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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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Feferi's shout brought a grin to Kanaya's face. "Hello -- oh, hello, Dirk. I didn't realize you were involved in this, as well. I suppose that makes... sense." She eyed him. He was close with Jane, and somehow it seemed to be affecting groups of friends the way it'd affected hers. She wondered if his presence would encourage Jane to join them.

"I expect that Feferi is acquainted with most everyone but Karkat. But perhaps we should delay further introductions until everyone is in attendance."

Feferi shrugged off her knapsack and produced a large bottle of sunscreen which she poured into her hand and immediately began rubbing on Dirk's nearer arm. "Don't want you to get crispy fried!!" Feferi exclaimed, reaching up to try and get his shoulders.

"Glub you're so tall," she muttered as she worked her way around to his other arm. "...I can't reach your face..."

Fef handed him the bottle of sunscreen while she continued to coat his other arm generously. "I guess you know Kanaya," she said in a passably quiet voice for Fef. Kanaya had said they would do introductions later but Feferi felt responsible for Dirk's comfort levels.

"Teal tank top is Terezi, Tavros has a... bird... for some reason... Sollux has the two-toned glasses, Aradia's in the red dress, and I guess that makes the red shirt Karkat!!"

"Shit, a red shirt? Good thing this isn't Star Trek." Dave had been lurking nearby, just well enough disguised behind a tree that he went unnoticed. He'd received a text earlier that day informing him of the meeting but he'd been unsure if he really wanted to join in. He was still deep in denial about whether that dream of a strange chess queen demanding they go to war was real or not. Then his brother had shown up and... well, now he was a little irate. Why hadn't Dirk mentioned he was running off to play superhero with the crazy fish woman who'd relocated them recently? He knew Dirk was probably trying to keep him safe but it wasn't going to help to keep him out of the loop if this was all real.

He wasn't dressed for a work out; he didn't own anything of the sort. Hence, he was still wearing jeans and a t-shirt as he always did. Moving in denim wasn't an issue for him, anyhow. He took a seat near-ish Terezi, away from Dirk just to spite him. "Sup, TZ," he drawled, taking out his phone and blatantly snapping a pic of his brother getting lotion'd up by Feferi. "Fancy smelling you here."

Dirk flinched away from her touch at first, but quickly accepted she was going to do it whether he liked it or not, and it was easier to just let her have her way. He took the sun screen when she offered it to him and obediently started covering his face and the parts of his shoulders Feferi couldn't reach. (He'd grown up in Texas and knew, despite being fair, that he wouldn't burn. He'd get a tan and more freckles than anyone else he'd ever seen. Except maybe Dave. Still, the sun screen wouldn't hurt.)

He scanned the crowd inconspicuously from behind his shades, cataloging each person as Feferi named them. (His eyes lingered on the bird for a moment. He hoped Dave didn't get any bright ideas and try to adopt a crow or something.)

He froze when his gaze settled on his younger brother. What the fuck? He was talking to some girl Dirk didn't recognize, but he assumed she was the one who told him about the meeting. Damn. He hadn't told Dave about this for a reason. How was he supposed to protect him if he insisted on being in the middle of everything?

Seeing Dave surrounded by a crowd of people, seemingly at ease but not at his side made Dirk feel a strange combination of proud and sick to his stomach. His fingers curled into a fist at his side. He dug his blunt nails into his palms.

Leave him be. He told himself. This is good for him. If something happens, he's only a few feet away. You can still protect him.

He still didn't like that Dave would know more about these supposed super powers and heroes, but Dave wasn't an idiot and he had access to the internet, he would have found out eventually.

Dirk took a deep breath and let it out slowly. This was fine. Everything was fine.

Jade wasn't sure what to make of the text from Kanaya, but after her dreams the night before, she figured that it made sense to do as asked. She'd convinced John to come along with her as well - she remembered him from her dream, after all, so it seemed logical to infer that he might be involved with this somehow. She dragged him along with her by the sleeve of his shirt, not really sure what to expect.

What she found, upon arriving at the meeting spot, was a small collection of people she knew, though she'd have never thought to fit them together like this. Kanaya she recognized from the dream world - that made sense. Terezi and Feferi she recognized from fighting imps. Tavros and Sollux were from speed dating (and also Prospit), and then Aradia she'd met at the convention, and then there was the guy who had been lost at the carnival. And finally, there was Dave who she'd known for half of her life, and one man that she had never seen before in her entire life.

This was weird.

"Um... hi everyone!" she greeted. "Is this the meeting for people who dreamt about the golden towers?"

There wasn't much time to answer Kanaya's costume question when Tavros and Aradia had arrived. She waved at the two, though mildly surprised Aradia had shown up. The last time she had encountered her was at speed dating when they talked briefly about the morgue and an upcoming mock trial Terezi had to be a part of for class. When Karkat had mentioned the group's name and accepted her position as co-leader; she beamed grinning ear to ear. He may have been rough around the majority of edges but it wasn't hard to see him break down and accept a little fun in his life.

Soon three other 'heroes' had shown up; she knew of Feferi and Sollux being friends after all but the bubbly rich girl had brought another to the group. He was like a walking orange dreamsicle; especially when he was encouraged to put what she only could assume was sunscreen and not actual thick dairy cream. Kanaya had mentioned his name was Dirk.

She started to pull apart more of her fruit roll up that she was previously munching on. Terezi offered some to Karkat as they all waited; it seemed despite being a few minutes late everyone was starting to show up. Suddenly, she caught a whiff of something familiar followed by a greeting and her name from an equally familiar voice. She turned her head, surprised and happy to see the skeptic cool kid at the super heroes meeting. "Hey Dave!"

Terezi glanced up in Jade's direction; it wasn't a surprise she had made it to the meeting as well. She hadn't been around the other girl since the imp fight and being at Feferi's private beach house.

She chuckled turning her attention back to Dave, "I should be the one telling you that for a variety of reasons that we both know of. Welcome to SMRG otherwise known as the Super Mighty Rumpus Guild." As she had offered a snack to Karkat, she pointed to him with her thumb. "This is Karkat. We're co-leaders of the group of vigilantes."

Feferi realized that she hadn't given Dirk all of the information and tugged on his arm as she stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear.

"They know we dream of Derse but from what I gather the message they got was murky and seemed to be about being a grouper so they oar being very cooperative and not hunting us!! It seems prudent to school with them and keep tabs in case they turn on us but stay alert in case it's a crabtrap!! I'm pretty shore we're safe though, these folks are guppies and there's an awful lot of water in these fountains!!" Feferi murmured in his ear, lisping her s sounds to make it harder for someone to overhear what she was saying.

She smooched his cheek (leaving a vivid pink kiss mark) and dropped back down to flat feet, releasing his arm and beaming up at him cheerily, clearly unphased by the idea that this whole crows could be enemies and that their supposed orders were to hunt these people down.

"Keep your friends close and your anemones closer!!!" Fef said aloud, grinning and attempting to hold Dirk's hand again.

Sollux noticed Dirk, and his body froze up in nerves. Shit, he'd totally know something was weird with Sollux now.

Or.

Wait.

No, idiot, if he was here then he also had weird shit going on. Duh.

With that thought in mind, he walked over to say hello and maybe to rescue Dirk from Feferi the fish girl a little.

"Hey," he said with a small, awkward wave. "What's up, Dirk, Feferi?"

Dirk obliged, bending down slightly and finally tearing his eyes away from Dave so Feferi could whisper to him.

His eyes narrowed as he listened, and he gave the group another one over. While he couldn't see Jake or Jane being his enemies, these people were all strangers, and he had no trust in them. (Not even Sollux or Kanaya, who he was already acquainted with.)

His eyes landed on Dave again, still talking to the girl he didn't recognize. He took a deep breath and reminded himself that Dave could defend himself, and if he couldn't, he wasn't that far away.

He blushed brightly at the unexpected kiss from Feferi and abruptly straightened up. He turned his face slightly away from her.

"Sure. I got it." He agreed, his voice low.

He didn't fight it when she took his hand in hers, but also didn't make any effort to reciprocate.

As an after thought he asked her, "Can you fight?" He didn't want to have to protect her and Dave if a fight broke out, but so far she'd been nothing but nice to them both (if a bit pushy) and he'd defend her if it came down to it.

He nodded to Sollux as he approached, answering him with a simple, "Hey."

Feferi grinned, her pink eyes glinting as she squeezed his hand before releasing it as Sollux approached. "Even without water pretty shore I could destroy them all," she said cheerfully, smiling her shark smile.

Her mother might never be around but Feferi had been in hand to hand training since she could walk. "It's ok Dirk, isle keep you safe," she said reassuringly, patting his arm.

She turned to regard Sollux's approach, grinning widely. "Hi!!! How's Torple??" she asked brightly, as if she hadn't just been confiding to her friend that she might have to tak all of these people out if things went sideways.

Her practicing had given her a much better sense of when water was around her, and between the nearby bathrooms, the abundant pipes underneath them, and the decorative lakes, Feferi felt nearly as content as when she was in the ocean.

Sollux's face slowly flushed red until it was approximately the color of his left sneaker.

He couldn't believe he'd forgotten about his (FAKE) sister for a couple weeks there.

"She's good," he said, voice a little high pitched. He coughed. "So, you're here because of the dreams right?

"Hey, neither of you dream on both, right? Because that's been happening with me and I'm really not sure what finding my corresponding dark side half is supposed to mean when I dream in both places."

That question had been driving him nuts since the dream, but he really hadn't gotten a chance to ask anyone. Most of the rest of the gibberish the Queen had spouted had floated out of his head, but that stuck with him.

Although maybe asking two people he hadn't even seen there wasn't the most solid of game plans.

"You'll keep me safe?" He muttered to her, but her attention was already on Sollux. Years of friendship with Jane had taught him not to underestimate someone based on their size, but Feferi didn't seem like a fighter to him. (And he didn't need her protection.)

He spaced out for a moment and almost didn't notice Sollux asking them a question.

"Sorry, dude, I'm only here because Feferi didn't give me a choice." He lied, shrugging his shoulders. He filed away the information Sollux provided, about having two "dream selves" and needing to find his "dark side", but didn't offer up any of his own knowledge.

Feferi's smile flashed at Sollux like the warning beacon of a lighthouse as she gazed back at him innocently. "Dream on both what?" she asked, tipping her head to one side. Her braids dangled, increasing her resemblance to a sweet kid despite the shark smile.

"Kanaya invited me!! She didn't say anyfin about 'corresponding dark side halves'!!" Feferi said sweetly, her attention closing around Sollux like the teeth of an anglerfish.

Fef took a step forward and seized Sollux's hands before the other could escape, grinning up at the gangler. "I'd LOVE to hear more about it though!!!" she chirped, her eyes practically sparkling at him.

"Um," Sollux said, staring at where his hands had been captured by a tiny force of mal/benevolence. He felt kind of weird talking about it if Kanaya hadn't wanted them to, but Feferi had fought the furry too so... it wasn't like they weren't all on the same side.

"Well, basically we went to this room with the Queen, and she said some stuff that made it sound like we were reincarnated. And also deities," Sollux said, wracking his brain. As he pressed himself more and more information was tumbling in, like trying to remember - well, a dream. "And then the thing about your other half was like... that they were sleeping in the dark? And they're our ally and we gotta achieve harmony or whatever bullshit."

He shrugged. "There was something in there too about a werewolf, but that was probably talking about the V-day furries. A lot of what she said was absolute gibberish, but that's the gist I got."

"The white queen?" she asked brightly, logging away the information and determined not to give him anything new back. She might not trust the black queen but caution was a fact of life for her in some situations. Feferi adopted strangers and attached herself to friends rapidly, but she played some cards close to the chest and her secrets were her own.

"Ahh yeah. You had eyebeams when those wolves attacked us, right?" she asked, grinning up at him as she swung their hands back and forth cheerfully. "That's glubbing neat!! Do you have any other powers??" Her eyes were wide and guileless, clearly just a fan of superpowers and brim full of innocent interest.

Sollux fidgeted, his hands starting to get a little sweaty. He felt like he was being interrogated, just a bit.

"Um, yeah," he said, wanting to escape this conversation but not sure how. He wasn't quite to the point of literally running away, but if she didn't stop smiling at him with that look in her eyes he might be.

After glancing around to make sure none of the sweaty seniors were glancing in their direction, he focused as hard as he could. He was torn between wanting to do something subtle and showing off, and he settled on showing off.

So he carefully captured Feferi's glasses in a haze of blue and red static and floated them over to Dirk's face, taking off his shades and then pushing Feferi's glasses on. They were a little lopsided, and when he tried to tuck Dirk's sunglasses into his shirt they pulled his shirt halfway down his chest and then back up when Sollux hastily released them.

The entire exchange had lasted under a second, but it had felt like hours what with the exhausting level of concentration it had involved.

"You have pretty eyes," he blurted out, having glanced at the way Feferi's pink glasses sat on Dirk's face.

(Sideways and barely on. That was how they sat.)

Jesus Christ.

Dirk had been paying close attention, but letting Feferi do all the talking. It was actually impressive, watching her lure Sollux in so easily and drag out information by batting her eyelashes. He'd remember not to underestimate her in the future.

He noticed as soon as Sollux started to use his powers. He scowled as the sparks somehow removed his shades and replaced them with Feferi's glasses. They were barely settled on his face before he tugged them off and handed them to Feferi, before quickly shoving his own shades back on.

"Neat trick." He commented.

"Oooooo," she cooed, squinting a little to see Sollux. She let go of one of his hands to reclaim her glasses from Dirk and put them back on. "So ewer a telekinetic with eyebeams!!!! How USEFUL!!! Tanks so much for showing me!!!" Feferi cheered, seizing both of his hands with her calloused little ones as she jumped up and down excitedly. "That's turtley neat!!!

She grinned, oblivious to the fact that Sollux had just revealed his powers to the daughter of the woman he feared most as a person who would capture and harvest them from him. Feferi regretted not having the opportunity currently to get a better view of Dirk's also-odd-colored eyes, but interrogating Sollux remained her primary objective.

"So you dream of two places but you only saw the white queen?" she asked.

"Yeah," Sollux said, sighing a little when Dirk's eyes were covered again. He really did like that shade of orange. "I mean. As far as I know I can't be in both places at once. There's only one-"

He paused. "Okay, there's probably only one me. I only have the ability to dream in one place at once."

He realized that he hadn't heard anything about their - well Feferi's, Dirk said he was just dragged here - powers or dreams.

"What about you, Feferi? I know you can waterbend. Can you like... talk to fish or breathe underwater too? Can you do bloodbending?" Sollux twitched a little nervously. "Please don't demonstrate on me if you can."

"What's bloodbending?" Feferi asked, her eyes wide and her smile a little too interested to be soothing. Sollux's obvious wariness of it made it all the more attractive to her.

He'd already seen her water manipulation so no harm in admitting to that. "Otherwise just some hydrokinesis!! It's not very strong," she said with a sigh, pouting a little. "AND I have to have water. Nothing like YOUR telekinesis!!" Feferi giggled as she tried to figure out what else she could grill him about. The information about the queen and his dual selves would definitely require looking into further, but he seemed pretty tapped out.

She released his hands at last and exhaled in a rush, propping her hands on her hips and gazing out over the rag tag group. "Water we supposed to be doing today anyway?"

Sollux's shoulders slumped in relief when she let go of him. He decided to ignore her first question, because he had the feeling she'd want to attempt it.

"I thought you got Kanaya's email?" Sollux asked, a little confused. "We're supposed to be practicing self defense though -"

He glanced at the way most of the group was just standing around uselessly, talking or staring off into space/at their phones.

"- I don't know how much we'll actually get done beyond a meet and greet."

"Oh yes!!! I was just curious if anyfin had been said before we got here," Feferi explained, making a mental note to look up bloodbending and see why it would have associations with hydro kinesis.

"Hmm," she said, eyeing him. "Do you need sunscreen?? I wouldn't want to send you home to Torple all sunburned!!! I have LOTS of sunscreen!!!!" Feferi grinned and began digging in her bag industriously.

"I'M GOOD!" Sollux said, the mention of his (FAKE) sister enough to push his desire to get out of there to the running point.

He ran before he was slathered as thickly in the white viscous substance as Dirk was. Unlike Dirk, it would not blend into his skin tone. And he really didn't want a good natured Feferi rubbing it into his stomach and legs (the only really exposed parts of his body).

Sol headed towards Tavros, thankful to escape to someone soothing.

Feferi beamed and waved at his fleeing back before looking up at dirk with a grin. "How good's your memory?" she asked in an undertone. Her eyes were bright as she zipped up her bag in a businesslike way.

Dirk didn't look at her, but he smirked when he answered. "Don't worry, I've got it covered."

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