C'mon and jam (PRP)

[sleepZombie]

The mall was... huge.

Tavros sat still, craning his head back in wonder at the building that extended skyward. Whoever had erected this collection of hives had been a big thinker indeed (and probably a high blood, they always got the best materials to work with). Or maybe it was something like where Sollux had said he lived? A communal hive?

"What, uh, what is this place?" He breathed out in a sort of reverence. Alternia was not a world of social interaction, at least not beyond the screen of a husktop. The concept of such a large, communal location where one could procure items was pretty foreign, at least to Tavros. He'd never really gone very far from his own hive, especially not after the accident.

[shiftyPotentate]

Nepeta looked up along with Tavros at the gigantic buildings. It looked a lot like Vriska's hive, only bigger!

"I think it's what Dave called a 'mall'," she replied, a little intimidated by the sheer size. "A place where human people gather to purrchase possessions in exchange for currency!" Then it occurred to her. She had currency! Kind of. Well she did. Her sylladex might have been gone, but...
She checked her oinkbeasthollow. Paydirt! All of her boondollars were there!

"We might be able to get some things in here too!" she exclaimed, taking Tavros' four wheeled device and pushing him forward toward what she assumed was the door!

[sleepZombie]

Tavros gave a sound of complaint as Nepeta grabbed the handles at the back of his chair and began pushing him forward, but couldn't really do much to stop her. The next chance he got he would move himself, but for now he deigned to be moved along, taking the moment to look back and forth at all of the sights. There were flashing signs and boards that advertised things for sale.

"Oh, oh wow. Yeah, I think, you're right. Do you still have, any of your boondollars? I think, maybe, I have some of mine. Vriska, let me keep a share."

And then, before he could think about it and before things could get awkward he pointed towards a shop towards the side without really looking. "Let's, let's go there, okay?"

[shiftyPotentate]

She giggled and led him in there. "Of course, this one looks interesting anyway!"

It turned out to be an electronics shop. There were phones and gadgets and computers and oh my gosh what is that thing

Nepeta walked over to a tablet that was on display. It came with a pen and was it's own self-contained computing device, and could go wireless anywhere on the island! It looked impressive!

She looked at the number beside it. A one and three zeroes. A thousand what?

"Uhm, how much is a thousand things in boondollars?" she asked loud enough for the whole shop to hear. Her tail twitched eagerly, she had to have it!

[sleepZombie]

A female dressed in the colors of the store approached, having heard Nepeta's call. She looked at the item, then pointed lightly to the small price tag beside it. "For you convenience, just say the words 'convert to Boon dollars' and it will change to the appropriate price for your currency! Most stores have this feature, it's new but very convenient for the cross-dimensional traveler!" And as though to give an example she turned towards the shelf and spoke "Convert to Boon dollars." The prices all along the row within hearing distance shimmered and changed to a rainbow-like sheen displaying the Boon currency symbol and a number. "It'll be 1,000 Boon Dollars for this item. Can I help you with anything else?"


Off to the side Tavros' brows lifted. He had a good share of Boons... mostly bucks but a few dollars. If Nepeta needed some extra he would gladly share.

[shiftyPotentate]

"Oh that's it? Hee hee hee!" Nepeta took out her porkhollow and quickly took out a thousand boondollars. "There you go! One tablet purrlease!" she asked, trying to take it off the shelf, not realizing it was affixed down. It soon occurred to her and she let it go, though.

She giggled gleefully, though. Soon as she got it, she would find and install Trollian on that thing! Maybe some of her friends would be on! "Tafuros, I might get to talk to our furriends again! So can you with this thing!" she said excitedly.

[sleepZombie]

The woman lead them over to the check out where she rang up Nepeta and took her payment for it, waving to her with a cheerful, "Thank you, have a nice day!"

Tavros rolled after the Leo as they exited the place, finally able to have the chance to take care of his movements on his own. "That's really exciting, maybe, I can find some kind of device that would, work like that for myself. It would be, really nice to talk to everyone again."

He fiddled his hands in his lap, thinking about Gamzee. It would be really nice to talk to Gamzee again... his eyes got a little distant as he thought.

[shiftyPotentate]

Nepeta quickly opened up her tablet and started to turn it on and use it, excited! She was connected once more! As fast as she could she attempted to find the Trollian app, but it didn't have one! She whined and pouted, before remembering the humans used something called Pesterchum that did the same thing. So she downloaded that instead.

Once it was on her tablet, she quickly opened it up and signed in as arsenicCatnip. A quick perusing of her friends list showed ectoBiologist and turntechGodhead online, and some other friends were on recently but had gotten off within the last 30 minutes. She would have to pester both of them sometime soon!

She looked up and noticed Tavros staring into space.

"What's wrong, Tavros?" she asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.

[sleepZombie]

Hearing Nepeta use his name, not the cute kitty nickname she called him by, made the Taurus look up, startled out of his thoughts. He gave as heart-felt of a smile as he could, eyes squinching closed in his effort for it to seem very genuine. "Oh. I guess, I was just wondering about, the time we left behind. And. Gamzee." He couldn't help but look down at his lap, fingers tugging at the hem of his shirt.

"We, kind of only just got to all be together, and, it was really great but, I sort of wished I could have, uh, spent a little more time with him. Because, if I would have thought that, if I was going to be going to a place far away, I would have spent more time. You know. Hanging out." He scratched the back of his neck and rolled his shoulders in a semi-shrug.

[shiftyPotentate]

Nepeta stared at Tavros. She tried to captchalogue her tablet but mentally swore in frustration. She lost her sylladex, she kept forgetting. Stuffing it in her coat pocket for now, she grabbed hold of Tavros's chair again, silently wheeling him straight through the mall. Ignoring his protests if he made any, she continued through the mall, looking for the store with the softest possible merchandise. Weapons no. Sugary treats, maaaybe. There it was! A clothing store!

She wheeled Tavros into it, coming to the back end of that particular store, stopping his chair and grabbing all the soft clothes she could grab and dumping them onto the floor, willy nilly. Shirts, pants, pajamas, coats, you name it, it was in the pile.

Finally, she walked up to Tavros, again lifting him up, only this time kneeling down and softly laying him in her pile. With that she flumped down beside him, facing him. Her mission over, she resumed her happy expression, purring and twitching her tail as she faced him. "Isn't this comfurtable?"

[sleepZombie]

Everything went by in a hazy blur as Nepeta started pushing him, even when he gave a protesting sound at the back of his throat. Then they were in a clothing store. And clothes were flying all over the place until a large, soft pile was formed and already at the sight of it Tavros felt the tug towards it. He was surprised but not altogether reluctant when Nepeta lifted him up and set him lightly down on his back. He brought his hands up to his chest, brows lifting in concern as he glanced side-long towards her.

"Yeah... it is, uh, pretty soft..."

The feelings were beginning to well up and he bit his lip to keep them to himself. Usually one only had a jam with a moirail, or a matesprit and Nepeta was neither of these things for him. He thought again of Gamzee, reaching over to grasp an article of clothing and begin twisting it between his hands.

[shiftyPotentate]

"I thought so too! So many colors too, its purrfect!" She saw him grip one of the clothing. Man, something was really eating him up inside! She tried to think of what it could be. But she decided to talk it out instead of think.

"Okay, Tafuros, something's wrong, I can tell... is it because I was carrying you around before? Or maybe I said something to offend you? If I did I'm sorry..." What could make him so anxious?

"Are you worried about our furriends? I am too, really..." She kept on going, trying to see if he would let her know which it was. And to remind her she was there for him, to talk to. Her tail gingerly lay upon his waist.

[sleepZombie]

"Oh. Oh, no. It's not, because of anything you have done." He glanced over, trying to give a reassuring smile, only for his features to fall again as he resumed staring at the ceiling. It wasn't until she mentioned their friends that he finally sighed, face crumbling a little.

"I was, really just thinking about Gamzee. I mean. Yes, I do miss all of our other friends, like, Kanaya. I'm sad thinking, that, since we're in a different place now, and we don't know when or if, we will go back to our own world or time. We might..." His voice got smaller, looking down at the sweater crumbled up in his hands. "We might never see them again. And I am really not sure, that I could take not seeing, him again. Ever." His voice wavered a little bit with emotion.

"He's, he's my best bro. And. We've always done a lot of things, uhm, together. I was really, really happy to see him."

[shiftyPotentate]

Gamzee. Of course. He and Tavros were so close, almost like herself and Equius! Nepeta frowned, she knew how it could be to lose someone that close to you.

Ironically, Gamzee had done just that, taken Equius away from her.

But she refused to tell Tavros that. As far as he apparently knew, Gamzee was still the lovable bro he always was. And she would protect that illusion for his sake.

"Well, Tafuros, we got here! It's always possible Gamzee could come too! Plus you saw that John was here, and I just saw Dave online too! Something's pulling all of us to this place, I think, and it's just a matter of time before he shows up too!"

She reached forward and hugged Tavros, comforting him. "You'll see him again, I can feel it!"

[sleepZombie]

Thinking that maybe Gamzee would soon be joining them definitely made Tavros feel a little better. "I, suppose. It does seem like we are all showing up, huh." He sighed, then startled in surprise as she rolled closer to hug him. He let go of the shirt he was holding with one hand and reached over to rest his hand awkwardly on her shoulder. "I really hope, that you're feelings are right."

Because he didn't know what his feelings were feeling right now. Really it was just this kind of empty, Gamzee shaped hole that made him feel kind of sad and missing. It wouldn't be so terrible if he could talk to Gamzee, but apparently there wasn't any way to connect with him.