[text; BACKDATED to friday] eridan's guide to ignoring symptoms

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wwoww
humans havve no actual immune system do they
they jus tkind a let bacteria an infections an whatevver run rampant in their systems an just think oh no
looks like im sick
thatll go awway righ
t
thats kind a the shittiest attitude to take about sickness so do me a favvor as a nonhuman havvin to deal wwith the fact that it pretty much s mells like death around here lately
go to the medbay or something if you havvent already



howw are the people in that smiley deathtrap doin by the wway any updates there
i havent ben paying a lot a attention


[Eridan is... very sick. And has been pretty much unsighted since the sickness thing started. But he's not above pretending he's fine, in an attempt to... idk, I guess this is what he does when he wants to check in on people or reassure them that he's fine? Maybe this is just a pity party. Or maybe he really has no idea what he's doing.]

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[fronds]

-Eridan, are you sick??

[ straight to the point as usual. ]

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[51stcentury]

I'm alright. I can't say quite the same thing about some of the others here, but. We're making progress. [Might not be until tomorrow that they get to their destination, though. Jack doesn't really want to think about how much time they're wasting getting lost like this while people are possibly dying out there]

How are things back there? How are you? [No, he hasn't quite noticed the typing quirk being so off, yet, he's a little preoccupied thus far. But he will soon :] ]

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[jurisimpudent]

1. Learn to type.

2. You don't have a very firm grasp of biology, do you?

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no
just havent been sleepin wwell is all is that evven a surprise though i ve been dealin wwith the fuckin nightmares an shit for like this entire tim eits about time i got some insombnia

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[Eridan tries to respond vocally, but within ten seconds he knows he sounds like shit, so he switches to text instead. Better to not send a voice message that shows how bad he's feeling.]

im fine nothin to worry about here basically just makin sure im otta the wway so nobody can bitch at me for bein a nuisance or somethin shince thats whwat they do like evvery time i open my mouth

wwhats it like down there anywway

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1 fuck off cultural divversity asshole
2 i do im just not givving a shit about human biology an howw this shits come ot happen to people

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[51stcentury]

[Walking and talking would be so much easier than walking and having to read what Eridan's saying. Normally when he starts off a conversation voice, Eridan continues it that way. Which puts off a warning signal in the back of his mind. He hasn't quite noticed the typing mistakes, though it's starting to ruminate back in the back of his mind as well]

What's it like? [He's far enough away from his companions to answer honestly] It's crap. We started off with nearly twenty people and now we've got...Sherlock, Jim, Spock, and me. And between you and me, the first two aren't doing so well at all. Bleeding from the eyes kind of bad.

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wwhat happened to the other people


wait wwhich sherlock is it the one wwith the rats nest of a hairdo or the crazy older one

that has to suck the beedling thing

[fronds]

You know I don't believe a word of t)(at, rig)(t? 38|
You're typing like a newly )(atc)(ed wiggler!
I'm starting to feel R-EALLY bad myself, so stop being a big drama prince and come to t)(e medbay wit)( me!!!

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im not sick enough to bother wwith the fuckin medbay
its not even a bit gdeal why wwould i bother them wwith this
besides they dont evven ahve a cure or anythin right
so wwhy bother
ill just wwait it out

[fronds]

W)(ere are you?

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around

[aka in his room
wallowing
...also he kind of just can't stand up.]

[fronds]

-Eridan Ampora, I swear, if I )(ave to FIND YOU MYS-ELF, I am going to make you SUFF---ER!
W)(ere are you??? Are you in your room?

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yeah
just dont come okay
go to the medbay
im not sick or anythin not really im just kind a tired

[fronds]

You )(ave five minutes to drag your own sorry tailfin over to t)(e medbay before I come to get you!
Nobody is dying on my watc)( again.

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im not gonna die
i just wwant to sleep some rmoe is all

[fronds]

Ok, you o-fis)(-s)(elly )(ave T-EN S-ECONDS!
You can sleep w)(en we get to t)(e medbay, stupid!!!!!

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for fucks sake fef just leave me ALONE

[fronds]

NO, YOU MOT)(-ER GLUBBING DOUC)(-EBAG!!!!!!!
I'm not leaving you t)(ere to wallow in your own disgusting )(uman space sickness just because you're too muc)( of a W)(INY STUPID GRUB TO TAK-E CAR-E OF YOURS--ELF!
SO )(OW ABOUT YOU S)(UT T)(-E FUCK UP AND I WON'T DRAG YOU TO T)(-E M-EDBAY BY YOUR CODDAMN FINS???

[ storming through the ship to his room as she types, of course. ]

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i thought we had a fuckin accord about this yellin shit you coddamn hypocrite


[he has a feeling that she's coming for him, but he can't physically get himself out of his pile - hasn't for what must be a day or two now - so he can't go to his door and lock it. you'd think he'd have learned after ianto and kitten had burst in on him.

so instead, he just wriggles deeper into his pile of blankets and pillows and ignores the fact that every move hurts like a bitch, and that he's getting some blood on shit. Crap, is that a thing that's happening now? Bleeding? Ugh. He'd thought his gums had been bad enough.]

[fronds]

T)(IS IS TYPING! TRUST M-E, YOU'LL KNOW W)(-EN I'VE START-ED Y---ELLING!!!!
And your time is up, by t)(e way! >38(

[ she honestly expects the door to be locked, or barricaded, or something even more extreme than that. she bangs on it twice before even trying to open it, and is surprised to find that it's already unlocked. after the burst of furious energy that got her here so fast, she's feeling more than a little nauseous, so her dramatic entrance is made significantly less intimidating by the fact that she uses the doorframe to make her way into the room, and then spends a moment holding her footing on the perfectly even floor.

but seeing eridan curled up in a miserable blanket pile on his bed is enough to get her focus back on track. ]

Eridan, you get out of that human bed right now!

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[eridan covers his head with his hands the moment he hears her banging on the door, knowing it's supposed to sound so much louder than it really does, and curls up on himself. the last thing he wants is for feferi to see him like this. he knows full well that he's acting like a grub, but he can't help it. he can't admit to anyone that he needs help. (that self-destructive part of him thinks because it'd be so much better if you just cried blood until you died, right, you fucking loser?)

even with his face covered and his body curled up tight, though, he can't hide the discoloration in his nails or the little splotches of blood on the pillow under his head.]

Go awway, [he says in a miserable voice.] Just... go to the medbay on your owwn. I'll..... I'll go dowwn, later.

[fronds]

No! I know you won't go down unless I make you, and I'm not going to sit around and wait until you're puking up your collapsing and expanding bladder based aquatic vascular system! [ her own voice is a little croaky, but it does nothing to diminish her volume. ] I don't know what the hell your problem is this time, but I am not going to leave just because you're being a mopey—

[ is that blood? she takes a few careful steps closer and tugs at the blankets covering him. ]

—Are you bleeding? Eridan!!

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[eridan winces away from her and doesn't respond right away. after a moment or two, though, he raises his head a little, and yep, that purple in the corners of his eyes definitely aren't tears.]

...It just kinda started. Noww, I mean. I haven't... been doin' that. Until noww. [He makes a face.] It's fuckin' disgustin'. I'm too tired to go dowwn there, Fef, just... just go, an' I'll catch up. Really. I don't wwanna fuckin' fight wwith you right now.

[fronds]

[ she doesn't understand how he can be so stupid. when she said she wasn't going to let anyone die again, this was exactly the kind of thing she was talking about. what is so bad about it that he won't get some kind of medical attention? sometimes she honestly thinks she won't ever understand him. ]

If you're too tired now, how are you going to get down there all by yourself later? Stop being an idiot! [ she rips a handful of blankets and pillows away from him. ] I'm sick too, you know! I can't get you down to the medbay on my own, and I can't look after you all the time! So you better shut your frickin' glubhole and—

[ the coughing is unpleasant. it's a kind of sickness she's never experienced in all her life underwater, and it's not severe, but it's enough to bother her. it doesn't last for too long, thankfully, but her voice is hoarser when she picks up again. ]

—and get your butt to those doctors, do you hear me?!