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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER | RED | #E00707
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[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.

[parodeity]

100% behind that plan. [ he thought she needed an intervention just like. hours before they arrived, so. ] And yeah I've never drunk, either. I mean, I got hooked on, uh, coffee? Really bad coffee. I have no idea why I kept drinking it coffee. Like, I didn't even enjoy the experience? I just kept making it happen. It would not stop happening.

[windeity]

Probably because you are stubborn and once you started it decided to stick with it because it was a thing you started and didn't want to admit it tasted like shit.

[Like. Just saying.]

[parodeity]

...You know me too well. When the fuck did we get married. [ he makes a face at john, because fuck you egbert? ]

[windeity]

[He's taking a bite of his pastry and he's grinning to himself. Haha.]

Shut up. I just know you better than you think I do. [A beat.] These turned out good by the way.

[parodeity]

Thanks. Chroma'll make a chef out of me yet. And also, you underestimate how well I think you know me. You know me better than anyone else in the universe, dude. You lost any competition this month.

[ he's told. no one? about his childhood in the details john got. okuyasu got "yeah my bro wasn't cool". dirk got a lot, apparently, but dave didn't specifically tell him - alpha dave did.

and dirk doesn't know all the stuff john already knew. ]

You've even outpaced Lalonde. Congrats.

[windeity]

Which is flattering given Rose is your sister. But I suppose that is what best friends are. [He finishes the pastry before leaning his head on his hand, propped up by his elbow.]

It's the same for me and that is not going to change. So. Consider us even.

[parodeity]

Oh. Huh. [ why did he not expect that to be true in reverse. dave seems to remember the pastry only after a minute of staring at john putting his head on his hand, and then retrieves his to actually. have a bite.

he's slow as ever. ]

I guess you're just my person.

[windeity]

Your person? [He doesn't sound incredulous, but curious.] Like a confidant?

[parodeity]

Sure. [ he's pulling the pastry into smaller pieces instead of eating normally now. ] And like.

[ his eyes flick back up but john can't see that. ]

The stay with me thing ain't a thing that matters. I'd pretty much just follow you anywhere. You wanna go back, we do.

[windeity]

It's a thing that matters to me, and you know that. I am staying with you no matter what because that is a thing I promised. I'm not going back on that. I just...have to figure out the rest, but that's on me. Not you.

[parodeity]

Don't be an idiot. [ dave tosses a pastry bit at john's face. ] I mean. I mean, wherever you wanna go and whatever you wanna do. Maybe what I wanted to stay here for isn't a here kinda thing. [ he shrugs. ] There are people and things that make me happy and - comfortable. But mostly it's you. I mean, who does those things. So wherever you wanna go or whatever you wanna do. I'll stick around as long as universal laws allow it. Or try to break 'em, I guess. So don't...figure stuff out on your own.

[windeity]

[There's an alarmed noise as the pastry bounces off of his glasses.] Alright, alright, jeez. I won't. I know it's a thing we can solve together. But I want to stick together no matter what. So. Don't hold back anything as we figure stuff out. Got it?

[parodeity]

I'm not holdin' back anything too bad anymore, okay? [ just stupid things that don't matter. ] And cool. I accept your marriage proposal, but I want a summer wedding. And live doves.

[windeity]

First of all, saying "too bad anymore" does not inspire a lot of confidence? And second of all where are we getting live doves?

[Third of all, maybe don't joke about marriage, idiots.]

[parodeity]

You have to go capture the doves, it's part of the marriage trials. And I'll tell you when you're older. [ he's kidding. ]

[windeity]

You suck, have I ever told you that?

[parodeity]

Why the fuck do I suck?

[windeity]

I don't even know how to catch birds? So that is a terrible trial. [He's still just joking around, end him.]

[parodeity]

So you're sayin' you wouldn't learn for the sake of our love? [ dave puts a dramatic hand to his heart, although his expression doesn't change. ] Wow. I suppose I could name off the easier trials. Trial one to win my hand in marriage: write me a song.