[CLOSED] A Friend In Need

[argoncharybdis]

Characters: Nepeta and Equius
Setting: Lower floors.
Format: Will match whatever~
Summary: Moirail is in need!
Warnings: All the feels. Anything else shall be added :3



[A pile had been made. Yes, a pile, of a random assortment of items. Anything from trinkets left behind to pieces of the Tower laying about. All of these things were brought to make this pile. It was her small attempt at helping with a physical barrier, what with the monsters running around and all.]

Comments

sob

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[Well, technically, everything could be scaring him so much, due to being a horrible terror mcscaredypants. But that's not the point here.]

I... Gamzee. About Gamzee.

He's not our Gamzee. He's an indigo. And...

[And so begins a long, very panicked rant on the events that had transpired with Gamzee recently. In short, it was this conversation, the days spent afterward being a total recluse due to paranoia, and finally what happened while huddled in a ball on the galaxy floor -- Gamzee finding and killing him for real. And then WHALE happened, and this came with it. So yeah, he really wasn't having a very good couple of weeks, and it shows; his voice fluctuates pitch rapidly over the course of the conversation, and by the end he's turned away from Nepeta and attempting to curl up into a ball again.]

[...Abruptly, after his monologue has ended, Equius turns back around and looks at her. He seems to have some trouble getting the words out.]

A-a-and in case that wasn't enough, Eridan-- Eridan's been, oh god, he's trying to... [He covers his face with his hands, and speaks through them.] ...redflirt with me, Nepeta. I mean, he's mocking me, obviously, but oh god... He knows I don't...

["...take romantic situations well." And he doesn't. Nepeta might not have realized this because of the screen between them when their moirallegiance was started, but he's an absolute mess at even the slightest quadrant-related provocation.]

omg poor equius ;-; his life

[argoncharybdis]

[Oh god. Oh god. Her poor Equius. She couldn't. She couldn't believe everything he was saying. So much happened to him. She didn't at all blame him for being so frightened. Gamzee even managed to kill him! It made her wonder how he was live now. But she listened, gave him her full attention. He needed that, right? What else could she do right now?]

[She moved to rest her hand on his shoulder but stopped when he turned back around. Oh, there was more. How much more could her poor moirail be put through?]

[And she got her answer. What sucks is that she was at a loss for words. She couldn't find anything she could say that could possibly even remotely make things better for him. What the hell could she say?]

[Slowly, she rested her hands on his shoulders, rubbing them gently as she tried to calm him, even just a little.]

Equius.. I'm so sorry you've been through all this. Even more-so that I wasn't around to help. But I'm here now, ok?

[She offered him a smile. God, how could she manage to smile through all this?]

Eridan's going to here it from me, got that? I'll make him stop.

[But that was only one problem he had. There was still--]

As for Gamzee, I'll find a way to make him stop hunting you.

Just calm down a little, ok?

Equius life is best life, of course.

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[He completely welcomed her hands on his shoulders. He'd have to be insane not to. (That was definitely a possibility to look into, though.) It didn't hit him until now just how much he'd been keeping this to himself; normally it's just a... thing he does, because there's no reason that anyone else should need to know about his less-than-desirable circumstances. But it was still very hard to say that he didn't feel a little bit better now that the one person he trusted more than everyone else was with him in the knowledge. Of course Nepeta wouldn't tell anyone, she respected privacy; it was just a moirail thing now.]

[That's what it really ought to have been from the get-go. A moirail thing. But of course, there had been no moirail at the get-go, and it became just a 'him' thing; an Equius thing. True to form, as an Equius thing it never learned to sit down quietly as it was supposed to, and once again he became quite aware of how much he needed this girl. This girl who was... somehow still smiling. It didn't take much to figure out that it was by no means a happy smile, but... wow. Even in his mid-jam frenzy state of mind, Equius had to be a little bit impressed by that. She was still smiling. She still wanted to make him feel better, even after listening to him ramble like a crazy person (again with the insanity!) about how much of a fuck-up he was. That was dedication, right there. And if there was ever any doubt that he would extend the same dedication to her in her time of need, it was now gone.]

[Still, he had to ask the one question that he hated more than any other. It was always the first thing to pop up in his mind. Always.] ...How? [How was she going to approach Eridan? How was she-- oh god-- how was she going to approach Gamzee? Could she win against him in a fight? Equius had no idea. She couldn't rack up a wanton death count just because of him. And if she got Gamzee mad enough, then he would certainly be going after her more than once.]

[Wow, character relations sure are complicated. And now that he can think a little bit straighter, Equius is really beginning to regret he ever got into this mess in the first place. It's so much easier to... to go hide. Hide in a hole and get eaten by the WHALE and never, ever, ever come out.]

[Subconsciously, he dug himself deeper into the pile of miscellanea.]

Quality life right there

[argoncharybdis]

[How? The hell if she knew how she was going to do any of this yet. But she was going to figure it out. One way or another, she was going to make things better for Equius. Yes, even if it meant fighting the indigo-blooded Gamzee or knocking some sense into Eridan.]

Don't worry about how. Just trust me when I say things will get better, ok?

[Reassurance! Dear god even she didn't seem completely sure of this. She has yet to meet either of these hemo-flopped trolls. She had no idea how they behaved or reacted, if they looked any different. Gah! Doesn't matter. She's going to fix things. Somehow.]

The whole Tower is so lucky for the great lives they lead.

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...Okay.

[Wow, that was easy.]

[It's so much easier to actually believe it when he's talking to Nepeta, somehow. For anyone else that answer would not be acceptable and he'd continue to badger them about it, even in his state of hysterics. But Nepeta... no, just her word was enough. Because Nepeta never went back on her word. Not to mention, she was just so good at everything that it was obvious she could overcome this too. She'd topple both problems with ease, just like everything else.]

[He shuffles around in the pile, never taking his eyes off her.] ...Thanks.

[argoncharybdis]

[A soft smile appeared, erasing her doubts. She could totally do this, if she was determined enough. Nothing was going to stop her from making things better.]

No need to tank me silly!

I'd do anything to help you, you know that right?

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Yes. As would I for you. [Not that he can really... do much, worthless bundle of nerves that he is. But what he is capable of, Nepeta is welcome to!!]