"What the fuck is that thing?" Karkat can't be more confused at what exactly Jade is doing. "Harley, hello? I'm asking you a fucking question."
"I can hear that. You'll just have to sit and wait with everyone else," Jade replies, not even looking up from the monitor. Karkat grumbles and storms off in the next room were everyone else, besides Jade, sits in anticipation of her anniversary gift to all of them. What anniversary, you ask? It's the anniversary, in years, of their success in Sburb, or Sgrub for the trolls. To celebrate, Jade has gathered all of the trolls, pre and post scratch, and all the humans, pre and post scratch together. She also invited Calliope for helping with the post scratch session.
She told everyone that she had a gift for them. It was something that no one would ever think of—especially the trolls and possibly Calliope. It would be so big that John would squeal like a fangirl when he found out. All she has to do is order the tickets ... and done! Trolls and cherubs really need to share more of their technology.
She gets up and slowly walks into the other room where everyone sits in anticipation. Some of the more jittery ones, like John and Jake, can barely keep in their seats. Even the more tranquil ones, like Rose and Kanaya, can't hold in their excitement.
Looking around Jade decides that she's tortured everyone long enough, and decides that she should tell them all now before they explode from the suspense. "Okay, everyone," she says as calmly as she can, "I have some very exciting news."
"Spit it out already!" Karkat get frustrated with the dog girl.
"I was getting to that. As I said, I have something extremely exciting planned for all of us on this anniversary of our success." She pauses, then after a minute, she exclaims, "I have ordered some tickets to board the RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage!"
The only one that seems truly excited for this is John. He had heard of how luxurious it is and always wanted to ride it, but he knew that they scrapped it or something. The four post scratch kids and all the trolls just looked confused. What is this "R.M.S. Titanic"? And that's exactly what Dirk asks.
"Dirk, the R.M.S. Titanic was the most luxurious ocean liner to ever be built by human hands," Rose says. "But—"
"Then why haven't we ever heard of it," he responds, pointing to himself, Roxy, Jane and Jake.
"I think it was only built in the beta universe, so you wouldn't have known about it. Now—"
"So does this mean that we're going out on a cruise," Jake asks excitedly.
"Not really, being Titanic wasn't a cruise liner. It was an RMS," Dave says.
"What does that mean?"
"Royal Mail Steamer. But it did carry passengers."
"Dave, Titanic was an ocean liner. It just carried the prefix RMS," Aranea, who studied the human race extensively said. "But didn't it sink?"
"Yes, but we will be sent to a timeline in which she goes through her maiden voyage with no troubles at all," Jade replies happily.
"Jade, I'm just curious here, but what cabins will we be staying in," Rose asks.
"I bought seventeen First Class berth cabins for us. One of us will have one all to him or herself."
"And how much did this cost?"
"That really isn't anyone's business—"
"I asked you how much it costs."
"Fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars in todays money," Jade says shyly.
"How much?"
"Fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars," Jade says louder.
"Jade," John complains as he stands up. "That is way too much for us."
"I'm sorry! I just wanted to do something big."
"So, when do we leave," Meenah asks.
"Considering it is in our old universe in 1912, anytime after the tickets arrive, assuming we have a way to travel back in time to then." Jade can't hold in her excitement.
Thinking back about two minutes prior, Vriska remembers Aranea saying something about it "sinking," so she must ask her question, being a pirate and all. "Uh, what exactly is meant by the term 'sinking?'"
"Well, the official term that the humans use for it is 'foundering,'" Aranea says, "but it means that the ship or boat fills up with water and goes down to the bottom of whatever body of water it's in. Of course, this wouldn't be the kind of thing to be discussing while talking about taking a trip on the most famous ship in human history." Okay, so perhaps Jade's plan isn't going to work out, what with everyone talking about sinking ships and all. Nevertheless, she is determined to make this work. Just as she promised, she's giving them something big as a reward for their efforts in beating the game. But let it be known that it has been guaranteed that there is no way this can go wrong. The travel site that she used is the most trusted out there. There has only been one time that there has ever been a glitch in the system, but unbeknown to all the kids, that one time has yet to come …