Poppy looked at the blond-haired Troll, who was staring intensely at her; all she had said was her name and here she was being looking at like the blond-haired troll was analyzing her with a fine-tooth comb. getting a look at her freckles, her pink eyes and all her features
"I See, 'Poppy'. This is just a question and completely out of nowhere but... Is your father King Peppy?" Viva asked again, as if her next actions depended on the answer as Poppy stiffened up a bit surprised by the nature of the question but nodded regardless.
"Yeah... that's my dad" she simply responded; a bit curious to why this new friend was so curious as she was cut off by an impromptu hug. Hugging was nothing strange in the Pop Troll community, it was something in the WAY Viva hugged her that seemed off. but the hug was nothing compared to the bomb that Viva just casually dropped, uprooting everything Poppy thought she knew. even Branch and Barb jumped at this accusation.
John Dory called out in surprise that Poppy was the King's daughter, looking at her; surprised that the troll who has been traveling with them was related to the Pop King. this conversation was full of revelations that made everyone's head spin from Viva being alive and leading her own sanctuary to Poppy being a Queen to them being sisters.
"But I don't have a sister, do I?" Poppy replied still recovering from the exchange with this troll claiming to be her long-lost sister. Poppy always thought having a brother or sister could be interesting, but her father never mentioned anything about a 'Viva' to her. Poppy defended as John Dory snapped his fingers. He knew she looked familiar explaining that Viva and Clay were super close back at the tree and since they came here looking for Clay, her being Princess Viva makes sense.
Branch interjected; dumbfounded by this realization and asking himself how a Tribe manages to forget the existence of its firstborn princess as his brother confirmed Viva was telling the truth. John Dory looked at Viva, saying she looked great as she nodded, complimenting JD and Bruce. Poppy turned to Viva asked what happened and where she had been for past 20 plus years.
Viva chuckled nervously, saying they had been here the whole time, explaining what happened. the main takeaway was that during the escape their group get separated from the tribe, something about someone taking a right instead of left and by the time they made it out of the tunnels the main group was gone. "So, we wondered around, found this old golf course and set up camp, and camp became home. that all there is too it, no need digging around or looking into it, nope not at all".
Viva looked around, calling out, saying 'they' were friendly. the group looked a bit surprised as a group of trolls smaller than a tribe started crawling out the works, circling the clown where they were talking. these Trolls looked unkempt and actually carried weapons, mostly golf tees and small pencils. They seemed to be pleased to not be hiding as the lights to the course turned on. the residents beginning to walk around like business as usual.
"Well Viva, it is so GREAT to finally meet you, OMG we can finally do that list of stuff, I always wanted to do to with a sibling, question, do like scrapbooking with sparkly gel pens or with glitter glue?" Poppy asked as Viva shrugged, explaining both was the only real option as the two sisters started talking amongst themselves, so caught up they forgot the group was there as Branch coughed politely.
as much as he did not want to ruin their reunion and bonding time, he really wanted to find Clay and leave as soon as possible. Viva turned around almost surprised, explaining they couldn't leave.
"I mean you JUST got here, AND It's dark out. at least wait until tomorrow" Viva defended as JD spoke up, explaining that Rhonda was a bit tired, and her vision wasn't the best at night. Viva nodded, telling them that Clay made his residence in the administration building and they could find him there as she walked off with Poppy to give her a tour "Oh we should totally braid each other's hair".
"AND give each other makeovers" Poppy added as the two walked off leaving Branch, JD, Bruce and Barb as the rocker breathed a sigh of relief 'Poppy 2.0' was gone. one was more than enough. the group walked to the direction that Viva had pointed which eventually led to a super small shack.
"Technically Viva would be the original model, so Poppy is Viva 2.0" John Dory Commented as the group looked at the small building all thinking the same thing; there was no way anyone lived there but JD knocked on the door. awaiting a response as the only sound was the papers shuffling as the door finally opened. standing was a Troll focusing on the stack of papers in his arm, eyes glued to the sheet in his hand.
"Okay, I've been doing inventory on the rations and..." the figure said dropping the stack as papers fluttered. the brothers looked at each other, awkward silence as Clay was the first to speak. asking how the brothers managed to find him, admitting he did not even know that they were still alive.
Branch picked up one of the sheets, looking at it handing it back, adding he had never met another Pop Troll who realized the importance of spreadsheets and inventory as Clay looked at him, unable to resist the urge of calling him Bitty B, to his discomfort and Barb simply snickered. Branch looked at Clay who was reorganizing the papers.
"Clay, out of curiosity... how did you end up here?" Branch asked, watching his older brother set the papers on his desk as the green haired Troll stood up nervously, tugging the collar of his jumper. explaining that his and Viva's group got separated before turning to Branch, sitting at his desk, doing paperwork.
"That's what Viva told us but what DOESN'T make sense is that you all left after the failed concert; so how did you end up here. Clay dismissed the topic as JD looked around, surprised they all left. explaining the reason, he left was, so they did not have to.
"I Mean it was obvious I was the one pushing everyone; that's way I split, so I didn't have to be responsible for you. I thought if I left that you'd all stay together" JD explained, surprised to ALL hear his brothers left the Tree. Bruce explained that he needed to be alone at the time. he never planned on getting married.
JD interjected that Bruce had no problem changing his name and basically getting a new family. Bruce defended that he reached out to John Dory who did not respond until he wanted something, betting if Floyd wasn't captured JD would still refuse to reach out.
"Wait Floyd was captured?" Clay questioned, turning to JD who filled the middle brother in on the situation and rescue plan as they talked Branch stood in the background hearing the three talking amongst themselves before getting their attention. explaining that he wanted to know how Clay ended up at the Hole in Fun with Viva's group if he left the tree.
Clay sighed, not wanting to bring it up but he decided to be honest with Branch, looking at his younger brother. "I... I never left the tree. I was staying with a friend from my book club. I never reached out because... I just could not stay in that pod". The brother kept discussing this Barb put an end to the conversation.
"Boys, you're all crap people, let's settle it at that. Branch is only here for Floyd and the only I'm here is because Branch wants to be" The Rock queen added as Clay looked at Barb, asking who she was as Branch nodded, remembering the Trolls here were WAY out of the loop. explaining the other tribes to Clay and how Barb was the Queen of the Rock Tribe... and his girlfriend.
Clay whistled, wanting to hear that story of them getting together. Also wanting to hear about the other tribes, having spent most of his life thinking the Trolls at the sanctuary were the last Trolls in existence.
Barb asked about Clay, asking what the deal with all the paper was as Clay explained that he helped Viva run the place as she understood, asking if they were 'together' as Clay blushed, explaining they were simply 'Co-leaders'. Branch smiled, adding that Viva seemed nice, Clay continued writing, discussing how she inspired the Trolls of the golf course as he took a breath.
"Alright I'm In, I'll help you free Floyd" Clay decided. as the rest of his brothers were working together to do this, despite how much JD and Bruce hated each other. If those two could put their differences aside for now; Clay was pretty much the odd one out if he didn't.
"Okay so first thing tomorrow we head off to Mount Rageous to rescue Floyd, think Viva would tag along?" John Dory asked as Barb shook her head praying that she would stay as Clay thought it over. he concluded that Viva would probably stay, as someone needed to keep tabs on the sanctuary, also Viva had problems leaving the course.
Barb and Branch breathed a sigh of relief, claiming that one overly happy Troll was enough and doubted they could handle Poppy AND Viva as the tip of Clay's pencil broke "Poppy is here?".
In the 7th hole was a small castle that Viva had converted into a home, every bit as a warm and homey as she could make it. she was sitting on her bed, Poppy in front of her as she ran her comb through the pink hair of her younger sister. Viva praising Poppy as she smoothed it out delicately braiding as Viva overlapped the strains of hair, Poppy simply giggled.
"Wow, nice work, I love it" Poppy said as Viva stood up walking to a candy dispenser in the corner, flicking a tab a piece of candy the shape of a troll-sized brick came up as she offered it to Poppy. the younger sister looked at the strange brick, running her tongue along it.
Poppy commented that it tasted a bit chalky but she eventually got to the fruity flavor as Viva snuck up behind her, putting her arm around her, taking a picture with a small the camera spit out the picture Viva waved it, looking at the polaroid, showing it to Poppy, mentioning she was certainly putting it in her scrapbook.
Viva Looked at Poppy, asking if she wanted something to eat, they had plenty of food in the freezer in the concession stand "I mean we will run out eventually but not any time soon, you be surprised how many Trolls a single slice of giant pizza can feed".
Poppy nodded, looking at Viva, admitting she was actually getting tired, having spent the past 2 day traveling and the fact she had a big day tomorrow. she would prefer to get her sleep as Viva nodded. "Oh, right of course Sis... here, take my bed for tonight"
Viva offered her bed to Poppy, making a mental note to get a second bed brought in the castle as she looked at Poppy "I have so many fun things we can do tomorrow". Viva said backing out of the room turning off the light closing the door. Poppy finally relaxed to doze off as Viva opened the door with a sleeping bag in her arm.
"Just let me place this here" Viva added, setting the sleeping bag beside her bed, crawling into the bag, looking at her "Good Night Poppy"
"Good Night Viva" Poppy replied, feeling confused. Poppy always thought having a sister would be amazing, Viva was just as energetic and bubbly as her, if not more. was it possible to 'Out-Poppy', Poppy herself.
(A/N: So regarding BroZone: JD left thinking seeing himself as the problem, thinking everyone else would stay if he left, Bruce left thinking Clay and Floyd stayed behind and Clay moved in with a friend, never having left the Tree, hence how he ended up with Viva's group)