Romantic Fanart XI: Give her your heart and diamonds and she'll club you with a spade

[Bandages]

Hello, hello and welcome to the ROMANTIC FANART THREAD.

This here is the thread for posting all romantic art that features Homestuck characters. Also, Homestuck inspired characters. If you have a ship, you can make it float, dammit.

Please keep in mind the mathematically derived SHIPPING CURVE:

Figure 1 A plot of believability of a relationship weighed against the greatness of the art. Low and high values of believability are associated with higher values of greatness, while data points near the median of believability have significantly lower greatness.


Here are the RURUS:

All basic rules of the art forum must be followed. The rules thread of the art forum is found >here<.

For ease and emphasis, some of the more important rules to keep in mind for this thread are...

-No porn. Do not show anyone having sex or uncensored naughty bits.
-No pedo, aka no sex involving the younger characters. Don't even suggest it happening outside the picture. Making them older does not excuse them from this rule.
-Nothing illegal/gross. This means bestiality, pedophilia (adult/kid pairings), incest, etc. The ectobiological siblings don't count, simply because they were shipped so much before we learned they were siblings. Also, cause we don't care about that part. (Well actually... we kind of do... but it's okay.)
-No arguing about these rules! If you're worried about breaking the rules or need some clarification, pm a mod about it before you post in here.
-No pregnant kids or trolls, they are much too young. :|
-Character-bashing is not cool. Please don't vocalize your personal, negative opinions about characters in this thread. Not only does no one but you care, but the negativity has been shown to inflict great suffering to little baby kittens.

You are more than welcome to post fanart in the fanart thread as well if you think a picture you've drawn is not necessarily romantic specific. However, you should NOT post any picture in both threads. Instead, choose one thread to post in and post a link to the aforementioned post in the other thread you wish to share your picture with. Additionally, romantic fan fiction may be posted in either this thread or the fan fiction thread. As before, you must pick one thread to host the fiction itself and provide a link to the other thread that you wish to have your work presented in.

Other art threads

Fanart
Fanfiction
You may also wish to consider whether your work is more suitable for the Image Manipulation thread. Sprite edits and photoshoppings of existing pictures all go in there.

Past romantic fanart threads

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten

[myu2k2]

Hahah, you've nabbed two threads in a row, Bandages! XD

[oogley]

I would like to make the first request, Gamzee and Nepeta! IT IS CUTE AND YOU KNOW IT. :L

[Exmoose]

pffttt right after I posted my bootiful romart in the fanart thread. 8|

Fine have this:

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Crack OT3 or an excuse to draw aged-up characters making silly faces? You decide!

(I ship this as both John and Jade dating Karkat because I'm subtle like that... don't hate please)

(Also this can be interpreted as any combo of pairings and friendship you want, idc)

e: also considering drawing that because I haven't drawn gamzee yet...

[ludicrouslurker]

Ooh, shiny new thread! Anyway, here, have some things I drew for the HSO! (spoiler'd for hugeness)

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[*Sigh*]

Oh man is that markers? WHAT KIND OF GOD ARE YOU?

[Neofafnir]

Awesome a new Romart thread is here!!! Anyways I actually was going to say something semi-relevant, oh yeah, Exmoose that expression on Karkat's face in the second panel is hilariously grumpy/pissed!! Thanks for the awesome, keep up the great work!!

[Exmoose]

Awesome a new Romart thread is here!!! Anyways I actually was going to say something semi-relevant, oh yeah, Exmoose that expression on Karkat's face in the second panel is hilariously grumpy/pissed!! Thanks for the awesome, keep up the great work!!

actually it's supposed to be him making a face. (a badass face) but it could be grumpy too! Actually I think that was the original intent but I hope older!karkat wouldn't really look that snotty... please mature karkat please... Anyways thanks

[PlayerProphet]

(I ship this as both John and Jade dating Karkat because I'm subtle like that... don't hate please)

This is a wonderful OT3. Art tested. Shipper approved.

[Exmoose]

(I ship this as both John and Jade dating Karkat because I'm subtle like that... don't hate please)

This is a wonderful OT3. Art tested. Shipper approved.

my dream... ;-;

(wait do you mean youve seen this elsewhere? I've only seen it once in a porn fic that I recall)

[TheBoyd]

I've actually been drawing a lot lately. I don't know why i havn't been posting.



Thats aradia and tavros dressing up as each other. got the idea from a homestuck characters in halloween costumes contest.
I mean how many people on the forum do you think are cosplaying for halloween?

.. Tavros needs a wig.

[crepuscularDissembler]

yay new thread

[PlayerProphet]

I think these should be in the fanfiction thread!

[Squornshellous Beta]

Oops, sorry >> I figured since they were kinda romancey they would go here but yeah I'm not good at this. Sorry!

*Absconds*

[kwinse]

Actually they can be posted here.

Additionally, romantic fan fiction may be posted in either this thread or the fan fiction thread. As before, you must pick one thread to host the fiction itself and provide a link to the other thread that you wish to have your work presented in.

[Squornshellous Beta]

Oh. That woulda been nice to know before I deleted my post >>

Welp, here they are again.

This is titled "Vriska: trigger events", and contains no actual appearance of Vriska. Also, Trollchat is my made-up chat client that came before Trollian, since Karkat mentioned it being a beta at the beginning of Hivebent.

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It started out as a typical night. I was on my computer, wrestling ~ath code into submission, along with about fifty other projects. Slowly, though, I began to feel a prescence in my mind, distinct from the many voices of the imminently deceased - one of whom sounded horribly familiar, but I couldn't place who it was. I ignored it, and concentrated on blocking what I recognized as Vriska's influence, hoping luck was with me. It would seem that it wasn't; she quickly took control of my body, making me stand up and walk over to the mind honey, taking out a handful.

If I could have, I would have gulped; whatever she was planning, it couldn't be good. And it wouldn't be pleasant for me, either.

She made me walk to my window and leap out, and I briefly wondered if she planned to make me go splat. She didn't, though; I felt my body being gripped by my own psionic abilities, and I hurtled off into the night, Biclops grunting queryingly after me.

For a while, I flew through the night, the time passing uneventfully... which brings us to now, I guess. It seems I've become wrapped up in remembering the events, and narrating to you; sometimes I start to engage the voices, call it a character flaw on my part. It helps pass the time when I'm bored.

Oh, huh, it looks like we're somewhere I recognize. I can't quite place it, though... is that a hive in the distance? And ruins... Aradia! Why is Vriska making me go to Aradia's hive? And why has she... why am I holding... oh, no... oh god no...

And now I'm here. I can't stop myself... I'm just hovering outside the hive... undoubtedly, Vriska's telling Aradia I'm here right now. Please, Aradia, don't come to the window... don't come outside...

I'm removing my glasses. I guess this is confirming what I had suspected... and I guess now I've identified that voice. Please, Vriska, don't make me do this... please, duality, if you ever worked for me, free me from her control...

I guess there's no escaping this. If there was, though, her voice wouldn't be among the masses... nor would it be the very loudest. She doesn't have long left... and now my hand is bringing the honey to my mouth... ugh, this stuff is sickeningly sweet. And my head... this influx of energy hurts like nothing else, it's desperately seeking escape. Bleeding away into the air around my eyes... a horrible, ominous glow illuminating the area.

And she has come to the window. Damn you, Serket... why me? Why must you use me, of all people? Do you just love causing as much misery and sorrow as you can? You could have chosen Terezi, or Karkat... or Gamzee, if you wanted to go for sick humor. But me? Her matesprit? You're evil, Serket, and don't pretend you can't hear me, I know that you can. You're in my mind controlling my every move, there's no way you can't hear me.

Oh, god... that expression on her face. She's so happy to see me, that beautiful smile... she still hasn't processed that I have my glasses off, nor that I have mind honey in my hand, nor even that psionic power is leaking into the cool night air... the last night she'll ever get to experience.

And she's beginning to process it. I guess she saw the light... what an ironic turn of phrase. Her eyes, those wonderful eyes, are filling with dismay... her smile is falling, becoming an expression of fear... tears, rusty red tears, welling up in her eyes... streaming down her face as her computer beeps, indicating a message. That's you, isn't it Serket, saying goodbye in that awful cheerful way you have.

I feel the energy welling up in my head, gathering behind my eyes in preperation of release... she's begging now. She's on her knees, her hands clasped, tears pouring down her face continuously... Aradia, I wish so much that I could stop this. Why are you making me do this, Vriska... can't you take me instead? Just take me, and let her live... oh god, no...

The energy has built up to a level that can't be contained now... she seems to have resigned herself to it... somehow that's even worse. She's looking right into my eyes... wants her last moments to be spent with me, even though that means looking directly at her demise... forgive me, Aradia, I did everything I could...

And the energy bursts out of my head, twin beams of light vaporizing everything they touch, a hideous crater gouging itself out of the ground. And she's gone... her body incinerated, there's no way she could be revived even if I knew how... I failed you, Aradia, I'm so sorry...

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Poor, poor Sollux. Vriska made you do a horrible thing today. She's released you from her grip, though, so I suppose now I should help you. If I simply put you to sleep... that should let me get you back to your hive, I suppose. So if I simply... yeah, that does it. You're so adorable when you're asleep, you know. Leaving the troubles of the waking world behind... and having to kill me must count as a big trouble to bear.

Your glasses, discarded, float back to your face and settle back into their accustomed place. The honey vanishes from your hand, the stickiness fading away; the tears of pain from the exertions of your attack wipe away and hover briefly in mid-air, while I move my hand around them, observing how they move in response to my gestures. It seems my own psionic abilities have recieved something of an upgrade from all this; perhaps this is something for which I can be thankful.

Gently raising you into the air, I place my incorporeal arms under you, doing the closest I can to holding you. I take the scenic route to your hiveblock, stroking your forehead occasionally as you whimper in your sleep, plagued by your usual nightmares of death and pain - thankfully, I can keep the worst of them from your mind, though I need most of my power to stop you falling. I fly over the locations of our dates, remembering each one in turn. The beach where we collected seashells and fought the lusus that tried to eat us... the hillside, where we sat and watched the moon set before sharing our first kiss... the location of our very first "date", as it were, though it was more just two wigglers playing together as their red feelings bloomed. And all too soon we're at your hive, and I fly to the window you... jumped out of, I guess? Whatever. Floating slowly through the window I cup your cheek in one ghostly hand, wishing I could feel your skin. I place you in your recupracoon, giving you one last kiss - and for your sake, I call up into your mind the memory of our best kiss, giggling slightly at your reactions to it.

One last longing look at you and I know I should leave, before I find myself unable to ever leave your presence. I drift away through the ceiling and briefly stop to chat mind-to-mind with Biclops, explaining that his kid would be very sad for a while. He grunts, and I think he understands, just about; he's so hopped-up on mind honey that it's hard to tell, but he grunts at me with a sad look, at least. I depart, testing just how fast I can go; suddenly accelerated to a speed that would have been breathtaking if I still had lungs, it takes a few short minutes before I reach what was once my hive.

I look around the wreckage sadly, finding the back half of my Lusus; she was sleeping at the time, powerless to escape the blast. I float her over to the forest, leaving her at the edge; she'll provide something a nice meal tonight, at the very least. I keep looking through the rubble, and find something that fills me with hope: my computer survived the blast, I can still access Trollchat! I have a way to contact Sollux!

But that can wait; he will be asleep for a while. For now, I should pay Vriska a visit.

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I wake up in my recupracoon. My heart lifts; could it have been a dream? Is there a possibility that I didn't kill my wonderful Aradia? But then I look at my window, a hole in it where I leapt out, and suddenly the weight of Alternia itself is on my shoulders. I have to investigate.

It takes fully ten minutes flying as fast as I can bear to reach her hive, but the scar on the land is visible from a massive distance. Mustard-yellow tears begin to stream down my face as I approach the site; hovering over the wreckage, my heart seems to tear in two; how can I live on without her? How can I go on, knowing that my hands - or rather, my eyes - were responsible for her demise? I set myself down on the ground, sobbing loudly. I raise my face to the sky, tear off my glasses, and release a blast into the openness, hoping that some god will see it and be angered; perhaps he could smite me down and I could be with her again. No such luck; all I'm left to do is to scream wildly into the air. "Why diidn't you take me? Plea2e, plea2e briing her back - take me iin2tead! Plea2e..."

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I'm out flying through the woods, enjoying the feel of passing right through the trees, when I see him firing his signal wildly into the air. It must be visible for miles around; a massive, red-and-blue helix of psionic power, stretching into the sky for who knows what distance. Turning towards it, I fly back as fast as I can manage, reaching my hive in a matter of seconds. He doesn't have his computer with him, so I can't contact him that way; all else I can think of is to simply carve my words into the very ground.

...Well, it should get the point across, anyway.

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Oh god, what's Vriska doing now? How is she pulling off such an illusion without me feeling her prescence? If I didn't know better, I'd swear that letters are being carved into the ground by some unseen source.

S0LLUX

S0LLUX, ITS 0K

I D0NT BLAME Y0U

That... that psychopathic spider. As though it weren't enough that she made me kill the one I loved, now she's trying to make me think she might still be alive? Only to crush my heart again, no doubt. I'm not taking this, I'm fed up with her crap.

A single blast is sufficient to wipe away the words, admittedly along with the ground around it. I raise my face to she sky and scream at Vriska, hoping that wherever she is and however she's doing this, she can hear me.

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"vrii2ka! ii 2wear, iif you don't 2top thii2, ii wiill per2onally hunt you down and make you pay!"

Oh, god... he thinks it's another of her tricks. And he's looking right at me while he shouts... not that he can know that, of course, but it still makes my nonexistent heart leap for the briefest of seconds. I have to make him realize it's not her.

Raising my arm slightly, the words begin to form again, even bigger this time.

S0LLUX, ITS N0T VRISKA

I AM THE 0NE WRITING, S0LLUX

ITS ME

PLEASE G0 H0ME AND WE CAN TALK 0N TR0LLCHAT

ITS A L0T EASIER THAN THIS

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"oh 2ure, ii'm goiing home alriight. but ii'm not goiing to lii2ten to your crap! ii'm goiing 2o that i can avoiid damagiing thii2 place any more, you hear me? DO YOU HEAR ME, VRII2KA?"

And with those words, I erase her damnable carvings and fly away, still sobbing to myself. Who does Serket think she is, trying to traumatize a lovestruck Troll boy?

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It's frankly heartbreaking to see him so upset, but getting him away from here is the best thing that can be done for now. I leave a suitable interval before floating down to my computer and booting up Trollchat.

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Biclops grunts at me as though he has something to say as I approach the hiveblock, but I'm in no mood to listen. I hurl myself through the window, landing right in front of my computer as it happens. While the bees continue to buzz in the background, I notice that I have a message... from ApocalypseArisen?

-- apocalypseArisen [AA] began trolling twinArmaggedons [TA] --

TA: fuck off vrii2ka, ii'm not goiing two talk two you.
AA: s0llux, h0w can i make y0u see that its n0t her
TA: and how the fuck diid you get her pa22word anyway
TA: oh, that'2 ju2t lovely
TA: you're 2tiill goiing two try two make me thiink iit'2 her
TA: only two cru2h my heart agaiin, no doubt[/color]
AA: s0llux, its n0t her, its me
AA: its aradia
TA: yeah riight. fuck off.
TA: ii 2hould block you riight off, ii don't even know why ii'm not.
AA: s0llux, it really is me!
AA: i d0n't know h0w it happened, but i'm still here.
AA: i think im a gh0st.
TA: yeah 2ure
TA: gho2t2 are just faiiry tale2
TA: they're not real
AA: but i am
AA: i can pr0ve it
TA: oh, 2ure. go ahead, 2erket.
AA: well, ill have t0 think 0f s0mething 0nly we kn0w
AA: 0h, i remember 0ne
AA: what about 0ur time three m0nths ag0?
AA: in my hive?
TA: how the fuck do you know about that
TA: there'2 no way you could have 2een that iin my miind
TA: ii blocked iit from you
AA: i kn0w it because im aradia, s0llux
TA: took a hell of a lot of energy, two
TA: why am ii 2tartiing two beliieve you?
TA: ii mu2t be the most gulliible troll ever.
AA: s0llux, what happened at my hive just n0w is 0utside 0f her capabilities
AA: thats m0re evidence f0r it
TA: ii'm pretty 2ure that aradia wa2 never that powerful a p2iioniic eiither
TA: unless 2he wa2 holding out on me
AA: thats true i wasnt
AA: but n0w i am
AA: i think dying must have amplified my p0wers
TA: aradiia, ii2 iit really you?
TA: ii2 there 2ome way that iit'2 po22iible that ii diidn't kiill you?
AA: 0h n0 im definitely dead
AA: i have t0 use my psi0nic p0wers t0 even type
AA: my fingers g0 right thr0ugh the keys
TA: okay fiine let2 a22ume ii've bought thii2
TA: and that you're really a gho2t
TA: why are you talkiing two me?
TA: ii kiilled you.
AA: s0llux, i d0nt blame y0u
AA: it was vriskas fault
AA: y0u had n0 c0ntr0l 0ver y0ur actions
TA: but iif ii'd been more attentive, or 2tronger, ii could have 2topped her
AA: y0u c0uldnt have kn0wn that she w0uld d0 that
AA: and y0ure an incredibly str0ng psi0nic
AA: serket is just stupidly p0werful
TA: but ii kiilled you, aradiia
TA: how can you even bear two talk to me
AA: because ii stiill love you, 2ollux < 3
TA: and ii 2till love you two
TA: but how could thii2 even work
TA: iim aliive
TA: you're a gho2t
AA: i d0nt kn0w h0w itll work
AA: but if y0u want t0 try, s0 do i
AA: want t0 take that plunge, s0llux?
TA: 0f c0urse i d0
TA: < 3
TA: why are you typiing liike that anyway
AA: i dunn0
AA: it just... feels right
AA: im 0k with it
AA: i think
AA: i think im 0k with a l0t of things
TA: liike me kiilliing you?
AA: i keep telling y0u i d0nt blame y0u f0r that, s0llux
TA: yeah
TA: but ii do
TA: 2ee you iin a few miinute2
TA: fiiguratiively 2peaking, of cour2e
AA: see y0u!

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He's coming! He's coming here! And we're going to be together, even still! This is so wonderful. I should probably have something here to wait for him, really.

I raise my hand, and the fog begins to roll in from the forest. I pull it into my core, modelling it into the shape of my own body. I grin slightly as I look at my arm and see the fog flowing around inside it; concentrating hard, I solidify the surface as much as I can, making what to anyone else would look like a greyish-white version of me.

Unfortunately, though, I have no way to make this form speak. Raising my arm, I leave just a faint trail of white behind, tracing the words in the air. I briefly doodle, a heart and our names floating in midair. Then I swipe at them, drawing them into my misty form; yeah, this seems to be the most efficient method of communicating.

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Once again I fly as fast as I can manage, not wanting to waste a single second I could spend with her. The landscape around me a mere blur, I take the route I remember so well from the relatively few times I've been to her hive... especially that one time. Man, Biclops was angry at me for being out for overnight when I'd told him I'd only be a few hours. It was certainly worth it, though, hehe.

I very quickly reach her hive, looking around as best I can with my psionic powers to try and find her. To no avail, though; she wouldn't be hiding from me, so I suppose I just can't see her with my vision twofold. I call out to her, my lisping voice echoing around the emptiness of the place. In response, the fog begins to roll in from the forest; it starts to gather itself into a vaguely trollian shape, quickly solidifying into that beautiful figure I know so well. A pale, rust-red light illuminates the form in certain places, adding a touch of color and letting me see the figure's eyes, lips, and horns clearly; she grins widely as tears of pure delight roll down my face.

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I can't help but smile at the expression of joy on his face, though the tears are somewhat upsetting, despite their cause. I raise my hand and wipe away the mustard yellow liquid, leaving behind a film of water in its place. His tears floating in front of my hand, I roll them around my palm for a second before closing my fist, absorbing them into my semisolid form.

Still grinning widely, I raise my finger, trying to remember to write backward.

ARADIA: hi s0llux
SOLLUX: hey aradiia!
ARADIA: glad y0u c0uld make it!
SOLLUX: wouldn't mii22 iit for the world.
ARADIA: h0w d0 y0u like my mist f0rm?
SOLLUX: iit'2 pretty good, but iit doe2n't do you ju2tiice.
SOLLUX: then again, nothiing 2hort of you your2elf could do you ju2tiice.
ARADIA: thats sweet!
ARADIA: s0, s0llux, d0nt y0u have anything t0 greet me?
SOLLUX: of cour2e ii do!

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Suddenly, her wraithlike avatar swoops down towards me, wrapping its strangely solid, if cold, arms around me. I embrace her in return, wishing I could hold her physical form but knowing it's impossible. The misty form is cold, causing my skin to break out in goosebumps; she obviously notices, and suddenly a feeling of warmth spreads over my body; she's presumably stimulating the sensors in my skin or something with her psychic powers but I don't care, I just love this feeling. She grins, and suddenly her lips are on mine; the psychic imprint of a kiss is as close to bliss as I've ever come, and I kiss back, hoping she can somehow feel it.

Perhaps, just perhaps, this will all work out for the best.

And this one is titled "Nepeta/Equius: playdate", and less romancey. It's written as though Equius does have some red feelings for Nepeta though, so.

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AC: :33 < well im coming over anyway so there!
CT: D--> Very well. If you are going to insist on visiting, I suppose I may as well a%ept it, rather than wasting energy on a pointless resistance.
AC: :33 < yeah, you should! s33 you in a bit, equius!
CT: D--> Goodbye for now.

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Such a free spirit, that one. It's quite adorable. I suppose I should prepare this place or... something... hm. There's not really much I can do to clean up, is there. I guess I could... remove the posters from the walls, don't want her seeing those... oh dear, I seem to have made a hole in the wall. Curse my brutish strength.

Arthour having successfully repaired it, I give him the gentlest pat I can manage. As usual, he bruises heavily, despite his being one of the strongest Lusii on Alternia. I growl, my strength angering me, and decide it would be prudent to work out some of this anger before she should arrive.

Stalking down into the lab/fight ring, I find the toughest robot I can, punching it in the chest and watching the metal crumple like tissue. Another punch and its head flies across the room, crashing into the wall and detonating. Another few punches and the robot is reduced to scrap metal. I tear through another three robots this way before I finally manage to calm down, and once more Arthour is summoned to deal with the mess. He whinnies agreeably as he begins and I resist the urge to pat him again, instead returning to the upstairs level and poking at the posters with half a bow in some attempt to remove them, with moderate success.

The robot shells, I just hurl out of the window.

A while after I have made my hive respectable, Nepeta finally arrives, pouncing on me and tackling me to the ground. She giggles, getting off me to let me stand up without hurting her. She purrs and extends one paw - HAND, she has hands, her cat jokes must be rubbing off on me - to me, in some attempt to shake my hand. I look at her with some concern, and she correctly reads me; for the first time, she speaks to me in person.

NEPETA: :33 < youre worried youll hurt me, arent you mister zahcat?
EQUIUS: D--> ...Yes, actually I am. My STRENGTH is such that, were I to attempt to shake your hand, I fear I would crush it.
NEPETA: :33 < well then youd better let me do it hadnt you!
EQUIUS: D--> Indeed. Feel free.

She places her hand in mine and holds on gently, a delicate gesture I could never achieve. She shakes my hand with a fluid grace, the result of her upbringing with her catlike Lusus. I feel myself perspiring as I ponder her, and she removes her hand.

NEPETA: :33 < g33z equius you really do get sweaty! i thought that was just some joke you had fur some reason.
EQUIUS: D--> ...Yes, I apologize. Give me a moment, I will fix it.

I head to the dark recesses of my room and locate the dryest towel I can find, mopping the sweat from my hands and face as best I can. It's not perfect, but then it never is; it'll have to do. I return to her, finding her looking at the tattered remains of my posters with a sort of feral attentiveness.

EQUIUS: D--> There we go, I have rectified the situation. I do apologize for it, but I am unfortunately unable to control my own perspiration.
NEPETA: :33 < youre funny equius! using all of those big words like that.
EQUIUS: D--> I am afraid I am not trying to be amusing; it is simply the way it occurs to me to talk.
NEPETA: :33 < whatefur! i think we should play a game. got any games around?
EQUIUS: D--> ...I think I have -- oh, wait, never mind.

I suddenly remembered that I had crushed the game pieces in an attempt to move three spaces to the right, as dictated by the dice roll.

NEPETA: :33 < well ill just have to suggest one then!
EQUIUS: D--> If that is what you wish.
NEPETA: :33 < i know youre a mechanist sorta guy... do you pawssibly have any robots we can play with?
EQUIUS: D--> Well, I don't have any robots that are explicitly designed for playing, but I am certain I can reprogram some to be relevant to this pursuit.
NEPETA: :33 < PURRsuit equius! come on, its not so bad making cat puns.
EQUIUS: D--> I will do my best.

And we while away the hours, casually conversing and playing with my robots. It seems a very short time to me before it is morning, and Nepeta is clearly becoming drowsy; I always forget that she is nocturnal by nature. Since she is not going to suggest that she sleeps, I take it upon myself to do so.

EQUIUS: D--> Nepeta, I believe you are becoming tired. I think it would be in your best interests were you to sleep.
NEPETA: XOO < nooo! i dont wanna sleep, i wanna keep playing with you!
EQUIUS: D--> And you can continue playing with me in the evening, Nepeta. For now, you are tired, and should rest.
NEPETA: XOO < FINE, LUSUS. ill sleep if thats what you say.
NEPETA: :33 < but one condition.
NEPETA: :33 < i wanna sleep curled up on you!
EQUIUS: D--> ...Certainly, if that is what you would like to do. I know you usually sleep curled up with your Lusus, so it would be impolite of me to deprive you of a similar source of warmth.
NEPETA: :33 < GEEZ mister bigwords all you do is talk and talk and talk! just let me curl up on you already.
EQUIUS: D--> Certainly.

She curls up, and, true to her word, lies her head and upper torso in my lap, an adorable smile on her face as she drifts off into a gently purring sleep. I look down at her and my instinct is to gently stroke her hair, reaching out my hand to do so.

But suddenly I stop, memories flooding back.

...Another time, more than a sweep in the past. A female who I know from my excursions has accompanied me to my hive, and I am becoming somewhat flustered. As usual, this is leading me to become somewhat sweaty, and she seems uncomfortable in light of this; she turns to leave. I panic, and grab hold of her arm in an attempt to make her stay; all of a sudden she is screaming and struggling, and I can feel a horrible cunching under my hand. All the blood drains from my face, and in my panic it doesn't occur to me to let go... I keep on clinging on as she tries to escape my grip, further damaging her arm. As I recall, she lost the use of that arm entirely... I, meanwhile, had to withdraw from that social circle, and I was shunned by almost everyone... everyone, that is, until a message flashed up from a Trollchat user named arsenicCatnip, seeking a friend...

And suddenly I'm back in the present, my arm shaking slightly, halfway towards her head. My eyes widen as I realize what I was about to do, and for the briefest of seconds my mind conjures up images of what would have happened had I not remembered; it is not a pretty sight. I pull my arm away sharply, and she shifts slightly in her sleep in response to my movement; she turns over and shifts her arm into an almost-hug; she has no idea how close she came to a very unpleasant death.

I pull my hand as far away from her as I can. Tears begin to roll down my face as I consider how much my strength places me outside society... how little I'll be able to interact with normal people... with Nepeta. I do my best to keep my crying quiet so as not to disturb her, pleading for someone, anyone, to take away this curse.

Nobody answers.

[OrangeAipom]

How come Equius and Nepeta lose their quirks later on?

[Squornshellous Beta]

I don't believe they do? If it's just Nepeta's cat puns, I'm not great with puns. Feel free to suggest some =D

[Bandages]

Oh. That woulda been nice to know before I deleted my post >>

Welp, here they are again.

This is titled "Vriska: trigger events", and contains no actual appearance of Vriska. Also, Trollchat is my made-up chat client that came before Trollian, since Karkat mentioned it being a beta at the beginning of Hivebent.

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It started out as a typical night. I was on my computer, wrestling ~ath code into submission, along with about fifty other projects. Slowly, though, I began to feel a prescence in my mind, distinct from the many voices of the imminently deceased - one of whom sounded horribly familiar, but I couldn't place who it was. I ignored it, and concentrated on blocking what I recognized as Vriska's influence, hoping luck was with me. It would seem that it wasn't; she quickly took control of my body, making me stand up and walk over to the mind honey, taking out a handful.

If I could have, I would have gulped; whatever she was planning, it couldn't be good. And it wouldn't be pleasant for me, either.

She made me walk to my window and leap out, and I briefly wondered if she planned to make me go splat. She didn't, though; I felt my body being gripped by my own psionic abilities, and I hurtled off into the night, Biclops grunting queryingly after me.

For a while, I flew through the night, the time passing uneventfully... which brings us to now, I guess. It seems I've become wrapped up in remembering the events, and narrating to you; sometimes I start to engage the voices, call it a character flaw on my part. It helps pass the time when I'm bored.

Oh, huh, it looks like we're somewhere I recognize. I can't quite place it, though... is that a hive in the distance? And ruins... Aradia! Why is Vriska making me go to Aradia's hive? And why has she... why am I holding... oh, no... oh god no...

And now I'm here. I can't stop myself... I'm just hovering outside the hive... undoubtedly, Vriska's telling Aradia I'm here right now. Please, Aradia, don't come to the window... don't come outside...

I'm removing my glasses. I guess this is confirming what I had suspected... and I guess now I've identified that voice. Please, Vriska, don't make me do this... please, duality, if you ever worked for me, free me from her control...

I guess there's no escaping this. If there was, though, her voice wouldn't be among the masses... nor would it be the very loudest. She doesn't have long left... and now my hand is bringing the honey to my mouth... ugh, this stuff is sickeningly sweet. And my head... this influx of energy hurts like nothing else, it's desperately seeking escape. Bleeding away into the air around my eyes... a horrible, ominous glow illuminating the area.

And she has come to the window. Damn you, Serket... why me? Why must you use me, of all people? Do you just love causing as much misery and sorrow as you can? You could have chosen Terezi, or Karkat... or Gamzee, if you wanted to go for sick humor. But me? Her matesprit? You're evil, Serket, and don't pretend you can't hear me, I know that you can. You're in my mind controlling my every move, there's no way you can't hear me.

Oh, god... that expression on her face. She's so happy to see me, that beautiful smile... she still hasn't processed that I have my glasses off, nor that I have mind honey in my hand, nor even that psionic power is leaking into the cool night air... the last night she'll ever get to experience.

And she's beginning to process it. I guess she saw the light... what an ironic turn of phrase. Her eyes, those wonderful eyes, are filling with dismay... her smile is falling, becoming an expression of fear... tears, rusty red tears, welling up in her eyes... streaming down her face as her computer beeps, indicating a message. That's you, isn't it Serket, saying goodbye in that awful cheerful way you have.

I feel the energy welling up in my head, gathering behind my eyes in preperation of release... she's begging now. She's on her knees, her hands clasped, tears pouring down her face continuously... Aradia, I wish so much that I could stop this. Why are you making me do this, Vriska... can't you take me instead? Just take me, and let her live... oh god, no...

The energy has built up to a level that can't be contained now... she seems to have resigned herself to it... somehow that's even worse. She's looking right into my eyes... wants her last moments to be spent with me, even though that means looking directly at her demise... forgive me, Aradia, I did everything I could...

And the energy bursts out of my head, twin beams of light vaporizing everything they touch, a hideous crater gouging itself out of the ground. And she's gone... her body incinerated, there's no way she could be revived even if I knew how... I failed you, Aradia, I'm so sorry...

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Poor, poor Sollux. Vriska made you do a horrible thing today. She's released you from her grip, though, so I suppose now I should help you. If I simply put you to sleep... that should let me get you back to your hive, I suppose. So if I simply... yeah, that does it. You're so adorable when you're asleep, you know. Leaving the troubles of the waking world behind... and having to kill me must count as a big trouble to bear.

Your glasses, discarded, float back to your face and settle back into their accustomed place. The honey vanishes from your hand, the stickiness fading away; the tears of pain from the exertions of your attack wipe away and hover briefly in mid-air, while I move my hand around them, observing how they move in response to my gestures. It seems my own psionic abilities have recieved something of an upgrade from all this; perhaps this is something for which I can be thankful.

Gently raising you into the air, I place my incorporeal arms under you, doing the closest I can to holding you. I take the scenic route to your hiveblock, stroking your forehead occasionally as you whimper in your sleep, plagued by your usual nightmares of death and pain - thankfully, I can keep the worst of them from your mind, though I need most of my power to stop you falling. I fly over the locations of our dates, remembering each one in turn. The beach where we collected seashells and fought the lusus that tried to eat us... the hillside, where we sat and watched the moon set before sharing our first kiss... the location of our very first "date", as it were, though it was more just two wigglers playing together as their red feelings bloomed. And all too soon we're at your hive, and I fly to the window you... jumped out of, I guess? Whatever. Floating slowly through the window I cup your cheek in one ghostly hand, wishing I could feel your skin. I place you in your recupracoon, giving you one last kiss - and for your sake, I call up into your mind the memory of our best kiss, giggling slightly at your reactions to it.

One last longing look at you and I know I should leave, before I find myself unable to ever leave your presence. I drift away through the ceiling and briefly stop to chat mind-to-mind with Biclops, explaining that his kid would be very sad for a while. He grunts, and I think he understands, just about; he's so hopped-up on mind honey that it's hard to tell, but he grunts at me with a sad look, at least. I depart, testing just how fast I can go; suddenly accelerated to a speed that would have been breathtaking if I still had lungs, it takes a few short minutes before I reach what was once my hive.

I look around the wreckage sadly, finding the back half of my Lusus; she was sleeping at the time, powerless to escape the blast. I float her over to the forest, leaving her at the edge; she'll provide something a nice meal tonight, at the very least. I keep looking through the rubble, and find something that fills me with hope: my computer survived the blast, I can still access Trollchat! I have a way to contact Sollux!

But that can wait; he will be asleep for a while. For now, I should pay Vriska a visit.

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I wake up in my recupracoon. My heart lifts; could it have been a dream? Is there a possibility that I didn't kill my wonderful Aradia? But then I look at my window, a hole in it where I leapt out, and suddenly the weight of Alternia itself is on my shoulders. I have to investigate.

It takes fully ten minutes flying as fast as I can bear to reach her hive, but the scar on the land is visible from a massive distance. Mustard-yellow tears begin to stream down my face as I approach the site; hovering over the wreckage, my heart seems to tear in two; how can I live on without her? How can I go on, knowing that my hands - or rather, my eyes - were responsible for her demise? I set myself down on the ground, sobbing loudly. I raise my face to the sky, tear off my glasses, and release a blast into the openness, hoping that some god will see it and be angered; perhaps he could smite me down and I could be with her again. No such luck; all I'm left to do is to scream wildly into the air. "Why diidn't you take me? Plea2e, plea2e briing her back - take me iin2tead! Plea2e..."

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I'm out flying through the woods, enjoying the feel of passing right through the trees, when I see him firing his signal wildly into the air. It must be visible for miles around; a massive, red-and-blue helix of psionic power, stretching into the sky for who knows what distance. Turning towards it, I fly back as fast as I can manage, reaching my hive in a matter of seconds. He doesn't have his computer with him, so I can't contact him that way; all else I can think of is to simply carve my words into the very ground.

...Well, it should get the point across, anyway.

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Oh god, what's Vriska doing now? How is she pulling off such an illusion without me feeling her prescence? If I didn't know better, I'd swear that letters are being carved into the ground by some unseen source.

S0LLUX

S0LLUX, ITS 0K

I D0NT BLAME Y0U

That... that psychopathic spider. As though it weren't enough that she made me kill the one I loved, now she's trying to make me think she might still be alive? Only to crush my heart again, no doubt. I'm not taking this, I'm fed up with her crap.

A single blast is sufficient to wipe away the words, admittedly along with the ground around it. I raise my face to she sky and scream at Vriska, hoping that wherever she is and however she's doing this, she can hear me.

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"vrii2ka! ii 2wear, iif you don't 2top thii2, ii wiill per2onally hunt you down and make you pay!"

Oh, god... he thinks it's another of her tricks. And he's looking right at me while he shouts... not that he can know that, of course, but it still makes my nonexistent heart leap for the briefest of seconds. I have to make him realize it's not her.

Raising my arm slightly, the words begin to form again, even bigger this time.

S0LLUX, ITS N0T VRISKA

I AM THE 0NE WRITING, S0LLUX

ITS ME

PLEASE G0 H0ME AND WE CAN TALK 0N TR0LLCHAT

ITS A L0T EASIER THAN THIS

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"oh 2ure, ii'm goiing home alriight. but ii'm not goiing to lii2ten to your crap! ii'm goiing 2o that i can avoiid damagiing thii2 place any more, you hear me? DO YOU HEAR ME, VRII2KA?"

And with those words, I erase her damnable carvings and fly away, still sobbing to myself. Who does Serket think she is, trying to traumatize a lovestruck Troll boy?

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It's frankly heartbreaking to see him so upset, but getting him away from here is the best thing that can be done for now. I leave a suitable interval before floating down to my computer and booting up Trollchat.

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Biclops grunts at me as though he has something to say as I approach the hiveblock, but I'm in no mood to listen. I hurl myself through the window, landing right in front of my computer as it happens. While the bees continue to buzz in the background, I notice that I have a message... from ApocalypseArisen?

-- apocalypseArisen [AA] began trolling twinArmaggedons [TA] --

TA: fuck off vrii2ka, ii'm not goiing two talk two you.
AA: s0llux, h0w can i make y0u see that its n0t her
TA: and how the fuck diid you get her pa22word anyway
TA: oh, that'2 ju2t lovely
TA: you're 2tiill goiing two try two make me thiink iit'2 her
TA: only two cru2h my heart agaiin, no doubt[/color]
AA: s0llux, its n0t her, its me
AA: its aradia
TA: yeah riight. fuck off.
TA: ii 2hould block you riight off, ii don't even know why ii'm not.
AA: s0llux, it really is me!
AA: i d0n't know h0w it happened, but i'm still here.
AA: i think im a gh0st.
TA: yeah 2ure
TA: gho2t2 are just faiiry tale2
TA: they're not real
AA: but i am
AA: i can pr0ve it
TA: oh, 2ure. go ahead, 2erket.
AA: well, ill have t0 think 0f s0mething 0nly we kn0w
AA: 0h, i remember 0ne
AA: what about 0ur time three m0nths ag0?
AA: in my hive?
TA: how the fuck do you know about that
TA: there'2 no way you could have 2een that iin my miind
TA: ii blocked iit from you
AA: i kn0w it because im aradia, s0llux
TA: took a hell of a lot of energy, two
TA: why am ii 2tartiing two beliieve you?
TA: ii mu2t be the most gulliible troll ever.
AA: s0llux, what happened at my hive just n0w is 0utside 0f her capabilities
AA: thats m0re evidence f0r it
TA: ii'm pretty 2ure that aradia wa2 never that powerful a p2iioniic eiither
TA: unless 2he wa2 holding out on me
AA: thats true i wasnt
AA: but n0w i am
AA: i think dying must have amplified my p0wers
TA: aradiia, ii2 iit really you?
TA: ii2 there 2ome way that iit'2 po22iible that ii diidn't kiill you?
AA: 0h n0 im definitely dead
AA: i have t0 use my psi0nic p0wers t0 even type
AA: my fingers g0 right thr0ugh the keys
TA: okay fiine let2 a22ume ii've bought thii2
TA: and that you're really a gho2t
TA: why are you talkiing two me?
TA: ii kiilled you.
AA: s0llux, i d0nt blame y0u
AA: it was vriskas fault
AA: y0u had n0 c0ntr0l 0ver y0ur actions
TA: but iif ii'd been more attentive, or 2tronger, ii could have 2topped her
AA: y0u c0uldnt have kn0wn that she w0uld d0 that
AA: and y0ure an incredibly str0ng psi0nic
AA: serket is just stupidly p0werful
TA: but ii kiilled you, aradiia
TA: how can you even bear two talk to me
AA: because ii stiill love you, 2ollux < 3
TA: and ii 2till love you two
TA: but how could thii2 even work
TA: iim aliive
TA: you're a gho2t
AA: i d0nt kn0w h0w itll work
AA: but if y0u want t0 try, s0 do i
AA: want t0 take that plunge, s0llux?
TA: 0f c0urse i d0
TA: < 3
TA: why are you typiing liike that anyway
AA: i dunn0
AA: it just... feels right
AA: im 0k with it
AA: i think
AA: i think im 0k with a l0t of things
TA: liike me kiilliing you?
AA: i keep telling y0u i d0nt blame y0u f0r that, s0llux
TA: yeah
TA: but ii do
TA: 2ee you iin a few miinute2
TA: fiiguratiively 2peaking, of cour2e
AA: see y0u!

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He's coming! He's coming here! And we're going to be together, even still! This is so wonderful. I should probably have something here to wait for him, really.

I raise my hand, and the fog begins to roll in from the forest. I pull it into my core, modelling it into the shape of my own body. I grin slightly as I look at my arm and see the fog flowing around inside it; concentrating hard, I solidify the surface as much as I can, making what to anyone else would look like a greyish-white version of me.

Unfortunately, though, I have no way to make this form speak. Raising my arm, I leave just a faint trail of white behind, tracing the words in the air. I briefly doodle, a heart and our names floating in midair. Then I swipe at them, drawing them into my misty form; yeah, this seems to be the most efficient method of communicating.

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Once again I fly as fast as I can manage, not wanting to waste a single second I could spend with her. The landscape around me a mere blur, I take the route I remember so well from the relatively few times I've been to her hive... especially that one time. Man, Biclops was angry at me for being out for overnight when I'd told him I'd only be a few hours. It was certainly worth it, though, hehe.

I very quickly reach her hive, looking around as best I can with my psionic powers to try and find her. To no avail, though; she wouldn't be hiding from me, so I suppose I just can't see her with my vision twofold. I call out to her, my lisping voice echoing around the emptiness of the place. In response, the fog begins to roll in from the forest; it starts to gather itself into a vaguely trollian shape, quickly solidifying into that beautiful figure I know so well. A pale, rust-red light illuminates the form in certain places, adding a touch of color and letting me see the figure's eyes, lips, and horns clearly; she grins widely as tears of pure delight roll down my face.

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I can't help but smile at the expression of joy on his face, though the tears are somewhat upsetting, despite their cause. I raise my hand and wipe away the mustard yellow liquid, leaving behind a film of water in its place. His tears floating in front of my hand, I roll them around my palm for a second before closing my fist, absorbing them into my semisolid form.

Still grinning widely, I raise my finger, trying to remember to write backward.

ARADIA: hi s0llux
SOLLUX: hey aradiia!
ARADIA: glad y0u c0uld make it!
SOLLUX: wouldn't mii22 iit for the world.
ARADIA: h0w d0 y0u like my mist f0rm?
SOLLUX: iit'2 pretty good, but iit doe2n't do you ju2tiice.
SOLLUX: then again, nothiing 2hort of you your2elf could do you ju2tiice.
ARADIA: thats sweet!
ARADIA: s0, s0llux, d0nt y0u have anything t0 greet me?
SOLLUX: of cour2e ii do!

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Suddenly, her wraithlike avatar swoops down towards me, wrapping its strangely solid, if cold, arms around me. I embrace her in return, wishing I could hold her physical form but knowing it's impossible. The misty form is cold, causing my skin to break out in goosebumps; she obviously notices, and suddenly a feeling of warmth spreads over my body; she's presumably stimulating the sensors in my skin or something with her psychic powers but I don't care, I just love this feeling. She grins, and suddenly her lips are on mine; the psychic imprint of a kiss is as close to bliss as I've ever come, and I kiss back, hoping she can somehow feel it.

Perhaps, just perhaps, this will all work out for the best.

And this one is titled "Nepeta/Equius: playdate", and less romancey. It's written as though Equius does have some red feelings for Nepeta though, so.

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AC: :33 < well im coming over anyway so there!
CT: D--> Very well. If you are going to insist on visiting, I suppose I may as well a%ept it, rather than wasting energy on a pointless resistance.
AC: :33 < yeah, you should! s33 you in a bit, equius!
CT: D--> Goodbye for now.

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Such a free spirit, that one. It's quite adorable. I suppose I should prepare this place or... something... hm. There's not really much I can do to clean up, is there. I guess I could... remove the posters from the walls, don't want her seeing those... oh dear, I seem to have made a hole in the wall. Curse my brutish strength.

Arthour having successfully repaired it, I give him the gentlest pat I can manage. As usual, he bruises heavily, despite his being one of the strongest Lusii on Alternia. I growl, my strength angering me, and decide it would be prudent to work out some of this anger before she should arrive.

Stalking down into the lab/fight ring, I find the toughest robot I can, punching it in the chest and watching the metal crumple like tissue. Another punch and its head flies across the room, crashing into the wall and detonating. Another few punches and the robot is reduced to scrap metal. I tear through another three robots this way before I finally manage to calm down, and once more Arthour is summoned to deal with the mess. He whinnies agreeably as he begins and I resist the urge to pat him again, instead returning to the upstairs level and poking at the posters with half a bow in some attempt to remove them, with moderate success.

The robot shells, I just hurl out of the window.

A while after I have made my hive respectable, Nepeta finally arrives, pouncing on me and tackling me to the ground. She giggles, getting off me to let me stand up without hurting her. She purrs and extends one paw - HAND, she has hands, her cat jokes must be rubbing off on me - to me, in some attempt to shake my hand. I look at her with some concern, and she correctly reads me; for the first time, she speaks to me in person.

NEPETA: :33 < youre worried youll hurt me, arent you mister zahcat?
EQUIUS: D--> ...Yes, actually I am. My STRENGTH is such that, were I to attempt to shake your hand, I fear I would crush it.
NEPETA: :33 < well then youd better let me do it hadnt you!
EQUIUS: D--> Indeed. Feel free.

She places her hand in mine and holds on gently, a delicate gesture I could never achieve. She shakes my hand with a fluid grace, the result of her upbringing with her catlike Lusus. I feel myself perspiring as I ponder her, and she removes her hand.

NEPETA: :33 < g33z equius you really do get sweaty! i thought that was just some joke you had fur some reason.
EQUIUS: D--> ...Yes, I apologize. Give me a moment, I will fix it.

I head to the dark recesses of my room and locate the dryest towel I can find, mopping the sweat from my hands and face as best I can. It's not perfect, but then it never is; it'll have to do. I return to her, finding her looking at the tattered remains of my posters with a sort of feral attentiveness.

EQUIUS: D--> There we go, I have rectified the situation. I do apologize for it, but I am unfortunately unable to control my own perspiration.
NEPETA: :33 < youre funny equius! using all of those big words like that.
EQUIUS: D--> I am afraid I am not trying to be amusing; it is simply the way it occurs to me to talk.
NEPETA: :33 < whatefur! i think we should play a game. got any games around?
EQUIUS: D--> ...I think I have -- oh, wait, never mind.

I suddenly remembered that I had crushed the game pieces in an attempt to move three spaces to the right, as dictated by the dice roll.

NEPETA: :33 < well ill just have to suggest one then!
EQUIUS: D--> If that is what you wish.
NEPETA: :33 < i know youre a mechanist sorta guy... do you pawssibly have any robots we can play with?
EQUIUS: D--> Well, I don't have any robots that are explicitly designed for playing, but I am certain I can reprogram some to be relevant to this pursuit.
NEPETA: :33 < PURRsuit equius! come on, its not so bad making cat puns.
EQUIUS: D--> I will do my best.

And we while away the hours, casually conversing and playing with my robots. It seems a very short time to me before it is morning, and Nepeta is clearly becoming drowsy; I always forget that she is nocturnal by nature. Since she is not going to suggest that she sleeps, I take it upon myself to do so.

EQUIUS: D--> Nepeta, I believe you are becoming tired. I think it would be in your best interests were you to sleep.
NEPETA: XOO < nooo! i dont wanna sleep, i wanna keep playing with you!
EQUIUS: D--> And you can continue playing with me in the evening, Nepeta. For now, you are tired, and should rest.
NEPETA: XOO < FINE, LUSUS. ill sleep if thats what you say.
NEPETA: :33 < but one condition.
NEPETA: :33 < i wanna sleep curled up on you!
EQUIUS: D--> ...Certainly, if that is what you would like to do. I know you usually sleep curled up with your Lusus, so it would be impolite of me to deprive you of a similar source of warmth.
NEPETA: :33 < GEEZ mister bigwords all you do is talk and talk and talk! just let me curl up on you already.
EQUIUS: D--> Certainly.

She curls up, and, true to her word, lies her head and upper torso in my lap, an adorable smile on her face as she drifts off into a gently purring sleep. I look down at her and my instinct is to gently stroke her hair, reaching out my hand to do so.

But suddenly I stop, memories flooding back.

...Another time, more than a sweep in the past. A female who I know from my excursions has accompanied me to my hive, and I am becoming somewhat flustered. As usual, this is leading me to become somewhat sweaty, and she seems uncomfortable in light of this; she turns to leave. I panic, and grab hold of her arm in an attempt to make her stay; all of a sudden she is screaming and struggling, and I can feel a horrible cunching under my hand. All the blood drains from my face, and in my panic it doesn't occur to me to let go... I keep on clinging on as she tries to escape my grip, further damaging her arm. As I recall, she lost the use of that arm entirely... I, meanwhile, had to withdraw from that social circle, and I was shunned by almost everyone... everyone, that is, until a message flashed up from a Trollchat user named arsenicCatnip, seeking a friend...

And suddenly I'm back in the present, my arm shaking slightly, halfway towards her head. My eyes widen as I realize what I was about to do, and for the briefest of seconds my mind conjures up images of what would have happened had I not remembered; it is not a pretty sight. I pull my arm away sharply, and she shifts slightly in her sleep in response to my movement; she turns over and shifts her arm into an almost-hug; she has no idea how close she came to a very unpleasant death.

I pull my hand as far away from her as I can. Tears begin to roll down my face as I consider how much my strength places me outside society... how little I'll be able to interact with normal people... with Nepeta. I do my best to keep my crying quiet so as not to disturb her, pleading for someone, anyone, to take away this curse.

Nobody answers.

here you go

[SkaianRedeemer]

@Bandages:

Actually they can be posted here.

Additionally, romantic fan fiction may be posted in either this thread or the fan fiction thread. As before, you must pick one thread to host the fiction itself and provide a link to the other thread that you wish to have your work presented in.

This has sort of already been covered just a few posts up. Ironically, Bandages, they're quoting your original post, so you going against it seems a little... awkward. Though I realize it's just a copy and paste - you probably weren't any more aware of it than most of the people in the thread. Don't get me wrong, I find it unorthodox too. It's been a very, very, very, very, very long time since anyone bothered to post RomFic here, but I remember when that policy was added to the OP in the first place.

If I recall correctly, it was a matter of whether the focus of 'Romatic Fanart' is 'Romantic Art' or only 'Romantic Visual Art' and the decision was to go with both. Some people don't like to stumble onto shipping stuff. Some people might be looking for shipping stuff specifically. In both lines of thought, I can see how it it might MORE sense for all the romfic to be here, and not in the fanfic thread.

Or not. I don't particularly have any strong opinions on the issue and would probably just say to keep going the way we've been going, out of abject laziness and the desire not to derail this thread with discussion.

[Coasterman29]

That Nep/Eq Fic, LOVE IT

[SleuthSession]

I just have to come out of hiding from working on a fanart that doesn't totally suck, and also my RP

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http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread...Cs-accepted%29

(shameless plug ) to comment on the recent clump of art for my OTP, John x Vriska, despite the fact that in the comic, Vriska is currently dead. Way to keep the faith my brothers !

[invalidgriffin]

WHOA I missed a lot. I missed the entire end of a thread, even! Welp, it is my day off and I know what I have to do.

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Romart X
Page 80
@fuzzyPsychosis: Oh man, hahaha. Gamzee's happy honking is adorable.
@Esabelle Ryngin: Tavros being uncomfortable is also my favorite kind of Tavros. That said, Gamzee wheeling around Tav is super cute! I love the use of symbols in the speech bubbles there, it's very well done! Tav's comma bubble just gets me.

Page 81
@TheBoyd: not even kidding, that is super adorable.
@Cheers: Oh my god, their expressions. Aradia's is so sweet and I love the shape of her face.
@crepsecularDissembler: The prophecy has been fulfilled. All is well.
@DeadBrain: Never stop shipping ships that won't happen. This comic, with Equius' sweaty heart kiss, is awesome. I cannot even.
@apatheticZombie: sdafgzda Freckleferi!! Also also, I love your linework. It has all these beautiful weights to it. Ohh, all these beautiful seadwellers *A*
@atlamilla: There will never be a ban on Terezi. Terezi is just too awesome. As is your linework!

Page 82
@dreamingSound: asagdgsghs crack ships yes. I love this lineless style and also Dualscar's face. He is just like aww yeah i am doin so wwell she is fallin for me hard. I can just hear Redglare's exasperated Vast Sigh. Also Terezi probably only s Eridan because he smells like grape drink.
@Esebelle Ryngin: D'aww! I heartily approve of Flushed Fridays, even if they only lasted what looks like a few pages. ( ) Those word bubbles, oh man, I love them. They are relevant to my interests and I wanna high-five you forever.
@CerfKite: D'aww, Tavros.
@Ace of Dark-Hearts: That Sollux looks so contented with his caliginous sooshpaps. Nice use of colors, too!

Page 83
@Domoz: Man, I know this is super late, but HSO has been so wonderful to watch! I kinda wish I had had the time to participate, because I would have been all over Team Alchemiter.

Page 84
@dreamingSound: SUPER ADOABLE. Between Nepeta and Jade, they would cast loving watch over all the ships, all of them. Also, Bec and Pounce, d'awwwww
@Domoz: Is… it weird… that I find EridanAradia... strangely plausible... under certain circumstances…? But it is not weird that your picture is sweet. So sweet.
@TheBoyd: Aww, CD and AR look so content on their little hoverboard roaring through space.
@dreamingSound: Aww, yes. Also, omg that's in ms paint??? :OOOO The transparency looks good! :OOOOO You are a wizard.
@lemon: I think the JohnVriska dynamic is wonderful, and this picture is wonderful.
@jelajade: !!! Adorable Bec/Pounce yes.

Page 85
@TheBoyd: Great job on adorable moirails! Aww, Kanaya, you look like he does this to you almost every day.
@morpheoMancer: D'aww, those bitty romantics are the cutest. Thanks for sharing!
@CerfKite: I will blame that song. I will blame it so good. Yes, excellent.
@Fivespot: They are adorable. I love the expressions on their faces!
@PlayerProphet: Ah yes, lesbians. Good. Yes. I like your style a great deal.
@Elkian: Oh hey, cool! You finished it! Lookin' good and colorful.
@calamari: !!! More adorable Bec/Pounce? (and incredibly silly Bed/Ponce??) Yes please! I love the way you did Pounce's double jaw especially.

Page 86
@CalamityCons: OMG, both those Roses YES. You have convinced me, I am convinced. This is excellent.
@CerfKite: D'aww, they look so content to be there in each other's arms. This is wonderfully sweet.
@Vagabouncer: :O I love the exiles, and these two are especially wonderful. So adorable.

Page 87
@PlayerProphet: Excellent, I love it when others take the thread title to heart. Well done, the expressions on their faces are almost painfully caring.
@The Mather1: Aww, god tier kisses are the best kisses. I like this.
@lemon: I like it when you draw your OTP too! I'm especially drawn to Vriska's eye(patch). Man, I love her one eye and robot arm. And those horns <333333

Page 88
@glub: Aw yess. I think it looks wonderful for a quick drawing! You captured both John and Rose really well.
@Klaidon: That Rose/Kanaya beautiful! Ohh, those colors and that pose and that background Also, that PBJ, And that bony Terezi, haha. Dave is starting to wonder why love dont feel like it should.
@Elkian: You just… awesome'd??? The More You Know~
@Twigwise: Aw, adorable! Lookin' pretty comfy there, Rose.
@AsuraChaos: D'aww, that is so cute. You sweep that girl off her feet, pupa!

Page 89
@Neofafnir: :OOOOOOOOOO YES. YES YES YES YES, Casey/Nak YES. This picture has been thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you, neo!
@DarkArtifact: Oh man, nice! Love the use of that displaced colored outline! And of course John's derpy smile.
@TheBoyd: Awww, Nicely done Aradia/Sollux! It is all melancholy and sweet at the same time. :')

Page 90
@Valerei: Oh my god, these are incredibly adorable. Karkat. KARKAT. And Gamzee. These are awesome, for serious. Well done!
@selanpike: adhlKHFlHLFkhal That is the cutest thing. I love Rose/John, and the stylization and especially the conversation.

Okay, this entire page so far is giving me diabetes. Pressing forward,

@The Mather1: YUP, IT'S DIABETES. D'aww, Vriska. John looks so content.
@cryptoZoologist: Shhhhhooshhshshsh, only adorableness now. :'c
@TheBoyd: aw yes, Condensce and Handmaid blackrom. There is never enough blackrom here.
@PlayerProphet: D'aww, Terezi's expression! She is so smug, Karkles. How do you handle that level of beautiful smug.
@TheBoyd: Ahaha, nice stylization. Jade's expression is adorably appropriate.
@TheBoyd (again!): Oh noooooo, Jade! Activate your Auspistice powers!

Page 91
@TheBoyd: omg, clubbing seals… not gonna lie, every time I think of clubs I think of seals. Unfortunate word association. :c
@TheBoyd: You've been on a roll, man! Karkat, just relax. You know Gamzee is going to tell you to slam a faygo no matter how you protest. And yes. Sollux is just going to laugh at you.
@PKLpikachu: Aww! This probably wasn't intentional, but I kind of like how the two hearts in Sollux's word bubble almost - almost - make up Karkat's cancer symbol. I know I'm stretching it but come on that would be cute.
@PlayerProphet: I can't see what image was here...
@CalamityCons: :O Awwww, I feel my heart breaking for those carapaces. All my d'awws.
@momatoes: Is he spelling… "love"? :'D I also really love how you've drawn the Disciple. She is beautiful. The finished version is even nicer! Man, that background.

Page 92
@Latia: YES. You are not the only one. Also can I just say, I love all the little line patterns you've got going on in the hair?
@Cheers: D'aww, what an adorable shooshing.
@Holly: Aw, thank you! Moirallegiance is my favorite quadrant, actually, even if I don't draw as much of it as I'd like. Also, those moirails. Aradia's expression is the cutest. I love her face and eyes and Sollux's nose.
@TheBoyd: D'aww, this is so sweet.
@Flobee: YES. The greatest shooshpap of all time, beautifully rendered in your adorable style. I love it.
@Seiyaku: Is this a ?? Either way, I love those little couples in their bubbles. Nicely done! Also, I always want blackrom, so thank you. You've succeeded admirably.

Page 93
@kdanger: D'aww, Karkat and Terezi. Your relationship was always like this, wasn't it.
@PlayerProphet: :O Oohh, that is so awesome. I love image bubbles instead of dialogue, and this is so well done! Yessss.
@Ace of Dark-Hearts: I remember you. :3 Also, not boring! Adorable.
@momatoes: Ohh, I like those process shots. It's always interesting to see how others work!
@Holly: I love their clothes. Signless' tunic is wonderful, as is Disciple's waistcoat.
@Radio: Did you mean adorable teens. Because I think you did. Also, I love the sketchy look, and that super subtle background.
@Alyssa: Oh my god. The guardians grew up in the 80s and Bro looks like vanilla ice. YES. YES YES YES. Dadswag also equates to YES. Bitches cannot resist his classy hat and pipe. Hahaha, Bro's face is killing me!

Page 94
@GaMZ: I can't see your picture there! D
@articulateChild: Another post I can't see! DDD
@Phosphorescence: slkhalkfhlajdghlas frog kissy faces! Dave's expression. He is just like, yup theres nothing weird about this nope not at all.
@Alyssa: Oh man, yes. Awesome. And adorable. I love Bro's face, seriously.
@Domoz: Aww, that is precious. Eridan looks just a little confused that one of his quadrants may or may not be getting filled??
@GaMZ: DDDDDD why can't I see anything you've posted??
@PlayerProphet: John/Rose yes. So cute, the way she is holding his face and he is holding her. Aww, PB&J too! Gamzee is so sweet. And oh, a bit of Spaceship. Ahaha, Jade's face in the next one. "i can take care of myself, dave!!" "nah its cool i got this" "oh okay. carry on, coolkid! swoon!!!"
Oh man, all these ships yes. Adorable John/Karkat and a most fiendish Vriska/Tavros. No regrets ever.

Page 95
@Dragongirl30894: Aww, that is quite an auspisticeship! I like it. Completely adorable.
@TheBoyd: D'aww! The composition of them being kinda forehead-to-forehead is lovely.
@Exmoose: Ahaha, polyamorous nomad Jade is A-OK with me. That Jade there is super cute. I just love her and her knobby knees so much.
@CalamityCons: I may or may not love it when bloodswaps happen. Also, I may or may not secretly adore GamzeeTerezi, so this is relevant to my interests???? And you have the cutest style.
@crepsecularDissembler: Aww, Equius! They are all you have ever wanted, aren't they. I love this scribble style, with all the crosshatching.
@TheBoyd: D'aww, Jadesprite! And.. Ginger Dave? Excellent.
@selanpike: I like it. Their pose is so cute, and I love these colors
@TheBoyd: D': It makes me wonder…. if they were really good friends before she died…. D':
@CalamityCons: Another picture relevant to my interests!! YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES is all I have to say. No wait; also, those lights those colors that background I love you.

Page 96
@unorthodoxAdmirer: :'D That is… so sad, yet so sweet. I love your style!
@selanpike: Man, I really like your style! That Karkat and Terezi are super adorable. Their expressions are also perfect.
@Phosphorescence: Hahahaha, yes! This is now my headcanon forever.
@Phos - sadalhfakjfgkjagsfjlksgfjkagsfagsdfklhagsfklasgfkl agsf;jgsajd;fkgasdjkigaslifiag BRB LAUGHING TEARS
@emesis: What dapper gentlemen! Also, "WHY." Yes. And the expression on Jade is awesome. Shoosh, Karkat, only dancing now.
@PlayerProphet: oh god, beautiful art for the beautiful fanfic that destroyed me. ;_____; I love everything about this. From the table with all the leftover food to Karkat's tragic expression.
@Holly: Aw, Feferi is so tiny! That is cute and awesome, and that is an intriguing headcanon.

Page 97
@romancePhilologist: Whoa, nice detailing on your linework! All those folds, man. Nice work!
@selanpike: Ahahaha, d'aww! Rose's face in the last panel. Questioning and yet may or may not want.
@TheBoyd: D'aww, Team Charge! It has a sweetly romantic feel to it, how she's just kinda leaning up to him.
@Exmoose: :O Adorable HSO dinosaurs! Yes.
@MoraicTrochee: ahasjfhlajhflahsa oh my god, that was so incredibly adorable. I lost it at SolluxAradia getting VRISKA'D. Beautiful.

Page 98
@voraciousAeromancer: Oh man, all my d'awws. That is so much cute. for you!
@PlayerProphet: Every time you post something, I get a case of the infinite feelings. Team Charge forever ;__;

Page 99
@PlayerProphet: Oh man, your ask blog is so cute. All this Team Charge… D':
@Murasaki: Hi there! No need to be nervous. Those are great! This is for you, Welcome to the forums. Hope you stay and keep posting awesome things.

Farewell, Concerning Lesbians, you were an excellent thread and I am proud to have been a part of you.

On to the new thread!

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@Exmoose: One should never need an excuse to draw characters making silly faces! And those faces are excellent. Karkat. KARKAT THAT IS JUST YOUR NORMAL FACE, YOU NEED TO TRY HARDER.
@ludicrouslurker: Aww, HSO stuff! These are wonderful. EridanFeferi always leaves me with sad feelings, and that Jade is precious.
@TheBoyd: Ahaha, aww! Team Charge will collect all the candy, all of it. ...If they can beat Vriska there, I guess.
@crepsecularDissembler: Vriska what are you up to. They are playing a prank on Kanaya aren't they. Aren't they.
@Squornshellous Beta: ;________; Poor Sollux and Equius. Why you gotta do this to my heart.
@SleuthSession: The ships will never die!

Whew! I would not have felt right until I had said something about everything, because it was all great. That, and I really missed the forums.

[Exmoose]

@Invalidgriffin: AHH another person who takes the time to comment on all the art ever. You and your brethren are the best people ever! Also is OFFENDED that you think this is his normal face. That is his badass face, for fighting evil and stupid people everywhere.

I will say that hanging out in these threads has caused me to warm up to ships like team charge and john/vriska! (those are both really drawings btw o3o)

EDIT: Okay so I am going to cross-post my romart that I posted in the fanart thread SORRY! But it's much more appropriate here and plus I redid the dinos from the old thread! I'll stop spamming you guys soon xp

Since the romart thread is on it's last pages, I'm going to leave my romart here. xD

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[NightingaleRB]

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