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revenge of ricky schrödinger ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ ([personal profile] parodeity) wrote in [community profile] recolle2018-10-06 02:39 am

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 SpookyTM 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 [plurk.com profile] 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! ]
fiddlestick: (youre dumb af)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-10-06 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, at least he's getting music out of damnation.

The constant nighttime happening again was pretty worrying. Not only that, but the monstrous outbreak definitely seemed pretty concerning. Still, life was continuing on and it wasn't exactly unusual for Dave to ask him to listen to music. Nor did the hour really concern him because hey, it's dark all the time anyway.

Okay so more like: music and helping friends are his weaknesses and he didn't think things through before he took the bait.

He'll give a smile back, one of his usual friendly ones]


Haha, it's okay! My sleep schedule's pretty messed up. And I'm always happy to help out anyway.
Edited 2018-10-06 08:08 (UTC)
thesettingsun: smile (I felt the arm's length)

three

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2018-10-06 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shuji's been side-eyed by the person who led him to his table - the bat wings and horns are harder to explain away than body glitter. At least Dave won't judge him.

And he doesn't hit any of the other customers with a wing. Always a plus.]


Nineties, but body glitter was bigger in the mid, late nineties? Not a bad time for music videos. Daft Punk was doing stuff, can't go wrong with being in a Daft Punk video.

[When he talks, his sharp teeth are more apparent.]
godcards: (31.)

[personal profile] godcards 2018-10-08 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ So, hey. This is cool. Normal. Just going over to a friend's house. For Malik, however, it really feels strange. He doesn't do anything like this, he doesn't really have friends, he doesn't really hang out with people. Maybe this would be nice. Maybe this would be incredibly weird and Malik would feel so awkward at his lack of human interaction skills that he'd bail early. Only time will tell!

Dave is unaffected and casual as always. Familiarity helps, even if this isn't an online interaction. ]


Not yet. It's still early, though... I'm sure they'll come up with something eventually. They always do.
concasse: (stfu↠ Imma beat you ugly)

two

[personal profile] concasse 2018-10-08 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh thank the shitty stars.

Dave gets a couple of moments to himself before out of nowhere, Sanji comes barreling through the trees, huffing, looking both pissed off and vaguely distressed]


Where's the shitty exit to this place?!

[Yeah, just guess how long he's been wandering by himself. Zoro would be proud]
maskreant: (pic#12248495)

IT'S VAMPIRE GO AHEAD AND BITE HIM

[personal profile] maskreant 2018-10-09 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Huh... Akira is unassuming when all the cats scram in Dave's presence. Unfortunately, he wasn't here to see that Dave is that actual cause, but it's becoming apparent with how the cats avoid him completely. ]

Maybe you should try some cologne. I heard felines love Calvin Klein's "Obsession."

[ Turning towards Dave, he blinks slowly, eyeing him head to toe— ]

... Are you sick?

[ He doesn't particularly smell bad, too. Hm... Akira isn't feeling too good about this, suddenly. ]
godcards: (22.)

[personal profile] godcards 2018-10-10 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thanks for proving that Malik shouldn't believe in the Power of Friendship, Dave! ]

Yeah. I miss when things were simpler, too.

[ It was still stupid, just like everything Retrospec does, but it was the innocuous kind of stupid. He muses on this and looks around in the entryway; of course he notices that it's kinda dim, which he thinks is weird, but he also figures it's another hip and cool mood lightning thing. Then again, Malik isn't really a big fan of the dark. So he's still kinda hesitating to really venture in. ]

I kinda miss when Retrospec wasn't around at all, in all actuality. All they've done is made things worse.
fiddlestick: (elliot119)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-10-10 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[he follows after him]

Over the summer? Wow...that's a lot of padding. How many songs is this again?
concasse: (irritated↠ eyes closed)

[personal profile] concasse 2018-10-10 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sanji is Team Asshole all the way, he understands.

He is also forgot he himself could fly, this idiot, so Dave please save Sanji from himself.]


Yeah, that'd be better than me wandering around the same shitty tree for the next thirty minutes, so if you could...
concasse: (scowl↠ it's like smoking tar)

[personal profile] concasse 2018-10-10 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... thought the forest would be quieter so I hitched a ride. [A sigh as he massages his neck]

Then the horse turned into a demon and the cart just went to shit.
thesettingsun: smile (from your cradle via trousseau)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2018-10-10 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[The camraderie is pretty typical. They talk now and then, they've had Retrospec access since forever, of course they're friendly.]

Personally, I'm guessing because people got tired of finding glitter everywhere in their house. Have you ever tried to get glitter out of carpet?
godcards: (01.)

[personal profile] godcards 2018-10-11 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe Dave should have thought of that before he went and became a host for a monstrous virus :/ ]

I don’t.

[ With that, Malik actually makes his way further into the house - although he takes his shoes off before doing so, in a surprising(???) display of manners. ]

You know I don’t expect a whole bakery or anything in here, right? Why waste the time?
maskreant: (pic#12309060)

akira will stake him

[personal profile] maskreant 2018-10-12 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ What kind of person wants to go to work when they're sick? He knows Dave likes cats, but this is really reaching. Sighing, he wonders how he can get him to head home. ]

... Are you sure? It looks a breeze can topple you over.

[ No, he has to be blunt. ]

I think you should head home—or somehow sun bathe despite the weather.
fiddlestick: (elliot153)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-10-12 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[....He laughs at that. Okay, that's cute]

Haha, wow. You might be a bigger perfectionist than I am.

[What cute idiots]

But okay, I'll do my best at listening and giving feedback!

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