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       #Post#: 13987--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: July 19, 2013, 10:46 pm
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       Ok. Finished part two at last. I need a name for this. I have
       "Punch from the Past" right now. It seemed like a good idea, you
       know a 'blast from the past' only this is more like a sucker
       punch in the face from the past. But it sounds stupid. I needs
       ideas. I suck at titles.
       #Post#: 14184--------------------------------------------------
       Another fanfic: WARNING SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: July 21, 2013, 11:26 pm
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       By the time Karkat had finished his story and the two had
       returned to the temporary camp, everything had been taken down
       and the others were waiting on them. Karkat spotted Nepeta and
       the Disciple in the back talking together. He decided he would
       just avoid her for now.
       The adults talked for a few minutes before they headed out.
       Their packs were floating behind them, being held up by the
       Psiioniic's powers. The trip was a quiet one. They had split
       into two groups, the adults in front leading the way and the
       younger ones following behind. It wasn't a good silence. The
       tension from Nepeta's freakout still hung between them. Karkat
       could hear the older trolls, namely the Signless, talking in
       front of them. He was telling them what Karkat had told him
       earlier. Karkat was going to have to talk to his little gang
       soon enough too. Gog.
       "freaky riight?" a voice sounded next to his ear. A voice that
       could only belong to Sollux.
       "WHa-? YEAH." Karkat answered with a laugh. Sollux was right on
       the mark. This was the freakiest thing that had ever happened to
       him. And he had lived in paradox space for almost 2 sweeps.
       "ii can tell. you've been quiiet lately. 2omethiing wrong?" He
       glanced over at the red blooded troll. Karkat let out a laugh at
       that. Which for him was actually just a chuckle.
       "WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN?" Actually, where would he begin? Sollux
       had inadvertently given him the perfect excuse to tell them and
       he was going to take it. Or at least he planned to when Nepeta
       tugged on his sleeve. Sollux took his que and fell back to talk
       to Kanaya. Karkat wasn't that lucky.
       Nepeta looked at him with a small and guilty smile. "Um...
       Karkitty? Can I talk to you?"
       Immediately Karkat put his grumpy face on. "YOU MIGHT AS WELL.
       YOU'RE ALREADY HERE." Nepeta merely shook off his tone, like
       always, and moved up so she was walking in step with him.
       "I just wanted to say I'm sorry for yelling at you... I was just
       really worried about Equius." She didn't look at him while she
       spoke. Rather she stared at the sand at her feet, her emotions
       written all over her face. Karkat couldn't help but soften up a
       bit. It was really hard to stay angry at Nepeta.
       "IT'S FINE I GUESS." He said quickly. His own guilt made him
       keep talking, even though he really didn't want to. "HEY. I'M
       SORRY I WAS SUCH A BLITHERING **** TO YOU..." He choked out,
       suddenly finding the same fascination with the sand Nepeta had
       just a few moments ago. She didn't say anything for a long time
       and he was almost afraid she wouldn't forgive him. When he
       glanced up at her though she launched herself at him, purring
       loudly. The two almost fell over but Karkat managed to stay on
       his feet. Nepeta could pack a punch but she was still pretty
       light. He let out a nervous whine when he looked up and spotted
       the Signless and the Disciple watching them from over their
       shoulders. Nepeta immediately let go when he did this. She was
       pawsitivly ecstatic.
       "Thank you so much Karkitty! Equius was so wrong about you!" She
       chirped before latching onto his side yet again. Oh great. What
       was that guy saying about him? He could only wonder. Sollux
       laughed behind them and Kanaya watched them with warm eyes.
       Karkat could feel his face getting hot under their looks. He
       carefully peeled the purring girl off of him and stopped to let
       Kanaya and Sollux catch up to them. Nepeta bounced patiently by
       his side.
       Sollux looked like he was about to say something sarcastic but
       Karkat cut him off. "WE NEED TO TALK."
       WW=WW=WW=WW=WW=WW
       Eridan stood stiff at the front of the ship. His ancestor,
       Dualscar, stood beside him relaxed but with an undisputed air of
       authority. The young violet blood was honored to stand beside
       him, he looked up to the other troll, but at the same time he
       knew if he dropped his guard around him he was as good as dead.
       The seas of Alternia were sliced easily by the hull of the boat.
       Gog he missed it. If he ever set foot on another astroid again,
       he'd save Kan the trouble and cut himself in half. Dualscar
       rested a hand on his shoulder and he felt him go perfectly
       still. He could still feel the point of the spears digging into
       his skin as he talked his way out of getting culled in the
       middle of Dualscar's captains' courtiers. For now he was safe,
       Dualscar's new apprentice, but who knew how long that would
       last.
       "Wwe'll reach the next port towwn in three days." His hand moved
       to the back of Eridan's neck. The younger troll grid his teeth
       as his ancestor dug his nails into the soft skin. "Be prepared.
       I'd like to showw you off." With a flutter of his cape, he
       turned to return to his chambers. Eridan didn't dare even breath
       until he was sure Dualscar was good and gone.
       With a sigh he rubbed his sore neck. He leaned against the
       railing and stared at the crystal clear waters turn to white
       foam as the ship travelled across the waves. He knew there were
       sea dweller cities and, not for the first time, he wished he had
       woken up there rather than on the deck of the Orphaner's ship.
       "If only you wwere here fef..." He sighed. "Then wwe could givve
       that glubber**** wwhat he deservves and get the hell out of
       here." He could almost see her face in the white. Beneath the
       sound of the waves, it almost seemed as though he said 'and then
       I could make things right'.
       69~69~69~69~69~69
       They had spent the trip talking, both the adult and younger
       trolls. Now they had set up their temporary camp and were
       sitting around the fire, planning out what to do next. The
       others didn't like it when Karkat told them that he'd told the
       Signless everything. Sollux claiming that things could get more
       ****ed up from here and Kanaya pretty much agreeing with him,
       though she used different words. When he told them what he had
       seen, he had expected them to think he was crazy. Sollux saw
       stuff. Aradia saw stuff. He did not see stuff. But they were
       pretty accepting of it. His worry was unnecessary. Nepeta just
       kept quiet through most of it, looking worried. **** if he knows
       what was going on in her head. The adults seemed pretty
       accepting of the younger trolls as well, if not a bit spectacle
       of what this would mean. He was so glad the Signless had told
       them not him. It was still unbelievably weird being around
       adults and he really wasn't sure if he could have told them. The
       only one he had actually talked to so far was the Signless.
       They were discussing Aradia right now but no one knew where to
       look. He didn't know where to look. And then there was still the
       matter of Equius. Assuming he was even here. And if he was here,
       did that mean that the others were here too? And what about the
       humans that were with them? What had happened to Dave and Rose?
       It felt like his head was going to explode with all these ifs.
       "I Think The Best Choice Of Action Would Be To Gather More
       Information." Kanaya was saying. The others seemed to agree with
       her well enough.
       "We should arrive at the next town sometime early tomorrow
       evening." The Signless answered. "We can ask around there. See
       if anyone has seen any young trolls that match the description."
       The others nodded. "I didn't plan to but if we're going to be
       there for a few days I could go ahead and preach." This was more
       for the adult trolls. The Dolorosa didn't like this idea.
       "Are you sure? It's so close to the port cities. I wouldn't be
       surprised if there were highbloods around there with your name
       on their list." She was obviously worried. Couldn't blame her
       though. If they were that close to the ports, there could be a
       serious issue.
       "That town is big enough that a young troll could easily get
       lost. It's going to take at least a few days to find out if one
       of their friends is there or not. If I preech there, it'll give
       them the time they need and we'll still be doing something
       productive." He countered. He was right too. The Psiioniic and
       Sollux had been quiet for most of the conversation, as though
       they were thinking about something.
       "I have a bad feeliing about that place." The Psiioniic said,
       pulling attention away from the Signless. He and Sollux shared
       the same grim expression.
       "We'll be careful." Signless answered. The Psiioniic almost
       seemed to grin at him.
       "I can't talk you out of this, can I?"
       The Signless grinned. "Nope."
       #Post#: 14830--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: July 26, 2013, 5:41 pm
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       Signless wasn't wrong about when they would get there. It only
       took them a few hours after they set out to arrive at the town.
       If you could call it that. It was huge. Tall buildings filled
       with trolls took up much of the outer city. Farther in were more
       shops, hotels and other establishments. It was amazing how many
       trolls were in the place. At least three had tried to get Karkat
       to buy something from them. It was complete sensory overload.
       Nepeta seemed to be having the biggest problem. The Disciple had
       to keep ahold of her arm to keep her from getting pulled into
       the crowd. Once they had gotten far enough in, they stuck to
       alley ways and back roads, coming across some of the slum areas
       of the town. Karkat was so glad he didn't like during this time.
       He couldn't even imagine what would have happened to him. The
       worst was when they accidently got too close to the main square
       and came across a slave auction. The lowbloods were being sold
       to the higherbloods. The Dolorosa pulled him along right when a
       maroon blood about his age caught his eye. He had never seen a
       troll so miserable. Chills ran down his spine as he walked
       along. The faster he could get away from that ball of misery and
       pain the better.
       They finally came to a stop outside of a shabby looking hotel in
       one of the less disgusting slum areas. Psiioniic went to book a
       room while the others stood just out of sight. No one would
       question them. Not here. "The Dolorosa and I will stay here.
       We're the ones with the greatest risk." The Signless was saying.
       "Disciple, I want you and Psiioniic to go out and help them."
       She stared at him for a moment, as though she was waiting for
       something. "Please?" The olive blood grinned. "Of course!" She
       chirped happily.
       The Psiioniic stuck his head around the corner. "Got it. Second
       floor, room 213." He passed the room key to the Signless who
       gave his friend a pat on the arm.
       "You're helping the younger trolls." He said. "Disciple is going
       with you. Don't start anything."
       The Psiioniic immediately became defensive. "Sh-" A look from
       the Signless stopped him. He crossed his arms and grumbled about
       Signless's relationship with the Disciple and who topped.
       Signless nudged him in the side with his elbow and the two began
       an intense battle of slap and tickle. The Disciple leaned over
       and whispered something in Nepeta's ear that caused her to start
       giggling. The Dolorosa and Kanaya shared an exasperated glance
       and cleared their throats. Signless and Psiioniic looked up to
       meet the glare of two jade bloods. The boys grinned and
       obediently hid their hands behind their back. The Disciple
       cracked up behind the jade bloods. With a glance over her
       shoulder, the Dolorosa shooshed her too.
       "This is hardly the time for that." She scolded the trolls. This
       was actually pretty comical and Karkat felt a grin begrudgingly
       rise to his lips. He kept it down by pursing his lips together.
       He was grumpy enough on a usual basis he could get away with it.
       The Signless nodded and instructed his friend to show them to
       the room. The three trolls went inside, leaving the young trolls
       in the care of the Disciple for the time being. She immediately
       scooped up her desendant once the others had gone, hugging her.
       It was nice to see them getting along with each other.
       "Why Did The Signless Tell The Psiioniic Not To Start Anything?"
       Kanaya asked, most likely so she could keep an eye on the two
       while her ancestor wasn't there to do it herself.
       The Disciple purred, "We prank each other a lot. Lately the
       Psiioniic has been starting it. Most likefurry trying to get me
       back." She had a mischievous smile that creeped Karkat out a
       bit. The Psiioniic came out a moment or two after that, rubbing
       the palms of his hands on his pants.
       "Dolorosa's grub picking the room." he said with a grin.
       Disciple just laughed and set Nepeta down before walking off.
       The lanky yellow blood kept up with her easily while the younger
       trolls trailed behind. Karkat had to walk at a pretty swift pace
       to keep up with then, him being so short.
       Once they reached the nearest market place, they went to work.
       The Disciple had drawn pictures of the missing trolls before
       they reached the city in one of her many journals. Nepeta had
       described their friends for her and it was surprising how
       detailed she'd been. She had noticed things about Terezi and
       Gamzee even Karkat hadn't noticed. Not to mention all the
       others. She had carefully left their blood colors out of the
       pictures so no one would be able to tell where they were on the
       hemospectrum. At each shop or booth, the Disciple spoke with
       each of the owners and showed them the pictures. On a few
       occasions, coins were exchanged but so far no luck.
       -|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->-|->
       At last. Civilization. Nepeta had earned more credit than he
       could give her. It wasn't as easy as she made it look, making
       your way through a forest. Equius had tripped over too many
       plants to count and almost gotten lost on several occasions. If
       not for the fact that he and his moirail had had conversations
       about forest living before, who knows where he would have ended
       up. He made his way through the tall buildings, ignoring the low
       bloods that moved out of his way. Eventually he came across a
       slave auction. He didn't really care about it, or at least he
       didn't until he saw an olive blood sold to an older troll. The
       perverse look on the trolls face made Equius want to break it.
       If they had been hatched in this time, that very well could have
       been Nepeta in chains being sold to some sleaze ball. For the
       first time, he really thought about where he was. The blue blood
       was so caught up in his thoughts he nearly missed the cat like
       horns and olive tinted clothes pass across the auction. A sneak
       of blue, his blue, under the hood of a cloak confirmed it. And
       he was off, cutting around the crowd. He may have accidentally
       elbowed the troll who bought the olive blood as he ran passed.
       By the time he had crossed the crowd, they were gone. But now he
       had a lead. He set of at a run in the direction she had been
       headed. He managed to keep on track with the barest glimpses of
       his moirail. Until they turned down a market street. Trolls were
       everywhere, nothing more than a confusing mass of bodies. He
       spend at least and hour scouring the street and the streets
       around it for her. She was no where in sight. He had lost her.
       In a fit of rage, he hit the wall of an unused building, sending
       it crumbling to the ground. None of the trolls nearby said
       anything, they just continued on with hushed tones. He would not
       give up. He would protect his moirail. As he was sure she would
       do.
       The search began again at the actual marketplace. He kept a slow
       pace as he scanned the crowd bustling around him. All he was
       looking for was one familiar feature, just one, to show that
       Nepeta was here.
       He didn't see her. But he heard her. The familiar chime of her
       laugh sent him wheeling around. There. Just down the street.
       There she was. She was so close. Right within reach...
       69~69~69~69~69~69
       After a few hours of failure, they decided to take a break and
       were currently checking out the different shops. Disciple and
       Nepeta thoroughly enjoyed trying on the flashy outfits at one
       store while Karkat admired some weapons at another. No one
       bought anything though. They didn't have the money. Now the
       Psiioniic was completely pulled in by a headgear salesman. He
       had taken off his headband to try on some of the goods, ignoring
       the salesman waving around a large yellow helmet he swore up and
       down amplified psionic powers. Disciple leaned against one of
       the tables, commenting on the different looks. He finally turned
       to leave the booth after trying on a piece that made his head
       look like a pencil. But when he went to grab his headband, it
       was gone. It didn't take long for him to find the culprit. The
       Disciple danced away from the booth, waving it in front of her.
       "Disciple!" he yelled, tearing off after her. The cat woman
       slipped through the crowd with ease. Psiioniic did not have that
       grace. He used his weed wackier elbows to shove his way through
       the other trolls, half blinded by the mass of messy hair hanging
       in front of his face. Karkat watched from the booth next to when
       it had began. Nepeta stood by him, giggling rather loudly.
       Shooting her a look that ultimately did nothing, he tromped off
       after the two unbelievable ****s who only seemed to have the
       mental capacity to behave like newly hatched grubs. He'd made it
       down a few more booths before a sound stopped him. A scream.
       More accurately, Nepeta's shrill, pain filled scream.
       Where she had been just a few feet behind him laughing, she was
       now on the ground, clutching her arm to her chest. Equius
       hovered over her with an expression that seemed like he was in
       more pain than she was.
       The Psiioniic and the Disciple were beside him in a flash.
       Disciple pulled him back while the Psiioniic prepared an attack.
       He would have done it too, if not for Nepeta getting up and
       wrapping Equius in the tightest hug she could manage with just
       one arm. As you can imagine, the older trolls were confused.
       Equius pulled away and began talking quickly to Nepeta. This was
       too much for Karkat. He was interveening.
       "EQUIUS!" he yelled, walking towards them. The two looked up at
       him. Sollux and Kanaya choose this moment to arrive as well.
       "WHAT THE ACTUAL **** IS GOING ON? HAS YOUR BULDGING MUSCLES
       FINALLY CRUSHED YPUR THINK PAN?"
       Equius was too panicked to answer. "Lowblood. It is imperative
       that Nepeta and I leave this town immediately. This is a trap
       and-"
       The Disciple had arrived and cut him off. "A trap? What's a
       trap?" Her eyes shot daggers at him, as though she wanted to
       repay him for the pain he had caused her descendant. She most
       likely did. The blue blood ignored her though and turned his
       attention back to his moirail.
       "Nepeta. We need to leave. Its dangerous here." He continued. He
       wasn't making much sence.
       "Equius calm down. Why do we need to leave? Tell me." She tried
       quelling him. She was still craddling her arm and didn't seem to
       want to touch him just yet. Probably because he was sweating
       like a pig and then some plus he had managed to break her arm on
       top of that.
       "This matter is not up for discussion. We're leaving. Now." He
       reached out to her, but another hand caught him by the wrist.
       "I don't think so." It was the Psiioniic and his eyes were
       flashing dangerously fast. Equius met his gaze, looking like he
       was ready to throw a punch. The others could feel it in the air.
       The Disciple tensed into a crouch while Kanaya reached into her
       pocket, fingering here lipstick. Sollux and Karkat stood tense
       as well, just less willing to enter the fray, should one break
       out. Things would have gotten really bad, really fast if not for
       Nepeta.
       The olive girl softly placed her good hand on Equius's cheek,
       paired with a gentle shoosh. The effect was instantaneously and
       with a few paps, the tension left him.
       The others reacted as well. The young trolls relaxed. Psiioniic
       released Equius but neither he nor the Disciple let the tension
       leave their bodies completely. Equius stared at the ground, a
       guilty look on his face.
       "Now what's going on?" Nepeta asked, her hand resting on his
       arm.
       Between his already low voice, him talking to the dirt and how
       fast he was speaking, it was difficult to figure out what he was
       saying. "This town is a trap set by the E%ecutionor for the
       Signless and his followers." The Disciple and the Psiioniic
       exchanged looks. "That's why we need to leave. You do not need
       to get caught up in whatever tomfoolery those delinquents
       cause." He scolded Nepeta.
       "I'm going to get them." Disciple announced, running back
       towards the hotel. Psiioniic watched her leave before turning
       back to the young trolls.
       "If you're with us, come on." He said, pointy glaring at Equius.
       He turned and ran after the Disciple. Nepeta didn't even
       hesitate to head after them, Equius running after her of course.
       Karkat watched his other friends run passed. Fuck. What had he
       gotten himself into? Too late. He was running after them too.
       MMMMMMMMMMMM
       To say Vriska Serket was happy would be an understatement. She
       was in heaven. For whatever reason, she had woken up a few
       nights ago on the deck of a ship, surrounded by adult trolls
       wielding weapons. She took out three of them when Mindfang came
       down from the upper deck. Vriska had won her worth on the ship.
       And now she was ripping up the high seas with the greatest
       pirate ever, Marquise Spinneret Mindfang! Rules meant nothing
       and the world was theirs for the taking! So no. Vriska Serket
       was not happy.
       69~69~69~69~69~69
       By the time Karkat had gotten to the hotel with the others, the
       Disciple had already stormed into the room. The Signless had
       just finished stuffing stacks of paper into his pack and the
       Dolorosa was getting her own pack. The flurry of commotion was
       over in a second and everyone looked like they were ready to go.
       Disciple stared at Equius, who stood just inside the door, but
       she didn't say anything. The Signless did however.
       "Are you the one who told us about the trap?" he asked,
       motioning for Equius to come closer. The younger troll nodded,
       taking a few steps in. "What else can you tell us?" The blue
       blood almost didn't answer, if not for Nepeta who was watching
       him with her large cat eyes.
       "I was only told this was a trap for you. I do not know the
       details." he said. He had puffed himself up into an
       authoritative air, just as a reminder who he was and who they
       were.
       The Signless nodded. This young troll was not their supporter.
       He was Nepeta's supporter and that was the only reason why he
       was here. "We'll take the main roads out. They won't expect
       that." he walked passed the other trolls and out the door,
       everyone else quickly followed.
       They went out the back of the hotel and looped through the city
       until they reached one of the main roads leading out of the
       town. Once there, they slowed their pace to that of the crowd at
       took up a spot in the middle of the street. Each ducked their
       head down to hide their face, with the exception of Equius. As a
       blue blood, he most likely wouldnt be questioned.
       Fortunately, no one stopped them and they were able leave the
       city quickly. Once they were a safe distance away, the trolls
       turned off the road and disappeared into the dense forest.
       #Post#: 15199--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: July 27, 2013, 10:55 pm
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       Once again, they were sitting around the fire. Only there was no
       fire. It would have been too risky. So they sat in a circle in
       silence. The trolls had taken refuge in a well hidden cave,
       mostly to take care of Nepeta's arm. Now she was sitting next to
       Equius, happily bouncing in her spot, oblivious to the trunk
       beast in the room. That trunk beast was Equius.
       It was beyond obvious that he was not on their side. He had
       referred to most of the trolls, even the adults, as lowbloods
       and while he was perfectly civil, gog was he a snood. The four
       adults seemed particuarly angsty around him and from the hard
       lines etched into the Signless's face, they didn't trust him
       either. They just didn't know what to do with him. He wouldn't
       just leave, not without his moirail, and Nepeta had already made
       it very clear where her loyalties lay. So far he hadn't done
       much. He had been quiet and only spoke when he had to. It was
       also very clear that he felt really truly guilty. Equius hovered
       around Nepeta while her arm was being treated and no matter how
       many times the Dolorosa had sent him away, he kept coming back
       to her side. It was as though he wanted to tell her something
       and either lacked the guts or the words to do it. That just
       added to the awkwardness.
       It was the Dolorosa who broke the silence. "We're almost out of
       supplies." Her voice shattered the air like it was glass and the
       trolls shifted around her. The Signless buried his head in his
       hands.
       "The next safe town is a three day walk from here." Disciple
       answered. She would know since she was the one who made the maps
       the group used.
       "I could fly u2 there?" the Psiioniic offered.
       "Sorry Psii. That's not a good idea. We'd be spotted. You don't
       exactly turn invisible when you use your pawers." She sighed.
       The Psiioniic rubbed the back of his neck and muttered something
       about lighting up like a illumination bulb. The trolls fell into
       an unsettling silence.
       "We could go to the ports."
       Everyone stared at Nepeta like she had grown a second head. She
       might as well have, offering up that idea. Going there would be
       insanely risky, the exact opposite of what they wanted. The
       Signless was wanted by the highbloods and that would be walking
       straight into the hornet's nest.
       "Seriously!" was her answer to their looks. "That's the last
       place they expect you to go so they'd never look there."
       "Hiding in plain sight..." The Signless said after a moment. It
       seemed like they might actually do it. Karkat wasn't having any
       of that though.
       "YOU INSIPID BUNCH OF GRUBFISTED ****S. THAT IS POSSIBLY THE
       DUMBEST ****ING THING I HAVE EVER HEARD. AND I HAVE SAT THROUGH
       PAN NUMBING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BIGGEST BUMBLING ****NOOZLE
       IN ALL OF PARADOX SPACE." he said yelled. "THE TWO OF YOU
       NOOKFODDLING ****S DESERVE METALS FOR THIS SUICIDE MISSION I HAD
       THOUGHT ONLY AN IMBICILIC SUPOR MUNCHING CLOWN WORSHIPPER COULD
       COME UP WITH. THE SEA DWELLERS CAN POLLISH THEM FOR YOU SINCE
       YOUR SORRY EXCUSES FOR A CRANIUM WILL BE MOUNTED PROUDLY ON
       THEIR WALL." And off he went.
       Nepeta sure was talkative tonight. "But Karkitty, we might find
       one of our friends there. I miss them." she was pulling out her
       pouty kitty eyes, a fierce match against the profanities leaping
       from Karkat's protein chute.
       "PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYTHING GOOD LEFT IN THIS SORRY ****
       STAINED EXISTANCE TELL ME YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT PURPLE
       BLOODED MASS OF DISAPPOINTMENT." oh! A sharp move bringing up
       one of the mass murderers plaguing the meteor the time of her
       death. What would Nepeta counter with?
       "Ew. No. Eridan can go die in a hole fur all I care." she
       dropped the eyes for a moment. Was she fumbling? "I miss Feferi
       though." No she wasn't! The eyes were back in full force! Good
       job cat girl! Wait. Flag on the play flag on the play! Equius
       grumbled a warning for her to respect the seadwelling
       highbloods.
       "FINALLY! SANITY HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THIS CONVERSATION FILLED
       WITH WHAT THE ****S!! WERE NOT GOING TO THE PORT CITY."
       "Karkat." The barest hit of an edge slid into her voice. "You
       can't tell me it's a bad idea to have Feferi with us."
       Karkat opened his mouth to argue back but nothing came out.
       Goaalllll!!! Point for the green team! Red down, three to
       none!!! "NEPETA. WHY IN THE NAME OF EVERLOVING **** ARE YOU
       MAKING SENSE?"
       "I've always made sense. Maybe if you had ever taken the time to
       get to know me, you would have noticed that." The entire forest
       they were in just froze over. The others audibly winced.
       "Nepeta! Behoove yourself!" The cat girl glanced over her
       shoulder but didn't say anything. Equius rose to his feet.
       "We'll be leaving now. Thank you for taking care of her." He
       looked down at Nepeta, obviously waiting for her to get up. The
       olive troll met his gaze.
       "No."
       "Yes."
       "No."
       "Yes."
       "No."
       "Yes."
       The Psiioniic leaned towards the Signless. "Is it bad that this
       entertains me?" He whispered. The Signless grinned.
       "Nope."
       The back and forth had quelled and now they were in an intense
       stare down. "Nepeta." Equius warned.
       "OKAY. I, YOUR LEADER, AM GIVING YOU TWO AN ORDER. ARE YOU
       LISTEN YOU MUSCLE BRAINED **** HEAD." Karkat twitched and spewed
       spittle like a beautiful ranting fountain. "YOU TWO GET THE ****
       OUT AND DEAL WITH YOUR GODDAMN PALE ISSUES SOMEWHERE ELSE. GO
       HAVE A PILE OR SOMETHING JUST DON'T DO IT HERE!!!"
       The two trolls stared at the still twitching Karkat. Nepeta got
       to her feet, grabbed Equius's arm and ran out of the cave
       singing 'pile, pile, pile~!' With a final frustrated grunt,
       Karkat sat back down. Why were his friends such blithering
       feculent shitholes?
       }O}O}O}O}O}O}O}O}O}O}O}O
       This was kind of awful. The cart jerked again, almost sending
       Tavros to the floor. Again. His back ached from sitting in the
       same position for hours, his butt felt like it was on fire, and
       his wrists were raw from the shackles biting into them. For
       whatever reason, he had woken up in the middle of a forest, only
       to get shackled and tossed in the back of a cart with other
       bronze bloods. It took him a while to figure out what was going
       on. When they stopped at a town and watched others get sold, did
       it finally click. And now he was terrified he would be sold as a
       slave. He could only imagine how that would go with his robotic
       legs. Even the cerulean bloods who had captured him said he was
       damaged goods and would end up culled before he got bought. The
       thought shook him. Another jerk of the cart sent him into the
       troll next to him. Fortunately this one didn't seem to hate him.
       The old troll shoved him off and looked over at him. So far,
       this old troll was the only one who had actually been nice to
       him. He had been protecting him from the cerulean bloods and
       Tavros was grateful for that. Who knows what would have happened
       to him if not for the old troll. A glance toward the troll in
       the cart to watch them said it wasn't a good idea to talk. He
       just nodded at the troll. He didn't even know the old troll's
       name. In response, the troll spat a ball of phlem on the cart
       floor. Unfortunately that was one of the better substances that
       coated the wooden planks.
       Tavros leaned back as much as he could against the one beam
       around the edge of the cart. They were passing through a forest
       and moonlight filtered through the leaves. He couldn't help but
       think about his hive and Tinkerbull. It made him want to cry.
       As though it had sensed his sadness, which it may have, a small
       chirpfiend flew down and rested on his shoulder, it's tiny
       talons keeping it steady against the sway of the cart. Tavros
       immediately felt better, he almost smiled even. With a glance to
       the guard, who was busy inspecting the results of a gold digging
       expedition, he ordered the small creature to his lap. The
       shackles limited his movements. The bird did so obediently. He
       always did have a way with flying animals. With one hand
       carefully holding the frail little animal, he petted it with the
       other. He stroked the smooth feathers under the head, one of the
       favorite spots on almost any animal. This was actually helping
       him relax. And the chirpfiend was enjoying it too.
       A hard grip on his arm caused him to jump. The white bird flew
       off with a shriek and he watched it mournfully. A jerk sent him
       looking straight into the brown eyes of the old troll. He could
       smell the stink on his breath, which he really wished he
       couldn't. He couldn't help but wonder how the troll had managed
       to do it without getting brained by his huge horns. Not the
       time.
       "Don't you ever do that again." He hissed, spit flying from his
       mouth. "Don't ever let them know that you can do that. You'll
       regret the day you hatched if you do."
       With a solid thwack, his head shot down. Through the pain, he
       could see that the old troll had been hit too and released his
       arm. He didn't dare look up, for fear of what the cerulean blood
       would do to him. When neither of the lowbloods moved, the guard
       walked off, tapping his stick against his thigh as a warning to
       everyone else.
       Tavros didn't look up again. He just sat, slowly stroking his
       thumb, trying to remember the feeling of the chirpfiend's
       feathers. And trying not to cry.
       69~69~69~69~69~69
       Karkat didn't know what Nepeta did but when they got back, she
       made sure to tell everyone that they were coming. Equius didn't
       exactly look happy, did he ever? But he looked a lot better than
       he had. Obviously the talk had helped both of them. Nepeta was
       more like she used to be, trying to help where ever she would.
       Karkat still avoided her though. That was twice she had gotten
       mad at him and it just freaked him out. He was going to have to
       ask him what was going on with her.
       Late evening was just beginning when they left. The group was
       slowly becoming more integrated. Sollux and the Psiioniic were
       in a heated debate about something and the Dolorosa chatted
       quietly with Kanaya. Nepeta walked between the Signless and the
       Disciple. One of them had asked about Equius and now she just
       wouldn't shut up. That only left Karkat and Equius at the end of
       the group. Neither of them were particularly sociable, each for
       their own reasons. Equius felt like the odd man out while Karkat
       just hated everyone. Better now than never. He kept pass with
       Equius, though he almost had to jog to do it.
       "OK MORON. I DON'T USUALLY CARE ABOUT THIS BUT WHY DOES NEPETA
       HATE ME? I THOUGHT SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME OR SOME SHIT LIKE
       THAT." Of course, Karkat is the worst whisperer in the history
       of everything, so even Nepeta at the front of the group could
       hear him. Equius glanced down at him. Or at least he thought he
       did. Gog damn shades. Couldn't see anything behind them.
       "Why do you not ask her that yourself?" Apparently, Equius
       wasn't going to help much. Unfortunately this was his only
       choice short of talking to Nepeta himself. And he just didn't
       want to.
       "IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WHENEVER I TALK TO HER SHE CHEWS
       MY FUCKING HEAD OFF." Karkat whined. Ok. Now he was sure Equius
       was looking at him. He could feel it.
       "Are you ordering me to tell you?" He grumbled. Heck yeah! He
       was going to spill the beans!!
       "YES. NOW TELL YOU FUCKWAD."
       Equius sighed. "She is trying to get over you."
       Karkat just stared at him. "WHAT?"
       "You don't understand how much she cared about you. She only
       ever wanted you to be happy. Even if it wasn't with her. She
       accepted that you didn't like her. That you liked Terezi. She
       accepted that she could never be with you after she died. She's
       been trying to move on. She was doing well in the dream bubbles.
       But now she's alive, and with you. She doesn't want to fall in
       love with you again. She knows she'll just get hurt. She's
       pushing you away because she doesn't know what else to do."
       Equius kept his voice low. Only Karkat heard him.
       The red troll stared at him. "SERIOUSLY?" was all he could come
       up with.
       This time Equius actually stopped and looked at him. "Don't hurt
       my moirail again." There wasn't much threat in his voice but he
       didn't doubt that Equius would beat him to a bloody pulp if he
       did. Especially if Nepeta wasn't around to stop him. Without
       waiting for Karkat's response, the blue troll walked away to
       catch up with his moirail.
       "FUCK." He had been so caught up in the conversation he hadn't
       even noticed when Nepeta had stopped talking.
       #Post#: 15510--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: July 29, 2013, 3:31 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Eridan sat stiff next to the Orphaner. Upon their arrival,
       Dualscar had been asked to go to a dinner. As the ****s
       apprentice, that meant he had to go too. He stared at the fat
       purple tinted faces around him. He just wanted to rip everyone
       of their ****ng faces off. It must have shown because Dualscar
       leaned over to him. "Smile or else." He was smiling but his
       voice spoke volumes. If he messed up tonight, Dualscar would
       mess him up.
       He muffled a sigh and forced himself to laugh at some ****'s bad
       joke. How he hated them. How he hated Dualscar. They were going
       to the market place for some shopping tomorrow. Maybe then... If
       he got caught though, the old fish would kill him for sure.
       Dualscar laughed loudly next to him and pulled one of the
       waitresses onto his lap. Drunk. Or at least pretending to be.
       The day he actually got that drunk was the day Eridan cut his
       fins off. The purple bloods around him laughed and scolded
       Dualscar playfully, as though he had accidentally spilled his
       drink rather than molest a young troll. Eridan didnt care about
       the olive blood. He just wanted to leave.
       "Is it time to go Mister Dualscar sir?" He dared to speak.
       Dualscar looked at him, hiccuping slightly. "WWe wwouldn't wwant
       to havve to carry you back to the ship. That wwould be
       embarrassing." He was so going to regret this later.
       Dualscar gave a sloppy grin and looked around at the others.
       "Seems like my neww apprentice is a party pooper." The others
       laughed, except for one or two.
       A thin woman dressed in gold and bright purple dress spoke up
       once the laughter had died down. "He might be right though. You
       know what too much alcohol can do to a troll." She scolded him.
       The other troll put up his hands in surrender.
       "Fine fine. Since you insist." Dualscar rose to his feet,
       wobbling a bit. "It wwas a pleasure to see you." He turned to
       leave. It was all Eridan could do not to get up and run out of
       there. Instead he matched Dualscar's slow and steady stride.
       With a final wave, they were out. As soon as the door shut
       behind them, Eridan was thrown against the wall. Dualscar had
       him held up by the shirt, his face nothing more than a few
       inches away from his. It was extremely tempting to spit in his
       face but that would just end up with him getting his tongue
       ripped out.
       "Don't evver do something like that again."
       69~69~69~69~69~69
       They were in the closest port city by the next evening. It was
       one of the smaller one but it still dwarfed the town they had
       just fled from. Even the older trolls seemed amazed at how big
       it was. They made their way through the slums like they had last
       time. The mixture of sea salt and other odors made Karkat's eyes
       water. This time they choose a hotel at the edge of the city, so
       they could escape quickly if they needed to. Fortunately, the
       inside was better than the outside. They were only able to get
       one room but it was in well enough shape they weren't worried
       about someone getting eaten by the floor or the bed. A tiny
       bathroom connected to the room and they took turns cramming
       themselves into it before sitting down to talk.
       "I STILL SAY THIS IS A STUPID IDEA." Karkat whined, sitting on
       the edge of one of the beds. Everyone just rolled their eyes. He
       had been groaning about it since they had left. It was just like
       beating a dead horse. Pointless.
       "We should split into teams." The Signless started. "It will
       make things faster." He glanced around at the trolls. It was a
       sound idea. This place was huge and it would be hard to find
       them that way. Unfortunately it would also be hard to find each
       other. "Kanaya, Disciple, Psiioniic, and I in one team. Karkat,
       Sollux, Dolorosa, Nepeta, and Equius in another." He looked as
       though he was going to continue but the Dolorosa cleared her
       throat.
       "I intend to stay here and make some clothes to sell so we have
       money to buy food." She said. "Alright with you, fearless
       leader?"
       The Signless rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry mom. I forget
       we actually have to do that sometimes." He said with a grin. The
       Dolorosa smiled at her pet name. She waved it off and rose to
       get her stuff from her bag. "Disciple can go with Karkat's group
       and Sollux can come with us in that case." From there the
       conversation consisted of where to look, meet up places,
       Karkat's persistence of how dumb this was and more. They left
       the hotel just after the mid evening meal.
       The first night didnt hold much luck. Their searching led them
       to a maroon blooded dancer and a troll by the name of Sekhet.
       But that was it. The next night ended the same. A whole bunch of
       nothing. Considering their success finding Equius, this came
       across as disheartening for the young trolls.
       "You shouldn't get so down about this." The Dolorosa was saying
       as she counted through the money she had earned the night before
       selling her wares. "This is a big place and if one of your
       friends are here, you'll find them tonight. You know what they
       say, third times the charm." She gave them a warm smile but a
       snort from Karkat and Sollux was the only response.
       The Disciple danced out of the bathroom, her eyes bright with
       green makeup. "Ready?" The others had gone ahead and left a few
       minutes earlier since the Disciple was in the bathroom getting
       ready. The Psiioniic had complained loudly about how the
       Disciple always took forever because of how much dancer paint
       she put on. This earned him a good thwack from the Signless.
       Their antics were increasingly amusing. The Dolorosa shoved them
       out the door before the boys started a new round of slap and
       tickle.
       Nepeta quickly unbraided Equius's hair and they were off. The
       Dolorosa followed them out but turned to head to a market
       further away from the docks.
       The trip to the docks was filled with chit chat. Mostly from the
       Disciple about her life with the Signless. Apparently the First
       Ship had been sunk not too long ago by what they assumed were
       theives. They returned to it only to find it burning in the bay.
       Since then they had been hoofing it like they used too. "Good
       times" she said, "Good times." Karkat failed to see anything
       good about it. His legs were on fire and he had the urge to chew
       his own feet off. Kanaya, Sollux, and Equius weren't much
       better. Though Nepeta seemed to be doing well. Probably from her
       time hunting. She used to brag about how she would stalk prey
       for days to kill it.
       At last they reached the docks, ending the insufferable noise.
       The whole place stank like dead fish, sea water and sweat. They
       avoided going to close to the docks and mostly focused on a
       large nearby fish market. Even then, they had to be careful
       about who saw them. The majority of the trolls were low bloods
       and that could get them into real trouble if they weren't
       careful. The day slowly passed and they were just about ready to
       give up when Nepeta spotted something.
       The smaller troll had been riding on Equius's back. Her excuse
       was to see better but we all know that's not why she was up
       there. She tugged on the taller trolls horns, turning him with a
       grunt. He didnt really seem to ,ind though. He was STRONG like
       that. "Look!" She chirped, pointing at a scarily familiar hair
       do. There was only one troll with hair like that.
       Karkat followed her finger to the young troll, who was yelling
       at a fisherman. "****. NOT THAT ****." Though he didn't put it
       the same way as Karkat, Equius had to agree. It just had to be
       him. Eridan. The Disciple turned and looked as well. She flipped
       back through her book just to make sure but it had already been
       confirmed by the younger trolls reaction.
       "It is one of your friends! Let's go." She started to walk off
       but a groan from Karkat stopped her.
       "CAN'T WE JUST LEAVE HIM?" Again, Equius agreed. Nepeta hadn't
       taken her eyes off of Eridan nice she had first seen him, even
       when Equius turned. She saw when Eridan turned his face too. She
       suddenly leaped off of Equius and ran towards Eridan. Something
       beyond weird considering she didn't get along with him. With a
       '****' from Karkat, the other three trolls ran after her.
       Appearently this was going to be a regular thing.
       The little troll was fast and by the time they caught up to her,
       she was already in the middle of a conversation with Eridan. Now
       that they were up close, Karkat could see why Nepeta had run
       towards him. A bright purple nruise flowered on the right side
       of his face. Normally Karkat would have said that he started a
       fight but based on how much the sea dweller avoided the subject,
       that was not the case.
       "You should come with us." Nepeta said with a smile. "We'll find
       Feferi and-"
       "Wwhat? Go wwith you losers? I'll kindly pass. Wwouldn't wwant
       to be seen wwith you. It wwould mess wwith my rep." The finned
       jackass explained, crossing his arms over his chest.
       "REP? YOU DON'T HAVE A REP YOU WATER LOGGED PILE OF EXCREMENTS."
       Karkat had arrived!
       Eridan met him with a steely glare. "You'd better wwatch it land
       dwweller." he spat the word like some kind of offensive slur. "I
       havve a lot more powwer here than before. I could havve you
       executed if I wwanted." Karkat just rolled his eyes. "I don't
       wwanna go anywwhere wwith you and I'm not gonna. It'd be best
       for all of us if you just got the **** awway. And for your
       informa-" he froze. A loud voice screamed 'boy'. "Ok. Lets go."
       Eridan quickly finished, ushering the trolls away.
       "WHAT THE **** ARE YOU IN SUCH A HURRY ABOUT?" Karkat glanced
       back at the slowly panicking troll. A dark shadow passed over
       Eridan's eyes. If whatever it was caused him to act like that,
       it had to be bad.
       "Dualscar." he muttered. At the sound of the name, the Disciple
       whirled and stared at Eridan with wide eyes.
       "The Orphaner?"
       "Yes. And the wway he treat me, a felloww seadwweller, I can
       only imagine wwhat he wwould do to you and your pals." The
       Disciple immediately walked faster, the younger trolls following
       her lead. They arrived at the meeting place a good five minutes
       before they were supposed to. Now it was just a waiting game.
       The others arrived with heads down. They hadn't found anything.
       The Disciple made her way to the Signless as they got closer.
       Sollux caught wind of who they'd found and by the look on his
       face, he wasn't happy. The two groups slowly moved towards each
       other until they were one again. Of course Eridan began
       pestering Sollux immediately.
       The whole short walk back to the hotel was filled with
       discussion and the two boys arguements. Karkat could feel his
       head screwing off his shoulders. He was so happy when they
       finally made it to the room they had been sharing. The Dolorosa
       had her back turned when they came in. She was carefully
       arranging packets of food in their bags so everything would fit.
       "Signless, I was able to get those lusus shaped crackers you
       like so much." she said cheerily. A soft blush crept across the
       trolls face.
       "Mom. We need to go." He said, brushing away his slight
       embarrassment. The Dolorosa turned to look at him but found her
       gaze drawn to Eridan's bright streak. With a sigh she closed up
       the bags.
       "Dualscar I presume." she said, getting to her feet. Signless
       looked surprised. How did she...? "I've come across him before.
       I know what he looks like." she passed the packs to their
       respected owners. With her cloak slung across herself, she
       strode out of the room. Not knowing what else to do, they just
       headed out after her. That sure was interesting.
       )-()-()-()-()-()-()-()-()-()-()-()-(
       Feferi walked down the stinking alley way, her hand tightly over
       her nose. She was very lost and very scared. She knew she
       shouldn't be. Whenever someone got a good look at the symbol and
       tiara, they immediately bowed to her, something she didn't much
       like by the way. But this place gave her the hebe jeebies. Or
       maybe that was just the smell.
       She couldn't help but wonder where she was and what had
       happened. She remembered hanging out with Nepeta and then she
       was in her hive. Only it wasn't her hive. It was ten times more
       glamorized and glitterfied than hers ever would be. She left in
       a panic only to come across two adult guards. They let her
       through of course but it had freaked her out. She'd headed
       towards land as soon as she was in the clear and had been
       wondering around since. She didn't know where she was or how far
       inland she had come. All she knew was that she wanted to see a
       familiar face badly. She could feel tears well up in her eyes
       when they came.
       It was almost as though they came out of nowhere, though she had
       a sneaking suspicion that they had been following her for a
       while. All of the sudden she was surrounded by several yellow
       bloods. She tried to tell them who she was but her cries fell on
       deaf ears. They didn't care who she was and appearently no one
       else around here did either.
       When she whipped out her 3X2 trident, it just seemed to make
       things worse. They oohed and ahed but that was it. A few small
       trolls came out of the shadows behind the larger ones. With a
       smirk they started sparking and their eyes glowed, though
       nothing compared to what she had seen Sollux do. They reached
       out towards her and she could feel herself being shoved down.
       When she fought back though, their smirks disappeared. She
       wasn't going down without a fight. The battle wasn't easy and
       both sides ended up sweating. But a punch to her gut and a blast
       from them sent her to the ground. Her eyes closed against the
       pain. It felt as though they were going to crush her.
       Even though her lungs felt like they might be failing, her ears
       weren't. She heard two hard thumps and a lot of gasps and
       cusses. The pressure on her lifted after a few more thwacks and
       when she opened her eyes, she'd never been so happy to see
       another troll in her life!
       "T-ER--EZI!!!"
       #Post#: 16119--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: August 2, 2013, 10:34 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Two weeks had passed since then. The group moved from place to
       place, looking for any leads for the missing trolls, one in
       particular. Eridan wasn't as out of place as Equius for whatever
       reason. Until he tried to hit on the Disciple and got a bruise
       on his left cheek to match the one on his right. They quickly
       fell into a routine. Get up in the evening, pack everything up,
       walk until their feet felt like they would fall off, set up
       camp, and watch everyone bicker and mess with each other. Things
       had been very quiet and almost peaceful, in it's own weird way.
       Karkat could almost start to understand how they managed to do
       this without eating each other. Almost.
       "Where Did Eridan Go?" Kanaya asked one morning after the
       evening meal. Now that see mentioned it, the seadweller hadn't
       been seen all evening.
       "maybe he ran away and ii2n't comiing back." Sollux offered with
       a smirk.
       "You wwish." Eridan came walking out of the bushes, pulling
       twigs out of his hair. Somehow it still had that slicked back
       look, even though they didn't have any hair gel. "I decided I
       wwanted some reel company and wwent ovver to that vvillage on
       the other side of the hill." He sat down next to Sollux, despite
       the yellow blood's protests. "I also found Tavv." He seemingly
       finished. He leaned over and made an attempt at Solllux's food.
       Naturally the two began quarreling. After about a minute of a
       twitchy Karkat watching them, he had enough.
       "WOULD YOU TWO GARGANTUAN IMBECILES LIKE TO STOP YOUR ****ING
       HATE LOVE CUDDLING AND TELL ME WHERE THE HELL TAVROS IS?" He
       shouted.
       The two stopped mid-squable. Eridan was being held up by
       Sollux's legs, his arms were too busy trying to keep his food
       away from Eridan's grabbing hands. It was amazing that the food
       was still on the nutrition plateau. "He's twwo towwns ovver."
       Eridan supplied.
       "FANTASTIC. HOW THE **** DID YOU FIND THIS OUT WHILE WE
       COULDN'T? DID A MAGIC PIXIE COME DOWN AND **** THE ANSWER IN
       YOUR EAR??" He was going to be twitching for a while.
       "I asked you dumb****." Eridan shot back with a glare.
       "ha! more liike you threatened to blow theiir head2 off wiith
       that 2tupiid wand of your2 iif they diidn't tell you." Sollux
       snarked. A well place punch from Eridan caught him right in the
       mouth. The desired plateau of food flipped, dumping it into the
       dirt. Sollux stared at it. "that wa2 my food 2hiithead." He
       grabbed Eridan's horn to bring him closer for a good hit.
       Kanaya finished up her own food and patted the area around her
       mouth clean with a napkin. Rising to her feet, she pulled out
       her lipstick. After applying a good coat of green, she turned it
       into her chainsaw and moved over to the two fighting trolls. The
       boys looked up at her and managed to dodge just in time for her
       to bring her chainsaw down between them. The heavy blade quickly
       made a rut in the ground. Sollux and Eridan shared similar
       expressions, staring at the hunk of metal that would have taken
       their arms off. Kanaya took turns glaring at the two. They
       simaltaniously brought their hands up in surrender. "We're
       done."
       Satisfied, Kanaya capped her lipstick and returned to her seat.
       There was a moment of silence as everyone stared at her. The
       looks varied from 'holy shiz' to 'I think I love you'. You could
       practically see the sparkles in the Dolorosa's eyes.
       The Signless cleared his throat, pulling the focus away from the
       jade troll. "I think this time just you youngsters should go."
       This was a bit of a surprize. So far there had always been an
       adult with them when they went to towns, most likely to keep the
       young trolls safe. Guess Kanaya had changed that.
       "It Would Be More Efficient That Way." She commented. Karkat had
       to admit, he could do with some time away from the ancestors.
       They got along well enough but not that well. Sounds of
       agreement passed around the camp, and Eridan boasted that with
       him around they would have to worry about anything. He was
       probably right too. Now they just had to get there.
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       It took about three days to get there, the town were further
       apart than they had anticipated. Once they got close enough, the
       adults set up the camp a good ways out of the town and the kids
       headed to look for their friend. This time they were more open
       about their doings. They weren't the ones who were wanted by
       most of Alternia after all. Out of all of them, Eridan was
       actually the most helpful. Whenever one of the blue bloods, got
       snappy or just flat out ignored them, the sea dweller would come
       along, say a few words, and they would do whatever he asked. No
       wonder he was such a snob. But at least he was a helpful snob.
       Kanaya was the one to spot their friend this time. She almost
       didn't recognize him, it was those massive horns that gave him
       away. He stood in a line of other bronze-bloods, shackled, and
       dressed in rags. They had given him longer pants than the
       others, to hide his mechanical legs. Bronze showed around his
       wrists where the irons fit too tightly. Dark brown bruises
       covered his face and flowered down his bare chest. His head was
       bowed, but it was obvious how miserable he was. A cerulean guard
       sat to one side, a heavy club resting in his lap.
       Nepeta saw her friend next and she was angry to say the least.
       She nearly stormed over there but Kanaya stopped her with a hand
       on the shoulder. The two girls moved forwards at a slow pace,
       Nepeta trying very hard to stay in control. Eventually they came
       to a stop in front of their friend. Tavros shifted a bit but
       didn't look up. Kanaya moved up and down the line a little bit,
       as though she were picking one of the trolls out, before coming
       to a stop in front of Tavros again. The guard just watched
       without saying anything. When Equius came to see what was going
       on, the older troll suddenly got interested in them.
       "Can I help you three with anything?" The guard asked, getting
       up and walking over.
       "How Much?" Kanaya put on a graceful air that made her come
       across older than she really was. Equius just stood there
       looking confused. When Kanaya spoke, Tavros immediately
       stiffened. The smile the guard had painted on fell, leaving a
       cruel frown in its place.
       "This **** blood?" He sneered. "He's not much. Got an ugly mug
       too." the troll yanked Tavros's head up by his horn. He looked
       even worse close. It looked as though someone had broken his
       nose and he had a large lump n his head. The worst part was his
       expression. He was absolutely terrified. When he caught sight of
       his friends though he relaxed.
       He took a quick step forward "Ne-" A hard from the guards club
       sent him back. That was more than enough to set Nepeta off. The
       cat girl lunged at the guard, her claws out. She would have got
       him too if Equius hadn't grabbed onto the back of her coat. She
       did manage to make the larger troll take a few steps back
       however. He came back in force.
       "Get out of here!" he yelled, waving his club around and almost
       clipping Kanaya in the head. The three younger trolls backed
       away quickly, though Nepeta insisted she could take him with one
       claw tied behind her back. Equius managed to calm her down
       pretty quickly once they had gotten a safe distance away. Kanaya
       tapped her finger against her lip. It was obvious she was trying
       to think of another plan, since that one had failed beautifully.
       Karkat and Sollux were on the otherside of the market place
       though she wasn't sure how useful they would be. And Eridan had
       seperated himself from the others a while ago.
       Speak of the devil and he shall come. A commotion at the end of
       the street caused the three trolls to turn. And there was
       Eridan, strutting down the street like he owned it. Everyone
       moved out of his way and the cerulean guard stood at attention
       as he came closer. He sure was surprised when Eridan came to a
       stop in front of him. Kanaya and the others could barely hear
       the guard as he asked how he could help the purple blood. Eridan
       on the other hand was easily heard.
       "WWhat do you think I'm here for? I need a slavve!" Eridan
       degraded the older troll.
       The guard fumbled a bit. By now Nepeta, Kanaya, and Equius had
       relocated to a side street out of the way but where they could
       listen and watch the scene before them without it being too
       obvious. "What are you looking for sir?" The guard asked. It was
       obvious he was both nervous and honored.
       "I need a lifter. Something nice and sturdy." it was like they
       were talking about furniture rather than a living being. The
       guard took Eridan down the line of trolls, pointing out the
       larger trolls and talking them up. They stopped in front of
       Tavros as well. It made sense. The years in his four wheeled
       device gave him strong arms and a good torso. At least he wasnt
       a complete idiot. Once they had gone down the entire line,
       Eridan paced back and forth down the line, making his choices.
       The guard stood to the side, almost patiently waiting for the
       highblood's decision. After a few minutes of fussing over the
       other trolls, Eridan came to a stop in front of Tavros.
       "This one." He announced loudly. The guard hurried to Tavros and
       disconnected him from the line of trolls and passed his chains
       to Eridan.
       "That will be 1,200, sir." The cerulean dished out the price
       easily. It was much too high for lowblood trolls to afford but
       fairly cheap if you were a sea dweller. Rather than pull out
       some cash like the guard had expected, Eridan waved it away.
       "I'll have someone pay you later." The guard snatched the chains
       out of Eridan's hands before he could blink.
       "Sorry sir. Pay now or no slave." He said firmly. You could
       practically see the seadweller puff up with anger.
       "Excuse me? Excuse me!?" He shouted. "You don't seem to
       understand wwho I am! I am the ****in' apprentice of the
       Orphaner Dualscar! WWho wwill be here in twwo days! I'll havve
       your head for this disrespect." The guard's face paled at the
       absent troll's name. It was too late though. Eridan had already
       stormed off. It didn't take him long to decide he'd rather have
       the seadweller on his side, whether he was telling the truth or
       not. He ran after Eridan, pulling Tavros along with him.
       "Wait! I'll wait for someone else." The guard gave. Eridan just
       increased his pace. "I'll give him to you for free!" Not even a
       blink from the purple blood. The guard was getting really
       desperate now. He would be in big trouble with his boss if he
       managed to mess up a sell with such a prestigious troll.
       Especially [s]that[/s] prestigious troll. "I'll give you one of
       our best! And this one!" Eridan finally came to a stop, giving
       his follower a solid glare.
       "This better be good." Was his only warning. The guard hastily
       passed the chains to Eridan and ran down the street to the line
       of slaves. He soon returned with a pretty, young female troll.
       Her long black hair was pulled back into a bun and her horns
       resembled snake fangs sticking out of her head. Everything about
       her was long and thin, but tough and strong at the same time.
       She really was pretty. She stared at the dirt ground silently.
       "She's from one of the private stocks. And she does quiet a
       dance, if you get what I'm saying." You could practically see
       the young troll shake next to her blue blooded captor. Eridan
       looked her over, carefully taking note of her looks.
       "Fine. Wwe havve a deal." Two keys later and Eridan was walking
       down the street with two bronze blood slaves. He turned at their
       hiding spot.
       "And that's howw you buy a slavve." He snapped at Kanaya on his
       way by. Nepeta couldn't help it. She leaned back and let out a
       'whaaaat', spreading her hands like she'd seen Dave do before.
       Equius quickly shooshed her.
       "Credit Where Credit Is Due." was Kanaya's answer. Eridan pulled
       Tavros and the other troll into the ally before letting them
       loose. It was scary to see how banged up their friend was and
       Nepeta took overexagerated care when giving him a hug. The girl
       merely stood there looking very confused through this whole
       reunion.
       "uH, tHANKS GUYS, i REALLY DIDN'T, uM, eXPECT THAT FROM YOU
       eRIDAN." Tavros mumbled, rubbing the back of his head. Eridan
       just grumbled something about going to find Karkat and the
       others and getting out of there. His version of a sincere 'don't
       mention it'. The girl was thoroughly confused now. How did this
       bronze-blood, this slave troll, know a seadweller well enough to
       call him by his first name? Nepeta came to her rescue and
       quickly explained that they were all old friends that they were
       going to meet up with some other friends. The girl just stared,
       switching between the sweet cat girl and everyone else.
       "What's your name?" the olive troll purred happily. The troll
       immediately ducked her head, it seemed that this was a habit
       hers. Not surprising, seeing how she had been treated.
       "My name is Sheyan." She answered quietly. It was a good thing
       Nepeta had good hearing. Equius called Nepeta to alert her that
       they were going. She ran at him and with two quick moves was
       happily settled on top of her shoulders where she could see the
       world.
       It took a while for their group to find Karkat and Sollux. When
       they did find them though, they weren't surprised. They sat in
       some booth playing a board game. Karkat was beside himself with
       the insults he was coming up with in his losing glory. Sollux
       just sat there, smirking as he whopped the red troll's butt to
       Earth and back.
       Karkat glanced up at their visiters with his usually grumpy
       look. Until he saw Tavros's sorry condition. Then that look
       became wide eyed. "HOLY **** TAVROS. YOU LOOK LIKE A PILE OF
       **** LEFT OUT IN THE SUN THEN STAMPED ON BY THE DISGUSTING
       INFECTED FOOT OF A HOOFBEAST AND THEN CRAPPED ON REPEATEDLY BY A
       CONSTIPATED WOOFBEAST." Tavros mumbled in agreement but Sheyan
       cracked up at the troll's interesting statement, drawing
       attention to herself. "WHO THE **** IS THIS NOOKSUCKER? WE DON'T
       NEED MORE FLEA RIDDEN STRAYS. YOU KNUCKLE DRAGGING IMBECILES ARE
       ENOUGH." This sent her into another flurry of giggles. Kanaya
       took care of explaining for the girl as she was too busy
       laughing to introduce herself. With some more grumblings from
       Karkat and bickering between Sollux and Eridan, the young trolls
       were soon out of the town and heading to camp.
       However interesting it was to find Karkat and Sollux, returning
       to the camp was even better. The Psiioniic had rigged up a
       glitter cannon at the entrance of Signless's and Disciple's
       tent. It was meant as a prank for the Disciple. As soon as she
       opened the tent, she'd be covered in her olive green eye makeup.
       The Signless got there first. Now the red blooded troll was
       chasing around the Psiioniic, looking like a giant olive. The
       Disciple was lying on the ground, watching them with the biggest
       grin they had ever seen. The Dolorosa had disappeared somewhere,
       most likely going to fill up the water basket. Probably a good
       thing too. They were going to be in big trouble when she got
       back.
       The Psiioniic was floating around, dragging the Signless, who
       was holding onto his foot for all he was worth. Nepeta fell into
       a flurry of giggles while most of the others just stood with
       their mouths hanging open. Karkat responded with his usual
       comment.
       "WHAT THE ACTUAL **** ARE YOU DOING!?" The Disciple glanced over
       her shoulder but didn't say anything. The Psiioniic came to a
       stop and stared at the group of young trolls; so did the
       Signless but he insisted on having the final word in their
       argument and gave the yellow blood a good tug, causing him to
       fall to the ground. "SWEET MOTHER GRUB'S OOZING VESTIGIAL THIRD
       SPHINCTER. HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE BE SO STUPID?" Facepalm X2 Combo!
       "He started it." Was all the Signless had to say. This show of
       unbelievable stupidity shocked Karkat into submission.
       "FINE. YOU CAN ALL ACT LIKE BRAINDEAD ASSWIPES IN YOUR OWN
       FESTERING POCKET FLAP OF ALTERNIA. I DON'T CARE." He stomped off
       to his tent. Everyone just stared at him as he left, the older
       trolls looking rather embarrassed.
       "I suppose that was a bit foolish." The Signless admitted.
       "You think?" The Dolorosa had returned. Both the Signless and
       Psiioniic paled and Disciple held back giggles. She had arrived
       during Karkat's little rant and was now standing with her hands
       on her hips, not far away from the boys.
       While the Dolorosa dealt with the boys, the Disciple rose to her
       feet and made her way over to the group, Tavros and Sheyan in
       particular.
       "Come with me. I'll fix you up." She said with a sweet smile.
       They obliged happily and Nepeta followed them to one of the
       tents.
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       Karkat sat on the hard ground of the tent, grumbling profanities
       and rubbing his head. A laugh from behind sent him reeling to
       find the source. When he turned, he spotted the faint outline of
       one red cool kid.
       "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU LAUGHING AT, DOUCHENOZZLE?" He growled.
       "You." Dave seemed to be stronger than last time. He wasn't as
       fuzzy and hard to understand as he was last time. Karkat still
       eyed him like he was a slitherbeast ready to strike or
       something.
       "WHERE ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU LIKE THAT?"
       "I'm right here. Now at least. I'm stuck in time." He sat back
       on some invisible object.
       "WHAT DOES THAT SHIT EVEN MEAN?"
       "Stuff you wouldn't understand. You're going the wrong way."
       Karkat almost didn't catch the last few words. Dave was starting
       to flicker more.
       "FOR WHAT?"
       "To find Aradia. You need to... Fix it."
       "FIX WHAT YOU SHITHEAD. YOU'RE NOT BEING VERY HELPFUL." Karkat
       was getting irritated.
       "No. You... Her so we can fix... shit." He knew he was
       flickering pretty bad now.
       "WELL WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE MISTER FANTASTIC MAGIC TIME MAN." He
       growled, grinding his teeth together.
       "Don't know... Just that... Over... Watch out..." With a final
       flicker he was gone. Karkat let out a frustrated shout. Why was
       everything so complicated?
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       One lecture, two makeovers, and a clean pair of leggings later,
       the trolls were around the fire eating. Tavros and Sheyan were
       eating the most, expessially Tavros. Both were wearing some old
       black clothes but the Dolorosa promised that she would make them
       better fitting ones soon. The two just seemed happy to free
       again. Each of them had bandages around their wrists and other
       places, and the Signless seemed to avoid looking at them. Every
       time he glanced at the white scraps, an inexplainable fury fell
       across his face.
       Karkat had already explained what he had seen with Dave and they
       were trying to decide which way to go. The Signless had been
       relatively quiet for much of the conversation. At last he said
       something.
       "There's someone farther east I think we should visit." He said
       in a pause in the conversation. The Disciple seemed to know who
       he was talking about and made a face. Which the Signless caught,
       naturally. "I thought you liked her."
       "Yes. But she likes you a little too much fur my liking." She
       answered. The Signless tossed his arm over her shoulder and
       pulled her closer.
       "Do I sense a bit of jealously?" A joking grin played across his
       lips. The Disciple gave him a soft punch but didn't move away.
       "INTERUPTING THIS DISGUSTING SHOW OF AFFECTION, WHO?" Karkat
       grouched.
       "Just a Miss Neophyte Redglare."
       #Post#: 16580--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: August 4, 2013, 11:21 pm
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       The next evening was interesting to say the least. It started
       off with a girlish screech from Tavros's tent. Since Karkat's
       tent was the closest, he and Sollux were the first ones to get
       there, followed by everyone else. They were met with the sight
       of Tavros holding a blanket to his chest and Sheyan passed out
       on the other side of the tent. In between the two low bloods was
       Vriska, laying on her side with her ever present smirk. She was
       dressed up in her Mindfang costume. The female troll must have
       thought she was an intruder, which technically she was, and
       tried to fight her.
       Upon the arrival of the others, she waggled her fingers in their
       direction. "Helloooooooo every8ody." There are no words to
       describe the mix of sheer exasperation, frustration, and
       what-the-****-ation on Karkat's face.
       "**** VRISKA!" he shrieked before stomping off.
       The cerulean blood got to her feet. "Whaaaaaaaat? Don't you want
       to talk to your favor8 pir8?"
       Karkat stopped half way to his tent. "I DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE
       PIRATE!! AND IF I DID, IT SURE AS **** WOULDN'T BE YOU!!" he
       finished his storm off quickly before she could say anything
       else to drag him back in. She was good at that. Once he had
       gone, Vriska put on a pouty face for a bit before glancing down
       at a certain cat girl.
       "Nepeta."
       "Vriska."
       "I see you're still short."
       "I see you're still a spider witch."
       "You know it." the two grinned at each other, though it looked
       more like a giant spider and a cat sizing each other up. Almost
       like how Eridan and Sollux looked at each other from time to
       time. Wait a second...
       "i, uH, wASNT EXPECTING TO SEE YOU vRISKA." Tavros studdered,
       coming up behind her.
       "You can say that again, Pupa." she snarked without turning
       around. "Signy. Rosie." She shot imaginary guns at the older
       trolls as she walked past. "Where's the food? I'm hungry."
       The older trolls just stared at her. What the heck was going on?
       And who was that? The group, with the exception of Equius and
       Nepeta, followed after her, leaving Sheyan moaning on the
       ground.
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       Karkat had to give them credit. Despite Vriska's sudden - and
       dramatic - appearance, which had freaked him out, they had
       accepted her pretty quickly. They were skeptical of her though.
       They had heard some of the stories about Vriska and didn't know
       whether to trust her or not. That wasn't much of a surprise. No
       one knew whether to trust her or not. But for now, her charms
       had won them over. Wonder how long that would last.
       Since her arrival about a day ago, they had managed to cover a
       good bit of land, despite them stopping early to start to really
       get to know each other, and managed to lose Sheyan. The bronze
       troll had simply disappeared in one of the towns. They might
       have been more worried if they hadn't gotten to know her some
       during their short time together. And the fact that most of the
       younger trolls didn't really care.
       By the time they reached the right city at the end of the third
       day, they were ready to drop. Tavros expessially. He was still
       messed up from his time with the slave drivers. It had been
       interesting when Vriska asked about them. She told him to tell
       her the names of the trolls who had hurt him so she could beat
       the crap out of them. Of course this was after she told him to
       grow a pair, a phrase Karkat was sure she picked up from Dave.
       Nepeta spazzed over her ship come true. Karkat just didn't give
       a flying ****. They were wasting time. They forced themself to
       find a safe hotel, which was actually the first hotel they came
       to, before totally blacking out. They split into two small rooms
       and with all the trolls, it wasn't exactly comfortable all the
       time. Everyone was too busy snoring to complain.
       Karkat was actually one of the last ones to wake up this time,
       because when he did, everyone was talking about the plan of
       action. From what he understood, the Signless and the Disciple
       were going to visit while the rest stayed here. Signless had a
       feeling that they would find another of their friends and asked
       Nepeta and Karkat to go with them. The red troll just wanted to
       stay here and relax for once. It wasn't easy being a leader you
       know! The hiss fit he put up almost made them leave him, but he
       came along anyway, griping the entire walk over. Karkat wasn't
       the only one griping this time though.
       At some point in time, the Disciple had come across a beggar and
       gave them a large amount of the money she had with them. This
       didn't go over well with Signless, surprisingly.
       "You didn't have to give him that much!"
       "He needed it more than we do! I can always make it back if you
       want."
       The Signless let out an exasperated sigh. "That's not the
       problem."
       "Then what's the problem? Me being kind? I thought you liked
       kindness not cruelty."
       "I do. And I love your generosity. But I swear it will starve us
       all." After that Karkat just drowned out the conversation. It
       was a stupid conversation anyways. Nepeta had been quiet for the
       most part but the cheery kind not the tear-your-head-off kind.
       That, at least, came as a relief. The grump would never make her
       mad. Ever. He was too scared what she'd do if he did.
       Karkat had just asked for the millionth time if they were there
       yet when a door swung open, nearly smacking the Signless in the
       face. The weirdest troll Karkat had ever seen came out of said
       building. The she troll had four horns placed like a compass on
       her head, robotic limbs and even a robotic eye. The young troll
       just stared as she skipped out. "Later Red!" She called before
       disappearing down the street.
       "We're here." Signless announced, pulling the door farther back
       so he could go inside. The grumpy look on the Disciple's face
       confirmed this. Karkat's face resembled her's when he looked
       inside.
       The building was actually an office building, painted teal with
       candy red accents. There weren't many accents since that wasn't
       the safest color for now but it was definitely there. Book
       shelves lined almost every wall and a desk covered with file
       folders was tucked cozily in one corner. And right smack in the
       middle of the red plush furniture stood Neophyte Redglare,
       wearing the same shark grin as Terezi. Gog dammit.
       Redglare ignored them until everyone was in and the door was
       firmly shut. Then things got loud. Turning on her heals, the
       troll opened her arms and met Signless with a tight hug. "You
       finally visit me, you elusive ****!" She cheered. The Disciple's
       face was comical. The Signless pulled her away, keeping his
       hands on her shoulders. "It's good to see you again." He turned
       her towards the others. "You remember the Disciple." The two
       exchanged awkward hellos. Apparently it took a while for them to
       warm up to each other. "And this is Nepeta and Karkat."
       "Why's he look like a lusus crawled up his ass and died?"
       "I'd tell you if I knew." He moved away and sat on one side of
       the red love seat. The Disciple took the one next to him. Karkat
       just stood there with fire eyes and growled at everyone.
       Redglare walked over to a set of roped off stairs on one side of
       the room. "Yo! Mini me!" She called up the stairs. "I got
       something you might be interested in!" A loud bang and several
       thuds followed after.
       "I hope it's another murder!" Terezi cackled as she turned into
       the corner into the room. Her face fell when she spotted Karkat.
       "I'd rather have a case."
       That got Karkat going of course. "WHAT THE **** DOES THAT MEAN?
       WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER THIS FESTERING **** COVERED ROCK FOR
       YOU AND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? YOU GINORMOUS WAD OF-" He
       cut off when Terezi burst out laughing. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY MISS
       LAUGH PANTS?"
       "You're too easy Karkles." She gave him a pat on the shoulder
       before getting a larger than life hug from Nepeta. The Signless
       meanwhile was having an epiphany.
       "Karkles?" He tried it out. And liked it. "Karkles."
       Karkat face palmed. "OH GOG."
       "Karkles!"
       "NO! NOT FROM YOU!"
       "Karkles!!"
       "NO!" The Signless started laughing loudly. Add in Karkat
       shrieking 'no' and cuss words, Terezi and Redglare sharing the
       same cackle in one corner, and the occasional meow from one of
       the Leijons and you had chaos. A high pitched squeal was added
       to this lovely mixture as Karkat was pulled into a rather sudden
       hug by some unknown person. He was quickly released and went
       spinning on his heels to find out who it was. Feferi stared at
       him with big eyes.
       "I'm sorry. I'm just. I'm so EXICT--ED to see you here!" She
       hugged Karkat once more, only to release as quick as she did
       last time. Nepeta was next in the hugging line but the Signless
       was distracting him. The older troll's mouth hung wide open.
       He'd eat a bug that way. The Disciple mirrored his shock with
       eyes the size of oranges.
       "Uh...Redglare..." He waved back and forth between the older
       troll and Feferi, looking largely like an idiot.
       "She's good." The legislancerator answered with a chuckle. "I
       found her a while ago getting her ass handed to her by a group
       of psionics. Hasn't left here since."
       Their conversation drew the seadweller's attention. She stared
       at the Signless until it finally clicked who he was. When it
       did, she immediately left her conversation with Nepeta to talk
       with him. "It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Signless! This is so
       -EXCITING! I've been a fan for a long time. I just LOV--E the
       effort you put forth to change the caste system!" At some point
       during her fangirling, she picked up his hand and started
       shaking it. The Signless just sat there like someone had
       repeatedly slapped him with a fish. Consider his mind blown.
       After a long pause of her staring at him, he finally responded.
       "Um. Thank you?" Wow. What a fantastic response.
       Redglare helped him out and asked what he was here for. "Well.
       We were looking for them." He gestured at Terezi and Feferi.
       "I'd like to speak while I'm here though. How do things stand?"
       "Mostly teal bloods to worry about. A few cerulean bloods but
       they're easy to avoid." The conversation dissolved into
       planning, which Karkat drowned out. He didn't get what the big
       deal was. Or more accurately, he didn't really care. Instead he
       was counting who all they had gathered together in their time
       being here. Almost all of his friends. The only ones who were
       missing now were Aradia and Gamzee. Who were their ancestors?
       The Signless getting to his feet broke into his thoughts. "I
       can't wait Redglare. It's always a pleasure seeing you again."
       Thank ****. They were finally leaving. When he got to his feet
       to head back to the hotel, Nepeta got up with him, followed by
       the Disciple. By now, the Disciple and Redglare had made nice.
       Er. The two were standing around trading stories about
       experiences on the road. If they talked like Nepeta and Terezi
       did then they would never get out of here. Finally the Signless
       got them to leave after the Disciple shared a particularly
       embarrassing story about him including a banana and a moving
       cart. Karkat hadn't been listening to that either. It was
       stupid.
       He spend the entire trip back trying to remember who Aradia's
       and Gamzee's ancestors were. It just wouldn't come to him!
       Signless and Disciple's bicker battle wasn't helping. And
       neither did the always loud conversation between Nepeta and
       Feferi. Gosh those girls could talk! Fortunately it wasn't long
       until they were back. Ok not really. When Feferi reviled
       herself, chaos unfolded. Both Sollux and Eridan got up at the
       same time, and immediately got into a fight over who would hug
       her first. Feferi tried to auspisize but that just made things
       louder. Nepeta was jumping on Equius, the two arguing about his
       game playing skills. Meanwhile the Signless and Disciple were
       explaining to the Psiioniic, the Dolorosa, and Kanaya their
       plans for the next few days. And for whatever reason, Vriska and
       Tavros had disappeared. There's only so much insanity even
       Karkat can take.
       "WOULD YOU ALL SHUT THE FUCK UP!! I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER
       SOMETHING!" The room grew silent as his voice over powered
       everyone else's as only his voice could. Every eye in the room
       turned and stared at him. "GOG!!" It was silent for a moment
       before a laugh broke it like the fourth wall.
       "Dude. You're just sad." Dave said. Naturally the little troll
       wheeled on him hissing.
       "I SAID SHUT UP DIDN'T I?? OR ARE YOU SO SPECIAL IT DOESN'T
       APPLY TO YOU? BESIDES, WHO ARE YOU TO TALK? YOU'RE A FUCKING
       TIME GHOST... THING!" The last word shot out like a torpedo.
       Meaning he couldn't come up for a better word for it.
       "Well time ghost thing found Gamzee." He shot back. Signless
       intervened before Karkat said something else rude and loud.
       "What are you?" Ok. So that was still kind of rude but at least
       it wasn't loud! Dolorosa shook a finger at him for his manners.
       "S'up old Karkat. I am Lord Hsitkehos from planet Shdelnfi. It's
       nice to meet you." His face was perfectly serious when he said
       this.
       "DAVE."
       "My nickname is Dave because Lord Hsitkehos is a huge pain in
       the ass to say. Under my hood I have tenticals covering my head.
       Wanna see?" He acted as though he was going to pull down his god
       tier hood.
       "DAVE!"
       "No thank you...?" The Signless and the rest of the older trolls
       were so completely confused some of the younger trolls couldn't
       help but chuckle. If Terezi had come with them rather than
       staying with Redglare, she would have been laughing her tush
       off. Dave flicked it down anyways revealing his blond hair.
       "YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT!" Karkat growled.
       "Nope. But look at their faces." He gestured at the adult trolls
       and huge grin on his face. That had been fun. They were still
       looking like a bunch of five year olds who didn't know how to
       use a tv remote yet.
       With a sigh, Karkat introduced the red time man to those who
       didn't know him. "THIS IS DAVE. HE IS AN INSUFFERABLE PRICK. NOW
       WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?" The last bit was for the time man
       himself.
       "I wouldn't mind something to eat..." Karkat grumped at him.
       "Just here to remind you what you're supposed to be doing."
       "WHY SHOULD WE? WE'VE DRAGGED OUR SORRY ASSES ALL ACROSS
       ALTERNIA. WE DESERVE A BREAK!" Ok. He didn't really give a crap
       about that though he was tired. He wanted to get out of here as
       soon as possible but for the sake of annoying Dave...
       "You're a horrible liar."
       "SHUT UP!" He fell silent for a moment. "SO WHERE IS HE?"
       "Oh you already know." He seemed to be looking at Karkat but
       behind those glasses, who knows. "Don't you Signless?"
       Karkat turned to watch the older troll who was staring guiltily
       at the floor. And then he remembered. Gamzee's ancestor was the
       Grand Highblood.
       lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno-lno
       A young troll quickly ran down one of the many dark hallways.
       She regretted the day she ever offered to work for the Grand
       Highblood. It was supposedly an honor. But this, this was just
       terrifying. The entire castle was a maze and stank of death. And
       the halls always always echoed with the sounds of the monstrous
       troll, whether it was his shrieking howls that peeled paint off
       the walls or the horrible horrible laughter. Now, she wanted
       out. Out out out! Telling him this was the worst thing she could
       have done. She had just escaped during the day. He would never
       miss her.
       The walls seemed to get closer and closer together. Everything
       looked the same! She could still hear it, even here, after all
       the running she had done. The laughter. It bounced off every
       surface and embedded itself into her brain, like some disgusting
       parasite. And now there were two. She was going to die. She was
       going to die. She knew it. All it took was that one wrong turn
       in this huge labyrinth. She'd come so close already. She saw his
       shadow everywhere. Even the little one. Oh gog. Oh gog. Oh gog.
       She could here two sets of footsteps now. Ohgogohgogohgog! The
       laughter just got louder and louder, over lapping like some
       horrible symphony.
       Throughout the castle the laughter stop, a high pitched scream
       in it's place. Only to begin once more. The Dark Carnival was
       always open here.
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       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: black rose Date: August 16, 2013, 4:28 am
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       this is really good
       WRITE MORE
       oh my gosh i'm imagining the reactions of the ancestors when
       they meet gamzee and he says he was with the grand highblood.
       #Post#: 21649--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: black rose Date: August 16, 2013, 9:46 pm
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       bump
       #Post#: 21650--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Another Fanfic. WARNING:: SADSTUCK
       By: Spotteh Date: August 16, 2013, 9:46 pm
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       My muse for this isn't the highest right now but I'll get back
       to later. Patients amigo.
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