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[fishdouche]

[A pile of books surround Eridan in fort-like towering stacks, a blanket and pillow shoved into the corner with a lit candle beside them on the floor. He is seated cross-legged on the ground,  elbows on his knees and his chin propped up on his hands.

Guess who didn't pay attention to the maid and has been living in the library and the park on nice days since he arrived. Certainly not Eridan Ampora.]

So. I'm goin' to cut to the chase, Is there anyone wwho hasn't lost complete control a' their think pan? All a' you idiots spend your time prattlin' on about parties and free hivves and shit that doesn't fuckin' matter!  I mean, honestly, is there anyone left wwho has the sense not to wwant to be some "god's" playthin'! I don't care about your inane arguments. "They need us!" "Oh, but they're soooo nice to us."

[Eridan smirks, showing off his sharp fangs, as he motions to the stacks of books. He picks up one of them, brandishing it at the screen.]

Clearly none a' you humans havve evven read your owwn military theory an' history. They're just placatin' you into stayin' here an' doin' their biddin' wwhen fear tactics alone wwoouldn't wwork. Etiher wway? You're still a slavve.

Think about that, Asgard.

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[occulthymns]

[She is totally ignoring all of that wwhinin in favour of his surroundings, because really what on earth Eridan??]

... What are you doing with all those books? And I don't mean the ones you're reading.

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[fishdouche]

[Eridan shrugs, looking at the books before he answers matter of factly.]

Readin' them. These are the ones I need to read. [He motions to a side.] The other is ones I'vve read.

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[samantha_grey]

[She's calmed down. Hell, regardless of what's happened last night, she's almost entirely lucid at this stage. More than lucid enough that, looking at Eridan's current state of being made her reach up and pinch her nose at the bridge.

Maybe Sollux had a point about him.

I mean, she 'got' paranoia. Paranoia made sense to her. It was part of why she was paying for her own apartment, her own food, her own clothes, running her own damned shop. But living in what looked like a book fort inside the library?!?]

Eridan... you are not allowed to live in my house, but there's a cheap apartment next door if you have a job. Hell bare minimum wage would cover it. It's in Loki district. Please don't tell me you've actually been sleeping like that this whole time...

[That's not pity you here. That's irritation.]

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[fishdouche]

[Eridan blinks, shrugging.]

Livved in wworse. Not like I got a job or anythin'.

[He pauses, breaking eye contact with the screen.]

No one wwould hire me, anywway. No one wwants me here.

[He looks back, smirk firmly in place.]

Besides, I'm not stayin' fuckin' long. As soon as I can figure out howw to get the hell out a' here, I'm not lookin' back.

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[tipsygnostalgia]

[Eridan.. seriously.. this is why nobody likes you. And for the purpose of this reply please assume her current facial expression matches this one exactly. ]

Are you trying to build yourself a fort or a tent or something with those?

[You are making piles of books and have a blanket after all.]

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[fishdouche]

It's a pile. Idiot human.

[He smirks haughtily at the screen.]

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[retrospect]

You're really smart, you know. You discovered all that on your own.

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[fishdouche]

I am quite intelligent, yes.

[Trolls don't really get the whole sarcasm thing.]

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[parasiteye]

Ugh, you again. When are we going to red rid of you fucking termites??

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[fishdouche]

Fuck off, human. [He snarls at the screen.]

I don't evven knoww wwho the fuck you are. But you knoww wwho I am. So wwho's the insect noww?

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[biifurcatiion]

[Eridan Ampora you are literally the biggest dipshit he has ever met in his life.]

eheheheheheh oh my god youve become a hobo.
how ii2 iit down there iin the gutter 2iir pompou2 prii22y pant2, haviing two 2mell your own 2hiit mu2t be 2o hard on your deliicate hiip2ter 2en2iibiiliitie2.
how wiill you ever get the 2tench of abject poverty out of your clothe2.

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[fishdouche]

fuck off sol
i just dont see the point in gettin some fuckin job like a slavve when im not evven goin to be stayin here for longer than a feww fuckin days att the gogdamn most
im gettin the hell out a here wwith or wwithout your damn help

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[lassos]

You are right. That is a possibility in this situation.

[A pause, to let the fact that she does agree (in part) sink in, but she continues] Yet it is also possible that what they have told us is the truth. They may not need us and they may not be kind to us, yet it still remains that they are the ones that brought us here, and they are the only ones who have the power to return us.

As for the idea of tactics... I disagree. I have met with gods before, and I have served as their Champion. If they truly desire something, they do not ask, because they do not have to. If we were to be slaves, then they would employ fear completely.

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[fishdouche]

[Eridan actually does her the favor of considering her argument since she is one of the very few not to initially dismiss him.]

Yes, but also consider that they wwant us to fight for'em. Exactly. Wwould you rather havve an army, slavves either wway, that are loyal an' wwillin' to do wwhatevver they havve to, or an army of unwwilling, disloyal soldiers? They havve a plan, alright, and our complacency is a large damn part a' it.

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[extradite]

...resign.

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[fishdouche]

But wwhere's the fun in that? Seriously.

I'd rather kill a god. Killed a fuckin' angel before, can't be that much harder, right?

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[callmeimouto]

If they think I'm going to help they can just forget it, gods or not.

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[fishdouche]

That's the fuckin' spirit. Wwhat's your name, human?

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[lethechained]

[... Sir, are you seriously living in the-- okay, no, nevermind. And she was planning on stopping by the library today. More importantly,]

Are you sure you want to talk about that on the network?

[Or anything else, since from the looks of things he's pissing a lot of people off.]

[Text] (I'm going to assume that HS text is okay? If not, I'll drop it!)

[fishdouche]

wwhere else wwould i wwant to talk about an issue like this
im not hidin the fact that these wwhatevver they are... are a bunch a charalatans wwho shouldnt be allowwed to continue makin a mockery a the name god

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[fiduspear]

[ Well that's -

...

Huh. ]

Eridan, where, uhh, where are you, right now? Are you allowed, to take that many books out, at once?

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[fishdouche]

[Oh, hey there, Tavv. ... You don't look exactly pleased with him, but he's really not sure what he's done wrong or why everyone is so weirded out by him living in the library.]

I'm in the library. No one's takin'em from me or anythin' so I thought it'd be fine. They make a fuckin' nice pile.

[formercheerio]

That's great, except they're not that nice, I don't trust them and I don't plan on fighting.

[fishdouche]

Then it's your death, human. Not my problem.

I'm just lettin' you know-w that this annoyin' pretending like nothin's wrong shit is just that. It stinks.

[whitelighting]

Well, maybe with that lovely reminder people will pay attention. [ Because she's new and all and can be sassy ]

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[fishdouche]

[Guess who's from a culture that has no concept of sarcasm.]

I hope that they w-will. But you nevver know-w with humans. I'vve found that they're exceedin'ly dense.