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awash event 8: dirk strider

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The stuff just won't go through? For some reason. Like, there's some esoteric rule system here I haven't been able to nail down completely. There may or may not also be some kinda size limit - I'm not sure. I don't think taking my tables would make sense, anyway, we don't have any electricity...

[robosmith]

Well, if nothing bad happens, we can fuck around and make sense of what works and what doesn't that way. Get our science on and all that. Even though there's probably nothing scientific about this weird shit.

[ but you know, whatever. it's experimenting. ]

We can try taking your tables if you want. Electricity might become a thing in the future.

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[ ...........dirk has a point. dave purses his lips and considers it. ]

...Maybe just in case. [ HE MISSES THEM... ]

[robosmith]

[ kind of amused by that, but he understands. their severe tech-deficiency is awful. ]

It can't hurt to try. Anything else?

awash event 8: dirk strider version 2

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I used to kind of think I was? Or like. I used to tell myself that I was, like, that I didn't have the feelings or that honesty was maybe not worth it. Except then I was kind of honest anyway? With the others, I mean. Sometimes. Not about...everything, just, like. Yeah.

[ he never pretended not to adore them. not really. dave teased his friends and gave them a hard time sometimes, but his affection was always clear. he's pretty sure that's the case, because rose and john and jade never seemed to doubt that he genuinely loved them. ]

I dunno. I kind of like just chatting with you. [ there's a small embarrassed laugh. ] I don't really know what to say either I guess?? I, like. I dunno, I'm used to being the, uh, I mean, I'm not the alpha Dave so I guess I've been thinking of myself as...less better than the other "me"s. It pisses John off.

[robosmith]

[ dirk nods because it's something he understands all too well. for all that dave tends to remind him of roxy, they have their similarities outside of looking alike too. whether it's because of ectobiological bullshit or because dirk spend his whole life modeling himself after his version of dave, who knows.

the admission and embarrassed laugh get a tiny sheepish smile out of him. it's bizarre for him to think anyone would genuinely like hanging out with him, but dave keeps doing it and he doesn't doubt his bro's sincerity so he's doing something right there, maybe. it's also some comfort that they're both out of their depth in this moment.

but what dave goes on to say grabs his attention more than anything and he finds himself focusing on that. ]

Why do you think that?

[ there's no judgment in either the question itself or the way he regards dave, just simple curiosity. ]

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Why does it make him mad? [ a shrug, although dave knows the answer. they've argued about it often enough, and it's not really an argument either of them ever wins. except that dave's bad at fighting and he's more or less agreed to do things john's way. ] Because he doesn't want other versions of us. Me and the girls, I mean. He doesn't like remembering that I am, technically, pretty fucking dead.

[ ...for good reason. ]

awash event 8: minato arisato

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That's shockingly sweet of you to say. [ or not at all shocking ] But yeah. Our circumstances are a little...weird? But at least one good thing about Chroma is that like. Everyone seems really into the teamwork thing. It's kind of relaxing, you know?

[messianic]

I agree with that.

[Minato just stretches his arms over his head, sighing contentedly.]

It may be one of the weirdest situations I've been in, but it's not a bad one most of the time, honestly. It's nice to have the time to get to know everyone like this.

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And we seem to have more and more color every month.

[ so that's fun.

weird, but fun. they lose some a lot, too, but dave feels happy when he sees new colors, and he realizes how odd that is. ]

You get so used to seeing monochrome, and I feel like we need a word for just - that feeling you get when you see something that's been monochrome for months finally look real again.

awash event 8: minato arisato version 2

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[ okay but minato? should get up and do a duet with dave? in fact dave reaches out with his free hand to haul minato to his feet... ]

[messianic]

[Minato will not argue getting up to do a duet with Dave.

Thank goodness for jamjar magic, because otherwise there is no way that singing in Japanese and English at the same time would be anything but a mess.

But!! Like this, they can probably harmonize pretty well; Minato's got a smile on his face as he sings along.]

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[ at the end he's rewarded with dave's usual chill expression, but the more positive version?

there's emotion in slight pixel uptilts of the lips, you know. ]

You never told me your voice was that good.

awash event 8: shiho sannomiya

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Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant. Like...for people who get migraines, say. I kind of miss, you know, that. Although any meds we have I expect are emergencies only since we like, have jack shit except whatever quests decide to give us? Which is sometimes like. Bracelets that make you shimmer prettily.

[good_ideas]

Do you normally get a lot of migraines? Enough to miss it? [Because she doesn’t think that sounds normal.] We took a lot.

But at least we can use the bracelets as a... beacon or something. Maybe to distract wild animals.

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Sometimes, if I've been dumb about something. [ he just taps his shades. ] Not just for fashion, although obviously they are the most fashionable things ever. Ben Stiller thought so, and surely that counts for like. Absolutely fuck all.

awash event 8: guren ichinose

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Yeah, yeah, okay Dad. At least none of the villain-y types from back home are here...ours are all kinda super stabby. And also insane?

[swordfucker]

[Not just calling him Dad, but calling him Dad to the sound of jazz. Wonderful. He gives Dave a flat look at the sass, but lets it slide otherwise.]

That's any villainous type anywhere, isn't it? They think they're the good types, the ones who'll make things right, and that just so happens to involve a lot of death. And stabbing.

Or something like that.

Anyway, they could come in any day now, so don't jinks it.

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If you see any anthrophomorphic dogs with swords through their chests, just avoid them.

[ homestuck villains... ]

Honestly, it makes you wonder if any of us are "villains" by other people's standards, but we just get along so it doesn't come up?

awash event 8: zelda

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[ dave shrugs, a gentle motion. ]

I wouldn't call it "wisdom" so much as...I dunno, a pep talk? Like. We don't know one another very much, but you're the kinda person I'd like to get to know, I think. You could join the photography club Prompto and I are starting, even?

[withwisdom]

Pep talks can still have wisdom to them! [ that aside- ] Your club idea sounds delightful. If you are formally inviting me, then I gladly accept.

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It's absolutely a formal invite. Prompto is gonna be the president, but all other positions are pretty much open hierarchy wise, and also neither of us has ever really made a club so we don't know what other positions there are. But we all like pictures, so...

awash event 8: john egbert

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Walk it? [ he already is, but they could fly.

he feels like stalling for more time with john, though. ] And I don't know if I knew what to say, exactly. I just said whatever came to mind.

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[He, for once, had no intentions of flying.]

Somehow that works for you. That's another part of what makes you as cool as you actually are. [His hands are in his pockets of his pajama pants and he's already setting them at a leisurely walking pace.] Sometimes you ramble like a jackass but other times that rambling is exactly what someone needs to hear because it is unfiltered and realistic.

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...I cannot believe you just admitted I was cool in person and I didn't record it. [ he's embarrassed but in a sort of quietly happy way. ] I guess you ain't so bad yourself. You know. As a human being and also a friend.