Gamzee had been leaning in silence, waiting for Sollux to get within earshot, and was… slightly taken aback at first. Well, for one, it kind of looked as if his eyes were missing. Fuck, had that happened when his teeth had been blown out? Had he still been around when that had happened and didn't remember? Great expanses of memory were lost to the Capricorn, often in multitudes of months. Though when Sollux spoke to him, his mind re-focused itself and the search for the non-existent past whispers were temporarily forgotten.
"Okay, we're here now, what do you want to know?"
The Capricorn didn't respond immediately, his half-drugged eyes taking in more of Sollux's stance, not missing the previous flicker of something when Val had entered the computer lab to give them some privacy. He couldn't help but notice the slight change in the Gemini's body language whenever he took notice of her at the beginning, and it was with a slight sting to his chest that he noticed it stayed when she left. So if he had come by himself, it would have been better... he also took notice that the other refused to greet him. Though Sollux would have found out sooner or later anyway, after all, that miniature gang of his weren't exactly that hard to miss, and held no need for subtlety or silence. Most of his fellow highblood's thoroughly enjoyed their positions, and all the 'perks' that came with it.
"Hey Sollux. Wait… we?" Karkat was- Oh. That clicked then why Sollux had been somewhat distracted when Valus had walked into the computer lab. The uncomfortable stir in his stomach increased ten-fold, and he swallowed, silently calming down that swirl of maddening words that churned and groaned through the slime of his think pan.
"Don't get your worry on about Val. She's got a mean bite, but she don't usually dirty her hands against low-other blood casts." Unless they pissed her off, which was a rather difficult thing to do. Oh, it was quite easy to irritate or annoy her, but it took a true master of snark to set her off the deep end and push her to more barbaric practices. Gamzee quickly changed the subject, not wanting to focus on his Highblooded friend and/or friends. He tried to tell himself that Sollux only knew about Valus, that all his think pan would know, was that she was his current only ranked friend… but no, the Capricorn knew better than that. The Gemini was smart, if anything, when it came to problem solving, and figuring out basic principals. It was no small secret that Highblood's tended to run in 'packs'. His throat cleared as he spoke again.
"Okay, I got that Karkat just one day stopped getting his log on. But, do you got your think about anything strange before he went undercover? Like his romcoms set fire, meteor got it's crash into his hive, something life disrupting?" He didn't move from his position as he spoke, all slouched posture, and long limbs. An awkward hand rose after a moments pause, clawed nails scratching at the base of his hairline at a mischievous phantom itch that crept up on him like a proper laughsassin. Gamzee tried to think, tried to bring up any odd signs or actions before he himself had pulled a vanishing act, that Karkat may have been sending. Nothing. A big fat fucking fog of nothing.
So Gamzee simply waited, staring expectantly at Sollux, remaining entirely too still, not even twitching in that silent patience. Control, a new, incredibly unstable ability he had gained through the sweeps, but it was something he had been attempting to put into practice. It was because of this ability that Jarren was still alive. Today wasn't the first time he had slammed a near sober Gamzee upside the head with that damned Frisbee.
It was infuriating really, absolutely and utterly maddening. Her mind, as always, was boggled after the short periods of interaction with Gamzee Makara. It was beyond her how someone with such purity in his veins, would lower himself to speak to the writhing carcasses known as lowbloods. Certainly, she could see how in his youth, out of pity for the pathetic creatures, he would have spoken to them out of mercy. But now, on the path to his inheritance, to his position of the highest subjugglators... She would have sighed and gave her head a shake, if it wouldn't have been on obvious sign of her bereavement. And there were others present.
Valus admittedly, had her pride wounded just a bit. She assumed that the reason Gamzee had insisted on meeting this Captor filth in person, was because he knew that she had been reading in on his phone conversation. Evenly distributed fangs grounded out in silent deprivation as she glided with a too smooth gate past a short little charcoal eyed troll, whom she assumed must have been with some sort of high school group touring the university and lost his way. Whatever, the wriggler was not her problem, as she slipped in to a seat in the front row, straightening the hem of her long laced skirt with a simple sweep of the hand.
Fine, she wouldn't listen in on the young Grand Highblood's conversation, but she would do some investigation into this Sollux Captor and Karkat. Fingers flew across the keyboard, typing in an access code and password, although she was not enrolled in any computer classes, let alone been issued codes to access the system on the first day. She was no hacker, but she was good at getting the information she desired. Manipulating the mind of the singular staff in the records department had been a simple feat. In but a few hours, she had acquired the administrative password and username to nearly every system she deemed necessary on campus.
But back to the present, as she tapped into Skaia Universities student records. She pulled up Sollux first, skimming over his basic information, before attempting to pull up his history or any other records. Her indigo and black painted lips, pressed into a thin line of irritation, as she saw that the informative and enlightening personal information, had been encrypted with a code. What a disappointment, I will have to interact with a lowblood or human from the computer sciences department and convince them to break through the barrier.She put the student picture of Sollux to one side of the screen, and then proceeded to do a search for a 'Karkat'.
The computer loaded far quicker than she would have expected, and her life was simplified greatly, as it appeared that there was only one being with Karkat as either his first or last name, in the system. She pulled up his file, slipped up a picture, and blinked in silent surprise. Her lips pressed tighter, not in irritation this time, but in suppressed amusement. If she was of the more whimsical type, she would have burst out laughing. The troll that glared at her through the computer screen, was the same one that she had dismissed as a high school wriggler lost on a tour. The very same one in this current room.
Valus did release a small hum of amusement, skimming over his statistics... though that temporary mirth returned to a frown, as she found the same kind of encryption over his history as Sollux's. For a small moment she read and re-read the basic information provided, home address, phone number, contact email etc. etc. before a thought caused her to pause.
The main reason she had thought Vantas was a infant, was because his irises had been devoid of color. With renewed curiosity, the female highblood clicked the Cancer's school picture back to the screen, and gave a curious glance across his eyes to determine that she had not been mistake. Well now, that is interesting.