It's a sunny afternoon, sometime during the summer. The wind is blowing behind me, as I walk along the beach, heading towards solid grounds. It's not safe on the beach, that's what my lusus told me once. I think. I finally decide to walk around, maybe to find somebody to play with. It gets motherfucking boring after a while just playing with horns and learning how to ride that blasted one-wheel device. Maybe I can find somebody to say some wicked slam poetry with this motherfucker! "ThAt WoUlD bE mOtHeRfUcKiNg LeGiT!" I say aloud to myself, since no one's around. Continuing my walk, I find an empty field. I've been out to it before, and there were some other trolls there. They told me it's somewhere by a big school that six, seven, and eight sweep year olds go to. I just thought it was weird, who the motherfuck would all go to a place they don't want to go? That shit ain't cool, can't be motherfucking fun either. Nobody's at the field today, it's completely empty. So I just sit down and wait, they might come a little later. When I left my hive, the big hand was on the, uh, nine. And the small one on the twelve, so, uh, it was 11:45? I think, so the other kids might be home with their lusus for lunch.
"Hey! Kid! What are you doing on my ship?!" I jump at the voice. And turn my head to a girl, about my age. She's wearing a hat with a fancy feather in the brim, and a cardboard sword along the side. She's wearing glasses, but the one on the right has eight little dots instead of regular glass. Her shirt has a letter on it, similar to mine; it's a blue M, with a little tail at the end. It's coloured in blue, so I guess she's a blue blood. My lusus has told me there are other troll out there with different colours, and I've seen a teal and green blood. But not blue. "Hello? Are you just going to stand there, or answer Captain Mindfang?"
"Uh, SoRrY sIs. BuT i ThOuGhT tHiS wAs A fIeLd?"
"Uuuuuuuugh. It is dum8ass, I'm just pretending, you know how to do that, right?" She crosses her arms across her chest, and glares at me with a look of annoyance that I won't play along.
"YeAh, SoRrY mOtHeRfUcKeR. nOt GeTtInG wHaT gAmE yOuR aLl uP aNd PlAyInG, tHoUgH.
"Pir8s! And you're a stowaway on my ship! You know what I do to stowaways?" She takes a step towards me, reaching down for her sword.
"W-wHaT!?" I play along to her game, pretending to be terrified. "I dIdN't meAn To AlL sWiM aBoArD, CaPtAiN mInDfAnG!" I get on my knees begging mercy from her. All she does is give me this smile, a smile with a mixture of emotions. Triumphant and happiness, along with an emotion I can't quite tell. Whatever it is, it's hypnotising, and I just keep staring into it. Then, to finish off her spell, she gives me a laugh. It's playful, full of joy, and she pulls out her deadly sword of boxing material and puts it against my neck.
"We, KILL, stowaways, but you seem to have gotten my good side today, stowaway. What is your name?"
"GaMzEe, MoThErFuCkInG, mAkArA."
"Hmm, you seem like you can be a good ca8in 8oy, Makara." She reaches down to grab my hands, and pull me up.
"You can start 8y helping me navigate the field, err, sea. Get to your stations!" We played around in the field, imaging running a full blown ship; running away from monsters of the sea, and being caught by the good guys. It was fun, a lot of fun. In the back of my head I didn't want it to end anytime soon, but it was starting to get late, and I knew she would have to go home soon. The time came sooner than I thought it would, and she announced she had to leave.
"Sorry, 8ut I have to go feed my lusus. You know how that goes."
"NoT rEaLlY, sIs. MiNe'S aLl Up AnD oUt At SeA, mOsT oF tHe TiMe. WeIrD mOtHeRfUcKeR cAn'T lIVe WiTh Me."
"Lucky you, Gamzee." she chuckles, half-heartily. "Well, I have to go, 8ye."
"SeE yA, cApTaIn MiNdFaNg SiS. SeE yOu ToMoRrOw?" I say before she starts to walk away. I really want to see her again, she just so cool and fun to hang with. Even if she didn't like my slam poetry when we were playing, it was still a lot of fun.
"My real name's Vriska, Vriska Serket."
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"GAMZEE, WHERE ARE YOU?" I look up from my phone and shove it into my pants pocket as Karkat walks up to me. "THERE YOU ARE, WHY DID YOU WANDER OFF FROME EVERYONE? I WAS WORRIED FOR A SECOND." He sits down beside me holding me in a tight embrace. I wrap my arms around him, and rest my head on his. "SOLLUX HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT A SERIAL MURDER ON THE LOSE. I JUST GOT SICK OF HIS SHIT AND STARTED LOOKING FOR YOU."
"HaHa, yOu sCaReD FoR MoThErFuCkInG Me? I GoT A HoLd fOr mY OwN." I lean over and kiss his cheek. He is about to start a long monologue about how wondering off, and how stupid I can be at times, but I start to zone out again. Not really paying Karkat any attention.
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"HeY VrIsKa! WhAt'S Up?" I run up to my best motherfucking friend. I hadn't seen her in the past week. She said she's been busy, messing with her friend Eridan. She thinks he's her Kissmesis, she just can't stand him. I'm not so sure, I've talked to him before, he's seems cool. A little stuck up, and arrogant, but cool.
"Heeeeeeeey, Gamzee!" She runs to me halfway and hugs me. "I haven't see you in forever!" She pushes me back and gets a good look at my face.
"I still see your wearing that ridiculous make-up."
"It'S nOt RiDiCuLoUs." I say smiling, she always tells me I look better without it. During the past cople of weeks, I found a group of trolls with the same colour of blood as me. They said people of our caste join a cult called the juggalos. It's motherfucking sweet, they introduced me to this bitchtits awesome drink called Faygo I can't get enough of that shit.
"Whatever, I can't stay long today, I have to go and feed my lusus." She frowns back at me, "She eats a lot of food. It's kinda hard to collect it all." Then, again, she gives me that captivating smile. "I'm happy I have Terezi to help me out with that."
"TeReZi Is A cOoL mOtHeRfUcKeR. niCe ShE aLl AnD hElPs." I let go of her. I really wanted to hang with her today. It's always fun hanging around with Vriska, she makes everything a game, which makes it ten times better. Whenever we needed to do something, like finish our classwork, she would come up with a different way to do it. "The only way to defeat this evil monster deemed *homework* we must use the mighty sword!" Then pulling out her pencil, we would use it like a crossword puzzle to finish it. It really helps me understand the stuff in science. I'm not really good at understanding any of that shit, it messes with my head. Always disproving the motherfucking miricales of life and shit; Vriska's helped me a lot with it.
"Yeeeeeeeeah, she's really nice about it. I got her an Eridan to play this game with me. I don't think you can play it, though." She grips her shoulder and smirks down towards the ground. "It's only for though adventures, like us."
"I'm A gOoD aDvEnTuRe! YoU aLwAyS tElL mE tHaT, sIs!" I jump up and down from excitement. This could be away that we can hang with each other again. "PlEaSe!? I cAn AlL aNd Be On YoUr TeAm!"
"NO!" She raise her voice, in a frightening tone and I stop looking at jumping. What's gotten into her? "I'm sorry, Gamzee, I didn't mean to yell. It's just, I don't want you hurt, ok? The game we play is very dangerous. And if you got hurt, I wouldn't be a8le to forgive myself."
"BuT, i-"
"No Gamzee!" She shakes his head, that's not what I want, though. If she said so, then I motherfucking trust her. But, I don't want her hurt either.
"NoT tHaT sIs. BuT iF yOu PlAy It WoN't YoU gEt hUrT?" I frown at her, while she smiles again.
"Your dum8ass is showing, I don't get hurt, remem8er?"
"I JuSt, DoN't WaNt YoU hUrT, VrIsIs." I hug her again, and she grips me back. I don't think I would ever want to lose her. She's just, showed me show much, and taught me a lot of things about being on your own. I'm forever grateful for that, and she's one of my closet friends. I didn't even talk to the other trolls till she introduced me to them all. I would probably still not know any of my motherfucking friends if not for her. Then I realize it, I don't want to lose my motherfucking bestfriend.
"VrIsKa…"
"What?"
"Do YoU wAnT tO, uH, Be My MoIrAiL?"
"Are you 8eing serious right now?" She pulls away from me and looks me dead in my eye.
"As SeRiOuS aS i MoThErFuCkInG cAn Be."
"That's not a lot, since you're dressed up like a clown." She smiles at me, and I laugh. She had me there. "Yes, Gamzee. I'll 8e your Moirail.
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"H3Y, GAMZ33! YOU TH3R3? YOU'VE B33N ST4R1NG OFF IN THE D1STANC3 S1NC3 YOU TWO GOT B4CK!"
"kk, what diid you do to hiim out there? you 2uck out hii2 braiin2?"
"SHUT UP, SOLLUX. APPARENTLY YOU HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD ME SPEAKING IN PLAIN ALTERIAN SO I'LL TRY ANOTHER METHOD. THUTH UP THOLLUX, THERE. IS THAT ANY CLEARER TO YOU DUMBASS?" The two Moirails break out into a full blown argument, with Aradia and Tavros pushing them apart before it turns violent. I roll my eyes, and walk over to where Terezi was calling me. She's still holding Nepeta, who is still bawling by Equius' body.
"4R3 YOU OK? YOU JUST, S33M OUT OF 1T S1NC3 YOU GOT H3R3."
"I dOn'T kNoW, iT's JuSt bUgGiNg Me RiGhT nOw. " I lie. I don't want to say what exactly is bothering me, that would cause a bigger problem. You just don't say you killed somebody when they're still in front of you.
"W3LL, DO YOU TH1NK YOU COULD W4TCH H3R?" Shifting her body to point down to Nepeta. "1 GOT TO GO W4TCH TH3 K1DS." She hands Nepeta to me and walks toward the rest of the grop with her cane held high. Hate to be the motherfucker to get hit by that.
"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" I laugh. I turn my attention my attention to the troll girl. "HeY, SiS. hOw yOu fEeLiNg?" She sniffles, with tears still streaming down her face.
":''''(( I just believe he's dead gamzee! he is the last person I thought would die!" That starts a whole new wave of tears, and she bawls in my chest. I position myself so she's sitting in my lap.
"AwW cAlM oN sIs, CrYiNg aIn'T MIrAcUlOus." She won't stop, only blubbering words in between. I'm about to break down with her, but I can't right now. Someone has to stay positive in all this mess. And with most of us distracted by "serial killers" I guess that has to be me. "HeY, NePuRrS…." She looks up at me. That got her attention.
"PuRrHaPs, cRyInG IsN'T ThE BeSt rIgHt nOw. It cAn't bE ThIs BaD fUrEvEfUr." I not the best a motherfucking cat puns, but I guess I'm doing good enough. She's smiling slightly and waiting for me to continue.
"AlL Of ThEsE TeArS CaN'T Be GoOd. MeOwBeAsT DoN'T LiKe wAtEr."
":/ They do when they're upset."
"Nu-uH!" I say in a sing-song voice, like a pupa would.
":/ yuh-huh!"
"Nu-uH!"
":/ yuh-huh!"
"Nu-uH!"
":/ yuh-huh!"
"Nu-uH!"
":33 Nu-uh"
"YuH-HuH!...WaIt.." I get her to laugh, at my slip. At least I have her forgetting problem for a second. I feel a little better too. I don't like to have my little sis sad.
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"Hey, Gamzee, do you want to come-over?" I'm talking on the phone talking to Vriska. She's been making sure she makes a little time for me everyday, to call or text me. And I've done the same, I almost always bug her first.
"HeEeEeEeEy, VrIsKa. YeAh, I cAn CoMe OvEr. I gOt tImE."
"Cool, she you in a bit!" The phone ends our call and I get ready to leave to her house. it's not a long walk, cutting across the field, and through a small forest to arrive in front of her house. she's standing out front, waving me a hello, and walking towards me stiff legged. "Hey, Gaaaaaaaazee!" She runs over to me, and hugs me tightly, only letting go of me when I gasp for air.
"HeY pAlEsIs! WhAt's Up?" She smiles, and turns back to a cavern where she said she keeps her lusus.
"Follow me." I oblige to her command and follow, it satys quiet on the walk till we arrive right in front of the huge, eight legged beast. She sticks out her arm telling me not to get any closer.
"I have something I need to tell you, Gamzee. I have to be honest with my Moirail, right?" She gives me that hypnotizing smile, and I just nod. "You know when I always told you I have to go feed my Lusus?"
"YeAh."
"I haven't told you how Terezi helps me with that, or how I get her, her food." She walks away from me, and leans against the wall, smirking. I know she's nervous, she always smirks and try to stay col when she is.
"WeLl, HoW?" I ask. Immediately she raises her hands to the side of her head, using her mind powers. And on cue, a group of trolls, all colours of the spectrum, minus the highest colour there is and mine, come out in a line, and walk towards the cavern. And one, by one, they jump down into the web of her spider lusus. There's a flash of blood, their colours mix together, as her lusus devours their bodies.
"WhOa….." I feel her walk beside me reaching to touch my shoulders.
"I've always had to do this, since I was little. It takes a lot to feed her." She grips my shoulder and slowly starts to massage them. "Are you upset that I kept this from you for so long?"
"No, No, I'm NoT. i WiSh YoU sHoWeD mE sOoNer."
"Why?"
"ThE cOlOuRs…" I stare as the blood smears along the wall, it's wickedly awesome. It's like a the flash of light I see when I look through glass. A rainbow, I think it's called. It's just missing a colour, not mine, a brighter colour.
"Gamzee, you okay?"
"YeAh, YeAh, I'm FiNe." I shake my head a little and turn my head back to her. "YoU wAnT tO gO hAnG?"
"Suuuuuuuure." She gives me a weird look, and grabs my hand, leading me into her hive.
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"I ThInK, tHaT EnDeD BeTtEr tHaN I ThOuGhT." Karkat and I are walking back to my hive, hand in hand, enjoying the late evening breeze.
"STILL, THOUGH, TEREZI DIDN'T NEED TO HIT ME. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" I laugh again, he doeshis cute little pout face I've gotten used to. "I SEE YOU FINALLY GOT OUT OF YOUR FUNK. IS MY PAIN AMSING TO YOU?"
"No, I DoN'T LiKe YoU HuRt, " I lean down close to his face " BuT yOuR'E JuSt bEiNg aDoRaBlE RiGhT NoW I CaN'T HeLp bUt lAuGh." I grab his lips, and kiss him, massaging slowly until he does the same. I let him go, and he frowns. He hates it when I do that and I laugh even more.
"WHATEVER." He huffs out. We continue the walk back over to my hive. I'm feeling a little bit better about everything now. Nepeta stopped crying and started to roleplay with me a little. She said I did purrfect; I thought I sucked. When we arrive in my hive, Karkat immediately dives on my couch again.
"GOD, THAT WAS A LONG WALK. WHAT TIME IS IT?"
"oNlY 9:30." I say looking down at my phone.
"ONLY 9:30?!" He groans and falls back on the couch. I walk over and sit on the edge where there's room.
"Go aHeAd tO SlEeP ThEn, If yOu'rE TiReD. iT'S BeEn a lOnG DaY." I stroke his hair slowl, and he gives out another sigh.
"WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU PROBABLY NEED MORE SLEEP THAN ME, I MEAN YOU DID CARRY ME HOME, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU WOKE MMY ASS UP AND MADE ME WALK, AND WITH THE WHOLE EQUIUS THING. YOU SEEMED REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT." He's sitting up now, with his hand against the side of my cheek.
"I'Ll sLeEp LaTeR. i gOt sOmE ThInGs i wAnT To tHiNk aBoUt bEfOrE I Do." I say kissing the side of his hand.
"DO YOU STILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?"
"ThEy aReN'T ThAt dEeP. jUsT Go tO SlEeP." He shakes his head, yawning.
"I'LL SLEEP WHEN YOU DO." I can see that he's struggling to try and stay awake. Karkat will probably fall asleep soon.
"oK, iF YoU SaY So." I push him down into my lap, and stroke his cheek. Within a few minutes he is out like a light. "GoOdNiGhT, kArKaT." I lean down and kiss his cheek.
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terminallyCapricious [TC] began trolling arachnidsGrip [AG]
TC: WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO TAVROS?!
TC: vriska, i know you're on.
TC: ANSWER ME!
AG: Hey, Gamzee! ::::)
AG: I don't know what you mean, though.
TC: yes you do.
TC: TAVROS JUMPED OFF A CLIFF!
TC: a cliff, vriska!
TC: YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!
AG: What? I told him to look out 8elow. And he's alive isn't he?
AG: You act as if you're surprised 8y this. You know I kill people to feed my lusus. Why does it matter if he dies?
TC: because he's our motherfucking friend!
TC: YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HURT OUR FRIENDS! :o(
AG: So what? He wasn't 8eing 8rave a8out anything!
AG: He wasn't 8rave, or the adventure like you Gamzee. ::::)
TC: don't
TC: DON'T GIVE ME THAT BULLSHIT.
TC: i thought you were flushed for him.
TC: THEN YOU THROW HIM OFF A CLIFF?!
TC: what sense does that make!?
AG: Oh, calm down. You're over reacting. He was getting to 8oring for me anyway.
TC: I'M NOT OVER REACTING.
TC:…
TC: you aren't the same girl I knew…
TC: YOU'VE CHANGED.
TC: you aren't the girl I knew when we first meet.
TC: YOU DIDN'T LIKE TO HURT THE TROLLS YOU DID.
TC: you only did it to feed your spider-mom.
TC: NOW YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH WINNING ALL THE TIME.
TC: you're attempting to kill our friends.
TC:…..
TC: I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE…
AG: What are you saying?
TC: i don't want to be our Moirail anymore.
TC: I'M SORRY….
TC: i just can't
AG: Gamzee.
AG: You're just upset.
AG: You don't mean that.
AG: Right? ::::(
TC: i'm serious, vriska.
AG: Clown-8oy, you don't mean this.
AG: You can't give up on me now.
TC: YES I CAN!
TC: stop thinking i'm still not motherfucking capable of my own descions!
TC: WE'VE GROWN.
TC: and you've changed.
AG: No I haven't…..
TC: YEAS YOU HAVE!
AG: Clown-8oy, what happen to me 8eing your spidersis?
TC: don't call me that.
TC: NEVER CALL ME THAT AGAIN.
AG: ::::(
terminallyCapricious [TC] ceased trolling arachnidsGrip [AG]
AG: Gamzee!
AG: Don't leave me!
AG: Please!
AG:…..
AG: :':':':'(
AG: You knoooooooow what!?
AG: Fine!
arachnidsGrip [AG] ceased trolling terminallyCapricious [TC]
arachnidsGrip [AG] began trolling terminallyCapricious [TC]
AG: GAMZEE!
AG: I REEEEEEEEAAAAAAAALLY NEED YOUR HELP!
AG: MY ARM, AND MY EYE!
AG: I…..I CAN'T SEE OUT OF IT…..
AG: GAMZEE, PLEASE.
AG: HELP ME…..
AG: THERE'S A LOT OF 8LOOD.
AG: PLEASE!
TC: HOLD ON SIS!
TC: just.
TC: HOLD ON….
TC: please…..
centaursTesticle [CT]began trollingterminallyCapricious [TC]
TC: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ON ONLINE.
TC: but this is a motherfucking command!
TC: YOU LIKE THAT SHIT RIGHT?!
TC: go to vriska's house
TC: GO HELP HER
TC: now.
TC: JUST GO!
TC: it's an order!
CT: D—I don't know if i can at the moment.
CT: D—I am preoccupied by some other business.
TC: NOW MOTHERFUCKER!
TC: right
TC: NOW!
CT: D—Yes highb100d!
CT: D—Sorry for disobeying.
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I'm still sitting on the couch holding Karkat. It's bright outside, so it must be late. Looking down at my phone it's 12:00. I take a deep breath, and scroll through my contacts, searching for two numbers. When I spot the first one, I send a goodnight. I would have to watch out for my Moirail, can't leave her all up and feeling lonely, now can I? Then, I find the second number.
terminallyCapricious [TC] began trolling arachnidsGrip [AG]
TC: GuEsS WhAt, SpIdErSiS.
TC: We fOuNd hIm, If yOu hAvEn't hEaRd.
TC: DeAd.
TC: NePeTa wAs aLl aNd uPsEt oN It.
TC: BuT sHe hAd hEr nEw mOiRaIl tO HeLp.
TC: HoNk :o)
TC: YoUr mOvE.
terminallyCapricious [TC] ceased trolling arachnidsGrip [AG]