TROLL!COPS: The AU

[Thatoneguy]

Hussie is now English in my headcannon.

[Decker]

In the last panel, Karkat's thinking "Oh my God they threw me in with a crazy guy who's going to try and eat my foot while I'm asleep."

[flutterShy]

AU!RP log - Feferi/Sollux

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* FeferiTheCuller glubs her way down to the police station. ")(---ELLO? Is anyone )(ere!?"
* Officer-Sollux walks out of his office, only to find Feferi wandering about. "oh, hey there."
<FeferiTheCuller> )(i Sollux! Ummmmm, did Terezi tell you anything, glub?
<Officer-Sollux> hm? about what?
<FeferiTheCuller> U)( o)(... well... I sort of went to confront t)(e Pupa..
<Officer-Sollux> oh...that guy... that probably wouldn't have been a good iidea, he'2 even me22ed up when he'2 hurt.
<FeferiTheCuller> Some people say t)(at )(e's Tavros... but )(ow? And I don't remember w)(at )(appened... it's all a great big glub of forgotten memories.
<Officer-Sollux> yeah, tz told me he wa2 that kiid and ii wouldn't beliieve her. two come two thiink of iit, he doe2 kiind of re2emble hiim...
<FeferiTheCuller> I don't remember for sure t)(oug)(, glub...*
FeferiTheCuller looks kind of sad and depressed.
* Officer-Sollux rubs the back of his head. "hmm..."
* FeferiTheCuller tilts her head and watches Sollux for a bit. "W)(at's wrong?"
<Officer-Sollux> oh, uh...nothiing. nothiing...
<FeferiTheCuller> U)(-)(u)(! You look lost in thought!
* FeferiTheCuller steps closer. "Come on, tell me!"
* Officer-Sollux leans back. "uh, ii ju2t kiind of 2paced out. that'2 all."
* FeferiTheCuller puts her hands on her hips. "Sure, glub glub! If that's )(ow you want to play it, t)(en I'll get it out of you anot)(er way!"
<Officer-Sollux> h...how 2o?
* Officer-Sollux doesn't like the sound of this.
<FeferiTheCuller> )(ee)(ee)(---E---E! I )(ave my own ways~
<Officer-Sollux> oh...you do, huh?
<FeferiTheCuller> I sure do, glub glub.
* Officer-Sollux crosses his arms. "oh really? liike what?"
* FeferiTheCuller leans in a little bit closer, giggling. "Are you sure you want to know?"
<Officer-Sollux> uh...ii gue22 2o, yeah.
<FeferiTheCuller> Well... you carped about it, not me!
* FeferiTheCuller leans in and kisses Sollux.
<Officer-Sollux> ?!
* Officer-Sollux flushes, completely caught off guard by that kiss. But...he decides to kiss her back.
<FeferiTheCuller> !?
* FeferiTheCuller glubs shyly.
* Officer-Sollux pulls away, feeling very awkward now. "heh."
* FeferiTheCuller blushes. "Um... )(ee)(ee..."
<Officer-Sollux> 2o...ii gue22 iit'2 only faiir that ii tell you what ii wa2 thiinkiing. ii thiink you're pretty cute...
<FeferiTheCuller> Yo-- w)(at.... you do?
<Officer-Sollux> ye2.
* Officer-Sollux is blushing a deep mustard yellow.
* FeferiTheCuller looks down at the floor, still blushing herself. "I t)(ink you are kind of )(andsome..>"
* Officer-Sollux rubs the back of his head again and sort of looks away, then glances at her. "r...really?"
* FeferiTheCuller nods a little bit. "Yes..."
<Officer-Sollux> ah...that'2 cool. thank2.
* FeferiTheCuller giggles a little bit. "You blus)( cutely..."
<Officer-Sollux> heheh. so do you...
* FeferiTheCuller opens mouth, closes it, her finds flush even brighter as she goes quiet
* Officer-Sollux is just standing here, not saying a word. "..."
<FeferiTheCuller> Um.... told you it would work...
<Officer-Sollux> yeah...iit 2ure wa2 effectiive...
<FeferiTheCuller> I'll)(ave to remember it for next time.
<Officer-Sollux> ...okay then.
* FeferiTheCuller winks impishly. "Well, I s)(ould go no!"
<Officer-Sollux> oh, alriight then. 2ee ya.
* FeferiTheCuller blows Sollux a kiss then bounces her way out the door.
* Officer-Sollux gives a little smile and walks back to his office.

As you can see, we were roleplaying them being totally awkward. <:3c

First kisses are ALWAYS awkward.

[carbon-14]

I imagine Andrew was thrown in jail for going up to respected officials and shouting, "YOU. I MADE YOU. YOU CAME FROM MY BRAIN IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE. A UNIVERSE WHERE I'M TRAPPED WITH A WOLF HEAD IN AN ATTIC AND ESCAPE BY MEANS OF A GIANT FLYING BARFING DOG."

this.

I kind of want to draw it now, too.

[frostedWarlock]

SeppuCrow and Officer-Terezi Have An Adventure

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<The-SeppuCrow>Terezi let's go to the beach and fight ninjas from italy because were at the italy beach and also my shirt is opened?
<OfficerTerezi>TH1S 4LL SOUNDS SO 1NT3NS3
<OfficerTerezi>COUNT M3 1N
* The-SeppuCrowAnd then they were at the Italy beach which was full of zombies.
<OfficerTerezi>WH4T 1S TH4T SM3LL
<The-SeppuCrow>It is the smell of ninja zombies. Someone has spiked the punch with zombie juice.
<OfficerTerezi>OH NO
<OfficerTerezi>WH4T DO W3 DO
<The-SeppuCrow>You go find the anti zombie juice while I stay shirtless with the zombie ninja fight
<OfficerTerezi>WH4T3V3R YOU S4Y D4V3
* OfficerTerezioff to get antizombie juice
* The-SeppuCrowis fighting the zombie ninjas with giant axeblades that are also on fire.
* OfficerTereziso fucking epic
<The-SeppuCrow>Go get the anti zombie juice so this party can continue to rock and not be axeheads.
* OfficerTerezicomes back with antizombie juice
<OfficerTerezi>H3R3
<The-SeppuCrow>Throw it into the ocean so that the entire ocean will be part anti zombie juice.
* OfficerTerezidoes so
<OfficerTerezi>TH1S S33MS L1K3 4 B4D ID34 THOUGH
<The-SeppuCrow>But now the entire waters of the planet is part anti zombie juice.
<The-SeppuCrow>And now we must herd the zombie ninjas into the ocean.
<OfficerTerezi>BUT HOW
<The-SeppuCrow>I DON'T KNOW.
<OfficerTerezi>SQW4CK
<OfficerTerezi>1 4M 4 S34GULL
<OfficerTerezi>ZOMB13S F34R M3
<OfficerTerezi>SQW4CK
<The-SeppuCrow>We are both seagulls and now we are herding the zombie ninjas into the ocean.
<The-SeppuCrow>And now the ninjas are cured.
<OfficerTerezi>SQW4CK
<The-SeppuCrow>Sqwack indeed ladyfriend
<The-SeppuCrow>Sqwack indeed....
<OfficerTerezi>1T WORK3D
<OfficerTerezi>TH3Y 4R3 1N TH3 OC34N
<The-SeppuCrow>And now we can have our beach party
<OfficerTerezi>4LR34DY 1N 4 B1K1N1
<The-SeppuCrow>That makes two of us.
<OfficerTerezi>W4NT 4 COLD ON3
<The-SeppuCrow>Yes I would love a cold one.
* OfficerTerezihands SeppuCrow a beer
<The-SeppuCrow>This beer tastes like cold and also is delicious.
<OfficerTerezi>YOU C4N T4ST3 3V3RYTH1NG
<The-SeppuCrow>That makes two of us.
And then they made babies. The End.

*applause*

[kayak]

Okay I just did one that no one else seemed to have dibs on.

I mean... Vriska's still pretty much Vriska, isn't she?

[Wigmund]

A start of darkness for Tavros/Mr. Pupa

The Boy's Smile

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They all said he was a happy child despite his unfortunate circumstances. So dreadful and so embarrassing for such a prestigious family. But his parents still loved him anyways and made sure he was happy. They gave him the greatest gifts their vast wealth could buy. He should have been a happy child.

But Tavros Nitram was truly anything but. Nobody ever saw him as anything otherwise, he made sure of that. But in reality, the crippled boy with the oversized horns held nothing but hatred for those who brought him into the world. He hated those who sought to placate him because of his disabilities.

They saw nothing but those limp legs.

That was all they saw.

They didn't see the intelligent mind. The ruthless cunning. The absolute lack of morals.

They didn't see what would make him so well known later in life.

And for that, they had what was coming to them.

It was a moment of weakness for the boy. He let his rage take him. He let them see Rufio.

He used the family's ancestral lance. So bloodstained from use generations past. It gained a new coating that night.

Tavros looked up from what he had done and smiled. His whole family. His rage relished it until another spoke up.

Cunning said, "Look at what you have done boy. There is no way you can deny this. They will all find out."

But rage only roared back, "WHO CARES?! LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE CREATED! ISN'T IT THE GREATEST MASTERPIECE?!"

To which cunning replied, "We can relish what we have done, but we must make sure no one tracks this deed back to us."
It curled in upon itself in delight, "We must find someone else to take the fall. Someone that no one would question, something that no one would doubt capable of this."

As the boy looked at the rainbow of blood upon his hands, the family's servant entered the room and sealed the consort's doom. It had been drawn not by the screams of the boy's parents, but the voices in which the boy spoke to himself.

Cunning spoke, "The consorts...they are already looked down upon. It would not take much to tilt the blame upon this one," Rage smiled, the boy raised his hands and the consort obeyed.

When the police came upon the scene, they found the despicable consort covered in the blood of its victims. Lance in grubby hands. There was no doubt what had happened. The police said it was a miracle that they happened upon the scene when they did. For if they did not, the boy surely would have bleed to death.

The city held its breath as the boy entered surgery and survived. The doctors had tried their best, but even with the most advanced cybernetic prosthesis and implants, the boy's existing disabilities and this new spinal injuries assured that he would never walk again. Just as the boy wanted all to think.

The boy smiled in joy as the city's praise and concern showered upon him. They cried with him as he so cunningly faked his remorse at his parents funeral. They followed closely the court travails as the boy secured stewardship of his family's vast estates and wealth from what were obviously greedy relatives.

The city followed his heed when he called for the shunning of the consorts that had inflicted such pain upon his kindred.

And the boy smiled.

He smiled because he had secured all that he needed for any future plans.

He had the wealth.

He finally had working legs.

He had a network of eyes that he could see through. Eyes that no one would suspect because they were mere gutter trash.

And most of all he had the city's trust.

With that trust, no one would dare connect sweet crippled Tavros Nitram to the sociopathic crime lord Mr Pupa.

And with that, the boy smiled.

A/N:

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Thoughts?

I probably shouldn't write stuff when I'm half asleep, but this idea had to get out.
It's a rather stark difference from canon Tavros, which is the 'public Nitram' - the one everyone sees.

[Octopuddle]

This is sketchy an I am never going to finish it, but I figured you guys should know that you have squeezed this into my head. ohhh nooooooo. No hats though because I am awful at them. Also 1R0N1B4BY!!!

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[Redikalus]

A start of darkness for Tavros/Mr. Pupa

The Boy's Smile

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They all said he was a happy child despite his unfortunate circumstances. So dreadful and so embarrassing for such a prestigious family. But his parents still loved him anyways and made sure he was happy. They gave him the greatest gifts their vast wealth could buy. He should have been a happy child.

But Tavros Nitram was truly anything but. Nobody ever saw him as anything otherwise, he made sure of that. But in reality, the crippled boy with the oversized horns held nothing but hatred for those who brought him into the world. He hated those who sought to placate him because of his disabilities.

They saw nothing but those limp legs.

That was all they saw.

They didn't see the intelligent mind. The ruthless cunning. The absolute lack of morals.

They didn't see what would make him so well known later in life.

And for that, they had what was coming to them.

It was a moment of weakness for the boy. He let his rage take him. He let them see Rufio.

He used the family's ancestral lance. So bloodstained from use generations past. It gained a new coating that night.

Tavros looked up from what he had done and smiled. His whole family. His rage relished it until another spoke up.

Cunning said, "Look at what you have done boy. There is no way you can deny this. They will all find out."

But rage only roared back, "WHO CARES?! LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE CREATED! ISN'T IT THE GREATEST MASTERPIECE?!"

To which cunning replied, "We can relish what we have done, but we must make sure no one tracks this deed back to us."
It curled in upon itself in delight, "We must find someone else to take the fall. Someone that no one would question, something that no one would doubt capable of this."

As the boy looked at the rainbow of blood upon his hands, the family's servant entered the room and sealed the consort's doom. It had been drawn not by the screams of the boy's parents, but the voices in which the boy spoke to himself.

Cunning spoke, "The consorts...they are already looked down upon. It would not take much to tilt the blame upon this one," Rage smiled, the boy raised his hands and the consort obeyed.

When the police came upon the scene, they found the despicable consort covered in the blood of its victims. Lance in grubby hands. There was no doubt what had happened. The police said it was a miracle that they happened upon the scene when they did. For if they did not, the boy surely would have bleed to death.

The city held its breath as the boy entered surgery and survived. The doctors had tried their best, but even with the most advanced cybernetic prosthesis and implants, the boy's existing disabilities and this new spinal injuries assured that he would never walk again. Just as the boy wanted all to think.

The boy smiled in joy as the city's praise and concern showered upon him. They cried with him as he so cunningly faked his remorse at his parents funeral. They followed closely the court travails as the boy secured stewardship of his family's vast estates and wealth from what were obviously greedy relatives.

The city followed his heed when he called for the shunning of the consorts that had inflicted such pain upon his kindred.

And the boy smiled.

He smiled because he had secured all that he needed for any future plans.

He had the wealth.

He finally had working legs.

He had a network of eyes that he could see through. Eyes that no one would suspect because they were mere gutter trash.

And most of all he had the city's trust.

With that trust, no one would dare connect sweet crippled Tavros Nitram to the sociopathic crime lord Mr Pupa.

And with that, the boy smiled.

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Thoughts?

I probably shouldn't write stuff when I'm half asleep, but this idea had to get out.
It's a rather stark difference from canon Tavros, which is the 'public Nitram' - the one everyone sees.

I've have mixed feelings about villains who have no excuse. Their not evil because they were hurt or betrayed or were driven to it. They just are evil.
Normally, I don't like them, but if they have style or class like Mr. Pupa does, then I love them.
Great story Wigmund

[GEMPadre036]

Nice origin story! Really capture the insanity that is "Mr. Pupa".

[Wigmund]

Several things Miss Octopuddle:
a) You need to keep drawing, there's a lovely thread nearby where I'm going to nail your feet down so you can never run away and can only post your great art (this sketchy is amazing)

b) We need a fic in which Officer Captor and Detective Pyrope rescue a baby and hilarity ensues as they try to figure out where it came from, learn to love it and experience heartbreak as they find the kid's rightful parents.

c) What is that face on the baby's back?

[inexpediency]

b) We need a fic in which Officer Captor and Detective Pyrope rescue a baby and hilarity ensues as they try to figure out where it came from, learn to love it and experience heartbreak as they find the kid's rightful parents.

Can I...tentatively call that? I want to write that but in the morning I might not feel the same way.

[Wigmund]

Take it away. The next idea I had was about the police orientation for new recruits as the situation the city is in is explained to them and Detective Pyrope has a special message for those who question this.

[Octopuddle]

Wigmund:
Miss Octopuddle actually!

a) What now

b) Oh my god i would read the hell out of this please make it happen inexpediency look no punctuation or capitals so you can see how much i want this

c) It is a baby Dave, and that is a scribbly Sweet Bro.

[inexpediency]

b) Oh my god i would read the hell out of this please make it happen inexpediency look no punctuation or capitals so you can see how much i want this

Haha, okay It might take a couple days though.

e: also while we're on the subject of people writing other peoples' ideas, there was something I was thinking about that I probably won't ever get around to. But basically I was thinking that before Karkat was kicked out on the streets, he and Terezi were next-door neighbors/grew up together. Of course, the next time they saw each other they were on opposite sides of the law, which naturally threw a wrench in things.

[lakobie]

Hurrrr i haven't posted here in a while, I may just post my headcanon for the characters backstories but they are no where near as good as u guise :B

Im gonna write them in word so i dont have to worry about the damn forum eating the post

[crepuscularDissembler]

I want that too, but with Sollux. It's been kinda getting me down how him and Karkat aren't best/worst hatefriends in this AU.

Wigmund, I really like how you didn't make Tavros into some whiney excuse-making villain. It would have been so easy to do.
I do like some sort of reason, though. I imagine that devoid of close friends, he spent most of his formative years alone in the library reading old books from a more primitive era of Troll culture and philosophy, without anyone around to explain them or give them context. From this he gained a warped sense of ideals and the world in general.

[Redikalus]

Okay, another long fic (50% longer than my last one).
Should I start breaking up these big ones into smaller parts?

The Mystery of the Extra Striders

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AR sighed, he was not having a good day.
The Midnight Crew’s latest bloodbath was uncomfortably close to Glass City.
Kingpin’s Mob has put a lockdown on nearly a third of Foundry production.
The Felt have held a city block in Old Town hostage… from the future. Stupid time powers.
Attacks from the Mindfang pirates have doubled.
And now he was just given a report on a new wave of crime. Nepeta “The Cat” Lejion; cat burglar extraordinaire, known for theft of feline related objects and felines themselves, and so far impossible to catch. Gamzee “The Clown” Makara; perpetrator of countless misdemeanors and has managed to escape every time he is captured, no matter the precautions taken. Karkat “The Crab” Vantas; highly aggressive, highly dangerous, but has, thankfully, restricted himself to petty theft and brutalizing any cop that’s stupid enough to approach him without back-up. Until now, that is.
According to this report, not only are these three petty, but talented criminals working together, they are committing crimes well outside of their usual repertoire with frightening precision. AR thought that these criminals were unlikely to work together like this, which meant one thing: someone was pulling the strings.
AR sighed again and massaged his forehead. How was he supposed to tell the mayor that his town now had FIVE active gangs. There was a knock at his door. Odd, he wasn’t expecting anyone… oh wait, damn it, he was. He had forgotten about this case. Great, another pile of stress. He was not in the mood to face this meeting, but as it is his civic duty, he would anyway.
“Enter.”
The door opened smoothly and in walked in Rose Lalonde. AR liked Ms. Lalonde; she was always elegant, punctual, helpful, and most importantly, law-abiding (at least to the best that he knew she was). She was also APD’s most useful contact: the Seer. And now he had some bad news for her.
Hello, your honor. You said that you had something important to tell me in person and that it should not wait. Whatever may that be?
“Bad news, terrible in fact. A Mr. Dave Strider, a relation of yours if I remember correctly, has just been found dead.”
I’m sorry, but what did you just say.
“I’m sorry to say that this morning Mr. Strider was found dead from multiple stab wounds in The Narrows, we suspect the Midnight Crew. And before you ask, yes, we had our ectobiologists check, it is the real Dave Strider.”
Ms. Lalonde’s reaction to the was neither immediate nor expected. Instead of surprise or grief, a look pensive confusion appeared on her face. She looked off into the distance and seemed to contemplate something. It was a few seconds before she responded.
I’m sorry but, I just finished eating lunch with Dave before I arrived here and now you’re telling me that he died last night.
AR didn’t know what he was expecting, but it wasn’t this.
“Perhaps you should bring in this Mr. Strider for testing.”
Perhaps I should.
Ms. Lalonde stood up quickly and made her exit.

*****
well dave, it looks like you are really you. these tests prove it.
no shit Egbert
Dave was sitting on a table in the state-of-the-art ectobiology lab o f the APD hooked up to a complicated mass of machines. The machines were spitting out sheet after sheet of paper, which were then being studied by John Egbert, one of Alternia City’s up-and-coming ectobiologists. Across the room from them sat Rose, Officers Zahark and Megido.
D--> This only increases the relevance of this question: how could a gutterb100d like you e%ist twice
i find it hilarious
that you slam our blood color like that
even though your reverend mayor and honorable enforcer
all bleed the same as we do
i doubt that you would say that sort of shit in front of them
This made Officer Zahark begin to sweat and he excused himself, muttering something about a towel. Officer Megido made a small grinding noise, possibly trying to replicate the clearing of one’s throat.
we still need to kn0w if y0u can explain this an0maly.
fuck if i know
i was just minding my business
when rose pops in spotting about me being dead
and i was like
wtf
so no i have no idea whats goin on
Officer Megido released a series of low rumbling sound, her version of a sigh.
very well, if we find 0ut anything new we will let y0u kn0w.
whatever
oh, hey, if you do could you let me know too? it could be useful for my thesis on paradox clones
Aradia nodded and left to find her errant partner. John gathered his notes and equipment and left with his usual dorky smile spread across his face. Rose waited for the door to shut before speaking for the first time since she got there.
Well, this is quite the conundrum isn’t it Dave?
yeah like if that stooge is the real me
then why was i stupid enough to mess with the goddamn midnight crew
Rose let out a small chuckle.
I think I might have an idea. I believe it is time I explained your brother’s last note to you and my ‘secret project’.
bout time

*****

Kanaya Maryam sat at a small round table in the middle of the otherwise empty room. Rose had just called her in on ‘important S.E.E.R business’ an hour ago after a week of silence on the matter. Just as she was wondering if she had gone to the wrong building, the door swung open and Rose led an irritated Dave in.
what was with all the backtracking and checking your watch thing
They were necessary precautions, I assure you.
Dave looked around the room and then focused on Kanaya.
the thing you wanted to show me was dragging me on a date with maryam
Kanaya began to turn a shade of green.
No. I was going to invite John and Jade before you, but circumstances have changed.
Welcome to the Society for the Elevation of Ectotechnological Research, Dave.
wow
thats a fucking mouthful
You may call it S.E.E.R. for short.
geez
shoulda known it was some complicated prophet shit
Dave slumped into one of the open chairs at one of the tables.
so
why am i here
Rose turned to Kanaya.
Did you bring them?
Yes, They Are Right Here.
Kanaya reached into her bag and pulled out two objects, each twice the size of an average hand. They were pair of records set upon complicated gadgetry in the rough shape of a pair of large cogs.
The Timetables As I Believe They Were Called.
so
these are what bro was talking about
I believe so Dave. In the hands of the right person, whom I believe you are with recent events, they allow travel trough time.
what would i need time travel for
wait
shit
i know where this is going
fuck no
im not going back in time to get myself killed
It has already happened, Dave, you no longer have much of a choice.
fuck
It’s Not Like You Will Be The One To Die.
no thats exactly what you broads are saying
Rose, Perhaps We Should Have Explained The Situation Before Showing Him These.
Yes.
Well Dave, the reason Kanaya and I started S.E.E.R. was because we discovered something both amazing and terrible about the entire city, especially the gangs: there are more ‘artifacts’ like this tucked away everywhere.
We need help to protect them from the gangs and with these timetables, you can do just that.
and then i end up on the wrong end of the midnight crews blades
Rose smiles at Dave.
No, Kanaya was right.
If everything goes according to plan, you will be perfectly safe.
Here’s how it will work…

*****

put me down you psychic asshole
AR looked up from his reports as Mr. Strider floated in, followed by Officers Captor and Pyrope. Officer Captor looked irritated. Officer Pyrope looked nervous.
“That was quick officers.”
Officer Pyrope responded immediately.
H3 W4S H3LP1NG W1TH C4S3 WH3N TH3 C4LL C4M3.
AR looked at Officer Captor and nodded.
“Put him down please.”
Officer Captor nodded back and the force suspending Mr. Strider disappeared. He fell hard on his back but stood up and regained composure almost immediately.
“Do you have any idea why I had you brought here Mr. Strider?”
no
one minute i helping terezi and asshole here with a vantas case
and the next they tell me im under arrest
AR sighed.
“Well, Mr. Strider, we found not one but two more dead you’s that test as the real you.”
and i had to be arrested because of it
thats retarded
AR stood up and raised his voice.
“No! You were arrested because these two were committing crimes when they were killed! Crimes that were very suspicious.”
yeah well they were committing them not me
why the hell was i arrested when i was helping stop crimes
AR sat back down in his chair and sighed.
“So you really don’t know how these doppelgangers are appearing?”
no
AR sighed again and rubbed his temples. This Mr. Strider had done nothing wrong, quite the opposite in fact. He could no longer hold him here.
“Very well, I apologize for the treatment, you may leave.”
Dave turned around and looked at Officer Pyrope.
catch you later terezi.
Then he left AR’s office and slammed the door.
After checking for pursuers, Dave returned to the current S.E.E.R. headquarters, a large abandoned, but well concealed warehouse in Dockside. As he was about to open the door, Kanaya burst through the looking rather frazzled. One look at Dave and she said with a huff: You Are An Insufferable Prick, and left in a hurry. Dave shrugged and walked inside. He was greeted by fifty or so sunglasses framed faces, spread throughout the huge open area, turning towards him and one Rose closing her book and looking up at him.
Well?
they have no idea


*****

News of this new gang, the Strider Mafia as it was so often called, was spreading throughout Alternia City.
The Midnight Crew was pushed back farther into the Narrow.
Most of the factories in Foundry had been wrest from Kingpin’s control.
The Felt all retreated back to the future.
Mindfang activity had reached an all time low.
Vantas, Lejion, and Makara seemed to be lying low.
And it all happened with minimal police activity. This was good and all, but how in Skaia’s name was AR supposed to explain to the mayor that there are now SIX active gangs fighting throughout the city.

In my headcannon, John is an Ectobiology grad student at Alternia University (AU), studying under the tutelage of the famous Dr. Meowgon Spengler. In a year or two he will finish his thesis and become the youngest ectobiologist PhD since David Brinner got his triple PhD. Everybody is confused at how a guy as derpy as John is able to manage such a prestigous degree, but there you go.

For the other kids:
Rose settled for a double major, but was a favorite of Dr. Brinner's classes.
Dave didn't attend college when he learned he couldn't get a major in cool and a minor in irony
Jade was homeschooled by her grandpa to the point were AU had to give her an honorary degree because she was already better than most of their scientists.

PS. I would also read the hell out of a Captor/Pyrope/Baby fic.

[inexpediency]

When I do the babyfic it'll probably be in parts.

[Wigmund]

I just realized something, we need actual names for WV, AR and PM (if she appears).

How about we call AR - Armstrong Righteous?


@ Redikalus: Nice origin for the Strider Mafia. Having SEER manipulate things so they can protect what artifacts they can, Rose can easily be the head of a 'shades of grey' organization that plays everyone against each other.

[kayak]

Yes I agree, Octopuddle. So much love for your lines.

I started writing a pseudo-fic of my head-canon, but it was getting long, and it's getting late, so I'll just post what I have so far. I don't usually write fic so I don't know how well it reads, or if anyone is interested in the rest of the trolls. Pretty much, a virus kills off trolls' lusus and I have a dumb origin story for how each troll ended up where they are.

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The virus came unexpectedly.

The first to die was the largest, and the city's main link with the wild creatures and individuals that lived outside the city. Its name was something like "Glub Glub" and thankfully the virus killed it quietly, for the repercussions of a stressful death would have been catastrophic. Less thankfully, its death left a small girl orphaned by her corpse, which was how she was discovered by authorities days later.

She was a troll. Usually only adult trolls who had outgrown their "lusus" caretaker, or those with civilized lusus, dwelled in the city, and the mayor, upon first glance of her curious features, was fascinated and instantly enamored. That evening, with his newly adopted daughter in the next room, he made the call for the remains of her dead lusus to be examined.

It was a peculiar virus, one that spread faster the bigger its victim was. By the time this was discovered, another orphaned troll was found. Her lusus had been a giant spider, one that had plagued the city's populace and police, and they were astonished of how the smiling little girl in front of them could still be alive under the guidance of such a beast. A rich couple had heard of the Mayor's charming and exotic new daughter and immediately put in the papers to adopt this next troll. Within the next two years, a number of highly improbable misfortunes would befall them, including the deaths of their biological children, but at the time, they were none the wiser.

By now, the police were sent out into the wild to find trolls with infected lusus. A small boy by the shore, a little girl in the desert, one that refused to speak half the time, one that wouldn't stop yelling. All quickly found homes. The loud one, Kar-kat, would be surprisingly adopted by a quiet, shady man who appeared one night just as the agency was closing. In two weeks time, the police would pin his involvement in the black market, and his new step-son would be repossessed by the ward, taken by kicking and screaming, holding a sickle given to him by his "father" that no amount of persuading or prying could part from him. He was soon re-adopted by a kind family, from whom he promptly ran away. After his third incident of screaming tantrums, violent threats and, as always, running away, families began to grow less enthusiastic about the idea of adopting a troll. When it seemed as though he would never settle with another family, Karkat's adoption file was discarded and the agency discontinued all future attempts to locate him.

[HarMegidon]

Andrew Hussie should appear as a cameo in every episode, on the street or in jail. Eventually it turns out that everything he was doing was actually extremely important to the plot, with layers of foreshadowing, symbolism and subtlety equivalent to Watchmen.

[flutterShy]

Past, Present, Future

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After the Incident that had left all the lusus but from a very rare few unkilled, Feferi Peixes was well aware of her status in Alternia City. Looking out the window in the castle-like hive apartment building that overlooked the city, she rested her head in her chin, brooding as she crossed her legs and considered the bustling city streets. Her other hand idly played with the silver charm on the pink and blue-twined necklace, glancing down, then up at the glowing moonlight. As she gazed into the sky, she finally sighed, eyes closing behind her goggles as she considers the past few hours - no, not just hours, but years.

A small, wry smile crossed her face as she considered the very first thing that made her life so enteresting. After she got the position as the Mayor's Aide to WV, she had been assigned as the head of one of the local shelters, where she had first met the Gang, as most people put it; but they weren't just a gang. There was Nepeta, Gamzee and Karkat; none of them claimed any last name, and Karkat was much like a big brother to both of them. Feferi mused as she realized how quiet and angry he was, but how protective; even though he hated her meddling, he never could stop her from trying to make sure Nepeta and Gamzee ate and were taken care of physically. Then they dropped off the face of the City, and that was troublesome.

Then there were her other friends; most of them cops. There was Eridan, who Feferi liked well enough, but he was grumpy at times too, so Feferi wasn't sure how to deal with him. Sollux was a geniune sweetheart, but his bi-polar personality made it hard to understand him at times. Terezi was trust-worthy, as well as Aradia, Equius, and Kanaya; they were all good friends. Feferi didn't really trust Vriska as far as she could throw her(which was actually kind of far.) But... things change.

Feferi grew bolder, especially as the Culler, who went to confront the Pupa. Of course, doing that got her in contact back with the trio of friends, not that Karkat cared about any of that, instead yelling at her as she tried to help. Frustrated, Feferi did nothing but worry and fret for a few days, before she finally went to talk to Sollux, who was at the police office. There being no one else around, she turned on her charm, and was surprised to learn that there wa sa geninune like between both of them, which ended with a kiss.

Of course, now there were issues. Stuck between the cop, her matesprit, and the trio, her bandit and theiving friends, she could nothing but help.

But could she?

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Whooo. Fef, what is up with you tonight. Fef as the Mayor's assistant got assigned to work with one of the shelters, that the trio went too, which got herinvolved with them; she mt everyone else as she was growing up Then, shenanigans.

[obscureHeiroglyph]

More Karkitty sketches;



I can't tell if any of these are okay seriously I'm that tired.
Uhm yeah.
First is from the rp on dA where Nepeta gave Karkat a scarf and it made him feel super guilty and worried about stuff.
Second is just..idk.
Third is him as the 'Angry Beaver Weasel'.
Srsly I don't even know but it's kinda cool.
Uhmyeah.

[sebastian]

A start of darkness for Tavros/Mr. Pupa

The Boy's Smile

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They all said he was a happy child despite his unfortunate circumstances. So dreadful and so embarrassing for such a prestigious family. But his parents still loved him anyways and made sure he was happy. They gave him the greatest gifts their vast wealth could buy. He should have been a happy child.

But Tavros Nitram was truly anything but. Nobody ever saw him as anything otherwise, he made sure of that. But in reality, the crippled boy with the oversized horns held nothing but hatred for those who brought him into the world. He hated those who sought to placate him because of his disabilities.

They saw nothing but those limp legs.

That was all they saw.

They didn't see the intelligent mind. The ruthless cunning. The absolute lack of morals.

They didn't see what would make him so well known later in life.

And for that, they had what was coming to them.

It was a moment of weakness for the boy. He let his rage take him. He let them see Rufio.

He used the family's ancestral lance. So bloodstained from use generations past. It gained a new coating that night.

Tavros looked up from what he had done and smiled. His whole family. His rage relished it until another spoke up.

Cunning said, "Look at what you have done boy. There is no way you can deny this. They will all find out."

But rage only roared back, "WHO CARES?! LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE CREATED! ISN'T IT THE GREATEST MASTERPIECE?!"

To which cunning replied, "We can relish what we have done, but we must make sure no one tracks this deed back to us."
It curled in upon itself in delight, "We must find someone else to take the fall. Someone that no one would question, something that no one would doubt capable of this."

As the boy looked at the rainbow of blood upon his hands, the family's servant entered the room and sealed the consort's doom. It had been drawn not by the screams of the boy's parents, but the voices in which the boy spoke to himself.

Cunning spoke, "The consorts...they are already looked down upon. It would not take much to tilt the blame upon this one," Rage smiled, the boy raised his hands and the consort obeyed.

When the police came upon the scene, they found the despicable consort covered in the blood of its victims. Lance in grubby hands. There was no doubt what had happened. The police said it was a miracle that they happened upon the scene when they did. For if they did not, the boy surely would have bleed to death.

The city held its breath as the boy entered surgery and survived. The doctors had tried their best, but even with the most advanced cybernetic prosthesis and implants, the boy's existing disabilities and this new spinal injuries assured that he would never walk again. Just as the boy wanted all to think.

The boy smiled in joy as the city's praise and concern showered upon him. They cried with him as he so cunningly faked his remorse at his parents funeral. They followed closely the court travails as the boy secured stewardship of his family's vast estates and wealth from what were obviously greedy relatives.

The city followed his heed when he called for the shunning of the consorts that had inflicted such pain upon his kindred.

And the boy smiled.

He smiled because he had secured all that he needed for any future plans.

He had the wealth.

He finally had working legs.

He had a network of eyes that he could see through. Eyes that no one would suspect because they were mere gutter trash.

And most of all he had the city's trust.

With that trust, no one would dare connect sweet crippled Tavros Nitram to the sociopathic crime lord Mr Pupa.

And with that, the boy smiled.

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Thoughts?

I probably shouldn't write stuff when I'm half asleep, but this idea had to get out.
It's a rather stark difference from canon Tavros, which is the 'public Nitram' - the one everyone sees.

I'm not too fond of villains that are evil for evil sake, I hope you don't mind if I suggest some variation.

I'd rather go with a split personality thing, a Tavros one, which have the standard Tavros personality and which is sorry for what happened/happen and Rufio/mr. Pupa which is the dominant one. more like a ventriloquist/scarface (or Gollum/smeagol) thing than than a two face thing.

Make it so that his parents actually loathed him. Their only son and he is a cripple, and spineless, too, they gave him everything he wanted. except love. So he made up an imaginary friend Rufio, where he put all his anger and resentment and hate that he didn't know how to handle, until one day Rufio took control.

Now Rufio/mr pupa is in control most of the time, except for some hours every week when Tavros run his animal store that is also the cover for mr.Pupa "businesses" and is the only moments when he is almost happy, with his animal friends, that don't judge him, don't care if he is a cripple and never try to take advantage of him. He know about his other personality and what he does and want to do but he is just too terrified of him to do anything about it and even if he wasn't Rufio would take control the moment he would just try.

An idea to make Rufio even crazier, Tavros wasn't always crippled, it was Rufio that crippled him to punish him to have tried to stop him from killing his parents, making him fall from the stairs. (insert SBAHJ reference).