Prince of Heart- Hot damn, happy six month anniversary to this fanfic, here's to 35 more chapters :')
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AG: Hey there 8uddy.
AG: It's 8een a while, hasn't it?
Eridan slid his hand down his face, as he readied himself to read this bullshit conversation again in the depths of a dream bubble version of his hive. He had realised as soon as he'd entered sleep that he was reliving a memory; he hadn't spent this many times getting royally and respectfully fucked over by all his horrendous memories without picking up a few tells. But he decided to go with it, as he only vaguely remembered this conversation from shortly after he and Vriska broke up, and he was pretty sure he never finished reading it out of spite. So he decided to sit down at his desk, in the midst of a mess of history and wizardry books, and continue whatever conversation was happening. He had almost forgotten what his old room looked like; his black fridge in the corner of his room that held his wine, his various amazing wizard statues placed around his desk, and his large amount of gold that he threw haphazardly around the room. It brought back other memories, ones he hoped to god didn't manifest as well as the current one, in some kind of dream-ception.
AG: So, uh, yeah. I had a lot happen recently.
AG: And it really put things into perspective. Mostly a8out how I treated others over what? The last three sweeps I knew most of you?
AG: God, it really has 8een a while, huh?
AG: You know it's 8een a8out fourteen months since we 8roke up? I mean hell, it certainly feels a shit tonne longer to me.
AG: I'd ask you how you feel a8out it, 8ut I think if you cared you pro8a8ly would've replied 8y now.
AG: I remem8er you to a tee, Ampora.
AG: It's part of why I 8roke up with you, actually. I mean, there is a thing as too attached, you know?
AG: I mean man, the messages you wrote! Ha, I wanted to say something? Like, "hey 8ro, you might want to tone down the desperation a little?"
AG: 8ut seeing as you're the fearsome Eridan Ampora, I gave you the 8enifit of the dou8t!
AG: 8oy, did I make a mistake doing that. Considering you're not even reading this, can I 8e honest with you?
AG: I just didn't have the heart to even 8reak up with you properly. I have no idea what was even the pro8lem with me.
AG: It really was an asshole move, thinking 8ack.
AG: Well, you'll 8e happy to know I got my comeuppance.
AG: I made the mistake of messing with that rust 8lood Tavros and paralysing him from the waist down.
AG: I know what you're thinking.
AG: ONLY paralysing?
AG: Yeah, I'm a little surprised as well that so much happened over something so petty.
AG: Well anyway, that red 8itch Aradia sent a 8unch of voices to haunt me.
AG: So I sent her 8oyfriend to kill her. Which worked, 8y the way.
AG: Turns out, my moirail Terezi also didn't really like that.
AG: You remem8er her, right? We started something pale like a month 8efore we 8roke up.
AG: Anyways, she ratted me out to one of our mutual friends, and he 8lew my arm off and one of my eyes out.
AG: Then I mind controlled Tavros, who mind controlled her lusus, who then mind controlled her to walk out and stare at the sun.
AG: So I guess she's 8lind now.
AG: And now I'm just sitting in my neigh8ours hive, while he adjusts this new arm and ro8otic eye thing.
AG: I think I can make it work though. I mean, I just am that hot, ha ha.
AG: Aah. Yeah.
AG: It's pro8a8ly for the 8est you don't reply.
AG: This is a weird puke up of my feelings, ya know?
AG: Anyways, I think I've got to go. I hope that you don't take this as me running 8ack into your short arms.
AG: I just wanted you to feel some sort of smug satisfaction that I got my 'wwhat for.'
AG: So yeah. I might catch ya sometime l8r, huh? Out on the high seas.
AG: Try not to get yourself killed sometime soon.
AG: Oh, and, sorry for not officially 8reaking up with you, I guess.
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Eridan closed down the app, resting his head in his hands and breathing a sigh of frustration. He shook the vague feeling of regret, preventing him from replying stupidly to a memory of a conversation, and pushed his chair out to get up. He pulled himself away from the desk, gazing around his room, and then pacing towards the door mindlessly. So mindlessly, that as he opened the door and stepped out into the open air, he barely noticed himself fall down into the deep blue ocean below. He submerged beneath the water quickly, his gills working their magic as he gained his composure and fixed himself up. He settled himself down, taking longer breaths, and jerked his body around to look at the large, empty ocean, before pulling himself to the surface against the surprising weight of his cape and long-sleeved shirt.
He surfaced a moment later, the bright sun piercing his eyes and the blue sky giving him a sense of loneliness. The way he was looking, he saw nothing but sea for miles, and looking back, his hive had disappeared, in its place a gigantic galleon ship with a multitude of others far behind it in the distance. The wooden thing looked damaged at the front, a large dent made in it from what seems like a while ago. He noticed a couple of figures balancing among the wreckage, focusing his hearing so he could hear the vaguely familiar voice.
"GR8!" one of the figures exclaimed, their blue overcoat fluttering in the breeze. "THIS IS JUST GR8! First we cr8sh int8 someone's st8pid look8ng hive, dam8ging our sweet 8ss 8oat, 8ut now the HIVE IS G8NE?"
"wELL, UH, i DID WARN YOU ABOUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW?" another voice proclaimed.
"I'M S8RRY POOP DECK 8OY, D8D I ASK F8R Y8UR STUPID 8PINION? I MEAN, DID 8 G8, 'hey Tavros, could you please tell me what you think, 8ecause I value what you have to say FROM Y8UR STUPID FUCKING R8STY M8UTH?'"
"uH, i'M SORRY?"
"Don't 8e sorry you d8mb stup8d idiot f8ce, 8e GOD DAMN US8FUL! Wait a second, what the hell is that in the water? Is that… no fucking way!" The feminine figure hopped from broken board to broken board, eventually jumping on a life boat that hung from the side of the ship. She quickly cut the ropes, the boat plummeting into the water with a loud splash, and hopped in one of the seats. She used the paddles to make her way over to the Prince, and as she got closer, Eridan recognised that athletic figure and pirate uniform unmistakable to him.
"vvris?" Eridan asked, as the girl approached him.
"Eridan fucking Ampora, how are ya 8uddy?" Vriska exclaimed, turning around and looking at him with blank, unblinking eyes.