The Killing Joke is overrated.

Huh.

… Well, if nothing else, you’ve impressed me. Assuming you’re telling the truth.

Could I ask why you deserted?

#aberrantcadenza #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

I was sent to kill an Orphaner trainee who had gone rogue, but she helped me realize that I’d been brainwashed.

Instead of killing her and returning, I fled with her.

This is the first I’m hearing, from anyone of your kind, that they didn’t choose their career. Enlighten me, s’il vous plaît?

#aberrantcadenza #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

In the past, I deserted from the Alternian military.

Recently, though, I was forced to return to the role I was drafted into: That of a laughsassin.

So it’s night time where you are? Which poses the question, where are you? Though I’m going to avoid the over played joke of when are you.. While simultaneously acknowledging that joke is still a great joke.

#beatboxingheart #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

I mean, it’s night as much as it can be night on a starship.

And I’m afraid that I can’t tell you where I am.

Pff. “Not by choice.” That sounds fake, but sure. Whatever.

There are ways besides physical to hurt a troll. I doubt there’s any way you could hurt me beyond what’s already been done, but I think of others here.

… You don’t seem to be an active threat. If you prove me wrong, we’ll see.

#aberrantcadenza #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

It’s alright if you don’t trust me.

Yes, that’s true.

I don’t intend to prove you wrong.

I really did not choose the life of a laughsassin.

Sometimes reconnecting with people is like that. There’s always that weird ambiance, especially if you were close to that person or if you don’t have a very blunt personality.

But I’m glad that things seem to be okay with you and your long lost friend.

#beatboxingheart #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

Yeah, though there’s more than that going on.

I’m also very glad that things are okay between him and me.

How could you not mean anyone harm? Isn’t that kind of your job - doing harm to others?

Your kind have certainly proved themselves to think as much, at least.

#aberrantcadenza #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

Yes, I suppose it is.

Not by choice, though.

And, since I’m almost certainly not living in the same universe you are, I can say with almost full confidence that I will not be forced to hurt you.

I’m sorry to hear that.

Did things end badly?

#beatboxingheart #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

No, it ended up alright.

But things were just a bit strained at first.

@thorndancer started following aberrantcadenza

Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t block you on the spot, purple.

#aberrantcadenza #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)#((thank you :3))

If you don’t feel safe with me following you, feel free to block me.

I don’t want to make you uncomfortable.

Still, for what it’s worth, I mean you no harm.

That’s awesome! Were they as excited to see you when they came back?

#beatboxingheart #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

Unfortunately, our reunion wasn’t quite as happy as I might have hoped.

Certain circumstances got in the way of that.

Then that is something we have in common.

Not the purple blood. I’m a human so mine’s red. Or blue if you believe that all human blood is blue until it is oxygenated. Though, that’s wrong. All Earth inhabitants have red blood. Veins just appear blue. But there’s no hemospectrum here.

Besides your distaste for seadwellers (though I kind of feel like that’s meant to be a derogatory term..), what’s up?

#beatboxingheart #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

I think troll blood is red, too, deep down; it’s just got other pigments in it that color it a bunch of other colors, too, and it’s only a rare mutation that lets the red really take precedence.

Seadweller isn’t a derogatory term; it’s actually what they call themselves.

As far as what’s up, I recently returned from a mission to discover that someone I’m very fond of had come back to Tumblr.

Today is a fairly good night, I think.

Feeling’s mutual. Nice to meet you too.

So I take it that you don’t have fins then?

#beatboxingheart #A Monster in the Dark (In Character)

No, no fins.

I’m not a seadweller.

I’m just a purple-blood.

No, I’ve only met two kinds of trolls in my lifetime. None of them live in the sea, though two of them do have fins. I think only one of them could be viewed as aristocratic. She’s a beautiful mother of several children, and my best friend. But I guess it’s fair to say I don’t know a whole lot about trolls. Even though I do know her, she’s more knowledgeable about human culture than I’ve ever attempted to indulge on troll culture.

I’m sorry to hear that you haven’t met any that you get along with.

Oh, my name is Dirk by the way.