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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER | RED | #E00707
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[windeity]

Um. [Good...point.] Maybe not. I guess maybe we didn't realize it because we were always separated.

[parodeity]

[ he kind of seems to consider that, and shakes his head. ] No, I kinda knew I was. You're just dumb.

[windeity]

Wait why am I dumb? How was I supposed to know?

[parodeity]

I dunno, by noticing how you felt about me, I guess? [ that would be asking john to think about codependency though ]

[windeity]

I still wouldn't have known, so shut up. [He sticks out his tongue.] I have never known what co-dependency is.

[parodeity]

It's us. We're the poster children for co-dependency, congrats. Do you want to give a speech for the acceptance?

[windeity]

I wouldn't be able to do it without you. [He rolls his eyes.] Why didn't anyone else point it out before?

[parodeity]

You sure Rose didn't?

[windeity]

If she did I absolutely was not listening. Do you think she did?

[parodeity]

Probably, she talked to me about it sometimes. [ a shrug. ]

[windeity]

What exactly did she say?

[parodeity]

Pretty much pointed remarks whenever I mentioned you or whatnot. [ dryly. ]

[windeity]

Have we ever considered telling Rose to mind her own business?

[parodeity]

Yeah, when exactly has that one ever worked for you? Also, she would tell you I am her business.

[windeity]

And while she's not wrong about that, I think maybe she would consider listening this time. Maybe. I could make a very convincing case.

[parodeity]

Oh really? Lay it on me. Pretend I'm my sister. [ he looks enough like her sometimes. ]

[windeity]

Seriously? [Like yes, they look alike, but also what?] Okay, wow, um. Hold on, I was not prepared for that.

[...] Rose, I know you have a lot of opinions on stuff but have you considered psychoanalyzing people not me or Dave?

[parodeity]

[ he tries to rein in his drawl, mimicking rose's diction and volume and oh so elegantly raising his eyebrows in the faintest amused disbelief. ] Now, where would the fun in that be?

[windeity]

Well. It would be fun to have a new person to really dig into instead of us who you have known for years. I think something new would be great!

[parodeity]

Oh, but you're both constantly providing me with new territory to discover and work through. And of course the continued exploration of Dave's fragile psyche has become something of a hobby. He does have the most amusing tendency to avoid the subject. All the subjects. I rather enjoy our elaborate waltzes around them until he slips.

[ rose talks at dave a lot. he's maybe decently good at mimicking the shit she says. ]

[windeity]

...okay we're done, you are actually freaking me out a little. Is that really what the last three years were like?

[parodeity]

When she was sober. [ a shrug. ] Drunk Lalonde district is more like -

[ he's back to not imitating his sister, and dave purses his lips, trying to think. ]

Uh...well, just. Really...Vantas said she was "fun" and shit, but. Yeah.

[windeity]

I don't know if I would really trust Karkat's judgment on that kind of thing. No offense. Trolls definitely have a different idea of "fun" anyway.

[parodeity]

You shouldn't. I meant it more like an example of "Vantas found her more tolerable drunk". [ a wry smile. ] So she's kind of like. Less Rose-ish when she drinks, to a degree?

[windeity]

I think we would all be a little less ourselves if we were drinking, but I also wouldn't know. I've never done it. [...] When Rose shows up, we are putting an alcohol ban on everything.