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[unconchonable]

Who: Sollux, Karkat, and Eridan
When: March 16th
Where: The cave for The Trial of Three
Style: Action
Status: Closed
Warnings: Cursing and quest-related stuff. So possible violence, etc.



[Having spoken with the overly excited Archaeologist, and all parties in agreement, they've set off towards the cave in question. Of course, after it took a bit for him to even get over Sollux's newly muscular body. Sure, he saw it on video, but thatg is WAY different than seeing the flexing herculean mass of muscles before him. Though, once he was able to swallow that and deal, he's been able to focus more on thinking over the quest.]

[Honestly, Eridan thinks this will be no big deal. They've got a good party, a healer, a tank, and a mage, so there's no reason why this won't be cleared with ease--okay, well other than the fact they are them. And while Eridan does have faith in both of their abilities, Karkat being his matesprit and for all his pity, he knows he's capable of himself, and Sollux his kismesis and he wouldn't be that if he didn't respect the power he does have... And then Eridan, which he knows he's awesome, so this is hardly even going to be a challenge. He's probably faced harder challenges during FLARP, he figures.]

[Once they approach the cave, he glances to the other two, looking smug and confident.]

So are you two ready to hand this quest its horns, you better be, because I'm gonna dominate this thing like you wouldn't ewen beliewe, with or without you.

[He says that last bit, more so looking at Sollux, than Karkat. Eridan's main handicap ever: his ego.]

Comments

[bethehugejerk]

No, you didn't. You patently used the chance to annoy him and only waited until after to acknowledge that you're the meatshield. Time does not work backwards when none of us are time players, and you know it.

[Pointless pedantry blah blah. He glances to Eridan as he falls into step with him, but mostly keeps his gaze forward.]

When we do get to the monsters, I'll stick to the back behind you too. You both have some means of self-defense, whereas I'd be stuck flailing my staff as blindly as Terezi with a sniff node stuffed full of chalk. Keep your healer alive and I keep you alive, and we all get out of this okay.

[unconchonable]

If Sol does his job proper, you won't need to use me as a secondary meatshield!

[There's a distinct pout on Eridan's features, and he's maybe questioning why he decided to do ANYTHING with Sollux, but whatever. He needed a meatshield for this, and Sollux so happened to fit.]

But chances are I'll kill 'em all before they can ewen make back to you. So don't worry, Kar, I'll protect you.

[Stroking his own ego while being somewhat sappy? Yeah, Eridan is a troll of many talents.]

[thekidsare0kay]

Eridan went flying off and I needed to get his attention before he got himself ki--

[Whoops. A blade's just sprung out of the wall at neck-level, and Sollux has to backpedal to avoid getting decapitated]

Shit, maybe we should have brought a rogue.

[bethehugejerk]

It's a backup and one I want to avoid, because you're about as squishy as me in the defense department. And if you're going to protect me, you can do it without masturbating your ego.

[Sorry, he's not in the mood for that kind of sap. Wouldn't be anyway! He knows he needs protection, but he'd rather not getting treated like some damsel healer in distress.]

[Then Sollux nearly gets decapitated.]

--Oh my god, that is exactly the kind of thing we need to avoid. We don't have a rogue, we can't go get a rogue, and this is about when I wish you had given a better rundown of the quest beforehand. It didn't get you, did it?

But look, maybe we can... [Hmm.] Maybe if we throw rocks ahead of us, at the walls and floor and shit, it'll spring the traps before we get there. But be careful anyway! If you end up dead before we even hit a monster, I swear to the natives' fake ass coral god I will turn this party around.