who let them be gods.

[windeity]

Who: John Egbert, Dave Strider, and OTA
Where: Not too far from the Palai house offered to the Coven
When: Backdated to Day 17 (7/24)
Open/Closed: Pretty much open! Notes will be inside ♥



go speedracer go

[Training was something they decided on a week or so ago, if only because Dave had grown up with the actions ingrained in his blood, practically, and John could stand to maybe learn how to fight without relying on his powers.

But like. That's not what's happening here at all. Ever since the boys discovered their abilities were unlocked on this planet their training changed. Not far from the house the coven is staying in Dave and John face off with their sword and hammer respectively. Sometimes miniature tornados burst to try and blast Dave back. Sometimes there definitely seem to be multiple Daves, including when they stop moving, flickering in and out as he starts and completes loops. Soon though Dave's sword strikes at the hammer repeatedly, a literal blur moving faster than any person should before John suddenly evaporates into a hint of blue, turning into the wind to pop up behind him and bring the hammer down. It lands a hit, but with Dave moving so fast and John following, the dice roll and land inside his hammer. Suddenly, slowly descending, a jester's hat falls directly on the head of any poor bystander who came to see what this nonsense is about. John and Dave stop, weapons drawn and staring before John's lips twitch and he suddenly laughs.]

I think that's a great look for you. What do you think? [It's debatable if he's asking Dave or the lucky owner of a sweet new hat, but given he keeps snickering it's probably you.]

buy it use it break it fix it

[After a while the pair of them appear to be standing around with weapons down, deep in conversation and though that part may seem normal, a wide variety of objects seem to appear from hammerspace. Dave and John pull out and resort item after item, and it's only when John's left holding what looks like a rubber duck that he turns and waves over whoever is closest.]

Hey! Be a tiebreaker for us? Dave thinks that this would not be useful to use in a weapon. Got any other suggestions?

[Alternatively, you're free to stumble upon them drawing ridiculous bullshit as John gleefully fuses items together two by two. In this scenario, there's a grin from him as he gestures to Dave's lightpen.]

Any requests?

a new challenger approaches

[ they go a few rounds, and using a hell of a lot of cheating on either side with powers and learning how to train with powers on, there's a fairly even split of wins and losses. so it's actually possible to approach either when john loses his hammer or dave's sword gets dropped; disarming or yielding seems to be how losses are tallied.

either way, dave will offer casually: ]

Feel like a go with the winner? The loser needs a break. [ choose your own adventure as to whether he's teasing john about john needing a break or making a very dry statement about needing a break himself, as you take on either dave or john. or refuse the offer, that's always an option. ]

about the lizard people though

[ after they're both worn out beyond bothering to move, lying on the ground and in dave's case with his arms crossed over his eyes (...and shades) while john opts to stare at the sea high above them, they seem to be thinking about vaguely more important matters. that is, dave will tilt his head slightly as he hears footsteps approaching, and say: ]

Hey, pop quiz. Do you wanna help the Palai or what?

[ apparently they were talking about the whole evil merpeople situation. ]

[ooc note: for the most part it will be a tag order of you, dave, john except in the challenger prompt. please let us know which boy you'd like to take on in a match and we will adjust our tag order. thanks!]

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buy it use it break it fix it

[burnblonde]

[Yang stops what she's doing and looks over. There's a rubber duck in his hand and that's supposed to be a weapon? Well, they're asking the right person. Where she's from there's no end to the kinds of weapons people have.]

You'd be surprised what people use to make their weapons where I'm from. One of my professors used a thermos...of course it could also turn into a flamethrower and a club.

[She shrugs, this is no big deal to her. She takes a closer look at the rubber duck.]

Probably the most obvious thing would be to make it explosive somehow.

[parodeity]

[ a thermos that could be a flamethrower...honestly, that sounds homestuck speed. specifically, it sounds john speed. dave's eyebrows go up, and he looks over at his friend. ]

Holy shit, her teacher was you in another life, dude. As to that...like...explosive and like, a giant "quack" when it blows, or?

[windeity]

That sounds really cool though. [Nobody should ever give John Egbert a flamethrower, wtf. Dave's response is probably accurate given John suddenly grins, tossing the duck from one hand to the other.]

If we are talking an explosive, maybe a duck grenade? Explosion wasn't where I was going with it but I think Yang's got the right idea.

[burnblonde]

I hope not...Professor Oobleck was a little eccentric.

[She liked him a little better after their mission, but it would be a lie to say that he WASN'T a little quirky. Although his thermos wasn't exactly the part that made him the strangest.]

I mean...I don't know if it has to quack, but I guess it would be pretty funny if it did. Or maybe it's more like a grenade where it explodes after you quack it a certain number of times.

[She considered how this might be approached in a weapons class.]

Hmm...if you're not interested in explosions maybe you could combine it with a mace or a spiky ball and chain. [And now she's picturing it and chuckles.] That'd be kind of cute actually.

[parodeity]

Why is Rose never around when you say things like "hey Dave, let's make a duck grenade"?

[ THIS FEELS UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!! also

also wow this got even more dangerous. dave feels right at home. ]

Hell we could throw it together with a knife and make it a shuriken? An explodin' shuriken.

[windeity]

Even if Rose were around, she would probably let me. [But the idea of an exploding shuriken sounds equally bad.]

I don't think we really want to go with cute though. It's the element of surprise! Who would suspect something like a rubber duck would actually be a weapon of stealth?

[burnblonde]

[You guys are clearly hanging out with the right people.]

Oooh. There you go. Explosions and sharp points are always a fun combo.

[She considers if there are any other combinations.]

I guess if we go the grenade route you could also try for some smoke bombs.

[parodeity]

It's not a weapon of stealth if it quacks, dude.

about the lizard people though

[rebells]

[The footsteps stop, and there's a pause.]

. . . I wouldn't be opposed. Did you have anything specifically in mind?

[parodeity]

Hm. First think is probably recon to the ocean up there?

[ dave uncovers his eyes, at least enough to peer at jay.

FROM BEHIND HIS SHADES, BUT WHATEVER, ]

[windeity]

We were thinking about heading up sometime soon to get a better idea of what the Uvi or whatever are really like. If they can come down here and drag the Palai back up, how does the ocean work? Stuff like that.

[rebells]

That's right, you can fly, can't you? I'd certainly be interested in knowing what's up there.

[parodeity]

Well, there's that. But I think we can make a, uh, flyin' boat if we try? Or at least a light one that the dragons can fly up there.

[windeity]

Dave's drawing is getting better, but even if we can't get a boat, yeah, we could probably each carry one person. But Mikleo can turn into a dragon so there's also that.

[rebells]

Into a dragon, really . . . if you drew a boat with wings would it actually fly? Or would you need some sort of mechanism?

[parodeity]

I mean, maybe? I was thinkin' more we utilize John's skills and mine and Rose's all at once. And maybe anyone else's. Between the lot of us, we can totally make it up there with enough people who wanna go. Hell, Victor can turn into a dragon, too?

[windeity]

Okay, that part I did not know? [About Victor.] But he has a point. We've been getting a lot better at making our powers work in our favor, so a flying boat isn't out of the question. It would just be easier to figure out another way like. I don't know. Dave apparently knows how science works for things to draw.

[rebells]

How many dragons do we have? Just the two? I suppose we could get them to carry people in a net or something . . . .

[parodeity]

Only two I know of. But havin' them...I can draw up a raft, or a boat, okay? And Rose can enchant shit to be light and not weigh a lot or whatever, and John can meld it, and then we can ferry it up there. Yeah?

[windeity]

That's not a bad idea. If we had all of that we could take what, like ten people? That is a good portion of the coven.

[rebells]

Or more, if we were willing to make multiple trips. But ten is a good start.

[parodeity]

Not everyone might wanna go anyway, so we can kinda poll people and see what's up.

[windeity]

A poll's a good idea. I know who I want to bring, but what about you two? Anybody else besides the obvious people?

[rebells]

That depends on who you think the obvious people are.

[parodeity]

Minato and Akira and Haru, maybe? Mikleo and Sorey obviously. I bet Victor would want Yuuri to come too, maybe...Waver, for sure.

a new challenger approaches

[needmetoo]

[Admittedly, watching people spar was pretty neat. Watching people spar with powers that you've never seen before? That's even cooler. So admittedly, she's been observing for a bit by the time she's actually asked to take a turn.

She pauses for a moment, then summons her Keyblade as she walks over. That being said, she plants it in the sandy ground as soon as she's close enough.]

Can I ask about that stuff you were doing first?

[parodeity]

[ a magical key, nice. dave shrugs. ]

Hey, Xion. He was bein' a cheating asshole, I was usin' time travel. [ his flashstep speed isn't even worth noting, clearly. ]

[windeity]

By also being a cheating asshole. [He rolls his eyes then.] Being on this planet allowed us to use our normal powers which is really great! What's with the key?

[needmetoo]

I'm guessing neither of those are good things.

[The asshole part at least. She knows what the word cheat means, so the rest is just context clues. At John's question though, she grins.]

This is my Keyblade! It's how I fight. I just got it back on this world too.

[parodeity]

What?

[ he has no idea which part she misunderstood, but gets distracted by the keyblade thing. ]

Lots of locked doors where you come from, that kinda thing?

[windeity]

They must be really big doors. [He's definitely thinking monster-battles with doors, but that's stupid. She mentioned fighting and that's what he focuses on.] So it sort of works like a sword or something, right? Swinging it in combat.