The Winning Chapter?
Rose: Use your powers!
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Gamzee sits on the floor of the room, sinking into the plush black carpet underneath him, leaning against the lavender walls. The apartment they entered was huge, the main room a lavender color with a giant tv lining one wall, two plush leather couches takes up one corner with a table set between them. The table has two coasters on it, one green, the other purple, and two laptops set one atop the other. The walls are littered with framed documents and delicate paintings. A circular white table takes up the middle of the room. A pair of dice rest in the center of the table. Kanaya sits on one of the couches, her chainsaw set on the floor beside her. Karkat scowls on the other couch impatiently glaring at the floor.
"How much longer!" he hisses for like the sixth time.
"Rose will be here shortly. She text me that she is on her way. Please be patient. Would you like a drink perhaps?" Kanaya smiles at Karkat who shakes his head violently. "How about you Gamzee? I'm afraid we do not have any soft drinks but I believe we have some sweetened iced tea? Oh! Cake! We have cake. Would you two like some cake?"
Gamzee opens his mouth to answer but Karkat cuts in first "No Kanya, we don't want any of your fucking human cake. I want to get this shit over with and go back to my own fucking miserable human life."
"Can you really go back to thinking you're a mortal human now? To trying to forget about us? About Sollux, after learning the truth. Do you really want to throw us all away?" Kanaya gently folds her hands into her lap, her head slightly tilted as she watches the smaller god flinch.
"Fuck you. I don't even fucking care about any of you stupid-" A door opens inside the apartment drawing everyone's attention.
"I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting." A soft voice cuts in. "I was trying to get John to leave the hospital. Sadly it did not work." A woman walks into the room. She looks to be in her late teens, early twenties, her pale blonde hair is cut to her chin in the front rising up at an angle to a short choppy style in the back. Her skin is a delicate white that shows no signs of ever having seen sunlight. Her eyes sparkle in the same shade as the walls around them and she has a pair of thin framed purple glasses resting on her nose. She's wearing a dark purple dress with a squid swimming across the front and over her left shoulder. "You must be Karkat. It's a pleasure to finally meet you, I've heard so much about you from John and Kanaya."
A slight red blush spreads across Karkat's cheeks. "I'm sure it's all fucking boring nonsense. Can we go now?"
"Your manners know no bounds." She smiles taking off the glasses and folding them delicately in front of the laptops. With sure confident steps she walks across the room to lean over in front of Gamzee and holds out a hand. "Hello. My name is Rose Lalonde."
Gamzee blinks up at her and slaps her hand like a high five. "Nice to meet you pretty eyed motherfucker."
Rose giggles covering her mouth with her hand. "Thank you for the compliment. What's your name dear?"
Gamzee honks and introduces himself. Satisfied Rose gives one last smile before turning to Karkat. "Now we can do this. Are you ready, God of Death?"
"I've been fucking ready for hours now while you piddle the fuck around with John human and that drugged up idiot on the floor." Gamzee honks again. "After this is over you better leave me the fuck alone."
"Of course. It's a promise we will not force you to do anything else." Rose walks over to Karkat. She raises her right hand up and with a soft touch places her pointer and middle finger in the center of Karkat's forehead. Moving her left hand she places the same two fingers gently over his heart. "Let us get this over with."
Rose closes her eyes, a look of peace crossing her face. Karkat chews on his lip staring up at her, his leg shakes and fidgets with nervous annoyance. Her eyes open, glowing a solid bright white that blinds the small god for a moment. She tilts her head down to look at him, slightly opening her mouth as the white light glows behind her lips. Karkat scoots back into the couch, pressing himself into the soft leather. Rose moves forward her face serene as it draws closer to the scared death god. With a soft ice cold touch her lips connect with his own hot ones.
A spark of pain fills his mouth causing him to gasp in shock. Taking the opportunity Rose seals their mouths together tightly. Karkat's eyes bleed into a deep solid red his body going limp. His gray skin starts to glow lightly quickly followed by a bright flash of red light spreading out from his eyes and swarming his body, spreading over to hers until both are covered in a solid red glow. The glow gets brighter into a flash that causes both Kanaya and Gamzee to shield their eyes. When they look again Karkat is gone.
Rose stands up straight, her skin a dark gray and her hair a solid white. Her body glows with a crackling black aura as she turns solid red eyes to Kanaya. She smiles brightly at the goddess who stands smiling back. "Shall we go now?" Kanaya says leaning down to pick up her chainsaw.
Rose scowls "It's about fucking time." Karkat's voice escapes from her angry black pout. Gamzee stands up and walks over draping himself over Rose's shoulders. Kanaya shoots a glare at the tall god who grins flashing his fangs. Rose ignores them as they have their stare off, raising her hand up a black glow shines at the tip of her finger. With a slice downward a crackling black line appears in the air. Moving both hands up she pushes her fingers through the line and pulls her hands apart, stretching the line into an open hole. Fog escapes from the opening, slowly filling the room.
Rose steps back and Gamzee detangles himself stepping over to the portal. With an awkward step he walks through the opening disappearing into the fog. Clutching her chainsaw tightly Kanaya follows. Rose takes up the last going through. With a loud pop the portal disappears behind her. "I can't believe that fucking worked." She stares in wonder at the spot where the portal was, now only an old willow tree trunk covered in moss.
"I do wish you wouldn't use such foul language with my mate's mouth." Kanaya sighs looking around at the dense fog. "You do know your way around, right Karkat?"
"Of course I fucking don't." The angry scowl crosses Rose's face again as she turns to glare at Kanaya. "What do I look like a fucking map?"
Gamzee walks up placing his hand on Rose's shoulder. "I got this shit motherfucker."
Rose blinks up at him, her own voice coming out "You know the way Gamzee?"
"Sure do my double spirited friend. I come down here all the time to play with all the miracles." He smiles down at her and starts walking through the fog. With a shrug Kanaya and Rose follow.
"How do you come down here Gamzee?" Kanaya asks as she carefully steps over a glowing white snail in their path.
"A have connections." He looks over his shoulder grinning wide, his eyes a solid purple as he trudges on to a destination only he knows.
"Pounce!" A male voice calls out from the fog causing all three to jerk their heads in it's direction.
"Her name isn't Pounce! It's fluff! You'll confuse her!" A female voice rings through the air.
"She's deaf. Calling her a different name isn't going to confuse her. I could call her a hot piece of pussy and all she'd do is sneak up on me and dive bomb me like a fucking lion on a zebra." The male voice replies. "Now how about we stop arguing over what to call the giant cat and get it OFF of me instead!"
"That's Dave." Rose says, both her own and Karkat's voices mixing as they turn running in the direction of the voices. Kanaya hurries after her. They rush through the fog pushing branches of trees and dodging glowing white figures until they come to a clearing. A crystal lake sparkles in front of them, a giant seahorse turns its head to look in their direction.
"I think you deserve it." the unknown female calls out. Rose and Kanaya jerk their heads in the direction spotting a giant ball of fluff, long swishing tail in the air. "You should call fluff by her name!"
"Dave?" Roses voice sounds out as she walks towards the wall of fur. The body jerks a giant white cat head turning bright sparkling green eyes to look at them. It opens both it's mouths and lets out an excited meow before rushing towards them.
Kanaya dives in front of Rose, pulling her chainsaw up her thumb on the switch to turn it on. "KANAYA DON'T!" Dave shouts out causing her to freeze, the cat skids to a stop inches away from them, leaning its large head down to sniff around the goddess at Rose. It's head tilts as if confused.
"Dave?" Feferi questions moving around the cat to look at the two girls. "Who is fish?"
Dave snorts floating up over the cat to look down at them. "Really? Replacing this with fish? That's bad even for you Feferi." He waves a clawed orange hand down at them. "Hello Rose, Kanaya. How'd you get here?"
Rose looks up, her eyes widening as she looks at Dave. "You're a bird." Karkat's voice comes out from her mouth.
Feferi's eyes widen. She rushes around the cat to get right in Rose's face. "I know that voice!"
An awkward look crosses Roses face and she steps back. "Hello Feferi." Karkat's voice rings through. "We've come here to get Dave and bring him home." Roses voice that time.
"Well hell yeah!" Dave moves down to hug Rose excitedly. "Lets get the heck out of here this place is boring!" The cat lets out a sound that could only be described as a whimper. "Except you Pounce you rock. You rock harder than a boulder. You're so cool you could freeze over hell." The cat watches Dave's lips move, a smile spreading across it's twin lips.
"Where's Gamzee?" Kanaya cuts in, looking around the clearing for the god.
"The question should not be where the clown is, but who are you, and why are you in my land?" A cracking voice fills the air causing all heads to turn. A being stands before them, its skin a sickly green color stretched taunt against it's skull. Fangs showing around its lack of lips and a dark hole in the center of it's face where a nose should be. It was clad only in a pair of dull green pants and glowing green suspenders. It's red eyes narrow, swirls of red glowing on it's cheeks as it steps closer. The creature grins viciously moving it's clawed hands up to pull on its suspenders.
"Caliborne." Karkat and Feferi say at the same time. The vicious grin spreads even wider.
"Is that you God of Death?" Caliborne laughs. "You've become soft in your human years. Such disgusting features you've taken in. Are you really living inside the body of a human female? How vile!"
Kanaya flicks the switch to her chainsaw. Caliborne's red eyes turn to settle on her. "You dare threaten me in my own territory?"
"You have taken it upon yourself to insult my mate. So I have taken it upon myself to defend her honor." Kanaya holds the chainsaw up in front of her chest a solid glare pointed in Caliborne's direction.
"There you are!" Gamzee stumbles into the area a stupid grin on his face. "I was wondering where you all motherfucking went. There I was staring at the most beautiful of miracles in the sky and I turn back and you guys are all up and gone!"
"Clown!" Caliborne scowls over at Gamzee. "You're late! You were supposed to be here two days ago."
"Was I?" Gamzee tilts his head a look of confusion crossing his face. "Aw man, I must have motherfucking forgot."
Caliborne stomps over to the clown grabbing his arm. "You guys are lucky he's here or I'd kill you all!" He scoffs dragging the tall god behind him to disappear into the fog with a soft honk.
Kanaya blinks shutting off her chainsaw. "Should we go after them?"
"He's fine. That fucking idiot has been coming here to play with the confused skull since I was a grub." Karkats voice breaks through as he turns to Dave. "Lets just get you fucking home to John."
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John: Be at the hospital
Kanaya: Take Karkat home
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