"I think I like her."
"Huh?" Gamzee stared at Tavros as he blushed a light brown, staring at his feet and twiddling his thumbs.
"Jade. She's, uhh, a really nice girl, and... uhh... stuff. So I think... uhh... I like her. Red rom."
"Well shit man, that was fast." Gamzee walked onward, his hands twisted together and resting on the back of his head. Tavros looked up to see Gamzee a few yards ahead, and scrambled to catch up.
"Well... Uhh... I was kinda thinking about it since I saw her. And she was kinda... uhh... nice to me. But then we... uhh..." His face grew brown once again as Gamzee looked back at him. "You know... when we... uhh..."
"Kissed?"
"Uhh... Yeah."
"Don't worry man. Kissing aint a big thing. It happens all the time. Means jack motherfucking shit." He kept walking onward, leaving Tavros to trail behind.
"Uhh. I don't know about that. I mean, it can be a pretty good... uhh... signal of fee-"
"I've kissed Jade." Tavros's attempts to keep up with Gamzee halted altogether as he stopped dead in his tracks. Gamzee trailed to a stop also, turning to face his blood lacking face. "Dude, you okay?"
"Uhh..." Tavros was speechless.
Gamzee continued, spinning away from Tavros and walking onward again. "But come on, bro. Kissing really means practically nothing. Vriska has kissed you. I've kissed you. Sollux and Aradia have kissed multiple times. Are any of us together as a rom? Nope. Kissing means jack mother fucking shi-"
"THATS NOT TRUE!" Tavros screamed, his voice echoing slightly in the trees. Gamzee jumped slightly, turning back to the brown faced troll as he shook slightly.
Gamzee stared at him for a few moments, his jaw agape. He tilted his eyes to the side, staring at a blade of grass on the ground. "Shit man. You didn't have to yell."
"I'm sorry! But I don't think you understand what you just said!" Tavros stood firm until Gamzee looked back into his eyes. He faltered for a bit, but kept going. "Uhh... It's really important to females that you don't... uhh... you know, just do something like that without... uhh... feelings behind it. They find that stuff really important. I asked Karkat. He... uhh... taught me. You can't just kiss someone without feeling."
"You did that." Gamzee's face was completely stone as he stared at Tavros. Tavros frowned slightly.
"Yeah, but it was a dare! And I already had a feeling that I... uhh... liked her. And now I am... uhh... certain! Why did you kiss Jade?"
"I wanted to."
"See? You can't... uhh... do that! You have to have... uhh... feelings for her if you want to... uhh... do that. It's a quadrant thing. You're just going to... uhh... confuse her. And I don't... uhh... Like that." Tavros attempted to stand tall and prove his manliness to Gamzee, showing him that he was worthy of Gamzee's new "Toy," attempting to show protective qualities over her well being. Gamzee only stared at him, his face growing pale.
"Ahh shit man. I think I messed up big time." Gamzee barely noticed Tavros's attempts to prove his superiority as he fretted over his own mistake. He sat down on the ground, his eyes wide. "I just up and kissed her, bro. Up and smacked my lips with hers!"
Tavros sighed slightly, sitting next to him. "Uhh... Why did you do it?"
"I don't know, bro! I just up and did! It's not like I was getting my mojo on or anything. I was just up and jealous or something."
"You were... uhh... jealous?"
"I'm up and all confused now. I dunno." Tavros sat awkwardly next to Gamzee as he mumbled, slightly unnerved by Gamzee's out of character spillage.
"Uhh..."
"I mean. I'm all up and jizzing in knowledge, Tavbro! I up and know things about her that you'de have to go and figure out in like... a million years!"
"I don't think...uhh... I don't follow you." Tavros stuttered a bit, attempting to follow Gamzee's twisted train of thought. Gamzee only kept trailing along.
"Honk honk honk. I mean, She's got her motherfucking dangerous on. Lime blood and stuff."
"...uhh...what?"
"And I'm already shooting for you, Tavbro! I can't up and get all redrom with a random lime blood troll when I'm all up and red with my brown blooded bro!"
"Uhh..."
"And I've yet to go and figure out who this moirail everyone's speaking of is... And with all of that, I'm still up and tied by her mother fucking Coincidences shit. And my head hurts."
"Uhh... What? Redrom? With... uhh... Me?" Tavros sputtered, feeling his face grow brown. "I'm... uhh... flattered... But... uhh..."
"I mean, I up and knew already once I saw that blood that I had up and got myself head deep in lime colored, high blood mix up shit, but seriously, Loving that little mother-"
"GAMZEE!" Tavros burst out, punching him in the shoulder. It didn't even make him move an inch, but it did catch his attention. Gamzee turned to Tavros, his eyes slightly crazed.
"Oh. Hello Tavros. What's up?"
"You okay? You seem to be... uhh... talking alot..."
"Yeah. I'm up and perfect and dandy. Just got my brain to clicking..."
"Uhh... you said something earlier... about... redrom... for me?"
"Yup."
"Uhh... were you... uhh... joking?"
"Nope." Gamzee looked over at Tavros, grinning wideley. "I'm all up neck deep in redrom for you, Tavbro!"
"Uhh..." Tavros's face grew even more brown than before as he stared at Gamzee. "That's... uhh..."
"Yeah, bro! I mean, whatever Fanfiction says has gotta be true, ya know? I've been up and reading that shit for the past week, and we're like... matesprites galore!" Gotta follow that shit, ya know Bro? I'll be up and kissing your dead body some day!" He grinned wildly, as if he were revealing the future. Tavros could only stare, mouth agape.
"Uhh... I don't... uhh... I don't think you understand... quadrants..."
"Huh..." Gamzee stared at the sky. "Maybe..."
"You should... uhh... talk to Karkat..."
"Yeah... probably..."
"And... uhh... Don't go kissing people?"
"Alright, bro!" Gamzee flopped back, hands behind his head, staring at the sky. Tavros stared at him for a while, very confused about the conversation they just had, his face still brown. After a while, he gave up, and leaned back also, letting out a small sigh, wondering if Gamzee would make more sense if he would just stop eating those stupid pies...
*Maybe I can just... take them away from him? He'll sober up, and I'll understand what he's talking about... that'll be a good idea, right?*
She woke, like she always does, in her bright room on the top of a tower, in Prospit. She sat up, yawning, and stretching, her smile wide. Getting out of bed, she walked over to her window, gazing at the clouds above her.
Gamzee and Tavros.
Her sleeping form being carried by a man in shades, Eridan following behind.
Imperial Drones.
Pumpkins. Many many pumpkins.
Kanaya and another unknown troll talking together as Terezi sniffs around.
Karkat. Tripping on a pumpkin.
Vriska pounding on her computer's keyboard and yanking out her hair.
A gun.
A Quest Bed.
Aradia Bot.
She knew what she had to do, and jumped out the window, allowing her body to float, bobbing up and down as she stared at the sky. She knew where she had to go. The problem was getting there.
"Why the hell can't I find anything about them?" Vriska slammed her hands on the keyboard repeatedly, and then reverted to pulling her hair out in frustration. She slammed her head down on the desk, letting out a loud, annoyed groan. She lay there for a few moments, allowing her rage to bubble inside of her before she looked up at her computer again.
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] Began Pestering arachnidsGrip [AG]
TG: Hey I found something. Maybe this will help.
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] Ceased Pestering arachnidsGrip [AG]
Vriska looked at the small underlined link Roxy sent her. Curious, she clicked on it, and a new tab blinked open, filling from top to bottom with bright green text. She sighed, leaning her head on her hand as she began at the top paragraph.
"GLUB GLUB! THESE flowers smell glubbing fantastic! Oh Cod I could sniff these all day!"
"I know! They are purrfect!" Nepeta purred as she lounges in the flowers, smiling to herself. Aradia stood at the edge of the flower bed, staring at nothing as Feferi glubbed and Nepeta giggled. Equius stood a few inches from her left side, Sollux a few feet from her right.
"Sollux! Come join me! This is so much fun!"
"Nah. I'll thtay right-"
"Shouldn't you know? He doesn't do stuff like that. He's a hacker, not a frolicker." Aradia cut Sollux off, speaking in her monnotous voice. Sollux turned to Aradia, a nervous look on his face. Feferi looked up from the flowers.
"Excuse me?"
"Nothing. I just thought you'd know your matesprit more than you do." Aradia said calmly. Feferi glared at her for a few moments before Sollux cut in.
"You know what? I think I'll join you guyth in the flowerth! It lookth more fun than I thought!" He awkwardly stepped into the flowers, sitting near Feferi. Feferi shot a snide grin at Aradia as she leaned on Sollux. Aradia hissed slightly, but was cut off by a pumpkin landing on her head, splitting in two and spilling it's pumpkin guts all over her metal shell. She stopped her hissing in shock as the orange slime ran down her face, blurring her vision as it reached the lenses.
"What the..."
"*Nepeta laughs cutely as she watches the pumpkin running down Aradia's body, wondering where the orange vegetable came from.*" Nepeta giggled as Aradia wiped the pumpkin away from her optic lenses, frowning slightly.
"I don't find humor in this."
"My creation! My perfect creation! It's covered in slime!" Equius was sweating profusely as he stared in shock at Aradia's form, covered head to toe in sludge. Aradia turned to him, tilting her head to the side.
"It's just a little pumpkin. It's not like it'll get stuck in my hair or anything. My hair is made of Metal. It'll just come off if I wipe it off. I'd understand your distraught if you were the one that had the pumpk-" A pumpkin, as if on cue, appeared above Equius's head, breaking on his noggin, spillin an equal amount of orange crap on him as it did her. Aradia closed her mouth as Feferi and Nepeta burst into laughter, rolling in the flowers. Equius shot Nepeta a glare, and she fell silent, scratching her ear.
"This is not funny." Equius said, his voice shaking slightly in anger. Nepeta nodded her head in agreement.
"Sorry for laughing."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! THIS IS HILARIOUS!" Feferi burst into even louder laughing, rolling in the flowers. Aradia stared at her.
"I'm guessing, though, that there is a third pumpkin. There are always either 4, 1, or 3. We've had 2, so there should be one, or two more." Aradia said calmly. "Oh. There it is." She walked over to a pumpkin sitting on the ground. "I've found it." She smiled slightly as she chucked it at Feferi's head.
She saw it all in the clouds. She saw the chucking of the pumpkin. Realizing she had less time than she thought, She continued on to her first destination, floating hastilty through Prospit's bright skies.
She reached her destination rather quickly, and burst into the room. She walked over to the sleeping body, resting easily in the bed.
She slapped her.
"So... uhh... you said something about Jade being powerful? Something about lime blood?"
"Oh yeah! She's up and powerful like a high blood on steriods, Tavbro!"
"How do you...uhh... know this stuff?"
"I'm a high blood myself! They up and tried to draft me in the Lime Blood Genocide attempt."
"uhh... what?"
Vriska leaned back, finally finished with the huge website Roxy sent her. She let out a sigh, her eyes wide.
"Holy-" She fell asleep.
"Yeah. She's one of the few survivors. I never thought I'd up and meet one. Nor up and become her companion. But both happened."
"A genocide attempt?"
"Well I guess it wasn't really an attempt cuz it mostly worked. Cept for a few stragglers. We used to be up and crawling in lime bloods. They were all over the place! They were up and powerful too. I was up and friends with a whole bunch of em!"
"What...uhh...happened?"
"The high bloods up and decided they were too powerful. So they began the Lime Green Holocaust. It was really hard for them to kill them. They had some sort of ability... Some of em had extreme psychic ability... and some of them seemed to just know stuff... and they used that knowledge like a weapon. They planned stuff... caused... coincidences. Used people."
Vriska woke up, her eyes jerking open. She immediately regretted it as she stared at the face staring down at her.
"Are you haunting me now? I can't seem to get rid of you."
"We'll talk about that later. Right now, I need your help." Jade looked at Vriska with all seriousness, her gold dress glinting in the light of Prospit. Vriska glared at her.
"Why would I help you?" Vriska questioned, still annoyed, but slightly unnerved by Jade's serious face.
"Because I have a feeling you will like what I want you to do." Jade said, still tense, staring at Vriska. Vriska's interest was piqued.
"And what is that?"
"Kill Aradia."