WHO: Dave Strider & OTHER PEOPLE
WHERE: many places
WHEN: this is so i don't have to make 20 logs this month so many times
WHAT: shenanigans
WARNINGS: dave swears sometimes as always
specific prompts in the comments! ping me if you would like something and do not have something.
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vriska will poke her head out pretty shortly after the knock, blink owlishly at dave twice, and then slam the door in his face.
a minute or two later she actually emerges, her hair tied up in a big fluffy ponytail that bristles with secrets. ]
Hey. Way to warn me when you were actually coming, dumbass. You ready for this?
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[ he's still ??????????????????????? about the welshness property and will forever bring it up in the hopes someone else knows why that's even a thing. ]
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[ drawwwwwwls. ]
Lord Whoever The Fuck is right. Anyway let's stop talking about things that don't matter and go beat shit up! Some kind of spider thing, right? [ she'll shut the door behind her, hopping away from the house.
hey where are we even going, anyway. ]
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[ where do spiders live... ]
Like two trees equally apart for a web?
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[ glancing around. ]
... somewhere dark and warm would probably be our best bet. Someplace she could find food. So, like, not a bad hunch with the tree thing, but.
[ s h r u g.
she feels weird about the spider thing, alright. ]
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but dave nods and heads...to the woods, where he figures they'll just go as deep as they can. ]
I don't think I ever knew, what the fuck weapon do you use?
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[ dave, why are you like this. why are you the person that you are.
In return for his question, Vriska glances at him curiously and then reaches into her pocket. She'll hold out a set of dice that Dave might recognize if he's ever looked closely at the Zillyhoo. ]
The Fluorite Octet. My specibus is dicekind, though this is the only set of dice I've ever used. They used to belong to ...
[ A pause as she looks at the dice, and then she shrugs and puts them away again. ]
My ancestor, though it doesn't really matter.
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[ what a weird way to put it.
he's just casually scanning the area after he examines the die. he doesn't bother to ask how they work in combat - bro used to use puppets and fancy santas. anything can be a weapon and she's god tier so Clearly It Works, even if terezi offed her. ]
Do you think if we sing taunting spider nursery rhymes we'll get attacked faster?
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Eh. I guess it's just kind of cringey to look back on my hero worship of her.
[ anyway.
just kind of looks at him. ]
No. Also, shut up forever. I'll just use luck to help us find her. Though I don't have enough saved up to find her, like, instantly.
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[ blandly.
that would be a terrible idea if he needed it for the fight they're looking for, though. ]
Was it really hero worship?
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[ She sounds tired. The shift of her head is the only indication she's looking at him. ]
Yeah, it definitely was. I was kind of obsessed with her. Based my FLARP character on her and everything. It was this whole thing me and Terezi did, like, dressing up like our ancestors and being these awesome rivals! ... didn't really end up working out like that, though.
[ a huff of a sigh. ]
It just feels weird now to look back on what stupid kids we were about it. Especially me.
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[ dave that sounds...stupid, but he explains. ]
I mean. If you think you were a dumb kid, you've grown up. Ride the upside?
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And then she'll smile a little bit, tired though it is. ]
Something like that. Maybe.
[ Taking a deep breath Vriska shakes her hair out, seeming somehow refreshed after she's tossed her hair back over her shoulders. ]
So. What about you?
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[ he's genuinely not sure which part she means. she knows his weapon, so maybe not that.
being a dumb kid? hero worship? ]
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[ she's gonna do the dumb thing of turning around and walking backwards so she can watch him with a bit of a wry face. ]
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dave's hands are in his pockets as he strolls along, although he can be ready to fight in zero seconds flat. ]
But I've always felt like a stupid kid, even so far back as then. The trick has always been that I just didn't show it. Or if I did, I was alone. Or pretending it was a joke that I was rattled or upset or whatever.
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I don't know why I never thought about that? With you or John. I just kind of did what I always do and ignored the shit I thought didn't matter, which of course I was completely wrong about.
[ Vriska shoves her hands in her pockets. ]
... I kind of feel the same way, to be honest with you. I always thought I had to seem totally impervious or everyone would know I was ... weak? Which sounds painfully ridiculous now. You played it off like a joke and I just acted like a crazy bitch.
[ Gently she hugs herself, smiling thinly at nothing really. ]
God, we sucked.
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[ case in point: he uses acronyms in everyday speech. stop making me type your idiot irl speech quirks, dave. ]
John's kinda a different case. [ though dave doesn't explain why he thinks that, either. ] But like. I'm not sure who we were in the past - well, of course it matters. But I think...maybe getting caught up in it isn't the best move. We'd kind of miss out on bein' who we are now if we did that?
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in the end the sour look stays, though it changes shape and temperature into something cooler. ]
... who we are now? You mean a pointless dead kid who got replaced by her own living, way better copy? A way better copy who stole my girlfriend, said mean shit to me, and then ditched me in the Furthest Ring?
[ Vriska looks away, and then kicks off the ground. She only floats a few feet up, but at least this gives her the excuse of pretending to look for their quarry. ]
I'm just a ghost, Dave. People like you have a future. Not people like me.
[ for a second it seems like that's all she'll say, but then she glances back at him. ]
... that's probably a good thing. You should take your own advice.
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heroic, and he's pretty sure she was just but it's the same damn thing when the dust settles. ]
You really don't know, do you? You're so caught up in your own doom you can't recognize it in other people.
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on its own it's not enough. but what he says--
vriska turns around to face him fully and her eyes are wide. stopping, she lowers herself to the ground and gives him a smile that isn't amused. ]
... you hiding some pretty white ganderbulbs under those shades, Strider?
[ with perfect timing, there is a shifting in the dark forest ahead of them. what bad luck! ]
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his welsh sword of dubious welsh powers is immediately in his hand. dave strider is used to spotting things moving out of the corner of his eye, and he's tense and ready to move in a half-second's notice. ]
Not the time. [ maybe they can not talk about it after they murder a spider ]
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This discussion is not over.
[ and into the air she'll toss her dice. she doesn't have enough juice for the luckiest rolls, so right now all she gets is a glowing blue saber.
she holds a hand up by her head, and a mighty branch in the trees ahead of them cracks and falls. beneath the cacophony of wood and leaves there's a hissing shriek. ]
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but he raises his eyebrows at the branch falling before darting forward and into the dark in his too-quick way.
he's a close-quarters fighter. ]
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[ DAVE WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
anyway heeeeeere's Johnny. She's already in spider form, her large, freakish mandibles dripping, and Vriska's very first reaction is: ]
Whoa, sick.
[ Sort of appreciatively. The youkai, on the other hand, doesn't appreciate Dave, emitting a hissing shriek and trying to jump away and fling webs at Dave's legs at the same time, trying to stop him.
Vriska, as opposed to Dave, is a ranged fighter, so as it turns out they might work well together. Her dice fly into the air, and what quickly materializes is a glowing, black and blue blunderbuss.
She takes aim. ]
Hold her down!
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