Gamzee grabs your hand and yanks you towards one of the larger huts in the camp. The hut curtain is pulled open slightly to the side, and he motions you inside, him following closely behind you.
There's a man with messier hair than Gamzee's, long, curved horns like Gamzee's, and face paint. There were lines painted over his lips, as if he had sewn his lips shut (creepy), and there was a woman with very long, curly hair in an olive colored outfit, at his side. Her head was resting against his shoulder, and she had a tiny smile on her face. What looked like a bright blue tail, was swishing ever so slightly back and forth behind her. They both had their eyes shut, like they were asleep.
"GAMZEE." A rather loud, deep voice booms, echoing throughout the hut. You look around frantically, searching for the source of the voice. No one had opened their mouths. Where did that come from? "WHO IS THIS STRANGER?"
Gamzee's hand returns to your shoulder.
"This is Karkat." Gamzee explains to the voice. "I found him held up in the cave outside of camp. The one where Sister Meulin's lusus usually sleeps. I patched him all up and brought him back here."
There was silence for a moment.
"AH, I SEE." The voice begins again. "WELCOME, FRIEND. I AM CHIEF KURLOZ. MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE HERE. REST."
"T-thank you, sir..." You mumble, backing up into Gamzee accidentally. Gamzee chuckles quietly before leading you back out of the hut.
As soon as you're out, you're greeted by a girl who is slightly taller than you. She has short hair, and short horns, like yours, except hers are pointed and sharp. Her arms are crossed over her teal-clothed chest. A red skirt, similar to Gamzee's, hangs loosely around her waist. She has a read blindfold, or what's supposed to be USED as a blindfold, is tied around her forehead.
She appears so suddenly, and it causes you to jump back and yelp. An obnoxious, loud laugh escapes her throat. You cringe in response. God, her teeth are horrid. They're like shark teeth. Disgusting.
"So" She says, her voice smooth, looking you over with those icy-teal eyes of hers. "Who's the little goblin?"
You sputter.
"EXCUSE me?!" Hissing at her only gets you another one of her terrible laughs. Ugh. It makes you want to throw up the contents of your stomach.
"Wow, where'd you find /this/ one, Gamzee?" The girl snorts. "He looks like a spoiled brat!"
"Listen here, you disgusting, shark-toothed heathen-" You growl before Gamzee slaps a hand over your mouth.
"Karbro." He says quietly, eyes darted down at you. You swallow back your words and glance to the side, and Gamzee's hand moves off your mouth. "'Rezi, this is Karkat."
"OoooooOOOooh!" 'Rezi' sounds, in mock astonishment. What a snide shit. "So, this is the kid everyone's making suck a fuss about! I don't see what the big deal is. He's just another stupid imperial."
Your eye twitches, and you glare at her, tempted to punch her hard in that ugly, pointy nose of hers.
"Nah, sis, you got it all wrong!" Gamzee states. "Karbro's on the run from the empire."
You stare at him, your eyes wide. Did he just fucking tell her that you're on the run? How much of an idiot IS this asshole?! Unbelievable! You seriously can't trust anyone! Even he ratted you out!
"What?!" She shouts, looking back and forth between you and Gamzee. "You brought a fugitive into our camp?! Makara, why the fuck didn't you turn him into the Drones?! Have you no sense of justice?!"
You flinch upon hearing her mention the Drones. Gamzee notices this.
"Terezi, he's just a kid." He defends you. "Now, I don't care about none of your 'justice' bullshit he's not a bad kid, and he doesn't deserve to have any of this shit happenin' to him."
Rezi, whose name is apparently 'Terezi' now, groans, and covers her eyes with her hands. She lulls her head back in annoyance and turns around, walking forward a bit before stepping back to her original spot and turning back to face you and Gamzee.
"You're going to get us all in trouble by having him here!" Terezi shouts again. "Listen, I don't want anything bad to happen to those of us living here. You're putting us all in danger-"
"NOTHING BAD IS GONNA HAPPEN." Gamzee raises his voice at Terezi. Frankly, it scared you. And, by the look of Terezi's face, she was scared, too. You take it that Gamzee isn't one to raise his voice. He seems like a troll who's usually calm and collected. So, this is probably rare. "I wont let nothin' happen, you hear me? 'Rezi, I've protected this place for as long as you've been motherfuckin' living. No Drone is gonna stop me from protectin' my family."
Terezi stares at him for a moment, before sighing and crossing her arms again.
"Whatever." She says. "Just... don't get him or you or me or ANYONE into trouble, okay? I don't want to see anyone hurt ever again because of anothers idiocy."
There's an obvious troubled expression on Terezi's face and she turns and walks away towards one of the other huts, the one closest to the entrance of the camp. As she leaves, you look here over once more. Her body sways left and right gracefully as she moves, her curvy figure making the sight all the better. You feel heat rise to your cheeks before you realize that you're fucking /gawking/ at the woman who pretty much just told Gamzee to send you to your death. Gamzee apparently notices your gawking, because he starts to laugh and pat your back.
"Beauty, isn't she?" He says, watching her himself. You swallow, nodding.
"Yeah..." You say to yourself. "She is..."
After about 20 minutes or so of thinking about your hateboner for some chick you just met, you're brought back to reality, and you realize you're sitting inside a different hut, with Gamzee. The both of you are laying on the floor of the hut, sprawled out next to each other, staring up at the ceiling. You haven't really been paying attention to what he was talking about, so whenever he says something that requires an answer, you make a quiet "mm" noise, and he continues.
It was quiet, aside from whatever the fuck Gamzee was rambling on about, and the hum of a white noise machine that was placed next to the curtain of the hut. You wallowed in your thoughts some more, tuning Gamzee out completely. To be honest, your thinkpan isn't a safe place to be right now. Then again, when is it really ever a safe place? The only thing there is depressing things and memories of the horrible things you've done in the past.
An image of Kanaya flashes in your pan for a split second, and you feel like crying. You'd give anything to see her again. Anything to see her smile, laugh, sing you to sleep... You'd do anything. She was like the lusus you've never had. Everything you've dreamed about when it comes to a custodial figure. You might even go to lengths and say that you were pale for her. But, it's all gone now. And, so is she.
You catch a whimper in your throat before it actually manages to squeeze its way out into the air. You attempt to recollect yourself before Gamzee notices. Fuck man. It wasn't this hard at first. But, now, you're starting to feel guilty... and very fucking regretful. You can't stop thinking about it. The entire god damn incident replays over and over in your head, and it physically PAINS you to see it.
You just wish it would stop. But, you know it wont. Not until you're caught and you face your punishment. At this point, you deserve it. All the pain that comes your way is karma's way of telling you that you fucked up.
