yeah ÙuÚ
<3
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