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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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[parodeity]

Nah. [ he shrugs, and apparently dismisses the entire topic, moving on. ] Next question?

[windeity]

Okay. Why red? [He can move on, sure. ]

[parodeity]

Why blue?

[windeity]

Not how this works, Dave. This is your interview, remember? [But he can't maintain the seriousness for long.] I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. [Why it's his favorite, basically.]

[parodeity]

I genuinely don't know. [ not a dodge. ] I'm not even sure it was originally?

[ when he was a kid, he means. ]

I think it's just one of those universe-dictated things. Color coded for your convenience. I mean... [ a shrug. ] ...it's just my color.

[windeity]

You're not wrong. Every time I think of red I think of you first so you did a pretty okay job copyrighting it. If you can copyright a color, I mean. And anyway it looks good on you.

[parodeity]

Everythin' looks good on me, but it is true red works in particular. And, I don't know. Maybe it's not so bad a color? I get that sort of feeling from it.

[windeity]

What was that about sounding smug? [He would push Dave's head but his arm is occupied and he's still holding the camera, so Dave's safe for now.]

I don't think it's a bad color. It's a good one to pick as a favorite.

[parodeity]

Your turn, starshine.

[ he'll run out of dumb names at some point, surely. THIS HAS YET TO HAPPEN FOR CHIYO OR ANY OTHER FRIEND WHO HITS THE POINT OF HIM USING THEM, but it could happen... ]

[windeity]

My turn to explain why blue? [Starshine works just as well as buttercup, so okay.] Because blue is one of the most open colors out there, it's calming, it's the color of the sky...usually...and I think it's probably the one most associated with freedom.

[parodeity]

...Yeah, maybe. I mean, that's true depending on when you're talkin' about. [ okay? ] But I guess that means you get question two?

[windeity]

Question two? [What now?]

[parodeity]

You already forgot you were interviewin' me, didn't you.

[windeity]

This is technically question three, but also maybe if you were not so distracting I wouldn't forget! [Rude.] Okay, so next question. What's your opinion on people who do not have a favorite song?

[parodeity]

Depends on why not. Like, is this a "there are too many I love, I can't pick" situation, or a "haha music isn't a thing I'm into" situation?

[windeity]

Let's go with both since I know you will have a different answer depending on that.

[parodeity]

I understand the plight of the former and I do not understand the latter at all. I’d probably have more to talk about with the one who acknowledges music exists. I just...don’t get it even if I respect to each their own.

[windeity]

What about music makes you happiest?

[parodeity]

It’s a language that’s easy to understand. [ he hesitates, but adds: ] I used to think if I were fluent I could change the world. And I guess I did, but not as expected.

[windeity]

[...it's sort of sweet, actually.]

I don't think that's a wrong assumption to make in any case. Music still played a pretty big part in stuff, didn't it?

[parodeity]

[ it is until you realize he meant that bro mixed shit and MAYBE if he were JUST FLUENT ENOUGH AT MUSIC he could connect to his fucking guardian.

luckily dave won't explain!

the other half is sweet, though. ]

It's what we got to know one another over. So yes. I can't say I can't imagine a world without you in it, since I've been there several times, but...that world sucks?

[windeity]

[Wow that sure is depressing!! But okay, whatever. John laughs lightly from behind the camera, peering both at the preview screen and at Dave anyway.]

Did you know I still have no idea how we all really met? I know it was through the internet but otherwise I don't know. Not that it matters. I think it's the same for me though. I like a world where you guys exist. It's weird how people can be such a huge part of who you are sometimes.

[parodeity]

You specifically. [ he hasn't been without rose ever, really, save childhood; and jade only during childhood and the meteor trip. ] I have had to exist without you specifically way too many times.

[windeity]

And you're still worried that I'll disappear on you. I know, Dave. [It's a scary thing to think about.] Do you feel off-balance when the four of us aren't together?

[parodeity]

[ he shrugs. it jostles john's arm. ]

- You all represented different shit and gave me different things. There was overlap, but - it wasn't like a cookie cutter same thing friendship across the board.