Author's Note: So, how do you like it so far? A lot? Good. Anyway, I decided to put the Author's Note in the second chapter because I figured the information in here would only really strike interest in those who have stuck along through the first and second chapters. That being said, my plan is to update every weekend. I have a pretty busy schedule and sometimes weekends might not even work out, but in that case I will warn a weekend in advance. And with this, enjoy! :D Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story, previous chapter and this one. It all belongs to Andrew Hussie.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
Din-
"Ugh..." The young mergirl turned in her bed uncomfortably.
Ding!
She sighed, slowly lifting her heavy lids. Somehow, her dream had actually made her more tired than when she fell asleep. Wait...when did she fall asleep? She sat up, trying to recall when she laid down. She scanned her room, as if it might provide her with an answer. Although the room had no explanations to offer, outside her window she saw a dead lusus. That meant Eridan was hunting for Gl'bgolyb as-
Ding!
She decided to tend to whoever was messaging her, so she may get a complete thought out.
CA: fef
CA: hey
CA: fef
CA: glub
CA: i knoww youre there
CA: fef
For a moment she felt completely fine with his messages. His shellfish tendencies, his horrible quadranting, her plan to break up with him...
But now she remembered her dream, and what she saw. She was almost brought to tears just by hearing from him, but her ducts were dry when she remembered the pain she saw in older her's eyes. She recalled the plan, and knew what she had to do.
CA: are you really doin this right noww
CC: ) (ey, -Eridan! W) (at's on your mind?
CA: wwhat
CC: We're moirails! Let's s) (are our feelings! W) (at's on your mind?
CA: hm
CC: Please? 38)
It was kind of hard for her to speak to him. She knew she had to imitate what she was supposed to say according to her timeline, but she didn't know exactly what she was supposed to say. "Act like normal" was a hard command to follow when suddenly her heart despised the one she was talking to. Now that she knew what Eridan was capable of, there was no way she could look at him in the same way and say what she was supposed to say. She knew she must have been screwing something up, but what? There was no way she could know, because she would never live in the timeline where she said what she was supposed to say.
CA: fef i swwear theres nothin on my mind
CC: I don't think so, -Eridan!
CC: Just skip the melodramatic facade and tell me w) (at's on your mind! PL-EASE!
CA: cant i just talk to you like a normal seadwweller
CC: You AR-E, silly!
CA: ...
CC: -ERIDAN PL-EAS-E YOU AR-E HOLDING M-E IN SUSP-ENSE! 38(
CA: yeah wwell ok since wwe are the PALEST OF PALS A GUY COULD EVVER ASK FOR
CA: i wwill tell you
CA: evven though you wwill only humor me as usual since you dont agree wwith my agenda
CA: any of my agendas really
CA: none of the agendas
CA: none of them
CC: Are you fretting over anot) (er one of t) (ese dumb contraptions?
CA: see
CA: more condescension
CA: you are goin to make a hell of an empress
CC: S) (ut up and tell me w) (at's wrong! 38(
CC: I understand you want to kill all landwellers, but it's not going to work! It never works!
CA: i just gotta keep tryin. thats how all great millitary masterminds succeed.
CC: -Eridan, no. S) (ut up. W) (at's wrong again?
CA: but yeah i dunno
CA: i dont knoww wwhy she ignores me i guess shes just bored wwith me
And here it comes. His stupid romantic antics. She didn't really want to deal with him right now. Not like this. She might as well get to what her older self was goading her to do.
CC: I doubt it. Anyway, I have a question. It's been on my mind for a while. 38)
CA: wwhat the fuck fef i thought wwe wwere just talkin about me
CC: I KNOW BUT JUST LIST-EN.
CA: sheesh okay what is it
CC: Speaking about your quadrants...
CC: I was wondering...
CC: DO YOU WANT TO BE R-ED? 38D
CA: ...
CA: fef
CA: of course
CC: GR-EAT! I'll be RIGHT BACK! This is so -EXCITING! 38D
CA: wwait fef
cuttlefishCuller [CC] ceased trolling caligulasAquarium [CA]
The young sea maiden immediately shut down her tablet. She did NOT like Eridan, but it was just the first step in the plan. From her bed she rose, looking out the window, staring at the dead lusus and beyond. Beyond the lusus was her kingdom.
In this moment, observing her rightful land, a little cog turned in her heart. This cog hardly inched the gears to get her going, but it was enough for her to work up something she didn't recognize. But somehow, she agreed with it, and allowed it continue its work.