Hi everyone! A Few comments before I begin: Updates may be a bit spastic for the next few weeks because I'm moving!
I was asked by a few people now about the 7 sins so:
lust - porrim - do we need a reason?
pride - kankri - still don't think a reason is needed

wraith - damara - yeah... no reason needed

gluttony - horuss - because he's a glutton for rufioh's love and attention!
sloth - rufioh - because he's being slothful (is that even a word?) on ending things with poor horuss

envy - aranea - her storytimes are full of envy for other people!
greed - cronus - he's greedy for the love he's been neglected by everyone

There ya go, my reasoning and such for the 7 sins.

Final note, I had one person on anon say they didn't like how I portrayed Aradia, that it was out of character. I would have answered this privately but sadly you were on guest so I couldn't. My portrayal of Aradia is already set in stone in my head throughout the whole story, but I don't think you'll be completely disappointed later on. I know its really hard to stay in character but I believe in this instance that it will go to your liking later.

OKAY! The winning vote:
Bro: see what all the racket is outside

Bro closes his book and sets it down on the table behind his head. He's draped over the couch in the Strider living room, his feet dangle over the edge of the plush leather couch in the cream colored room. He yawns and stretches listening to the loud thrum of music coming from the basement. A loud scream from outside the window causes him to jump, knocking his shades and hat askew. "What the plushloving fuck was that?" he scowls to himself rolling casually off the couch into a crouch.

A female voice calls from outside the window. "PLEASE GIVE THOSE BACK I CAN'T SEE YOU WITHOUT THEM!" Raising one of his brows Bro walks over to the door and out onto the porch. He blinks as he looks at the scene in the yard. Pounce the cat is crouched down, a playful glint in her eyes as she watches Dave fly around in the sky above her. Dave swoops this way and that snickering, dangling something pink just out of reach of a strange girl.

The girl stood, her cheeks puffed out in an angry pout. She has pale skin and blonde hair cut into a sharp bob, curled out on the ends with a pink streak going down the left side. She's wearing a pink dress over black leggings and matching pink fingerless gloves. Her boots are white, and she has a pair of pink headphones over her ears, decorated with large cat ears that twitched with Dave's laughter.

"Dave." Bro steps to the end of the porch pointing a glare up at his avian brother. "What did I tell you about being polite to females?"

Dave freezes turning unseen wide eyes to his brother on the porch. "Aw bro... I was just playing with her... Pounce started it!"

"Dave, give the girl back her item so she can leave."

"Aren't you the least bit curious as to how she can see me and pounce?" Dave crosses his arms in a stubborn pout angled at Bro.

"I CAN'T see you without those shades! So give them back!" the girl stomps her foot before jumping up in another failed attempt to grab her sunglasses from Dave. "Besides I'm here for a reason!"

Bro sighs dramatically and flash steps off the porch, using Pounce for a ramp he propels himself into the air and grabs a hold of Dave pinning him to the ground with a smirk as the orange boy squalks in surprise. The younger Strider squirms in an attempt to escape but only succeeds in getting Bro to apply more pressure to his pinned arms and wings.

"Geez are all boys this annoying?" The girl walks over snatching up her sunglasses, slipping the pink triangle frames onto her face with a smile. The sunglasses flash in the light before she smiles and looks down at the two. "Hello. I'm Roxy! You must be Bro. I'm sorry about the trouble... I wasn't informed you had pets."

Dave's feathers fluff up and he starts squirming again. "I'm not a pet! I'm a person!"

Bro rolls his eyes and stands up, brushing himself off he turns to Roxy. "How do you know me, and why are you here?"

Roxy smiles brightly. "It's kinda a long story... Could I possibly go inside, I'm afraid I don't do too well in the sun, and I've been out all day so I'm starting to get weary."

Bro walks up to the porch and flops down on the railing, pointing his arm towards one of the beat up chairs in the shade in front of him. With a satisfied shrug Roxy follows him up and flops down in the chair. Dave floats over to lay on Pounce's head. The giant cat moving to lay by the porch next to Bro with a loud purr.

"Okay so... Hal told me to come here." Roxy starts, looking confidently up at Bro.

"Who's Hal?" Dave pipes in, scratching behind Pounce's giant left ear.

Roxy bites her lip and starts fiddling with the bottom of her skirt before looking back up, even more determined. "Hal is the NAME of Dirk Strider's robotic emotion simulation program."

"Auto Responder?" Dave blinks over at Roxy. "Since when has Auto Responder had a name... and talked to people on his own?"

"Hal is my boyfriend!" Roxy glares up at Dave before chewing on her lip. "And he's been kidnapped."

Bro blinks slowly. "Someone kidnapped the Auto Responder?"

Roxy sighs in frustration. "No. Someone Kidnapped Dirk and Hal was attached to him!"

Both Striders jerk to stare at Roxy before dashing through the door and down the hall to stop at the basement door. Bro grabs the handle jerking it open causing the loud music to get even louder as the two rush down the steps and into the room below. The basement was trashed. Pieces of robot lie all over the floor. Some of them leaking fluids others sparking. The main work table was flipped, tools scattered in front of it, the radio lay on it's side on the floor barely held up the straining cord.

"See..." Roxy peeks at the boys from halfway down the steps. "Me and Hal were talking when all of a sudden he got really quiet. Next thing I know he messages me and tells me to go find this guy named Jake English and tell him Dirk needs his help. But as soon as this Jake kid saw my cute sunglasses Hal designed for me he slammed the door in my face and said he wasn't ready to deal with Striders yet. So Hal told me to come here and get you."

"Why didn't Auto Responder tell us himself?" Dave turns off the radio and turns to stare at Roxy.

"He can't." Roxy sits down on the step with a sigh resting her head on her right hand. "He says that Dirk is chained up somewhere away from him. And he can't even move around the internet wherever he is. The only reason he can talk to me is that he never disconnected from our chat."

Bro turns, his hands balled in fists at his sides. "Dave."

"Yeah?"

With easy steps Bro starts for the steps, moving around Roxy as he goes. "Get your weapons and Giant Cat. We're going to war. And whichever side took him is going to die."

Dave gulps and nods, watching Bro disappear down the hallway before looking down at Roxy. "Uh... sorry about earlier." He scratches the back of his head. "You should probably go home, we'll get Dirk and Auto Responder back soon."

Roxy snorts and stands up. "You aren't going anywhere without me Strider. I've got guns and I intend to use them. Got a Damsel in Distress to save. I always wanted to be prince charming."

Okay! So I tricked you guys into voting for this again... but the story can't go on without it?
The next chapter?
Dolorosa: Prepare for war Jake: Answer your door

I've had a few people comment with "i hope this is where we vote." Yes! You can vote in comments or you can message me on my tumblr, SuccubustyKisses.