[... this is Madoka's poker face. it's not very good; she would be terrible at actual poker, and so far she's proven that she is equally terrible at dry humor.]
[no, but it is actually Go Fish. the letters and drawings on the cards make very little sense, but there are enough pairs in the deck that they could play properly.]
I figured we could either play a game, or just talk! Whichever one you'd like.
[that ... seems to have hit a sore spot, considering the way her time on this world has gone. but Madoka takes it like a champ, and takes her cards. maybe he won't notice.]
It's been ... strange, I guess? But I'm glad that I've been able to make good friends here. [and she includes Dave on that list as well.]
[thirteen. that's only a year younger than she is now. Madoka isn't sure exactly how old Dave is, but she can tell that he's at least a few years older than her β how long have they been playing the game, exactly?]
[she looks down at her tea for a moment.]
Um. You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, but ... How exactly did you become gods?
[she never really knows what she's in for when she asks a homestuck a question but damn if she doesn't ask anyway.]
[and damn if she doesn't look horrified at the answer she just got.]
... You're serious? But β [she shakes her head. Madoka would be able to relate better, if she remembered that out of a hundred or so timelines, hers is the only one where she sort of managed to escape her own fate β by writing herself out of the equation entirely.]
That's so awful ... What sort of video game even does that?
The important thing, I think, is that me'n'Rose and John have all ended up in the same place. We're missin' someone, yeah, but - isn't it fine as long as we're all alive and together, you know?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[... this is Madoka's poker face. it's not very good; she would be terrible at actual poker, and so far she's proven that she is equally terrible at dry humor.]
[no, but it is actually Go Fish. the letters and drawings on the cards make very little sense, but there are enough pairs in the deck that they could play properly.]
I figured we could either play a game, or just talk! Whichever one you'd like.
no subject
We can do both if you want? I mean, no rule that says you can't talk while you play go fish.
no subject
[Madoka reaches over to pour the both of them some tea, looking thoughtful.]
So much has happened already ... it sort of feels like we've been here forever, not just a few weeks.
no subject
[ like. that's how april 13th 2009 felt. so.
he starts to deal the cards. ]
no subject
It's been ... strange, I guess? But I'm glad that I've been able to make good friends here. [and she includes Dave on that list as well.]
no subject
It always is. When I was thirteen, that kinda happened to all of us? You get used to it. And havin' good friends always helps.
no subject
no subject
no subject
[she looks down at her tea for a moment.]
Um. You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, but ... How exactly did you become gods?
no subject
dave might lie about a lot of things, but there are some things he won't lie about, even if he'll downplay them. ]
The others will say or they won't, but personally? I died. [ he has died, so many times. he is dead, now. ] And then I revived.
[ this isn't a revival, this time, he doesn't think. not really. ]
no subject
[and damn if she doesn't look horrified at the answer she just got.]
... You're serious? But β [she shakes her head. Madoka would be able to relate better, if she remembered that out of a hundred or so timelines, hers is the only one where she sort of managed to escape her own fate β by writing herself out of the equation entirely.]
That's so awful ... What sort of video game even does that?
no subject
[ sburb, what even are you - ]
Don't worry about it. I mean - it was a thing that already had happened, and was always gonna happen, always.
no subject
[and she does, honestly β she just is not capable of masking her worry. did ... did he really mean that their world ended?]
I just wish you didn't have to go through it.
no subject
no subject
You're right. Maybe that's something Qri wanted for you ... a quick break to spend some time together.
[it can't be easy ruling over whatever aspect they have, right? it seems like an ... infinite sort of job to her.]
[if that's the case, a break from whatever they're facing back in their universe must be relieving.]
no subject
Maybe. I think that the reasons matter less to me than the outcome. And hey - I did get to meet you, too.
no subject
I'm really happy I got a chance to meet you, Dave-san. I hope we get to be even better friends.
no subject
[ like...scheduled playdates...look ]
no subject
Okay! Maybe we can draw together?
[teach her how to draw stupid memes, Dave.]