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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]

I mean, I would angle for apron-clad lessons but you're a dick, so. [ but he doesn't sound upset...? ] Apparently he'll eat whatever so long as it's not greasy or meat?

[windeity]

I wore an apron at Sweet Stems, isn't that enough? [Driving along...] Sugar cookies aren't greasy, they're pretty harmless. And also do not require meat so that's good.

[parodeity]

Aprons for flower work and aprons while cooking are two entirely different concepts.

[windeity]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone in our house wear an apron anyway come to think of it. But you are pretty into that idea aren't you? [That's fair.]

[parodeity]

It’s what they do in the movies.

[windeity]

[He opens his mouth to argue but...no, Dave has a point. John doesn't know what to say at first and instead he stops at a light and glances out of the corner of his eye.]

I think movies are pretty overblown that way. We wear them at the bakery and like my friends who worked at Starbucks and stuff had aprons but I'm not sure anyone did at home. I definitely don't own one...but I can see why people would? Flour is hard to get out of stuff when there is a ton of it.

[parodeity]

Maybe they’re overblown but I like...I don’t know, I used to kinda want to have shit like that? [ dave’s looking out the window, slouched in his seat. casual. ]

[windeity]

[Oh. He doesn't ask why or anything but he considers that.]

Something that seems...like standard, you mean.

[parodeity]

The cheesy domestic bullshit, yeah. It's always been a thing that seemed...I dunno, nice? I always liked it [ in this life ] whenever we'd do the stereotypical family crap.

[windeity]

That's kind of cute. [He says it before he thinks about it.] It sounds like it would be pretty fun with six of you. We did a lot of the stereotypical stuff when Dad was around but when it was just me and Nanna...things kind of changed.

[parodeity]

Yeah. It's a little more...something, now. [ real or not real? ] But it's still the kind of stuff I end up wanting to do with people.

[windeity]

I guess it makes sense when you put it that way. [They get back to the main part of the city and he parks downtown in the lot for the Verizon store.] Where would you even buy an apron though?

[parodeity]

Home department of like, target or walmart. Anyplace near cookin' shit. Why?

[windeity]

It just occurred to me I had no idea. That's all. Anyway phone first or soup?

[parodeity]

Phone if we’re taking the soup home?

[windeity]

Sure, that's fine. [...he holds out his hand again once they're out of the car?] It should not take that long anyway.

[parodeity]

[ he’s going to fucking get dave used to this as the norm like the door opening and bed sharing and why the fuck are they working in this order? anyway dave takes john’s hand after a very small pause. ]

Now that you can get a blue case?

[windeity]

[This is apparently easier than saying anything. Still, off they go toward the phone store.]

Yeah, pretty much. I know exactly what I want and this will take, like, ten minutes at the most. And then we can get soup and go home. I was serious about a space heater though for the room.

[parodeity]

...If you want one. [ dave doesn’t but his reasons are stupid so... ] Look at the casss that are shock and water proof please?

[windeity]

I'm not the one who gets cold easily. [Once they're inside, he heads for the cases section and begins reviewing his options including looking for shock proof and water proof cases.] I mean it though. I do not plan on wrecking my phone again.

[parodeity]

You’re the one who wants a heater, though. [ this is circular... ] Shiny or matte?

[windeity]

Whatever. And matte. I think a shiny case would bug me after a while. Tell me if you spot anything that might work? [He's already perusing options.]

[parodeity]

[ look john some people are aware if it was warm enough some people’s excuses to be close to other people would vaporize let dave live his lies.

but it’s phone shopping kind of and he lives for this so he’s taking a case down to read the features on the box... ]

This one might not be bad. Apparently you’d have to try super hard to wreck it?

[windeity]

[Glad this is what Dave's worried about when John's the one who keeps holding his hand. Okay. But he's mostly looking at the cases themselves and deciding from there, so he looks over at the case in Dave's hand to review it.]

I would say "challenge accepted" but I think that is the point we are trying to avoid. Right colors, too. Waterproof?

[parodeity]

[ what if this is a weird one time thing because he’s cold god ].

Obviously. Can survive up to a certain amount of depth so if you toss this one in the ocean you might be able to quickly save it before it is completely doomed? [ he kind of smiles as he says this. or smirks. he’s half teasing? ]