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[The feed turns on showing the disgruntled face of none other than Eridan Ampora. However, half his grey face is covered by a scarf pulled up to his nose, leaving only his glaring eyes and thick-rimmed glasses in view. Even his fins are covered by the fluffy blue-striped scarf. He's also got himself parked next to one of the fire fountains, clearly using it for what warmth he can garner for himself.]

This place abso-fuckin'-lutely sucks.

[He states it as if it's purely irrefutable fact. He lets out a shiver, his eyebrows furrowing a bit more.]

Who the bloody fuck said it could get so cold? Whose worthless idea was it? This place is supposed to be some bullshit reality between life an' death or what the bloody fuck ewer poppycock they're spewin' at us with the audacity to think we're willin' to beliewe a lick a it, and yet it has weather?

[He lets out a derisive snort, clearly being a bit more dramatic than what's truly necessary. But then again, this whole post is nothing if not unnecessary. He honestly just wants to complain, to allow his woes to be heard! Because they clearly need to be heard by everyone.]

I'm callin' complete bullshit, total and utter bee-fuckin'-ess. It makes no stinkin' sense why there's weather goin' on in such a fuckin' place as this, and so they really ought to do somethin' about the decline in temperature, because I'm sure I ain't just speakin' for myself when it comes to how much I ain't lookin' forward to freezin' my globes off.

[He sniffs, a bit agitatedly.]

--Oh, and before any a you blokes get the smart idea a comin' to me tellin' me to go back inside and to get warm all proper, I do what the fuck I want and I should not be inconwenienced in such so that I gotta stay holed up in my hiwe all the goddamn time.

It's fuckin' ridiculous.

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So what are you used to, anyway?

[No really, alien cultures are his jam. Just let him know whether or not there's hot ladies to hit on.]

[Their Empress has a rocking bod, but he wouldn't likely stand a chance. Sorry, Kirk.]

Well, first off royalty like myself wouldn't liwe in such close quarters with--well, eweryone. My hiwe was made from a marooned pirate ship on a island in the middle a the ocean, and while I'm a bit unique in my taste, what others a my caste made a their own personal hiwes, most a which bein' some manner of a castle or palace, were just as isolated. Mostly under the ocean. You know, away from the common rabble.

[But here he's forced to live along side those he otherwise thinks as inferior. It's pretty insulting.]

Secondly, this place is also downright peaceful. I ain't used to that.

Amphibious, huh? Should have guessed, what with the [He gestures a little at his own face roughly where the fins are.]

So why don't we just... build you a ship? The turtle could tow it so you wouldn't get knocked around by the barrier.

[He's. Not even going to comment on the peace part because YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY AND PEACEABLE AND YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT!! Gosh.]

Somethin' like that, yeah. Sea troll is more the term for it. [He ain't some frog, ok!]

[However, at that suggestion his eyebrows raise, and his fins perk.] Do--Do you think we could really do that?

[Eridan is a royalblood, and being a royalblood means he comes with violent urges. He can be peaceful for a time, but without someone to properly pacify him (and honestly even WITH someone to do that) that shit builds up. Isn't biological needs wonderful?]

Sea troll. Got it.

[He won't make that mistake again, obviously. And then he just grins.]

Sure, why not? I'm building a shuttle. An old-timey wooden ship'd be nothing. It might not be as big as what you're used to, but I don't see why we couldn't give it a try.

Good.

[Wow, he's actually pretty damn excited by this prospect.]

That's fine, I'm willin' to bloody accept realistic expectations. It'd be quite the fuckin' project to undergo, ewen if it's an older ship model. Not that that's ewer stopped me before. [The fact he'd be able to possibly get one at all is good enough for him.]

You said you were makin' a shuttle, though?

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Yeah. Nothing fancy, it's just gotta fly. It's in case of emergencies, you know-- if there's people who're hurt or can't fight next time the Monster of the Week shows up on our doorstep. That sort of thing.

...Do monsters attack here that often? I used to slay beasts of all magnitudes back on Alternia outta necessity--but it also was somethin' I kinda enjoyed doin'.

I suppose if another monster attacks, I wouldn't mind lendin' a prong if you so needed it. [They've been so helpful to him, or at least offered him help, it's only right he returns that same courtesy.]

Ehh, once in a while.

[-- Kid let's not start talking about how you enjoy killing things. YOUR WORLD SOUNDS SO VIOLENT gosh just let the Trek cast from their happy world crush you to their collective bosom okay?]

It's not usually so bad. Everybody kind of helps out. But I'll keep you in mind, never hurts to have an extra hand, right?

[But his mind's back on the ship, and he scrapes his fingernails over the very faint stubble on his jaw.]

So do you have like. A picture of the ship you've got back home?

[BUT, BUT HE LIKES KILLING THINGS. It's so satisfying!]

Exactly. I won't expect you to call me for ewery measly beast, in fact, I'd rather be reserwed for somethin' that can pose proper challenge. [There's that arrogance of his.]

[He shakes his head.]

Can't say I do, but I suppose I don't need a exact replica. Just, somethin' similar, y'know? Wonder if this place has any books that would hawe ample references to such ships an' the like. Surprisingly, human pirate ships don't differ all that much from our own.

What's your baseline? So I know, you know. What a challenge is.

[Because he'll actually take that seriously. #firstcontactreasons.]

I've got engineering training, and a friend of mine here's an artist. We can probably slap something together pretty easy.

Well, I surwiwed on my own takin' on a whole planet a fast as fuck angels by myself for a perigee straight. Each one took a consecutiwe minute of fire from my legendary gun to take down. Does that giwe you a idea?

[And honestly, he's even stronger now that he's in tune with his hope powers.]

Well then, me thinks that certainly makes things simpler by a whole fuckin' shit ton.

[Eyebrow up. You know what, if you'd told him that six months ago he'd probably have just burst out laughing. Now? Not so much. Because he's met plenty of people who can do just that.]

Fair enough. Big guns. Got it.

[He smiles at the next part, shakes his head.]

Yeah. I'll draw up some preliminaries and drop you a line when we've got something workable.

[If you think that's crazy, the troll Empress has subjugated entire planets completely on her own. Trolls are a pretty ridiculously powerful species.]

[Also Eridan likes that he's being taken seriously. Not that there's a reason to not, he's just used to his old companions who would rather mock him to his face, than actually worry about what sort of threat he could actually pose.]

Sounds good. Feel free to drop me a line ewen if you're only up for idle chatter as well. I'm not opposed to desirable company, or anythin'.

[Read as: he's lonely.]

'Desirable'. Sounds like I'm moving up in the world.

[It's okay, Eridan, he speaks Spock. He can pick up on that little 'it's not like I'm lonely or anything' between-the-lines inference. Jim grins brightly.]

Hey, same to you. My inbox's always open, Highness.

You may wery well be. [He's totally not smiling or anything. Clearly a trick of the light.]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind, Captain.

[And Eridan gets a little salute, and Jim cuts the feed. He has a Project to attend to, after all. Pirate ships don't build themselves.]

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