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COLLAB ROUND: ABERRATION

a break in the pattern Hi shippers! Welcome to the very exciting and super special COLLAB ROUND post. The prompt here is ‘aberration,’ which you can interpret more or less any way you like; like last year, we’re deliberately leaving it pretty vague. If you are unsure whether something counts or not, just ask! (It probably counts.)

MORE INFO ON COLLAB ROUND, SCHEDULING, AND GUIDELINES FOUND HERE

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a sentimental shot.

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karkat and the bartender. when you were distractedfamiliarizing yourself with that lovely entertainer, you may or may not have left your companion in the hands of a well-built beverage mixer. karkat does not imbibe but he admitted that they had a tolerable conversation. 

the bartender possesses a small but sharp set of tusks, a pair of cloven feet, and a flirtatious smile that he flicks karkat's way. (karkat awkwardly turns him down.) his race, who call themselves Treodoruun, is from a nearby system.

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name: KARKAT VANTAS class: THRESHECUTIONER-IN-TRAINING, former status: DESERTER

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name: KANAYA MARYAM class: MEDIKILLER subclass: SURGEONIHILATOR

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a beguiling "showgirl"-- an elegant race with pennarum. upon an uncharacteristically intimate inspection on your part, that "boa" is in fact, biologically part of her. they are quite entertaining.

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one of the moons you hide out on (Usuryone, of the planet Thresherene in Sector MXII) is a bustling transport hub of mixed alien relations, one of the few places in this system that does not have an overt Alternian military presence. There is a phrase there that, in Troll, translates to "post-eventide shenanigans conducted at a pre-chosen destination that preferably serves inebriating beverages." 

you take a picture to immortalize the occasion.

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foreign monetary units. the first time you come across fibrous, pulp-based currency, neither of you know it. you think they are scraps of MANUSCRIPTIONERY because they lacerate so easily; you have a couple strewn around, thoughtlessly scribbled with reminders. in contrast, the universally-accepted GRUBSTUBS(1) are printed on TANNED GRUBHIDE.