colorsofthewindything

[colorsofthewindything]

John chuckled quietly to himself, shaking his head slowly. Maybe that was a bit of a dick move, but hey it was just a joke. Perhaps a bad time for a joke though, considering what he was here for. Like, medic work. Doctoring. Doctor Egbert, at your service. Or maybe more like Nurse Egbert. Private Egbert, Army Medic? Something of that nature, except for the fact that he had no fucking clue what he was doing.

Sup, Dave Sprite says, as if he don't know what's up. "Oh, nothing much. Eating cake, hanging out. Nice sunny day we're having, huh?" Dripping with what is definitively not sarcasm. "Anyway, I got some advice from Rose... As you already know, I guess." He grimaced, glancing down at his wrist and thinking about the fucked up intrusion on his conversations. "If you're ready to do this thing, I am. Actually, scratch that. Even if you are ready to do this thing, I most definitely am not."

Hitched Breath

Ugh. Why does my head hurt so much?

Why am I so cold?

…

Where am I?

This wasn’t his room. This wasn’t even a room. He jolted upright, head swinging back and forth rapidly to take in his surroundings. No planet he’d ever seen before. Well, not that the surrounding trees were indicative of any particular planet. The main distinction was the moon, if one could even call it that. Large, red, clearly sinister. No moons were that large and red without being suspicious as hell. good moons were small and white, or blue. Bad moons were big, red, or black. Yes, a blacklit moon. Those were the really scary ones, because black wasn’t even a color that could glow.

Moon shit aside, it was raining. And - back to moon shit for a second - despite the heavily overcast sky, the moon was STILL VISIBLE. Innumerable red flags, really. It wouldn’t have been so bad that it were raining, if it weren’t for the fact that he were outside, sitting in a muddy puddle like a chump. He did not like doing things like a chump. He stood up and looked down at his damp, soggy, dirty clothes. Fuck. Not a good start to the day, really. That was totally ignoring the fact that he wasn’t wearing his pajamas. Er, his god tier outfit. They doubled as pajamas, just roll with it.

The point of the matter was that he was wearing a set of clothes that he had not even seen in a while. He gingerly removed the green jacket from his body, shaking out some of the excess drippage and holding it away from himself. The black shirt underneath was a bit damp, but not soaked. Lucky. Jeans were jeans, so they’d probably be okay with some time.

He had his glasses on, which was good. He tried to float up into the air to get a better view of the area, but he didn’t. He couldn’t. It was hard to explain, really. Usually when he used his powers they just sort of happened. It was like moving his arm, or shaking his head. Or walking. Just another body function. But that feeling of capability was no longer there. If he focused and tried really hard, nothing happened. He couldn’t fly, he couldn’t disapperate into the breeze, nothing.

That was bad. This was getting bad. It started bad, but it was getting worse. He clutched his head, feeling the wet strands between his fingers. Don’t panic, stay calm. You need to talk to somebody. Anybody. Where your phone? There’s nothing in your pockets. There’s a watch. What the hell is this? Some weird waypoint thing, like some kinda video game bullshit. Pesterchum. Good. Names? Friends, yes. Others. Not friends. Strangers. How weird.

Were there any more surprises he was supposed to know about? He twisted his body, examining every inch of his self that he could see. The only other oddity he could note was a barcode tattoo on his arm. And if that wasn’t ominous as fuck, nothing was.

Regardless, it was time for him to pick a name from those recognisable and see who knew what was going on. Maybe Rose, or Jade, or-

*brring!*

— turntechGodhead [TG] has begun pestering ectoBiologist [EB] —

TG: oh shit look what the dog dragged in?

—-

And with that, he was on his way. How had Davesprite fucked his wrist up? He’d ask when he got there, he supposed. John was sure that the story behind it was hilarious. He’d activated the waypoint sent to him and a little arrow appeared to point him along. Lovely.

He hadn’t even been walking for two minutes when the messages started rolling in. Rose, Terezi, real Dave, some girl named Jane. It was nice to know that he’d have nice company here. And Terezi. Talking to them helped the walk go by quicker, and he almost forgot it was raining until a crack of thunder sounded fairly close by, startling him. He nearly dropped his jacket in surprise, which would have been… inconvenient, to say the least. He tightened his grip on the article, shaking some of the excess water from his head.

After a short conversation with Rose, he took a short detour to gather some relatively dry sticks. He gathered a good armful, wrapping his jacket around them to keep them safe. Lucky for him, the outfit he was currently wearing had a belt, although it would not for long. He kept Rose’s advice in his head as trekked onward.

Not too long later he’d found him. Davesprite, although it was a little weird to call him that when he wasn’t really much of a sprite what with the legs and all. Yes, the wings were still there. Clearly. But at this point he was basically just a birdman, yes? But calling him Bird Dave would probably be insulting, although possible not as insulting as Fake Dave. But he wasn’t doing that any more either. So for now, Davesprite he would have to be, just for differentiation’s sake.

From the direction he’d arrived, Davesprite had his back to him, just standing there. He took off his glasses and cleared them up a bit, then replaced them on his head and cupped his mouth, trying to make his voice more audible over the pouring rain.

"caw! caw!"

[colorsofthewindything]

hey, at least there's other people!

like me! you don't hate me, right? and my friends are here and maybe you'll like them too!

it could definitely be worse, i think. we could have all woken up in some weird fucked up sex dungeon and been tortured all day and night. that would be worse, probably.

eh oh look its the blue buoy guess i cant blame ya for why im alive again actually i kinda wonder who the fuck eelse is alive aside from basically everyone i glubbin hate on my team 38( i miss my fronds tho who didnt suck so i guess i was wonderin if ya knew shit aboat shit

heheh, hey meenah! pretty much everyone is alive!

all of the people!

all of them!

not really but this place is just lousy with people. even sprites!

i don’t really know a lot but from what i can tell we’ve been kidnapped and put her because reasons.

some guy or girl or thingy called the ‘overseer’ is ‘always watching us’ or something like that.

creepy, right?

[colorsofthewindything]

thanks, i really appreciate your generosity.

so we can just be civil with each other, right?

H3H3H3H3H3H3H3H3H3H3H333H3H33HH33H3H3H33H3H3H3H3H3 H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H 33H33H33H3H3H3H3H3H3 44H4H4HH44H444HH4H4H4H4 JOHN, R3M3MB3R M3? H33H33H3H3H3H3H3H3H3H3H

how could i ever forget??

seriously, nobody laughs like you. it’s like your signature thing. that and the numbers thing i guess. they basically go hand in hand anyway.

[colorsofthewindything]

aww thanks! you are both very important to me too!

i'm going to be meeting up with dave sprite to help him out with something in a second so i won't be able to talk, but it was nice talking to you!

i hope you'll be okay, jaspers!

Purr hello john i havent seen you in a long time!! Purr :3

hey jaspers!

i have to say i’m surprised to see you here, of all people. how are you?

[colorsofthewindything]

eh oh look its the blue buoy guess i cant blame ya for why im alive again actually i kinda wonder who the fuck eelse is alive aside from basically everyone i glubbin hate on my team 38( i miss my fronds tho who didnt suck so i guess i was wonderin if ya knew shit aboat shit

heheh, hey meenah! pretty much everyone is alive!

all of the people!

all of them!

not really but this place is just lousy with people. even sprites!

i don’t really know a lot but from what i can tell we’ve been kidnapped and put her because reasons.

some guy or girl or thingy called the ‘overseer’ is ‘always watching us’ or something like that.

creepy, right?

[colorsofthewindything]

heheh yeah that's true. she's a trooper!

i've been doing alright i guess, mostly the rain has just been annoying as hell, but if that is the least of my problems then i'm okay with that!

i gotta say things could definitely be worse.

Purr hello john i havent seen you in a long time!! Purr :3

hey jaspers!

i have to say i’m surprised to see you here, of all people. how are you?

[colorsofthewindything]

oh, well that's cool! i am glad to hear that you are doing alright then.

have you talked to rose yet at all?

Purr hello john i havent seen you in a long time!! Purr :3

hey jaspers!

i have to say i’m surprised to see you here, of all people. how are you?

[colorsofthewindything]

well i don't really remember, since i was apparently asleep that whole time? but jade told me a lot about when she was... you, i guess?

i am still not sure how the whole dream self awake self thing works, honestly. it is very confusing.

hi john! i take it you made it here safely?

oh wow you’re here too?

man it’s just one big party up in this place, huh!

but yeah i got here more or less alright. what about you?

[colorsofthewindything]

hi john! i take it you made it here safely?

oh wow you’re here too?

man it’s just one big party up in this place, huh!

but yeah i got here more or less alright. what about you?

[colorsofthewindything]

your bird friend? you mean dave sprite?

Purr hello john i havent seen you in a long time!! Purr :3

hey jaspers!

i have to say i’m surprised to see you here, of all people. how are you?

[colorsofthewindything]

Purr hello john i havent seen you in a long time!! Purr :3

hey jaspers!

i have to say i'm surprised to see you here, of all people. how are you?

[colorsofthewindything]

Hitched Breath

Ugh. Why does my head hurt so much?

Why am I so cold?

...

Where am I?

This wasn't his room. This wasn't even a room. He jolted upright, head swinging back and forth rapidly to take in his surroundings. No planet he'd ever seen before. Well, not that the surrounding trees were indicative of any particular planet. The main distinction was the moon, if one could even call it that. Large, red, clearly sinister. No moons were that large and red without being suspicious as hell. good moons were small and white, or blue. Bad moons were big, red, or black. Yes, a blacklit moon. Those were the really scary ones, because black wasn't even a color that could glow.

Moon shit aside, it was raining. And - back to moon shit for a second - despite the heavily overcast sky, the moon was STILL VISIBLE. Innumerable red flags, really. It wouldn't have been so bad that it were raining, if it weren't for the fact that he were outside, sitting in a muddy puddle like a chump. He did not like doing things like a chump. He stood up and looked down at his damp, soggy, dirty clothes. Fuck. Not a good start to the day, really. That was totally ignoring the fact that he wasn't wearing his pajamas. Er, his god tier outfit. They doubled as pajamas, just roll with it.

The point of the matter was that he was wearing a set of clothes that he had not even seen in a while. He gingerly removed the green jacket from his body, shaking out some of the excess drippage and holding it away from himself. The black shirt underneath was a bit damp, but not soaked. Lucky. Jeans were jeans, so they'd probably be okay with some time.

He had his glasses on, which was good. He tried to float up into the air to get a better view of the area, but he didn't. He couldn't. It was hard to explain, really. Usually when he used his powers they just sort of happened. It was like moving his arm, or shaking his head. Or walking. Just another body function. But that feeling of capability was no longer there. If he focused and tried really hard, nothing happened. He couldn't fly, he couldn't disapperate into the breeze, nothing.

That was bad. This was getting bad. It started bad, but it was getting worse. He clutched his head, feeling the wet strands between his fingers. Don't panic, stay calm. You need to talk to somebody. Anybody. Where your phone? There's nothing in your pockets. There's a watch. What the hell is this? Some weird waypoint thing, like some kinda video game bullshit. Pesterchum. Good. Names? Friends, yes. Others. Not friends. Strangers. How weird.

Were there any more surprises he was supposed to know about? He twisted his body, examining every inch of his self that he could see. The only other oddity he could note was a barcode tattoo on his arm. And if that wasn't ominous as fuck, nothing was.

Regardless, it was time for him to pick a name from those recognisable and see who knew what was going on. Maybe Rose, or Jade, or-

*brring!*

-- turntechGodhead [TG] has begun pestering ectoBiologist [EB] --

TG: oh shit look what the dog dragged in?

---

And with that, he was on his way. How had Davesprite fucked his wrist up? He'd ask when he got there, he supposed. John was sure that the story behind it was hilarious. He'd activated the waypoint sent to him and a little arrow appeared to point him along. Lovely.

He hadn't even been walking for two minutes when the messages started rolling in. Rose, Terezi, real Dave, some girl named Jane. It was nice to know that he'd have nice company here. And Terezi. Talking to them helped the walk go by quicker, and he almost forgot it was raining until a crack of thunder sounded fairly close by, startling him. He nearly dropped his jacket in surprise, which would have been... inconvenient, to say the least. He tightened his grip on the article, shaking some of the excess water from his head.

After a short conversation with Rose, he took a short detour to gather some relatively dry sticks. He gathered a good armful, wrapping his jacket around them to keep them safe. Lucky for him, the outfit he was currently wearing had a belt, although it would not for long. He kept Rose's advice in his head as trekked onward.

Not too long later he'd found him. Davesprite, although it was a little weird to call him that when he wasn't really much of a sprite what with the legs and all. Yes, the wings were still there. Clearly. But at this point he was basically just a birdman, yes? But calling him Bird Dave would probably be insulting, although possible not as insulting as Fake Dave. But he wasn't doing that any more either. So for now, Davesprite he would have to be, just for differentiation's sake.

From the direction he'd arrived, Davesprite had his back to him, just standing there. He took off his glasses and cleared them up a bit, then replaced them on his head and cupped his mouth, trying to make his voice more audible over the pouring rain.

"caw! caw!"

[colorsofthewindything]

...

what.

Why hello John, I'm glad to see my pesterchum was indeed correct about your residence on this planet, Although it is a shame we meet again under these circumstances, Unless this happens to be an impostor Egbert. Either way I'm quite happy to see you, and I hope this finds you well.

hi rose! wow i am very happy to see you too. or talk to you or whatever.

this whole thing kinda sucks, whatever it is, but at least everyone’s here!

or maybe that’s a bad thing. all things considered it’s pretty bad that everyone’s here because if this is a bad thing i’d rather you all not be here, you know?

well anyway i’m definitely not a fake john so don’t worry!

although i suppose a fake john would be saying that too.

well i’m pretty sure i’m real john so yeah. we gotta meet up soon!

[colorsofthewindything]

alright, that is 100% not going to happen rose. there will be no thing talk with dave sprite!

i will begrudgingly recognize your great pun though and leave it at that.

i'm gonna focus on actually finding him now and i'll talk to you later okay?

i really hope i can see you soon!

Why hello John, I'm glad to see my pesterchum was indeed correct about your residence on this planet, Although it is a shame we meet again under these circumstances, Unless this happens to be an impostor Egbert. Either way I'm quite happy to see you, and I hope this finds you well.

hi rose! wow i am very happy to see you too. or talk to you or whatever.

this whole thing kinda sucks, whatever it is, but at least everyone’s here!

or maybe that’s a bad thing. all things considered it’s pretty bad that everyone’s here because if this is a bad thing i’d rather you all not be here, you know?

well anyway i’m definitely not a fake john so don’t worry!

although i suppose a fake john would be saying that too.

well i’m pretty sure i’m real john so yeah. we gotta meet up soon!

[colorsofthewindything]

heh, okay, okay.

that helps a lot. i see a few sticks, and i think i can do without my belt.

thanks a lot rose, i really appreciate it. i feel a lot better now.

you always know how to LIGHTen up my mood!

Why hello John, I'm glad to see my pesterchum was indeed correct about your residence on this planet, Although it is a shame we meet again under these circumstances, Unless this happens to be an impostor Egbert. Either way I'm quite happy to see you, and I hope this finds you well.

hi rose! wow i am very happy to see you too. or talk to you or whatever.

this whole thing kinda sucks, whatever it is, but at least everyone’s here!

or maybe that’s a bad thing. all things considered it’s pretty bad that everyone’s here because if this is a bad thing i’d rather you all not be here, you know?

well anyway i’m definitely not a fake john so don’t worry!

although i suppose a fake john would be saying that too.

well i’m pretty sure i’m real john so yeah. we gotta meet up soon!

[colorsofthewindything]

hm.

hmmmm.

okay, i think i know how to do that, probably. maybe.

i don't know where i would get ice, and i don't know what to splint his wrist with, though.

where do i even get a thing to splint his wrist with??

i'm kind of nervous rose i don't want to fuck his wrist up any worse than it already is!

Why hello John, I'm glad to see my pesterchum was indeed correct about your residence on this planet, Although it is a shame we meet again under these circumstances, Unless this happens to be an impostor Egbert. Either way I'm quite happy to see you, and I hope this finds you well.

hi rose! wow i am very happy to see you too. or talk to you or whatever.

this whole thing kinda sucks, whatever it is, but at least everyone’s here!

or maybe that’s a bad thing. all things considered it’s pretty bad that everyone’s here because if this is a bad thing i’d rather you all not be here, you know?

well anyway i’m definitely not a fake john so don’t worry!

although i suppose a fake john would be saying that too.

well i’m pretty sure i’m real john so yeah. we gotta meet up soon!

[colorsofthewindything]

oh, great! we can totally explore this crazy new world together then with zero expectations!

on a more serious note apparently he broke his wrist or something?

he didn't tell me how or anything like that, all i know is that he messed it up and now he wants me to try and fix it.

(i have no idea how to fix it.)

anyway, while we're at it you should also try not to do the grimdarkish thing again!

i think if we get those three things out of the way this adventure will go much more smoothly.

Why hello John, I'm glad to see my pesterchum was indeed correct about your residence on this planet, Although it is a shame we meet again under these circumstances, Unless this happens to be an impostor Egbert. Either way I'm quite happy to see you, and I hope this finds you well.

hi rose! wow i am very happy to see you too. or talk to you or whatever.

this whole thing kinda sucks, whatever it is, but at least everyone’s here!

or maybe that’s a bad thing. all things considered it’s pretty bad that everyone’s here because if this is a bad thing i’d rather you all not be here, you know?

well anyway i’m definitely not a fake john so don’t worry!

although i suppose a fake john would be saying that too.

well i’m pretty sure i’m real john so yeah. we gotta meet up soon!