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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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[windeity]

How long did you and I know each other back then? When did we actually meet?

[parodeity]

The first time we ever spoke we must've been around ten or so?

[ he's guesstimating and also not answering "when did we first meet" because lab babies why ]

[windeity]

[He pauses again.]

...we knew each other for a really long time then. Like before everything even started. I had no idea.

[parodeity]

Before everything...? [ he can't tell if john means the game or not. ]

[windeity]

Before everything that happened at the end of the world. My memories all seem to be from around the same age, but there has to be more. We were going somewhere so...we were friends for a long time after everything happened, too. Right?

[parodeity]

Latest I remember is twenty-one.

[windeity]

You--that's eleven years. [Why does he sound so genuinely stunned by that?] And at twenty-one we were still friends?

[parodeity]

What did you actually expect me to say? [ he's...amused. because what the fuck. why does john think dave misses the other three? ] I can't picture ever stoppin'.

[windeity]

This is just very new to me, okay? [Dave can be amused, John can continue to be baffled. However:] I think stopping is not really an option though.

[Not really. Not when he wants to keep remembering things and now that he has that knowledge in his hands.]

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I - [ he cuts himself off with a laugh, pauses, and then shrugs. ]

Honestly, don't sweat it. Some of the shit that matters most you never even registered before, I don't think. I think that's kind of how things go with people? The things you say or do that hit them hardest, you don't always think about it when you're doin' it, because it's not a pivot point for you, you know?

[windeity]

I told you, I don't know how to make friends like a normal person anymore. So excuse me if I think this is really kind of exciting. [At least he looks embarrassed? Funny enough, he knows exactly what Dave's saying. And he wonders if Dave realizes that some of the things he's said hit him harder than they should.]

...but I get it, I think.

[parodeity]

Normal is probably halfway overrated. But I hear there may be friendship speeddating in our future at some point?

[windeity]

Given our old life, normal is definitely overrated. [But he gives him a sharp, confused look.] Wait, what?

[parodeity]

The RA let slip he may set somethin' like that up? I think it genuinely sounds like a hilariously good time.

[windeity]

That sounds like it will either be really great or a really big disaster. But it'll be fun either way. [But okay. He's taking his plants and he's turning, walking backwards toward the door and keeping his eyes on Dave anyway.]

Movie night. I'll see you in a few hours.

[parodeity]

[ dave makes a face and spins his finger, indicating john should turn around. ]

You're gonna trip doin' that. I'll see you later, dude.

[windeity]

[He's definitely not turning around but he shrugs.]

I will be fine. [Until he crashes into the door? Then he starts and immediately turns around to open the door.] I'll be fine. See you after class! [And away he goes.]