Anger. You were used to anger. Bro was always angry, and it used to feel like you were gonna be the same. You know what anger feels like, and you know how shitty it is.

You can hear her screaming her throat raw, and you remember. You don’t want to, but you remember.

Gamzee’s a fucking maniac, and everything you ever hear about him makes him worse than before. You can still hear her screaming, and you know how much it fucking sucks to talk to someones face about shit, so you pull out your phone.

turntechGodhead began pestering arsenicCatnip!

TG: yo pets whattup

TG: well alot of shits up

TG: its like holy shit that shits so up its in the fucking stratosphere

TG: my gaze is fucking set up there

TG: with my friends pets also there

TG: i dont know it feels weird to rap right now

TG: its ok if you just wanna scream but i wanted to check in and shit

AC: :33< hi dave

AC: :33< im kinda just sl33py now

AC: :33< turns out screaming and running around is

AC: :33< very good at wearing you out :((

TG: id imagine yeah

TG: youre gonna pass out from exhaustion and itll be like in that one sbahj i made for you

TG: where sweet bros a catboy and shit and he passes out from the radness and hella jeffs face on a cat winks

TG: imagine thats me but you cant see the wink because of my sick ass shades

TG: i guess you could be hella jeff but you also have sick ass shades

TG: so really this crossover could never work out

AC: :33< i hate gamz33

AC: :33< the alpha timelines bullshit!

AC: :33< we have two s33rs!! just have them tell us what to do instead of k33ping him around!

AC: :33< i hate it all

AC: :33< could mew come over and play some beats?

AC: :33< i wanna furrget about it all :((

TG: on my way

You make a turn and immediately see her face.

NEPETA: h33h33 were you just waiting there fur me? cr33per! X33

You understand where she's coming from. After really bad strifes, you used to just log onto pesterchum and act like nothing was wrong. Sometimes it didn't work, but whenever it did, you ended up feeling better just by ignoring it. You are gonna tell Rose to come and give some of her books and shit, though.

DAVE: you know it man im sneaking and creeping like crazy

DAVE: wait shit thatd be a good sample to the turntables pets

You go to the turntables, you pretend movie night went ok, and you play music for 3 hours straight.

You're happy, and she definitely is too- or at least, she's less shitty than before.

You two can live with just being less shitty than before

After a while, shit starts to get boring, and soon she's curled into the pile, with a relaxed smile on her face, and you prepare to get up when-

NEPETA: :33< stayyy... pleas33333?

DAVE: aw man when you say it like that you know im not leaving man

NEPETA: :33< *ac smiles and pets the pile expectantly for tg to get ofur here already!*

DAVE: *tg does that and him and ac have the sickest fucking nap ever and its pawsome*

NEPETA: :33< h33h33!!! pawsome!!!

When the two of you get to napping, you know that you'll be in the dreambubbles and not Derse, but part of you wants to know what it would've been like to meet her back then. It would've been fun.