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[stayb100ponyboy]

[The audio feed crackles for a moment, like whoever is going to start speaking has to psyche himself up to do it. Then there's a deep sigh, and...]

Feferi Peixes is no longer in the bubble. I guess... I guess she went home.

[There's another moment of silence, and then the feed cuts out.]

Comments

1/ lets say 3

[unconchonable]

[... Oh fuck. That'd--That'd explain why he hadn't seen her on the network or anything as of late. Or even just seen her out and about, since he himself had been out a lot more recently.]

2/3

[unconchonable]

[Fuck. There's definitely... Definitely a jab in his chest, an uncomfortable pressure at the thought of Feferi going back. For all it meant... For all she'd face--She didn't have anything to go back to but dreambubbles and horror terrors.]

[That guilt he's been fighting off for the past several months is making way back into his cardiovascular organ, that's for sure--not for what happens back there, but because while they were here he HARDLY made up for any of it. Too fuckin hung up on himself, too goddamn awkward. Too busy with everything else--what a fuckin waste he is. Goddamn.]

[text] 3/3

[unconchonable]

[It takes him a bit to even say anything, because... Well this EQUIUS of all trolls. But he feels he should say... something.]

im not one to encourage gettin your hopes up or anythin or one to comfort someone like YOU
but shell be back she has to come back evventually

[A pause between messages.]

anywway dualscars been rowwdy as fuck
i think he misses your filthy fuckin flapbeast or somethin so

[text]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Wow, that was a text color he did not expect to see today. Least of all one that's being... as comforting as Eridan is probably capable of being, which is not very, but he appreciates the sentiment all the same.]

D --> Yeah
D --> But even if she does
D --> She probably won't remember




D --> You should train that bird better

D --> If you want to send him over here, Darkleer could use someone to beat up

voice;

[ninthserenade]

...Fef's gone?

voice;

[stayb100ponyboy]

... yeah.

[Sorry, Demyx, Equius is probably not going to be at his most talkactive right now. This is the second moirail he's lost since coming here, and it never gets any easier.]

voice;

[ninthserenade]

...I really liked her.

_{[He's been there a few times, it's okay buddy.]}

You gonna be okay?

[Audio]

[last_lombax]

Wait...no longer in the bubble? How did she get out?

[Audio]

[stayb100ponyboy]

She got sent home.

[He'd normally explain that a little better, but getting him to talk today is going to be like pulling teeth.]

Re: [Audio]

[last_lombax]

...By the coral in the middle of the city?

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

YOU AREN'T GOING TO GO TRYING TO MURDER ANYONE OVER IT THIS TIME, ARE YOU?

[Yeah he didn't forget last time with Sollux and Nepeta.]

[TEXT]

[stayb100ponyboy]

D --> No
D --> Wouldn't change anything

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

AT LEAST YOU RECOGNIZE COMMON SENSE THIS TIME.
YOU WERE A FUCKING DISGRACE BACK THEN, THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR OWN KISMESIS STOP YOU FROM THE OBVIOUSLY DUMB COURSE OF ACTION.

Action;

[420]

[Fuuuuck your post format, Gamzee is gonna do what he wants, ok?

Which in this case is quietly pad around the hive until he finds Equius. And once he does, he approaches just as quietly, wrapping his arms around him from behind.

He knows and understands. It hurts and it fuckin' sucks. A lot.]

Babe, I'm so fuckin' sorry.

Action;

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Gamzee is not restricted to the boundaries of post formats.]

[When Equius feels those long, thin arms wrap around him, the remains of his composure break down, and he turns into Gamzee's chest, hiding his face and scrunching in on himself.]

She's... she's going back to die...

[bestestfurrend]

[She doesn't get it right away - why was Equius the one to announce it, and sounding that way... She'd made an effort NOT to know who his new moirail was, not wanting to be angry or upset if it was one of her friends. It wouldn't have been their fault.

But she reads over the comments to the post, and she gets it.

Does she say anything? She's not happy about it, not in the least, because she could never be happy about anything that hurt Equius. But maybe he doesn't want to hear from her right now.

In the end, she can't help but check up on him though.]

im furry sorry equius :((
is gamz33 there with you?

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Oh god... and now this. And just after he broke her heart, too.]

D --> Hey
D --> Thanks



D --> Yes, Gamzee's here

[Video] Because I had to.

[gun_symphony]

Another friend of yours left, Equius?

I-I'm sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do or anything you need?

[Video]

[stayb100ponyboy]

... she was my moirail.

[Siiiiiigh]

Not really. But thank you for offering.

[text]

[hexywitch]

Oh, I'm sorry love. Are you alright?

[text]

[stayb100ponyboy]

D --> I've been better
D --> A lot better

D --> But thank you



D --> I saw that your wiggler went home
D --> I'm sorry, Lily
D --> I never got a chance to meet him

[video]

[patchworkdoctor]

...Oh.

_{[if Stein could feel sadness, he would feel sad.]}

[video]

[stayb100ponyboy]

... yeah.

[It's cool, Equius understands.]

How... how are your experiments going?

[When it doubt, change the subject!]

[also action, time for STRONG cuddles]

[aim_exorable]

[Darkleer waits.]

[Waits until Equius has had a chance to speak to his friends- or enemies, considering a certain someone. Waits until he can answer the questions of the inquisitive who haven't quite understood how this place works.]

[He gives him that time. Then, after a while, Darkleer goes to find him. He doesn't say anything. He simply sits by him and, after a moment, offers his hand.]

[Same offer as before. Nothing more.]

there's always time for STRONG cuddles

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Arguing with Karkat actually made Equius feel better! For awhile, at least... but now the sadness is creeping back in, and he's a gloomy wreck again.]

[At least he's not going on a murderous rampage like he did last time. That would probably disappoint Darkleer.]

[He hears his ancestor approaching but doesn't look up, waiting until he's sitting next to him. And then Darkleer offers his hand. Equius takes one look at it, looks up at Darkleer... and lunges into his arms again. He throws his arms around the oler troll's neck and clings, holding on with a tightness and need that he can't express with anyone else.]