Edward meets a bubble.

[waywardtomato]

Who: Radical Edward and Everyone!
When: Day!
Where: The Plaza!
What: Another new arrival!
Type:Starting Prose, Will follow whatever you want!
Status: Open!

With the coral's usual fanfare, another visitor is left lying in a heap in the middle of the plaza. This one appears to be a very androgynous looking girl(?) in her early teens. Sitting alongside her is a very wet looking computer, and a startled Pembroke Welsh Corgi that barks a few times at the girl(?), and then tears off into the city proper after the girl doesn't move.

The unconscious girl(?) continues to lie in the plaza. It is unsure at first glance if she is merely sleeping, or worse.

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[sonlight]

[In the absence of the Corgi, another dog appears. He promptly begins barking in the other's place.

Wake up, dude!]

[waywardtomato]

[The girl stirs in her sleep, finally reacting to the noise of the constant barking.]

No! Still sleepy time, Einnnn...

[Without opening her eyes, two wiry arms dart out attempting to capture the pup and bring it closer to use as a pillow.]

[sonlight]

[The capture is a success! Chibi is only somewhat unwilling when he's dragged forward (positives: hugs! negatives: she's soaking wet.), but he settles into his position of "pillow" with relative ease.

It's not like this is the first time, or anything. :|

He figures he can probably give her five more minutes.]

[waywardtomato]

[It does not take Edward long to realize something is off. This Ein-pillow is different then her normal Ein-pillow. She fusses for a bit trying to get comfortable, but cannot.]

Ein you... [Her eyes open and she very quickly realizes that where Ein should be, A white and red wolf pup had taken his place.]

You are not the Ein-person. You are a different short furry person. OOOOooooOOOOh! Or maybe you are the Ein-person in disguise! Sooo Sneaky Sneaky!

[sonlight]

Wuff! [He huffs, looking a little indignant, a little proud. No way, brosis! This pup here is way cooler and sunnier than whoever this Ein-person is.]

[fightforastar]

Spotting the girl boy teenager lying unconscious in the plaza, Tifa makes her way over in concern. She knows she brought bruises of her own with her, and she's worried this kid might have come with something more severe.

On closer inspection, there aren't any obvious injuries. Tifa gives the teen's shoulder a gentle shake. "Hey. Are you all right?"

[waywardtomato]

It was not difficult for the young teen to mistake voices, especially when she was mostly asleep. Seeing as Edward never really had many females in her life outside the one, that is the name she latches onto.

"Sleepy-sleep, Faye-Faye! Nappy-nap, Faye-Faye!"

The teen flops over in her sleep, grabbing onto Tifa's leg. She was still oblivious to her new locale and the fact that she was covered in seawater.

[fightforastar]

...Tifa is going to go with 'she' on this one. And that does sound like she's probably not hurt.

"Sweetie, I'm not Faye. You might want to wake up."

[waywardtomato]

Not Faye-Faye? That was enough to grab her attention, amber eyes flitting open. Edwards stares uncomprehendingly at the older woman she is currently clutching the leg of.

"You are not the Faye person." She says quite matter-of-factly.

"You are a new person!" and like that, Edward is on her feet, bouncing around the strange woman she has never seen before.

[grandhighblood]

OK, sleeping alien thing that may be a girl or boy, you're going to have one hell of a wake up call. The highblood doesn't usually go around the plaza much these days, but a guy's gotta eat sometime or another. Stretch his legs. Get the fuck out of that bizarro cave once in a while.

So he comes across this sleeping thing and he debates either stepping on it or eating it or straight up ignoring it, but the computer distracts him. He clamps his large hand around the wet computer, examining it carefully, while glancing down at the sleeping alien once in a while. Others who come upon this spectacle may or may not feel a sense of dread in their hearts as this ogre of a troll towers over a defenseless girlboy.

"Time to motherfucking wake the fuck up," he mutters, contemplating on just dropping the machine next to her head as a rude wake-up call.

[waywardtomato]

There is a stirring from the unconscious form on the ground. As sound a sleeper as Edward may be, Certain folks tromping around next to you could wake the dead themselves. The Grand Highblood being a prime example of this.

Edward calmly sits up, starring blankly at the huge form towering over her. She continues to stare for a couple seconds before distantly responding.

"Hello, Mr. Hair-person, is it wakey-wakey time?"

[grandhighblood]

Mr. Hair...person, all right, that's only a little bit annoying. One of the few things the highblood is proud of is his title, and to have a name made up for him on the spot before he can even make said title known is just. Annoying. Ugh.

"Ain't that what a brother all motherfucking said?" Then he drops the computer, not particularly bothering to check if it would land on her or not.

[waywardtomato]

The crash of metal next to her jarred her the rest of the way awake. Tomato was made of sturdy stuff, but the combination of seawater and the drop from the hands of the large being next to her meant Edward was probably going to have to repair Tomato. Then again, she fixed up and upgraded Tomato pretty much constantly anyways.

"Brother, brotherrr otherrr ratherrr ... You are not Edward's brother, Mr. Hair-Person. You are new! Newwy-new, even!"

She nods to her own statement, then stops, tilting her head and staring. Edward had finally noticed the horns and grey complexion with a look of wonder.

[aim_exorable]

Man, this mystery boy-girl person is certainly dragging in all the random animals today Highblood included.

Darkleer had sent out his two mechanical dogs for a simple grocery run. It's just as the pair are returning do they pause. What's this? With a homestuck troll running things between them, they decide to investigate. Enjoy the robot greyhounds that are nudging you all over, Ed.

[waywardtomato]

"Ein-Person you..." She flails an arm over to her pooch, yet her pooch seems to be metallic. A trait not normally found in her lovable Corgi. Edward's eyes drift open and she blinks at the two robotic dogs examining her. Then she comes to the only logical conclusion.

"Ein! When did you become two robots!? It's not fair! Edward wants to be two robots too. Two too, twooooo."

[aim_exorable]

Have a head tilt from both metallic pooches, Ed! What are you going on about? Rather helpfully, the red one trots off to go retrieve a towel. The blue stays behind, inspecting Ed and nudging her everywhere to make sure there's no injuries... or traumatic concussions. There's a small shake of its head- who's Ein? Darkleer and his robots don't know.

[waywardtomato]

She continues to examine the two robots which she has already decided are called Robot-Ein One, and Robot-Ein Two. That is until Robot-Ein One trots off, leaving the other to continue to examine her in turn. Turnabout is fair play, though, and with the one nudging her, she nudges back.

"Robot-Ein Two, what did you doooOOooo with Normal-Not-Robot-Ein? He is missing, and Edward doesn't know where he got to."

[thekidsare0kay]

[Weird human girl(?)?

That's not that interesting. S/he will probably wake up soon, and then Sollux can give them some information, if necessary. No, he's far more interested in the computer.

Which he's now poking at. Hopefully the water hasn't ruined it.]

[waywardtomato]

[Tomato (Ed's computer) has seen far worse then the seawater it is currently drenched in. It bears many signs of wear and tear, and just as many signs of upgrades and repair. For being made of patchwork computer parts that Edward found in the ruins of post-gate accident Earth, it was in surprisingly good condition. It also seemed surprisingly powerful considering its slapped-together look.]

[The movement nearby her had 'woken' her up, her form quietly sitting up. It was quite obvious that she was still basically asleep. In her stupor, she slumps over on the troll currently tinkering with Tomato.]

Noooo-nooo Tomato. Tomato is asleep, Edward too.

[thekidsare0kay]

[Sollux eyes the human, then the computer] Tomato? What the fuck are you talking about?

[waywardtomato]

[She was still climbing out of the especially thick haze of sleep that Ed was prone to. Still slumped over on Sollux, the human girl points lazily towards her computer.]

Tomato. Tomattoooo... Okay?

[Then points her hand towards herself, her eyes lidded heavily but finally opening.]

Ed.

Ed's Full name: Edward... Wong Hau... Pepilu Tivrusky... The forth.

[bethehugejerk]

[Karkat going through the Plaza is nothing new; in fact, he makes a point of it, with his regular trips to the Lamufao. Seeing people drenched with seawater, especially as one month rolls over into the next, is also in the category of "not new". What stands out in this case is instead the state of this new arrival. Usually people don't just lay there. You'd think being soaked would wake... squint, him? her? up.]

[So, after brushing a palm on a branch of coral, Karkat wanders over and prods the kid with his shoe.]

[waywardtomato]

No-no, Spike-Person, Edward is sleeping. It is not the time for waking.

[The prod was enough to stir the mostly unconscious Edward, at least enough for her to slump over in her sleep and latch onto the leg of troll who was currently trying to wake her.]

[bethehugejerk]

[And now she's clutching his leg. Damnit. He jerks the limb, trying to pull his foot free from her grasp while (hopefully) keeping balance.]

Hey! I'm not here for you to cling onto like some wayward wiggler searching for a stalactite! And my name's not Spike-Person, it's Karkat. Now let go!

[waywardtomato]

[The jerking of the leg was enough to shake her loose, and make her a bit more coherent. The human sits up, and starts rocking side to side.]

Not Spike-Person? Not Jet-Person. It is the Karkat-Person.

[Wait, she doesn't know a Karkat-Person. Her heavily lidded eyes finally open and she stops rocking. That is when she catches a glimpse of the grey-skinned troll who woke her up. Her eyes light up with wonder.]

Ed does not know you! [Which she says as if it was amazing news. At the same time her gaze locks onto Karkat's horns. They are awesome.]