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[caligulas_aquarium]

[Admittedly he was a little skeptical of this artificial recuperacoon, but after a few days the idea that he could get some sleep really tempts him. Like, really. It gets worse every day until he finally can't take it anymore and risks it. Unfortunately, Equius is a huge fuckup it goes as badly as he thought it might and does nothing but amplify the horrific nightmares that he usually gets when he tries sleeping, to the point that he starts panicking and thrashing about in his sleep. In the midst of all of this he accidentally ingests some of the sopor within the recuperacoon, though for now the freaking out midsleep thing is his main problem.]

[But later, a little while after that's all sorted out, he shows up on video. His hair isn't done so it's messy as hell and even obscuring his eyes because of the length, he has no cape, no rings, no scarf...literally the ampora version of "just dragged himself out of bed". Despite showing up on video however, he doesn't actually say anything. In fact it's like he doesn't even notice, because he's typing up text. With each keystroke, you can hear a little tap.]

guys
hey
i wanna talk about something ok
so just whatever youre doing stop
this is important
are you paying attention
ok
i wanna talk about WIZARDS
do you know how fucking cool wizards are
like holy shit
i fucking love wizards
i used to collect actual statues of them and everything and just left them lying arAND MAGIC
MAN
magic
fucking magic man
i used to collect wands but like a RIDICULOUS amount of wands
it was stupid i mean i had so many i had to shove them all into my refrigerator
and i remember this one time i opened it and they all fell on me
i was seriously buried in the damn things
but you know what i loved them anyway
cause wizards wands magic all of it it is the SHIT
so ok my point is
i know we HAVE wizards here
i want you guys to all come out from hiding
and talk to me
and i guess not all of you are wizards or even magically inclined so
how about the boring people while were talking about things we love how about you just go ahead and tell me what you love
im kidding by the way youre not boring :)

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[tipsygnostalgia]

Heya. I found your ginger, man I had to go to like four places to find it.

[speakveryclearly]

Oh, wow, that's fantastic; thank you so much... [Takes, careful not to captchalogue it. Now she's leading them over into Eridan's respiteblock, as she cups one hand around her mouth to raise her voice slightly as they're a room away:]

Eridan, your matesprit is here.

[caligulas_aquarium]

[He's just sitting against his bed with his head leaning back, looking pretty damn spaced. When Kanaya calls in he seems to snap out of it, somewhat at least, turning his head in their direction as they walk in, then raises his arm as a sort of half wave.]

You made it! And you didn't die, that's good...since apparently the trip was unsafe or some shit.

[tipsygnostalgia]

[So weird hearing that word. After handing the stuff over to Kanaya though, she follows her through to the other room.]

Of course I didn't die, what sort of loser would die on the way to buying tea?

[speakveryclearly]

One who'd try to walk down the street out a second story fenestrated plane, that sort. [She goes over to his chest of drawers now, where she puts teabags into two little cups of water she'd already boiled, and sets to stirring them.

...now that Roxy's in the room - which is dimly lit for troll eyes, fortunately, Kanaya is providing about 70% of the light - Kanaya would really appreciate it if she did not notice that there's a pretty huge section of the fourth wall where there was a chunk taken out and not-seamlessly put back in. Eridan didn't, after all. Who knows. Maybe Roxy's drunk. She'd implied that was a thing she was sometimes, right? Right? Pleeeeeease no awkward questions oh who is she kidding of course this will be awkward as all hell.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

Who'd be stupid enough to do that...

[If you're talkin' bout him he sure don't notice. Instead he just looks up at Roxy from where he's sitting and pats the space beside him on the floor.]

[tipsygnostalgia]

Someone totally high, probably.

[Good because they sure are talking about him. She sits down next to him on the floor though, and lo and behold there is a huge hole in the wall.]

....Did you magic shoot your wall?

[speakveryclearly]

... [Alright, the lie would be easy to tell if she were another person, but she's not. Prospitan to a fault, she has to own up to what she did. Just... hopefully it won't lead to more questions...] No, I had to get in.

[caligulas_aquarium]

Oh...yeah.

[He turns towards Roxy.]

It's a good thing she was outside my room when she was too or I mighta choked or somethin'. On slime.

It was sure a fortunate coincidence alright.

[tipsygnostalgia]

Why..

[Kanaya why were you outside his room. Actually she's pretty amazed you are even here and nobody is dying.]

It is a good thing she was there! She stopped you from dying in your slime. So did you two make up then? Does this mean we can all be friends?

[Plz say yes]

[speakveryclearly]

[Please say yes - she turns to Eridan immediately, flickering unevenly but features bright with hope.]

I think so. Don't you? [She is ready to pap him again at this point. Yes. Please agree with her again. Please say yes.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

[Kanaya, don't do this to yourself.]

Uh...yeah, sure.

[He shrugs his shoulders and returns to not facing either of them, just sort of staring off at nothing.]

I don't see why not. We can be friends if you want.

[tipsygnostalgia]

[Butting in immediately before Kanaya can even answer.]

Great! Everyone's friends, yay.

[So going to initiate a friend group hug in a sec.]

[speakveryclearly]

[I-is this an Earth group hug. Uh. She'll wait. She. Ah. Undeath is good again. She wants to lock this moment up in chastity modus and deposit it in the Earth's core. She wants the additional light she's producing to lock this into everyone's retinae.]

Oh, okay. Thanks. [It's an odd choice of words, but. Conciliarom is a harsh mistress indeed.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

[Oh man, what, are we hugging now or something. Ok whatever, he isn't even going to hug back he'll just be there in spirit that's good enough right.

Yeah.

At least he's there in spirit for a few seconds before his head sort of falls forward and leans against the closest person because he has just passed the fuck out.

He is a very tired seadweller + sopor. It was bound to happen.]

[tipsygnostalgia]

[YES the half-arsed hug happened, and then Eridan just sort of dozed off. Naturally.

Which leaves Roxy just looking at Kanaya, wondering wtf is going on.]

So...

[speakveryclearly]

[O-oh... extricates herself from the hug now... he's asleep oh h-how... cute... ah god now he's going to wake up at some point but for the moment she can watch him sleep...]

I'm going to put him into bed. [And she starts dragging him up to there. ...gently...]

[tipsygnostalgia]

[Luckily Roxy cannot hear Kanaya's thoughts, because that is just a little creepy.]

Alright then.

[speakveryclearly]

[...it is. But when he's asleep he doesn't have problems, and won't flip the fuck out as she tenderly tucks him into bed. Shit is tender over here, Caliborn better watch out. Pillows adjusted to compensate for horns and everything.]

Otherwise someone might trip over him. ...or he might wake up and trip someone.

[tipsygnostalgia]

[Fair enough.]

Do you need any help?

[And then] ...He's gonna be in a really shitty mood when he wakes up isn't he.

[speakveryclearly]

...probably.

[Slump.] Could you get this blanket straightened out, maybe... [Fucking winter.]

[tipsygnostalgia]

Yeah.

[Getting up off the floor she goes about putting the blanket on properly and things like that]

[speakveryclearly]

[Mission magically accomplished. She steps back to grimly regard... I can't make their handiwork rhyme with "creation".]

His awakening is really unlikely to be peaceful at all, if the sopor was that faulty.

[tipsygnostalgia]

He's not gonna go back to his usual magic hating ways is he?

[Just look at that face]

[speakveryclearly]

...

[She flickers a little, hesitant. She really, really doesn't know what will happen, mostly because he won't even tell her unless he's too incoherent to care whether that's what he's doing. It takes a few moments to calm her nerves long enough that she glows evenly again.]

No.

[But as she says it, she raises her hand with the index and middle fingers crossed.]