[Hm. Trying to sound like Roxy. Yeah, that's going to be rough. He's pretty sure he can't do this without sounding creepy as fuck, but he'll try.]
Okay. But I'm not taking responsibility for the results.
[Dirk puts a hand over his mouth as he thinks about this. Think like Roxy. Think like Roxy. God, he couldn't even do this when high on Trickster juju.
Dirk clears his throat and drops his hand so he can give Karkat a big thumbs up to go with his cheery voice.] Thanks so much for helping me out on this, Karkles! You're the best!
[The cheery voice sucks. He manages to pitch his voice higher (joy expresses itself on a higher frequency and more rapidly than a neutral tone, he remembers reading that once) but he doesn't have the proper rise and fall throughout to make it sound natural.
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Okay. But I'm not taking responsibility for the results.
[Dirk puts a hand over his mouth as he thinks about this. Think like Roxy. Think like Roxy. God, he couldn't even do this when high on Trickster juju.
Dirk clears his throat and drops his hand so he can give Karkat a big thumbs up to go with his cheery voice.] Thanks so much for helping me out on this, Karkles! You're the best!
[The cheery voice sucks. He manages to pitch his voice higher (joy expresses itself on a higher frequency and more rapidly than a neutral tone, he remembers reading that once) but he doesn't have the proper rise and fall throughout to make it sound natural.
Also, he didn't smile.]