[Fic] "Narutostuck: Set with Stars" -- Homestuck/Naruto

[edenfalling]

A little Narutostuck interlude while the teams are en route to the eastern Elemental Countries, to participate in a chuunin exam. Terezi, Dave, and Karkat have been a team for about a sweep at this point (as have the other kid-and-troll teams). The revolution ended when they were, oh, let's say fourteen, so they're roughly sixteen now. Previous

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[explodingfrogs]

Diamonds, diamonds everywhere

[edenfalling]

I was 3/4 of the way through typing a long and thorough answer when my computer crashed. *headdesk* Let me try to reconstruct:

1. Yes, Karkat is intentionally comforting Terezi. (As was Dave -- though his response was to play along with her error, while Karkat corrected her instead. This probably says deep and important things about their respective relationships.)

2. Dave does not actually know much about constellations, and particularly not the stories behind them. What he knows is a few of the most obvious asterisms, and which to expect where in the sky based on the season and time of night. Bro taught him how to find north because that is a basic life skill (especially for a ninja in the rebellion), but the other stuff he learned from different people for unrelated reasons, and anything else would be a spoiler for HIS tragic angsty backstory. (Everyone on this team has a tragic angsty backstory. Yes, that includes the Summoner