meanwhile...

ROXY: sooooo

ROXY: do u want pancakes

ROXY: i can make pancakes

KARKAT: DO YOU THINK HE'S OKAY?

ROXY: who

KARKAT: DAVE.

ROXY: idk you know him better than i do

ROXY: actually i think u know him better than anybody might know anybody??

ROXY: you guys are like the real fuckin deal

KARKAT: I GUESS??

KARKAT: WAIT, WHY THE FUCK AM I EVEN ASKING? HE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT FINE.

KARKAT: ARE ANY OF US? ARE YOU?

ROXY: not rly

KARKAT: EXACTLY.

KARKAT: KANAYA BARELY EVEN TALKS, CALLIOPE WON'T LEAVE THEIR CABIN, JADE JUST FLOATS AROUND LIKE A CREEPY BALLOON THAT'S MOSTLY MADE OF HAIR.

KARKAT: THE REALLY FUCKED UP THING IS I MIGHT BE THE MOST OKAY OUT OF ALL OF US, WHICH IS HOW YOU KNOW SHIT HAS REALLY GONE GLOBES UP.

KARKAT: ALL OF YOU LOST YOUR FAMILY. I JUST LOST SOME PEOPLE I SORT OF KNOW.

KARKAT: AND THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, AND THANK GOD FOR THAT.

KARKAT: FUCK, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW IT WOULD HAVE SHOOK OUT IF JAKE HADN'T SHIT HIMSELF ONSTAGE?

ROXY: prbly way less smelly

KARKAT: I DON'T KNOW WHY I LET DAVE TALK ME INTO IT. JESUS CHRIST.

KARKAT: NOTHING GOOD HAS EVER COME OF ME BEING IN CHARGE OF JACK DICK.

KARKAT: TO BE HONEST, I THINK JANE WINNING THE PRESIDENCY MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME?

KARKAT: EVERY TIME I'VE EVER TRIED TO "LEAD" ANYTHING IT'S BLOWN UP IN MY FACE.

KARKAT: DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS A WRIGGLER I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE THE GUY TO LEAD ALL OF MY FRIENDS TO GLORY?

KARKAT: I LITERALLY FOUGHT PEOPLE FOR CONTROL OF THE TEAM, AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FRIENDS BESIDES KANAYA DIED.

KARKAT: ACTUALLY, SHE DID DIE!

KARKAT: FUCK!

KARKAT: I'M ZERO FOR ZERO!

ROXY: ur kinda an intense dude anybody ever tell u that

KARKAT: NO.