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Sollux rolled his dual coloured eyes at Eridan in the transfiguration class as he was reprimanded for not having a wand. "none of them wwork for me, tho i jutht do thith." He explained, his eyes and hands crackling with energy again before the matchstick somehow became a needle. "tho yeah, i don't wwant one of eridan'th thtupid thcience thhtickth." He finished with a shrug.

"2eriiou2ly? you had to briing iit up?" Eridan complained through the link.

"hey, i didn't wwant twwo, but thometimeth you gotta deal wwith it, or do theadwwellerth not do that?" He retorted with an eye roll.

":33 fefuri! :33 look!" Nepeta called as she turned the matchstick into a cat.

"T)(at's clawsome!" Feferi punned in awe.

"Uh,,,,,,,, Tavros, you ok?" Vriska asked Tavros as he struggled to do the spell.

"uH, yEAH I'M FINE, i GUESS,,,,,,,," He reassured her. "i JUST CAN'T GET THIS TO WORK,,,,,,,,"

"Well, I'm sure you'll manage it, just keep trying, may8e we're missing something o8vious!" She decided.

Kanaya rolled her eyes as she cast the spell perfectly, without messing about like the others were… Though it was odd that she was reborn, while all the others had traits of each other due to prototyping… Perhaps something was up?

Eridan cast the spell quickly, somehow going from matchstick, to harpoon. "… ii don't evven wwanna knoww howw ii glubbed thiis up 2o much…" He decided.

"Yeah, I mean, what, how do you even get this, from a matchstick?!" Vriska agreed, staring at the Catenative Doomsday Dice Cascader sitting on her own desk.

"ok, that maketh no thenth." Sollux agreed.

"D- This may be much more difficult than I anticipated…" A voice mused in the corner, Nepeta's highly sensitive ears picking it up and causing her to look behind her to see the voice.

":33 equius?" She asked curiously.

"D- It… D- Appears I have been discovered." The person said in shock.

"Nepeta, please just stay calm, we need to )(ave at least one successful lesson, remember?" Feferi begged.

":33 but, but equius… :33 he's right there…" Nepeta said sadly.

"I know, we can talk to )(im later t)(oug)(, but you promised t)(em t)(at you would try and sit t)(roug)( t)(e first lesson." Feferi reminded her.

"D- The highb100d is correct, it is wise to talk later." Equius agreed.

":33 fine… :33 but only beclaws i don't have a choice…" Nepeta agreed with a sad sigh.

"tho, wwho did thhe promithe?" Sollux asked curiously. "or ith that twwo perthonal?" He reversed quickly.

":33 … :33 i have to go to therapy when i'm not here…" Nepeta admitted embarrassed.

"tho? i do ath wwell, evven if it'th for different reathonth." Sollux told her. "thankth twwo eridan i get vviolent really eathy…" He explained.

"I… Am Actually The Same, My OCD Tendencies Are So Bad I Need To Have Time Alone Sometimes." Kanaya added.

"aND, i HAVE ANXIETY,,,,,,,," Tavros added.

"I have to get therapy sometimes, I have these um…" Vriska tried to say, trailing off unable to say it.

"sHE GETS THESE MOMENTS WHERE SHE FEELS WORTHLESS,,,,,,,," Tavros finished for her.

"Yeah, it….. Yeah….." She agreed, giving a one armed shrug.

"tho yeah, you're not alone in thith, jutht remember that." Sollux told Nepeta with a smile that exposed the many teeth that gave him his signature lisp.

":33 please don't smile like that." Was Nepeta's response, bring the group into a giggle fit, even Eridan who gave a haughty chuckle.

A while later

Sollux leaned against the tree with the others, Tavros included since they were lying down. "equiuth! you got thome thplainin twwo do!" He shouted in a dumb voice, getting laughs from everyone.

"D- I suppose I do, ask away." He agreed.

"…" Everyone was silent, waiting for someone else to ask the first question.

":33 why didn't you find me?" Nepeta asked quietly.

"D- I could not, for some reason our link was disrupted in a way I do not understand, meaning I could not find you, I am sorry." He explained with a sigh. "D- If I could have, I would have wasted minus minutes to find you." He promised her.

POUNCE!

Nepeta tackled the STRONG indigoblood happily.

"Aaaaand t)(ere goes Nepeta's arm." Feferi predicted, just before Nepeta missed and landed on her arm hard. "Called it." She announced sadly.

"you're really good at that. like, really good, you uthed two doing it?" Sollux asked curiously.

"She's really clumsy…" Feferi explained. "And by t)(at I mean she ends up tripping or somet)(ing similar multiple times a day." She added.

"Wow. You Must Have Your Hands Full With Her." Kanaya remarked.

"W333ll… Maybe not wit)( )(er…" Feferi said with a grin that did not belong on her face.

"eww, ii don't wanna hear about thii2!" Eridan complained, sticking his fingers in his ears quickly.

Feferi giggled at the childish display her former moirail was giving off.

":33 you didn't mean to make me think you furgot right?" Nepeta checked as she left the lake, soaking wet due to rolling into it after hurting her arm."

"D- Of course not, such a cruel act is deplorable to anyone, not even a lowb100d." He confirmed.

"aaand there goeth our k rating." Sollux joked, getting more laughs.

"ii thiink wwe lo2t that year2 ago." Eridan remarked.

"Or We Never Had One."

"Or it just broke a w)(ile ago."

":33 or it wasn't aware!"

"oR, iT WAS JUST TIRED,,,,,,,,"

"Or, uh, it was actually a t rating."

"D- This is not funny." Equius ruined the joking mood by being unable to get the joke, getting lots of joking boos from the others.

"you ruined it." Sollux complained.

"B33 *starts purring a sick beat*" A voice purred out from nearby, as everyone turned to Nepeta.

":33 that wasn't me!" She protested.

"then… who wath it?" Sollux asked confused, before the voice started, as claimed, purring a sick beat.

"D- I recognise the voice. D- It is that of the Nepeta from the other side of the retcon." Equius claimed.

"T)(e w)(at?" Feferi asked confused.

"It's a thing that John did, made Meenah leave me,,,,,,,," Vriska murmured sadly.

"tho, what ith it?" Sollux pressed.

"It caused changes to the timeline, like making it so I never died, meaning Tavrisprite was never made. The other me made all of the sprites instead of Gamzee, made things 8etter really,,,,,,,," She said with a one arm shrug.

"Well, Equius, you said you recognized her?" Feferi asked curiously.

"D- Well, it is actually Nepeta and the human knight, the sprite one that is, they fused together at some point, becoming a they called Davepetasprite^2." He corrected.

")(u)(…" Feferi gave a shrug as she went to go investigate, the others, Tavros included in his wheelchair, following after her.