Super Mighty Rumpus Guild Take 2 | Open

[drawntotheflame]

Date: April 13th, 2016
From: Kanaya Maryam
To: Feferi Peixes, Terezi Pyrope, Nepeta Leijon, Eridan Ampora, Jade Harley, Sollux Captor, Tavros Nitram, Aradia Megido

Hello Everyone
Last Night Those Of Us Who Belong To The Golden Kingdom Were Summoned By The Queen To Hear Some Heavily Mysterious And Rather Alarming News
Previous To This Occurrence Feferi Terezi And I Discussed A Possible Meeting To Better Ourselves By Raising Our Skill Levels With The Hope That Doing So Will Increase The Chances Of A Favorable Outcome When Confronting These Otherworldly Creatures
Whatever Is Transpiring It Is Imperative That We Be Prepared And Personally I Would Be More Disposed To Practice In The Presence Of Prospective Partners
In Addition To Showing Signs Of Potential Powers My Dear Friend Karkat Is Currently Training In The Army And Has Agreed To Instruct Those Of Us Willing To Learn In Self Defense Techniques
I Request That You Do Not Bring Weapons As They Will Be Too Conspicuous In A Public Space But That You Do Bring Comfortable Clothing And If You Have Met Anyone Else That You Believe To Be Involved I Highly Encourage You Usher Them Along As More Perspectives Will Only Serve To Supplement Our Understanding Of The Situation
Karkat And I Would Like To Meet Tomorrow At 4 In Central Park Between The Fountain And The Elderly Flash Dancing Lesson
Please Contact Me Presently If You Will Be Late Or Cannot Attend

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April 14th, 2016

Bag packed with her sketchbook, raw meat, and grapes, Kanaya found herself ready for the journey to the park. The walk from her new place was a bit longer than before, so even though she lingered while choosing a workout outfit -- a simple white shirt and roomy ankle-length red skirt -- she overshot the timing and arrived nearly twenty minutes early.

She tucked herself beneath a tree near the upbeat dance class, pulling out her sketchbook. The wispy hair, flabby arms, and neon leotards would serve as good drawing subjects and an easy-to-follow beacon for her fellow superpowered peers to home in on.

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[cuteandquarky]

Jade had been quiet for most of the meeting, taking in information bit by bit, trying to figure out what was going on. So far, she'd gathered that they all had powers, were supposed to fight monsters, and apparently people were having the same sorts of dreams. She wasn't sure what to make of the fact that she knew, or at least recognized, nearly everybody here. This seemed like too much of a coincidence.

Still, introductions were afoot, and now they were on her. She threw on a quick, cheery smile to hide her unease. "Hi everybody! My name's Jade. My powers are..." She trailed off, looking around the group, particularly in the direction of Dave, Rose, and John. The others she either didn't know well, or she had fought alongside already. But these three didn't know yet, and she had fully been intending on hiding it from them. Still, she couldn't really lie here, now could she?

"I can throw around stuff! Mostly small things. It really isn't that impressive, all things considered." She shrugged, omitting the "throwing things with my mind" part of the equation. Some things she'd keep close to her chest.

*ac shows up 15 minutes late, with coffee.*

[cattobekittenmerightmeow]

She hadn’t realized they had been running so late until she saw the circle from a distance, and realized that everyone was taking turns talking. She looked over at Equius, to make sure he was still with her, and gave him sort of a grimace of a look. She felt kind of bad for showing up so late, particularly since she had made the judgement call to stop by the corner cafe quickly, since it was on their way to the park anyways. Clearly time management was not her forte.

Nep grabbed Equius by the hand that didn’t have coffee in it, and pulled him along after her towards the circle so they could hear what was going on.

Upon approaching she realized they were doing introductions, and talking about powers. Did she even have powers? She hadn’t really noticed anything unusual in that regard. Mostly she had been having the weird dreams of the purple city, and meeting people in the real world who she had met there, and vice versa. Some of these people hadn’t been in the queen’s room, she realized, after taking a look at who all was gathered.

Nep looked at Equius somewhat expectantly, and then shifted her gaze to the other people in the circle, especially those who she hadn’t really gotten much introduction to, since they had shown up late, with coffee in hand. She sat down and tried to make it look like she had been there from the start.

“Hi, I’m Nepeta, fur those of you that don’t already know me,” She looked at the less than handful of those she hadn’t met on previous occasions. “I… don’t really know if I have any powers, or if I do I haven’t noticed them. I have been really restless lately... Oh! I did noticed my reflexes are faster, and that I feel stronger? I’m not really purr if that counts or not, but maybe it's something!”

[capesandvvapes]

Unlike some of these people, Eridan has class.

For once, he's not referring to class as in his possession of sophisticated mannerisms, which is also true, but no in this case he means actual scholarly sessions that he cannot miss. Not even for 'team' meetings with 'friends'. His last class of the day ended at 4pm and its takes at least a solid 15 minutes to cycle from campus to Downtown Sburb, so it's no wonder he's late.

He's... pretty sure he told Kanaya he was going to be late. Maybe.

Whatever, doesn't matter much now that his bike is locked up on a rack at the edge of the park and he's strolling leisurely across the grassy field. If he's going to be late, he's going to be fashionably so.

There's a group of what looks to be the right amount of people, but instead of practicing defense like was advertised, they seemed to be sitting in a circle and doing an awful lot of yelling. Well mostly from one guy, the mouthy one who he first met during his unfortunate stint as a carnival attraction.

Shouty's holding the reins, Cat Girl and the Hulk are walking up with coffee like they’re living the meme, and Fef is hanging waaay too close to some tall weeb for his [Eridan's] comfort. The world is slowly descending into chaos around him to terrible pop music and elderly background dancers. He's definitely in the right place, should have expected this to be a fuckin' shitshow.

Still it's Kan's thing and it wasn't like he was going to bail just because this is a total waste of his time, so he slipped into the circle next to Sollux and quietly waited his turn. That is, until Nep jumped place in line when he'd clearly been there longer, so he figured he'd return the favour by speaking before Eq could get a word in edgewise.

"I'm Eridan and I am also, bereft of powers, which seems preferable if I’m bein’ honest."

Gentle trot, Steady pace

[cybernetictrot]

Since he hadn't been directly invited to this particular meeting directly Equius didn't had many concerns about running late and enjoyed the time from Nepetas place to the coffee shop (There was a bit of a confrontation about that should play on the radio on their way there) since given their schedules they couldn't spend that much time together so he appreciated whatever reason was given. His friend had told her this reunion was related to the dreams and the attack the city suffered a couple of weeks before and so his interest was brought up.

Dressed in a tight indigo shirt and black shorts with olive shoes covering the bricks he called feet he approached the circle just behind nepeta, her urgency much more visible than his own.Behind dark glasses, his eyes examined each and every face in the circle recognizing some and taking details of others. His gaze lingered on Kanaya and Twatwaffle as well as on Terezi and Feferi though the feeling conveyed by his lingering on Kanaya were darker than on the other ones, not a bad intent but to remind of a previous agreement, though he guessed such pact didn't hold much weight given the current situation. Equius should inform her that her chainsaw was soon to be ready for dispatch and subsequent enemy dispatching.

Equius decided to stand behind Nepeta while she opted to sit making it more obvious that they were late, I mean, how could you miss the seven-foot tall black dude that looks like he could uproot one of the many trees around the place. Though if you weren't paying attention you might even think that Equius was her body guard except he is lacking an ear bug and unbroken sunglasses ; He heard her short explanation about her abilities and nodded in agreement, he hadn't noticed anything different from her even after she informed him about her little encounter with the beings.

The man was about to open his mouth when a familiar, he despises the fact that it's so familiar, voice cuts him off. Head turning to Twatwaffle to find a new but known face in the group: Eridan Ampora. Equius brings the cup to his mouth to disguise the fact that he was about to speak and sips until Eridan finishes but utilizes the time to inspect the apparent leaders of this meet up: Terezi and the cute guy with a grudge with sleeping and head brushes apparently are running things given their positions, odd.

After Eridan is done Equius gives him a glare and takes the turn to speak up "Greeting, The name is Equius. My main... Ability is my STRENGTH, proven to be above human" it would have taken a great deal of willpower and strength not to flex, enough to let a man chapfallen and sweating... good thing Equius didn't resist: His arms came up at the end of the sentence and started showing off their lengths and muscles, his shirt seemed about to burst into rags at any second "I also possess the skill to make small objects invisible, such as coins or a screwdriver at best, nothing more nothing less" Another stare is given to both Kanaya and the pink and blue haired boy.

"But don't let Nepetas modesty fool you" The happy smile that is more often than not confused with a creepy smile comes over his face as he squats behind the girl and leaves his cup on the floor before getting a hold of her wrists, each one held between a thumb and an index "She packs more than she lets out" he continues bringing her arms up to show her muscles "Each of these have various horses of power, enough to knock a door-to-door salesman out!" he chuckles.

A COUPLE OF PARTY CRASHERS

[hoperidesagain]

Jake wouldn't ever really be sure what had happened that day. He thought that he and Jane were sharing a moment, and they probably were. But the world does not exist to save those times. One moment the group in the circle was below them, ready to be scouted out more as more people arrived. But shortly after the tallest man Jake had ever seen arrived, so did Jake and Jane. Via crashing from the tree amidst them all.

He shouted as they fell, and his first reaction right away was to use any energy he had in himself to cushion Jane's fall as best he could. A small layer of yellow energy appeared on her, dissipating the moment she hit the ground. However, he hadn't thought fast enough to do the same for himself, curling up to try to absorb the fall best he could.

He hit the ground hard and he thought he might have heard some kind of pop as his shoulder was the first thing to make contact to the earth, gasping out in pain and hand moving to where it seemed to be coming from. But even in that moment, he tried to keep a cool head as the two of them were exposed, looking about the circle with a nervous grin.

"E-Er...hello. Jake English, at your ser- Jimmny CHRISTMAS this hurts...er. Service."

Re: A COUPLE OF PARTY CRASHERS

[mustachioedmaiden]

"Jake!" Jane gasped as her grip on the tree slipped and they fell, a scream soon following. She braced herself for the ground's harsh impact, teeth clenched and eyes shut tight. But then... No crash came. It was more of a bounce, really. She plopped upon the soft grass, hair askew, face flushed, and heart racing, but otherwise she was unscathed; the only thing damaged had been her dignity. "Jake, I am so sorry!!! Are you all-" She paled as she glanced about, suddenly seeming to remember all at once that they had quite literally crashed into a meeting. A meeting that they had been spying on. A meeting that they had been spying on from a height that would have been nigh on impossible to reach without a bit of supernatural intervention. "...Right?" She finished weakly, giving a tiny wave to the likely surprised countenances of peers, friends, and strangers alike.

It was Jake's exclamation that caught and claimed her attention, and her eyes went wide, scrambling over to him the moment she realized he was hurt. Her hair stood on end, green wisps turning into a hodgepodge of sparks in her worry. "Oh gracious.. Oh Jake... I'm so sorry..." she huffed, raising her hands upwards. She channeled the ethereal static into her fingertips and gulped heavily, gingerly shifting his shoulder with her hand. "... Is this where you landed, dear?" She murmured, the throng of faces briefly forgotten.

Re: A COUPLE OF PARTY CRASHERS

[shoutypersonified]

"WHAT. THE. FUCK." For a moment Karkat just stood there staring at the two newcomers who had literally just crash landed into the middle of their gathering. In the next moment, he decided that it was about time he started rolling with the punches. Because the punches were starting to layer on so thick and fast that if he didn't roll with them he would rapidly find himself beaten to the ground.

"Just what this meeting needed. More fucking shenanigans. Falling from the sky." Karkat decided that he had become numb to this shit show. He had accepted his fate.

"Now please tell me someone here knows first aid." Karkat was back to business, starting to march up to where the two had fallen and glowering around at everyone assembled. "I know basic shit but not 'I just fell twenty feet out of a fucking tree' shit. Also if someone wants to volunteer to drive this guy to the hospital that would be great. The fucking hospital within the first twenty minutes. As soon as this meeting is over I am applying for the Worst First Meeting Ever Attempted award."

Re: A COUPLE OF PARTY CRASHERS

[mustachioedmaiden]

"We don't need first aid." Jane hissed, not even bothering to look back at the grumpy human megaphone. "And we certainly don't need a hospital, considering the circumstances." She sighed, eyes warm and filled with concern as they looked back to Jake. A hand rose to his cheek as the other gingerly gripped his shoulder, fingertips easily locating where it was dislocated. They trailed downwards then, and her eyes slipped shut, seeking out any sign of injury. She wasn't sure how exactly she knew what was going on; she just... Did. It was instinct.

"... You have a break, Jake." she said, biting her lip. "I know I can fix it, but I'll need to pop your shoulder back into place first." After a moment's thought, she opened her eyes, looking to the hand that had been resting upon his cheek. "... Remember back at the ride when I filled you with energy? I wonder if I can use that almost as an anesthetic." Before he could protest, she took a deep breath, and began to channel a bit of her overabundance of life into him. A shudder coursed her spine as she felt the energy leaving her body, but stopped before it could really have any negative effect on her own energy levels. She would need all of it she could for the healing of his arm.

Confident that he was properly drugged up on life, Jane took firm hold of Jake's shoulder, whispering a soft word of apology beneath her throat. "One... Two... Three!" A quiet pop was heard as she shifted his shoulder back into place, and she winced, hoping that he wouldn't feel that one later.

Her hands moved quickly then, and sparks flew as she trailed her fingertips along his arm, healing as she went. She could feel her limbs tiring and her eyes growing heavy, but the work was done soon enough. Jane took a shuddering gasp as she pulled back, shaking a little bit. That was the most complex healing job she'd done. God, she hoped it had worked. "... H-how are you feeling, J?" She murmured, continuing to ignore the others.

Re: A COUPLE OF PARTY CRASHERS

[hoperidesagain]

Jake grimaced at the rather...spirited reaction of Karkat, knowing on some base level that the two hadn't really set themselves up for a good introduction. But before he could even try to say something, Jane had snapped a bit even with her attention on him.

He looks to her as she starts to, well, work her magic. Even the touch to his arm felt like fire though, shuddering and squirming in pain as he tries to not make a show out of it. No need to make concerned people run over to the man in pain.

He blinks a couple of times as she brings up the energy, eyes going wide when he knows that it's coming again. The surge hits and he feels the pain melt away, a sigh of relief following. He was still thankful for the countdown though, a sharp stab hitting him at the action to his shoulder.

And then there were sparks traveling down his arm, and he could just...feel his bone become right again. It was weird, to say the least, something that should have taken so much longer being done in an instant. He slowly stood himself up and rotated his arm, only feeling a bit of tenderness in it.

"Fine Janey...come on. We uh...should introduce ourselves proper." He made sure she was standing steady before regarding the group, focusing his eyes on Dirk to at least see a friendly face.

And to ignore the subtle buzzes of hope he could feel from everyone there.

"Er...as I said. Jake English. My...power is I can kinda control hope? Like I did with Jane there. Thought about a protective layer on her, and made it happen."

An Awkward Introduction

[mustachioedmaiden]

Jane exhaled in relief as Jake stood, his arm functioning again. She couldn't help but smile to herself, chest swelling with pride as she leaned heavily against him, allowing the taller man to help her to her feet. Her limbs felt like lead, and she gripped his arm, but she could feel her energy returning bit by bit, far quicker than it had back at the fair. "... I'm Jane." she said, deciding that at this point anonymity was futile. "Jane Crocker. I can control life. Humans and plants are all I've tried so far." She glanced to Karkat then, her fiery gaze laced with what appeared to be an apology. "... And I can hold my own in a fight, too, if you needed assistance in instruction."

Re: An Awkward Introduction

[shoutypersonified]

"You have healing powers. Fuck, that's convenient." The first convenient thing that had happened all day, probably. "And yes, thank you for reminding us all that we are not here for tree climbing and pranks. Why the fuck were you hiding in a tree anyway? Nevermind, don't answer that, I don't want to know. Alright if you want to help with the teaching that's fine by me, as there's probably too many of us for me to instruct alone anyway."

He turned his attention back to the general assembly. "We still need to hash out the details of what actually happened in our various respective dreams, but we've wasted enough time as it is and if a monster attacks tomorrow I would feel much better knowing we had actually begun working on the basics of fighting rather than sitting around babbling about how fucking clueless we all are. Therefore, I will be creating a Super Mighty Rumpus Guild forum on pesterchum, where we will continue to discuss this. Here, one second..." Karkat paused to take off his backpack and dig through it for a pencil and a sheet of paper. "Everyone write down your pesterchum handles. If you don't have a pesterchum, choose a handle and make one after this meeting is over."

He handed the slip of paper and pencil to the person next to him and watched as everyone passed it around, scribbling in terrible handwriting on their palms, for the most part. Once it got back to him, he tucked back into a folder in his backpack and straightened up.

"Okay. Now we are going to begin. If any of you have some knowledge of basic techniques, such has 'how to not punch yourself in the face' and 'how to actually hold a fucking weapon', please find people who don't know shit and group up. Training will mean fuck all if half of you have no idea what's going on and the other half are dying of boredom, so I'll come around and give some individual pointers and exercises to try out. Jane, you do that too. Got it? Move out. Time to get this thing fucking started." Karkat hoped he didn't sound as exhausted as he felt.