[OPEN] How much of it's genetics? How much of it is fate?

[chronomancer]

Characters: jade!Eridan & YOU! 
Setting: Workshop
Format: Starting with action, but I'll match you.
Summary: Eridan emerges from his self-imposed exile for a while to clean his rifles.
Warnings: Eridan's deadpan. Potential violence if he gets pissed; lots and lots of rifles. Gamzee. Gory, ironic death via Gamzee. Goddammit, Gamzee.

[He started off with one. And then he doomed himself a few times. And well. It wasn't like he could just let them go to waste, when they started piling up.

Laser rifles need a different type of maintenance than the usual kind, but it's still maintenance in the end.

So there's a sullen troll, half hidden behind a pile of guns, carefully cleaning one by one. It's a methodical and repetitive process, but it's not like Eridan seems to mind too terribly. He's just minding his business, but hey. Maybe if you ask very nicely, he'll give you one.

Maybe.]

Comments

[chronomancer]

Really?

[heavenscorpse]

Uh-huh, because you seem really cool!

[chronomancer]

[sfdjghsdlfkjghsdlfkgjsdhflgkdsjfhgldkjf UNCOMFORTABLE, AWKWARD LAUGHTER]

[heavenscorpse]

What did I say?

[chronomancer]

Something I don't think anyone would agree with.

[heavenscorpse]

Aww... I don't think that's true.

[chronomancer]

I'm sure you don't.

[It sounds unintentionally condescending nonetheless, but really, V/V, you just don't know better.]

[heavenscorpse]

[What is condescending. V/V's bad at reading tone.]

Well, I'll be your friend.

[chronomancer]

...that's nice of you. I'll be your friend too.

[heavenscorpse]

What do you like to do with your friends?

[chronomancer]

Uh. Well.

[Er. How do you friend.]

Watching movies, I guess? And talking? And you know. Stuff.

[heavenscorpse]

We should watch some movies together then!

[chronomancer]

Yeah!

[Tentative smile is tentative.]

[heavenscorpse]

What are your favorite movies?

[chronomancer]

[He brightens up a little.]

Pretty much anything so long it's good? But I really like action movies. Or really good historical dramas? But mostly action movies.

[heavenscorpse]

Then we should watch some of those, especially the ones where the good guys win and save the day.

[chronomancer]

Yeah, I really like those.

[heavenscorpse]

What's your very favorite one called? I'll look for it and see if we have it.

[chronomancer]

[Five minute long troll movie title.]

[heavenscorpse]

How do you fit all that on the box?

[chronomancer]

Really tiny print.

[heavenscorpse]

I'll try to remember all that and look for it.

[chronomancer]

It's okay, I don't think it's here but we can watch a very similar human equivalent I found.

[heavenscorpse]

I'd like that a lot!

[chronomancer]

We can do that later if you want. When you've got time, I mean.