Karkat would have let you stay longer than this. You get the feeling that this is only because he has no concept of what regular human hangouts are supposed to be like, which is an interesting phenomenon you do not currently have the headspace to explore. The temptation to stay for more than one night is there -- the temptation to stay for a week, to set up camp here, to hide out on an Earth that is not Dirk’s to conquer.
Your ego outweighs that temptation, though. You refuse to hide from him. He doesn’t have the guts to actually hurt you, because that would hurt Dave and Jake and he so desperately needs their recognition. Dirk has nothing on you. When you found out, last night, that he was sending spies your way, you got scared for a little and sought a place to run to, but he has nothing on you.
So, after eating cold leftover pizza alongside Karkat’s breakfast cereal, you bid him goodbye and head back over to your timeline.
The second you round the corner towards your apartment building, you see them.
One is leaning against the wall next to the heavy entrance door, scrolling through his phone. One is standing across the street, hands in his coat pockets, looking over the crosswalk. And one, you see when you crane your neck, is standing on the roof of an adjacent building, a blurry shape too high up for you to recognize further, but just clear enough to know.
Of course they found you. When you rented this place, years back after returning from the Game, you didn’t think to sign the contract under a fake name. You didn’t think it would come to this.
And they’re still here. Waiting.
You shift your weight on your feet, teeth grit, upper lip curled. Fuck. Shit. Still you are convinced that Dirk wouldn’t do anything to physically hurt you, but you don’t want to be walking past that guy next to the door and go up to your apartment. You don’t want to be home knowing they are watching. You don’t even plan to be doing anything incriminating -- you just do not fucking want to be spied on.
With an annoyed exhale, you walk back around the corner which you came from. You put your backpack on the floor, and crouch to sift through it. Last night, when you packed, you were considering something like this, so you packed extra clothes. You have those. You also took out half of your savings, so you wouldn’t have to use a card that Dirk can track.
Alright.
You have three clean pairs of underwear, a couple hundred dollars, and nowhere to go.
Dave, your mind helpfully supplies, you can go to Dave’s. Because he’s your best friend and you’ve always been allowed to crash at his place for whatever reason. It just so happens that he also used to be your boyfriend, and you broke up with him mere days ago. And you were going to give him space. And you have a responsibility to do that. And maybe this isn’t his fight to be involved in anyway.
You could rent a motel room, but you don’t want to spend the money. Your aspect helps you with gambling, which is how you got these funds in the first place, so you suppose you’ll end up at a casino again sometime today. You can get more cash there, and maybe some stupid drunk will let you sleep at his place if you bat your lashes at him just right. You can buy new clothes, and stay on the move. And Dirk can go fuck himself.
It’s not your worst plan. You have spent days like this in the past, only in an attempt to cope with the horrors of living instead of to hide from a rabid billionaire. This is home turf. It’s fine. You can adapt.
First things first. You’re going to get some goddamn Starbucks.
I’ve been busy working on school projects the past few days but I decided i wanted to take a break from them today to knock out a quick Dragon to go along side the last one I did early this month. Didn’t realize I used the same colour scheme as the other one until I was halfway through it.
The first major school project should be done in about a week. It’s a series of Mono-prints similar to the Skull series I did last time but with a new subject. Besides that there a portrait in charcoal that’s going to ‘evolve‘ as I change it from a portrait to... something. I’m not sure what quite yet. And finally there’s the long term project that won’t be done till early April.
Haha, sorry I've been super quiet on here. Quieter than I personally would like, but not unexpected with how busy I've been. Anyway, in the small moments I've had of free time, I've been bouncing around different activities. But most importantly for here, I'm almost done designing those Persona 5 arcana masks! I'm finishing up Judgement later today, which leaves The World for last. Then, hopefully, I'll be coloring them all in a stream at some point either this week or next. And then once that is done, I am going to finish up that wallpaper I gave y'all a preview of a few weeks ago. ^_^ This being said, I can't make any promises on streaming for sure as I am moving in just over two weeks. So, I'll see about streaming sometime whenever I want to take a break from packing everything. XD But wait, there's more! xD I also wanted to announce that I'm going try charm making! I got an idea that several friends on mine really liked, so... If all goes well, I'm planning on taking the arcana mask designs and making charms with them! The basic idea would be an arcana mask on one side, and Joker's normal mask on the other. I have NO IDEA when exactly this will happen, but I thought I'd get the idea out there and see what people think. And any suggestions on where to start this process would be very helpful!! Well, that's it from me for now. Take care y'all!
So there’s a reason I’m not updating much right now....
I finally got a hold of my own copy of A Court of Wings and Ruin!
Also, life is nuts and I’m crazy busy.
And I’m scrambling to finish all of the DEJ2 stuff in between my unfinished commissions in order to qualify. Because you know, I’m nuts too apparently.
