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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]

Has it mattered at all this month? Think about what you were wearing when I asked you out.

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Trial by fire. [ or something like it. anyway he can’t non awkwardly slide off the counter with john where he is so dave just doesn’t move for now. ] So far you pass.

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So far, huh? [But he just sort of pats Dave's legs before moving so he can start cleaning up. The apron's still on.] What can I say? I like a little risk sometimes.

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Failure is always an option? [ it’s not really but he slides off the counter and moves to help clean instead of just watching, anyway. ]

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[Normally he'd stop him but he doesn't mind this time as things get cleaned and stored and thrown away.] I'm not sure failure is a thing I really want to consider with you, so nice try.

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Even if failure were a thing, it ain’t like you wouldn’t still be my best friend?

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Which I am eternally grateful for, believe me, but you know what I mean. I want to make things work when I can.

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...sure. [ a shrug. ] Maybe we should have asked Rose to catsit?

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She'll be okay. We're going to come back in between stuff, I think. Are you worried?

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Not too much. [ he was just topic changing. ] But shell have way less fun so it almost feels unfair?

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I got her a Christmas present, too. It should entertain her for a while and keep her busy for a little bit.

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What’d you get? [ some kind of cat toy obviously but ]

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I'll show you when we get upstairs. It's a little big to deploy down here.

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...we’re going to have no room to move in our room by new years.

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Shut up, no it's fine. There's space for this one, I promise. [And with everything put away he moves to hold out his hand for Dave to take so they can head upstairs.]

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[ dave takes a picture of john’s hand instead like a logical person and ushers him on ahead? ]

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[...INTERNAL SIGH. Part of Dave's Christmas present is not judging him for pictures and letting him do whatever, too, so he goes on ahead to their room.

Once they get there though, Dave will notice there's an empty corner that's on the other side of the computer desk and in the corner furthest away from the door. A few moments later:]

Okay so like...this should fit? [And it doesn't take long before he flips a cat tree out of his sylladex. There are also a few little dangling toys attached that John fastened himself for the kitten to play with.]

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[ cool he takes pictures of john as he wanders after him, apparently either just content or seeing how far he can push the picture thing, it’s hard to say.

but he shifts from john to the cat tree, immediately amused. ]

I like how little we try to hide our illegal pet these days? [ mewpac of course takes an immediate interest in the new item or at least the dangly toys ]

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[Dave stop taking pictures of John's butt? But whatever, whatever, he grins proudly as the cat zips over to the tree and he picks her up to put her on one of the higher ledges where there's a toy for her to bat around.]

I figure it's like this. If we ever have a room inspection or anything, we can just store everything in one of our sylladexes until it is over and nobody can prove otherwise.

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[ no ]

I’m dating a criminal mastermind. [ not really...anyway jean going to his closet to start changing ]

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It comes in handy doesn't it? [He's also going to get dressed, don't mind him. He's sliding into jeans and apparently this sweater in a slightly darker blue while looping a scarf around his neck.]

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[ today in davesville plus his red skinny jeans and sneakers. he does haul on a lighter winter jacket in red over it also?

then he eyes john speculatively. ]

...I want a picture together.

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[This would seem more suspicious if it wasn’t Dave tbh so instead he just kind of laughs both at the sweater and the suggestion.]

Sure. Whatever you want. Maybe after we finish with the first part of the day?

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But we're both wearing dumb Christmas sweaters now?

[ APPARENTLY HE LITERALLY JUST WANTS A DUMB SWEATER PICTURE. ]

But yeah, okay. Where to?

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And I promise you we are both wearing dumb Christmas sweaters later, too. I’m not telling you though, that is the whole point? You told me that I was in charge of Christmas and Christmas is about surprises. We’re driving though. Are you ready?