Trill: Forgive this sad attempt at a story. The characters will probably be OC to some extent (especially Sollux. Sorry), but I enjoyed writing this first installment, anyway. :3
So... Disclaimers. I don't own any of these, they all belong to Hussie, ectectect. Any names or likenesses of people and places are purely coincidental, and in no honest way reflect the opinions of me, or anyone else.
Also, there may or may not be man on man sex in later chapters, should this story progress that far. If this offends you, or any implications of homosexual relations, then you are in the wrong mother fucking place, bro. The wriggler's section is over that-a-way.
The bar room was stuffy, smoke filled, and the ever dancing lights of the dance floor hurt his vision. The music was too loud, the alcohol was second-rate shit, and he didn't even have a wifi signal for his latest phone upgrade to catch. Needless to say, Sollux was pissed as fuck that his friends dragged him out here. There was supposed to be a live band, but Sollux had yet to see anyone other than Dave at the turntables, mixing up what he called "music".
Sollux tolerated the kid, but he did not agree with the younger male's choice in ear-fodder. Karkat had somehow goaded Sollux into coming to this background, shit-hole of a place, using the typical "You're just jealous cause I have more swag than you" bit. Sollux had more of this "swag" in his bifold glasses than Karkat had in his entire existence... yet it somehow still managed to work when it concerned getting him out of his house and away from work.
Sollux sighed and ordered another watered down drink from Equius. The strong man was one of the reason Kar had wanted to come; It meant discounted booze. Equius was a half and halfer at this bar. Some nights he was a bouncer and other nights he was a bar tender, which also kept the drunkards from harassing Nepeta, his long standing girlfriend.
Those two were long standing best friends, but they were so red for each other, that Terezi had to tell them to "Get over it and fill the right quadrant" before she sent her army of attack plushies to take them down. Terezi had been deliriously drunk at the time, but her intentions were good, and it hit home. Those two started officially dating the next week, and the week after was when Equius took the split job. He was a bit over protective, but Nepeta found it endearing.
Sollux let out another sigh. Chances were he was going to be playing baby sitter tonight. Karkat acted like an immature grubbling when drunk- okay, more of a grubbling- and John was no help. Rose and Jade opted out of this particular outing, along with Kanaya, Vriska, and Tavros. So the group was pretty much split evenly down the middle with who had gone and who had not. Meaning Sollux was the only one capable of coherent thought, it seemed at this point. All to meet a friend of Karkat's who had moved away years ago, but was back in town for a while.
The music suddenly stopped, and the lights went dark in the main dance floor and bar area. Sollux looked up from his drink, and turned his eyes to the stage, where Dave had gotten up, and was introducing the night's live act. Sollux scoffed as the name of some two bit band he'd never heard of was announced.
Sollux turned away from the stage, not even caring for the live act, and sat to wallow in his own self, and Karkat, loathing some more. And suddenly, his eyes widened as something hit his ears. That music was something he never heard before. No, that was incorrect. It wasn't the music that had his heart racing behind his chest, it was the voice that carried over the sound of the drums and guitar.
He turned in his seat, searching, eyes flicking from the speakers, to the dance floor, and then finally, to the source of that sound. And for one second, their eyes met. They were a deep indigo, a shade of blue he had never seen before. It was entrancing, and just for a moment, Sollux swore that the man singing and slamming away at his instrument was doing it just for him.
He was jerked out of the stare down when a calloused hand clapped down on his shoulders.
"Hey man, haven't seen you around. You should jump on Pester Chum more often. I thought maybe you died, and that would not have been cool."
It was Strider. He had already gotten his business taken care of for the evening, and was waiting on Karkat and the others, like Sollux had been. Sollux snapped his head back to the stage, but the singer was caught up in his own music and stage show.
"Captor, you okay?"
Dave asked as he pushed his cool guy shades up the bridge of his nose some. How he managed to wear those things in such an already dark place, and still see, was a mystery to Sollux, but the same could be asked about how Sollux could see so clearly out of his Bifold glasses. The red and blue lenses, typically associated with 3D movies and such.
"Yeth. I'm... fine, Dave. Thouldn't we go find Karkat and round up the group?" Sollux asked as he pushed his own glasses back up his face, and looked to the dance floor to try and spot his party of friends. Terezi was easily found, but Karkat had found some nook to hide in, apparently. Dave nodded in agreement, and lead the way to the back stage entrance. He knew their foul mouthed friend would be waiting for someone. So the best bet was to start there.
Trill: Congratulations on sitting through that! And I probably won't be using typing quirks all that much, for future reference, but I'll do my best to differentiate between the twelve, and the humans. Aaaanyway, like I said... next update in a week or two. So long for now.