You can rap any poem by Cummings. [ dave's lips curve upwards a little. ] Rose likes him for how he lays out the words. I like him for the beat that for sure exists.
And Jade and I probably have no idea who Cummings is. Well, maybe Jade does, but I did not really remember that was a person until just now. [He takes a few steps up to the top, the bed coming into view but he doesn't draw attention to it yet.] Rap another one for me sometime because now I am curious.
I'm not sure waking up from a nightmare is really something that stupid, but sure. [He follows him, staring at the stone slab for a moment before he settles somewhere in the middle of it.]
...sometimes I wonder how I would have gone godtier if Vriska didn't trick me into it. Or if I would have at all.
Maybe. [Still not convinced tbh. He knows he would have failed a lot in the early parts of the game without people guiding him.] And I know. It's not so bad here...I usually sleep okay. But I do not mind being woken up.
I'll only agree to that if you do? [ why is he this way... ] I know you probably don't want to hear it, but you've always kind of been like - the good version of a hero, to me.
You ain't perfect, lord knows, but you like - [ he tries to think how to explain it. ] I know it wasn't like effortless. You sunk as much pain into things as the rest of us. But you always seemed to - I don't know, you were always you. No matter what was going on around you. You were - are - a dick sometimes but you've always been a good guy. You've always helped people out in between fuckin' around. You've always seemed so strong to me.
[ dave shrugs. ]
I know you're not infallible. I know you're fucked up about the game and your dad. I know you never wanted to be the leader. I know sometimes you're weak. But that hasn't changed the part where you're strong and decent and everything I figure a real hero oughtta be.
[He doesn't argue. He settles for listening, trying to understand what Dave's saying and how it applies to him. In a way, sure, maybe it makes sense.
Is he really that strong? Maybe. But the game was always about making sure they all got out of there and to the new universe. He slowly tips backwards onto his back, sprawled on the bed and staring up at the sky.]
β¦I am pretty sure you and I see the best in each other and the worst parts of ourselves. [It's a casual way of saying he's not sure he can fully agree, but he won't tell Dave he's wrong.] You're the one who always keeps going and protected all of us. So what does that make you?
[ the answer comes easily before dave flops onto his side with a sigh, angled so he can watch john. ]
It ain't like I don't see your worst, you know. It just...qualifies as stuff that isn't so bad. It's your worst. I mean, it's yours. That makes it different.
Because you're my best friend and my favorite person and I like your flaws even when they piss me off. You wouldn't be you if you were just some cookie cutter perfect dude. You'd be a real life Ken doll. What the fuck would I do with a real life Ken doll?
[ ... ]
Besides like immediately tossing it into lava because no.
What a waste of a Ken doll. But fair point. Thanks for not throwing me into lava. [He turns his head to grin a little.] Sometimes your flaws piss me off, too. But we're getting used to them and it makes the whole thing seem way more...I don't know, real? Like the screen's really gone.
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[ he can nearly see the bed. ]
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Because it feels sort of stupid to bother you every other night?
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...sometimes I wonder how I would have gone godtier if Vriska didn't trick me into it. Or if I would have at all.
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[ dave shrugs. ]
I know you're not infallible. I know you're fucked up about the game and your dad. I know you never wanted to be the leader. I know sometimes you're weak. But that hasn't changed the part where you're strong and decent and everything I figure a real hero oughtta be.
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Is he really that strong? Maybe. But the game was always about making sure they all got out of there and to the new universe. He slowly tips backwards onto his back, sprawled on the bed and staring up at the sky.]
β¦I am pretty sure you and I see the best in each other and the worst parts of ourselves. [It's a casual way of saying he's not sure he can fully agree, but he won't tell Dave he's wrong.] You're the one who always keeps going and protected all of us. So what does that make you?
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[ the answer comes easily before dave flops onto his side with a sigh, angled so he can watch john. ]
It ain't like I don't see your worst, you know. It just...qualifies as stuff that isn't so bad. It's your worst. I mean, it's yours. That makes it different.
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[ ... ]
Besides like immediately tossing it into lava because no.
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[ he gets what john means. ]
And somehow not hating one another without it. Shocking.
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[ 0/10, WOULD NOT NAP ]
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