Chapter 9:
Your name is a John Egbert and you are currently walking into Skaia, along with Dave, Jade, Karkat, Feferi, that weirdo with a scarf, the cat girl, and Vriska.
Of course, you weren't really engaged with them, you are really just scanning the school. You're glad that you chose to come here, over your hate of Crocker Inc, it was pristine and full of symmetrical oriented waterfalls dropping from high walls, which were like ladders for the ivy creeping up them, but while there were plants, there was a professional look to the place, with marble floors and lantern shaped lamps. You are led to what looks like the auditorium and sat down in the many fuchsia colored seats.
You are sitting next to Karkat and the cat girl- Nepeta you think(?). She longingly looks at Karkat, as if you were a wall separating him and her.
Karkat turns to you, his gleaming candy eyes staring into you. A familiar feeling of pity drops into your stomach, and he blinks, the scar across one of his eyes showing more prominately, the regret feeling now weighs double.
He opens his mouth
"HI."
That's all he says
"DONT ASK ABOUT THE SCAR"
Is what is said much after, when you were about to ask.
It was as if he could read your mind.
"SORRY. ITS A SENSITIVE TOPIC"
It was as if he knew that you were going to ask why.
He has a forlorn look in his eye, as if he knows what you will say next, and he feels bad about it.
He turns away, and begins texting someone on his phone, in all caps and in grey text. You didn't mean to pry but you caught some of the conversation.
-carcinoGenetisist(CG) started trolling tipsyGnostic(TG)-
CG: HEY ROXY
CG: ROXY
CG: F*** IT
CG: ROXY IF YOU DONT ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW THEN SO HELP ME I WILL RIP OUT MY SOUND GAPER AND STUFF IT UP YOUR
TG: lol karklez
TG: donts get in me gill lk that
TG: *grill lol
CG: WHAT DO I DO, IM NEXT TO SOMEBODY FROM *THEN* I DONT KNOW WHAT TO F***ING DO
TG: lolz jst go w/ teh flwo
TG: *flow
CG: SPARE ME THE TYPOS
CG: HOWS THE THING
TG: wat thing
CG: ...
CG: THE ROSE THING
TG: rite
TG: evryting is gonna go as pllannd
TG: *plannned
TG: *planed
TG: *planned lol
CG: GOOD
CG: TELL ME WHEN ITS DONE
CG: F*** EGBERTS WATCHING.
That's when he looked at you and growled. You decide to back off for now, you wonder if he knows the same Rose as you, because your Rose has a sister named Roxy. So it'd make sense.
You look at the stage, which now held a woman, with a tall wiry frame and a mass of jet-black hair. She walked up to the podium, heels clacking against the floor in rhythm to a soundless song.
You look at your little group, all excited about what she would say. Except for one. Karkat. He had what seemed the polar opposite of excited, he was angry. Teeth clenched and about to pop a blood vessel, Karkat Vantas was angry enough to literally kill all 998 other people in there.
Your name is John Egbert and holy crap you are scared.
AN: Okay. This will confuse you, but remember when Rose was handed the story (Roxy too cuz I like Roxy)? So she got her memories back from the time BEFORE. Which is why Karkat is talking to Roxy about Rose. And it says 998 other people because Rose isn't here and Karkat wouldn't kill himself. That's basically it! Besides that from now on, s*** will go down.
-FP :].