~Be the guy sleeping in limbo
You stare into the darkness. Your feet are firmly planted on the ground, but you can see nothing but black. Your mind only goes to Meulin. You wonder how long on the outside it's been.. It could be years, she could have moved on. You wish you could wake up already.. You don't remember much, but you knew you woke up at one point.. and spoke..
Other than that, the rest is a blur. You've been walking for what feels like ever. You're so close to just giving up and collapsing. You give a big sigh, and keep walking, hoping to find something in this eternal blackness.
~Be Meulin
You feel horrible. It's been merely two days since the last time you visited Kurloz, but you can't bring yourself to do so. You don't know what you would do if he died while you were there..
Your phone starts vibrating. You lazily look at it, and see it's a call from Porrim. You look questioningly at it. It stops shortly after, then she sends a text. "Apo+lo+gies, I am in a rush. Hurry o+ver to+ the ho+spital. But do+ so+ secretly, please." it read.
You look questioningly at it again, then text Dirk for a ride. He replies with he's busy, so you ask Latula. She says she'll be right over. Right after you get up, she texts again saying she's ready. She isn't kidding when she says right over.
Walking outside, the sun blinds you for a second, then you see Latula in her car, waving her hand out the window for you. You get into the passenger's seat, and notice Terezi in the back. She's just looking down, texting away on her phone. You look at Latula. "Had to take her with, ya know. Hospital, right?" you see her say, and nod.
She takes off, and a couple minutes later you have arrived to the hospital, and see Porrim standing at the front. Latula waves to her, and you get out of the car. She drives off, and you approach Porrim. "What did you need?" you ask.
"Follow." she says, walking in.
You comply, and as you approach Kurloz's room, she gestures to stay back, opens the door a peek, and gestures again for you to look in. You didn't expect to see Cronus there, talking with the doctor. Your rage dial gets turned up a bit. Both are facing each other, and you have a good view of their mouths. "There has to be something you can do!" Cronus says.
"I'm sorry, son. There isn't much we are able to do."
"But his heartbeat keeps getting slower and slower, there's something, isn't there?" he continues to exclaim.
The doctor shakes his head. "Only hope, and will, will bring him back." he says.
Cronus looks at Kurloz, and the two of you decide to take that moment to scurry away. "I'm confused." you say.
"As am I." Porrim replies.
You both look down the hall to see Mituna walking up, with a card. He waves to you both, and walks up. "Hiya."
He stops, when he sees Cronus leave Kurloz's room. Uh-oh.
"What the hell were you doing in there?" Mituna says angrily.
"None of ya business, can't ah visit a dying person?" he says, avoiding eye contact, his hair covering his eyes, which was unnatural, considering he always jelled it back.
"Why don't I believe you?" he replies.
"Didn't say ya had to. I'm just telling ya, it's not of yer business." Cronus continues, walking past the three.
"The nerve of that guy... Why.." Mituna starts, but you look down.
After Mituna finished visiting, all three of you left. You still couldn't bear to see Kurloz like that.. Turns out Porrim took Mituna here, but he ran down the street to buy a card quickly. "We need to confront him." you tell the others.
They both look at you, then back at each other. "Sure?" Porrim says questioningly, you can tell by her raised eyebrow.
~Be Mituna
You heard her correctly, she wants to confront Cronus, that bastard. You know he's behind Kurloz's worsened condition. You have no proof... But you just know it!
Now, you're all heading to speak with Cronus. Porrim knows where he lives, and you're all guessing he went right home after he left the hospital. After a couple minutes, and a short, quiet ride later, you reached his house. It was just a bland gray house, with a motorcycle outside of it. Porrim parks, and the three of you walk up to the door. She knocks on it. A couple seconds later, the door opens and reveals Eridan, Cronus's little brother. "Hey there, Eridan" Meulin said, "is your brother home?"
"Yeah, I'll get him hold on.." he says, walking inside, "Cronus!" he yells.
"Hold up." a voice replies, then Cronus shows up at the door.
"Who are they?" Eridan asks.
"Just some... friends..." he says, earning a glare from you, "Go in the other room, please, we're going to have an important discussion."
Eridan looks worried, but goes into another room nonetheless. Cronus gestured you all in, and the inside of his house was surprisingly clean, but his favorite color. "What can I do for you all?" he asks, giving only shaky eye contact.
"I'm sure you know." you reply to him.
"We're just here to talk.. Well, Meulin wanted to speak with you." Porrim says.
Cronus gives a second of eye contact to Meulin, and just sets his eyes down. "I'm ready for whatever.." he says.
"Why were you at the hospital?" she asks.
"To visit, ya know. Nothing more, nothing less. Felt bad for the guy." he replies.
You seem to snap really early. "Bullspit! You were just there to make sure he was dead, weren't you!?" you nearly yell.
He looks startled. "W... What?! What are you-"
"I KNOW you put him back into that coma! I don't know how you did it.. But it must be you!" you continue.
"Mituna, calm yourself.." Porrim starts.
"NO! This bastard needs to pay for doing EVERYTHING he did to Kurloz. He's the reason he's in there right now. He's the reason he went back under."
Cronus looks down. A voice comes from the hallway. "Cronus... Is it true?" Eridan asks, walking up.
"Eridan, what did I tell you about leaving us be?" Cronus asks him.
"Is. It. True? Did you really hurt Gamzee's brother, and almost kill him?" he replies, with teary eyes.
Cronus stares at the ground. "Are you gonna answer?" Meulin asks.
"... Yes. I hit him with my car one night after getting him drunk. Yes, I was hoping I killed him. Yes, I injected stuff into him to make sure he was dead. No, I didn't return to make sure he was dead.." he said, holding his head in his hands.
Eridan's tears started falling onto his favorite scarf, that his brother had hand made for him. "But.. I defended you.. Everyone told me you were bad.. That you almost killed Gamzee's brother.. I always told them they were crazy.. That my big brother was the nicest person ever.. Ever since dad left and mom died, you've always been so nice to me.. But you're really a bad person.."
"Eridan.. I-" Cronus started.
"I always believed.. I always told everyone... That you had nothing to do with it. That you couldn't have done it.. But.. but.." he started, crying, tossing his scarf down, then ran off.
Cronus stood up, an arm outstretched towards his little brother. He walked by, then kneeled at the scarf, taking it up in his hand. You couldn't help but feel bad for him.. His dad left and mother died? How long has he been supporting him and Eridan? You actually feel really bad for not learning about him earlier..
But that didn't get rid of your anger. "Cronus.. We had no idea." Porrim said, walking over to him. "But that doesn't mean we'll forget about what you've done. You do need to pay."
Cronus's shoulders sag, as he stares down at the scarf. "Do what you want.. I've lost my brother.. There's nothing more I can lose."
~Be Meulin
Out of everything, you now understand why Cronus acts how he does. He's been juggling being more of a parent, an older brother and a teenager. You've only known little about his family, but they can be quite unlikeable in hard times. But still, Cronus's behavior is beyond that.
You now walk by him. "Why did you try to kill Kurloz, Cronus?" you ask.
"I lose control of myself, and believe I can do whatever I want, without consequences.. But your friend, Dirk, snapped me out of it.. Because almost no one confronts me about anything I do.. They don't care, and want nothing to do with me.."
"Shut the sob stories, Cronus. You need to fix this all. I know everything you've done since Meulin was around." Mituna said, not letting it go.
"You have a lot to make up for.. But you'll have the chance." Porrim says.
"You're damn lucky, too. The main reason I'm not kicking your ass, is because of your brother." Mituna continues, walking out.
Porrim follows. "I am really sorry.." Cronus says to you.
"Prove it." you said coldly, and walk out with the others.
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