The Ship Who Stayed (Eridan <> Sollux)
"My own ship is specially designed for difficult cases such as that," he responded. "It will be a simple matter 'a installin' him there to enact a fix, after which point he can be reinstalled here workin' properly." The Empress's brow lowered back to its normal position. "Good. I'll leave orders for the techs to follow your directions." Then, without a single word more, she turned and stalked out, leaving only the violet helmstech in the helmsblock. "Well," 1400377 said, his eyes on the core itself rather than one of the monitors. His fins fluttered and he clasped his hands tightly behind his back, as though trying to hide nervousness. "…Evenin', Sol."
hey @sopordeficiency, i'm your @homestuckss secret santa! sorry to make you wait this long, this is gonna be a longer one (estimating ~15-20k) than i initially expected because the plot bunny ran away with me, and i was trying to get as much of it prewritten as possible. unfortunately my life kind of exploded so i haven't gotten as much written as i'd like, but i'll be getting the rest of it up as quickly as i can manage! <3
i should have the second chapter up tonight or tomorrow (depending on how much the formatting fights me) at least!