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Shenanigans be in here

Jul 11, 2011 22:59

Who: bemykismesis and striderismo
Where: Routes 35 and 36
When: Backdated to Saturday, July 2nd.
Summary: Dave invited Eridan to go camping with him!
Rating: PG-13 for both of their foul mouths.
Log: ( Over here )

eridan ampora | homestuck, dave strider | homestuck

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striderismo July 12 2011, 06:37:23 UTC

Dave inspects the bucket as he heads for Route 35. It's one of those supersized kid pails, the kind you give a little girl when she goes to the beach or whatever. It's lavender, with a Starmie on one side and red hearts scattered across the rest. Super ironic.

Inside the bucket are some standard supplies - super potions, antidotes and whatever, and a few bags of cheese puffs. (If Rose was lying to him about that for some reason, Dave... will... have a lot of cheese puffs to eat.)

He just hopes that things won't get out of hand this weekend.

As he approaches, he spots Eridan lurking near the entrance, as promised. Walking up, he does one of those coolkid headjerks in greeting.

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 06:55:20 UTC

Eridan smiles as he notices Dave arrive. He walks over to him and notices the bucket. Raising an eyebrow, he speaks with curiosity in his voice.

"W-what's w-with the...you know...human w-water carryin' dewice?"

striderismo July 12 2011, 07:08:24 UTC

And the key now is utter nonchalance.

Dave lifts the bucket to offer it to Eridan.

"The bucket? It's for you."

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 07:13:48 UTC

Eridan stares at the bucket and back at Dave, his face getting flushed very fast.

"A-are you serious?"

striderismo July 12 2011, 07:15:07 UTC

And now hit him with the smile.

"Yeah." He smiles, just a bit, and extends his arm, expecting Eridan to take the bucket.

... If he doesn't make a mess of himself first, anyway.

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 07:23:28 UTC

Eridan hesitantly takes the bucket from Dave and holds it close to his chest, almost hugging it. He smiles again, a much more happy smile than before.

"This is the nicest thing anyone's ewer done for me."

Nevermind that in troll culture something like this would be considered perverted or much more serious. Eridan will just forget about that and see this in a different light. Dave was proposing. He wanted to be Eridan's matesprit, right?

striderismo July 12 2011, 07:27:27 UTC

And funnily enough, if Dave hadn't heard about Gamzee, he'd be pretty sure that pretending to want to be his matesprit was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for Eridan. (And for good reason, too, he reminds himself. The guy's a douchebag, remember?)

He glances away behind his shades, then jerks his head toward the path in front of them. "We should get going." Hopefully Eridan will chalk the avoidant response up to shyness or something equally stupid.

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 07:30:41 UTC

"Right."

Eridan keeps a hold of his bucket to his chest and follows right after Dave, completely content with how the camping trip was already going.

striderismo July 12 2011, 07:37:09 UTC

He glances over his shoulder after a few moments.

"So where's your soul been lately?"

Nice conversation piece, Dave.

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 07:42:35 UTC

"My soul? Do you mean Soul or my soul w-when it w-was out a my body?"

Dave be more clear, he happens to have a moirail named Soul.

striderismo July 12 2011, 07:46:20 UTC

He turns around to walk backward, looking wry.

"I know where Soul's soul's been. I heard from him after Rose woke up. I meant your soul. The Shedinjas get you, too?"

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 07:48:22 UTC

"Oh. Yes, they did."

He stares into his bucket quietly. Aside from his own terrible nightmares, he's been in quite a few unsavory places and he'd rather not talk about them.

striderismo July 12 2011, 07:50:47 UTC

Dave debates pressing further, but decides that he doesn't want to know about Eridan's personal horrorterrors any more than he wants to know about Rose's.

Instead, he says, "Sorry I wasn't around. Rose got hit, too."

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 08:03:25 UTC

Eridan looks up and smiles a little bit.

"That's alright. I w-wasn't expectin' anyone to help me anyw-way. Since the only person who w-would hawe also had his soul taken."

striderismo July 12 2011, 08:06:46 UTC

At least he knows no one likes him, Dave thinks. But that's bad news for Dave, because it means he didn't expect Dave to help, either.

"You're pretty hard on yourself. If I didn't have Rose to take care of, I'd've helped you out."

imblackforyou July 12 2011, 08:11:23 UTC

Eridan blinks a couple of times, kind of surprised.

"You w-would hawe?"

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