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[beatdownremix]

alright so just kind of chilling here on the beach instead of some underwater city this info guide talks about
and you know thatd be kind of cool if it werent for one major issue
what the fuck just happened
seriously i think i just got whiplash from trying to figure out where that five minutes went so wrong
i mean the first time i got teleported randomly at least it wasnt just me
landed right on my ass confused as hell but i wasnt the only one
its easier to sit there and look like a tool when youre in a group trying to figure out what the hells going on
its lame to lay on a beach alone looking like a tool getting wet sand in places sand doesnt need to be

read over the whole welcome thing so ok cool i get it
stranger shit has happened i guess so why the fuck not
moving on to try and be somewhat productive here
sup names dave
tell me theres someone that knows me here cause itll make this shit a lot easier
or worse
idk i guess well see
like id say something is better than nothing but i can think of a lot of cases where that wouldnt really be true
so for better or worse i guess
isnt there like a saying or something that knowings half the battle
does that apply to this situation?
well it does now because i say so

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[bestestfurrend]

:33 < dave!!!
:33 < youre back 833
:33 < pawesome!
:33 < weve got a camp up here
:33 < you should be able to find it if you wander around a bit

[beatdownremix]

what do you mean by back
pretty sure this is the first time ive stepped foot in this place
like if id been here before i wouldnt be so confused on what the hell is going on
or how you know me
think ive got an idea of who you are at least
cat troll right?

[bestestfurrend]

:33 < more like
:33 < the fourth or fifth time ://
:33 < i guess its one of those times when you dont remember :((

:33 < and yes thats right!!
:33 < im nepeta

[spacecase]

:D
:DDDD

sup coolkid!!!!
omg
i missed you so much and now you are here again and
where are you??
wait thats a silly question of course you are up on the island
hang on i will come get you!!!

[beatdownremix]

holy shit jade
please tell me youre not going around looking scary as fuck like youre about to eat someone
because i dont think you are right now
and thats awesome
im somewhere on a beach and i have no idea whats going on
youre part of the reason im not sure whats going on
well not you you
but like other you
the you i saw before i got here

[spacecase]

.....
what are you talking about? :\
wait no
lets not talk about that over the network
hang on--

[...Because she doesn't need to teleport to fly to the beach from the village. Or to collide into Dave like an actual happy dog.

'Sup Dave, it's a manic pixie doggirl.]

Daaaaaaaaaaave!

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[stridercentric]

[Oh. Well... Huh. Damn. Bro hadn't expected Dave to be back within a month. Because that's what this is, it's exactly within a month. Trouble is, he doesn't remember and that is going to make things hella awkward. Last time they were reunited, Dave had already been here for a while and knew crazy shit could go down in Vatheon. Now he's a fresh newbie and Bro's going to have to break the news to him as subtly as possible. He can't stand having to be subtle.]

hate to break it to you. the goddamn underwater city is getting flooded. thats irony for you.

anyway. theres a whole buttload of people who know you including trolls. dunno if that makes it easier. at least your sprites here too.

and yes. its exactly what you think it is.

balls in your court bro.

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[beatdownremix]

[Of course the one who gives him the useful information he was looking for his him. Of course it's him responding like this, right after he heard he was here. He's still not sure what to think, a bit of panic and fear and so many other emotions he's kept back for so long gripping at him.

He doesn't know what to say, doesn't know what wouldn't be cool to say or how he should act. Three years, and suddenly he feels like a kid again.

So he goes with what he can, just trying to pretend like it's no big deal when it's a huge fucking deal.]

pretty sure thats why people dont usually live in underwater cities
the whole fear of water on every side collapsing on top of you thing
nep gave me a pretty detailed list of whos around in this place yeah
only really know like two or three of the trolls
jade and sprite self
and you
so not too many im familiar with

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[stridercentric]

[So for a kid who was supposedly stuck on a meteor with trolls, Dave doesn't seem to know too many trolls. Granted, Bro's mum on the details of just how many trolls were on that meteor and which of them are here in Vatheon. The troll girlfriend is definitely gone from this place, but it's not like he got much info from her either.]

youll have plenty of time to get to know them. not much else to do around here anyway. especially with the city turned into a fucking swimming pool.

i hear youve been living off troll food for the past few years. if ive got my timelines straight anyway. lemme know if you need legit human junkfood.

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[findsrisks]

[Oh hey, a guy named Dave who types a lot like Davesprite! This isn't suspicious at all.]

There could be.
Everyone's up on the island now, so you can look around for someone you know.
There are a lot of people here, so you never know! You might get lucky.

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[beatdownremix]

yeah i heard theres a few i know around here
so i guess not as bad as shit could be
or was going to be

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[findsrisks]

You arrived at a weird time though, we're kind of going through having our city flooded right now.

[It's weird that she thinks of it as 'our city' after only a few short months.

Then again, it's probably one of the longest times she's ever stayed somewhere.]

But having friends here probably makes it easier to deal with.
Just wait until everything is fixed, it's kinda cool down there.

[onlyasign]

HI, DAVE, WELCOME BACK!
I HAVE YOUR CHOCOBO, IF YOU WANT TO COME AND GET HIM.

THERE'S ALSO SOME MYSTERIOUS PERSON IN THE BUBBLE LOOKING FOR YOU. I THINK IT'S YOUR BROTHER.

[beatdownremix]

hahaha wow never thought id see something that friendly coming from that quirk
ok doing a little math here
the caps and that color plus what nepeta told me
youre the other vantas right

and sure i guess
i mean if youre attached to the feathery asshole i could understand if you wanna keep holding onto him since he might be pissed i dont remember him
id be cool either way

[onlyasign]

VERY GOOD!
ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY I THINK I'M THE THIRD VANTAS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M SUFFERER, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK, EVEN IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER.

WELL, GAME BRO AND I GET ALONG PRETTY WELL--WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE HE WAS A CHICK--BUT I'M SURE HE'D BE HAPPIER WITH YOU.

[Not here]

[stridercentric]

[NO SUFFERER WHY. WHY. Way to make it sound like Bro's desperate.]

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[shippingmath]

[It brings up a lot of feelings in Dirk, seeing that text on his screen. But it's not as intense as the first time, not really. For one, Dave isn't wandering randomly into his house, completely unexpected.

For another, he's met Dave and Davesprite both. And while they're still alternate versions of his Bro, he knows they aren't the same. They're just about his age, even if staying in Vatheon has added a few months to that time. Dave's got his bro here, he doesn't need to get torn up over Dirk.

So Dirk just takes a breath, and responds.]

As I'm sure you've found, there are more people who know you than who you know.
Everyone gets to sit around like a tool wondering what the fuck just happened, so don't feel too bad about losing your special snowflake privileges.
The sand is the welcoming gift this time around, but if you want to shun beach tradition, we've got ourselves a quaint little village going on.

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[beatdownremix]

[It doesn't take much to put two and two together and figure out who this is, and if he wasn't already warned he'd probably be having another minor panic attack over this. Too many Striders that aren't versions of him, he's not sure how to deal with this.]

i remember you
saw you in a dream bubble a long while back

[When he had to grab teen mom. But that seems like an awkward thing to say, so he's just gonna not go there. And pray that Dirk was too busy then to see how much shit he flipped at the time.]

id say im pretty sure i can take the cake for the wtf is going on meter
one sec i was on a meteor wondering how the hell we were going to stop it while passing through your session
since apparently three years and we never bothered to look into that little detail
the next jade appears out of no where looking scary as a motherfuck
next second were all in a pile at johns feet on a grassy land
then bam on my ass on a beach
pretty sure that all took place within the span of like
three minutes

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[bethehugejerk]

THE GUIDE IS ACCURATE FOR NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES BUT NOT THE CURRENT SITUATION, AS YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY TELL.
THE UNDERWATER CITY HAS A CRACK IN THE BARRIER AND IS BEING FLOODED, SO WE'RE STUCK UP HERE UNTIL THAT GETS FIXED.
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, THE MEMORY LOSS IS NORMAL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
WHAT'S THE LAST THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BACK IN OUR CORNER OF REALITY
BECAUSE HEADS UP: EVERYONE'S FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE TIMELINE HERE.

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[beatdownremix]

yeah i managed to catch that much and that blows pretty hard core
meaning both about the popped barrier and the whole in and out and not remembering a damned thing
i want to say that it would be more important of me to check where the fuck youre from first
because some serious shit was going down with us last i checked and not sure how many spoilers i should give on that front

[oceanbreasts]

omg davey ur back
again
i guess this is like the thirtieth time or someshit
idk looks like ur goin for the record
go fight win or whatevs
even if u dont remember it im still gonna say wb neway

[beatdownremix]

im gonna take a guess at teen mom
or was it roxy
i think thats the name nepeta listed out that matches up
am i right
yeah good to be back i guess not like i remember shit but whatever
thanks anyway

[toreadorkabull]

wOAH,
hEY DAVE,
aGAIN,

[beatdownremix]

oh hey i know you
i mean not really but i remember trolling you
sup bro
tavros right?

[timebender]

but you are not the only one this time dave
i think youll find several familiar faces here
and possibly some familiar text colors if you do not yet have a face to put to them