You keep saying that and someday I am going to have to worry about something and you'll tell me not to. [But there's a small smirk. Yes, he's shitty at sleeping when he's lowkey freaked out.]
...mm. [Well.] The first tip-off was that I remembered you always wrote in red even back then. I remember your nerdy raps while you apparently didn't believe a meteor was going to crush my house, so thanks for that. I remember part of the letter from you, I remember talking to Davesprite, I remember you taking my money? We talked on my birthday about a present I got, we talked about the beta and how Rose kept hitting on you which is really hilariously weird now that I think about it.
...that was also a conversation that sort of tipped me off to what kind of friendship we had. It made things easier to get. [There's a low hum in the back of his throat then as he thinks again.] And I remember your bedroom. You were in a red outfit with a cape, and I was floating, and one minute I was somewhere else and the next I showed up behind you. You were laughing at something so hard you started crying and I think maybe it was the first time we ever saw each other in person? I am not entirely sure, but I couldn't stay for long. Something big was happening.
[...] I turned into the wind. [It's mumbled a little, like he has a hard time believing that.] And I am pretty sure the words "slippery motherfucker" were used, so. [...there's a pause.] Also why was there a dismantled toilet in your room?
Because Jade did shit while asleep, I think? [ because he sure does remember tricking her into hitting herself. um. ] And that wasn't the first time we ever saw one another in person. It was the second.
[ this is said with the absolute certainty of someone who remember the first time (dumped on the planet in a heap in front of john) and who has a very good understanding of chronology. ]
...And I needed the money. You weren't gonna use it, anyway.
That is almost a really cool trick. Or it would be if throwing a toilet around was at all useful. [He raises an eyebrow, curious about the first time but he won't ask.] Second then. I didn't get to stick around and I zapped away somewhere else.
Also it was still my money! [Is he arguing for the sake of arguing? Yes.] How do you know I wasn't going to use it?
I am pretty sure you couldn't do much with it but buy fraymotifs.
[ just. yeah. ]
We needed it for somethin' else. [ HE'S...NOT SURE WHAT, BUT CLEARLY IT WAS IMPORTANT and he's cagey enough the fact he doesn't know isn't obvious. ] So, you remember becoming the breeze.
I am not even going to ask the obvious question of "what's a fraymotif" and I will leave it at that. I cannot argue about the money thing since I don't remember that part. I think you never actually told me either, I just went with it.
[Which was dumb, what the fuck, past John. But yeah. Okay.] ...yeah, I do. Is that part of the whole being a god thing?
...[Something about that chills him and he visibly shivers a little. It's a lot to think about and his head spins with the new information, trying to place it all.]
Kind of like Ami used to be Aradia, Maid of Time. [...] You were the knight and I was the heir? Titles. [No, wait, correct:] Classes. We all had them?
Yeah. [There's silence. And then, almost awkwardly:] Can we just...not talk for a little while? [Just. Chill. With music and not saying anything and just ignoring creepy puppets and weird implications.]
[ there's hesitation like john may be getting to notice there frequently is before dave admits to a preference, when he's not quite willing to cop to it but makes himself anyway. ]
...You can if you want. [ not quite. ] But not really.
You too. [ and dave won't but he can simulate it well enough so there we go?? he won't go to cling to john or anything but he'll just stay where he is, arms crossed over his chest and eyes shut behind his shades. ]
[Eventually he'll settle down even if he doesn't exactly sleep. His breathing never evens out and instead he just lays side by side with Dave and stares at the ceiling as the music plays. He'll stay there until the morning at least and sort of settle for squeezing his shoulder and getting up. Off to fight another day, it seems.]
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[ so. ]
What else have you remembered about me that I don't know about?
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...mm. [Well.] The first tip-off was that I remembered you always wrote in red even back then. I remember your nerdy raps while you apparently didn't believe a meteor was going to crush my house, so thanks for that. I remember part of the letter from you, I remember talking to Davesprite, I remember you taking my money? We talked on my birthday about a present I got, we talked about the beta and how Rose kept hitting on you which is really hilariously weird now that I think about it.
...that was also a conversation that sort of tipped me off to what kind of friendship we had. It made things easier to get. [There's a low hum in the back of his throat then as he thinks again.] And I remember your bedroom. You were in a red outfit with a cape, and I was floating, and one minute I was somewhere else and the next I showed up behind you. You were laughing at something so hard you started crying and I think maybe it was the first time we ever saw each other in person? I am not entirely sure, but I couldn't stay for long. Something big was happening.
[...] I turned into the wind. [It's mumbled a little, like he has a hard time believing that.] And I am pretty sure the words "slippery motherfucker" were used, so. [...there's a pause.] Also why was there a dismantled toilet in your room?
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[ this is said with the absolute certainty of someone who remember the first time (dumped on the planet in a heap in front of john) and who has a very good understanding of chronology. ]
...And I needed the money. You weren't gonna use it, anyway.
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Also it was still my money! [Is he arguing for the sake of arguing? Yes.] How do you know I wasn't going to use it?
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[ just. yeah. ]
We needed it for somethin' else. [ HE'S...NOT SURE WHAT, BUT CLEARLY IT WAS IMPORTANT and he's cagey enough the fact he doesn't know isn't obvious. ] So, you remember becoming the breeze.
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[Which was dumb, what the fuck, past John. But yeah. Okay.] ...yeah, I do. Is that part of the whole being a god thing?
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then, when it seems like he's just not talking again: ]
Heir of Breath.
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Kind of like Ami used to be Aradia, Maid of Time. [...] You were the knight and I was the heir? Titles. [No, wait, correct:] Classes. We all had them?
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all of it, but mostly waking john and bothering him. ]
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[ NO???????????? ]
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...You can if you want. [ not quite. ] But not really.
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Okay. Then go back to sleep.
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