Hi! I apologize to all the other Gamzee obsessors like yours truly, but even though I LOVE that clowny bastard ;o3 I couldn't think of anything to do in this chapter for him. So it'll probably be a few chapters till we get a POV from Gamzee again. Because all that was going on was a pesterlog with Equius and Gam making his world-famous pies. See ya next author's note! :o33 OH! And before I forget. That -FC- means next scene. Just cuz I'm a spaz/retard and idk how to do the line thing that means next scene that the other people do. :o3 enjoy!

Tavros hesitated at the door. What if he got jumped again? He was pretty sure that nobody would be there to save him this time. He chewed his lip. After a little while waiting, he gently pushed the doors open and slipped out into the cool November night.

-FC-

Tavros pulled his dark grey jacket tighter around him. For early November, it was freezing. He looked around. It was completely silent except for the roar of the wind and soft chiming of wind chimes. It was an especially bright night because of the moon. It was full and white and the sky around it was cloudless. He smiled. It made him feel safe. he walked for a while until he felt like he was being followed. He looked over his shoulder. He didn't see anybody. He kept walking. The feeling was getting stronger. He started hearing footsteps. Then a hand grabbed onto good his arm and pulled him into an alley. He started panicking. If what the note said was true then where was the guy that saved him? He was gasping and panting and squealing when he felt a second hand cover his mouth. "shut up Toreadork!" he heard a rough female voice say.

He stopped panicking and his eyes widened. Eventually after a few seconds she slowly withdrew her hand. He quickly spun around.

"V-Vriska what the h-hell?!" he fumed.

"Oh shut up. I just wanted to see if you were okay. I heard from Equius that you got in an accident. What happened?"

"How does Equius know something happened and why didn't you just stop me on the street?"

"Well. The Equius part I will not share. He made me swear. And I can't be seen with someone with as low blood as you without someone exchanging messages between us. You know that, Tavros."

Oh. Of course he remembered now. Vriska had just gotten a promotion from the empress herself and was now one of the three generals of the imperial fleet. One was positioned to stay with the empress another stayed on one side of Alternia and Vriska stayed on this side.

"Oh. I-I moment-tarily forgot. Sorry."

"It's alright but… you still haven't told me what happened, Tavros."

"Oh…" he ringed the hem of his shirt with his left hand. "I got sh-shot. In the arm."

Her eyes got wide and she pulled him into a long tight hug. "Oh my gog, Tavros. Are you okay? How did it happen… oh gog. How did you escape? Who shot you?"

He spun out the story to the best of his memory. Him and Vriska chatted some more then she left and he went home.

-FC-

He stood in his hive. He looked around the living room that opened into a small dining area/kitchen. His home was mostly neutral tones of brown, tan, and grey. His couch was fluffy and a little crappy made of brown leather. He had tan laminate flooring. The TV was small. Only around 22 inches. His coffee table was simple and old. It was a yellow-gold wood color and a little worn down. The walls were a very light almost white grey. His kitchen was very small. Only containing some cabinets, counters, a sink, fridge, stove, microwave, and trashcan. There was a small chunk of wall that swung out to reveal a small dining area only big enough to contain a small round table and two chairs. He only had one small standard bathroom. His room was the most unique room in the house with a desk chair and Husktop in the corner. A small burgundy Recupracoon, a dresser, closet, which he never used so he jammed in a one piece washer/dryer, there was also a shelf with no particular organization for his multiple games and books, and posters all over his walls. His huge 4 by 5 Pupa Pan poster being the centerpiece of the room. he walked to the corner of the room, turned on his Husktop and opened Trollian. Kanaya wasn't online. He certiantly didn't blame her. Who was on Trollian at 3am in the morning? But he left her a message anyways.

adiosToreador started trolling grimAuxiliatrix [GA] at 03:23

AT: uHH, hI KANAYA. i JUST, uHM, wANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN AT WORK. sO PESTER ME WHEN YOU CAN. bYE.

adiosToreador ceased trolling grimAuxiliatrix at 03:24

He leaned back in his chair and yawned. He was exhausted. All he wanted to do was go into his recupracoon and sleep the events of the past few days and the stiffness from sleeping in a bed away.

But for some reason he couldn't bring himself out of that chair. It was so soft and comfortable. He suddenly wondered where Tinkerbull was. His legs felt heavy as he finally lifted himself up out of the chair.

He walked into the kitchen pulling out some food for Tinkerbull and left it on the table. Then he got out some lucky charms for himself. They were his favorite food. The leprechaun was right. They were magically delicious. He laughed at the cheesy slogan joke he just made to himself. After eating he went back into his room and booted up FLARP since he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep. He would admit that it was an old, outdated game but he still played occasionally. Not NEARLY as much as he used to when he was 6 sweeps but he still did play it. People called him things like loser, nerd, dork and he would just let it go in one ear and out the other. He had learned at about seventeen human years that if he didn't listen to the insults they couldn't hurt him and completely destroy his self-confidence. It could still be destroyed because not every insult could be ignored. There were boundaries.

He looked at the screen on his Husktop. The game was going through its title sequence. Out of boredom, he picked up a new issue of Game Grub. The headline on the cover read, "Could there be a FLARP 2 in progress? Check page 21 for an interview with UGrub Games." Tavros knew it was only an elaborate hoax to keep people buying the rag of a magazine so he didn't even bother to open it and put it down. The magazine itself was terrible but it was really the only one he could afford. As the game was finally done loading, he braced himself for the dizziness of being pulled into the game and pressed play. As was expected, he was dizzy and was back at the same spot in his hive. Only he was good looking, strong, he was wearing his pupa pan costume, and his hive looked MUCH richer. Around the time most people stopped playing, he got their permission to loot their hives for treasure in the game. He had actually scored some sweet pupa pan armor which he only used to fight powerful bosses who were guarding huge treasure hoards or when he just wanted to look cool. He immediately went outside to the woods. There was a girl that was only about a sweep younger than him named Bunny who had made herself a sprite in the game. He was quite fond of bunny. She was sweet, smart, and really funny. She was always hyper, spazzy, and was completely obsessed with cupcakes. Kind of like Equius with his milk. She was fun to bake with but though they lived pretty close to each other they had never met face to face. He walked into the woods and waited. After a short while he heard a somewhat high pitched laughing.

"HI HI HIS TAVROSSSSSS!" Bunny suddenly appeared in front of him, smiling and laughing as usual. She had a very small lisp barely noticeable unless you had known her for a while and talked to her almost every day. Bunny had explained that the only people she really ever interacted with were Her best friend and moirail Seren, who could NEVER get enough sleep and loved something called Italian food, a man named Gamzee, who was a tall thin and primarily quiet man aside from his occasional honks as she said, someone else named Karkat, who was like her brother as the humans would say and could be grumpy but she still loved him, her red crush Sollux, who was an elite hacker, and Seren's red crush Eridan, who was a bit of a douche but still had his nice moments, and of course Tavros. Although she never really talked to Gamzee or Eridan. She knew Gamzee was nice because he was Karkat's moirail. So he would kind of have to be to calm a hothead like karkat.

"Heh, hi Bunny."

She flew to his head and sat down in her usual spot on his Pupa hat.

"Tavros."

"Oh… y-yes?"

"I have ONE question for you."

"What is it?" he smiled.

She flew in front of his face and with a mischievous smile said, "ready to rock?"

He smiled and nodded at her derpiness. Suddenly her voice was in his head.

'Once a derp, ALWAYS a derp Tavros.' He smiled at her again and she smiled back.

Hai Hai Hai. Yall are probably wondering who the hell the afore mentioned "Bunny" ans "Seren" are. Well they are mine and my moirail's Fantrolls. Bunny is hers and I thought hers would fit the bill for Tav's gaming buddy better although Seren likes roleplaying and video games and the like, Seren is kind of like Gamzee and Bunny is nicer than Seren. Bunny and Seren will appear in here a few times when I have no ideas left but they are mainly just background characters. I wrote this chapter over the course of like two days and I have stayed up till 12:50 so far cause I have made the mistake of chugging a mega monster and am currently drinking another one cuz I ran out of Faygo today. Yes. I drink Faygo every day. Don't judge me. I'm obsessed with Gam. So anyways I'm rambling now. Can anyone say possible double update?! :o33