prank #49 | text [FILTERED AWAY FROM ROSE, DAVE & DIRK]

[ghostytrainer]

so...jade harley is gone again, for anybody who knew her.
which...kind of makes my original intent for this post somewhat awkward. i am kind of torn wondering if the fact that i dragged my feet with this is a good thing or if i should be kicking myself over it.
more leaning towards the latter.
anyway, that's beside the point.

point is: next month is jade harley, dave and dirk strider, and rose lalonde's birthdays.
they're on december 1st, 3rd, and 4th, respectively. with both striders being on the same day if that party wasn't clear.
since they're so close together, aradia and i were going to throw them a three day long sort-of-surprise-but-not-really party with a semi-break in the middle on the 2nd.
which we're still going to do, though obviously it might end up being a little shorter than we originally planned.

i figured it might not be a bad idea to mention that now so their friends can make travel plans if they want to stop by for a day or two.
it'll be at rose and i's house in ecruteak. if you can make it, just let aradia or i know at some point and we can give you the address/directions.
and even if you can't make it, i'm sure they would appreciate some birthday well-wishes.
somehow, i would be willing to bet that between dirk just arriving here, dave being the aloof coolkid that he is, and rose being...uh...rose, that they probably never brought up their birthdays to any of the friends they've made here.
that's all!
i hope you're all having a good day. :)

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[ghostytrainer]

ahahaha!
yeah probably not. funny though that would be, a dress is probably not the best idea for dave.
rose likes books and things of a creepy, eldritch horror-y persuasion.
and cats.

but no, of course i wouldn't mind. and i doubt they would either.
rose would probably love the chance to see you in person again.
and you've talked to dave before, right?

TAAALLLEE AS OLD AS TIMMME BEAUTY AND THE MEISTER

[soundmind]

Bro is uh

saying that I should come for Christmas, so I may as well spend more time with all of you

I talked to Dave when you and he were doing the dress thing, but since he's a boy I'm going to assume he likes things like motorcycles and dragons, and dragons on motorcycles.

As for Rose, if she likes books, the question would be what sort of books does she *not* have at this point.

[Bookworm behavior is very predictable to her.]

[ghostytrainer]

bro? wait...like dave's bro? bro strider?
that bro?

[John how many other people who go by "bro" do you even know, come on now. WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE?]

dragons, yes. motorcycles, no.
dave's more of a...artistically inclined sort of guy, i guess you could say.
he likes music and drawing comics.
but also sword fighting.

but rose um...
well to be honest? not a whole lot.
mostly reference-type books. you know, like breeding guides, legends, stuff like that.
we've been traveling most of the time for almost three years now so she's mostly been using libraries instead of hauling around stacks of books, you know?
so she doesn't have a lot of fiction-y, reading-for-pleasure type books.
which i know she likes, especially if they're about wizards.
wow i am a terrible fiancee. how did i list cats as an interest before wizards?

[soundmind]

[...God, John, how does she explain this.]

I'll quote him.

"yes my kids.
one of which being the one i wanted to set you up with.
good times.
youre fucking silly if you think theyll mind.
daves chill.
rose would probably jump at the chance to nerd over books with you.
besides youre like my adopted daughter thing now by this point.
an unplanned child if you will.
if they cant share then they obviously need time out and to get coal for xmas."

...Our relationship is complicated.



Anyway. I think in that case I have an idea for Rose. Dave sounds like my friend Soul, a little, so I might have an idea in mind for him too.

[Wait, one more thing.]

It's "fiance" John. "Fiancee" would be Rose.

[Yep. No comment on the fact that two kids in her age group are apparently engaged, just "you spelled it wrong."

Maka's life.]

[ghostytrainer]

oh uh.
i see. well then that is...interesting i guess?
he's not wrong though about rose.
she'll probably show you her little library she's working on building up the moment you hang up your coat.

shit, i typo'd, my bad.
i swear i do actually know that, ahaha.
my finger must have slipped and i didn't catch it before i hit send.

[soundmind]

Like I said, it's complicated. It doesn't help that he's a lot like my *actual* dad either.

Ahaha, it's okay! A lot of people get it wrong and I couldn't help correcting it. [Pedantic shitfuck that she is.]

[ghostytrainer]

...the fact that there's another person even remotely like bro strider is kind of worrisome.
like...wow. ok.

it's ok! i don't mind, i am used to that sort of thing by now ahaha.

[soundmind]

...Would it scare you more if I said my dad's worse? [At least Bro respects her personal space and doesn't try to butt into her social life.]

[ghostytrainer]

j...wow. that.


i don't even know what to say to that.

[soundmind]

Pray for me that he never comes here.

Because all this time I spend talking to you, trying to get to know you again after being missing for a while? He'll end that. He doesn't like me talking to boys.

[ghostytrainer]

...seriously?
that's bullshit.

but you know, i make a pretty convincing girl. ;P
i think we can still talk even if that happens.

[soundmind]

[Congratulations, John, that actually got her to smile.]

You're pretty funny. But I'd still talk to you even if he said no, he has no authority in my life and he has no right to keep me from my friends.

[ghostytrainer]

i try to be funny.
apparently your mileage may vary on how humorous i actually am but, i like to think i'm pretty damn hysterical.
...
when i tell jokes, i mean. like...when i am purposely trying to be funny.

but that's good, i like talking to you and we're friends so. :D

[soundmind]

No, I get you, it's not fun to be laughed at when you're not trying to be funny.

[If by "not fun" she means "it sucks."]

I'm glad we're friends. It sucks that Soul isn't here and probably won't remember our times here, but I'm glad to have made friends.

[...Wait, she was saying that as if she remembered her time in Johto. There are some odd and fuzzy thoughts that aren't familiar to her, but--]

I mean that it sucks that neither of us would remember.

[ghostytrainer]

exactly.

see there's a silver lining in that though!
not remembering means that you just have to make new memories.
(also it means i can pull the same pranks on you and you wouldn't be any the wiser to the fact that they are technically repeat performances! >:D)

[soundmind]

Only the biggest priorities in mind, I see.

[Boys, honestly.]

[ghostytrainer]

biggest AND most important, of course. :P