Of course people make up stupid songs in the shower. Or in general? They're not hard to make up if you're not really thinking about them. But I do not have anything really off the top of my head. [At least he looks apologetic? Even though he's probably lying.] Sorry.
I don't sing, so no deal. [He's grabbing his box of music and begins to open it, quickly sorting through it. There are piles and piles of CDs, cassettes, an old iPod, packs of guitar strings and if Dave happens to catch it there goes a handful of blank music sheets and some composition books that promptly go in a drawer.]
Also that is false because twinkle twinkle little star is universally easier to mash up into new stuff.
[He's uneasy suddenly, giving Dave a mildly skeptical look even though his expression otherwise tells nothing. The books go away, the CDs and tapes are stacked on the desk.]
I don't sing. [It's not as much of a protest, though the end of the sentence ends in a higher tone more like a question.] And I don't write. So...[Shrug.] Sorry dude. I'll try really hard to make something up later.
[He doesn't share much of what he writes anymore. He only plays when he feels like it. And it's a stupid cycle because he still loves it, but it's not something he wants to dedicate himself to when he's still deciding. So. music is a passion but it's not the thing he wants to focus on. Not today.]
Don't worry about it. [ at the very least it's completely impossible to tell what dave thinks or doesn't; his expression doesn't shift at all as he methodically finishes up sorting his current box and then opens another. it's always nice to know he's inscrutable to at least most people as long as he keeps his mouth shut.
he never worked on that part much back then but maybe he should start now, shit. ]
Your tragic lack of nursery rhyme acumen is duly noted. [ that's more distracted than it isn't as he focuses on the task at hand, speaking more quietly out of simple habit and lack of care. ]
[...he shuts a drawer with a little more force than necessary as he starts creating more stacks on the desk.]
I'm out of practice. That is all. So. Note that. [Weirdly he feels as though he's somehow disappointed the guy and yet they are complete strangers. It's near impossible to disappoint a stranger, isn't it?]
and john doesn't know how his smiles work. so one thrown over his shoulder, visible in a way they're usually not when he's purely genuine but more when he's giving himself or someone else a hard time, probably isn't easy to discern if john even catches it. ]
I'm gonna note the acumen thing, it's way funnier. Also: vocabulary word involved.
I am sure your SAT proctor would be proud. [But he grins anyway because it's funny. He doesn't know how to read Dave, doesn't quite catch the grin, but things are slowly getting organized anyway.] Anyway my talents go into other things if you really must know.
You are making an awful lot of assumptions about me. [It's casually said simply because he doesn't mind, but there's a hint of curiosity in his tone anyway.] First the assumption I can sing, and now this assumption I actually know magic.
You just implied you did and if not watching someone fail at a trick is always hilarious? You can also just ignore whatever wrong assumptions I make, dude. I make dozens just for fun.
I mean on the other hand some of them are right and some of them are wrong? It's sort of funny. [He's reaching for a poster tube and shaking out a few things. Movie posters, nothing of the shit-tier movies his past self liked but...like they're posters for Cloverfield and maybe whatever Recolle-verse Avengers are.]
Are you usually right or wrong when you assume things about other people?
All in observation, huh? [There's another grin before he moves to tack posters up and he considers for a moment.] I mostly know card tricks and some other tricks that got me by in high school. Nothing fancy.
Show me sometime. I'm curious. [He's untangling wires and setting things up, there's also a TV set up on his dresser and facing his bed? There's a lot going on here.] But obviously not in the room, that would probably not end that well.
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Of course people make up stupid songs in the shower. Or in general? They're not hard to make up if you're not really thinking about them. But I do not have anything really off the top of my head. [At least he looks apologetic? Even though he's probably lying.] Sorry.
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[ he shoots a look over his shoulder at john, raising his eyebrows. ]
Come on. I'll even let you use the tune to the itsy bitsy spider. Can't go easier than that.
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Also that is false because twinkle twinkle little star is universally easier to mash up into new stuff.
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[ he doesn't remember one way or the other. he had never heard john sing. ]
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I don't sing. [It's not as much of a protest, though the end of the sentence ends in a higher tone more like a question.] And I don't write. So...[Shrug.] Sorry dude. I'll try really hard to make something up later.
[He doesn't share much of what he writes anymore. He only plays when he feels like it. And it's a stupid cycle because he still loves it, but it's not something he wants to dedicate himself to when he's still deciding. So. music is a passion but it's not the thing he wants to focus on. Not today.]
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he never worked on that part much back then but maybe he should start now, shit. ]
Your tragic lack of nursery rhyme acumen is duly noted. [ that's more distracted than it isn't as he focuses on the task at hand, speaking more quietly out of simple habit and lack of care. ]
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I'm out of practice. That is all. So. Note that. [Weirdly he feels as though he's somehow disappointed the guy and yet they are complete strangers. It's near impossible to disappoint a stranger, isn't it?]
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and john doesn't know how his smiles work. so one thrown over his shoulder, visible in a way they're usually not when he's purely genuine but more when he's giving himself or someone else a hard time, probably isn't easy to discern if john even catches it. ]
I'm gonna note the acumen thing, it's way funnier. Also: vocabulary word involved.
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A good magician never reveals his hand so early, Strider. If I show all of my cards now what will be left to wow you later?
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[...he does, but.]
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Are you usually right or wrong when you assume things about other people?
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[ why not go in for honesty for a second? ]
If I'm talking to talk it's hit and miss. If I'm bein' serious I make somewhat more hits.
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I can juggle?
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