soul_campaign | 1st record | April 30th; Video

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1st record | April 30th; Video

[The video switches on to show two color coded teens, one dressed in all red with a cape and awesome shades (with two bottles of apple juice, one in his hand and the other waiting at his side) and the other in all blue with a ridiculously long hood. The red one seems somewhere between totally chill and mildly unnerved while the blue one looks rather pleased and amused.]

Okay we've got a few problems here but the most serious one is someone please tell us we're not the only ones who can see that the sun is looking back at us. Is that like a sun or a giant rock with teeth waiting to eat us like wow that planet sure looks tasty better not eat the middle its too spicy but the north would be an awesome icy snack.

It's like big brother is watching you all the time. Or big sister. Is the sun a girl or a boy? Does anyone know?

[Dave stops to just stare at John for a moment, just giving him an 'are you fucking serious?' look.]

Dude, it's a rock.

But it has a face!

Male or female would imply it has reproductive parts and that's something I'd really rather not think of thanks. It's pretty creepy as is.

[John pauses with a thoughtful look.]

I wonder if the moon has a face. Maybe one is a boy and one is a girl and asteroids are their babies. I wonder if the asteroids have faces?

Wow. Ok, yeah. We're moving onto more important matters now, topic over.

[John rolls his eyes at Dave, he's no fun. He then turns back to the camera with an intrigued look on his face.]

What did that guy mean, I turn into a weapon? How can you turn into a weapon? I'm a human!

[Dave looks like he could care less, though there's a hint of curiosity there as he takes a drink of his juice.]

Yeah, that's pretty much all we need to know since the creepy dude filled us in on the other shit. I've got my AJ now, I'm good.

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[He still finds it strange, how numb he feels when he thinks about Bro. How he never managed to take that sword, couldn't bring himself to and even still thinks it was for the best. He doesn't deserve a weapon like that.]

Bro was amazing, he could do fucking everything. Sometimes I didn't see much of him but I always knew he was around. Like I said before, I'd always get my ass kicked pretty hard in strifes but by the time I managed to crawl my ass back to the apartment he'd be waiting with the med kit. The puppets were kind of cool if I didn't think about how fucking unnerving they were and being buried in a smuppet trap got old really fucking fast, pretty sure he go some twisted amusement out of seeing me flip my shit over them.

And it didn't stop at home, he followed me into the game too. I never saw him though, just heard he was running around doing shit. Bro was a hero.

[His gaze doesn't leave the streets, his voice doesn't waiver. He's learned to lock it all away in regards to this topic, no matter what Rose or Terezi said about him just needing to face it.]

[Hal was a fucking expert at reading between the lines, perhaps not as much of one as he used to be, but when your entire world is reduced to communication, you ended up pretty skilled at guessing what wasn't said.

There's a moment of hesitation, because offering something physical over something verbal had never been an option before. But it wasn't like he'd never learned how humans were 'supposed' to behave. He just didn't want to do the wrong thing, for Dave.

So it takes a moment, probably one that is too long. Long enough that it's obvious he had to calculate it. But then he lifts his arm and slides it around Dave's shoulders, and raises his hand to rest it on Dave's head.]

[Dave only tensed for a split second before his shoulders slumped. He's never been a touchy kind of guy, it wasn't how he was raised. But it's nice, he can't deny that. Especially coming from Hal and he knows by that pause that it probably took a lot of consideration before making a move.

So Dave doesn't push him away, instead just scoots a bit closer to lean against his side.]

I wouldn't change a thing, just wish I could have been there with him and Davesprite when shit hit the fan. But I know he'd probably get pissed off at me for something like that and I knew better than abusing my time powers on that matter. Some shit is just meant to happen.

[Whoops. Hal had not properly considered the ramifications if Dave didn't pull away.

Oh well, at least Dave couldn't see his bro blushing horribly from their current positions.

He idly drags his fingers through Dave's hair. Petting. //////////]

A lot of shit is just meant to happen. Understanding and dealing with that seems to be a fundamental property of Daves.

[Yeah, definitely for the best as Dave would just throw that cute shit right back at him. But he's relaxing further against him, the petting bringing back really vague memories of the one time he can remember Bro doing something like that back when he was a lot younger with a fever.]

It comes with the territory of keeping stable timeloops and making sure our timeline doesn't become doomed. Doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

[Shh you. Hal is becoming mildly more aware of his empathic failings, due to the fact that his feelings centers are currently overflowing with brotherly love and pure awe at the sensation of touch and touching Dave. Cuddling even! Jesus Christ. He should really not be this happy about anything when his brother is talking about horrible shit but he can't stop.

At least he can respond in a relatively neutral tone.]

Of course it does. I'm pretty sure time travel is up there with Powers No One Actually Fucking Wants, alongside immortality.

[That actually gets a chuckle out of Dave, because he had had both (close enough to immortality) and he was already unnerved by not having one.]

Nah, it's not that. I'm actually pretty damn happy with my what the game gave me, wouldn't trade my Knight of Time title for anything, I mean come on, look at these totally rad pjs it got me. And do you have any idea how much grist I made using my powers to mess with my planets stock exchange? It was all worth it, there's just bad that always comes with good.

[Petpetpet, he's relaxing a bit. This is entirely comfortable.]

I would never suggest you'd rather be something else. I think that's also inherently outside the Strider paradigm. Just yeah, sometimes being so insanely awesome comes with some hefty drawbacks.

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[Yeah, it's kind of just a little awkward to just be sitting next to him leaning on him like this with his arms at his sides. And half hugs should at least be mutual half hugs so after a minute of contemplation Dave wraps one arm around Hal in return.]

It's a curse sometimes, a totally awesome curse that the rest of the world wishes they could even feel a grain of.

[Oh no being hugged back by tinybro. Wow how the fuck do humans even manage with so many feelings. He might be reaching some sort of critical overflow. It abruptly takes a lot of focus to not go any further, and there's a long faulting moment where he realizes he hadn't even registered what Dave said -- fuck he hates it when that happens, so embarrassing -- nor any idea of what to say.

Shit.

There's a long silence is awkward for at least Hal as he frantically wracks his brain for conversation points that don't involve incest.]

[The silence is a little too long and for a moment there Dave thinks he's done something wrong. He doesn't move too much though, just tipping his head enough to look up at him with a raised brow.]

Something the matter bro? You kind of died on me there.

[As soon as Hal feels Dave shifting to look up at him, he panics slightly and does the only thing that occurs to him fast enough: drops his hand down from Dave's hair to cover his eyes. The red color and contortions of emotions effecting his face would remain hidden at least that much longer.]

Sorry. Sometimes I get distracted with my own fucking think pan. I haven't quite sorted out the nuances of running on an organic processor.

So aside from dead, emotionally inept bros, and sweet but shitty super powers, what's up with you? Seeing anyone?

[Yeah, sorry Hal but that plan would work a lot better if it weren't for Dave's shades. He sees what you're trying to hide there and holy shit that's adorable. He at least makes an attempt to muffle the laugh this time.]

Kind of was, it's complicated. There's this troll girl but I think she only went with me cause the guy she liked was a total flake who couldn't make up his mind, but now that he's not a total douchenozzle anymore she might be looking back at him. Neither of them are here though so I'm just not gonna think too much on it.

[The laugh just makes the blush worse, and he stubbornly covers up Dave's glasses ANYWAY!! But his shame is genuinely secondary to just more ridiculous bro fondness fuck fuck he was going to have to keep an eye on DS. If this is what feeling bro feels felt like the dude was going to be a total goddamn mess after dealing with Dave.

It was nice of Dave to not call him on it, though.]

So what you're saying is you're single.

[Despite not keeping up the appearance of one, Hal's still a Strider which means Dave doesn't mind letting him keep whatever image he's trying to give off. Pointing out something like that would be a low blow and totally not cool of a bro to do.

Which just that one word opens a bit more indulgence in Dave and he scoots a little closer, his arm tightening around Hal for more than just a really loose grip. Sure, he's no where near Bro in personality and he's not sure about Dirk since he doesn't know him that much but he's still a Strider and he's still his brother in some way. And yeah it's really fucking nice to get physical attention like this, he didn't know what he'd been missing most his life.]

Fingerprints off the shades dude. And I'm saying I don't have a clue and I'm kind of not sure how I feel about it.

[He automatically removes the hand as ordered, placing it back on Dave's head and petting idly again, stilling when Dave moves even closer to him. He could absolutely afford to come on less strong but it was hard to resist the urge when Dave wasn't rejecting him even a little bit.]

Having just spent half a year in a void session with a bunch of teenagers who could not for the life of them traverse the bog of their flushed bullshit, I dunno what to tell you, dude. But I strongly suspect that not knowing how to feel about other people is the basis for the entire teen experience.

[Dave's free hand brings his cape around to wipe at his shades, removing said fingerprints before dropping it back to his side. He really has no idea of the internal issues Hal's having, this kind of shit isn't something he's ever had to think about and he's cool with just rolling with what's offered instead of over analyzing it.]

Pretty much, something you're gonna get to feel first hand while you're here probably. Welcome to the horrors of puberty. It's more painful to deal with than it is to watch.

That's an interesting thought.

[He spent a moment trying to conceptualize fucking up as badly as DS had with English. Objectively, he was of course capable of it, but it was difficult of him to imagine. Frankly, until he got the hang of managing his meat puppet, all the most basic of manipulations were off the table anyway.]

I think I have the advantage over the rest of you, though.

[Dave raised a brow again at that, looking up at him curiously. He highly doubts it, and if anything figures it'll probably hit Hal harder than normal people.]

You only think that now.

Perhaps. But I've seen 'myself' through his many and varied failings, which are likely the ones I would/will be most prone to repeat, but I've also already analyzed them and even if I can't recall the exact 1s and 0s with any clarity, I do remember the gist of it.

Additionally, by my observations humans take their own humanity for granted almost constantly. Which isn't to say that I believe my particular brand of DS masochism extends to enjoying the many emotional pitfalls of being an organic being, but my points of comparison are radically different than most other's.

[That answer just gets Dave to chuckle, only furthering his belief on the matter.]

Yeah, but see the only issue with that is each situation is always different and it's totally different observing and actually being stuck dealing with something. You'll see what I mean.

[The lecture gets a smile.]

I'm aware. I have thirteen years of DS's memories; the concept of emotion isn't so much foreign to me as my mechanisms for dealing with it are somewhat underdeveloped.

[He has nothing to say to that really, sounds like he knows what he's talking about though Dave is still sure he's gonna get a shock one of these days.]

Well hey, if you can handle things like that without flipping your shit then you're doing a better job than me at this teenager thing.

[Socute tiny bro.]

I didn't say I wouldn't flip my shit.

I've flipped my shit roughly fifty times a day since I got a body. My shit is, at this very moment, doing a five-fourty off the handle.

I just ran the statistics on this crap ages ago and realized it's going to fucking happen so I might as well roll with it.

Yeah, and you do a pretty shitty job of hiding it.

[Sorry bro, but that's Dave's spare hand raising to poke the side of your cheek. He saw that blush earlier.]

You've gotta cut it out with the statistics and over thinking things, just start rolling with it more often.

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