♈ Aradia: Get your worry on.

[psych0p0mps]

[Sollux]

Hey! Where have you gotten off to? I've been looking everywhere. You're never in your room lately and that is just plain weird!


[a little later, to Feferi]

Feferi, is Sollux over with you? I can't find him and he's not answering my messages. But his nameplate's still on the door. He didn't get turned into something embarrassing, did he?


[... and a little after that, wide open.]

Has anyone seen Sollux? He's a troll, four horns, crazy colored shades.

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[payback]

... Is his name still on his door?

[psych0p0mps]

Yeah. His stuff's still inside, too. I hope nothing's happened...

[payback]

Maybe some kind of loss? People go on weird ones and disappear sometimes.

[psych0p0mps]

Could be. I'd feel better knowing what, though.

[payback]

I got turned into a bird once and the only way anyone knew it was me was that I was trapped in a room with somebody at first. And it took him a while, too.

[psych0p0mps]

[That gets a little snerk though.]

I think if he were a bird we'd have heard him throwing a bird tantrum by now. He would pretty much be the worst bird ever.

[payback]

But it might be something like that! Something where he's a little bit hard to notice. Have you noticed any animals hanging around lately that aren't usually there, Aradia?

[psych0p0mps]

Not off the top of my head, but I'll be keeping an eye out now. Oh gosh, what if he turned into one of his bees? I don't know if that would be awful or hilarious.

[payback]

... Does he keep bees? Because if he likes bees a lot, that's hardly outside the realm of possibility.

[psych0p0mps]

Yeah, he is pretty much the best there is at apicultural networking. He already got turned into a bee-sized troll once, though. Do you think that counts as a repeat?

[payback]

Maybe... but who says this place doesn't do repeats?! Could he talk on the journal as a teeny tiny troll?

[psych0p0mps]

Kind of, but he was so tiny that hardly anybody could hear him. Hang on, I'm going to check the bees. [Getting up sounds!]

[payback]

I hope he's okay, Aradia! Good luck finding him if he's in a cloud of bees...

[delincuente]

That kid's still here? I thought he left. Haven't seen him since I got back.

[psych0p0mps]

Drat. Well, thank you anyway. If you see him, tell him Aradia's looking for him, all right?

[delincuente]

Sure thing.

[She sounds a little disappointed. That kid was actually pretty cool.]

So you're one of the other aliens?

[psych0p0mps]

Oh - yes, I am also a troll. I'm his moirail, actually. Are you a friend of his? [She sounds genuinely intrigued by this possibility, since, you know, Sollux and making friends have not exactly been bosom buddies.]

[delincuente]

Pff, I don't know if I'd say "friend". We talked a lot. Hung out once. But mainly we just sat around and made fun of each other.

[psych0p0mps]

Haha, then you're probably friends!

[delincuente]

Hm. Good thing I got clued into that after his scrawny butt decides to up and disappear.

[A pause, as she tries to sound a little less disappointed.]

You sure his nameplate is still there?

[psych0p0mps]

As of about five minutes ago, yeah. But... maybe not for long, I don't know. Sometimes it seems like somebody'll go quiet for a long time and then it turns out they're actually gone. Like they got... lagged out, I think that's what it's called.

[delincuente]

Maybe he's just asleep in there. That's a thing that happens sometimes.

[psych0p0mps]

I checked inside, he's not. And he doesn't seem to have drowned in his cocoon either.

[delincuente]

... I think that's about the most alien thing I've heard since I got here.

[wagers]

[Written, but you can probably hear some snickering on the other side of the journal.]

May8e he diiiiiiiied!
Again. ::::P

[psych0p0mps]

oh!
i hadnt thought of that
if thats all it is then maybe he can tell me what the afterlife here is like

[stalkershiki]

Sollux? I haven't seen him for a while... I mean, I was also a mannequin for three weeks, but I haven't seen him... that's really weird.

[psych0p0mps]

A what-aquin?

[stalkershiki]

A mannequin! You know, the thing you make clothes on?

[psych0p0mps]

Oh!! So that's what those things are called. I don't really know much about making clothes, haha...

... Come to think of it, I haven't seen Equius around much either lately. Do you know where he's at?

[stalkershiki]

No, I don't... and I'm started to get a little weirded out, you know? I mean, even if he didn't really know about Valentine's Day, I thought I would've heard at least something from him about the event for it...

[psych0p0mps]

Hm... yeah, he must have known, the way the castle was shoving it in our faces. Maybe he just didn't want to celebrate an Earth holiday, though. I could see him doing that.

[stalkershiki]

Yeah, me too... although I would've thought that then we'd at least hear something from him about how ridiculous Earth holidays are or something, you know?

[psych0p0mps]

You'd think that, yeah...

What about his nameplate, is that still on?

[stalkershiki]

I, uh... I don't know. I hadn't thought to check it yet...

[frogs]

I haven't seen him lately. But I'll keep my eyes peeled for him for you, Aradia!

[psych0p0mps]

Could you? Thanks Jade. [drawn-in smiley of appreciation!]

- Oh! Actually now that I think of it, what about using the spacey thing?

[frogs]

No problem!

Oh... you mean use the spacey thing to find him?

/quietly has no idea how spacey thing would work in para

[psych0p0mps]

Yeah! I mean, if possible. I know my timey-wimey thing is restricted here, so it's no big deal if it doesn't work.

i assume the same except on a much smaller scale?? NO SHRINKING THE ENTIRE CASTLE, JADE

[frogs]

You know, I haven't even thought to try my space powers here...

Well, I can teleport stuff from place to place. Maybe I could poof him into our sights. Is that what you meant?

AW BUT I ALWAYS WANTED A MINI CASTLE..............

[psych0p0mps]

Yeah, something like that!

and mini people too...............

[frogs]

Okay. Let me try.

[Concentrating.......... attempting to teleport Sollux to where she is................

.............

:(]

I don't think it's working... The castle must be interfering with my powers after all.

suddenly expeditions are easy. giant Jade carrying a briefcase full of mini people

[psych0p0mps]

[This makes Aradia sad in her bladder based vascular pump muscle. But it's not Jade's fault, of course, so she'll try not to sound too disappointed.]

That's okay. I mean, it's possible he got turned into something, too. You probably wouldn't recognize him anyway if it turns out he's a bee right now.

aldkjghaljg this will happen one day. i am ready.

[frogs]

Hehehe, a bee. That's a good point though. I have to sort of picture the person that I'm trying to teleport in my head in order for it to work.

Don't worry, Aradia. I'm sure he'll turn up soon. We'll just have to search the old fashion way in the meantime.

[toyhopes]

Is he your friend Aradia? I'll help you look for him!

Wait...four horns? I thought you all had two? [Have a very confused wiggler.]</small<

[psych0p0mps]

Hehe, thanks, Vivi! Yeah, most trolls have two, but Sollux has four because he is kind of a weirdo.