Be Nepeta

Congratulations, you are now Nepeta, and you are currently blocking off a network of entrances in the vents. You wish you had some help, but you are the only one who would be willing to do this kind of work. Nobody else can stand the claustrophobia that they experience in the vents. Make it two people, and not even you can handle it. Sighing, you open up your sylladex, and withdraw the camouflage walls that Sollux and Equius worked together on.

They are so great at making things, you wish they would stop their hatred and rivalry for each other over Aradia. They would make a wonderful kismesis, you think. It's hard, being a shipper. It's hard, and nobody understands.

You sigh, and look at the pathways you've already blocked off. You are painfully reminded that you may never go back through these vents ever again.

No. You think. You will not tolerate that kind of thinking. You let off a mighty hmph! and go along with the rest of your task. Only four more pathways. You are getting a little tired of this chore. You wish you could go back and see Equius and Karkat, those two were the only two who really mattered to you at the moment. Soon enough everyone would know about you and Karkat, just like Equius did. You didn't mind. In fact, you think it would be really fun to see everyone's reactions! That thought cheers you up a little bit.

Nepeta: Finish your job

You quickly crawl to the last corridor and reach into your sylladex to pull out the last wall, when ahead of you you see your make eye contact. Neither of you moves. Then, Nepeta-bot twitched her… tail? When did she get a tail? You think, surprised. I wish I had a real tail. Nepeta-bot twitches it in a pattern that you recognize as a peace offering. You relax, and lean against the wall to your right. For a moment, neither of you speak. Then you speak up, and start with a simple question.

"Hello. Are you here alone?" Your bot stays still for another moment, but then apparently makes a decision and sticks with it.

"Lucky fur both of us, yes." Your eyes widen. You had never heard one of the bots speak. You had assumed they were all mute.

"How is it that you can speak? I thought all of the bots were mute." Nepetabot shakes her head.

"In that case mew are mistaken. All of us can speak, it's just a general rule that we aren't allowed to speak to our troll selves."

"So then you're breaking the rules?"

"Yes, purrhaps I am. Maybe I don't like their plans. Maybe I feel that what the rest of us are doing is wrong."

"So then why do you still associate with them?"

"Beclaws I don't want them to turn on me. I was actually secretly hoping to find you here. They sent me ahead to scout the vents, and I was going to go back without any results." This surprises you. You had not been expecting this. Then again, you didn't know what to expect. You both sit there for a minute. Your bot waits expectantly for your answer. And you smile.

"Want to hang around here every day?"

Be karkat in third person

Karkat sat in the corner of the room, thinking about what was gonna happen next. He had a plan, yes, but the robots had a robot version of him, probably smarter and capable of a counter-plan.

Karkat sighed. When was Nepeta getting back? He didn't even care about the others knowing about them. Even if only one person found out -other than Equius- then it would spread like wildfire. Well, actually, it was only one big room, so it wouldn't matter much. Everyone would find out at once, or within a day.

Reluctantly he had agreed before that someone stealthy would have to alchemize food and things to entertain them all. After all, they were hoping to withstand an assault and then destroy the bots.

Karkat wondered what he was going to accomplish that day, when he looked at his crab-watch. It was almost time to be future karkat that past karkat was indebted to. Karkat groaned. There wasn't any time for this. There were plans to be made, defenses to set and fix, and food to be eaten. However, he owed it to the him in five minutes still. Karkat wrinkled his nose in disgust, but called over Tavros and began to respond to past Karkat's memo.


I know, I suck. Update, update, update. I'm super lazy. Sorry. Updates coming sooner, I promise!

-Req