[ This is the fucking fanciest. There's a single bed but you could fit five people on it, probably, and Natsuo just sort of stands in the middle of the room too afraid to touch anything. It looks so expensive?? ]
A little girl's title... What'd you get? A knight, and that sword to prove it?
Uh...Little Red Riding Hood? And no, I'm the "Boy Who Cried Wolf". [ he sounds. neutral about this. ] That would be sort of thematic. Apparently I get to lie a lot.
I apparently get to lie a lot, and one of the lies per day is gonna be a real thing. So. We can work with that, later. I also need to misdirect the trial team during a trial at one point. I know you hate liars, but can you help me with that? I promise to never lie to you.
[ or is he totally solo here mafuyu help a guy out ]
So you're the Little Match Girl? [ that's the only other one that's maybe, right. ] What's that do?
I dunno how good I am at lying to people, but I can try. [ That's the best he can promise, but honestly? Misdirecting is his specialty because he's just that... dumb... sometimes, unintentionally, it'll work out.
But he shakes his head at the guess. ]
I'm Goldilocks. I'm supposed to be able to open locks... which would've been nice if that happened two days ago so we didn't have to sleep on the ground.
Should be. [ dave cracks his neck, one hand behind it. ] I'm pretty stealthy, anyway. And okay. If that changes just like...tell me. I don't want to kill anyone either, but like. If somethin' goes wrong or someone starts shit, let me know. I'll have your back.
[ he's dead, but natsuo maybe doesn't have to be. ]
Some people probably will try. So...stick close when it's late at night, okay?
Ha... I should've learned to be stealthy from Ninja. [ Can you imagine Natsuo being stealthy? You could hear him from across the castle.
But he can do it if he's serious; he has to be, here. ]
Yeah, we'll stick close. I don't think I'll change my mind about killing, but maybe if someone's actually doing it- like they don't care. There's a bunch of mean looking people around here, you know? Like they wouldn't care.
[ Uh. No, don't take the hit. In fact, Natsuo gestures wildly towards Dave's sword. ]
Never mind me, you shouldn't take the hit either! You're not the only one that got stuff like that back— people are going to be stabbing left and right unless we get rid of all that stuff, it won't just be punching and kicking!
[ Ghosts should already be permadead!! There's no use explaining, though, because Natsuo's sure he won't be able to understand one way or another anyways. ]
Well. Okay. Tell me what sorta "dead" things I don't have to worry about. You still gotta eat and sleep and shit? If I punch you, does it hurt?
Okay, it like. Definitely hurts? It's just. [ he tips his shades down. instead of red eyes, his eyes are spooky pure homestuck dead white? ] ...Aesthetic, I guess, but also "haha the timeline ain't yours now".
Yeah, just. Most of my friends are maybe also dead, and the ones that aren't will fix things and some other alive Dave will take over. [ he waves a hand. ] Anyway, that isn't important. What's important is gettin' you out of here in one piece, which means I need to be in one piece. And also maybe that we'll eventually need allies, so like. I guess look around and lemme know if there's anyone who catches your eye?
[ letting natsuo pick those clearly can never go wrong ]
While we also try to avoid the whole bodycount thing includin' us.
[ Some of Natsuo's favorite people so far are Eichi and Akechi, please let Dave have better taste in allies ]
You can't rely on "some other alive Dave" to fix things- what does that even mean? There's you! You're still here and you can do stuff! You'll survive and you'll get out and you can go back and fix things!
[ none of this "let some other guy do all the work"? no ]
[ AH, A NAIVE IDEALIST it's like being linked to john or jade.
accordingly, dave just nods. ]
Okay. Just...be careful. We don't know who else we can trust, and it'd suck to tell shit to the wrong person and inspire them to pull bullshit. [ how is dave the cautious one here.
Mm... I'm not too good at telling who we can trust, but if somebody's not behaving, just let me know and I'll set them straight!
[ Naive... but straightforward, which is unfortunately Natsuo's way of doing things: believe in everybody from the start, get betrayed forwards and backwards, then make a judgement call. Too bad betrayal here ends in death.
Anyways, hope Dave learned from the previous fistpunch bc here comes another ]
[ CAN'T BELIEVE DAVE IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO APPLY CAUTIOUS PARANOIA TO TRUST only i can
also he. kinda learned. he casually shakes his hand out... ]
I'm okay at judgin' characters. So...I'll be paranoid about shit and you just keep up the optimism. And if we find any locked doors we can open 'em, and I'll experiment with my bullshit and maybe by the weekend I'll know what all I can do. No lies to one another, careful about other people, and we'll make our way downtown, walkin' fast - okay, wrong mood, but you get what I mean.
[ Like "friends," that makes him ridiculously happy- friends are people who get along, but partners are people who trust each other and work well together and build off each other's strengths, and he's 1000% sure that's what they'll be. ]
So, ballroom tonight, and then every night, we can talk about anything interesting that happened before bed!
[ FOR THE RECORD they can have a thursday night convo they will have shit to discuss but dave would have said wednesday "my lying skills are hilarious". ]
And we'll keep an eye out for locked doors you can work your mojo on. Just be sure to keep it on the downlow you can do that, since there may be doors people won't want us snoopin' around through.
[ Lying skills sounds like such an OP wish-granter skill, please leave deets. Natsuo has zero deets bc he does nothing important aside from networking, but he did bring back a pot full of tapestry ink. Just in case they ever need it, ig. ]
Mmhmm. All the important doors are already there— the kitchen, the dining hall, the... [ No, that's it. Just the food places. ] So it's probably okay if we just keep this to ourselves until we know the doors go somewhere safe.
[ THEY TOTALLY WILL NEED IT also dave may or may not have had something to do with redecorating that dorm.
...because that was a good use of his talents. ]
Yep. And even after that we can just...kinda unlock the door and just leave it unlocked and wow how did that happen? No need to drag you into it namewise.
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A little girl's title... What'd you get? A knight, and that sword to prove it?
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[ he's good at that. ]
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[ but also. squints... ]
I don't like liars. You only get to lie to me two times- that's how the story goes, right?
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[ or is he totally solo here mafuyu help a guy out ]
So you're the Little Match Girl? [ that's the only other one that's maybe, right. ] What's that do?
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But he shakes his head at the guess. ]
I'm Goldilocks. I'm supposed to be able to open locks... which would've been nice if that happened two days ago so we didn't have to sleep on the ground.
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[ he's suddenly very interested this is great maybe they can find a mcfuckin way out (probably not) ]
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[ with airquotes and all.
He drops his hands with a huff. ] Isn't that how it always is? "You can do all these things!! Except this, this, and that."
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[ that's locked
or maybe that's the limitation who knows but hey. ]
We should almost definitely keep these things on the lowdown though. But like...okay. You don't want to kill anyone, right?
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[ He hops back to sit on the bed, looking around for a clock. ]
Tonight or something, real late at night, let's try the ballroom. People'll be asleep then, right?
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[ he's dead, but natsuo maybe doesn't have to be. ]
Some people probably will try. So...stick close when it's late at night, okay?
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But he can do it if he's serious; he has to be, here. ]
Yeah, we'll stick close. I don't think I'll change my mind about killing, but maybe if someone's actually doing it- like they don't care. There's a bunch of mean looking people around here, you know? Like they wouldn't care.
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[ well. ]
Normally I'd take the hit, but that seems kind of a dick move to you? So.
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Never mind me, you shouldn't take the hit either! You're not the only one that got stuff like that back— people are going to be stabbing left and right unless we get rid of all that stuff, it won't just be punching and kicking!
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[ SO
look he said he wouldn't lie to natsuo. ]
But yeah, I don't plan to let anyone get Caledfwlch. I'll have to hook myself up with some kinda scabbard though...
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What d'you mean you're not alive? Were you talking with that one guy out there telling people they're all dead?! He's full of it! Don't listen to him!
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but no ok. dave just kind of shrugs. ]
No, I like, got stabbed. It was a whole thing. My home is a little weird about death, honestly. I know I'm dead, I don't think most of y'all are.
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[ How does it work? He doesn't want to find out, tbh ]
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Well. Okay. Tell me what sorta "dead" things I don't have to worry about. You still gotta eat and sleep and shit? If I punch you, does it hurt?
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Timeline's like... what those women were sayin' about stories, right? It's still your story! It's still your timeline!
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[ letting natsuo pick those clearly can never go wrong ]
While we also try to avoid the whole bodycount thing includin' us.
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You can't rely on "some other alive Dave" to fix things- what does that even mean? There's you! You're still here and you can do stuff! You'll survive and you'll get out and you can go back and fix things!
[ none of this "let some other guy do all the work"? no ]
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also maybe now isn't the time to explain homestuck. :|a ]
Well. Either way, we're both determined to get out of this, yeah?
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He doesn't like the sound of Dave just dismissing all of that, but he's right- the end result's what matters. ]
I'm determined to get everybody out of this. I promised Akechi I'd protect everybody.
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accordingly, dave just nods. ]
Okay. Just...be careful. We don't know who else we can trust, and it'd suck to tell shit to the wrong person and inspire them to pull bullshit. [ how is dave the cautious one here.
he holds out his fist for a fistbump though? ]
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Mm... I'm not too good at telling who we can trust, but if somebody's not behaving, just let me know and I'll set them straight!
[ Naive... but straightforward, which is unfortunately Natsuo's way of doing things: believe in everybody from the start, get betrayed forwards and backwards, then make a judgement call. Too bad betrayal here ends in death.
Anyways, hope Dave learned from the previous fistpunch bc here comes another ]
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also he. kinda learned. he casually shakes his hand out... ]
I'm okay at judgin' characters. So...I'll be paranoid about shit and you just keep up the optimism. And if we find any locked doors we can open 'em, and I'll experiment with my bullshit and maybe by the weekend I'll know what all I can do. No lies to one another, careful about other people, and we'll make our way downtown, walkin' fast - okay, wrong mood, but you get what I mean.
Partners, yeah?
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[ Like "friends," that makes him ridiculously happy- friends are people who get along, but partners are people who trust each other and work well together and build off each other's strengths, and he's 1000% sure that's what they'll be. ]
So, ballroom tonight, and then every night, we can talk about anything interesting that happened before bed!
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[ FOR THE RECORD they can have a thursday night convo they will have shit to discuss but dave would have said wednesday "my lying skills are hilarious". ]
And we'll keep an eye out for locked doors you can work your mojo on. Just be sure to keep it on the downlow you can do that, since there may be doors people won't want us snoopin' around through.
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Mmhmm. All the important doors are already there— the kitchen, the dining hall, the... [ No, that's it. Just the food places. ] So it's probably okay if we just keep this to ourselves until we know the doors go somewhere safe.
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...because that was a good use of his talents. ]
Yep. And even after that we can just...kinda unlock the door and just leave it unlocked and wow how did that happen? No need to drag you into it namewise.
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That's a good plan! We'll be like... like... shadow avengers!
[ unseen warriors of justice!! ]
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[ THIS IS THE WORST TEAM UP but maybe they will accomplish
idk
shenanigans lbr ]
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[ fistpunches
THEY'LL ACCOMPLISH..... SOMETHING........ ]
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Honestly? Same. [ THEY CAN KEEP DOING IT ANYWAY! ] We should have a brief nap before we get a move on for the whole ballroom thing.
[ breaking and entering...AS A TEAM ]
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Aah, I'm too excited to sleep, but you're right. We'll be up all night for it.
[ Which we could play out or handwave? since it's an empty ballroom but also Lucy isn't it like 4AM for you... ]
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Yep. And we want to seem awake to everyone else tomorrow mornin', too.
[ so power nap it is... ]
You cool with sharin' a bed?
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I don't think I kick a lot, so it should be okay? [ Because that's the concern here: Dave's spine. ]