Seeing the Sights

[thekidsare0kay]

Who: Sollux Captor and OPEN!
Where: Anywhere in the city! He's had a day to come down from the high recuperate from his surgery, and is out exploring and meeting new people.
When: Today.
Style: Starting in action, but open to prose
Status: Open

[Sollux is taking his first few steps alone out on the town, to explore his new home. He arrived blind, but now has two blue robotic eyes - something he needs to have a word with Equius about - and is enjoying a bit of independence after a while of being stuck in bed unable to do anything without assistance.]

Comments

[thekidsare0kay]

[He nods.] Hell, yeah, I know. It's fucking confusing, is what it is. Eridan says he used to be my kismesis here, but now he's not sure he wants to be again, and basically he's jerking me around. And Gamzee is being a big fucking woobie at me.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

Urggh. Don't even get me started there. Apparently Eridan and Karkat are flushed for each other. Neither of them have admitted it to me yet, I only found out because Nepeta let it slip.

[thekidsare0kay]

Karkat told me. [He looks sympathetic] I guess they're more worried about how you'd feel about it. Eridan wouldn't tell me, at all, but KK broke it to me like he was telling me the drones were on their way and we've lost our pail.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

I guess I don't really have a problem with their relationship, but I wish he would have at least told me. Karkat vouched for him. Told me that Eridan was repentant for his mistakes in the veil, that I shouldn't cull him again. At the time I trusted his warning. But now? Now I learn that his judgement in the matter is compromised. He didn't tell me about it, and now I'm not sure I can trust either of them.

[Kanaya sighs defeatedly]

I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. If he steps out of line I will deal with him. But if karkat's right, then we shouldn't have a problem. As for Vantas I'm just angry with him about withholding this all.

[thekidsare0kay]

[Sollux frowns and rubs the back of his neck] They're both being weird and secretive about the whole thing. I accused Eridan of being ashamed or something, but he got really pissed at me.

I dunno, Kanaya... KK is pretty weird about culling even when he's not head over heels in pity for someone, but he's usually pretty trustworthy. I know there was already an incident where everyone accused Eridan of culling Karkat and it turned out it wasn't him.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

I know. I'm just worrying, and I probably shouldn't. If Eridan was going to be a problem I think we would have seen it by now. And if he was, what would we do? Cull him every five days until he's learned his lesson? Somehow I think we would all get a bit tired of that eventually.

[Though now that she's thinking of it though, that would solve the problem she's been having with finding a decent source of fresh food...]

I think I'd rather just ignore them both for now. I have enough drama in my life as it is.

[thekidsare0kay]

Makes sense to me. [Though he's a little sad that Kanaya is ignoring Karkat, too.] I don't think KK would go for the culling-people-every-week thing, even if he weren't Eridan's matesprit.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

Well, as a general rule I'd rather nobody had to be killed either. I just want us all to be safe. This place has given a lot of our friends a second chance that they wouldn't really get otherwise. I killed Eridan back in the veil, but...

[Kanaya really did not feel remorse for taking his life. It was a grim necessity. At the same time, the events in the veil never stopped haunting her.]

[In a small, hurt voice...]It had to be done.