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DAVE STRIDER | RED | #E00707
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DAVE STRIDER | RED | #E00707
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Hey. Ready to meet up? I don't mind where, so pick a spot and we'll head there. Just try not to choose anything too close to where people are trying to live.
Edited (ok now that I'm dead from copy paste, I can fix this aND I FORGOT MY ICON spams your inbox woops) 2018-03-24 01:18 (UTC)
Hey. Finished everything up, so here’s the deal. One teacher, one student, and one spar match. Teacher is Caramia over at #B90B3C. Sword-fighting isn’t his strong point, but he can take a hit, so don’t be afraid to try practicing with different fighting styles. He can give you a pointer or two about what to expect. See what you can draw from him, and don’t rely on your speed too much.
Your student is Shouto. #57A7C5. This time I want you to use your speed to give him trouble. Make him react to you face to face instead of relying on that quirk of his. But that’s just my tip.
Oh, and you’ll be sparring Izuku #FFDF00. He’s strong enough to handle even me, so don’t underestimate him like he does himself.
There are no changes. If you back out of this, you’re letting everyone down, so go tell them yourself and don’t waste my time again. I’m not holding your hand through all of this, but you can let me know if you have questions. That’s all.
Your student is Shouto. #57A7C5. This time I want you to use your speed to give him trouble. Make him react to you face to face instead of relying on that quirk of his. But that’s just my tip.
Oh, and you’ll be sparring Izuku #FFDF00. He’s strong enough to handle even me, so don’t underestimate him like he does himself.
There are no changes. If you back out of this, you’re letting everyone down, so go tell them yourself and don’t waste my time again. I’m not holding your hand through all of this, but you can let me know if you have questions. That’s all.
[So yeah, John definitely sleeps through the whole night because Dave's an asshole and doesn't wake him up, so by the time he rouses into consciousness he's a little sleepy still and disoriented. He squints briefly, trying to figure out why he's outside before he remembers:]
Dave...? What time is it?
Dave...? What time is it?
Hey. I need you to add another student to your list. Emma is her name, #F1C40F. Don't know if you know here, but she's pretty young and just human, but it's clear she's used to dealing with some serious shit.
She wants to learn to use things around her to defend herself, so I thought you'd be a good fit. You can use your head enough. Try to give her some real lessons. Let me know if there are any questions. Thanks.
She wants to learn to use things around her to defend herself, so I thought you'd be a good fit. You can use your head enough. Try to give her some real lessons. Let me know if there are any questions. Thanks.
[There isn't anything worse than waiting, especially in a situation like this. So when he spots Dave coming out of the forest, Izuku practically runs up to him.]
Strider-kun!
Strider-kun!
[ dave, at least, is one of the two people in his group who looks okay. granted he still looks tired, but he usually does these days - it's not super notable because he's always kind of quiet and pale, so...? ]
Oh, hey, Izuku. You okay? That was... [ he gestured at the woods, meaning the being split off and everything. he's antsy, wants to check on john, but. ]
Oh, hey, Izuku. You okay? That was... [ he gestured at the woods, meaning the being split off and everything. he's antsy, wants to check on john, but. ]
[That could have gone better. He trudges out of the forest muddy and exhausted but whatever he has a golden leaf so who gives a fuck. Reasonably one would think he'd go to take a bath or like. Go back to his own house...but no. John Egbert has never been a reasonable person.
Instead, he finds himself heading to Dave's house and sitting on the front step. He's not sure if Dave's even home yet but he can wait for confirmation either way. He picks at some drying mud off of his hands and twirls the leaf by its stem in his hand, idling looking up and wondering if Dave's already on the roof, too.
Where are you, Strider?]
Instead, he finds himself heading to Dave's house and sitting on the front step. He's not sure if Dave's even home yet but he can wait for confirmation either way. He picks at some drying mud off of his hands and twirls the leaf by its stem in his hand, idling looking up and wondering if Dave's already on the roof, too.
Where are you, Strider?]
[ coming home later than john, actually. he and mitsuru maybe had to get henry situated before going back to their own places, and so he comes back to...a muddy john egbert on his front step.
dave would like to pretend that's not the relief it is, or the surprise it is. maybe it shouldn't be either thing. ]
Egbert. [ you're okay and his eyes are still blue and that's...good, probably, even if john doesn't look at the top of his game. self-cleaning pajamas or no, they aren't themselves self-cleaning. ] ...Get up, I don't need time travel for this much.
[ he steps around john to open his door, tugs the back of john's hood to get him moving. dave at least seems to be in one piece, his usual exhaustion levels aside? ]
dave would like to pretend that's not the relief it is, or the surprise it is. maybe it shouldn't be either thing. ]
Egbert. [ you're okay and his eyes are still blue and that's...good, probably, even if john doesn't look at the top of his game. self-cleaning pajamas or no, they aren't themselves self-cleaning. ] ...Get up, I don't need time travel for this much.
[ he steps around john to open his door, tugs the back of john's hood to get him moving. dave at least seems to be in one piece, his usual exhaustion levels aside? ]
[ Whatever day where it's finally stopped raining and Ryoji can take a late night walk without worrying about drowning the moment he steps outside of the house. With the town mostly deserted and the houses standing empty, it's very easy to see when somebody is awake, faint lights filtering from the window if they've got their laptop open, for example, which is the example I'm going to use to justify Ryoji being in front of Dave's house.
He should probably knock or something, but he's sort of afraid of breaking the door and the entire building coming collapsing down on him, so instead, he picks up a tiny pebble and flicks it at the window.
This is how they say hello in the movies. ]
He should probably knock or something, but he's sort of afraid of breaking the door and the entire building coming collapsing down on him, so instead, he picks up a tiny pebble and flicks it at the window.
This is how they say hello in the movies. ]
[ let's be honest dave definitely is on his laptop at like, stupid am when he should be asleep. even if there aren't any forum posts being actively updated right now, he has shitty mspaint.
with shitty mspaint he can make shitty mspaint comics.
you know, as you do when you can't sleep.
but he also has dumbass anime ninja reflexes and he hears the sound of a pebble on his window and immediately is on his feet. it takes a second - a tired second - to figure out what happened. it's outside noise, so he heads to the window and hauls it open, leans out.
and movie magic has worked? ]
Oh, hey man. What's up?
with shitty mspaint he can make shitty mspaint comics.
you know, as you do when you can't sleep.
but he also has dumbass anime ninja reflexes and he hears the sound of a pebble on his window and immediately is on his feet. it takes a second - a tired second - to figure out what happened. it's outside noise, so he heads to the window and hauls it open, leans out.
and movie magic has worked? ]
Oh, hey man. What's up?
[I just didn't want to keep doing it on the network post. So anyway, like naturally he immediately left his house as soon as Dave said the door was open and so fifteen minutes later he appears at Dave's house in Ruga and he knocks on the door. It's a reflect more than anything, but since Dave said the door was open he just enters the house on his own and steps into the main room to see if Dave's even in the house or if he's on the roof.
Where are you, Dave?]
Where are you, Dave?]
[ while he is frequently on the roof, he's sprawled in one of the overstuffed green armchairs in his living room, legs hanging off one armrest and head back against the other, laptop balanced on his lap.
changes since the last time: tibia has been shifted to sit on the couch, a chipped teacup on a saucer on the little table to the side of her. there's now a yusuke kitagawa original drawing of a crow.
and there's a lobster tank in dave's line of sight with nauti buoy merrily swimming around it doing lobster-esque things. ]
changes since the last time: tibia has been shifted to sit on the couch, a chipped teacup on a saucer on the little table to the side of her. there's now a yusuke kitagawa original drawing of a crow.
and there's a lobster tank in dave's line of sight with nauti buoy merrily swimming around it doing lobster-esque things. ]
[ They're supposed to meet at the well at a certain time, and Cairn is someone that likes to be punctual (most of the time), but since waking up here mid-hibernation, it's a little harder to have the motivation to get out of bed on time, if they're being honest. So when they show up about 15 minutes late to the well while covering their mouth with a yawn, they have a little sense of urgency if only because it's a little rude to be late... but it's not like this quest is a life-or-death matter, so they're not terribly concerned. ]
I overslept, sorry. [ Despite saying that, it doesn't really sound that much like an apology, but more lke a reflex. ] Have you been here that long?
I overslept, sorry. [ Despite saying that, it doesn't really sound that much like an apology, but more lke a reflex. ] Have you been here that long?
[ dave, for whatever it's worth, is punctual. he's perched on the side of the well kind of idly kicking his heels since he doesn't have a cellphone to mess around with, but he just shrugs at the question and jumps off to land on his feet. ]
Nah. [ he's definitely been there since they agreed to meet... ] Not all that long. Ready to go?
Nah. [ he's definitely been there since they agreed to meet... ] Not all that long. Ready to go?
[Because...well. Dave was eaten by his own shadow and that was probably one of the most horrifying things John's seen here. Not to mention what he saw before when Dave's shades were gone.
It was grounding and earthshattering all at once but he didn't let himself dwell on it for too long. Vriska was still a statue, but Terezi had to know. Terezi had to know what was happening and so he went to find her.
And that was how he discovered Terezi was gone, too.
What a strange, strange world.
With that said, he found himself ignoring the conversation he'd had with Dave about checking in with people and wandered his way to Ruga. He brought his laptop with him and he let himself into Dave's house, making a face at the distinct lack of color again.
Over the next few days...he cleaned. He organized. He stocked the kitchen with some food he found in town...he attempted to make a freezer of some kind but gave up the project half-way, leaving a crate in the kitchen. He keeps himself busy and ahead of his shadow, washing blankets and sheets and straightening things up for whenever Dave got back just because that seems to be what he likes to do when he's waiting.
He's bored and he's worried and he's pissed, mostly.
But eventually he gives up on shadow-watch and falls asleep on Dave's couch after losing his sixth staring contest with Nauti Buoy. The shadows seem to fade away without noticing and John...snores, kind of. And maybe drools a little on the couch.
So that's what Dave gets to come back to. Oh well.]
It was grounding and earthshattering all at once but he didn't let himself dwell on it for too long. Vriska was still a statue, but Terezi had to know. Terezi had to know what was happening and so he went to find her.
And that was how he discovered Terezi was gone, too.
What a strange, strange world.
With that said, he found himself ignoring the conversation he'd had with Dave about checking in with people and wandered his way to Ruga. He brought his laptop with him and he let himself into Dave's house, making a face at the distinct lack of color again.
Over the next few days...he cleaned. He organized. He stocked the kitchen with some food he found in town...he attempted to make a freezer of some kind but gave up the project half-way, leaving a crate in the kitchen. He keeps himself busy and ahead of his shadow, washing blankets and sheets and straightening things up for whenever Dave got back just because that seems to be what he likes to do when he's waiting.
He's bored and he's worried and he's pissed, mostly.
But eventually he gives up on shadow-watch and falls asleep on Dave's couch after losing his sixth staring contest with Nauti Buoy. The shadows seem to fade away without noticing and John...snores, kind of. And maybe drools a little on the couch.
So that's what Dave gets to come back to. Oh well.]
[ at least there wasn't too much to clean, maybe. dave's still neurotically cleaning and sorting shit out. unimpeded access to his room would have found a bed not often slept in, a few scattered things collected from around town including all those knives just dumped in his closet. some pebbles and a few bones on dressers. a few old toys he'd picked up and brought back. a palm-sized hunk of wood he'd been trying to whittle into something.
even more captcharoids of whatever he could find. his laptop, with finished and unfinished comics and a few dozen forum tabs open that he'd been reading.
there hadn't been much in the way of food stocking, except for food for the lobster, who took priority of some kind.
when dave wakes up - becomes aware? - he's on the roof and he knows immediately how long it's been since he was last...around? the little mental clock in the back of his mind skips ahead about two days and dave blinks and adjusts to the slight headache that induces. the last thing he remembers was being with minato and john.
at least alive seems to be his dubious state of being.
running a hand through his hair, he'll duck inside as quiet as ever. going to check on the lobster is priority one, and he'll feed the thing if he needs to, but that also shows him that his idiot best friend broke into his place while he was gone.
dave...
locates a blanket to carefully drape over john and goes to locate his laptop. ]
even more captcharoids of whatever he could find. his laptop, with finished and unfinished comics and a few dozen forum tabs open that he'd been reading.
there hadn't been much in the way of food stocking, except for food for the lobster, who took priority of some kind.
when dave wakes up - becomes aware? - he's on the roof and he knows immediately how long it's been since he was last...around? the little mental clock in the back of his mind skips ahead about two days and dave blinks and adjusts to the slight headache that induces. the last thing he remembers was being with minato and john.
at least alive seems to be his dubious state of being.
running a hand through his hair, he'll duck inside as quiet as ever. going to check on the lobster is priority one, and he'll feed the thing if he needs to, but that also shows him that his idiot best friend broke into his place while he was gone.
dave...
locates a blanket to carefully drape over john and goes to locate his laptop. ]
Strider-kun? It's Midoriya. I'm sorry I left you and Arisato-kun to deal with the shadows...are you okay?
Strider-kun! Do you need any more seeds for the garden?
Found it.
Looks like you were right and I'm in Ruga.
I've got a place on the very corner of the first street on the side closest to Bluo.
So you'll know where to find me if you ever need me for anything or if you want to hang out.
I'm on my own so feel free to barge in whenever.
[ or alternatively, dave will know what house to avoid ... dirk will leave that up to him. ]
Looks like you were right and I'm in Ruga.
I've got a place on the very corner of the first street on the side closest to Bluo.
So you'll know where to find me if you ever need me for anything or if you want to hang out.
I'm on my own so feel free to barge in whenever.
[ or alternatively, dave will know what house to avoid ... dirk will leave that up to him. ]
[ he. assumes this is dirk given the content. it's weird messaging people in black again, outside of izuku. ]
john and i are the house right across from the mural
[ only purple and orange paint exist, and then "this is black right now but might be colorful later let's find out" paint. dave...helped with the mural so it's. sbahj.
and then izuku who can actually paint.
but "the mural" should be enough to go off of. a pause, and then: ]
did you relocate yourself alone
i did that too
john and i are the house right across from the mural
[ only purple and orange paint exist, and then "this is black right now but might be colorful later let's find out" paint. dave...helped with the mural so it's. sbahj.
and then izuku who can actually paint.
but "the mural" should be enough to go off of. a pause, and then: ]
did you relocate yourself alone
i did that too
Hello,
My name is Clark Kent. I'm recently arrived here and I was told you were the person to speak to to ask about farming efforts that may be going on. I'm happy to throw my help and support your way but I wanted to see what progress you'd made, what you think needs doing, or where I can actually get to helping as the case may be.
I grew up on a family farm, so this is actually somewhat in my wheelhouse, if you can believe that.
Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope to speak to you soon.
My name is Clark Kent. I'm recently arrived here and I was told you were the person to speak to to ask about farming efforts that may be going on. I'm happy to throw my help and support your way but I wanted to see what progress you'd made, what you think needs doing, or where I can actually get to helping as the case may be.
I grew up on a family farm, so this is actually somewhat in my wheelhouse, if you can believe that.
Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope to speak to you soon.
oh hey yeah thats me
i mean ignis is also an option but either or
we have our garden slash farm in flavo anyone who wants to is welcome to help out
so far we have uh
apples
blood oranges
blue corn
ledin potatoes
onions
peppers
pumpkins
purple potatoes
strawberries
tomatoes
wheat
plant wise
tomatoes and peppers lost color/taste but everything else still has it
i mean ignis is also an option but either or
we have our garden slash farm in flavo anyone who wants to is welcome to help out
so far we have uh
apples
blood oranges
blue corn
ledin potatoes
onions
peppers
pumpkins
purple potatoes
strawberries
tomatoes
wheat
plant wise
tomatoes and peppers lost color/taste but everything else still has it
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