You were nearing the final year of this trip, and the dreambubbles were starting to become a grim reminder of what was so close to happening.

Even though certain things, like Latula's shenanigans, and the shocking revalation that most people don't make ships by drawing grids and tables of every possible combination in descending order of likelihood, the fact that you can meet yourself, and the fact that the new session is drawing nearer and nearer...

It's bummed the fuck out of everyone!!!

DAVE: you alright?

DAVE: youve got an entire planet of tea and sugarcubes and shit

DAVE: and yet you still look like someone pissed on your dog

DAVE: tis some depressing bullshit

DAVE: and im not even joking man

You let out a sigh and lean into Dave's cheek, careful to not cut his face with your horns.

NEPETA: :33< im just worried about whatll happen once we m33t with john and jade and get to the new session

NEPETA: :33< ...

NEPETA: :33< *ac sighs and looks to s33 what rose and kanaya are doing!*

With that you get up and start to wander around the bubbles.

You know that Dave will catch up quickly, so you decide to run, if only for exercise.

(that and the fact that he's very cute when he's out of breath)

After a bit of walking, you find them sitting by a beach on LOLAR, swimsuits on, and sunscreen thoroughly applied to Rose.

NEPETA: :33< hey guys! what are you doing?

ROSE: Nepeta, hello. We're currently getting ready to do some relaxing at the beach. Would you two care to join us all?

All? You turn your head a bit and see Terezi, Karkat, and Vriska as well.

DAVE: yeah sure that shits cool

DAVE: we should get some surfboards and really get in at it

DAVE: itd be fuckin sick as fucking hell

He sits next to his sister, and then turns up to look at you with a small smirk.

DAVE: what about you nep

DAVE: can you swim?

You giggle, a bit embarrased, and shake your head.

NEPETA: :33< i never really got the time to do it! my cave was far away from the ocean

NEPETA: :33< but i could learn!

KANAYA: Good Because I Already Made You A Swimsuit And I Really Want To See You Wear It

The swimsuit is really cute! An olive one-piece with an attached skirt that has black tights underneath that go to your ankles, and a cool sign effect, where the tail of you sign goes up to wrap around your sleeves! The tights even have little meowbeasts where your knees are!

NEPETA: :33< wow kanaya this is really good!!!

You spin a bit to se the fabric move. Hell yeah!

KANAYA: I Recalled The You Preffered Your Clothing To Not Be Skin Tight

KANAYA: While That Would Cause Issues With Your Top I Am Glad I Managed With The Skirt

NEPETA: :33< thank mewwwww!!!

You go up and give her a hug, and quickly run out of the room back to the beach.

NEPETA: :33< look at what kanaya made me!!!

Vriska gives a thumbs up and goes back to burrying a sleeping Karkat with Terezi, while Rose and Dave give compliments.

ROSE: I like it, the skirt suits you.

NEPETA: ::3< awww thank mew rose! i like yours too

Her cheeks tint a bit at the sudden praise, but you think it was well deserved. It is a very good outfit!

A two piece outfit, with a dark purple, the top having the left sleeve being fashionably longer than the right, and although the bottoms are rather plain, she has tied a thin purple fabric around her waist, and a large brimmed black hat casting a shadow onto her face.

DAVE: yo your looking pretty fly

DAVE: like up in the fucking stratesphere

You laugh and lightly punch his shoulder.

NEPETA: :33< pawwww, thank you!! youre puretty fly as well

NEPETA: :33< one might even call mew a...

You wait a moment.

ROSE: It wouldn't be presumptuous to say that you're gonna call him-

ROSE: A cool cat?

NEPETA: :33< a cool cat!!!

The three of you laugh at the shitty joke. Not a full chuckle, that's far too emotion showing for the two, but you can tell by the way that they breath out of their noses that they found it funny. Score.

Dave's outfit is just a regular pair of swimming shorts, but Kanaya put some really cool embroidery on the sides that show the Time symbol. Fucking coooooool.

DAVE: anyways you said you needed a teacher to help you swim

DAVE: consider me jack black the way im gonna fucking school you

ROSE: Jack Black was in School of Rock.

DAVE: thank you rose absolutely no one wouldve gotten the joke otherwise

ROSE: I do what I can.

Dave is a good teacher, and you are a quick learner, but that doesn't stop you from staying by the shallow end.

KARKAT: WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE SHIT WHAT!?!?

Karkat's awake!

NEPETA: :33< morning karkitten

KARKAT: DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS LEIJON?

KARKAT: BECAUSE I SWEAR TO FUCK-

NEPETA: :33< nuh uh! im innocent! it was vriska and terezi! i was off with dave the whol33333 time

He glares at you, apparently thinking that if he glares hard enough, he'll know your every thought and impulse.

KARKAT: FINE. HOW IS STRIDER ANYWAY? AS A WEIRD OFF-QUADRANT FUCK YOU THING, THAT IS.

NEPETA: :33< its going well! hes very sw33t

Karkat barks out a laugh as he shimmies his way out of the sand.

NEPETA: :33< so yeah! its

NEPETA: :33< its going well

He looks at you with a suspicious glare.

KARKAT: BUT?

You sigh.

NEPETA: :33< buuut im worried about whatll happen after we go the new session...

NEPETA: :33< were leaving! were gonna finally beat this fucking game!

NEPETA: :((< but i dont know where thatll leave me :((

NEPETA: :33< whatll i even *do* once we beat the game?

NEPETA: :33< vriska said that were gonna make be there in thr33 days

NEPETA: :33< but i dont know what the 'after' will hold!

He looks at you and very carefully slaps your back.

KARKAT: ...THERE THERE?

You giggle. He laughs as well.

You have three days until you have to leave the place and game you've surrounded your life in for three years.

It'll be okay. You have Karkat, you have Terezi, you have Vriska, you have Kanaya, you have Rose, you have Dave!

You have friends, so you don't have to worry.

How bad could Lord English even be???