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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]

You sure? [ he finds it hard to buy john would be out here without him, ok ]

[windeity]

[He definitely would not be here without Dave, no.] I'm sure. You're worrying about it too much.

[parodeity]

Yeah, wonder why that is. [ but he doesn’t explain himself further, just drags john through the rest of the museum, although he doesn’t linger at any exhibit too long and keeps the pace towards fast in order to get them out sooner rather than later. ]

[windeity]

[He's trying to dig his heels in to slow them down to a decent pace but he's also letting Dave wander through the museum anyway. Toward the end though he stops to take a picture of one of the huge displays with his phone.]

Daaaave. You're missing the cool stuff. [Why he's enamored by the large ornaments and a giant 20 foot nutcracker we just don't know.] You want to get back to Mewpac that bad?

[parodeity]

Yes. [ blandly, though the answer is no. mostly no? ] If you want to spend more time on whatever we can.

[windeity]

I wouldn't mind hanging out for a while. This isn't boring art. [A pause.] How long would it take you to get ready to go out again?

[parodeity]

[ DAVE DOESN'T FIND ANY ART BORING, REALLY... ]

I'm ready now? Or do I need to change or something.

[windeity]

You might want to change a little? [There's a thought.] I mean I would not mind if you wanted to stay like that because you're hot either way, but you might want to think a little more...fancy?

[parodeity]

Am I? [ but he doesn’t pursue it, the flippant-not-flippant remark left behind as dave just nods along. ] I can do fancy.

[windeity]

Do fancy. I promise you you will feel better about it for the main thing.

[parodeity]

Then let’s head back? [ unless john seems interested in lingering. ]

[windeity]

[And he'll nod and head back out to the car. Same song different verse, the radio's still on and he's casually singing along when it's a Christmas song he likes as he drives them back to the dorm. It's later in the afternoon at least...that should be fine, he thinks, and he parks while letting Dave out of the car to head upstairs.]

Think the tree's still standing?

[parodeity]

I doubt she managed to knock over the cat tree. [ mewpac is perfect ]

[windeity]

You give your daughter way too much leeway. [And up they go...where the cat tree is in one piece and Mewpac's content and curled up on it. So there's that. John just shakes his head and he's moving to his closet already, opening it and pulling out a suit. So that's how that's going.]

[parodeity]

[ a suit. okay. dave just behaves accordingly, raising his eyebrows and moving to his...previous side of the room that is now desks and closets, whatever, ]

[windeity]

[Give him a second to get dressed and stuff. It'll take a bit of time and he doesn't bother fixing his hair or anything,but there's even a tie and the piano cufflinks. He's not explaining though.]

This one's going to be a better surprise.

[parodeity]

Do you want me to not guess? [ but okay. suit pants and jacket and tie and vest and cufflinks. ready to go. ]

[windeity]

Absolutely not. I'm also going to tell you to keep your eyes shut on the ride there. We're going full undercover ops, secret mission, all that good stuff.

[parodeity]

We know I have a guess, though, right? [ that's teasing, but he shrugs. ] Can do, though. Let's hit it, Mr. Bond.

[windeity]

Okay, you might have a guess but you don't know the full extent so I still win. [But he grins and grabs a spare jacket to toss into his sylladex, grabbing his keys again and heading for the door.

Once they're in the car, he makes Dave seriously shut his eyes while they drive and this time he doesn't say anything. He's tempted to keep the whole thing quiet. Eventually the car stops though.]

Okay. You can open your eyes. [And when he does, Dave will notice they're at the community theatre for some reason.]

[parodeity]

[ he has some very specific guesses but sticks to not guessing and opens his eyes.

his eyebrows go up and he silently looks at john. WELL? ]

[windeity]

[Leave! Him! Alone! He gets out of the car and he goes to open Dave's door, opening it and offering his arm to escort.]

Don't look at me like that. I could make you close your eyes again on the way in.

[parodeity]

You'll note I am sticking to the rules and haven't told you my guess. [ ...he takes the arm. ] Fancy.

[ normally john just leans over him to get the door? ]

[windeity]

It's Christmas. [Whatever that means. But he leads Dave to the doors of the theatre and through the lobby, down a darkened hallway and to what looks like a closed door. It takes a moment but he grabs a key out of his pocket, unlocking the door and escorting Dave inside. It's dark and Dave might be able to catch the reflection of mirrors but John lets go of his arm then.]

So...[It's dark and John's shoes echo a little on the wooden floor as he walks away to do something.] Do you remember when we went ice skating? The first day it snowed and stuff. What did we talk about?

[parodeity]

Eve. [ but yes. ] Learning a new dance. Ballroom dance competitions. Unless we are talking about the part where I mentioned the burger badge again, or the part where I lied via omission about what I like about winter.