[OPEN] you tried to keep me warm

[chronomancer]

Characters: Jaderi and YOU!
Setting: Media floor.
Format: Starting with action, but I'll match you.
Summary: You know what? Screw this. Eridan is going to watch movies and not go shithive maggots for a change. Yes. This is a thing he's doing. Totally.
Warnings: Eridan going shithive maggots and probably being mildly creepy. Eridan's mouth. Bad musicals. Event stuff, too.

[He should probably let people know he's back. Probably. Probably. Should probably do a lot of things, but he's not really feeling it. He's feeling a lot of things, but that's not the point.

What was the point?

Oh, yeah.

Right.

Watching shitty musicals and singing along and most definitely not doing something stupid. Stupider. Was stupider even a word? It should be. Probably was. Probably should go find the others. Let them know he's okay. Haha. Right. Equius and Jade. Jade and Equius. And the rest too. Sure.

What's he doing here again? Oh right. Musicals. Nice, soothing musicals. Always know where you're standing with a shitty musical, really. Same with a rifle. You're either shooting it or you're getting shot. Either you live or you're dead. Either or. Always, one or the other. Goddammit, life would be so much easier if it were a musical. Worse comes to worst, all you get is a shitty, subpar dance number that no one will ever remember again.  Like that. God, that's a terrible number, and somehow he still remembers the song anyway.

So hey, there's this scrawny, thin boy curled up on a couch with a few blankets, softly singing along the worst musicals known to man. And trying really hard to not do the batshit crazy thing. Because god knows no one needs him to do the batshit crazy thing. Ever. At least he doesn't bite?]

Comments

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Someone unperturbed by the fact that there's a much taller alien somehow draping from the front. This ain't about logistics, man.]

Nah, Rose Egbert. [Said with a shake of her head.] From some other crazy alternate universe.

[chronomancer]

When is it not a crazy alternate universe?

[There's an acid snort at that, before he tenses again.]

Wait. Wasn't your Rose, Rose Egbert?

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Nah, some other one. Another universe where her Lalonde is John and her Dave is Harley. Like I said, crazy alternate stuff.

[chronomancer]

Fuck alternate universes. All of them.

[He sighs. Finally. Finally letting her go. But he's still hovering. Because you know that's the only real thing he's good for. Hovering.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Yeah, it's starting to get pretty batshit confusion.

But like I said, I'm gonna handle it. Quit your worrying.

[chronomancer]

Can't do.

[He offers her a lopsided smile.]

Someone ought to worry when you don't.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Siiiigh.]

You're gonna pop a blood vessel, you know. It'll be a big green mess all over the place!

[chronomancer]

Nah. I'm not that much of a bleeder.

[He offers a wry, twisted, vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaguely deranged smile.]

Not without assistance anyway.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Hey man, not my job!

[One hand she held up in defense, as she other was, y'know, preoccupied with the shield still.]

But if anyone else tries to make you bleed, give me a ring, alright? I'll come runnin'.

[chronomancer]

No one's job, really.

[He chuckles wryly, shrugging again and sidestepping the bit about calling her in time of need.]

So what have you done, while I was gone?

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Hm, she looks to be genuinely thinking about that question right now. She couldn't really think of anything particularly important before today!]

Not much besides Rose's crazy death trap. And the Halloween celebration! Everyone's been scrambling around to get candy. Kinda harsh.

[chronomancer]

So let me do the dumb, unimformed alien thing.

[Hey, he's doing better if he's doing the self-deprecating thing again. Right?]

What's the halloween thing and what does candy have to do with it?

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Hey, it's almost as if he's normal!]

It's an honored humankind tradition! You go around collecting candy while dressed up in all sorts of ridiculous clothes, it's fucking awesome!

But around here all these assholes are attacking the weak and the defenseless just to get their stupid candy fix! I've been busy trying to help 'em out while you've been gone. It's a fucking mess!

[chronomancer]

If it's all about ridiculous clothes, I'm surprised you're not prancing around in a certain red ensemble.

[Clearly, he's teasing, though it comes off a little rougher than intended. Though he sobers up quickly enough.]

Shit, it's always something or another, isn't it?

[He offers a humorless smile.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

No moment of peace around here for a hero.

[It was..kind of her typical sarcastic comment, but it was kind of hard to tell if she was actually being sarcastic or not for once?]

No way man, those red jammies are shit. I was hoping the whale'd have eaten them, but nope!

[chronomancer]

[He notices there's something off about her, but he can't put his finger on what exactly. And given that he's not in the best of mental states himself, it's better if he doesn't say anything yet.]

You've kept busy, then.

[Let's not talk. About the whale. Like. Ever. Please.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Don't I always?

[She gestures with one hand and almost sounds a bit boastful.]

[chronomancer]

[Dryly.]

Trolling the shit out 'a any poor moron in the network ain't keeping busy.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

I'll have you know I haven't ventured onto the computer terminals for at least two weeks and running, thank you very much.

[Said in the most matter-of-fact-tone ever.]

[chronomancer]

...did something happen?

[And now he's frowning a little.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

I told you the thing about Rose already, didn't I? [Yep, she's remaining pretty chilled about all of this.]

Dying tends to be a pain in the ass, so there's that. [A shrug.] No big deal, right? I think there're a bunch of monsters creeping around the terminals, but that's none of my business.

[chronomancer]

[Twitch.]

Actually you didn't, so why don't we talk about that for a bit?

[He needs to assess the level of grudge he's gonna be holding from here on.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Really? [Huh. Surprising!]

J-Lal and I woke up and she expects us to solve some stupid bomb puzzle. Then it blew up in his face and both of our necks snapped when I tried to get to the computer.

[chronomancer]

[Well, someone suddenly looks kind of ferally angry at that. That sound he just made? Yeah, that's definitely not a purring kitten kind of sound. It sounds more like tear out their fucking spines and shoves them down their throats kind of sound.

Better do something bro.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[It would've been much easier to try and shoosh him if she wasn't, y'know screwed up in the head. Or missing part of it, for that matter.]

Dude, what's your problem? [Oddly enough, not at all scared or weirded out by the sudden ferallity.]