open shenanigans

[parodeity]

Who: dave strider & open to all!
Where: around about the planet!
When: days 15 - 20!
Open/Closed: perfectly open with some closed prompts. just pm this account or pp me on plurk if you would like a specialized prompt rather than anything here!

07/22 (day 15) fruit juice acid trip apparently

[ fruit juice is basically dave's favorite drink (he has yet to hit upon apple juice here but he lives in hope) and he's bad at turning people down sometimes; so when juice is pressed into his hands he'll gamely take a sip and will get...

well, hyper dave apparently still looks mostly chill, but there's more of an actual visible smile than usual and he talks a lot faster and is a little more...affectionate? if he recognizes you he'll sling an arm around your shoulders and immediately burst into: ]

So anyway I'm thinkin' jobs may be a thing everyone needs and film seems to be a huge industry so what if, like, as a group we make a movie and market it? It could be fun. I can write a script. It'll have the dumbest plot imaginable, or maybe on that like, is subversive - but no I'm feelin' "dumb" just now. Hey, do you want some?

[ SHOVES JUICE AT YOU, CHEERFULLY. say no. it lasts only fifteen minutes thankfully, but. ]

07/22 (day 15) time travel...

[ ...alternately, maybe you see dave drag someone off chatting a mile a minute and hear a sigh from the side. dave, despite clearing dragging someone in the opposite direction, is standing there with his arms crossed, frowning. ]

Do you know how much worse regret is when you know you technically have the capability to take back a stupid thing but you don't actually because you didn't really?

07/25 (day 18) cooking mama

[ so the palai brought them lots of raw cooking materials. dave...doesn't seem to know what he's doing exactly, but he's sorting through shit looking for any familiar fruits and vegetables. mostly he's looking for apple-like things, honestly.

still. ]

Hey. I think I'm gonna try to make a sandwich? [ hesitantly for some reason. do you want one also? it's kind of the most effort he's put into feeding himself so far, since usually he just relies on being dragged to meals or handed things, but. may as well.

it seems to be open for everyone to use, anyway... ]

07/26 (day 19) the arts

a. art gallery
[ this is fun? this is fun. dave's never actually been to an art gallery before so he's taking his time and viewing every single painting and sculpture and creation. while he doesn't really talk about them much he does seem to reserve like five or ten minutes to a piece to kind of eye this way and that. some he likes better than others; he doesn't try to buy anything, though.

what he likes best is a weird avant garde scenic view of the city, all angles and weird lights, and that's where he'll stand the longest. ]

Cityscapes are kind of fuckin' awesome, even on alien planets.

b. play/film screenings
[ while he just wandered into the galleries in a group, he actually needs to find partners for this kind of thing; anyone new he doesn't know or anyone he recognizes and likes gets flagged down, with a simple: ]

Want to go see a thing together?

[ alternately, maybe you're already sitting down and he just dips into a seat beside you with a quick "sup". ]

07/27 (day 20) solo practice

[ after trios are assigned, dave can be found kind of perusing the script he got tossed, which contains three roles (one for each palai gender) trying to solve a mystery about who ate the last head of lettuce. he's just muttering lines to himself and occasionally making hand gestures, and seems completely involved in it for all that the script and resolution are pretty bare bones. ]

Comments

[parodeity]

Two of them, actually!

[ CONGRATS NOW YOU'RE A PRINCESS MADOKA. ]

[soulcomet]

[is this going to be a contest over who can tell the best story about the other person? because Madoka is totally game.]

— Yes! And, Dave-san here has been leading us on our search. [she's echoed by a chorus of "Dave-san!" from the children i'm so sorry]

... For the third heir! Um ... [who the heck is the third heir.]

[parodeity]

[ maybe... ]

Who we have yet to find yet but are on a quest for. We have to beat three trials to find them.

[soulcomet]

You see, the third heir is waiting for us in this giant castle, and we have to get through the three trials first to reach them.

The first trial is Dave-san's specialty! The castle is surrounded by this giant apple orchard, and it's guarded by this enormous beast, as tall as a tower. [she raises her hands in the air to emphasize.]

And he has to defeat it — without harming a single apple.

[parodeity]

Which includes, sadly, eatin' them. Apparently that counts as harm to apples? Who knew?

[ AN OVERDRAMATIC SIGH GOES HERE. ]

The second task, though, is where Mads is gonna shine...once you get into the castle, you have to get through the guards...by makin' friends with all of them. And they're kind of hard to get along with! Some of them even do that thing where they just copy what you say, exactly, all the time.

[soulcomet]

[she gasps in fake horror, like Dave had just suggested she had to walk through a haunted house, or even worse: ride a roller coaster.]

That — that sounds like it's going to be really tough! But it's nothing compared to the third trial, where ...

[a dramatic pause for effect. somewhere in the back of the crowd, a lizard child yells encouragement.]

... We'll have to face the third heir ourselves. Because someone put a spell on them, to make them forget who they are. And they're really powerful.

But, there is one thing — it's just one thing that you can say, and it'll undo the spell completely.

[parodeity]

[ a story for kids, right? a story without any sharp edges to cut yourself on. ]

"I love you". [ friendship or family or whatever the fuck, those are always the magic fairy tale words, right? ]

[soulcomet]

[it's the sort of fairy tale that Madoka, perhaps naively, likes to believe is completely within the realm of possibility.]

That's right. Because, no matter where your friends go, or what sort of spell they fall under that changes them, as long as you have your love for them, you'll be able to reach them.

... And then, when it's all said and done, all three of us are going to go pick as many apples as we can carry, and we're going to make pies and cakes.

[parodeity]

And hot apple cider? Or cold apple cider. Dependin' on our moods. At which point we might bring some by to share with y'all.

[soulcomet]

[with that, the children burst into thunderous applause — may the story of three coven members, a castle and a ridiculous number of apples live on in Palai lore forever.]

[Madoka turns to smile at Dave, while the Palai kids are distracted with wrestling each other.]

That turned out pretty well! You're a good storyteller.

[parodeity]

Haha, it's the first time I've ever - well, I did write comics, but it was a different kind of story telling. But you did pretty well, too - do you have lots of experience with kids?

[ dave Does Not for all he really likes them ]

[soulcomet]

I do have a little brother — Tatsuya. He definitely keeps the rest of my family on their toes.

[behold.]

I didn't know you made comics, though! That's so cool.

[parodeity]

I only have Rose, sibs-wise. I mean, her last name is "Lalonde" where mine's Strider, but we're more or less twins. I'm older, though.

[ THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. HE'S TOTALLY OLDER. YEAH. ]

But yeah, I do! Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. I can try to recreate one of my best strips if you want??

[ say no ]

[soulcomet]

[i'm sorry dave, i'm afraid i can't do that.]

Sure! I'd love to see it.

[Madoka isn't entirely sure what he means by more or less twins, but she isn't going to pry. and she enjoys manga well enough back home, but has never had a chance to see a comic artist in action before! secret: Madoka also loves to draw.]

[parodeity]

[ why would u do this to yourself diane

BUT OKAY. DAVE WILL PULL A NOTEBOOK AND A PEN OUT OF HIS SYLLADEX AND RECREATE

this

you made me link you sbahj ]

[soulcomet]

[i didn't know any better]

[Madoka is speechless. like, what do you even say to that?]

[.............. she doesn't get it. like at all. she has so many questions?? but, at the same time:]

It's ... it's very you, Dave-san. I like it!

[parodeity]

[ YOU DIDN'T. the worst part is...........his brother has thrown him down the stairs while this meme was repeated all over the place HEY DIANE DON'T READ HOMESTUCK ]

Most of my comics are, like, memes.

[ HE SEEMS FAR TOO PLEASED BY THIS. :| ]

[soulcomet]

[well now i have to because i need to know what in the fresh hell]

Really? Are they popular back home?

[parodeity]

[ if you read homestuck liveblog it at me tho. ]

Memes? Hell yeah. Do you not spend much time on the - wait, you mean my comics? Kinda. People bought merchandise for them, sometimes.

[soulcomet]

[you'll be the first person i ping.]

[but Madoka is seriously so impressed by that —]

You have your own fans and merchandise? That's amazing!

[parodeity]

Yeah, I mean, I made the shirts myself, and there's a hardcover copy of like, a compilation of my comics? With authors notes.

[ why this ]

[soulcomet]

[if Dave were to make her a Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff shirt, Madoka would wear it without question.]

I didn't know you were so talented. [that's not sarcasm, it's 100 percent genuine.] I've always liked drawing, but I don't think I'd be good enough to sell anything.

[parodeity]

[ madoka No ]

I don't know about that. I mean - here, show me what you got?

[ PAPER PAD AND COLORED MARKERS DRAGGED OUT ]

[soulcomet]

[look she's just really happy for him okay]

[but oh. she takes the paper and markers, and. hm ... she sketches out this. sorry nobody ever taught her how to draw eyes.]

[and, because she feels the need to clarify: she points at the drawing on the bottom left.]

That's my best friend, Homura-chan. She has time magic! And this is Mami-san ... She's a veteran magical girl, and she leads the rest of us.

[parodeity]

Time magic? Like what kind?

[ OBVIOUSLY THE MOST FASCINATING PART HERE ]

But that's kinda cool. So she's like your Sailor Moon?