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dave this is future you
youre not going to school today
dont bother trying to call in sick it wont work
theres nothing i can do for you
im sorry
honestly
you have no idea how sincere im being right now
the best you can do is probably turn off your phone and try not to talk to anyone but we both know thats not happening
im leaving now though im not prolonging this bullshit any longer for either of us than i have to
just wanted to warn you man
later

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He is not a physical danger to himself, if that is your concern.

well that was my concern until you made it even more ominous sounding
come on if you can ask me about davesprite i can ask you about fleshy teenage you

I don't mind..
As far it concerns me, his secrets are your secrets.
However it's not something I'm willing to simplify for the sake of easier digestion.

noble dumbasses have an automatic simplification filter in their heads
lay it on me bro

Ok.
Much as you are the Knight of Time, DS is the Prince of Heart.
As charming and idyllic as such a title may sound, by appearances it seems that his path is ultimately one of self-destruction.
The Heart is the path of the self.
And the Prince is, according to a helpful and well read alien, a destroyer class.
There is no doubt that the titles compliment their bearers.
I don't doubt that it is 100% Dave Strider's choice to use his powers over time in a self-sacrificial manner.
But it also cannot be denied that your title is one that demands self-sacrifice in its very structure.
So it suits you but likely also exacerbates tendencies you would generally not have the option to act on more than once.
Similarly, Dirk Strider is naturally highly introspective.
The aspect of the Heart is very apt.
He is also intensely self-critical, suiting the role of the Prince.
But both of these aspects, within the game, take literal manifestations, in the form of multiple 'selves', and at times, multiple consciousnesses.
I believe Dirk's ultimate challenge is to learn to use these splinter selves and dispose of them as needed.
It would fit with the mechanics and narrative of the game, as I have processed it.
But currently he is more preoccupied with being frustrated with himself and all variants thereof.

so
he has to destroy himself
or like his extra selves
or use them to wreck shit i guess and then let paradox space take care of the rest
but hes too annoyed with himself to do it??

Nah.
He's willing to do it.
Just for the wrong reasons.
Out of desire to shatter the reflections he finds unpleasant, rather than through intelligently utilizing them.

oh
uh
is that why youre all fucked up dude
you know your lenses and shit

Yes.

sorry man
thats rough
hell probably come around though

Of course he will.
We're basically the same dude, after all.

exactly
and hes too cool to let something like being a frustrated teen get in the way of being awesome

Being a superior breed of human is literally in his genetics, he will eventually realize that.
But I am pleased to know that you already understand this.

of course i do
i lived with him my whole life
basically

Essentially true.
Though I would advise against conflating them more than is unavoidable.

yeah i know
its pretty obvious theyre different with both of them here
and i know im different from the me that was in your universe
but some things are the same and thats kind of comforting to know i guess

We never met 'our' Dave regardless.
The only thing to compare is a person who was constructed through largely impersonal information gathered hundreds of after his demise.
But I do not find that construct, however imaginary, and you, to be alarmingly different.
That much is true.

he might show up here
i mean
he did before
like i was him for about a week

I should probably clarify, that while I would very much like to meet him, I have no desire for you to be him.
But if he showed up independent of you, yeah, that would be cool.

i came back
obviously
a weeks not that long a time to go without a certain flavor of dave when all flavors are
well
dave
i wanted to say awesome there this curse thing or whatever is cramping my style

Hm.

what

I am processing whether or not I should provide you with certain information I am privy to.
I do not know you well enough to calculate with certainty how you will handle it.
Would you like it regardless?

Edited 2013-01-12 10:10 (UTC)

way to string me along like a two cent saloon girl dude
just tell me

Ok.
As a Strider, I, like you, have a preoccupation with coolness.
How one is cool and what it means.
As a sentient super computer without a lot to do most of the time I have researched this subject exhaustively.
If it were possible to have a PHD in Coolology, I could unironically claim to have earned one.
I have completed the most extensive workload any Ivy League University could come up with a hundred times over.
On that subject alone.
I have studied it historically, philosophically, and of course, ironically.
I have written dissertations.
And most importantly, I have written algorithms.
So when I tell you this, I am speaking with authority on the subject.
Dave Strider, you are supremely, unquestionably, and unironically, cool.

Edited 2013-01-12 10:30 (UTC)

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