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Hello! I am sorry if I missed something obvious, I use mobile only. I just read the AO3 stories for L4dstuck and have been following this blog. I love the story so far and can't wait to see what y'all do with it! That being said....is there a linear way to read or view this? Is the canon a story on AO3 or is the main story on tumblr? And is there a tag to view the main story? Or is it snippets from a larger universe not quite out yet?

Thank you for your time and patience 🥲

Right-o.

The Main Story happens in The Logs - which are located both here as well as on AO3. The side content - such as Sleep Aid is the said "snippet". It's canon to the lore, yes. However, it is not Our Main...Focus. For now.

To read the main story, you have two options - Scroll to the very bottom of this blog or grab Left4DeadStuck: The Logs, we are doing our best to log all lore-related posts there in chronological order.

-GM

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Why I was complaining last week

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Pros for Smokekat, the infected won't mess with him really.

Cons for SmokeKat...finding that out...

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Homie you set yourself up. You literally have a rule about not doing this because it never turns out good.

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YOUUU YOUUU SORIA IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME!!! -MM

IM TELLING YOU MAN !!! THEY ARE STUDYING YOU LIKE A FROG ON BIOLOGY CLASS -GM

chefs kiss art always love to see it -GM

hi again @left4deadstuck, here's some more dirk... now with appropriately referenced colors :D

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Man don't tempt me like this. You can't make me want to draw l4dstuck talksprites

coward. do it.

let people have little strider puppets to toy with.

Look at him. Stupid man with his dumb shades <3

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Old man :)

PEEPAW EVEN

look at him, do old

probably regrets a thing or two (like probably smoking, i mean goddamn that shit unhealthy smh smh)

I just read l4dstuck and oohhh my god. WOW GO READ IT

Anyways Heres some dave with the obligitory face close-up

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WHY DID I MISS THIS HIMHIMHIMHIM YEAHHHHH @vessyphobia GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE

hi @left4deadstuck i still love your boy

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===> HAL: Wake Up.

Not a hard request to follow at the moment.

It's one thing to struggle with sleep already, it's another when it feels like the mayor of TapDanceVille is having an all out bash in the room next door.

It's pointless to ask who would be up in this hour, but those two are much better at sneaking around. Guess you'll have to check.

===> HAL: Investigate.

Alright fuckers, you're up.

And you're armed. You better have a good excuse for causing so much commotion. Because you don't need one if you end up accidentally braining someone with a bat.

Hello?

Oh goddamnit. This isn't Mr. Obama.

How...

How did you even get in here? Why are you rummaging in here for food?

Last time you check, zombies don't drink bleach for nutrition. Well some sure do look like it, but you're pretty certain they only bite and maw at things that can run and scream.

===> HAL: Take Care Of The Intruder.

Well.

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Guess you don't need an excuse for braining someone after-all.

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Well...actually

You don’t need an excuse that's improvised. Turns out caving a jockey's skull within an enclose space makes a lot of noise. Its aftermath is obvious as well.

Bro and Dirk can scold you all they want for not waking them up sooner, you handled it perfectly without them. Plus it's their fault for sleeping like the dead.

You told them that doing several consecutive all-nighters wasn't a good idea, and that they really should have taken that nap earlier when they had a chance. Maybe this will convince them in the future, who knows.

You're going back to sleep. They can patch up whatever entrance that jockey crawled through by themselves.

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I really want to write about Carlos for some reason. Funky little dude. I love him so much.

do it. carlos deserve so much love !

Do it who's going to stop you? God?

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You bite your lower lip. You don't think being straight to the point with Karkat would be a good idea… Though you considered it heavily before ultimately choosing to go with an apology.

Okay… Here it comes.

Dave: hey. Dave: im… sorry Dave: im sorry man

Your voice is quiet. Maybe too quiet, making you think the other didn't hear you. So you look up to glance at the other.

Dave: genuinely i Dave: i didnt think wed see each other like

You don’t get the chance to finish before he raises his hand to cut you off.

Karkat: YOU KNOW IF I WANTED TO WATCH SOMEONE VOMIT THE FLIMSIEST APOLOGY KNOWN TO MAN, I'D GO OUTSIDE AND WATCH ONE OF THE INFECTED ASSHOLES OUT THERE THROW UP THEIR GUTS ONTO THE PAVEMENT. Karkat: AND IT WOULD STILL BE A BETTER "SORRY" THAN ANYTHING YOUR BATTER BRAINED SKULL COULD CONJURE UP RIGHT NOW. Karkat: SO SAVE US BOTH THE EMBARRASSMENT AND SHUT UP FOR GODSAKES

You scowl, back straightening. Goddamnit now you remember. Remember how much of a crabby jackass he is.

Dave: oh Dave: because sitting in the dark while silently death glaring at each other is productive Dave: cause we got all the time in the world to just kick back and do absolutely nothing but seethe at each other Dave: not like i was trying t

Karkat: TO DO WHAT EXACTLY? BE REMORSEFUL? BE ACTUALLY APOLOGETIC WITH NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE DESPITE KNOWING I CAN BE OF USE TO YOU? Karkat: DO YOU HONESTLY TAKE ME FOR SOME KIND OF FUCKING IDIOT?! Karkat: THAT I WOULD EVEN HUMOR THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY SORRY?!! Karkat: THAT I'LL JUST TOSS MY RESENTMENT AND FRUSTRATION OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE POOR OL' STRIDER IS JUST A PATHETIC LUMP OF BRUISES! Karkat: *FAT FUCKING CHANCE.* Karkat: YOU COULD BE FOLDED INTO THE MOST DISGUSTING AND AGONIZING EXAMPLE OF HUMAN ORIGAMI AND I'D STILL BE "SEETHING" Karkat: SO YEAH, *I’M SORRY* THAT I DECIDED NOT TO WASTE MY TIME AND ENERGY HEARING YOUR LOUSY ATTEMPT AT A HEART TO HEART

Dave: … Dave: sigh

Once upon a time Jade had asked you and your mutual group of friends to test out the latest version of her new project. A mental inventory system that had a very convoluted retrieval and sorting system. Luckily her team was quick to fix that after your group’s trials with it.

Jade never really told you exactly why, but you always speculated that some people on her team, or well, someone, didn’t really trust your legitimacy enough when signing your NDA. Maybe it shouldn’t have surprised you though, after all you have made a name for yourself with your bizarre level of spectacles you do for the sake of irony.

It did not thrill you to find out the next morning that you would now deal with the living embodiment of “stick up the ass” as your personal bodyguard for however long the trial had to last for. Despite your best efforts to get rid of the guy, you’ve quickly learned a few things about Mr. Vantas here. One of those things being that he is skeptical and stubborn to a fault.

Well, there it goes, your plans being haplessly thrown out the window! Poor sons of bitches didn’t even have a chance-

You hear a snap next to your ear

Karkat: JESUS CHRIST CAN YOU STOP MUMBLING TO YOURSELF FOR A SECOND AND PAY ATTENTION

Dave: what Dave: you have another drawn out monologue about how god awful i am? Dave: are you sure your throat can handle that shakespeare Dave: ya dont exactly have the voice for stage anymore with all that smoke Dave: but lets be real here Dave: its probably a good thing that you cant blow out anyone within a 10 ft radius of you eardrums anymore because you decided to make causal conversation

Karkat: YOU MOUTHY FUCKING PRICK- Karkat: CAN YOU DO THE WORLD Karkat: AND ME ESPECIALLY Karkat: A FUCKING FAVOR TO SHOVE WHATEVER BULLSHIT YOU HAVE IN YOUR WINDPIPE AND FUCKING LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO TELL YOU FOR FIVE FUCKING SECONDS

Dave: ok sir ill be on my best behavior for "five fucking seconds"

Karkat:THANK YOU, GODDAMN. Karkat: AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO JUST KICK YOUR USELESS ASSES OUT OF MY HOUSE, I DON’T THINK I’LL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE A FIGHT BETWEEN YOUR POTENTIALLY TRIGGER HAPPY HELLSPAWN. Karkat: AND ALTHOUGH I THINK IT’S WITHIN MY RIGHT TO FEEL THIS LEVEL OF BRIGHT HOT ANGER TOWARDS ALL OF YOU… Karkat: SIGHS … I

He looks up at the ceiling as if his next few words are the greatest offense that any higher power could have subjected him to utter.

Karkat: (GOD I MUST BE MORE SICK THAN I THOUGHT.) Karkat: I, FOR SOME REASON THAT SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE SEEING AS I HAVE DEALT WITH ENOUGH OF YOUR TOTAL TRASH FIRE OF A PREDICAMENT, BUT HERE I AM EVER THE GLUTTON FOR MORE SELF-INFLICTED MISERY

Dave: yeah yeah i get it Dave: im a dick get to the point

Karkat: I DON’T WANT YOU TO DIE, YOU COMPLETE JACKASS!

Karkat: AND I HATE THAT CAUSE THAT RISKS MY LIFE FOR SOMEONE I ABSOLUTELY DON'T OWE SHIT TO, BUT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRY TO THINK OF A REASON TO JUSTIFY IT TO MYSELF I CAN’T. Karkat: I CAN'T LIVE EASY KNOWING THAT IF SOMEONE DIED, EVEN IF THAT SOMEONE IS FUCKING YOU...I Karkat: I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN SURVIVORS GUILT YOU YOU FUCKING KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

Dave: oh Dave: uh Dave:th Karkat: NO SHUT THE FUCK UP Karkat: FUCKING Karkat: NO!

Karkat: HAVING A SENSE OF COMPASSION STILL DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT’S EITHER I HELP OR I DIE. Karkat: DON’T TAKE THE FACT THAT I SOMEHOW STILL HAVE MY MORALS INTACT AS FLATTERY. Karkat: INSTEAD BURY THAT IDEA SO FAR IN THE WORTHLESS SLUDGE YOU CALL A THOUGHT PROCESS UNTIL IT ATOMIZES INTO NONEXISTEN-!

He must've worked himself up. You watch him as he moves out of your space to turn and hack up a cloud of smoke. Well, if this isn’t just the perfect time to digest the clusterfuck he has given you. While it is great that he is going to help you out, he’s doing it out of fear and as fuck up as it is, it’s an advantage you have over him.

Though is it a good idea to go along with that? That could risk him fucking you all over and abandoning all of you last minute. You could gain his trust, maybe offer him something that he might want, but even then what would you give him, you have no clue if you have anything to offer him, not to mention that again, he could still just ditch the plan when the opportunity shows up.

What are you going to do?

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SOON! OH SO VERY SOON!!

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I'll boost it again in the morning but rn I'm impatient

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We're not done

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uh oh.

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You chose to focus on D's perspective for the time being. Not that you didn't feel like Karkat's wasn't going to be interesting. You simply need to know what is going on inside the Strider's head.

So there you are!

As the "old man" sitting awkwardly on the couch, you are fidgeting with your hands, head hung low, while you try to avoid looking up at Karkat sitting across the opposite end of the couch.

He looks like he's attempting to vaporize you with glare alone, and it wasn't exactly the best feeling, especially right now. Clearly, he's upset, though from what you heard upstairs earlier, that isn't surprising news.

You on the other hand are tired, exhausted, ready to pass the fuck out right here and now...But at the same time you can't do that.

Thankfully the kids are at least out of the room - you thought to yourself, glancing to the side at the entrance to the room. They're not gone though. You can tell that one of the twins is creeping in the hall. You can hear the floor creek ever so slightly near the door.

Hal, probably. That kid tends to snoop anywhere he possibly can.

You are snapped back into reality when Karkat clears his throat. Right, You aren't alone in this room.

He looks more annoyed. Was it cause you were getting distracted? Was that really what made him so upset? Nah, couldn't be. Normally he'd probably be fucking ecstatic that you kept your mouth shut for this long.

...

Right...?

You return to fidgeting nervously, biting your lower lip as you glance up at Karkat unsure, thinking of how to approach the current shit-tuation.

===> (Audience) D: Decide how to approach the situation.

<3: APOLOGIZE.

<>: BE DIRECT.

c3<: DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

<3<: LIGHTEN THE MOOD.