April 10th 1912.
==Be the rich boy who just boarded the ship.
You are the rich boy who just boarded the ship you didn't want to board. You were perfectly fine where you were. You had been enjoying life in England, even though you weren't from there.
You were born in Texas and had to move to England at age 9 to continue schooling. You never really wanted to leave. But once you got there you honestly preferred it.
You had spent the rest of your school life there; until age 17. Learning basic maths and grammar, though you preferred rapping to any of that.
Your grades were average, you did need to keep them up or else your Bro would have made you go back early. And you didn't want that.
Though you finished school, Bro made you go back earlier than planned. He had said that if you passed with high grades you could stay and get your degree. But your other interests got in the way. Your passion for rapping and bad boy attitude caused your grades to lower and Bro to book the next boat to America.
That happened to be a new boat. The largest boat of the year, the one said to be unsinkable, The Titanic.
It didn't really seem bigger. It actually seemed about the same size; from what you remember. As you walked inside, the grand hall was pretty nice, for a boat. And it smelt new, which bothered you. You weren't too fond of the smell of wood polish.
You reluctantly followed Bro towards a group of people he claimed he knew. Though he never really left the house that much. They were people more rich than you, which you found out when Bro started up a conversation with them about how much money they had.
You awkwardly stood there, adjusting your jacket and resisting the urge to untuck your shirt and get the hell of the boat. You don't get to think twice about when one of the rich man's daughters starts to you.
She was wearing a dark pink purple dress with blue and green ribbons in her hair. On her wrists were many gold bracelets. You weren't really paying attention to the conversation. You were trying to think of a way to get off the boat, but that didn't really work because you kept getting distracted by her voice. It was extremely annoying and full of laughter. You think she said her name was Feferi, but you're not too sure.
She finally stopped talking when her father said it was time to go to their room. Bro agreed with that fact and started walking away to your room.
You arrived at you room C9 and looked around. Most of your stuff from your old room was being opened by crew members and placed in the back where you presumed your room was. Bro told you that you had about an hour to wonder the ship, and then he didn't to meet with the other first class members again. This time for tea.
You didn't want tea, but the thought of you being able to browse around excited you. Maybe you could escape just in time before the ship set sail. You quickly went to check how the unpacking was going, and then decided to help out, because the crew members were doing it all wrong.
After that you went into each room, to get a feel of things, then left your room and went to wonder the decks.
==Be the less rich boy who just acquired some tickets for the ship Titanic.
You are now the boy who is absconding from the venue your friend Karkat got the tickets from. You both were running for the docks. You realised the lines were empty and they were almost ready to close the doors.
"This way!" you yelled to Karkat and ran up the ramp to the almost closed doors. You and Karkat handed your tickets in and quickly ran inside. You just stopped running when someone bumped into you, causing you both to fall to the ground.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Karkat said from above you, trying to keep his naturally loud voice to a minimum.
You looked to the person who was now sitting on you and all you saw was a sky of red. His eyes were red. Then you realised you were staring and looked down, feeling the blood rush to your cheeks.
The boy stood up and offered his hand to you. You grabbed it up and he helped you stand.
"Sorry man." He said. You were surprised at his tone. He looked like someone from first class. He probably was. You decided to go with that.
"It's ok sir. I was in your way" You said, remembering your manners towards first class people.
"Don't start with the sir thing. I already get it enough. Just call me Dave." He said. You could tell he was trying to be friendly, but his face was telling a different story. He had a calm face with no expression what so ever.
"I'm John. John Egbert" you say, trying to be less formal but still as much "this is my friend Karkat." You notice his glance and the doors, which were now closed. You all jerked at the boat started, almost falling again.
"Shit…" he said and sighed looking back at you.
"Wanted to get off the ship?" you ask and he nods, with a small look of confusion on his face.
"How'd you tell?" he asked and Karkat interrupted.
"He's really good at reading people. And I think John and I should really get to our rooms. Excuse us Dave" Karkat grabbed your arm and dragged you away, while you looked at Dave, and he looked at you, almost amused.
Once you were dragged around a corner, Karkat let you go.
"You are not going to fonder with that boy John." Karkat started on one of his love lectures.
"What!? 'Fonder?' Karkat, I don't like boys." You say in defence. Sadly he can see right through you.
"John, how long have we been friends? I know you too well. I saw how you looked at him. You like him. But that not how it works. First class can't just go around with third class. Nor the other way. You probably could even get away with being friends… Don't give me that look John.
"When would you even see him? No, don't answer that. I'm just saying you shouldn't try. Even if this somehow would work, though I don't really see how, when this trip is over, you both go your separate ways and you get your heart broken." Karkat doesn't seem done on the topic, but lets you interrupt with a sign.
Not wanting to continue with this conversation you suggest actually going to your room. You look at your ticket; D56. You looked around for a sign or something.
"Stairs are around the other corner" Dave said from back where he was standing, obviously listening to the conversation.
"SHUT UP!" Karkat said, you laughed and grabbed Karkat's arm and took him to the stairs. On the way past Karkat just glared at Dave. You walked down the stairs and found your room, at the other end of the boat. You opened the door to find another set of people in there already.
A girl and a boy. The girl had long black hair and had a small soft face. When she talked she was very a lisp positive. Not much like the boy. He had short brown hair and wore red and blue framed glasses. And when he talked you discovered he had a lisp. Their names were Aradia and Sollux.
They were really nice, but Karkat didn't really seem fond of them too much. To think about it, Karkat wasn't really fond of anyone, but you. You lay on your bed and recalled how you met.
You two met about 5 years ago. It was completely accidental actually. Karkat had a cleaning job at a restaurant and you had a job at the same place to play the piano to entertain guests. You never really noticed each other until Karkat accidentally slipped on a tea spill he was supposed to clean up and fell into the piano. Literally into it. He fell into the open part and broke a few strings. You both were fired.
You felt sorry for him because he was being paid less than you, so you took him out for lunch. Because of his lacking of money he lost his apartment and you allowed him to live with you. He got another job, as did you. He never actually moved out. You both were enjoying each other's company and had become good friends.
When you came back to reality you overheard Karkat having an in-depth conversation with your room members. It was so in-depth that none of them noticed when you left to go find Dave.
Actually you weren't planning on finding Dave. You had planned to look around and get to know where everything was. But that's just what happened.
