KARKAT VANTAS
@crabcrusading.bsky.social
IN BUBBLES WHERE A CAT GIRL DREAMS I FEAR I'LL DIE ALONE.
(Rainbow Drinker AU! Karkat )
(Admin is 27 IRL.)
(Rainbow Drinker AU! Karkat )
(Admin is 27 IRL.)
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I WON'T CRY FOR YOU SEE, WHEN YOU'RE GONE I'LL STILL HAVE BLOOD LIKE CARMINE.
-Lit Karkat Vantas, Homestuck.
-HSRP / MVRP & Multiships with chem in diff timelines.
-N/SFW, MDNI, 18+ Only.
-Scribbled by Shiloh /G.
#HSRP // #HOMESTUCKRP // #MVRP
-Lit Karkat Vantas, Homestuck.
-HSRP / MVRP & Multiships with chem in diff timelines.
-N/SFW, MDNI, 18+ Only.
-Scribbled by Shiloh /G.
#HSRP // #HOMESTUCKRP // #MVRP
[Literally recoiling from the sound of an unknown voice in your hive, you spin around, also cracking your spine in the process. A groan of relief and yet confusion escapes.]
WHO IN THE FUCK-- HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHO ARE YOU?!
[Your body starts to glow, like you snapped a glowstick instead of ++
WHO IN THE FUCK-- HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHO ARE YOU?!
[Your body starts to glow, like you snapped a glowstick instead of ++
[literally manifesting out of nowhere not too far off behind him] 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗮𝗔𝗧?!
ChaAat, I caAan’t tell if I interrupted aAa cutscene or aAa resurrection... Bro just snaAap craAackled aAand popped his skeleton.
ChaAat, I caAan’t tell if I interrupted aAa cutscene or aAa resurrection... Bro just snaAap craAackled aAand popped his skeleton.
September 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
[Literally recoiling from the sound of an unknown voice in your hive, you spin around, also cracking your spine in the process. A groan of relief and yet confusion escapes.]
WHO IN THE FUCK-- HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHO ARE YOU?!
[Your body starts to glow, like you snapped a glowstick instead of ++
WHO IN THE FUCK-- HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHO ARE YOU?!
[Your body starts to glow, like you snapped a glowstick instead of ++
>KARKAT: Return to the land of the living.
[You really passed the fuck out for a few days there, huh, champ? You drink too much blood and become engorged to the point of hibernation? You groan as you force yourself up, rolling your neck with a sickening crack.]
GUH...
[You really passed the fuck out for a few days there, huh, champ? You drink too much blood and become engorged to the point of hibernation? You groan as you force yourself up, rolling your neck with a sickening crack.]
GUH...
September 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
>KARKAT: Return to the land of the living.
[You really passed the fuck out for a few days there, huh, champ? You drink too much blood and become engorged to the point of hibernation? You groan as you force yourself up, rolling your neck with a sickening crack.]
GUH...
[You really passed the fuck out for a few days there, huh, champ? You drink too much blood and become engorged to the point of hibernation? You groan as you force yourself up, rolling your neck with a sickening crack.]
GUH...
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Roleplay account for Ifreya Candet, (cyan) 'mutant' blood sea dweller turned puppy girl.
Roleplay account for Ifreya Candet, (cyan) 'mutant' blood sea dweller turned puppy girl.
September 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Roleplay account for Ifreya Candet, (cyan) 'mutant' blood sea dweller turned puppy girl.
Roleplay account for Ifreya Candet, (cyan) 'mutant' blood sea dweller turned puppy girl.
[You still have to explain to Eridan what happened. Ugh. You can't imagine who he'll tell, yet you still wanted to keep it a secret for as long as you can...]
September 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
[You still have to explain to Eridan what happened. Ugh. You can't imagine who he'll tell, yet you still wanted to keep it a secret for as long as you can...]
>KARKAT: ???
[You're just sitting comfortably, blanket over your lap and watching the rain hit the window. Your thoughts have a strange, appallingly annoying way of morphing into fuel for the anxiety and depression fires. You wonder if Nepeta is happy, wherever she is.]
[You're just sitting comfortably, blanket over your lap and watching the rain hit the window. Your thoughts have a strange, appallingly annoying way of morphing into fuel for the anxiety and depression fires. You wonder if Nepeta is happy, wherever she is.]
September 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
>KARKAT: ???
[You're just sitting comfortably, blanket over your lap and watching the rain hit the window. Your thoughts have a strange, appallingly annoying way of morphing into fuel for the anxiety and depression fires. You wonder if Nepeta is happy, wherever she is.]
[You're just sitting comfortably, blanket over your lap and watching the rain hit the window. Your thoughts have a strange, appallingly annoying way of morphing into fuel for the anxiety and depression fires. You wonder if Nepeta is happy, wherever she is.]
(( drops an oc and runs away ))
September 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
(( drops an oc and runs away ))
I'M NOT A PERVERT FOR NOT KNOWING THERE IS A FOOD ALSO CALLED NUTS YOU FUCKING MAGGOTGULPING FUCKSTICK.
[You huff, grumpy as per usual. Licking your teeth behind your closed mouth, you give Dave a sour look.]
WHY WOULD THEY BE CALLED THE SAME THING, ANYWAY?
[You huff, grumpy as per usual. Licking your teeth behind your closed mouth, you give Dave a sour look.]
WHY WOULD THEY BE CALLED THE SAME THING, ANYWAY?
> Dave: Raise a dramatic judgmental brow.
for your information pervert i meant nuts as in peanuts the food
[ You take a glance at that trashcan.. you have questions, but best not to ask right now in the open.]
for your information pervert i meant nuts as in peanuts the food
[ You take a glance at that trashcan.. you have questions, but best not to ask right now in the open.]
NUTS? ISN'T THAT SLANG FOR HUMAN SHAMEGLOBES?
[ Emptying out your "juice"-box into your mouth, you crush it and toss it into a nearby red trashcan. You know, the one for...biohazardous material. Such as blood.]
[ Emptying out your "juice"-box into your mouth, you crush it and toss it into a nearby red trashcan. You know, the one for...biohazardous material. Such as blood.]
September 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'M NOT A PERVERT FOR NOT KNOWING THERE IS A FOOD ALSO CALLED NUTS YOU FUCKING MAGGOTGULPING FUCKSTICK.
[You huff, grumpy as per usual. Licking your teeth behind your closed mouth, you give Dave a sour look.]
WHY WOULD THEY BE CALLED THE SAME THING, ANYWAY?
[You huff, grumpy as per usual. Licking your teeth behind your closed mouth, you give Dave a sour look.]
WHY WOULD THEY BE CALLED THE SAME THING, ANYWAY?
NUTS? ISN'T THAT SLANG FOR HUMAN SHAMEGLOBES?
[ Emptying out your "juice"-box into your mouth, you crush it and toss it into a nearby red trashcan. You know, the one for...biohazardous material. Such as blood.]
[ Emptying out your "juice"-box into your mouth, you crush it and toss it into a nearby red trashcan. You know, the one for...biohazardous material. Such as blood.]
...
nnnnooooo
[Yes you fucking did.]
its not shitty its got uh
nuts in it
nnnnooooo
[Yes you fucking did.]
its not shitty its got uh
nuts in it
DID YOU JUST DROP THAT CLICHE CATCHPHRASE FOR THAT SHITTY EARTH CANDY?
[You don't want to show Dave any emotion other than crabbiness, which is weird because you're just pushing him away when all your pump biscuit wants to do is let him in.]
[You don't want to show Dave any emotion other than crabbiness, which is weird because you're just pushing him away when all your pump biscuit wants to do is let him in.]
September 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
NUTS? ISN'T THAT SLANG FOR HUMAN SHAMEGLOBES?
[ Emptying out your "juice"-box into your mouth, you crush it and toss it into a nearby red trashcan. You know, the one for...biohazardous material. Such as blood.]
[ Emptying out your "juice"-box into your mouth, you crush it and toss it into a nearby red trashcan. You know, the one for...biohazardous material. Such as blood.]
(( chat do i make an aradia
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
(( chat do i make an aradia
(( THIS SLAPS HARDER THAN CALIFORNIA RENTING COSTS OH MAN I WISH I COULD ANIMATE ORU3O4EWIR[IEWRIO3[PEJRI3W /posi
[ Hearing Karkat start to chase behind you activated the sort of prey instinct Eridan used to see in the lusi he hunted, suddenly causing adrenaline to course through his veins and book it faster ]
September 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
(( THIS SLAPS HARDER THAN CALIFORNIA RENTING COSTS OH MAN I WISH I COULD ANIMATE ORU3O4EWIR[IEWRIO3[PEJRI3W /posi
ERIDAN??????????
September 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
ERIDAN??????????
I'M GOING TO START SWINGING AT PEOPLE WHO PISS ME OFF.
September 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I'M GOING TO START SWINGING AT PEOPLE WHO PISS ME OFF.
THE NIPPLES NEVER FELL OFF TO BEGIN WITH! ! !
[You are growing increasingly insane.]
[You are growing increasingly insane.]
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
THE NIPPLES NEVER FELL OFF TO BEGIN WITH! ! !
[You are growing increasingly insane.]
[You are growing increasingly insane.]
GAMZEE. YOUR NIPPLES.
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
GAMZEE. YOUR NIPPLES.
GAMZEE, YOU ALWAYS HAD THEM. YOU JUST FORGOT ABOUT THEM.
September 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
GAMZEE, YOU ALWAYS HAD THEM. YOU JUST FORGOT ABOUT THEM.
DID YOU JUST DROP THAT CLICHE CATCHPHRASE FOR THAT SHITTY EARTH CANDY?
[You don't want to show Dave any emotion other than crabbiness, which is weird because you're just pushing him away when all your pump biscuit wants to do is let him in.]
[You don't want to show Dave any emotion other than crabbiness, which is weird because you're just pushing him away when all your pump biscuit wants to do is let him in.]
im hear to talk about eating bugs not eating bulges gosh man
[ You sigh dramatically for extra emphasis.]
okay i get it youre not you when youre hungry
[ You sigh dramatically for extra emphasis.]
okay i get it youre not you when youre hungry
OH, SHOVE A BULGE IN IT, DAVE. I'M NOT HERE TO ROAST YOU. I HAVEN'T EATEN IN 2 FUCKING DAYS, LET ME AT LEAST HAVE MY PEACE. . .
September 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
DID YOU JUST DROP THAT CLICHE CATCHPHRASE FOR THAT SHITTY EARTH CANDY?
[You don't want to show Dave any emotion other than crabbiness, which is weird because you're just pushing him away when all your pump biscuit wants to do is let him in.]
[You don't want to show Dave any emotion other than crabbiness, which is weird because you're just pushing him away when all your pump biscuit wants to do is let him in.]
OH, SHOVE A BULGE IN IT, DAVE. I'M NOT HERE TO ROAST YOU. I HAVEN'T EATEN IN 2 FUCKING DAYS, LET ME AT LEAST HAVE MY PEACE. . .
i used that word twice so jokes on you for not being more specific with your burns ooooohhhhhh hows it feel
[ This is stupid. ]
theres no bugs around so we'll never know
[ This is stupid. ]
theres no bugs around so we'll never know
[Slurp. Ugh, it's the least good flavor; Mustard. With no disrespect to Sollux or any of the Captors, their blood flavor is hoofbeast-shit.]
DROP THE "THE".
DROP THE "THE".
September 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
OH, SHOVE A BULGE IN IT, DAVE. I'M NOT HERE TO ROAST YOU. I HAVEN'T EATEN IN 2 FUCKING DAYS, LET ME AT LEAST HAVE MY PEACE. . .
[Slurp. Ugh, it's the least good flavor; Mustard. With no disrespect to Sollux or any of the Captors, their blood flavor is hoofbeast-shit.]
DROP THE "THE".
DROP THE "THE".
[ You eye the 'juice' with suspicion, but you don't question it any further than that, shrugging it off.]
nahhhhh im the shit
the bonafide pinnacle of human qualities
nahhhhh im the shit
the bonafide pinnacle of human qualities
> Karkat: Pull a "juice box" from your sweater and turn away from the ridiculously annoying(ly cute and funny) Dave Strider.
YOU MAKE ME QUESTION THE CHOICE OF MAKING HUMANS IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND I'M NEAR YOU.
[You st4b the straw into the "juicebox", and sip. Grimace.]
YOU MAKE ME QUESTION THE CHOICE OF MAKING HUMANS IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND I'M NEAR YOU.
[You st4b the straw into the "juicebox", and sip. Grimace.]
September 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
[Slurp. Ugh, it's the least good flavor; Mustard. With no disrespect to Sollux or any of the Captors, their blood flavor is hoofbeast-shit.]
DROP THE "THE".
DROP THE "THE".
Reposted by KARKAT VANTAS
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TG: 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙙
TG: 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙚,
TG: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚
TG: 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚.
TG: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜,
TG: 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
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#HOMESTUCKRP #MVRP
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TG: 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙙
TG: 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙚,
TG: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚
TG: 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚.
TG: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜,
TG: 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
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#HOMESTUCKRP #MVRP
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August 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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TG: 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙙
TG: 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙚,
TG: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚
TG: 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚.
TG: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜,
TG: 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
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#HOMESTUCKRP #MVRP
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TG: 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙙
TG: 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙚,
TG: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚
TG: 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚.
TG: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜,
TG: 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
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#HOMESTUCKRP #MVRP
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> Karkat: Pull a "juice box" from your sweater and turn away from the ridiculously annoying(ly cute and funny) Dave Strider.
YOU MAKE ME QUESTION THE CHOICE OF MAKING HUMANS IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND I'M NEAR YOU.
[You st4b the straw into the "juicebox", and sip. Grimace.]
YOU MAKE ME QUESTION THE CHOICE OF MAKING HUMANS IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND I'M NEAR YOU.
[You st4b the straw into the "juicebox", and sip. Grimace.]
why does anyone eat bugs is a better question
> Dave: Waggle your brows even harder
> Dave: Waggle your brows even harder
WHY. EARTH IS STOCKED FULL OF SO MUCH FOOD. WHY EAT BUGS?
> Karkat: Pinch temples and be disgusted at mostly the brow wiggling.
> Karkat: Pinch temples and be disgusted at mostly the brow wiggling.
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
> Karkat: Pull a "juice box" from your sweater and turn away from the ridiculously annoying(ly cute and funny) Dave Strider.
YOU MAKE ME QUESTION THE CHOICE OF MAKING HUMANS IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND I'M NEAR YOU.
[You st4b the straw into the "juicebox", and sip. Grimace.]
YOU MAKE ME QUESTION THE CHOICE OF MAKING HUMANS IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND I'M NEAR YOU.
[You st4b the straw into the "juicebox", and sip. Grimace.]
I WOULD ASK WHY, BUT THEN I REALIZE THAT YOU MIGHT AS WELL. START PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE FOR FUN. BECOME FULLY BRAINDEAD FROM SHORTFORM MEDIA. CHASE PEOPLE WITH ROCKS AT NIGHT.
WHATEVER, RIGHT?
WHATEVER, RIGHT?
I SHOULD START SLANDERING OTHER KARKATS.
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I WOULD ASK WHY, BUT THEN I REALIZE THAT YOU MIGHT AS WELL. START PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE FOR FUN. BECOME FULLY BRAINDEAD FROM SHORTFORM MEDIA. CHASE PEOPLE WITH ROCKS AT NIGHT.
WHATEVER, RIGHT?
WHATEVER, RIGHT?
Karkat: --> Glow like a real Rainbow Drinker.
[You're glowing like a fucking nightlight right now. Hopefully the bright light will deter your ex-moirail.]
[You're glowing like a fucking nightlight right now. Hopefully the bright light will deter your ex-moirail.]
September 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Karkat: --> Glow like a real Rainbow Drinker.
[You're glowing like a fucking nightlight right now. Hopefully the bright light will deter your ex-moirail.]
[You're glowing like a fucking nightlight right now. Hopefully the bright light will deter your ex-moirail.]
FOR ONCE I AGREE WITH ERIDAN. SIX FOOT RULE.
September 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
FOR ONCE I AGREE WITH ERIDAN. SIX FOOT RULE.
Karkat: >Think about what bag of blood you want to drink from.
[Every choice refrigerated in front of you is going to be less appetizing than anything fresh from the source. As a rainbow-drinker, your diet's limited, but it's been two days since you've eaten. . .]
[Every choice refrigerated in front of you is going to be less appetizing than anything fresh from the source. As a rainbow-drinker, your diet's limited, but it's been two days since you've eaten. . .]
September 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Karkat: >Think about what bag of blood you want to drink from.
[Every choice refrigerated in front of you is going to be less appetizing than anything fresh from the source. As a rainbow-drinker, your diet's limited, but it's been two days since you've eaten. . .]
[Every choice refrigerated in front of you is going to be less appetizing than anything fresh from the source. As a rainbow-drinker, your diet's limited, but it's been two days since you've eaten. . .]