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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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[windeity]

do you just keep these on hand to surprise me or what?

[Even via text John seems pleased.]

this is a good one. thanks dude.
so hey. break officially started!
are you working tonight or...?

[parodeity]

why do you ask
did you want to do a marathon or something

[parodeity]

also no ive been working on those since you mentioned you like christmas music

[windeity]

...thanks dave.
a marathon would be fun for the evening, sure.
i know you hate the snow but i was thinking it'd be nice to go outside for a little while?
i have spent the last week cramped inside music rooms and libraries and it's stupid.

[parodeity]

go outside to do what
did you have something specific in mind here when you asked if i was free

[windeity]

no.
i mean yes, kind of, but it's lame and i still want to do it anyway and i will go by myself if you don't want to come with me.
but i thought you might like to even though it is outside.

[parodeity]

christmas light display walking tour?

[windeity]

what the fuck.

[So yes. That is actually it, what the fuck Lucy.]

[parodeity]

[ :) ]

i know you

[ GLARING BLIND SPOT OF "pretty sure it's a fluke and he's not into me" ASIDE. ]

[windeity]

[#thanksdave]

like i said, you know me best of anyone.
what do you say?
there might even be some cider in it for you.
(pretend that this bribe works better and that taste isn't still completely awol.)

[parodeity]

sounds like a date

[ for. whatever meaning of that phrase john chooses to acknowledge, though dave assumes he'll take it "sounds like a date" as "ok" rather than "what the fuck are you doing, egbert, i can't tell anymore". ]

you dont have to bribe me to spend time with you you know
and if you want next time ill pretend i cant figure out where youre going before you get there

[windeity]

sure.

[Which John also assumes Dave will take as agreement instead of "do you want it to be? do I want it to be? what counts as a date? have we already been dating????" So that's fine.]

i know i don't have to.
and i know you do not like surprises but sometimes i like having good surprises for you which is sort of useless when i am predictable, hahaha.
we can drive to the start and go from there?

[parodeity]

youre unpredictable to a lot of people dont sweat it
i just took egbertology 101
and i dont dislike all surprises fullstop or anything
thats not a thing

ill make the time

[windeity]

and apparently passed with flying colors.
just the ones that really catch you off-guard?
cool. i will be downstairs in a few minutes.

[This also is accompanied with a selfie of John in a flower crown and a dog since this is supposed to help with his unpredictability thing but no. Yu and John just went to walk shelter dogs as the Holidaisies.]

[parodeity]

i didnt even have to give the professor a lapdance
i actually studied
crossed my ts and dotted my is
etc

and no it isnt about being caught off guard
or it is
but i only really dislike specific types of surprises
i dont really care about a spontaneous itinerary i guess

ok

[windeity]

you could have.

[windeity]

but hey, good job, we are in college and studying is important!
way to go champ, etc etc.
anyway yeah. okay. one spontaneous probably predictable but still fun itinerary coming up.
see you in five. meet you downstairs.

[parodeity]

[ EXCUSE ME WHAT WAS THAT.

the two options are ignore it or take refuge in humor, so. ]

excuse me are you casting doubt on my scholastic aspirations by implying that i would need to give the instructor a lapdance in order to succeed
i know im blond and hot but these are stereotypes and if we are abiding by these stereotypes youre sleeping on a couch we do not have tonight honey
because i am a goaloriented career girl
or i mean i could be
if i gave half a fuck
which i admittedly dont
but i object to being objectified
probably

[windeity]

[The woes of being eighteen and curious.]

sorry princess, my bad.
i am just saying.

[He's not finishing that thought which is actually even worse than if he finished his thought.]

don't worry, you are young and bluhbluhbluh. your aspirations and dreams will show up probably in your junior year.
but if you are really opposed then i guess i can sleep in the doghouse tonight.
are you coming down or not?

[parodeity]

youre in the doghouse

[ crime: frustrating Dave Strider like a lot ]

that tipped you in while you were previously only teetering
although obviously any lap dances i give are worthy of like a six point o gpa

ill meet you out front i was never upstairs to start with

[windeity]

whoops.
so anyway i will see you outside then.

[LETS! STOP! TALKING ABOUT LAP DANCES.

True to his word though John will be idling in front of the building in his car and waiting for Dave.]

[parodeity]

[ fun fact: dave never answered the question about whether or not he was working. so this is the tail end of a loop, come back to "make time" like he said he would, and he's maybe a little tired for it but dave's used to that feeling in the back of his mind and it doesn't really show on his face.

today's sweater is this and he lets himself into the car to slide in? ]

[windeity]

[Dave why. John's about to reach over and open the door but Dave gets to it first, so John's only response is to laugh at the sweater as he leans back in the driver's seat. Today's soundtrack is something Dave might have already heard in another form but his phone's geared up to start playing the songs Dave sent him.]

I am so ready for break. [And that's about all he says as he waits for Dave to buckle up before he begins driving out to Viea Village. He almost seems normal, too, save for the very faint flush over his cheeks.]

[parodeity]

You're gonna want to do kitschy shit the entire time, aren't you?

[ there's zero judgement in the tone despite the words, so. he slouches back in his seat, eyes shut behind his shades as they drive, prepping for the whole BEING COLD experience to come. ]

[windeity]

Not the entire time. [Just most of the time.] I picked up some more shifts at the mall as Santa though and you did say we could decorate tomorrow. [He's also leaning over just a little bit to turn up the heater a notch.] Maybe this counts as kitschy though.