“Is that any way to greet an old friend, kitten?” Leaning back toward the exit now.

And they almost fell for it just now — the ‘big, bad scary man’ act. He would’ve gotten away with it if not for the split second of his fallen expression, the sudden edge to his tone. They file the subtle but telling reactions away for later. They never know when they’ll need to break out their —

“It seems to do the trick just fine on everyone else,” comes their dismissive response, waving Entrapta’s comments off with a slender hand. But then again, when have they ever settled for mediocrity before? Constructive criticism should be valued, not cast aside defensively. They eye Entrapta —

They gasp, affronted. “Now I 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 you don’t know what you’re talking about; the physicality of my performances are nothing less than perfection, dear.” It’s not 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 fault they can’t make their hair move like Entrapta can. They can change the shape, not the powers. Alas, it’s their only flaw.

/ Replies here, on @grayskullshonor.bsky.social, and on @1stonesexpert.bsky.social either tonight or tomorrow! Sparse, short-ish replies until then, if any are needed.

“If you’re going to quote me, at least credit me.”

Sigh. They miss the Crimson Waste. It’s much too cold in the Fright Zone.

They’ve been watching for a while now, testing the limits of the awareness of the Horde’s fearless leader — or so he would have them all think. If there’s one thing Double Trouble’s good at, other than most things they put their mind to, it’s reading people. And the few interactions they’ve had —

"Yikes. Should I leave?" They're already one foot out the door, ready to make a hasty exit if needed.

"𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚛𝚢𝚕! 𝙸𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎?" ｡ﾟ•┈꒰ა ♡ ໒꒱┈• ｡ﾟ

They’re standing in the corner of the room, shifted to look like the reader’s strongest emotional attachment. Just for funsies.

They’re lounging on the edge of a cliff top directly above a group of people celebrating a small child’s birthday. People-watching helps them be a better actor. It works better when the people they’re observing don’t know they’re being observed.

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒.

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞!

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞!

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆.

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