AN: Hi!
Terezi groaned again as she was nagged endlessly by one of her friends…
{arsenicCatnip [AC] began trolling gallowsCalibrator [GC]}
AC: :33 you should have told me! *she shouted excitedly, tail swishing madly*
Greeaaaat… She was in a roleplaying mood…
GC: 1'M R34LLY NOT 1N TH3 MOOD
GC: SORRY
AC: :33 that's ok! :33 but you should have told me!
GC: TOLD YOU WH4T
AC: :33 your furlushed!
GC: …
GC: …
GC: WH4T
AC: :33 my shipping senses were tingling!
AC: :33 tingling to update you and eridan!
GC: NO S3R1OUSLY
GC: HOW DO YOU KNOW 1'M FLUSH3D
GC: 1T COULD B3 H3'S FLUSH3D FOR M3
AC: :33 beclaws i know its you!
GC: OK
GC: YOU'R3 R1GHT
GC: 1 4M FLUSH3D
GC: HOW D1D YOU KNOW 1T W4S M3?
AC: :33 beclaws its painfurly obvious!
AC: :33 clawso i heard you talking to him
AC: :33 and then realising
GC: W41T YOU L1V3 N34R MY H1V3?
AC: :33 of course not!
AC: :33 my lusus goes near there!
AC: :33 we were out hunting fur food and i heard you
GC: OK…
GC: TH4T M4K3S S3NC3…
GC: 1F TH1S G3TS OUT 1 W1LL NOT B3 H4PPY.
AC: :33 don't worry!
AC: :33 i wouldn't betray your trust like that
GC: TH4NKS TH3N
GC: 1 JUST…
GC: 4RGH!
AC: :33 it's not that bad right?
GC: 1T'S NOT
GC: BUT 1T 1S 4T TH3 S4M3 T1M3
GC: 4LSO 1TS JUST 4 FLUSH3D CRUSH
GC: H3'D JUST K1LL US 4LL B3FOR3 1T W3NT 4NYWH3R3
AC: :33 but he said he wouldn't kill kanaya!
AC: :33 maybe he could make an exception fur you!
GC: 1 DOUBT 1T
GC: H3 H4S 4 G3NOC1D3 COMPL3X
GC: TH4T M34NS TOT4L SL4UGHT3R
GC: K4N4Y4 1S 4N 3X3PT1ON B3C4US3 SH3'S N1C3 TO H1M
AC: :33 but lots of us are nice to him!
GC: N3V3RM1ND…
GC: 1 JUST…
GC: 1'M K1ND4 RUNN1NG 4N 4BLUT1ON TR4P 4T TH3 MOM3NT SO…
GC: 1 H4V3 TO GO
GC: SORRY
AC: :33 its furine silly!
AC: :33 go relax!
GC: TH4NKS
{arsenicCatnip [AC] ceased pestering gallowsCalibrator [GC]}
Terezi sighed as she grabbed her phone, putting it to the side with her glasses and dropping her body into the ablution trap's hot water. "OH 1 N33D3D TH1S…" She muttered to herself, closing her eyes, not that it made a difference, and relaxing…
Be someone else
You can't! This is Terezi's story! But, you can go see what someone else is doing.
Go watch someone else
Fine…
Somewhere else…
Eridan sat in his hive, going over the notes. "wwhat does it mean?" He wondered, looking them over. "and howw do wwe activvate this thin?" He pondered, rubbing his chin. "maybe wwe need to givve it blood?" He questioned, cutting his palm a little, getting a single drop of royal blood to land on the veil's arch, the runes glowing a slight amount that could barely be seen… And then… "oh my COD!"
With terezi…
Terezi gave a sigh as her phone went off, she ignored it for a few more minutes, listening to it's humming before she gave the screen a lick.
{caligulasAquarium [CA] began trolling gallowsCalibrator [GC]}
CA: ter
CA: ter
CA: ter this is important
GC: WH44444T
GC: 1'M IN THE 4BLUT1ON TR4P
CA: the veil did somethin
GC: WH4T D1D YOU DO
CA: i thought it might wwant blood to activvate
GC: OF COURS3 YOU D1D
GC: FOR TH3 RECORD
GC: 1 DON'T TH1NK 1T DO3S
CA: but it did somethin!
CA: i can't explain it
CA: just get dressed and i'll meet you at your hivve!
GC: F1N3…
GC: 1 R34LLY W4NT3D TH1S 4BLUT1ON TR4P THOUGH…
CA: you can havve it later!
{caligulasAquarium [CA] ceased trolling gallowsCalibrator [GC]}
Terezi gave a groan of annoyance as she put her glasses back on, getting out of the ablution trap and finding a fresh set of clothes to wear. "H3 B3TT3R 4PPR3C14T3 TH1S…" She grumbled, drying her hair and heading up to her roof where Eridan landed soon after. "W3R3 YOU 4LR34DY ON YOUR W4Y H3R3?" She asked.
"yes" He said instantly, helping her up onto his Skyhorse.
"WOW. WH4T 1F 1 H4DN'T GOTT3N DR3SS3D Y3T?"
"that's wwhy i landed on the roof" He pointed out.
"1 GU3SS…"
At Eridan's hive
"see?" He almost screamed, pointing at the veil.
"3R1D4N HOW D4R3 YOU FORG3T 1'M BL1ND." She mock gasped in horror.
"you knoww wwhat i meant!"
"Y34H 1 C4N SM3LL 1T… BUT 1 F33L L1K3 TH3R3'S SOM3TH1NG 3LS3…" She told him. "TWO SOM3TH1NGS 4CTU4LLY. 1 SM3LL 4 JU1CY R3D TROLL N34RBY." She explained.
"wwell that's odd" He muttered. "i wwasn't goin to tell kar until wwe figured evverything else out" He told her.
"W3LL M4YB3 1'M WRONG. 1 H4V3 B33N WRONG B3FOR3…" She offered. "SO WH4T 4M 1 NOT SM3LL1NG?"
"vwell, this is odd…" A voice said, one she didn't recognise.
She gripped her cane in fear. "WHO'S TH3R3?!" She shouted worried.
"don't vworry. i vwon't hurt you, i'm deeeaad… hah!" The voice suddenly started laughing. "i can finish my joke nowv! i guess you could say i made the grand highblood lose his head! vwoo!" The voice, male, started laughing happily.
"W41T… 1SN'T TH4T TH3 JOK3 DU3LSC4R TR13D TO M4K3?" Terezi asked Eridan.
"yes"
"vwell, my names cronus ampora, since duelscar vwas a title. i vwould prefer if you remembered that." The now dubbed Cronus requested.
"HOW 4R3 YOU H3R3? 4R3N'T YOU 1N ST4S1S OR SOM3TH1NG?" She asked confused.
"vwell, it turns out that kankri did a lot of vwork on the veil vwhen we vweren't looking. vwith the right blood sample vwe can be pulled out of stasis to provide information." He explained.
"wwell that's not all that happened" Eridan told terezi. "the wwords changed as wwell" He said, letting her sniff the words that had extended from the translation.
"WH3N BLOODS OF T34L Y3LLOW-GR33N AND V1OL3T M3RG3 ON TH3 V31L TH3 TRU3 M3SS4G3 SH4LL B3 R3V34L3D?" She read out, noting that the new words were in english. "YOU G3T TH4T?" She asked, hearing him write it out.
"yes"
"1 GU3SS W3 N33D TO G1V3 BLOOD TO 1T TH3N…" She said with a shrug, biting her thumb with her sharp teeth, letting blood drip on the veil…
"oh sw33t! 1'm b4ck!" A voice exclaimed happily next to Cronus, not that Terezi could see it.
"hello latula" Cronus greeted.
"h3y cronus! d1d k4nkr1 t3ll you 4bout th1s?" She asked curiously.
"no."
Terezi sniffed the air as her skin quickly healed. "1 KNOW YOU'R3 TH3R3 K4RK4T." Terezi called out, hearing footsteps come from behind Eridan's thermal hull.
"refrigerator" Eridan corrected, instantly telling she was using the low-blood term.
"HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS THERE?" A voice asked worried.
"1 SM3LL3D YOU." She told him, sliding over to him, tapping away with her cane, and licking Karkat's face. "OH 1 C4N SM3LL 4LL TH3 D3L1C1OUS R3D!" She exclaimed happily.
"PLEASE STOP LICKING ME." He begged, Terezi reluctantly stopping. "THANKS. I'LL JUST LEAVE…" He said slowly, backing away.
"oh no you don't!" Latula shouted. "you 4r3 g3tt1ng ov3r h3r3, 4nd you 4r3 putt1ng your blood on th3 v31l so 1 c4n t4lk to k4nkr1." She told him, as he was pulled towards it with some sort of force.
"STOP THAT!" He screeched, wrapping his arms around his chest. "I'M NOT GIVING UP MY BLOOD!" He protested.
"kar"
"AND FOR THAT, WHAT'S TEREZI DOING HERE?! SHE LIVES IN A TREE!"
"kar"
"AND WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS THING?!"
"kar!"
"WHAT?!"
"wwe already knoww your blood is red" Eridan told him.
"… WHY AM I STILL ALIVE THEN?"
"C4US3 W3 DON'T C4R3? YOU'R3 JUST 4 L1M3Y 4NYW4Y." Terezi told him, biting the poor trolls thumb and making him bleed on the veil.
"Trigger warning trigger warning trigger warning. The term 9f lime6l99d has been kn9wn t9 6e used as a der9gat9ry term. The term yell9w-greens is much safer." A voice said with a chuckle. "9h it's 6een ages since that serm9n and I still remember every w9rd 9f it…" The voice, male, muttered.
"h3y k4nkr1! why d1dn't you t3ll us you d1d th1s?" Latula asked.
"I assumed 9ne 9f y9u did." He told them, turning to Karkat. "And wh9 is this strapping y9ung tr9ll?" He asked the other two.
"h3's your d3sc3nd4nt." Latula explained.
"h9w? I never gave any material t9 the dr9nes… Ah, I see n9w…" He muttered.
"another of those vweird visions?" Cronus asked.
"Yes… This y9ung 9ne is truly my descendant…" He muttered.
"WAIT. WAITWAITWAIT. THE SUFFERER IS MY ANCESTOR?" Karkat shouted in shock.
"4PP4R3NTLY. NOW YOU GUYS C4N T4LK TO TH3M OR WH4T3V3R. 1 JUST W4NT TO GO B4CK TO MY H1V3 4ND R3DO TH4T 4BLUT1ON TR4P." Terezi told them.
"th4t's f41r. 1 gu3ss w3'll t4lk l4t3r?" Latula offered.
"Y34H. 1'M JUST 1N 4 B4D MOOD TOD4Y." She explained.
"i'll givve you a speed flight" Eridan said, helping her on and then flying his Skyhorse dad at top speed, flying to her hive, dropping her off, and flying back to his own.
Terezi dusted herself off as she entered her hive, stripping again and redoing her ablution trap, putting her phone and glasses to the side once more…