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[51stcentury]

['Jack' appears on camera, with a black eye, bruises on his jaw, and scratches across his face. He's looking like he's seen better days, to put it mildly. For a moment, the demon loses his grip on Jack, and there's a real flash of fear in his eyes] Please, you have to...!!

[But then it's gone again. And though he fear is still there, it's manufactured. A little off. Maybe whoever's watching notices the change, maybe they don't. Regardless, 'Jack' speaks up, and carries on]

...you need to watch out. There are people on board who aren't themselves. Eridan, he... He attacked me. And he might get one of you too, if you let your guard down. Please, he's dangerous... [Oh, the irony]

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[handelaar]

[Seeing as he doesn't wholeheartedly tune in until he hears the word Eridan, he misses the change in demeanor entirely.]

So you're sayin' he did that to ya.

[If he were the type to laugh, he'd be laughing his ass off. That little asswipe? Did that? To this guy? Either it's a lie or the freaky kid was stronger than he thought.

As it is, he's both curious and suspicious at once.]

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[cheerioless]

[ for a second quinn is just going to stare, because what? ]

Are...are you okay? Do you need someone?

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[uncodlyawwesome]

[Eridan has never been played so hard in his life, and in hindsight, everything makes way more sense now. Because Jack could've beaten him up if he'd wanted. Shit.

Shit!]

Fuck you, that's not evven true in the slightest!

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[jilt]

[ taking note of this doop doop ]

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[51stcentury]

[He shrugs] He isn't safe to be around. Not right now. I think he's worked himself into a rage...

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[51stcentury]

[He shakes his head] What, this? I'll be fine. I'm lucky he didn't take my eye out...

[Oh yeah, he's playing it up. Never mind the fact that his scratches have healed faster than they should have, and he'd had to give them a little encouragement to look awful enough to evict pity again]

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[cheerioless]

Oh yeah [ quinn's slightly sarcastic. ] you're real lucky. So who and why did he attack you?

[handelaar]

But the kid's a shrimp.

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[51stcentury]

Eridan. On the ship. He's one of the ones with grey skin and horns. Got fins and nails and all of that. [Completely dodging around the why]

[51stcentury]

The 'kid' is an alien, who is not to be trusted.

[handelaar]

Didn't trust 'im anyway.

[51stcentury]

Then you're a step ahead of the crowd.

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[cheerioless]

[ the description distracts quinn. coming from a world where the supernatural doesn't exist - at least as far as she knows anyways. ]

So those ...things are for real? What are they?

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[51stcentury]

Yeah, they're for real.

He says he's an Alternian. But they also like to call themselves trolls. They're aliens, basically.

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[cheerioless]

An Alternian?

[ she raises a brow, that sounds more like something from one of puck or finn's video games. ]

So, did you have experience with ...aliens before here?