I would come back 1000 times

[knightime]

Characters: [OU]Dave Strider and Open to anyone
Setting: Room 1-04; Floor 100; Floor 94; Cafeteria
Format: Either
Summary: After a prolonged absence, Dave finds the Tower is a lot emptier and a gift he isn't sure he wants. He's forcing himself to wander around.
Warnings: Language mostly


Room 1-04
Dave can be found sitting on the floor next to his bed. Set in front of him is a small birdcage. The three figures may seem familiar. There's one of Namine, one of Bro and the last being Jade Strider. He kind of sits there quietly for a bit, watching them move. Listening to them talk. His shades hide his eyes and his mouth shows no expression.

After awhile longer, he picks up the cage and starts shifting some of the contents of it before fitting the bird cage in and shutting the trunk. He guesses that he doesn't really have the heart to get rid of it. He'd feel terrible burying them when they keep talking to him like that.

And it's the only time he thinks he'll really get to hear Bro's voice again.

Floor 100
He isn't sure why he goes to this floor. Maybe it's because of the sudden loss. Despite it being kind of hollow, there's something really nice seeing his place again. All the shitty selfies hanging up and his dead things in jars.

Also the fact that he had a room to himself where he could do as he pleases with where he put his stuff and what stuff he had. It's a little harder to do that when you got roommates.

He snickers a bit when Missy seems intent on trying to smell any of the items, only for it to be a hologram. She seems kind of disgruntled about the trick and the fact she keeps falling for it. "Missy. Sniff all you want, but holograms don't have scent. Shit that would be marvel though. Except I guess it would suck if someone was a hologram and they smelled bad. Come on, let's go."

Floor 94
Dave is busy developing photos. Honestly, he's so busy doing this that he might not even notice you're there.

He's got a hell of a lot of film to go through after all. Shit son, look at all these nice fucking photos he can hang on his walls. It seems like he's got a few pictures he's trying to develop just right. He bobs his head to a tune that isn't playing out loud as he sits by all the trays of chemicals watching his photos develop.

Cafeteria
Dave's got himself dinner and he seems to be pretty hungry. Sure, it's all fake, but he can dig pretending this fake food is actual food. It's easy to forget anyways. Mostly, he's forgotten that it's all food bars in disguise. Funny how memories work and how Dave is a forgetful fella.

He's a bit annoyed at the choice of drinks though. "Shit, I should have just coma'd myself into oblivion when we still had apple juice available."

Comments

[lethechained]

[Immediately going stock still, she's an easy figure to make out in the dark; pale in skin and hair and dress as white as ever, she's basically built for showing up in it. She turns, brow knitting. She knows that voice - and, she realizes, that person.]

-- Dave...! Hello...! I-- wasn't expecting anyone to be here.

[But she shifts to face him properly all the same, obviously not displeased by the development.]

[knightime]

[He walks over to her after he's washed his hands, drying his hands on his pants. They were gonna get wet again soon enough when he has to get his prints to dry.] Oh. Yeah, I guess not a lot of people here care to develop film and stuff. It's kind of been a hobby of mine, so I kind of use this floor a lot.

Took them long enough to make this floor though, let's be real.

[lethechained]

[She stays where she is, waiting for him.] It's awfully dark in here. [Which explains why most people wouldn't use it for anything like that, but--] I'll have to keep that in mind. I'm curious, now.

[A smile flickers at the corners of her mouth.] I'm sure there are a lot of them some of us could say that about.

[knightime]

[He hurries over to her.] It's a dark room. Photo paper is light sensitive so if it gets exposed to light, it ruins the paper. The same goes for film. That's why there's a red light. It's all about how light bounces off.

[He'll ramble for hours about this.] With this floor and the media floor, I'm pretty solid.

[lethechained]

[She blinks as he nears, studying what she can see of him closely as if to make up for the darkness.] Huh...! I never knew that. I guess that makes sense.

[And, you know, helps her understand why someone would hang out in a place like this. Her breath shudders in a small laugh.]

Good to hear. I've got a few places in the tower of my own. ... Are you... busy here? [And thus should she move on-- or rather, would he like to go somewhere brighter, seems to be the implication.]

[knightime]

[He's a shit drawer, so he's got to put his artistic endeavors into other things, man.]

I'm just finishing a round of prints. If you don't mind waiting some minutes, I can clean up and head out with you.

Unless you got other stuff to do. Don't wanna keep you. We have plenty of other places where we can run into each other. [He just needs to dry the prints off and stuff. Should only take some minutes.]

[lethechained]

Oh...! -- No, I don't mind at all. I'd be really glad to keep you company.

[Not that he... would necessarily have any use for her company, but--]

Besides, it would be nice to see you work. [Her shoulders move slightly.] I don't have much else to do, anyway. [She should probably try to sound more put upon for the sake of the joke, but can't quite manage it.]