#3431

CG: I NEED YOUR HELP. […] CG: GAMZEE IS ON A RAMPAGE CG: HE'S GOING TO KILL US ALL IF WE DON'T STOP HIM. […] CT: D --> Are you saying the highb100d has finally embraced his position atop the hierarchy

Oh, you are not doing this right now.

CT: D --> I'm not entirely positive I can raise a hand to the highb100d

…you’re really doing this right now, aren’t you?

CT: D --> I'll take measures to ensure our comrades aren't injured

Sure. And if Gamzee orders you to join him?

God fucking damn it, Equius.

CG: BUT YOU WON'T FIGHT HIM, IS THAT IT CT: D --> If it comes to close quarters skirmish, I will try to be prepared

Equius is a lost cause. A month off-planet wasn't nearly enough to break his Alternian conditioning, and it's obvious that he won't raise a hand to Gamzee.

Maybe if he'd been on the Veil for a year, he might have grown a little - but then again, maybe not. To grow out of the hemospectrum, he'd have to be convinced it was wrong, and the trolls most likely to call him out on his beliefs are lowbloods themselves. He wouldn't listen to them.

Come to think of it, Feferi might have had a shot - but he probably thought she was 'too good for him', and avoided her.

It would take a miracle to change Equius, and a miracle never came.

CG: YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT, I DON'T GET IT CG: YOU KISS THE GROUND THIS LUNATIC WALKS ON BECAUSE HE HAS PURPLE BLOOD CG: BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM RIPPING ON ERIDAN, I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU DON'T LIKE HIM […] CT: D --> He is a sea dweller CT: D --> Our feud is codified in tradition […] CG: OK FINE, THEN SPEAKING OF WHICH CG: HE'S ON A MURDEROUS RAMPAGE TOO

If you're willing to attack Eridan, go nuts. He's not a great matchup for you, though - the guy's a powerful ranged attacker, and you’re famously limited to melee strikes. It may be difficult to close the distance.

Even if you did, he might not be the physical pushover you'd expect him to be. Two highbloods have already demonstrated incredible strength. Eridan, for all his dorkiness, could be hiding actual muscles under that cape.

CT: D --> I'd prefer not to interact with him CG: WHY CT: D --> It's primarily that his advances make me uncomfortable