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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

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I can't believe you could go to Europe and not see, like...the Parthenon, St. Mark's Basilica, the Globe. The Louvre? There's so much stuff.

[ a bunch of stuff he doubts he'll see in any life, but - ]

[windeity]

I never said I wouldn’t see those things, you know. I would still like to since they are classics. But I would also go just to meet people and experience life there for a while.

[parodeity]

I strongly suspect you'd get bored at the Louvre.

[ maybe. ]

What do you think experiencing life means?

[windeity]

[He'll skate forward to pull Dave along even as he's being filmed.]

Isn't the Louvre that huge art museum? I might, but at least I could check it out for a little while. I think experiencing life is just being an active part of it. Trying things. Engaging with people? The little things that make up a bigger picture.

[parodeity]

So you're that kinda person. I mean, I knew that already, but...

[ as usual, he doesn't clarify what he means or meant. dave just lets himself be pulled but starts up skating again, sliding to the side instead and how the fuck does he manage to skate like that ]

So tell me about a thing you want to experience but haven't.

[windeity]

[A confused look. But okay, so they're skating side by side, hand in hand, and Dave's still filming.]

In Europe, or in general?

[parodeity]

In general. First thing to come to mind, a thing you want to do but haven’t yet.

[windeity]

Swim with turtles. [He looks surprised to say that though and he shuts up immediately.] ...snorkeling and scubadiving just seem neat.

[parodeity]

That wasn’t what you expected to say?

[windeity]

Well no. It is definitely a thing I really want to do though but it sounds kind of lame in comparison. Skydiving was on that list, too, but now that I can fly it seems so dumb.

[parodeity]

Are all the experiences on your list vacationy thrillseeking?

[windeity]

No of course not. There are things I want to do that fall right into cliche crap that maybe will happen someday like...I don’t know, sunset walks on the beach or sharing a milkshake or seeing the northern lights. A new thing added to my list now is beat you in a race.

[parodeity]

Maybe you should keep your list to plausible items?

[windeity]

Alright then, what's on your list? I think you do plausibility way better than me.

[parodeity]

I really don't think I do. [ or he does, but he finds the plausible implausible. or there's just implausibilities that he can't do anything about:

talk to dirk and roxy again and have them remember. jade coming back, and some stupid fourway friend date. stupid cliched holiday bullshit he doesn't bother thinking about beyond "that'd be neat" and which he never has done. going home, but he isn't certain where he means by that these days. ]

Can I say ballroom dance competition even though I don't like competition all that much?

[windeity]

You could, but I might judge you a tiny bit. [No he won't.] ...to be honest they do seem sort of neat. A huge ballroom and all of the fancy dresses and suits, a live orchestra and a bunch of people moving in sync under a fuckton of chandeliers. It sounds kind of cool to see.

[parodeity]

I like watchin' them sometimes. [ like. on television. ] However, I also like watching documentaries and shit, so ymmv. But like - I don't know, that's the most easily achievable bullshit on the list.

[windeity]

Challenge accepted then. [There's a grin but who knows if he's serious. He eyes the camera before eyeing their hands for a moment.

...part of him wants to ask Dave what they're doing, but he's afraid asking will break whatever it is. So instead, he settles for wrapping his fingers around Dave's to keep his hand warm and pulling him along.]

Documentaries are okay if they are not the boring kind, so I can give you, like, half-credit.

[parodeity]

[ dave's grip tightens in return and at least his hand is slowly warming up? the one being held anyway the other one is fucked. ]

I actually missed this. [ for once, he clarifies immediately: ] I used to do these bullshit video interviews all the time. At one point I did them so much Rose banned me from even holdin' a camera around her? That was like, back when I got my first video camera, though.

[windeity]

And how long ago was that? [Somehow this does not surprise him in the slightest.]

[parodeity]

My first camera? I was ten. So, almost eight years ago. I mean, video camera. I got a like, picture camera earlier. I used to handle the family one sometimes before I got my own, but it was, I dunno, cool? To have my own. So I admittedly went overboard using it for all kinds of bullshit. I broke a bone actually, while I was like - I fell out of a tree, and I was up in it trying to like, get a good angle on things?

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[He can't help it when he laughs in surprise.] Is there a reason we're both stupid enough to fall out of trees and break things trying to get a better view? [Dave trying to get a better angle. John trying to see if his dad was coming home. He doesn't bring up the circumstances but he turns them so they aren't about to skate into a wall.]

...I've never had my own piano. The one at home was Dad's and he just let me use it all the time. So I think I get it. When he first gave me permission to play whenever I wanted I spent hours playing the stupid thing.

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I mean, when I broke my bone I wasn't that old - that was with my like, actual camera, not the video camera. My first picture camera. I wanted a shot of this bird's nest - I scared the absolute fuck out of Dirk, he was supposed to be watchin' us at the time. And I didn't have the balance I have now back then, so...

[ a shrug. ]

We should get one.

[windeity]

Okay so you are smarter than me. [It's sort of a neat story to hear since it's telling of who Dave is as a person and actually it's pretty funny thinking of a small Dave trying to take pictures of birds.

...what is with Dave and birds???

But there's an agreement hum even while he's not sure what Dave's talking about.]

What, a bird? I think Mewpac would flip out.

[parodeity]

A piano, dumbass. [ but he kind of laughs. ] No reason to bring Mewpac dinner on wings? We'd all get sad.