LAST TIME ON == MEET THE ANCESTORS (teaser)

"WOW TH1S SHOULD B3 4N 1NT3R3ST1NG 4DVENTUR3."

"IT SURE AS FUCK WILL BE. WILL WE EVEN BE ABLE TO BREATHE ON THIS GOG FORSAKEN ROCK OF SHIT SOLLUX?"

"TZ giimiie the computer back plea2e?"

"SUR3 TH1NG." She handed the yellow and black computer back to Sollux, unable to see his disgusted wince upon eyeing the slobber.

"Thank2..." He got out a cloth and wiped it as clean as he could and then typed away, his fingers ghosting speedily across the keys.

"Well, accordiing to thii2..."

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"Well accordiing to thii2... iit look2 liike we 2hould be able to breathe. ii thiink ii'm even piickiing up on 2ome water..."

"That'd be fuckin' ideal Sol. You don't evven knoww wwhat I'd do for some glubbin' air right now."

"You won't have to wait long... cau2e we're gonna be cra2hiing iinto the 2tupiid thiing iin a few 2econd2!" Sollux quickly closes his computer and places it under his leg, grabbing onto his straps. The escape pod began to shake rather violently and heat up.

"d-DID YOU UH,,, hAPPEN TO SEE ANY WILDLIFE ON THE THING THERE?" Tavros asked unusually chill with this whole situation.

"ii thought ii told you earliier that there wiill probably be wiildliife there. There'2 water and aiir for u2 to breathe."

"o)( this is rath-er –EXCITING don't you t)(ink?" Sollux looked over at Feferi who was actually bobbing up and down in her restrains with a big smile on her face.

"This is a purrfect opurrrtunity to meet some cute fluffy new animals! I can't wait to get there there! This planet has purrobably been floating around furrever!"

"That is a possibility. Although I find the likelyhood of anything down there being friendly absol00tly insane."

"I bEt It'Ll Be PrEtTy Up AnD mOtHeRfUcKiNg SwEeT dOwN oN tHiS nEw PlAnEt."

"The gra22 ii2 alway2 greener..." Talking quickly ceased to be a thing as they could all feel the intensity of the heat on the shaking. Everyone braced themselves and the girls screamed as they finally slammed violently into the ground of this new planet. Everyone was jostled so viciously from their seats that they were dislodged from their seat belts and tossed about! The escape pod skids almost a mile further through the ground until they finally stop. Everything finally still, the lot of them opened their clenched eyes to assess whatever damage there was.

"HOLY FUCK TEREZI ARE YOU OKAY?" Karkat struggled to untangle himself from the black bindings. He was kinda hanging from the top side of the pod. Sollux, Equius and Feferi were perfectly strapped in, albeit sideways.

"1 GU3SS SO. 1'M NOT D34D SO 1T'S 4LL W3LL DOWN H3R3. WH4T 4BOUT 3V3RYON3 3LS3?"

"I'm alright! )(-er-e, I'll )(-elp!" Feferi's hands flew to her buckle and she easily undid it and slid into a good position to hang from the straps, and then fall to her feet on which she landed gracefully. Right on top of Eridan's back.

"OOF!"

"O)(! –Eridan! I'm so sorry!" She gave a quick glance up to Sollux who snickered and jumped right in front of her. On Eridan's back again.

"Yeah, ii'm 2orry two." He takes Feferi's hand and steps off. Can't help but adjust his red and blue glasses that managed to stay on in all the fuss.

"Fuck you too Sol." Eridan stood up and adjusted himself, fixing his own glasses and slicking back his purple tuft of hair with his hand.

"MEOW THAT HURT!" Nepeta popped up and grabbed her hat in pained frustration! She pulls it on over her horns and folds her sleeves-too-long arms. Equius manages to get out of that accursed bondage and drop down to his feet. He quickly notices that Tavros is caught by his horn on his own seat belt.

"HOLY SHITTING FUCK WILL SOMEONE GET US DOWN ALREADY ALL OF THE BLOOD IS RUSHING TO MY HEAD AND IT FEELS WEIRD!" Karkat exclaimed with every ounce of his air pumps. It echoed loudly in the metal pod, so Sollux took the quick liberty of using his psionic powers to get he and Tavros down. Gamzee lets Tavros fall onto his back and holds his legs.

"I gOt YoU mOtHeRfUcKeR." He said with that ridiculous grin on his face.

"tHANKS GAMZEE."

"ALRIGHT," Karkat started, helping Terezi up by grabbing her arm.

"LET'S GET OUT OF THIS THING AND BREATHE SOME HOPEFULLLY DECENT AIR."

"Agreed. Allow me." Equius lifts and turns the seal with the same STRENGTH that was required to shut it, and swings the door open. A very pleasant cool breeze comes wafting into the pod, everyone's eyes opening widely in surprise and immediate joy. They all ran out and half of them just flopped and rolled on the ground.

"Sweet ground! Guys can't you just smell the absolutely amazingly pawsitively awesome air?" Nepeta began to run around in circles and jump about for joy.

"Wwell this is actually not that bad at all. In fact I dare say it's vvery pleasin' to my nose. Although my gills wwould like some air too. More importantly, Fef, you'd probably benefit more from it right?"

"W)(hat on Alt-ernia does T)(AT m-ean?" replied Fef.

"Wwhat?" Oh. She must have heard what he said way differently. Shit. Has to fix this before Sollux can get his fuckin' claws into Feferi!

"Wwhat I ment by that wwas, wwhen wwe find some wwater around here, wwould you wwanna go for a swwim or somethin'? Get US some fresh air?"

"O)(!" Came the happy voice that Eridan wanted to hear.

"I'd lov-e that so muc)(!" She could hardly contain all of her involuntary glubs inside. That was something Sollux did envy Eridan for. He could go under water with Feferi and breath and hang out with her down there. That and the fact that Eridan has known such an amazing and beautiful troll pretty much his entire life and knows her better than he does. That really pissed him off. But he couldn't change it and knew he simply had to deal with it. He managed to keep himself busy with the thought that he'd be the one to make new memories with her and wipe the ones with Eridan in them totally away.

However this was not the subject at hand. This new world was. It was beautiful. It was actually pretty close to Alternia itself. But the skin, instead of being a dark and terrifying purple color, it was a nice Sunset yellow orange color. Maybe that was just the time of day? Hm. The trees were luscious, green and full of some strange ... tree fruit. Sollux quickly went back into the escape pod to grab his computer, which was made of the same metal as the pod, so it was undamaged in the crash. He darts outta that damn pod that he's been stuck in with 9 other trolls in for months, and quickly goes to work testing various things. That laptop was fucking amazing.

"uH, WOW IT'S REALLY NICE HERE HUH?"

"1T SUR3 1S. 1 D1DN'T 3V3N KNOW 4 WORLD L1K3 TH1S 3X1ST3D." Terezi quickly gets go the ground and licks it. The grass and up threes and even dirt.

"rIGHT? oH, GAMZEE DON'T YOUR LEGS HURT?"

"NoT aT aLl MaN. I aM sO hEaLeD rIgHt NoW iT's FuCkInG aMaZiNg."

"i'M GLAD,, lET ME KNOW WHEN I GET TOO HEAVY. i'M UH, SERIOUS GAMZEE."

"DoN't AlL uP aNd WoRrY yOuR bOsS hEaD oVeR iT bRo."

"I wonder if any hoofbeasts inhabit this particular area..." Equius adjusts his big cracked glasses and sees something in the reflection behind him. He quickly looks behind him and sees something a copper black. What on Alternia was that? ... He must inspect this! Equius runs off quickly to chase whatever that thing he just saw was and has to go behind the pod. It almost looked like a tail of some sort. A hoofbeast tail? That would be the best thing next to landing on a planet with air. Definitely a close second. Nepeta notices Equius running off and wonders where he could be going. Maybe on an adventure without her? No way! He was so not leaving her! She chases after him, following far behind, but close enough to keep an eye on him. This would be part of the hunt.~ Equius kept seeing the tail of this beast and chased it all the way into the woods and finally into a clearing. Now he'd get a good look at-... What the hell? It looked to be a taller female troll with very large... ram horns. The female troll wore a green dress and two strands of her hair in the front flowed around her. That's the supposed tail he saw! But before he could say anything, she disappeared quicker than a blink of the eye. What was THAT? There are adult trolls on this planet?

"Who WAS that?" Nepeta said, dropping down next to her morail.

"I'm not entirely sure. But she must have been an adult. She was far taller than any of us and her horns were ridic00lously large."

"We have to go back and tell the ofurrs."

"Indeed." He and Nepeta run back quickly neck and neck in speed.

"-Eridan! I found som-e wat-er! Com-e look!" Feferi hopped up and down and waved at Eridan happily. Eridan turned around from a strange orange flower he was looking at back to her. Running up to her and following her pointed finger to what looked like a lake or something.

"Wwhoa Fef that wwas quick of you. Let's go take a look shell we?"

"W-e s)(-ell!" They jogged over to it and sure enough the water was a beautiful mix of purple and blue.

"Hold on, I'll make sure it's not poison or some shit."

"O)( -Eridan." Fef couldn't help but think that was sweet of him! Hopes it really isn't poison! That would be terrible. Eridan gets down on his hands and knees and takes off his glasses, then dunks his head right in. Takes a deep breath! ... He waits, taking a few more breaths, then pulls his head out.

"It's safe to breathe! Let's get in there!" He takes off his cape quickly and gets covered in water when Feferi does a cannon ball into the lake!

"HEY!" he yelled jokingly. Feferi popped her head out of the water and giggled.

"S)(orryyyy~~" she chimed. Eridan dives in next to her, trying to be as graceful as he can for a water deprived sea-dweller. They dive further under and are pleasantly surprised when they realize the water is rather well lit by some glowing under water stalagmites. It's beautiful down there... they can't help but want to stay there for just a while longer. It has been SO long since they could finally bask in their watery home.

Sollux looks into the water and tests it quickly. He just wishes they could have waited until he did so. Can't stop it now. He waits for his laptop to assess it, but it takes a while. This sort of irritates him because he wants to know RIGHT NOW THIS SECOND. Sollux Captor is not a particularly patient troll, used to having his computer scan and read codes like a fucking boss on speed and crack all at once. But he'll wait until it comes up with an answer. Just in case something could be harmful to Feferi.

"HEY WHERE DID EVERYONE GO HOLY FUCK."

"WeLl, KaR bRo, I sAw EqUiUs RuN oFf ThAtA wAy, AnD lIl sIs NeP folLoWeD hIm."

"y-yEAH, AND JUST NOW ERIDAN AND FEFERI WENT INTO SOME KIND OF, uH, LAKE OVER THERE. sOLLUX IS THERE TOO."

"1 DON'T TH1NK YOU H4V3 4NYTH1NG TO WORRY 4BOUT K4TK4T."

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT! WE DON'T HAVE A MAP, WE DON'T KNOW /EXACTLY/ WHAT OR WHO LIVES HERE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN EAT, DRINK, AND WHERE TO SLEEP—"

"HOPY SH1T K4RK4T" Terezi laughed.

"D1D YOU FORG3T 4BOUT TH3 POD ST1LL S1TT1NG OV3R TH3R3? 1T ST1LL WORKS 1'M GU3SS1NG, SO W3 ST1LL H4V3 TH4T FOOD 4ND DR1NK AND SH3LT3R YOU W3R3 WH1N1NG 4BOUT."

"i GUESS I, uH, GUESS I SEE WHERE HE'S COMING FROM. wE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS, uH, CRAZY NEW PLACE AND WHAT IF WE DO HAVE TO SURVIVE OFF OF THE LAND FOR A WHILE?"

"iit 2houldn't bee two bad from what ii've gathered 2o far." Sollux interjected.

"IS THAT RIGHT?"

"that'2 riight. Tho2e weiird plant2 iin the tree up there? ii've gathered that they're ediible and are hiigh iin thiing2 we troll2 need to 2u2taiin our2elve2. ii'm te2tiing the water riight now."

"Hey guys!" Nepeta suddenly yells over at them.

"TH3R3 YOU TWO 4R3. F1ND SOM3TH1NG 1NT3R3ST1NG?"

"Indeed. It seems that there is at least one strange adult troll here." Everyone looks over now. Adult trolls? No way.

"are you 2ure?"

"I am rather sure of this. The female was tall and had larger horns than any of us. She even looked a little familiar."

"FAMILIAR? FAMILIAR HOW?"

"Well, familiar in the sense that I feel like I've seen her somewhere."

"Oh I know who she reminded you of!"

"Who?"

"She kinda had Aradia's horns right?" Equius' eyebrows lifted in insight!

"Yes! That's it! She had large rambeast horns just like Aradia's only larger!"

"WHOA SO THERE ARE SERIOUSLY ADULT TROLLS AROUND HERE?"

"uH, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE NICE TO US." Tavros squeezes Gamzee's shoulders a little, hoping so badly that they won't be like the grand highblood... He was a scary fuck. Gamzee only gave a small nod in agreement.

All of a sudden Eridan was thrown out of the water fiercely and into the air for several feet and for several seconds. He tries to flop his arms and legs around to land in a less painful position, but that was hardly possible. He landed square on his back with a loud thud. But not for long. He sits up quickly panic in his eyes.

"It got fef! I havve to get her!"

"what the fuck happened eriidan?" Sollux shouted. He's not worried for Eridan at all. It's Feferi.

"This crazy fuckin' wwierdo wwas dowwn there and he grabbed fef and kicked me outta the wway! Movve!"

"Take me wiith you!"

"Fuck you'll be wworthless!"

"ERIIDAN II'M 2ERIIOU2!"

"COD FIN!" Eridan runs back over to the lake and grabs Sollux's hand, diving in head first and swimming quickly through the water. Sollux was pretty surprised at how fast Eridan was underwater. The water pressure began to hurt, but he would withstand this! He had to see how Feferi was!... He had to.

TO BE CONTINUED