Shadow Event Log

[shnpc]

WHO: Everyone, affected and not
TONE: Ranging from paranoid to angry
RATING: PG to PG-13
WHEN: After the memorial on October 31st through November 2nd.
WHERE: Hogwarts
WHAT: Those who have passed too near to a certain goblet may find themselves haunted by whispers of their unconscious insecurities. From themselves.
STATUS: ONGOING
NOTE: Details for the event are here, feel free to use the log for the whole event

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[allisnotlost]

[To be completely fair, Eridan hadn't expected it to turn to that. He didn't expect him to lash out and latch onto him like that, and thus... he just felt the need to sit there for a moment, still holding his arms out. He almost looked as if he were about to shove him off, but instead his arms lightly draped about him.]

Yeah. Yeah...

[This was all sorts of awkward, but at the very least it helped... and he understood how much he had really needed it. In some sense, it helped Eridan too. Sort of. More than he realizes, actually. With a quiet sigh, he rubs his back, not even focusing on the jabbering shadow.]

... No problem.

[notthebee2]

[Well, that was what he was doing. To be fair, beyond what the shadow had said, Eridan wasn't all that bad. Well, he was a douche, but so was he. But it just felt good to cling to anyone, even if it was him. He was pretty riled up, but when you're literally haunted by your insecurities, that tends to happen.]

If you tell anyone about thith I'll rip out your ballth and feed them two you.

[allisnotlost]

You know I hawen't told a soul about anythin' we'we been up to, and I'm sure as hell not about to tell anyone this just happened.

[It... actually gave him a bit of peace knowing that he helped in some way, since he hadn't gotten his ~good deed~ out of the way yet. He's just going to let Sollux get his hugs out and hope that it'll keep it at bay or something. He had no idea what to actually do right now.

And in regards to what his shadow had said about him, Eridan couldn't help but think about it just a bit more, trying not to focus too much on what had said. That was really all just some projected figment, right? Eridan knew he couldn't have been that bad.

...Right?]

[notthebee2]

[Just silence now, from Sollux's part. He was trying so goddamn hard not to burst into tears tears in front of him. Out of all people, it had to be this guy, jesus fucking christ. The one person to have a good gander at his insecurities. Fuck. He didn't care right now, though. He just needed something to hold on to, and anyone was good enough for that right now. But as superficially annoyed as he seemed at Eridan, he was glad it was him and not someone else, something not even he was aware of.]

[allisnotlost]

[The silence was slightly needed and slightly unnerving. He wasn't able to take the silence as well as he usually would, just hoping that Sollux wouldn't start freaking out or tearing up or something like that. He didn't know how well he'd be able to take him like that.

And he got to thinking... how similar they really are when he thought about it. They were both horribly insecure, filled to the brim with self-doubt. They both had more things in common than he thought was possible, and because of that he just didn't know how to take it anymore.

He knew they were somewhat friendly to each other, he knew it... but. He felt good knowing that he was the one to be able to comfort him. He didn't care how annoyed he was that he didn't leave and that he chased him down.

And it slightly bothered him. He shouldn't be feeling this and he knew it.

But he couldn't stop it.]