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Characters: AU Eridan Ampora and OPEN
Setting: Infirmary
Format: Either
Summary: Eridan was injured pretty badly in his nightmare world, and he's the Worst Patient Ever.
Warnings: Swearing and references to grievous injury likely. Otherwise, I'll edit it if necessary.

Someone bandaged his blistered wrists and put some kind of salve on his savaged back. The salves dulled the pain a lot, which was good, but Eridan knew it'd come back. He lay on his side, because lying on his back hurt too much, the blanket pulled up to his chin and his face buried miserably into the soft pillow.

He didn't know why the universe decided to dump all of the problems onto him. Why did he have to be the one sea dweller who was born into poverty, the only one from a world where sea dwellers were reviled instead of revered? Why did he have to be the one clapped in irons and whipped for something he never did? Why did Feferi have to be dead? The one light in his life, and she was gone.

Why did the universe always have to make him miserable?

Life was hard.

So hard.

And clearly no one understood.

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[ She looks thoughtful for a moment. Hmmm. ]

In that case, I have no reason to want anything, since you aren't in pain now.

[ Link was a hero; she hated seeing anyone hurt. Heroes didn't expect things back, really. It was what they were supposed to do... right? ]

I'd ask you to be more careful, but if you're like the others, then you were taken to one of those twisted worlds, so it likely isn't your fault. Right?

Right, it wwasn't my fault at all! [Maybe a little too emphatic there, Eridan] I wwas totally an completely framed.

[And if she really doesn't want anything, then fine. He's not going to force it or anything. If she wants to go around helping people for no reason, it's not his problem]

[ She can see that. Oh, Eridan. Relax, bro. ]

Even if it were, I wouldn't be bothered.

[ Pausing. ]

... Will you be all right?

[He chewed on his lip and nodded] Yeah, I'm fine, noww.

...Thanks.

[ Nodding!

...

Yeah okay Link is so bad at this. On the one hand, leaving would be so much easier. On the other hand, this person seems nothing like Dualscar, so... ]

Would you mind if we spoke for a short while, ah...

[ She pauses, feeling a bit flustered. Sigh. ]

... O-oh. I realize that I do not have your name.

Oh, wwell you can stay a bit if you wwant. [She seems flustered, and he's not sure why. He shifts a bit in his blankets and shrugs] I'm Eridan Ampora, and you didn't givve me your name, either.

[ Good! ]

It's Link.

[ She hopes this question won't come off as awkward. ]

You wouldn't happen to know a troll named Dualscar, would you?

[ It's just. You look so alike. ]

[His eyes widen a little. He has no idea that Dualscar is here, but he's definitely heard the name. And worshipped the ground that Dualscar walked on.] You knoww about my ancestor?

[ She's about to blow your mind, Eribro: ]

Yes, we're in the same room together. You looked a lot like him, so I was curious as to if you might know him well.

[ Since Eridan seems to like Dualscar, she's not going to say "I think he's a jerk". ]

[Mind = blown]

I don't knoww him! He died hundreds of swweeps before I wwas evven hatched.

[ Clean up on isle Ampora: thinkpan bits all over. ]

So he must be from a different timeline. In that case, that would make you from his future...

[ "He" smiles. ]

I suppose I was hoping you might be able to tell me more about him, Eridan Ampora.

[Eridan frowns a little, cocking his head] I don't knoww much, but I can tell you he wwas a decorated General, and a respected leader of our people. But he wwas betrayed an' murdered by the subjugglators because a his kismesis. He wwas one a the last great sea dwweller leaders before the revvolution.

[ ... Hm. She won't comment because it seems important to Eridan. ]

I see. ... He must be a very strong person. ... Do you mind if I ask you a few other questions, Eridan Ampora? I... hope I'm not bothering you.

[ She has to be polite, after all. Don't wanna bug him. ]

[She seems doubtful, but he ignores that. He doesn't know Dualscar personally, only what he read in history books, and those were rare. A lot of positive propaganda about sea dweller leaders were purged after the revolution.]

It's fine, I'm fuckin' bored, anywway. Wwhat's your question? You don't havve to keep askin' for permission. If I don't wwant to talk to you, I'll just fuckin' say so.

[ ... Awww, that is nice to know, then! It's a little vulgar, sure, but that's all right. ]

I've... spoken to the other Sollux Captor here. Could you... explain your world to me in a bit more detail? When I told him about how most of my people had bright red blood, he reacted strangely... as though that was... special? To be honest, I'd like to understand why it is you all are judged so harshly. It makes no sense to me.

[ Pause. ]

I... hope it's not a bother, I merely wish to understand. I do not enjoy feeling ignorant of another culture's ways; my people live with many different races in one place, and we all get along fine.

You talked to my Sol, or the other one? [He frowns, not really sure how to explain it] Evveryone wwhere you come from has red blood?

I'm fairly sure it was the one that you know; the other one told me the opposite of what this one did regarding how your society works. But as for my world...

[ That question... well, she does suppose it would seem strange, to a troll, one race all having one blood color. ]

Well... yes. I haven't heard of any instance where either of my people had a different color than that, nor any of the other races I know of.

Okay, wwell that'd be pretty different, yeah. [he's sort of at a loss, but whatever] So in your wworld no one wwould be better or wworse based on their blood colour. But wwhat's so hard to understand about that?

I suppose I can't understand why anyone would find themselves to be better or worse than someone else? Doesn't everyone have their own good and bad?

[ It's confusing. :c ]

[You come from a weird world, Link. He just stares at her, totally confused]

You can't...understand that?

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LOL OMG THAT ICONFLKSDJHG

Heehee

;w; she thinks he's kind of endearing, btw. in. a vulgar way.

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