[para] communication
characters → @hautekurture, @knockonkarofsky
location → undisclosed midnight madness location, nyada campus, ny.
timeframe → october 9, 2019
summary → kurt has questions about marley he thinks karofsky can answer.
notes → mentions of suicide, death, missing people.
Kurt thought he saw someone he knew. Under his chosen mask for Midnight Madness, Kurt's eyes blazed with the memories the familiar figure brought in him. It has to be him. Shoving his hands into his Prada Military Bomber Jacket, Kurt tailed his target. His blue Valentino Garavani Rockstud Rockrunner camouflage sneakers crunched dead twigs. It was cold tonight. Even his Mackintosh 0004 zip-neck sweater and the compression tights layered under his And Wander belted trousers didn't keep away the cold. When Kurt followed enough, he called out the name. "Karofsky. Stop."
David stopped. It has been days he had been trying to see a Midnight Madness match, to no avail. He keeps getting lost until it's already too late. A distant memory calls him. He turns around to see it. "Fuck, were supposed to wear masks too?" He asks, a bit embarrassed. "Finished already?" He tries to look at a clock, but he isn't wearing any as usual, so he ties to check the masked one's wrists. "You a fighter?"
Kurt raised an eyebrow at Karofsky not recognizing him, however it made sense. Kurt didn't wear masks of all things in his regular attire. "You could say that," Kurt said and then dropped the charade. It's stupid to pretend to be someone else. "Come on, you know who I am, Karofsky. And I know you know something about Marley Rose. Tell me. How did you help her get out." Kurt pointed without hesitation to the witch. "You can't play dumb with me, you already tried that in the faepocalypse."
David could recognize the voice when he talked more. His expression got serious and he felt more uncomfortable when he mentioned Marley. "You don't know shit. Didn't help her at all." He uses the back of his hand to get rid of the accusatory finger. "Don't have to play. Bullshit name." But what if Kurt talked about this because he knew something. "You know something others don't, Kurt?"
Kurt felt a prickle at the side of his forehead when Karofsky caught on and deflected. "That's what I mean, I don't know what happened to her, but you do. Weren't you her right-hand man? The faes' hapless, faithful servant?" He let out a snort when Karofsky pushed his hand away. "I know there's no way she could have gotten on that bridge if she didn't get out of NYADA. And since lockdown happened, I sure as hell didn't see any Lusus Naturae given a pass to go."
David crosses his arms and looked at the side. Kurt didn't know. Of course. Why would he. "Was. Things changed when they killed half the clan." He says, trying to focus more on his anger and bitterness of the betrayal than the loss. He paused a moment to breathe, to think what to say. "You want me to find ya a way to get out, or are you worried 'bout her?"
Kurt was taken aback. They killed his clan? The arguments and counters Kurt had made in his head dissipated. He wanted to say sorry however Kurt couldn't even find the words to apologize. He was stunned silent. "Are you, or I guess, your clan going to file charges?" Kurt asked quietly. "I think you should. They should face punishment for what they did." Kurt swallowed, however the lump stayed. "I'm surprised you aren't worried. Did you read what happened? Truth be told, I don't think she's dead. However, I do believe she's in danger. Funny thing is, I'm not even her friend. I think she actually quite hated me. But I also think that's the reason why I should figure out what happened."
David almost laughs. Almost. "File charges? You know what exiled means. Punished? Most of Le Fay's are dead or locked." He said annoyed. He thought about it. Punished. "That doesn't help." What for. All the punished wouldn't fix anything. He wanted to ask what makes Kurt think he isn't worried. But he wasn't. He was avoiding thinking about it. "Don't want to think she's dead either. She's my friend." But he knows it. She is dead. David looks at the little stones on the fround, kicking out one. Everyone arounds him ends up being dead. He doesn't want hopes to search a dead person. If he ignores it, Marley would never die. She just ran away. "Doesn't make sense. You thought I helped her run away. Now ya think she's in danger. Why? Why's hate your reason?”
Kurt frowned. He admitted he didn't know what exiled meant in the magical world. "It doesn't matter if you're exiled, your clan deserves justice, isn't that right? Le Fay's wrong, obviously. However not all her followers are responsible... You feel that too, don't you." Kurt said, feeling strangely angry at Karofsky's demeanor. The Karofsky I know wouldn't want to leave things as they are. He would do something about it. Kurt crossed his arms and leaned on one hip. "The two aren't correlated, Karofsky. You can help someone out of saving them and then they end up doing something on their own that's," Kurt stopped himself from saying destructive. "Hate's my reason because it means I won't be caught in expectations. I don't know what to expect from her, so I won't be disappointed."
David uncrossed his arms. "It matters. They don't get what they deserve. Ain't part of this society. Every witch's saying shit 'bout unity but they still ignore the clan. Bet they'll say they had it comin'." He was getting fired up. "'Le Fay used lot of people. Who's responsible, then? Aren't I?" He was getting piss off. And trying to calm himself and listen to Kurt. "I got expectations. You too. Just not nice ones. What do ya think you're gonna find?" David shows Kurt his own crystal comm, disguised as a phone. "Been calling her. Doesn't answer. If we don't know more 'bout her, she ran away, free. If we'd know..." He saves his phone on his pocket. He doesn't want to say it. "K. Whatever. Let's try to find her. But you don't have a clue, don't ya?"
Kurt replied, "Then let's not make it matter. Who cares what the government think. Commons government thought gay people didn't deserve rights and we pushed back. I don't think your clan deserved the betrayal. And as much I don't care for how specifically magical lusus naturae are, it doesn't mean they are lesser than me. It also doesn't mean they are better than me either. We're all people." Kurt quieted when Karofsky was talking. It was surprising to hear Karofsky talk so much about this subject, when the boy would suffice with a yes or a no. "The ones who are responsible are the ones who have no guilt about what they did. The ones who make excuses for their actions. You want to amend for your mistakes? Then do it by helping me for now." Kurt raised an eyebrow at the phone. This is so old-school. I guess he's telling the truth that he doesn't know. "Is she the type to even pick up her phone? Doesn't she... pollen or something." Kurt sort of remembered what she had told him. "I have been talking with Dani. I have my theories something spurred her to leave without a word to anyone."
David sighs. The validation didn't feel bad, but he knew it wasn't going to help. "I care. Things ain't going well for the clan. Need people to make a change. The're more gays than Karofskys." He keep trying, but no result at all was making it feel hopeless. Whatever it was because he was doing it wrong or it was impossible, he was tired. He keep silent when Kurt started to talk about making amends. He tried to not tear up much, so he just nodded after a moment. After a while, he keep trying to talk again. "A-ain't a phone. Crystal comm. Could know where she is if she sent a signal. But she ain't doing it. She can't or she doesn't wanna." He took his crystal comm again, and showed him the fake phone just...light up, but didn't do anything else a phone could do. "What theories?" He asks. "Uhm, Kurt...thing going okay? For ya?"
Kurt softened his stance and uncrossed his arms. "I can't argue there." He bit his lip and added on, "Sorry... and. Can I touch you?" He was one of the few people who wasn't a fan of randomly starting physical contact. Kurt pursed his lips at the crystal communication and nodded slowly. He didn't get it. He sucked in a breath from his teeth, and put his hands on his hips. "Theories about missing for two weeks. I don't remember what happened. I know I was somewhere else for a while and came back. I wonder if Marley remembered. If that's what made her want to go." He smiled ruefully behind his mask and pulled it off and away from his face. "I'm not scared that I'll get my memories back. I'm anxious what I'll do when I see them."
David is thankful for it. He doesn't want to argue about it now. "No problem." He gives him a soft nod "Ye. Ain't poisonous if ain't bleeding." David remembers when they went missing. Marley didn't remember. Dani told her no one seem to remember. He gets worried, and sees Kurt face again for what it feels like years. "What ya think you'll do? Get in danger?"
Kurt reached out and patted Karofsky on the shoulder. He kept his hand on the other's shoulder for a while and said with a slight flush, "Don't mention it. I'm not scared of touching you, you know I've fought you hand-to-hand before. I just know how it feels to not want to get touched when you're feeling a lot of things. Also, I know how it feels to want to have a sympathetic touch when I'm feeling a lot of things." He shrugged and pulled his hand back to shove back into his bomber jacket. "I worry I'll get other people in danger. Maybe that's why Marley left too."
David accepted the touch, but still felt weird about reciprocating it. He didn't blush until he saw Kurt blushing a bit. He looks down and smiles brightly. "Will remember it." His smile faded hearing Kurt's theory. "Rather be in danger than be without ya." He says. "If ya remember somethin' like that... tell someone. K?" He scratch his neck. "Did ya ask the others who went missing too yet?"
Kurt returned to the seriousness of their conversation and smirked. "Being with me is being in danger, Karofsky." Then one second later, "Oh my god, why did I say that? Augh, if I sound edgy like that again, tell me I'm acting like a CW character. That'll snap me out of it." Kurt pulled a disgusted face. Kurt sighed and looked up into the night sky. "What is there to tell? Sometimes I feel like I'm giving people more trauma laying it on them 'cause I don't want to shoulder it alone. I haven't asked them yet, because nothing came out of it, until now. I don't know if Marley is a lone anomaly or the start of a pattern, but I know I don't want to wait to find out. I haven't talked to Blaine about this yet because I need for him to focus on his studies. He's aiming to graduate next year, and I know I'll be graduating soon." Kurt's breath fogged around his face. "I won't be here at NYADA after April."
David snorted a bit. "You can be edgy if you're sharp enough. Don't now what's CW, won't stop ya." He jokes. Kurt looked up to the starless sky, and David looked at him. He tries to kick another small stone on the way. "You feel people laying trauma on ya when they ask or tell ya 'bout these stuff too?" He feel like he was going to fell into the same mistakes again. But before saying he should tell Blaine, there was other thing. "You're leaving. I'll miss ya. Ready been." He was probably crossing way too many lines. "Glad you're leaving tho. This place shit." He thinks for a while. Blaine was talking about weddings, the last time he read him. "Ya sure don't wanna tell Blaine?"
Kurt burst out into a little giggle he hadn't expected could come from him. "Yeah, I'm very sharp." Kurt gave Karofsky an intense glare and relaxed to show he was joking. "Don't search it up. It's just trash shows, unless you want to learn about trash tv, then go ahead." Kurt shook his head. "No, because, maybe this is awful of me to say it, I know I'm not the one who's in that trauma? So I feel like I can help." Kurt leaned back to look at Karofsky, taking in the comment. "Thanks." I missed you too, now that I think about it. Now that I don't run away from thinking about it. Kurt shook his head. "Yes, I'm sure. He's busying himself with other thoughts now. He's happy with those thoughts." Kurt gave his phone to Karofsky. "Put your number in. I don't use crystal communications."
"Then maybe others can help ya too." David says, trying not to think much about Kurt giggling. "If they aren't on it." He takes Kurts phone like he has been given a technology he doesn't know how to use. "I gave ya one crystal. It's hard to use?" He asks. Maybe Kurt doesn't get crystal as David doesn't get phones. "Don't have a phone. Give me yours. Can call ya on the street public phone machines."
"Are you asking for my number in a roundabout way?" Kurt asked and gave Karofsky his phone number regardless. He remembered he could have received something like a crystal in the mail a while back. Kurt had thrown it out didn't he? Keeping that to himself, Kurt deflected back to Karofsky. "Do you need help getting a phone? Truthfully I won't answer my phone from unknown numbers. Dani and I are going to Marley's dorm room soon. The main thing we need to figure out is how to spoof NYADAIDs so we can leave campus or find another way out without the authorities on us. I think we need to go back to the Lusus Naturae Protection Committee office." My most dreaded place.
"You were asking for mine." David says, writing it down. He grunts. He gave Kurt the crystal because it was the only way for him to communicate. "Dunno how to use 'em. What's so bad 'bout crystals?" David thought for a while. "Know where to get permissions. Got permits to do magic outside." He says, remembering his lopphole abraxas. "Need one or two?"
"Yeah I did. Not in an indirect way," Kurt smirked with confidence. His smile faded when Karofsky asked him the question. "I don't know how to use the Crystals... and it feels off to me to use something magic like that." Kurt put his hand on Karofsky's bicep. "You keep them. I can use my powers without worrying about getting caught. I might need you to back me up with your magic however we're looking to fight as a last resort. Information first. We need to find out Marley is filed in their system.”
David didn't think it was indirect. "Same with phones." He said. "Feels wrong to get one." He says, thinking about it. "Maybe should get one anyway." Kurt touched him again. "M-mean the NYADA IDs. Can get one where I got my stuff." David nods. "K. Will do. Find stuff."
Kurt thought of a better one. "Just ask to borrow a friend's phone and call me. You don't have to get a phone because I said so. Thanks. I'll look around the online shops too." Kurt was referring to the black market. Since he and Karofsky were headed the same way, Kurt pointed it out. "Come on, let's go back before campus police is on our ass, and I'd rather not run in these running shoes." Kurt slipped the mask down on his face and walked along Karofsky.
