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carcinoGenetisist started pestering caliginousAquarium
CG:ERIDAN
CG:ERIDAN COME ONE
CG:GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR NOOK FOR LIKE TWO MINUTES I NEED TO TALK TO YOU
Eridan frowned and put the book he had been reading down, putting his glasses back on
CA: wwhat is it kar?
CG: ITS GAMZEE
CA: your ex pale?
CG: YEAH PURPLE CLOWN WITH ANGER ISSUES
CA: wwhat about him?
CG: I THINK HE'S FINALLY GONE COMPLETELY BONKERS UP A WALL
CG: NEPETA SAYS HES NOT IN THE AIR VENTS ANYMORE
CG: SOLLUX SAYS HE CANT FIND FEFERI
CG: JUST GET YOUR CAPED ASS DOWN HERE OK?
CA: ill be right there
Eridan dog eared the page he had been reading and closed his book. Making sure his crosshairs were equipped, he headed towards the center of the meteor where Karkat had set up the 'leader room' which was really more of a gathering spot for everyone. He walked in and looked around. Not seeing Karkat, he went and sat down next to the only troll in the room "kan. kan whats goin on? all kar told me was to get my ass down here." Not getting a response, he frowned and pushed her shoulder slightly. His touch caused her to topple over, revealing that the side of her head had been bashed in. He gulped in horror. Kanaya wasn't one to go down without a fight. That means that whoever had hit her had snuck up on her. He equipped his second strife-specibus, wand-kind. His old wand had been replaced by a new one that Karkat had made for him. It was obviously just as fake but now it had some idiot clause to it that it only worked when someone's life was in danger. That was only, of course, to hide how fake it was. Gathering himself, he looked around and spotted a trail of jade blood drips on the floor. He followed it, and after a few rooms, the trail turned more brown, then more fuchsia. Not spotting any bodies, he kept moving eventually stopping in front of a closed door. He brandished his crosshairs and opened the door, immidiatley recoiling at what he saw. Apparently Gamzee had been busy.
The room had a table in its center with a frilly tablecloth on it. There were teacups and a teapot and cute tiny plates. In that sense the room was normal as he recognized it as the room where Nepeta held a good amount of her roleplaying events. The disturbing part was how Karkat, Nepeta, Sollux, and Terezi were tied to the chairs around the table. How there were splatters of blue and cerulean blood on the floor in one corner. Looking up he found the owners of that blood, Equius and Vriska, strung from the ceiling, alive but considerably more battered than everyone else in the room. As he stood and tried to take in everything; he heard a loud honk from the doorway. Eridan whirled around to see Gamzee standing there. His eyes were a wide insane red, three scars running across his face. His shirt was torn and the rips revealed more scratches and bruises. One of his hands held a club and the other a clump of dark hair. Kanaya's hair. Still attached to her. Eridan shouldered the crosshairs and aimed towards Gamzee, but before he could pull the trigger,his arm was grabbed and twisted, making him drop the rifle. He stared Gamzee right in the eye as he felt his shoulder slowly being pulled out of its socket.As he desperately figured out what to do he heard Karkat screaming "THE WAND. USE THE WAND." Struggling a bit he equipped the wand and jammed it into Gamzee. Closing his eyes, he yelled the single fakest magical phrase he could think of. There was a flash of green light and the deadlock on his arm loosened. Gamzee crumpled to the ground and Eridan stepped away from him, instead rushing to Karkat and untying him, everyone to stunned to say anything. Once everyone was untied, and Sollux had used his psiionics to get Vriska and Equius down from the ceiling. Everyone felt a bit better. Karkat got Nepeta's hat off of Gamzee and carefully brushed it off before putting it on her head and kissing her forehead. She hugged him then let go and went to soothe Equius before he broke something. Karkat smiled at how quickly everyone had bounced back, he turned . Going over to Kanaya's body he knelt next to her and lifted her head, kissing her. Eridan came and stood next to him, resting his hand on Karkats shoulder "kar. i dont think itll wwork."
"I HAD TO TRY."
"i knoww you did"
They stayed there for a little while longer, Karkat cradling Kanaya's head in his lap. Her skin started to glow brightly and Eridan stepped back a little "is that supposed to happen?"
"UM. NO." Karkat laid Kanaya's head back down and stood up, backing away to be next to Eridan. They watched as she sat up, then stood up. She turned and surveyed the room, heading over to help with bandaging. Vriska left as soon as she saw Kanaya get up, looking as if she had some very important business to take care of. Which was silly obviously as they were all stuck doing nothing on this meteor and the most important thing that could happen would be someone accidently spoiling a movie or book. Eridan and Karkat stood watching everyone holding hands. Nepeta dragged Equius over and stood on the other side of Karkat, twining her fingers in with his. Kanaya grabbed Equius's hand on one side and held Terezi's in the other. Sollux grudgingly joined in, grabbing Eridan and Terezi's hands. They stood like that for a moment, all of them stained with blood or tears or both, either their own or not, before splitting back up. None of them avoided Gamzee's body on their way out of the room, Nepeta and Sollux purposely stepping on it multiple times on the way out of the room after Nepeta saved Equius's glasses.
When they got back to the leader room, they spotted Vriska dragging Tavros and Feferi's bodies to the center of a large red X that had been there for forever. She laid the bodies down the moved away, seeming to be waiting for something. In a second, Aradia appeared and scooped up the bodies, disappearing as soon as she came. Karkat was the first to speak up "VRISKA. WHAT IN THE EVERY LIVING FUCK JUST HAPPENED."
Vriska rolled her eyes "chill your nubs shouty. shell 8e 8ack in a few seconds.
Karkat opened his mouth again but right then the bodies of Feferi and Tavros were back again somehow revived and in their God Tier outfits. After a moment of silence everyone cheered and rushed to them. Once the commotion had died down a bit, they all gathered in a circle on the floor. Over the course of the past year most of them had managed to gain God Tier status in one way or another and now they sat chatting about the pros and cons of their different aspects and classes along with the usual teasing.