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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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Maybe a little excited. [He stops to think about that though.] I met this kid a little while ago. Name's Gar. Seems really invested in the idea of superpowers so I showed him I could fly. One of the newbies on the app from the last batch so I figured it would help ease up when everything else starts to hit. I think I've just been working on getting to know people better? I've been here for a while now but there's still a lot left to learn about them.

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I like that you are. [ excited. interested. dave doesn’t know how to explain so he just moves on, listening. ] I don’t think I’ve talked to him. I do talk to a few every time, and sometimes I offer to show ‘em shit or just get to squabbling about time travel. I think there’s always room to get to know everyone better though.

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[Cute...] Pretty sure he's one of the younger high school kids but yeah. I try to talk to a few people at least on that first post they always like to give us for the same reason. Trying to make sure things are good. A few people know about the windy thing now but I'm still getting the hang of it.

Oh, and Eleanor might hit you up for another Q&A on time travel just a heads up. [Since we're talking about getting to know people better.] I like meeting new people even if I always don't, so learning new things about the people I know is a compromise.

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I don’t mind explaining things to her. Y’all were talking about it?

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Mostly about possibilities and impossibilities. I told her to be a little more open-minded about it when asking since it's probably annoying to go in circles about what is and isn't possible. [He shifts to match Dave's stance, chin resting on his hand and elbow on the table.]

Eleanor and I talk about a lot, I guess.

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[ dave’s eyebrows lift but he doesn’t ask for details. ]

She’s easy to talk about serious stuff with. We spin our wheels about philosophy sometimes too. Or end up teasing. Or both.

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She's really smart and she's actually pretty good about asking questions. I am somehow not surprised...she and Yukiko are some of my favorite people. Which by the way we're supposed to probably do dinner with them to celebrate taste mostly being back. I think Yukiko said something about barbecue? And I think I want to introduce them to Natalie.

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That could be fun if we did it inside. Might be a bit gloomy out. [ it’s not dark Yet... ] Nat’d like them, I think, so it ain’t a bad idea.

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I think so, too. Natalie gets along with most people I think and I already told her I'd like to introduce all of them. Even if it's gloomy...I don't know, Natalie suggested bowling.

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As long as I’m not expected to reliably remember the fine points of the rules that’s chill with me. [ how can one person be athletically talented but so bad at sports as a concept ]

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Babe it's throwing a ball at a bunch of pins behind a line, what other rules are there even? [Dave what are you talking about. But oh.] ...Eleanor knows by the way.

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How to bowl?

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No. I mean yes, probably that, too, but I meant about you and me.

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Oh. You told her? [ explains why she was being so cagey right back at dave, but. ]

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[Heh.] Yeah, she kind of twisted my arm about it. [His expression says that's not true.] She was the first person I told that I was writing you a song and we talked about it at your party, so she wanted an update of what happened next. So I told her we're dating.

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Oh. [ john actually telling someone makes it feel weirdly more real, and dave isn’t sure that should be the case or not. ] I told Rose?

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Do...you want a list of people who know? [Was that not okay? Fuck. He looks a little uncertain suddenly, but.]

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I...do you?

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Depends. Does it bother you that I've told a few people?

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[ dave settles for shaking his head mutely, unwilling to toss the question back but not thrilled to be cornered with it. ]

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I just wanted to make sure...I don't mind either? [He was just mostly terrified that maybe Dave actually cared.] ...Natalie, Eleanor, Ayano, Eren, Shouto. That's my list.

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Just Rose, by name. [ dave still doesn’t seem to have decided on a feeling tbh ] So you like...told all those people? Huh.

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[He's just kind of hunched over a bit.]

...Natalie knew before you knew that I liked you. I told you why Eleanor knew. The other three were told I had a boyfriend and they guessed it was you by process of elimination.

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...okay? [ he can’t tell at all if john is okay. god. ]

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...it makes sense. You and me. Do you want me to slow down?