Dave walks into the room a few minutes after Jade hollered for him. Dave came in and notices the package with his name scribbled in big letters on it. He picks it up, and gives it a light shake.

"It's not freaking Twelfth Perigee, Strider. Just open the box." Karkat snaps.

Dave ignores the snarky commentary and sets the box back down on the desk full of fan mail. He takes a pocket knife from his back pocket and proceeds to opening his gift.

After a few moments of stabbing the duct tape until it finally ripped off, Dave opens the semi-large cardboard box. He began to ruffle through its contents, seeming confused.

"Well, what is it?" Jade peaks over Dave's shoulder eagerly.

In answer, Dave simply flips the cardboard box upside down to dump its contents. A bunch of plush rumpuses, canteens of apple juice, Lil' Cal, and an envelope collide with the desk's surface.

"Dave, that's mahogany!" Karkat shouts.

Dave smirks at the remark. "Effie."

"What the heck is an 'Effie'?" Karkat snaps, confused.

Dave moves on and opens the envelope first. He reads it aloud:

"Dear Dave Strider,

Sup. I was sewing some stuff for my friends, and i had a lot of extra material. So I decided to make you all of these rad plushies. Not to mention I had a lot of free time, so I kidnapped Cal. Isn't he cute?

By the way, I gave you some apple juice because I didn't want it. My morail was experimenting with some things and used apple juice as a base. I hope it tastes good?

Sincerely, Ally."

Eridan picks up one of the various canteens of apple juice and swishes it around. He opens it and looks inside warily. "You sure you w-want to drink this? It smells like a w-wet w-woof beast."

Dave casually takes it and also takes a whiff of it. "Eh, I got a strong immune system." He sits on the desk, putting the plush rumpuses on his lap and taking a few sips of the apple juice.

"Are you seriously that stupid?" Karkat asks edgily, snatching another note and reading it.

"eri- here's a hug
Mewlin- who do you ship
nepeta- do you think eri eri and I could be... pale buddies?
Bored.

From Hyper Feline." Karkat grumbles.

Eridan raises a brow. "W-What hug- Oof!"

A random fan girl glomped Eridan from behind shortly before letting go. She smiled and sat on the floor. Karkat gave her an annoyed look, but she stayed by.

"Anyways," Karkat grumbles, looking away. "Somebody get Meulin and..." He shutters. "Nepeta,"

The door abruptly burst open. The two Leos were already standing by. Karkat glared back at them, surprised how they were already here.

"How did you know?" Karkat almost squeaks.

"I was listening the entire time for when somebody would message me," Nepeta mews, stepping in with her dancestor. "By the way Cas, I think you and Eridan could be great meowrails! Just be careful, he's really..." She winces. "Creepy at times."

The fan girl who was sitting on the floor, now known as Cas, now gets up and leaves with Nepeta trailing behind. Meulin didn't know her question, after all she didn't get to hear it. Karkat simply shows her the card. She smiles and answers on a note card like Kurloz. Jade takes it and reads it aloud:

"I ship a lot of things! But one of my favorite ships has to be Meenah and Karkat, or myself and Kankri. Back to Meenah and Karkat, I ship them because they very cute together, and I can't help but enjoy their conversations. They're a link between us and the other trolls."

Jade smiles at the sweet response. Karkat makes a gagging face at the remark showing his discomfort. He then rips open the next letter.

Karkat clears his throat. "Lioness Deity asks: What Are you Guys Favorite Genre Of Music?"

Karkat sighs, knowing everybody will have to answer. Instead, he just lets in the kids and trolls he knows more personally inside.

Aradia answers first, "I enjoy rock the most," She smiles. "It seems bland to say, but I just like it. The melody never dies."

"Uh..." Tavros hums in thought before grinning with his response. "I really like um, rapping of some sort?"

Sollux sighs, having trouble deciding. "I'm stuck between dub step and electronic."

"I don't know, I guess the one genre that doesn't make my ears bleed is alternative rock." Karkat shrugs.

"Ooh!" Nepeta purrs with a tail flicker. "I really like acapella music. Some notes can only be hit with the voice instead of the instrument."

"If I must pick a single genre of melody, I would have to side with the tune of classical music." Kanaya answers thoughtfully. "After all, no words need to be spoken in order to express your emotions."

"I really don't know!" Terezi scoffs a bit. "I can't really taste any of it! I guess I'll go with Karkles' choice of music. It calms him down, so I like it!"

Vriska uh's for a long exaggerated time, thinking for a bit. "I like progressive rock, I mean why not? I'm always moving forward, so why shouldn't my music?"

Equius immediately shakes his head. "I do not partake of such things. Music corrupts the mind. Yet, if I had to choose a single song to enjoy, I do like the song 'Royals'. I have no clue what it is implying, but the name is intriguing."

Gamzee chuckles. "I like the honk a tonk."

"W-Well, most music made by humans is garbage. The one I can relate to is the blues." Eridan admits.

"Oh, it's so hard to decide!" Feferi laughs a little, getting too excited. "I like pop and that stuff, it's just so fun to dance to."

John stares at the ceiling with a hand at his chin, trying to think. "Maybe...pop? I dunno, what kind of music is the Ghost Busters' theme?"

Rose gives a small smile. "I do enjoy most genres music, but I think I admire my own the most. The violin is just a lovely instrument to listen to."

"I have to go with Rose on liking her own work." Dave says as Terezi helps him tie a noose for Lil' Cal. "I like my own beats the most."

Jade flattens the bow of her mouth awkwardly. "Wow, I don't know. I really like rock myself, but I also like hip hop stuff."

"Great!" Karkat gives a false sense of happiness before frowning. "Now leave, it's cramped in here."

Everybody mumbles and begins to leave, but Dave stops for a moment, setting the canteen of apple juice down. "Ugh...dude that's not the way aj goes down."

Karkat gave an eye roll, standing up and taking a few steps over. "Quit being a baby already. You seemed to enjoy it just fine a few minutes ago."

"Yeah but now it's just ..." Dave gags and covers his mouth. He takes his hand away slowly. "Gross."

"Don't vomit on the carpet, I'm not doing any more work." Karkat folds his arms.

"Karkat, stop being so self-" He gives a thick hiccup and covers his mouth again. "-Ish."

Karkat grimaces at the hiccup. That sounded disgusting. You could almost hear something coming up. "Um...you alright?"

"Obviously not," Dave mumbles sickly before gagging again. "I think I'm going to be sick." Dave almost yelps, dashing out of the room.

Slightly concerned, Karkat followed Dave. Dave hurriedly ran into the bath room and slammed the door and locked it. Karkat shook his head. What an idiot.

Hey, so I have this random spur of the moment idea! What's the apple juice going to do to Dave? Be creative, don't say throw up. Because Dave's obvIOUsly already doing that.