[SEMI-OPEN] HERE IN ROBOT HELL

[machine_god]

Who: SHODAN, corrupted PCs, rescue team, and a WHOLE SHITTON OF ZOMBIES.
What: PCs COMIN IN TO RESCUE FOLKS. ZOMBIES. OH SHI -
Where: Residential Zone 7
When: Thursday through the next week
Notes: Teleporters are now open to allow people in, but not out. YOU CAN STILL LEAVE THE ZONE EASILY BY WALKING OUT OF IT TO THE ADJACENT GARDEN ZONES AND

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SURGERY

[machine_god]

These are a series of circular rooms. Someone seems to have spilled paint here - mustard yellow in one, royal purple in another... but the predominant color is ruby red. Hmm. Wait a second. That paint is awfully salty. And hey, what are those egg things in the corner...? Might want to watch out - one of these rooms contains an ogre.

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

To say she was jumpy was an understatement, everything in this place put her teeth on edge, from the walls to every single thing she'd witnessed. It would be more troubling if she wasn't so angry, god, she hadn't been this angry since-

That wasn't important.

What was important was finding people, or finding who did this, or something. Anything. She had spent days being useless while Dave and Sollux were getting hurt, there was no way that was going to continue, as much as those things got in the way.

She heads through the area, pausing at some of the colors as she passes the rooms. Yellow- that wasn't paint, that was Sollux's blood. But another color caught her eye, one that made the pit of her stomach sink. "... Eridan?"

She enters one of the rooms, that feeling in her stomach freezing to dread. "Eridan-"

Re: Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

Eridan's figure looked rather hunched, he had his back turned to her, and... he just seemed really small compared to everything else in the room. Legs pressed up against his chest, he tried to keep himself as close to his slightly shivering and aching body as he could. His breathing seemed really off, as if he was still trying to get his gills to work. No avail, he stopped promptly when he knew that they weren't going to open back up no matter what he did

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

When she hears her name Feferi hurried forward, forgetting the extreme caution she had been practicing ever since she came in. She knows that voice, she knew it for sweeps and she had never heard that exact tone before. Eridan could sound pathetic sometimes but this- this was completely different.

She freezes when she finally gets a good look at him, eyes widening in horror. His... fins. They were- they were completely gone, and his neck was... It takes her a moment to regain herself, rushing forward again and dismissing her weapon to kneel next to him. All the conflict in her thoughts about Eridan were forgotten for the moment, she didn't even spare a thought to how he had cut her down, how he was supposed to be an enemy. Her moirail was hurt. Her- her ex-moirail.

"Eridan. Eridan, oh my god-" She starts, reaching out to touch where his fins should have been, not thinking.

Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

This was real. All of this was real. He didn't want this to be real, though. As much as he wanted to see her again, this wasn't the way that Eridan wanted this to happen.

He tried to turn away from her, though, he didn't want this to be happening, not now. Not until he could have actually tried getting himself fixed. No, no... Eridan couldn't bring himself to do it, though. His body just froze and locked up when she moved herself right beside him. Seeing her looking at him so horrified... It hurt him so much. Oh, so much.

Then, Feferi started reaching for the places where his fins used to be. His bottom lip was quivering and his eyes were wide. Eridan couldn't stop himself from getting all emotional, especially since it was a perfect time to be it. He quietly sighed and looked down at his shoes, a line of light purple falling from both of his eyes. The troll just couldn't bring himself to speak again, not at this moment at all. He was just too ashamed and disgusted of himself.

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

Oh god- she swallows, trying to compose herself. "Eridan, talk to me." She pleads, settling for putting a hand on his shoulder. His fins, his gills, she was probably one of the few people who could understand how much of his identity those were. It made her skin crawl just thinking about it.

She takes a deep breath, wrapping her arms around him as best she can manage. "Come on." She murmurs. "We're going to get out of here, ok? I'm getting you out of here, I promise." It was hard enough getting this far, getting him out- well, she didn't have time to think about it. It was happening, that was that, she was getting him out of this hell hole and... and somewhere. Where could she even take him? He wasn't supposed to know about either of the safe places she knew, and- ugh. It didn't matter. She pulls back to offer him a shaky smile, brushing at one of those purple tears.

"Up! C-come on mister!"

Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

"Why?" Eridan begins, tightening his grip on his legs. "W-why would yo-don't waste your t-time with me..."

Why was he saying this? Inside he wanted her to just take him away, but... his pride was still the only thing that made him move or do anything. He was worthless, he didn't mean anything to them anymore. He was scum... nothing but trouble.

"I-I deserv..."

He tries to fight it. He can't say that. He won't. He was hiccuping through his sobs. How the heck could she even look at him like that?

"I d-deserve this. I-I'm a tr-traitor. I-I'm not a sea dweller. I'll n-n-never be able to return t-to our h-home. I k-k-killed you. I deserve to die!"

His mood changes slightly, and he turns his head away, growing serious. "H-He told me that I don't deserve to b-b-be on the same level as you. A-and it's true. I-I don't..."

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

Feferi stares, opening her mouth but closing it again quickly. Hearing Eridan of all people say those things, after she pleaded with him to reconsider, after he- no. No she couldn't. Her grip on his shoulder tightens, voice heavy with emotion.

"Shut up." She mutters. "Just- just shut your glubhole Eridan. You're dumb. You're a dumb, stupid jerk, an asshole, a- everything bad any of us have ever called you but. You don't- you never deserved this..." She says, voice rising. "I don't care what 'he' said, whoever did this- ugh."

She tugs his arm urgently. "Come on, we have to go. I have to get you out of here, there are... there are things everywhere." Monsters. Creatures. She didn't know. "Please, just trust me."

Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

Eridan just sat there, throughout the tugging and all of the words that she had said. His face just seemed to turn dark as he took a deep breath.

"Don't s-st-leave me, you go on your o-get out of h-here."

He spoke quietly, looking down, then looking her straight in the eyes. "I-If one of u-us d-deserves to g-g-go it's you."

But then... his expression changed again, the grip loosening from his legs. Reaching forward, as quickly as he could, he embraced her. "I'd n-never let this slide. Please j-just... Leave. G-get out of here Fef. You d-don't need to be here..."

He took a short breath and whispered, "I don't w-want you to g-get hurt or end up like me..."

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

Feferi stares, it was hard for her eyes not to stray towards his injuries but the look on his face caught her attention fully. Before she could even stubbornly respond the hug cuts her off, the quieter words after it silencing her completely.

Damn it, damn it, this wasn't fair, he wasn't allowed to say things like that. He had killed her without batting an eye, he had thrown away all their history together and all their friends and... and he was terrible. He was supposed to be terrible. He was a stupid kid who didn't deserve this.

"I said shut up." She says quietly, tears welling in her eyes, caught in her goggles as she pulls back to stare stubbornly at him. "I'm not- I won't leave you behind. Not... not like this. You're coming with me, even if I have to drag you the whole way."

She grasps his arm, trying to blink away the purple in her eyes. "Can you walk?"

Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

He was a jerk, he was an asshole. He was a lot of things. He was also broken and sorry.

Standing up slowly, he took a step back to try to keep himself up. Looking around a bit. He hadn't really moved from that spot that much. Where the hell were his Crosshairs...

He looked back to Feferi and then away, um... attempting to try to keep the conversation on the same path. "W-why are you w-wastin' your d-d-da-time on m-m-me? I th-thought that you w-wouldn't w-w-w-waste your t-time on m-me and that I w-was gonna bet-tray you for Jack."

He snorted and tried to get her mad. He wanted her to leave and get out of there before things did get crazy. He cared too much of her, even now. She'd always been the first one of them all

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

"Eridan-" Feferi's face is hard to read, staying expressionless until her hand suddenly shoot out to clamp over his mouth, eyes narrowed and... well, annoyed. Annoyed and scared. "I said shut your blowhole! Just- listen."

"I- it's not- you were the first friend I ever had, and you... all that stuff doesn't matter right now. It's a stupid jerk who never listens and is just... just the worst sometimes but I still care you idiot! Why do you think I tried to talk to you when we came back? Why do you think I glubbing told you not to follow Jack in the first place?"

"Ugh, that was always the problem! You never listened, that's why I broke up with you! Do you know how hard it is being a moirail to someone who refuses to learn anything? All you care about is your stupid drama and your stupid self and-" Damn it, what was she doing?? She lets out a frustrated, shaky huff. "I know a place to take you, he- Joe- he won't think you're a big traitor and the trolls don't know where it is so you'll be ok. So just-"

"Just listen to me." She pulls at

Re: Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

"SEE?! D-don't you s-see that?!" he hissed in reply, balling his fists and keeping himself in place

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

It was funny how Eridan was one of the only people who could get her this annoyed. Somehow they were arguing about their break up here. Here, of all places. She had a lot of things she wanted to say- actually a lot of things she wanted to yell but this was it. She was here for a reason and no stubborn troll boy was going to stop her.

When she grabs his arm this time it's a bit less gentle and much more resolute as she tries to lift him to his feet. She could drag around dead whales and Eridan was significantly smaller than a whale. It was pretty obvious she was seconds away from throwing him over her shoulder and just making a run for the exit.

"I am getting out of here." She answers, pulling him towards the exit as she glanced quickly around the room. "And you're coming with me whether you glubbing like it or not. We can- we'll carp about all this later you giant jerk."

Re: Feferi and Eridan

[fuckinfeelins]

This wasn't how it was supposed to be. I shouldn't be gettin' out of here.

He couldn't argue anymore at the moment, she pretty much outmatched him strength wise. Eridan was still damn tired physically and mentally, and he didn't argue with her. Except... He had to say something. Holding onto the arm that gripped onto his, he held it for support. He hadn't been trying to walk or anything, and his legs were sort of hard to control at the moment. He hoped she didn't mind.

"A-alright..." he began, looking... just tired as hell right now, dropping the tough-guy act that he had been stabilized with, "I... I just h-have somethin' I ne-need before w-we can go..." he muttered, still looking around uneasily. He forgot exactly where his big damn gun was, but... He needed it. It was the only thing he had left to protect himself, and he wasn't going to leave without it.

Feferi and Eridan

[cuttlefishcull]

At least he was being cooperative now, or better than he had been before. She supports his weight without too much trouble, even with his legs being rather uncooperative. Ok- ok, they were going to get out of here. He was going to be ok.

Feferi pauses, almost immediately jumping to another short response but catching herself- the fact he had even caved meant he was worse off than she thought. "What?" She asks, glancing around as he did. "Eridan we really need to go! There are... things around, and-" And she didn't want either of them caught and played with like some of what she had seen.