july catch-all

[parodeity]

WHO: Dave Strider & OTHER PEOPLE
WHERE: many places
WHEN: everywhen
WHAT: shenanigans
WARNINGS: dave swears sometimes, also discussions of death may occur because gestures death

OPEN: SKETCHY

[ on the 29th of july there's an odd sketchy figure on the roof of john and dave's place. there's some features filled in - the shades, anyway, and too-white hair just now, and defined hands. no mouth, but who needs those?

like he usually does, dave lounges on the roof and sort of sulks a little, uncertain of how much he wants to keep regaining his features at all. there's too many things looming after he regains the ability to speak and communicate again, although he thinks at this rate it's maybe coming.

so if for some reason you're around ruga rooftops on the 29th, maybe you can have a short game of charades. or a game of writing, since he does have a quill pen he's twirling idly. ]

OPEN: CHILLING

[ otherwise you can catch dave in person all through the month. on the first through the third until we get missions he'll mostly be hanging out around his house or in the community garden. you can catch him:

a) in the library, perusing fairy tales and looking a little exhausted.
b) in the garden, growing things. if you've ever wanted to see dave do time bullshit, feel free to pop in. he's planting some new seeds collected from his friends, and the process is dig a little hole, put the seed in, cover it, and sit there with his hands over the hole as he works time magic to speed it up until a little sprout peeks through. rinse and repeat!
c) attempting to do some sewing mending on the front step of his and john's house in ruga. he just has a basket of scavenged clothes and linens and some thread and a needle and is carefully going to town.
d) loitering around dirk's place in ruga frowning but not really going inside...
e) walking around town with a bucket. inside the bucket is his lobster. they are going for a walk. hello! ]

WILDCARD

[ if you'd just like to throw something at me, go for it! otherwise feel free to pm me or ping me on plurk for a specific prompt tailored for you if you'd prefer me to write you a starter. i'll respond to any starters left here, however! i will also be putting quests in here later in the month once we get them.

AS A NOTE: if your character thinks of dave as close cr, please fill out a lost memory here for my record-keeping purposes! as per death rules, all close cr loses one memory of dave at the time of his death. thank you! ]

Comments

[parodeity]

I'm pretty fast. [ which is dave's way...of saying flashstep is basically teleport spam by looks but is just. moving real fast otherwise. he's not the flash, but hey. ] Do we got any powers in our pot here that can help us pinpoint where the guards are?

[bittybat]

SB has a toolkit. [Damian's busy regarding the location of their target with a hand on his chin. Patrols will be a likely roadblock, but he's wondering if there are also traps.] The two of you have speed. I can go on Superboy's back.

[THE PIGGYBACKING IS A NECESSITY, OKAY.]

Can you see through the walls and what we're dealing with? [He looks at Jon then at Dave.] How good are you with scaling walls, Strider? Most infiltration is probably assumed to begin at the first level, so they would hide the Heart in a tower or higher room. Something more difficult to access. If we can bypass the ground floor, it'll save us time. And headache.

SB, can you see the Heart?

[kryptomight]

Uh. ( he can find it, sure. eyes narrow down and jon's face scrunches up as eyes search through the castle's layout. hyperfocuses in on the building with eyes shifting from one area to the other, top to bottom. he has to concentrate to see through walls like this, to sift through rooms and buildings without losing focus and accidentally--laser-eyeing a hole through everything. )

It's up several flights of stairs, but not quite the top? Towards the center too so we can't just fly up and grab it.

( with a hand raising to point mid-building, in a section that lacks windows. can't fly to the top to avoid all the trap, utilize that floor itself, ooor any of that stuff. )

In a box inside another box. At least I think that's it? It looks heart shaped.

[parodeity]

I can scale walls fine. I mean, I can also fly, so worse comes to worse I can skim it, but I should be chill enough to just run up.

[ he's acrobatic, it's fine... ]

And this is sounding more and more Edgar Allen Poe. It's not beneath any floorboards is it?

[bittybat]

[Ugh, great. He's surrounded by people who can fly. Life sux.]

Good enough. Flying would be convenient, but we should wait until we're more on top of the building. Just in case we're spotted flying in.

Once we're inside, Superboy can guide us to the correct room. [Time to saddle up on horse Jon. You're welcome.] Very funny.

Superboy can get rid of locks, but it might rouse suspicion. I'll pick them for us. [For a moment, he regards Strider.] What other powers do you have, Roof Ninja Strider?

[kryptomight]

( damian isn't heavy, at least. and jon is used to lugging him around whether or not either of them are happy about it. he bends forward a bit when damian leaps onto him, moves arms back to grab onto legs to keep him from falling any.

and opens his mouth to mimic the words damian is prattlingon voicelessly, because making fun of damian is fun especially when he can't see it. nothing's being directed at him except clear directives so. whatever!! damian knows more about jon's skillset than jon himself does, probably. there's no need for him to bring up any particularly useful ability. )

[parodeity]

I have a hammerspace inventory system, I can do time manipulation, and I can breathe in space.

[ homestuck stuff, basically ]

[bittybat]

Perfect. [He’ll keep all of that in mind...] You can carry it when we get it. If we’re about to be spotted, we’ll need your manipulation.

Alright. Let’s go up over that edge. [He points over Jon’s shoulder, and in doing so, catches the tail end of the mocking. Jon gets an irritable glare.] We’ll get as close to the center towers as possible and go in. Superboy will get us to the room. I’ll pick the lock. It’s a get in, get out mission.

Easy.

[kryptomight]

( an irritated glare returned with a sheepish grin before jon's holding tight onto damian's legs (just in case) and taking off flying towards where he's pointing at. he can follow directions!! this is no big deal. quietly, he whispers, )

Wouldn't it be easier to smash the lock?

[parodeity]

[ honestly freezing time if they're about to be spotted is probably cheating.

NATURALLY, DAVE IS FULLY ON BOARD WITH THIS,,,

and just flies alongside superboy, apparently without needing to do anything special. ]

Stealthier to pick it.

[bittybat]

Why would we want it to be easy? [God, Jon. Give him a little challenge.] Besides--

What Strider said. They could notice the lock was tampered with before we are able to get outside the castle. Then they would just raise alarms.

If I pick it, I can put it back exactly how we found it. They'll be none-the-wiser, and we'll be making off with their prize. Simple. [Over Jon's shoulder, Damian points at a spot along the wall.] Go up here.

At the top, shoot straight across and up for the highest portion of the closest tower's roof. Then stop and tell me what rotations are going on the floor there.

[kryptomight]

( luckily for everyone involved, jon is, in fact, very used to taking orders from damian and follows where he's pointing without an issue. sneakers land quietly on the rooftop of the tower before he's jumping up onto the balls of his feet and adjusting damian's weight a bit.

and focusing eyes down through the tower itself, pressing lips together with a tilt of his head. )

There're gremlin-like things walking around. With big teeth. Uh, I don't know what kind of rotation they're using though. They're just kind of waddling around?

[parodeity]

Huh. So...maybe we should make a distraction for them to all go get? Like. I dunno. Set somethin' on fire.

[ why on fire ]

[bittybat]

Tt. Not as amatuer as I expected if we can't mark their rotation. [Damian... they're just stupid. Chill out.] Setting something on fire means we'll have to control it. Too risky.

[Why on fire, Dave??]

But we can still create a distraction. It'll have to be close; otherwise, outlying guards would go to investigate and the inner guards would go on lock-down. [Carefully, he detaches himself from Jon's back.] Let's see what they have inside to work with.

SB, open us a hole here when there's no guards. Don't let the rubble fall in, or you'll give us away.

[kryptomight]

( a fist back and lips pursed, jon's careful not to jostle damian but doesn't help him off, either. instead, he focuses on shoving his fist forward, breaking through the wall while moving both hands at speeds a little too fast to follow to catch all the bigger rock pieces before they can fall and gently uses his superbreath to spread the dusty bits up above, letting it spread enough to not garner any attention before he lets himself relax again. )

I opened it.

( obviously!! with both hands gesturing to the hole. )

Are we going in here?

[parodeity]

...Holy shit. [ HOLY SHIT? ] I think you have more mangrit than John.

[ this is impressive and a little worrying but okay. dave peers into the hole. ]

May as well.

[ THEN HE JUST HOPS INSIDE BECAUSE WHY NOT ]

[bittybat]

[Yesss, that's his booIII, JON. Breaking and entering.] Not bad. [Damian, too, peers inside the hole.

But he lets Dave go first because that's how you make someone expendable while checking for traps... It's fine. Dave can handle it.] We need to get to it as quickly as possible. You'll have to find the best route for us, J. Come on.

Strider can't have all the glory.

[When there's no sounds of maiming, he goes through the hole after Dave.]

[kryptomight]

( his mouth opens to say something along the lines of "i am jon", but. you know. that's a bad idea and also mildly unnecessary. damian climbs into the freshly made hole in the wall and jon follows a step behind, keeps his feet off the ground (unlike damian and dave, he doesn't have ninja skills, so it's probably better just to not make noise at all) and moves to walk in front of damian.

after all, he's the professional meat shield here. )

There's a staircase ahead and to the left? It doesn't look like anyone's on it.

[parodeity]

Gotcha, mapquest.

[ that's jon. jon is now mapquest. that is his new name. dave still takes it slow, peering around corners but going on ahead because he figures ??? he's the oldest even if damian is still totally in charge. ]

How close does it take us to the heart?

[bittybat]

Mapquest is a struggling, outdated service, Strider. [It's funnier when his voice is a hissing whisper.] SB is at least Google maps. [Honestly? After talking to Dave, he trusts the ninja skills for the most part. He worries about variables, but believes Dave's abilities to go ahead without much error. There's no need to tell Dave to be careful.

Besides, he has to wrangle Jon!!] Close enough hopefully. Go up it.

[kryptomight]

( is that a compliment from damian wayne. is he complimenting jon. is that what this is. the smile that spreads across his lips definitely says it is, even if he's not opening his mouth to comment on it. no, but he will remember this. next time damian starts getting too sassy with him. )

The door's three down and to the right side of the hall up those stairs.

( and he's following right on dave's tail, watching out for anything dangerous. )

[parodeity]

Thanks google maps. [ he corrects himself, shooting damian a shit-eating grin over his shoulder. ] You ready to play lockpick, D? Because that ain't too far to walk at all.

[ but he quiets down and listens for any guards, although he's pretty sure mapquest will be able to spot them before he ever does. ]

[bittybat]

[Wow, no, IT ISN'T A COMPLIMENT. Also, don't grin at him like that, Dave.]

I'm always ready. Stop at the top doorway. [Which allows both Jon and him to gather up at the opening with Dave, pressed to the side of the wall. He leans his head a little out, glancing in both directions.] I'm going to sneak ahead to the door we need.

The two of you, cover me. And, please, don't do anything rash to alert the entire castle of our presence. [From the inside of his boot, he pulls out two lockpicking tools.] If you want to get rid of guards, do it quietly.

[When the coast is clear, he zips around the corner and down the hall.]