There are almost a hundred reviews! Yay~! Well, it turns out the first visitor for John is…Karkat.
John will have more visitors along the way and some of you already guessed the others. Of course, John can't exactly meet all of them at once since he is still new to the prison life and hasn't exactly taken a shower yet…
Con X
Karkat
John seriously didn't know what he did wrong! There are guards guiding him to this "phone room" that John never really heard of. Really, he's been in prison a little over than a week and listened to all the guards and stuff. Did he break some rule he didn't know? And what was it?
"Hurry up, Egbert, the guest is waiting." The guard on the right demands. Immediately, John obeys. He seriously doesn't need any more trouble in prison.
And taking a right, two hallways, and the farthest door on the left, John sees a room… that looks like a scene somewhere from Legally Blonde, the movie version. There are clear windows, silvery metal phones, and walls and chairs to give a bit of comfort and privacy.
John then feels another push from the guard on his right.
"Egbert, your guest is in the far right. You have about five minutes. Go. Now." The guard pushes John to a seat. "Come on Joseph, we are done here."
"Did something happen between you and Kyle?"
"Shut it!"
John looks at the exiting guards and then turns his head to see…KARKAT?!
What's Karkat doing here?! And boy, Karkat doesn't look happy to see him at all… Then again, John is in prison and is a prisoner because he's somehow trialed guilty of committing patricide he didn't do.
"Um, hey Karkat…" John says and waves to the still straight-faced Karkat.
However, Karkat points at the silvery metal phone that he has on his ear. Oh yeah! That's how people communicate… John slowly puts the phone on his ear and…
"YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!"
John couldn't help but quickly lean back and flailed until his back and part of the metal chair hit the floor. Yeah… pretty much every prisoner and guard has his attention on the fallen John. Well, Karkat most likely got attention from the other side.
John tries to calmly and coolly get up and this time, put the phone just a few inches away from his phone in caution.
"Um… Hey Karkat…"
"John fucking Egbert, what in the almighty fucking galaxy are you doing in this shithole prison?"
"Um," John looks away at the side and looks back at the glaring Karkat. "I was trialed for… patricide…?"
"YOU DID FUCKING WHAT?!"
John tries not to let a blush cover his entire face as he gets the attention from his side like Karkat. Seriously, Karkat needs to really quiet down… This is so embarrassing… Even though Karkat is a wonderful friend, his shouting tendencies can be uneasy than plain old funny…
"Just… just listen…" John tries to reassure the fuming friend of his. John then leans close to Karkat, luckily not bumping the invisible plastic wall thing. "I didn't really kill my Dad… Karkat, you know me, I would never do something like that!"
"Well, it was in fucking trial from what I heard from Terezi. Lawyers were out of their safe, haven asses out of their miserable lives to talk about some famous owner's son whose name is obviously John fucking Egbert who had fucking literally ripped his father with pools and splatters of literal blood everywhere!"
"Look, something happened and I was just sleeping. And I didn't even get a fair trial!" John whispers loudly into the phone. "The judge just took a look at me and proclaimed I was guilty! He was paid to say I was guilty! Please! You got to believe me! I would never kill my Dad –or anyone, really!"
Karkat looks at John –actually, he's still glaring at John and…
"Alright, I fucking believe you. You barely know what the fuck is the damn real world…" Karkat then looks away and blushes. "And you did help me with Terezi…"
"Oh yeah, how's Terezi by the way? The whole…Makara thing isn't, you know…"
"You mean my ex best friend? Yeah, she's recovering well and thanks for hiring another lawyer that's actually decent and somehow not a crazy, cackling Pyrope. Gamzee never did…do well in therapy…"
"Karkat, it's not your fault. Gamzee –well, he's…"
"I get it, Gamzee became a fucking asshole. I didn't see it until he beat the shit out of Terezi that Kanaya and I had to put him down and literally beat the crap out of him till the police came… I'm glad Aradia is there for steroid horse-fuck after Nepeta…" Karkat then looks away.
"Karkat…"
"No, I'm fine," Karkat looks at John. "And really, your "fiancé" is hiring private investigators about the death of your father."
John blinks and leans a bit closer. "Wait, Vriska?"
"Yeah, that "fiancé" of yours keeps saying you're completely innocent and all you are is a simple scapegoat. It was pretty fucking obvious when the new owner, that Aunt Betty of yours, was announced with now news of your Dad's death. I still got the fucking job of secretary-manager of the shitty company since your cousin with the braids might… have the weirdest fucking crush on me…"
John couldn't help but gawk. His ears seriously can't be fooling him. "Meenah has a crush on you?!"
"Shh! I fucking know! It's weird and it's like fucking in a codpiece out in a brain-dead public, I know! But Terezi and I talked about it and we are postponing our wedding until all this crime-drama shit is scraped the fuck off and finished."
"W-Wait! Y-You mean…"
"Yes, John, I'll try to figure the fuck out why you are thrown in this shithole..." Karkat actually rolls his eyes at this. "You've been a shitty and annoying friend… but you're still my friend for fuck's sake."
John can't help but laugh in relief. He is so glad that Karkat knows he is innocent and there are people trying to help him outside of prison… But how much time will pass before he could have his innocence proven…?
"Thanks Karkat… that means a lot…"
"Yeah, yeah," Karkat tries to wave it out but the blush on his face is saying something else. "Just… just don't drop the fucking soap, that's all."
"Wait… Soap…?" John tilts his head. "Is there something wrong with the soap here?"
Karkat blinks and stares with widened eyes at John. It's like John doesn't know a valuable and important fact about prison. John pretty much watched all those prison movies but the prison is pretty much updated since the eighties or something. And there's no way a plastic spoon has a chance with concrete floor.
"John," Karkat seem to be ready for something. "Please tell me you watched a shit-nuzzling boring ass movie of real-life prison and not crap-guzzling movies like Con Air…"
Wow, rude! "Dude, Con Air is the best movie! At least it's better than all those rom-coms you collect!"
"Hey! Those rom-coms are not something you should laugh at!"
"Really, I thought that was the point of rom-coms."
"John, listen–"
"Alright, Egbert, your call time is up. You'll see him in a few weeks or month depending on his schedule and your behavior." The guard commands. The guard takes the phone out of John's hand and pushes him out of the chair.
Damn, it looks like John will hear and talk to Karkat next month…
Wonder what Karkat was going to say about prison and soap…
Seriously, what's wrong with dropping soap…?
…Crap!
John forgot to ask about Jane!
Of course, John isn't the only one who has someone visiting him. And Karkat will come back, but due to prison rules, he won't come often as you think. But there will be other guests that will appear and they're not only for John.
And don't worry, shower time will be coming soon. ;)