#justcrothings

schrodingersBee: The call had come out. Yet another dream bubble. Sometimes these things were interesting, and sometimes you wished you'd stayed asleep. This one seemed to be a little livelier looking than usual, and people had gone off on their own to chat up the inhabitants. It's been a while since you've come across something where the ghosts were so closely grouped together. You've wandered off from your original bubble buddy, Rose, and gone exploring the richly colored environment on your own.

Cronus: It wasn't often that your dream bubbles had visitors, though none of them tend to stay around for long. The whole sleep and wake up thing made it a bit hard for anyone to stay in the same bubble. Not hard for you of course, you lived in your own little bubble of memories, good ones of course. The ones you preffered to stay around had a personal beach, a skyhorse lusus that reminded you so much of the one that raised you, and lots and lots of shiny things that you kept to yourself. Couldn't have anyone else see that you actually liked the golden highblood garb that Beforans treasured so much, that woul be very unlike you.

Where were we again? Oh yeah, visitors. You really have to stop thinking about yourself all of the time. You stayed secluded to your little beach, away from the rest of the trolls that you had lived and, unfortunately, died with whom were out and about, greeting the newcomers. Really you were just thinking of new pickup lines that wouldn't leave you tongue tied, which was a bit difficult to work around your silly quirk. At least you don't have to be out and about looking for other trolls to use them on, it looks as if there was already a new guy coming to you.

schrodingersBee: You're not very new. You haven't been new for a long time. Sollux Captor, very used. Someone should be fined for the damage. Oh wait, he's dead. Just like these people here. In fact, a lot like this guy with the white t-shirt. White...? Well, he certainly seems like he might be cheerful enough, so you walk right up to him, lean in close to his face and take a huge whiff. Yup. That is definitely Ampora looking if you've ever smelt it.

Cronus: Now looks like a good time as any to start using your, if you do say so yourself, very cunning pickup lines. He's in your face anyways. Maybe too in your face. Wait. What is he- Ahhh! Is he sniffing you? That is wierd, and you know wierd, you hang around Mituna for christ's sake. You quickly shove the guy away from you, hollering at him for violating your personal space and overall being wierd, completely ignoring the fact that getting up close and personal was your sort of thing. Captors, yeesh.

schrodingersBee: Your ears go back, getting the message this guy isn't welcoming your advances. As near as you could tell, you hadn't actually done anything wrong though? Not one molecule of your body made contact with his. "Geez. You want to chill? I was just getting a good look at you. If you need that much of a personal bubble, you might want to consider some of that fancy do not cross crime scene tape. That should keep the weirdos and lookieloos out."

Cronus: "You are the wvierdo! Last I checked a guy only has to use his eyes to see, not his fuckin nose!" What is with this guy? Couldn't he see that he was clearly your problem here. And then it dawned on you. He probably couldn't see at all. Your earfins perk forward and it's your turn to get all up in his business. "Vwhat's wvith you anyvways?"

schrodingersBee: You laugh, mocking him. "Never said I wasn't. I'm on the outside of the tape in that metaphor, in case you weren't paying attention. At least I'm better than tz. She usually just comes right up and starts licking people. I'm surprised she hasn't lost her tongue yet. Nothing's with me. We're just passing through. We make a habit of getting out and about while we do. You just happened to be here."

Cronus: After a quick, visual inspection of the guy, you were able to confirm that, yes, he was related to your Captor. Either that or there were more trolls with those types of horns running around. He's also talkative. "Yeah, I knowv there's more a you. Vwhy do you think I am owver here? Staying avway from your lookyloos and wvhatnot." This guy could be bothering you a lot more than he is at the moment, so you allow him to stay. He could be waking back up and out of your slicked back hair any moment anyways. "So you gotta name, chief?"

schrodingersBee: You didn't even know there was more than you with those particular horns. Too back Cronus doesn't realize you've been awake this whole time. By that token, you don't know how big the bubble is, so you don't know how long your ship will be hanging out there. "You gotta problem with people? Or maybe you just don't like those pink monkey creaures we've trained to do our bidding. Of course I've got a name. And...yeah, I'll even tell you it. Sollux Captor. Lotta people call me sb these days. But not sa. That one's reserved for a single user only."

Cronus: There are a lot of things you don't realize and there are a lot of things that you don't care about. "Yeah I gotta problem vwith people, especially the ones that sniff right in another guys face. The monkies are far more fascinating than you think, I just haven't wvorked myself up enough to go out and vwoo them wvith my charm." Quite frankly you don't care about his name, or him really, he mentioned the humans and now you're more caught up on that subject. "So hovw did you train them?"

schrodingersBee: You simply grin and waggle your tongue at him when he takes a shot at your method of seeing. This guy's a keeper, even if you don't actually get to keep him. "Training is a trade secret I don't share with just anyone. If you want to score yourself the hot blonde female, just go out there and start talking to her about the session. Even if you don't know anything about what I'm talking about, just act like you do. She'll be all over you in no time."

Cronus: Ah gross. You're half-tempted to lick his tongue, but you decide against it. This guy hasn't been properly woo'd by you, and you're not sure if you want to give him any of your irresistible "Ampora charm". Eugh. The sessions. Your's clearly ended in a disaster, and maybe Sollux can't see it, but your white eyes are the proof of how well Meenah's plan worked. "Can't say I'm much of a talking kind of guy when it comes to flirting, though you're not going to be able to see why."

schrodingersBee: Considering you don't even know whether he's a former player or not, his ghostly state didn't factor into your advice. Plus, you've met all sorts of fun people here. Sollux's presence here is proof it actually DID work, but maybe not the way Meenah expected. "Oh? Are you more of a hands on kind of guy then?" You get the impression he's not blind, so you waggle your eyebrows at him like the ridiculous flirt you are.

Cronus: "I guess you could say that. If you got your eyes fixed you'd be able to see that I can easily attract lookyloos just by standing here and looking good." You're so handsome you attract blind people to you. Smooth. The eyebrow wiggling earns him a couple of fin flutters, not that he could see them. Now you were starting to get somewhere with this guy.

schrodingersBee: "Mm. Me too. Nothing better than a good groping to get a clear picture of someone's face. Don't need my eyes to see anything. I can see better now than I ever could before. I guess I'll just stand here and chill with you until they show up then." You turn around and stand next to him, arms folded across your ribs to wait for the honeys to roll in. Any moment now, they'll just come swarming over, attracted by his hotness even at this distance.

Cronus: You were perfectly okay with standing there and enjoying the silence with him, until you realized that he was probably expecting babes to show up. You clearly didn't think that far ahead when you were verbally stroking your own ego. Something that happens quite often really. "Wvhy do you think I'm out such a distance? Vwouldn't wvant them to bother me all the time."

schrodingersBee: It's everything you have not to laugh at him. Even so, a few snorts make it out of your otherwise ironclad self imposed silence. The scoffing is less well hidden. "Of course. You wouldn't want them to bother you. Is that what I'm doing then? Bothering the hottie during his brooding period?"

Cronus: "Exactly. You're lucky I'm a decent guy vwho's allowving you to stick around here. Most of the others vwhould hawve told you to scram already if they didn't vwant you bothering them." There, you sure did a good job at covering your ass there.

schrodingersBee: And a fine ass he's covering, or at least that's what you'd think if you were bothering to check it out. "Heaven forbid. Perish the thought. I'll just stand here nice and quiet then, since you want to be so alone. Your pity on the poor blind soul who wandered away from the group is truly a gift to be treasured."

Cronus: His snarkiness is unappreciated. This guy is really annoying, but he's also not that bad of a troll to be around. Continuing to play the part of 'nice seadweller who just wants to brood in silence', you grab the gemini by the arm and start walking with him. "C'mon, chief. I'm sure your friends wvould be vwery disappointed in you straying off awvay from them."

schrodingersBee: You huff, extremely unhappy with the treatment. Your arm in yanked back into your own possession, but you keep walking with the guy so he doesn't do it again. You don't have a problem with him touching you, but your pinned ears and irritated tone should inform him you didn't appreciate being dragged around like that. "And you're going to take the wayward puppy back to his masters? Make sure he's a good boy?"

Cronus: Well geez, you were just trying to take him back to his pals, there's no reason for him to get all stingy about it. "I thought that was a bit obvwious. Any lowvblood, sleeping or not, should knovw that it's dangerous for them to be straying around. You're kinda lucky you didn't run into anyone like Meenah or Kurloz. The guy's creepy. I'm kinda surprised that you hawven't vwoken up yet really."

schrodingersBee: You growl, allowing sparks to jump between your horns. How dare he insinuate you're helpless! Who does this guy think he is? "I might be blind, but I'm not a grub. And it's hard to wake up when you're not asleep." You don't give a shit he had no way of having known the last part until you mentioned it just now.

Cronus: This guy might have been a damaged Captor, but not in the mental way that 'Tuna was, clearly he was still able to use his psionics. That fact was ignored for the moment. All you were trying to do was help the guy back, and he starts yelling at you like Kankri would! The nerve of this guy, you were only trying to be nice for once. "Wvoah there, hotshot. Don't get mad at me for doing a good deed for some lovwblood wvho vwandered awvay!"

schrodingersBee: You don't know his Kankri, but if he'd be on your side, you'd be all for some yelling. The growling gets louder, but you don't shock his condescending ass just yet. "I am not some lowblood who wanderd away. Stop fucking treating me like a wiggler you're taking back to its lusus. If you want me to go, then I'll go. /Alone./"

Cronus: Your fins fluttered in agitation and your bared your teeth at the growling troll. "You knowv, if I were an Alternian highblood, like I rightfully should be, I vwouldn't wvaste a minute vwaiting to wvipe your trash ass into the ground. But luckily for you, I'm a decent guy! So hovw about you do go crawvling back to your seeing-eye monkeys, before I change my mind."

schrodingersBee: If your ears were any farther pulled back, they'd tie themselves into a neat little bow to decorate your hair with while you consider knocking him on his ass just to prove a point. Yeah. Rose would love it if you started attacking the people you run into in here for being assholes. You still haven't lived down the screwing the demon incident. Not to mention if John heard about it, he'd probably smack you too. The psionics diffuse as you come to your decision. "You know what? It's not worth the trouble it'd cause me to put another fish douche in their place. So why don't you just drag your shitty ass back to your beach to wallow in your pathetic loneliness." You turn on your heel to stalk away, confident your tone left no doubt it wouldn't be pleasant for him if he doesn't listen to you.

Cronus: Put you back in your place? You already knew that this guy had nerve, but that was overstepping the line here. Now you were pissed and it was /your/ turn to put some filthy scum back into their place, whether it be verbal or not. You followed him as he started walking away from you. With a few quick, movements, you grabbed him by his shoulder, spun him around, and slapped him across his face. And it felt good, made you feel powerful as a troll of your color should. "You don't get the privwilege of telling me what to do, pissblood. That's my fuckin job."

schrodingersBee: You screech incoherently and explode, consequences be damned. Given your powers the explosion is somewhat literal, blowing your psionics outward in a bubble centered in your head. Congratulations Cronus, you're standing right next to a bomb you just set off. Buh bye. But only in the sense that he's not going to be near enough to touch you again. You're not going to destroy him for that, even if you could.