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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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Absolutely not. But that is because my expectations keep changing.

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And what are they right now?

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Higher than they should be, maybe. Not impossible. I think my only real expectations are to understand everything as best as I can.

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That's it? [ ...granted, john never like, understood shit the first time around, so ]

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Everything, Dave. [So not just about the game. But that aside, he stops again.] ...are you cold?

[He's still worried about that.]

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[ he kind of laughs? ]

Yeah. [ his hand has warmed up a little but it would be a stupid lie to tell? he's always pale. his cheeks go red in cold easy. he's literally obviously cold to touch? ] But it's okay for now. What all else are you tryin' to understand? You can't rain man the universe.

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[There's a fond little grin.]

I can do whatever I want to the universe. [What if he doesn't tell Dave everything he's trying to understand???] ...I really like this. But if you're too cold we can always come back another time?

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John, I'm fine. I'll tell you when I absolutely can't handle it any longer. Just...keep me warm until then.

[ there's an eye roll. ]

Would you rather be a sea tortoise or an octopus?

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Okay. You already have my scarf, but if you want my jacket...? [A shrug. What if he just moves to spin them in a circle instead?]

Also, definitely an octopus. Who wouldn't want multiple arms to do multiple things?

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No, keep that on. That's not what I meant, please stop tryin' to freeze yourself to death. [ SUPER DRYLY. and dave follows the spin easily, camera still clocking john, before he tilts it up to see the snow. ] I think I'd prefer to be a tortoise. They live for ages, you know, and go...a really long way. But they do eventually return to home.

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Okay but you just said...[...you know what. Never mind. He's also tilting his head up and catching another snowflake. The music from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special is still playing from in his pocket.]

Like the boomerangs of the sea. [A sage nod.] ...someday I want to see the sea turtles hatch and make their way to the ocean. That is another thing I want.

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Finish what you were gonna say?

[ also. why the fuck does john calling turtles "the boomerangs of the sea" make him go "haha that's cute". ??? that's STUPID?

he at least tips the camera back down to track a snowflake falling onto john's tongue, and then laughs. ]

You're such a kid sometimes. [ but who is he talking to. ]

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You said to keep you warm, what else am I supposed to do? [Dave laughs and John sticks his tongue out at the camera. ] I am not! [He’s doing a great job proving that.] I just like the snow.

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You don't have to do anythin' other than what you're already doing, dumbass. [ john's definitely a kid, but so is dave. ]

I'll never understand it, but I can respect it.

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If you’re sure. And you should. It makes everything feel more...magical, maybe. [A pause.] Switch your camera to the other hand?

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I can? I'll need my hand back first. [ was john, like, bright enough to drop dave's hand that he is holding when he asked dave to do this. ]

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[Lmao no. He kind of forgot and so he looks a little embarrassed as he slowly releases Dave’s hand. ] My bad.

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[ cool i'm glad i correctly gauged how stupid john was being!! dave pulls his right hand back and slides the camera over that hand instead, having to fuck with the strap for a second.

...then he pauses, eyeing john curiously, and holds out his left hand towards john instead.

that...was where john was going with this, right? ]

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[He skates around in a semi-circle so that he can grab Dave’s left hand, yes. Good job idiots.]

Okay, do you like anything about winter?

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How happy you get about it. [ instantly, like that's not super embarrassing. ] Hot chocolate. Christmas music. Caroling. The holidays, sometimes. New Years. I like wearing sweaters. Christmas lights. Peppermint flavored everything. Gingerbread houses. I like -

[ cold mornings, but having someone around and not having to be cold. having an excuse to hold someone's hand. john continually sticking out his tongue to catch snowflakes. it's a too long pause that lasts only a few seconds, but he continues: ]

- hot apple cider and vegetable soup. The way trees look when they're frozen.

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[It's a good thing it's cold and he can just downplay the light flush of his cheeks for being a little chilly himself. But okay, he's listening and taking note and somehow none of this surprises him.]

I love Christmas lights. Most of those things, actually. I bet we could figure out a way to make soup in the dorm, too. Maybe another day we can head out to the woods.

[Frozen trees...]

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...I was not clear, maybe. I enjoy frozen trees aesthetically, from like, way the fuck far away.

[ spare him hikes through the woods. ]

And I've never made soup.

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Then I'm going and I will enjoy the real life frozen trees without you. [Rude.] Making soup actually isn't too hard, I could probably teach you. Nanna and Dad used to make pots of it during the winter to share with our neighbors any time the snow got really bad or if the power went out.

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Don't? [ go without him into the woods. it's not quite pouting but it kind of is, a little petulant frown that - which one of them is a kid again? yeah.

typically of dave, he promptly circles back to an entirely different part of the conversation: ]

Snow isn't a weather pattern I find magical. That's never where that feeling of "magic" comes from, for me.

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Then are you going to come with me? [He's mostly teasing. The pouting is...cute, though, and his free hand comes up to poke Dave's mouth up into a smile.]

I like snowglobes a lot. So if it is not the snow, what is it?