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

[knightime]

Oh my god. He's trying to not laugh. Just. At least you didn't sign anything vulgar. Shion signing vulgar things by accident would be hilarious.

He signs slowly for the other, sticking to the alphabet mostly.

'I think we need to expand your vocabulary. You don't know how funny it is to see you sign something that isn't grammatically correct.'

Hopefully you understood most of that.

[savedbyasong]

Shion pieced together the words from the letters, blushing a little when he worked out what was being said. Sorry He signed. I want learn more.

[knightime]

<<'I'll teach you some basic words then.'>>

Or at least he hoped they were basic. He wasn't sure what words were basic to Shion, but it seemed like their vocabulary was the same.

He went through family members, colors, and articles of clothing first, signing them twice and tapping them into his PDA so Shion knew what each sign was.

[savedbyasong]

It was pretty much the same, Shion practiced the signs carefully repeating them and committing them to memory. It wasn't as easy as remembering something he had read and he was annoyed to find he had forgotten a couple of the signs by the end. He ran through them again trying to remember.

[knightime]

Dave holds out a slip of paper to Shion. On it is a list of books that he could find in the library. He had already went through most of the books at the library related to ASL and chose whichever ones he found that were useful.

Shion would probably like these.

since you like books
i thought youd appreciate this

[savedbyasong]

Shion's face broke into the largest grin as he read down the list. Thank you he signed looking like a small child for a moment in his happiness.

"I'll have a look for them after we are done here."

[knightime]

God it's like Christmas came early for Shion or something. Holy shit.

its nothing
you were blabbering about how youd read all the books in the library
these ones will probably help the most
theres more books than those of course so you wont be running out of material anytime soon

He shrugged a bit. It's not like Dave actually read them all or anything. Shush.

[savedbyasong]

"Thank you!" He grinned again, he had been planning to go and have a look in the library, but he still wasn't used to how it worked and there were so many books and he got distracted a lot, having a list was a huge help. "I'll read them all."

[knightime]

take your time
im sure the library will still be around even if you dont get your hands on every book possible within a day

At least the guy seems pretty happy. That's kind of cool.

[savedbyasong]

He was happy he nodded. "I guess it will, thank you Dave!"

[knightime]

no problem
the less i have to teach the better
im not exactly teacher material

The fact he's gotten this far in teaching is amazing in itself.

[savedbyasong]

You're a really good teacher though, I'm learning a lot.

[knightime]

oh

No seriously. How is he supposed to respond to that exactly?

[savedbyasong]

Shion laughed, "Don't look so shocked, I am sure the others would agree."

[knightime]

john was better at this though

Which was just the honest truth. Dave kind of was all over the place if he got carried away.

[savedbyasong]

"It doesn't mean you're not good... I am sure he would be glad that you are continuing lessons..."

[knightime]

maybe
idk
cant really ask him about it

He just misses John. Shut up.

[savedbyasong]

"I miss him too..." Shion looked down for a moment, it must be so much worse for Dave who was one of his best friends to lose him like that.

[knightime]

he had better things to do
its cool

Huff huff.

[savedbyasong]

"I guess...." Shion looked sad for a moment, since truthfully they didn't know what had happened to John at all.

[knightime]

hed probably be annoyed if he saw you like this
the guy is all about smiling dorkily and being happy

Even if Dave didn't really smile much to begin with.

[savedbyasong]

"Strange that his smiles weren't caught by you, I hear they're contagious." Like hugs and cooties apparently.

[knightime]

im immune to his kind of derp
i built up a resistance
sorry to say
no goofy grins on this face

Dave is just a really stubborn kid.

[savedbyasong]

Yes but like virus' derp probably mutates and will get through your immunity eventually. It's only a matter of time.

[knightime]

oh hell no
i will not let some shitty virus like that get the better of me
we were made to be one hundred percent immune to that type of shit