Event: Consolidation Theory, Part Four and Five

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Characters: red-marked characters and their new friends
Location: ???
Date: Morning 354, Morning and Day 355
Summary: A quiet morning and a confusing morning, or maybe they're both, or maybe they're neither.
Warnings: gore, psychological horror, warn for specifics in the subject lines

Part Four OOC Post
Part Five OOC Post

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[quadrangle]

Not your fault. If it was you.

[He's going to need to say that a lot today, isn't he? The thought gets another sigh.]

And, I don't know, someone bit it. I don't really give a shit, but it hurts like hell. It's going to make carrying my stuff a pain in the ass later.

[Not as bad as a broken arm, though, or as a totally random example, bleeding everywhere. He couldn't even read when that happened and he's still angry about it.]

[bywolves]

You should come to us. After this. If we survive.

[ Sniff. ] We have disinfectant and bandages. And can help carry your things. If you want.

[quadrangle]

[The offer is neither unexpected nor unwelcome, but...]

I have to check on Davesprite.

[bywolves]

Yeah. I know. [ A beat. A little smaller, hesitant: ] If you need company... just ask.

[quadrangle]

[There's a really, really, really stupid, sentimental line he's considering saying, but yeah, no. Not now.]

I'll let you know, okay? I just... I need to wait for him. Maybe it won't be that long.

[bywolves]

Okay. [ Royce says, quietly. ] The offer is open-ended.

[ He closes his eyes. ] If you need to move on, you can. I won't keep you. [ Not that he necessarily wants Karkat to leave - he's still got a hold on Karkat's hand. ]

[quadrangle]

[Yeah, he's not letting go of that hand either. He does feel a pang, though, at practically everything Royce just said.]

I can't just—he might come back, okay? He will come back. I'm not—

[Karkat stops, closes his eyes, and tightens his grip. He can't bring himself to say anything more just yet, not while they're here.]

[bywolves]

Yeah. [ Royce says soft. ] He'll come back.

[ He sounds tired, and out of it, half-asleep. ]

[quadrangle]

[Which only makes it less convincing, for the record, but Karkat can set that aside for now. Mostly.]

Get some sleep, okay? I'll wake you up if anything happens.

[bywolves]

Okay. [ He sighs. And - without letting go of Karkat or moving away from him, Royce eventually drifts off. ]