Karkat Vantas

Brand: (M) Slave: Kanaya Maryam Mood: Depressed Bucket Count: 0 Quadrant bands: 0 Other: None

[kandescent]

  “Smashed it into a rock? How did that happen?” She asked, a defined furrowing of her brows as she looks over the mutants whole person, scoping to see if there was anything else that was wrong. Before she could even answer his query, she felt herself being pulled along. Kanaya let Karkat take her with little to no protest. Well, none at all actually. The sound of water was nice, had her hoping she’d get this migrane to clear up. That’s what it must have been, dehydration! How long was she out for, gosh. “I think I am alright.” A pause, “To be honest I’m not sure how long I was out for.”

Almost forgetting about her second placed question, the space player found her fingers lacing in with Karkat’s. His hands felt warm, comforting even. That thought was shattered when he spoke again, however. So he didn’t have a clue either. But given that Karkat said it’s not too bad, it must be actually quite a nice place for the most part, at least now. “How long have you been here?” Though it hadn’t struck her they probably arrived at the same time. He looked like he’s traveled more than not.

Careful, Kanaya stepped over small rocks and spouts, not wanting anything close to another fall. It was when she looked over to Karkat that the trickling of water came to her ears, though it was quite. They must be close! This in mind, Kanaya smiled to herself and gave a small nod. Things are okay. Everything would be alright.

[crabtured]

Karkat sighed softly as he led Kanaya up to a fresh water spring. Guess he had to explain how he hurt himself as well. Trouble is, he wasn't exactly certain what happened between the time of the crash and waking up. "I don't know. I think I just fell onto it or something extremely asinine." 

Well, at least she wasn't hurt, well at least too terribly. The rainbow drinker wouldn't be randomly falling over if she was perfectly fine after all.Unfortunately for him, he didn't have the know how, or the nose, to pick out any plant life to use as medicine. Sometime he may have to get Terezi to sit down and tell him what plant does what considering how easily she used the right plants to help heal his injuries. At least he knew enough that chewing on one would help ease stomach pain. 

Feeling Kanaya's fingers lace together with his own, the knight glanced down at their intertwined hands for a moment before continuing on to the little stream. After a beat, he squeezed her hand gently as if to reassure her that everything would be alright. 

"I don't know how long I have been here. It feels like I've been here for far too fucking long though." All he wanted to do was curl up in his recuperacoon and find that this whole mess was just a horrible, never ending nightmare. A very scarring, horrifying nightmare that will leave a lasting impression for years to come. "I think I've only been wandering around for a few hours though."

While Kanaya was graceful and managed to step over several of the obstacles that started to appear in their way, Karkat was definitely not. He tripped and stumbled many times, swearing loudly after each near tumble to the ground. Unintentionally he started to squeeze her hand a little harder, afraid that if he let go he would actually fall and hurt himself even more than before. Seeing the clear water babble along its rocky bed, he let out a little sigh of relief. Apparently walking was too big of a task for him to handle right now. Some rest would do him some good. "Here we are. Drink as much water as you need."

[kandescent]

  Kanaya had actually been pretty okay up until that point. Maybe it was that she stood up too fast, or the way her whole body felt weak. Wait- No, no that definitely wasn’t a normal thing. After resting in the grass for a moment, just as she tried to get up, the sylph heard a shrill scream. Well, not so much a scream as it was a squeak, but soon after tangible words followed. They sounded familiar- the voice they belonged to at least.

It wasn’t until this person was at her side that Kanaya could make anything out. At this point she’d gotten on her knees and managed steady herself. While her vision was uncharacteristically blurry, she was able to make out who it was. Karkat! Oh, dear sweet Karkat.

Rather than obliged his question with a proper response, the Virgo merely leans in to hug him, almost falling over again. But she’d gotten enough balance in her to keep it from ending poorly. She held him tightly, for what she can at least, and nuzzles right into his neck. After a moment, she realized her hands hand been touching flesh, rather than a shirt which should have been there. She pulled away before coming to the conclusion that she was over reacting to seeing him, and felt rather silly about it. But could she really blame herself?

Still foregoing a decent response, Kanaya looks at Karkat’s- shirt. On his head. “Are you- alright?” She asked, almost a whisper. God, her voice was so hoarse. “Where are we?”

[crabtured]

Karkat barely had enough time to assess Kanaya's condition when he found himself being pulled into a rather tight hug. Blinking in surprise, he slowly returns the gesture. Feeling her nuzzle his neck drew a slight shiver through his body, memories of when she fed from him rushing through his mind at full force. Despite that, he did his best to relax. The way she was acting definitely didn't allude to her searching for a quick meal. 

As the jade blood pulled away, he let out a little breath he had no idea he was holding in. Guess having her so close to his neck seemed to affect him more than he thought. Well...despite the look of surprise on her face, she seemed to be alright, and that was all that mattered at the moment. 

Groaning internally as she glanced up at his head, the mutant could already predict the question that was going to be thrown his way. However, the raspy tone in her voice chased away all the irritation he was already preemptively feeling for himself. "Yeah, I'm fine now. I just smashed my fucking think pan against a fucking rock, but Terezi helped me out so I'm ok. Are you ok? You sound like you need some water. I can take you to one of the nearby streams I found." He started as he took one of Kanaya's hands and gently tugged her into the direction he came. 

So focused on bringing his friend to a nearby water source, Karkat nearly forgot to answer her second question. It was when he was halfway to the small stream that he remembered. "I don't know where we are in this rancid barkbeast shit universe we have been trapped in but so far it hasn't been completely terrible." Looking up at her, he sighed. "How long were you stuck in that field?"

[kandescent]

It must have been the sun that finally woke Kanaya from her dreamless sleep. Wait- sleep? Had it been a restful slumber, her head probably wouldn’t be throbbing like it was right then. Sitting up, the sylph crossed her legs, immediately holding her head as she rubbed at her temples. Oh, god, no this wasn’t helping. Even if it wasn’t, sitting here wouldn’t exactly be an option, not with the bugs that had been crawling on her! Mostly in surprise, the unfortunate Maryam shot up, brushing off twigs, insects, and whatever else that had accumulated on her person. 

In all of her floundering about, Kanaya finally took a deep breath when she realized it was alright. For the most part. The sun was out, her head was aching something fierce, but she was alive. And it dawned on her, she wasn’t there any more. That horrible, horrible place. Almost in disbelief, the jadeblood felt for her neck with her fingers. The skin was bumpy and smoothed over in some areas. That must have been her branding. Looking around, Kanaya wondered if maybe her collar had fallen off, but it was nowhere in sight. 

Rather than let her horrid scars hang in the open, Kanaya kneeled down in the grass and felt for them hem of her skirt, a place least likely to fray. After bearing herself for what she was about to do, the sylph ripped the bottom segment of cloth from her precious skirt. God that was harder than it should have been. Soon she stood back up, leaning against a large, single tree in the area. The grass was at least two feet tall, it was no wonder someone, or something, didn’t find her when she was down.

That was the question, where was ‘here’?

As she pondered the question, Kanaya tied the even strip around her neck, a neat bow in the back. She couldn’t see it by any means, but she was sure it would hide her scars. 

Taking a step from the tree, slowly easing off from it, Kanaya stumbled before falling back into the grass! Ugh, she was so… Weak. How long could she have been out for? Instead of getting back up, however, Kanaya stayed on her place. Getting up was so hard.

[crabtured]

After getting patched up by Terezi, and somehow finding something edible to gain his strength, againg, thanks to Terezi. Karkat was now ambling though the tall grass, a bundle of medicinal herbs and berries for food shoved in his pockets. The bandage made out of...well..his whole shirt covered his head, making him feel ratehr ridiculous. At least he could see, that was all that mattered. 

Currently, he was wondering if it really was a good idea to explore this large open field he had been trudging through for a good twenty minutes. Sure, he could see everything and most things that were larger than him wouldn't be able to hide too well unless they crouched into the tall grass. Yet at the same time, there was no where to hide. If anything decided to attack him, then the knight would have to haul some serious ass to get away. Arguing the merits of exploring this field in his head, he nearly missed something rise out of the grass like a zombie. Letting out an undignified squeak when he saw it, he fell into the tall grass so fast he nearly face planted. 

Heart racing, he took several slow, deep breaths to calm himself as he tried to get a good look at whatever creature just decided to make its presence known. Peering through the long blades of grass, he managed to catch the silhouette of it and.....it looked like Kanaya. Holding his breath, he crawled closer, wanting to get a better look. There was always  chance his mind was playing tricks on him, especially considering his rather severe head injury that he was recovering from.

Watching her tear her skirt nearly made Karkat scramble away. No way would Kanaya tear something she owned. She loved all the fashion crap for some reason. Upon closer inspection, seeing the jade look alike use the strip to tie a tasteful bow around her neck, covering some kind of slight discoloration somehow made him calm down. It reminded him too much of the way the rainbow drinker tied Eridan's purple cape around herself after getting a hole blasted through it. 

It looked as though the maybe-Kanaya was about to start moving again. Shifting away, the knight nearly considered just hanging around until it did a Maryam-esque thing, when she just fell back into the grass. Alarmed, all thought of stealth evaporated as he pushed himself up and rushed over to his fallen friend. 

"Kanaya! Are you alright?" He called out worriedly, wincing slightly from the volume of his voice. Head pounding, he ignored it in favor of helping the taller troll. At least now he knew for sure it was her once he was up close. "Do you need help?"

[crabtured]

Awaken

[ropes-of-fate]

  Terezi set the bowl aside and bounced onto her feet easily enough, raising an eyebrow as he spoke. “You know it would help if your back was clean too, I swear Karkat you have always been a bit of a moron, both an endearing and worrisome trait.” She laughed, moving past him she lightly brushed her fingers against his shoulder before moving to splash some water onto his back in order to help clean out the infections. It was a lucky thing the body of water they were near seemed to be fairly clean, so the chances of the cuts getting further infected seemed less likely. Assuming they were/even would get infected at all.

Once she was near positive that he was cleaned off she moved back to grab the rock holding the contents of mashed up herbs and various plants. Soon enough she was back in front of Karkat, all but shoving him down onto a large rock to sit and dipping her fingers into the salve- gathering a decent amount and beginning to gently coat the deeper injuries. Even without her sight it was easy to tell where they were located, each one gave off a beautiful scent- though Karkat would probably find it creepy if she went off and told him that. But the candy-red blood flowing through his veins made it particularly easy. Red was her favorite color, and was one of the brightest ones that caught her attention.

After a few moments she moved to coating his chest, fingers gently brushing along gray skin. Her own eyes were closed now, lips pressed together and humming a slight tune. Soon enough though she pulled away and couldn’t help but breathing in deeply- his scent was after all too alluring to her. Especially when she finally had the chance to once more experience this banquet of delicious scents once more. It made it all the more enticing.

"You always did have the best blood." She couldn’t help commenting on it, but offered up what was left of the salve. "I can’t tell how bad your head is, so I figured you can treat that yourself. I don’t exactly want to wind up making you gush out more blood by making a wrong move with my hands." Granted she knew what she was doing, sweeps of FLARPing and the game proved to help her when it came right down medical attention.

[crabtured]

Karkat only grumbled once he started to receive Terezi's 'help' when it came to cleaning his injuries. His controlled movements to at least keep some of himself dry seemed to be utterly destroyed thanks to all her splashing. Oh well...she was trying to help him and the slight sting on his back definitely meant that she wasn't just doing this because she wanted to get him soaking wet. Though that may just be the added bonus.

Once she pulled away, the mutant started to get up when he found himself shoved right on his ass once more. Swearing to himself, he bit his tongue when he saw why the teal blood so roughly pushed him down. Probably best to not start some stupid argument while she treats his wounds. He did still need her help after all. So instead of complaining like normal, he just remained quiet and let her smear the crushed paste into his injuries.

The comment about his blood had the little trolls nose wrinkling in distaste. Why...why did she have to bring up his blood again? He knew she loved red, but damn it he absolutely loathed that color. Specifically the color of his own blood. Bright fucking red. The most noticeable shade of red that ever existed. At least it was in his opinion. "Whatever." He responded bitterly, looking away from her slightly blood stained hands. That was enough red for him today.

Grabbing the offered salve, he slowly started to apply it to his head, wincing every so often when his fingers ran over a particularly sensitive spot. After an agonizingly long time, at least in his opinion, Karkat finished. Huffing softly to himself, he gently set the rock down, not wanting to spill what was left inside. "OK. Now what?"

[crabtured]

Awaken

[ropes-of-fate]

  "My mouth is clean! I only ever got sick once from licking something." The female huffed, folding her arms and sticking her tongue out at the other. It was true though, her mouth was clean and that’s all that truly mattered. It’s not like she didn’t have basic hygiene. Besides, whatever bacteria she had on her tongue essentially killed off anything harmful to her.

 Regardless within moments she grabbed the nearest two rocks- a larger one with a bit of a curve to it, and a smaller one in which would be used to smash the plants with. It wasn’t hard, Terezi placed the proper herbs and foliage into the bowl-like-rock and got to work on grinding them into something of a salve. This was taken place as Karkat changed of course. It wasn’t long before she had the ointment done.

With a sigh she ran her fingers through her short, choppy hair. This successfully messed it up further- not that a single fuck was given about it. Honestly she wondered if there was anything she could do to make cloth strips, and it was doubtful Karkat would want an animal pelt torn apart and wrapped around his injuries… so that was out. She could always remove her shirt and use it to soak up some water and clean Karkat’s injuries out- if only because hers was black instead of gray and wouldn’t exactly get stained. 

"So, grumpy Mc. grumps a lot, you need to clean your gashes out! I could offer up my shirt, but that’s about it." Not exactly something she cared if she did either way, after all she had a bra on underneath so it wasn’t a huge deal. Not that she was the most modest person out there. "Otherwise we’d have to find a cotton plant, or something to soak up some water and I can’t say I’ve seen any around here."

[crabtured]

Rolling his eyes, Karkat decided to just drop the argument about how clean Terezi's mouth really was. It was too much work to make an argument about how her mouth could possibly be carrying some kind of disease. It would just end with him getting jabbed with her makeshift cane again or something anyways.

Dipping his clothes into the water, he watched the blood that soaked his shirt slowly taint the stream with his candy red fluids. Wrinkling his nose in disapproval about the color, he sighed. Eventually he turned his head away from the stream, deciding to focus on something else. Terezi smashing plant matter into a paste was definitely something else that was mildly engaging. Oddly enough, he found himself relating to the little paste. That was literally how his head felt right at this moment. Hopefully that was enough to not just help his injuries heal but also relieve some of the pain as well.

When the teal blood offered up her shirt for him to use, Karkat eyes opened so wide it almost looked like they were going to fall out of his sockets."What? NO! Keep your shirt on! Fuck!" He could feel his face heating up just at the thought of her taking off her shirt. It was bad enough finding her without pants on back on the meteor. Sure, she wasn't in that bad of a situation anymore but he would rather not be around her while she was topless. 

To prove to her that she really didn't have to give up her shirt, Karkat started splashing water up into his cuts and scrapes, crudely washing his injuries that way instead. Besides, being mostly naked, wet and bloody in the middle of the wilderness was making him rather uneasy. Whatever made this go faster would definitely be appreciated. "Lets just hurry and get that shit on me before something worse happens." 

[crabtured]

Awaken

[be2thackerever-deactivated20210]

  Karkat complaining about noise for once? That was different. Usually he was the loudest asshole in the whole group. Did something happen? Climbing out of the stream, he moved closer to the shorter troll and knelt down besides his friend. Holy shit Karkat looked awful. The Cancer had cuts and scratches all over him. Sollux knew how the mutant felt about having his blood color shown and right now it was on display for anyone that was on the planet to see. "What the fuck happened to you?!" The yellow spoke quietly. He could see the injuries on the other’s head and wasn’t surprised if he had a nasty headache. He wanted to look Karkat over completely just to see the extent of his injuries but just by looking at the smaller horned troll it was obvious he was in a lot of pain. "KK, we need to find you placthe to restht for a while. Can you even sthtand up on your own?" Sollux was used to being battered around but he was horrified to find Karkat in his current condition. All the happiness he felt inside transformed into concern and worry in an instant. He was debating on using his psionics to carry the smaller troll no matter how many protests were given but he wasn’t sure if his fever was completely cleared up after spending some time floating down stream. If he wasn’t completely well yet, using his abilities could make him unstable again.  Letting out a sigh, he weighed the pros and cons of the situation. If Karkat couldn’t move very well, it would be better to move his best friend for him. But if his fever hasn’t left yet, the results could be disastrous too. Although at the moment he was far more concerned about Karkat than himself. Maybe if he found a relaxing location for the both of them, they could just rest together and catch up on lost time. Almost anything was better than this area. Too many sharp and jagged rocks for Karkat to fall on and hurt himself even further.

[crabtured]

Even with Sollux speaking quietly it still felt a little too loud for the mutant blood. Though he was thankful that the yellow blood was trying to accommodate for him. The question directed at him drew out a soft, unamused laugh. Wasn't it obvious what happened to him? Of course he knew what his friend meant and there was no way he was going to snark at the only person around who could help him.

"I was thrown probably from the fucking ship when it blew the fuck up and was thrown like a useless ragdoll into this field of the sharpest rocks in existence. That's what happened." Karkat muttered irritably, not liking to think about how he got so hurt. At least the area seemed relatively safe. No hunger crazed animals had tried to hunt him down yet or anything. 

The thought of standing up made his stomach turn uncomfortably. Sitting up into this kneeling position had him swimming in a mild case of nausea that thankfully cleared up rather quickly. Standing would most likely be pushing it just a little too much. He really didn't need to deal with whatever terrible repercussions he may face from just attempting to stand.

"No. It was hard enough trying to sit up while feeling like some bulge sniffing asshole is repeatedly beating me over the head with a fucking rock." God..this pulsing pain in his head was starting to get to be too much for him. All he wanted to do was just lay down and sleep...but wasn't it bad for someone to sleep with a head injury? Maybe. Vaguely he remembered that through the mind numbing ache that took over his head. Whatever the case, he did his best to remain awake, not wanting to worsen his condition any further. 

"Where would we even go?" Karkat finally asked as he looked around the area. Nowhere around here looked safe for him to just rest and recover. "Did you find a cave or something somewhere?"

[crabtured]

Awaken

[ropes-of-fate]

  Of course Terezi couldn’t have any bit of fun with Karkat, that made sense. He was never much of the fun type, usually rained on her parades to be honest! It was almost a wonder she was bothering to help him. It wasn’t a wonder at all though, the Libra would always have a soft spot for the grumpy little asshole somewhere in her bloodpusher even if it was in the darkest, dampest part.

That didn’t stop her from huffing and stomping her food on the ground in annoyance though. “My tongue isn’t putrid! If anything yours is more vile and reeks of the stench of the words spewing out of them! They’re oh so very rancid and I can smell them off of your breath. It’s gross.” She sucked on her bottom lip for a minute, thinking. His injuries must have been fairly severe, she was certain the scent wafting into her nostrils were in fact that of still fresh blood. Of course she could be wrong, all she knew was that Karkat had bled a lot, and that wasn’t good.

Alright so she was grateful when Karkat had shifted her head so she was actually LOOKING at him, regardless her expression remained more serious now. What would a good price be for the herbs? Honestly it didn’t particularly matter, she was more or less toying with him by saying that anyway. The least she could do was keep the facade of a deal going! 

"A price I have yet to decide of course! I am going to hang a favor over your head like a newly prepared noose, so you better be ready for it when the time comes!" She grinned, what a perfect proposal. A favor for a favor, if she would ever come up with something for him to do for her, she was all set in the cane department- assuming Sollux pulled through for her, and of course he would. The Gemini was always good on his word.

Terezi sorted through her pockets, pulling out a few plants of varying shades and sizes. “You’re going to need to take your clothes off anyway and wash off. Before you even interject on the matter, I AM blind, it’s not like I’ll see anything. We’re by a river so it’s fine. I need to go about turning these into something more of a salve. If any are still bleeding- which is hard to tell considering you reek of blood- then let me know. We’ll have to make makeshift bandages in that case.” Most likely out of clothes. She didn’t mind ripping apart the bottom of her jeans if she had to.

[crabtured]

"It's really fucking hard to tell with how much you use your tongue. What if you licked something that would give me some kind of horrifying, vomit inducing illness if I let you lick me?" Karkat countered, remembering how many times on the meteor he witnessed her licking her computer screen. Who knows how clean those really were. What if she carried some bacteria on her tongue from all of that? Bacteria that she had to be immune to since all she does is lick things. Well...lick and sniff things.

Though, he regretted snapping back at her. The slight rise in volume seemed to make his head throb even worse now than before. Wincing slightly, he slowly reached up and pressed his palm against his forehead in an attempt to soothe the pain. It didn't really help, but it did make him feel a little better that he could actually touch his head and not recoil in horrible pain. Guess not everything was terrible quite yet. It was just mostly awful.

That little wicked grin that always seemed to shine on Terezi's face felt a little more foreboding this time around. A favor huh? It could literally be anything and he wasn't certain he wanted to owe the teal blood for what could be completely terrible for him. Though....it was better than just bleeding out everywhere. "Fine, but if it's pants on head stupid then I won't do it!" Who is he kidding, yes he would.

Grumbling softly to himself, he started to pull off his clothes in order to wash them. He did remain quiet as she explained what she was doing and why it didn't matter if he were nude. Yeah, he knew she couldn't see, but he still didn't like just being so exposed in the middle of nowhere, where anyone could just walk up and see him. 

Removing his shirt revealed more cuts and scrapes along his back that had started to coagulate. They stung slightly as they hit the open air, drawing out a low hiss from the mutant blood. God he hoped none of those were infected. 

[crabtured]

Awaken

[be2thackerever-deactivated20210]

  It felt like hours had gone by before Sollux had came across a new terrain. Judging by the scent in the air, he also came by a source of water. Water actually sounded really good right now, even if it was coming out of the ground and not from a faucet in his kitchen. Even though he had nothing to protect him from the elements, maybe he would set up camp temporarily. Hopefully there would be some sort of shelter judging from all the rocks that were around. Not long after being able to smell the stream, he had come across the source of smell. It looked wonderfully cold. If it was, he was just going lay in it for a while. Perhaps allow himself to float along and see if he could discover and even great body of water. Swimming wasn’t the best idea ever, but he was still burning up and anything cold, even water sounded good to him. Going straight for the refreshing water, Sollux sank his hands into it and was very pleased from the temperature. It wasn’t as cold as he would of liked, but it was cold enough. Cupping his hands, he took a few drinks of it before allowing himself to just fall in. The current wasn’t so strong that he couldn’t get out if he wanted to. Even if he couldn’t swim out, flying was always an option too. Though he wasn’t sure whatever was inside his head would prevent flight. Allowing himself to float down the stream for a while, enjoying the only sound around him being water moving by. He was cloud watching for a while until he floated past another person and saw him out of the corner of his eye. Quickly stopping his water adventure, he allowed his body to sink into the water and prevent himself from floating any further away. The red. Those nubby horns. It couldn’t be. “KK?!”

[crabtured]

Wincing from the shout, Karkat weakly looked up at whomever was calling for him. It was a little hard to pinpoint exactly where it was coming from with the way the world seemed to spin around him. Apparently slowly lifting his head was a little too fast for his poor, battered brain to handle. Swearing softly to himself, he managed to look in Sollux's general direction, doing his best to focus on him. 

"...Sollux?" Blinking rapidly, he found himself staring up at his yellow tinted friend as if he didn't recognize him. This....wasn't the same one from the complex. He could easily tell just from how he looked. That defeated, haunted look that plagued him had completely disappeared from his person. Well...maybe it was for the better? The poor troll had suffered so much...he needed a new start. If dying and re-spawning was his new lease on life then so be it. It definitely had to be easier than dealing with all that excess baggage. 

"Shit. Don't be so loud ok?" To his credit, Karkat was actually being fairly quiet right now considering his normal volume as he spoke. The last thing he needed was another person to shout their worries at him and make his head hurt even worse.  

After a moment, the knight slowly started to push himself up onto his knees, arms trembling from the strain. Sincerely he hoped this weakness would only be temporary. This weakness would definitely be a serious handicap if it persisted. It was downright embarrassing for him to struggle to push himself up in front of his friend.

Once he was mostly upright, Karkat finally got a good look of his friend, and found himself scowling deeper than he ever had before. Why was the yellow blood virtually unscathed while he looked like a war victim? Whatever, at least someone here was at least in good physical condition.

[crabtured]

Awaken

[ropes-of-fate]

  Yeah the swearing was expected, who wouldn’t scream about being nudged in the side by some wood? Well at least when you’re injured beyond belief. Which actually made her wonder HOW he got that way. Granted she had some wounds of her own, very mild ones and only from a few fights with wild animals… not as hard to get away from or kill as one would expect though even without her cane. It was still kind of a pain, and her clothes were mostly torn at the edges if anything else.

"Heheheh, yeah it’s me. I’ve been here only a short while, maybe a bit longer than I’d like to believe." She had been dropped off in the middle of nowhere, and that was a really awful thing for someone who was used to forests and terrain that actually held a lot of foliage further than plants. At least it had fruit and berries and wood to burn to cook animals with. Not that she couldn’t eat them raw, but risking getting sick now? That wasn’t something she wanted.

"You don’t smell so good, well actually you smell delicious and I would beg to get a taste but I don’t think you’d let me grace your blood with my tongue." She sighed deeply, as if seriously upset by what she had just stated. She actually kind of was though, red tasted delicious after all! "I’ve been attacked a few times but I haven’t been injured much, mostly just landed in a terrain that’s useless! This is probably the only dry wood I’ve found and it’s more useful for a cane than firewood…" She trailed off and patted her left pocket happily, clearly stuffed with various things. "I might be able to help you out. Plants are my specialty and you seem like you need help." They weren’t her specialty, but who else could easily pick out what was what? 

She should probably help him up, but instead the girl just got on to one knee and fixed her eyes onto his direction. Even if she couldn’t see she still tried her best to make eye contact, that failed miserably as her crimson eyes landed in the direction of his shoulder. Mostly she didn’t want to make him overexert himself if he couldn’t even stand properly to begin with. “It might be at a price though.”

[crabtured]

Karkat would be lying if he said he thought it was strange how lightly Terezi was taking her situation. Living in a literal tree hive for practically all her life probably gave her a huge advantage in a place like this. An advantage he apparently lacked. Of course, flying from a crashed ship probably didn't help. Crabdad never had to teach him how to not crack your head open when falling since he kept the little mutant inside his hive while he grew up.

Recoiling in disgust at the teal bloods admittance to actually wanting to lick his dried blood, he shook his head vigorously. "You are fucking right that I am not going to let your putrid tongue lick up my blood."

The mere thought of it was already making him feel rather sick actually. Pushing that thought out of his mind, he refocused on what Terezi was saying. Though he couldn't really stop the little tremors of disgust that seemed to plague him. 

However, those thoughts managed to leave his mind once the medicinal plants were mentioned. Eyes widening in surprise, he stared down at her left pocket, taking note of all the plants that were bulging out of her pocket. Wow, she really must know what shes doing if she felt confident enough to touch some of these plants. Many he couldn't hardly recognize and some were rather vibrant in color. He would have assumed they were poisonous, but if she has them then they must be useful right? 

Shifting back as his friend kneeled in front of him, the mutant did his best to get Terezi's attempted eye contact to work. Eventually he just reached out and angled her head up towards his own so she would be actually looking at him like she wanted. The little frown that had been on his face the entire time seemed to have deepened from the teal bloods comment. 

"A price? What kind of price. I don't have anything except for my clothes and I would rather drown myself in this lake like some kind of pan rotted, piss volcano than give them up." His clothes concealed the faint red tint of his skin, and hid a lot of the blood that he was covered with. No way was he going to advertise to others his horrible mutation. 

[crabtured]

Awaken

[ropes-of-fate]

  The area proved fruitful for plants, granted it was rocky and less than an ideal environment at least around the river and between rocks or cracks held plentiful herbs. It had been a decent walk from where she had been hours ago, but if one wanted sustenance or at least a way to heal injuries then it was of course necessary to collect various colorful foliage. It was colorful indeed, unfortunately the best and nicest smelling plants- in a color perspective rather than their natural scent- were poisonous. Although there were a few that had been useful.

The only downside to all of this was that she really only had pockets and hands to hold these bounties with! They were less of bounties and more of just picking them up as she smelled them. A glorious feat to her nonetheless! As if a lot of people or trolls could tell what a plant could do by its scent alone! There were many factors to take in as well, poisonous plants held a scent that resembled something overly sickeningly sweet with a hint of… decay, ones with healing properties varied based on what they did, those that were edible generally mixed in with the second group, but sometimes things were toxic to eat but worked wonders for injuries or burns! There was always an upside to a situation, currently she had two pockets full of edible plants, something deadly shoved into one of her back pockets, and a few with some healing agents in the other. It wasn’t anything glorious and it certainly wouldn’t do much more than lend a helping hand to the female if the need arose. 

That being said the last thing she expected was an overly pleasant scent- and one that was seemingly familiar. Memories were always skewed, and she chose to ignore the ones that didn’t count for this lifetime. It was better that way, safer even? Needless to say the Libra crept up to the other, raising a curious eyebrow as she noted dully that they were basically lying on the ground at the river like a useless sack of shit. Well more like a useless sack of pleasantly scented candy, something she knew all too well and currently was intrigued by.

It should be noted that anything that happened to intrigue the blind girl was most likely bad, for the one she found interesting of course! At this point in time she had found some driftwood to use as a makeshift cane, something bent out of shape and a bit more on the softer side than she would prefer…. It was more than enough though, and she happened to poke at the others side with it, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically. 

"Eh? Is this a sack of candy lying here just for me?! Or are you actually dead? I almost like the prospect of both ideas- you smell sweet, but dulled and a bit… too dark in spots." She assumed that was dried blood, and just licked at her lips and grinned happily. Blood was fun, but red was better.

[crabtured]

"AH FUCK!" Karkat's arms practically buckled under him as he was jabbed with the hunk of wood, making him fall face first in the stream. Spluttering for a moment, he pushed himself up once again, head throbbing even more so than before thanks to his yelling. Letting out a rather pathetic whine of pain, he pushed himself up onto his knees, trying to focus his vision enough so he could quietly ream the ass of whomever made him fall over in the first place. That is, until he saw who it was.

"....Terezi?" Honestly, for a moment, he thought he was hallucinating. There was no way the teal blood was here right? He hadn't seen her in so long...he was certain she had to be dead, or at least somewhere better than where he was. Apparently he wasn't the only one cursed with such rotten luck. Maybe all of Vriska's bad luck rubbed off onto all of his friends or something. She did have a lot of it considering how many black eight balls she smashed.

Well, at least he wasn't out here alone. This unfamiliar terrain made the knight feel rather uneasy now that he got a good look of his surroundings. Being injured really didn't help the matter either. 

"When...did you get here?" Speaking rather slowly, he started to push himself up, only to fall back to his knees a moment later. Guess he was just a little too weak to be of any use to anyone, especially to himself. "And how come you don't look like you got dragged by a giant rabid barkbeast?" 

Seriously, why was he the only one that was bruised and bloody? Scowling down at his bloodied arms, he slowly started to rub away the dried, coagulated material. The fact that he could see his brilliantly bright, candy red blood seemed to add insult to his injuries, at least in his own mind. 

[crabtured]

Awaken

It only seemed like a moment ago when he finally escaped that horrible place. Karkat and...well he wasn't absolutely certain who else had managed to escape the wretched prison the were forced in, only for him to now awaken in the middle of the wilderness with a splitting headache. It was so bad he swore his head was trying to split itself in two. 

Wherever he was, it wasn't very soft, there were rough patches whenever he tried to feel around. Opening his eyes was the last thing he wanted to do, still anticipating the blinding white that had surrounded him for so long to burn his retinas and just worsen his aching head.

After enough time had passed, the knight finally convinced himself that sitting up won't make his head spontaneously implode, he did so, rather slowly. His arms shook with effort as he pushed himself up, pain shooting up the sore limbs like lightning. Holding back a strangled cry, he managed to open his eyes just enough to see his cut up and rather bloody arms. Well...at least the blood had coagulated and stopped the bleeding, but it still hurt like hell. Swearing softly to himself, the mutant started to check the rest of himself over, finding that there were more cuts and scrapes littering his body. Luckily his clothes were mostly intact. 

Finally he reached up to his head, fingers brushing against the spot that ached the most. Immediately he yanked his hand away, biting back a swear as he focused on ignoring the white flash of pain that had practically blinded him for a moment. Well...that explains the headache. Taking a deep breath, he settled his very frayed nerves as best as he could, taking note of the terrain he landed in.

Rocky. Great. 

Of course he would land in the rockiest area that ever existed. Muttering angrily about his unfortunate luck, he slowly managed to crawl his way to a nearby stream. He didn't exactly trust his ability to stand yet. Anything to prevent himself from falling onto another bedding of sharp rocks, even though the smaller pebbles dug into his hands. It was a small price to pay in order to not knock himself unconscious once more.

Nothing was more refreshing than the water, It was cool and clear. Rather soothing to drink considering all the pain he was in at the moment. At least he had small things like this to be thankful for. 

[kandescent]

While living from Karkat’s blood has it’s perks, lovely as it was to taste, certainly it would get… Old if it were the only thing she was to ingest for the entirety of her stay. Though this was a concern she not was aware of, nor wanted to vocalize with how Karkat rested into her.

The nuzzle into her cheek with his own was appreciated, and given right back as she gives him yet another kiss, even one to his neck to ensure he will feel better. Her arms loosened a bit, no longer clinging as she had before. With a gentle sigh, Kanaya opts to speak after a moment. She just has to make sure of something. “You are alright?” Though the answer should have been obvious. While he seemed lethargic, maybe a bit disoriented, Karkat’s manner and actions were not alarming.

Kanaya leaned against the wall a bit more, her legs bending at the knee after stretching them a moment. It was odd how comfortable she felt in such a prison. Things almost seemed… Okay. Perhaps that will stay that way. While a droning sound in the back of the sylphs head told her otherwise, told her not to let her guard down, she would let it falter for now. Happiness was with her, and she will not dwell on how long it ccould last.

[crabtured]

All of this affection was making Karkat’s already fuzzy mind feel even fuzzier, though for dofferent reasons. He still wasn't really used to such gentle touches from others, mostly just keeping to himself when he was around other people. In fact, he almost found Kanaya’s question to be completely ridiculous.  Obviously he was ok, just look at him. A complete mess of a troll practically. 

"Yeah. I am fine. Way more fine than I ever thought I would be after giving up my blood." His speech was a little slurred, but he paid no mind to it. Everything just felt too nice for him to worry about petty little issues anyways. 

Leaning back along with the jade blood, the knight let out a soft, content sigh. Staying awake was getting harder and harder to do and eventually he had fallen asleep in the arms of his friend. His slumber was rather peaceful and it was one of the very few times where his dreams weren't plagued with horrifying nightmares. 

[kandescent]

  It seemed as if Karkat hadn’t even realized Kanaya was trying to flag for his attention with that little touch. The knights gasp had certainly alarmed her! And perhaps she should have pulled away upon hearing it, yet she didn’t. Feeding was much too engaging right then.

Regardless, it would seem as if Karkat was melting right back into her again. At least with the way his weight was rested after having tensed up so much, it seemed safe to assume he was alright. And so Kanaya would close her eyes again, nuzzling ever so slightly back into her master’s neck as she continued to lap at the blood with her tongue. Her own hands resting, Kanaya eased them to lay over Karkat’s stomach, holding onto him as if something could just whisk him away any moment.

Fingers twined into cloth, the sylph found herself playing with the hem of a black sweater, even lifting it up a bit as she crept into a calm daze. It was when the tips of those fingers hit hot flesh that she snapped out of it, eyes wide again as she shakes off the hypnotic feeling. At this point the blood was beginning to coagulate anyhow, so she would just pull away, Karkat’s shirt fixed in the process.

Of course Kanaya still held him as before, honestly she was afraid to let go. After licking her lips clean, she leaned in one more time to press a kiss to Karkat’s cheek. “I am finished.” She whispered before resting the crook of her chin on his shoulder.

[crabtured]

Karkat was barely aware of the rainbow drinkers wandering hands until those cool fingers brushed up against his skin. Everything was in such a nice, warm fuzzy haze that he was certain a parade could go by and he wouldn't notice. Yet apparently he was wrong if a pair of hands could grab his attention so easily. Kanaya's fingers sent a strange jolt through his stomach, making him feel just a little warmer than before. It was rather strange and he wasn't even certain why that even happened. Though it didn't matter to him at the moment, all that mattered was that if felt pretty damn good in his opinion.

Sluggishly, his eyes drifted downwards, carefully eyeing the jade tinted grey skin carefully as she worked on fixing his shirt. Guess she must have alarmed herself too? Maybe that's why she stopped touching his skin. He wasn't exactly certain what happened really but he didn't mind too much. The warm feeling slowly faded, leaving a languid knight behind. For once, he didn't feel grumpy or angry. Just...really good. After experiencing this for the first time, he was almost regretful for not really offering back on the meteor when they were stuck together for those three human years after she turned. 

Oh well, Kanaya wouldn't probably want to do it anyways with how much she would avoid it. Though, he did wonder just where she had gotten the blood to live. She obviously did have some, otherwise how would she be here today?

The little kiss against his cheek had him turning his head, pressing his cheek against the jade blood's in some weak attempt to cuddle. Humming softly in acknowledgement, he settled back into her, finding comfort in her embrace. It wasn't like he had the strength to pull away from her anyways. Plus it did feel pretty nice...

Karkat's breathing started to slow the longer he sat there in his slaves arms, slowly drifting in and out of a doze. Honestly, he was pretty sure he could get used to this. If she didn't need to drink very often then maybe he could actually get away with just feeding her this way. It would definitely be cheaper for him.

[caligulasoverseer]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS UP WITH YOU BEING A LITTLE SHIT BISCUIT TO KANAYA?

excuse me

first of all i was not actin like a shit biscuit

she wwas actin rude to me after i wwas tellin her truths about the complex

she didnt wwant to believve me so i shrugged it off

suddenly she is all up on MY SHIT because i shrugged off her reaction to it

sounds like you need to get your shit straight kar because im not the one wwho created a sudden fuckin problem

it felt right to me to treat her wwith the same respect she treated me

plus in the future i dont wwant to havve to deal wwith her remindin me about how deplorable i am

[caligulasoverseer]

  you can look at it howwevver you wwant kar but that sounds biased as fuck

although im not surprised dont take my side wwhen i wwas just shrugging off the situation

oh no eridan dont fuckin dare end the topic there wwith a wwhatevver

howw fuckin dare you its all your fault

[crabtured]

SAYING "WWATEVVER"  TO ANYONE AFTER FUCKING DROPPING A CATASTROPHIC BLOODY SHIT ABOUT HOW THEY WERE HERE AND FUCKING DIED BEFORE IS INSENSITIVE AS FUCKING HELL.

IF YOU ACTUALLY HAD ANY IOTA OF SENSE IN THAT RUSTED, DINGED UP PAN OF YOURS THEN YOU WOULD REALIZE THAT. 

[caligulasoverseer]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS UP WITH YOU BEING A LITTLE SHIT BISCUIT TO KANAYA?

excuse me

first of all i was not actin like a shit biscuit

she wwas actin rude to me after i wwas tellin her truths about the complex

she didnt wwant to believve me so i shrugged it off

suddenly she is all up on MY SHIT because i shrugged off her reaction to it

sounds like you need to get your shit straight kar because im not the one wwho created a sudden fuckin problem

it felt right to me to treat her wwith the same respect she treated me

plus in the future i dont wwant to havve to deal wwith her remindin me about how deplorable i am

[crabtured]

THAT'S NOT WHAT IT FUCKING LOOKED LIKE FROM MY END. HELL, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU TWO WERE  BEING PRETTY FUCKING CIVIL UNTIL YOU PRETTY MUCH DISMISSED HER FEELINGS ON A MATTER JUST BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DISCUSS THE KANAYA THAT CRIED ON YOUR FUCKING SHOULDER.

IF YOU WANT TO BE FUCKING TREATED WITH RESPECT, THEN TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT YOU DENSE, GLOBE FONDLING DOUCHE NOZZLE. 

[kandescent]

  It was a relief that her friend seemed to calm down. His voice had almost cleared up, and the tremble that’d overtaken his hands was gone. It was only when Karkat tiltedhis head that the jadeblood was surprised. Surely it was to give her better access, but it was the fact he leaned into her as well. Surely it was to get comfortable, but… But…

And now his hands were gripping her thighs, a distraction for only a moment before a gentle, throaty sound escaped his maw. That… That was something Kanaya should have expected, honestly. In all the books she read, it was a normal occurrence for the giver to eventually enjoy it. So, yes, maybe there was some truth to her books. But that only came from her applying the knowledge she gained from them. Well, in terms of feeding, at least.

And- and she’d lick a little more, start to nibble her teeth in just a bit. Pressing a more, Maryam is still apprehensive about biting, almost wanting to stop. Almost.

Finally, slick ivories terebrate into gray flesh, blood beading up around pearl fangs, eager to siphon through. Just one moment, and then Kanaya’s teeth slipped right back out. A steady, slow stream of sanguine flooding her mouth, and soon enough down her throat. The copper taste was certainly something she missed, and it was honestly quite refreshing.

But oh! Almost got caught up there. Opening her eyes, Kanaya threads her hands through Karkat’s arms, holding him close as her hands found respite on his chest. She gives a small tap of her index to his sternum, asking if he is alright.

[crabtured]

God, everything was starting to feel hazy. Every little lick and nibble seemed to sink him further into this strange pool of pleasure that he wasn't sure if he wanted to get out of. Even when those razor sharp teeth started to scrape against his vulnerable flesh, he remained still, shivering for a different reason. Was he insane for enjoying this so much? Maybe, but damn it he was't about to give two shits about what others thought about this strange sense of pleasure. As long as it felt amazing he was going to let her nibble at his neck til her hearts content.

Then those razor sharp canines sunk in, easily piercing his flesh and spilling his mutated, candy red blood. 

At first he gasped sharply. The sudden, burning pain shot through his neck like a firework. He tensed almost immediately, feeling very disoriented as the split second agonizing pain gave way. All that was left was a strange buzzing sensation, making him relax even more as he slumped back against Kanaya. It was a different kind of feeling than what he was used to. In fact, he wasn't certain if he was supposed to be enjoying it at all, but the longer it lasted the more he liked it. 

Letting out a soft sound that sounded suspiciously like a murr, he let his eyes flutter closed. Karkat could feel himself slowly become more light headed by the second. A feeling that he wasn't too opposed to. It was like floating on a thousand tiny bubbles in fact. 

Feeding the jade blood should be no issue now. Not with how amazing it felt just to feed her. Hopefully the rainbow drinker wouldn't be too reluctant next time. 

[kandescent]

  Kanaya eyed Karkat as he stood, nervous that he’d revoke his offer. Surely he wouldn’t do such a thing, he wasn’t one to go back on his word, was he? No, no Kanaya knew that. After a tense moment, he finally came over, sliding down the wall not to different than the sylph had after giving in. Is that what he was doing, giving in? Ugh, this is so forced. Kanaya had to feed, yes, but did she really need to? With a huff, Kanaya leaned in a bit after Vantas tugged down his sweater. His hands were trembling so bad… Did he really think Kanaya was going to hurt him. How could he? Gently shaking her head, Kanaya threads an arm behind Karkat, easing him from the wall a bit as she situates behind him.

“Tell me if you change your mind or if you would like me to stop.” Maybe that would comfort him a bit? But stopping was easier said than done. Well, alright then. Deep breath.

After Kanaya managed to slip behind Karkat a bit, she Kanaya hesitated before leaning in again. After a moment of quietly sniffing, she gave his neck a small kiss. That was a good start, right? Of course she wasn’t going to sink her teeth in right away. One more kiss was given to his neck before deciding to lick the area. It usually helped to soften the skin a bit, ease the pain some what. All the while, Kanaya glanced between Karkat and the floor before closing her eyes. It’s going to be okay.

[crabtured]

"I-I got this!" Karkat insisted, ignoring the slight tremor in his voice as he spoke. No way did he want her to start worrying and fussing over him when it was her health they should be concerned about. "I will be fine." There...his voice didn't waiver and he actually sounded more confident than he felt at the moment. Kanaya's reassurance did help him. The trembling in his hands had all but disappeared by this point. 

Shifting slightly so the rainbow drinker could sit behind him, the mutant did his best to relax. So far this wasn't so bad. In fact, it actually felt pretty good in his opinion. Without him even realizing, he started to relax back into her embrace. He tilted his head  aside even more than before, wanting to feel more of those nice feelings as the jade blood licked and kissed at his neck. Was this what it was like to have a rainbow drinker prey on a hapless victim for their blood? Maybe those cheesy books Kanaya used to read back on the meteor had some actual truth to them.

Slowly his hand fell away from the collar of his shirt. Both of his hands rested on the taller trolls thighs, gripping slightly in anticipation. Sooner or later that bite was going to happen, and damn it he wanted to be ready for it. No weird high pitched screams or anything! Well...maybe a little pained grunt, but that is it! 

One thing was certain, she was really good at using her mouth. She seemed to know just the right spot to kiss and lick on his neck that easily sent pleasurable tingles through his body. Without even meaning to, the knight let out a soft little groan of approval, slowly letting the pleasurable feelings cloud his mind.