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[Oh, look, there's a frustrated Eridan.

A frustrated Eridan who is currently trying to hide a pile with his regal, purple cape. Wait, are those --

Sticks?

No, those are not sticks (to Eridan, at least). Those are actually just really shitty wands.]

Is this a fuckin' joke? Why isn't my sylladex workin'...

[Also, he's holding his Ahab's

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[Oh, another one of those troll cosplayers? OK then. Souji eyes him a little warily though, given that he's carrying what looks like a huge gun and he does remember what Karkat said about their sopor-less violent tendencies.]

Ah ... hello?

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[Turns towards the voice and immediately points that huge gun towards him, though thankfully for Souji he does not yet shoot. As far as he cares to know, angels can't talk but well --

Eridan is more or less a shoot now ask questions later kind of troll, so choose your next words wisely.]

What are you?

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[Souji throws his hands up in surrender. Jeez, this cosplay stuff sure is serious business.]

I'm ... a human? My name is Souji Seta. I don't mean you any harm.

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A... Human? The fuck is a human, you a type a' alien?

... You're not an angel, then? [Even though Souji is not an angel, Eridan keeps his Ahab's in position.]

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Ah ... yes, from your perspective, I would be an alien. [It's still so weird to think about. But Souji isn't particularly inclined to have a session of deep thoughts at the moment. There's that gun aimed at him, and it doesn't exactly look like a harmless prop.] But no, I'm not an angel.

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Give me a fuckin' good reason, then, why I shouldn't just blast you with this.

[Gestures with his Ahab's. Since if he shoots at angels, why wouldn't he shoot at humans?]

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[Oh dear. Souji takes half a step backward.]

You're one of the other troll's friends, right? I said I'd help him find his friends. [And Karkat did mention the violent tendencies, come to think of it. Guess he wasn't kidding about that.]

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You know the other trolls?

The ones who wouldn't even visit me on my planet?

[Now he is getting all upset, taking the gun from pointing it at Souji to clutching it in his arms while he tries to hold back tears.] Can you believe that? Too busy to even give Eridan Ampora a visit on his fuckin' angel infested wrath planet! Leavin' him all alone to shoot and hide so he doesn't get killed. The introllity!

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[Oh no. This just got horribly awkward, didn't it.]

I'm very sorry to hear that ... Eridan, you said?

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Yeah, my name is Eridan.

Do you really know them, though? Which trolls do you know? There are twelve a' us, well, one is a robot but that is besides the point.

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Nice to meet you, Eridan.

[And he smiles again, even though this is still a little weird.]

Well, I've only met and spoken with them a few times, but yes. I've met Kanaya, Terezi, Gamzee, and - [Oh, that's right. Karkat never told him his name.] I'm afraid the other one didn't tell me his name. But he seemed ... ah, angry? Short horns ... [here he mimes the height off his own head] ... and there was a grey symbol on his shirt? [Souji gestures on his own shirt, drawing an invisible Cancer symbol with his finger.]

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With your description that sounds like Kar, he's good friend a' mine. I had just been tryin' to get him to help me with the angels on my planet but he was bein' weird about it the whole time, like he wanted to be in a quadrant with me but kept flip floppin' between them. If you've been talkin' to him, maybe you know why he's been actin' like that?

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... ?

[Quadrants? What does that even mean? Souji's just confused now.]

Sorry, he didn't mention anything about a quadrant. But he did seem worried about finding all of his friends and making sure you were all safe.

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I doubt he was thinkin' about me as one a' his friends, no one does anymore.

Just lonely Eridan Ampora here...

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I'm sure he was. You said there were twelve of you altogether, right? So did he. Four here, eight missing.

[See, Eridan. Not so bad after all.]

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Well, as long as he included me, then... That is a lot better than him not includin' me.

Do you know where he is?