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Open log for Fortitude peeps!

Characters: John Egbert AND YOU
Format: Whichever you like
This log is: open
Location: Fortitude dining hall
Summary: At whatever given meal you like, John is sitting calmly at the Discard table.
Warnings: Ridiculous deaf boy?

John thought about it, on Sunday, and decided that even a week of not being able to hug or poke or tap one of his friends on the shoulder was too much. Why did both Jade and Dave have to be Players?

Well, they'd been sneaking out better food for him, and even if he really couldn't do anything but chill in his room, or Dave's room, or Jade and Vriska's room, it was ok. He could touch his friends and not get hurt for it.

Today (whichever day today is), at this meal (whichever meal this is), he's just sitting at the Discard table, picking at the bland icky food he's forced to eat and looking rather content with his lot, everything aside.

He wouldn't turn down any conversation.

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God, Dave really sucked at waking up. This whole being up for school shit was just so much work.

It's why Dave slams his tray down next to John while he takes a seat like something had offended him. Really, he was just half asleep and too lazy to set his tray down. It's not like John could hear the tray slam. Actually, he probably winced slightly as he heard the slam himself. He shoves the tray forward so he can rest his head on the table.

Being up in the morning was so suffering.

John laughs silently, not fazed by Dave's tray-slamming - definitely because he couldn't hear the sharp sound and saw Dave coming. He reaches over and ruffles Dave's hair a bit. He won't expect Dave to sign this early, so he grabs his PDA and sends a text instead.

good morning, sunshine!
you look bright and perky today.

He scowls a little as he has to put effort into digging into his pocket to extract his PDA to reply back. Dave was just a ball of sunshine at this time obviously.

fuck you egbert
how can you be this happy at this time
im not usually up until
idk
like
ten if were lucky
how do people deal with waking up early???

i'm used to being up early.
i guess you get used to it?
eat your breakfast.

...please say you got extra eggs, btw.
this food is shit.

John eyes Dave's plate with more than a little jealousy. He may have chosen to be a discard this round, but that doesn't mean he has to like the food they force on him.

you can have all of it
just dont eat it in the cafeteria
i think we get in trouble for that crap

Dave was slowly falling back to how he ate back in the apartment. That is to say, his eating habits were terrible. He had taken advantage of the food at first since things during the session were a little different. But he's been here long enough that the food was just food to him, and he didn't always feel the need to eat every meal possible.

It's no wonder Dave kind of always stays thin. On top of his faster metabolism, his eating habits were just terrible. He spends a lot more time destroying his food then actually eating it.

John frowns a bit. He, on the other hand, has always been a three-meals-a-day-and-snacks kind of kid, whether he wants to be or not. Sure, he's a little rounder than Dave, but he's also, y'know, well-fed.

Dave's awake enough at this point, though, that John decides to start signing, so he taps Dave's shoulder to get his attention.

<<'Eat your breakfast, I can deal with this. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so eat.'>>

Do not argue with this stubborn face, Dave. YOU WILL LOSE.

dave, you need fruit
and maybe vegetables too
are you eating a burrito for breakfast......?

She sends the text message before plopping down next to John, taking his porridge and attempting to swap it out with her own bowl of fruit. Jade frequently eats whatever's on the discard menu, even though she can eat anything she wants; the blander food sits better with her stomach, after so many months of not eating at all. She can still only eat a few bites of whatever it is she wants, so her portions are small and frequent for now. Still, she's looking a little healthier, the cuts on her hands healing up even if she's still as scrawny as ever.

Fumbling a little, she spells out <<'Good morning!'>> because she hasn't yet learned the term for it, only the letters. Facing John, she speaks again. "You can have my orange, okay?"

Dave sticks his tongue out at both of them. Dave usually didn't even eat this early. Usually because he was either not awake early enough to actually eat breakfast or because he was running late for school. So really, eating this early wasn't usually even in his schedule normally.

He contemplates texting again, but shoves his PDA back in his pocket. His signing is still rather clumsy at the moment, as he still seems a little out of it. He's apparently awake enough to be stubborn though.

<<'Not hungry. I'll eat later.'>>

He let's out a long yawn, knocking his shades a bit as he rubs his eyes. Both of them had way too much energy in the morning to be considered normal.

John scowls and elbows Dave lightly. He doesn't actually sign anything, but his meaning is clear. "EAT SOMETHING DOUCHEBAG".

But fine, whatever, he's just going to go back to Jade and her stealing of his porridge. He bumps his shoulder lightly against hers and smiles, shooting her a thumbs up and grabbing her orange. Will he get in trouble? Eh, maybe, but only if a prefect notices or someone else gives a shit.

And this moment, right here, is why he couldn't be anything but a Discard this round - sitting here with both of his friends on either side of him, not having to worry about not touching when touch is honestly a big part of how he communicates - especially with Dave, but with Jade as well, half consciously because he feels like she should be reminded as often as possible that they're here and not leaving.

Jade isn't exactly sure what he said in sign language; she's still not the best, only knowing a few phrases and the alphabet. "What did you say? Are you going to eat?" The look she gives him is so expectant that hopefully, should he have any pity left in his heart, he'll take a bit of whatever's on his plate.

She grins at John, bumping him with her shoulder a little bit. "We'll tell them I forced you to take it, okay? So then they can't argue. Are you going to class today?"

And Dave can't say no to that face. Especially when he knows that for a long time, she didn't really have food. And, god damn it, he's too weak.

He starts stabbing at his eggs with his fork. Of course he needs to mutilate his scrambled eggs more then they already are. If that's even possible. While he goes through his routine of obliterating his food, he's texting with his free hand.

go everyday
believe it or not
even if school is boring as balls

John bumps Jade right back and then salutes before starting to peel the fruit in question. OM NOM NOT PLAIN PORRIDGE.

When Dave starts stabbing his eggs, John recognizes the food-mutilation for what it is - a pre-eating ritual - and smiles triumphantly. Good, Dave will eat, Jade's eating, and John won't have to fuss over either of them for now.

i'm sick of classes.
half of them aren't even useful.
but we get paid for going, so i probably will.

It's only a matter of time before John gets fed up with classes and starts going only if he absolutely has to. But for now, he's still going.

"I like classes. Bar fighting helped me win a battle." She giggles a little bit at Dave's merciless attack on his scrambled eggs. "Dave, you're supposed to eat them. They're already dead."

As for her own porridge, she puts a small bit into her mouth and then grins. Delicious, at least to her. Still, after only a few more bites, she sets the spoon down.

He freezes up a bit. Maybe...he should stop? But he's always done this with his food. Huh...did it bother her that he did it?

i can stop
if its annoying

Usually no one really says anything about it, since they usually dismissed it as some strange kid thing, so being called out on it was always kind of awkward. He wasn't sure if it was a good or bad reason. Dolorosa asked about it before, but she didn't seem to mind. Jade wouldn't mind either?

i rather go to
our multitude of plant classes
then romance
just putting that out there now

Shion smiled at John and put his tray down, when he was sure John had noticed him he lifted his hands to sign, <<'hello John, how are you?'>>

That was the entirety of Shion's knowledge of ASL so far...

Well, hopefully he remembers the response, too! Considering John signs back at him to answer.

<<'Good, thank you!'>>

Of course, he knows that Shion doesn't have much of a vocabulary, so after that he grabs his PDA.

how're you doing this week?
any awesome battles yet?

Shion smiled and sat down. Though he and Becca had managed to get rights to eat whatever they wanted from Spain they had forgotten to ask to be allowed to sit anywhere but the discard table.

Shion didn't want to bother his World History teacher any more than necessary, especially since he seemed... different now.

"I'm okay, I haven't been in any battles luckily. Did you not find a player?"

John grins a little and shakes his head.

nah, i decided not to vow with anyone this round.
because jade and dave are both players, and if i vow with one of them, i can't touch the other one!
and that would suck ass.

He takes a bite of his plain food - it's not great, but it's not horrible at least. And it's filling, so he doesn't have to go hungry or anything.

"Oh..." Shion blinked but nodded, he understood that motive, it wouldn't be nice to not be able to even touch one of your friends. He didn't offer John any food, not that he didn't want to. In fact it was so hard not to. But he knew they would both just end up getting punished for it.

He would not care if it was just himself, but he didn't want John punished as well.

"Well at least you can be with both of them this way."

John doesn't mind - Jade and Dave have been slipping him better food, and he can go a meal or two without something fancy. John nods enthusiastically in response to Shion's comment, because it allows him to keep eating as he watches Shion speaking.

...Om nom nom? Sorry he's not too chatty, Shion.

Shion doesn't mind, he eats as well falling silent. When he finished he waited for John to finish, not wanting to keep him from his meal by talking to him.

Daenerys, a beautiful young girl really, was not used to having so much choice of what to eat. For most of her life she ate whatever was provided with her, and recently her diet consisted of a lot of horse meat, so to have other things to choose from was astounding.

That being said, she could not figure out why some people did not take advantage of all the choices they were provided, curious, she decides to ask one of them (considering she has no concept of Discards or owned weapons just yet).

"Pardon my intrusion of your meal, but may I ask why you do not dine on some of the finer choices?"

John misses the first half of the question, but he catches enough to know what she's asking. Aaaah, must be one of the newbies, he thinks, as if he's been here for ages or something. He holds up one finger in a "just a moment" gesture and grabs his PDA, typing as quickly as he can. He's not as fast as Dave yet, but he's getting faster the more he talks to people... not Dave.

i'm not allowed!
if you're a weapon and don't have a player you're a discard.
discards have to eat at this table and only get really basic food
and they can't go most places on campus or off campus.
it kind of sucks, but it's not too bad.

Once he finishes, he holds the PDA out for her to read, keeping his eyes on her face so he'll be able to see if she speaks.

He would be correct in that assumption, she is new. And now she is very confused of what he does not speak, being from where she is from she can only assume that he had his tongue removed, making John either a bad person or someone with a cruel King.

It takes her a while to read the text on the screen, it's not that she isn't a fluent reader (she is) but the PDA is far more advanced than anything she's ever seen before.

"Why not align yourself with a Player, then?" she asks as she returns the PDA to him, "Could you perhaps tell me what that device is?"

John's patient, and if she asks, he'll be more than happy to tell her why he doesn't speak. As it is, he just watches her intently until she speaks, and then types some more.

both of my best friends are players this round.
i couldn't just pick one!
even if i didn't mind picking one to vow with, i wouldn't be able to touch the other one at all for the whole week.
i figured i'd rather deal with being a discard than that.
and this is a pda! it's a... communicator thingy.
i use it 'cause it's easier than carrying a pen and paper around.

i'm john, by the way!

He hands it back after a pause to actually type all that, and takes the opportunity while she's reading to shovel some more of the porridge down. At least it's not rotten or anything?

Spotting a familiar face, Britannia gave John a smile from across the cafeteria as she crossed it and sat down next to him, placing her lunch on the table. The smile faltered slightly however as she saw his "food" and gave a sympathetic wince.

"I don't think I'd even serve that mess to a number." She remarked wryly as she leaned over to stare at... whatever it was. Her own tray had been filled with the basic lunch: sandwiches, fruit, juice, etc. All of it far more edible than whatever party John had going on his.

John smiled right back, and managed not to look to jealously at her plate. Ah, the sacrifices he makes for friendship. Like it really is all that bad, hah, he'd much rather eat shitty food and hug his friends.

He waves when she sits down, and grabs his PDA from where he had set it next to his tray.

it's not as bad as it looks.

...okay, that's a lie, it's kind of nasty.
but it's... filling?

"So is sawdust." Britannia replied promptly as she picked up a cup full of fruit and started picking the grapes out of it to snack on. "Haven't you found a player yet?"

John laughs a little at that, silently. He's pretty sure this is at least a half step above sawdust, though he doesn't bother saying so.

don't want one!
jade and dave are both players this round.

That's really all that needs to be said, in John's opinion. Britannia may need clarification, but really that's the heart of it. His best friends are players, so he's not vowing with anyone since he can't vow with both.

Britannia gives John a moment before realizing he has absolutely no intention of continuing, thus prompting her to finish her grape and speak.

"You don't want to fight either one?" She asks then, setting the cup down and licking her thumb clean. It's unmannerly, yes, but she's decided she's allowed to be a little more slovenly these days. Nothing she does could possibly be as bad as Alfred, anyway.

Oh, okay, he needs to elaborate. That's cool.

no it's just that if they're both players, if i vow to one of them, i can't touch the other one.
which would suck a lot.
so i'm just not vowing!

Being a social Butterfree, Reimi couldn't turn down the chance to talk to someone. Even though she wasn't a Discard, she sat across from him, and smiled.
"Hello," she signed, saying it as well out loud so he could read her lips.

John smiles at her instinctively, and his smile widens when she signs as well as speaks.

<<'Hello! How are you?'>> It's basic, hopefully she'll remember. John signs slowly and carefully to make sure it's as easy to understand as possible.

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DON'T MIND ME threesome thread

I approve of this

Always

sobbing i am le late

o7 Take your time.

I've been horribly late on ALL the threads here, so. ^^;;

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wow, I don't fail at tags, what?

Shhh, all tags were very timely.

The timeliest

/SOBS

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SUP I TOTALLY RESPONDED TO THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER WHAT?