Karkat
You are now a very grumpy troll in charge of your measly group. You hold a clipboard in your hand. On it is labeled these few supplies you have.
Can of tab you got from the mayor
(4) Slices of stale bread. Gamzee bit one.
(2) Axes. You would use guns but you ran out of ammunition
And that's it. You kinda hoped someone would be brave enough to go hunting, but Equius won't let Nepeta out of his sight.
As for the weapons, yes you dearly would love to be holding your smell ya later sickle, but that's stuck in some dead human zombie. One that ate the girl of your dreams. Yea that one. You can remember what it looked like. Glazed eyes, stringy hair, rotting flesh.
While you think back to that day, Nepeta arrives in your temporary room.
":33Karkitty! There's another one outside!" Nepeta drags you to the window, much to your surprise. You had Eridan board those up last week. Or did you…
"HOLY SHIT! NEPETA, GET AWAY FROM THE WINDOW." You push the cat troll back. The zombie seems to be climbing the fire escape. Didn't you also tell Eridan to… Well, too late now. You throw yourself out the window, axe in hand.
":33Karkitty! The zombie!" Nepeta points one of her claws to the undead beast. It appears to be running towards you. You jump. You didn't know zombies could run!
"CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP." You slowly back up the stairs, not looking behind you. The zombeast growls, flashing its deeply stained yellow teeth. It's only a few feet away.
You are now cornered. With one hand, you start grabbing for the window. With the other, you start slicing body parts off the zombie. It howls in pain, reaching for your sweet, candy red blood filled flesh. You duck, letting the undead monster break its face against concrete wall. As you slide down the sides of the stairs, you see tainted blood drip down from under the stairs. With a crack, the zombie's jaw falls clean off. The smell is horrifying.
On the ground, you look for a good way to get back inside. It's almost night and gog knows what roams around here. You start circling the building. It's a rather plain two-story firehouse. There is cracks in the wall and an occasional dead beast, yes, but it kinda feels like home. Dark with blood flowing everywhere. Did you mention that the river out back is STAINED RED WITH BLOOD? It's almost funny, if you don't mention how many deaths it took to make it that color. Maybe it's even tinged with a little teal…
You frown. Why couldn't you get over her? Feferi and Vriska die, you don't give a second thought. Aradia and Sollux die, it pulls the heart strings a bit. But Terezi? You wouldn't speak to anyone for days. And when you finally came out of your room, everyone looked at you a little weird. Nepeta wouldn't stop hugging you as a consolation and Gamzee tried to share slime pie. Eridan even gave you empathy.
You have been treated differently ever since.
But no matter, you still had to back inside. Nepeta had shut the window, afraid the zombie might get her. You could try the garage-like doors, but Equius was on guard and he wasn't on your good side right now.
There was only one way in.
Nepeta
You are now a silly cat troll. You just abandoned your flushed crush outside.
":33 Purrty please, Equius? Can you please get Karkitty?" You beg your strong moirail. He looks annoyed at you for some reason. You don't understand and don't care about Equius's lame excuses. You just want Karkitty to be safe!
"D-Nepeta, I will not allow anyone outside of this hive. It is against the rules and is e%tra risky. It seems that the deadbeasts are attracted to his lowblood." Equius holds his hand over the button that opens Karkitty's last hope.
":33But Karkitty's out there! He could get hurt by the zombeasts! You have to save him! For me!" You sob into your hands. Equius looks at you, debating between protection and keeping his moirail happy. He finally sighs and presses the button.
":33Karkitty!" You yell. You dare to step onto the dead grass, enter the dangerous world. Equius watches you closely. Karkat does not respond.
"D-Nepeta, I think that the lowblood has been eaten." Equius says softly. Tears gather in your eyes. NO. He was not eaten. He couldn't be.
":33Don't say that. He's still purrfectly healthy and alive. He has just wandered off—"
"AAUUGGHH!" Inside, you hear a loud thud and dust spreads into the air. You run into the employee lounge, Equius closing the door behind you. When you reach the small room, you find Karkat covered in ash, coughing. You run to give him a big tackle hug.
"NEPETA! PLEASE! YES, I AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU TOO!" You cling onto Karkat as tight as you can, not letting go. He laughs and coughs at the same time.
"D-Nepeta, please e%tract yourself from the lowblood. You are causing a commotion." You look around to find that Kanaya, Eridan, Tavros and Gamzee are standing in the doorway. You and Karkitty tell them about the last hour and a half. They widen their eyes.
"Wwait. Are you sayin' that the river is stained RED? Howw are wwe gonna get any wwater to drink?" Eridan holds up an empty water bottle. You roll your bottle in your hand. It's also empty.
"I HAVE A BOTTLE OF TAB LEFT, DON'T WORRY. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A FUCKING RIVER A MILE AWAY. CALM THE FUCK DOWN." Karkitty puts his hands on Eridan's shoulder and pushed him down. Eridan looks embarrassed. He looks at you. You frown and look away. Both Equius and Karkat look at you. They look concerned.
Eridan
You are now Eridan, aka the loner fish who never seems to catch a break. All day you are tormented with the fact that you have no one in which to fill quadrants with. Everyone says that you are either too snotty or too pathetic. You can sadly agree. Ever since Fef's death, no one has really talked to you. All you really do is sit around, waiting for something to happen. When a zombie does appear or there is a fight, someone else always gets to help. You are completely ignored.
Even when you were close to dying by the river, everyone else was busy. You had to save yourself. You feel misunderstood. Is it because you are a murderer? Because you are socially awkward?
It's like those human tootsie pops. The world may never know.
Anyway, wallowing in your own self-pity won't help you. The group is almost out of hydration and it's really taking a toll on your water-loving body. It's coming to the point where you would swim in the bloody water. At least it was water.
"I'm sooooo thirsty." You complain. After a small pep talk from Kar, the team is packing up whatever supplies they have. There is to be a mass hunt.
"Me ToO mOtHeRfUcKeR. i CoUlD gO fOr sOmE fAyGo." Gamzee sits next to you. He is high as fuck on spoor slime and it's pissing you off. His sunny mood is at least a little entertaining.
"Do you think wwe wwill get any wwater soon? You seem to knoww your wway around here."
"I hOpE sO. mY mAn KaRkAt saYs So." Gamzee looks over at his moirail. Karkat is fighting with Equius. You can't hear them too well, actually you can't hear EQUIUS well. Karkat is yelling at the top of his lungs. They seem to be yelling about Nepeta. Something about matespritship? You sigh. Kar didn't deserve her. You did.
Worst part is, Gamzee is looking at her a bit strangely. Is he…smiling? Oh gog.
Nepeta looks over at Gamzee. ":33Hi Gamzee! What's got mew smiling?"
"I'm JuSt HaPpY I gOt SuCh A cUtE sIs." Gamzee pinches your crushes cheek. You sneer.
":33Oh! Hi Eridan!" Nepeta waves to you. Karkat and Equius turn from arguing to give you a nice long stare. Nepeta doesn't seem to notice. You do though.
"Wwhat? Wwhat?" You yell across the room to Kar and Equius. The room goes silent.
"WHOA, CALM DOWN FUCKFACE." Kar raises his eyebrows. Equius starts to sweat.
"I wwon't calm dowwn!