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[ Those at the top of Lux Spire may notice things creeping in the shade of plants. These shadows are tiny, reaching the size of rats and no bigger, but take all shapes and formations. Small they may be, but fearless and curious: some of them might snicker and whisper amongst themselves as you pass, while others skitter away underfoot. They seem unwilling to go near the fountain.

Elsewhere, the shadows may reach the size of a cat, and are a little more aggressive. The darkness doesn't seem to be taking kindly to this new cure introduced to the city, and while not ready to launch a full scale attack, they seem to be causing a nuisance to the local citizens in retaliation. As annoyed as they are, these people don't seem too happy to see newcomers - though no one will explain why. ]

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[ He is on the defensive immediately. ]

um i said i kneww it was stupid wwhats the big deal i wwas just sayin

[ huffy pause ]

but look the guy said wwe got givven gifts right
i cant think a much else if its not like an actual object
cause if it aint these [ He holds up his eyeglass and waggles it. ] an it aint a gun or a swword or somethin like that
then wwhat is it

i dunno fuck it nevver mind it wwas just a thought

Hey, believe me? Not as stupid as you might think. [At least not where she comes from. She does remain silent for a very long moment, though.]

You don't think they somehow augmented us with something, do you? [This is said as she squints at him, to see if heat vision will actually burst forward from her eyes. Shocker, it doesn't.]

Abra-cadabra? [This is said softly, and almost lamely.]

i dunno
no
thats impossible howw wwould they evven do that wwithout us knowwin

[ ... ]

but if wwe wwere
wwhich wwere not
HYPOTHETICALLY i think youd havve to givve it more oomph

[ pretending not to side-eye her now. you know. just in case. ]

[Bette looks down for a second, at her hands.] I don't even know what I'm looking for? Fireworks? The ability to create thousands of psionic shrimp?

[There's a glimmer in her eyes, and it's clear that she's feeling a little frustrated.]

God, I hope it's not shrimp. I hate shrimp.

[Top of the tower...now that wasn't really somewhere he wanted to be. Nor did he enjoy Eridan conversing with another when they were supposed to meet up, but here he was. The wind ruffles his hair lightly as he narrows his eyes at his friend and picks up a small rock to pelt to the back of his head.]

Hey! Shitbrick!!

[He always seemed much less threatening in person.]

(( switching to normal text to match shouty mcnubbins :^) dumb accent still present though! ))

FUCK.

[ He dips his head forwards as the pebble hits him and rubs angrily at the back of his hair, whirling around with his toothy mouth open like he's about to yell, but as soon as he sees who it is he seems to deflate. ]

Oh. You showed up. Got to say, I almost wasn't expectin' you. [ He glances sidelong up at Bette and nods his head in Karkat's direction. This is the guy. ] You gonna come over here an' pretend like you got manners, Kar?

This is your friend, I take it? [Bette offers Kar that bright, friendly smile she tends to give everyone who doesn't want to stick a scythe through her spine.] Hi, I'm Bette.

Also new here.

Which I'm sensing is a theme.

Oh well hi! Good to see that Eridan is making friends...or are you really a friend? Isn't it more just someone who is willing to listen to him flap those noise makers he likes to call lips and a mouth.

[He pouts, crossing his arms in defiance and remains where he stands.]

All the same, good to put up with you Bette. It can't be a pleasure to meet anyone when you are in a situation of unfamiliarity.

Yeah, this is him. ...He ain't half bad once you ignore ninety per cent of what he says. I guess.

Vantas, get over here so we can figure this out! I thought you were all about the leaderly cooperation an' shit. If I'm stickin' my neck out for landdwellers, you can sure as fuck come say hi.

[ The look he gives Karkat says we'll talk later. The look he gives Bette straight after yelling says cut him some slack. He's in a weird place right now, brand-new city notwithstanding, and it's making him unusually eager for everyone to cooperate. ]

[Bette just kind of shrugs at Eridan. She can let it slide. They're in a strange situation, after all.]

I'm definitely of the friendly variety. Lost and a little confused, but aren't we all?

I don't suppose you've figured out anything in regards to that weird message we all got when we got here?

...Leaderly cooperation? Well Eridan if you didn't get the memo, I am no loner the leader anymore for obvious reasons! Rose...has taken that up and besides being a leader was too difficult anyway!

[He shifts uncomfortably for a second, but eventually and reluctantly makes his way towards the two of them.]

I don't any sort of the that message. Haven't a clue. Maybe the generous sea dweller can stick his neck out for you and decipher just what the message mean.

[ He squints cluelessly at Karkat for a long moment before he can even place the name. From there, it's all confusion. ]

Fakemage Pinkscarf? No WAY she's the leader of anything, Kar, don't be messin' me around like that right now. We got too much goin' on here. Look... [ Another furtive glance at Bette. This is so awkward. ] Look, I think we got some stuff to catch up on. Maybe more than I thought. We can cover all this soon, but we got an agenda here. If you don't wanna be leader, fine - abdicate an' I'll take up the mantle instead, as I rightly should, bein' royal an' all.

[ WONDERFUL HE IS LEADER NOW AREN'T YOU ALL IMPRESSED. ]

So first I'm namin' the quest: Mission What The Hell Is Goin' On. [ decisive clap. ] I reckon on a scientific approach. Do some experiments, maybe.

[For the most part, Bette hasn't been listening too closely to those parts of their conversation. It's between them, and she respects their privacy. Or she's trying to, anyway.]

Okay, experiments. What do we experiment on? [She eyes both Karkat and Eridan.] No, but seriously, though.

[A faint tapping sound starts to come from the direction of the stairs, as a young man with a big, battered coat, long brown hair tied back in a tail, and a small robot atop his shoulder, finally reach the top of the staircase. An annoyed tone colours the young man's voice, as he has a small conversation with the robot as he looks around.]

You lied to me Cam. You said it would take five minutes.

I did not attempt deceive you Daniel, I merely overestimated your abilities.

[Daniel gives the robot a sardonic glare before pointedly not replying.

Looking about, Daniel spots the small gathering, and guessing from the description Bette gave him, Daniel waves and begins to walk over, keeping a wary eye on the trolls as he's never seen the like before.]

Uh... Hi! You must be Bette, right? [Daniel offers a hand to shake.] I'm Daniel, we spoke via these message-eyeglasses. It's good to meet you.

[Bette gives that bright smile that she's been shooting damn near everyone and shakes his hand with a firm grip.]

Daniel! Yes, it's good to, you know. Put a real face to the name.

This is Eridan here, and this is his friend Karkat who beware might be a little bit prickly.

Did you just...climb up this thing?

[Daniel smiles and matches her grip. Releasing her hand after a firm handshake] Indeed! It's a pleasure to meet you two as well. I'll try not to annoy him then.

[Daniel inclines his head in a respectful nod at the two trolls. He then gestures to Cam, who is still atop his shoulder.] And this is Cam. He thought climbing the tower would be quick and easy. He wasn't the one doing the walking, now was he?

I believed it would take you less time than it did.

It took double your estimate! [Daniel then sighs and shakes his head, looking exasperated.] Either way, I'm here now.

Wait... [Daniel briefly goes silent, thinking for a moment] Didn't you climb it as well?

[ Eridan scours the newcomer with a testy look and then props his hands on his hips. ]

We all climbed it. Pretty sure. Unless someone can fly an' didn't tell me.

[ ... he peers over at the edge of the building, without getting closer. ] Speakin' of. What if that's the trick? I need theories to work with or this ain't gonna be scientific.

Do we really need to jump to science Eridan? Bro, come on that didn't work before and we both know for a fact even if you won't admit it that it won't work now.

[He narrows his gaze, shifting uncomfortably. His gaze looks towards the newcomer.]

...Great...another idiot to add to the party.

Nope. I can't fly. But I can glide? [She points to the compact bronze metallic pack on the back of her uniform.]

Comes in handy when trying to reach high places.

But no, I don't think whatever our gift is, it's superjumping.

[She snaps her fingers a couple of times. A few quick small snaps.] Can't figure out what else it might be.

[Daniel quirks an eyebrow at the comment from the short angry grey guy-- Karkat, he remembers, before deciding to let it slide. He looks stressed and there's no need to make things worse when they've only just met.

Daniel turns to Eridan first] Well, a lot of the powers some of my friends back home had were either inherited or based off their personality in some way. Maybe it works something like that?

[At Bette's revelation, he changes gears completely, moving to get a closer look at the pack] Ooooh! That makes sense! What's it made of, to fold up so small yet still have the strength to carry a human while remaining lightweight? Maybe... Wait! No... Hmmm... [He begins to pack about, muttering at high speed under his breath as he tries to work on this new line of thought]

Personality?

[ As he starts talking, there's a shuffle from some garden plants nearby. He doesn't seem to notice, but they're finally being stalked. ]

What, like Kar got the gift of Troll Hulkin' out? That'd be the day, let me tell you. An' I don't think a gadget what you already had with you counts. No, I think-

[ He frowns at Daniel and waves a hand at him scoldingly. ] Hey. Are you listenin'? ...Ugh. This is goin' nowhere. All o' you need to-

[ A slightly oversized shadow rat barrels into the back of his legs. He goes keeling over backwards with a startled yelp. ]

[Karkat was about to say something. Surely he was about to comment on Eridan's ridiculous comment and also mention something about personality and how it pertains to these perceived powers, but then Eridan fell.

Karkat's first instinct is to run over to him, but luckily that instinct is burried deep down somewhere. Instead he laughs.]

Hey buddy, did you trip on air...what was that acrobatic stunt.

[Bette shrugs her shoulders. She's good with computers and stuff, sure, but the technical stuff, that escapes her a little. Sure, she'd somehow managed to come up with her Flamebird persona on her own, along with all of the gadgets that went along with it, but she'd relied on grapple guns. This was something entirely different. ] I honestly left the design stuff to my Uncle Jake. I just rock it and fight crime in it. But you're welcome to poke around and study it if you want. Just, you know. Don't break it. [Because clearly, Uncle Jake is not here to fix it up for her.]

[When the little shadow rat comes barrelling out, Bette starts. She's faced worse, of course, but there's something to be said for the element of surprise. She yelps out loud and points at the shadow rat. She aims her flamethrowing gauntlet at the thing and throws out a stream of fire but nothing happens to the thing.] Great. My weapons are absolutely useless.

[Startling out of his reverie at the appearance of the shadow-rat thing, Daniel watches as Bette tries to burn it to no effect. Finely tuned combat reflexes kicking in, Daniel reaches into one of his pockets and produces a rather large spanner.

Running up to the monster as the flames die away, Daniel takes a swing... And misses.

The Rat-Monster seems to take this as a personal affront and launches itself at the poor researcher, who begins to flail at it before being thrown off his feet due to the beast's collision with his upper torso. Thankfully, the monster doesn't get a chance to bite down as it's promptly dislodged by Cam, who seems to be a much more capable fighter than their creator.

The Rat-Monster moves into a clearer part of the tower floor to make some space for itself as Cam squares up to it.

Daniel is groaning from his position on the floor, his spanner lying discarded next to him.] Owww...

[ Eridan scuffles backwards along the floor in the most undignified manner ever before scrambling to his feet. ]

That little-! Right. That's it.

[ IT IS SO ON. He's noticed weapons don't seem to be doing much, so he makes a mad lunge for the shadow rat instead. Whatever he hoped to do - perhaps throw it off the building or strangle it or something - he never gets that far. A faint, shimmery bubble-shield sort of flickers in front of his outstretched hands and he staggers to a halt in shock, staring at them. ]

... Did anyone see that. [ HELLO ERIDAN THE RAT IS STILL THERE ]

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LOLOL, poor guy.

he is a big dork really

LOL! He's so fun, though.

Tag jack! Eridan your savior is here.

whoops sorry i'm late, got a little mixed up :')

Sorry this is so late! >.<

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I enjoy writing arsey robots.

Sorry for the late response. >.< Moved last week, getting internet took longer than I'd have liked.

It's fine, I thought something must have been up to drag you away for such an amount of time :P

bette -> daniel -> eridan cycle until karkat confirms he's still here? ;v;

Sorry...here finally.

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Someone's gonna need to snap Daniel out of it, otherwise he's gonna be useless :P

hi guys it's monster time! if anyone wants to use this as a powers opportunity feel free :^)

Back from my trip!

Awww yay! How was it?

Aaaaaand Daniel remains largely useless - What can I say? he's a largely unathletic nerd.

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