id be down with that though not until the clothes eating menace has been stopped im keeping my wardrobe in my sylladex until further notice you better be doing the same your nice clothes at least
[ because dirk made bad life choices.
dave will walk in still texting because why not tbh. it looks like he unfortunately got enough sun over the course of the day to maybe need to look into sunscreen. why can't he tan. why does he freckle and burn. ]
[Dirk was going to make a comment about his clothing which, frankly, the fact that he is indeed still in his God Tier hoodie should say for him, but he sees Dave and now he doesn't approve?]
Dude. Wear some sunblocker.
[He jerks a thumb towards the Magister.]
You are setting a bad example.
[Do you want your son to ignore proper skin health?? Dirk will not have that for his grandsonephew. Nephandson. Whatever.]
[Dirk drops something out of his sylladex. It is a pair of headphones! They're cushy and circumaural. The padding could block out anything, and indeed the thing is set programmed to cancel out noise if that's desired, so that's nice. They're red and black and have apples on the side. They also have no wires or a place for a battery. There are just two switches on one side: one to turn the headphones themselves on, and one to turn on the noise-cancelling.]
They play the Song. You know, the non-fucked up one. They won't run out of energy, and they're fully portable. I used the same basic technology for that as I use for my shades. It's a constant loop and they can filter out any ambient noise from the waking world.
It keeps you grounded and in control of your dreams. Your Bro won't be able to break in.
like, he wasn't keeping bro a secret or anything but dave just kind of stares at the headphones like he kind of pauses to stare at any sort of present dirk ever hands him. ]
No. [ wait, that didn't mention which part he was answering - ] I mean, no you don't have to stay away permanently? I just...you really shouldn't meet the guy. Even if it's not really him.
[ dave remembers bro too well. he's too accurate. and he knows dirk has never fully grasped the concept of bro, even if he thinks he has. ]
I just want to be sure it works before hanging out and training or whatever happens?
[Dave you have to be clearer. Fortunately, Dirk has learned to wait for clarification if his brain is jumping too fast to the worst conclusion.
He will not tell Dave that he would not pass up an opportunity to Strife Bro. He will not tell Dave that because Dave probably doesn't want to see Dirk decapitate him, which okay sure maybe Dirk couldn't even win, but Dirk hates that guy and he wants to kill him.]
When I realized what you were experiencing, I decided to try out a few things. This version of the song had helped me break someone out from their dreams at the Monolith so I thought it could be helpful as a counter here.
[And then he retreated to the lab and finicked about until he had fabulous immortal headphones that would protect his brother no matter where Dave decided to be.]
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On that subject, we should dress up like Santa some time.
[Why did Dirk inherit so many of Dave's tastes.
He's waiting with the Magister. They're listening to some awesome remixes together.]
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though not until the clothes eating menace has been stopped
im keeping my wardrobe in my sylladex until further notice you better be doing the same
your nice clothes at least
[ because dirk made bad life choices.
dave will walk in still texting because why not tbh. it looks like he unfortunately got enough sun over the course of the day to maybe need to look into sunscreen. why can't he tan. why does he freckle and burn. ]
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Dude. Wear some sunblocker.
[He jerks a thumb towards the Magister.]
You are setting a bad example.
[Do you want your son to ignore proper skin health?? Dirk will not have that for his grandsonephew. Nephandson. Whatever.]
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[ and
did more weeding
HE DOESN'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE CARES ABOUT WEEDING EITHER FARM but he thinks the answer is "no"
but okay. time to fistbump the magister who of course automatically goes over to the side of the tank with new entries, but especially dave or rose. ]
Btw, weeds suck.
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[Dirk drops something out of his sylladex. It is a pair of headphones! They're cushy and circumaural. The padding could block out anything, and indeed the thing is set programmed to cancel out noise if that's desired, so that's nice. They're red and black and have apples on the side. They also have no wires or a place for a battery. There are just two switches on one side: one to turn the headphones themselves on, and one to turn on the noise-cancelling.]
These are for your dreaming.
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[ like he'll hold out a hand but he's not sure why headphones would help him dream better, here. ]
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They play the Song. You know, the non-fucked up one. They won't run out of energy, and they're fully portable. I used the same basic technology for that as I use for my shades. It's a constant loop and they can filter out any ambient noise from the waking world.
It keeps you grounded and in control of your dreams. Your Bro won't be able to break in.
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like, he wasn't keeping bro a secret or anything but dave just kind of stares at the headphones like he kind of pauses to stare at any sort of present dirk ever hands him. ]
Huh.
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I've tried them out myself. [So yeah.] You should keep away from the Void to be safe.
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[ he's sure it'll work because dirk is good at this shit, but dave doesn't want to risk it. ]
Thanks. For this. [ he's still staring why can't any of the strilondes accept a gift in a normal way ]
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But I would like to hang out with you dreamside instead.
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[ dave remembers bro too well. he's too accurate. and he knows dirk has never fully grasped the concept of bro, even if he thinks he has. ]
I just want to be sure it works before hanging out and training or whatever happens?
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He will not tell Dave that he would not pass up an opportunity to Strife Bro. He will not tell Dave that because Dave probably doesn't want to see Dirk decapitate him, which okay sure maybe Dirk couldn't even win, but Dirk hates that guy and he wants to kill him.]
Sure. I'll wait until you're up for it.
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[ he's assuming that "until you're up for it" does not cover ever meeting dream-bro because no. that just. never needs to happen ever. ]
Is this what you've been working on the past day or so?
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[And then he retreated to the lab and finicked about until he had fabulous immortal headphones that would protect his brother no matter where Dave decided to be.]