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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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Neither. [ admittedly. he quirks a dry smile and this time the rose vanishes into his sylladex. ]

[windeity]

Wrong. [There's another light grin but he watches the rose disappear after that.] But nice try.

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[ dave opts to take a bite of pasta to chew and swallow before just...leaving the topic behind, unsure of his footing. ]

What’s your favorite flower, anyway? Did we ever cover that.

[windeity]

[Sorry that he's pretty sure Dave counts as beautiful. But regardless he's pleased that he's eating at all and John picks up his fork to twirl his pasta again.]

We did, but it was a while ago so I'm not surprised that got lost under everything we've talked about. Sunflowers and tulips. ["I like them for different reasons", he'd once said.]

[parodeity]

[ tbqh he figures it’s the virtue joke thing ]

I think I probably wrote it down somewhere. I usually try to keep notes on that one - people’s favorites I mean.

[windeity]

[He'll figure that out later. Instead, he gives Dave another curious look.]

People's favorite flowers, or people's favorites in general? That is a lot of notes to be keeping considering how many people you know.

[parodeity]

Flowers. I used to do it so I could take the list in and look up what they meant and then it became a habit? But I like to try to write down details sometimes. No real system for it so the purpose is maybe defeated but...

[windeity]

I don't know, I think it's kind of cute? [He takes a bite to busy himself for a bit.] Like it's sort of sweet you bother getting details at all.

[parodeity]

I don’t like to forget things about people, I guess. Not when they’re important?

[windeity]

Yeah, I would agree with that. There are some people who are way too important to lose so I like to learn everything about them. [Which they've covered, mostly.] You usually observe people anyway.

[parodeity]

People watching? Yeah, it was always a thing I did even before all of this. But I don’t always...commit them to memory in the same way, I guess.

[windeity]

You pick the people you find most interesting and go from there, I'm guessing.

[parodeity]

Kinda. I pay attention in different ways these days, but...yeah. There are people you can’t help memorizing.

[windeity]

[Hm.] What have you memorized about me so far?

[parodeity]

...years worth of information mixed with months? A lot.

[windeity]

Makes sense. I am still learning and memorizing a lot about you guys, too. I know I'm still missing a ton of memories but I feel better about it now. Like I'm not totally clueless.

[parodeity]

You can always just ask.

[windeity]

About memories? I can, but we talked about this...I won't be asking you anything you don't want to tell me on your own because that's not fair. [It's the stance he took back in September, and even now that they've come so far it's a stance he's keeping.] I will ask you little things sometimes, but other than that it's whatever.

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I meant like...things I like or don’t like or stupid mundane whatever. You can ask.

[windeity]

I know the important things. Favorite color, favorite flower, favorite flavor, favorite holiday, favorite Christmas gift...favorite animal?

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Cat. [ easy enough. ]

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Style of music? [Dave raps but there could be other things.]

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I like to mix instrumental shit. It’s probably my overall favorite genre even though that’s a cheat because instrumental is just a way not a genre?

[windeity]

I think you're looking for "classical" which is in fact a genre? Guess that explains why you like mixing all of my stuff.

[parodeity]

No. I mean, yes, but you’ve heard my pieces. They aren’t classical, but they’re all instrumental. You know?