[He can't hear anything other than the thud thud thud of his blood in his ears, the beat of war drums tapped out on the crack of clubs against skulls. There's no response.]
[He's sitting in a rainbow pool of blood, drenched in all the bright sticky miracles that used to be his friends. He doesn't react to her entering the room; there's no one there, not after he killed them all with his own hands just like everyone said he would, and the only thing in world worse than being completely alone is knowing that it's all his fault.]
[Pinkie sounds sad. the shrooms have worn off, but she did spend the entire time as Pinkamena thinking everyone hated her, so she just wants to be sure.]
[nope, just as long as you don't think she goes around killing her friends and baking them into cupcakes!!] Oh, okay! I was just checking. Of course I still want to be friends!
[Yeah, when he hears Gamzee's voice from downstairs, and the way it doesn't sound right at all, he doesn't even bother knocking. He opens the door and comes right in, only to see Gamzee passed out in a sopor daze against the wall.
He's seen Gamzee after eating too many of his pies before, but judging by the number of tins on the ground, this is something different. He crouches down next to him and starts hitting him on the cheek, trying to get him to come back to consciousness.]
[He's three sweeps old again, feeling the sting of waves slapping against his cheek, pulling him under into an abyss of cold and dark. Drowning. He's drowning, and he'd just wanted to follow his lusus for once, to stay with him for a little while longer and see what it is exactly that keeps him away from his charge so often. Maybe if he knew what kept dragging his guardian away, he'd also be able to figure out how to make him stay, except now it's too late and he's going to die out here in this fucking sea, freezing and terrified and alone and it isn't fair it isn't--
On the outside, there's no reaction, except Gamzee's breaths have become panicked gasps and he's making weak, flailing motions, trying to keep his head above the water.]
[Well. Hitting isn't working. In fact, he just seems to be making things worse. He considers shaking Gamzee, but this isn't just about the sopor haze. He's clearly also battling the same thing Karkat was earlier, so that might only make things worse depending on what it is that actually scares Gamzee.
Instead, he's just going to try to pap him until he calms down, stroking his face and his hair.]
[He leans into the touch, eyes falling shut and breathing slowing down as a sense of comfort washes over him, and he's felt this somewhere before....
He opens his eyes again and sees iridescent white scales, a bright figure looming large above him. His tongue feels unnaturally thick in his mouth and he can't get his body to move the way he wants, but he tries anyway, making an aborted and desperate sound in his throat as he weakly grabs at what he thinks is a tail and is actually Karkat's sleeve.]
Me too. Seems like a lot of our friends all done got hit by some kinda weird shit, they were all flipping out pretty motherfuckin' bad. I think it's worn off now though, Karkat and Jade and Docbro are being their old selves again.
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she freezes in front of Gamzee's bedroom door, though, going completely still.]
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[she doesn't know if she should try or not, but she winds up knocking anyway.]
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[Pinkie sounds sad. the shrooms have worn off, but she did spend the entire time as Pinkamena thinking everyone hated her, so she just wants to be sure.]
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He's seen Gamzee after eating too many of his pies before, but judging by the number of tins on the ground, this is something different. He crouches down next to him and starts hitting him on the cheek, trying to get him to come back to consciousness.]
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On the outside, there's no reaction, except Gamzee's breaths have become panicked gasps and he's making weak, flailing motions, trying to keep his head above the water.]
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Instead, he's just going to try to pap him until he calms down, stroking his face and his hair.]
Shhhh, Gamzee.
It's all right. Can you hear me?
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He opens his eyes again and sees iridescent white scales, a bright figure looming large above him. His tongue feels unnaturally thick in his mouth and he can't get his body to move the way he wants, but he tries anyway, making an aborted and desperate sound in his throat as he weakly grabs at what he thinks is a tail and is actually Karkat's sleeve.]
Don't go yet. Please.
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Did you avoid whatever strange things that were going on? Everyone was acting pretty weird. It was a little scary.
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I'm fine! I was all over the place though! I talked to everyone I swear! I want to check to make sure everyone is okay now though.
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The bad ones!
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Shit, I didn't even know words could be good motherfuckers and bad motherfuckers. Which are the bad ones?
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