THE FORCED HONESTY/ASK ME ANYTHING MEME

[ceasetoexist]

THE RULES:
-Post with your character
-Others ask your characters questions (ICly or OOCly)
-Your character has to answer whatever they're asked completely honestly!
-That's it! Them's the rules!

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Dave Strider | Homestuck

[ironicoolly]

[cyan_maid]

Why are you so convinced that Dirk will be upset with you?

[ironicoolly]

[Well, fuck. He really doesn't want to answer this question.]

This isn't the first time I've seen my bro die.

[Not exactly a straight answer.]

[cyan_maid]

The bro from your version of things?

[She'll get one out of you so help her]

[ironicoolly]

Yeah. He died fighting Jack.

[cyan_maid]

I see.

But...Dirk isn't that brother. He and you are related, yes, but neither of you are exactly the same to the person you both knew. Don't you think it's worth trying to talk to him about this stuff, and seeing where it goes?

[ironicoolly]

I want to.

[God, does he ever. But he's afraid.]

Don't think the feeling's mutual.

[cyan_maid]

I think you should try. You'll never know unless you do, right?

[ironicoolly]

I don't want him to hate me.

[But maybe he already does.]

How long has he had empathy powers.

[cyan_maid]

If he does, I'm going to smack him so hard. But I doubt he will.

They came with his gem. I...kind of overloaded him with he first arrived.

[ironicoolly]

I figured that might be possible. It's probably best I stay away from him so he isn't constantly being hit with a whole ensemble of residual feelings I've got no business attributing to him.

Like you said, he's not really Bro.

[cyan_maid]

[Ugh, Striders. Why was this a thing with you boys?]

But...that should be a good thing. Right? You can get to know him, and the feelings you have, they should pull back once you've got it straight in your heart, shouldn't they?

[ironicoolly]

I don't know. What if... I don't like what I find.

What does he think of me?

[Even just asking Jane makes him anxious and nervous as shit.]

[revolutionfalcon]

Why do you never take those ridiculous sunglasses off?

[He used to wear sunglasses himself and he knows they can be useful, but come on.]

[ironicoolly]

[Because they're cool-
Because they belonged to Ben Stiller-
Because they were a gift from a friend-

God, none of those are entirely honest, and so none of those will fly. How does he get out of this?]

Wow fuck you my shades are awesome.

[Nailed it.]

[revolutionfalcon]

That's not an answer, Strider.

[Feel the wrath of the raptor glare + gem eye combo of death coming at you through the limits of time and space.]

If you want it specific, then: why do you hide your eyes?

[ironicoolly]

[Hrngrngrgn. Curse you, Kurosaki.]

Downplaying one's emotions is the first rule of cool. Can't have my naked eyes giving me away to the world, shit's just not done.

[revolutionfalcon]

You give yourself away anyway.

[Surely he's not the only person who can see through Strider's massive coping mechanism all the time.]

Does that record symbol have any meaning?

[The Raidraptors have a symbol, so it could be something like that or it could just be nothing. He'll ask anyway.]

[ironicoolly]

[Fuckin' rude.]

Yeah, well I was never as good at this as my bro was.

You were in my room that day. I think you can guess. Would've been a regular whole record but Bro sliced it up in a strife.

[revolutionfalcon]

[Is he ever anything but rude, Strider? He's even rude when he's trying to feelings jam(-ish) with you.]

So it's just the music?

[That's a little boring, but he did ask.]

A strife is some kind of fight, then?

[ironicoolly]

It might have something to do with my role in the game, too.

[The Land of Heat and Clockwork comes to mind]

Yeah.

[revolutionfalcon]

The game Crocker mentioned.

[It's not a question, he's just making a note that he knows. But...]

What's your role there?

[He's going to ask anyway. From what Crocker had said, it was complex.

And he's frowning a lot now.]

Your brother fought you? I trained with my sister, but I'd never fight her seriously enough to do lasting damage.

[ironicoolly]

Knight of Time. I pretty much rolled the shittiest class available and now I'm the MC of the Butterfly Effect more or less. There's a huge record at the center of my planet.

[The device given to time players to act as a reset button if the game becomes unwinnable, but he doesn't know the details.]

We fight all the time. Only lasting damage that's done is to my pride.

[Which he'd normally never admit, but.]

[revolutionfalcon]

[Well, the planet stuff is fairly confusing, but it doesn't seem like vital information to him. All he needs to note is that it sounds like Strider has a lot of weight on him back home too.

And that additional comment does not improve his opinion on your brother.]

Older siblings should care for the younger ones, not destroy their pride.

[ironicoolly]

[He goes rigid, and he has to spend a moment to calm himself down before replying.]

Who says he doesn't care about me.

[He's considered it before. That Bro never really gave a shit about him, and that's why he's always so brutal in their strifes. But he doesn't want to face the possibility of that being the truth.]