do the windy thing.

john finally took the time to divert his eyes from his precious child at the familiar sound of a dorky witch from space. he was wondering the same thing as her but didn't really care to find out why; the point was that they were all together, and casey was with them! maybe he should look for her real mom when he has the chance.

" i don't know! it's pretty cool though, huh? "

holding the little one in his hands, he peeked past jade's shoulder to see casey's kin circle around a particular animal. the fuck was it doing, the truffle shuffle? staring blankly, it was only when even casey was starting to get pissy did he think that he should intervene.

" uh, is the otter your friend? it's about to get ganked by bubbles if we don't get out of here. "

using casey as a mobile bubble blower, he made a bee-line through the crowds of yellow lizards to get to the otter. jade would hopefully follow so that she could pick up the cunning thief who wasn't very cunning. best bet was for them to get back to their village, so --

" -- hurry it up, jade!! "

is this the real life?

cawsicle-blog

And there was another dominating the skies of Arcadios. Sort of.

Davesprite flew around as well. It was what he did.. How he rolled. That and he may as well get used to this new environment, right? Seemed like he was going to be there or awhile… Might as well get cozy.

It was only during his adventure through Arcadios that he noticed a familiar person in the skies with him.. Yupp. John. It had to be… But… The hell was he doing? The sprite hesitated before deciding to follow his friend. Let’s just see what he was doing.

Salamanders…

Davesprite kept himself just above the bubbly, little bundles of joy. His.. Tail thing.. Yeah that. He used that to swat at one of the salamanders who figured he was fishing or something. Do not bite the tail thing, salamanders. Not cool. Now they may have been happy to see John but after his little swat at one of them? The salamanders seemed to be distressed by Davesprite’s presence, blowing more bubbles than usual as they flailed about.

Let’s ignore them.

” hey “

It seemed John had a choice salamander… Weird. But he’d roll with it.

” whos your friend “

john was ignorant to the finicky charsalamanders that grew even more finicky at the sudden entrance of davesprite. he was too entranced with the joining of father and daughter, already hearing the signature theme from the end of con air in his head. a tear welled up in the corner of his eyes, digging his knees into the ground and wrapping his arms around casey.

it was a good thing she still had the clothes on that rose gave her because he could have been hugging a stranger. the consequences would have been... crazy.

doki doki. just when he was about to twirl his body about with casey in his arms, he turned half a circle before seeing the orange creamsicle in the flesh. wow, he was just walking into everyone, wasn't he!? john was the luckiest bastard around, vriska be damned.

" dave! come to chill with the salamanders too? "

at the mentioning of his precious daughter, he held casey up in dave's face. she didn't take too nicely to the fishing rod-sprite, a bubble spouting from its mouth and popping in his face.

" haha, oops. this is casey, my daughter. we've been through a lot before rose took her under her wing. "

karkat's already forgetting about his favorite human.

this is john's deeply saddened face.

“I Have Slowly Been Lightening Up To The Fact That The Imperial Drone No Longer Exists And That Filial Pails No Longer Have Any Effect On Our Reproduction Process”

But come on, Egbert- Rude!! These are just not things you say in polite company.

it was typical of egbert to bring up buckets at least once with every troll he crossed paths with. now that he had met his quota, he had no thoughts of bringing it up yet again. still, he had the goofiest of grins plastered on his face.

" maaaaybe, maaaaybe not! arcadios couldn't have brought trolls to the world without accommodating you guys. "

so kinky, john.

“I Have Encountered Dave Previously However I Have Not Seen Him Within Arcadios”

But, being a spying creep is so fun! John, you really should try it sometime.

It was, of course, more difficult to forget so many conversations when they all happened within the span of half a month. She remembered them relatively well.

“I Like To Think My Mental Faculties Remain In Check”

" well, that's good! as fun as it is to talk to karkat, he's straight out of the loony place. you kind of remind me of rose. "

excellent guess, egbert. you deserve a gold star and brownies.

ew, wait. you hate brownies. get the fuck out.

" so how goes the troll thing? is it treating you well here? i've seen quiteee a few buckets, so you better watch yourself. "

The whole grey skin and horns thing was also kind of a give away, really.

There was seldom few occasions she could recall having conversed with this particular one. Neither of them particularly memorable, but perhaps at this juncture, with the lack of impending asteroidy doom as a stress factor, a friendship could develop. Maybe?

“It Is A Pleasure To Meet You Again

I Do Not Believe I Have Encountered Dave Yet”

#john IS pretty adorbs #but it's ok #i got glue

mind you, john didn't have the benefit of seeing many trolls in his lifetime. he lacked the omniscient computers that could skip along any part of a human's timeline and spy on them 24/7. what a bunch of creeps.

" a troll that hasn't talked to dave yet? i guess that explains why your sanity is still there. i think. it is still there, right? "

his interactions with the trolls over the years that led to sburb were kind of blurry. he tried his best to block them out of his memory when they weren't vital to enhance his chances of survival.

if no one replies to that open, i ain't even mad.

i'll just reblog it over and over and make a fanfic.

#ooc #SUE ME

is this the real life?

or is this just fantasy?

he was beginning to get the grasp on how arcadios worked. sort of. all of the trolls, the kids, the other kids.. they seemed to be grouped together with a bunch of other people in similar situations. it didn't apply to just them, though. he was beginning to notice a few chess guys from skaia sprinkled in the polis doing random tasks for owners of businesses. it was comforting that all of jade's hard work didn't just disappear.

but he was beginning to wonder about someone in particular. and when he starts to wonder, he starts to wander. that wandering continued for hours, flying throughout the vast lands of arcadios to see if he could find someone in particular. it's not like they blended in with the local wildlife. they were yellow in shape and blew out bubbles more than those little loopy things that you got as a kid.

as he began to approach the grand lake of hevia, he never thought he would actually find the answer to the nagging question in the back of his mind. an enclave of salamanders were formed with the remnants of whatever was left from his homeworld, and his eyes almost watered with joy. now to find the needle in the haystack.

john passed through their little village as they looked at him in awe, obviously equally happy that they found the heir of breath once more. it was a glorious reunion that didn't top the echeladder of perfection until he found--

-- her.

oh my god i found you how the fuck did you even get here holy shit

#zodiakos #zodiakos open

“John Human I Require Your Knowledge Of Mind Altering Substances Commonly Used By Your Species”

#i have the best john icons

how the hell did this girl know his name? oh, wait.

" i was kind of confused on how you knew me, but the human part is kind of a dead giveaway. hi, troll stranger! "

" uh, you're barking up the wrong tree with that question. that sounds like something more in dave's territory. "

unless video games were a mind altering substance.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Jade wasn’t protective, she was sensitive!! Having a hyper sensitive flap of skin and fur to hear with x 2 was really hard to deal with, okay.

Big difference!

“No, John stop!!!”

But, as he would soon scratch and itch at her dog ears instead, Jade was melted like hot butter. Buttah, I say.

Jade’s foot started tapping in sync with John’s scratches, an obvious nod to how dogs shake their legs when getting their tummies rubbed. Panting just a bit, she murmured in a huffy and unimpressed tone, although she truly was.

“Grrrr…. no fair that’s .. woof.. cheating!!”

heh! what an amusing sight that fell before him. it wasn't like this was his first time turning the tables of battle in his advantage. she had many a weakspot ever since fusing with bec and jadesprite, and he made sure to humor her whenever an opening was found.

her leg was rattling more than when she had a robo version of herself. his eyes honed in on the rhythmic pattern she made, noticing how the harder he scratched, the more frantic it got. it was only when he started to think that he may have irritated her scalp did he finally retract his hand, blowing air against his fingers like they were a gun.

a gun that shot awesome itches, anyway.

" okay, we're getting off topic now. we came here to look at all the pretty plants, so lets actually get a move on. "

meanwhile, john had a bit of a vacation.

but he's back now. and apparently in need of baking some pies to prevent a mass murder spree.

#ooc #sup

oh hell no.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

“Yeah….. I think so too. I can practically hear his caws already…”

Jade said with a nod, a confident small smile forming across her thinned lips. Things worked out, right? Maybe it was her connection to space, but in some weird cosmic kind of way, things would be okay.

With a fade of her smile, her eyebrows narrowed.

“I don’t think you’re too much of a douchebag. I’ve dealt with Karkat remember??” Of course, she was teasing, holding at her ears while she let a soft giggle slip from her throat. “Then again you are pretty protective over your video games… and movies…”

Narrowing her eyes in a faux defensive state, she’d soon have a reason. As he grabbed a hold of her ears, a low growl slipped past her throw and her teeth would latch onto his forearm, looking at him with a confused look. Her slightly sharpened canines loosened, pulling away with nothing but red on her face as she looked away.

“I didn’t mean to! I’m sorry.”

those dreaded caws and woofs were something that john dealt with for the past year, so it was a change of pace not to hear it at every given moment. now that he had crossed paths with his ectosibling once again, the woofs and dog-like mannerisms returned. not that he didn't mind them!

" karkat's a full-time douchebag. i'm only part-time. "

huffing out defensively, he continued to tug at her ears a few times until he felt her canines sink down into his arm. he yelped out and jumped backwards out of surprise. it wasn't particularly painful, but her teeth was sharp enough to cause a tiny pang of discomfort. rubbing at the marks left over on his skin, he stared at her with a bit of an amused face.

" seems like you're protective over your ears! we need to fix that. "

fingers found themselves latched onto her ears from behind yet again, but he didn't yank and pull this time. instead, he pressed his fingernails against her scalp and itched at the space between her ears. eventually he even moved his hands behind her ears to scratch there too.

" even if you want to bite me, now you can't. i win! "

they must have had ADD or something, because they were basically ignoring the atrium they found themselves in just to play around.

DAVESPRITEEEEEEE

cawsicle-blog

hey

you guys left me on that ship with a bunch of nakodiles salamanders and the mayor

not cool

sup

it's not like we volunteered to get sucked off the ship after a year of hanging out. i was actually having fun!

besides, i thought you were buddy-buddy with the crocs. i secretly thought you were better friends with them than us.

DAVESPRITEEEEEEE

JUST PICTURE YOURSELF AS ORANGE AND WITH BANDAGES ON YOUR STOMACH

#ooc

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

“I guess!! Sometimes you just have this feeling in your gut, you know?”

Jade hadn’t met Dave before meeting John in this whacky scenario, so how she dealt with that was beyond her. But, they never worried too much about seeing each other or going back to their lives. Even if it took 3 years.

“Maybe even Davesprite but… I think I would have seen a big orange bird person.”

Jade leaned over the little stones that held the pond up, letting her finger trail across the surface. The ripples extended out towards the lily pads, making the butterfly fly off.

“Awwww. You’re always so nice to me!!”

Jade beamed, but reached up to hide at her ears. “Hey, they’re just ears. No fair that you got a cool hood and I get ears.”

and a tail, but she kept that quiet.

jade always was an optimist. the good thing was that so was john. he grinned and gave a brief nod to the gut feeling she had, now filled with excitement that he would eventually see his bro dave for the first time, and actually talk to rose when she is coherent. being in a world that wasn't full of salamanders and crocodiles changed things, it seemed.

" i think davesprite will pop up eventually. the bastard refuses to die! "

he even survived doomed timelines. such a badass. but he wasn't freaking out over seeing them too much. jade and john had gotten closer over time because of them being stuck together, and even if their 3-year trip was interrupted, they got to continue it in arcadios!

" i'm not always nice to you. i can be quite the douchebag if you're goofing off too much. "

it was just a slight tease, of course. as she tried to hide her ears, he snickered and reached his hands out to tug at the ends of them. she was extra sensitive with being touched there and he couldn't help but take advantage of that albeit briefly.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Leave it to Jade to believe the lies that slipped past the windy boy’s lips. Her hands were still pushed against her mouth, holding back squeals as she examined the area.

As they both ventured inside, she was trying to focus those emerald eyes on one thing but failed! Everything caught her attention. From the bright cerulean petals of a hanging Bell Flower to the large roots of a nearby baby oak tree.

She adverted her attention to John, then to the plant that he was pointing to. She walked a bit closer.

“Um do you really think I should?” Of course, she wasn’t serious but she knew how to joke back. “That sounds like a dumb idea, John. Maybe you should do it first.”

But, Jade’s attention was gone. Much like that of a dog. A wandering butterfly would catch her attention and she’d grab the boy by his wrist, yanking him towards the creature that landed on a small lilypad that rested on a tiny pond.

“Oh my god!!! Look they even have lily pads!” We have to bring Rose and Dave here sometime!!! Dave can rap here and Rose can write and hey maybe the trolls like plants too ahhh! This place is so great, John.”