"I am so sorry, I was just learning how to skateboard from Dave and-... Are those horns?" Your head is throbbing from the impact, and this stupid human's voice is not helping at all. You notice he is holding his hand out for you to take.
"Just shut up."
"Whoa, are you a troll?" his hand turns to touch your horns, you quickly swat them away with a growl.
You sit up and stare at the human through his thick glasses and growl. You really hate this human for some reason, absolute hate for the boy is radiating off of your very core. And yet he doesn't seem phased by it at all.
"Jesus Egderp, you hit one of the new kids." The blonde said as he leaned on the bespectacled boy, "Aren't you part of the group of 'good kids' that are supposed to show them around?"
"Oh my god I'm so sorry, I really hope you can forgive me!"
"Whatever, just leave me alone." You stand up and glare at the 'Egderp' human and who you assume is his friend Dave. What stupid names.
"Aw, come on Karbro, the motherfucker said he was sorry, you need to let bygones be bygones bro." Gamzee added as he draped his arm around you.
"I don't care. I just want this stupid project to be over!" You growl out loudly as you push Gamzee away. You stomp away angrily leaving your school bag behind.
Be the 'Egderp' human
You are now the Egderp human, or as he is normally known as John Egbert. You notice the bag on the ground and grab it up and as you run after the small troll. Unfortunately your foot catches the skateboard and you fall flat on your face.
"Whoa, little brother. You alright? That was one motherfucking painful looking fall." The jugglo looking troll held out a hand. You took his hand and he pull
"I-I'm fine."
"Jesus Egderp, what's with you today, I've never seen you so clumsy." Dave said to you.
"I don't know, I just felt, off since I saw that guy."
"That guy, you mean Karbro, motherfucker?" You ignore the fact he called you motherfucker, "Yeah, his real name is Karkat. I'm Gamzee Makara, his moirail."
"Moirail?" Dave turns to you for an explanation.
You sigh, "It's a way of calling someone your best friend. I still don't see why you skipped that class."
He shrugged coolly, "It seemed stupid at the time."
"Anyway we should get this to Karkat, it seems like he'll need it. Do you have any idea where he'd be?" You ask Gamzee.
"Well the motherfucker likes high places."
You sigh, there is only one high place in this entire school, and that's the roof. Everyone goes up there, for lunch, before morning bell and even just to skip class. "Dave would you mind helping Gamzee here around?"
"Sure, go chase down the short one, meet me at the garden for lunch though, the roof is already reserved." Damn you liked the roof. It made you feel powerful, like you could shoot lightning down at all the people who dare cross your path... Ok, so you have a bit of an evil side, you may not show it but it's fun to give into a few thoughts.
You run up to the roof and found Karkat curled up near the edge.
"Hey Karkat," He jumped a bit and turned to face you, "You left your schoolbag on the ground. I thought I'd return it."
He huffs and turns back around, "Just leave it."
"Um, I'm reeeaaally sorry about running you over earlier, and-"
"I GET IT, YOU'RE APOLOGIZING, JUST GO AWAY!"
You suddenly feel all of the hurt the troll boy is giving off, and you can't just ignore it. "Would you mind telling me whats wrong first?"
The boy turns with angry pinkish-red tears streaming down his face and a glare set straight at you. He stands up and storms up to you, you can't help but notice he has maybe a few inches over you height wise. "You want to know why I'm upset? I was just ordered by the empress to leave my nice comfortable hive, with my normal everyday life, when nobody knew what I was, to leave for this god forsaken planet. You humans are so DISGUSTING. You and your BUCKETS LAYING AROUND EVERYWHERE. YOU'RE RUDE AND OBNOXIOUS YOUR FOOD IS WEIRD AND STUPID. I MEAN REALLY? VEGGIE BURGER? WHAT THE FUCK? YOU'RE JUST A BUNCH OF DUMB-ASSES!"
You can't help but giggle a bit at his final statements. "WHAT'RE YOU LAUGHING AT YOU DUMBASS?!"
"I sorta understand the first bit, this school was formed about year ago and gathered people from all over Earth, I'm actually from Maple Valley, Washington, it's really far from here and I can't see my dad unless it's over skype, even then, it's short because of the long distance, and he just gave up trying. So, I decided that I would try and 'become a man' like he always wanted me to, starting with learning to live without clinging to his leg all the time." You laugh nervously when you realize you were rambling about things he might not even understand.
"I don't care, just leave me alone." he takes his bag from your hands and shoves you out of the way.
You flinch when he slams the door and look at the poor door with pity (not for the door though). It seems befriending people here was going to be harder then you thought
Third person switch!
Once John left, Dave looked at the nearby troll. He had a lax look on his face and the permanent smile on his face merely shadowed the one his mouth made.
"So are you a jugglo or something?" Dave asked.
Gamzee blinks, "Now what the mother fuck is a jugglo?"
"Guys who rap and dress like clowns I guess. I'm no expert, and I really don't care."
"Well, I do rap, and I dress like this normally bro." he smiles as he pinches Dave's nose, "Honk."
Outside, Dave didn't seem to react, and that made Gamzee a little sad, that used to at least make even Karkat crack a little smile, only because he could tell that Gamzee was either not listening or wanted the subject changed. But this guy, he must be stone cold.
What Gamzee couldn't see was how Dave was suppressing a laugh, mainly at how friendly this guy was compared to most of the people he knew. But never as friendly Egderp, god, that kid was a ray of sunshine coming from the deepest darkest depths of the earth. Nothing could put that kid's mood down.
He spared a small smile for the clown after watching his smile falter. Striders don't show too much emotion in front of strangers, but this guy seemed to allow a slight bend to the rules of 'Striding'. The clown stood to his full height, grin restored as he towered over Dave he ruffled the blonde's hair.
"So what's yer name?"
"Dave, Dave Strider. The kid who left was John Egbert, we've been coming to this school for a year now, so feel free to ask us anything, though I'd honestly end up asking either Jade or Rose though, they're also on the committee that'll be showing you around."
"What about you? You on that committee thing bro?"
"No, I just help out anyway. The only members are John, Jade, and Rose." You turn away and motion for him to follow you, "I can introduce you to the girls if you want." Gamzee shrugs and follows. "So, about 'Karkat'? How do you know each other?"
"Man, me and Karbro met online, I liked him instantly because he never cared about the fucking hemospectrum. He didn't use hemotyping or anything, he didn't judge me by my blood color or nothing. Me and the motherfucker just became instant moirails after so long. I don't even fucking know when or how." Gamzee gave a deep happy laugh. "What about you and Johnny-bro?"
You smile at him, "You don't know how much he'd hate to be called that, he's such a fusser. I met him online too, but it just so happens that's his and Jade's older half brother, Jake, and John's older sister, Jane, is friends with him. God they have so many weird family connections. I'm Rose's uncle that's all we got."
Gamzee just stared at the human in confusion, "Uh, family connections?"
Dave almost lost his cool to intentionally run into the doors for forgetting this guy was from a different planet, and entirely different culture, instead he opened them and lead the troll further into the school, "Sorry, I was rambling."
"That's nothing compared to one of Karkat's bros, he just keeps on going, and going, and motherfucking-going."
"Oh, a bro? Like are they brothers or something?"
"Sorta, raised by the same lusus, different times though, Kankri's older."
"Oh god this just gets more and more confusing, how can John stand having all of this crammed into his head in one class? Can you try explaining it to me later?"
"And that's why you never made the committee." Both gazes turned to a girl in what looked like a school uniform, it was a variety of purples, even the dress shirt was a slight lavender.
Dave groaned, "Rose, you know Striders don't NEED to be part of a committee to do stuff FOR the committee."
"Striders also don't groan and moan when being told of past failures." Another voice said. Dave straightened when he heard the clanking of his Bro's trusty katana slipping out of it's sheathe and positioning itself near his throat. "Do I need to teach you that again?"
Karkat: WHAT THE FUCK? COULDN'T YOU HAVE MADE THAT LONGER?
Naru: Yes, bu+ +his m kes be++er cliffh nger
Karkat: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?
Naru: Newly d0p+ed typing quirk, m de i+ myself
Karkat: NO, JUST NO.
John: I think it's ok.
Karkat: WHEN THE FUCK DID YOU GET HERE?
John: I've been here the entire time.
Naru: Ye h K rk + Jegus, isn'+ he y0ur kismesis?
Karkat: NOT OFFICALLY THAT'S HUSSIE'S DECISION
Naru: ... I kn0w +h +, why d0 y0u +hink I'm wri+ing +his? Ment l S+ bili+y?
Karkat: UGH NARUMINA12 OWNS NOTHING BUT THE PLOT (WHICH IS POORLY WRITTEN ANYWAY), ANDREW HUSSIE DOES
Naru: Fuck y0u K r, Fuck y0u.
Karkat: KEEP DREAMING