[ text / action for new bark town ] (cw: blood, probably talk of death/violence)

[jurisimprudence]

A. text

TWO TH1NGS

F1RST
JOHN 3GB3RT
1F YOU'R3 H3R3, W3 N33D TO T4LK

S3COND
W1LL TH1S WORK TO G3T BLOOD OUT OF CLOTH1NG OR W1LL 1 N33D TO G3T 4 D1FF3R3NT PRODUCT FROM TH3 N3XT TOWN?

[Here she's attached a photo of the standard bottle of liquid soap that comes with the backpack.]

B. action

[If anyone's on the lookout for newbies, Terezi can be spotted sitting by a flowerbed next to "Mom's" house. She doesn't look any less human than anyone else here, at least at first. Though her ears have a bit of a point, they're hidden by her black hair, and the sharpness of her teeth is concealed by her pursed lips as she taps away at her Pokégear. No, if there's anything to raise concern, it's the fact that she looks like she's had a bad accident with some paint, or perhaps smashed a box worth of Grape-Berry Double Homicide Gushers against herself. Teal and purple mar her shirt and even stick to her face and arms in places.]

[It doesn't really smell like paint, or the corn syrup-laden fruit approximant of candy, either. It's dry by now, but one might recognize the smell of blood.]

[Her starter isn't far: a Gible wanders about the flowerbed proper, occasionally casting a concerned glance back at her new trainer in between devouring whatever blooms might remain at this time of year. She'll settle for withered stems, too; she ain't picky.]

Comments

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[amaure]

[Well, thanks to Dirk, he can identify who this is by her quirk alone. Something he might have found a touch obnoxious at first, but he's since gotten over that hurdle.]

Generally the answer is no, more is needed than mere soap, but you will be harder pressed in your endeavor depending on whether the blood has set into the fabric or not.

Is this fresh blood, or dried blood?

Would it be remiss of me to assume you are quite all right, if the stains are your primary concern?

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[seacub]

[Uhhhhhh-

Well, he has to think about this for a minute.]

I think it depends on how long the blood has been in the fabric? Also what kind of fabric it is. I know a lot of people just end up using bleach, but if the fabric wasn't white to begin with then that's not really going to be a good idea...

Though...I'm not really sure there's a lot that can hurt us enough to bleed here?

If you ask at a store, you should ask about getting rid of ink- it isn't the same of blood obviously, but it's still a permanent enough staining fluid that it'd probably get you a good product without getting people worked up at the store right?

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[uber_marionettist]

Re: the blood. Fresh or dried?

Hi, by the way. Sup. Welcome to the purgatory of relevance. Population: us.

[Holy. Shit.

Excited? Me? Over a Troll?

Hmm. Yeah. Maybe. A little, anyway.

But not too excited. There's a lot of conditions that have to be met first.

It's no big deal, but I don't know when Terezi is from, or what she (doesn't) know(s). In theory, her inquiries into laundering blood out of clothes and interest in John are clues. But practically speaking... I need to tread carefully.]

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[cyan_maid]

[Oh dear

It hadn't been for long, and they hadn't been close, but Jane hasn't forgotten anyone from her universe(s?) that has come here, that she's met. She knows this is Terezi.

Looks like she's back.]

You are going to want soap much stronger than that in order to wash out bloodstains.

[The fact that she's not even questioning why someone might have to do that is. Well. Some things never do seem too alarming or strange again.]

You're going to want an oxygenated bleach and cold water, honestly. But the stuff you have might work to get the smaller stains out? Again, with cold water.
Also, hello, this is John's, uh, Teen Nanna.

Voice

[fingersandteeth]

[Ugh. Trolls typing quirks. They're such a goddamn pain to read and 100% why he dropped reading Homestuck at the beginning of act five. This is GallowsCalliber, right? One of the less painful quirks to deal with, given that it was all just l33t speak—in retrospect, Hussie had been trying to ease them into it with the early troll appearances—but still not something he particularly wants to deal with.

Luckily, he has a plan: switch to voice and hope GC follows suit.]

Honestly, it depends on how old the bloodstain is and how saturated. And, of course, if you've attempted to wash the stain before. If it's a brand new stain and not too saturated, then soap and cold water can do wonders with getting blood or any other red stain such as ketchup or spaghetti sauce out, but it has to be cold water. Hot water will cause the stain to set. Generally, the faster you can get red stains under soap and cold water, the better.

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[epitaffio]

[It's unfortunate that, while so many people here either know who Terezi is or know what Homestuck is, Vinegar Doppio is from 2001.]

Is your PokéGear broken or something?

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[foolishwren]

Cold water and friction are your best friends. Scrubbing the fabric against itself while submerged can get more out than a lot of people think.

[cyclonely]

[Oh. Oh man. John stares at the latest post to the network for a while. This is...is he ready for this conversation? Like, it isn't clear what exactly Terezi wants to discuss with him, but he probably needs to bring up all the Stuff eventually. It's not really something he can afford to leave alone, to leave her thinking that he's capable of actual pitch emotions.

It's been a year, and he's still...

No, it's fine. He doesn't have to bring it up immediately or anything. Terezi's just arrived, after all. It'd probably be rude and needy for him to immediately bust in on her with his personal issues right now. Man, though he kind of DOES want to know if she ate his body. Ehhhhh it can all wait. It's. Fine.]

hey, terezi, what's up?

also that won't take blood out, i tried but i think you probably need a stain remover or something.

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[apshot]

Soak it in cold water. For something fresh, use hydrogen peroxide or regular bar soap.

For that dried shit, you still have to soak it in cold water. Then you can pretreat it with a stain remover or a mixture of detergent and ammonia.