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[windeity]

JOHN EGBERT

"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass."

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normal font too!

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[windeity]

I don't know, I don't remember enough about the game and the Medium yet to really know what all of this means. Also, imps sound stupid. Are the imps in Lohac stupid, Dave?

[He's pretty uncomfortable, yeah. He's listening for everything around them, but he'll enter the room at least.]

[parodeity]

...they’re the same imps everywhere, bro, they just get more and more prototyped. So yeah, mostly.

[ dave looks up and past john, out the door. it registers in actuality then that john is here and dave slides to his feet, reaching out for john’s wrist to tug him further into the room and behind dave. ]

Shit. You’re not you yet - are you okay?

[windeity]

[He's about to protest but Dave moves and he lets him take him by the wrist to drag into the room. He's busy eyeballing the room and...it feels oddly surreal.]

I'm fine, but who the hell built up your house? One of us? [He shakes his head.] I am slightly more me than I was a few days ago. Are you okay?

[parodeity]

Jade was my server player - and you can’t just wander around in the Medium without a weapon, asshole. [ he does drop john’s wrist as soon as john is in dave’s defensible range, and he runs a hand through his hair, aggravated. ] Don’t...get too far away from me. You’re not the team powerhouse right now, and you’d need to be...

[ he skips the question about him and wonders if they can force themselves awake or if he has to go where he seriously doesn’t want to in order to get john the fuck out. it isn’t safe for anyone here, really. ]

[windeity]

I can handle myself fine, Dave. [He knows he doesn't have a weapon (that he knows of) but at the same time he's on the defense, too, and guarded.] But I'd need to be what?

[He notices the lack of an answer, but he doesn't press just yet.] I think Rose was mine. Right? It would explain a lot.

[parodeity]

John, I’m serious. Please promise me you won’t fuck off and you’ll stay near me.

[ he’d say behind him but attacks can come from any direction - ]

And yeah. Kinda not important right now. Promise??

[windeity]

...fine. Promise. [This is even worse.] Where are you planning on going? Your apartment is not exactly that large.

[parodeity]

The only way out is up, probably. If nothin’ else we can gate hop to hopefully somewhere a little less hot.

[ he likes heat but he means less...enemies... ]

[windeity]

I'll follow your lead then. I climbed up this far, so further up can't be that bad. [He's still on guard, biting his cheek.] Is this a dream or a memory, Dave?

[parodeity]

...I really wish I could say for sure. [ is this real or not? he knows it isn’t quite a memory, but - ] Either way? You’re actually here, right? Tell me something you haven’t before that I wouldn’t make up, I don’t know. It’s hard to tell but -

[windeity]

I am pretty sure I'm actually here? Uh. Fuck, I don't know.

[There's a weird pause.] Snapdragons? I did research, I think they fit the weird bill.

[parodeity]

Dude, I’d know my own favorite flower. Okay, this is actually ridiculous - even if you weren’t really here I wouldn’t ditch dream-you.

[ so it essentially doesn’t matter...anyway, he lets caledfwlch drop into his left hand and taps on john’s arm with his right. ]

...well, we may as well. Getting stuck in here seems like a great way to never “wake up”, always assuming we’re actually asleep?

[windeity]

I meant I didn't know, jackass. You didn't exactly make it clear what I was supposed to tell you. Dream me would not be any smarter than real me. I think.

[Hey there welsh sword. He looks at the weapon for a moment before he starts at the sudden tap.]

I would rather not get stuck here with--what's with all of the puppets, by the way?

[parodeity]

[ completely on automatic: ]

Pretty cool, right? Although kind of annoying if you want to just have some free space to hang...come oh, Egbert, there’s gonna be so many more of those before we finish climbing. Call it a paradox space requirement if you wanna. [ and he will lean out of his doorway, scanning the room before cautiously heading out into the main area again. ] You didn’t see any imps coming here?

[windeity]

I mean if pretty cool and pretty lame are synonymous for each other now, yes, they are. [He shakes his head but he stays behind Dave as instructed, trailing right behind him and keeping his guard up.]

I am also beginning to really question paradox space, but what else is new. I saw nothing...I think? [And then, reluctantly:] Kind of felt like I was being followed though.

[parodeity]

Puppets are cool and John Egbert is lame as fuck, text it.

[ but for all he looks casual when he moves, dave's attention is just. not on john. ]

...Well, fuck. Okay, we...need to pull the door open.

[ the hatch in the ceiling. dave seems a little reluctant.

probably because there are 100% smuppets waiting to drop down... ]

...Just...stay still while I do this.

[windeity]

More like that is the complete opposite? [Yeah, he's just. Saying. But okay he's still ready to apparently fight with his fists if he has to and he's not thinking of what they're talking about. He glances up at the ceiling and...]

Why is there a jigsaw piece on the hatch? And be careful, obviously.

[parodeity]

Aesthetic.

[ anyway, he dodges over to grab the string hanging down and pull it - which is accomplished via jumping because he doesn't have time to build a blanket fort, or rather doesn't want to - and then flashstep dodging the fuck out of the way of the puppet onslaught. ]

[windeity]

[He opens his mouth to say something but then it's raining plush puppet rumps and he's just. Staring. Like he's dead inside.]

You still want to argue that puppets are cool, dude?

[parodeity]

They're super cool. [ ... ] In...moderation.

[ the moderation that makes them cool is ZERO. regardless, this gets the ladder-stairs down and dave - swings around suddenly to scan the room, well aware something is flashstepping at the edge of his awareness, but unable to catch it.

god he hates lil cal. and bro. whichever fucker is out there. ]

...Stick close, move fast. Let's go.

[ they might not attack until he has open ground on the roof, if his nightmares are feeling particularly dramatic or kind. either or. ]

[windeity]

Uh huh. Sure. [But he's eyeing the ladder and he nods, stepping up to it and immediately looking like he's about to head up first.] How high are we climbing? Roof?

[parodeity]

[ HOW ABOUT NOT. dave flashsteps over to get ahead of john, shaking his head. ]

...Roof, yeah. If we don't...warp out? Wake up? From there - we can go through gate one and just keep hoppin' till we find somewhere less dumb. Your place or Rose's, maybe.

[windeity]

[GODDAMNIT.]

I think...this is your dream. So I think that is up to you? I'm not really sure how dream logic works. I lost track of you guys when I woke up last month. Either is fine. I remember enough of my house that I think we could jump a gate there?

[He sounds unsure but okay.] Let's get going.

[parodeity]

I remember enough about L - about your place that I'd fill in the blanks. Rose and Jade's too.

[ thanks dave...anyway he's heading to the roof but checking over his shoulder on john every so often? apparently? ]

[windeity]

Whatever you say, dream maestro. [Up the ladder he goes, keeping up with Dave at a reasonable pace and not seemingly bothered.]

Seriously, I will be fine. It has to only be a dream, right? Or something.