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revenge of ricky schrödinger ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ ([personal profile] parodeity) wrote in [community profile] lucybox2017-05-04 02:04 am

slams hands on table best friends

[ dave strider ends up choosing cinematography to study because, fuck, why not? it's almost graduation when he finally decides, and it's sort of at random. it's not that he doesn't like video-taping shit (he does) or that he isn't into special effects and sound stuff (he is) but there's a lot of shit dave is into and he wasn't sure how to translate that to college. he loves music; he loves dance; he's really into the film shit and his shitty comics, but he definitely can't do art because the shitty comic quality isn't shitty on accident. but he consults with his siblings and he thinks about it hard and he makes a decision.

and god, it was easier to be excited about that decision before memories and past lives and powers came into play, but it's still kind of cool. dirk hated college but dave likes the idea of it. he likes the routine normality that it seems to suggest, the way he feels kind of grown up and like a half-competent adult when he packs up his shit and heads off to university. it's still in the city so it's not like he's really gone, but it's enough of a distance to allow him to pretend.

these days, somewhat to his surprise, dave wants to pretend. rose doesn't remember a thing about anything going on and his parents probably never will, and it's strange and too much like playing pretend every day to live there. he can't tell them about anything. he can't even tell roxy, because he doesn't want to mention most of the things he knows to anyone. even the tiny things are seeming more and more dangerous, because then it's just a chain of memories, all the way down the line, and eventually they'll all remember the shit he doesn't say, but -

but. well. he can, for now, pretend to be an ordinary kid at college. he has a schedule? he has a mini fridge. he has a room, and he's carefully pinned up a few posters and sorted all his things. he's mindlessly listening to music with his earbuds in when the door opens, and he tracks the movement even behind his shades and sits up. ]


Yo - [ he's absolutely never met the guy who just waltzed into his (their) room but dave absolutely knows him. he reflexively reaches up to adjust his shades. okay. shit. that's john egbert - or...someone? maybe his name is different? but it's john, egderp, the dork who really likes mc...whatever and hates cake and who gave dave these shades, once upon a time, and he's here and really a real live person and ok dave maybe stop staring you're being weird.

shit he's in kindergarten again? how the fuck did you make someone your best friend back then. did you just go up and say "mine" and call dibs? does someone else have dibs???? can dave fight them for dibs -

STILL STARING, DAVE ]


Uh, [ internal screaming ] I'm Dave. Sup.

[ an attempt was made. i guess. ]
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-05 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[The shades are definitely disguising it, or, at least, enough that John doesn't notice even if he's aware Dave's attention is mostly on him. He looks at the iphone curiously and he's about to say that he actually doesn't care that much especially if they're going to be sharing a room and dealing with each other for the whole school year, but again, Dave keeps talking.]

Sure. [Hook it up, he means. It's the first thing he says before there's another little laugh.] Can't believe you just said that. [It's...also weird. In a way it feels familiar like maybe Dave isn't the only person he's met who verbalizes his acronyms but he shakes the idea off. He's more interested in the rest of it anyway.] I've never met anyone who mixes their own stuff. Are you a music major then?

[His eyes slide just past Dave like he's actually looking for mix equipment, but even so he shrugs at the other question before picking up a pile of t-shirts and heading for the empty dresser that belongs to him.] I do a little music stuff, but nothing like that. I haven't in a few years. [And he doesn't think to elaborate.]
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-05 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Sweet, me too! [He doesn't seem to mind his enthusiasm in saying such because wow, that's awesome? It's totally awesome to not only have a roommate who seems very okay so far but also someone studying what John's thinking about sticking with. It makes this whole "zip across the country for the first time in his life and figure out things in a new place"...thing a lot easier.] Not that other stuff but film in general. I think directing would be cool but I like editing.

[Since he's busy dicking around with the dresser and trying to shove everything into the way-too-small drawers, he also fails to notice the frantic movements of Dave's hands even if he hears the clatter of keys. Guy must be a fast typer. Wow.]

So it's a family thing. [It's easy to make note of the little things he's learned so far about Dave Last-Name-Unknown-So-Far. Idly, he wonders what it's like to have a sibling.] Classical training doesn't really mean much in the long run, so I quit to do some other stuff.
windeity: (GRIN ♫ oh okay!)

[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-05 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah.

He has his back to Dave for the moment and his hands are buried in a pile of t-shirts, but there's a definite pause when Dave questions his instrument of choice. Was it that obvious that it was something like that?]


Uh. Yeah. I've been playing since I was a kid. [And he's good at it, but that also goes unsaid because...well, it's not as cool as mixing your own music. John doesn't really have an interest in being cool but at the same time it's nothing important. Dave will come to find that this is just how John is, eager to engage with people and learn about them but only saying enough at a time unless it's something he's really enthused about.

Piano? It's calming and he can probably play in his sleep, but that won't make him friends on his first day on campus. Not with someone like Dave who comes from a family with siblings and mixes his own music and somehow makes the sunglasses indoors thing work. So instead he finishes cramming his clothes in and finally shuts the drawer, leaving it half-open even as he moves for the duffel bag. Like. There's still a shit-ton of clothes on his bed but he's unzipping the bag anyway.]


I'm totally not coordinated enough for dance, so you beat me there. Anything else I should know, Mr. Cool? [John what in the fuck are you doing. It doesn't take him long to pull out what is very clearly a movie poster and he's unraveling it to reveal...a movie poster for Cloverfield. At least it isn't romcoms.] I've been watching a lot of foreign monster movies lately, but the new Alien that came out a little while ago was pretty good. And the new Bladerunner should be really awesome. [...yeah that whole bag is filled with movie posters. Good job, Egbert.] I like a little of everything? There's no such thing as a bad movie because even the bad ones are good at being bad.
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-05 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[John isn't familiar with anything about Dave at this point but that doesn't stop him from falling into ease with him as he nudges aside a stack of shorts with his foot to stand on the bed. Luckily, this John thought this through better and has a roll of scotch tape that he's pulling from the bag, too. Now the new challenge is unrolling the poster, getting it to lay flat, and taping the fucking thing.]

Yeah, okay. The last thing I think I ever want to see is my nanna trying to crank that. [Please don't pull a soulja boy, Nanna.] But I get your point even if you just went back on it a little bit. [Stop curling back up you piece of shit poster, why!!!

But oh. He turns his head slowly and lifts an eyebrow, almost looking fairly insulted.]


Mcconaughey. [But there's another cheerful grin shortly after.] That movie was fucking awful but it was still good. And you've clearly never seen Interstellar. [In a normal universe John probably wouldn't have either.] It's probably harder to punch somebody in a wormhole.
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-05 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Even if he doesn't seem to acknowledge it, he's listening. John downplays it but John knows music and it's easy for him to pick up the sounds in the mix, picking apart the strings and the actual beat, able to correctly pinpoint what notes are what on the keyboard portions. It shouldn't sound good but...it does, weirdly.

He also doesn't seem to mind the assist.]


Thanks, dude. [And with that he's getting to work on taping up his poster.] Sounds like a dangerous quest, but obviously you've already worked out how you're going to get to a wormhole in the first place, so it'll be a piece of cake. Are you sure you're up to the task? Punching the great face of Matthew Mcconaughey?

[Don't be a jerk, Dave, but also John's testing his own limits already.] You'd need to add an epic guitar solo for the full effect. This isn't bad, by the way. [He looks away from the headless statue of liberty toward Dave's computer.] I kind of thought maybe you were exaggerating a little.
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-05 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a nod to show he's listening even if he doesn't verbally respond, pushing his glasses up with one hand while also tearing off a piece of tape as Dave chatters.

It feels weirdly comfortable. Sometimes people ramble and John, awkwardly, doesn't know how to respond. But this all seems to be generally okay and he wonders if Dave is like this with everyone.]


Strifes like. Fights? [He seems a little uncertain but okay. Maybe he should be concerned? Nah, it'll probably be fine.] Shut up, it's not a mancrush. Jeez. [But he's almost fondly shaking his head as he's taping down the last corner of his poster.] If we're going off of every college movie cliche we should also be using that music to pick up girls.

[But he turns, appraising him for a moment before he nods again.] I'm self-taught, but I could try? I mean not just because of bonding exercises or whatever but it could be cool practice playing to mix into something. Projects are fun.
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
According to the laws of all cliche college movies we have to wait for spring break for any kind of ill-advised road trips. If it's a horror movie though, I guess we can shoot for December. [There's a teasing grin.] You gave me shit about Mcconaughey but you know enough about Sparks? Lame, Dave.

[But then again he's fine with Dave shoving his hands in his pockets. The other posters in his bag are smaller and easier to handle and he's getting better at unrolling them to tape up. A small Pacific Rim poster, one for Alien, one for Die Hard and one for Pulp Fiction. He's decided this is the route he wants to go. He can multitask.

Besides, if he's honest, the chatter's nice. Thinking about it back home he didn't have a lot in the way of friends that were this chatty, just people he hung out with sometimes and got along with. Home was quiet, too. It's one of the true reasons he was so excited to leave even if there was a slight amount of guilt in doing so. It was complicated but nothing he needed to mull on much. They're still learning and John in particular is still learning what parts of Dave's commentary to answer and what parts just to accept.]


Sure though. I don't have a guitar here so we'll have to borrow one but the campus seems pretty big. There's probably a music department. [Probably. Or he could play the piano but again for some reason he doesn't seem too gung-ho about offering up that idea just yet.] English majors are really smart aren't they? Maybe I'll see her around or. [...well. Okay. Would Mr. Coolguy Strider want to hang out with his sister? Part of him thinks that if he had a sister he would want to, but that's him.] I don't know. Maybe all three of us could hang out or something.

[Okay. Say something else.] ...Egbert. [...sure, John. That works, too.]
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[And a liiiiift of the eyebrows. There's a few moments where he's settled for staring at Dave instead of saying anything.]

That's going to stick, isn't it. [Ugh. He should have seen that coming. He's not upset about it, but at the same time it tugs at the back of his head again that there's something he might be missing here. He doesn't know what and he doesn't know why, but the way that Dave's been addressing him this whole time is...different.] Just don't call me that around Rose.

[And he's moving away from the wall to empty out the rest of the duffel bag now that the posters are gone. Its contents appear to be a small laptop, a few DVDs/blurays, and general everyday items so he doesn't need his full attention there.]

So what you're saying is that the homicidal maniac we have to escape on our epic road trip is your sister. Gross. [But you know, moving on is a great idea.] And you can not. Knowing shit about stuff you don't like still means you're putting in effort to learn about the dumb thing. Why would you do that?
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Is that what we're calling it? [There's a light hum but this time since he's facing him he can at least see the not-quite smile. It's something. John, as it were, likes making people happy most of the time even if he also likes making fun of people. Nothing should be taken too seriously except for the things that should. (It makes sense to him and that's all that matters.) Seeing Dave kind of smiling makes him feel like maybe he's doing this whole "good roommate" thing right.

More or less he wants to climb the ranks from being "amicable" to "friends" and learning to speak the Strider way is something he'll pay attention to for as long as he has to. Dave likes stupid references and casual cutting remarks. John likes those things, too, even if not to the same degree. It's something he can work with even if the abbreviation earns another roll of his eyes.]


I bet I could outsmart your sister somehow. She's never met the great John Egbert, master of mystery and blahblahblah. [John, shut up.] You know that whole thing sounds dumb, right? But that explains a little.

[And back to the pile of clothes. This is going to keep going for a while even as the pastry box gets scooted to the side on the floor and his laptop balances precariously off the edge of his bed.] I've met a lot of trolls in the last couple of years. Some of them can be pretty hilarious, especially if you point out their point is dumb. [Just saying.]
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[I'm glad we made it 24 comments before a cat metaphor came up, I am proud of you. Anyway, it's not like John knows. He can see the challenge in that and he knows saying "no" isn't something he wants. If the whole thing also means spending more time with the Strider siblings then that's what it'd take.]

You're on. Just wait, it's going to be the most awesome plan to come together to outsmart someone I've never even met. [You know what. He's just going to plop on the floor in front of the dresser to cram his shorts and jeans into a drawer.]

What's your blog about? [Probably more "cool guy" stuff but it's not like John's going to go search for it or anything when Dave isn't looking??? (That is absolutely what he's going to do.] And the other thing. You have a fan following? Really? [Ah yes, and there goes Dave dropping Gs again. Just more things for John to be aware of, he thinks.]
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucy I want a thread where they have a cat and I blame you.]

I have definitely never heard of it. [His tone is light like it's not a big deal but he's absolutely committing it to memory. When Dave isn't around for John to embarrass himself he'll search for both blog and comic for himself.] But that's pretty sweet, seriously? Most of the webcomics I know don't have merchandise or anything at all. [And since it's a decent segue and John's curious:] What's your brother like? If you're the cool guy and Rose is the smart one.
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[You say that like he'd care if Dave was a cat.

What's clear here is that while Dave's chatting about the Strider siblings he's utterly fascinated to hear all of this. Even as he's putting things away he has his body half-turned toward Dave so he can see and hear everything. It's enough to give him a clear idea who the Striders are and they all sound...really great. There's a grin that's not quite as bright as he matches names with descriptions and realizes they're all, from what Dave says, smart and interesting people.]


You're also probably the first twin I've ever met. Two sets is pushing it. [But at the same time he doesn't make a big deal of it.] They all sound pretty cool. [There should be more to say to that, but he just wants to hear Dave chat about what makes him happy.] I don't have any siblings so this probably sounds like a lot of stupid questions, doesn't it? It's pretty quiet where I'm from.
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[personal profile] windeity 2017-05-06 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Shrug. He appreciates hearing it but at the same time he can't help but think he doesn't exactly match up as being nearly as interesting. Maybe it's just because he's used to himself that he feels this way, but he's more inclined to ask questions and prod and poke and discover. Read between the lines, maybe.

But seeing how he's on the floor and not-quite folding his clothes the right way, it's safe to say that he got out of chores somehow.]


Well, now that I'm here I'm not going to know anymore. [But sharing doesn't seem bad.] Back home it's just me and my nanna, and she doesn't really care much about what my room looks like since it's just my room. She takes care of a lot of stuff though and I help out with whatever she asks. [Maybe those weren't serious questions, but it's on his mind now.] She's the one who suggested I apply here in the first place.

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