I was thinking how did trolls, more especifically Feferi, react when they find out the Empress Condesce had been on Earth, twice if counting the post scratch Earth, and they never noticed it before.
(( Ooooooh, fun question 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I will say this, this topic will be delved into more once I finally begin writing the arc where they all meet the Dancestors, and Aranea tells them all more about The Condesce (and for those who've read my Christmas Carol special, that's gonna be something of a funny interaction when Karkat recognizes her as "The Ghost Of Christmas Past" who visited him), but, if you also read the scene where Rosali first spoke with Jane and realized The Condesce was targeting her, where I also ended it with a cliffhanger of Rosali telling Eridan about this.... Well, I see this scene having taken place the very next morning after Rosali spoke to Jane for the first time; ))
*Everyone on the meteor is gathered for a meeting in the living room/kitchen area, clearly in Team Meeting mode as they had all just listened as Rosali told them about the human kids on Post-Scratch Earth, and how The Condesce is targeting them, specifically Jane...... All of them already knew that there was a chance The Condesce was still alive, considering that despite many past attempts on The Empress' life, none had ever been able to lau a finger on her...... but to hear now that the cruel Empress was not only still alive after Sgrub's activation and the Vast Glub, but also somehow involved in this hellish game to this extent? The humans of course only know of her through stories the others had told them, but they get the idea of what a cruel, genocidal being she truly is....... as for the Trolls? Well...... By the petrified looks on all of their faces, it stands to reason that all of them had never been more terrified of anything else Sburb has thrown at them..... None of them even felt this scared when Eridan and Gamzee initially snapped. Vriska is trying to keep a cool poker face, but you can see through the tension in her posture that she's scared too..... as for Gamzee? No one can even tell what's going through his head through the faraway, thousand yard stare in his eyes*
Sollux:............... No way. No goddamn way.
Kanaya: I know we all discussed the possibility she was still out there, she's practically immortal....... but...... how....... and why.......?
Karkat:............ Rosali? Let me make sure I'm understanding this right. You're saying that somehow, Her Imperious Condescension has been to Earth........ Specifically the Post-Scratch Earth, but there's also a chance she's stepped foot on the Earth WE created........ and somehow, not only did we fucking miss that our Empress, the very Empress who's struck the fear of God in all of Troll-kind since forever, had been on both Earths........ but you think she might be targeting one of the humans on that Earth too?....... To..... what? Make her some kind of protégé?
Rosali:............. Yes.......... That's the gist of everything I've gathered........ everything the cards told me........ She's going after a girl named Jane Crocker, the Post-Scratch version of John's grandmother..... or, if we're going by ectobiology logic, John and Jade's mother, I suppose........ it..... would seem The Empress left something of a mark on both Earths too, specifically in their food industry........
Rose:.......... So all this time, an alien queen was the founder and longtime CEO of Crockercorp....... SHE was Betty Crocker all along........
Dave: Oh my god........ *rubbing his tired eyes out of both exhaustion and disbelief* John is going to have a fucking field day with this........ He always hated Betty Crocker products.
Lisa:.............. You're fecking shitting me. The beautiful mascot herself, Betty Crocker, was a fascist genocidal warlord the whole time?????? Feck........ What next?? Was fecking Ronald McDonald a subjugglator?!
Gamzee:......... Mothafucking what now?
Dave: Ronald McDo--
Karkat: Dave. Remember what I FUCKING told you.......
Dave:........... Yeah, I know, I'm banned from showing or talking about any clown related media we had on Earth, after the "ICP incident"
Eridan:............*looks to where Feferi is sitting, noticing how quiet she's been this whole time and wondering what's on her mind, considering this is her ancestor they're all talking about, the very one she would have had to face in a fight to the death for the throne in a few years had Alternia not been destroyed*............ Fef?....... Howw...... Howw do you feel about all of this?
Feferi:........... It makes no sense......
Eridan: Wwhat?
Feferi:.......... She's always culled her heiresses....... always........ it didn't matter that one day she would inevitably be dead too, I mean, we fuschia bloods might have an insanely long lifespan, but we're not immortal........ but she was never the type to take on a protégé, an heiress she would train........ so why...... why now?........ What changed?......... Was it Alternia's destruction?........ Did something about it..... cause her to change some of her ways?.... Or at least make her decide to stop culling heiresses........?
Rosali:.............. Feferi......... I sense you're enraged by your ancestor's attempt to manipulate this girl, as I'm sure we all are....... but....... I sense that....... you also feel hurt.........
Feferi:......... Yeah...... I am....... *pauses*..... As insane as this sounds, there was a part of me that wanted to get to actually know my ancestor, face to face....... She's fucking horrible, I know, but....... we share the same blood, the same genetics....... if.... if she suddenly decided she wanted to be a mentor to one of her heiresses....... *pauses*........... Then why was i not good enough for that role?..........
Eridan: Fef.........
Feferi: Why am I, her OWN BLOOD not good enough??......... *pauses*........ Why am I even worrying about that when I want nothing to do with whatever evil she has planned for that girl to begin with?........
Sollux;.............*gently holds her hand in his own*............ I don't know, princess..... maybe...... well, you said you wanted to know her....... maybe for you, it was some sort of longing to be closer to your ancestor..... kind of like those of us who wanted to better know our own ancestors..... the difference being yours is still alive, and she basically tossed you aside......
Vriska: Yeah..... for a human, no less........
Eridan:............. This is something most Trolls wwould struggle to relate to..... if anything, this sounds more like a human struggle, but...... I wwould imagine such a situation must hurt, emotionally speaking......
Terezi:......... Feferi? Fuck your ancestor.
*Everyone immediately looks towards Terezi*
Terezi: Heh...... Feels good i can actually say that, now that we're not on Alternia anymore and we don't have to kiss her ass anymore..... But yeah. Fuck her. Between all the Trolls she subjected to fear and had culled, and the reasons she had some of them culled, and her just abandoning you when out of nowhere she decided maybe she should take on an heiress to brainwash? She's not worth worrying about...... Okay, that's not completely true..... We know she's somewhat involved in this game now, we know she's out there, and who the hell knows if she might be targeting us or not....... but as far wondering why she didn't choose to brainwash you, when as far as i know, she should be able to sense that you're still alive? Fuck her. She's not worth a single thought from you....... You're already a thousand times a better Empress than she'll ever be, and she can suck on it.
Feferi:.........*looks up towards Terezi, the look in her eyes enough to give an indication of how much all of what Terezi said means to her*.....
Sollux;...... She's right, Ff. You shouldn't have to worry why that bitch didn't choose to accept you as an heiress. You are good enough... Better than good enough. Once we finally end this game and find a home, I can't wait to see what kind of Empress you'll be.....
Eridan; Agreed. I did once say you'd make a hell of an Empress, and i stand by that.
Feferi:.......... Thank you, everyone...... that means a lot.......
Tavros:........... Uh...... So........ what do we do, exactly? Rosali, you were the one who contacted that Jane human, do you have any--.......... Rosali?
Rosali;*sitting eerily still in her seat, going deathly quiet*.................
Eridan;*immediately notices this, his eyes widening in alarm and concern*.......... Rosa? *immediately kneels in front of her, taking her hands in his own* Hey..... Rosa, wwhat's wwrong?.......
Rosali;........... She'll never stop, will she?........
Eridan:......... Wwho?..... The Empress?.......
Rosali;.............. For centuries, she's conquered and destroyed who knows how many worlds....... she poisoned Alternia with her evil so much, you could feel it everywhere you went, even when she was never even on Alternia most of the time......... No matter how many Trolls she enslaved, how many worlds she ruined...... it was never enough for her..... it never will be enough....... Now she's gone after both Earths too and infected them with her evil, both of them already doomed to be destroyed by Sburb............. No matter how many planets she ruins with her presence alone, nothing will ever be enough for her....... she'll only crave more destruction, more power, more beings forced to submit to her........ more, more, more........ that's all she'll ever fucking want............
Eridan;*goes quiet, feeling unnerved by this tone of hers*..........
Tavros:......... Well..... If she's involved with this game, technically that means she could be a boss fight we're supposed to beat so we can win, right?
Nepeta: Tavros is right! If we train hard enough, and one day we have a chance to finally stop The Empress--
Rosali;*suddenly stands up from her seat, a dark glare in her eyes as she looks to Nepeta* I DON'T WANT TO STOP HER! I WANT TO KILL HER!
Nepeta: !!!!!!!!!!!!! *freezes up as she looks up at the suddenly angry witchy Troll, unable to help but look into her eyes filled with pure fury*
Rosali: I WANT TO PUT THE CONDESCE IN CHAINS, AND MARCH HER THROUGH WHAT'S LEFT OF ALTERNIA, SO ALL OF THE GHOSTS OF OUR PEOPLE CAN SEE HER FOR THE WENCH THAT SHE IS! I WANT HER TO SUFFER, AND THEN TO DIE IN DARKNESS!
Nepeta;*stays frozen where she is, unable to look away from Rosali, her sudden outburst having left her too stunned to move, as Equius quickly rushes by her side and pulls her away from Rosali out of a protective instinct*
*At this point, everyone looks to Rosali in stunned silence, their eyes filled with confusion at her uncharacteristic outburst and words, and also a hint of fear too, because they'd never expect someone as quiet and kind natured as Rosali to lash out like this*
Nepeta;*still staring into Rosali's eyes, it for a moment looking as though her pupils are glowing a slight obsidian hue*.......
Rosali:..........*suddenly seems to snap out of whatever that was just now, blinking a few times before she gasps and covers her mouth, not sure in the slightest where that came from*.......
Eridan;*just as stunned as everyone else, but more than anything, he's worried for his matesprit's mental state, so he quickly rushes towards her and places his hands on her shoulders* Moonstone?......
Rosali:...... I..... I'm so sorry...... I don't have the slightest clue where that came from........ that..... i- I wouldn't......
Eridan;........... Its okay, Rosa.... I..... think wwe all share a similar sentiment at this point, really.....
Nepeta:....... Yeah..... Its okay to be angry, Rosali........ I mean..... this is The Condesce we're talking about........
Karkat;.........*runs his hands through his hair, now having more on his plate with another enemy they'll inevitably have to face, that being Her Imperious Condescension of all people*....... *mutters to himself* Fuck........
Dave;*looks over to Karkat, noticing how stressed he looks from this news*........
Vriska: Heh..... Damn, Rosali, guess you're a badass, after all.
Eridan;*glares at her* Not a good time, Mindfang.
Rosali:.................
Tavros:...... Uh..... About..... what i was going to ask before...... *pauses*...... Rosali..... since you contacted Jane first, do you have any idea how we could probably help her and the other humans in her session?
Rosali;...........*was in another trance for a moment, when she suddenly blinks a few times, as if something came to her mind, or rather, as if something called to her*......
*In that moment, Rosali pulls out one of her cards from her pocket, specifically The High Priestess, and for a moment, she quietly stares at that card, as if it were telling her something only she could hear*
Rosali:...............
Eridan:....... Wwhat? Wwhat is it, Moonstone?
Rosali:............ We have to wait until they actually start the game, but....... I think i have an idea.