otherfathering | Reprise #1 [Voice

The sun's barely rising when he's ushered quite quickly out into the snow-layered town, no good-bye and a newly-acquired Chatot flying behind him. He had originally thought it would be positive to get going quickly, to head and find his family and friends and home... and then he felt the freezing early-morning cold. Oh holy chicken breast, the cold. Pumpkins are warm-season vegetables; apparently his body temperature is reflecting that, which is why he takes a moment to stand there shivering, his lack of a coat and gloves seriously being problematic right now.

They travel a small while to a tiny eating establishment that just seemed to be opening for the day.

[The feed switches on as voice at first, a bird's whistle filling the speakers with its simple repeat tune; it's amateur, but it's catchy.]

Hoo~... he~re we go!

[The still-partially shivering voice will be familiar to some, but the face that just clicked onto the feed's screen'll jog your mind if you can't quite place it. His inquisitive face breaks into a big, toothy grin as he realizes that- yes- it' broadcasting! Which means, people, and more importantly his family are on the other end.]

Wou~ld've said I was back earlier, but our mom sent me away pretty quick this time. o~hoo, think she remembers me?

[A single eyebrow raises with that playful little smirk that always comes out in situations like these.
The fact he turned up at the door of her house to collect his ill-as-fuck wife, who had considered burying this 'Mom' alive aswell... Well, I think there are reasons why she's going to want to get rid of him.]

'Didn't mean to leave in the first place, would've stayed in an instant if I could've. Still, that makes three times from the Otherworld, hm? Maybe it'll bring back some'a the others? It'd make my day to see my little Coraline again.

I'll try'n be home as so~on as I can, kiddos. 'Gonna need to make my way to the next town soon, too! I'm freezin' like a pumpkin out there.

[Hardy-har, Other Father.

As he goes to shut off the feed, he gives a wave to the screen and begins to whistle a much more complex tune that fits perfectly in with the Chatot's, though it does seem to be vibrating a bit. 8| stupid cold.]

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[ Ha...ha. She probably shouldn't offer too much encouragement on that point.

She looks...thoughtfully perplexed. ] I...see. Well, my lusus has been dead ever since I first died, so...

[8( That's just sad. His voice softens a little, knowing this is a bit of a sensitive subject to most.] Reckon' I'll have to work extra hard then, hm?

[ She does miss her lusus, but Aradia didn't particularly mind the idea of Mom; she'd even tried to visit again, although she'd just been shoved out the door once more. ] Then...I suppose in that case I'll have to call you and keep you up to date on my activities. That's what one does with a human lusus, correct?

Not all the time. 'Though if you ever want someone to talk to, or play games with, or whatever you need, then I'm al~ways here.

[You're adorable, Aradia. And you seem kind and rule-abiding, and that's good! It makes a change with the trolls, too.]

"Other Father" is your name? Or is there another one?

[ ...She is admittedly one of the more rule-abiding trolls in a general sense, although she's not above breaking rules if she deems it necessary. She just...hasn't, so far. ]

O~nly name I have. [Except from Charles, which as much as it feels close enough to an actual name for him, it was also given to him by a bad person. What do with it, really.] But you~ can call me whatever you like.

Well, I don't have a Father to start with, and that's shorter. [ SO SHE'LL GO WITH THAT, SHE GUESSES? ]

That's fa~n-diddly-tatic by me. Lots've your friends do, too.

[As brought up by one of the others, they're technically your Other Sisters and Brothers now, too. Have fun with that He's still not sure if he should refer to them as that or just friends though... I mean, they don't have buttons, but then again no one here does.]

Which of my friends do you know?

Who've I met, hm? We~ll...

[He braces himself as he remembers all the names of his children that she might know, ready to hit a sing-song style list.]

Jo~hn n' Ro~se, Dave n' Jade, Karkat, Nepeta, Vriska n' Sollux, Eridan, Feferi, Kanaya and Gamzee... and then there's Jane, Jake and Roxanne.

[That came out closer to a Pokérap, Father. 8| Welcome to the Homestuck rap.]

'Only just met Jane, Jake, Roxanne, Kanaya and another Strider, in the recent times.

Ah...so everyone except Tavros and Equius out of the trolls. And I think Roxy? Because Roxanne is Mom, I think - at least, I think that's who you mean.

I've met Tavros, just didn't get to speak with him. [He was in the background of one of Vriska's old streams]

Roxy, meaning Rose's mother?

Sort of. Roxy is to Mom as Dirk is to Bro, basically.

Reprise #1 [Voice > Video] Encore!

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He honestly takes 'ADOPT ALL THE HOMESTUCKS' seriously. He just became intertwined one day.

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