wwaterboy: (my life is made a pain)
Eridan Ampora ([personal profile] wwaterboy) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2011-12-10 08:28 pm

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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.

[identity profile] reddeadvirgo.livejournal.com 2011-12-24 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Eridan's mention of going back to his world struck a strange chord in Kanaya. She pretty much had zero hope for returning to her universe, and the same amount of desire to. Rightfully, returning to her timeline would mean being erased in the Scratch. And, despite being resigned to her removal from existence previously, this second chance has restored her aversion to dying. This tower wasn't exactly savory, but at least she was alive.

"Then I suppose my best advice to you is for you to be yourself," she suggested distantly, preoccupied with the musings on her doomed universe. "Exercise caution around your Sollux, but begin a clean slate for all of the new people you meet. Simply having purple blood is enough for some people, regardless of behavioral expectations."

Kanaya gave a sigh after that, tugging the sheets up so she could replace her legs on the bed and lay back again. "I apologize. I don't really know what else to say."