AN: Yes, there is some amount of roleplaying humor in this. And once you get to the roleplaying scene they do play the game, but I will state that its not all rolling and statsand stuff. There is a punchline, I will say that.
Also, I don't own Homestuck. That being said, let's get this show on the road!
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It was something her mind kept on coming back to. Ever since that conversation with John she couldn't concentrate. It was like every thought led back to him and what he said. It was almost obsessive. She might even say that she was… No, feeling that way would be silly. But maybe now that everything was over, and they had finally won, maybe this idea wasn't so bad. It still took her weeks before even gathering the courage to talk about it to John.
"Hey John?" Vriska asked as she stepped into John's room. Her confident self had faded away, and her nervousness was showing. She avoided eye contact and her grey cheeks had a tinge of red. John looked up from his laptop he had placed on his desk, looking at the female troll.
"Oh hey Vriska," He was surprised by the girl's entrance, "What's up?" He pulled the one headphone he had in out of his ear and spun his chair around to face her, leaning the office chair back.
"I, uh…" She took a step towards him, "I have something I've wanted to ask you about…"
"Uh…" John felt uncomfortable. Vriska was losing her cool. That was never a good sign.
"Gog this is so embarrassing," She muttered to herself, "I can't believe I'm doing this." John continued to stare, confused and terrified (if not a bit intrigued) by the girl's emotional state. What was so embarrassing that she had trouble telling him? Him, the person she went to when dealing with her feelings about killing. He had a feeling there was going to be trouble, and lots of it.
"Dammit, John, I'm just going to come out and say it!" She yelled throwing her fists in the air and starting to pace back and forth, "Ever since that conversation we had I haven't been able to focus at all. Everything I look at I just can't stop thinking about…" She stopped pacing and just looked him in the eye. John was blushing, hoping that he knew what was coming.
"John!" She yelled as she grabbed him by the shoulders, "I want to learn about that Dungeons and Dragons game you mentioned."
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"Okay, so I hope you don't mind, but since this was kinda last minute, I didn't get a chance to make an adventure so I'm using a premade one off the internet." John explained as he looked up from his papers behind a screen at the head of the table. At the table sat his players. There was Vriska, of course, along with Jade who joined as soon as he mentioned the game. Rose took a little bit of wheeling and dealing, but she was interested at the mysterious powers that lay in the world of the game. How Vriska managed to get Karkat to join, he had no idea.
"Okay," John muttered behind his screen, flipping haphazardly through the stacks of papers he had, "I guess we'll introduce the party…" He paused, trying to gather his thoughts, "Vriska, since you were the one that started this, I guess we'll start with you and go clockwise." He looked to the girl seated to his left, and pulled out a notebook so he could write who's who.
"Okay then…" The girl pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose as she glanced as the sheet, "I am Spinneret Mindfang, and I am a drow rogue. My goal in life is to become one of the most skilled pirates on the face of whatever planet this game takes place on. And hopefully earn titles in whatever kingdom we are in. Maybe become skilled enough to earn the title of Marquise."
"I'm sure after so long you'll be skilled enough to earn a title. But you're a rogue?" John asked, "I assumed you would be a cleric of Lolth." Vriska raised an eyebrow.
"Lolth? Who's that?"
"Goddess of the drow. She's half spider." John explained. The troll grabbed her pencil and turned it around, debating whether or not to change her characte. She wavered for a few moments before just erasing her patron deity and changing it. She uncomfortably put her pencil down.
"Next up, Rose. What's your character?" John asked.
"My name is Victasys the Death Dealer, and I am a human warlock who was disabled, but made a pact with a beast from beyond time and space so she would be able to go on adventures, but so far has only been able to work as a magical assassin." Rose read the name off her sheet.
"The Death Dealer?" John chuckled at the name, "A bit morbid for the Seer of Light, don't you think?" Rose only responded with a glare.
"Anyway, next up we have Jade." John pointed to the girl.
"I am playing Lady Anastriana Celestialine, a half-elf wizard. Her parents were nobles, and on the day of her birth a strange old lady came and spoke a prophecy over her. The prophecy was whispered in Ana's ear, so she's the only one who knows it. She doesn't know it though because she was a baby at the time so who knows what her destiny is?" Jade put down the notebook she had, "And that's the gist of the important stuff. There's more detail but I won't go into it now." John nodded at the background, taking shorthand notes on what to add later in the game.
"And last but not least, we have Karkat." Everyone looked over at the only male player in the room. The troll cleared his throat as he looked at the sheet.
"I AM PLAYING THE ROLE OF ONE…" He was cut off by the rest of the group grasping their ears and trying to get him to shut up, "WHAT! I'M JUST READING MY SHEET!" Vriska quickly used her psychic powers to silence him.
"Karkat, we aren't over chat now," She explained, "You don't have to use all caps. You can use your inside voice now. Are we all clear?" Karkat nodded, and Vriska released his mouth.
"I am playing the role of one Ortis Loreweaver 'the Rising Hawk', drow paladin. I am a devout worshiper of Kord, god of battle and violence and ass kicking and things like that." With that John nodded, leaned his chair back, and dimmed the lights for mood lighting.
"Woah, woah woah!" Karkat yelled as the lights dimmed, "What is this?"
"It's called mood lighting. Deal with it," John said as he brought his chair back to its feet, "Anyways, here's the scenario. You are all members of a new adventuring group, we'll get into details for that later, and you've made your unofficial station in the coastal city of Flamecrest. While sitting in the local tavern you hear tell of trouble over in…" He looked down at his papers, squinting, "I can't read the notes in this light."
"Smooth move dicklick." Karkat chuckled. John glared at him before leaning back and flipping the light back on. He sat back down and looked at his notes.
"So you hear about some trouble over in the city of Riverdeep. Apparently they are being attacked by something. You don't overhear any details unfortunately."
"Do you think we could help out?" Jade looked at her allies, hoping for some input. Vriska had a mischievous smile.
"The proper question is if we'll get properly rewarded," She stated, "I don't want to go over there for pride's sake."
"A little cruel don't you think?" Karkat countered, "We should revel in the glory of battle, along with any amount of glory we can get from defending this town," He glanced around the table at his compatriots, "I am doing this right?" He whispered. Vriska gave him a thumbs up.
"But is that not what being an adventurer is all about?" Rose piped up, "The fortune and glory? We may be helping people but that doesn't change the fact that this is a mercenary outfit, not a philanthropist organization."
"You can," John cut in, "look for information on the town. With a streetwise check you can gather information about the town." He waited patiently as everyone rolled their dice.
"I've got a five," Karkat said, "Wandering the streets searching for clues wasn't what I signed up for."
"That's an eighteen for me," Rose said, "This hitman has some criminal contacts."
"I've got an eighteen also!" Jade clapped excitedly, "And I'm not even trained."
"The thief has a twenty five." Vriska said. John looked down at his papers.
"Okay, so first of all, Ortis," John chuckled, "Maybe the battle pits in the basement of Kord's church aren't the best places to find out about current events."
"Did I at least kick some ass?" Karkat grunted. John nodded. Karkat smiled.
"Now Ana, you remember this soothsayer you went to in the sleazier part of town during one of your attempts to find out about your prophecy. Conveniently enough it just so happens that The Death Dealer here knows her through her criminal contacts. She does her thing and grants you some information about the town. Apparently the town's economy was originally in fishing and things like that, but an attempt to dam the nearby river ended badly. The water flooded over and eventually became stagnant, turning the area into a swamp. Now they have a market in medicines and basic magical items."
"But what about the trouble?" Jade asked, "What is attacking the city?" John paused for a moment, trying to improvise.
"The old lady cackles madly, then suddenly her and the shack you were in disappears and you find yourself in an alley, still kneeling by the same campfire." John said. Rose and Jade looked at each other, wide eyed. Karkat made weird sci-fi whistling noises, followed by the group chuckling.
"Anyways, Spinneret, you are mingling in your favorite pub, the Seafaring Arachnid, when you meet up with a town guard from Riverdeeep who went AWOL after surviving an attack by the creatures. The creatures happen to be…" John stared at the notes. An awkward silence filled the room.
"The creatures were…" Vriska stared at him. John licked his lips, tapped his feet, anything to figure everything out.
"You know, I think I should hold this off for some more time so I can prepare more," He explained as he started gathering up his papers in a rush, "Look, I'm just going to run back up to my room. You guys can mingle or something or…" He grabbed the papers and ran out of the room.
"John what's wrong?" Rose reached after him as he ran away. They looked around, trying to figure out what was going on. It was then that Jade noticed one of the papers that John had dropped. She picked it up and looked at it. She muttered a few lines to herself, chuckled, and shook her head in mild shame.
"What was it?" Karkat asked. Jade showed the paper to the two aliens.
"The enemy creatures in this adventure were trolls." She started cracking up, and soon the rest of the group followed. Once the party finally calmed down, silence filled the room again, until it was broken by Rose.
"So, while we're waiting, anyone up for Call of Cthulhu?"
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AN: Yes, and thus we come to an end. Its more or less finished, but I have no qualms against continuing it with either them continuing to play D&D or Call of Cthulhu if I get enough requests. Anyways, thank you and good night.