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[splinten]

Yeah, probably. But it wouldn't be on you.

[That's what matters to Dirk now. Not the information. Not anything but taking care of Dave.]

[parodeity]

Okay.

[ he doesn't know if it will help but it's halfway what he kept suggesting anyway: dirk gets to make the choice and dave can deal with whatever it is when it happens. or rose doesn't make the choice and raises her eyebrows at him over her latest book. tell or don't tell. ]

[splinten]

That's another option. I don't... have any others yet. We can try to come up with more.

[He's trying. He is trying to build choices back after cutting show many off.]

[parodeity]

It's kind of the option I tried to take a few times with a paint job? So. Okay.

[ the "tell anyone don't ask i'll deal" ]

[splinten]

The one where you have me tell people and just shrug at it?

[parodeity]

[ cal's little expression in that icon is creepy in miniature BUT YEAH ]

It...felt like what would be easiest for everyone.

[splinten]

[Cal's little expression in every icon and yet, Dirk loves his fucking puppet.]

We should go on a road trip in a direction we've already covered, and just point-blank refuse to acknowledge anything we see that isn't a cool new animal to make friends with. Plot shit? Fuck that. Nobody's home. Sign me up for a new squideel friend.

[parodeity]

[ dave hates u cal. also, he considers the suggestion in silence for a few minutes. ]

Maybe Naoko has a fetch quest?

[ that seems innocuous enough. ]

For weird animals. Or like, more items she wants. Hopefully not undergarments?

[splinten]

We could ask her. Put in a request for non-undergarments. I think we brought them a fabricator or somethin' anyway.

[That could be okay. Something silly and relaxing, for them, totally refusing to see anything important.]

[parodeity]

How long?

[splinten]

How long do you want? And looped or not.

[parodeity]

[ a pause of sheer confusion. ]

We can't do it unlooped?

[ because. dirk would miss out on things and people? what? ]

[splinten]

...We can't?

[parodeity]

People would miss you.

[ obviously? ]

Well I guess a day or two unlooped wouldn't matter but I was thinkin' more like - [ a week? ok no that's too much. scale it back. ] uh, I don't know.

[splinten]

I'm allowed to take a vacation with my brother. More than a day or two. I'm wary about missing, like, an entire month partly because I think the base might explode behind our backs, which would be unfortunate, but there isn't an issue with some vacation time.

[parodeity]

[ it appears dave is completely stymied by either the idea or the logic here so give him a minute to gape at dirk like he grew a second head. ]

[splinten]

[...]

...If you don't want to, looping is also okay?

[parodeity]

I don't...I didn't think it was an option.

[ continued staring ]

[splinten]

[...]

It is an option? It isn't a problem to do that.

[parodeity]

I just always figured it wouldn't be okay.

[ this feels like a stupid misunderstanding. ]

[splinten]

It is. [He does sort of understand it. It's the thing about prioritizing Dave, and how he never thinks he is the priority.] It's super okay. When we actually get to our new world, I was thinkin' it'd be nice to do a longer trip some time? Like a month of fraternal travels across the planet, hitting up as many tourist traps as possible. This place doesn't actually have kitschy shops for us to hit up but it's a thing I thought would be nice eventually.

[parodeity]

I...didn't know that was a thing you wanted. [ he barely managed to stick to asking dirk for an evening that was his. more than that seems unfair. ] I wouldn't be opposed?

[ it sounds like a question more than an answer. ]

[splinten]

Okay. Okay, cool. I'd like that. Sweet.

[Dirk's good at social stuff.]

[parodeity]

So...how long do you want a roadtrip to be?

[ dave doesn't want to pick Wrong. ]

[splinten]

[Dirk stares for a moment, dead silent.]

Are you as scared of picking the wrong number as I am.

[He bets it's yes.]