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pseudogeekEvery time I try to work on my original something else pops out, but this time I'm glad.
Lin, this is for you. I didn't beta it yet because I'm not sure who else will be seeing this? Maybe axolotl?
Title: -
Fandom: Homestuck, duh.
Disclaimers: Blahblah.
Characters: Alpha kids.
Rating: G to PG
Summary: I had a nightmare again, Dirk.
1. Jake
You wake up in sweats and in darkness, the rustling of the jungle outside calming your mind, keeping you in reality.
"I had a nightmare again, Dirk." You type into the Pesterchum.
He doesn't reply. Away?
In your nightmares, the world is about to end.
In your nightmares, Dirk was a severed head, bleeding in your hands.
In your nightmares, rocks were falling. You were falling. Reality was falling.
It was the end of the world, everything crumbling and dying and-
No, even in that world, there was hope. They will be fine. You were going to kiss Dirk and he was going to wake up, and you would meet in person for the first time ever.
Now. Where is your Dirk?
You keep sending messages to him, urging him to reply.
In the other world, Dirk has many... copies of himself. He made robots and AIs and had- what were the other selves of him?
The other Dirk was so interesting. So is yours. You like Dirk. He's your best bro and always will be.
He is still not replying, though. You are a bit worried. You need to talk to him.
Where is he?
You decide to go out and take a walk. Dual pistols and a wink, and you are set for a night stroll.
What excellent air. The advantages of living in a jungle. The water is sparkling under the moonlight, the wind smells of sea salts and all the stars-
The stars don't seem very bright tonight. Might be the light from the volcano. It could erupt anytime now.
Your little island-world is going to end, too, when that happens. You have booked a plane to come and take you away, and you are finally going to be able to see the cities and meet your friends. Dirk, Roxy and Jane. Maybe not all at the same time because they don't live in the same city, but you will meet them all. Starting with Dirk. You are going to watch Sweet Bro and Hell Jeff: the moovvie in that cinema thing with Dirk. Man, you love movies. Bonding with best bro over movies will be the best thing in the world.
Then you are going to meet Jane. She's a nice girl. You are going to taste her baked goods for once and you already know that they will be delicious. You are going to watch detective movies with her and, if Dirk visits her with you, you can all go on an adventure near that meteor landing site. Something extraordinary must be there, you can just feel it. Maybe even monsters. alien monsters. From outer space. Carefully building their new base under the meteorite. When they'll be ready, they'll raise in giant robots and take over the world. You are going to stop them with your friends and save the world, and one of the alien girls, blue skin and starry eyes, will fall in love with you.
You think you might have too much of Dirk's anime. And movies. If Dirk were here, he would totally say that.
Roxy... you two don't talk that much anymore. You fear that it's because she had a crush on you and wanted to withdraw when Jane and Dirk also had a crush on you. What a sin, to be such a dashing heartthrob. You'll explain to her that you already have already made your mind on the future of your romantic life and want to be the bestest of friends with her.
Except that you haven't made up your mind. You like Jane, but she's a bit more like a sister. You like Dirk, but he's your best bro and you are pretty sure that best bros shouldn't French kiss.
Someone is bleghting you. Uggh, hecklers. Won't even leave your personal mind-movies alone. Wait. That's not a human sound. It's more like a bleating than a bleghting, just more wet.
...is that a hungry, angry sea goat?
You must have stepped into its territory without warning. Guns like yours won't even scratch their skin. And they are as fast on land as in sea. Time to run, lad!
You run as fast as legs in mini-shorts can carry you. This is why you wear shorts. Shorts are great. You can move very well in shorts. Very good aeration too. The gun holsters look good on them too. Heroes wear shorts. Heroes wear shorts, don't they? And all the adventurers?
Your current experience is telling you that no, you should not wear shorts when in a jungle at night because a swarm of mosquitoes is eating you alive, tree branches and rocks are cutting your skin off and not to mention that they are slugging from the cold night air. Buggre the larks for not thinking this through.
On a second thought, the larks are innocent. Don't bugger them. That's not nice.
Is that another sea goat's bleating?
When you turn around, a sexy lady's shadow has punched the sea goat in the face.
What.
And before the animal touches the ground, its head came off. Like Dirk's from your nightmare, but with the body still close by. Eyes wide open, staring into yours, the volcano's light giving them a red-orange tint.
The volcano is erupting.
You friend are all here, with you. Saved your life.
"Guys...?"
You notice a cruise that wasn't there before parked by the shore. Green logo of Skaianet. Roxy's family.
You are going to live the greatest adventure with your friends for the last moments of your island's life. And everything, absolutely everything, will be well.
2. Roxy
Being the heiress of a rich family is geart. You mean gerat. *Great. It also means that you can afford all the alcohols you can dream off, leaving you always tipsy. You like being tipsy. When you are sober you know that your life isn't perfect. When you are tipsy, everything is great.
You won't even know that you are stuck in your home.
But everything will be fine tonight.
You, Roxy Lalonde, haxxor extraordinarire. *Extraordinaire. *hhacke. *Hacker. Have just hakcsd. *Hacked. Your family's cruise. You suspect that your mom left it there for you to hack, but you don't care about this now. You have every each location of your friends and tonight you are going to unite.
You pack enough booze and cotton candy to feed a blue whale. And some ray-guns, because Jake's old-style projectile guns are so old school and belong in museums.
3. Jane
Being the heiress of Crocker Corps. means being stuck at home, but you are not going to let it happen. You are going to rebel. You are going to sneak out there and earn your livings by becoming the best problem sleuth out there. You have a fake moustache and a hat for this.
...this is stupid. The moustache is ridiculous and so is the hat.
You need a normal life. You want to go to school and have friends. You want to watch movies and go backpacking with friends.
This is why you bought two bus tickets with cash you found in your dad's room and is going out for a trip. No, a quest. In this quest you will go out and enroll yourself at school and get friends. Hopefully in one where Jake is going. He's coming out of his island in a few days and will go to a city and go to school. You'll get enrolled at the same school. Hopefully Roxy will be there too. You are a bit uncomfortable with the idea that Dirk might be there too, seeing how he's your main competition, but he's still you friend and you want to hang out with him too. If Jake likes him, he must be a great guy under all the robot and plush fetishes.
No, Jane, you are just daydreaming. Your friends don't even live in the same city.
A suburb has its advantages, you guess, but a city is more fun. All the mysteries and the people. Normal life, the kind you read from books and see on TV. You just want a taste of it before coming back to your dad. This is why you bought two tickets, after all.
You sneak out of your house at night, take the bus and, after a seemly endless views of fields and roads, get off at a port. The endless water blinds your eyes. Liquid black, shining like silver under the moon.
It's the first time you've seen anything like this. You knew you had a lake behind your house, but you have rarely even got out of said house, much less seeing the lake. This is must better than a lake. You inhale the air, at first a bit disturbed by the odour of the sea, but then realise that seafood is delicious and this smells of food. How curious. Water that smells of food. You have read about sea breeze and the qualia of sea salt and fish, but you can experience it now.
You see a pretty cruise. You wonder if you can get a lift, you don't have much money left. Hitchhiking is a thing, isn't it?
4. Dirk
You are... an ordinary boy, you think. Living under your brother's shadow. You want to get out of that shadow and spread your wings.
You want to meet your friends. Jake. Roxy. Jane.
You have a nifty hoverboard, improved from your brother's. It looks superior, but you've based it on his, so it's not that much of a big deal. But Jake was really excited about it. You are confident that it's good enough that you can show him, but you have to meet him in person first to teach him how to use it. That dork might get in an accident if you just mail it to him. That cute dorky face.
You want to show it to Roxy too, but you want to make it a surprise. She'll love it. She'll love it so much that she won't let it go. That's alright, you made enough for everyone.
Jane... can she even get out of her house? Her dad is pretty strict with her. You think it might be better that she doesn't get involved because she's competition, but that's too selfish of you. That girl can have her chance. You are sure that she must be a pretty nice lady.
You paint a detective's hat and pipe on her hoverboard. Hope she isn't acrophobic. You know that Roxy are Jake aren't.
To reach Jake... he lives on an island, doesn't he? You have its location. Your hoverboards won't have enough fuel to go that far, even if you use all four boards' fuel.
There must be a boat or plane that goes there, to deliver mail or something.
5. Everyone.
Hunting live animals on hoverboards should be in movies, k-thx-bye.
You are living your dreams. No, better than dreams. This is amazing. You, Jake English, are now officially an adventurer-hunter. It's like Jurassic Parks and Indiana Jones and Back to the Future and- and- all your favourite movies rolled into one. You are flying through the jungle, guns ablaze like your wings of angel, hunting monsters with futuristic stun guns to collect and rescue them from the island and deliver them into a giant lab via the coolest cruise boat you have seen. Roxy is punching them out with her bare hands like a female comic book superhero. Dirk, your bro, is clearing your way with an unbreakable katana made by a master swordsmith of Japan, and trees so big that can't even be hugged are cut clean off like straws made of tofu. Jane is taking pictures and trying to solve some mysteries that you barely see... and did she just fend off an attacking monster with a cooking fork?
You are Jake English and you have the coolest friends in the world. You are sure that your world won't end anytime soon.
-fin-
Lin, this is for you. I didn't beta it yet because I'm not sure who else will be seeing this? Maybe axolotl?
Title: -
Fandom: Homestuck, duh.
Disclaimers: Blahblah.
Characters: Alpha kids.
Rating: G to PG
Summary: I had a nightmare again, Dirk.
1. Jake
You wake up in sweats and in darkness, the rustling of the jungle outside calming your mind, keeping you in reality.
"I had a nightmare again, Dirk." You type into the Pesterchum.
He doesn't reply. Away?
In your nightmares, the world is about to end.
In your nightmares, Dirk was a severed head, bleeding in your hands.
In your nightmares, rocks were falling. You were falling. Reality was falling.
It was the end of the world, everything crumbling and dying and-
No, even in that world, there was hope. They will be fine. You were going to kiss Dirk and he was going to wake up, and you would meet in person for the first time ever.
Now. Where is your Dirk?
You keep sending messages to him, urging him to reply.
In the other world, Dirk has many... copies of himself. He made robots and AIs and had- what were the other selves of him?
The other Dirk was so interesting. So is yours. You like Dirk. He's your best bro and always will be.
He is still not replying, though. You are a bit worried. You need to talk to him.
Where is he?
You decide to go out and take a walk. Dual pistols and a wink, and you are set for a night stroll.
What excellent air. The advantages of living in a jungle. The water is sparkling under the moonlight, the wind smells of sea salts and all the stars-
The stars don't seem very bright tonight. Might be the light from the volcano. It could erupt anytime now.
Your little island-world is going to end, too, when that happens. You have booked a plane to come and take you away, and you are finally going to be able to see the cities and meet your friends. Dirk, Roxy and Jane. Maybe not all at the same time because they don't live in the same city, but you will meet them all. Starting with Dirk. You are going to watch Sweet Bro and Hell Jeff: the moovvie in that cinema thing with Dirk. Man, you love movies. Bonding with best bro over movies will be the best thing in the world.
Then you are going to meet Jane. She's a nice girl. You are going to taste her baked goods for once and you already know that they will be delicious. You are going to watch detective movies with her and, if Dirk visits her with you, you can all go on an adventure near that meteor landing site. Something extraordinary must be there, you can just feel it. Maybe even monsters. alien monsters. From outer space. Carefully building their new base under the meteorite. When they'll be ready, they'll raise in giant robots and take over the world. You are going to stop them with your friends and save the world, and one of the alien girls, blue skin and starry eyes, will fall in love with you.
You think you might have too much of Dirk's anime. And movies. If Dirk were here, he would totally say that.
Roxy... you two don't talk that much anymore. You fear that it's because she had a crush on you and wanted to withdraw when Jane and Dirk also had a crush on you. What a sin, to be such a dashing heartthrob. You'll explain to her that you already have already made your mind on the future of your romantic life and want to be the bestest of friends with her.
Except that you haven't made up your mind. You like Jane, but she's a bit more like a sister. You like Dirk, but he's your best bro and you are pretty sure that best bros shouldn't French kiss.
Someone is bleghting you. Uggh, hecklers. Won't even leave your personal mind-movies alone. Wait. That's not a human sound. It's more like a bleating than a bleghting, just more wet.
...is that a hungry, angry sea goat?
You must have stepped into its territory without warning. Guns like yours won't even scratch their skin. And they are as fast on land as in sea. Time to run, lad!
You run as fast as legs in mini-shorts can carry you. This is why you wear shorts. Shorts are great. You can move very well in shorts. Very good aeration too. The gun holsters look good on them too. Heroes wear shorts. Heroes wear shorts, don't they? And all the adventurers?
Your current experience is telling you that no, you should not wear shorts when in a jungle at night because a swarm of mosquitoes is eating you alive, tree branches and rocks are cutting your skin off and not to mention that they are slugging from the cold night air. Buggre the larks for not thinking this through.
On a second thought, the larks are innocent. Don't bugger them. That's not nice.
Is that another sea goat's bleating?
When you turn around, a sexy lady's shadow has punched the sea goat in the face.
What.
And before the animal touches the ground, its head came off. Like Dirk's from your nightmare, but with the body still close by. Eyes wide open, staring into yours, the volcano's light giving them a red-orange tint.
The volcano is erupting.
You friend are all here, with you. Saved your life.
"Guys...?"
You notice a cruise that wasn't there before parked by the shore. Green logo of Skaianet. Roxy's family.
You are going to live the greatest adventure with your friends for the last moments of your island's life. And everything, absolutely everything, will be well.
2. Roxy
Being the heiress of a rich family is geart. You mean gerat. *Great. It also means that you can afford all the alcohols you can dream off, leaving you always tipsy. You like being tipsy. When you are sober you know that your life isn't perfect. When you are tipsy, everything is great.
You won't even know that you are stuck in your home.
But everything will be fine tonight.
You, Roxy Lalonde, haxxor extraordinarire. *Extraordinaire. *hhacke. *Hacker. Have just hakcsd. *Hacked. Your family's cruise. You suspect that your mom left it there for you to hack, but you don't care about this now. You have every each location of your friends and tonight you are going to unite.
You pack enough booze and cotton candy to feed a blue whale. And some ray-guns, because Jake's old-style projectile guns are so old school and belong in museums.
3. Jane
Being the heiress of Crocker Corps. means being stuck at home, but you are not going to let it happen. You are going to rebel. You are going to sneak out there and earn your livings by becoming the best problem sleuth out there. You have a fake moustache and a hat for this.
...this is stupid. The moustache is ridiculous and so is the hat.
You need a normal life. You want to go to school and have friends. You want to watch movies and go backpacking with friends.
This is why you bought two bus tickets with cash you found in your dad's room and is going out for a trip. No, a quest. In this quest you will go out and enroll yourself at school and get friends. Hopefully in one where Jake is going. He's coming out of his island in a few days and will go to a city and go to school. You'll get enrolled at the same school. Hopefully Roxy will be there too. You are a bit uncomfortable with the idea that Dirk might be there too, seeing how he's your main competition, but he's still you friend and you want to hang out with him too. If Jake likes him, he must be a great guy under all the robot and plush fetishes.
No, Jane, you are just daydreaming. Your friends don't even live in the same city.
A suburb has its advantages, you guess, but a city is more fun. All the mysteries and the people. Normal life, the kind you read from books and see on TV. You just want a taste of it before coming back to your dad. This is why you bought two tickets, after all.
You sneak out of your house at night, take the bus and, after a seemly endless views of fields and roads, get off at a port. The endless water blinds your eyes. Liquid black, shining like silver under the moon.
It's the first time you've seen anything like this. You knew you had a lake behind your house, but you have rarely even got out of said house, much less seeing the lake. This is must better than a lake. You inhale the air, at first a bit disturbed by the odour of the sea, but then realise that seafood is delicious and this smells of food. How curious. Water that smells of food. You have read about sea breeze and the qualia of sea salt and fish, but you can experience it now.
You see a pretty cruise. You wonder if you can get a lift, you don't have much money left. Hitchhiking is a thing, isn't it?
4. Dirk
You are... an ordinary boy, you think. Living under your brother's shadow. You want to get out of that shadow and spread your wings.
You want to meet your friends. Jake. Roxy. Jane.
You have a nifty hoverboard, improved from your brother's. It looks superior, but you've based it on his, so it's not that much of a big deal. But Jake was really excited about it. You are confident that it's good enough that you can show him, but you have to meet him in person first to teach him how to use it. That dork might get in an accident if you just mail it to him. That cute dorky face.
You want to show it to Roxy too, but you want to make it a surprise. She'll love it. She'll love it so much that she won't let it go. That's alright, you made enough for everyone.
Jane... can she even get out of her house? Her dad is pretty strict with her. You think it might be better that she doesn't get involved because she's competition, but that's too selfish of you. That girl can have her chance. You are sure that she must be a pretty nice lady.
You paint a detective's hat and pipe on her hoverboard. Hope she isn't acrophobic. You know that Roxy are Jake aren't.
To reach Jake... he lives on an island, doesn't he? You have its location. Your hoverboards won't have enough fuel to go that far, even if you use all four boards' fuel.
There must be a boat or plane that goes there, to deliver mail or something.
5. Everyone.
Hunting live animals on hoverboards should be in movies, k-thx-bye.
You are living your dreams. No, better than dreams. This is amazing. You, Jake English, are now officially an adventurer-hunter. It's like Jurassic Parks and Indiana Jones and Back to the Future and- and- all your favourite movies rolled into one. You are flying through the jungle, guns ablaze like your wings of angel, hunting monsters with futuristic stun guns to collect and rescue them from the island and deliver them into a giant lab via the coolest cruise boat you have seen. Roxy is punching them out with her bare hands like a female comic book superhero. Dirk, your bro, is clearing your way with an unbreakable katana made by a master swordsmith of Japan, and trees so big that can't even be hugged are cut clean off like straws made of tofu. Jane is taking pictures and trying to solve some mysteries that you barely see... and did she just fend off an attacking monster with a cooking fork?
You are Jake English and you have the coolest friends in the world. You are sure that your world won't end anytime soon.
-fin-
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Date: 2012-07-10 11:48 am (UTC)