☼ [IC Contact@Rakuen] ☼

[knightime]

[It's silent for a moment...]

why the fuck do i even have an answering machine???
ok dudes and dudettes
this is dave fucking strider
you obviously wanted to come in contact with me but hey
looks like im not answering
just leave a message or something
i might get back to you
...
alright im kidding
ill get back to you whenever i get to noticing your message

beep beep motherfuckers

Comments

[fracturedsoul]

[ Either one of them on their own would have been okay. Dirk could have handled one of them.

He'd already seen Dave's memory of finding Sis's dead body. And he already knows that there's another timeline out there where Dave has an older brother instead, so it only stands to reason that a memory like this would exist as well. So as disconcerting as it is to suddenly "remember" coming face to face with a corpse that looks remarkably like himself, he could have dealt with it.

The other one, he doesn't really know what to make of. Though he's sure it's the one he'd been trying for: He's watching this all through the eyes of a dead doomed Dave in a dream bubble, though he's still not 100% clear on what any of that means. He could have dealt with this one, too.

But the pain and grief he feels from the first memory -- not to mention how unsettling this Bro guy's face is -- intertwine in a particularly overwhelming manner with the sheer terror of the second memory, leaving Dirk standing stock-still, unsure of what to do. ]

[knightime]

[Dave doesn't wait for a response from the other. He just yanks the two charms off the others' bracelet and shoves the one that Dirk was trying to give him into Dirk's hand.

He's obviously upset with Dirk and he doesn't wait for a response from Dirk as he just clips the two memories back onto his own bracelet.

It doesn't seem Dave intends to have Dirk even mention either because he's already trying to abscond. Probably to his room or anywhere else in the general vicinity. Just somewhere so the subject of what were in the memories don't come up.]

[fracturedsoul]

[ Honestly there's nothing Dirk has to say after all of that. Once the memories are gone he just stares down at his bracelet, blinking in confusion.

He doesn't go after Dave. Now is pretty much the worst possible time for that. Instead, he turns to head to the gym. He needs a good swim to clear his head. ]