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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]

[Mewpac trills curiously as she sits up, stepping on Dave's chest and attempting to reach up and paw at John's hand.

It's the tugging that seems to get his attention and he wakes up slowly, blearily realizing that he's definitely not in bed before jarring awake and nearly crashing back on the mattress. He stops himself from a hard landing on the bed, but only because he veers to hit the edge and roll over onto the floor. At least he's not squishing either cat.]

--what the fuck.

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[ dave gives that soft disgruntled protest noise john missed the first two times, but doesn't drop john's hand anyway.

he does make sure the kitten is okay, though. ]

Stop thinkin' light thoughts.

[windeity]

[He hears it that time and he sits up, slightly bewildered even as Mewpac curls up in Dave's lap and purrs again.]

...dude, I think I got my flight back. [No shit, John.]

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...Maybe.

[ because: ]

Hard to tell. It's that or your fuckin' windy bullshit.

[windeity]

Would the windy thing really make me float like that though? I just remember hurricanes and stuff.

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Dunno. This is admittedly pretty much exactly what Dirk did when he got his flight back.

[ hmmm. ]

Though he wasn't asleep at the time?

[windeity]

Huh. What about you? What happened when you got yours back?

[parodeity]

I knew what to look for and dealt with it.

[ a shrug. ]

Kept it quiet for a long time 'cause...reasons. [ stupid reasons. ]

[windeity]

Because...you were the first of us to get this kind of stuff back? [It's a guess.] Maybe this is a normal thing then, I have no idea.

[parodeity]

No. Dirk got it first.

[ THE REASON WAS, IN FACT, STUPIDER, ]

[windeity]

Then what happened? [He's still on the floor, too, and instead he folds his arms over on the edge of the bed and leans his chin on them.]

[parodeity]

...Eh. He liked to go flyin' with people. And that was a little after I - [ flat out stopped initiating contact with people except rarely, um ] - I don't know, it was just. Easier to let him tote me around. I liked the contact.

[ ???

so it was some convoluted way to get a hug without asking for a hug.

why is he this way. ]

[windeity]

[Oh. Okay well. He's not going to make that into a huge deal because he knows Dave's weird that way. He's had enough circular arguments about hugs being favors and etc. So instead he appears thoughtful before he gets to his feet and grabs a hoodie hanging over his computer chair. He's apparently not explaining so?]

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...See you later?

[ bemused, but okay. he doubts john is actually cold since john is a FREAKY SUPERHUMAN who doesn't seem to do that. ]

[windeity]

I want to go outside and test this thing out. [And before Dave can protest, John's throwing a thicker sweater at him.] And you are coming with me.

[Look John is probably a portable space heater but he's also aware that flying in the air might be a little chilly.]

[parodeity]

Why do you never say please?

[ he'll protest all he wants, thanks. even as he pulls the sweater on. sigh. ]

[windeity]

What? [He actually looks a little startled.] Oh, sorry. Come with me to freeze your ass off and test out this whole flight thing. Please?

[...yeah he's still grinning about it.]

[parodeity]

You sell this so much worse than Peter Pan. [ but yeah. okay. let him locate his damn shoes. ]

[windeity]

[Sneakers are tugged on and he seems to be bouncing on the balls of his feet, overly excited by the prospect of what's to come.]

Oh, I'm sorry, let me break into your room through the window, tell you that growing up sucks and lure you outside after sprinkling magic dust around. [...he eyes the window though.]

...Daaaave? Could we go out the window?

[parodeity]

As long as we're sure Mewpac won't try to go out it - well, we can close it from the outside and it won't lock, so that should be fine. Probably easier than goin' off the roof?

[ it's not like he hasn't beat a retreat out their window before, or scaled the wall up through it. ]

But stick close in case you lose control and fall, will you?

[windeity]

Yeah we can close it on the way out. I doubt she would think to climb out this high up anyway. [A reassuring grin.] I’ll be fine. Are you ready?

[parodeity]

Yeah, yeah. [ but in the interest of being training wheels it’s dave who slides the window open and simply swings his legs over the side before jumping out into thin air, fluid. ]

[windeity]

[Theres a goodbye scratch under the chin for the cat before John heads to the window as well. Unlike Dave, however, he doesn’t jump out immediately. They’re still fairly high up and he suddenly realizes this might be a terrible plan if his flight does give out suddenly. So. He doesn’t move and instead he looks down at the ground contemplatively. Give him a minute, Dave.]

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[ why the hell does john think dave went first. he just holds out his left hand for john to take or ignore. ]

[windeity]

[He looks at Dave’s hand and he frowns lightly once he gets a gauge of how high they are.]

So. If I jump it should just kick in right? Please tell me we do not actually need pixie dust and shit to make this work on purpose.