It all started with a video.
A simple, ironic gesture sent from an alien - a human. A link to a video that would change all their lives.
Gamzee, the juggalo-troll high on sopor pie, watched this short video of human juggalos.
The insults. The video was a pure insult to his religion. It made him doubt everything he'd ever learnt.
"MoThErFuCkErS tHiNk ThEy GoT mE fOoLeD bY sHiT," Gamzee mumbled pulling piles upon piles of sopor pies out of his miracle oven. He tossed them all out the window in a fit of rage. "aNd MaYbE tHeY dId FoR a WhIlE. tHe PiEs FuCkEd My BrAiN aLl Up, MaDe Me StUpId. WeLl NoT anymore motherfuckers." Almost immediately after Gamzee disposed of the last pie, his high dissipated, replaced with a burning rage. "THEY'LL ALL PAY. every. LAST. motherfucking. ONE."
Gamzee tightened his grip around his juggling clubs. "all of them will pay."
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"HUH?" Terezi sniffed again at the plastic bottle laying on the ground. She felt around for the cap and twisted it off. The sickly smell of strawberry-flavoured 'wicked elixir' reached her sensitive nose, causing her to recoil. "33RGH," she mumbled. Her hand brushed a patch of the liquid, and she was surprised to feel that it was lukewarm.
"K4RKL3S..." Terezi began, walking up to her on-off matesprit. "H4V3 YOU S33N G4MZ33 R3C3NTLY?"
"NO. HE'S AN ASSHOLE WHO DISAPPEARS ALL THE TIME." Karkat rolled his eyes. Terezi sniffed quietly, enjoying the scent of red from Karkat's blood. "WHY. WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?"
"H3 L3FT 4 BOTTL3 OF F4YGO..." Terezi wiped her sticky palm on her skirt and continued, "4ND 1TS W4RM. TH4TS NOT L1K3 H1M 1S 1T?"
Karkat sighed. "NO. BUT HE'S BEEN WEIRD FOR A WHILE NOW. LIKE, YESTERDAY, I SAW A PILE OF SOPOR PIES IN THE WASTE RECEPTACLE."
Terezi's ears pricked up at this statement. "YOU M34N TO S4Y... G4MZ33S GON3 SOB3R?"
"I GUESS SO." Karkat shrugged. "ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING?"
Terezi raised her eyebrows. "DO YOU 3V3R R34D 4 H1STORY BOOK, K4RKL3S?"
"UH... NO?"
"OH MY GOD." Terezi slapped herself in the think pan. "YOU COMPL3T3 1D1OT! DO YOU KNOW TH3 STORY OF TH3 SUBJUGGUL4TORS?"
Karkat was silent.
"G4MZ33S 4NC3STOR W4S 4 MURD3ROUS K1LL1NG M4CH1N3." Terezi's nose sniffed. She could sense a faint hint of grape and slime. "OH NO, H3S COM1NG. K4RKL3S, L3TS RUN!"
Karkat slowly nodded. "I BELIEVE YOU. LEAD THE WAY."
Terezi's keen nose led Karkat and herself away from the scent of Gamzee. She eventually ducked them into an air vent, waiting for the danger to pass.
