[From the moment people had started filtering into the room, Karkat has been uncharacteristically quiet—still loud when he greets people, obviously, but subdued in the moments between and directly after everyone has arrived and gotten situated. With his team, he'd always had the convenient excuse that he, as the leader, needed status updates ASA-fucking-P, but in a group of near total strangers with little besides Dave, Jade, and shared travel arrangements connecting them...
Yeah, okay, so he might be spending more time than strictly necessary with issues like spilled refreshments or a dwindling snack supply. He's also doing plenty of people watching because yes, this is his first time observing more than two humans interacting for an extended period of time up close. He still has no idea how this species works at all. What the hell.
He may also, very intermittently, be found frowning at one or two of the guests, expression pensive. It's really weird, this human emotion called friendship. Fucking obnoxious, but mostly weird.]
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Yeah, okay, so he might be spending more time than strictly necessary with issues like spilled refreshments or a dwindling snack supply. He's also doing plenty of people watching because yes, this is his first time observing more than two humans interacting for an extended period of time up close. He still has no idea how this species works at all. What the hell.
He may also, very intermittently, be found frowning at one or two of the guests, expression pensive. It's really weird, this human emotion called friendship. Fucking obnoxious, but mostly weird.]