[OPEN] Hey baby, what's your sign?

[wakingsavior]

Characters: John Egbert [AU], Dave Strider [AU], and YOU!
Format: Choose-Your-Own Adventure!
This log is: Open for business
Location: The park
Summary: ASL CLUB, FIRST MEETING!
Warnings: ...teenagers?

[ After classes on Wednesday, if one were to go to the park, one would find two teenaged boys waiting, both in Fortitude uniforms, one with dark hair and square glasses, one with blonde hair and aviator sunglasses.

They're waiting for anyone and everyone who wants to come to the first-ever meeting of the inter-school American Sign Language club! John's the only one of the two of them who looks excited, but that's just Dave being a coolkid, right?

Come one, come all! ]


(( OOC: Open to anybody, students or teachers - anyone who's heard about it or who happens to wander by! I have NO idea how we're going to do the lessony bits, I will convene with Kim when she's... conscious. XD ))

Comments

1/?

[wakingsavior]

[ What? ]

[wakingsavior]

[ Why would Karkat even ASK th-- ]

[wakingsavior]

[ Oh. OH. SHIT. ]

[wakingsavior]

[ Okay, uh... he needs to just... answer him... ]

done

[wakingsavior]

uh, shit, i guess i forgot to mention.
i'm deaf. can't hear a thing.
so i don't really talk well.
for obvious reasons.

1/3

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

[ Oh my God, so much pity. So much. He just wants to throw himself at the sun and burn. ]

[knightime]

[Oh right. He didn't actually come clean about his not being able to talk.]

if by writhing in my vocal tunnel
you mean
it went and decided to go chew and fuck them up
an unfortunate loss
no one will get to hear the sweet rhymes of strider
but well just have to live with it
like how hes lived with this loss all his life

[Wow that was the most roundabout way to say you're mute.]

2/3

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

[ Okay, Vantas, try not to be an insensitive fucking moron because this isn't Strider we're talking about. ]

3/3

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

[ He fumbles for his PDA and starts typing fuuu ]

FSAJHKLJFSALJKAL;G
OH GOD OH SHIT.
SORRY DUDE I DIDN'T KNOW.
I'M A FUCKING DOUCHE THAT'S WHAT I AM.
WOW THIS IS FUCKING AWKWARD I CAN'T EVEN

[ Shows that to John, cheeks red from embarrassment. ]

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

Oh my God, I can't hold all these fucking words, time to scour for ones that actually answer my question!

Oh wait, they're not there. Who's fault is that?

[wakingsavior]

[ John, totally instinctively, reaches out and paps Karkat's shoulder ]

it's cool, you didn't know.
no harm no foul, right? I totally should've mentioned.
that's part of why i wanted to do the asl club, so i can talk to people easier.
and you don't have to text if you don't want to.
i can read lips!
most of the time, anyway.
you just have to make sure to be facing me when you talk, and don't talk too fast.

[ He smiles encouragingly at Karkat. See? It's all good, no need to freak out! ]

[knightime]

wait
what do you mean whos fault is that???
what type of fucking question is that??
whos fault is it why vantas is too fucking stupid to understand text???
you answer me that
or are we asking whos fault is it why this fucking coolkid doesnt seem to muster a single word???
well you see
when someone is MUTE
they kind of cant
its a pretty basic understanding

[Jegus, Karkat. How many times does he have to tell you?]

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

NO.
I WILL FUCKING TEXT YOU AND YOU WILL FUCKING LIKE IT.
AND THEN I AM GOING TO LEARN THIS SILLY LOOKING HAND LANGUAGE AND CONVERSE LIKE MOTHERFUCKERS OK???

[wakingsavior]

[ John may laugh just a tiny bit, silently ]

ok!!!
i'm cool with this plan.
just try not to whack anybody in the face while you're signing.
it's kind of a danger of getting too excited and shit when you're signing.

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

IF I WHACK SOMEBODY ON THE FACE IT WOULD BE THEIR OWN GODDAMN FAULT FOR STANDING WAY TOO NEAR.

[wakingsavior]

haha ok that's a good point.
i've done it a couple times though.
always makes me feel like an idiot for flailing around so much.

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

You never fucking specified, asswipe!

...

Sorry.

[knightime]

you mistaken me for someone whos straightforward
whatever
its not that big of a deal
the beauty of obnoxiously colored text has never failed me
well no thats a lie
its impossible to voice uncle when youre trying to get out of a shitty beatdown
thats why this thing exists
because people knowing how to wave their arms around like morons in interpretive dance
will make life a hell lot easier

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

YOU WOULD.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GODDAMN STUPID AND YOU FAIL AT EVERYTHING FOREVER.
MENTAL RETARDATION IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, EGBERT
LOOK IT UP
I'M SURE THERE ARE TREATMENTS OUT THERE FOR YOU

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

What the fuck ever, you should've just said so in the first fucking place.

[knightime]

i dont like talking about it
and stop making a big deal out of it now
i told you didnt i?!

[wakingsavior]

[ John doesn't bother responding. He just rolls his eyes a little and blows a raspberry at Karkat.

Yup. Most mature. ]

[threshprinceoffuckyou]

[ rolls eyes. shoves. ]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion is waving back! When he speaks he makes sure he is facing John] It looks like a few people have come!

[savedbyasong]

[Shion smiles in response, and then reaches into his pocket bringing out the small bag with the memory charm in it and handing it over.] Thank you.