yeah as long as you guys are now its something but thats not exactly what i mean i knew the time john which sounds stupid when i say it but i mean i knew every second and where i was in relation to those seconds i was a clock and now im not and its a little strange not bad strange just strange strange also i thought you hadnt been training are you doing the equivalent of putting on makeup
ok thats true but maybe if we ask really nice for gel pens alternately i will try to draw some later whats the point of a cheat code power if you dont use it and cool good i like this plan
well, i will not say i really get it but i do not think it's stupid? i can be the wind, remember? it's weird not having our god tier abilities anymore and feeling like parts are missing. or at least that something is wrong. almost like things were before the game started. i guess i have been thinking about it a lot recently. shut up, no! what does that even mean?
do you think they would be open to a trade? we know our powers can work well together, maybe they were not expecting that.
yeah youre a whimsical windy wanker the alliteration makes it true but when i think about it even before we played the game i found some comfort in the concept of time which makes sense all things considered we were always going to be who we are
it means you are basically putting on makeup to go out for a big date the date here is just training youre like getting ready ?
i dont know why not i know brie would probably trade us gel pens for like mad snacks
thanks a lot. that is exactly how that works, you are right. time works the same as music. when you are working with beats and rhythms you have to count things out a very specific way. you learn to time out when a note stops and when a note starts again. and anyway timing is probably important to your ninja bullshit. i know we were always going to be who we are, but what about if we aren't?
[That's getting too serious, so.]
i hope to be wooed on our date tonight then so the effort isn't a waste. jerk. i am practicing some fusion, that is different.
we could definitely make some pretty sweet snacks with our powers. i am not above bribery.
arent isnt an option p space is pretty fucking determined about the variables and the outcomes you were always going to become you although i feel like were in uncharted territory now so if you suddenly want to become an italian plumber maybe that is now an option?
ill bring you flowers and everything ill have you know i am a gentleman oh cool how are you doing that like trying to control how things fuse or
can i be a ghostbuster instead? i could run around a spooky mansion with a vacuum and everything.
[Luigi deserves some love, too. And...it's a weird thing to talk about. He's thought about it, but it isn't something to pursue now. Not while Dave's already uneasy about Dirk. Not while they're still figuring things out. They have time.]
does that mean i get to see some of that southern charm the internet tells me about? i am flattered. j/k. yes, sort of. i am trying to visualize better to predict how things will look at the end and that is only going kind of ok.
but it would be hard to fuck up fusing snack food.
[ dave lets it become a joke without missing a beat. ]
i didnt realize you needed permission to do that i mean we have a dilapidated mansion in reach i can draw you the outfit you can go live your larp ghostbuster dreams?
it sounds interesting but i will leave you to it and just see you in the evening rn im trying to practice my drawing and also may just zone out and listen to some more music note to both of us ill run out of juice on this player soon and i want to see if rose can enchant it to be powered or something magic charger
you say that but what if we did something unholy like dorito oreos
[This is why they're friends. This is exactly how things have always been.]
ok but you cannot tell me that wouldn't be an awesome thing to do? maybe not right now but later. what if we find a ghost planet, dave? like less stupid than a dream bubble but still filled with other ghosts? then this won't be so funny.
i'll update you with progress tonight then. we have a while until the evening. i am surprised the battery lasted this long. rose made light. light is energy. if you figured out how to enchant a current i bet you could charge it? i tried to tell jade magic was better than science and she did not listen.
and that sounds really gross! but probably doable, yeah.
ugh fine IF we find a ghost planet i will larp ghostbusters with you but that is the only scenario in which that is a thing that will occur
[ tbh john could probably get him to do it in other scenarios. but. ]
ive been doing music sparingly but yeah ill chat with rose about it in a bit maybe maybe i will do that this afternoon too and see what she can come up with since purgatory without music is just ridiculous also youre literally our sessions ectobiologist why do you hate science wait thats why you hate science isnt it
that is all i am asking. proton packs, strider. they are important.
that sounds ok. nothing else to really do this afternoon anyway. that is not why i hate science. i mean yes, ectobiology continues to be stupid, but that's not why. i just think science is stupid in that we were traveling at the speed of light and things still took three years. science does not conform the way it should.
absolutely not. but we are doing it anyway, aren't we.
but then youre gonna tell me about crossing the streams like 900 times
so basically science is stupid because it didnt supply you with instant strider gratification when put in those terms i might have to agree even though i like science nebulously
egbert no one does as much dumb shit as you do just because they feel like it youre like the master of whimsical bullshit its actually kind of impressive
and yes after i see rose where do you wanna meet up ?
[He's watching Dave curiously, unsure if he should point it out or leave it alone. The hint of amusement's still there but he's quiet even as Dave settles next to him in the space John's left him.
He's watching the light pen and he doesn't speak for a moment so Dave can concentrate.]
...it still looks pretty awesome, dude. [A nod to the pen.] Even if it doesn't change how your power works, it looks cooler.
It's definitely more useful. This won't run out of ink ever.
[ look...he is trying Not to startle john apparently, but making noise doesn't come naturally. he spent too many years trying to be silent as the grave.
eventually he produces a package of oreos and a bag of doritos, and hands them to john with his eyebrows raised. ]
Yeah, plus you won't have to worry about running out of paper or anything to draw. [He looks genuinely delighted (and maybe part of it is because he had a hand in creating this thing) but for the most part he's...also fairly comfortable. John is used to white noise by nature with his father puttering around in the kitchen in his old life, and the noises on the ship over the last three years. It's one more thing to get used to about Dave. But that can come later.
Still, once the oreos and the doritos are presented he settles for a light smirk and takes the items.]
Thanks, Igor. [Give him a moment to open both packages, taking one cookie and one chip out each.] Any bets how these will fuse?
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i knew the time john
which sounds
stupid when i say it
but i mean i knew every second and where i was in relation to those seconds
i was a clock and now im not and its a little strange
not bad strange just strange strange
also i thought you hadnt been training
are you doing the equivalent of putting on makeup
ok thats true
but maybe if we ask really nice for gel pens
alternately
i will try to draw some later
whats the point of a cheat code power if you dont use it
and cool good i like this plan
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it's weird not having our god tier abilities anymore and feeling like parts are missing.
or at least that something is wrong. almost like things were before the game started.
i guess i have been thinking about it a lot recently.
shut up, no! what does that even mean?
do you think they would be open to a trade? we know our powers can work well together, maybe they were not expecting that.
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youre a whimsical windy wanker
the alliteration makes it true
but when i think about it even before we played the game
i found some comfort in the concept of time
which makes sense all things considered
we were always going to be who we are
it means you are basically putting on makeup to go out for a big date
the date here is just training
youre like
getting ready ?
i dont know why not
i know brie would probably trade us gel pens for like
mad snacks
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you are right.
time works the same as music. when you are working with beats and rhythms you have to count things out a very specific way. you learn to time out when a note stops and when a note starts again. and anyway timing is probably important to your ninja bullshit.
i know we were always going to be who we are, but what about if we aren't?
[That's getting too serious, so.]
i hope to be wooed on our date tonight then so the effort isn't a waste.
jerk. i am practicing some fusion, that is different.
we could definitely make some pretty sweet snacks with our powers. i am not above bribery.
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p space is pretty fucking determined about the variables
and the outcomes
you were always going to become you
although i feel like were in uncharted territory now
so if you suddenly want to become an italian plumber maybe that is now an option?
ill bring you flowers and everything
ill have you know i am a gentleman
oh cool how are you doing that
like trying to control how things fuse or
neither am i so bribery it is
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[Luigi deserves some love, too. And...it's a weird thing to talk about. He's thought about it, but it isn't something to pursue now. Not while Dave's already uneasy about Dirk. Not while they're still figuring things out. They have time.]
does that mean i get to see some of that southern charm the internet tells me about? i am flattered.
j/k.
yes, sort of. i am trying to visualize better to predict how things will look at the end and that is only going kind of ok.
but it would be hard to fuck up fusing snack food.
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i didnt realize you needed permission to do that
i mean
we have a dilapidated mansion in reach
i can draw you the outfit
you can go live your larp ghostbuster dreams?
it sounds interesting but i will leave you to it and just see you in the evening
rn im trying to practice my drawing and also may just zone out and listen to some more music
note to both of us ill run out of juice on this player soon and i want to see if rose can enchant it to be powered or something
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you say that but what if we did something unholy like
dorito oreos
fuck i kinda wanna try some now
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ok but you cannot tell me that wouldn't be an awesome thing to do? maybe not right now but later.
what if we find a ghost planet, dave? like less stupid than a dream bubble but still filled with other ghosts? then this won't be so funny.
i'll update you with progress tonight then.
we have a while until the evening. i am surprised the battery lasted this long.
rose made light. light is energy. if you figured out how to enchant a current i bet you could charge it?
i tried to tell jade magic was better than science and she did not listen.
and that sounds really gross!
but probably doable, yeah.
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IF we find a ghost planet
i will larp ghostbusters with you
but that is the only scenario in which that is a thing that will occur
[ tbh john could probably get him to do it in other scenarios. but. ]
ive been doing music sparingly
but yeah ill chat with rose about it in a bit maybe
maybe i will do that this afternoon too and see what she can come up with
since
purgatory without music is just ridiculous
also youre literally our sessions ectobiologist why do you hate science
wait
thats why you hate science isnt it
dont even front you want to try them too dont you
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they are important.
that sounds ok. nothing else to really do this afternoon anyway.
that is not why i hate science. i mean yes, ectobiology continues to be stupid, but that's not why.
i just think science is stupid in that we were traveling at the speed of light and things still took three years. science does not conform the way it should.
absolutely not. but we are doing it anyway, aren't we.
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so basically science is stupid because it didnt supply you with instant strider gratification
when put in those terms i might have to agree
even though i like science
nebulously
yeah because secretly deep down youre curious too
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that's. kind of it i guess, yeah. you and rose both. i like science just fine normally but not when it is inconvenient like that.
bluh. whatever, fine, we can make the cheese oreos and see how awful they are.
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i find science is mostly inconvenient whenever we need to do anything but every other time its fine
ill bring the components over and we can try them pre training?
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[Not quite. Dave can be contradictory but he's a little better on the "follow your impulses" scale, at least.]
that is how i feel about science, too,
and i do not think science matters here much when this is all magic. oh well.
sure. it would be good practice for both of us still, too.
after you see rose?
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youre like the master of whimsical bullshit
its actually kind of impressive
and yes after i see rose
where do you wanna meet up ?
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but that still does not deny that dumb shit happens.
outside of rose's? since she is in the middle it makes sense, and then we can walk down to the beach or back to the woods.
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but yeah ok ill see you at roses in a few hours bro
try not to eat anything weird until that point in time
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see you later.
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Hello to you, too. [He doesn't immediately get up though.] Oreos first?
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Yep, that works. [ he goes to sit beside john, and pulls out the light-pen to start doodling mid-air.
he goes more carefully, since it is food they intend to eat... ]
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He's watching the light pen and he doesn't speak for a moment so Dave can concentrate.]
...it still looks pretty awesome, dude. [A nod to the pen.] Even if it doesn't change how your power works, it looks cooler.
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[ look...he is trying Not to startle john apparently, but making noise doesn't come naturally. he spent too many years trying to be silent as the grave.
eventually he produces a package of oreos and a bag of doritos, and hands them to john with his eyebrows raised. ]
Ready, Doctor?
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Still, once the oreos and the doritos are presented he settles for a light smirk and takes the items.]
Thanks, Igor. [Give him a moment to open both packages, taking one cookie and one chip out each.] Any bets how these will fuse?
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[ it's one of a few options and sounds like the most disgusting one. ]
Flip the switch! Or wait, that should be me, I guess. You must be Igor.
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