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The Signless ([personal profile] 69problems) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2014-10-06 03:41 am

i knew you were tribble when you walked in

Who| The Signless and Kankri; The Signless and ANYONE WHO WANTS A TRIBBLE.
What| Signless and his past life are sad together and Signless realizes if everyone had a small soft friend to comfort them things might be marginally less terrible.
Where| D5, D12
When| The thread with Kankri is backdated a little, the tribble giveaway is happening now.
WARNINGS| Nothing; will change if anything comes up.

[For Kankri]

If he's taking Karkat's disappearance hard then he knows Kankri must be too. Whatever their relationship was or was not, Kankri and Karkat were close. With that in mind the Signless makes his way down to District 5, his tribble Friend tucked under his arm. He's had his time to grieve and now he's more than ready to take care of someone else while they grieve -- and even if Kankri isn't as distraught as he thinks he might be, visiting his past self is something he feels he should do more of.

With all that in mind he knocks softly on Kankri's door.

"Kankri? Are you there?"

[For Everyone Who Wants A Tribble]

Within the next few days signs pop up all over the tribute center in all the common areas and inside the elevator. They're all a little different from each other, as though whoever made them either couldn't find a copier or didn't know copiers were a thing. They all look basically the same, though:



The Signless is now in possession of a lot more tribbles than he was just a few days ago. Between Friend, Sekhmet and Tribble Will Smith all having healthy appetites he now has a healthy stock that range from bright white to deep black (and a good deal of colors in between) in plain or stripes or spots. He's gathered them all in the District 12 common room where they cover the couches and chairs and spill onto the floor. The combined cooing isn't so much a gentle murmur of sound as it is a dull roar.

He's set up another hand-written sign by the couch that says TRIBBLES HERE and there is a small stack of cards on the table that he made by tearing up larger pieces of paper. They're each labeled with Tribble Care Instructions and the only thing written on them is DO NOT FEED underlined several times.

It just seems to him that having a small, soft thing to hold when he feels particularly horrible always helps. Logically it follows that it might help other people too, and since tribbles are so easy to multiply there's no reason not to offer. He sits back amongst his herd of puffballs and waits (and desperately hopes someone shows up, because being stuck with this many tribbles is not something he exactly wants).
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

What was that spelling...

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2014-10-11 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
"You did be making them?" Pruna wrinkled her nose, not sure how tribbles were made. She tapped Duck's beak again to shush him but he squawked at her more.

"I do no be thinking he do be, maybe he do be offended by how useless they do be being."
knifewithnoname: (listening to you)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2014-10-21 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Friends who do just be sitting there and be being pathetic do no be being good friends." Good friends had to fight for each other, kill for each other. Pruna didn't know much about friends but she knew that much at least. She tapped Duck on the beak again and finally sighed and took some bread out of her pocket, that quieted him enough to let her think.

"Do lots of people be wanting them then?"
knifewithnoname: (pondering)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2014-10-29 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Pruna frowned at that, "So they do be being for cheaters? People who do be wanting a friend but can no be being bothered to be working for one."

Sounded pathetic to her.
knifewithnoname: (tell me you're not stupid)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2014-10-31 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Pruna frowned at that, she knew people who hid away because they were angry or sad, sometimes she had wanted to. But she wasn't sure a tribble would have helped matters. "Pathetic friends for pathetic people, I do be seeing. There do be being lots of pathetic people here so I bet you will be finding lots of people who do be wanting one."
knifewithnoname: (listening to you)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2014-11-07 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes that would no be being good, you might be stepping on them, there do be being a lot of them." She let Duck down so he could go and investigate the small furry things, he had stopped squawking now at least.