>> Dave: Become Prime

[Dave Strider]

Dammit.

Homestuck spoilers below

[spoiler]
It was all that ran through the Knights mind, a wave of regret coursing through his body, numbing the pain as he gritted his teeth, feeling the blades of both the mutts piercing his torso. Everything was toast. He was the slice of bread at the end of the loaf, the butt of it all and the last piece as some guy in his boxers took the jelly out of his fridge, right before plugging in his toaster. Breakfast on a cheap dollar store platter.Might as well have soaked himself in suntan lotion because his ass was COOKED.

He could only continue his stupid ironic tangents as he hit the floor, feeling his life seep away. There was no way that this was the Alpha timeline, there had to be something else, he could feel it, what the fuck had gone wrong? Someone fucked shit up like Obama up in here. One more dead Dave for the history books.
[/spoiler]

Then it all went dark.

The Knight of Time would drift off, stuck in time and space as he phased in and out of consciousness, soon finding himself floating in a mysterious void, forgetting his disposition. Was there any hope that he would come back to see the light, to have a second chance at life. Everywhere was blood, red tinted shades before his mind would clear, when he would feel his heart beat once more. He would not truly meet his doom, but find himself in a new world, opening his eyes behind his shades, as ironic as they were dark. He would take in a gasping breath before coming to, flailing for a moment before holding his head in one hand, grunting at a painful headache he now had. He felt a tinge of rage build inside him before shoving it down, looking around as a white figure appeared in front of him.

Dave Strider. The Knight of Time took his slouching defensive stance as he examined the being.

"What the hell are you supposed to be? Did I accidentally get stuck in some sketchy ass stick animation? I swear if I start seeing perfect cubes and geometric shit I'm gonna slice them in half, bring some rebellious triangles up in here. Maybe even make them like obtuse or something."

“My name is Omni. This is not the world you know. This is the Omniverse. You interest me, so I have made you part of it. The Omniverse is a place that reflects the wishes of those who are part of it. But! There are rules. I will explain them only once, so listen carefully.”

"Omni? So you are just some shitty god then. Fuck am I supposed to go on some crusades or something. I am not one of those fucking knights, okay, my shenanigans deal with time. Whatever religious setup you have pent up for me right now are going right out the fucking window like burning bacon you forgot to check on after making your bagels. Shit's dangerous yo. Gonna have to go get my fucking fire extinguisher but wait, it actually just spews out sick fires that just put out the shitty one and replace it with mine. " HE gave a bit of a smirk as he laid that down for whoever this Omni guy was. Maybe he was a God, maybe not, hell if he knew.

Dave then shrugged before processing the rest of what the douche said. "Where the fuck am I anyways, this shit looks worse than a dream bubble. The Omniverse? All you did was add 'verse' to your name. You are the biggest god-douche I know. In fact, you are the only god douche I know, so congratulations. What the hell do you want, what the hell am I supposed to do?"

This is Omnilium. It’s what ties the Omniverse together. Without it, you are nothing. With it, anything you desire can be yours. But you will need more than this. If you desire it enough, you will find it. You will find that using it comes naturally. Just think of what you desire most.

Dave looked at the substance.It seemed so gooey and mushy, like puke. "Where the hell did you even get this." Dave shook his hand a bit as the omnilium stayed hovering right above it.He then wanted to try to cut it, but his pockets were empty, as was his sylladex."Where are all my cheap ass blades?" He asked, not getting an answer. "Fine, I'll use the omnilium whatever to make them then, what else?"

“You will not be alone in the Omniverse. There are others. Of course, they, too desire Omnilium. Do not fear death. For as long as you interest me, you will be reborn.

"You have to fucking kidding me, so basically like respawning in SBURB with God-Tiering bullshit, just like before but with different rules. This better not be a fucking mini-SBURB game because I have had enough of that shit. Where are the other people though its just a fucking blank mess. Seriously I would have been fighting for my life again that standing here talking to a white douche with no eyes. Do you even know how I look like? Can you even bask in the sick fires I make with your nonexistent eyes?"

“That’s all you need to know right now. You’ll figure out the rest soon enough. I’ll be watching … and waiting.”

"Wait what the fuck am I supposed to--"

Within a few moments, the figure was gone, and Dave found himself at the Fountain of Infinity. Fucking great. The douche was also watching him like some omnipresent creep, probably why he was named Omni by whoever the fuck. Probably another different colored douche with no eyes. In either case, he gave Dave the fucking chills, mostly because it reminded him of how much of a douche his bro was, always pushing different things and fights onto him. At least there wasn't any puppet ass, please let there be no puppet ass.

[Dave Strider]

Dave eyed the fountain, which was made up of exquisite gears and inside had one large clock, ticking away, having just started moments ago. It seemed odd.

Well, first, he needed his sick beats and Caledscratch. Mothafucking timetables, now, all he had to do was focus for a second and boom right? Dave tried to will the orb of Omnilium to become his timetables before shaking the orb a bit, seeing it only stretch slightly and jiggle. Of course, the douche wouldn't make it that easy. Dave furrowed his brow and groaned before sitting at the edge of the fountain and letting the orb start to form, focusing as it began to stretch and shiver, slowly splitting as he soon found his crimson red and black timetables in hi hands. Finally, the damn thing worked.

He then did the same with Caledscratch, stuffing both in his sylladex for safe keeping, taking the time now to think about recent events. Shit, what was it that happened, this whole being plucked into another game or whatever through him off.

He remembered looking through his old shit, those cringeworthy photos of himself and seeing John doing some weird time shit. No idea what was up with that, and then Jade, well, that was something different. But then he had the mayor, who he would let nothing happen to. There was trouble on LOFAF, and  then... what else happened? Gah, he could only remember bits and pieces but all he knew is that everything was going to shit. Fuck, John  better fix all that up with whatever the hell he was doing.

He tried to check PesterChum on his glasses, but quickly found them to be disconnected from any internet. Wow. Amazing. Give a hand to the guy who couldn't even make the internet as a god of his own realm, who can't even see--

Dataverse. What the heck was that?

Wait. of course, Of fucking course, he would call it that. This guy was a real piece of work, and Dave was pretty sure none of this was ironically meant. That Omni guy probably really thought these were all good names. Or maybe he was just lazy, either way.

Dave tried to connect, but a message appeared.

Please load Omnilium into Dataverse Device for Connectivity.

That little shit.

Dave nearly fell over into the fountain in annoyance of this, before taking a deep breath, taking out more omnilium, and shoving it into his face. After what felt like a few minutes, the system finally booted up, and he had access to the Dataverse. As soon as he tried to browse the Omni Wide Web, he was aghast. The absence of sbahj or even any of his bro's sites was fucking heretical. This place was so damn uncultured. he then found a video online about someplace in ambrosia. Holy fuck was that Gamzee? Why the fuck is Gamzee here? Oh shit, Karkat? He wondered how many people actually made it back here. There was also a pesterOmni. Dave scanned through and saw that Jade was here, actually she has been here for quite a while? Weird, how long was he gone? His whole time sense was kinda off the charts, everything seemed wrong here. He looked past the screen into the white beyond, wondering what the hell he was supposed to do next.

[Dell Conagher]

Dell approached the fountain, still slightly dusty from the arid wastes he'd traveled beforehand. He'd managed to get the worst of the dust off of himself and out of his clothes but his perfectly white hat had been irreversibly stained brown for some reason. He'd need to extract it and summon a new one if he wanted to restore its opulence.

His red toolbox sat upon his right shoulder. He lowered it as he neared, taking in the surrounding area and any primes nearby. None of them immediately seemed a threat so Dell relaxed a little, continuing towards the fountain.

Out of all he'd seen in the past while, the fountain that marked the center point of the Nexus was a welcome sight. 

Familiarity, if you will. Though right now it wasnt the gleaming white artifice that Dell's originally seen it as, but rather some strange amalgamation of gears and a large clock. 

It both appealed and disgusted the engineer's sense of design. 

The gears arrangement was in a stylized way, but they served no function other than for decoration. They didnt even seem to be linked to the lone clock, which ticked on despite this. Suddenly, as if the inanimate object read his mind, the gears shifted into a functional design, slowly rotating around themselves in a more mechanical fashion. While they still served no purpose, it put Dell's mind at ease to know that they were at least moving as intended. Such was the nature of this strange construct.

So enamored with the current mechano-abstract design of the fountain, Dell completely failed to notice the other Prime who was nearest to it. He seemed to be the cause of this particular iteration of the fountain, being clad in red and bearing a gear motif on his clothes. The new prime seemed preoccupied with his devices, perusing the Dataverse and staring into nothing, and also looking a bit pissed.

"So you just got here too, eh?" Dell broke the ice in an attempt to strike up a conversation with the new prime.

[Tarius]

Tarius was deep in thought when he heard a voice coming from where the fountain was conveniently blocking his view. Inching his way around the fountain, he saw two people. One was sitting on the fountain tinkering with some sort of device, while the other was standing by him somewhat awkwardly. 

"Perhaps these two know what is going on here," Tarius mumbled to himself.

Not knowing who these people were, he prepared himself for anything as he began to approach the two. Tarius made his way towards them and asked, "Do either of you know what is happening here?"

[Dave Strider]

Right after Dave had sent his message he noticed someone walk into his vision, a due in coveralls looking like her was here to fix the gears on the fountain, red toolbox slung on his shoulder. They guy looked like some kind of handyman, like if you have 20 of him you had a construction crew, ready to build some skyscrapers within a year since they were so good at it. Just as Dave was about to greet the guy, another person came out of nowhere, wearing some crazy gold armor. See that guy is probably a knight. He doesnt wear some stupid pijamas he just rocks out in full armor like its nobody's business. Hell, it probably is his business, his business suit is just that, sitting at a desk all day, answering calls on speaker because of his helmet and trying to make sure everything goes as smooth as his butt plates. Polishes that on the daily. 

Dave let his mind run free a bit as he took a smallbreath.

"Alright yeah, I just got dropped here by that Omni douche, no idea where the heck he went though. I just got my crap connected to the dataverse so I have no idea what the hell goes on around here. Are we just stuck here like in this giant white room or what. Is this that Omni guy's room, is he grounded or something? Big white eyeless mom is gonna ground her godly sun to his room where he just summons us all up like action figures or something. Hell if I am gonna be an action figure. It would be cool if there was one OF me but I don't want to be one. Children rip those things apart yo. I've seen it at the store. Pulling their arms apart and everything. Where the heck did you guys come from anyway?"

The Knight of Time stood up from the clockwork fountain, shifting his hands in his pockets as he swayed for a moment, just before taking a few steps to stand in between the two new people. The possibility of being toy soldiers aside, he wasn't really sure what was going on around here, and the only thing he could see were the elongated shades of gray behind the shades that covered his vision, eight tiny specs in all directions, 8 possibilities of new worlds or experiences, unnoticed as the hero of time gave a calm expression.

[Dell Conagher]

Dell chuckled, setting his toolbox down with a heavy -thump- and taking another look at the other two people in this impromptu get-together. The robe-clad fellow didnt seem dangerous at Dell's first glance, but if his limited time in the Omniverse had taught him anything it was that people were brought here for a reason, and it was a generally bad idea to take anyone at face value.

He listened to the seemingly demented yet structured ramblings of the robed Prime, then again this fella was perfectly normal compared to some of his old co-workers. "You know about as much as me, partner. I haven't been here that long either, and I spent most of that time lost in th' Dunes." Dell says, brushing some dust from his overalls in emphasis. "Nasty place, really. Dry and hot and endless. The kind that'll drive a man crazy given enough time. Thankfully I was able to make it back out, despite not reaching my intended destination."

The Engineer paused, giving the armored individual a once-over. Whoever he was, he seemed friendly enough though that armor looked like it could take a beating and the spear that was slung over his back looked capable of skewering a bull end to end. He adjusted his welding goggles before removing his dust-stained hat. He made a show of adjusting the hatband and attempting to remove the dust from the stiff leather, before giving up and lowering it to his side.

"Small talk aside, I also believe some introductions are in order. Th' name's Dell Conagher. I'm the Engineer for Reliable Excavations and Demolitions, and a mercenary for the late Redmond Mann, currently in the employment of Mann Co and its subsidiaries. Its a pleasure to meet you, Mr....?" He extended his gloved hand in Dave's direction, as he was the closest.

[Leonardo Watch]

John couldn't remember how he got here, but there he was. A white landscape extending from every direction, devoid of anything but some blurry silhouettes far from where he was. His vision was never that good, even with his glasses on.

He tried to recall what happened before coming here, without much success. Was this a dream bubble? Dreams always start with a memory, but the last thing John remembered was a black void with some smiling guy telling him things like he was some sort of book character, those where the everyday dude suddenly finds himself with some supernatural character and he gives the dude a magical object, and then he has to follow a scripted journey where he meets his true friends and love interest and defeats a great evil. Man, John needed to rewatch Harry Potter, when was the last time he had a movie marathon with Jade?

Again, all the memories before this precise moment were blurry, but more than wondering about how John got here, his attention moved on to the voices he heard from his back. There, he noticed a cool structure made of gears, forming a clock, like those found on Dave's planet. But more than admire the weird fountain, John shifted his vision to a blond dude dressed with a red cape. Could it be him?

“DAVE!” said John, flying right into his direction, and hugging him. It really was Dave, and John was so excited to meet him again! The journey on the yellow ship was taking forever, and John couldn't wait to finally meet up with everyone on the meteor.

“Man, it's been so long! How'd you been? Where's Rose and Karkat and everyone else?” If Dave was here, there has to be rest of them, right?

Although now that he thought about it, this place didn't look anything like a SBURB session. The dream bubble idea sounded much more plausible than finally reaching the new universe, so it shouldn't surprise John that the rest of his friends weren't here. Instead, there were other two guys, one dressed like a construct worker and the other like a high level knight from some MMORPG.

“Hi, I'm John” he said, smiling at them.

[Tarius]

Tarius took off his helmet and held it by his side so that he could get a better look at the two strangers. He had never seen anyone with such peculiar outfits. The one who introduced himself as Dell wore a strange, brown tunic with straps running across his shoulders, that also went down to cover his legs. He was missing a yellow glove, and everything he wore was caked in dust, which Tarius thought was weird as he noticed that there was nothing around that could have produced that extravagant amount of dust. 

He then turned his attention to the other one who hadn't yet introduced himself. He was clad in a red robe with a gear imprinted over his chest. He also wore some sort of tinted screen over his eyes, obscuring their color from Tarius's view. Although he seemed a bit annoyed about the situation he was in, he openly spoke to Dell and Tarius, so Tarius felt that he could be trusted.

Tarius chuckled lightly over the random chance that brought the three of them together. It just so happened that Dell would be passing through just as Tarius and the red robed one suddenly appeared by this strange, yet elaborate, fountain. Tarius then became silent as Dell reached out his hand to the one in red in a friendly gesture.

Suddenly, another person dressed similarly to the guy with the red robe, but in blue, flew in and hugged him, screaming out "Dave." "So... your name is Dave..," Tarius thought as the loud newcomer introduced himself as John. 

Tarius greeted the new member, saying, "Hello, I am Tarius. I was leaving my city of Anor Londo when I was unexpectedly swept into this realm by the one who calls himself Omni. I just appeared on the far side of this fountain moments ago. When I heard these two talking, I decided to come and introduce myself hoping that they would know what is going on, but they know no more than I do unfortunately."

Tarius looked around between the three new faces that had presented themselves in this time of confusion and decided it would be wise to stick together even if for just a small amount of time. There were, after all, strength in numbers, and this was a time where Tarius would need the support of any ally to help him get through this unique, troubling experience.

[Dave Strider]

Dave's eyes widened behind his glasses as he nearly watches John materialized before him. From the sounds of it, it didn't seem to be the same one from his timeline, so he kept his cool and questioned his best bro a little. No need to worry him about any pending doom that may or may not exist anymore. Dave gave a simple smirk as he let John hug him.

"Hey it's been a while, did you make the trip across the 3 years of space nothingness with Jade and me in bird douche form? As for Rose, Karkat, and everyone else, I don't really know. I think Gamzee and Karkat are here, and I found a memo on the dataverse or whatever they have here with Jade in it, thought I saw Karkat there too.You gotta help me culture this place man I mean looks at it, it's just plain old dream bubble boring. I'd rather you hang your damn Howie Mandell posters all over the place than look at this. It's like the inside of that one locker in the locker room that nobody has ever gotten because the first guy that was supposed to keep track what the number lost it and it's just been locked forever with not a damn thing inside. The fountain is just a leak in the system, just look at it. " Dave gestured to the fountain which not seemed to swirl as the gears turn airy. However, it was now noticeable that the fountain has a few chunks missing off of it.

Dave then responded to the guy in the golden suit. Yeah , that's m,e. Better get used to it and spread the word, especially once I start up my sick beats and get my comics all over the damn internet or whatever again. Gonna need a place to settle down and get all my stuff back." Then, upon noticing the specs of the portals in the distance, dave spoke up. "Let's just head to one of whatever the hell those things are, maybe they are like magic doors or something, bring us to Obama's office and veto the laws o physics with Einstein or something"

[Dell Conagher]

Dell retracted his hand and smiled at the little reunion unfolding before him, nodding to Tarius and greeting him politely before returning his attentions to Dave and John. He decided not to ask any questions of the two be-robed Primes. No need in dredging up ancient history, and Dave seemed to be skirting around something. Probably best to avoid bringing it to light, Dell decided.

When John suggested heading off into one of the other verses, Dell held up a hand. "Whoa there, partner. You might want to consider doin' some research before you just go running in all blind and naive. Oh, and its probably a good thing you go ahead and take stock of your current possessions as well." He says, trying to be the voice of reason and keep these kids from doing something they'd regret.

"Maybe you should use that fancy contraption of yours to do some lookin', an' maybe find out where a good place to go would be." Dell said, gesturing to Dave's glasses. He paused, thinking for a moment. "I think I'll do some looking too..." he said, conjuring up a ball of Omnillium in preparation to summon his own device by which to research with. 

While he summoned his device, he looked at the others, the summoning pausing as his attention was diverted. "I think it'd be best to have a game plan before we do something stupid, that's all" before returning his attention to the orb.

"Oh, and it might be productive to get us some transportation, rather than just walking. Frankly I'm tired of walking" he quipped, sounding irritated about something. Probably the rock that was still in his boot that he hadn't removed yet.

When the summoning was complete, a small metal gauntlet dropped into his hand. His trusty Pip-Boy 3000. An all-in-one PDA, Communicator, and Mobile Dataverse Device. It is not to be confused with another much more advanced device of a similar name. This one was much simpler and more destructible, as was the nature of Mann Co. products, but it would have to do for now. He slid it onto his arm, fiddling with the knobs and buttons, connecting to the 'Dataverse' or whatever passed for the internet in this realm and poking around for anything interesting.

[Leonardo Watch]

John listened to Dave's mumblings without interrumpting. So Jade and Karkat were here, somewhere. That was a relief, though it seemed Rose was missing.

One of Dave's comments caught John's attention, the one about how this place is as boring as a dream bubble. "So you think we're on a dream bubble?" said John. What else this place could be? It's not like one can dissapear from one's world because of the will of an almost self proclaimed god or something, even it that was exactly what Omni said. Or what SBURB did, for that matter.

"And shup up Dave, my posters are great!" He knows Dave said that because he think's they're lame, in a "this place's horrible, so let's make it less horrible by filling it with something that isn't as horrible, but it still sucks"- kind of way. But he's wrong. Filling this whole place with his movie posters would make it amazing, not "less sucky". Even if doing what Dave says on a literal way is a terrible idea, most of the time. John was still glad he could talk with regular Dave, though. Pointless mumblings and everything.

The conversation heads to what they should do next, pointing out going to one of the gates on the horizon. Guess that's what they were.

Now the construction guy does something: he summons the colorfull ball that Omni gave John earlier, and it turned into some kind of device. So that was how making things worked; Omni wasn't very clear about its use. Seeing the thing in action was much more educative than a weird figure explaining it in fancy yet vague words. John should try to make some stuff on his own, after he gets some time to experiment. Right now, he'll keep watching how everything unfolds.

"Well, I don't think I'll need 'transportation'" John said, making a little jump to float in the air, around 2 feet off the ground. "I'll take a look"

John flew up to have a clear view of the place, until everyone on the ground looked like little toys. There wasn't really anything besides what one could see from the ground, just more white. Although now he could see all the gates: 8 in total, spreaded gemetrically around all directions, at the same distance between each other.

And just as when he got here a few minutes ago, he still had no idea what to do next. He'll just follow to wherever everyone else decided.

[Tarius]

Tarius listened to the conversations taking place around him as he scanned the horizon, locating each of the eight otherworldly portals. They looked tiny and insignificant from his point of view, but Tarius knew better than to judge them from where he was. 

Switching his gaze back to those around him, he inspected the device carried by the engineer as John flew up into the air, impressed by the technology from other worlds. He wondered as to how so much information could be stored on such a small device. Tarius chose to let Dell and Dave work instead of pestering them with questions about the nature of their technology.

Tarius paced around the fountain for the next hour, his metal armor clanking silently with each step, as the two silently researched the next best action for the group to take. John seemed to be enjoying himself up in the sky, flying around as carefree as a little kid. Tarius began to grow anxious with all of the waiting around with nothing to do. 

Tired of the monotony of the situation, Tarius pulled out his supply of Omnilium and prodded it. It jiggled in his hand and then returned to its sphere-like state. Tarius thought back to when Dell suggested they acquire transportation and decided that he would attempt to summon a horse that would support him. Tarius focused intently, envisioning the horse that he would bring into existence in front of him. He worked for the next few minutes until finally it was standing in front of him. It was a majestic, white horse with black mane and tail.

Proud of his work, Tarius walked beside it, and in one quick motion he mounted it. He looked at Dave and gave him a quick smirk as he said, "So Dave, where are we going to introduce your 'sick beats' first?"

[Small Knife]

The young half elf opens his eyes, except he can’t really tell if they are open or not because of the extreme darkness he is inhabiting currently. He then spots a pale and glowing figure that has no eyes.

“My name is Omni. This is not the world you know. This is the Omniverse. You interest me, so I have made you part of it. The Omniverse is a place that reflects the wishes of those who are part of it. But! There are rules. I will explain them only once, so listen carefully.”

“Well I guess that hermit was right...there are different dimensions...hmm looks like I owe Tsubasa some gold,”

Omni hands you a glimmering orb in which all the colors of the rainbow coalesce. “This is Omnilium. It’s what ties the Omniverse together. Without it, you are nothing. With it, anything you desire can be yours. But you will need more than this. If you desire it enough, you will find it. You will find that using it comes naturally. Just think of what you desire most.”

“Nice! Resources, probably some alchemical product. Wait, wha-,” Azure shakes his hand around as the orb sticks and starts to absorb into his hand,

“What is happening?”,

Then the projected image of Omni, starts to speak again,

“You will not be alone in the Omniverse. There are others. Of course, they, too desire Omnilium. Do not fear death. For as long as you interest me, you will be reborn. That’s all you need to know right now. You’ll figure out the rest soon enough. I’ll be watching … and waiting.”

“Wait you’ll be watching me??? You and what eyes?”, Azure panics and bolts up right.

He scans the blank white horizon, “Huh…this must be the first zone of the ‘omniverse’”,

The young elf pats the ground looking for his normal armaments, but instead he finds the one thing he doesn't want to. Once his hand is on the thick metal blade, he lets out a lamentable sigh,

“Please don't be-,” he looks over at the object,

“God damnit, why did one of these have to follow me here?”, he picks up the shard,

“Well I have to admit, you do seem quite useful, maybe the enchantments from my weapon are still in you,” as soon as the young mage says this, the shard shifts into its version of the rope dart. Azure holds the shifted weapon with confidence,

“Nice a butterfly sword attached to a chain, that's an interesting interpretation of my magic there Ryker,” the young dragonologist smiles with glee. He shifts the blade back and holds it in his right with a reverse grip.

He starts hearing voices behind him and from behind the strange sculpture behind him. He looks around and goes to the other side.

“Well this seems like a setup for one of Jacob's jokes,” he addresses the people

“A Knight, two brightly colored bards, and a sensible man in functional clothing are sucked into a different universe.”, the half elf chuckles,

“So were you lot all brought in by all-seeing-no-eyes as well?”

[Dave Strider]

Once John took to the air, Dave came to a sudden realization that, in fact, could not fly. He was probably gonna have to make all of his powers all over again or something. How the hell did John do it? No way the dude just has all his powers already.

"Hey, Dave are you coming?"

The Knight kept his cool as he waved a hand through the air, dismissing the action. "Nah dude its fine, I'm just gonna chill right here and check out what I can on the dataverse or whatever."

John nodded and went up to scout around as Dave began to dwindle in the vast dataverse of information, finding random things online and trying to find out what the hell this was. Something about verses, more about Omnilum, Nippur, wars, factions, he scanned through the mess and picked out what he could, trying to make sense of it all. Whatever sick game this Omni-Douche was forcing him and his friends, along with all these other weird guys from probably such obscure places you couldn't even find waldo in them. They weren't as much a needle in a haystack and more a grain of sand on the beach full of crabs waiting to pinch you as soon as you tried to pick up their sand. Either way, these guys were probably-- wait. Those are stormtroopers. 

Dave blinked behind his glasses and stared at the simulated screen.

Okay, maybe some of these guys weren't that obscure. Maybe all it took was a magnifying glass and steel toe boots with heavy duty gloves to realize that you are actually standing on a mess of some pan-fandom fanatic's world of joy. Dave could only groan as he then decided to kick up some beats to try to lighten up his mood. One of the other guys, Darius or something, asked about his sick beats. 

"Alright, well how about I do a live performance that way we can figure out where the hell to go because this place is split in like eight different ways and there I have no idea where to start "

The Knight of Time gained a slouching position, arms out at his sides as he began to scratch at his TimeTables. He let the music fill the air as he closed his eyes, letting his mind clear to prepare for the sickest rhymes, his beat kicking up before he took a sharp inhale, a moment passing as he opened his eyes letting the raps flow. 

"Alright so what up with this place, created by this white douche with a weird ass face, this world is made like Picasso had too much blank space. Yo,  I'm no Seer I am the Knight, but I'll rap and rhyme to show you what's right, Time is so skewed cook it on a  fire alight. Doors to blessings and curses, like my rhymes they're called verses, as they're as dangerous as Prospit or Derse is. 

First up is Coruscant, if you can't see what I am saying then I'll enlarge the font, This place is full of lasers and shit, so you better stay low if you don't want to get hit. The verse is divided into god-less tiers,  that get more pretentious the higher they get. Technology here is off the star charts, shooting across the sky, astrology combined with the Fourth of July.

Now let me tell you about the Tangled Green,  the most forested land you have ever seen. Inhabitants use neither paper nor plastic,  deforestation jokes are often sarcastic. Orcs plunder and pillage, around the coveted village. There a place called Ambrosia, but the Princess doesn't hand out magnolias. 

Up next is the Dunes, you'll find cowboys and saloon, and sand in your pants, now heed my rants. Here lie two factions,  LAW, and Nippur, whose consequent actions, both their own saboteur. Out in the dust and left out to rest the city rebuilds from its destiny fulfilled.

If frozen frogs can make you laugh, call the Frozen Fields LOFAF, Dwarves and trolls but not of grey skin, or maybe they do they don't reply have pictures but from what I assume, here's one with no zoom, but as i scour and skim for more on this snowglobe of epic proportions let me reiterate that there is no state of being illiterate and inconsiderate when your feet are freezing and the wind is breezing and you need a sweater to feel better like a bug snug in a rug since the dawn of time actually, you know what lets move on from this rhyme.

The Ashen Steppes is like my land,  Heat & and Clockwork without the ampersand --or clockwork. but what does lurk, in the mountain above, I can guarantee that it's no eyeless white do--uche. From above fire rains and reigns above all a synopsis of time, let it be known, poaching dragons isn't a crime. The Koopa Kingdom is led by Bowser, a giant turtle tyrant with no dataverse browser. however--what this a new group has risen, to fight the dragon Volvagia and with uncut precision, in unison, they're all crimson in the prison of tension for ascension. 

Now, behind another set of doors the destructive Pale Moors. Rumors of monsters, creatures , and Dracula,  cooking up stories like SpongeBob and his spatula. Mercenaries for hire, you'll find plenty of trouble in the neighborhood Darkshire. This is the epitome of darkness, followed up by a culture of starkness. Welcome to the newly erupted Hogwarts, take this magic hat to tell you who's your consorts. Witchcraft and wizardry, too bad they can't contain these rhymes of word blizzardry. 

Take a leap, catch some sun in the Vasty Deep. Just beware, have some care, stormtroopers dwell to ensnare those that fare well with a glare you better prepare to bid farewell. Wide ocean sailing ships, stop by the coast from some fish and chips. Buy a boat, catch some sail, if you fail to mail your stale ale until you're pale and frail  then you aren't able, not stable enough to make it to the table and dine at Cinnabon by the bar at Cinnabar. Search far and wide for the power that's inside and you mind find that the kind of grind that will make you blind.

Now one last thought as I bring your mind to Camelot. This age is medieval  like your teens but evil cuz it's not obscene its reality with a king and low morality, head over to Minas truth where they have a booth for Bluetooth because this age also includes hi-tech mechs and machinery to improve the scenery but why to wait and climb on horses with knights when you have the Knight of Time?

Knight of Time, IM Dave strider, working my rhymes like the web of a spider , I'm purely theoretical, surely been heretical, working my flow, taking the low blows and high roads to dire loads. Its obvious that I'm fresh because my rhymes are just the best, just watch they burn the flesh, hear them sizzle like the hot coals in the drizzle.  Fire it up, call me Hannibal I consume like a cannibal and spit fire and fume , burning up like its June when I'm just kicking my beat and simply tapping my feet you better catch it in time before I shred up this rhyme .

Yo."

Dave finished his rap with a sudden freeze frame of his record turning, looking down with a calm, cool stance as he straightened up only slightly, a tad change from his usual slouch as he gave a smirk and chuckled. "First sample recorded, already saving that for later.  So John, which--"
as Dave turned his attention back to the outside word and turned to his friend, that had just returned during the middle of his rap, he could not help but see a familiar golden toothed figure sitting on the fountain. 

"NO."

"NO FUCK NO"

The teen quite literally jumped a few feet into the air, almost enough to flip and pull off an acrobatic pirouette had he not been caught off guard. The others quickly looked towards the fountain to find nothing there but a small device floating along.

There were a subtle blink and a flash in the corner of his iGlasses.

"Dave, are you okay?"

"Just... thought I saw something... I"

--?? began pestering [TT] turntechGodhead--

??: Hey
TT: what
??: Looking out for you bro

--?? ceased pestering [TT] turntechGodhead--

Dave stared at the message in complete dread. As he looked past his glasses he could identify the item in the fountain. He reached and grabbed nothing but a handful of puppet ass communicator.

"It....it's my bro."

"That's good, right?"

"God no. Where the hell are we going we need to decide now."

He spoke with a tinge of worry but kept his cool as he turned to face the other's, the puppet ass communicator on his wrist.

[Dell Conagher]

Dell listened to the impromptu little rap. He'd always hated rap, but that was usually when Scout did it badly. Dave wasn't half bad, though. It was lyrically structured, rhymed in a way that didn't involve insults, and contained useful information. 

When it ended, Dell applauded quietly. "Nice job, partner. Fine piece o' talent you got there." He said, walking over to Dave.

He stumbled backwards when Dave blanched, and then leaped 5 feet into the air like he'd seen a ghost in an old cartoon. He'd noticed a blur of motion near the fountain but nothing specific. 

When he landed, Dell put his hand on Dave's shoulder reassuringly. "You ok there partner?" He asked, listening to his remark about his 'bro' and how he wanted to leave, pronto. 

"Alright. If you want to go, let's go. If we want to lose someone, the Dunes are our best bet. I've already been there, and its real easy to get lost, but with some air support-" he gestured to John "-we'll have a better chance of finding our way to our destination."

He took his hand off of Dave's shoulder, taking a few steps back before starting to summon his own horse, seeing as Tarius had already determined their mode of transportation.

[Dave Strider]

Dave nodded towards the construction guy, maintaining his cool while he tried to keep himself from freaking out internally, the puppet ass communicator on his wrist. Just then, if gave a few vibrations as he began to receive messages on his iGlasses.

[spoiler]

??: -- ?!@%&#$%#$^*&^$ [??] began pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 0231 --

TG: my god what the hell even is your username
TG: please dont tell me
TG: you are that one eyeless white douche
TG: wait are you his mom
TG: was that whole toy soldiers thing legit
TG: because if it was im a fucking genius and also fucked at the same time
TG: alright so im half right
TG: what even are you then
TG: of fuck are you jades dog
TG: no wait fuck
TG: of course you arent dogs cant type
TG: or even speak english
TG: not even bec
TG: unless you had some weird collar shit
TG: im willing to bet something like that exists somewhere here
TG: maybe even some convoluted fresh out the easy bake oven dogs have humans as pets thing
TG: if you want a steak i can tell you i dont have any
TG: and if you are a first guardian then who the fuck is playing
TG: i swear if a bunch of dumbasses like us are now running around trying to figure out how to enter the medium
TG: we are so fucked
TG: might as well nuke us all in a mound of puppet ass
TG: because we are NOT crawling out of this one
TG: but if we arent as screwed as we think
TG: so this time the game brought powertools
TG: so they screws going into us are actually pretty cool instead up fucking everything up
TG: what did you say about observing
TG: like karkat and the other trolls were doing
TG: holy fuck have the tables turned
TG: rotating these babies like its a fucking party up in here
TG: except we arent gonna be fucking up the timelines like terezi was at first
TG: yeah im gonna show them some sarcasm and irony alright
TG: flash them with the real info about the game like pop up porn ads
TG: alright so is this all going to be on the dataverse or something
TG: who the hell are the people we are supposed to contact
TG: well i am going to start digging this hole to china
TG: or wherever the hell these dumbasses that may or may have not downloaded the game already are
TG: just let me know when i finally hit china

??: -- ?!@%&#$%#$^*&^$ [??] ceased pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 0255 --

TG: god dammit

Full Conversation at : http://omniverse-rpg.com/showthread.php?tid=5583

[/spoiler]

Dave muttered under his breath for a moment. He would have to tell John about this once they had a bit of privacy. Jade too, and then maybe Karkat. He kept his slouched posture aimed towards the group, mostly eyeing the new guy, his comment about a knight seemed to be more directed at the guy who actually looked like one instead of him with the red pijamas. The dude probably wasn't a part of this, but somewhere out there Dave knew. There was gonna be some shenanigans of the hellish degree.

[Leonardo Watch]

There wasn't that much on the air that he couldn't see on the ground, but it was always nice to feel the wind pass through his body. It was only the one made by John's own powers while flying, as there wasn't really that much air currents here, the same way that there wasn't anything else for that matter, beside the people here and the weird fountain.

After a bunch of air pirouettes, John heard some music coming from the ground. He had to check it out, as it was pretty obvius who was responsible for such act. He woldn't miss a show made by his bro, even if John wasn't that fond of rap.

He got there mid-show. Dave was rapping about some... Desert? Then it became clear that he was singing about the different places over here. If what he said was true, then this world looked much more interesting, as it seemed there was way more out there than this boring white landscape.

The show was over, and it looked everyone here enjoyed it. “Way to show oneself, Strider!”

John was startled by Dave's own surprise jump.There was nothing unusual here, same persons, same old fountain...

“Dave, are you ok?”

Ok, the plan was to leave here as soon as posible. The knight guy was already on his horse, and Dave sure looked like he wanted to leave this place. That cool façade couldn't fool John. Dave was worried about his... Bro? How was that a bad thing? Still, John would trust Dave on whatever was the problem here.

When everyone else was working on their transportation, John walked towards Dave.

“What happened? And what's up with your brother? Is he really here too?” he susurred to his friend, a hint of worry on John's voice too.

[Tarius]

Tarius listened to Dave's song, nodding his head to the rhythmic beats. He had never heard music of the type that Dave made, but he wasn't bothered because he realized that there would be many new, strange things that he would encounter in this bizarre world. As Dave described the eight verses, Tarius decided that he didn't have a preference as to where they went, except he didn't want to go to the Ashen Steppes because the heat would make his armor uncomfortable to wear. Tarius clapped for Dave as the song ended.

Tarius was on his way to congratulate Dave when he suddenly leaped up into the air. Tarius gripped the shaft of his spear and looked around wildly, searching for the source of Dave's reaction, but he could not see what had distressed him so much. Tarius wasn't able to see anything around them that was out of the ordinary, so he relaxed and questioned Dave.

"What happened to you? Who is this "bro" of yours? Do we have to worry about him?"

Tarius nodded as Dell suggested they head out to the dunes, saying, "I agree, lets just get out of here as soon as we can. We shouldn't stay here for too much longer." However, Tarius was slightly worried that sand would get all over his armor, but he could get over it.

It was just then that Tarius realized that the small group had yet another member, a young guy with pointed ears wearing leather. He hadn't seen him show up and was slightly startled.

 "What? Where'd you come from? Oh well, it doesn't matter. We're about to head over to the Dunes, come with us or stay, it's your choice. But make it quick, we are leaving in a few minutes. We can't afford to stay here any longer."

Tarius looked at Dave, asking, "So are you ready to leave for someplace safer?"

[Small Knife]

I’m sorry that was quite rude,” the half elf approaches the bard in red,

“Hello, I am Azure Drake,” he sticks out his hand for a proper greeting. The young bard in red introduces himself as Dave, but instead of shaking Azure's hand, Dave balls up his fist and lightly taps it against the side of the young Dragonologist’s hand.

“Sup man, I’m Dave”, Dave responds

“Huh…,” Azure brings his hand to his face, “odd...and I don't think I am your brother?”, Azure arches one of his brows in question, but Azure shakes it off. He goes around and learns the names of the others.

The blue bard with a really long hood introduces himself as, “John”, the man in the one piece garment that had straps that connect to the front says that his name is Dell, and then at last the knight, but then knight asks an unexpected question,

“I come from Sylvantia, unless you mean the school I went to, which is Antia, or if you mean my lineage, then I am the progeny of the Drake and De Luna lines”, Azure answers the question promptly, phrasing his answer so there is no further ones. The knight introduces himself as Tarius and makes an offer.

“Uhh, no thanks, I don't think I am dressed properly for an outing in the desert. Plus Trimerrera might overheat, speaking of...where might that Wyvern be?”, Taurius clears his throat,

“If you are looking for a ride or a pet from wherever you came from, then you have to summon it here by using that Omnimilum stuff”, the knight says. Azure nods,

“Thanks for the advice”, he gives a sincere smile to the knight. The young Mage takes out the orb of Omnimilium from one of his pockets.

“This stuff can bring in a 15 foot Wyvern with a 22 foot wingspan? Fascinating….”,

Azure sets it in the ground and the orb starts to expand. It forms into a large sphere with a 22 foot diameter. The sphere starts to collapse in on itself and in a few minutes it forms into the young Wyvern. Trimererra is mostly neck and tail, those are about 6 feet long each with her torso being a 3 foot long and 2 foot deep elliptical shape. Her coloration is unique, that being a deep jungle green on her back, head, and wing bones, then a sky blue for her underbelly and throat. Her horns start in between her eyes and actually come together at that point. They form a bony plate along her forehead then split off shallowly and about after a foot they turn steeply and create a handlebar shape. Trimererra is a Wyvern, so she does not have normal forelimbs like a standard dragon. Instead her species uses their wings to as forelimbs. She opens her eyes and they are a bright yellow like that of a vipers. She sees Azure and her tail wags as she drops low.

“Hey Trimmerra”,

Azure says as he steps forward. He scratches the top of her head where her horns don't cover her scales. He smiles brightly and turns to the others “This is Trimererra. She is a Wyvern.”

She lifts her head and sets it on his shoulder gently. Azure reaches up with the same arm and scratch the opposite side of her head. The Jungle Wyvern makes a loud purring sound.

[Dell Conagher]

Dell observed Dave's indecision, and while John tried to get his attention he put his hand on the Knight of Time's shoulder. He could feel the tension in the younger man's shoulders.

"Partner, we need to get going if we're gonna go," he said before climbing up onto the back of his horse, reaching his hand down to Dave to help him up. Dave, still a little dazed from shock, nodded and climbed up onto the horse behind Dell.

"You situated back there?" Dell asked, glancing over his shoulder. After a thumbs up from the shellshocked Dave, he tapped the heels of his horse's flanks. He waved to the others, motioning in the direction of the dusty Dunes portal.