Prince of Heart- OH MY GOD HOMESTUCK HAD AN EPILOGUE AND HOLY SHIT IT TURNS OUT ROSE AND KANAYA GOT FUCKING MARRIED HOLY SHIT I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW THEY WERE MY OTP. Also I think Callie x Roxy might be canon? BUT HOLY SHIT THO.
Eridan hit the ground hard, though he could barely tell as the ground seemed to be covered in complete darkness. He tried landing on his hands and knees, but instead fell directly onto his face, nearly breaking his nose in the process. He laid face down in the ground for a few seconds, regaining his composure, before lifting himself up to look up to see where he was. He adjusted his glasses, and managed to focus his eyes in on the group of his friends in front of him; Dave and Rose conversing while watching a sleeping girl, who looked an awful lot like Rose in Derse clothing floating in mid-air, and Kanaya and Karkat listening to a story Terezi was telling. Off into the distance of the dark land was the silhouette of a city unknown to Eridan, filled with many skyscraper like buildings dotting the skyline.
Eridan groaned, a scowl creeping onto his face, and he pushed himself onto his feet. It would've been nice for the pretty ghost spider troll to warn him of the fall, seeing as he couldn't've known where he'd fall. He'd forgive her though, seeing as she seemed nice enough. It was hard for him to believe that he'd just met Vriska's ancestor as a teenage ghost from another universe, who he guessed was also technically Vriska herself? But also not really? Time shenanigans were fucking weird, yo.
Wiping the dust off his shoulders, he began to make his way over to one of the two separate groups, choosing to converse with the humans rather than two out of the three trolls that hated him. His shoes clacked against what seemed like a marble ground, signalling his approach to the two God-Tiers. The two slightly turned their heads to acknowledge him, continuing on their conversation.
"dude i dont care if she looks like you," Dave said, "there is no way thats my mom. like ive seen moms and that older looking you looks way too young and hot to be a mom. like moms are supposed to look depressed and fat and always post shitty memes onto their respective facebook pages commenting shit like 'lol good one Brenda hope the husband aint fucking that totally hot neighbour girl again.' and from what i see totally hot lalonde isnt doing any of those things."
Rose rolled her eyes, sighing, "Aside from the fact that I should be insulted you find her a 'hot version of me,' she isn't exactly our mom. She is our half mother and also half daughter from another universe, whom also happens to be the post-scratch version of me."
Dave crossed his arms. "okay im fucking confused now. does this make you my mom?"
"No Dave, I am not your mom."
Dave shook his head in disbelief. "thats exactly what my real mom would say."
Eridan looked up at the girl that the two were referring to, noticing that she actually did look a hell of a lot like Rose, with exceptions being her tanner skin, skinnier and taller figure, and the pink tips at the ends of her blonde hair. Aside from those, the similarities were uncanny.
"what do you think fish-dude?" Dave asked. "you reckon hot sleeping lady could be mine and cthulhu-chicks mom?"
Eridan raised an eyebrow, the scowl still on his face. "your wwhat? i dont understand your human slang."
Rose answered for Dave, "Our ancestor, so to speak."
Eridan examined the girl, looking her up and down and becoming startled when she made a loud snore. "i guess i can see the resemblance."
"shit dude give us a more vague answer. love it when people do that."
Rose attempted to pipe up, but was promptly interrupted when a solid gold trident landed next to her feet. The three of them stumbled back in shock, Rose emitting a loud gasp as she did. They regained their balance, seeing the other group of three staring past them and at the source of the double sided trident. The three of them collectively turned their heads to the source, revealing it to be a tall and lanky girl troll, the same subset of fish species that Eridan was, though her jewellery was more than enough to tell of her wealth. Contrary to her wealth was her choice of clothing, with a set of baggy jeans and an equally baggy T-shirt contrasting her obvious wealth. Like Aranea, she had completely blank eyes behind a pair of glasses, and lipstick corresponding to her blood colour of Fuchsia purple.
"what the shell are you chumps doin?!" She cried, a look of anger on her face. Her accent seemed eerily like Eridans, though a lot more ghetto at the same time, giving her a more of a cockney sounding voice than his upper-classed one. She placed a hand on her hip, and outstretched her other hand to point at the sleeping girl. "im trying to stab a sucka and youre gettin in the wave. 'specially similar lookin girl." She made a malicious smile. "in fact she looks more like a whale than floatin girl maybe I orca hunt her instead."
"Um Excuse Me," Kanaya interrupted, putting a hand on an unimpressed Rose's shoulder, "Do Not Speak That Way Of Her."
The girl chuckled, "well fuck guess i gotta since yo rainbow drinker ass is coral-ing me out. you look familiar though. like a girl i know." She shrugged the thought off. "stay outta my way."
The girl began to walk over to them to get her trident, but Eridan had already instinctively pulled out the trident of the ground and held it in his hands. The girl stopped dead in her tracks, placing both hands on her hips.
"what the fuck you think your doin fish chum?" she asked sternly.
Eridan pulled the trident in close to him. "this is mine noww."
"like FUCK it is. dont make me come over there and kick yo hipster ass."
"id like to see you try."
The girl clenched her fist, and bore her teeth in a frown. Eridan sighed, trying to subside his nervousness, and increased his grip on the weapon. As the girl sprinted at him, Dave and Kanaya stepped in the way and raised their respective weapons to ready themselves. As she neared, Dave was the first to swing his sword, narrowly missing her as she moved her leg to trip him, continuing her rampage towards him. Kanaya likewise stepped in the way, but didn't even get a chance to attack when Meenah jumped over her and continue running. A few feet from Eridan, he held out the trident in defence, but the attempt was futile as she grabbed it and dealt a hard punch across his face. Eridan fell sideways, nearly knocked out from a single punch, and landed on his right side.
He laid still for a few seconds, before lifting himself onto his back and looking up at the girl. "wwhat the hell howw did you do that."
She traced the outline of her trident, a content smile on her face. "shouldntve touched my shit sucka."
She was interrupted when Dave came up behind her and decked her across the back of her head with his fist. "take that!"
She stumbled forward as Dave took a swing at her, but she blocked it using her trident. He didn't cease attacking, pushing further down to test her grasp on the thing. Eridan heard a chainsaw revving in the background, revealing Kanaya ready to attack her as well, and followed close behind was Karkat, who finally joined the fight. As the two were about to attack, they were stopped by a screaming voice coming from close by the group.
"WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Arenea screamed, her hands held to her head in shock.
