The next day, Karkat arrived in CanTown to see that Dave and Terezi had gotten there before him. They were busy drawing on the floor with chalk as usually, but this drawing seemed to have some sense to it.

"What are you two drawing?" Karkat asked placing his heavy backpack filled with everything he thought that they would need on this trip but wouldn't fit in his Sylladex on the ground with a thud. Dave and Terezi also had equally large bags (so for once they were actually thinking ahead) but Dave also had three red duffel bags along with his oversize backpack rack.

"A plan," Dave replied.

"The circle is the Meteor," Terezi explained. "And it had four layers and four quadrants. We've only explored the first layer of the first quadrant, outlined with the red. We're hopping to explore the first level of the second quadrant, outlined with green. We should know that we're in the second quadrant when we see-or taste-signs with a green two as Kanaya once told us when she discovered her tunnel to the breeding cavern. Once we stop seeing signs with a red one, we will know that we're in the second quadrant."

"Wow, you two actually made sense," Karkat said surprised.

"Yeah, and I alchemized a compass so in addition to my shit ton of string I can mark off where certain rooms are," Dave replied. "And I tested the compass out. It works in space."

"And also I'm going to be drawing on the walls with chalk so we have a third way of figuring out where we've been," Terezi added. "So we can at least rely on one method to get us home."

"I'm really surprised," Karkat stated standing up. "This may be a douchey nookscratching shitting fuck on a mountain of incredible stupidity but you're at least trying to not get us killed and lost."

"I've already taken a picture of the map," Dave explained. "And I have tents for everyone, an extra sleeping bag, fire wood, flint and steel, extra food, extra water, rope, pick axe, hatchet, flashlights, batteries, and anything else. I hope that both of you have enough food and water for yourselves along with a mobile device and sleeping bag?"

"Yep," Terezi and Karkat both agreed at the same time.

"We're only going to explore for seven days, three and half there, three and a half back," Dave explained. "I'll be the clock because my body still runs on earth time. Is there any last minute worries or complaints?"

"Yeah," Karkat asked. "Where are we supposed to go to the ablution trap if we're headed into unknown territory?"

"We go lumberjack style," Dave announced. "Any other questions?"

"What's lumberjack style?" Terezi then asked.

"We don't use a toilet," Dave answered. "But it shouldn't be a problem considering all of physical make-ups. Now anymore questions?"

Terezi and Karkat both raised their hands trying to get at what Dave was trying to suggest but he dismissed them not developing further into the mysteries he was hiding from them, "None, okay, good! Everyone pull out your flashlight and let's go!"

Dave led the team of three out of CanTown after a tearful parting with the Mayor. The traveled north for about an hour with Dave unrolling his large ball of string and Terezi drawing on the walls with chalk so they could find their way back. As they walked, the dark hallways were illuminated with the beams of light traveling out from their flashlights. They searched for the signs that told them what quadrant they were in, but all they had seen so far were signs with red ones. At the one hour point they finally found their first green two.

"Man, an hour of nothing and we finally got to the good part," Dave said as the three of them stared at the sign with the green two.

"We could have looked at any of the rooms on the way here you nookhumping primitive sniffnode," Karkat reminded Dave. He was pretty pissed off because for the first five hours, along with the task of unrolling the string, Dave had been rapping to his heart's content.

"Anyway," Dave ignored that comment. "Karkat, take a picture of me and Terezi up against the two."

"Why?" Karkat questioned as Dave shoved his phone into the troll's hands. Dave and Terezi got stationed up against the two ready to take a picture.

"For the memories Karkles," Terezi informed Karkat.

"Yeah bro," Dave agreed with Terezi. "It's for the memories."

Karkat grumbled protest but he took a picture of them anyway. He handed the phone back to Dave and they continued on looking for the first door. The hallway was strangely empty and silent, with only the sounds of Dave sputtering from his lips in a human method of beat called beat-boxing, the sounds of the chalk being dragged across the walls, the sound of the string unrolling, and the echoing of footsteps. There was no talking because it had felt as though they had crossed the point of no return.

"Look, a door!" Terezi pointed out. Karkat wasn't sure how she knew, but sure enough, up ahead was a closed door.

"Awesome," Dave stated as they all pulled a stop in front of the door. "Let's leave the stuff out here and see what's in this door."

They dropped their backpacks but kept their flashlights in hand. Dave tried opening the door then violently jiggling the doorknob before he came to the conclusion, "It's locked."

"What made you say that?" Karkat asked sarcastically.

"Back up," Dave announced. "I'm going to bust this door down."

Terezi and Karkat complied to the command as Dave took a few steps back before running up to the door and knocking it down his a strong kick. The door busted open and its rusty hinges squeaked as though it hadn't been opened in years. The three of them gathered around the door peering into the dark room wondering what could be inside.

"After you," Dave announced staring at Karkat.

"You can go ahead Strider," Karkat told Dave. "This was your magical fuckbag shitsmoking idea in the first place."

"Terezi?" Dave turned to Terezi.

"You really shouldn't make the blind girl go in first," Terezi insisted.

"But it's ladies first," Dave informed her.

"Then that's why Karkat should go in first," Terezi cackled.

Dave and Terezi looked at Karkat with a wicked look on both of their faces before Dave announced, "Well Karkat, it's two to one. You go in first."

"Fine," Karkat sighed knowing that he wouldn't win this battle. He charged into the room with his flashlight swinging haphazardly in anger. Karkat was too busy studying the other side of the room to look down to see where he was walking. Before he knew it, he fell into a large body of water.