Dinner had been nice, the decorations were beautiful, her poofy gown was beautiful, the present table was overflowing but Feferi couldn't help but think her party sucked.

"I feel like I'm in a zoo," Nepeta muttered. Feferi nodded, looking around all the fake "friends" standing around the edge of the room just staring at them occupying the couch in the middle of them room. If anyone left, all of these leeches would all swarm in to get Feferi's attention.

Equius leaned on the edge, twitching with anger that Gamzee blew him off to do drugs with the subjuggalors. This was the eighth time in a row Equius had been stood up for drugs and it turned his heart into a spade.

Feferi couldn't match Zahhak's rage, but she was pretty pissed Terezi hadn't shown up. Once she heard Kanaya wasn't coming she had made up some see-through excuse. Although Feferi couldn't really blame her for avoiding this crap.

Sollux was in danger of out-sweating Equius as he adjust his yellow bowtie. Nepeta was on his left, but Equius made him too nervous. He glanced right for some help from Feferi, but she was simply too exhausted.

"I don't even want to open my presents!" Feferi slumped further down into her seat between Sollux and Nepeta, her poofy party dress almost blocking her sight, "These dumb asses only give me things to show off and throw a fit when I don't use them."

Sollux chuckled at his own joke, "If it was Vriska she would return them all and keep the cash."

Nepeta grinned, "Eridan would throw a fit," Nepeta sighed loudly and put her arm over her eyes, "You people just don't understand me."

Equius added, "Terezi would lick all of the presents."

Feferi joined their game, "Tavros is so nice he would hug all of them!"

Sollux shot back, "Karkat would be the total opposite," Sollux mimicked opening gifts, "Shit! Garbage! Shitty garbage!"

Equius was about to interject with a joke about Sollux, but he was interrupted.

"My dearest Heiress, it is time to open your gifts. Would you like me to remove the low bloods from the room?"

Feferi stood up in an instant and stamped her foot, "We're leaving." Her friends were eager to follow her out, though a little surprised at her rage. The other party guests stood in shock and silence.

Feferi stopped just outside the door and stared at the table of gifts. She was fucking fed up with this pompous crap. All of that money could have been used to help people worse off or at least to pay the servants better! She stared at the table for a long while, her friends softly asking if she was okay. She yelled intelligibly, gripped the end of the table, and using her tyrannian strength, turned it over. The sound of expensive things breaking inside their boxes echoed throughout the room.

Feferi stomped her way over to the door and kicked it open with a scream for good measure. She was running like troll Cinderella at midnight away from the whole idea of court life. Nepeta tried to follow Feferi but Sollux put his arm out and shook his head.

Feferi slammed her door shut. She threw herself on her bed and screamed into her pillow. She unlocked her phone, but the message was the same: caligulasAquarium has blocked you.

Lucky for Feferi, military bureaucracy was working in her favor.

"Sick leave?! You can't do this to me!" Eridan shrieked.

"I know they'll heal, but military protocol says you have to go home and rest"

Eridan tried to grab the desk and missed, "The red is already dissipatin'! I'll be healed by the time I got there, so why bother?"

"Eridan, it's a free vacation. Try to enjoy yourself."