A/N: POV switch since Terezi is asleep. I may switch back and forth every chapter. Bah, I don't know. Anyways, this is Karkat, not Terezi.

What was she thinking? What even was going on with her lately? She has the nerve to disappear for a few days and then message you like she's more stoned than that clown you have to deal with? This wasn't like her at all. At this point, you were pretty sure this was one of her sick games. She was probably too busy tying up one of the scalemates that she could only type with one hand and she probably pulled a Gamzee and sat staring at that egg for however long.

"BUT K4RK4T 1 N33D 4 GR4ND THR3SH3CUT1ON3R ;]"

That was always her reason for calling you over. Then you'd have to sit there and watch her as she made some shitty courtroom scene in front of you, prodding you every once in a while for an opinion on the case.

"4S 1T H4S B33N PR3S3NT3D, PROF3SSOR PLUMSQU34K N33DS TO B3 CH4RG3D GU1LTY W1TH H1GH TR34SON FOR CR1M3S 4G41NST 4LT3RN14 4ND H3R GOV3RNM3NT TH3 SUGG3ST3D S3NT3NC1NG 1S H4NG1NG BUT DO YOU H4V3 4NY OTH3R SUGG3ST1ONS OF WH4T TO DO W1TH TH1S H31NOUS CR1M1N4L, GR4ND THR3SH3CUT1ON3R V4NT4S?"

If you were to suggest anything less than disturbing then she would overrule your judgment anyways. If you were to agree with her she may just accept the verdict or she may tell you to 'G3T SOM3 CR34T1V1TY'. Either way, unless you decided to turn into a sick freak like Vriska, you would get a shake of the head and possibly a drubbing. Roleplaying with her really was less than pleasant.

It had just gotten dark out enough for you to go outside. By this time, you're almost there. You were able to tell where her hive was by the mass amounts of scalemates hanging from the trees, swinging in the very slight breeze and some of them occasionally making horror movie worthy squeaks. God, that was eerie. Their little bodies swung back and forth, both looking cheerful and morbid. How she could even like these things was beyond you. Though, to be honest, they matched her pretty well. The cheerful and morbid part.

You stop, seeing the giant tree in front of you that still had the ladder down, leading to a giant tree house that was so massive that it made little to no sense how the tree could even keep itself upright at this point. It was one of the larger ones in the forest though and it did still stand strong. It seemed to stop growing when Terezi had Gamzee build the hive for her. The 'treehouse' was still so far off the ground that nothing would even think about taking the effort to climb it and you really wish that you didn't have to. Terezi, of course, seemed to have no problem with the ridiculous length of her 'doorstep' as she called it.

You call up to her just in case. You felt awkward going up into her hive without her permission or even knowing if she's still there. It was Terezi you were dealing with. For all you know, she could have decided to wander back off into the forest to go whisper to an egg that was probably never going to hatch, not to be seen again for the next couple days. You kind of wonder if maybe her lusus never will hatch, if it's already dead and she just keeps it around to make sure she wasn't culled on sight. After a no response you start climbing the freakishly long ladder. By the time you get to the top, you realize why she never wants to go out anywhere. Coming home would be more tiring than being out all that night.

You're shocked when you finally see all that's happened in her hive. Things are strewn about her floor, some of her dragon scales are littered on the other side of her block, the sopor is all around her recuperacoon that you're surprised there's any left in there. The one thing that's missing is Terezi, though from the discarded clothes and the still full looking recuperacoon, you're pretty sure you know where she is. You let out a groan in frustration, making sure not to slip in the sopor when you walk over to the side of it. Kicking it a few times, you reach into the goo, grimacing at the feel of it and that your sleeve is probably disgusting by now. You fish around for her, grabbing what you really hope is her shoulder and trying to pull her up.