recolle | strider monster mash remix: an october catch-all for dave

WHO: dave strider & you (also features 1 joint prompt with john egbert, infected shade version)
WHERE: everywhere
WHEN: october
WHAT: monster shenanigans! i may update with more prompts come event 2, but so far covers event 1. dave can infect people with the vampire, mummy, or shade strains! i'm willing to do an infection in any of the prompts, including the daytime.
WARNINGS: i mean he'll bite a few people so blood and stuff, please specify if you don't want that for a transfer because eye contact or a shoulder bump is also chill w/ me

one. is this scary or is this just dumb?

[ while dave can be found carving at the pumpin patch, he can also be found setting up the jack-o-lanterns at his house, artistically arranging them on the porch. his designs are a mixture of traditional pumpkin smiles, terrible sbahj art, and unfortunately dicks. while most of this qualifies as "happy", the latter or even the sbahj images qualify more as "spooky" or just "plain scary in terms of why would you even, you moron". so, his hair is either pink when he sets them up or changed pink just now as he carves some of his pumpkin army. people are free to comment on the change from his usual white-blond hair either way. ]

two. he actually expected this

[ the dumb thing is that dave was actually fairly suspicious of the hay ride. like, it was the obvious sort of thing to have been hit by retrospec traps, and yet he couldn't help himself going on it. it's tradition, and he usually goes with his brother, although this year he just piled into a random hayride.

when things get Spooky^TM dave just kind of sighs.

when the carriage falls apart and the horses disappear he saves himself a fall to the ground by floating in the air before he lets his feet touch down. he shoves his hands into his jean pockets and looks around. ]

Guess it's time to get our navigational scout patch. Shit, why don't we have sashes for badges and whatever? We've done enough dumb challenges to have some pretty interestin badges. Like, the "got stranded in space" badge. The "beat coyotes at cheating at poker" badge. The "got stuck in a computer" badge.

three. a daytime mistake

[ dave got a combination of viruses that make it a little hard to operate during the daytime. literally all three creatures traditionally shun the daylight or don't do so well in them. dave is both a little weaker in the daytime and...

well. if you go to the catmosphere cafe, you'll find one of the waiters - dressed up like a vampire - has a wrist that sparkles in the slant of (sun)moonlight as he places your order down.

oops. ]

Body glitter. In lotion. Who would've thought Razzle Dazzle Raspberry actually had dazzle? I thought it was just a snazzy alliterative name. Truth in advertising happens rarely enough I was fooled by the actual truth. But hey, at least I smell pretty and could star in an 80s music video. Or early 90s maybe? Which do you think would be more era-appropriate? [ dave says with what might be something like a smile.

(it's not. that's one of his more stupid monster traits. it might be wise to run, or to go with the joke obliviously.) ]

four. thriller at night

[ for the most part, dave looks normal. a little more pale than usual, but he's so pale usually that it might be hard for the casual observer to tell. the same is true of being a little thinner and a lot colder. in the dark it's hard or impossible to tell what his shadow is doing (moving, sometimes differently from dave, and much bigger than it should be...). his eyes are still blood red, but they're hidden as ever behind his shades - so any slight changes to those are also impossible to spot.

it's possible to meet him without being infected by him. it's possible that all that will happen is a stranger (or a friend) will steal your shadow, and you'll be without it for the rest of the month. but as he prowls around outside, he does want to obey. submit. consume. whether that comes from eye contact - he'll tip his shades down during a conversation - or a brush of his hand or something more traditionally vampiric (since mummies and shades don't particularly have any lore-specific transfer method).

it's also possible that you've done Something to trigger a mummy-level grudge, which we can totally talk about or you can just throw at me.

anyway. dave's just strolling down the street in the dead of night, hands in his pockets. no big deal.

he stops when he sees anyone, though, and the corner of his mouth turns up. any other source-infectants may feel a certain cameraderie with him. everyone else...

well, what do you feel? ]

Sup. [ nice night for it, his tone implies, quiet and affable and probably extremely dangerous for it. ]

five. a fun couple's activity (joint with john egbert)

[ as early as the evening of the seventh dave doesn't always take those strolls at night alone. of course, he seems to be alone, at first. maybe he just seems to be going the same way you're going...

but you might realize he's following you after a little while. if you turn to confront him, however, he'll just smile over your shoulder. ]

Let loose, babe. [ - yeah, he's not alone. while dave looks mostly normal and non-threatening (until he loses his cool, at least) the shadows behind you convalesce into john egbert, and he looks a little more threatening.

you're welcome to try to talk them out of infecting you or collecting an (in)voluntary blood donation or what have you (only if you want that, mind), but you'll probably have to fend them off. watch out: john has windy powers squared off by shadow powers, and dave has dumbass time travel and so on.

they are truly unfortunate people to have been turned.

order will be you > john > dave. ]

wildcard.

[ alternately, feel free to throw any sort of starter at me, and i'll respond in kind! you can also reach me at lucylovespluto or via pms to this journal! i am also willing to write you an original starter if none of these work out and you don't feel like wildcarding me. just lmk! ]