[anonymous text] eridan's guide to pretending to not be himself

[uncodlyawwesome]

[Eridan doesn't usually stoop to anonymous messages, but when you have serious emotional plights, sometimes it's safer to be anon than be yourself. You know, especially when you're usually a dick.]

what do you do if people keep disappearing just when you think you might actually have...
you know
made friends with them?

after a certain point do you just assume that you are the problem or what

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[cobaltblue]

well, you know. you might be. but this ship's such bullshit it's probably better to blame it first.

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[51stcentury]

[Eridan is that you. The text is without your typing quirks but the question is awfully familiar...]

Are you going to assume that you're the reason that everyone else disappeared too, then?

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Of course not. It's a cruel pattern, that's all.

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[uncodlyawwesome]

i guess.
but what makes the ship take people away then
what if it IS what we do that makes it do things like that
fuck

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[uncodlyawwesome]

[aw shit not jack]

i don't know. maybe?
wouldn't be overly surprising.
but i guess not.

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[uncodlyawwesome]

well its a shitty fucking pattern. it's like everyone i get close to turns out to disappear before too long. two of em died.

[cobaltblue]

what like it's psychic? it's a spaceship.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm sorry. But none of that means it's your fault. It's like blaming yourself for being here in the first place-- it's something that was beyond your control.

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[51stcentury]

You can't seriously believe that. Even people you've never met or talked to disappeared from this ship, right? Do you honestly think that's your fault too?

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[entrapments]

that's just morose :(

[uncodlyawwesome]

yeah, but it just so happens to have things like
moving hallways
black holes
monsters
creepy :) fuckers

i mean if you don't think this ship has some kind of sentience you're crazy.

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[uncodlyawwesome]

i don't know.
but maybe its because like other people get attached
i wasnt saying i was the only one you know.

[uncodlyawwesome]

what if it isnt beyond our control?
ive thought about it before. we could be here because of who we are.
maybe.

[cobaltblue]

pretty sure any of that can happen for reasons other than "the ship is sentient" and/or psychic. could have cameras with someone watching. could have an ai or two running it. who the hell knows.

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[uncodlyawwesome]

yeah well i can be kind of morose.
anyway morose doesn't make it wrong

[theshabbiestofmen]

What do you mean, precisely? Because of a positive aspect or negative aspect of our abilities? Or personalities?

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[badfashionsense]

UNDER NRML CRCMSTANCES THE ANS WOULD PRY B Y.

THESE R FAR FRM NRML CRUMSTANCES THO SO PERHAPS NOW IS A GOOD TIME 2 REFLECT ON UR BHAVIOR.

[uncodlyawwesome]

so you think all the stuff that happens is like
just completely random
and that other than havin an ai or something around its just a normal ship?

[uncodlyawwesome]

i dont know i haven't thought about it a lot!
just maybe someTHING about us makes us prime suspects for this fucking ship to steal. i never really thought about it beyond that.

maybe we just deserve to be here.

permanon! text.

[uncodlyawwesome]

wow your quirk is awful.

[WAIT SHIT NO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ANONYMOUS
oh well too late to fix this better jut keep going. besides someone has to say it. that is an awful quirk.]

so are you saying its me or its the ship

[cobaltblue]

not random, not normal either, but come on, man. psychic ship? how does that make more sense to you than anything else.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[He pausees for a few seconds, thinking.]

It's true most of us seem to have special characteristics or talents. And it would be an interesting theory to pursue, certainly. But I don't know if I'd put it like that: that we deserve to be here. Deserve implies that we committed some crime, whether legal or otherwise.

[northerner]

Not the problem, but maybe you're just simply the unluckiest among us, to stay when all others have already left.

[ WOW ROBB THAT'S HELPFUL. ]

NOT HERE.

[altercate]

[ but derek knows this feel, eridan. he knows. ]

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[entrapments]

no being wrong is what makes it wrong
the ship's the one yanking people in and out
you're just collateral damage

you've gotta hang tough
fight the power
stick it to the man