Chapter 10- New Alternia
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Without further ado, here is the chapter!
While six of the seven revealed trolls went on their adventures in the Medium, finding out their roles and battling monsters, other things were happening on New Alternia.
The final six trolls, Eridia included, were waiting their turn to escape Armegaddon.
Meteors were coming down, each aiming for the neighborhood of another blood color's designated neighborhood.
Eridia peered outside her window with her notebook, scratching out the Tealblood neighborhood as it went up in flames.
In Goes Blaine, she thought grimly as she gripped her pen.
All around her, as her hive was at the center of the colony, neighborhoods were disappearing. Going up in flames, with the charred bodies of unfortunate trolls scattered across the Alternian landscape.
Tears formed in Eridia's eyes. T)(ank Gog You All Entered, Everybody. Nobody Deserves To See T)(is )(orror Occuring. Nobody Except Me.
She peered at the next meteor, which was rapidly growing closer.
First Was T)(e Yellowbloods. T)(en T)(e Bluebloods. Afterwards, T)(e Purplebloods. T)(en T)(e Olivebloods. T)(en Cerulean, And Now Teal.
Next Is T)(e Mutants... she ruminated. And T)(en T)(e Bronzebloods. T)(en Rustbloods. T)(en Jades. T)(en Seadwellers.
A frown grew across her face. And then me.
Panic was spreading throughout the mutant grounds as all the young trolls believed this to be the divine punishment of the founders of the universe for being the way they were.
Chaos grew in that area. Towers dropped. Caves were destroyed. Hives fell off their foundations. There was complete mass hysteria everywhere.
Except for one hive.
"YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" screamed the now 13-sweep old Karkat Vantas as he paced around his hive, now inhabited by his adoptive "son". Whatever the fuck that meant.
":B I do not underst4nd your re4soning for the scre4ming," the troll boy sitting in front of him replied nonchalantly.
He had black hair that stuck up massively in the front, with mismatched horns; one going straight up, the other bending at a ninety-degree angle. He had three buck teeth that extended from his mouth in place of fangs and he wore a black sweater, grey pants, and black shoes. His sweater bore his sign, a straight line that created a blocky lowecase letter B, and a line sticking out of the right side curving to create a blocky uppercase letter P.
His name is TYLENS FERGUS. He is a MUTANT CANDY-RED BLOODED troll. He is currently being CHEWED OUT BY HIS GURDIAN for letting a friend of his begin Sgrub after it having destroyed the previous Alternia. He is the MOIRAIL of BLAINE, and helps to keep the more excitable and innocent young troll from hurting himself. His Trollian handle is fantasticalCrawler and he types in 4ll lowerc4se, repl4cing the letter "a" with 4 and beginning each sentence with his face, ":B".
Karkat stared at the ceiling, where Tylens' lusus, a Spider Monkey, was hanging from a bar that had gotten lodged in the ceiling during the panic.
"WHY?" he asked. "WHY DID YOU GIVE ME LITERALLY EGBERT AS A SON? WORLD, WHAT DID I DO?"
Tylens snickered. He often heard of this "John Egbert", a human friend of his guardian who had assisted him in the creation of the universe. The older mutant had oft screamed at the younger, comparing him to John Egbert for snarky, nonchalant personalty and interest in really bad movies.
Karkat snapped back at Tylens. "WHAT THE FUCK IS SO FUNNY, YOU STUPID SHIT!?"
":B you were comp4ring me to the egbert hum4n 4g4in," he smirked. "he must be 4n interesting ch4r4cter. perh4ps c4liginous?"
Karkat narrowed his eyes and gave his "son" a punch in the arm. "EGBERT IS A STUPID SHIT WHO I HAVE NO CALIGINOUS FEELINGS OR RELATIONS WITH." He huffed and softened. "BESIDES, HE AND TEREZI ARE ALREADY DOING THEIR HATE SHIT."
Tylens knew he had backed Karkat into a corner of a touchy subject area, so he changed the subject.
"i'm going to be fine in he g4me, k4rkles," he teased the older using Terezi's signature nickname. "i h4ve someone reli4ble getting me into the g4me."
"AND WHO WOULD THAT BE?"
"hh."
Karkat stopped and stared at him. "YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU'RE TRUSTING TAVROS' LAZY-ASS JUGGALO KID WITH YOUR LIFE!?"
"he is more th4n c4p4ble of pl4ying 4 video g4me, good sir," Tylens frowned.
He scoffed. "I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM TRY."
Elsewhere, in the bronzeblood neighborhood...
Tavros and Gamzee were in utter panic as they ran in circles around the hive. Tavros' legs had been repaired after the game had been completed.
They ran into each other and landed flat on their backs.
"hEh... CaLm DoWn GuYs... It IsN't ThAt BiG a DeAl..." the young troll lounging on the couch drawled.
He had large, crooked horns that went in opposite directions, one up and one down. His eyes were droopy and he had a silly grin on his face. He wore a black short sleeved shirt under the blanket covering him and had on navy blue cargo shorts. On his feet were brown sandals. His shirt bore the sign of his bloodline, which appeared to be three vertical lines in mismatched directions, and a horizontal line crossing over two of the vertical ones.
His name is DRRAKT HERFET. He is a BRONZE-BLOOD, the adopted son of TAVROS NITRAM, and has behavior largely influenced by the Grand Highblood, GAMZEE MAKARA. Overall a very laid back troll, he has a lack of energy, caring, or empathy for any situation, though it's largely genetic. His Trollian handle is herculesHangover and he tYpEs AnD sPeAkS iN aLtErNaTiNg CaSe AnD lEtS oUt A sMaLl LaUgH bEfOrE eAcH pHrAsE... hEh...
Tavros and Gamzee both sat up. Tavros narrowed his eyes at Drrakt.
"uMM, wHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT THAT, bIG A DEAL," he asked.
Drrakt had his husktop on his lap, and his fingers were speeding across the keyboard. "HeH... wErE gEtTiNg A fRiEnD iN rIgHt NoW," he smirked.
"If I MaY aSk, WhO?" Gamzee peeked at the husktop.
"hEh... TyLeNs. KaRkAtS kId."
The older two nodded. "aND WHO'S GOING, tO GET YOU INTO THE MEDIUM," Tavros asked again.
Drrakt's expression soured, despite the emotionless goofy smile on his face. "hEh... tHe RuStY kId..."
Gamzee and Tavros' expressions both turned into a disturbed expression.
"wHY HIM," Tavros groaned.
Drrakt shrugged and pulled up Trollian.
herculesHangover [HH] began trolling fantasticalCrawler [FC]
HH: hEh... I gOt YoUr LuSuS pRoToTyPeD.
FC: :B 4h, wonderful! th4nk you, drr4kt. truly.
HH: hEh... No PrOb My InVeRtIbRoThEr. AnYtHiNg To HeLp.
FC: :B i h4ppen to be m4king my object now. you should hurry 4nd h4ve 4l get you into the medium before you 4nd t4vros 4nd g4mzee die.
HH: hEh... On It. SeE yOu LaTeR bRo.
FC: :B yes, much l4ter.
fantasticalCrawler [FC] ceased being trolled by herculesHangover [HH]
Drrakt put his hands behind his head and watched the screen as Tylens, Karkat, and the newly-prototyped SMonkeysprite made the item that Tylens would use in the game.
He laughed a little at their antics. Then sighed. hEh... WiSh I cOuLd Be LiKe ThEm...
Eridia wiped her eyes and took out Trollian.
A memo had appeared. She had created it. It said "Still Need to Get in t)(e Game!"
oceanicFugitive [OF] opened memo with fantasticalCrawler [FC, herculesHangover [HH, adventurousLower [AL, creatorsTempest [CT, and untamedTreason [UT]
OF: Guys We Still )(ave To Get Into T)(e Game!
AL: w3r3 w3ll awar3 dammit
OF: Calm Your S)(it, Ves.
AL: FUCK NO!
AL: my guardian is gon3 and you 3xp3ct m3 to b3 calm!?
OF: Yes.
FC: let it be known that i h4ve re4ched the medium!
OF: Awesome! Great Job Tylens!
AL: OF COURS3
AL: l3t us all applaud th3 wond3rful 3xploits of captain tyl3ns FUCKING f3rgus!
OF: I Said Calm Your S)(it, Ves!
AL: NO
AL: tumut
HH: hEh... VeS, yOu ShOuLd PrObAbLy Be HeLpInG mE gEt In ThE gAmE...
AL: OH MY FUCKING GOG
AL: fin3! as long as you all shut th3 fuck up!
adventurousLower [AL] ceased responding to memo
FC: i will begin my quest now
FC: t4llyho!
fantasticalCrawler [FC] ceased responding to memo
OF: Next Priority Is Drrakt.
HH: hEh... AlReAdY oN iT sIs
OF: Good! You Need To Get In So We Can Get Ves In. T)(en Brit. T)(en Gus.
UT: thats not my name
OF: W)(at?
UT: my name is not gus
OF: It's )(alf Of Your Name.
OF: Close Enoug)(!
UT: vwatevwer.
UT: im vwaiting on brit to enter
OF: Okay, Okay!
OF: I'll Log Back On Once T)(e Next Neig)(bor)(ood Disappears.
oceanicFugitive [OF] ceased responding to memo
Eridia sighed in frustration. Conversations with "Gus" and "Ves" always gave her headaches.
She stared out the window at the now-destroyed mutant grounds and counted down the moments until Riabel would help her get in.
The Heir of Blood takes his place upon the Land of Smog and Magma.
Karkat and Tylens rose from the rubble.
Drrakt, despite being a lazy fuck, had somehow managed to set everything up at a ridiculously fast pace.
He sat upside down on the couch, his Slothsprite floating around on the top of his hive.
Drrakt held in his hands a box that he had somehow conjured from his ridiculous and indecipherable RNG fetch modus and was preparing to launch it at the Totem Lathe in an attempt to activate it without having to get up.
Tavros and Gamzee had the most confused and disturbed of all looks on their faces, as the younger troll had somehow done all things necessary to enter the Medium without moving an inch. They didn't even know how he had gotten upside down; and they had been watching him constantly this whole time.
"uHH, hOW DID YOU DO ALL OF THIS?" Tavros asked.
"hEh..." Drrakt started before he shrugged.
"tHAT, uH, dOESN'T HELP ME AT ALL."
Gamzee snickered a bit at the exchange. "YaLl MoThErFuCkErS aRe CrAzY."
Drrakt let out a loud chuckle before he continued to alchemize and punch cards while barely moving an inch from his position. He held up an orange crystalline box.
"hEh... HeRe It CoMeS, mY bRoThErS."
Tavros and Gamzee looked up to see a meteor crash through the roof of Drrakt's hive before everything went black.
The Bard of Life takes his place among the Land of Gas and Flora.
Eridia crossed off the mutant grounds and the bronzeblood neighborhood. She sighed.
"I Can't Accept T)(is... So Many Of Our People Are Dying..."
Feferi watched as her daughter stared out the window. She sat next to her and hugged her.
"It wasn't easy for me eit)(er, -Eridia. When we played this game, I... I died. I died a horrible death."
Eridia's eyes widened and she turned her head. "Y-You... Died?"
The Troll Matriarch nodded. "T)(e stakes were so )(ig)(. And I )(ad t)(e nerve to challenge my friends' beliefs, and... I was killed."
"Skaia's grand design allowed me to come back to life following the end of the session." She smiled weakly. "And now I basically rule an entire colony. A colony t)(at's about to die once more."
Eridia wiped her eyes and stood, determination filling her eyes. "I'm going to do this session. I'll win it. I'll do anything I can. We're going to make a new, even better universe! You and the other players have watched us our whole lives; I think- no, I know we're capable! We're going to win this game."
She smirked triumphantly as a meteor smashed the rust blood neighborhood with enough force to shake the hive and flip it onto its roof. Feferi smiled.
"Mark my words."
And there we have it: Chapter 10 of GDEZ is finally here! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and didn't give up on this story yet.
I'll ask questions about what you all think would be interesting to have in the story, and feedback is always appreciated! Leave questions and answers in the reviews!
Question of the Day: Out of the four trolls left on New Alternia, "Ves", "Brit", "Gus", and Eridia, what God Tier role do you think they will each play?
Chapter 11- [S] Ves: Enter
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