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Tylens: Kick Some Imp Ass
[STATUS: Gamma/LOCATION:LOSAM]
Tylens tossed another bomb, blowing more imps to pieces and into the lava. Karkat sliced up imps beside him.
"THESE IMPS ARE FUCKING PATHETIC. OURS WERE WAY TOUGHER."
The younger mutant rolled his eyes and tossed a few more explosives into the hoard. "well i 4pologize for not h4ving 4 fucking fuschi4 blood in our session."
Drrakt was hard at work building up Tylens' hive. The mutant player and his guardian were climbing up the stairs to the first gate. Explosions dotted the abnormally large hive as a result of Tylens' bombkind specibus.
"GOG COULD YOU HAVE CHOSEN A MORE EXPLOSIVE SPECIBUS!?" Karkat ducked as ash and smoke blew above him.
"you never let me touch 4 sickle in my life. 4nd there were plenty of explosives 4t the mines ne4rby." Tylens tosses another bomb at an ogre. "i'm 4lso 4 good shot, so i don't see the problem."
"THE PROBLEM IS THE GOG DAMNED SMOKE."
"then 4lchemize us some g4s m4sks."
Karkat sighed angrily. "FINE ASSHOLE." He leapt down to the first floor and returned moments later with two gas masks.
Tylens took one. "th4nk you." He strapped it onto his face. "now then. the g4te is right there."
Tylens planted a bomb beneath them. It exploded, breaking the bones of and flinging the two trolls into Tylens' first gate.
The Witch of Hope takes her place among the Land of Glass and Snow.
Her Guardian, Kanaya Maryam, was busy chastising her for beginning a dangerous game.
Britny, frankly, did not care.
"Ma. I have a. Matriorb. It's fine."
"That Is No Excuse For Not Caring That Everybody You Knew Is Dead."
"Everyone I know is. Going into the game. You think I. Had friends?" The younger troll sat reading a book and spinning a jade colored fidget spinner in her hand.
"Well I Was Under The Assumption That You Knew More People Than The Ones You Played Games With," Kanaya attempted to retaliate.
" tentacleTherapist." Britny turned her head and said this right at her.
Kanaya, for once, had no snarky comeback for this burn. Her daughter had beat her at her own game. She had taught her well. The Snarky-Horseshit-ometer exploded on Britny's end.
"You thought you'd. Le(ture me on having more friends. When your own wife and my. Other mom is someone. You met playing this game."
"Fuck. Youre Good," Kanaya admitted. The door slammed open. "Britny! Watch Out!"
Britny raised an eyebrow and saw an Ogre charge into the house. She threw the fidget spinner and it grew blades, slicing across the ogre's face. It reached for her, blinded. She then caught the spinner and instantly switched it out with a dagger, stabbing it through the heart. The ogre exploded into grist.
She turned around. "I'm almost. As good as you, eh Ma?" The bored, flat expression never left her face.
Kanaya smirked. "Your Projectilekind Specibus Is Quite Impressive. However My Makeupkind Is Still Superior."
"That may be. (orre(t," the younger troll mused, before allowing a minute smirk to tug at her lips. "If it's even. Real makeup."
"Sneaky Arent You?"
Britny shrugged. "Perhaps." She opened her husktop.
creatorsTempest [CT] began trolling untamedTreason [UT]
CT: Alright.
CT: It is time to assist. Eridia.
UT: i am avware
UT: i vwas merely checkin to see if you had made it safely
CT: That's sweet.
UT: oh fuck off
UT: eridia actually has to help me before ria helps her
CT: Oh gog dammit.
CT: Don't tell me she. De(ided to enter. Last.
UT: she did and i couldnt stop her
UT: shes incredibly persistent
CT: Fu(k.
CT: Okay.
CT: Hurry in man.
UT: vworkin on it
creatorsTempest [CT] ceased trolling untamedTreason [UT]
Britny stood up. "Alright Ma. Let's head out."
A troll stands in his bedroom. He has hair that goes immediately upward, reminiscent of Eridan's without the streak. His horns resemble curved rectangles hanging off the side of his head. He wears a black sweater with his sign (four different size water droplets) on it. He wears large glasses and has on a green scarf. He wears gray jeans and brown boots. He has a scowl on his face. What is his name?
His name is HEEGUS GTARUN. He is a VIOLET BLOOD, and the ONLY SEADWELLER AMONG HIS FRIENDS. His guardian is ERIDAN AMPORA, a troll who shares many interests with him. While Heegus may believe in BLOOD STANDING, he also believes in the good of PERSONALITY. He was given a copy of the Ahab's Crosshairs, which he converted into Ahab's Flintlocks in an attempt to optimize the weapon for his 2xpistolkind specibus. He is almost done entering the MEDIUM. His Trollian Handle is untamedTreason and he types in all lovwercase vwith a quirk similar to that of cronus.
What will he do?
Heegus had already made his glasses into computer glasses, similar to Agrils.
untamedTreason [UT] began trolling oceanicFugitive [OF]
UT: eridia
UT: this isnt a good idea
OF: I'll Be Fine )(eegus
UT: are you shore
OF: Yes I'm "S)(ore"
UT: i dont trust that
OF: And Just W)(y Not
UT: your hivwe is in the center of the colony
UT: and youre not knovwn for coping with sacrifice too vwell
OF: I Swear )(eegus I'm Fine
UT: i still dont believwe you
OF: W)(atever
OF: Just Stay Safe
UT: you too
untamedTreason [UT] ceased trolling oceanicFugitive [OF]
Gog dammit Eridia. You're being stubborn as fuck today.
Heegus sighed and placed his cruxite artifact on the alchemiter. He pressed the button and and a violet blindfold went over his face. He couldn't see it, but a violet, crystalline cluckbeast materialized on the alchemiter and began squawking and running around his hive.
Heegus took out his flintlocks. Damn. A sound-based trial. I should have gotten Blaine to help me out.
He listened closely as the cluckbeast fluttered around his hive. He gripped his flintlocks tightly and waited.
And waited.
For the perfect moment.
Right... about...
"heegus wwhat the fuck is happenin are you okay!?"
Eridan Ampora kicked down the front door, Ahab's Crosshairs in hand.
Heegus fired the flintlock. It traveled a small distance before nailing the cluckbeast in the heart.
Eridan's eyes widened as the whole island and his boat were engulfed in a violet light before everything went black.
The Prince of Time takes his place among the Land of Ocean and Sky.
Eridia sighed.
"T)(at was a heavy one, -Eridia," Feferi noted. "I'll assume )(eegus made it in."
Eridia nodded. "Yea).(e's In. T)(e Meteor Just )(it."
Feferi nodded. "It'll be your turn as soon as Riabel connects to you."
"I )(ave No Idea W)(en T)(at Will Be."
oceanicFugitive [OF] began trolling excitableCyclone [EC]
OF: Okay Ria
OF: I'm Ready To Enter T)(e Game
EC: AW HELLZ YEA
EC: COM AND JOIN THE FUN ED
OF: I'm S)(ore I Will
OF: *Sure
OF: Dammit )(eegus
EC: HA
EC: HOL UP LEMME GET A CONNECTION SET
EC: ...
EC: DUN
EC: GOOD LUKC
excitableCyclone [EC] ceased trolling oceanicFugitive [OF]
Eridia watched as the different machines appeared around her hive. She took the pre-punched card.
"Stand Back Mom. I'm Doing T)(is Myself."
Feferi sat down. "S)(ore t)(ing, -E. But if it starts getting bad I'm going to )(elp."
Eridia leapt up and, with her fistkind specibus, knocked the top off of the cruxtruder. A lime colored sprite emerged from the top, along with a cruxite cylinder. The countdown read 0:50.
She took the cylinder and rushed to the totem lathe, placing the two in their corresponding places and carving the cruxite into an oddly shaped totem.
The totem found its way onto the alchemiter.
"-E! Hold up! You need to prototype your sprite before entry!" Feferi called out.
Eridia turned and stared at the sprite. "I... Don't )(ave A Lusus... I )(ave Not)(ing To Prototype It Wit)(..."
She pressed the button on the alchemiter. A net appeared in her hands, and a lime, crystalline cuttlefish emerged and began swimming around.
A lightbulb went off at that very moment in Eridia's head. She also felt her face begin to sweat as the meteor approached directly outside her door.
She waited until the cuttlefish sat right above her sprite.
She brought the net down onto the cuttlefish.
A bright flash of lime light temporarily blinded Eridia and Feferi. When they opened their eyes back up, the hive was surrounded in a lime glow and everything went black.
Drrakt was already through two gates. Two. Fucking. Gates. And he hadn't even been in the game as long as Riabel. She had only gone through one gate.
Tavros and Gamzee were pretty sure he hadn't moved a muscle other than his fingers the entire time since he recieved the game.
And yet here he was. On Vesvor's planet, with imps simply dying right next to him without even touching him.
Speaking of the smaller troll, he was just on the other side of the hill from Drrakt.
The slothsprite and the eelsprite were both having difficulty deciding whether they should tell the two that the other was on the other side.
Drrakt sat with a blank expression as more imps died upon entering a two foot radius of him.
"hOw ThE fUcK?" Gamzee muttered to Tavros.
Tavros shrugged. "hES DONE THIS, hIS WHOLE LIFE," he told his moirail.
Vesvor peered over the top of the hill and raised his eyebrow.
"th3 fuck? drrakt?"
Drrakt looked up. "hEh... WhAtS uP vEs?"
The Knight of Doom takes her place among the Land of Isolation and Lies.
Eridia slowly opened her eyes to find herself sprawled out on the floor, with an odd looking sprite staring at her. It resembled a cuttlefish with... mesh? Surrounding it? A wooden handle seemed to be protruding from it, leading to... a net.
Fuck.
"Um..." Eridia started. "Who are... you?"
The sprite blinked one eye. Then the other. "Why )(ello. I am Nettlefis)(sprite."
Eridia gasped. "Oh My Glub I'm So Sorry! I Didn't Mean To Prototype You Wit)( T)(e Net!"
The sprite waved her off. "All t)(at matters is t)(at I am )(ere to )(elp you out."
Feferi stood. "Nettlefis)( will be able to guide you around your land, since I )(ave some buisness to attend to elsew)(ere."
Eridia raised an eyebrow. "Buisness?"
"Just somebody I )(ave to meet up wit)( on anot)(er planet. You get going." Feferi ran off.
"Wait! Let Me Come..." she was gone.
"Wit)( You..."
She sighed and sat down.
oceanicFugitive [OF] opened Memo "Roll Call."
OF: )(ey Everybody
OF: I'm In
excitableCyclone [EC] responded to memo
EC: OH YEA THATS GRATE
untamedTreason [UT] responded to memo
UT: oh thank jegus
UT: you had us vworried
detectivesInferiority [DI] responded to memo
DI: 8y that he means you had him worried.
DI: Looks like Shorty McFuckass has some competition.
OF: Well I'm Flattered T)(at Everybody Appreciates My Coming Into Our Session
OF: But We Need To )(ave A Discussion Very Quickly
OF: We Need A Plan
adventurousLower [AL] responded to memo
AL: i, uh, hat3 to br3ak it to you 3ri
AL: BUT YOU CANT PLAN OUT A STRAT3GY FOR A GAM3 AS UNPR3DICTABL3 AS THIS
OF: I Meant In T)(e Sense T)(at We Know W)(ere We All Are. T)(is Game Is Out To Kill Us From W)(at I )(eard
DI: You heard right Eridia.
DI: I've had a few near death experiences already.
forensicsPerfectionist [FP] responded to memo
FP: Stfu agrils you have not
OF: *Any*way
OF: I'm Going To Need To See W)(ere Everyone Is At T)(e Moment
OF: My Sprite Said I'm On LOIAL
OF: Ria?
EC: IM ON LOLAR THATS MY PLAMET
OF: Agrils?
DI: LO8AF. Mar's planet.
FP: I'm also on lobaf
OF: Fliara?
fleetingFeline [FF] responded to memo
FF: :3 LOSAC
scorpionsCaretaker [SC] responded to memo
SC: losac's where i am too
OF: Blaine?
intellectuallyCompassionate [IC] responded to memo
IC: I am Currently Conducting an exploration of LOPAP
OF: Ty?
fantasticalCrawler [FC] responded to memo
FC: LOSAM
OF: Drrakt?
herculesHangover [HH] responded to memo
HH: hEh... AlL uP oN vEsVoRs PlAnEt, LoPaS
AL: curr3ntly on lopas
AL: WITH THAT SHITTY HOM3WR3CK3R H3RF3T
HH: hEh
AL: tumut
OF: I Am Cracking Up Reading Your Posts Ves
OF: W)(at About You Britny?
creatorsTempest [CT] responded to memo
CT: (urrently residing on LOGAS
OF: )(eegus?
UT: LOOAS
OF; T)(ere See T)(at Wasnt So )(ard.
OF: We S)(ould All Meet Up At Some Point But For Now
OF: Just Continue On Your Quests
DI: Gladly
oceanicFugitive [OF] closed memo
W)(at T)(e )(ell Does Mar See In )(im, she deadpanned.
She alchemized herself a huptoband and stood, staring out at the empty landscape.
")(ey, Nettlesprite. Tell Me Somet)(ing."
The Sprite looked inquisitively at her. "Yes, Madam?"
"W)(at Does It Mean To Be A Knig)(t Of Doom?"
Nettlefishsprite pondered this for a moment, as if accessing SGRUB's databases for information.
"A Knig)(t is an active class based around utilizing t)(eir aspect to fig)(t and protect. T)(ey also assist t)(e Space player in breeding t)(e Genesis Frog."
Eridia nodded. "So I Need To Find Margat."
"T)(e Doom Aspect is most commonly related to sacrifice and t)(e a act of saving t)(e ones you care about. It is considered the most noble of aspects, as it represents willingness to sacrifice one's self for t)(e good of ot)(ers."
Eridia stopped and turned around, her lime eyes widening. "S-Sacrifice?"
The Nettlefish stopped and blinked. "Yes. T)(e Act Of Dying For T)(e Good Of Ot)(ers."
The troll girl snapped back around. "Well T)(at's One Role I'm Not Going To Fulfill. Not After So Many Trolls Just Died For Us To Play A Video Game."
Nettlefish smiled. "Admirable. T)(at statement is exactly w)(y you are a Doom player."
Eridia scowled. "W)(atever. I Need To Get To My Quest. T)(anks For )(elping Me Out, Nettlefis)(."
"Anytime, Milady."
"Almost there, Mar!" Agrils killed another imp and pointed to the first gate on LOBAF.
"You really shouldnt be fighting w/ that broken arm agrils," Margat chided, sounding concerned.
"I'm fine."
"No youre not."
"Yes I am."
"Whatever."
Margat impales a few more imps, collecting the grist.
"I seriously need some rocket shoes or something," she sighed. "Thatd make this so much easier."
Agrils nodded. "I'd prefer rocket shoes to STRENGTH any d8y."
The higher blood scowled. "Well you cant exactly change your blood color. believe me if it meant having someone like nepeta as my guardian id switch my blood color in an instant."
The blueblood smiled. "At least you get how it feels to h8 your guardian and 8e r8sed 8y your lusus."
Margat smiled. "We are quite similar in that regard."
Oh gog dammit there's the smile. Agrils felt a blush creep onto his face but he covered it up by pushing his sunglasses onto his nose.
"So are you ready to head in?" He asked her, staring at the spirograph pattern of the first gate.
"Im not sure. I have no idea whats coming."
"It can't 8e worse than what I had to deal with upon entry to the Medium."
Margat sighed. "Thats b/c you and equius cant get along to save your lives."
Agrils laughed a little, clutching his broken arm. "It's true. I wish I still had a functional arm. I guess I'm a little glad that 8lue8loods like myself have so much 8lood that we can take any hit without really 8leeding out."
"Youre right about that. I dont know what i-" she blushed. "-WE would do if you had died... especially so quickly upon entry..."
Agrils smiled. "Well you'd all certainly 8e 8etter off without me holding you all 8ack. My only redeeming quality is keeping Ria from going cr8zy."
"That isnt true but im too tired to argue. Lets just go in." She looked up at the spirograph pattern.
Agrils slowly wrapped an arm around her waist. "Ready, Mar?"
She captchalogued all of her items and wrapped her arms tightly around him. "Wh-whenever you are. Just... give me a warning."
Agrils removed his boots and stared up at the gate. "Ready." Margat closed her eyes tightly and her grip increased. He jumped straight up.
The two trolls saw the entire Incipisphere for a split second.
Eridia's planet had docked next to Riabel's.
They had come full circle. The game had begun.
END OF ACT I
[Sneak Peak Of Act II]
The consorts seemed to have faith in me. Aradia and Sollux did, too.
I had no idea what I was going to have to do in order to kill whoever the hell "Cetus" was...
But I knew that the first order of buisness was to get climbing to my second gate.
Act II Part I: Gold Maid
Coming Soon
