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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]

I do, which makes so much of this easier.

[He loves Dave's dumb taste some of the time.] Do me a favor and don't change though. It would make dating harder.

[parodeity]

[ a snort of laughter. ] Why, because you'd have to relearn shit or because I'm just that easy to please right now?

[windeity]

Both, obviously. [Not long after their items are pulled out of the fire and the paint's set.] These actually turned out pretty okay.

[parodeity]

Is it stupid I'm actually excited to use them?

[windeity]

Depends. Are you excited because they're ours, or because a dinosaur eating toothbrushes is still hysterical? [Everything gets boxed up and paid for and John leads them back to the car.]

[parodeity]

Can it not be both? [ ...it's mostly the former but the latter is not, like, inconsequential. ]

[windeity]

I don't see why not. I'm not policing your dinosaur usage. [Once they're in the car, he'll start to drive again.]

[parodeity]

It's mostly that I like the idea of using them, though. But the dinosaur thing also helps? [ dave decides to be a dumb cat and folds himself in such a manner he can rest his feet on the dash. ]

[windeity]

I figured it would be nice to personalize stuff. Or have personalized stuff even for the dorm for now. [Thanks cat. ] Is that part of the flexibility thing?

[parodeity]

I'm comfortable? [ how ]

[windeity]

You apparently don't have a spine. [But he shakes his head and begins to drive again.] I have no idea how that can be comfortable.

[He shuts up though and he ends up pulling up at the Stardust.]

...hilariously I think it's disco night.

[parodeity]

Normal or ice skating? [ he doesn't track the schedule anymore because yuri doesn't work here anymore ]

[windeity]

Normal. I do not mind ice skating but I'm hoping for spring soon.

[parodeity]

Fuck, hard same. I am really super done with winter. [ he has been done with winter...since the day winter started, though. dave grins suddenly. ] Sooo. Disco night?

[windeity]

I miss the sun. And rain. And all good things that come with spring. [He shakes his head though.] Disco night! With all kinds of dumb music and even glow rings.

[...this might be more John's jam than Dave's but whatever!]

[parodeity]

[ whatever. john being stupid excited is enough to get him to laugh. ] Tell me more about these good things that come with spring?

[windeity]

Picnics? [He'll get out of the car and go to open the door.] And flowers and colors and the days lasting longer and I guess my birthday.

[parodeity]

Speaking of. You don't actually mind a party, right?

[windeity]

No, not really. [A pause.] A party sounds fun, I think I'm just...I don't want it to be this huge thing that inconveniences people? I get that people are busy.

[John are you going to maybe explain what the fuck you're thinking or.]

[parodeity]

[ ...? ]

Did someone tell you that it was an inconvenience?

[windeity]

No! No, no it's not that. [...] I don't know, it was just weird to think about.

[...conversations...] We were friends for a really long time back then.

[parodeity]

Yeah. Can you like, take it from the top and explain what's up? I know why I didn't want you to, but I don't get why you kind of don't want me to.

[windeity]

I never said--[Okay right maybe an explanation.]

Did you and Jade live together after we beat the game and made the new universe?

[parodeity]

I don't know. [ not something he usually has to say to john, but he shrugs and thinks about it honestly. ] ...It's probable? I remember goin' on some kinda dig with her and Karkat, and I know I at least probably lived with him.

[ it's...a good guess, anyway? they were together, they probably presumably stayed together. dave hadn't told him about bro, but he hasn't told john, either. ]

No idea how I ever got any quiet time. Did you know she kissed sprite me after I was combined with a cat somehow?

[windeity]

If you were dating in that other timeline I guess that would make sense. [He's put enough pieces together to make some guesses. There's a small laugh though even as they head inside to rent their skates.]

I'm also not surprised to hear that. She dated sprite you for...a while. And she was kind of part-furry herself.