towerofanimus | This wasn't part of the plan...

Characters: Eridan and YOU.
Setting: Room 1-10; Dormitory Hallways, attmepting to head towards the cafeteria.
Format: Starting with Action tags, but I'll match your preference.
Summary: In which Eridan wakes up and Is Not Dead, followed by a self-pity storm, followed by a bit of exploration. And oatmeal.
Warnings: Ridiculous amounts of self-pity. Additional warnings will be added as necessary.

Room 1-10.

[Eridan was not having a good day. For one thing, he was having a day in the first place. Which wasn't supposed to happen. He knew that much. For another, looking into the trunk at the feet of the bed he'd woken up in - his? - he found his Time Reels. Completely unreeled. So he's trying really hard not to go into meltdown at the whole situation by carefully trying to fix his damn reels back as they should be. Which wasn't really working out all that well.

So there he is, sitting on his own bed, tangled beyond hope in what seems like miles of film, trying to carefully reel it all back in place. And very casually hyperventilating at the fact he was alive. He really wasn't supposed to be, dammit.]

Dormitory Hallways.

[Having given up on fixing his reels - right now - Eridan chose to explore a bit and see what kind of people were around. He walks around the dormitory hallways, with this defensive, "I have no fucking idea where I am" expression on his face, feeling unnerved and lacking in weapons or defenses.

But he's hungry and the letter said he could find food at the cafeteria, which is where he's hoping to go. At some point. When he stops being hopelessly lost and jumpy about every shadow in the corridors.

Hey, he's not the Hero of Space, alright? Cut him some slack. ...please?]

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[She looks a little surprised at that]

Oh? You know, if you don't mind me asking...Kanaya told me a little about the me in your world but you seem to be rather more positive about her than she was.

[Eridan stole a few moments to think about that by eating two spoonfuls of oatmeal in a row. Finally, he nodded shallowly.]

...I don't see wwhy not. Wwhat do you wwant to know?

I'm just intrigued to know what she's like, I guess. Kanaya gave me the impression that she's very different to me and I find it interesting to hear how I turn out in other realities.

Wwel, you, I mean she's a blueblood.

[Eridan pauses. Trying to figure out how to phrase this...]

An I guess you're pretty different. I don't think I can remember seein her smile. Like. Evver. Vvery serious and vvery... um, determined.

[She nods, seeming remarkably unsurprised by the description of her as a blue]

Well, that makes sense. I seem to remember being like that when I was a robot and I had blue blood then.

[Wait, what.]

...howw did that evven happen?

Well...I died. Only, I didn't stay dead. Equius built me a robot body so that once I was in the game I would actually have one again...probably better we don't go into detail about that.

[She glances away. The Equius thing is still awkward to talk about]

Sorry.

[He looks away, too. Wow, way to talk without thinking, Eridan. Way to go.]

Anywway, Ar is pretty damn amazin wwhen it comes to science and stuff. But she doesn't like talkin much, wwith anyone.

[She shakes her head]

Don't be sorry. It's not like you could have known.

[She considers a moment as he describes his world's Aradia]

Well, science was never my thing. I was more into archaeology. But I suppose it would be ridiculous to think we'd be exactly the same...even the similarities are more from the time when I was a robot than how I am now.

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I wwouldn't knoww. There's another... Eridan around, right? An before I got here, there wwere twwo... From wwhat I'vve heard, they're not much like me, either.

[He shrugs, playing with the oatmeal again.]

Maybe it's part a the wwhole alternate univverse, split timeline thing that's goin on here.

[She nods]

The Eridan from my world was supposed to be here, I think, but I've never seen him. The other's from a world where the hemospectrum was turned over so sea dwellers are the bottom...it doesn't sound like a very nice place, if I'm honest. But he seems like a nice guy.

Maybe I'll run into him. Wwould be nice to meet him.

[...well. Kind of. He's still trying to get around the idea of another Eridan that doesn't exist solely to die. But he seems to be a popular guy, so he can't be all that bad, can't he? Maybe he should research first.]

...havve you met another you yet?

[She nods]

She's a lot older than I am...she has time powers too but she never played SGRUB...I'm not really sure how that works but I like her a lot.

Oh, but...um...there are some other adult trolls around who aren't as friendly. They're my group's ancestors...I'm not sure how well Eridan's will take to you having different blood so you might want to stay away from him if you can.

[The ancestors of her friends, which means the Hemospectrum...oh dear.]

...yes. That's. That's someone I'd rather not meet.

[Eridan shivers just a tad.]

At all. Thank you fer the warnin. Still, I hope Eridan and I [oh god that doesn't stop sounding weird] can get along as wwell as you and her do. I'vve heard he's a nice guy.

You're welcome. He deserves to have everyone know what he is.

[She giggles the tiniest bit at the "Eridan and I" bit. It's just as weird for her, calling someone else Aradia]

You'd think we of all people would be used to duplicates, huh?

[He snorts, rubbing the back of his neck.]

I knoww. It's just. Different. It's gonna take a wwhile.

[She gives him a knowing look]

That was a joke. I completely get how it's weird.

...I kneww that.

Oh well that's great! My sense of humour can be a little weird sometimes so I wanted to make sure you knew I wasn't trying to be mean or anything.

Heh. It's okay. Apparently my sense a humor is morbid.

Really? Well I suppose when you face death in the way we do, it's natural we'd get a little desensitised to it.

...yes, exactly. The others don't get it sometimes. It makes things... awkward.

[Because he's not the most awkward turtle that ever awkwarded. Honest.]

Well at least here you know there's someone else that gets it.

Yeah.

[Have a smile, Aradia, for your efforts. And perhaps the ghost of a greenish blush.]

It's nice.

[She grins]

We time heroes have to stick together, right?

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