Fifth Beat | Just Go

[knightime]

Characters: Dave Strider, Oichi, Marisa Kirisame, John Egbert, Shion, Vriska Serket, Aisha Clanclan, Sora Himoto, Yuki Yagizawa, any of Dave's Weapons not being transferred
Format: Any/Either
This log is: Closed
Location: Fortitude Gates
Summary: In two days, Dave has literally gotten bad to worst. Now he's transferring friends and people he's acquainted himself to in an attempt to avoid them.
Warnings: Probably more sad shit will happen. ALL THE WARNINGS.

Thursday had just been an entire whirlwind. He scarcely even remembered what happened. He fought Suzaku and somehow won. Then he got in a fist fight with Vriska and triumphantly got his ass handed to him. Oh...well that explains why he feels and looks like shit.

Dave decided that he could work something to his advantage. If the winning condition could be easily met with six Weapons, he could transfer them to other Fortitude Players right? After he got himself slightly cleaned up (slightly being a keyword here), Dave had contacted Marisa and Oichi about a transfer and to meet at the Gates of Fortitude. He'd be giving up some close people and Vriska (he just doesn't want to see her anymore) to them. They wouldn't be able to touch him without the penalty, and he was fine with this. He could go on his merry way and indulge in not talking for the rest of the Round. Sure, shit may hit the fan when the round ended, but it gave him time to sort. Of course, he did warn the two Players that they better take care of the Weapons he was transferring and give them their rights.

Once he had contacted the two Players, he contacted all the Weapons getting transferred to meet him at the Gates in front of Fortitude. He explained that they would be transferred and the reasoning why, and where to meet for it. He said there really was no choice in the matter, as this would only really last through Friday anyways and it was just to help other Players of his school out. Also, he was making this mandatory for them to meet, because trying to round everyone up otherwise is a pain in the ass.

Dave is already there when they get to the Gates. He's got his shades on despite it being dark. Maybe you can't make out how pale he's gotten. Or that he's got ugly blue or black bruises forming. But you can probably see the bandages around his neck and he hadn't changed uniforms, so it was still dirty (although he also did fight a battle that day so).

[OOC: There are three threads set up where you can try talking to Dave, for Weapons to meet Marisa and for Weapons to meet Oichi. You can make separate threads if you want to mix and mingle though!]

Comments

Harass Dave

[knightime]

[Why would you even.]

[wakingsavior]

[ Not only has Jade gone MIA, Dave has been... avoidant and not talkative, and John's getting worried. He was planning to spend the evening looking for Jade, but obviously if Dave needs to talk to them he needs to go.

Still, John's worried. Dave hasn't changed out of his battle clothes (he assumes), and seems to have gotten injured pretty badly, if those bandages are any indication. ]

<<'What's going on?'>>

[knightime]

[He should have added, NOT ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS, to the mandatory list.

Dave pulled his PDA out instead. He didn't really want to sign at the moment, and with text, he could act like nothing was wrong much easier.]

just
exploiting the system
its a thing i do
dont know what you mean otherwise
gotta be a little more descriptive then that

Re: Harass Dave

[herplaceinthesun]

[Because she CARES, Dave. Really. This is why she is trying to find the least painful spot to thump you and doing it with gusto.]

You look like shit, what's going on?

[knightime]

[Oh my god. He's doing this so you guys can't care. Or something. Ow. Everywhere hurts, so whatever.

He holds his PDA out.]

being a bamf
obviously
exploiting the system
since its trying to exploit us
you know
being badass and shit
yeah
i guess i do
had an intense strife with a beast

[revelation]

( Madoka is not one of the weapons being transferred but she can't help the need to check on Dave. After all, he had went through the effort to get Homura -- so really this was the least she can do. )

... Are you going to be okay, Dave?

[knightime]

[He looks over at Madoka, slightly surprised. He didn't expect her to be concerned with his wellbeing honestly.

He finally nods at her. Why wouldn't he be okay? You know, forget the fact he looks like crap and feels like crap. But he didn't want her to worry.]

[savedbyasong]

[Who had hurt Dave? Something wasn't right and though Shion didn't understand what was going on, Dave had been nice and agreed to be his player, which meant that he was a friend. A friend that obviously needed help]

What happened Dave? Who did this to you?

[knightime]

[Oh shit fuck. He forgets his Weapon harem is full of nice people who actually worry about his wellbeing. Fuck.

He just holds the PDA out trying to be as nonchalant as possible.]

i just got into a pretty intense battle
it was so intense that it made the sun go cold
no biggie
shit got dealt with
no need to find out who went and put a major beatdown on my ass

[fabricates]

[She's marching up to him, every bit like a soldier marching to the front lines with a sense dread and purpose mixed. She entertains the thought of just slamming her fist into that face again, because wow he's making her life miserable and his face is so punchable and she vaguely realizes that's definitely black clouding her thoughts. Which just makes her angrier if she's being honest with herself.

But she can't let herself get side-tracked, or she really will just lay him out right there so she doesn't have to apologize. Because she really doesn't want to. Her scowl deepens as she stops in front of him, fists clenching and un-clenching at her sides just so they have something to do that isn't violent.]

Hey.

[knightime]

[Dave sees her approach and he's really conflicted about this. Why was Vriska approaching him? I thought they were done with this bullshit. Is she going to beat his ass down again? That would be fucking stupid and he discards that thought all at once.

She seems to be dreading something. Jegus, Egbert, what did you say to her?

He looks at her before tilting his head curiously, acknowledging she was there while also inquiring why.]

Re: Harass Dave

[countryofassholes]

[Britannia is walking by the gate, forever wandering when she isn't teaching to get a feel for the city when she sees Dave and makes her way over to say hi. At least, that was the original intention before she saw how dirty he was.]

What happened to you?

[knightime]

[Oh. He's surprised to see her. He shuffled from food to food.]

intense fighting
it was like fighting a bear
except it wasnt actually one
and i lost
humiliating beatdown written all over my ass

Marisa and Co

[knightime]

[Dave is transferring John Egbert, Sora Himoto, and Yuki Yagizawa.]

[allurprincess]

[ so Sora is probably holding hands with at least two of you okay. ]

You're sure you'll be okay without any Weapons? The rules say... [ nope she has no idea she can't remember. But there was something. ]

[knightime]

[He just nodded at her. Ow, okay, nodding hurts.

He didn't transfer everyone. He had a few Weapons, although he barely knew Homura or Madoka. And...well Sis does whatever she wants so whatever. He liked Britannia, but she usually had a better agenda usually. Sonic...was Sonic.

He gave her a thumbs up.]

[lovesignmasterspark]

[Marisa didn't argue with the fact she was about to win the round. That... honestly is the big reason why she didn't question that she was getting three more Weapons.

She showed up and made herself very well known.] Okay, who's goin' with me, ze? I'm Marisa Kirisame.

[allurprincess]

[ since they're both Fortitude, Sora just needed to be released and revowed with, so. Time to greet their tempory owner. ] I'm Sora.

Oichi and Co

[knightime]

[Dave is transferring Vriska Serket, Shion, and Aisha Clanclan.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion really wasn't sure what was going on, he was worried about Dave and everyone seemed angry at each other. He wanted to help them, because Dave had been kind to him, but he had no idea what would help. He stood silently waiting for the transfer to happen. He didn't mind too much going to Oichi, she taught flower arrangement and was nice.]

[fabricates]

Guess who was skulking away from the group that had been called? If you guessed this bitch here, you'd be right. She doesn't even know why she showed up, honestly. She should have skipped out like she's been doing with meals and everything else. There's still scratch marks down her cheeks and a dark blue bruise around her Eightfold eye. She doesn't look nearly as worse for wear as Dave, but it was pretty obvious she'd been in a scuffle.

There is absolutely no one in that group she wants to approach right now, and in fact she's trying to stay out of sight if at all possible. Maybe she'll contact her new player later via network. Yeah, that could work. This was so stupid. She really should have thought this through better. But that was always her problem, wasn't it?

[wakingsavior]

John is pissed. Jade is missing, Dave is a mess, and it's all Vriska's fault, no matter what Dave thinks about how good a friend he is. Vriska is John's friend, but she's new. And she messed with his people.

You do not mess with John's people and get away with it.

Honestly, he was intending to maybe shove her a bit, text angrily to her, maybe even try to shout, though that probably wouldn't have ended well. Instead, as he stalks up to her angrily, he balls his hand up into a fist and swings an unplanned and inexpert punch right at her face.

Of course, immediately after making contact, a stabbing pain shoots up his arm, and he lets out a hoarse yelp of pain, but his completely pissed-off face doesn't change. Despite the pain, he pulls out his PDA and types with one hand before shoving it in Vriska's face - more pointed than texting it to her. ]

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU TELL JADE THAT DAVE LET HER DIE ON PURPOSE?????

[fabricates]

She didn't have much time to react between John approaching her and the strike to her face. Her head snapped back from the force. For a second time that week, pain exploded in face, and blood filled her mouth as her lip cracked open and she was sure she'd bit the inside of her own mouth in the process.

Vriska has had a lot of injuries in her life. A lot, two of which had been actually crippling. But not a single one had been as painful or crippling as this inexperienced blow to her face. She was pretty sure that even if she could remember how she died, it wouldn't have been as painful as this. It was more than just a punch, it was John punching her, and she didn't even have to read the text to know why. But she hadn't been expecting... This. Though she'd never really seen him angry despite how much he'd been through in the game, she hadn't expected his anger to be physical like this. But maybe it wasn't, usually. Maybe it was because of who she fucked with. This was not a consequence she'd be prepared to deal with.

Her hand moved to her touch her lip, and she stared a little dumbfounded when her fingers came away coated in cerulean. She wasn't sure why she was surprised he was strong when he wielded hammers like he did. But maybe it wasn't that at all that she was surprised over. It had to be the fact that John was actually angry at her. While she could deal with every troll in the Veil hating her, whether she wanted them to or not, and while she could deal with every other kid hating her if they wanted to, she couldn't deal with John being angry with her, let alone hating her. And fuck, what if he hated her? The last shining hope in her miserable, doomed existence, and she may have just extinguished it with an offhanded decision to screw with his friends. She felt sick, like any minute she might vomit if she tried to speak. What could she even say?

Finally reading his PDA did nothing to quell the bile from rising. In fact, she was pretty sure it made it worse. She didn't want to look at him, she really didn't want to see whatever expression he was making at her. But she owed him at least that much. She owed him more than that, and she owed Dave and Jade too, if she was being honest with herself. She needed to apologize, and maybe she could do that with Dave and Jade later over text, but now? She didn't have her text to hide behind, and she didn't even have her sarcasm when it was John. Her gaze finally moved from the PDA to look down at his face. And honestly? His expression might as well be another blow. She didn't think she'd ever felt worse than this, except maybe when she killed Tavros or one other time but she could't remember the reason. She opened her mouth, closed it again when nothing came out, and when she finally opened it again the word vomit began.

"I didn't mean to. Well, I guess I did mean to at the time, but it was stupid. I was stupid. I didn't think she would believe me? I mean, not that it makes it okay or anything. Bluh, that's- I'm... I feel bad about it. I just wanted her to stop crying. It was like the worst possible way to get her to stop but I don't... I don't know how to do this human thing, this doesn't happen with trolls. I mean, not really?"

after the other stuff!

[allurprincess]

If Sora was totally honest, she had no real idea what had happened between the younger faction of their bizarre Weapon group. Sometime during the week, they'd all broken apart and spent the next day looking like matched sets of thunderclouds.

It was a little upsetting, really, when you had to watch cute kids get more and more upset for reasons you had no knowledge of. So Sora had decided to just be supportive of every single one of them. After all, a hero saved everyone!

This was the first non-human she'd approached, though. It was kinda cool. She reminded Sora of Tsuki when they were younger, except... well. Grey with brightly-coloured horns.

"You're Vriska, right?"

[fabricates]

Fuck, had Strider told everyone about what she'd done? She hadn't thought he was the type to go around admitting he got his ass kicked so thoroughly. Not that she was proud of it at this point. With two shaming apologies under her belt, she was feeling pretty shitty about herself and everything she'd done. She just gave Sora a look.

"Who's asking?"