recollé ic inbox 4.0;

[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

VOICE | TEXT | VIDEO | ACTION

GO HERE FOR NEW THREADS!!!!!!! This one loads slow for me.

Comments

[parodeity]

I always wake up early. [ john...knows this. dave goes to bed late and wakes up early and sleeps incredibly light. but he doesn't wake john up unless he knows john has to be somewhere. ] It is unfair you are this warm?

[windeity]

I know. You and the cat have that in common. [Sigh.] I can't help it! Sorry? [A grin.] I think maybe it's immunity from living in the pacific northwest.

[parodeity]

Fuck you? [ about the immunity. dave shifts again and reaches out to drag john's arm over him like john is a blanket. he waits to see if john will protest this or not. ]

[windeity]

You're benefitting from it, aren't you? [...nope. No protest. He'll just adjust his arm so Dave can use it for warmth.]

[parodeity]

[ okay cool it's now a hug instead of clinging. kind of. ] Maybe. You know, you're lucky you're you.

[windeity]

[....yep. Good job boys.] What do you mean?

[parodeity]

I mean that you are an exception to a lot of rules. [ that doesn't clear anything up but dave is as usual committed to being clear as mud. ]

[windeity]

Is that a good or a bad thing? [Before Dave can answer: ] Whatever. If you really want we can maybe get an actual portable heater for the room? I doubt I am going to be warm enough forever.

[parodeity]

That would be like logical. [ and that’s not an answer but dave sighs and after another three seconds moves away, sitting up and getting out from under the covers. ] Time’s up, let’s get ready.

[windeity]

[Instead of doing that, John pauses and gives Dave a contemplative look. It’s hard to say what he’s thinking but his eyes are focused on Dave and he stays down for a bit to think something over.

In the end it doesn’t even matter and he sits up and rolls out of bed while planting a kiss to the cat’s head.]

Sure. It won’t take long. Do you want to stop anywhere before we go for you to see Malik?

[parodeity]

[ don’t look too long? the second dave is off the bed he goes to his closet and hauls out his jeans and a long sleeved shirt he will bury in sweaters, and starts to change. as usual this is done quickly and efficiently. ]

No. [ but after he’s dressed and pulling on shoes: ] But I actually know a place you’ll like going after. ]

[windeity]

[Yeah it’s about the time Dave starts changing that John clues in he needs to move. So he’s up and going to get dressed and dig for his shoes.]

Yeah? Do I get to know what this mysterious place is?

[parodeity]

Nope. But you’ll be happy, probably. Then you can plan the rest of our agenda?

[ it doesn’t have to be secret and yet ]

[windeity]

Yeah, sure. [He grabs his jacket and keys and a scarf, throwing the items on while heading for the door.] You feed the cat while I was asleep?

[parodeity]

Nope. I didn’t want to leave the bed and she was sleeping anyway. [ but he does it now after hauling on a sweater and jacket, making sure there’s water for the kitten as well. ] Never wake up sleeping cats?

[windeity]

[The kitten is probably very happy.] You spoil her way too much. [But down to the car they go and John immediately turns on the air to a medium-warm temperature to try and warm up the car while also opening Dave's door for him. A song is half-way through and John's already putting the car in reverse to back out and drive.]

...does Malik know you're coming back?

[parodeity]

She deserves to be spoiled. [ was the answer given in the room, but after sliding into john’s car and buckling in he has to consider the new question. ]

I told him I would but I don’t know if he believed me. He’s...not really optimistic.

[windeity]

That may be true, but dude. [The argument is only because the subject of Malik is still a little complicated.]

I mean...would you be optimistic if you ended up doing what he did? [He's not blaming him since he's figuring it's other-life shit, but that doesn't mean you can't cause a bunch of destruction and then feel like an ass about it.]

[parodeity]

[ dave just. laughs. inappropriately. ]

I...think it's best we don't get into what I would or wouldn't do.

[windeity]

[A sigh.]

Alright, alright...[But the rest of the drive is filled with irrelevant chatter and it's not long before he pulls up to the facility.]

Another hour?

[parodeity]

[ look john doesn't need to know dave can relate to malik on any level? he just nods, before reaching out to flip a cd to john. ]

To keep you busy. [ scrawled on the front is ASPECT RATIO, whatever the fuck that means? one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four.

...the theme is pretty easy to figure out after like, one song. why does dave choose to waste his time in these specific ways, we just don't know. hopefully it keeps john occupied while dave fucks off? since that is immediately what he does. ]

[windeity]

[Dave disappears and John sits in the car with the CD as the snow falls.

And promptly snickers as soon as he picks up the theme. Clever, Dave.

It keeps him busy for a while but after a short amount of time things shift. The snow's tempting even if it's light flurries and by the time Dave comes out of the building he'll find John sitting on the hood of his car, earphones in and a portable CD player in his lap, tongue out as he attempts to catch snowflakes and listening to the music.

It's probably exactly why he doesn't notice Dave approaching.]

[parodeity]

[ john's such a fucking weirdo. but dave's initial impulse is to snap a picture, no flash, because he likes the image, and because john said he should carry his camera around more so he's shoved it in his sylladex. then he'll head over to stand by the hood of the car, making a face and snapping a picture when he's in john's line of sight.

his cheeks are already starting to go red from being outside, and there's no way he's not cold again, but.

he taps an ear, indicating he wants john to take one earphone out. ]

[windeity]

[The first picture is probably a sideview of John with his tongue out trying to catch snowflakes. The second is probably John staring at the camera with a pretty doofy grin because he's actually very happy here.

But he gets that Dave's cold and he takes the hint, removing the earphone and letting the music filter through.]

An hour already?

[parodeity]

Thereabouts. Toss me your keys?

[ he'll drive to location two, apparently. dave lets the camera on its strap fall to his chest and holds up his left hand, raising an eyebrow. ]