[and just like that, Ryuji's given him an opening, and Dave has near instantly jumped on it, scooting into the one spot where he feels genuinely safe amid all the time bubble, Groundhog Day, Majora's Mask, and who knows what else, bullshit.]
[you give a stealth affectionate guy an inch, he's guaranteed to take a marathon. comfortably, he tucks himself into a familiar spot. it's hard to imagine that nearly a year and a half ago on another universe, this exact same gesture was enough to send Dave into confused and flustered rambling at himself, once he was alone, until he eventually just acknowledged his feelings for Ryuji.]
[and his feelings for this spot.]
Yeah. I didn't even think about it that way 'til you just said it, but I do kinda have a history with taking craft projects to the face, huh?
[he's kind of curious now. is he just. going to pass out every time someone yeets a yarn in his direction? Dave reaches into his BIAS kit and pulls out a bright red sample of the stuff, and sets that hypothesis right there on the table. like he's almost wondering if they should try it. just pull out the science fair board and get that experiment going.]
But it was pretty much a ball of yarn — she was using it to knit together our fates. All of Faerun's. [a bit anxious now, he prods at the yarn, slowly unrolling it.]
She said a bunch of time philosophy we've hashed out before. Y'know, we're on this track because it's where we were always meant to be, we exist and are able to make something of ourselves, which is a gift in itself, Jesus cheats at poker — [that's not what Istus said, Dave.]
Something else she said's been bugging me, though. She said ... yeah, Dave, you've got stuff and people you can't stand to lose, but isn't that what makes them special? Like, how would you know they mean anything to you if losing them wasn't part of the design?
I mean, I get it. The way she put all this stuff was the most sense anybody's made out of what I can only boil down as "dumb fucking time god bullshit," and I think I'm ultimately better off for hearing it.
That's just. The one thing I don't know if I'll ever fully accept, you know?
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[you give a stealth affectionate guy an inch, he's guaranteed to take a marathon. comfortably, he tucks himself into a familiar spot. it's hard to imagine that nearly a year and a half ago on another universe, this exact same gesture was enough to send Dave into confused and flustered rambling at himself, once he was alone, until he eventually just acknowledged his feelings for Ryuji.]
[and his feelings for this spot.]
Yeah. I didn't even think about it that way 'til you just said it, but I do kinda have a history with taking craft projects to the face, huh?
[he's kind of curious now. is he just. going to pass out every time someone yeets a yarn in his direction? Dave reaches into his BIAS kit and pulls out a bright red sample of the stuff, and sets that hypothesis right there on the table. like he's almost wondering if they should try it. just pull out the science fair board and get that experiment going.]
But it was pretty much a ball of yarn — she was using it to knit together our fates. All of Faerun's. [a bit anxious now, he prods at the yarn, slowly unrolling it.]
She said a bunch of time philosophy we've hashed out before. Y'know, we're on this track because it's where we were always meant to be, we exist and are able to make something of ourselves, which is a gift in itself, Jesus cheats at poker — [that's not what Istus said, Dave.]
Something else she said's been bugging me, though. She said ... yeah, Dave, you've got stuff and people you can't stand to lose, but isn't that what makes them special? Like, how would you know they mean anything to you if losing them wasn't part of the design?
I mean, I get it. The way she put all this stuff was the most sense anybody's made out of what I can only boil down as "dumb fucking time god bullshit," and I think I'm ultimately better off for hearing it.
That's just. The one thing I don't know if I'll ever fully accept, you know?