[Fic] "Trollstuck," part 39 - Homestuck
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Longish section tonight -- chatlogs tend to do that, and memos even more so. Oh, also! The concept of “crew” is the invention of the wonderful and talented
askerian, for her Covalent Bonds series — which is also a trollstuck concept, btw, though it’s a “suddenly trolls, wtf!” scenario rather than “of course we’re trolls; we always were.”
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Trollstuck, part 39
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====>Be Jarlia
You are curled up against the warm outside base of your recuperacoon, participating in yet another inadvisable memo, which we will enter in medias res:
GG: but listen even if aradia lives what are we going to do about vriska?
GG: shes a huge loose cannon!
GG: and its not like the rest of us always have impeccable judgment either
CG: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.
GA: Please Refrain From Blackflirting In The Open Memo
AC: ;33 < no go on, flirt all you want!!
AC: :33 < *ac doodles yet more totally canon spades around gg and cg*
GC: P1CS OR 1T D1DNT H4PP3N
AC: :33 < ill send you an attachment
GC: Y3SSSSSSS!
GG: ......
GG: this is so embarrassing
TT: -> People, please. <-
TT: -> You are all doubtless adorable beyond words, but we have serious business at hand. <-
TT: -> Aradia's survival or lack thereof is now beyond our power to affect, but we can and should make preparations for inevitable future conflicts within our circle of acquaintances. <-
CG: YOU MEAN WITHIN OUR CREW.
CG: IT'S EVEN A NAUTICALLY THEMED WORD. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SO SCARED OF IT.
GA: To Claim Ones Hatefriends As Crew Is A Serious Commitment For Trolls Of Any Age
GA: The Consequences Of Hasty Choices Can Be Unfortunate
GC: VR1SK4, FOR 3X4MPL3
GA: Yes Tonights Events Make A Suitably Dramatic Illustration Of My Point
AC: :33 < and also karkittys point!
AC: :33 < if vwhiskers wasnt already crew we wouldnt be in this mess, but she is and we are
AC: :33 < we n33d to deal with the rampaging furbeast were actually hunting, not some other furbeast we might like better
AC: :33 < beclaws otherwise we might get eaten, whoops!
TT: -> They are both fair points, I admit. <-
GG: uh
CG: OUR INFINITE AND HUMBLE THANKS FOR DEIGNING TO ADMIT THE FUCKING OBVIOUS.
GG: guys
CG: NOW CAN WE MOVE ON FROM FLAPPING OUR FACE APERTURES OVER PHILOSOPHICAL FLUMMERY AND GET ON TO PRACTICAL DETAILS?
GG: guys!!!!!!
GG: davven just blinked into my respiteblock
GC: WH4T
AC: :33 < omg!!
CG: IS HE DEAD?
GG: hes alive!
GG: so was aradia, at least a minute ago
GG: davven wants me to tell alonde, thanks for the squidbeast, it snapped him out of vriskas control
GG: but next time you want to pap him by proxy please remember he already has a moirail
GG: your tragic yearning for his hot body will have to take a different quadrant, that ones taken
GG: oops, not please, plz
GG: apparently the spelling is important
GC: OBV1OUSLY TH3 SP3LL1NG 1S TH3 MOST 1MPORT4NT 4SP3CT
GG: and also i shouldnt have used any commas
GC: TH3R3 1S N3V3R 4NYTH1NG MOR3 1MPORT4NT, 3V3R, UND3R 4NY C1RCUMST4NC3S
GC: 1F YOU ST1LL C4R3 4BOUT SP3LL1NG 4ND YOUR TYP1NG QU1RK, 3V3RYTH1NG 3LS3 1S 1MPL1C1TLY UND3R CONTROL
GC: DUH
GC: T3LL H1M H3S 4 DUMB4SS FOR G3TT1NG PSYCH1C4LLY POSS3SS3D 1N TH3 F1RST PL4C3 4ND 1 W1LL SP34K TO H1M V3RY ST3RNLY 4BOUT TH4T TOMORROW
GG: davven says yeah yeah whatever dragongirl
CG: TELL HIM THAT I SAY HE'S A DUMBASS FOR SITTING AROUND IN YOUR HIVE INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO HELP ARADIA.
CG: WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR, TWELFTH PERIGEE'S EVE?
TT: -> I second that sentiment. <-
GA: I Also Concur
AC: :33 < *ac says, me too!*
GG: he says hes waiting until he can get a good lock on aradia AND sollux AND the squiddleterror so he doesnt blink right into an eyeblast and die like a tool
GG: come on guys, dont second guess somebody elses psychic powers
GG: its rude and makes you look stupid
GG: oh and he wants to know if theres any way to communicate with the squiddleterror because the ones alondes sent after him always seemed really confused and fought like drunk moobeasts in a flower arranging contest
CG: HA. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
TT: -> Alas, while I can sometimes see through the eyes of a summons, I cannot speak to them after the circle is broken. <-
GA: Alonde When Did You Send Your Pets After Davven
GA: I Thought We Agreed You Would Refrain From Doing That Except In Established Relationships Or As A Genuine Battle Tactic
AC: :33 < !!
AC: :33 < *ac scrambles to find her crayons*
AC: :33 < *she says, omg, why didnt you tell me you were blackflirting with davven?*
TT: => Because I'm not! <=
TT: -> The sendings he refers to were from nearly two sweeps ago, Kanaya, when I had only just met you in the knitting chatroom. <-
TT: -> We were simply testing each other's intentions and abilities. Nothing more. <-
GG: davven says he loves you too honey sugar pie
GG: and he just
GG: uh
AC: :33 < *ac tilts her head skeptically and says, that doesnt sound like nothing to her*
GG: vanished, actually
TT: => He provokes everyone like that, though! <=
GG: but he was blowing a kiss as he went?
CG: OH GAG ME WITH A SPOON.
AC: :33 < *ac thinks tt is purrtesting too much* ;33
GG: he is so weird
GA: I Cant Argue With That
TT: -> ... <-
GA: Argue With Davven Being Weird I Mean
GA: Though Alonde You May Be Undermining Your Case As Well
AC: :33 < haha, s33?
TT: -> *headdesk* <-
GC: 1M GO1NG TO S3ND D4VV3N 4 COPY OF TH1S
GC: H3LL D13 L4UGH1NG
CG: ASSUMING HE HASN'T ALREADY DIED SCREAMING, YOU MEAN.
GC: ...
GG: omg karkat and you say IM bad at people!
GG: way to help terezi look on the bright side
GG: first prize for sensitivity goes to YOU
CG: IT'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT HE MIGHT NOT SURVIVE, AND WE ALL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
CG: ...
CG: NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
CG: THAT WAS SHITTY OF ME.
CG: SORRY, TEREZI.
GG: good boy
CG: RRRRRRRRRRRRGH.
CG: I AM NOT A BARKBEAST. I CANNOT BE TAMED.
CG: I WILL EXPLODE YOUR COMPUTERS, JUST WATCH ME.
TT: -> As you wish. This is certainly more entertaining than sitting alone in my hive wondering if we've inadvertently doomed our entire species. <-
GA: Alonde I Think Davven Is Not The Only One Whose Normal Mode Of Interaction May Be Indistinguishable From Blackflirting
GA: And I Think Karkat Was Speaking To Jarlia Not Requesting An Audience
TT: -> That's not what I
TT: -> ... <-
TT: -> You may have a point. <-
GG: hey karkat what are your feelings on exhibitionism? :)
AC: :33 < *ac perks up with insatiable feline curiosity*
CG: I REFUSE TO ANSWER THAT.
GG: scaredycrab :p
AC: :33 < *ac pouts, then changes the subject*
AC: :33 < well i just hope efurryone survives
AC: :33 < even vwhiskers, i guess
GC: Y34H
GC: M3 TOO
====>Be Davven
You finally get a good fix on Aradia's where-and-when, and while you're a little shakier on Sollux and the squidbeast, they seem to both be off to the same side; if you put them at two points of an imaginary triangle and jump to the third vertex, you probably won't be in anyone's line of fire for at least a second or two. Probably.
Oh well, you only live once. You blow a kiss for Jarlia to send to Alonde -- it's probably dangerous to flirt with someone who can dissect your mind with both literal and metaphorical razors, but see above re: number of trips through this adventure called life -- and blink back to the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.
Luck is with you -- you don't die immediately!
You're not sure that's going to last much longer, though. Sollux looks like he's gearing up for the mother of all eyeblasts, which is saying something considering the one you already blinked away from, the poor mutilated squidbeast, and the smoking ruins of Aradia's hive. Off to your right, Aradia is lifting into the air like she wants to ambush him from behind. So far, so good, but... there's a little twist to Sollux's shoulders, a spread to his fingers, that makes your gut say he's not planning a straight shot. He's gonna spin.
You can't fly, but you can blink up into midair, grab Aradia, and blink out before you get hit. You just have to time it exactly right.
You take a breath.
Aradia moves.
Sollux opens his eyes.
You blink.
====>Be Aradia
Holy shit there is something on your back get it off get it off-- oh fuck no you needed to save your psionics now what are you supposed to-- oh shit Sollux is turning you're not fast enough to dodge at this close range-- shield shield shield--
Something hits your back again and arms close around your chest as the world turns to fire.
====>Be Davven
For a second as you fall you can see the waver of Aradia's shield holding back the inferno. You blink desperately back up -- just one second more, just one, that's all you need, just one single little goddamn second -- and your arms catch fire as they lock around Aradia's body.
Too late. You're both dead.
Here and now, you're dead.
You've never tried this before, always too scared of the consequences, but you're already dead. It's not like you can die twice, and if you take the rest of the universe with you by accident, well fuck it, maybe the universe deserves to burn.
You close your eyes and reach for here and then.
And you blink.
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I was going to cut off after Davven's first POV section, but then I thought that would be mean. *angelic smile*
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continue to part 40
And now to bed. Well, actually and now to figure out how to format this for Tumblr when I can't do all the nice chatlog colors, but eh, details.
Longish section tonight -- chatlogs tend to do that, and memos even more so. Oh, also! The concept of “crew” is the invention of the wonderful and talented
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Trollstuck, part 39
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====>Be Jarlia
You are curled up against the warm outside base of your recuperacoon, participating in yet another inadvisable memo, which we will enter in medias res:
GG: but listen even if aradia lives what are we going to do about vriska?
GG: shes a huge loose cannon!
GG: and its not like the rest of us always have impeccable judgment either
CG: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.
GA: Please Refrain From Blackflirting In The Open Memo
AC: ;33 < no go on, flirt all you want!!
AC: :33 < *ac doodles yet more totally canon spades around gg and cg*
GC: P1CS OR 1T D1DNT H4PP3N
AC: :33 < ill send you an attachment
GC: Y3SSSSSSS!
GG: ......
GG: this is so embarrassing
TT: -> People, please. <-
TT: -> You are all doubtless adorable beyond words, but we have serious business at hand. <-
TT: -> Aradia's survival or lack thereof is now beyond our power to affect, but we can and should make preparations for inevitable future conflicts within our circle of acquaintances. <-
CG: YOU MEAN WITHIN OUR CREW.
CG: IT'S EVEN A NAUTICALLY THEMED WORD. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SO SCARED OF IT.
GA: To Claim Ones Hatefriends As Crew Is A Serious Commitment For Trolls Of Any Age
GA: The Consequences Of Hasty Choices Can Be Unfortunate
GC: VR1SK4, FOR 3X4MPL3
GA: Yes Tonights Events Make A Suitably Dramatic Illustration Of My Point
AC: :33 < and also karkittys point!
AC: :33 < if vwhiskers wasnt already crew we wouldnt be in this mess, but she is and we are
AC: :33 < we n33d to deal with the rampaging furbeast were actually hunting, not some other furbeast we might like better
AC: :33 < beclaws otherwise we might get eaten, whoops!
TT: -> They are both fair points, I admit. <-
GG: uh
CG: OUR INFINITE AND HUMBLE THANKS FOR DEIGNING TO ADMIT THE FUCKING OBVIOUS.
GG: guys
CG: NOW CAN WE MOVE ON FROM FLAPPING OUR FACE APERTURES OVER PHILOSOPHICAL FLUMMERY AND GET ON TO PRACTICAL DETAILS?
GG: guys!!!!!!
GG: davven just blinked into my respiteblock
GC: WH4T
AC: :33 < omg!!
CG: IS HE DEAD?
GG: hes alive!
GG: so was aradia, at least a minute ago
GG: davven wants me to tell alonde, thanks for the squidbeast, it snapped him out of vriskas control
GG: but next time you want to pap him by proxy please remember he already has a moirail
GG: your tragic yearning for his hot body will have to take a different quadrant, that ones taken
GG: oops, not please, plz
GG: apparently the spelling is important
GC: OBV1OUSLY TH3 SP3LL1NG 1S TH3 MOST 1MPORT4NT 4SP3CT
GG: and also i shouldnt have used any commas
GC: TH3R3 1S N3V3R 4NYTH1NG MOR3 1MPORT4NT, 3V3R, UND3R 4NY C1RCUMST4NC3S
GC: 1F YOU ST1LL C4R3 4BOUT SP3LL1NG 4ND YOUR TYP1NG QU1RK, 3V3RYTH1NG 3LS3 1S 1MPL1C1TLY UND3R CONTROL
GC: DUH
GC: T3LL H1M H3S 4 DUMB4SS FOR G3TT1NG PSYCH1C4LLY POSS3SS3D 1N TH3 F1RST PL4C3 4ND 1 W1LL SP34K TO H1M V3RY ST3RNLY 4BOUT TH4T TOMORROW
GG: davven says yeah yeah whatever dragongirl
CG: TELL HIM THAT I SAY HE'S A DUMBASS FOR SITTING AROUND IN YOUR HIVE INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO HELP ARADIA.
CG: WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR, TWELFTH PERIGEE'S EVE?
TT: -> I second that sentiment. <-
GA: I Also Concur
AC: :33 < *ac says, me too!*
GG: he says hes waiting until he can get a good lock on aradia AND sollux AND the squiddleterror so he doesnt blink right into an eyeblast and die like a tool
GG: come on guys, dont second guess somebody elses psychic powers
GG: its rude and makes you look stupid
GG: oh and he wants to know if theres any way to communicate with the squiddleterror because the ones alondes sent after him always seemed really confused and fought like drunk moobeasts in a flower arranging contest
CG: HA. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
TT: -> Alas, while I can sometimes see through the eyes of a summons, I cannot speak to them after the circle is broken. <-
GA: Alonde When Did You Send Your Pets After Davven
GA: I Thought We Agreed You Would Refrain From Doing That Except In Established Relationships Or As A Genuine Battle Tactic
AC: :33 < !!
AC: :33 < *ac scrambles to find her crayons*
AC: :33 < *she says, omg, why didnt you tell me you were blackflirting with davven?*
TT: => Because I'm not! <=
TT: -> The sendings he refers to were from nearly two sweeps ago, Kanaya, when I had only just met you in the knitting chatroom. <-
TT: -> We were simply testing each other's intentions and abilities. Nothing more. <-
GG: davven says he loves you too honey sugar pie
GG: and he just
GG: uh
AC: :33 < *ac tilts her head skeptically and says, that doesnt sound like nothing to her*
GG: vanished, actually
TT: => He provokes everyone like that, though! <=
GG: but he was blowing a kiss as he went?
CG: OH GAG ME WITH A SPOON.
AC: :33 < *ac thinks tt is purrtesting too much* ;33
GG: he is so weird
GA: I Cant Argue With That
TT: -> ... <-
GA: Argue With Davven Being Weird I Mean
GA: Though Alonde You May Be Undermining Your Case As Well
AC: :33 < haha, s33?
TT: -> *headdesk* <-
GC: 1M GO1NG TO S3ND D4VV3N 4 COPY OF TH1S
GC: H3LL D13 L4UGH1NG
CG: ASSUMING HE HASN'T ALREADY DIED SCREAMING, YOU MEAN.
GC: ...
GG: omg karkat and you say IM bad at people!
GG: way to help terezi look on the bright side
GG: first prize for sensitivity goes to YOU
CG: IT'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT HE MIGHT NOT SURVIVE, AND WE ALL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
CG: ...
CG: NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
CG: THAT WAS SHITTY OF ME.
CG: SORRY, TEREZI.
GG: good boy
CG: RRRRRRRRRRRRGH.
CG: I AM NOT A BARKBEAST. I CANNOT BE TAMED.
CG: I WILL EXPLODE YOUR COMPUTERS, JUST WATCH ME.
TT: -> As you wish. This is certainly more entertaining than sitting alone in my hive wondering if we've inadvertently doomed our entire species. <-
GA: Alonde I Think Davven Is Not The Only One Whose Normal Mode Of Interaction May Be Indistinguishable From Blackflirting
GA: And I Think Karkat Was Speaking To Jarlia Not Requesting An Audience
TT: -> That's not what I
TT: -> ... <-
TT: -> You may have a point. <-
GG: hey karkat what are your feelings on exhibitionism? :)
AC: :33 < *ac perks up with insatiable feline curiosity*
CG: I REFUSE TO ANSWER THAT.
GG: scaredycrab :p
AC: :33 < *ac pouts, then changes the subject*
AC: :33 < well i just hope efurryone survives
AC: :33 < even vwhiskers, i guess
GC: Y34H
GC: M3 TOO
====>Be Davven
You finally get a good fix on Aradia's where-and-when, and while you're a little shakier on Sollux and the squidbeast, they seem to both be off to the same side; if you put them at two points of an imaginary triangle and jump to the third vertex, you probably won't be in anyone's line of fire for at least a second or two. Probably.
Oh well, you only live once. You blow a kiss for Jarlia to send to Alonde -- it's probably dangerous to flirt with someone who can dissect your mind with both literal and metaphorical razors, but see above re: number of trips through this adventure called life -- and blink back to the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.
Luck is with you -- you don't die immediately!
You're not sure that's going to last much longer, though. Sollux looks like he's gearing up for the mother of all eyeblasts, which is saying something considering the one you already blinked away from, the poor mutilated squidbeast, and the smoking ruins of Aradia's hive. Off to your right, Aradia is lifting into the air like she wants to ambush him from behind. So far, so good, but... there's a little twist to Sollux's shoulders, a spread to his fingers, that makes your gut say he's not planning a straight shot. He's gonna spin.
You can't fly, but you can blink up into midair, grab Aradia, and blink out before you get hit. You just have to time it exactly right.
You take a breath.
Aradia moves.
Sollux opens his eyes.
You blink.
====>Be Aradia
Holy shit there is something on your back get it off get it off-- oh fuck no you needed to save your psionics now what are you supposed to-- oh shit Sollux is turning you're not fast enough to dodge at this close range-- shield shield shield--
Something hits your back again and arms close around your chest as the world turns to fire.
====>Be Davven
For a second as you fall you can see the waver of Aradia's shield holding back the inferno. You blink desperately back up -- just one second more, just one, that's all you need, just one single little goddamn second -- and your arms catch fire as they lock around Aradia's body.
Too late. You're both dead.
Here and now, you're dead.
You've never tried this before, always too scared of the consequences, but you're already dead. It's not like you can die twice, and if you take the rest of the universe with you by accident, well fuck it, maybe the universe deserves to burn.
You close your eyes and reach for here and then.
And you blink.
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I was going to cut off after Davven's first POV section, but then I thought that would be mean. *angelic smile*
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continue to part 40
And now to bed. Well, actually and now to figure out how to format this for Tumblr when I can't do all the nice chatlog colors, but eh, details.