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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

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[windeity]

Even if this wasn't my idea? It is date night. I really hope we don't have to put these stupid things back later.

[parodeity]

Dude. Don't give the wolf ideas. Making music in a graveyard is fun, cleaning up after is less fun.

[windeity]

We still don't even know why we're playing musical graveyard. [He looks up.][What the fuck.]

[parodeity]

I'm assuming for mysterious video game puzzle reasons?

[windeity]

[Wow what in the fuck happened to my last tag, that should have said *He looks up.] And the wolf is gone. What the fuck." but OKAY. Anyway, yeah, the wolf's gone and John's just making an aggravated sort of noise as shadows slips in and out of crevices of the rocks.]

I am pretty sure I was not great at puzzles in our old life. Why would I be any better at them in this one? [At least they're slowly playing music, but any time they hit a wrong note two more rocks are added to their pile to unearth.]

[parodeity]

I mean...look, every time you find a right note I'll give you a kiss. [ bribery. ]

[windeity]

[...hm. Tempting.] Like. A real one? Not a fake two-second one that barely counts.

[parodeity]

I might even slip you some tongue. [ is he joking ]

[windeity]

...low blow. [But there's a grin as he moves, picking up a rock that sounds like the beat of a drum.] I deserve it?

[parodeity]

[ low blow but he was being honest. john found a drum so dave hooks a finger in john's collar and drags him over for a kiss. it's more demanding than his usual variety, but he's also a monster right now. so. ]

[windeity]

[Okay, yeah, like he isn't going to throw the rock somewhere else and forget what he's even supposed to be doing as he meets Dave for that kiss? Hi Dave, you're great. It's accidental when he passes some shadows into Dave's mouth but he's fine with that.]

[parodeity]

[ it lasts longer than two seconds, and dave licks his lips when he pulls back, wisps of shadows on his breath. ] One kiss per right note, remember.

[windeity]

[A disgruntled whine.]

Fine. Fine, fine...[Give him a moment, he's going to look at the rocks again and jiggle them to see what noises they produce. It's trial and error before he finds a string of three flute notes that play in order.]

I have no idea what this song is even supposed to sound like.

[parodeity]

I mean...eventually we should hit the end. [ but congrats! john wins another kiss.

dave's fangs scrape roughly over john's lower lip. ]

[windeity]

[And because he's John, he pulls just a little to let his lip bleed for Dave.] Are you going to stop kissing me when that happens?

[parodeity]

[ ...nice. he's just going to get distracted by licking that up, thanks. ]

Mm...probably not. Then I won't have anything else to distract me from giving you my full attention.

[windeity]

...if you help me with this rocks, I will totally bribe you too. [That's probably not how that works.]

[parodeity]

Eager? [ they're going to do this slowly apparently. good thing the wolf ditched them. ]

[windeity]

It's an effect you have on me. Is that a problem?

[parodeity]

Of course not. I think we're nearing the end of the tune?

[windeity]

I think you're right. [Floating off, he approaches the rocks and peers through the cracks.] I think I see a box? Pull the one on your left that's kind of shaped like the state of Florida.

[parodeity]

You're lucky it actually looks Florida-ish. [ dave pulls the appropriate rock. ]

[windeity]

Why would I say it's Florida-ish if it wasn't Florida-ish? [He doesn't get a chance to argue though because Dave pulls on an ending piano note and the whole crypt begins to shake and reveal a box. It's...a music box of some kind and John stares at it for a moment.]

All of that for this?

[parodeity]

Well, don't get all downtrodden yet. Let's open it up.

[ WHICH DAVE IMMEDIATELY DOES, SCREW DANGER ]

[windeity]

[THANKS DAVE, the box absolutely explodes in his hands.

It doesn't hurt, really, because vampire but it does explode and the song they've created begins to play completely out of tune. In the space the music box once sat, a gapping maw of a crypt waits and John looks down in it.]

There's a tube? [He's going to try and grab it as the mouth of the crypt begins to close around his hand.]