As the hour met the minute hand

[stridertime]

Who: Dave Strider and the Jolly Inhabitants of Vatheon
Location: Central Plaza
Time: Afternoon? Idk man
Style: Anything goes
Status: Open!

Comments

[breathingheir]

You are John Egbert, and you have been up to plenty of shenanigans. Your life has turned into a sitcom during your stay here. But you won't actually retell your cool stories here, because right now, as you walk around buying last-minute Christmas presents for your friends, you find your best bud Dave Strider at the Plaza looking like a soaked Blue Beetle in the middle of the snow. You captchalogue your shopping bags and walk up to him. You really missed the guy. What do you even say to him?

"Hey, dude. You look like a doofus."

[stridertime]

That is definitely not what you say to someone as cool as Dave Strider. What the hell are you on Egbert?

"Except I look cool in whatever I'm wearing, rain or shine. You're the one that always looks like a doofus," he retorts back casually. He sounds more relieved though. Because seriously, he hadn't seen John in forever. As much as he loved the major freakout that John's letter apparently caused (read: only Karkat), it was actually nice to see the other. "Where the fuck you been. Do you realize that being surrounded by the jolly trolls of Alternia isn't as amazing as it sounds?"

[breathingheir]

"I have been here! Weird time shit. Where are you from the Alpha timeline?" For some reason, he had a towel captchalogued, so he's handing that to Dave. "Oh, and as your friendleader, I guess I can totally give you the "low-down" --" complete with airquotes "-- of this place or would you prefer Karkat do it? That dude is like Customer Service."

[stridertime]

Dave just takes the towel from John and starts drying his hair off. The shades remained on his face somehow even with all the activity. "I finally came face to face with the trolls. They are not as cool as they seemed." If he actually thought they were cool. "Naw, dude. Lay it on me. I think I might prolong my reunion for Karkat considering the last thing I saw was him make a complete utter fool of himself. Even Terezi was embarrassed for him."

[stayb100ponyboy]

D--> Hi, Dave
D--> Sounds like you're new here and won't remember, so I'm going to fill you in
D--> You and I are bros now
D--> We've gotten in to all kinds of shenanigans together
D--> So welcome back
D--> Good to have you back on board

[Unsaid but heavily implied: I missed you, man.]

[stridertime]

okay
uhm i might actually feel a bit of an ass
i dont
but i actually dont really know who you are
but if were bros
i am cool with that
a/s/l???
oh and a fucking name while youre at it

[stayb100ponyboy]

D--> You must be from quite a ways back, then
D--> Oh yeah, that's another thing you'll have to get used to
D--> We come from all over the time line

D--> I'm Equius Zahhak
D--> One of the trolls

[stridertime]

pretty sure im pretty far ahead
you werent there when i arrived or some shit
whats up with that???
actually terezi already told me about this already
you guys are a fucked up i swear

dave strider
but you already know that

[spacedoutwitch]

hey, coolkid! :D
i think if you reeeeally wanted to, you could blow under the sea out of the water!
hehehe

its good to see you, now we are all here!

[stridertime]

hey yourself
i would do more then just blow it out of the water
id make it evaporate with my sheer awesomeness

we???
damn am i the fashionably late one???
i havent suddenly became more of a prick for being late right???

[psiinusoiidal]

text;

You are now located iin Vatheon.
Thii2 2y2tem cannot addre22 any other 2tatement2 made a2 iit lack2 the context iin whiich they undoubtedly make 2en2e.

[stridertime]

huh
youre not that sollux troll
you kind of type differently and im pretty sure my pop culture references would have made more sense otherwise
just how many of you actually exist???

[psiinusoiidal]

That ii2 correct.
There are an e2tiimated 15 troll2 located wiithiin Vatheon.

[stridertime]

next youre going to give me the statistics of this shit of a place
jfc
chillax
no need to sound like a gps or some shit

[redbullrenegade]

rED RED RED,
nOT ANY RED 1'M USED TO,
uNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO WEAR T1GHTS AND THEN,
wELL HELLOOO,

[stridertime]

huh
you are???
you arent the one troll who sent me some phat rhyme out of the blue before right???
i assure you that i am way too fucking cool for tights btw
which means i am not who you think i am

[redbullrenegade]

[Phat rhyme... gonna assume Tavros, since everyone makes that mistake.]

tHEN THE FEEL1NG'S MUTUAL.
nOT TOO SURE 1 EVER RHYMED YOUR WAY,
m1ND G1V1NG ME A NAME THOUGH?
aND WE CAN START TH1S RELAT1ONSH1P R1GHT.

[stridertime]

woah
forward
i think i just got a little warmer under the collar
im swooning man
dave strider btw