[OPEN] The cake is a lie

[chronomancer]

Characters: Jade!Eridan and YOU!
Setting: Cafeteria's kitchen.
Format: Action.
Summary: ...in which Eridan tries his hand at the arcane, mystic majicks of baking for the sake of his matesprit. It goes as well as you'd expect.
Warnings: FLOUR. FLOUR AND BUTTER EVERYWHERE.

[...well. That sure just happened.

Eridan blinks slowly, as the cloud of white slowly descends onto the floor. He'd never known bags of flour were even explosive. Like. Okay. Maybe he'd tugged a little too hard. Maybe. But that's not a good enough reason for it to explode on his face. The recipe he was working off from didn't say anything about exploding bags of flour.

He just stands there for a moment, W E L P all but written all over his face. Somehow, he thinks, this little project might turn out to be a little more complicated than anticipated.]
 

Comments

[tohko_amano]

Maybe..I guess that's normal in your universe, huh?

[chronomancer]

...in both of them, kinda yeah. I guess.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko looked a little puzzled at that.]

Both of them?

[chronomancer]

Uh huh. Though probably more than that, all things considered. Ours and the humans'. And then the variations of.

[tohko_amano]

Ah, alright then.

[Tohko nodded.]

So you live in a universe where all sorts of other universes exist, and time traveling..

[She sighed and tried to pat the boy on the head.]

That has to be confusing. But, if you're not human, what are you?

[chronomancer]

You can't have universes inside universes... I don't think. Space ain't my thing, so I wouldn't know, but I don't think you can. It's more like. Universes connected to univer--

[He skillfully ducked away from her hand. No touching, thanks! He tenses up horribly at that. Then relaxes after a moment.]

ses. And no, I ain't. I mean, I'm not. I'm a troll.

[There's another small pause.]

Please don't touch me.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed and scratched her head.]

Right..that's what I meant. And I'm sorry..I didn't mean to offend you or anything!

[chronomancer]

's okay, I just. Don't really like people touching me just like that.

[He shrugs.]

I'm not offended or anything.

[tohko_amano]

Ah, alright then. I'll keep that in mind..

[Tohko then sighed and tried to switch the topic.

..Even if the switch would sound a bit weird.]

By the way..you say you're a troll, but I remember the ones in the stories being a bit bigger than you.

[chronomancer]

Heh. Yeah, I think it's 'cause humans have these... weird meanings for the word.

[He shrugged.]

I'm an alien. Or you're an alien, from my perspective. That works too.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko couldn't help but smile at that.]

It's because we have a lot of stories where those creatures come from, and thus, expect a few things when we hear the term..even if reality doesn't match up with the story at all.

[She then nodded.]

Either way, we're both aliens to each other. Which planet do you come from then?

[chronomancer]

Alternia.

[He shrugs, going over to the sink to wash the rag and get it ready for another round.]

And yeah, I've heard about the stories. I mean, I guess some adults could fit into them. But not all of them do. Most trolls here in the tower are pretty chill about things, really.

[Except for his best friend. And himself. And...]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko ripped out a few more paper towels and got back to cleaning along with him.]

I'm not sure if most adults could fit into them..but I guess it's good that most trolls are comfortable with the Tower. How about you though?

[chronomancer]

Me?

[Eridan arched an eyebrow, smile easy and sincere.]

What about me?

[tohko_amano]

Well, are you chill with things here?

[chronomancer]

[He shrugged, smiling.]

Sure.

[Oh, Tohko, you don't even know.]

Could be worse, right?

[tohko_amano]

[Sadly, she did not. However, she gave a small smile in return.]

That's true..but it could also be better, in many ways.

[chronomancer]

Well, true. But the way I see it, we actually have enough to go on to make things good, right?

[He shrugged.]

Besides, it beats not having a world to go back to.

[tohko_amano]

Well, that's true..hopefully we'll be able to make things better soon.

[Tohko looked a little concerned at that.]

..How was your world destroyed? Or do you believe the letter they gave you?

[chronomancer]

Eh, I was having a bad day.

[He smirks like he's joking. And he is. Except he's telling the truth for once. Best lies, those.]

[tohko_amano]

[Okay, now you've got Tohko puzzled. That smile usually means a person is joking. But why would he joke about destroying his world?]

..How did you having a bad day destroy your world?

[chronomancer]

[Deadpan. The most flawless of all deadpans.]

It was a really fucking shitty day, lemme tell you.

[He arched an eyebrow.]

I mean, the universe went and ended.

[tohko_amano]

[Deadpans, sadly, were Tohko's greatest weakness. Once you knew this, it was really easy to tease her.

..Well, that, and if you knew the proper buttons to hit with her.]

That does sound like a pretty horrible day. How did one universe end where you came from? I don't think you yourself could have caused it.

[chronomancer]

You'd think huh?

[He shrugs. Unbeknownst to Tohko, Eridan is testing the waters with himself, as much as he is with her. This is the kind of conversation he could have, right? He needed to get through it without losing his shit. It was funny, really. Half a sweep ago, he'd been terrified to even talk about this. But the cat had been out of the bag for so long, that what did it really matter now.]

Eh, I just reset the whole thing.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko would be more than happy to help work him through this. Even if she didn't realize that she was.]

But if you reset the whole thing, that doesn't mean that it's destroyed. It's just..reset.