wake up and smell the event

[stayb100ponyboy]

Where: the Hoofbeastfeathers hive
Who: Equius, Gamzee, and DadDarkleer
When: The middle of the night after the new event starts
Style: can't be tamed
Status: closed

Equius sleeps like a rock. Anyone who has seen him fall asleep knows that he crashes out almost immediately and then doesn't move until the next morning/evening/whenever he has to get up. He also doesn't dream, something he attributes to being the Heir of Void.

But tonight, for the first time, his sleep is broken and restless; he tosses and turns, his face shifting and distorting with unseen emotions. In his dream, he's running, trying to get away from voices, voices that whisper to him at first, but then get louder and louder until they're a cacophonous scream, rioting through his conscienceness and turning everything red and blue.

He jolts awake, sitting bolt upright in bed, with a headache pounding behind his eyes. There's so much pressure, so much pain, all welling up and feeling like it's going to split his head apart. He throws his head back, and barely manages not to scream as red and blue bolts of psionic energy fly out of his eyes and leave a scorching hole in the roof.

Whelp. Guess who has yellow blood this week.

Comments

[dersite_archer]

The statement earns an awkward nod. Yes, he is starting to get aware of just how much larger he's become. A part of him suspects he could now match the Grand Highblood in height now, but he's not particularly eager to test this theory.

"To be quite honest, I really should not be near the two of you until I learn more about what I have been turned into." Cautious, he steps back. "I may cause accidental harm."

[stayb100ponyboy]

Awww yeah, that sure is Equius holding his matesprit's hand without hurting him! He gives Gamzee's hand a tentative squeeze, and when he doesn't wince or scream in pain, Equius' face lights up. This is well worth a hole in the roof, he is going on record as saying that!

He turns back to Darkleer then. "You didn't hurt me when you touched my face."

[atmazing]

Gamzee laces their fingers, returning the squeeze, though his eyes are on Darkleer. Later there will be more time for touching when it is just them. Privately. Touching.

"You'll be fine. You ain't ever hurt us before."

[dersite_archer]

"Every other time prior to this morning has been in a body I am more or less familiar." Darkleer is rather stubborn on this point, and it shows. What also shows is the rather blatant concern.

"For all I know, this body could possess venomous capabilities.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

So much touching, you have no idea. It's a good thing the love shack up on the beach is almost done.

"But you're a Dersite." Equius reaches out to touch Darkleer's arm with his free hand. "I think if Dersites were venomous, we'd know about it."

[atmazing]

"Yeah! We all like saw a whole load of those motherfuckers on the fuckin' moons. Ain't none of them that were being like that."

Man, those moons. Those had been so fuckin' chill.

[dersite_archer]

Pardon, what? Darkleer blinks before stepping closer and kneeling again.

"A Dersite?" A pause as he thinks it over. "Ah, would they be related to the game you played?"

[stayb100ponyboy]

"Like on Derse." Not that Equius has ever actually seen one himself, being that he doesn't dream either, but the other trolls have described them to him before, and he also met Spades Slick when he was here. "I knew a creature like you when he was here. He tried to punch and stab me a lot, but he wasn't STRONG enough to do any damage."