FFN sucks and doesn't let me put in the horned smileys that Terezi uses, nor does it allow for the duplicated punctuation marks :(

Annnd yet again I'm slightly late. Fridays aren't great days for me, but I'll try to be better about posting on time.

Terezi angles towards the group of flying humans and trolls and adjusts the power of her jetpack to match their speed. It's a peculiar arrangement. Roxy carries a distressed-looking Kanaya. Karkat rides piggyback on Dave, who's carrying a chair in which Jade sits, stock-still. Terezi tastes some indiscernible redness in Jade's scent.

Dave's currently blathering to Roxy. "...you know the strider bros all have to learn to rap, so im gonna start schooling you as soon as i can"

Terezi yells a greeting. "H3Y LOS3RS! WH3R3 4R3 YOU H34D3D?"

Dave tilts his head, and a corner of his mouth quirks up. "well look whos back"

Karkat's brow becomes slightly less creased. "THIS IS NO TIME FOR FORKING AROUND WITH GREETINGS, LITTLE MISS NOT-GONNA-ANSWER-OUR-CALLS! WE'RE ON A SERIOUSLY FORKING IMPORTANT MISSION RIGHT HERE!"

Roxy grins. "ignore him hes benig his ol karky self"

Terezi rolls her eyes. Not that anyone would be able to tell she was rolling her eyes, but it's the thought that counts. "Y34H 1 KNOW, TH1S 1S HOW H3 SHOWS 4FF3CT1ON"

"were on a mission 2 stop dirk frm forking evrything up u want in or no"

"1 4LR34DY KN3W H3 W4S C4US1NG PROBL3MS"

"THEN WHY THE HAIL DIDN'T YOU TELL US EARLIER?" Karkat interjects.

"B3C4US3 1 GOT H3R3 NOT TH4T LONG 4GO, 4S ROXY C4N 4TT3ST"

"WE COULD HAVE USED YOUR FORKING SEER POWERS 'NOT TH$T LONG $GO'!"

"1 C4NT DO MUCH TO H3LP YOU 4LL OUT WH3N3V3R D1RK CONTROLS TH3 N4RR4T1V3. OH 4ND K4N4Y4, 4R3 YOU GONN4 K33P 1GNOR1NG M3 OR WH4T?"

Kanaya turns her head. Minty green tears bead at the corners of her otherwise emotionless eyes. "I Am Not In The Mood For Pleasantries Though It Is Nice To See You"

Terezi flies closer to Dave. "WH4TS UP W1TH H3R?"

"rose got hijacked by dirk and now hes off to obama knows where, and dirk did something to fork with kanayas head and make her not concerned about her wellbeing, so shes having one hail of an existential crisis and were off to chainsaw that motherforkers head off"

"OK4Y, TH3N WH4TS UP W1TH TH3 OTH3R H3R?" Terezi points at Jade. She notices that the dog girl has been strapped to the chair with two bungee cords.

"shes in some type of fugue state and shes mostly nonresponsive and thats also probably dirks fault"

"YEAH, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO FIND JAKE AND HIJACK THE FORK OUT OF HIS SHIPS TO HUNT HIM DOWN."

"WH4T 4BOUT J4N3? YOU GONN4 G3T H3R H3LP TOO?"

"shes busy benig the new president of the world" Roxy responds.

"SH3 WH4T"

Dave nods sympathetically. "we have a metric forkton of weird schist to mutually catch up on"

This planet really went to schist while she was gone, didn't it.

Terezi prepares herself for some weird stories. "T3LL M3 4BOUT HOW 1N H41L J4N3 GOT TO B3 PR3S1D3NT"

"well she decided to run, of course nobody whos not godtier would ever think about challenging a founder of the forking universe to the presidency, and thats why i nominated karkat to run against her"

Today is just full of surprises, isn't it?

"YOU D1D WH4T?"

Karkat grimaces. "YEAH, DAVE TWISTED MY FORKING ARM TO GET ME TO DO IT. HE SAID I'D BE LIKE THE EARTH OBAMA AND ALL THAT SCHIST, BUT OF COURSE I HAVE NO FORKING IDEA HOW TO RUN A PLANET!"

"DO3S 4NYON3 THO"

"its not like jane has the slightest notion either, do you have any idea how much of a xenophobe she is"

"yeah i 3 janey n all but shes gotta chill out abt the trllls"

"OH GOD WH4T D1D SH3 DO"

Dave, Karkat, and Roxy proceed to recount the events of the past few months to Terezi. They cover everything from Jane and Karkat's respective bids for the presidency to Dirk turning traitor and absconding with his pre-Scratch counterpart's ectobiological daughter.

"TH4T FORK3RS GONN4 P4Y" Terezi snarls, smacking her fist into her palm.

"He Will" Kanaya speaks up in a voice dripping with malice. Comparably, anyway. She's not one to show much emotion.

Terezi starts to laugh. "D4MP R1GHT!"

She feels mirthful, like the last of her grief has been washed away by the rain. Of course, there are still two reminders of it, one electronic and one physical. But she doesn't dwell on it. Instead, Terezi relishes the feeling of being reunited with her old friends. She chuckles softly to herself about this serendipitous encounter. Roxy glances over at her and smiles faintly.

She does feel a knot in her gut upon thinking about Dirk. She wasn't quite as fond of him as she is of Dave, but he always seemed like a decent fellow. He was willing to be decapitated for the greater good. Then again, people can change a lot in a couple of sweeps.

Roxy points at a large grey building below. "comin up on jakes mansion rn"

"ok were going in through the roof so brace yourselves"

"WE'RE WHAT?" Karkat shouts. He puts Dave in a stranglehold.

Dave tries to loosen Karkat's grip, without much success. "dude chill out itll be fine but it wont if you dont leggo of me"

"I'M NOT GONNA LET GO OF YOU AND PLUMMET TO MY DEATH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EVEN STUPIDER IDEA THAN DOES BREAKING OUR FORKING BODIES AGAINST THE ROOF OF JAKE'S PRETENTIOUS-AXE RICH-GUY HIVE!"

Terezi takes Jade's chair from Dave so that he can better tussle with the furious troll on his back. Jade doesn't move.

"(they got tgthr)" Roxy whispers to Terezi as everybody takes a nosedive, following Dave's lead.

Terezi replies with a toothy grin and a thumbs-up. "(N111C3)"

"Are You Sure This Is A Good Idea" asks Kanaya.

"nope" Dave replies nonchalantly.

"THEN FORKING STOP HAVING DUMBAXE IDEAS!" Karkat starts drumming his fists on Dave's head.

"what will it take to get you to shut up"

"1 H4V3 4 SUGG3ST1ON" Terezi and Roxy wink at each other.

"I SEE THAT FORKING PERVERTED GRIN ON YOUR DAMP FACE, TEREZI! STOP HAVING THAT THOUGHT! AND DON'T YOU DARE INFECT ROXY'S MIND WITH YOUR HOOFBEAST SCHIST! HE'S THE ONE TOLERABLE MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY!"

Terezi merely laughs. She's missed Karkat's rants.

"incoming" says Dave. Terezi looks down. The rooftop is near at hand. She orients herself so that she's dropping feet-first, then braces herself.

Karkat's exasperated screaming is drowned out by the sound of smashing rubble.