Note; technically, this is the plot to Parental Bonding, but due to my changes, that title won't make sense. This won't happen to often (I think), so I'm just saying that to prepare you guys for this.
Also, guess what I found online to help me to with chatlogs! .io/homestuck_quirk/ is a website that provides you with a way to translate a sentence into the typing quirk of your choice. It certainly makes things much easier on my side and keeps things in character.
Hopefully you all enjoy this chapter and I'll see you all later!
Karkat was thankful to say there'd been lull in ghost activity after Horuss became a regular at the portal. Whether it was the fact he stayed near the portal's opening with Muelin enough to capture any ghosts before they got out or their mere presence was a deterrent didn't really matter to him. All he knew that it provided him ample time to get some ghostly research in.
Nepeta was spending the rest of her grounding time explaining random things about ghost culture to him. It was a weird thing to consider, but there were a lot of things to consider about the Infinite Realms/Ghost Zone that probably most wouldn't consider.
For one thing, ghosts can have kids. He'd heard about it before, but he got some more confirmation about it from Nepeta that ghosts can breed and gain traits from their parents like any human baby would. However, they could form in two other ways.
The first was obvious; ghosts form from dying humans. But to be exact, they formed if a human, animal, or otherwise died near a place where the natural barrier dividing the Ghost Zone and the human world was thin or had high amounts of ecto-radiation. It also depends on the mental state of the dying human; they'd have to be in significant emotional distress, positive or negative, in order to form a high enough resonance that would attract ectoplasm. It almost explained Karkat's situation to the T.
A second, more surprising one, was that ghosts could form if something caused a great disturbance in the Ghost Zone. Whether it was a natural/artificial portal, a large number of ghosts dying in one place, or even a high amount of power usage, ghosts can form from that disturbance. There were plenty of ghosts out there born without human intervention that formed out of basic concepts. Ranges from simply forming ecto-puses to creating ghosts that could possibly shape the earth if they wanted.
Big threats if they ever got out with less than pure intentions. Something that Karkat didn't intend to happen.
They were currently talking about a different subject through the chat.
CG: EXPLAIN QUADRANTS TO ME. YOU MENTIONED MOIRAL'S AND I'M STILL FUCKING CONFUSED.
AC: :33 calm yourself, young padawan. i will teach you the ways.
CG: THEN LAY IT ON ME, FURRY YODA.
AC: :33 the fuck is a yoda? is it edible? anyway, let's get back to moirallegance.
AC: :33 how did i explain this befure?
CG: AS A MORE PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP INVOLVING CALMING THE OTHER THE FUCK DOWN IF THEY'RE GOING OBSESSED CRAZY.
AC: :33 you're not wrong, but it's a little more nuanced than that.
AC: :33 it is purely platonic and k33p each other grounded to purvent giving in to their obsessions. we call it 'pale' beclaws there's no actual sexual tension involved. we symbolize it with diamonds.
CG: SO, I'M RIGHT, IF ONLY SLIGHTLY UNDERSTATING IT. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?
AC: :33 let's go onto the flipside then. matespritship.
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Mutated Ectoplasm
FanfictionKarkat Vantas was almost eighteen, when he entered a very strange machine. That was only the start of a whole list of problems. This was inspired by some fanart I saw once where Karkat was in a Danny Phantom scenario (don't remember who made it thou...
