[Davesprite was still a Dave, but not what he was used to. Not what he wanted. He wanted his version of his friends who knew everything, not someone who knew some things and veered off another path. It's not the same, he knows, but it's similar enough to grasp.]
Rose would buy tickets a year in advance and drag us anyway, so let's not give her that power. [He's about to say that yes, he won't stress about stuff, but then Dave's talking and he raises an eyebrow.] Uh. Okay? Why? [This is asked even as he's pushing up on his elbow to set up and stare at Dave for a second.]
[ ughhhh he doesn't want to explain, even though he snorts at the comment about rose. what dave does, though, is stretch out the arm on john's side where john had been, and then he scoots further onto the bed so he doesn't have to actively concentrate on being balanced.
he'd looked comfortable but he hadn't been, and That Was Stupid. ]
You can go back now. Also, maybe we should just never let Rose know anythin' is happenin' that needs her analyzation abilities, ever. And I say that as the guy who semi-regularly will tell her about dreams I have, for...because I adore her I suppose and no other reason. Because obviously she mostly tells me they mean Freudian things rather than anythin' useful.
[…oh. Okay. You know what, whatever. It's late and it's his bed so he ends up sort of flopping down on Dave's arm and the cot again before making himself comfortable.]
Is that the polite way of saying that Rose assumes everything in your dreams is about dicks? Freud's the dick guy, right? Rose would probably analyze anything if we let her look long enough. Maybe we should find her a new hobby.
He is the dick guy and the mom guy and also the last time you found her a new hobby she proceeded to use it to stab monsters in the eyes with her knittin' needles so do we really think her next hobby will be any less terrifying in application?
[ LIKE. JUST ASKING. DRYLY. because dave for one thinks it is just a rose thing. he makes no further mention of the rearrangement since whatever. it's john. he can handle john in his personal space or he wouldn't have come over to check. rose and john get a pass, even if he doubts he will himself fall asleep. ]
But also I think she mostly does it for fun, not because that is the actual meaning. It brings her joy.
No, but if she is using it against people not us do you think it makes a difference? [He's teasing mostly but also seriously. It's unfortunate because John will probably fall asleep and trap Dave there if he doesn't move, but this is his own fault.]
Anyway of course it's fun. Rose loves freaking both of us out and always has since we've known her. We are her favorite targets because Jade is the only person who is weirder than she is. [He's also just shifting to kind of use Dave's arm as a pillow.] Still thinking we should inflict her on other people and see how that goes.
[ because there are a lot of people here and dave is not sure how aiming rose works. mostly he just ends up aiming her at himself. she barely needs to do any work, it's terrible. ]
Also maybe if she were just a little less good at freakin' us out it would be less fun for her.
I have not decided yet. Maybe people on other planets? Giorno's power is to make people uncomfortable so it'd be pretty funny if Rose managed to do that without even having powers. It would depend on who she's already getting to know.
[There's a slight hum of thought.] Do you think she's been practicing since before we met? It is the only thing I can think of.
[ he's kind of staring at the ceiling again, but dave shuts his eyes after a moment. ]
Like, it is an innate Rose talent. I would say it is an innate Lalonde talent but from what y'all have said about Roxy it seems more like she acquired it elsewhere or via herself?
That sounds about right. [His eyes are already shut so he doesn't notice, though he's still chatting.] I think maybe Rose's psychology thing is like my magic thing. It just is. But Roxy doesn't do the weird spooky occult analysis thing...she's very smart though. Really smart. And really nice...she talks a lot but she's interesting. I wish I got to talk to her more before everything happened.
...you'd like her a lot. It's hard to feel awkward around someone like her.
[It is a weird question but at the same time it's not like he doesn't already have an answer.]
Yes, in a sense. She was the second to last person I saw and we said our goodbyes before she disappeared, but I do miss talking to her and I wonder what she is doing now. It's not the same as Jade or if it were you or Rose or anything, but...it would not be so bad to see her again.
Probably. Like I said, she's really easy to talk to. [It made things a little less lonely having someone like Roxy who was not only awesome by herself but reminded him of two of his favorite people.] I kind of hope everybody gets along once everything is fixed and we get to really settle in and not a weird mess.
[And speaking of settling:] ...you don't have to stay, dude. [Not that he's making any moves to let Dave up, but somehow he feels like he should maybe say so.] It'll be morning in a couple of hours anyway, I think.
Probably we all will. [ dave says, knowing full well he's going to be in a weird place about dirk forever even if he manages to get a handle on himself. ]
[It's fine. Dave doesn't have to tell him the full truth all the time and John doesn't have any room to suspect anything might be amiss. It's just that things are awkward for everyone. He can understand that. Once things settle, once the universe is right again...well, things will still be weird but they can work on that. So instead there's a sound of agreement before he sighs.]
I don't need you to watch me sleep. [Which doesn't help given he's already shifting again to lay more comfortably on Dave's arm. Apparently he actually doesn't give a fuck if Dave watches him sleep.] We'll go to Rose's tomorrow for breakfast, too. [Things going unsaid: breakfast is always a good checkpoint for him to ensure both Strilondes are where they are supposed to be.] But if you take off later...[His free hand comes up to tap the signet in his neck. Saying "text me" sounds weird, but that should get the point across.]
[ so john apparently just gave himself a headache congrats john!!!!! meanwhile, dave is getting off free...also, breakfast is a good idea because otherwise dave will just never eat it. usually he will just vaguely skip some meals if they don't have them as a group. why this.
so, unaware that john idiotically killed himself a bit, dave just sighs and doesn't move. ]
[Which is probably good because there's a very hard sort of flinch and his hand immediately drops, head ducking into both Dave's arm and the mattress of the cot. It's a very sharp throb that fades to something more bearable not long after, but he also doesn't move from there.]
Okay. [He's apparently not going to argue anymore and he's just kind of curling up to a.) make himself more comfortable and b.) figure out how to give Dave's legs more room.] ...thanks.
[It's embarrassing, sort of, to admit that he's content keeping him here and how reassuring it is at the moment, but given he tried to send Dave off Dave has nobody to blame but himself.]
What just happened? [ dave tenses up, because he didn't sense a thing and john flinched and he's pretty sure it wasn't what he said or anything he did that caused it. he does move his arm now, but mostly to assist in the curling by just pulling john to his side in a half-instinctive protective gesture, his free hand near the edge of the bed going to his sword with the other half of what his instincts immediately go to.
he stops the motion before it's complete, at least, but. ]
[Oh. His eyes open and he finds himself staring partially at the cot and also Dave's side, but he doesn't do much but tense up again.
This was life now, wasn't it? Still an alien planet where they weren't sure what would happen next. The game sprung enough monsters and surprises on them, and it's what he thinks maybe Dave is thinking of. Instead, he moves to carefully shake his head and also reach to grab Dave's other hand to tug it away from the edge of the bed. Leave the sword there, Strider.]
I'm fine. [Immediately.] I don't...know, exactly? Just a really sharp pain in my head out of nowhere, it caught me off-guard. It's okay. [That's the thing. It's okay. Nothing's going to jump out of the dark and they're both okay for right now.] It's not as bad as it was when it first hit. [He thinks for a moment, letting go of Dave's arm and letting his fingers trace up his own collarbone even while he closes his eyes again to try and focus around the pounding in his skull.] ...do we really know how these things work?
[ like. to be fair. dave would have reacted about the same even in a completely safe place. thanks bro!! also, as soon as john lets go of dave's arm, his hand reaches up to tug john's hand back down from his collarbone. ]
We don't. But the last thing you did was tap it, so maybe we should avoid touchin' the thing again, Egbert??
[ there's a hint of exasperation in his voice because JOHN PLEASE DON'T IMMEDIATELY GO TO TRACE AROUND THE THING THAT JUST APPARENTLY HURT YOU. ]
[Hence John thinking maybe Dave is thinking of the game and not the real monsters that raised him. Someday, maybe, he'll understand. For now though he only understands that Dave's directing his hand from his neck and he allows it to tuck itself back under his own side. His eyelids flutter a bit even as his eyes are closed, hand suddenly moving again to rub at his own temples to try and fix his own fuck-up.]
That literally makes no sense. I mean I guess it sort of does if this is how our telepathy works and telepathy is talking through our brain, but what the fuck. What about if somebody accidentally hits it? Or it gets broken or something? It's weird. [There's an annoyed huff.] Telepathy is still kind of stupid, but I think I am getting used to it. Waver and I were running some tests the other day.
[Are they ever going to go to sleep, probably not at this rate.]
Wanted to see if it was possible to ignore messages, test the range of messages versus saying things out loud, stuff like that. It was science. [No it wasn't.] It was sort of good to figure out before we leave the island.
It'd be good for you guys to know, yeah. We got busy looking at stuff on the island I sort of forgot. [But there's a brief pause. He's still half-curled into Dave at this point and trying to alleviate his own headache, but at the same time...there's a slight shrug.]
Do you? [Since Dave's still the one pinned down , technically.]
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Rose would buy tickets a year in advance and drag us anyway, so let's not give her that power. [He's about to say that yes, he won't stress about stuff, but then Dave's talking and he raises an eyebrow.] Uh. Okay? Why? [This is asked even as he's pushing up on his elbow to set up and stare at Dave for a second.]
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he'd looked comfortable but he hadn't been, and That Was Stupid. ]
You can go back now. Also, maybe we should just never let Rose know anythin' is happenin' that needs her analyzation abilities, ever. And I say that as the guy who semi-regularly will tell her about dreams I have, for...because I adore her I suppose and no other reason. Because obviously she mostly tells me they mean Freudian things rather than anythin' useful.
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Is that the polite way of saying that Rose assumes everything in your dreams is about dicks? Freud's the dick guy, right? Rose would probably analyze anything if we let her look long enough. Maybe we should find her a new hobby.
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[ LIKE. JUST ASKING. DRYLY. because dave for one thinks it is just a rose thing. he makes no further mention of the rearrangement since whatever. it's john. he can handle john in his personal space or he wouldn't have come over to check. rose and john get a pass, even if he doubts he will himself fall asleep. ]
But also I think she mostly does it for fun, not because that is the actual meaning. It brings her joy.
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Anyway of course it's fun. Rose loves freaking both of us out and always has since we've known her. We are her favorite targets because Jade is the only person who is weirder than she is. [He's also just shifting to kind of use Dave's arm as a pillow.] Still thinking we should inflict her on other people and see how that goes.
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[ because there are a lot of people here and dave is not sure how aiming rose works. mostly he just ends up aiming her at himself. she barely needs to do any work, it's terrible. ]
Also maybe if she were just a little less good at freakin' us out it would be less fun for her.
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[There's a slight hum of thought.] Do you think she's been practicing since before we met? It is the only thing I can think of.
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[ he's kind of staring at the ceiling again, but dave shuts his eyes after a moment. ]
Like, it is an innate Rose talent. I would say it is an innate Lalonde talent but from what y'all have said about Roxy it seems more like she acquired it elsewhere or via herself?
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...you'd like her a lot. It's hard to feel awkward around someone like her.
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[ it's maybe a weird question since they only could have known one another a few hours, but john sounds sort of fond. so. ]
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Yes, in a sense. She was the second to last person I saw and we said our goodbyes before she disappeared, but I do miss talking to her and I wonder what she is doing now. It's not the same as Jade or if it were you or Rose or anything, but...it would not be so bad to see her again.
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[ someone a little like rose and a little like him. it'd be the easiest version to take. ]
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[And speaking of settling:] ...you don't have to stay, dude. [Not that he's making any moves to let Dave up, but somehow he feels like he should maybe say so.] It'll be morning in a couple of hours anyway, I think.
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Go to sleep, Egbert. I'm not goin' anywhere.
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I don't need you to watch me sleep. [Which doesn't help given he's already shifting again to lay more comfortably on Dave's arm. Apparently he actually doesn't give a fuck if Dave watches him sleep.] We'll go to Rose's tomorrow for breakfast, too. [Things going unsaid: breakfast is always a good checkpoint for him to ensure both Strilondes are where they are supposed to be.] But if you take off later...[His free hand comes up to tap the signet in his neck. Saying "text me" sounds weird, but that should get the point across.]
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so, unaware that john idiotically killed himself a bit, dave just sighs and doesn't move. ]
I won't take off.
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Okay. [He's apparently not going to argue anymore and he's just kind of curling up to a.) make himself more comfortable and b.) figure out how to give Dave's legs more room.] ...thanks.
[It's embarrassing, sort of, to admit that he's content keeping him here and how reassuring it is at the moment, but given he tried to send Dave off Dave has nobody to blame but himself.]
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he stops the motion before it's complete, at least, but. ]
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This was life now, wasn't it? Still an alien planet where they weren't sure what would happen next. The game sprung enough monsters and surprises on them, and it's what he thinks maybe Dave is thinking of. Instead, he moves to carefully shake his head and also reach to grab Dave's other hand to tug it away from the edge of the bed. Leave the sword there, Strider.]
I'm fine. [Immediately.] I don't...know, exactly? Just a really sharp pain in my head out of nowhere, it caught me off-guard. It's okay. [That's the thing. It's okay. Nothing's going to jump out of the dark and they're both okay for right now.] It's not as bad as it was when it first hit. [He thinks for a moment, letting go of Dave's arm and letting his fingers trace up his own collarbone even while he closes his eyes again to try and focus around the pounding in his skull.] ...do we really know how these things work?
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We don't. But the last thing you did was tap it, so maybe we should avoid touchin' the thing again, Egbert??
[ there's a hint of exasperation in his voice because JOHN PLEASE DON'T IMMEDIATELY GO TO TRACE AROUND THE THING THAT JUST APPARENTLY HURT YOU. ]
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That literally makes no sense. I mean I guess it sort of does if this is how our telepathy works and telepathy is talking through our brain, but what the fuck. What about if somebody accidentally hits it? Or it gets broken or something? It's weird. [There's an annoyed huff.] Telepathy is still kind of stupid, but I think I am getting used to it. Waver and I were running some tests the other day.
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I'm almost afraid to ask about the tests, but I'm also masochistic so what were the tests?
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Wanted to see if it was possible to ignore messages, test the range of messages versus saying things out loud, stuff like that. It was science. [No it wasn't.] It was sort of good to figure out before we leave the island.
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Hm. [ that actually sounds all important? ] Ok, you can tell Rose and I about it in the mornin'. Do you want to move around again real quick?
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It'd be good for you guys to know, yeah. We got busy looking at stuff on the island I sort of forgot. [But there's a brief pause. He's still half-curled into Dave at this point and trying to alleviate his own headache, but at the same time...there's a slight shrug.]
Do you? [Since Dave's still the one pinned down , technically.]
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