"You nooksucking shitstain. I didn't scream. Your hearing ducts must be fucked." It had only taken you a few short seconds to recover from what happened; and you didn't scream. What six sweep old would scream at something like that? A real troll would have charged the thing... then again, you didn't do that either.

"Karkat. I am quite sure the noise which made my ears want to bleed was your high pitch scream." Kanaya states. But, before you can make some snarky reply, Gamzee cuts in, "A motherfucker has to agree with the rainbowdrinker. You screamed, bro."

You growl and you look like you are about to kill someone, particularly Gamzee, but he says something that throws you completely off guard. "Calm down, I mean, it's not like you don't look cute when you scream." He says this so casually that it takes you a few moments to register what he says, but when you do, your face lights up red. You are speechless.

In the meantime, Kanaya is prodding the thing with her chainsaw. She has a thoughtful expression, looking at the thing on the floor and studying its body when she starts to speak, pausing and choosing her words carefully, "... It appears to be a rotting troll... I think it might be an undead, something that is neither dead, nor alive. Something the humans call a zombie." She pauses and glances up at you and Gamzee. "But," she starts back up, "This one looks slightly different. I noticed a type of black smokey thing coming off of it before Gamzee, well, smashed it." she looks up at the both of you, waiting for a reaction, but when she sees your horrified face, she quickly adds on, "There is no need to worry. I don't think its one of our friends."

You relax a little, but only a little, as this gives you some relief. But, none-the-less, you shiver at the thought of one of your friends turning into one of these things. What if that had been Terezi? Or Sollux? You don't think you'd be able to stand it if one of them died.

You all stare down at the troll for an awkwardly long time before you speak up, "Well, I say we go back into the respiteblock and plan shit out. I feel a lot safer in a place with only a few openings." It doesn't take them a very long time to agree and follow you back into the respiteblock, and soon, you are all making yourselves as comfortable as you can.

You start pacing, thinking about everything that's happened. Soon enough, your sitting on the ground, staring at the floor, forming out a plan for what to do next. You needed to find the others, no questions asked. It will be your guys first mission. The next thing to worry about is supplies. The hive you sit in probably has them. You would need food, which would be easy enough to get.

As you think of various things you will need, Kanaya sits down on the floor near you, probably thinking about things too, while Gamzee is sitting a bit closer to you, just... staring at you. As much as it bugs you, you need to focus on something else. Anything else besides Gamzee. Why is he staring at you like your his flush crush...? ...Wait. Could he be...? No, that was a ridiculous thought, get it out of your head, now. Focus on supplies, damn it.

Food, some kind of pack to put the food in, rope, weapons, water... was there anything else? You can't think of anything, then again, you can't really think straight about anything with him staring at you like that. You look at your companions, mainly Kanaya. You have the gist of what you need to do in your head.

"Ok." You start, breaking the silence and getting their attention. "First things first. We need to find our friends. Second, we need to pack a lot of supplies. This could be a really fucking long journey." You list off the supplies you thought of in your head and glance at your friends, particularly Kanaya, who gives a few suggestions of supplies and makes an important comment.

"Karkat, and this is only a theory and a slim possibility, but... what if we can't find anyone?" She asked you.

There is a brief silence while the thought of finding no one washes over you. What if you really can't find anyone? What if they were all dead? Could it be possible that they all turned into those undead things? You stare at the ground, searching for an answer in your head. You are the leader of the group, you need to give words of encouragement. You specifically can not freak out or act scared.

Collecting yourself, you state simply, "We will find them. Maybe not all of them, but most of them." another god damned brief silence. "If we really can't find anyone, then we are all completely fucked and we will hide away for the rest of our miserable short lives."

You feel a little better at getting a few things sorted out, but Kanaya's comment did do a toll on your thinkpan. To get your mind off of it, you begin to pack up a few of the things you mentioned earlier. You inform the others that they should probably start packing too. For the sake of being easy and old fashion, you all scavenger around the troll's hive and find a couple of packs you can put supplies in. You run around the hive, searching every nook and cranny for things you might need.

It doesn't take you very long to collect up the supplies. Food, rope, a sleeping mat (One of Kanaya's suggestions), water (in mobile water containers), and, lastly, you make sure you have your weapon in you strife specibi. You make sure everyone else does the same. Once you are absolutely sure that everything is ok and set, you shut off the lights in the hive, all of them. If there are no lights, then it is less likely for something to attack you guys.

Everything is good, everything is prepared. You tell everyone that now is the time to sleep, as it is nearing dawn. You need rest and no doubt, your friends do to. Without another thought, you grab your pack and curl around it, falling asleep onto the rugged floor...