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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[Why would you even.]

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

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

[ 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. ]

[ 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?'>>

[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.]

[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?

[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

[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

[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.

[ 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. ]

[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

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

[ oh right. BUT STILL. ]

Okay. You know... if you do have any problems, you can still come to me. It doesn't matter whether we're partners or not. I'll still protect you.

[Sob. His feelings. He has too many of them.

He just holds his PDA out to her.]

ill be fine
it wont be that long until the round ends anyways

[ Dave you are so cute she loves you.

Yeah no it's time for hugs now. Careful hugs. Before she's transferred and it hurts him. ]

After the round ends, let's all get together again.

[Sob. Try to not hug back because he likes this hugging thing. Fail miserably and hug back.]

yeah
...
that would be bitchin

[ .........oh, no. You are NOT pulling that shit. ]

<<'Okay. Look, you've been avoiding me, and I can't find Jade, and now you're trading us away, and I know something's going on, but I don't know what. What is going on.'>>

[Fuck.]

nothing is going on
ive just been busy
being a player means fighting and shit
i have been doing just that
idk about jade though
ask marisa

[He's lying through his text on that last bit. The rest was a white lie. He was fighting. Just...he also was kind of avoiding everyone too.]

[ John reaches out and pushes Dave's hand that the PDA is in down. Look, he gets why Dave texts, just by thinking about it. The most expressive he's seen Dave in the almost-week he's been here has always been when they're signing. And Dave's a coolkid, it's easier to keep that coolkid deadpan up when he doesn't have to be expressive like that.

But up until right now, he's never actively avoided signing with John.

John scowls a little. ]

<<'I know I'm kind of a dork and sort of naive, but I'm not stupid. Do me a favor and don't treat me like I am.'>>

[He looks at John for a moment. Okay, maybe longer then a moment. And...he doesn't know what to do. He could keep texting, but it would just make things more obvious. If he signs, well, he wouldn't be able to keep his emotions in check.

And...]

<<'I fucked up, John.'>>

[His hand is shaking. And he just shoves his PDA back into his pocket and looks to the ground.]

[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.]

[ Okay. Okay, now we're getting somewhere. John's worried, but they're getting somewhere.

He ducks his head a little, trying to catch Dave's eye, and gestures a little so Dave will know to look up enough to see his signs. ]

<<'What happened?'>>

[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

[He doesn't want to talk about it. He really doesn't. And he's desperately trying to keep quiet about it.]

<<'I let a lot of people die back home.'>>

[He never got stuck being blamed for it before, so now that he has. It hurt. A lot.]

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