usedshooshpap | 001 ♋ Audio

[ this would be the Gear clicking on. pure audio, but the distinct press of buttons with clear sounds of irritation ( grunting, muttered curses ) can be heard over the feed. ]

The fuck does this shit even work...

[And then there’s the distinct sound of someone else, a haughty HUFF before:]

Who the fuck cares, Kar? Let’s just get goin’ already, I hardly want to wait around while you futz with that infernal dewice.

[ hear that? it’s an irritable sigh. ]

Fuck you, Ampora. If you’d actually use your goddamn think pan for two seconds instead of just doing whatever the taintchafing fuck you want, then maybe you’d realize that we need to get information before blindly jumping into the clusterfuck that is this shithole!

Besides. The map says you’re going the wrong fucking way. Great navigational skills you have there, genius.

[Oops a snarl!]

Fuck your map and fuck whoewer you’re tryin’ to contact, we don’t need their help! Not to mention, if they’re the same as the ones in this tiny as fuck town we’re in, they’re HUMANS. Are you honestly goin’ to ask some fuckin’ sandsuckin’ HUMANS for help Kar? Thought you had more pride in bein’ a troll than that.

Guess I was wrong.

[ a hard clunk as the Gear hits the ground. sounds like someone threw it and there’s a rustle of fabric as Karkat is grabbing Eridan by the scarf. ]

If we’re here, fuckass, then the other members of our team could be too! Are they not worthy of trying to fucking contact either, grubtard? If I recall, you were the one practically begging me on your hands and fucking knees about traveling together in the first place.

[There’s a twin to that rustle of clothes as Eridan mirrors the gesture to Karkat’s own shirt, because fuck this, he’s not gonna let Karkat put his hands all over his clothes with some sort of retaliation!]

First off, get your grubby fuckin’ mits off my scarf! But second off, sure whatewer they MIGHT be here. And if they aren’t? We got a bunch a fuckin’ humans thinkin’ we’re some pathetic helpless species needin’ their help and guidance, fuck that and fuck you! I HARDLY did anythin’ so dramatic, dirtscrapper!

Eridan, you are the very essence of dramatic, you cape wearing douchebag. And so what if they’re humans? We’ve been fucking relying on humans ever since -

[ and he cuts himself off. ]

That shit was on, you know.

What? What was on?

[ in that moment Karkat lets Eridan go and picks up the Gear. have some noise while he waves it on. ]

It’s on you raving brinesucker!

Oh. [This is said very flatly with unamused realization.]

Well, turn it the fuck off, you stupid fuck!

What the hell are you calling me stupid for!? You’re the one that was so fucking insistent on me paying attention to you and your fin faced needs!

[ BUT HE TURNS IT OFF ANYWAY ]

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[Yeah he swallows hard on that one. At the time Karkat hadn't outright said who he was talking about, saying 'her' and never doing any name dropping, but the context clues should have been enough, he just... Didn't really want to acknowledge that memo ever, but now he's kinda having to. Fhl.]

I--Fuck, I don't ewen know what to say, I definitely don't want to beliewe you, but the shit you'we just said--the shit you said in that memo, the shit you know...

Fuck.

[Yeah he's not sure how to handle this right now. He wants to just call Karkat a liar, go on his merry way and just flip him the metaphorical flapbeast, but he knows all too well that he can't do that, not with the way his chest feels so goddamn tight.

Like I said.

[ guilt? maybe a little. tiniest of tiny guilts. ]

She's happy playing with the fucking horrorterrors, so just let it go for now. Sollux is fine being blind and toothless and Kanaya turned out just fucking fine too. In the end, you really didn't screw anyone over, so drop it for now.

[ okay. so maybe Eridan screwed over himself in this deal, but... ]

... Yeah I guess.

[There's heavy dejection in his voice. Him killing some of their friends probably wouldn't be as much of a shock to him as this is if it weren't for the fucking fact he killed Feferi. He still doesn't want to believe it, but there are just some facts not even Eridan can try to pretend don't exist.]

Edited 2011-10-03 14:24 (UTC)

[ and Karkat just comes up behind him with a small shove. nothing forceful, but he can't bring himself to be entirely comforting. ]

Come on.

[Not that Eridan would expect him to be comforting in the least. He takes a second to collect himself, before trying to shrug the information off. It really isn't working, Eridan's as see through as glass. But regardless, he starts walking after the shove, staying silent meanwhile. He's got a lot to think about after all.]

[ he'll lose his temper with it sooner or later. ]

I want to get to Cherrygrove. We can wait for Lalonde's birds there.

[He offers a nod. He doesn't really care at this point, they could just kinda get lost in the woods for weeks, he wouldn't give a shit right now. He sure does feel shitty. But it's okay, once he's digested the information and has had time to figure out how to handle it, he'll start to care again, but right now? Sure is brooding up in here.]

Shit is so fucked up.

[ and that's really all he can say on the matter. all of it is. ]

You can say that again.

[Oops he's sounding pretty fucking monotone here.]

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