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Dirk Strider (smuppeteer) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-03-18 21:44:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, bro strider, dirk strider, helix wamtani, jake english, peter parker (tas), rebecca crane, roxy lalonde, tony stark, xander harris

Day 211 [action/voice]
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[ From long before the morning message -- since around midnight, actually -- until around noon, Dirk can be found working in the gardens in Sector Four. When it begins to rain, he scowls, but keeps his work up. He has a date to go on tonight; and he's fairly sure that if he skips out, that troll that is his pre-scratch self will further attempt to fuck things up with Jake. He can't allow that.

Do feel free to bother him. ]

[ voice/open/around 11AM ]

What a great day for rain.

Got a few things I wanted to mention before I'm too preoccupied. First: That wiki Crane was working on? Last night I added a page to answer a bunch of recurring newbie questions. Hopefully, it'll cut down on some of the repetitiveness of New Inmates Day.

Second: My friend Roxy and I have a project we're working on. You know, bettering ourselves for rehab and shit? Anyone who's good with computers is welcome to come help us out. Tony Stark, Penelope Garcia? You two might be interested. We're thinking of meeting in the computer lab tomorrow, around one PM. Who all's game?

Third: Just so everyone knows, I'm taking Jake English to the Sadie Hawkins dance tonight. This is not up for debate. [ He's just a smidgen defensive. Things have been getting under his skin lately. ]

[ action/closed to flatmates ]

[ Around noon, Dirk drags himself home, takes a surprisingly quick shower to clean the mud from himself, and collapses face-first into bed.

You really don't want to bother him. Or do you? ]

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	smuppeteer 2013-03-27 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	That combined with the assault charge. They both earned me some time in here. [ Sigh. A particularly aggressive snip. ] I noticed you talking to one of the new arrivals yesterday. The guy who looks like I jumped in a DeLorean thirty years from now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-27 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	A what? [A guy... thirty years from--He thinks he gets it.] Your weirdo look alike? Is he your brother or something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-27 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	Worse. He's me from an alternate timeline. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-27 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Seriously? [That guy was Dirk?] So... he's digging on a younger Jake? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-27 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. I mean, on the Jake that's here. I'm pretty sure he's only doing it to tick me off, though, in which case I'm not sure whether to be gratified I don't turn actually out to be a pedo when I'm his age, or bothered that I'm apparently going to be that much of an immature troll. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-27 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Well you don't know that. It is an alternate timeline right? It could just be one of a few possibilities for how you turn out. In this case, a shitty result. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-27 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Extremely shitty. Still, you don't think there's something to be said for the fact that we're genetically identical in every way? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluemoondog
2013-03-28 12:09 am UTC (link)

No, I definitely get how that could frustrate you seeing as he is a version of you and a bad example at that. People can draw some shit conclusions about you from him.

Still, he's not you, because clearly you become a different person in a different timeline because of different circumstances. Something changes you and you are not him. Just like he is not you anymore.

It's your life man, alternate dick versions or not, if you hate him, don't become him. Simple as that.

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smuppeteer
2013-03-28 12:17 am UTC (link)

Huh.

[ Snip, snip. He accidentally chops a flower off the bush he's trimming and he doesn't even care.

That's the typical "screw fate" answer he'd appreciate if this were some ancient movie he was analyzing, but it feels different in reality. Considering he's already done, and will continue to do, some fucked-up shit, how can he really guarantee that he won't be an awful person when he's thirty-something?

Assuming he lives to be thirty-something, anyway. ]

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	bluemoondog 2013-03-28 12:29 am UTC (link)
	Alright. [A sigh.] So I get putting your foot down with your alternate. But...why make a public claim? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-28 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Can't filter, remember? Besides, if I just said it to him he'd take it as a personal challenge. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-28 12:37 am UTC (link)
	[A nod after a pause for thought.] Good point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-28 12:45 am UTC (link)
	Naturally. [ Snip. ] You and Aidan going to the dance tonight? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-28 12:56 am UTC (link)
	[Fidgeting.] I'm... not sure. I haven't really thought about it. [Not his thing, but if Aidan asks...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-28 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Better decide before it's too late, bro. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-28 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Too late? What do you mean? [Guess who hasn't thought about a girl asking Aidan to the dance.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-28 01:14 am UTC (link)
	I mean, it's tonight. So you've got to decide before it happens or there won't be a dance to take him to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-03-28 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	[He scratches the back of his neck.] I don't really do dances? I mean if Aidan asks to go I'll go but... I dunno, it's not my thing. [Considering in his first week of being here he went and stole peoples stuff while they were at "Prom" to be a general dick and prove a point. He kind of was against dances in prison for the longest time.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-29 12:23 am UTC (link)
	Ah. [ Fair enough. Dirk doesn't do well with them either, he's learning, but... He wants to do sappy romantic stuff with Jake. That's not too much to ask, he thinks. Snip snip. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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