Prince of Heart- "That's just about the saddest thing I've ever heard get said," will be the Homestuck quote I get on my gravestone, mark my God damned words.

Eridan gruffly bashed the metal door with his fist, intent on finding the Seer of Mind and learning the full story of Gamzee's apparent black affair. He just couldn't believe what that girl said; was Gamzee actually cheating on him? Not to insult himself, but why would Terezi even stoop that low? She didn't seem the type, especially the type to cause drama amongst the group by way of a cheating partner. She'd be much more direct in her drama-causation, he was sure of it, but that wasn't going to cease his current anger at the Seer and Bard for their actions.

"ter open the fuck up!" Eridan yelled, smashing his fist against the metal again and making a loud series of clanks that echoed throughout the short hallway.

"dude hold the fuck up," he heard Dave say as he approached, the Knight's red cape flapping behind him as he jogged up the Prince.

"dont try and stop me knight," Eridan demanded, backing away from the door and pointing at Dave. "i gotta find out wwhat the fuck is goin on."

"fish dude i aint trying to stop ya," Dave explained, "i want to find out just as much as you do. im just here to make sure you dont… you know… go all eridan on us."

Eridan gritted his teeth. "wwhat do you mean go 'all eridan' on you?"

"cmon dude even you got to understand that euphemism."

"i wwas hopin i wwouldnt." Eridan turned back towards the door, pressing his hands against it. "terezi open this fuckin door before i smash it dowwn!"

Dave crossed his arms. "thats a metal door no way in hell are you breaking that down like some sort of cool-aid man. tz being the kid in desperate fucking need of what that jolly red man is bursting in to give her of course."

"GO 4W4Y!" Terezi's muffled voice called from behind the door. "1 DONT W4NT TO T4LK TO 31TH3R OF YOU."

"god dammit ter i dont givve a shit wwhat you dont wwanna do i need fuckin answwers!" Eridan backed up from the door, cracking his neck as he prepared to kick the thing open. "and im gettin them one wway or a fuckin nother."

"dude youre going to break your legs. lets just organise an ambush or-" Eridan didn't let the Knight finish, as he paced towards the door, raised his leg, and slammed his sole into the metal door, breaking the thing open. The two sides, which would've slid into the wall surrounding the frame, crashed to the ground with a loud clank, and Dave looked into the empty doorway.

"holy shit those troll exercises really fucking work. that or the doors made out of cardboard."

Eridan pushed past the human, barging his way into the room and glancing around. The place looked like it hadn't been cleaned in months: plastic bottles of Faygo splayed around the room, piles of clothes surrounding the closet, the bed hastily and messily made. It was like an infamous Alternian cyclone had torn its way through the place. The only light source came from outside the room, illuminating Eridan's shadow across the wall in front of him, and he flicked on the switch beside him. With the light finally on, he located Terezi curled up in a ball in the corner of the room, facing away from the two.

"ter dammit speak to me!" Eridan demanded, stomping over to her and grabbing her shoulder. "just tell me wwhere that stupid clowwn is!"

"1… 1 DONT KNOW!" Terezi cried out, resisting Eridan's firm grip. "WHY WOULD 1 KNOW 4NYW4Y?"

"rose let loose your secret about you and him," Eridan explained as he jerked her around, "so tell me wwhere the hell he is so-"

Eridan stopped dead in his tracks as Terezi turned around, her clothes stained with various flavors of Faygo, and looked him directly in the eyes. Like actually looked at him. Her eyes had seemingly returned, the formerly red glares replaced by normal troll yellow eyes with black pupils, and Eridan couldn't believe it. He'd only seen this once before, when he first met up with Terezi and Vriska during his FLARPing adventures, shortly before the whole "pay8ack" incident between them and Team Charge.

He gently let go of her shoulder, slowly backing away and letting Dave push past him. "dude what the fuck are you-" He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw Terezi's repaired eyesight, "holy shit." The Knight crouched down, Terezi desperately trying not to directly look at him. "tz… what the hell happened to you?"

Tears began to form at the corners of Terezi's eyes. "1… 1 D1DNT M34N FOR 1T TO GO TH1S F4R. R34LLY."

Dave sighed, "tz dont give me that. you knew i wasnt down for your weird troll romance and you told me you were a ok with that. now i not only find out that you went behind my back but you did it with that insane clown no less." He took hold of both her shoulders gently, and she inched her chin up to look at him finally. "dude. what happened?"

"1 HON3STLY DONT KNOW!" she exclaimed. "1T 4LL H4PP3N3D SO F4ST, 4ND 1 D1DNT R34LLY KNOW WH4T TO DO, 4ND B3FOR3 1 KNOW IT TH4T CR33P H4S H1MS3LF UP 1N MY GR1LL 4T 4LL T1M3S."

Dave paused for a moment, before raising his hands and taking off his glasses, revealing his cherry red eyes. "you know you couldve spoken to me if you were having troubles."

"WHY WOULD 1? YOU 4R3NT TH3 MOST S3R1OUS P3RSON OUT TH3R3."

Dave sighed wistfully, "i know i know its just…"

Terezi reached up and caressed Dave's cheek. "TH1S 1S TH3 F1RST T1M3 1'V3 LOOK3D 4T YOU, YOU KNOW?"

Dave knocked the hand away softly. "tz dont do this to me. please."

"wwhere is he?" Eridan hastily interrupted, his scowl directed solely at Terezi.

"1…" Terezi paused uncomfortably. "1 TH1NK H3 M1GHT B3 SOM3WH3R3 1N TH3 OR1G1N4L COMPUT3R ROOM? TH4T W4S WH3R3 1 S4W H1M 4 F3W HOURS 4GO."

"wwell its a god damned start," Eridan told her.

"BUT YOU C4N'T HURT H1M!"

Eridan gritted his teeth. "wwhat the bubble poppin wwriggler FUCK do you mean i cant hurt him?"

"yeah i second fish dudes sentiment why cant he hurt the bastard?"

"1 W4NT TO SHOW TH4T B4ST4RD MYS3LF, YOU KNOW? 1 W4NT TO BR34K 1T OFF MYS3LF."

"then wwhy dont you come wwith me then?" Eridan pleaded. "come wwith me and knock the smug fuckers make up off his fuckin face."

Terezi stared at him for a moment, slowly gazing over to Dave's concerned face, and looking back. "1 DONT KNOW 1F 1 C4N R1GHT NOW, YOU KNOW?"

Eridan groaned with frustration, turning around and stomping away from the Knight and Seer. "fine wwhatevver. im gonna commit an actually justifiable killin."

"NO, JUST, PL34S3 DONT K1LL H1M!" Terezi yelled as the Prince left the room.

"tz," Dave whispered, directing her chin so her face looked at him, "please just tell me what happened."