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 continues to tickle her, a large smile starting to appear on his face. God damn, how can you not smile when you're tickling one of your best friends into submission?

He even let's out a few breathy exhalations.

Nope. You're going to have to tell him to stop.

"Stop, stop!" She is giggling to hard to really get anything else out, and is secretly pleased that he laughed for her! Dave is so cute. Jade even gets her hands free and awkwardly signs the letters for stop, too. Look at that.

Lucky you, Dave is feeling very giving today and actually does. He does wriggle his fingers near her sides but stops, letting her rest in his lap. He still had a smile on his face, but he wasn't quite laughing anymore.

She's still giggling, but has enough control of herself to start signing. It's a little clumsy, kind of awkward, but she manages it.

<<'How are you?'>>

<<'It's like fucking sunshine and rainbows right now. You're the apple of my eye. It's like you bitch slapped sadness out of the way like a boss.'>>

He's probably signing too fast like the idiot he is. But really, he's just messing anyways. He's probably signing too quickly so you don't even know what he's saying. That would be embarrassing!

"I only understood the bad words. What was the other part?"

And Dave would be right. Jade has no idea what he said other than "fucking" and "bitch," and she really hopes he hasn't been doing any of that, because he is not old enough nor is he married. So it would be doubly bad.

"Oh and um. How do you say....colors? In ASL?"

Edited 2012-06-04 04:27 (UTC)

nothing important
i was rambling

Because he did that. It was a convincing white lie. He did tend to ramble a lot for no reason. Maybe she won't ask again because it's kind of embarrassing.

But he definitely wasn't fucking a bitch if that makes her feel any better.

Colors...? Well he knew what color is. So technically the same sign should work. He held his hand up towards his face. His hand hovered over his neck and chin area and he just wriggled his fingertips a bit. He usually signed specific colors and not the general word, so it felt kind of silly.

"I don't believe you..."

Her look is a little suspicious, but then he starts doing something and she's thoroughly entertained. She lets out a giggle. "Is that what colors is? Can you tell me what, um..." she is looking at his shirt, where the maroon color is. Why can't she remember it...?

In a few minutes, she blinks and looks back up at him. "Maybe we shouldn't learn colors. Can I learn something else?"

Oh right. Didn't she forget colors? That always got confusing and he always forgot. Like how Dirk can't remember the word water. These are seriously the dumbest things to forget. At least they didn't forget you can't breathe underwater.

how bout i teach you garden related words
youd like that right?

"Yes, please! Oh, I mean--" <<'Yes, Please!'>>

Since it's a sign language lesson, she assumes that she should be speaking in sign language.

He lets out a breathy chuckle.

just because i cant talk doesnt mean you arent allowed too
its faster if you say what youre having problems with instead of trying to sign it anyways

Dave starts signing words to Jade like 'flower' or 'tree' and other things like gardening equipment that he can recall off the top of his head.

"But I won't get better if I don't practice! And I want to practice so that I can talk with you. I mean, really talk."

She repeats the words, a little shakily. Her basic words have gotten a lot better, but more complex things are still hard for her, as are more complex sentences. Still, she seems to be good at memorizing; she repeats the words back to him with little trouble.

<<'How do you say...'>> "Battle? Like an exaclan battle?"

He looks a little embarrassed when she says that. She probably doesn't even realize how much it means to him that she really wants to get good at this for his sake.

He held his hands up and just waved them in front of his chest like so. Battle was an easy enough word to remember.

It was kind of interesting to see everyone slowly expanding their vocabulary. He'll never admit he was actually enjoying it.

She doesn't, but she's good at guessing what will make her friends happy.

"This one looks like you're trying to be a cool rapper," she said, and giggled, repeating his motions. "Yo yo, sup sup!"

He let's out a rather undignified noise. Like, even he can't really tell you what noise he made. Please, Jade. Be serious.

Ugh now he's embarrassed, but he's mixed between still trying to not laugh at Jade and being embarrassed at the sound and not caring.

She is never serious, he should know that. But she's pleased that Dave made one of his rare, undignified noises. "That was a really cute noise."

He shakes his head. The worst noise. it was the worst.

i sounded like i was dying
a dying cat
dog
animal
creature
it was pretty terrible

"Shh!" She places a finger over his lips. "You sounded like Dave. And cool kids don't sound like dying cats!"

But he isn't saying anything right now!

i hope not
although i usually dont sound like anything
except embarrassing noises apparently

He's typing it, and to Jade that is exactly the same thing. "They're not embarrassing! I make silly noises all the time, they're just part of being cool."

This is said with quite some conviction.

i dont think thats exactly cool
but ok
a for effort

But if she thinks he's cool...it's all cool right?

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