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[godhooded]

Who: John Egbert, Vriska Serket, Rose Lalonde, Tavros Nitram
When: After rooms have been discovered, and clothing has been located.
Where: Recreation room.
What: A bunch of online friends meet in person!
Rating: G
Warnings: None.

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[dualn8ured]

If Vriska hadn't been distracted with her roommate going through her stuff, she most definitely would have popped out of that door to say hello. But that had provided a bit of a distraction, and more importantly, she'd been able to take a few minutes to get her act together. It went without saying that she was of two minds about actually meeting John; on the one hand, she was honestly happy to see him, but on the other? She had a way of sabotaging most all of her friendships one way or another

[godhooded]

John would have really liked it if he hadn't been startled. If he had been able to sit up from the couch calmly, it could have made the rest of this interaction easier as a direct result. He was sure of it. Instead, his movements felt jerky and unsure. Should he get up casually? Jump up quickly to show excitement? Did any of it really matter

[dualn8ured]

Vriska wasn't expecting that startle. Sure, if she'd come in doing an acrobatic pirouette, it might have been cause for John to start. But so far as she knew, saying 'hi' was an appropriate form of human greeting. Humans sure were weird.

But none of that really mattered. She really would have poked fun at him had she known he'd been worrying over what to do just then. She was just about to ask if a fierce felinebeast had caught his tongue, but fortunately, that wasn't necessary.

"So do you," she finally answered, managing a smile. "I've got to say, I feel pretty lucky, getting to meet you. And sooner than I'd thought!"

[godhooded]

His nervousness forgotten, John found it easy to laugh. He let himself fall back down onto the couch. This wasn't nearly as difficult as he had feared. He should have known better. It was hard to admit that maybe Karkat had freaked him out a little. And maybe trolls were a little scary, considering they were aliens who thought it was okay to kill people, but then just like a human should, they felt bad about it afterwards. Or at least Vriska had started to, and John had believed her. Still believed her.

Even though having everyone (well, not everyone, he thought sadly) here was making him kind of jumpy, it was really reassuring. Now he could just be nervous about dumb stuff, like was Rose going to be just like she was online? Was Vriska poisonous? Would they watch any Nic Cage films with him? Well, actually, he probably knew the answer to that last one.

"You always feel pretty lucky," he said, and waved both his hands at her as if to blow away the doubt that Vriska could be anything but lucky. "Now I can be lucky by association,

[pupa_pansy]

Tavros hadn't seen John's vlog, or perhaps just skipped past it without knowing who it was, but he had noticed Vriska's fairy wings disappearing into the room while he explored the nearby hallways. And now he was properly cleaned up and had his full inventory again.

Unfortunately, it also took him a moment to build up the nerve to confront her again. He had to remind himself of all of the horrible things she said, and did, and said that she did, even if she said it was really for everyone's good. And he had to remind himself that he had lots of confidence now, even if it was fake confidence, and he would probably certainly be successful.

So mentally equipped, he summoned his lance and followed the Hero of Light into the room.

"Vriska, now that I found you, and we are both prepared, again, it's time for me to stop you, heroically, from doing more bad things."

[lovecrafty]

Rose showered as quickly as she could, which had everything to do with not being covered in slime and nothing at all to do with hoping to see John before the troll horde descended.  She'd been his friend for much longer, but she couldn't help feeling that she lacked one thing Vriska had.  As practiced as she was in the art of subterfuge, she couldn't pretend to feign interest in his unbelievably shitty movie collection.  It was his one weapon in deciphering the behavior of Rose Lalonde; he could assume everything she uttered was sarcasm, an assault she was powerless to combat except by sincerity, be it real or artifice.  It just worked better if she hadn't spent months deriding it at every opportunity

[dualn8ured]

"It's awfully rude to make a threat on someone's life in front of others, Taaaaaaaavros. Didn't your lusus teach you better than that?"

Vriska tossed her hair back, shrugging her shoulders. "I mean, I haven't even done anything that merits it. And if you haven't noticed? This isn't our universe, so whatever I might have been plotting or scheming about is now a completely moot point."

She waved a hand again, in a sweeping gesture towards John and Rose. "It's not their universe, either, as far as I'm aware. Given that, I think it would be in your best interest to put the lance away now before you accidentally run someone through with it."

With that said, she turned, inspecting Rose. "TT, I presume? A pleasure to make your acquaintance." Any semblance her grin had towards that of a spider? Purely coincidental, this time.

[godhooded]

"Hi Rose!" John greeted, calling out over the swiftly growing awkwardness of Vriska and... Tavros. John looked quickly between the two of them, and if he were completely honest with himself, he'd have been slightly worried that there was going to be a troll showdown right here

[pupa_pansy]

Tavros was caught off-guard as his lance was pulled upward, and his stand-off with Vriska was interrupted. He tried to stay angry while the human and Vriska talked, but... unfortunately, they were right

[lovecrafty]

"The pleasure is all mine," she replied to Vriska, and if her answering smile bore any passing resemblance to genuine emotion, it was blotted out by the one she turned on John

[dualn8ured]

"I've hardly had time to clean that slime off and change, much less start any scheming. While I find the accusation oddly flattering, Tavros, for the moment you're giving me too much credit." Vriska flipped her hair back out of her face, then shrugged her shoulders. At least there wasn't something deadly being pointed at her anymore. That was a start.

She hummed a bit as she watched the gears in Rose's head turning, letting her own begin whirring to life. Sure, there was a lot of stuff that could be blamed on the humans, but Vriska didn't think this was one of those things.

One person - or troll, or whatever he was - floated to the forefront of her mind. That guy. The one who constantly irritated her, not least for making her highlight everything he typed. What a jerk.

"Has anyone else talked to a strange guy who only used white text? He said some pretty weird stuff to me. I'm willing to bet this is somehow his fault, given he pretty much stated omniscience and implied omnipotence. Unless someone has a better idea?"