Karkat stared at his average, blank, dull, boring, gray ceiling. This was his life as a troll, staring at the ceiling. Well he tended to think of it was praying to the only gods he believed in; the ceiling ones. Though they never granted his altogether horrid and weak prayers. He sighed and stood, looking to his husktop as he heard the familiar bleep of someone contacting him over Trollian.

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TA: hey KK

CG: HELLO CAPTOR. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?

TA: niice two talk two you two.

TA: have you heard about TZ and her liittle get together 2he2 haviing?

CG: NO, THIS IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING OF IT. WHY?

TA: well 2he 2aiid two iinviite a2 many people a2 po22iible, and ii wa2 wonderiing iif you wanted to go wiith me?

CG: YEAH SURE WHATEVER.

TA: oh okay, cool then 2ee you at the party. iif you have any que2tiion2 go to TZ

CG: YEAH SURE.

Karkat of course did not plan on actually going to this 'little get together' of Pyropes. But seeing as Sollux was one of his best friends he'd probably end up going anyway out of sheer, love and compassion; plus he probably wouldn't have anything better to do.

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Karkat's arrival was uneventful, nothing dramatic happened. The party was equally as boring. He looked over the crowd of trolls littered through out Terezi's front yard with an uninterested scowl. He noticed Sollux playing on his GameGrub. He looked up and waved before looking back down to the electronic. Everyone seemed to be hanging out in their regular groups. Karkat stood there for a moment before turning around. Nope, this was not a party for you. Terezi stopped him before he left. She sniffed in his direction.

"Leaving so soon Karkles?" She gave a loud obnoxious giggle. It sounded slightly scratchy to him. "You just got here, stay a while!" She gestured blindly. Throwing her cane outward nearly knocking a troll off his feet. How you ever felt red for this was beyond you. She was so clumsy sometimes. Not to mention she could beat you have to death with that stick of hers.

"This party isn't really my kinda scene." Man, that was an understatement.

"Oh come now! Have a little fun for once Mr. Grumpy Pants~" She teased. He looked around again, everyone had someone to talk to, it appeared that Nepeta was waiting for Terezi to come back. Eridan was sitting alone in the corner...well okay, he was sitting alone as far away from all the others as possible. Of course that made sense, everyone hated him. Karkat might even dare to say, Eridan's life sucked more than his. But at least he had a future to look forward to, it was just a matter of time before you and your brother are hunted down and culled. Yeah, now that he thought about it. His life sucked more. There was no contest.

"I just want to go home and stare at my ceiling." Dude, you sound really depressed, are you depressed? You think you might be.

"BOO! Go home if you're just gonna be a complete party pooper!" She stuck her tongue out at you. "Or you could join Mr. Depression over there." She pointed in the general direction of Eridan. You know what, you will join Mr Depression! You huff and stomp over to him. Flopping down next to him.

"Hey Kar." Holy hell, he sounds as depressed as you suddenly feel. God. He sighs heavily. "Howw are you?" almost sounds like he could care less about how you are doing. Looking at him reminds you of something that happened earlier back at your hive. You had been laying on your floor, your hive walls being as thin as fuck you could hear Kankri yelling with no trouble.

"Cronus, why are you climbing through my window? My hive has an entrance, I would prefer if you make use of it." You could hear the shock in his voice. You sit up and stare at the wall that was between you and Kankri's room.

"Alright Chief, cool your jets! I wvas running from a wvolf beast, I had to go somewvhere." Cronus explained himself, wow, good excuse.

"Cronus I can understand your need for survival was strong but I would feel less triggered if you used the hive door." It was evident that Kankri was not in the mood to hang with his troll pal. Cronus left about a minute later with some more yelling from Kankri.

You blink and lose sight of the memory turning to the party after realizing you have just been staring at Eridan for the past who knows how long. "Good I guess." You aren't going to bring up his weird ass brother. Probably already knows. You and Eridan sat in silence for what seemed like hours before you decided to mention his brother. "So, your brother was at my hive a few days ago. He climbed in through Kankri's window." Wow, that made Cronus sound really fucking weird, well okay, he was really fucking weird.

"Wwhat? I kneww he wwas sneakin' off, but I didn't think that he'd be goin' to your hivve. Of all places..." He sounded confused. Makes sense, you would be too.

"Yeah Kankri kicked him out not long after." You seemed to be sharing one of the longer conversations with Eridan. This is probably the most you've talked all week. He sighs heavily again. The tone of the sigh expresses just how you feel.

He changes the conversation topic quickly enough. "Life sucks Kar...Do you evver think of the future?" You guessed he feels his own future was gonna suck. He has a future, at least he has that.

"Yeah, I think about it all the time." Every minute of everyday. Wondering how you'll die, how much older you'll get, Those types of things.

"Wwhat do you think your futures gonna be?" He seemed genuinely curious.

"Short." Probably just a matter of time before you and Kankri are found out and reported. Then you will be culled. "Really I try not to think about it, too depressing." Yup, you totally agree with your words, doesn't stop you from thinking about it anyway.

"Yeah, I think about howw alone I'm gonna be." The way he said it was really sad. He probably was gonna be forever alone. "I'll be wwashed into the sea an I'll be crushed against a bunch of rocks. An' wwhen they find me they'll say 'wwoww this guy livved a sad an' lonely life'" How they would be able to tell that from a corpse you didn't know. You guessed you should try to cheer the guy up...nope. He is standing and looking down at you. "Wwhatevver, sorry for brin' it up. I'll talk to ya later Kar." You stand as well, might as well leave too, no reason to stay here.

"Yeah." You nod and watch Eridan begin to leave, you turn and leave as well. Looking back at the party once. No one noticed you were leaving. Of course. You leave before anyone has the chance to stop you again, you could hear the solitude of your ceiling calling.

You get home, it's quiet...too quiet. You quickly go to your block, but are halted in the hall way by a loud moan. Your eyes widen as you dash into your block, making little noise as possible. What was going on? You are not sure you want to know the answer you that.

You listen carefully as the paper thin hive walls do nothing to disguise the wet slapping noise beside you brother's moaning. You fight the urge to peek through the hole that's in the wall looking into your brother's block. It was hidden behind one of you many posters.

You can't fight the urge any longer. You shift to the poster and lift it, peeking into his block. Kankri is pantless and you can see Cronus behind him. He's fully clothed. Alright that's all you wanted to know...actually that's more then you wanted to know. You reel back and move to your husktop. Eridan is online, thank the gods. "Heh, didn't think you'd be able to go that long Chief." Cronus coos to Kankri, your stomach lunches. "I mean, three rounds, that's a pretty long time." Oh gods oh gods oh gods. You did not. Need to know that.

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CG: HEY! YOU WILL BE FUCKING SHOCKED AS TO WHAT I CAME HOME TO.

CA: wwhat wwas it?

CG: YOUR BROTHER AND MY BROTHER, BEING RATHER...INTIMATE.

CA:wwoah, wwhat?

CG: YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY. MY BROTHER AND YOUR BROTHER.

You are shocked yourself. They begin to converse, their conversation turning away from anything sexual. Eventually they begin to semi-agrue.

CA: im not surprised, I mean it seems like that wwould wwork

CG: I'M STILL SCARRED FOR LIFE.

CA: yeah I wwould be too

You break, your think pan can't stop thinking about that while they're talking. "JUST GET THE FUCK OUT!" You holler toward the wall. Kankri had been trying to get Cronus to leave. They cease all bickering at your outburst.

"K-Karkat, how long how you been home!?" You can hear his blush through his voice. He also sounds nervous.

"Long enough to hear you two!" God, why don't you just leave! You hear Cronus tell Kankri he's gonna leave now.

"GAH! Cronus put me down this instant! At least let me put on my pants!" Oh okay, nope, you need to unhear everything tonight. You hear more yelling moving down the hall and out the door.

CG: THEY LEFT.

CG: AND I HAVE A FEELING THEY'RE GOING TO YOUR HIVE.

CA: oh cod, reely?

CG: JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. YOU COULD COME TO MY HIVE OR SOMETHING IF YOU'D LIKE.

CG: I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE TO SUFFER WHAT I HAVE.

CA: I dont think ill need it but thanks for the offer

You decide not to answer that. You still haven't gotten to lay on your floor since you got home. You stand, turn away from your husktop and proceed to sink to the floor and lay down to stare at the ceiling above you.