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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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[oculusriffs]

[Rion has no idea how completely on the nose she is about him. and if that's an experience they share, then it makes sense that she'd be able to see him struggling with the same things she did.]

[but those relatable problems aside, what sort of knight swoops in with the intention of protecting, then winds up screwing up so badly that he needs protecting himself? not the storybook kind that Sburb and other RPGs seem obsessed with, at least. Dave's complained about hating that title before, the idea of being a hero, because he doesn't think he can live up to it. that, and he's seen someone else ruin the title of "hero" even worse than he has.]

[but then, Rion suddenly has her arms around him, careful not to hit his injury, and that self-loathing train of thought pretty much completely sails off the rails. he pauses for maybe half a minute. then he lifts an arm to return it. it's ... the kind of slightly awkward one-armed hug you give someone when you're not really all that experienced in giving hugs, but the message of sincerity is there all the same.]

Gonna hold you to that — the story, I mean.

[and hell, Rion's already gotten pretty good at reading him, maybe she'll get that message, too. he's saying thanks, in his dumb kind of muted way.]

[flyingsolos]

[ She has to wonder if she's ever going to really be able to tell the whole story in all of its entirety, without glossing over the more... troubling parts of it. It's not even that she thinks her friends would think of her any differently, because she's sure they wouldn't-- but it's still...

Another day. She's going to tell him, about how the people in the hospital were involved in a dangerous situation technically because of her, but now isn't the time to talk about it. ]

Yeah. [ softly, but there's a promise there, and quiet acknowledgment. He's hugging back, at least-- kind of. She'll take it. ]

I'll spoil it a little for you now, but the moral of that story is that good friends are going to be there for you, whether you do stupid things or not, whether you're fine or not. And sometimes they'll say supportive things to get you back on your feet, or tell you to stop it with that bullshit-- [ thanks, Kou ] or just-- be there.

And you, Dave, are a good friend. So as someone who wants to be the same, I'm gonna be there for you too.

[ ... this is so sappy, this is so sappy, how does Kou say things like this so honestly without wanting to bury his face in his hands?? ]

[oculusriffs]

[one of Dave's best friends is both very shouty and obsessed with romcoms and romance novels, so even though this is very high up there on the list of sappy friendship things he's heard, it's probably actually somewhere in the middle when it comes to overall sap factor.]

[not ... not that he's been ranking them! besides, as bad as he can be at expressing sincerity himself, he recognizes it in others just fine. and he knows this is 100 percent sincere friendship being tossed his way, wrapped up in a hug and everything.]

[and even if he isn't always great at responding in kind, it at least gives him the courage to try.]

[.....]

Thanks, Rion.

[flyingsolos]

Don't mention it.

[ And she'll give him one last squeeze before releasing him. She's still leaning against him, though. ]

We're both already super tired, so I think if we get into a cycle of thanking each other or apologizing, we're just going to wipe ourselves out.

[oculusriffs]

Wouldn't be the goofiest loop I've been in.

[time loop. he means time loop.]

— I'll tell you about that sometime, too. Go ahead and get some rest.

[flyingsolos]

[ ... yeah, he'd better. Because "loop"? ]

On you?

[oculusriffs]

[boy, this is going to be a really bizarre storytime when they get back to the Temple.]

Uh.

[whatever ... Rion wants to do? he's okay with. Dave genuinely doesn't mind being a pillow if it means she gets some rest.]

[flyingsolos]

... Kidding. I'll move.

[ Just. Give her a minute. ]

[oculusriffs]

All right.

[of course, now it's just going to be an exciting race to see who falls asleep first. Strider vs Kugayama, 1v1, no items, no Fox, i forget the rest of the SSB rules.]

[though, mind, he is very, very experienced in keeping weird sleep schedules, staying awake at odd hours whenever the mood or inspiration to work on a new song or rhyme strikes, or just because. and —]

[yeah no he's dozing.]