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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER | RED | #E00707
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[windeity]

Medical supplies would be good. Especially if people keep wandering to explore and stuff? The forest is pretty big. And with houses this old they might really start falling apart and people could get hurt.

[...] I didn't know you knew how to stitch wounds closed. [Conversationally. But onward! They'll head toward what looks like a larger open building first.]

[parodeity]

It's a useful skill to have. [ people get stabbed a lot.

dave. dave is people, who gets stabbed a lot. ]

[windeity]

If I ever get stabbed again and need to be sewed up you will be the first person to know. Does rubbing alcohol ever go bad, you think? [His brain's everywhere and also he's not sure he wants to linger on stabbing.]

[parodeity]

It'll evaporate if left open, but otherwise nah. [ he frowns, gaze skating sideways. ] ...Try not to need my services? Sewin' up one friend is maybe enough for a year. But yeah, if you do. I want to know first off.

[windeity]

Trust me, I would rather all four of us not have to deal with fatal injuries ever again. I was just wondering. I still don't know how I feel about this place. But of course I'll tell you. I tell you everything first anyway.

[...usually.]

[parodeity]

What, really? [ when they were thirteen he knew that'd been a thing but he...

is not really exactly entirely secure in where he stands with john when he's vaguely aware of some plan to, you know. change everything. john is and is not really his when the timeline has given him up and is trading in for a newer model, and there are better people to tell everything to, maybe. they haven't talked about a lot of things and dave...isn't unaware of that.

he doesn't explain, though. ]

Anyway, I think it is maybe an upgrade from wandering around dream bubbles indefinitely. I can only take so much troll at one time.

[windeity]

Well yeah? You're my best friend, who else would I tell stuff to? [Other people especially when he's not sure where they stand? But whatever.]

I think anything would be an upgrade from that, personally. [He makes a face.] I think this is definitely an upgrade from the ship, too. It's nice being able to go out and do stuff. [And into the large building they go to explore.

It looks like kind of like a giant storage shed, mostly.]

[parodeity]

I don't know. Whoever. I just miss you, I guess.

[ but he doesn't want to explain that so he just speeds on ahead to go explore. ]

[windeity]

[He opens his mouth to reply but then Dave's jetting away and he moves to keep up.]

There is a reason I asked you to come with me, idiot. [Dave's his best friend and he's missed hanging out with him. It's even better now that it's in person. But he pushes the door open a little wider to let some light in.]

...this looks like it might be an okay space for storing supplies we're finding.

[parodeity]

You don't have to. [ pretend, or whatever. it's not pretending, dave knows that, but he's not sure how to explain himself. they can't talk about the whole dying thing, john has very clearly avoided that, so he can't broach that topic. and he can't explain how weird it is that john's here and dave just misses the fucking internet, when he could text john and there'd be responses eventually and constantly; there was a reason to be glued to a computer screen aside from one shitty forum that doesn't really warrant it.

it kind of reminds him of how he felt about rose, sometimes. it was so much better being online friends than having someone right there and only seeing them once every so often. it was why he ended up bonding with karkat, eventually. he was there. and that mattered more in the long run than actual personality compatibility.

...but he can't actually talk about 90% of the issue so he opts to drop it again, trying to locate the windows to draw back the curtains. ]

I think Momo marked off some places for supply drops, but we can tell her about this one, maybe, too...? Backups are never a bad thing. Redundancy makes the world go 'round.

[windeity]

I know I don't have to. [He doesn't know Dave means pretending and assumes it's "you don't have to bring me", which is fair. He knows he doesn't but simultaneously it makes sense to ask Dave. There's a lot that needs to be said, but he's fairly certain neither of them are really ready to say it. He always thought that they'd get to have all kinds of adventures and hang out and just be best friends in real life once they got to the new universe. Somehow this feels awkward even if he keeps trying.

But whatever. He lets Dave do that while he hums to himself.] I like the idea of back-ups in this case. We might need it if we end up staying longer than we think, or if more people come someday or something. It would be nice to be more prepared than the town was when we showed up.

[parodeity]

...Yeah, sure. [ his shoulders slump as he toes at what might have been a chair once. gross. ]

Probably we should make more of the houses habitable for other people, too. A lot of 'em look like they might fall over in a strong wind, so like, keep your aspect to yourself, bro.

[windeity]

Yeah. I do not plan to really use my aspect unless I have to. [A sigh.] Habitable houses is a good idea though. Ours still has a hole in the stairs but it should be okay. Some of the others I've looked at are less stable though, you're right.

[...] Yours is still in one piece?

[parodeity]

'Course, why wouldn't it be?

[ it's. a place. he shrugs, and as usual offers zero information on it otherwise. ]

I think everyone seems all right about their places so far.

[windeity]

[Sigh.]

I guess so. It's still kind of weird living with other people, I guess, but it's doable.

[parodeity]

I mean, I figured you were enjoyin' your roomies? [ dave goes further into the room, trying to find anything of use but so far coming up with nothing. ] You did want to...y'know.

[windeity]

...I wanted to what? [He stops moving solely so he can face Dave again.]

[parodeity]

Live the pseudo-dorm life with whoever...? [ he's not sure why this topic necessitates john stopping moving around, but dave doesn't seem to find it important enough to stop trying to pry open a cabinet door that is decidedly stuck. ] Jesus christ what did they DO to this??

[windeity]

That's...[A shrug. Okay, you know what whatever, he'll shelve that topic for now.] It might just be jammed. Or glued? Have you ever seen those houses that have fake cabinets so that they match the rest of the room?

[He'll wander over there.]

[parodeity]

Okay, if this is a fake cabinet I'm burnin' the entire thing to the ground because that is a useless feat of architecture that should not be allowed to exist. What next, false doors? What a waste of space.

[ it's probably jammed, and he stops tugging to peer closer to try to see if he can figure it out without having to kick it open or use his sword or something stupid. ]

If we're going to be gettin' into stupid household things, why not secret passages? I could get behind that. We could have an entire Scooby Doo sequence openin' and slamming doors while jazz plays in the background. Presumably with one of us finding a monster who is actually some adult weirdo in a mask who brought us here or yadda yadda yadda.

[windeity]

A waste of space but also it would fit in with the rest of the weird bullshit here.

[A beat.] I could definitely provide the background music on that one, at least. But where are we going to get a dog?

[parodeity]

Yeah, Okuyasu mentioned your piano. [ he gives up on the cabinet after a minute or two more. ] And I only know where to get a cat or a bird?

[windeity]

Yeah. Not sure what it's doing here, but I have it. [He squints at the cabinet.] Do you think Jade would be Scooby if we ever felt like it?

[parodeity]

Ughhh I am not sure I want to ask her to play a dog part. The whole evil barking thing kind of sticks in your head??

[windeity]

Good point. [Yikes.] Jokes aside, if this is locked now maybe you're onto the Scooby Doo idea. Like a hidden latch or something?