Terezi: Enter Can Town

by chaosattractor

After a year of traveling, life on the Veil asteroid has settled into a routine for Dave and Terezi. That is, until the latest dream bubble episode turned everything on its head for Dave. When Terezi can't locate him, she makes an adventurous quest through Can Town to find him.

2. part 2

A/N: I cannot figure out how to get this website to display the greater than symbol for Terezi's emotes. If you know a way, please drop me a line and I'll fix it! Thanks!

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The world vanishes. No scent, no sound, nothing your senses can pick up on. It's the Void all right. You reach back and grope for the edge of the doorway just to make sure it's still there. The layout of this room has been known to change on you unexpectedly.

TEREZI: D4V3?
TEREZI: D4V3!
TEREZI: 4R3 YOU 1N H3R3?

Ringing silence. But you think you catch a whiff of strawberry.

You set out from the wall very slowly, using your walking cane to probe the ground in front of you.

TEREZI: D4V3?
TEREZI: WH3R3 4R3 YOU?
TEREZI: 4ND WHY 4R3 YOU H4NG1NG OUT 1N TH3 VO1D?
TEREZI: 4R3 YOU STUDY1NG HORRORT3RRORS FOR ROS3 OR SOM3TH1NG?
TEREZI: D44444V3
TEREZI: 1 KNOW YOUR3 1N H3R3
TEREZI: WHY 4R3NT YOU 4NSW3R1NG?
TEREZI: TH1S WOULD B3 4 WHOL3 LOT 34S13R 1F YOU JUST 4NSW3R3D M3!
TEREZI: XO
TEREZI: D4V3!

Now you are really getting nervous. You've lost track of the way out and Dave's scent is still no more than the faintest trace on the wind of the Void. You wonder just how big this room can get.

TEREZI: H3Y COOL K1D
TEREZI: 4R3 YOU OK4Y?
TEREZI: D4V3 4R3 YOU HURT?

The scent of strawberry candy gets stronger. You start walking faster, and then faster yet, and very soon you are moving recklessly fast.

TEREZI: D4V3!
TEREZI: D4 –

Your cane catches on something, and a second later you trip over it and go sprawling on your face.

DAVE: ow jesus
DAVE: what the hell
TEREZI: D4V3!
TEREZI: 4R3 YOU OK4Y?
DAVE: well i was
DAVE: until this clumsy troll girl ran over me
DAVE: now im all bruised and shit
TEREZI: :/
TEREZI: W3LL YOU W3R3NT 4NSW3R1NG
TEREZI: 1 D1DNT KNOW WH3R3 YOU W3R3!
DAVE: yeah ok
DAVE: so i guess running around till you stepped on me was the best way to deal with that
DAVE: i can see that now
DAVE: it makes perfect sense
DAVE: especially since you can smell me from like
DAVE: the next room or whatever
TEREZI: :[
TEREZI: V3RY FUNNY SM4RT4SS
TEREZI: 1T DO3SNT WORK W3LL 1N H3R3
TEREZI: YOU KNOW TH4T
TEREZI: TH3 VO1D W1ND T4K3S 4W4Y SM3LLS
TEREZI: 3V3N YOURS
TEREZI: 3V3N 4T TH1S D1ST4NC3
DAVE: yeah i still don't know about this void wind thing
DAVE: it kind of sounds like bullshit
DAVE: the air seems totally still to me
DAVE: like
DAVE: a still thing thats really still
TEREZI: :?
TEREZI: WH4T?

This isn't right. You don't need a keen sense of smell to tell you that his blood pusher is not in it at all.

TEREZI: TH4TS TH3 L4M3ST COMP4R1SON 1V3 3V3R H34RD D4V3
DAVE: well i guess that just makes me a lame guy then
DAVE: no more cool kid here
DAVE: time to break the sad news to the world
DAVE: all the cool kids are gone
DAVE: world youre going to have to make to do with nothing but pathetic assholes from now on
TEREZI: :/

By now you have righted yourself and located your walking cane. You are sitting on your knees and facing Dave. You think he is close by. You can hear him perfectly fine, but sound is strangely uncertain without scent to back it up. You think he is lying down in front of you, but you can't be sure. You hold one hand out in front of you and inch forward.

TEREZI: D1D YOU R34LLY JUST C4LL YOURS3LF 4 P4TH3T1C 4SSHOL3?
DAVE: no
TEREZI: :[
TEREZI: 1 TH1NK YOU D1D
TEREZI: WH4TS WRONG W1TH YOU
TEREZI: YOU SOUND L1K3 K4RK4T
DAVE: ha
TEREZI: 4ND YOUR3 H4NG1NG OUT 1N TH3 VO1D L1K3 A W31RDO
TEREZI: SO WH4TS WRONG
DAVE: nothing
TEREZI: 1 DONT B3L13V3 YOU

Your hand finally encounters Dave's shoulder. He immediately vanishes.

TEREZI: BL4444R
TEREZI: NOW 1 H4V3 TO F1ND YOU 4G41N!
TEREZI: :[
DAVE: jesus
DAVE: look
DAVE: maybe i just came out here to think
DAVE: and be alone
DAVE: did that ever occur to you
TEREZI: NO
TEREZI: :P
DAVE: well it should
DAVE: but instead you probably walked all over this stupid asteroid looking for me
DAVE: didnt you
DAVE: even my room
DAVE: god damn
DAVE: did you go through my room
TEREZI: OF COURS3 :]
TEREZI: TH4TS TH3 F1RST PL4C3 1 CH3CK3D 4FT3R TH3 DR34M BUBBL3 W3NT 4W4Y 4ND YOU V4N1SH3D
DAVE: what
DAVE: are you serious
DAVE: i cant believe you actually snooped through my room while i wasnt even there
DAVE: i mean i realize im basically the coolest guy youve ever met and that its probably like physically painful for you to be away from me
DAVE: but still
DAVE: you dont just go through someones room
DAVE: how many times do i have to tell you this
DAVE: did you mess with my stuff
DAVE: tell me you didnt mess with my stuff
TEREZI: M44444YB3
TEREZI: 4 L1TTL3
TEREZI: 1 M4Y H4V3 L1CK3D 4 F3W TH1NGS
TEREZI: H3H3H3
DAVE: ok wow
DAVE: thats pretty fucked up
DAVE: youve officially crossed the line into creepy stalker territory
DAVE: just so you know
TEREZI: BUT TH3Y W3R3 SO D3L1C1OUS
TEREZI: 1 COULDNT H3LP MYS3LF
TEREZI: 3V3RYTH1NG 1N YOUR ROOM T4ST3S L1K3 STR4WB3RRY C4NDY
TEREZI: 4ND L1K3 YOU
TEREZI: ;]
DAVE: wow
DAVE: ok
DAVE: you know what would be great
DAVE: if you went ahead and just never said anything that weird again
DAVE: k thanks