Twelfth Beat | Am I Better off this Way

[knightime]

Characters: Dave Strider and everyone
Format: Either or
This log is: open
Location: Somewhere in the grass with lots of space; accessible to both schools.
Summary: Dave finally decides that he's going to continue teaching ASL to everyone. Even without the presence of his bucktoothed best friend.
Warnings: Language and possibly a ridiculous amount of cute.

asl
in an hour
heres the location

The grassy area had a few books lying around. There was one opened to the alphabet and a few others were open to some simple, everyday words that were common in everyday use.

Dave was sitting near them, although he was busy flattening his sandwich. It's not like anyone was here yet. Honestly, this was probably a terrible idea. He wasn't cut out to be this people person who helped everyone learn with a smile. That was John's forte. But John wasn't here anymore. Hell, a lot of people weren't here anymore.

But...it was nice. Seeing everyone sign to him. Even if it was a simple hello or the bare minimal. it was nice to see people try to communicate to him. Hell, it looked like they still were trying. Why should he deny them the chance to learn?

Even if it made him nervous.

Because he wasn't used to it. Shit was too personal. This was too much. And it was impossible to read his face. He knew the basics for ASL. Facial expression was important. But he still kept to hiding behind the shades.

He pushed all those thoughts out of his head. Right. Teaching ASL. He can do that. He started eating his sandwich, waiting for people to arrive.

Comments

[kingdomsgambit]

"Fourteen, five. Same difference. You are not allowed to sit with the adults either way." Because nineteen year olds are responsible adults.

"...I was unprepared! I came here to learn, not prank people. But all right, tutor Dave. Do educate me about words and phrases."

[knightime]

ohhhh we got a badass
mr egbert at age 19
oh man hes a real adult now

He pretends to be mock terrified or whatever. He kind of fails completely.

Dave pauses as he thinks of what words might be worth teaching him. Dave made his hand much like a child would make bunny ears with their hand. He started from his shoulder, crossed his chest, and ended at just above his belt.

king

He went through a few other ones like mom, dad, school, and different signs for different kind of clothes.

[kingdomsgambit]

"Adult enough to rule over a country, Dave!" Real mature, Dave. He elbows him.

Oh, Dave seriously just taught him the word for king. He mirrors it, though not without his face is heating up again. He learns the other ones with ease, though for every three words, he picks up a notebook and draws what he learns there.

[knightime]

He jolts a bit at the elbowing. This isn't going to work. John is way too physical in his affection. Jesus christ, this is going to kill him. Death by shitty headaches because some older version of his best friend couldn't keep his hands off him or something.

Dave does them a second time.

repeat them back to me
doesnt matter the order but you have to tell me which sign you just did so you arent mixing them up