rakuen | Twelfth Beat | Am I Better off this Way

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.

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[Dave stares at Jane blankly for a little bit. You look a hell lot like John, Jade, and Jake. This...this is not a surprise. No, it is. He's lying. He can't quite wrap his mind around all this still. He's slightly more aware to expect it with the whole info dump back on the meteor. It was still weird.]

im guessing youre new here
i havent seen you around

[She nods.]

Yes, I'm new enough. [She is getting people skills right now.]

I'm Jane Crocker. I come from the same place as Jake and Dirk. If you know them that is!

yea i know them
dirk is my roommate
also apparently some strange alternate universe sibling from an alternate universe
how many times can i say alternate universe and still make sense i wonder
crocker?
like betty crocker slash batterwitch slash john really needs to fix his issues about baked goods
that crocker??

[Man. This shit is so weird.]

[She blushed a little. Nodding.]

In my universe, I'm the heir to the Crocker company. Oh, Dirk is actually branching out? That's actually a real surprise considering how hard it is to get ahold of him sometimes.

.... [She blanked out at Batterwitch.] John? Oh, I got this figured out. John would be my Poppop. Dirk has already tried to explain this to me- and Jade mentioned Jake being her grandson in our timeline. Which makes sense now!

well
were in the same room
its hard to not have to talk to me
ok that was a shitty lie
i cant talk
but i can spam his pda with an insistent amount of texts
so theres that

[Oh. Did he say something she forgot? God, this is annoying.]

yeah
i guess we all switched spots or something
you were probably his nanna than

[Thank god for canon updates.]

I assumed you couldn't, since this is a sign language class. Glad to see I wasn't making a really awful assumption, I could have just made an ass out of myself.

[skdfhkjsdf say what.]

Golly, his Nanna? That sounds like an elderly ladies title. Please tell me I'm not deceased or something.

naw
youre fine
i can make stupid noises
but that doesnt really count as speaking

uhh
no i think youre dead
i cant remember if he said how or why
but
...
oh
i wonder if that would be weird to say
how do you feel about being prototyped with a harlequin and being a sprite?

[She kinda chuckles.

I'm sure the noises aren't stupid or anything, a noise is a noise either way!

[Wow w h a t the flying heck.]

I'm not really sure how I feel about that. That just sounds really really weird and I'm not sure how to deal with you even saying that.

theyre embarrassing
its kind of like a mix between a dying animal
and something equally embarrassing
so no
stupid

[Hah...haha?]

pretend i didnt say anything
didnt happen
nope
what are we talking about?
but im sure john appreciated you
at least he got a snazzy huge ass book out of it
seriously that thing is huge

Oh come now, I'm sure it isn't that bad! You don't look like you're capable of sounding like a dying animal.

[Okay Dave, you are quite the comedian, you have Jane thoroughly entertained with you rambling and what not.]

Oh, that book? That's pretty cool. I'm glad to hear it got passed down!

if this is a ploy to try and get me to make a noise
im not
dying cat sounds are not attractive at all

[He is totes amazing. Gosh.]

yea
good thing for sylladexes though
i hate to think what it would be like having to carry it around in your arms all the time

What if I told you a joke? Would you even laugh at it? Is laughing not a thing you can do it?

[Stop saying you're a dying cat Dave! You're so not...]

Heavy, and very unpleasant.

if you want to hear the great sounds of air passing through then yea
totes can laugh
if you mean actual sound
its not really a thing i can do
i mean i can make some sounds
but only because a different part of my body is producing it

[Like hiccups. Hiccups are the devil.]

i would bet
at least you could take something or someone out with it

Then maybe one day I'll tell you the funniest joke you've ever heard. I mean at least you can- right? Being different just means you're special of course!

[Grin.]

Well, if I'm not mistaken you can end up with a broken foot, or worse!

shit
youre not into intense pranking like john is right?
i dont want to wake up with buckets over my doors or something
theres a lot wrong i can say about being special
but i wont
because ive been friends with trolls longer than i care to admit

also that would suck
yea i broke my foot via dropping a huge ass book
not embarrassing at all

I could be into intense pranking. You probably won't know until something DOES happen. I mean I never would have thought of buckets over your door. Do you fancy water or paint in them?

[Don't give her ideas you dummy.]

Oh of course not. Epitome and complete the center of "coolness".

trigger warning
trigger warning
youre triggering me
im getting terrible flashbacks
the world is spinning
maybe even ending
idefk anymore

[Oh shit, now he is actually thinking about it. Quick, change the topic!]

the level of swag would repel the book anyways

[Don't you dare actually test that.]

Oh stop your silly overreacting, you've not even given me a splendid reason to prank you just yet! The world is not coming to an end you know. If it was then I don't think the sky would be so blue today.

[Oh Dave...]

You think so? I think we could probably get the book from the shop.

im not overreacting
i am being completely legit here
just because you dont get triggered by pranking or whatever
doesnt mean you can assume everyone is ok with it
check your privilege
sheesh

[Flawless child.]

i guess you could ask

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