"Terezi?" He questioned blinking at her from behind his shades before scowling slightly and abruptly pulling himself upwards to shove her off bodily. She relinquished him without a struggle before her face was suddenly inches from the human and he had to fight back a startled flinch.

"Well yeah," She replied and then proceeded to lick one edge of his hood. Fucking. Licked it. "Mmm, candy red just like that text you're so fond of. Glad I finally get to meet Mr. Cool without a computer screen blockin' the way."

"And I get to see the psycho chick who can apparently smell and taste colors like fucking skittles," Dave gruffed in reply as he attempted to pull back from the Libra.

"That you do, cool kid. Awesome, I know."

Dave and Terezi continued to banter back and forth as the Knight managed to clamber back to his feet without another physical assault and John chuckled. He could've pieced that pair up together without much trouble, they were like siblings… or maybe gender bends of one other.

"That leaves the three of us," Rose remarked to her remaining companions as Dave continued his conversation aside before being tugged off to who knows where by the cackling troll. Each teen felt a slight discomfort as this occurred, the distance already beginning to feel too great before the thought was pushed aside. Hey, sometimes you needed a personal moment with your own alien cyber-stalker.

"Heh, well both me and John could technically go pester Karkat," Jade remarked as she cast a sly glance in the short-fused Cancer's direction before giggling and shaking her head only a moment later. "Though that can wait, there were others that we talked to right?"

John answered a bob of his head and fell into a brief, thoughtful silence. Would Vriska be easy to pick out among all of the others? She certainly had a… unique personality but he was a bit hesitant to go labeling based on looks alone.

"I am almost positive I recognize Kanaya, and I do believe that Jade has caught one of their attentions," Rose suddenly pulled John from his musings and he raised his head slightly with a blink as he looked about for said troll. Off near the back corner one of the male trolls ducked his head as if embarrassed when the Heir's gaze trailed in his direction, sporting a pair of wide, bull-like horns.

Jade flushed slightly in her own display of embarrassment before giving another light giggle and waving off her friends as she flounced in his direction. Though neither could hear their conversation the Witch seemed to greet him cheerfully and he flashed her a nervous grin before muttering something in reply and patting his legs.

"Hello, Rose," A silken voice drew John's attention away once more and he looked up to meet the eyes of a pretty female troll with somewhat mis-matched horns and lightly curling black locks. She offered him a soft smile greatly resembling Rose in expression before fixing her gaze back onto the Seer, who was now smiling along with a pleased vibe radiating off of her.

"Well hello, Kanaya. It's a pleasure to finally meet you after your assistance in the game." She replied and, well, after that John lost track of the conversation with record speed. It was almost unsettling how alike his friends appeared to be to their patron trolls, or at least in some aspects which tugged the corners of his lips downward in a light frown. It would take quite a bit of finagling to compare him and Vriska, if what he had gathered from her via Pesterchum was anything to go on. Drawing away from the two sophisticated young women and meandering across the wide room John's God Tier hood trailed along the ground as he moved, no longer lifted and tossed about by the Wind as it had constantly been before. He swept his gaze over the majority of the assembled trolls avoiding direct eye contact but none seemed to even lift their heads from their tasks. Truthfully, he was beginning to feel a tad distressed before he felt a sharp tug as his hood snagged, slipping the garment off his head and pressing slightly at his throat.

John immediately gripped at the thick, blue fabric and turned with a bewildered look before he was met with the viciously grinning face of yet another troll. Every sharp fang was visible in her smile and they seemed to flash in the low light as he briefly took in the rest of her appearance. One eye concealed by a black eye-patch, a thick mane of wavy dark hair, and long, curving horns; one hooked and the other splitting into a sharp crescent. Interestingly enough though, she was also decked out in her own God Tier outfit, shimmery looking wings fluttering slightly behind her.

"Plan on gawking at me all day?" The newcomer remarked with a brief snicker as she tossed a portion of her hair over her shoulder and fixed him with her yellowed gaze. "I know I'm stunning and all but staring is never polite, John."

John took a moment for the girl's mannerisms to click in his mind but a moment later his face was split into a wide, goofy grin. "Vriska!"

"Yeah no shit Sherlock. Took you long enough to put the pieces of this oh so complex puzzle together."

"Heh, sorry I was just getting a bit down since I had no idea which one was you."

"I'd say I'm offended but I suppose you little humans were confused with the number of us trolls out and about."

John rolled his cerulean eyes at that and slipped his hood back up to cover his mussed hair though the tip still rested in Vriska's long fingered grip as she plucked at the end. "Seriously, the 'tiny humans' routine is so stereotypical alien."

Vriska shrugged at that and released her hold on the fabric allowing it the flick to the ground in a coil with the rest of the banner-like article. "Be glad, John, the mighty Mindfang is actually sacrificing her precious time to speak to the likes of you," She drawled with a somewhat snobby tone before poking the tip of her tongue out and grinning once more. "But then again you managed a respectable ranking so I'll make an exception."

"Oh yeah! So you made God Tier too?"

"Obviously."

"Cool, I saw another girl wearing a hood by the way. She had the same symbol as Dave and wings too, is that a troll thing?"

"Ugh, John you're leading this conversation down a boring road, I don't even think the arrival of you and your monkey buddies will provide any extra entertainment on this hunk of rock," Vriska answered with a huff that disturbed a semi-curled lock of hair hanging in her face. John pouted slightly at the remark, feigning a sort of mock-offense before they both ended up laughing and grinning once more.

"But seriously, if things keep going like they were before we had another session to mess with I might have to start drawing a map of this gog forsaken labyrinth of a place. And that is not something that Vriska Serket plans to resort to any time soon. Capeesh?"

John chuckled again and lifted him hands palms up as his shoulders rose in a loose shrug. "I'll do my best, Vriska."

I think things should be plenty interesting, He added mentally as the Scorpio launched off onto a tangent including something about stiff asshats and general uptightness in spite of a dire need for entertainment. We are still playing, after all.

N.A:: *Party poppers are pulled, cheap confetti clumps rain down.* Weeee~ So, yes. That was my attempt at introductions between the kids and their patron trolls so I hope it didn't fall too flat, I tried not to rush it but at the same time these "one-shots" are getting a bit long. Bluh. Anyway, thoughts? Too heavy on the dialogue? Enough description? Any anger due to hinted pairings (I'm not even sure if I was trying to avoid that)? All opinions are welcome opinions and like I said feel free to tack on a pairing you'd like to see, entertaining situation, or even a single word prompt.

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