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dave strider ([personal profile] oculusriffs) wrote2018-04-28 11:13 am
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TG: this is going to be fucking stupid isnt it


[want to get in touch with Dave? you can leave a TEXT, VOICE, or VIDEO message — or alternatively, he shouldn't be too hard to track down in person. it's a hunk of junk space house. in space. he's around here somewhere.]
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-26 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[It definitely stands for net... like internet, only way cooler than IMDB and a little better oganized. Not by much, though. It's still a clunky piece of shit.]

Did you see the world through young Dave's eyes? [No, he has a guess what happens when you put them on, but that's a level of bullshit that he's far, far removed from.] Anything you steal from there is like... a copy of the original. But sometimes you can like... put a copy in a Cerox machine and it'll still kinda get messed up.

[Oh... John's a wind type?

That's one surefire way to kick Ryuji's ass. One good swirl of it and he's down on his ass. But good catch, since he was going to follow up with the other questions about the rest of his team, and preempted by Dave's explanation, he sits there, eating this cronch ball of knowledge like it's an hors d'oeuvre. Sounds cool though, being able to see here and the future- and then, what the fuck?]


Merged... with her invincible pet god dog.

[Homestuck is so fucking weird.]

Like. God. Not guard? Guard dog. No, god dog. [He heard Dave right the first time, he's just... slowly putting it together what someone would look like if they got infused with ole yeller.] Floppy ears 'n all?

Kinda sounds like your brand of bullshit though. [He doesn't mean it nearly as offensively as it comes off-] How'd you guys even get those powers, anyway? Was there like... a Rocky training montage scene and suddenly you could bend time and space, reek havoc with your breath and uh, become a fortune teller? We had to pull off our masks and it was kinda bloody as shit, but then we could start summonin' our personas.
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-28 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[There wasn't really a motivation for coming over tonight on Ryuji's side of things. If Dave isn't great at being a motivational speaker, that's cool. He probably doesn't have to do anything more than be himself, because that's the sort of safety and comforting thing that pulls him closer away from anxiety and panic over his room being empty. Ryuji's coping mechanisms are pretty weird, honestly, and he knows that. So, yeah- it's helping. He's bound to crack and come bumbling forward to talk about it at some point.

Because really, it's not a bad thing that Ren isn't in a place that can literally turn him into a ghost or force him to be cracked out on days without sleep, or put wires in his cheek. Maybe he's home now, and he doesn't have to live with the reminder of this place every goddamn day.]


Green sun... [Also, the more he talks about his life before coming here, the less Ryuji thinks he actually understood a whole lot of it to begin with. Just when he thought he was getting used to Dave's god tier powers, too. It's not horrible as much as it just leaves him wanting to try to fill in those pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that he thought he already had figured out until he realized that the edges were a whole lot bigger than he originally framed it to be.] Wait, you created a sun? Can we go back to that? You created a sun.

You're too OP, dude. You gotta be nerfed.

[He smiles shortly, turning over to look at him again. He doesn't want to say the corny, lame ass thing that he's thinking right now- about how Dave is great at brightening up his day, so it's not that far fetched. But then he catches himself; NO, THIS IS REALLY FUCKING FAR FETCHED. Flirt averted.

And try as he can to hold two conversations at the same time, he's kind of horrible at it, but gives a shot to try and explain how he came to acquire Captain Kidd to begin with.]


It was, kinda. I told you about that teacher, right? The one who broke my leg. Not only was he a major fucking scumbag in the real world, he was just as bad in the Metaverse. He was our first target, and I remember that goddamn... smug ass face of his when he had his foot on Mona's body, and Ren was down. He told me that I was trash and that... anyone that's with me, I'm gonna bring them down too. Said he was going to break my other leg and play it off like self defense again. Ren told me to stand up for myself, and then I heard this voice in my head, tellin' me to accept the rebellion in my heart. I forged a contract and then... I pulled the mask off. It was the most powerful I had ever felt in my life. Kinda like... I dunno, at that moment, I had purpose or somethin'. Somethin' to protect.
Edited 2018-08-28 03:17 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-30 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[And aside from Mona and Joker, nobody on the team was there to go through that with any modicum of experience. They were taking stabs in the dark about everything, hoping that a talking cat knew what they were doing and trusting him by nature of his own air of confidence on the matter. By the time Yusuke joined the group, the four thieves that had founded the team had known what to expect out of a palace, or at least had some idea of what the owner of such a twisted world was really like.

Kamoshida had taken something from him that he couldn't ever really get back, but expressing the hope that having nothing really gives you, is something that Ryuji can't really put to words. Even if his name was forsaken, the only thing he was good at laid to waste... giving into the idea of having nothing to lose makes everything within your grasp to take. Like a corrupt heart.

And, boy, talking about this sort of stuff is a tangential way of expressing how impacting not having his best friend around really is. So, it's cool, in a way. His fingers find the sheets below him and the edge of a pillow to fiddle with as he continues on. For someone that went by from his team's reassurances and his own hunches, it wasn't exactly easy trying to explain a palace, or how fucked up they really are. But then again, it's also... probably not easy to describe why in god's creation that you had to destroy an entire star, and by doing that, give birth to it at the same time. Actually, the latter is probably much worse to try and piecemeal the cause and effect of events. He should suck it up.]


People that are... that seriously screwed up to have a palace... there's like. One giant support beam that holds the entire place together. It's a treasure. Like, Xelda style, master key, open that thing up and claim your prize typa thing. But it doesn't exist until the person out in the real world feels that their secrets are gonna be exposed.

[Which is, a total existential kind of crisis that Ryuji has... no fucking clue how to explain properly.]

When you make them afraid that it's gonna happen, the treasure appears. If you can steal it, you make the person confess to all the horrible shit they did. So, yeah, we fought Kamoshida because he wanted to protect it, knowin' that if you took the support pillar down, everything would come crumblin' to pieces. Oh, man... it was straight up effin' weird. Dude turned into this four armed naked baby man with horns and the longest, grossest tongue that you ever seen, sittin' in front of a trophy with womens' legs stickin' outta it.

[He feels like he's talking an awful lot, and simmers down, not even realizing he had pulled Dave's pillow into his lap in the process since he was distracted. He sighs, pushes it back off, and tilts his head.]

What a pathetic bastard.
Edited (dont mind me here, just fixing mater key to master key........) 2018-08-30 14:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[It's relatively weird, when going through it, he never really thought it was a lot. Everything that happened over the span of 8 months went by so quickly, and each palace brought stakes that were increasingly worse; enough to make that fight or flight response take place, cementing that they had to get their asses in gear. 7 days until expulsion. 3 days until the world finds out who they are. 2 days before he calls the cops. 1 day before justice finally caught up with them. Dave says that he's been through a lot, and it's almost like the first time he's hearing it. None of the thieves had probably heard that either.

Ryuji raises an eyebrow at the gesture at first before it clicks, and he finds himself leaning up against Dave. Takes him a moment to get settled in, and maybe it's awkward at first? Ryuji's pretty awkward to begin with, but it's leagues better than just moving a pillow around from point A to point B mindlessly. He looks up from his vantage point and sees the outline of a chin, a nose, hair- it's new, but it feels good, something he might've wanted for a while without actually knowing he did to begin with.

And it's not like his weird mood is suddenly made a million times better or assuaged in a way that dulls it to the point of nonexistence, but it's comforting enough to think that it's cool if he is going through it, like there's something there for him to get wrapped up in for a bit and deal. He figures he'll be okay, and yeah, still fighting.]


Yeah, you know what I really didn't deserve? Like, at all? There's a shadow out there that's a literal giant dick, strummin' along on a chariot with reins attached to other little dicks that pull it along. I could take giant man babies, but that's. That's the line, right effin' there.

[He allows himself to put a little more weight up against Dave. He can handle it, right?]

But, uh... yeah. I get it... It's something I like about you, too. Dude, honestly... I really never thought that there'd be someone out there that could accept all this shit and still wanna... I dunno. Still be cool about it. [Not exactly, cool- he tries again.] That'd still wanna be with me. I guess we've both been through an actual shit-ton of crap, so maybe that's like, a cosmic tick in our favor. I know it's only been a few months since we met 'n all, but really... I dunno what I'd do without you.
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@skull

[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yo... so there's this Shakespeare play goin' on right? And I think the hamsters are the actors or something
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Dude... why are you like this, I literally have no idea all I know is that I helped paint some scenery and put cardboard together are you in can you be my +1 to this shindig????

[DAVE, PLEASE.]
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[WELL THE QUESTIONS START COMING AND THEY DON'T STOP COMING, FED TO THE RULES AND I HIT THE GROUND RUNNING]

Ehh... it's not really fine artistry... It's really kinda whatever me 'n Hajime could put together. Replicator paint just doesn't work that good

Hey you know I like it when you're a filthy casual
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hands down, the most cursed image I have ever seen on the internet. I'm Steve Harwell and there's nothing you can do about it.]

This is somethin' else, hearing it coming from you

The guy who created an art exhibit in space and got rave reviews all over the media

Cool, as long as you're keepin' it FRESH

The play? It's... about nothing. Much ado about it, too. I think. I dunno I didn't read it, that shit is so goddamn heady that by the 5th thee and thou I'm ready to split
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[It shows up as a blip on his radar of Not Very Good Ideas, and he suddenly feels like maybe he doesn't need to see his artwork??? Ann had slammed into him once for his calling card, WHICH.... wound up being the basis for the team logo, after some (heavy) revisions.]

IT'S EFFIN' SHAKESPEARE.

No one knows what the hell it's about

Except maybe Alucard I guess? He's throwin' it for Minato

Which also means we gotta bail before it turns into hornyville because I dunno about you but seein' them on the suckface

er..

Suckneck? Express is not reaaaally high up there on my priority list
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hajime and Ryuji tried their best, but... well, Dave will see just how bad it actually is if they wind up there. The parts that Ryuji personally worked on will be probably a lot more apparent than the pieces Hajime did.

And, yeah. Partly because it's a cultural difference, and partly because Ryuji gets so easily embarrassed and flustered at, well, everything.]


The space plumber.

[W...hat...]

I didn't either until Alucard asked for some help settin' this romantiful dealie and then when I found out it's for Minato...

It is kinda sweet. And Minato's a good guy, so if there's something I coulda done, I wanted to help.

As long as acting had NOTHING to do with it.
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fixated on some other point at the moment he drops the dick chariot bomb, he blinks, and then lets out a stifled laugh from the back of his throat that comes up just short of a cough caught back there and left to die. Yeah, he's really mature, especially in the face of mature topics like this. He leaves out the gut reaction of a dick joke that's forming in the back of his head in light of the other stuff that's going on.

And once that instinct is gone, Ryuji finds himself struggling not to interrupt with his thoughts on the matter, to make some attempt at reassurance over the whole thing. If he were in Dave's shoes, he knows he'd feel the same way. Making other people heavier on account of himself is something he's tried to avoid for a really, really long time. He doesn't know how many times he's said things like... not wanting to cause his mom any more problems, or downplayed the things that were getting to him with comedy so he could try to go through stuff on his own. And maybe it's really not all that healthy?]


It ain't that lame. I dunno about baggage or any of that shit, really. I just know me, and I know I'd feel the same way. And I'd be pretty pissed if someone came around and still tried to carry it stubbornly, 'cause I wouldn't wanna put that stress on anyone else when it was something I was causing to begin with. Pissed at them and pissed at myself. There's just stuff that happens and you can't control it, stuff that happened to you or maybe shit you've actually done that you ain't that proud of. But that's just how it is... that's just how life goes, and just having someone else carry it doesn't actually make it lighter, it's still the same weight. But I think... being there for someone does.

So... yeah, I wouldn't want you to be my bellhop. And... it is cool if things aren't okay, but I wasn't about to ghost you just for having to face that shit. [He buries his face into Dave's chest- it's a lot of emotions to get out there in the open, and he doesn't know if what he's saying hits the mark, just misses, or goes overboard, at all.]

There's no way in hell I'd give up on you.
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-08-31 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't be like 100% certain here dude but I don't think he knows how to fix piping

Or shit, maybe he does, who am I to judge peoples' inner Marco


[Or, as known to Dave, Mario.

You know, like Marco Kart?]


Thanks! I'm learnin' how to be romantic, so it's an even trade kinda

Winking emote

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