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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

[beatdownremix]

so you mean to tell me ive been in and out of this place almost half a dozen times
and most of the time i dont remember
ok i can roll with that
anyone other mes pissed off i should know about

sup nepeta
nice to meet not dead you

[bestestfurrend]

:33 < i dont think there is!
:33 < as far as i know at least
:33 < though game bro purrobably isnt happy you left him alone again

:33 < nice to m33t you too dave :33
:33 < again X33

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if it was me im pretty sure theres at least one pissed off person somewhere
game bro?

so who else is around i should know of

[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

[bestestfurrend]

:33 < game bro strider!!
:33 < your chocobo

:33 < uhm
:33 < karkat, equius, tavros, sollux, kanaya, gamzee, feferi, eridan and aradia...
:33 < a bunch of our ancestors and dancestors too
:33 < and jade and jane and dirk and roxy and jake
:33 < oh and davesprite and your bro too i think!!

1/2

[beatdownremix]

holy shit i have a chocobo
thats pretty sweet
but i mean like it went to someone else when other mes left right
so wouldnt he be theres now

[...Wait]

[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!

2/3 i lied

[beatdownremix]

[Hold on a second, he has to reread that list of names.

...

...

...

...

And he just. Has to reread again a few times. A few several times. No. Okay, it's cool. He's cool. Totally cool. She said what he thinks he said. He's not reading that wrong.



Is he reading it wrong? Fuck. No, no he's not. He's reading it right. She just said what he thinks she did. It's unreal, he's seen a lot of dead people in the dream bubbles, but. Never him. Not once. That teen version almost threw him off but it wasn't the same.

He hasn't seen him since... No, not then. It was the strife on the roof to get his copy of the game. That's the last time.]

[beatdownremix]

my bro?

[bestestfurrend]

:33 < i dont think so
:33 < last time he just ran wild until you came back and found him again

:33 < uh huh!
:33 < i havent spoken to him myself really but ive s33n him around and talking to the others sometimes

[beatdownremix]

[Luckily he doesn't waste any time in wrapping Jade up in his arms, otherwise she'd notice that he's in a bit of a state of shock. It's not every day that you're told your dead guardian is around somewhere.

He holds her tight, just trying to get a grip on reality and pull himself together. It's almost like using her as an anchor to hold himself down, keep him grounded from flipping the fuck out.

He thinks he probably should have moved to a more cool position rather than sitting on his ass on the beach with the waves soaking his pants, but whatever. Totally not an important fact.]

Sup Jade.

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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.

[beatdownremix]

[And of course, speak of the devil and he appears. It takes him a moment to respond to Nepeta, between hugging the shit out of Jade and trying not to flip out, kind of difficult.

But okay, no. He's got this, he's cool. Time to focus on one subject here.]

what does he look like
like are chocobos running around a common thing or is there a way for me to catch him again

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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

[spacecase]

[Now she certainly hasn't forgotten about what he said, and come to think of it Roxy and Dirk had been acting strange towards her when they came back...Jake actually asked if she was "okay."

Something happened back at home, beyond the point in time that she's from. She's not sure what it is, she's not sure who's responsible; it concerns her, yes, but there's no sense in worrying about something that hasn't happened yet. At the same time...she fears that whatever it is, it's beyond her control, and she's not going to be strong enough to protect her friends when it happens.

Dave doesn't need to be interrogated right now, though. He needs to be safe.]

Nothin' much. Sorry I cannot introduce you to the bubble city right now, the coral holding it up sort of broke and now it's all flooded. It's too bad, we had a pretty awesome house down there, and I lived there with some cool people. Oh, I managed to save the presents I got for you at Christmas, though, at least there's that.

[beatdownremix]

Yeah.

[He's a little distracted with his starfish behind her back, his grip staying the same with one arm as he messes with it. He had to keep checking, had to see. And he was right for it. He just. Doesn't fucking know how to react to this.]

Bro mentioned it too.

[He needs Jade right now, needs Karkat, someone who would understand. But if Karkat's from further back like Jade, he might not be worth the effort with something like this. But Jade's here with him now, she's good enough. She would never think less of his cool status, no matter what. And that's why he allows himself to let out a shaky sigh, just resting his head against her shoulder now.]

Fuck.

[Just a mutter, because he doesn't know what else to say right now.]

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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.

[bestestfurrend]

:33 < well, hes red!
:33 < and feathery?
:33 < and likes pecking at you with his beak a lot
:33 < there are quite a few of them here but im sure well manage to find him for you :33

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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

[beatdownremix]

sounds like a stereotypical feathery asshole
if someone else hasnt snatched him up already thatd be cool
never seen a real chocobo before