august catch-all

[parodeity]

WHO: Dave Strider & OTHER PEOPLE
WHERE: many places
WHEN: everywhen
WHAT: shenanigans
WARNINGS: dave swears sometimes as per usual

OPEN: PUMPKINS

[ so on the 3rd dave goes out and does a thing with some people and comes back and Lo And Behold, there are now pumpkins in the garden! ...almost. not quite. you can find him planting the magic seed in the gardens (why) on the 4th and about a week after that pumpkins will be a thing.

they have color. this is fantastic and great, obviously.

dave can be found in the middle of august twirling a knife and looking at some of the pumpkins contemplatively. while you can catch him at any of the above times, if you catch him in the middle of the month he'll say: ]

You know, I've never carved a pumpkin before.

OPEN: CAPTCHAROIDS

[ early on in the month dave will be carrying around his captcharoid camera for some godforsaken reason, and will occasionally pause to snap a picture of, like. you, your house, whatever you're doing, a flower...

it produces an instant picture every time, and he'll offer the thing to whoever you are. there's a captcha code on the back of every card, it's fascinating and dumb. don't you want it?

later in the month he'll have his actual camera, rescued last month. there's no instant photos here and he's a little less casual about it, being picky with his shots because film is a limited thing and he's careful with it. if you catch him then: ]

You know what ribbons would help? Ribbons that spat out film every week. [ he sounds vaguely rueful. ]

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 and you didn't fill it out last month, 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]

Uh, can we go back to the part where blue ladies are - actually, nevermind, let's never go back to that part. ...Like, are they wearing blue, or are they like, blue-skinned? Or like, blue-haired? Blue-eyed? I could get blue-eyed but I'm a little more confused about the whole like, what exactly level of blue we're talking about here?

[ a pause. ]

What the fuck is a Rainbow Flash?

[ dave's actually trying to distract now, because john said "family" and dave figured out who he must have seen. ]

[windeity]

No, actually, definitely go back to the part about blue ladies too because I want to know what we need to look out for next time so this doesn't happen. [He makes a face though.] And I guess whatever a Rainbow Flash is, but obviously that is just a flash of rainbows.

[Obviously. God he's tired and thanks Dave for not calling him out.]

[robosmith]

[ he's halfheartedly swatting at jake's foot and rolling his eyes behind his shades at 'rainbow flashes'. why this. ]

They're blue-skinned. And it's Rainbow Dash, as in the character.

[ also he caught wise to what dave is doing and although he doesn't know the reason for why he's covering for john, he doesn't need to, he just plays along. which means taking one for the team and fessing up to distract jake.

and also maybe because he's not going to let himself be thrown into the 'went into the water chasing after fictional characters' camp. fuck that. ]

Anyway, I saw an idiot friend getting into the water despite weird shit going on and given that it's an entirely plausible thing for said idiot to do, I felt compelled to follow.

[ that hallucination!jake was half-naked and acting vaguely coy about getting into the water is something he'll take to his grave, thanks. ]

I'd say that's a lot more realistic than your blue lady fetish being catered to.

[kringlefuck]

_{[ Thanks for answering for him, buddy. He sputters slightly, though. Nobody understands the beauty of blue women and he doesn't quite get what the issue is with that. He acts a bit defensive, now. What are y'all trying to do? Attack him? He probably deserves it anyway. ]}

Okay, okay. But think of it.. if it seemed so life-like, it absolutely plausible! Imagine the world we've come from!
_{[ He's got.. a point sort of. They've all been through so many weird instances.
Also there's only one friend that Dirk would call an idiot, and as dense as he is, Jake knows who he is talking about. He wouldn't call Jane nor Roxy an idiot, sooo.. ]}

Gee, Dirk. I had no idea you'd run after Arquiusprite like that. That seems rather unfitting for you, but then again, you've always been very protective.
_{[ His relationship with AR is weird and Jake doesn't even think they're friends but you know. ]}

[parodeity]

[ look, no one needs to bring up john's dead father! so distraction it is. predictably, dave has gotten distracted by his own distraction.

he also snorts because he's PRETTY SURE dirk was implying his idiot friend was...jake...who is now talking about some kind of sprite??? this is a comedy of errors. ]

Okay, new question, what the fuck is a Rainbow Dash?

[ he glances at john to gauge if john caught the dirk calling jake an idiot thing or not. ]

Also. Why blue skin? I mean. Like. Is...why.

[windeity]

[He knows nothing, it's fine. Instead, he's mostly just trying to think all about this because he doesn't know what the fuck a Rainbow Dash is either before he shrugs a little.]

I mean...the trolls were grey. [So he can't exactly discount that either, right?]

[robosmith]

[ count on jake to play the part of obtuse motherfucker. bringing up arquiusprite gets a visceral reaction out of him that he can't quite help though, making his face distort in a micro-expression of distaste. ]

I would let Arquiusprite drown if sprites could drown.

[ .... no, he wouldn't. but he still says it with feeling and that has to count for something.

ANYWAY focusing on dave for a moment to answer that first question. ]

You saw my room. Remember the picture of Ben Stiller above my wardrobifier? [ jake was a statue during that event so this is probably going to sound weird as fuck to him, but whatever. ] The pony next to him was Rainbow Dash.

[ there, really dumb mystery solved. he'll let jake answer for himself now because fuck if he'll ever understand the blue skin fetish. instead he deadpans to john: ]

Please don't encourage him.

[kringlefuck]

_{[ POINTS AT JOHN. ]}

See! It isn't entirely farfetched! There could easily be blue women!
You all lack faith, dear me.

_{[ Maybe he just has too much faith, or you know, his hopes up. ]}

Anywhoodles, can we just move on? John, you didn't even say anything about what you saw and Dirk.. I don't even know who the blazes you could be talking about. Who is this friend you're talking about? You don't have any "idiot" friends!
_{[ bless his heart.. ]}

[parodeity]

I already know who John saw. [ his dad, dave figures, but he proceeds to lie straight faced and as quietly monotonous as he ever is, like he's telling the truth. ] I was just tryin' not to embarrass him, but since Jake has admitted he's into blue skin [ why ] I guess I can put Johnny boy. He followed Liv Tyler.

[ dave's left hand taps out a quiet beat on john's knee. don't worry, be happy. it's the first thing to come to mind to get across what he means: sorry, dude, don't feel obligated to tell the truth if it's too hard. while he does that he keeps talking. ]

He'd wanted to be Bruce Willis's son in law since we were like thirteen. Sorry, John, but I think it's time they knew this about you?

[windeity]

[He's about to open his mouth to chime in when Dave swoops in with an answer and he...nods. It's easy to play along and probably better not to drag Dirk and Jake, two people from the other end of a fixed timeline, into the mess of their own timeline. He shifts his knee up into Dave's hand just a bit (reference secured, bro) and instead of saying literally anything, there's an easygoing little grin even while he playfully narrows his eyes.]

Dude! You cannot tell me nobody else on this boat wouldn't follow Liv Tyler if given the choice. Also shut up? Nobody needs to know that.

[Thanks Dave.]

[robosmith]

[ he resists the urge to groan and bury his face in his hands at jake's insistence. he's far too tired for any of this. but still, his response to jake's question is to stare straight at him and very pointedly raise an eyebrow. ]

Don't I?

[ his attention shifts to dave and john after, gaze somewhat scrutinizing behind his shades, before... ]

Good to know weird movie-related obsessions run in the family.

[ he knows better than to pry. ]

[kringlefuck]

_{[ Of course, Jake is going to 100% believe Dave, especially since he knows about John's obsession. He thinks he'd follow Liv Tyler into the water if he saw her, so he can absolutely understand. ]}

There, so that settles it. When you think of it this way, both John and myself seeing movie references and Dirk seeing this mysterious idiot friend of his, it makes Dirk seem like his illusion is different.

_{[ He thinks he has gotten this all figured out so he just puts on a proud smile in Dirk's direction. ]}

So hah.
_{[ why is everything a competition with Dirk... ]}

[parodeity]

Eh. I'd probably have seen an idiot friend too. So maybe your genetics theory ain't all off base.

[ except like it totally is?? but dave figures that going with jake's theory isn't bad. ]

More importantly: all y'all are feeling okay?

[windeity]

I think if anything we all could just use a break, probably actual food and maybe a nap. [Which answers, like, nothing.] We should double-check on injuries when we're off the boat though.

[robosmith]

[ jake, just... why?? this is nothing to be competitive about. why is his best friend like this?

he's too tired to roll his eyes again so he settles for tilting his head down slightly and giving jake a Look over the rim of his glasses before he goes back to being a slumped over lump and resting his head on his arm again. ]

Sure, dude. Whatever you say. Guess us Striders will keep on being the only sensible ones around.

[ and ignoring his injury entirely: ]

But yeah, what John said. I'm just tired. I think I could maybe sleep for a week straight.

[ ha ha everyone knows his atrocious sleeping habits won't ever allow it, but a guy can dream. ]