Homestuck

Travos has been told his friend Nepeta won't be joining him. She seems to be obedient to some arse hole going by centaursTesticle [CT]. Travos was reminded of his accident and wondered if Nepeta wasn’t better off on the opposing team. Thinking back to the days of his more intense and dangerous role playing, he is looking forward to the game he will soon play with his friends.

We flash back to Travos in a “boy skylark” outfit holding a tiny “dagger lance”. He is going to engage in some “Extreme Larping”. He pesters Aradia to let her know his game grub has laid eggs and that means he is nearly ready to play. Terezi is supposed to join them but she is running late. Aradia reminds Travos that the class of character he picked is not effective until higher levels. But she is supportive of his choices. Aradia is very different from the character we met recently. It would seem these events took place prior to whatever changed her. She gives Travos a pep talk and reminds him that the “clouder” will be at the top of its game, they will have fun.

The eggs hatch into little bats called Gaming Flapstractions that will provide the game data. This game also has 2 teams. Team Charge is his team and Team Scourge is the opposition. The clouder is a member of team charge and will affect the scenario he will play. The bats fly off but one remains his “stat bat” to keep track of his attributes.

We see a bit later Travos is surrounded by large monsters backed to a cliff. He’s chatting with arachnidsGrip [AG], the mean spider girl. She seems to be his clouder and has made things far too difficult. He lets her know this but she’s yelling at him for being weak.

He tries to contact his team but neither Aradia or Terezi respond. AG appears before him with the monsters pressuring him to make a move. Travos refuses, he knows the only right move here is to give up but AG will not allow that. They had agreed to not use any of their troll powers during the game but she’s breaking that rule.

AG’s power seems to be mind control, or at least powerful mental suggestion. She convinces Travos he can fly like Pupa Pan. With this he jumps off of the cliff. AG laughing psychotically as he lay broken at the bottom. He reaches out to Karkat to let him know what just happened, he can no longer feel his legs. Karkat just tells him to stop playing a “girls game”. If girl games are that dangerous maybe that is good advice. It seems as dangerous as the extreme roleplaying stuff was the real danger was AG.