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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]

Cool. I think it'll be nice just to wind down after this anyway. [He has Dave on his arm and he closes the door as they exit, locking the room and they head for the car where he opens the door for him and everything. He's doing his best to be as gentlemanly as possible for some reason and with that he's driving them back to the dorm.]

Footloose next time for sure though, promise.

[parodeity]

[ dave doesn’t even make fun of john for the gentleman moves? wonder of wonders. ] Be sure to tell me if there’s anything you really want to do, will you?

[windeity]

Everything we've been doing today is stuff I wanted to do. Seriously. Are you worried about that? [Worrier...]

[parodeity]

Yeah, but like. If there is stuff that is more you and less me? [ he isn’t putting it right ]

[windeity]

The rest of the evening is probably more me and less you if that's any consolation. Seriously, I do not mind doing this kind of stuff. [Once Dave's door is opened for him and they're both settled in the car, John begins to drive back to the dorm.]

[parodeity]

Movies? [ he apparently stopped not guessing ]

[windeity]

Christmas movies, popcorn and no lights, yeah. Is that okay?

[parodeity]

It's perfect. [ sounds chill enough for him to zone out. ] Apple slices for me instead though?

[windeity]

You got it. We still have a bunch of apples from the pancakes anyway. But you have to put up with the really shitty Christmas movies. Call it tradition.

[parodeity]

As in it's your usual tradition or I'm supposed to assume it'll be one?

[windeity]

A little of both? Nanna and I used to watch the classics together...Dad, too, when he lived with us. It's kind of one of the things I figured we'd both be down for to spend the rest of the evening together.

[parodeity]

I’ll watch pretty much anything with you, to my everlasting sorrow. Don’t abuse it. [ or do, whatever. ] What’s up first?

[windeity]

I promise not to abuse this power. But we can obviously start with a classic? A Christmas Story. It airs for twenty-four hours on TV every year so why not?

[parodeity]

You’d totally shoot your eye out.

[windeity]

I would not! [But there's a guilty sort of grin because he probably would.] This is why I work with hammerkind though.

[It doesn't take long to get back to the dorm and when they park John's up and moving to open Dave's door and offer his arm again.]

[parodeity]

That's more because a hammer was the only thing you had in the vicinity when you allocated your strife specibus.

[ ...he'll take the arm again ]

[windeity]

And how do you know that? [He's locking the car and he'll lead him upstairs, already doing a mental inventory of what he has in their room.]

[parodeity]

I remember, obviously. [ hope you like hammers dude ]

[windeity]

I cannot believe thirteen year old me assumed you were the authority on everything. [But he sounds fond about it like he doesn't mind much.] I mean I said almost as much to bird you so maybe I am not that surprised, but still. Thanks for that.

[parodeity]

Like it stopped at thirteen? [ maybe it did, he doesn’t actually know ] Anyway, comparatively it was true.

[windeity]

It didn't, actually. [May as well be truthful even as they head upstairs to the room.] Stop, that is. I know it was probably true and it worked out so who even cares?

[parodeity]

Well. At least I have zero interest in leading you astray. [ though once theyre at the door he will detach from john to go inside and pet their poor abandoned neglected cat, whom they never fed a day in her life ever. ]

[windeity]

Duh. Why do you think I trust you with my life? [The cat immediately has Dave's attention and he doesn't mind seeing how he's moving to change into his pajamas and cut up apples and such.] I've always known that.

[parodeity]

[ he feeds the STARVING!!! cat and goes to change into his own pajamas. ]

Joke's on you if I ever change my mind? [ he won't. ]

[windeity]

Wouldn't be the first time I ended up getting lead astray by someone I cared about. But I'm still pretty sure I would not regret it anyway. Where does that leave us? [He's changed into pajama pants and a t-shirt before he starts rummaging around his movie collection for the selected film.]