Kanaya Maryam is a mutant; her blood is so nauseatingly red it can be likened only to the color of candy. Predictably, this meant that at the beginning of Red Dead Virgo (and their time in Animus), Equius hated her guts. But the two of them hid and died together in Hitori Kakurenbo (he began choking up candy-red acid, she was killed by a culling drone) and from then on in, they were kind of destined to meet each other a lot, and argue like wigglers every time. It's probably about time the two of them grow up and start treating each other more civilly, but neither seems willing to accept that yet. And whenever they think they do, the other inevitably pisses them off and they turn right back into wigglers again. Part of the Movie Night group as of "Thirteen Ghosts".
Oh god, Eridan. The two were on speaking terms before the being taken to the tower; they were aware and alright with one another's presence, but never really spoke much. Soon after the Tower happened, however, Eridan somehow dropped in with him as the only person in the tower who wasn't completely horrifying (by virtue of being A. someone he knows and B. not an asshole). Perfectly okay to cling to any life support in the dire lack of a moirail, fate kind of brought them together in an awkward way... and again... and again. And now they're just kind of an indecipherable slurry of feels confusion in the caliber that would require a National Treasure film to sort out. These two were the ones who started Movie Night, but Eridan started inviting a few people and it kind of snowballed.
On Alternia, Karkat was Equius' hemospectral superior, so he tended not to engage in conversation unless he absolutely had to. This relationship hasn't much improved in the Tower; Equius is still afraid of him, as he is wont to do with those above him, and they've really only spoken to one another in group settings where Karkat is too busy whining and Equius finds himself unable to get a word in. One of the first people invited to Movie Night.
A frankly weird kid who's chums with Jade Strider, and one that Equius didn't know too well before the Tower happened due to his... interesting policy on interaction with the kids. The sheer power of David's lineface is more than slightly intimidating, he has since learned, but when not pretending to be an emotionless husk, they actually get on fairly well... as long as Equius keeps bribing him with mind honey cookies, that is. Part of the Movie Night group as of "Thirteen Ghosts".
Back in canon, Equius generally didn't interact with the kids very much (John set a bad example). Now that they're in the Tower, Equius and Jade have gotten the opportunity to interact several times. He's willing to give her more of a chance now, since she is apparently good friends with a certain jadeblood who shall not be named, among other reasons. But she seems strong and reliable, even if her name sometimes leaves a bitter taste in his mouth for debunking his hemospectrum babble. Part of the Movie Night group as of "Thirteen Ghosts".
Good God, Nepeta! Where to begin on Nepeta? Well, first of all, she's Equius' moirail, and a more opposite troll the world has never seen. Short, cute Empress-to-be, with a heavy dislike for hemospectrum discrimination, it probably amazes some people that they could ever get along at all. But they do. They're probably the most sane, functional moirails Red Dead Virgo has to offer. Equius admires her a bit too much for his own good, but also cares for her deeply, and the number-one guaranteed way to get a rise out of him is to threaten her. She was present in the tower for a little while before, but they didn't get to talk much, and the first Nepeta left right after an argument; this led Equius to believe that she had gone off to challenge the administration and failed. The second Nepeta could not have arrived at a better time, and he is hugely thankful for her presence.
Equius had a pretty biased view when he met Gamzee for the first time. This indigo bore a striking resemblance to the Grand Highblood, who was the first resident of the Tower to kill him outside of an event, and also his roommate. Gamzee soon grew into those giant clown shoes in the Labyrinth event, where he slaughtered Karkat and Kanaya; Equius barely escaped with his life, but came out with a few (more) mental scars as a party favor. The real kicker came later, though. On another one of his bad days, Equius attempted to help Gamzee feel better in the only way he knew how, logical reasoning. Gamzee... did not take well to this. He's now killed Equius once as well, and is looking to do it again, because somehow this puny little goldblood always seems to get in his way.
Feferi is... weird. As far as he can tell, she's not a raging psychopath out for hemospectral blood, which is a good thing. However, she is also her universe's Empress-to-be, which is not so much of a good thing, because it brings back far too many memories of a certain lionfish girl. As such, Equius is gradually re-learning to swallow his awkwardness and treat her as he feels a Tyrian ought to be treated, but Feferi has other ideas. She seems intent on giving them an actual friendship, i.e. one not based around how pitiful and lowly Equius is in comparison. They're getting better at it... slowly.
Dropped. For the time he was in the game, the Grand Highblood was one of Equius' roommates, and from the beginning they were on... interesting terms. Equius was of course scared out of his wits, because there was a full-grown subjugglator sleeping in the bed across the room. In the middle of a fistfight with their fourth roomie, Fawkes, he actually ruined the entire dorm while Equius and England were sharing some nice tea. Predictably, it only got worse from there; the Grand Highblood became the first player character to kill Equius after they bumped into one another at a bad time, and from that point until his drop Equius spent his time peering into every room he entered in case the Highblood was there.
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"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer urna neque, tempus vitae imperdiet vitae, volutpat eu augue. Aenean et ligula leo. Pellentesque cursus, quam sed volutpat ultrices, risus urna egestas odio, ut tempus tortor enim vel neque. Nulla sed turpis nec diam ultricies pulvinar sed molestie sapien. Maecenas nec tellus posuere justo varius placerat sit amet id nunc. Donec pharetra nunc non dui tristique et malesuada dolor volutpat. Cras lorem purus, dapibus et aliquet non, rhoncus vel metus. Vivamus faucibus tortor id lectus feugiat consequat. Nunc justo urna, porttitor in tempor non, placerat a risus. Fusce nec varius quam. Morbi in posuere enim. Curabitur justo orci, ultricies eget luctus sit amet, porta id dolor. Aliquam magna lectus, aliquet vitae molestie vel, auctor vitae risus."
Strength Arcana. Equius and Yu first met in the Labyrinth, where Equius was at his worst, mentally, and he was sniping people left right and centre. AU Ventus was the victim of this sniping. And since Yu happened to be traveling with Ventus at the time, his first interaction with Equius was a crazy alien kid who sprayed arrows at people and then left. Yu caught him and roughed him up a bit, but let him go eventually. Equius has only just recently got over his compulsion to apologize to Yu repeatedly for the incident, and has since discovered that they share a hobby in cooking.
As luck would have it, England is Equius’ roommate, and the two of them get on very nicely. England was the one who introduced him to the wide world of tea, and even though he’s since learned that England’s cooking is… less than impressive, Equius isn’t really one to judge. Overall, he respects England quite a bit for his attitude and demeanour, even though the two of them don’t know each other well on a personal level; they sleep in the same room, but these two mostly keep to themselves.
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer urna neque, tempus vitae imperdiet vitae, volutpat eu augue. Aenean et ligula leo. Pellentesque cursus, quam sed volutpat ultrices, risus urna egestas odio, ut tempus tortor enim vel neque. Nulla sed turpis nec diam ultricies pulvinar sed molestie sapien. Maecenas nec tellus posuere justo varius placerat sit amet id nunc. Donec pharetra nunc non dui tristique et malesuada dolor volutpat. Cras lorem purus, dapibus et aliquet non, rhoncus vel metus. Vivamus faucibus tortor id lectus feugiat consequat. Nunc justo urna, porttitor in tempor non, placerat a risus. Fusce nec varius quam. Morbi in posuere enim. Curabitur justo orci, ultricies eget luctus sit amet, porta id dolor. Aliquam magna lectus, aliquet vitae molestie vel, auctor vitae risus."
It's more than a little sad how much influence Wriggle has over Equius, considering she's a tiny firefly demon who's like half his size. But she does. Like many others, they first met in one of the Tower administration's horrible experiments, and bonded over their mutual terror of what happened to Jason's pod in the third week, among other things. They have some pretty serious differences, especially with Wriggle's affinity for bugs, and Equius'... problems with such. But somehow, mostly due to Wriggle's personality, they always manage to get into some pretty intense conversations. And rarely, if ever, do they churn out nice and healthy feelings for Equius. Despite this, he does care about her, and would probably count her among his friends... if he had any concept of friendship at all.
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CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
┈ GLOOMYAPOPLECTIC
Kanaya Maryam is a mutant; her blood is so nauseatingly red it can be likened only to the color of candy. Predictably, this meant that at the beginning of Red Dead Virgo (and their time in Animus), Equius hated her guts. But the two of them hid and died together in Hitori Kakurenbo (he began choking up candy-red acid, she was killed by a culling drone) and from then on in, they were kind of destined to meet each other a lot, and argue like wigglers every time. It's probably about time the two of them grow up and start treating each other more civilly, but neither seems willing to accept that yet. And whenever they think they do, the other inevitably pisses them off and they turn right back into wigglers again. Part of the Movie Night group as of "Thirteen Ghosts".
CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
┈ MAGICALLYTIMESAVVY
Oh god, Eridan. The two were on speaking terms before the being taken to the tower; they were aware and alright with one another's presence, but never really spoke much. Soon after the Tower happened, however, Eridan somehow dropped in with him as the only person in the tower who wasn't completely horrifying (by virtue of being A. someone he knows and B. not an asshole). Perfectly okay to cling to any life support in the dire lack of a moirail, fate kind of brought them together in an awkward way... and again... and again. And now they're just kind of an indecipherable slurry of feels confusion in the caliber that would require a National Treasure film to sort out. These two were the ones who started Movie Night, but Eridan started inviting a few people and it kind of snowballed.
CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
┈ CALIGINOUS
On Alternia, Karkat was Equius' hemospectral superior, so he tended not to engage in conversation unless he absolutely had to. This relationship hasn't much improved in the Tower; Equius is still afraid of him, as he is wont to do with those above him, and they've really only spoken to one another in group settings where Karkat is too busy whining and Equius finds himself unable to get a word in. One of the first people invited to Movie Night.
CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
┈ TORTILEGHOSTWRITER
A frankly weird kid who's chums with Jade Strider, and one that Equius didn't know too well before the Tower happened due to his... interesting policy on interaction with the kids. The sheer power of David's lineface is more than slightly intimidating, he has since learned, but when not pretending to be an emotionless husk, they actually get on fairly well... as long as Equius keeps bribing him with mind honey cookies, that is. Part of the Movie Night group as of "Thirteen Ghosts".
CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
┈ REDDEADVIRTUOSO
Back in canon, Equius generally didn't interact with the kids very much (John set a bad example). Now that they're in the Tower, Equius and Jade have gotten the opportunity to interact several times. He's willing to give her more of a chance now, since she is apparently good friends with a certain jadeblood who shall not be named, among other reasons. But she seems strong and reliable, even if her name sometimes leaves a bitter taste in his mouth for debunking his hemospectrum babble. Part of the Movie Night group as of "Thirteen Ghosts".
CANONMATES: RED DEAD VIRGO
┈ ARGONCHARYBDIS
Good God, Nepeta! Where to begin on Nepeta? Well, first of all, she's Equius' moirail, and a more opposite troll the world has never seen. Short, cute Empress-to-be, with a heavy dislike for hemospectrum discrimination, it probably amazes some people that they could ever get along at all. But they do. They're probably the most sane, functional moirails Red Dead Virgo has to offer. Equius admires her a bit too much for his own good, but also cares for her deeply, and the number-one guaranteed way to get a rise out of him is to threaten her. She was present in the tower for a little while before, but they didn't get to talk much, and the first Nepeta left right after an argument; this led Equius to believe that she had gone off to challenge the administration and failed. The second Nepeta could not have arrived at a better time, and he is hugely thankful for her presence.
CANONMATES: HOMESTUCK
CANONMATES: HOMESTUCK
┈ HYSTERICULL
Equius had a pretty biased view when he met Gamzee for the first time. This indigo bore a striking resemblance to the Grand Highblood, who was the first resident of the Tower to kill him outside of an event, and also his roommate. Gamzee soon grew into those giant clown shoes in the Labyrinth event, where he slaughtered Karkat and Kanaya; Equius barely escaped with his life, but came out with a few (more) mental scars as a party favor. The real kicker came later, though. On another one of his bad days, Equius attempted to help Gamzee feel better in the only way he knew how, logical reasoning. Gamzee... did not take well to this. He's now killed Equius once as well, and is looking to do it again, because somehow this puny little goldblood always seems to get in his way.
CANONMATES: HOMESTUCK
┈ CULLSCUTTLEFISH
Feferi is... weird. As far as he can tell, she's not a raging psychopath out for hemospectral blood, which is a good thing. However, she is also her universe's Empress-to-be, which is not so much of a good thing, because it brings back far too many memories of a certain lionfish girl. As such, Equius is gradually re-learning to swallow his awkwardness and treat her as he feels a Tyrian ought to be treated, but Feferi has other ideas. She seems intent on giving them an actual friendship, i.e. one not based around how pitiful and lowly Equius is in comparison. They're getting better at it... slowly.
CANONMATES: HOMESTUCK
┈ GRANDHIGHBLOOD
Dropped. For the time he was in the game, the Grand Highblood was one of Equius' roommates, and from the beginning they were on... interesting terms. Equius was of course scared out of his wits, because there was a full-grown subjugglator sleeping in the bed across the room. In the middle of a fistfight with their fourth roomie, Fawkes, he actually ruined the entire dorm while Equius and England were sharing some nice tea. Predictably, it only got worse from there; the Grand Highblood became the first player character to kill Equius after they bumped into one another at a bad time, and from that point until his drop Equius spent his time peering into every room he entered in case the Highblood was there.
CANONMATES: HOMESTUCK
┈ MAMADONNA
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer urna neque, tempus vitae imperdiet vitae, volutpat eu augue. Aenean et ligula leo. Pellentesque cursus, quam sed volutpat ultrices, risus urna egestas odio, ut tempus tortor enim vel neque. Nulla sed turpis nec diam ultricies pulvinar sed molestie sapien. Maecenas nec tellus posuere justo varius placerat sit amet id nunc. Donec pharetra nunc non dui tristique et malesuada dolor volutpat. Cras lorem purus, dapibus et aliquet non, rhoncus vel metus. Vivamus faucibus tortor id lectus feugiat consequat. Nunc justo urna, porttitor in tempor non, placerat a risus. Fusce nec varius quam. Morbi in posuere enim. Curabitur justo orci, ultricies eget luctus sit amet, porta id dolor. Aliquam magna lectus, aliquet vitae molestie vel, auctor vitae risus."
CANONMATES: HOMESTUCK
┈ RESTITCHTIME
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer urna neque, tempus vitae imperdiet vitae, volutpat eu augue. Aenean et ligula leo. Pellentesque cursus, quam sed volutpat ultrices, risus urna egestas odio, ut tempus tortor enim vel neque. Nulla sed turpis nec diam ultricies pulvinar sed molestie sapien. Maecenas nec tellus posuere justo varius placerat sit amet id nunc. Donec pharetra nunc non dui tristique et malesuada dolor volutpat. Cras lorem purus, dapibus et aliquet non, rhoncus vel metus. Vivamus faucibus tortor id lectus feugiat consequat. Nunc justo urna, porttitor in tempor non, placerat a risus. Fusce nec varius quam. Morbi in posuere enim. Curabitur justo orci, ultricies eget luctus sit amet, porta id dolor. Aliquam magna lectus, aliquet vitae molestie vel, auctor vitae risus."
SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI
SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI
┈ PITIEDTHEFOOL
Strength Arcana. Equius and Yu first met in the Labyrinth, where Equius was at his worst, mentally, and he was sniping people left right and centre. AU Ventus was the victim of this sniping. And since Yu happened to be traveling with Ventus at the time, his first interaction with Equius was a crazy alien kid who sprayed arrows at people and then left. Yu caught him and roughed him up a bit, but let him go eventually. Equius has only just recently got over his compulsion to apologize to Yu repeatedly for the incident, and has since discovered that they share a hobby in cooking.
AXIS POWERS HETALIA
AXIS POWERS HETALIA
┈ KEEPSCALM
As luck would have it, England is Equius’ roommate, and the two of them get on very nicely. England was the one who introduced him to the wide world of tea, and even though he’s since learned that England’s cooking is… less than impressive, Equius isn’t really one to judge. Overall, he respects England quite a bit for his attitude and demeanour, even though the two of them don’t know each other well on a personal level; they sleep in the same room, but these two mostly keep to themselves.
DANGAN RONPA
DANGAN RONPA
┈ CUTESTPROGRAMMER
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer urna neque, tempus vitae imperdiet vitae, volutpat eu augue. Aenean et ligula leo. Pellentesque cursus, quam sed volutpat ultrices, risus urna egestas odio, ut tempus tortor enim vel neque. Nulla sed turpis nec diam ultricies pulvinar sed molestie sapien. Maecenas nec tellus posuere justo varius placerat sit amet id nunc. Donec pharetra nunc non dui tristique et malesuada dolor volutpat. Cras lorem purus, dapibus et aliquet non, rhoncus vel metus. Vivamus faucibus tortor id lectus feugiat consequat. Nunc justo urna, porttitor in tempor non, placerat a risus. Fusce nec varius quam. Morbi in posuere enim. Curabitur justo orci, ultricies eget luctus sit amet, porta id dolor. Aliquam magna lectus, aliquet vitae molestie vel, auctor vitae risus."
NO. 6
NO. 6
┈ SAVEDBYASONG
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TOUHOU
TOUHOU
┈ WRIGURUN
It's more than a little sad how much influence Wriggle has over Equius, considering she's a tiny firefly demon who's like half his size. But she does. Like many others, they first met in one of the Tower administration's horrible experiments, and bonded over their mutual terror of what happened to Jason's pod in the third week, among other things. They have some pretty serious differences, especially with Wriggle's affinity for bugs, and Equius'... problems with such. But somehow, mostly due to Wriggle's personality, they always manage to get into some pretty intense conversations. And rarely, if ever, do they churn out nice and healthy feelings for Equius. Despite this, he does care about her, and would probably count her among his friends... if he had any concept of friendship at all.