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

[wakingsavior]

[ Yeah, okay, fine, PDA, John doesn't mind being texted to. It's still not an answer. ]

<<'What do you mean, exploiting the system?'>>

[ He was GOING to mention the avoidance thing, but this seems more important for the immediate conversation. ]

[knightime]

[Dave will avoid the avoidance thing. All the avoiding. He will do that.]

see
winning the round
means fighting or getting six weapons
but they never said how you had to get those six weapons
so if i transfer weapons to another player
it should still count

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

[herplaceinthesun]

[Aisha frowns up. Boy she will thump the hell out of you.]

I'm a huge plan of exploitation, even though I kind of feel like a bag of chips being passed around. I don't mean you look like "you got your ass kicked" bad, even though you do.

I mean you look like someone kicked your dog. Like you got your ass kicked on the inside. [She sucks at explaining, but she feels it.]

[knightime]

[Thumping hurts yo. Even if it doesn't actually bother him that much.]

i guess thats how weapons feel all the time
except youre like a really fucking good bag of chips that everyone should have a piece of
cant stop the swag switch from turning on
i guess shits been happening
idk
im okay

[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.]

[revelation]

I-if you're sure. ( Madoka worries forever and about everyone. ) I was the health officer back home and helped out in the infirmary a lot, so if you ever need any help...

( She gestures lightly to his bandages, giving a small smile. )

Well, I'll do my best to help.

[knightime]

[Oh...right. He just holds his PDA out.]

im peachy and shit
well i guess im blueberries right now
hah
...
that was a terrible joke
but yeah
i guess i just need sleep after this
and maybe not get into more fights

[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

[savedbyasong]

Shion frowned as he read the PDA, a battle had done all of this? Shion felt angry that someone was using this system they had been forced into to actually hurt people.

"Have you been to the infirmary? Have you had any of these injuries seen to?" Shion might be useless in battle, but he could tend to injuries, and it would be something he couldn't do once he was transferred, because it would bring Dave pain, so he would do it now if it was needed, before he went to Oichi.

[knightime]

Well, he wasn't going to tell Shion he got into an actual, physical fight with someone.

Dave nodded. Oh gosh, he wasn't used to this. He just wants to go back to the dorm and sleep or something and not have to deal with feelings from himself or anyone else. He did appreciate it, but it made him nervous too.

i got myself checked before contacting everyone
theyre clean as a whistle
uhm
thanks though

[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.]

[fabricates]

[She didn't have enough time to come up with anything to say, so she just glowers at him for a minute or two while her mind scrambles for something to say. She chews on her lip as she thinks, which is a bad idea because it just splits the wound back open and she's having to scrub cerulean away again. She spits a mouthful to the side, scrunching her face in disgust.

She just has to get this over with, when it's done it's done. But that probably isn't true, because it'll always be out there and she'll always remember and they'll always remember it and ugh. Why is she such a royal fuck up all the time? She can't even feel smug about looking less like shit right now. This is a lot harder than apologizing to John.]

[knightime]

[Dave just stands there, hands in his pockets and waiting. He's really expecting her to punch him. It's probably a stupid thought and he should have discarded that thought the first second. It's just a reoccurring thought since she isn't doing anything and it looks like she does actually want to punch someone or something right at this moment.

He doesn't push either though. He doesn't have the energy to deal with her again quite so soon and if she really wants to say or get this over with, she will without him bothering her about it.]

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

[countryofassholes]

Hmm... is that so? [A pause as she inspects him, before chuckling softly.] You look terrible.

[knightime]

[He nods at her. He'll give her that. He did look like utter shit.]

guess completely fucked up
isnt a good look for me
ill get better in a bit though