Ch 2

The first person she laid eyes on was as much an old friend, as he was an old annoyance.

Karkat had descended from the doorway of the ship in a impressive outfit: it had two large shield like shoulder pads with bright red straps that crossed his chest and went around his back, he wore a "absolutely too big for him" old prince like shirt with coral colored ruffles that littered his sleeves and collar, and buttons that started from the top of his neck and ended at the very bottom of the shirt. His pants and shirt were a cream color and his shoes were the same color red as the straps he was wearing.

He was still short, there was no getting around that, but he held a presence that deserved respect.

Of course, just because one deserves respect, doesn't guarantee one will get it.

Jade laughed, she laughed to the point where she had started to cry, Karkat, predictably, lost his dignified stature and started demanding her to "Shut the fuck up" and to "Respect a fucking official of Alternia". Jade apologized for her actions soon after she had finished, but her attitude afterwards was far from the "respect" Karkat had demanded. She spoke to him in a tone that was a mixter of fond familiarity and mild annoyance. She didn't ask usual questions people ask when you haven't seen someone in a long time, and certainly none of them asked about past events after the game, most were about his current and future plans, which Karkat answered mostly with an 'I don't know' and "stop asking so many fucking questions".

Throughout the next hour she had spoken to at least half the trolls that had came on the ship, several of them she remembered from the game in conversations she had with them online; the other trolls however, Jade hadn't recognized, and she only realized who they were by what she had been told by John, Dave, and Rose.

After the trolls had fully exited the ship Jade led them to her home; she had renevated it after the game's completion. It still held the likeness to the prospitian tower she had spent her dreams in, but the long tower of staircases were turned into a apartment she had gone through what rooms and spaces they had full access to and what places were off limits, she would let them settle what rooms they wanted themselves. Jade said if they had any questions not to hesitate, but she hoped they didn't have any. The highest floor the trolls could go up to was the fourth floor any higher than that and they would have been delving into her private space, actually they were already in her private space, but those floors were her sanctum.

When Jade had finally reached her bedroom she had looked out her bedroom window and sighed, it was a little disconcerting to have the trolls around her living space, she had to be conscious of what she did and how she acted, she wished she had taken those cool lessons from Davesprite when he had offered them to her, oh well it's too late now. She knew Dave would be here soon, and John and Rose said they would be at her island within the next week which was surprising considering that they were really all just about the age of fifteen at the moment, she could understand Dave a little better considering his brother, but she had no idea on how Rose's mom and John's dad would allow them to come to a private island by themselves, and not to mention th-…

Jade held her head for a moment now wasn't the time to over think things, now was the time to rest, and she did.