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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

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I'm not sure what all info they'd even have really.

[splinten]

They're supposedly going to look through the subways for more information than the QR codes.

[A second penguin waddles up to them. Adorable. It wants to huddle with them.]

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You goin' with?

[ he's still speaking very quietly, his eyes on the birds. ]

[splinten]

Nah. I'll wait for the updates.

[He is also quiet. The penguin sits beside Dave. And makes a penguin noise right in his ear. Loudly.]

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[ he doesn't flinch or jump? but dave turns his head and makes the penguin noise right back at the penguin instead. ]

[splinten]

[HOLY FUCK DIRK HAS TO COVER HIS MOUTH SO HE DOESN'T LAUGH HARD AND SCARE THE PENGUIN.

The penguin is startled. And then... IT MAKES THE PENGUIN NOISE TWICE. Dave is now in a conversation.

Please forgive Dirk as he gasps quietly bent over trying not to die]

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[ he does the penguin noise three times because he will win this conversation, maybe, against a flightless bird? ]

[splinten]

[FOUR x PENGUIN NOISE!!

Two other penguins have come over. They want to join the conversation. They try making the penguin noise a few times at Dave.

Dirk is going to die, which is sad, but it's how he would want to go.]

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[ dave is actually astonishingly good at mimicking penguin sounds? he's good with sounds, okay.

FIVE PENGUIN SOUNDS IN A ROW.

dirk can just die while dave talks to birds this is fine ]

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[The penguins all start shouting at him at once. There are three and they just keep going.]

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[ there's a minute pause before he starts up the noises again. why this.

but he will basically just keep going until they give up? ok? ]

[splinten]

[All he is doing is summoning more penguins to squawk at him and then, squawking, to walk forward and do the slide-on-belly penguin thing into the water. WILL YOU FOLLOW THEM, DAVE.]

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[ .........well the water is probably ice cold, is dirk going to let dave follow them? ]

[splinten]

[He is going to straighten up and try to stop him?]

Bro no the water's freezin'—

[parodeity]

[ well he can just pull dirk in with him. ]

[splinten]

Bro—

[He doesn't fight it, though he certainly could. He lets himself be dragged into ice cold water with a bunch of penguins and his brother.]

This is stupid.

[BUT HE DIDN'T FIGHT IT AT ALL]

[parodeity]

You didn't even remotely resist, so you can't complain?

[ a snort. ]

Besides, they seem happy.

[ he doesn't even shiver in the water? or at least. suppresses any shivers for some reason. ]

[splinten]

I can complain as much as I want.

[He swims closer to Dave and like. Reflexively wraps his arms around Dave for warmth.]

You speak the language of their people.

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They're like nakkodiles.

[ he'd tensed up when dirk went to hug him, but he doesn't shove dirk off. ]

[splinten]

I'm still pissed I didn't get any.

[He noticed the tensing and mutters,]

Want me to let go?

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Consorts?

[ eyebrows raising. to "didn't get any". but he shakes his head. ]

Up and out.

[ flying's easier than swimming to the edge. ]

[splinten]

Nakkodiles. Whatever my consorts were, I haven't seen them.

[It's A Mystery!! spoilers: the mystery is skeletons.

On Dave's command, Dirk flies them both out of the water and puts them on solid ground.] At least it's warm out. [So Dave won't freeze in wet clothing. ...also Dirk]

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[ he lets go as soon as he's there. he definitely could have flown himself out by this point? ]

Hmmm. [ he has the vaguest inklings there was something weird about their session but hasn't pieced it all together. so dave just shrugs. ] Where else?

[splinten]

Where else did you want to go?

[parodeity]

The petting zoo.