#narcolepticdog

Jade’s ears twitched as she listened to the troll speak. When she heard him mention dream bubbles, she realized that he had come to the same conclusion as her, this was likely a dream bubble. Jade was a little troubled because she couldn’t remember falling asleep, but she also knew that she hasn’t always had the best sleeping patterns. Just as she was opening her mouth to ask the troll if he remembered if he had fallen asleep, she was interrupted.

He thought the he needed to give /her/ a second chance. If anyone needed to be doing that it should be the other way around!! He was the jerky fish-douche who had trolled her for years! A part of her wanted to tell him off, he did deserve it after all! She took a deep breath, and settled with rolling her eyes. For now. She tucked a loose strand of hair back behind her ear, and let loose a disgruntled sigh. She supposed his company would be better than no company. Before giving Eridan her answer, she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. It was behind the darkness of her lids she had a small flashback, one image sticking clearly in her mind. A large white door. She opened her large eyes and furrowed her brows. Maybe this was some sort of insight as to where they were? Jade knew she could be wrong, but she had the feeling that she wasn’t the only one standing in front of that door.

“Yeah, I’m with you!” she exclaimed, suddenly fueled with excitement from the prospect of seeing her friends again. And soon, if her gut was right!

One couldn’t help but notice the little sigh she took before responding. But what followed caught him a bit off guard, she had suddenly gained confidence for the mission Eridan had issued, when at first he got the feeling he was about to be at the receiving end of her annoying human tangent. But nonetheless, he quickly shook the feeling off, and turned his focus back to the topic at hand.

“W-well then let’s go.” He nodded and set off, turning the corner he had found Jade at in the first place.

Idly hoping Jade was actually following him, he continued down the corridor until he approached a wide set of marble stairs. He ran his hand over the railing, taking just a few steps down while in awe at the craftsmanship. The work was worthy of an empress’s hive. This really was and odd dream bubble.

Jade’s fluffy ears perked up at the sound of an unfamiliar voice filling her ears. Sniffing the air and turning to face the direction that the sound had came from, she was hit with a surprising scent. Ugh, the overwhelming smell of fish shocked her and caused her mouth to turn down into a grimace. One drawback of her increased senses, unpleasant smells were always so much worse. Finding herself facing an unrecognizable troll, she was a bit unsure of how to proceed. She’d only met a handful of the trolls in person before, and she was certain she wouldn’t have forgotten this one. Supressing her giggles over his goofy attire, Jade was about to speak, but he beat her to it.

A bit taken aback by the troll’s demanding tone, Jade paused a moment before responding. This guy suddenly reminded her a little too much of a rude purple text she had encountered during the game. Actually, she suspected this was the same guy. His extravagant cape made a little more sense if that were the case. She only slightly recalled the conversation that they had. The two things that had stuck in her mind were his shitty gun and his even worse attitude! About to give him a curt answer, Jade reconsidered. There always was the possibility this guy had changed, or at least, was a little less rude before. Plus, she usually enjoyed the company she made in dream bubbles! At least she could give him a chance before letting her previous bias’ get to her.

“I really don’t know anything, I just woke up!” Jade responded. It was the best response she could come up with quickly, and it was the truth too! In fact, she wasn’t really sure she could remember what was going on before she woke up in this dream bubble! Jade doubted that this guy had any more idea what was happening than she did, but it was worth a shot. “Do you have any idea where we are?” Jade patiently waiting for a response, trying not to let her curiosity get the best of her.

 A grimace crossed his face. Why should he have expected anything more from her?  He sighed, crossing his arms. Before he could report his discontent with her lack of information, Jade continued with a question of her own. Of course, Eridan had varying hypotheses as to their current state, but nothing solid. He paused for a moment… Jade had to be sleeping if she was in this dream bubble, seeing as behind her round lenses her eyes glowed brightly with life’s radiance as every other living dreamer’s did. Uncrossing his arms, he stuffed one hand in his pocket and the other he held in the air with a shrug.

“I got nothin’, I mean w-what could this place be… if it’s dream bubble, it’s definitely not somethin’ this wersion ah’ me remembers. Could be some w-weird paradox space thin’ again I suppose…”

Eridan said it could be a dream bubble, but wasn’t sure if he quite believed it. But what else could it be?

“I just w-woke up too.” He added, remembering her sharp answer. As if this information would help them figure this all out… It struck Eridan that a strategically planned investigation may be just the thing to do. While investigating was more Terezi’s style, Eridan certainly considered himself a strategist.  And honestly, how hard can anything *really* be when you are a mastermind strategist. His devotion to military and historical literature was going to pay off now, if not only to discover the nature of his surrounding but to at least serve as entertainment. The dream bubbles could be awful droll at times. If this was just another dream bubble he may as well spend it with company, even if that company was a legendary-weapon-hating-god-dog-human-girl. He tightened his lip for a moment, but a second later released it. If this was going to work he was going to have to save his grudges for later.