Vriska and John hash out their bitterness toward the afterlife and finally set up a d8.
AG: John.
EB: vriska.
EB: i'm uncomfortable talking to you.
AG: Hahahaha. What? Why?
EB: i dunno, because you kinda dated me, and now you're dating a guy with horns so big that i don't know how he stands up properly.
EB: that's almost worse than a ghost butt.
EB: and since he's technically a ghost, yes, he has a ghost butt.
AG: That is.
AG: Quite an accusation.
AG: I have a ghost butt, by that definiition.
EB: yeah, but yours is different.
AG: *pfft*
AG: How is my ghost ass different?
AG: ::::3
EB: what was tha.
EB: that*
EB: was that a kitty face.
EB: vriska, i am uncomfortable.
AG: Hehehe. You said that 8efore. 8ut that doesn't answer the question.
EB: it's.. your butt is.. well. um. spinneret.
AG: Oh my god. What.
AG: I can't even.
AG: Hahahahahhaha.
EB: in conclusion, i'm uncomfortable.
AG: *sigh*
AG: Joooooooohn. Tavros is... well, let's just say you have a lot of misconceptions a8out Tavros.
AG: The first 8eing that he matters.
EB: yeah, i totally believe that. :B
AG: What? Why don't you 8elieve me?
EB: how the math is he important?
AG: No no no.
AG: That's what I was saying.
AG: He isn't.
AG: You seem to think that he matters TO ME.
AG: That is a misconception.
EB: i think that being his matesprit thing kinda implies that.
AG: Hah.
AG: Claiming to 8e his matesprit,
AG: while using him to serve a higher purpose,
AG: isn't the same thing.
EB: that's kinda shitty.
EB: guess i was just another thing you manipulated, wow.
AG: No...
AG: I mean, yes.
AG: I mean, jeez!
AG: It's just sort of what I do.
AG: I...
AG: I've only regretted it,
AG: when I did it to you.
AG: If that counts.
EB: yeah, thanks.
EB: at least i kinda feel better now.
AG: Fuck. Fuck!
AG: I'm doing this all wrong.
AG: I'm so sorry.
EB: what????????
AG: I'm just 8eing a 8itch again, when I should 8e hashing out these feels with youl
AG: *you
EB: i don't get it.
AG: What's not to get? I'm sick of Tav. I'm sorry I hurt you.
EB: you even have a nickname for him, oh my god.
EB: i can kinda feel with karkat now though.
EB: i mean, dave kinda stole his non-girlfriend from him. plus the guy kinda hid you being dead for two years from me, guess he didn't want me sad or something. nice guy, i guess.
AG: ...
AG: You're matesprits now. I knew it.
EB: what part of 'not gay' don't you get.
EB: what part of 'not gay' doesn't everyone get.
AG: Relaaaaaaaaax! I'm just teasing!
AG: You're so sensitive today John.
EB: i'm talking about a serious subject here and you're teasing me?
AG: ... I didn't really know you were so serious a8out it.
AG: Damn.
EB: it's the one thing i'm serious about since i was born.
AG: Wow...
AG: John.
EB: vriska.
AG: Let me tell you something, okay?
EB: okay?
AG: Me dying just as everything was getting so good 8etween us was... the worst possi8le thing.
AG: The distance.
AG: I couldn't deal.
AG: Every day, the white in my eyes 8eing this sick reminder that my hu8ris made me lose you.
AG: Any chance of 8eing with you in a normal capacity.
AG: Alt John wasn't the same.
AG: How could he 8e?
AG: He was worse. Uncanny valley, right?
EB: pretty sure we're the same damn person.
EB: a few changes here and there, maybe.
AG: 8ut he never knew me.
AG: That's kind of a 8ig deal.
EB: neither did i.
EB: i mean, you just kinda told me you just manipulated me.
EB: so i never really knew the real you.
AG: No...
AG: Argghhhhh
AG: I suck so hard at this.
AG: Fuck, fuck, fuck!
AG: The horri8le thing is, John?
AG: That the real me IS a manipul8tor.
EB: i'm just confused.
AG: I'm horri8le.
AG: A horri8le, 8acksta88ing, ladder-clim8er.
AG: And the only way I know how to love someone is to smother them with mysel.
AG: *myself
EB: you're the one thing i'm serious about, and, well, it was because i thought you kinda understood me. no one really did before, and i didn't mind. i liked the way i lived, but. well, when i thought someone did, it felt nice. and i guess i got my hopes up? i was worried about you for two years, until i just found out you were dead on my own. and with that bull guy? seriously? that's just insulting! the only person i talked to about it was jade, and he hit on her too, at some point!
EB: dammit.
AG: John...
AG: Yes, he's an ass, I know that.
AG: Fully.
AG: You want to know why I was really with him?
EB: kinda.
AG: 8ecause I needed someone to help.
EB: also, watch out.
AG: ?
EB: some guy with a green shirt is stalking you from the bushes.
EB: or, was, when i was there.
AG: 8luhhhh.
AG: I'm just so fucking popular in the afterlife.
AG: ... Anyway.
EB: needed someone to help with?
AG: Yeah.
AG: With taking down LE.
AG: And.
AG: On a larger timescale.
AG: Finding my way 8ack to you.
EB: because you were totally doing that.
AG: ????????
AG: Yes I was1
AG: !
AG: Do you not see the map???
AG: And all the progress???
AG: I was getting there!
EB: to le?
EB: nothing really seemed related to me; at all.
AG: *sigh*
AG: The only way out of this hell.
AG: Is killing that 8astard.
AG: The only way to find you is to win.
EB: pretty sure that wasn't the only way.
AG: The fuck?
AG: Name another...
EB: i mean, from what kanaya told me, you were her moirail, and that's best friend, so she wouldn't drink your blood. and they still have your corpse preserved, so, yeah. My post-scratch session grandma is a Maid of Time, in her godtier by now. Once we got to the meteor, well, yeah.
AG: Um. Okay. I couldn't have known that.
AG: 8ut that's good.
EB: considering you knew every other thing, you really could.
AG: Ughhhhhhhh!
AG: John!
AG: I'm trying for you!
AG: I am!
AG: It's just so fucking hard.
AG: Not having you.
EB: and, if what you're saying is true, what's with the reaction when you first actually saw me in that dream bubble?
AG: ... It's hard to thaw out a frozen heart.
AG: God that sounds dum8.
AG: 8ut you get the image.
EB: i really kinda don't??
AG: Letting down my guard and letting you in just 8efore my death sent reeling.
AG: While I was here, I had to put up all my walls.
AG: Stay cool. Use people. Convince yourself you don't need him.
AG: That's the only way I could get 8ack to you.
AG: If I sat around moping like a... well, like a teenage girl...
AG: I wouldn't get fucking anywhere.
EB: which you kind of are.
AG: Yeah I guess.
AG: ::::(
EB: i'm still kind of provoked.
EB: though less.
AG: *she sits down, resting her chin on her hand, eyes cloudy*
AG: ... What can I do?...
EB: well, first off, tell me what the stuff was the point in manipulating me, what did you gain from that?
AG: Argh.
AG: Power. Respect. A challenge. The usual. And...
AG: Some8ody's affections.
AG: Which is new.
AG: That doesn't happen to me.
AG: People don't care a8out me.
AG: I manipul8ted you so hard 8ecause
EB: i don't understand.
AG: 8ecause you were the first person that made me feel like I wasn't doing something horri8ly wrong.
AG: You made me feel clean.
EB: a lot of guys seem to like you right now.
EB: hah.
AG: A lot of douches.
EB: so i'm even a douche now.
AG: What the fuuuuuuuuck????????
AG: No!
AG: You are pretty much the first NON-douche I have ever met!
AG: Oh my holy shit please just make me stop saying words.
AG: I can't.
EB: like i'd fall for that.
AG: Everything I say just pushes you away.
AG: *she pulls her hair over her eyes*
EB: just say the darn truth.
AG: ...
AG: The real truth?
AG: Or what you want to hear 8ecause you're so angry?
EB: real truth.
EB: i'm not angry, i'm just disappointed.
AG: ...
AG: I love you...
EB: ... i... think i love you too..
AG: *she looks up, smiling weakly* Then why are we doing this to each other?...
EB: because.. i don't know, you did some pretty messed up stuff?..
AG: I know.
AG: I'm trying to fix it.
EB: trying to blame others won't work.
AG: Hmmm? Who am I 8laming? I already said I was a horri8le conniving 8itch universe-killer. What more do you need?
EB: i need you to apologize.
AG: For... manipulating you?
EB: no.
EB: to yourself, for saying that.
EB: you're none of those things.
AG: The great ticking clock in the sky would 8eg to differ.
AG: A just death.
AG: That's what I ws.
AG: *was
EB: vriska.
AG: Yeah?
EB: apologize to yours
EB: elf*
AG: N-no. No way.
EB: and forgive yourself.
AG: You say that like it's easy.
EB: it is.
AG: ... May8e when you're a perfectly pure soul like John Eg8ert.
EB: i made you feel bad, i'm not.
AG: Hahahahahah.
AG: Oh no!
EB: rude.
AG: ... Yeah. One more 8ad mark.
EB: don't be sad.
AG: Why not? Sad seems like the thing to 8e.
EB: i don't want you sad.
AG: I don't want you to SEE me sad. Guess we can't always get what we want.
EB: stop hiding behind a mask.
AG: Which one? I have dozens.
EB: every one.
AG: Heh. That's gonna 8e hard. Will you help me take them off?
EB: only if you let me.
AG: I...
AG: Yeah.
AG: I will.
EB: thank you.
EB: now c'mon, put me to sleep, i wanna see you.
AG: Sure thing!
AG: You are getting verrryyy sleeeeeeeepyyyyyyyy
EB: :|
AG: You are going to seeeeeeeee me soooooooon
AG: And I will 8e very happyyyyyyyy
EB: vriskaaaaaaaa!
AG: What?
AG: ::::P
EB: just do it! this is infuriating!
AG: Okay.
AG: I
AG: Love
AG: You
AG: *8zzzzt*
EB: *John wakes up in the furthest ring, looking around. He really had no idea where he was, seeing as Vriska wasn't nearby.* Vriskaaaaaaaa?
AG: ((confused XD
AG: John?...
EB: vriska?
AG: Can you hear me?
EB: no? :B
AG: Pshhhh.
AG: Goof8all.
EB: alien!
AG: Get the hell over here.
EB: nooo, she's gonna suck out my braiinnn! aaahh!
AG: Yesssssss come into my clutches puny human...
EB: she'll eat my liver through my nose!
AG: And pro8e your alive 8utt :::;)
EB: that's just going too far.
AG: Sorry. I'm just.
AG: Excited.
EB: my but is mine and mine alone.
AG: I was planning to stake my spidery claim though...
EB: i'm not getting your name tattooed on my ass.
AG: Hehehehehe. You have the 8est ideas!
EB: no.
EB: vriska, no.
AG: ... Sorry.
EB: under one condition.
AG: Hmmmmmmmm?
EB: it can't have any eights in it.
AG: Aw no pro8lem!
AG: Unless you wanted Vriska EG8ERT
EB: wait, no. this is the part where you have to say no.
AG: I dunno!
AG: Wanna see how far you take this.
EB: vriska, no.
AG: Okay, okay, fine! No tats for you!
AG: I can deal.
AG: Just give me a damn hug.
EB: you can get a tattoo, under the condition that it doesn't contain my name.
AG: 8ut...
AG: 8ut...
AG: Can it 8e
AG: your faaaaaaaaace?
AG: ::::D
EB: no. oh my god.
AG: Hug me or I get it immediately.
EB: i'll.. no. i'll erase it!
AG: ::::/
AG: A... TATTOO?
EB: yes.
EB: with an eraser.
AG: Smart kid.
EB: that eraser being my knife.
EB: peel the skin off. :B
AG: Uh. Ok. This is taking a dark turn.
EB: no, i'm just being hardcore.
AG: I'll say.
AG: Getting a little ... rugged.
AG: Almost like a certain ex-con.
EB: i don't follow.
AG: You're just 8eing a little...
AG: Cagey. :::;)
EB: stop right there criminal scum.
AG: Hmmm?
EB: never say that man's name again.
EB: he sucks.
AG: Excuse me?...
EB: he sucks!
AG: 8ut.
AG: 8ut he's.
AG: Gr8.
EB: it's either me or him vriska.
AG: Whaaaaaaaa?
AG: I'm just so taken a8ack...
EB: to where?
AG: You loved him 8efore...
EB: before.
AG: What happened?
EB: he started to suck!
AG: When did he start to suck??????
AG: No way!
AG: He's the raddest dude forever!
EB: he always sucked!
AG: Oh my god.
EB: i just didn't realize it!
AG: What am I hearing???????
EB: the truth!
AG: Noooo....
AG: I thought
AG: I thought we could watch Wicker Man together.
EB: no vriska.
EB: but, we can watch titanic together.
EB: or another caprio movie.
AG: Pfffft what?
AG: I don't go for that soppy stuff...
EB: you only understand it if you're mature enough.
AG: EXCUSE ME.
EB: you aren't excused.
AG: John....
EB: vriska........
AG: I will watch Inception with you.
AG: On one condition.
EB: what's that?
AG: Sloppy makeouts utterly prevent me from understanding the plot.
EB: and?
AG: Uh. That's it. Heh.
AG: I mean I'm asking you to make out with me profusely!
AG: Dummmy.
EB: do you want me to sloppily make out with you or something?
EB: oh.
EB: well.
EB: um.
EB: i don't know..
AG: ::::3
AG: Oh...
AG: Why not?
EB: i don't know. uh. uhhhhhhhh.
AG: ((i know i'm just afraid it's gonna stop :P
AG: Uhhhhhh?
EB: yes.
EB: uhhhhhhhh.
AG: John.
AG: Spit it out.
EB: *Spits on the ground.*
AG: JOHN YOU DORK TELL ME WHY YOU ARE WITHHOLDING THE MAKEOUTS.
EB: nyehver! *John smiles, giving Vriska's lower side a poke*
AG: *she squeaks a little, then assaults his stomach with a furious tickle 8arrage*
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EB: *He vanishes into air, seemingly gone forever. Though he was actually just hiding, but he wanted to see the reaction anyway.*
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AG: *she fumes, whirling around*
AG: JOHN?????????
AG: What the...
AG: Come 8ack!
AG: Don't
AG: Don't leave me here....
AG: Not again...
AG: *she slumps, defeated*
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EB: *John solidates behind her, giving her back a tight hug.* i'm not that stupid! :B
AG: *Startled, she turns her head and 8reathes a sigh of relief* Oh... Oh gosh.
AG: Sorry, I guess I freaked...
EB: *John prepares to get shouted at in three, two, one...*
AG: DON'T YOU EVER FUCKING DO THAT AGAIN.
EB: trust me, i will!
AG: No way.
AG: You are not allowed to mess with my head.
EB: you messed with mine! :B
AG: Ughhh and that's why that was so terrifying, no one messes with Mindfang!
EB: not your name. :I
AG: Pshhh does that matter? It's who I want to 8e.
AG: *she squeezes his hand*
EB: i want you to be vriska! *He squeezes hers, giving her cheek a kiss.*
AG: *she 8lushes at his kiss and looks down. dafuq. no one can make her 8lush.* 8ut Vriska is a fuckup.
EB: but i like that fuckup! your blush is cute, by the way. :B
AG: My 8lush is humiliating. It means I'm... I dunno. weak?
EB: false, it means you have emotions, and you're beautiful.
AG: Th-thank you... *she looks into his eyes sadly* I'm sorry these are all gross and white and pupilless now. It freaks me the hell out.
EB: yeah.. i wish i could see your eyes though.. i bet they're just as pretty as you!
AG: *her eye8rows knit together* Oh shit...
AG: I don't wanna 8e dead.
AG: I don't.
AG: Please fix me.
EB: you're not dead.. you're just.. in another world, for now.
AG: 8ut I FELT dea.
AG: *dead.
AG: For so long.
EB: i don't feel like you're dead!
AG: Really?
AG: Ooooooo
AG: Spooky ghostttt
EB: oh my god.
EB: i'm sorry, i can't date you until you're alive.
EB: or be in a relationship with you.
EB: i'm sorry.
EB: but right now you're a ghost.
EB: and.. you..
EB: have a ghost butt..
AG: *She laughs, 8ut then a tear slips out of her eye*
AG: Fuck...
AG: I'm sorry...
EB: i'm kidding, silly.
AG: No, I know.
AG: It just kinda hit home.
EB: ... i think it's time.
AG: For?
EB: the human d8.
AG: ::::O
AG: N'way.
EB: yes way!
AG: You're messing with me again. Jerk.
EB: i'm not!
AG: Okayyy then what will we do on this d8?
EB: movies and makeouts.
AG: Yusssss
EB: yes?
AG: Posthaste then.
AG: Let's roll.
EB: *John gets off Vriska and starts rolling horizontally off a cliff*
AG: *facepalms*
AG: Stop
EB: *They see him rolling*
AG: *they hating*
EB: *John floats up, back to Vriska, and takes her hand.* So, potential love interest, where do ya wanna go?
Im kinda glad i was late on the update. Means I get lots of nice posts in the john/vris tag and not just OMG FEEEELLLSSS, but im still gonna go cry in a corner for awhile and secretly wish john does something awesome ;-;.
The last updates made me think about John a lot. He's actually one of my favorite characters in Homestuck, I don't exactly know why I like him in particular but I do. And oh my god the last updates are so freakin gorgeous!! The blue, the lights and the black and white and John's resolve to fight Jack Noir again on his birthday, next to dead Rose and Dad...wow o_o. (Also, a friend had me thinking about it...is he going a bit grimdark in the updates? I mean he could be...the fact that he doesn't say a single word and that he looks super empowered all of a sudden can lead someone to thinking he is.)
I recently bought "One Year Older" (which is an excellent album by the way) and I'm listening to it over and over again. And because of the album looking back at John's journey, because I love John and because of that hammer in the last updates now I have Spider8reath feels. Lots and lots of them. And they need to be expressed more of less coherently.
(WARNING, this is me having Spider8reath feels, you can stop reading now. Don't say I didn't warn you) ---->Oh my god. Vriska. John. I loved your relationship so much. You were so cute. As a couple or not, it doesn't matter to me, I just want you to chat together again and and be awkward kids. Vriska, I swear, when you asked John out it was the cutest thing ever. John, when I read that the message you put the in the bucket mentioned Vriska, my heart broke in half. Fortunately, even dead she plans on wrecking shit and I really hope she can find a way to cheat death or at last speak to John one last time!! A John that remembers her and that still exists that is :(. This sucks, she was trying to become a better person and put all the bad things she did behind her and then she had to go too far, leaving Terezi no choice but to kill her T_T.
This (drawn by the Huss himself), however, gives me a last ray of hope that she will come back...I know it's highly improbable (I can't stress this enough...) but please please just let me believe that there's a potential maybe in there XD.
Pheww....so yeah...that was what I had to say about John in the last updates^^''.
