HI Guys! I'm drawing ever closer to completing my moving *this should NOT take this long!* I finally finished sanding and wiped down the walls! I'm putting up primer tomorrow and then ON TO THE PAINT!

But as I have a break today due to my friends doing finishing touches for the meet-up on the 20th (If any of you work around Cincinnati I'm going to sk8stuck at The Skatin' Place on 4/20 it's from 3-7. I'll be the Sis Strider with the baby Dave come say hi!)

The winning chapter (by the flip-flop votes who wanted both options but had to choose):
Karkat: watch the gods gather

Karkat sits on a railing of a giant balcony overlooking a huge almost ballroom like gathering. There is already a huge cluster of gods on the sparkling white floor below him. Varying styles of horns, hair, and clothing scattered throughout the brightly lit golden room grouped together in high-school like clusters.

Aradia left him as soon as they walked in the door running off to talk with her friends in the crowd. He notices Latula and her group of 'cool' weaving their way through the crowd, her fingers interwoven with her long-time mate's as she led him around a group of older gods and towards her goal. A flurry of trolls following behind the couple and spreading out around when they reach their goal.

They stopped by Meenah, no surprise to Karkat that they were heading for her. She stood in the corner by herself, one bare foot propped up against the wall she was leaning on twin braids touching the floor in her slouched position as she picked a the inside of her coral painted nails with a pink pocket knife. Her horns go up at a slight curve making her total hight over a foot taller. She's wearing a black shirt that's unevenly cut over her belly and a pair of black shorts lined with spikes. Her fin-like eats twitch as her friends approach and she smirks in greeting folding up her knife to shove it in her pocket and turn a fang-filled smile at them. The gills on her neck and sides open and close giving away her actual excitement.

Karkat turns his attention as Tavros walks in, a mechanical hum filtering through the chatter with every step he takes until he stops with a childish grin to scoop his sister up into his arms and spin her around. Aradia's giggles cause heads to turn and watch as the two circle a few times before he sets her back down with a chuckle.

Gamzee pulls himself through the crowd to meet up with Tavros. The god of confusion sulking behind him as he stomps along shooting glares to every god he passes in the crowd. Because of his unique appearance many people turn to stare at the green figure causing his frustration to grow even further until the rage in his eyes is visible even from Karkat's perch high above.

Another green figure laughs from the corner. White hair cut to her chin and horns spiraling up above her head as her green eyes sparkle with laughter. A red bow graces her hair next to her right horn matching the large one tied around her neck. She's wearing a bright green suit dress that matches the swirls gracing the darker green of her defined cheekbones. The goddess of patience looked more alive than her confused counterpart and genetic parent.

Feferi bounces with excitement with whatever story she's telling the white haired goddess showing no signs of worry for the war they were gathering to fight. Eridan stands beside her, gun propped on his sholder glaring out at the people around him. Fins twitching with the sounds around him as his eyes dart side to side in search of any threat.

Dolorosa and Disciple stand at an uprising with a group of older gods. One stands with a mess of untamed hair behind her, horns going up with one splitting and the other bending. Her sharp fangs peek out from her painted blue lips as she taps at her cheek with matching nails. Her long black coat grazes the floor, blue detailing weaving through her coat in intricate patterns as she smirks and wags her eyebrows at the goddess across from her.

The goddess receiving the suggestive look has curly hair falling to her shoulder blades with streaks of red through it. Her horns go up at her crown in simple skinny cones jutting out from her curls. She's wearing long oval glasses with bright red lenses and a red and teal pants-suit tucked in to red boots. She swings a staff out at the goddess across from her, it's dragon-shaped head clutched tightly in her hands as the goddess catches the end with a cackle.

Another goddess shoves her way through the crowd smacking a matching staff into the ankles of multiple gods and goddesses as she passes. Her horns are the same cones, but are smaller and peek cutely out of her over-product styled bob. She has similar red lenses and wears a suit identical to the goddess arguing on the stage. Her grin splits across her face as she laughs at the gods yelling in her wake as she moves to the front of the crowd angling her face to stare at the older gods in front.

The sins cluster in a corner. Kankri preaching on about something while the other six pretend to listen while still doing their own things. Porrim sends a wink across the room to Meenah who flushes pink and flicks her off in return. Arania, a goddess with short baby doll curls in a lolita-style spiderweb blue dress with matching boots and gloves and horns that go up in a mismatch of a u at the top of one and bending down at the other, gives the two a disapproving look before turning her attention back to Kankri. Horuss and Rufioh huddle together against the wall hand and hand. Damara shoots a look of anger that could wilt flowers at the couple from behind the preaching god of pride. Cronus, a god with slicked back black hair and zigzag horns matching a scar on his forehead, wearing a leather jacket over a white shirt and black skinny jeans. He's smocking a cigarette and standing with a look of annoyed guilt as he scratches the side of his head being the main target for Kankri's current rant.

"You're the last group! Better late then never I suppose!" The voice comes from behind Karkat causing him to turn to look at the opening doors behind him. Large horns come through followed by a flurry of excited wings as Summoner enters the room. A large group behind him. Kanaya comes in first, arm wrapped around Rose's waist as she excitedly rushes her forward to greet the apathetic ex-god.

Ignoring Kanaya's smug exclamations of him actually joining them in battle Karkat continues to watch as a human girl in bright pink glasses teeters practically buzzes with excitement rushing through the door to look over the balcony at the gathering below. An older god comes through next, a human hat covering his horns as he walks past and down the steps after Summoner. Following him in is the orange bird Dave. "The fuck you doing here bird boy?"

Dave turns a smirk to the short god, feathers ruffling in a wave along his neck and wings. "You're just mad I look better than you no matter what happens to me. Come on Pounce, lets go scare the crowd." The bird-Dave floats down the steps a giant white cat squeezing through the doors and following after him, a body dangling out of one of the cat's two mouths. Karkat blinks at the passing cat before turning his attention to the door. Stopping when his red eyes greet mismatched solid ones.

Sollux steps forward reaching out to graze his fingers along Karkat's jaw. "What are you doing here?"

"Watching a bunch of idiots cluster for their deaths." Karkat fights the urge to press his face into the warm hand on his cheek. The two stare into each other's eyes for what seems like hours before something breaks their focus.

"Karkat?"

Karkat blinks shifting his vision around his ex mate to the voice behind him. "John!?"

That's it! A bunch of trolls in a big ol' room! Shits gonna happen soon! Next chapter?
Condesce: Play with your new toy

John: greet your (apparently god) friend!