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[musclebeast]

Date & Time: June 22
Location: Unit 206
Characters: Equius Zahhak and Eridan Ampora
Summary: Eridan is adding to the flame that is Equius's frustration; Continuing from here.
Warnings: Violence, cursing from Eridan's side, of course

So Eridan is a huge jerk as well as a complete insufferable prick. Not only was the Initiative completely disrespectful and unhelpful, but Sollux made it even worse. And just when Sollux stopped responding, here swam in Eridan to just coax the sleeping bear even more. Equius is teetering on blind rage when he slams Eridan's door into his room, sending it flying into the opposite wall-- Hope you weren't sitting right behind the door, Eridan.

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[musclebeast]

He doesn't avoid it enough but Equius isn't completely gone yet. He knows what this punch could do to Eridan and he's getting some weird deja vu as his fist flies forward. But Eridan moves just enough, and he moves his fist to the side just enough that it barely clips the tip of a fin and slams hard into his husktop.

The thing sparks and fizzes about his hand, glass cutting into his arm, blue dripping down onto the keys on the counter top. The entire thing is completely ruined and in pieces. Equius is left standing there infront of him, gasping with his fist still clenched and in the machine.

"Ah-" He pants, his eyes squinted closed behind his shades before slowly opening to star at Eridan through the broken plastic of his shades. He breathes deep, trying to just, calm down, feeling sweat bead and fall down his skin.

Dangit, that ...that was close.

Again.

Living with these two particular people is proving to be a bad idea, not that he didn't know that from the start.

[caligulas_aquarium]

This whole situation just keeps going from bad to worse. In any other situation he'd just shoot his assailant point blank right through the torso and be done with it...

Except now he's got the wrong idea about all of this. The tension, the anger, the hatred, the violence... Good going Zahhak.

"Wwell fuckin' hell, I'm surprised. Talk about comin' on strong here, Eq. Not that I mind. That's real impressivve, the lengths you're goin' to for this. I might just consider the idea a' us as a' thing."

[musclebeast]

What.

[musclebeast]

"What?"

[caligulas_aquarium]

"Nono, I get it, I get it. I should'vve seen this comin' I guess, but seriously, I wwas a little too disorientated by howw shitty bein' here is.

All the arguin', breakin' of doors an' refusal to fix 'em, the hatred, the vviolence...the wwhole dramatic buildup setup...it's pretty standard stuff in a caliginous kinda wway."

Yes, he's grinning. Look what you've brought upon yourself.

[musclebeast]

"Cali- Oh my God."

He really has no idea how to reply to this. Equius is just frozen in place, fist in Eridan's computer still, eyes wide behind his shades. The blue flush to his cheeks is from utter embarrassment because all of that nonsense? It's completely circumstantial! Eridan is just, he's just-

"You are extremely delusional, I- I- WHAT!?"

[caligulas_aquarium]

"It's cool Eq, stop freakin' out."

And he'll just push himself up to lean in a little closer.

"I mean considerin' I ain't gonna be black for Fef, an' since Sol is a filthy pissblood not wworth my time, you're really the only option here I'd consider. The fact you're the one startn' us off here is just a good wway for this to wwork out, too."

[musclebeast]

He simply cannot stop freaking out, especially not now. This, this is like back on the meteor, when all of those advances happened. Those awkward, terrible, strange advances, when he realized it really was better to just sit in his lab and not bother with them, especially Eridan, dear god now he is leaning in closer- Now he is leaning in closer.

Equius stiffens, completely still, just watching him.

"Fuck." Is all he manages, leaning in a little as well, his lips parted, blood pumping fast through him, pissed. He can almost feel Eridan's breath and he just-

Leans WAY BACK AND STEPS AWAY OH GOD GLASS ON HIS ARM WAIT HE DOESN'T EVEN CARE JUST GONNA MOVE AWAY.

"O-oh, cripes, I apologize for my vulgarity."

[caligulas_aquarium]

"Uh."

Okay, now he's the confused one. As Equius backs away, Eridan takes a step or two forward to follow.

"Wwhat the fuck are you doin'?"

[musclebeast]

"I am not doing what it is you think I apparently should be doing, oh my God, oh my God. I canter deal with his ridiculous hoofbeast play, I just-" He takes a deep breath, almost shaking. He's still so very pissed off and now he's just freaked out, and mad, and freaked out, and god why can't he just settle down. Equius's teeth brace tightly again, grinding as he stares holes into the ground.

"We are done here."

[caligulas_aquarium]

"...wwhat do you mean wwe're done?"

Now he's confused AND dejected. You got his hopes up, big guy. Now he's sad. Oh, not sad anymore. Now he's angry.

"You do not just lead a guy on like that, you bastard."

[musclebeast]

Leaving this room right now, just, you stay here, stay here, dangit!

[caligulas_aquarium]

Oh.

Okay.