I am in misery

[knightime]

Who: Dave Strider and you
Where: The villa where he lives
When: Backdated to when the exchange started
Status: Open
Style: Starting Prose but I'll follow.

With everyone preparing for the festivities in the villa, there's a certain state of mess prevalent throughout the home. Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg. If you happen to be up and even if you didn't happen to be up, you may here the hurried footsteps of someone running around the entire place. Clatter and things being tossed around also accompanies the hurried footsteps.

If you were to examine the source, you can find Dave running around the entire place in a slightly panicked state. Like, legitimately losing his shit and flying off the handlex2 panicked state. His hair is a mess and he's still in the clothes he fell asleep in, but what's obviously missing are the usual aviators perched onto his face. It's basically a known fact that Dave never goes around anywhere without them. Those are the bright red eyes, of a really freaked out kid.

The only really weird, out of place thing about him other than the lack of eyewear is the tiara perched upon his head.

But really, are you going to talk about that when the kid is obviously wigging out about other things?

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[spacecase]

[Well that at least confirms that this is where Feferi's tiara ended up.

Jade, being a guard dog woof-woof, would have been alerted by the noise either way so she seeks out the trail of breadcrumbs (things being flipped around) and finds Dave.]

Dave?

[knightime]

[Dave just lies on the ground face first. He just casually lies there. Ain't even a thing. His life is ending, Jade. You don't understand. This is only the most proper reaction to losing a pair of shitty aviators.]

I hate everything in the world. You don't understand, Jade. My life is ruined. [Dave...please.]

[spacecase]

...Dave, for god's sake, do I need to carry you? Or maybe help compose your last will and testament?

[knightime]

Nope. Just leave me here to die. My death will be a just one. Later.

[Dave makes no attempt to move. He just continues to lie there.]

[spacecase]

...[Fine. He forced her hand. If he's going to insist on lying there, she's going to pick him up and hold him oh so delicately.]

Okay, Strider, let's go on an adventure.

[knightime]

[Dave just fucking whines, which is kind of hilarious in an ironic sense because he's wearing a crown. Look at this motherfucking princess.]

Harleyyyy. I have fucking legs that work, thank you very much.

[spacecase]

Of course you do! But you are not using them, that's the important bit. Besides, you are clearly in distress, a hero has to come to her friend's aid when he is in distress right?

[She is your hero, Dave, it's her.]

[knightime]

Can't be saved. The gallows are the only place for me. I've lost something I shouldn't have. [Oh my god, he's being so dramatic right now.]

[toheirishuman]

How John managed to sleep through Dave tearing the room apart is anybody's guess. But the Strider boy has long vacated the room by the time our favorite Heir of Breath manages to drag that lazy carcass out of bed shake all the sleep from his eyes. He sits up, stretching with a happy hum, ready to face another day and wow what the hell happened in here.

The room is given a sleepy deadeye for a good minute before John rubs his eyes vigorously. Nope. Still a mess. Maybe if he tries it again?

Nope.

"Son of a bitch, Dave. I swear to god..."

He knows who's going to be the one who gives a shit enough to clean this. God, it's like he rooms with teenagers or something. I mean, jeez John leaves stuff on the floor sometimes but really? Really Dave? Was this entirely necessary? What could possibly be so important?

John slides out of bed, grumbling as he leaves the room, still in his pajamas which are conveniently also his clothes because being god tier is awesome. As he makes his way downstairs he comes to find that, wow, the rest of the house is not in a much better state. Note to self: get the camera ready for when Kid inevitably flips his shit over this.

He'll just make his way to the kitchen first. If Dave's in there, he can chew him out; if not, he can have breakfast before continuing his search. It's a victory for John either way.

[knightime]

John, how can you sleep like the dead? Dave is too used to being a light sleeper. Then again, the meteor didn't help with all the troll bullshit happening. Sleeping is a really strange concept. Sleeping here is especially weird because actual dreams and not dream bubbles or whatever.

See Dave.

See Dave in the kitchen.

See Dave try and abscond as quickly as possible in a panicked state as soon as he sees John because, oh fuck it's John. Oh fuck, he hasn't found his aviators. OH GOD WHAT WILL JOHN THINK.

See Dave completely flip his shit mentally even though John probably doesn't even know better.

Not that it isn't too obvious to know that Dave is currently shadeless. If the panicked, bright red eyes weren't a good indication. He's just really hoping John doesn't notice him. Maybe John is still half asleep and he can abscond in peace. Maybe he'll be lucky.

Haha, fat fucking chance.

[toheirishuman]

Because he's John and that's pretty much always how he's been. Ask Jade about the time she had to wake his dreamself up. Or Vriska about how she had to mind control him awake in order to even have a conversation with him. He's just a guy who appreciates his sleep, okay?

Oh but hey, look. It was indeed a victory for John, just as he knew it would be. Unfortunately for Dave, while John is more or less wide awake right now. He totally notices the fact that Dave is missing his iconic eyewear but do you know what he has to say about all this?

"Pffheh...good morning, princess."

Please note that he is still a little irritated with you, Dave. Your fabulous headgear just caught him off-guard and made him laugh, that's all.

[knightime]

You're a lazy fucking buttface, John.

Dave leans against the counter awkwardly, like he didn't just have to make it seem like he wasn't about to run off. He keeps his stare at something that isn't John. Holy shit, this tile is so fucking cool. Look how cool this tile is. Damn.

"Sup."

Soooooo smooth. He's got this in the bag. No he doesn't. He just wants to go. John, go eat food so he can excuse himself or something. What is conversation?

[toheirishuman]

That's our John!

Dave on the other hand...okay, he might be acting a little strange. And not in the usual Dave Strider brand of strangeness. Though John hasn't quite put two and two together with the shades yet.

Though, then again...'sup' is a pretty standard greeting. Maybe he's imagining things?

"So what's with the bedroom? Did you feel the pea I slipped under the mattress last night or something? Trying to find a more comfortable place to sleep?"

Clearly, more princess jokes are the answer in this situation. Clearly.

[knightime]

Excuse you??? Dave is never strange. Your face is strange, you assbutt.

"I was looking for something." Dave rolls his eyes at the princess jokes. Oh my god, John. He's here freaking out about his lost shades and you're here making fun of him because he's wearing a tiara. Grow the fuck up.

"Are you seriously going to make these jokes all day?" He adjusts the tiara, because why not. He has no idea what to do with it right now. Well, eventually find the owner of it, but he has to actually be mentally sound first. too busy freaking out and he kind of completely forgets it was on his head in the first place.

[toheirishuman]

Wow he is totally allowed to make princess jokes in this scenario, okay? Dave is pretty much asking for them. Especially since he just adjusted the tiara, I mean really.

"Is that a challenge?"

He can make these jokes all day if need be. Do you know how many princess stories there are out there? Plenty of material to work with here.

[knightime]

"I'm leaving."

He ain't dealing with your princess joke bullshit. Plus, he actually needs to get going so he can tear the rest of the villa apart. This is a very serious dilemma and a very serious epidemic for Dave. You don't even understand, John.

[toheirishuman]

"Aw, what? No come on, man don't be an asshat. Look, I'll cut the jokes." For now, anyway. He makes no promises as to what will happen after they find Dave's mystery item.

"What did you lose? Maybe I can help you find it!"

He was irritated? When was that? It's basically already water under the bridge.

[knightime]

"You're such a liar. You're gonna start cracking jokes within the next five minutes."

Dave was already racking his mind to think of what to say that isn't saying he lost his aviators. "It's cool. I can find it on my own. No damsel in distress bullshit here. I am my own princess and can find it myself. Don't worry, Sir Egbert. This crowned beauty has got his shit under control." Except he doesn't have it under control.

[toheirishuman]

"Oh of course you do. My bad. I misread the signs. See, I thought that the trail of disarray that lead me straight to you meant that shit had hit the fan in some way or another. I can see now that I was wrong though." Because Dave clearly has such a handle on this shit right now.

[knightime]

Dave throws whatever non lethal object that is close to him. It was a crumpled up ball of paper. It is too light to get anywhere. Wow, that sucked. "I totally have this. Totally." His eyes dart at John only to look back at whatever that isn't John. "I'm pretty sure I'll find it in no time. Not even a problem."

[onlyasign]

Sufferer always picks the best times to visit, doesn't he? He wants to know more about dreambubbles, and Dave had said he knew about them. Besides, he likes Dave and wouldn't mind visiting him, so he walks over to Dave's home and knocks briskly on the door.

"Dave? Are you home?"

[knightime]

He really does. Usually when Dave is in a state if distress. Obviously the best time for him to visit.

Dave opens the door, his head tilted to the ground. He's still got Feferi's tiara adorned on top of his head, but he's still yet to locate his glasses. "Yeah? What's up?"

[onlyasign]

It's like he has an eerie radar for that kind of thing.

"Nothing much. I just haven't seen you in awhile and thought I'd drop by." He notices how Dave has his eyes downcast and isn't wearing his shades, but doesn't comment on it. He doesn't think it's his place to do so. "Is now a bad time?"

[knightime]

You have Dave in distress senses or something.

"Oh. I guess I've been kind of settling. It's weird." You know, having all your friends here. Also, the fact that kids from the session you scratched being here too when you weren't gonna see them for a little while longer. But he's kind of adapted. "Kind...of? I'm looking for something." Damn, his shoes are so interesting right now. look how motherfucking cool his shoes are.