"He'll get better, I promise."
Your name is Karkat Vantas and you can't remember ever telling a bigger lie.
It started yesterday, when Gamzee had been acting a little less free spirited than usual, and started yelling at Equius. No one thought anything of it but yourself, but you had shrugged it off as just a bad day. But only hours later, a scream was heard down the hall and once you and Kanaya found the source, you both knew hell was only beginning to rise. Nepeta and Equius were dead, and Gamzee was covered in their blood. Kanaya had pulled her weapon, but in your shock, you were already at his side, calming him down.
The only suggestion on what to do in the moment was to lock him in a room while you all recovered from the fact that the two most innocent people you had known in your life were just murdered only a few rooms away, while you all sat there. It's my fault, you had told yourself. You could've stopped it. You could've talked to him after he shouted at Equius. Could've asked him what was wrong..
But it was already too late.
Kanaya and Eridan were able to finally find a room with a single door, and were able to get him in it without too much of a hassle. Kanaya was the first to speak up once a key was found and the door was locked.
"He needs to go." Her expression was stern and cold. You could only droop your ears and hope she'd take pity on you, and Gamzee.
"Just let me talk to him, He'll calm down."
She shook her head, "I cannot let him loose after such an..Event, as that."
You were able to buy some time, but only a few days.
Hell had only begun to rise.