AN: Hi. This is a shorter chapter. Because a genius gave me a genius idea, you know who you are! And I want to get this done! Also I can't think very well so yeah there's that, this is effectively the breather chapter, they don't do anything.
John looked at the mark on his palm, making sure that nobody who wasn't aware of it saw it.
"ya'll screwed" Dave told him with a smirk, eating lunch.
"I agree, but in much calmer words." Rose agreed.
"What are you talking about?" A voice asked from behind John, a girl looking over his shoulder as he quickly closed his hand into a fist.
"nothing jane. just… stuff?" John said worried.
"By jove, are we going to lie to our friends? I don't think i can do that and risk losing a friendship again." Jake asked worried.
"You can tell me, I won't be mad, promise." Jane said with a smile.
"… jake…" John said, clenching his fist tighter.
"We can activate trickster mode at will thanks to an unfortunate event involving much chummy comradery." Jake explained, looking away.
"…" Jane was silent for a moment. "Wow. Really? How? I thought Dirk had the juju locked up." She asked confused.
"it didn't come from a juju at first but instead it came from john actin like a yandere and goin cracray" Dave said with a shrug. "then he and karkat went to dirk to do some crap and they got tattoos while we got cool accessories" He finished in a couple sentences, unlike my stories.
"Huh… Wait, you got a tattoo?! John, you realise Dad, both of them, will show STERN FATHERLY DISAPPROVAL right?" Jane pointed out.
"yeah i know, but i can't get rid of it, so now i just have this stupid green swirl on my palm, and a couple cuts on it." He added.
"Wait, let me see?" Rose asked, looking at the cuts. "I thought it only scratched!" She exclaimed in worry.
"yeah, so did i… but it didn't, it cut me…" He said with a shrug.
"I'm really sorry John, I just…" She tried to apologise.
"it's fine. really." He assured her.
"Sooo… Who has the other mark?" Jane asked curiously.
"I DO. I… SAID SOME WEIRD STUFF, BUT STUFF I WOULD SAY IF I WAS IN A GOOD MOOD, SO ALL TRICKSTER MODE DOES IF WILLINGLY ACTIVATED OR USED TO PROPERLY ACTIVATE IT IS PUT YOU IN A GOOD MOOD." Karkat said, showing his mark.
"wait, you mean you would have said you want to have my platonic babies if you were in a good mood?" John asked confused.
"I WAS ON A SUGAR HIGH, BUT YEAH, I WOULD. IN A PURELY PLATONIC WAY." He specified, giving a shrug.
"well ah guess ah'll need to keep an eye on ya'll" Dave decided.
"dude, we're 11…" John muttered disgusted.
"I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD THAT IS, I ZONED OUT A LOT."
"It's about… Carry the two… About 5.08 sweeps I believe, if my calculations are right."
"THAT'S PRETTY YOUNG… I THINK." Karkat agreed hesitantly. "I'M NOT GOOD WITH THIS STUFF."
Jane gave a shrug, sitting in the seat next to John and grabbing some food. "So, what are your items?" She asked curiously.
"ah got these cute little shades" Dave said, holding his heart shades with a big grin. "ah love em so much"
"I have this headband, it just seems to merge with mine when I put it on." Rose added, holding hers, which was brown with a chocolate flakey thing that goes in ice creams attached to it.
"I have a pumpkin. I just attach it to my hair." Jake said with a shrug.
"If I take my eyepatch of it transforms me, maybe I could get some8ody to change it, it gets annoying to go trickster every time I want a shower…" Vriska grumbled.
"1 4PP4R3NTLY H4V3 4 BL1NDFOLD." Terezi shrugged, using it as a wristband for convenience.
"So… Where'd the juju go?" Jane asked.
"JOHN SNAPPED IT IN HALF, AS IN HE SPLIT IT INTO A RED AND A GREEN, AND THEN THEY BECAME THE SWIRLS ON OUR HANDS." Karkat explained.
"i got a lot of mangrit ok?" John muttered with a cheeky grin.
"Yes John, which would have sped the game along if it had been there from the start, maybe things would have gone differently." Rose said, rolling her eyes snarkily.
"And There Goes My Sanity." A voice said as a girl wrapped her arms around Rose from behind.
"Hello there Kanaya." Rose said with a smile.
"HEY KANAYA, LOOK." Karkat called out, pointing at his horns.
"How Did They Get There?" Kanaya asked in shock.
"We got em as well." Vriska pointed out, with a grin.
"TURNS OUT TR1CKST3R MOD3 DO3S TH4T TO YOU." Terezi explained.
"Trickster… Mode?" Kanaya asked confused.
"It's a thing. Aaaand that's all you need to know." Jane told her with a shrug, pulling out a small cake.
"ew, that's been in your pocket all week, you're gonna eat that?" John pointed out.
"No, I made it in the kitchens here, I brought my baking stuff." She explained.
"that's crocker cake isn't it…"
"Yep!" Jane agreed with a grin, John doing the magnificent headdesk.
"WELL, I, AM GOING TO RELAX, I NEED A BREAK." Karkat said, getting up and walking off.
"ActuallyIhavesomethingI'mgoingtodowithKanayabye!" Rose blurted out, the two vanishing from sight.
"G8… So, I'm going to go cry once I've eaten, and then cry some more because John reminded me of Tavros' death…" Vriska said with a sigh, poking her food.
"W4NT MOT1V4T1ON4L SUPPORT?" Terezi asked.
"Nah, I'll be fine on my own…" Vriska assured her.
"4LR1GHT… 1F YOU'R3 SUR3…" She muttered.
"so… who was dirk raised by? does anyone know?" John asked curiously.
"… ah think ah did" Dave said. "or the other me" He added with a shrug. "but then ah wasn't raised by him so ah might be wrong" He supposed with another big shrug.
