Prince of Heart- God I love the relationship between Eridan and the humans. Like, he's such a little jerk who doesn't understand sarcasm. But he's my little jerk. Have I mentioned how much I love Eridan? Anyways, enjoy folks and folkettes!
After just a few minutes of hyper speed travel, courtesy of the now surely dead Sollux, the meteor slowed down and eventually came to a halt in front of the Green Sun. Eridan instinctively covered his eyes, for what good it would've done, but soon realised that no-one was going blind from staring at the sun, so he revealed his eyes. Eridan gasped at the size of the sun, as even when he looked left or right, he found that he couldn't see the end of it. A few spouts of green fire flared up from the sun, though none of them came anywhere near the meteor. Eridan took off his glasses and wiped them with his sleeve, checking to see if he was hallucinating, but it became obvious that the sun in front of him was the real deal.
Placing his glasses back on his face, Eridan turned to the rest of the group, who had gathered around Sollux's body. He walked up to them, and gazed over the lifeless corpse, examining the mustard coloured blood that seeped from his eyes and mouth, and gagged at all the goriness. He swallowed and turned away, letting out a sigh.
"WELL, FUCK," Karkat choked out, his eyes welling up with tears. "I THINK THIS IS FOR REAL THIS TIME. HE'S REALLY NOT COMING BACK."
Kanaya placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm Sorry, But Look On The Bright Side. We Made it, Did We Not?"
Karkat wiped his nose with his sleeve. "I GUESS. I WISH THE IDIOT WOULD STOP DYING THOUGH." Karkat said those last words with sadness rather than spite.
"As Do I. But These Things Are Unavoidable, And We Can Only Focus On Moving On. And Speaking Of Moving On," Kanaya placed her hands on her hips, the hole in her stomach still leaking blood and her skin still glowing a bright white, and gazed up at the sun. "What Do We Do Now?"
Eridan stepped back from the group, whom were all swapping ideas as to what to do, and looked over Vriska's covered body. He felt tempted to get one last look at her, but decided to leave her in peace. He didn't know if he was the lucky one, considering most of his friends hated him now, when it came to living. He looked over at his wand, which laid in half across the roof, and then in front of her body, where her computer sat with the Trollian app open. He moved around her body, and sat down at the computer. He found one conversation still currently ongoing, the one with the blue texted human, and decided to read over it. He found himself surprised that the boy wasn't lying when Eridan last talked to him, Vriska had been flirting with him pretty hard, going so far as to ask him on a date. He placed his hand under his chin, pondering whether he should tell John of Vriska's death, and eventually replied.
ectoBiologist (EB) began Pestering arachnidsGrip (AG)
EB: hey, are you there?
EB: i did what you said...
EB: but i can't tell if it worked.
EB: hello?
EB: you didn't fly off to fight jack yet, did you?
EB: i hope not.
EB: anyway, all that stuff you said sounds fun to me, i have hells of the cage flicks in my library.
EB: i do not even care that you're an alien! you see, cage is the universal constant which unites us all.
EB: well...
EB: if you haven't flown away...
EB: i will look forward to your message in the future.
EB: it would be nice to talk, about...
EB: all this stuff that happened.
EB: anyway, bye.
AG: wwoww
AG: you wwerent lyin wwere you
EB: vriska?
EB: whats with the typing?
EB: you kind of type like that guy i talked to way back.
EB: he was pretty intense. not as intense as karkat, but still pretty dang intense!
EB: but he was kind of cool! like…
EB: well, like karkat.
EB: he will take some getting used to, but i think we would be buddies.
AG: wwill you shut your lowwly blue mouth
AG: oh my gog
AG: you and that spider bitch
AG: gog bless her soul
AG: are fuckin perfect for each other
AG: and its great to see that she wwent downhill in the datin scene after our thing ended
EB: i am guessing you're not vriska.
AG: no shit
AG: alloww me to elaborate
AG: …
AG: …
EB: uh, hello?
EB: what exactly are you elaborating?
AG: just hold on
AG: fuck this is a lot harder than i thought
AG: so you knoww wwhat
AG: you can find out for yourself
EB: oh, well whatever you say! very excited to.
EB: could you ask her if the offer for a date is still on…?
EB: i'm sorry, but what was your name again?
AG: eridan
EB: oh, cool name!
EB: could you do me that one favour, though?
AG: no wwhat do i look like a fuckin loww blooded dud
AG: or actually
AG: yeah sure
AG: i wwill let her knoww
EB: thank you!
EB: now, i better get this scratch started.
EB: wish me luck, eridan?
AG: theres no such thing as luck
AG: only vvile blooded wrigglers believve in luck
EB: uh, sure. whatever you say! bye eridan!
ectoBiologist (EB) ceased Pestering arachnidsGrip (AG)
Eridan closed down the application, just as he heard someone calling his name from the group. He closed the laptop, and whipped around to face the rest of the group, who had grown in size. As he got up, he examined the new and returning members of the group, which consisted of Aradia, Sollux, the human witch, and another human Eridan hadn't seen before. Aradia and the two humans were each dressed in elaborate clothes, Aradia and the male human in red and the witch in yellow and orange.
The witch smirked her black lips at him, a look of mocking in her eyes. "Oh, so you're Eridan, aren't you? The pretentious troll with an obsession of blood colour?" As Eridan got to the group, she held out her pale hand. "It's a pleasure to finally meet your acquaintance."
Eridan narrowed his eyes at her, and slapped her hand away. "there is no way in hell i am touchin such a disgrace to the human royal family!"
The other human chuckled, "holy shit, you convinced him you were royalty? that is fucking hilarious."
"Well, it's more like he convinced himself," Rose interjected.
"oh man, i cant be too hard on the guy. i mean, look at him, hes on a whole layer of irony that most could only dream of. hes like an irony demigod, and if were very lucky, hell bless us with a thousand fucking years of shitty jpeg artifacts."
Eridan raised an eyebrow. "wwhat are you talkin about?"
Dave gestured to each of the Prince's clothing articles. "i mean, you gotta be wearing that shit as a joke, right? the scarf, the hair, its purely ironic, right?"
Eridan looked at him, his feelings hurt, and scoffed, "i assure you that this is the vvery pinnacle of fashion!"
"wait, so that ain't ironic?" Dave choked the last two words out, and burst out in laughter. "oh my god, i cant believe thats serious!"
Eridan scrunched up his face, growling at the human, "how DARE you mock my impeccable fashion sense. youre just jealous that you couldnt pull off somethin like this!"
Dave's laughter got louder, and he began choking on his own laughter. "holy shit, rose can you fucking believe this guy? here i was giving him the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out he is that much of a nerd." Dave placed a hand on Eridan's shoulder to steady himself, but Eridan pushed it off.
"wwhy are you laughing? stop laughing, you loww blooded latrine!"
The witch gently pushed the other human out of the way, a sly smile on her face. "Excuse him, he just doesn't understand us "royal bloods," don't you think?"
Eridan looked her up and down, and crossed his arms in a huff. "i dont get you, wwitch. wwhy must you confuse me by denying your bloodline sometimes while embracin it other times?"
"IT'S SARCASM, DUMBASS," Karkat interrupted, "SHE'S NOT ROYALTY. THEY DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BY BLOOD COLOUR."
"wwhat," Eridan huffed, turning to the witch, "wwhy wwould you lead me on like that. wwhat angle are you playin, wwitch?"
The witch sighed, "I never lead you on, you were just too pretentious to realise the obviousness of my ruse. And can you stop calling me witch? My name's Rose, and my friend is Dave."
"fine, rose. if that is your real name!"
"It is. Please don't act like it's anything else."
"i cant tell anymore. youvve betrayed my trust, "rose" and i don't knoww wwhat to believve."
"Eridan," Kanaya placed a hand on his shoulder, "How About You Let Us Talk To Our New Friends, And We Will Call On You If We Need You."
Eridan pouted, and kept his gaze away from Rose. "but wwhy should i? i didnt do anythin."
"I Understand That, But I Do Not Want You Frustrating Our New Guests. Wait Until We Find Out What We Are Doing Next, Then We Can Exchange Courtesies. Why Dont You Talk To Gamzee While We…" She looked around the group, before letting go of Eridan. "Now Where Did He Go? Did Anyone See Where He Went?"
"WHO, G4MZ33?" Terezi asked. "1 DONT KNOW. BUT H3 TOOK VR1SK4 4ND SOLLUXS BOD13S." She pointed to where Vriska and Sollux had been, which had only separate pools of blood where they once laid.
"Oh, Really. Is That The Game He Is Playing." Kanaya grabbed her lipstick from her Strife Specibus, morphing it into a chainsaw.
Eridan placed his hands on his hips, a look of confusion on his face. "he evven took my cape! i mean, it wwasnt my only one, but come on!"
Kanaya began to walk off, and Karkat called out to her, "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?"
"Clown Hunting," She replied, disappearing down the stairs.
Dave came and stood beside Eridan, his arms crossed. "man, what was her deal. she acted like whoever shes looking for murdered a couple of her friends or something."
"Isn't that what you told me you did, Eridan?" Rose asked rather matter-of-factly.
"okay, wwell first of all, i killed one person, and, because sol technically doesnt count."
"hOw the fuck do I nOt cOunt?" Sollux asked.
"because you didnt die."
"well i ObviOusly did."
"HOLY FUCK, IT DOESN'T MATTER!" Karkat yelled. "ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT I GUESS WE GOT TO DO WHATEVER THE FUCK COMES NE-"
Karkat stopped when he heard a loud sound, much like a ripping, and a small hole opened up above them. Eridan could spot one figure through the hole, whom was wearing blue coloured pyjamas not unlike the other two humans. He made movements with his mouth, though no-one heard anything that he said.
"WHAT?" Karkat screamed through the hole, seemingly recognising the character. "WHAT THE HELL DID HE JUST SAY?"
Just as Karkat stepped up on his toes to get a better hear, the figure threw an object through the hole, hitting Karkat square in the face. He fell to the ground, screaming, as the object rolled towards Eridan, stopping dead in front of him. He jumped back in disgust, as he realised what the object was.
A bucket.