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[oculusriffs]

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.]

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action;

[flyingsolos]

[ It's another singing day in the marketplace, though Rion's finally taking a breather. It's too hot to keep performing without catching a break for some water, and just as she moves off her blanket and takes a look around--

There's a familiar face. ]

Dave!

[oculusriffs]

[it took a little creativity, and maybe even a little finagling, to find a way to carry around a lot of water inconspicuously, so he didn't stick out like a chump begging to be robbed.]

[okay, no, he just carries bottles around instead of a giant jug. but this would still be a lot easier if he had access to his usual way of lugging stuff around. the usual way involves hammerspace.]

[but anyway, he stops in his tracks when he hears a familiar voice calling out his name, and he turns in her direction, one hand lifted in a casual greeting, the other instinctively reaching for one of the aforementioned bottles of water. just in case.]

Hey.

[flyingsolos]

Hey!

[ Rion beams and backs up onto the blanket once more, beckoning him to join her. ]

What're you up to? Round Whatever of trading?

[oculusriffs]

You could say that.

[that's not suspicious at all, Dave. but he accepts her invitation, and plops himself down on the blanket.]

What about you? Gonna guess you're on Round Whatever of singing.

[flyingsolos]

Yeah, it's like round twenty-something. So I'm taking a breather.

[ overheating would be bad. ]

[Text]

[tranquilforest]

[[OOC: Assuming they did actually exchange names in some fashion, or she just found him in the network directory...?? I am the worst at remembering to do IC introductions]

If you're not too busy in the coming week or so, do you think you could help me with something I'm planning?

[oculusriffs]

(it's all good! I'm cool with them having done the formal introductions. C: )

yeah no problem
i can clear my to do list
cross lounging around and taming the forest creatures off my calendar
those are all easily rescheduled
what do you need me to do

(forgot to note that this is late June/early July)

[tranquilforest]

[If she were there in person, she'd be leaning in with a smile that's just a little bit pleased and conspiratorial.]

I'm trying to plan a party, but I'm still looking for people who can help.

Especially with the music.

[oculusriffs]

[Dave, for his part in this hypothetical in-person conversation, would be lighting right the hell up, in that still sort of reserved way he does.]

you got it
what kinda music did you have in mind

action!!

[purrtagonist]

[you'd think by now that Akira would have learned to stay away from the glowing flowers in the clearing. even knowing that Something was Up with that particular bioluminescent flora wasn't enough to keep his curiosity at bay, though. and so. . .!]

[Dave just so happens to be the unfortunate first person he sees on his trip back from said clearing. with a few purple petals poking out of his pockets, he suddenly slides riiiiight up next to his fusion attack buddy, mouth curved into a relieved grin]

Just the man I wanted to see. You've got great timing.

[well, so far, so good?]

[oculusriffs]

[one of the pair of punning peripatetics was bound to do this eventually. what they share in addition to weird wordplay and fusion attacks is a whole heap of curiosity.]

[so, uh. hey .... Akira... great timing. that might just be more on-the-nose phrasing than he realizes.]

Yeah? What's up?

[purrtagonist]

[when he figures out that Dave is a time traveler he'll use EVERY SINGLE TIME PUN IN THE BOOK, I promise]

How many times have you used your mad wordsmith skills today?

[starting off there, because he has two items he'd like to request from Dave, and he doesn't want to accidentally push him over his limits into 24-hour silence]

[oculusriffs]

[LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. Dave might die, but that's just part of the fun.]

None yet. Why, what do you need?

post-mission

[flyingsolos]

[ It honestly could have been worse. Rion will firmly believe that, and not even have to work that hard to convince herself about it, because they'd made it back in relatively one piece and Kou was fine and so far the other people she'd checked on had been fine too.

But she hasn't finished looking for everyone, and Dave's behavior had worried her earlier. Now that she can get her thoughts in some semblance of cohesion, she's poking her head into the First Aid Tent to try and find-- ah.

Well, that wasn't hard. ]

Hey, you.

[oculusriffs]

[to be honest, there are a million places he'd prefer to be over sitting on this cot — like somewhere a lot quieter, listening to music and patching himself up like he's used to, and probably being kind of messed up over his own behavior, too.]

[he'd tossed himself out into the fray specifically because he's protective, and because there were people he was missing that he'd let down, and because there were people here that he desperately didn't want to let down, too. but then he'd gone and let a glaring vulnerability get the better of him, without really thinking on the consequences it'd have on the people he has grown pretty hopelessly attached to over the past several months. he knows he owes Rion an apology.]

[see, this is why John's the real hero, not him.]

Hey.

[Dave looks up from his laptop. speaking of emotional vulnerabilities, if he ever did find his shades, they're not anywhere in plain sight.]

[flyingsolos]

[ She can only recall seeing him without his shades once, and that was in an entirely different world-- a claim that doesn't sound so outrageous, given that they're world-hoppers now, but...

It's still something worth noting. For now, Rion settles herself on the cot beside him and stays quiet for-- all of a few seconds. But being quiet isn't something she's all that good at, so it's not long before she opens her mouth again. ]

I'm kind of surprised you're still awake. The adrenaline hasn't worn off yet?

[oculusriffs]

[one advantage to this shadesless business, at least, is that Dave is a lot easier to read without them. it's easy to pick up on entire thought processes that wouldn't be obvious otherwise in his eyes.]

[and right now? there's the tiniest crinkling of amusement. a lot of other things, too, but mostly amusement.]

Was gonna ask you the same thing, actually. You've gotta run out of energy and completely zonk out at some point.

text; sickie time

[flyingsolos]

How's it look on the healthy front?

[ Maybe he's lucky. Maybe he hasn't Succumbed. ]

[oculusriffs]

pretty cool over here
not to be confused with cold but i think everyones got one of those
judgin by all the noise im hearing from other rooms
what about you

[flyingsolos]

yeeeeah I'm probably one of them.

[oculusriffs]

what
shit really
whats wrong exactly

text;

[punshots]

okay serious question for you
you know how you can rap stuff into existing?
what if you rapped for like a
wait for it


giant, fire-breathing robot lizard???
like from the movies!
wouldn't that be sick?

[ Not, you know, something practical for right now like an all-cure or something. Why would he think of something like that??? ]

[oculusriffs]

[Prompto .... bro....]

[Prompt...bro...]

[...............]




[nah, you know what? this is the best idea he's heard since they got back to the Temple.]

you mean like a robogodzilla
yeah ok i can do that
gonna have to keep it to a mini invasion though
giant shit isnt really in my repertoire here
like literally
i can only rap up stuff that i can carry

gimme some more details
whats his color scheme
whos his archnemesis
does he have a catchphrase

[punshots]

[ Great ideas, he's full of them! Especially when he's sick as a dog and bored to tears. Gross, clumpy tears... ]

aw man that's probably for the best
just in case he went rogue and tried to kill us instead...

but if he's just a lil guy that changes things!
like i think he should definitely be purple and green
with a little blue and orange and red
maybe some yellow

[ that is literally every color ]

and even though he has a troubled past and grew up on the streets, i like to think he's one of the good guys
even though he invades cities...



...it's only cities of bad guys
like, daemon cities!

also his catchphrase is "i'm hungry...hungry for JUSTICE!"
how does that sound?

[oculusriffs]

[uh. welp. when in Astoria's Rome. Astoriome? stop trying to portmanteau, Dave.]

[also, when Prompto mentioned it basically being every color, he immediately imagined a tie-dyed lizard. so that's also a thing that's about to happen.]

thats just the exact amount of detail i need to work with
you gonna come meet your new son or what