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

[drunkle]

Easier, you say.

[ They haven't even established the culprit or the resolution, and yet they're already going straight into it. Good thing Qrow isn't too attached to making this some kind of masterpiece. ]

Alright - let's get this over with. The sooner we shoot the thing, the sooner we can all go back to the bar.

[ ...and he has to invite them since the Palai don't serve loners for some reason. :| ]

[girasole]

[You know?]

I'll buy the first round.

[Because the Palai might not serve loners and it's getting on his nerves as well. Dave gets shot a look, basically the, "You're filming this, right? Okay." And thus?]

Where's the lettuce? [Beat. Then, to Qrow:] You ate it again, didn't you.

[parodeity]

[ dave totally is filming this yes. praise him. also he immediately jumps in with: ]

It's gotta be him, it always is. [ none of them know who did it, do they. ]

[drunkle]

[ Without skipping a beat, Qrow slips into his character that he only came up with now. ]

Whaaaat? Come on, dudes, I swear it wasn't me.

[ kill him tbh ]

[girasole]

[This would've been solved with just going, "Yes, I ate it, and I'll buy a new one." And then the drama is done and they could go get drinks. Qrow. Qrow, why are you prolonging this.]

Don't be an idiot. Like we'd fall for that? Of course it's you! It's always you! You ate the cake last week. You ate the pasta I bought the week before! Who else would it be?

[Admit guilt so they can be done with this my guy my pal my friend.]

[parodeity]

[ unfortunately dave is a cat. he conveys genuine guilty surprise. ]

I mean...the cake might not be all on him, bro. [ he can't tell if they're meant to be a romantic trio or what. whatever? ] But it was chocolate so I can't be blamed.

[drunkle]

[ It's better if they put in at least some effort, and make this a 10 minute film rather than 10 seconds. If they get it right, they only have to do it once! ]

Haa? How did you know about the pasta?!

[girasole]

[They could fill in the rest with special effects from their powers come on! They could have ten minutes of 'shoots fire from hands' or whatever! The palai would love it!]

...because it was gone?

[parodeity]

You don't gotta take that from him, Qrow, he should have to present more conclusive evidence

[ pick a side, dave ]

[drunkle]

Ugh-- [ Hey, he's not playing himself!! ]

Davida is right, I deserve a fair trial. ... But I'm also not on trial for the pasta! Why are you so quick to shift the blame for this? Everyone knows you're the vegetable freak around here!

[ Qrow gestures at the tomato prop that Caesar is holding. ]

[girasole]

[Fuck, undone by his prop picking up tendencies.] Is that what you think of me? A vegetable freak? All this time, I thought otherwise and now...this.

[parodeity]

He has a point...you could be toppin' off your cabbage eating mayhem with a tomato chaser! And all this time you were just tryin' to turn us on one another to cover up your tracks.

[drunkle]

You bastard!

[ Qrow throws an empty plastic bottle at Caesar. Such drama! ]

[girasole]

How dare you! [He instinctively throws the tomato back before realizing that maybe that's not- eh, well. What else are you going to do with a tomato.]

[parodeity]

[ dave, who kind of instigated things but got away with nothing being thrown at him, just starts laughing. ]

Hey, who owes who an apology for bein' a thief here?

[drunkle]

[ With Qrow's active Bad Luck Semblance, which essentially affects everyone's RNG stats, he doesn't need to move too much for the tomato to completely miss him.

... It does knock the camera over, though. Double misfortune points. :( ]

--alright, cut! Does anyone know who actually did it?

[ this is so stupid!! ]

[girasole]

... [...] ...no. [Not much sympathy considering who had a bottle thrown at him first.] Did our directions specify who did it?

[parodeity]

[ uh, wow, that is dave's camera? there's a blur of motion and he's over there catching it before it can hit the ground. it's flashstep speed without thinking about it, as good as teleportation. ]

Breakin' character there, dudes. I was just gonna see who broke first?

[drunkle]

We're getting off the rails here while introducing too many other plot points.

[ He waits for Dave to set up the camera again. ]

--let's just say it was me all along, and we'll take it from the top.

[girasole]

You're committed to your role. I'll buy you a second drink when we're done.

[parodeity]

[ dave does, and this time he decides to remain holding it.

...that is, there's maybe the sound of a ticking clock and there are two daves, on the same chronology separately, and one of them returns to the trio while the other mans the camera so HE CAN DEFEND IT ]

A'ight, in that case... [ a dramatic pause. ] Why can't this fuckin' house keep a single head of lettuce?

[drunkle]

[ Don't be so paranoid, Dave!!! ... No, actually, good call. As long as Qrow is around, something might end up being set on fire. ]

...

[ Wait, is he seeing two Daves? ]

You get weirder every day, kid.

[ Back to it! ]

Everyone? I have a confession to make. [ they know what it is, but there's a pause for drama anyway ]

[girasole]

[Dave 2 gets a look, a squint, and then he looks away, in that universal way known as I don't want to know. Anyway, they're rolling. He looks at Qrow. He waits, dramaticall- no, he's going to say it.]

What is it?

[parodeity]

And if it's what it might be, how're you gonna make amends, more importantly?

[ NO EXPLANATION OF THE TWO DAVES IS GIVEN. ]

[drunkle]

Hah, hahahahaaa!

[ Did he change his character's personality?? ]

So you figured it out, did you? And I almost got away with it, too! That's right... the one who ate the lettuce...

...

--was ME.

[ shock twist! ]