Caliborn was taken to a mental asylum. Calliope was rushed to a hospital. Some policemen talked to Gamzee. Gamzee was quiet for the rest of the day and wouldn't leave the cabin. Tavros stayed with him the whole time and Roxy went with Calliope to the hospital. Karkat and Sollux didn't do any activities that day. They just sat in the main cabin and stared into space. Neither of them could think of something to say.
Karkat and Sollux skipped the bonfire. When they got back to their cabin Gamzee looked like he'd been crying. Tavros had an arm around his shoulders and was whispering to him. Karkat gave him a hug and Sollux patted his shoulder. Then they went to sleep.
None of them really participated in the activities for the rest of the trip. Roxy would usually go see Calliope, then come back when it was time for bed. She didn't talk much, except for saying that Calliope was doing alright. Gamzee went to see her too.
The five of them were very quiet on the bus ride home. They weren't in the mood for conversations. When they got back they were surprised to see Calliope waiting for them. She said she was healed enough to be out and about since her wounds weren't as bad as they'd seemed at first. Roxy cried and kissed her and Gamzee hugged her and apologized a bunch.
None of them ever talked about the things Caliborn had said to Gamzee. Karkat was sure Gamzee wanted to forget about the things he'd mentioned he'd done. To cheer everyone up Calliope took them all to her place and they had a party. It got pretty fun when Roxy got drunk and started dancing. At that point all the tension seemed to disappear and they all had a great time.
They spent Sunday at Roxy's practicing for the play. Gamzee and Tavros were in one room practicing theirs. Roxy and Calliope were in Calliope's bedroom practicing. And Karkat and Sollux were in the living room.
"I wonder what other shitty plays the rest of the class thought up." Karkat said.
"Who knowth?" Sollux said. "They're probably all really weird though."
Roxy drove everyone home when they finished. Sollux stayed over at Karkat's for a bit. They played videogames for awhile until Karkat rage-quit.
"It'th jutht a game KK." Sollux said.
"Shut up." Karkat snapped. Sollux grinned and leaned forward and kissed him. Karkat kissed him back and hugged him.
"Ahem." Karkat jumped and turned around. Porrim was standing in the doorway, smirking. "I don't really care what you two do, just keep the rating at T, okay?" Karkat blushed and she shut the door. Sollux just laughed.
"You're aunt ith great KK." he said. Karkat rolled his eyes.
"Shut up." Sollux kissed him again and Karkat smiled and forgot about his annoying family.
Sollux stayed over for supper. He talked with Porrim and Kanaya and Kankri ranted to him about him and Karkat. Karkat just ignored the conversations and ate his food. After supper Sollux had to go home. Kanaya gave him his costume for the play.
"Good luck tomorrow." Kanaya said.
"Thankth." Sollux said. Karkat kissed him goodbye and waved as he walked off. Then he ducked into his room before Kankri could give him a lecture. Kanaya gave him his costume and he looked at it. Well…it didn't look too weird. It was pretty much just brown pants and a shirt with a hood. The cape would look pretty good with it.
After that he went to bed. He lay awake for awhile. He wouldn't admit it, but he was nervous for the play. He wasn't really sure how good his acting skills were. Sollux had said he did fine, but he could just be saying that so that he didn't insult him. Sollux was good at acting, Karkat had seen that. He was pretty sure his own acting would look terrible in comparison. After awhile he sighed and made himself think of something different. Eventually he fell asleep and had a weird dream about being a prince in a fairy tale and rescuing the evil person from the princess, then wound up getting decapitated by the princess. The princess looked oddly like Roxy too…