I dont know why i expect you to maybe one day respond to me with some roleplaying hijinks but i reckon thats me just being generously hopeful in that regard.
Im sure your pedantic and over-analytical nature has taken note of the prospect of there being a positivity party tomorrow and im just making sure youre gonna hop your speedy ninja ass over there pronto to mingle a bit and maybe form a few pals.
Oh you were already planning on going? Well thats just peachy keen and here i thought id be twisting your arm. [ He knows you Too Well. ]
Give it up. How long have we known each other now? You know it's never going to happen.
[ also goddamnit, jake really does know him way too well. of course he knows about the party and of course he hadn't been planning on going. ]
I did take notice and it sounds nice. You should definitely go. But I don't think I'm the partying type. So I'll pass. Thanks.
[ like that's a lot of people in one place and as much as he wants to be around company, he has no idea how to conduct himself around them and especially not in a setting that's so extremely foreign to him. not to mention that it's a positivity party and just the vague notion of anyone leveling any kind of positivity at him has him wanting to run for the hills.
I know where you live buddy dont think ill let this one slide so easily. It would be an absolute *perfect* chance for you to make some other nerdy friends. Ive crossed paths with several japanese fellas they seem properly nice and i know how much you enjoyed reading about their culture and history so perhaps you can bond over that.
Are you implying you'd come over to physically drag me along? Because I would like to see you try.
[ that's an entirely empty threat/challenge. he probably wouldn't even lift a finger to resist if jake was serious enough about this to come fetch him in person, he'd just relent. ]
And who says I haven't already made friends that include said "Japanese fellas"?
[ except they're acquaintances, but whatever. same difference. ]
Dirk pal. Seriously. You and i both know for a *fact* there is no way in the shittiest pit of hell itself that youve made any friends in such a short amount of time here. For petes sake you isolated yourself in a housing situation without ANY one else of course i know youve just been whistling sweet dixie out your bumhole and carrying on a few conversations with folks but i *highly doubt* ive actively sought out friends and now is your chance.
Dont give me that bullshit.
Ill make like a tree and get out of here just to fly my ass to your place just to drag your ass out. BELIEVE IT!!! [ make like a tree and get out of here tho... ]
[ "whistling sweet dixie out of your bumhole" oh my god. why is his best friend like this. why are they even friends at all. someone solve this great mystery so he can finally rest. ]
Alright, fine. You got me there. But the housing situation was necessary and I'm fine with the way things are now. It's good enough to know that there are people around and the human race isn't extinct. Besides, I don't even know what you're supposed to do at a party. Drink alcohol? Because after what it did to Rox I'd rather not ever touch the stuff.
Also for the record, trees don't generally move and get out of places. And did you really just believe it me?
[ DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT REFERENCE YOU JUST MADE JAKE... ]
Well i sure as hell aint gonna touch the stuff either if there is but i reckon there will be people and mingling you know just chit chatting it up a storm. Maybe there dancing? Hell if i know ive never really been to one before.
I sure as heckfire did! Tell me youre gonna go or not so i can make arrangements in my schedule to pry your strider self out tomorrow or let you come at your own pace. [ He has no idea what he just referenced. ]
Stay for the whole shebang with me *as friends* or dance with a stranger for a few minutes. Your choice but otherwise im not budging for anything less you cant make me. [ he's just throwing stupid rules out there??? ]
[ that *emphasis* sure as shit wasn't necessary but okay... ]
Wow. Just wow. Who died and left you in charge? And of making the rules no less? Because I'd like to speak to management. I've got a few complaints about this whole arrangement.
You can speak to said management when management arrives at your front door and give you a proper push to this mingling thing. By proper push i mean rightfully beat your ass. [ since WHEN does he think he can stand a chance against Dirk.. ]
Look a part of me sure as hell doesnt want to go but i feel like its important we establish relationships with people here. Were all in the same boat. Come on just show up and see how it goes maybe youll have fun.
Man, management must be real confident if they think they can beat my ass. Now I'm curious to find out if they can or if they're just all talk. I bet it's the latter.
[ he probably shouldn't be goading him, but he just can't help it.
also he knows jake has a point there, but still... ]
Maybe. But it's not like I have anything to wear to a party and I sure as hell don't know how to dance with someone. Unless getting my B-boy on and having dance offs counts, but I don't think it's that kind of party. Is it that kind of party?
[ gonna ignore that first part cause CALLED THE FUCK OUT.. ]
Its a positive party so i reckon its whatever the flip you want. I should mention its tied into that request on the board. You know where it requires 20 people to restore the sun so its the towns attempt at that. [ He should have said this first, god damn it. He's just too focused on Dirk making friends because he deserves it! ]
Yeah, I know. That was made pretty clear on the post. But I doubt it's necessary to have 20 people do it all at once. I'm sure one on one positive encounters work just fine so long as they add up.
[ You can't see it, but man, he's making such a face at the computer. ]
Oh my fucking god youre clearly such an impossible douche sometimes you know!! Even me the scaredy cat coward is gonna go along and youre just gonna sit back and exclude yourself as per usual like a big fat stinking party pooper. Heya welcome to NO FUN ISLAND population one bullheaded wannabe ninja named dirk strider who doesnt give a hoot to even attempt at making friends when hes finally given the opportunity to!! It aint like his friend is concerned about that or anything no siree bob!
Meanwhile ill just be over here sweating silver bullets and making a god damn fool out of myself anytime somebody tries to talk to me cause you know what buddy im at least gonna try!
[ so there's a lot he could address there. like he could point out that jake's wrong and he's not an impossible douche sometimes, but an impossible douche at all times and well aware of it, thank you very much. or maybe he could just give in to shut jake up because at this point he might be willing to do just that.
but no. there's just one seemingly inconsequential thing he hones in on in true strider fashion. ]
Of course i am! You get to a new place and scoot yourself off on your own while the rest of us are having a ripsnorter of a time getting to know each other and being in this whatever the fuck *this* is together.
I sure as hell know the desire for solitude but shitting christ youre finally around people for a god damn change and you isolate yourself still hell yes that is just a little concerning to me! Im sure it gets lonely but who knows maybe you LOVE being lonely for all i know but ive got this funny feeling you dont.
I know that *i* dont so im gonna make valiant efforts to get the fuck over it and meet people and whether your game for it or not IM GOING.
[ in a moment of split-second irritation he's almost tempted to type something along the lines of "why do you care when you had no problem leaving me on my own back on lotak?" but no... that's unfair.
he could maybe try to explain to jake what a sensory overload being here has been, how much trouble he has sleeping and how that hasn't helped one bit with the aforementioned issues, but that's likely only going to worry jake more.
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I'm here, you absolute dork.
What's up?
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Im sure your pedantic and over-analytical nature has taken note of the prospect of there being a positivity party tomorrow and im just making sure youre gonna hop your speedy ninja ass over there pronto to mingle a bit and maybe form a few pals.
Oh you were already planning on going? Well thats just peachy keen and here i thought id be twisting your arm.
[ He knows you Too Well. ]
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How long have we known each other now? You know it's never going to happen.
[ also goddamnit, jake really does know him way too well. of course he knows about the party and of course he hadn't been planning on going. ]
I did take notice and it sounds nice. You should definitely go.
But I don't think I'm the partying type.
So I'll pass. Thanks.
[ like that's a lot of people in one place and as much as he wants to be around company, he has no idea how to conduct himself around them and especially not in a setting that's so extremely foreign to him. not to mention that it's a positivity party and just the vague notion of anyone leveling any kind of positivity at him has him wanting to run for the hills.
better to avoid that mess altogether. ]
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Playing difficult are you?
I know where you live buddy dont think ill let this one slide so easily.
It would be an absolute *perfect* chance for you to make some other nerdy friends.
Ive crossed paths with several japanese fellas they seem properly nice and i know how much you enjoyed reading about their culture and history so perhaps you can bond over that.
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Because I would like to see you try.
[ that's an entirely empty threat/challenge. he probably wouldn't even lift a finger to resist if jake was serious enough about this to come fetch him in person, he'd just relent. ]
And who says I haven't already made friends that include said "Japanese fellas"?
[ except they're acquaintances, but whatever. same difference. ]
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You and i both know for a *fact* there is no way in the shittiest pit of hell itself that youve made any friends in such a short amount of time here.
For petes sake you isolated yourself in a housing situation without ANY one else of course i know youve just been whistling sweet dixie out your bumhole and carrying on a few conversations with folks but i *highly doubt* ive actively sought out friends and now is your chance.
Dont give me that bullshit.
Ill make like a tree and get out of here just to fly my ass to your place just to drag your ass out.
BELIEVE IT!!!
[ make like a tree and get out of here tho... ]
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Alright, fine. You got me there.
But the housing situation was necessary and I'm fine with the way things are now.
It's good enough to know that there are people around and the human race isn't extinct.
Besides, I don't even know what you're supposed to do at a party. Drink alcohol?
Because after what it did to Rox I'd rather not ever touch the stuff.
Also for the record, trees don't generally move and get out of places. And did you really just believe it me?
[ DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT REFERENCE YOU JUST MADE JAKE... ]
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Maybe there dancing? Hell if i know ive never really been to one before.
I sure as heckfire did! Tell me youre gonna go or not so i can make arrangements in my schedule to pry your strider self out tomorrow or let you come at your own pace.
[ He has no idea what he just referenced. ]
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So if I say I'll go you won't be using any forceful tactics to ensure my presence at this party?
[ meaning he can just say he'll go and then not go... ]
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Youll follow through for me as you always do im sure of it.
[ He's not trying to manipulate you by being cute, but it's working, isn't it? ]
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Ok. So how long does the party last?
Because if I show up at the last 5 minutes then it still counts as technically going to the party.
[ that plan doesn't work if you announce it, dirk. ]
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Dance with *one* person who isnt from our world no matter how short of a dance it is and youre free to go. Thatll leave me satisfied.
Fair enough?
[ that sounds worse than just making a full two hour appearance in the background.. ]
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Wait, what?
How did we go from simply attending to having to dance with someone?
You said nothing about that before.
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Your choice but otherwise im not budging for anything less you cant make me.
[ he's just throwing stupid rules out there??? ]
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Wow. Just wow.
Who died and left you in charge? And of making the rules no less?
Because I'd like to speak to management. I've got a few complaints about this whole arrangement.
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By proper push i mean rightfully beat your ass.
[ since WHEN does he think he can stand a chance against Dirk.. ]
Look a part of me sure as hell doesnt want to go but i feel like its important we establish relationships with people here. Were all in the same boat.
Come on just show up and see how it goes maybe youll have fun.
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Now I'm curious to find out if they can or if they're just all talk.
I bet it's the latter.
[ he probably shouldn't be goading him, but he just can't help it.
also he knows jake has a point there, but still... ]
Maybe.
But it's not like I have anything to wear to a party and I sure as hell don't know how to dance with someone.
Unless getting my B-boy on and having dance offs counts, but I don't think it's that kind of party.
Is it that kind of party?
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Its a positive party so i reckon its whatever the flip you want.
I should mention its tied into that request on the board.
You know where it requires 20 people to restore the sun so its the towns attempt at that.
[ He should have said this first, god damn it. He's just too focused on Dirk making friends because he deserves it! ]
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Yeah, I know.
That was made pretty clear on the post.
But I doubt it's necessary to have 20 people do it all at once. I'm sure one on one positive encounters work just fine so long as they add up.
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Oh my fucking god youre clearly such an impossible douche sometimes you know!!
Even me the scaredy cat coward is gonna go along and youre just gonna sit back and exclude yourself as per usual like a big fat stinking party pooper.
Heya welcome to NO FUN ISLAND population one bullheaded wannabe ninja named dirk strider who doesnt give a hoot to even attempt at making friends when hes finally given the opportunity to!! It aint like his friend is concerned about that or anything no siree bob!
Meanwhile ill just be over here sweating silver bullets and making a god damn fool out of myself anytime somebody tries to talk to me cause you know what buddy im at least gonna try!
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but no. there's just one seemingly inconsequential thing he hones in on in true strider fashion. ]
You're worried about me?
[ ???? ]
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You get to a new place and scoot yourself off on your own while the rest of us are having a ripsnorter of a time getting to know each other and being in this whatever the fuck *this* is together.
I sure as hell know the desire for solitude but shitting christ youre finally around people for a god damn change and you isolate yourself still hell yes that is just a little concerning to me! Im sure it gets lonely but who knows maybe you LOVE being lonely for all i know but ive got this funny feeling you dont.
I know that *i* dont so im gonna make valiant efforts to get the fuck over it and meet people and whether your game for it or not IM GOING.
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he could maybe try to explain to jake what a sensory overload being here has been, how much trouble he has sleeping and how that hasn't helped one bit with the aforementioned issues, but that's likely only going to worry jake more.
so... ]
Alright, fine. You've made your point.
I'll go.
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You will?
No funny man games or anything?
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I'll go along as your friend.
So you have someone to stoically stand by your side while you sweat bullets, I guess.
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