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)(ello?? -Eridan, are you t)(ere? Or anyone, reely! I t)(ink Trollian is broken!
My husktop )(as been acting fis)(y since I woke up, and it looks weird.
Anyweig)( if you're out t)(ere, I need to talk to you!
I didn't t)(ink we were starting t)(is soon, and I mig)(t )(ave enjoyed t)(e courtessea of a warning! >38P
It's fintastic so far t)(oug)(, and t)(e AI is super reelistic! Water we supposed to be doing again??

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Hello?? Eridan, are you there? Or anyone, really! I think Trollian is broken! My husktop has been acting fishy since I woke up, and it looks weird. Anyway if you're out there, I need to talk to you! I didn't think we were starting this soon, and I might have enjoyed the courtesy of a warning! It's fantastic so far though, and the AI is super realistic! What are we supposed to be doing again?

Please feel free to use my troll text permissions post liberally, and I can have her use voice and video only! You can also ask her ICly to drop the quirk, color and puns. Feferi is wandering around so let me know if you would prefer action tagging! ]]

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[Wow this is actually a lot harder than he thought it would be. Here's Feferi, willing to help him and everything just like the old days, just like before that damn game came along and screwed everything up. The thought makes him grasp her hand finally, putting up his usual dramatics, he lets out an unneeded sigh.]

Alright, alright, I'll tell you, since you're so damned persistent ewen though it's really not as big of a thing as you're makin' it out to be.

[He looks to her a second before his eyes wander to look around at where exactly they were--it's all familiar after all, being here as long as he has, but he can't help but wonder if she even has a clue as to where she's heading--which is a question already answered, but still, she almost seems like she has some sort of purpose to her stroll.]

I'm... flushed for Kar.

[Okay, so maybe that wasn't who he was flushed for at the moment in time she's referring to, but hey, he technically isn't lying here.]

Edited 2012-01-26 07:50 (UTC)

[ That gets her to halt in her tracks. Pulling her hand away from his, it falls to her side as she turns to face him, her eyes huge, her fins perked forward. Pushing her goggles up her face, her eyes have clearly gone misty, little wells of light pink tears at the corners of her eyes. For the briefest of seconds it looks like she's about to break into tears for absolutely no reason--

Until she comes barely short of bowling into his chest, flinging a hug around his shoulders with an abrupt and loud squeal. And yes, there are indeed tears on her cheeks, tears of joy. ]

I knew it! I knew it! What did I say? You remember what I said to you! I thought you were spending a lot of time talking to Karkat instead of me, and now it just makes so much sense! Eridan, I'm so happy for you!

[He's lucky that he has stable footing, or that bowling-hug would have possibly knocked him back! He's surprised, most definitely, what a reaction. His own arms reflexively come up, but he stops for a second before he returns the hug, though definitely lacking the energy she put into her side of it.]

[She's so damned happy for him, and she knew it? Yeah, he recalls her mentioning that before, he's well aware of what that might have looked like, but at the time, that definitely wasn't why. But, he's not about to break the illusion, not when she's here, hugging him and being so happy and... shit are those tears?]

Yeah, ha, that was it. I guess I can't get a fuckin' thing past you now can I?

[He sounds slightly awkward, almost like he's trying to remember the lines to a script. He notices this, though, so he quickly adds in before she can make a comment, if she's even able to pick up on that tone in his voice to comment on it with how excited she is:]

Thanks though, it means a flippin' lot that you're so happy about Kar and I.

[ She clings to him tightly for a bit longer than is absolutely necessary before she pulls away to look up at him. Her goofy grin is among the most sincere she's ever given him, and she keeps shifting her weight from one foot to the other, unable to contain her overwhelming excitement. The fact that she's managed to not completely tackle him and drown him in hugs is probably a miracle of some sort. ]

Why would I be anything but happy? I think you two will be great together! Karkat is such a nice person, even if he likes to pretend he isn't. But even if it wasn't Karkat specifically, I'm just...

[ Closing her eyes for just a moment, the last of what few happy tears there were slide down her cheek; she retracts a hand just to wipe them away with her palm before she can look at him again. Still just as bright-faced and eager, a bit of relief shows as well. ]

I'm happy you have someone. It's something I've wanted for you for a long time.

Well, I didn't expect you to BE anythin' but happy, I still fuckin' appreciate it, but yeah, he's great.

[ This feels odd, this entire thing is odd, how happy Feferi is towards him speaks volumes of a difference between her and the Feferi from before, just how much everything goes wrong, how much her opinion of him gets twisted. Her smile almost hurts to see in a way, it feels almost undeserved and maybe it is. Oh well, it isn't something he's going to touch on.]

[He opens his mouth to say something more--but then she speaks and he shuts up quick. Staring at her with a conflicted look, there's almost a fringe of guilt in it if one looks hard enough, but then again, maybe one's just delusional! That's obviously it. Whatever it may be, it's gone in the next second as he regains his usual proud resolve.]

Oh? I'd ask "Why's that" if it wasn't such a dumb bloody question with all things considered. Anyway, was this the only thing you wanted to talk to me about?

[Maybe, maybe he's trying to drag out what he knows is inevitable, that way he doesn't necessarily have to tell her they aren't moirails anymore, it's a lot easier just to pretend like she's breaking up with him for the first time, than to try and play pretend moirail to her. It's also a lot less cruel, or at least, he thinks so. Especially on both ends.]

Nope! That wasn't what I was expecting to happen, but I think it just about covers it!

[ She really has no idea what's happened for him, in the time she hasn't been here, what other-her might have said or done. The future is so uncertain and she was so sure of breaking it off with him when they entered Sgrub, and maybe her other self did. Maybe she still will, in the future. But now she's in a strange, new place, and even if she loves it, it won't do to be shrugging him off. If Karkat's willing to give her best and oldest friend a chance at a quadrant, she supposes she can't really give up just yet herself. Bolestered by how relatively easy it was to get it out of him, she can't help but wonder if things have changed for the best. ]

I'm sure I'll have something to glub about eventually though! It just hasn't even been a full day since I talked to you last, so not a lot has really happened. I was too busy getting ready for the game!

Well that's true. I'll newer get used to time shenanigans ewen if I'we been here for almost a human year.

[Had it really been that long? Fuck, it had, it's almost surreal to think about, that nearly half a sweep ago he killed Feferi and Kanaya and did all of that shit. He stops and ponders on that a bit, looking thoughtful as he does so. It's been so long since he's had to face the fact of what he's done, having basically made some sort of peace with everyone and while maybe some haven't and wouldn't forgive him, he's basically on better terms than when he first arrived. But then, here he is, with Feferi here completely new and fresh and knowing of NOTHING that happens, doesn't even know they aren't moirails anymore and he just... Can't bring himself to say it, can't bring himself to break the news, instead, he's just going to let her keep thinking that, let her be blissfully unaware and as much as he'd claim it's for her sake, it's also for his own. He sure did miss this, being liked and valued by Feferi, having positive interactions with her and the like. He's missed this so much.]

A lot has happened since I'we arriwed here.

[ Blissfully unaware she is, and gripping his hand with renewed vigor, she makes to start their jaunt about the place once again. That future was no longer poised to be an immediate reality so it seemed silly, to her, to think about what she might do in the future. Whatever future her was going to do or had already done wasn't going to change much about where she was now. ]

Like what? I don't know how long that is, but I'm going to assume it's a long time!

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you didn't see that

Ah huh ;)

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