rakuen | Fifth Beat

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!]

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[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.

[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.]

[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.]

[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.]

[She grinds her teeth together, and yeah, she looks like she's going to punch him. And she's still entertaining the thought even though she knows that's a bad idea that will only make everything worse and more complicated. Maybe she could pick a fight when him later and get him to punch first so she'd have an excuse. She would really rather drag her face across concrete than apologize.]

I. [She snaps her mouth shut again, rolls the words over in her mind and tries to reword them so she looks less pathetic. She drags her fingers through her hair, yanking at it to get herself to focus on this... This apology. She's vaguely sure it won't sound like one.] Harley would have come to that conclusion on her own anyway, but I guess I'm the huge bitch for watering the seed of doubt she already had.

So that's [she inhales deeply, letting it out and glaring at some random patch next to his face so that she doesn't feel the overwhelming need to deck him when she finally says it] my fault.

[Dave knows better then to pick fights with Vriska at the moment.

And he just listens to her as she talks. And...well he's honestly surprised? He almost wants to ask if she's pulling his leg or anything, but the look on her face and the obvious reluctance to full on say she was sorry made it obvious that she was trying her damned hardest to do this without vomitting or going into some rage.

So he just looks at her, because he honestly doesn't want to forgive her for the shit she's pulled, but the amount of pride she was probably giving up for this. He could respect that. It wouldn't mean Vriska and himself are suddenly reconciled and he definitely didn't want to deal with her more then he had to anymore. But...

He surprisingly isn't rude when he holds out his PDA screen to her quietly.]

shits still going to be rockier then the shittiest earthquake
and i really dont want to see you until were both
looking less like we went through a meat processor
and probably not before i can get shit straight with harley
i guess
thanks
i know you want to deck me so hard right now
so yeah i can respect this pseudo apology thing you went and done
you owe me
idk what and i really dont give a fuck atm
but consider this shit done with
behind us
also other then the fact you may have potentially ruined a good portion of my life
other then that
you aint as bad as i fucking thought you were at first
color me fucking surprised

[Because Terezi really gave Dave a negative impression of Vriska. She was as big as a bitch as he had thought she was going to be, but she was also a lot more complicated to figure out then he thought she was going to be. This just proved that he knew jack shit about the other (Not that it's giving him an incentive to figure her out. It isn't.). Or maybe it's because of John. Which is funny. Apparently John can force the best out of people whether they want it to happen or not.]

[She doesn't know how to respond to that. Part of her is screaming that she's a fucking failure if he's surprised that she's not as bad as she should be. The other half of her is still just ready to vomit because it all felt like acid coming out of her mouth and burning her eyes as she read his apology acceptance. It all just sort of jumbled up and made her feel nauseous, though.]

Yeah, whatever. I'll... I'll handle Jade. I'll fix it. So you don't have to keep your panties in a twist over it. Just give me some time.

[She pinches the bridge of her nose, staring down at the ground. She has no idea how to do that except more shameful apologizing, but she's on a roll with that now apparently, so why not? She just has to find her, since she hasn't been her room since she fed her all that bullshit.]

[Dave honestly doesn't know what to do in this situation. He never thought she'd actually outright apologize (or as close as an apology you can get with Vriska). It was...weird. And it made him and Vriska awkward.

And if he didn't feel like shit, he'd just get in another fight with her so it would stop being so damn awkward.

So, he just nods awkwardly. Getting the picture. If she wanted to leave. She could. This was just fucking weird.]

[And she's going to do exactly that, because she really doesn't want to face her shame any longer than she has to. She nods curtly to him before turning on her heel and stalking off, back to the dorms. She really doesn't feel like socializing anymore.]

Fifth Beat | Just Go

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