This wasn't part of the plan...

[chronomancer]

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?]

Comments

[Dormitory hallways] CASTMATEEEEE /breathes on

[gloomyapoplectic]

[So she's still feeling pretty damn guilty about the thing she pulled with Karkat, even if it was for a good cause. Plus she needs to clean her chainsaw, it's looking pretty gnarly. So she's making her way up to 2-01, and on the floor just below, she stops.

And stares.

And stares some more.

It can't be. He was supposed to be...

She can't even think it. Not after Karkat.]

Eridan?

ALL MY FEELS. ALL OF THEM.

[chronomancer]

[Eridan startled at the sound of his name and turned around abruptly, clearly still on a fight or flight mindset. Given his current lack of weaponry, the only point of it was to see who he would be running from.

And then he saw Kanaya.

And then stared.]

...Kan?

[guiltapalooza]

[Willow has to do a double take when she sees him walking down the hall. Is that... Eridan? Not-a-seadweller Eridan. Since she hasn't heard him mentioned before, he has to be new. Plus, new people always have a certain look, like they're waiting to either wake up or get attacked, and he has it in spades.

So she's cautiously approaching him, wondering what this one will be like. She better take this slow, not overwhelm him with well you got kidnapped, and your world might be destroyed, and there's another one of you here and I'm an alien and I'm kinda dating him, but oh, I swear I won't get you confused!

Yeahhh, one thing at a time.] Hello? You just woke up, right?

i am preparing for a mass of Feels too

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Oh my god. It's her Eridan.

She's so overwhelmed with Feelings as it is from dealing with this tower and Karkat's drama and her own drama, and she almost looks on the verge of hysterical tears for a second before she rushes to him and...hugs him.

I'm sorry, Eridan, you have an overemotional mutant clinging to you right now.]

You have no idea how happy I am to see you.

T___T my heart is ready for this.

[chronomancer]

[Welp. This was very obviously Kan. Very obviously upset too. Eridan decided to go one thing at the time, and since he wasn't in hysterics yet, focused on calming Kanaya down. He began by wrapping his arms around her, returning the embrace.]

Kan, Kan, hon. It's okay. I'm here and it's okay.

[chronomancer]

[Oh. A human. Eridan frowned somewhat, warily keeping his distance, because while he wasn't exactly afraid of humans, he didn't know this one. Better safe than sorry.]

Yeah. And you? Wwho are you?

[guiltapalooza]

[Gosh, even his W thing is the same. Though he's enough younger that it just makes her think adorable. Hopefully this one isn't a jerk face like the other one she'd run into.]

I'm Willow Rosenberg. I'm in the same situation that you are, I just... have been here for a while. [Make that a couple months, but wow, let's not go into that just yet either.] I can give you the rundown, but it's all a little crazy. --Make that a lot crazy.

omg babbies i can't

[gloomyapoplectic]

[She has never been so happy to be called "hon" before in her life. But she has to stay calm. He has to be freaked out too -- she could tell just by watching him try to get around.

She keeps her voice as level as she kan can, but she doesn't let go of Eridan.]

What is the last thing you remember before you woke up here?

ROOM 1-10

[tortileghostwriter]

[Eridan, do you know how much sleep paralysis sucks?

It sucks a lot.

You might notice a familiar face in the bed next to yours finally managing to sit up.]

[thekidsare0kay]

[Seeing Eridan mincing along in the hallway as Sollux comes around the corner, the psychic trots forward towards his kismesis, giving a laugh. With Eridan's face turned away, he doesn't see that the colour of his hair isn't quite right, but it's definitely not that other Eridan - this one is too short.]

There you are! Where the fuck have you been?

T____________T

[chronomancer]

[Eridan patted her back awkwardly. He blinked at the question, tilting his head slightly as he tried to remember. And then it sank in and he swallowed hard, feeling like an idiot. Kanaya was going to hate him for this...]

I ran away. From the Veil. I left. I was... was... I'm sorry.

[I was going to fix everything by doing something horrible and I'm a coward and idiot and oh god...]

Room 1-10

[metawoof]

[Snooping around wasn't always the most smart option, but...eh whatever, when has Echidna ever picked the best option. But there was miles of film visible from where she was lurking in the hallways, so she couldn't help but peak inside.]

Ooh, do you need help with that?

[chronomancer]

Ah. That'd be nice.

[He's still wary and keeping his distance, but he doesn't quite manage to hide the desperate undertone as he speaks. Yes. The rundown would be lovely about now.]

Let the awkward begin.

[chronomancer]

[Eridan sees movement from the corner of his eye and freezes, half buried under a pile of film. Stupid, stupid, stupid. He didn't even bothered to look around the room properly before diving into his trunk. And then there were his reels and... Oh fuck, stupid.

He peers at David, blinking. But the tension doesn't quite leave him yet, because...]

...David?

[tortileghostwriter]

[Guess who's never seen a troll before? THIS KID. Still, the alien factor and the jade streak in his hair...well, he can guess.]

... Eridan?

[chronomancer]

[Eridan startled at the call and the familiar voice. He turned around and tensed. Captor. No. Wait, too nice to be Captor. Eridan relaxed slightly.]

Sol?

[chronomancer]

[Eridan poked from the pile of reel, blinking and fully prepared to... run from any threat. He wasn't exactly in the most balanced of moods at the moment.]

Wwhat?

[chronomancer]

[Well. This is. Awkward.]

...hi.

[guiltapalooza]

Well... first things first. I don't know how familiar you are with other dimensions and stuff, but this isn't the one you're from. We all got pulled here from different universes and times.

They said it's because our worlds were destroyed-- they being whoever runs the tower-- but they also aren't made of undiluted pure intentions, if you get my drift. So I don't believe that part.

[tortileghostwriter]

[...a bit.]

Hi.

... I wouldn't suppose that you would have the slightest notion of where this is?

[thekidsare0kay]

[Sollux' grin widens a little when he saw Eridan tense. What's he been doing that he's looking so guilty?

Then he blinks. There's something wrong...here...The face and horns are Eridan, but the hair is all wrong, and there aren't any fins.]

Who...no, wait. [He steps closer] Do you know a Karkat with blue blood?

[scalemate]

[When Terezi catches scent of an unfamiliar, wandering troll, her curiosity is immediately piqued. As she approaches, she realizes he smells... Pretty similar to Eridan. Huh.

Jegus, she hopes this isn't another murderer she needs to keep track of.]

Jumpy, huh?

[chronomancer]

...not really.

[He pointed to the letters on a corner of the bed.]

Those didn't. Really explain anything.

[chronomancer]

My wworld wwas destroyed. So maybe they are tellin the truth.

[That, he was certain of, but he wasn't willing to explain why. Instead, he bit his lip slightly, frowning.]

Wwhy don't you trust them? I mean. Aside the obvvious.

[chronomancer]

[Eridan tensed again then relaxed minutely. Then swallowed hard, subtly stepping back to put more distance between him and Sollux. At least he knew Captor and Sollux, and knew what to expect from either of them. But this was apparently neither. The novelty was unnerving.]

Ah, Kar's here too?