Mallstuck OR New Kids in the City

[sleepZombie]

Tavros gave a shy laugh at Gamzee's compliment, humming a little bit as he drummed his fingers against the armrest of his chair. There was a current of energy surging through him and he just... he had to move. He couldn't exactly bounce his legs, so instead he settled for twiddling his fingers and shifting restlessly.

When Nepeta called his attention and stood up he was more than game to participate. Explore the mall? That sounded like an AMAZING idea! "Okay! Uh! Let's go!" He detangled from Gamzee and wheeled backwards before turning around. "Hey! Come on guys l-let's go!"

And then he was off, shooting forward with surprising speed as he began to work up momentum in his chair. That was the good thing about having wheels and not feet, once he could get the turning then it wasn't too much effort to keep going. He quickly caught up beside Nepeta and laughed. "Bet you c-can't keep up! Race you to, uh, there!" He pointed towards a clothes store somewhere up ahead and began heading towards it, gaining speed with a grin.

[kisashika]

Before everything registered in Gamzee's head, both Nepeta and Tavros were gone and nearly out of sight. He turned to John, looking extremely confuse.

"What the fuck just happened, man?" When John looked just as lost, the connection finally happened, they should go catch those two before any trouble was caused. Gamzee shot up and threw the garbage on their table away in a nearby trash bin- being careful not to touch it.

"Uh, we should probably fucking stop them, right?"

[shiftyPotentate]

Nepeta laughed and followed along with Tavros, actually shifting to four limbed movement, it was faster for her! Soon she caught up with Tavros, clinging onto the back of his wheelchair and kicking off the ground to give an extra little push! "Caught you!" she said, their combined mass giving the chair more inertia. Nepeta used her feet to keep it going, like a scooter.

"Wheeeeeeee!" she cheered, her hood falling off her head and hanging back, thankfully being secured to her shirt. Mall patrons quickly cleared the way for them, not wishing to get run over. She glanced back to see if John and Gamzee had joined them! Looks like they hadn't initially, but they looked like they wanted to hurry up to catch up with them! They'd have to be fast though! No way were these two gonna stop!

Nepeta cheerfully sang a song she remembered finding.

"Don't stop me nooow cause I'm havin' a good time, havin' a good time!" Her tone was off, though. Pretty badly, but she didn't care!

[nintendonut1]

It took a moment for John to register that they were off doing exactly what he had feared they'd do in the first place. Suddenly, that didn't see so bad to manage, compared to having a hot and bothered troll in his lap.

"Y-yeah," he finally replied, adjusting his glasses and jumping out of his chair. "Let, let's go make sure they don't tear up another store--!"

He archived the knowledge of 'never give trolls coffee under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES' away in his mental library of Troll Facts before giving chase to the wheelchair-bound, hyperactive duo.

[sleepZombie]

Since Nepeta was propelling them forward Tavros could instead take to holding onto the arm rests, shoulders pushed up in a gleeful shrug. It felt so nice to have the wind whipping through his hair again, and it made him remember about the times he could fly while he was sleeping. With a laugh he threw his arms out to to the side, creating and even wider span that people had to dodge. "Uh! It's like we're flying!"

They were making good time down the smooth hall but they were quickly coming up to the end of their track and a large store that seemed to be dedicated only for clothes. "Full steam ahead, c-captain Nepeta!" He pointed forward, gripping the arm rests and leaning into the direction of their motion. "Gamzee needed s-some new clothes. And, we are fashionistas th-that would make Kanaya proud. So. We should pick something out for him!"

[kisashika]

Without hesitation, Gamzee took off after the hyperactive pair, trying to catch up with them before they caused any damage to the store, or themselves. Surprisingly, Gamzee was pretty fast, considering how usually laid back and lazy he was- be he was no where near fast enough to catch them when Nepeta jumped on the back of the chair, propelling them.

"Hey, guys! Mother fuck! Slow down!" Gamzee shouted after them- this was not going to be an easy task, Nepeta was already fast, and Gamzee had no idea Tavros could get speed like that. There was no way they were wrangling those two on foot.

"Holy shit, John! We ain't gonna' catch 'em!" Gamzee said to the Heir.

[shiftyPotentate]

"Yes, yes we must pick some amazing clawthes fur Gamzee!" she said excitedly. She continued to propel the two forward, until they neared the store. Fortunately she had the capacity to know they had to slow down, lest they smash into the inside wall of the store, so she swung around and sat herself on Tavros's lap, and began to apply the brake, because she was the captain of this vessel and darn it she was going to guide it!

They coasted to a stop inside the clothing store, and Nepeta giggled and bounced excitedly in her seat. "We're here! What kind of fashion should we go with?" she said, jumping off of Tavros. She pulled many different kinds of clothes off the rack in an excited stupor, still heavily under the influence of coffee. At least now was a relatively calm, low-danger moment for the two. John and Gamzee had a brief moment to try to catch up.

[nintendonut1]

John's patience was rapidly teetering on the edge. This was insane! Couldn't catch them, huh? Challenge accepted.

"Hang on, Gamzee!" With only that warning, the Heir of Breath gripped Gamzee by the arm and pushed himself off the ground with a hearty leap inbetween his strides. A gust of wind kept him, and his "passenger," up in the air, and they cut another swift line through the crowd. In seconds, they had caught up with the pair.

In retrospect, John regretted not thinking ahead and considered how they'd dismount in such an enclosed area. Unlike Tavros' wheelchair, wind didn't really come equipped with brakes.

There came a grandiose crash as the four of them, along with Tav's wheelchair and a number of clothing stands, got caught in a whirling dervish that tumbled through the expansive length of the store and ended at the back wall. A grand mess the store had become, and surprising them all, it was anyone but the fault of the two hopped up on caffine.

The person at fault popped up in a pile of denim jeans, groaning. "Ohhhhhhh man."

[sleepZombie]

"Uhmmm, something sexy and tight a-and s-sexy." Tavros decided, reaching up towards the nearest display and pawing through the shirts. "Mmm, n'purple. Because. He has got the yummiest flavor and it looks good on him." He giggled. "S-So does black. Ooooh, maybe, th-this could do!"

He was just about to reach forward to grab the shirt in question he caught movement from the corner of his eye. Tavros looked in time to give a startled yelp as John and Gamzee rapidly closed in on them and a strong gust of wind began pushing him backwards. He flailed, then grabbed hold of the side, holding on for dear life as the wheels skidded and then spun, pushing him back towards the far wall. He managed to hit against something, the chair bouncing back and tipping over, spilling him onto the floor in an unceremonious heap. Thankfully there was a pile of clothes to cushion his fall.

With a groan he pushed himself up, looking around fuzzily before bursting into laughter. "Th-That was... let's do it again!"

[kisashika]

"Wah!" Gamzee flailed a bit whenever John lifted him off the ground- not being used to being airborne, nor will he ever.

As they rocketed towards their friends, a few thoughts went through his mind; how were they going to stop and what is air, really? It's like- but before he could even fathom finishing that line, both were send crashing into the other trolls. Gamzee continued forward, crashing into a rack of shirts and promptly going down with it.

Whenever his head stopped spinning, Gamzee sat up and looked around. Seemed the idea to not break things didn't go through very well. "Holy shit, that was, like, fuck!" He couldn't even properly word the phrase, he probably hit his head on the way down.

[shiftyPotentate]

"Oh definitely, Tafuros," she exclaimed, and barely had time to reach for some more clothes before the sudden wind whipped her off her feet and sent her for a loop. She ended up buried upside down up to her waist in shirts, her legs flailing humorously in the air. Her tail too frantically quested for purchase, but she was pretty well stuck, especially since she didn't really care too much at the moment.

Her legs stiffened as her muffled voice issued forth from the shirts. "That was PAWSOME!" She giggled and laughed. Well, seemed she had air in there, she simply couldn't free herself! Her legs continued to drunkenly flail.

[nintendonut1]

John gingerly observed the wreackage, flopping over the pile he was have submerged in. Well... at least no one was hurt, right?

He caught sight of Nepeta's legs swinging wildly and sighed, pulling himself out from his own pile and grasping her by the ankles. One hearty tug later, and she was laying at his feet in a giggly mess. John tried, very hard, to put on a disapproving pout, but it just wasn't easy when faced with such innocent cuteness.

Giving up on that front, he sighed again. "Are you guys all okay? ...sorry about that. That was all on me."

[sleepZombie]

Tavros looked upside down at the others, frowning as he saw Gamzee looking a bit dazed and out of it. He flipped himself over, reaching out and bracing his forearms against the ground and began dragging himself forward with a few muted grunts of effort. It was a few pulls more and finally he was able to reach out and grab hold of Gamzee's ankle, gripping it and using it to pull himself a little bit more easily. Once he got to the pile of clothes that Gamzee was in, it was a bit easier to make his way over with plenty of sturdy things to grab onto.

Finally Tav flopped against his matesprit, laughing and breathless. "I'm fine! That was, pretty fun!" He reached out to tap Gamzee's shoulder. "Are you okay? You're, uh, you're head isn't h-hurt is it?"

[kisashika]

When asked, Gamzee reached up to be sure his horns were still in tact, and they seemed to be, and everything else seemed to be in check, too. He gave John a thumbs up. "Yeah, I'm cool. You alright, brother?" He asked in return and went to stand, which wasn't such a good idea. Once up on his feet, the world spun around and Gamzee ended falling back onto the pile.

He turned to Tavros when he crawled over and grinned. "Nah, man, just a bump, had worse falls from tripping over my own feet." Gamzee rubbed the sore spot where his head collided with the metal of the clothes rack, that's definitely gonna' bruise.

The accident seemed to cause quite a ruckus, and there were people and mall workers gathering around the group; curious as to what happened, if anyone was hurt, and how John flew. Once everything cal calmed down, no one seemed too interesting in the mess, except the store workers.

"We, uh, we should probably help pick up the fucking mess, right?"

[shiftyPotentate]

Nepeta yelped as she was tugged out of the pile, staring up at John. She kept on giggling and rolled around on the floor a bit. She stood back up. "We're fine! You two were suppawsed to keep up with us!" She smiled and hugged John. Her caffeine rush seemed to be starting to come down. She looked around at the clothes again. "Hey, we should purrobably keep looking! Gamzee, we're going to get new clothes fur you!"

This store had all kinds of styles, from the casual to the outlandish to the dark to the extreme. Anything you cared to wear, you could probably find it here. Most of the clothes Nepeta picked up were fortunately part of the mess she helped cause.

She did remember something, frowned, and whispered to John. "Uhm... John? I... I want to apawlogize fur that kiss earlier... that was... I don't know what came ofur me..."