Storytime with Aranea Serket

Hello there! Welcome to my library. I'm looking through my history books right now. If you have a little time to spare, perhaps I could interest you in a story or two?

[ask-aranea]

Do you know of any history between Dualscar and Redglare on Alternia?

I’m not really sure. There’s so many different timelines, so the possi8ilities are honestly endless. If you give me a specific timeline, I can see what I can find out, certainly.

[ask-aranea]

Tell us your favorite bedtime story!

Oh, well I have so many of them! It would 8e easier if you asked me to read you yours. ::::)

[ask-aranea]

What are those 'deathless' you've mentioned?

Well, much like on Alternia, the dead rise during the day. However, unlike on Alternia, our dead were kind. They told stories, they didn’t attack. They give us inform8tion on the past, in the hopes that the terri8le deeds done, 8oth 8y our people and not, are not repeated.

[ask-aranea]

How did romance on Beforus differ from romance on Alternia?

Well, romance did have the four quadrants like they did on Alternia. 8ut the redrom was not 8ased on pity. Matespritships were 8ased more on care and kindness than pity, as were Moiraillegiances. We were a lot kinder than the Alternians, after all.

[ask-aranea]

Are any of your friends atheistic/nonreligious?

Well, I know Rufioh is Spiritual, not Religious. And yes, there is a difference. Cronus, I know, views all religion as fake. I wouldn’t ask Kankri, 8ecause he’ll spend the next few hours talking a8out it and dodging the question. Horuss is very superstitious. I do not quite know about anything else. It never really comes up for any of us.

[ask-aranea]

i think the real question here is why are you so fr*ckin adorable

Ah… You think I am adora8le? Thank you. I am not sure why you would think that, 8ut I appreci8te the compliment anyway.

[ask-aranea]

So what is Cro's view on his alternates, if he doesn't get along with them /that/ well?

Well they are Amporas. Amporas in general can’t stand each other. Cronus is a very extreme example of this.

[ask-aranea]

I've seen a couple homestucks get asks with just the word, "Shades," do you know anything about this?

I am… Not sure. I certainly haven’t done anything of that n8ture.

[ask-aranea]

Dang girl, I was rooting for you! Why do you have be such a beeyatch?!

Well I am a Serket, after all. Need I remind you who I 8ecame on Alternia? I , 8eing a Sylph of Light, do not have to play 8y the same rules as everyone else. I am going to m8ke everything okay again. That way everything 8ad will 8e undone. And I will m8ke certain that none of this ever happens again.

[ask-aranea]

Why are you all acting so surprised 8y this development?

I am a Serket. We all know who I ended up as on Alternia. It had to 8e in here somewhere. :::;)

[ask-aranea]

You all wanted to know about the 8eforan ancestors!

Here they are!

[ask-aranea]

I 8elieve Meenah thinks she has a crush on Karkat. He is, after all, the only one she spoke to who was even remotely interested in joining her crusade against Lord English. She instantly clung to him like a lifeline, as she is a very needy person. She is not the kind of troll who enjoys solitude. She has to 8e around others or she will wither away. She will never admit to any of this, 8ut it’s why she is a8le to put up with people like Kankri, who she can’t stand. 8ecause if she doesn’t she will lose others as a result of her not 8eing around him. She is quite the frightened little wriggler when you actually look at her.

[ask-aranea]

Do I strike you as the type to get any sort of 8ody modific8tion? No, I could never 8ring myself to it. Meenah tried to drag me along to get her tongue piercing and did her 8est to convince me to get something done as well. Needless to say, I chickened out and w8ted for her outside the shop. I’ve never 8een very good with needles and things of that nature. At least not when they are in anyone’s hands 8ut my own.

[ask-aranea]

Porrim’s tattoos? I am not quite sure what got it in her head to get those. I 8elieve it had something to do with 8r8king away from the roles of her caste. Tattoos were something re8ellious, just as those piercings she has are. Almost everything she did while on 8eforus was to cut herself away from the tasks as a Jade 8lood. Even now, she doesn’t quite want to go 8ack to that life, 8ut she is more willing to accept her duties. Sadly it is a 8it l8te for that.

[ask-aranea]

Ah yes. I was w8ting to get this question. I have heard that a gr8t many people seem to think that Meenah and myself are M8tesprits, when this is simply not true. To 8e perfectly honest, our feelings toward each other run a fair 8it paler than that. I look after her, and she does the same for me. I can usually keep her from going off the deep end, and she does likewise. She is one of the 8est friends I could ever ask for, and I am happy to call myself her Moirail.

[ask-aranea]

Ummmmmmmm…well yes Latula and I do spend some time together on occasion. Though I fail to see why you would 8ring your own thoughts on my friend to my attention. True enough that she is very pretty, 8ut she’s t8ken, as far as I know, and she’s not exactly my type. I honestly don’t think either you or I could keep up with her. ::::)

[ask-aranea]

How dare you! I am a good friend of Cronus’ and I’m not allowed to m8k fun of him all that often, and certainly not to say things like that! You should 8e ashamed of yourself. 8elieve it or not, Cronus is a good troll and a fantastic friend. Not to mention that his music is actually pretty good. When people like you say this do you even realize how much you’re hurting him? Do you? Now I’m going to stop myself there 8efore I start sounding like Kankri, 8ut to answer your extremely rude and improper question, no. It is most certainly not true. Have you even met Porrim? The two of them meet fairly regularly if I recall correctly.