Nepeta walked into Feferi's house, she had fought tooth and nail with Equius but finally got to wear her hoodie and hat. The only compromise was that she had to wear the shirt he chose for her which had the Leo symbol, he wore one like it only with the Sagittarius symbol. She quickly scanned the room looking for Tavros and Gamzee. She saw Terezi, Karkat, and Eridan. Eridan was talking to a girl with blonde hair, she didn't look interested in him at all. Terezi and Karkat were talking, Terezi was taking shots of something while Karkat was smoking what looked like a rolled cigarette.
Equius was next to Nepeta, surveying his surroundings. People, everywhere. People drinking, people smoking, people making out, it all made his stomach turn. A small party amongst friends was one thing, but Feferi's parties always got out of hand. She normally invited everyone in the neighborhood. Thankfully he didn't spy his brother or Nepeta's sister, what would they say about them going to a party like this? He shook his head. He turned his head to Nepeta and froze when he saw she was gone, quickly he searched the crowd. Thankfully he had given in to Nepeta's ridiculous wish to wear her hat, he spotted her quickly. She was headed towards the stairs up to the balcony. 'Oh no' He thought. Only Feferi and the guests of honour were allowed up there. Nepeta was about to commit a horrendous 'party foul' as they called it. He rushed after her. By the time he reached the bottom of the stairs he was shocked to see that Feferi had, herself, walked Nepeta up to Tavros and Gamzee.
Eridan walked up to Equius. "Hey." He said quickly. "Fef's allowing one person at a time up." He looked up to where Feferi was. "Weird right?" Equius just nodded his head.
Equius walked over to the bar towards the only other person he could tolerate, Kanaya. "Hello Kanaya" He spoke swiftly.
"Oh, hello Equius." The girl with green lipstick responded. "Feferi is acting very strange tonight."
Equius nodded in agreement. "Why is she allowing people up to the balcony, do you know?" He asked.
Kanaya shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure, I believe it's because of the new kid." She looked at Equius, "Would you happen to know him?"
Equius nodded, "Yes, his name is Tavros Nitram."
Kanaya's eyes widened, "Really? You can't mean the boy who ran away from home?"
"Yes." He replied, "The very one." he looked up to Tavros who was talking with Nepeta. "Everyone thought he was dead."
"I'm aware." Kanaya looked up with him. "Where was he found?" She looked back at Equius.
"Gamzee found him in the woods, he was beaten. He can't walk anymore." He looked back at her and took a seat at the bar with her. "I told my father and he commissioned parts to fix Tavros' legs." he looked down a moment, then back at her. "He is not aware that I've done this, no one is, except for you now."
"Thank you for trusting me Equius." Kanaya smiled slightly, just enough to show off her unusually long canines.
A girl blonde girl wearing a shirt with a cartoon squid came up just then. "Hey, you're Kanaya, Kanaya Maryam, right?"
Kanaya turned her head. "Yes, that's me" She looked the girl up and down, "Who might you be?"
"You read my tutorials online, you always leave really long responses to them. It's nice to finally meet you in person." The girl replied, "My name is Rose, Rose Lalonde." She took a seat next to Kanaya.
Equius looked at the two girls who quickly started talking about video games. For such a proper girl Kanaya loved those ridiculous things. He made himself a drink and sat to himself at the end of the bar, he'd much prefer to drink alone rather than with a large crowd like this.
Tavros sat on his chair next to Gamzee, Nepeta was by his side talking about something he couldn't focus on. Feferi had given some drink that was long gone by now, his head felt pretty bubbly. Gamzee had held his hand for a while now, when did that happen? Tavros couldn't focus on anything at the moment, there was too much going on at once and he wanted to absorb it all in. He watched people drink, he watched people smoke, and he watched people sloppily make out. Here he was, the guest of honour in the biggest party he had ever been to. The second party he had ever been to. He was overwhelmed.
Feferi quickly made two drinks, one for Tavros and one for Gamzee. She knew Tavros had to be nervous which is why she was allowing his friends up there with him, but only one at a time. At least until the party really kicked off, then Tavros and Gamzee would have to be alone up there. She quickly scurried up the stairs and handed them their drinks, Tavros took his drink and drank it almost instantly. "Tavros, slow down!" Feferi giggled, "You've already had one drink. You don't want to get drunk before the party even starts!" She laughed before walking back to the party.
Gamzee looked over at Tavros, "Hey there motherfucker," He took Tavros' drink from him, "All up an' listen to Fefsis. She's right." He chuckled "This part is all and gonna be the motherfucking bitchtits in a lil' while." He smiled and tightened his grip slightly on Tavros' hand.
Tavros smiled sheepishly at Gamzee. Nepeta hugged him and then ran back to the party. "G-Gamzee, w-w-whats gonna, uh happen t-tonight?" he slowly looked to him.
"Well, first there always a motherfucking game so everyone all up an' talks to each other. Then we're all gonna get motherfuckin fucked the hell up." He laughed as he said it. He stroked Tavros' hand with his thumb reassuringly. Tavros smiled at him and looked back to the party.
Through his colored glasses Sollux looked through the party, one lens blue the other red. Feferi had invited him stating that Eridan had requested him to be there. He scanned the crowd looking for a streak of purple. He spotted him, Eridan was sitting on one of the many couches scattered about Feferi's ridiculously large home. He made his way through the crowd towards him.
"Wathup fith boy?" Eridan smirked at Sollux's name for him.
"Just sitting here." He quipped back. "Everyone is either drunk or high on something." He looked up at Sollux through his glasses.
"Well, jutht tho happenth that I have thomething for you." Sollux sat beside him and pulled his book-bag open, he pulled out a large purple cloth and a wand. "You, uh left thethe at my houthe. Thought I'd return them." He grinned at Eridan, knowing that right now was one of the worst possible times to return them.
Eridan snatched them up, he hid the wand underneath his shirt and threw his cape over his shoulders. "Why'd you have to bring them now?!" He hissed at Sollux, "Theres people everywhere!" He waved a ring-clad hand at the crowd of people.
Sollux caught his hand and brought it to his mouth, he kissed it lightly. "Becauthe I thought you'd want them back." He looked past Eridan's hand to his face.
Eridan blushed and took his hand away, he slumped back in the couch and pulled his knees up to his chest. "I do, I just don't want others to make fun of me." He breathed out slowly.
Sollux smiled at him, "I'll be right back." He ran over to the bar, only to be greeted by Meenah.
"Wassup small fry?" She laughed. "Want some of this?" She suggestively waved two bottles around her, "Good lucky lispy boy!" She cackled before running off with the bottles.
"Weirdo." Sollux sighed. Meenah was one of the weirder ones to Sollux. She wore baggy pants like a guy but a crop top that showed her stomach like a girl, and her hair was always in two long thin braids that went almost past her knees. Sollux quickly made two drinks and returned to Eridan, he was wrapped in his cape spinning his rings on one hand. "Hey fithy, hereth a drink." He smiled and handed Eridan a drink. They sat and drank their drink in silence, Eridan wasn't much of a talker.
Nepeta bounced over to Equius and sat next to him. "Heyy Equius." She purred at him. "Can I try?"
"Nepeta, this is quite strong." That was all he got out before she took his drink.
She took a gulp and shivered. "ACK, ugh, it is." She giggled "Can you make me something to drink? Pretty please?" She smiled at Equius.
Equius felt beads of sweat form, he didn't like the thought of Nepeta getting too drunk but he reluctantly made her a drink anyway. "Here, be careful though."
Nepeta took the drink from his hand and drank slowly. "Mmmm, Equius you're really good at making drinks." She smiled at him again and moved her seat closer to his.
"Nepeta, you are acting very strangely. Has anyone given you something?" Equius looked her in the eyes, her pupils were very large.
Nepeta giggled, "This girl, she was reeally nice, gave me a drink." She smiled at Equius. "You know, I'm really happy we're here." She laughed again.
"Nepeta, who gave you a drink?" Equius growled, getting mad. Someone had drugged his friend.
Nepeta kept laughing, "She- she was a pirate!" Nepeta lost it and began laughing harder.
"What do you mean she was a 'pirate' Nepeta?!" he could feel the rage boiling inside of him.
"Eye-patch! Sh-she had a-an EYE-PATCH!" Nepeta howled before collapsing back into laughter. She managed to calm down after a few moments, but her jaw was still shaking, and she began hugging herself tightly.
Equius stood up, he snatched Nepeta's drink and threw it. He was going to find this girl with an eye-patch. Nepeta was giggling again, he walked to Kanaya "Kanaya, please watch Nepeta, someone put something in a drink that she had."
Kanaya turned around to Equius, she was drunk. "Yes, of course I can, Rose let's go down to the end of the bar." She giggled to Rose, "Someone messed up." They went down next to Nepeta and continued their conversations after Kanaya made sure Nepeta was ok.
Equius worked his way through the crowd, he found Sollux and Eridan, "Would either of you two happen to know someone with an eye-patch?" He looked at the two.
They were both wrapped up in a purple fabric that was attached to Eridan's shoulders, they laughed and shook their heads no. "An eye-patch? Who here would need an eye-patch." Eridan giggled, obviously drunk.
Equius sighed roughly and walked away. He found Karkat on another couch with Terezi, "Would either of you two know anybody here with an eye-patch?" He growled at them.
"Hey horsefuck, don't fucking come over here like a steroid ridden beast growling and shit." Karkat snapped at him, Terezi laughed.
"I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation. Someone with an eye-patch has drugged Nepeta." Equius glared at them both.
"Woah, wait, what?" Terezi asked, "Who the hell would do that?!" Terezi turned her head to Equius, "I'm going to help you find this pirate person, we'll get to the bottom of this!" She exclaimed.
"Terezi that is unnecessary." Equius looked down at her before turning to Karkat. "Do you know who this girl is?"
"Well, I know that spidery bitch Vriska recently had an accident involving her eye." Karkat told Equius without looking at him.
"Finally, thank you Karkat." He swiftly turned around to look for Vriska.
Tavros looked to his boyfriend and smiled. He was important not only to Gamzee but to everyone at this party, even if its only for a little bit. Feferi stood in front of them at the edge of the balcony. She had an air-horn in her hand, she turned back to Gamzee and Tavros "Might wanna hold your ears." She spoke just loud enough for them to hear. Gamzee released Tavros' hand. Tavros brought his hands to his ears and held them tightly, Gamzee simply slouched into the chair and looked over everyone.
A loud HONK filled the ears of everyone there, Gamzee simply smiled he really liked the noises that horns made. Everyone quieted down and the music shut off. "THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!" Feferi gushed at the crowd with a large smile, "NOW, WERE HERE BECAUSE OF GAMZEE AND TAVROS!" She gestured towards them, Tavros' face turned a bright red, Gamzee simply grabbed his hand and stroked it with his thumb. "WHO ALL IS HAVING FUN?" the crowd clapped, hollered, and whistled. "YOU ALL ARE GOING TO THANK THESE TWO UP HERE FOR THIS!" She shouted at them. There was a unanimous thanks from the entire crowd. "GAMZEE AND TAVROS ARE NOW YOUR PARTY HOSTS EVERYONE! MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOMED!" She began clapping, everyone followed her.
Gamzee stood up and walked next to Feferi. "WHO WANTS TO ALL UP AND GET FUCKED UP?!" Gamzee yelled at the crowd, there was a large round of applause followed by tons of people shouting 'ME'. Gamzee smiled, it had been a while since he had been to one of Feferi's parties, everyone always got fucked up here. "MY WICKED BROTHERS AND SISTERS! GO SEE VRISKA'S CRAZY ASS!" Gamzee shouted before sitting back with Tavros smiling.
Vriska was in a corner, sitting on a chair. She had a large book-bag in front of her and a wicked smile on her face. She dealt all the drugs around their neighbourhood and enjoyed it. Soon there was a crowd around her. Dave Strider, one of her best clientèle, stood before her. Dave handled her money at large parties while she distributed.
"Vrisk, lemme get some good!" She heard Dave's older brother Dirk say, she saw a glint of light flash off of his shades and threw a bag of pot to him. He handed his little brother money. "So this is how you always have money." He smirked at his kid brother.
Dave counted it and flashed his big bro a smile. "Thanks bro."
People swarmed Vriska asking for pot, pills, molly, and acid. She did have some morals after all, she refused to sell meth, heroin, coke, or anything like that. She smiled, she only gave out one free drug per party. People were begging for it. "Sorry kiddies, mama already shared tonight. Pay up or get the fuck out of my face." She growled the last part.
Equius was on the edge of the crowd, now he knew where she was. He'd be back after the crowd died down. He walked back to Nepeta, Kanaya was still there but Rose had gone to the crowd. Equius sat next to Nepeta she was pale and Kanaya said she had thrown up. Equius helped Nepeta into a room back beyond the bar. He knew Feferi had guest rooms set up on the first floor specifically for her parties.
"NYOOOOO!" Nepeta squealed, she didn't want to go away from people, she wanted to hug them all. Equius got her to lay down, he told her that he would send some friends in to keep her company.
Rose was finally back with Kanaya, Equius asked them to back into the room with her since they weren't really interacting with the rest of the people. They had no problem with it and retired to be with Nepeta.