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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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[blodsvorr]

Of all the Jerries, Jeeeerry seems to do the best with swords. Give him a try.

[oculusriffs]

what

[Jeeeerry??]

[blodsvorr]

Don't ask me. The blacksmiths are all named some variant on "Jerry," apparently.

[oculusriffs]

thats kind of dumb but
ok

[like Dave "walking Lord of the Rings reference" Strider has any room to be talking shit about a dude's name.]

ill talk him into forging this
hes probably easier to deal with than the last blacksmith on the last rpg quest i was stuck in was

[blodsvorr]

Glad to hear it.
Anyway, give me more specifics on where you are. I've got something to deliver to you.

[oculusriffs]

you do
what is it

[come on Dave, no spoilers.]

i was just going back to my room though
can meet you right outside

[blodsvorr]

A surprise.
I'll come by.

[It takes him a while, since he has to get back to base, but he does come by. Is Dave inside his room or outside of it by the time Qrow makes it?]

[oculusriffs]

[he is absolutely standing outside his room! curiosity killed the crows as they say.]

[that's not what they say.]

[blodsvorr]

[Qrow arrives holding two things badly wrapped in shiny paper. He holds them out to Dave. One is vaguely bottle-shaped, and the other kind of could be a container maybe?]

Merry Candlenights, kid. Figured you could do with these.

[When Dave opens them, he will find in the bottle shaped one a juice that is, in fact, apple, looking somewhat pulpy because it was handmade and strained. The container will show what happened to the strained material: it is applesauce.]

[oculusriffs]

[this is the second time it's been a holiday or a birthday that Qrow's given him apple juice, and this is the second time that Dave is slightly caught off guard by it — and this time around, it's because he doesn't have anything to give in return.]

[that is to say, there are a number of gears turning at the moment.]

[.....]

Thanks.

[it's not tentative, or even confused anymore. it's as sincere as Dave Strider is ever gonna get.]

You're really pretty good at looking out for all of us, huh.

[blodsvorr]

[And now it's Qrow's turn to be caught off guard. He looks physically taken a back, drawing away with surprise.]

Eh, I just figured you'd like it. Really looking out for you guys isn't really my thing. I mean it is my thing, I'm a Huntsman. I'm great at being a Huntsman. Just not so much in a being responsible for people, except for being responsible for keepin' 'em alive. So that kind of responsible, sure. But not the other kind.

[Stop him he's rambling]

[oculusriffs]

[oh geez. maybe if Dave also rambles they'll cancel each other out?]

I mean, I dunno if you've been keeping inventory on literally everybody that universe hopped their way here, but "responsible" ain't really a word I'd use to collectively describe us.

So the fact that bein' responsible is apparently what you're paid to do as a Huntsdude already puts you like. At least a couple rungs above the rest of us on that metagorical ladder. [Jesus Christ he said metagorical.]

[blodsvorr]

[Instead of responding to the stuff he doesn't know how to respond to:]

"Metagorical."

[Dave.]

[oculusriffs]

Huh?

[.........]

Oh. I said that out loud, didn't I?

[blodsvorr]

Is it supposed to be a portmanteau? [He can't tell??]

[oculusriffs]

Uh. I guess.

[allephorical????]

I dunno, dude, Ryuji says it all the goddamn time.

[blodsvorr]

[Qrow... pinches the bridge of his nose.]

Yeah. Yeah, he would, wouldn't he.