It...seemed like a good idea at the time.

[splinterself]

[So after getting the "Where is this, who are you, what is going on?" out of his system, Dirk Strider was purposefully and boldly exploring Mac Anu and was...kind of bemused by the fact that the city wasn't done up in purple and black.

...just saying.

He had ended up at the harbor and there he paused in his wan- purposeful exploring, as...you know what's incredibly distracting? Actually only having one self (at least for the time being) that he was aware of. Also the clothes. Also the fact that he still had no idea what the hell was going on, and, more importantly, what was happening with Roxy.

There was a certain irony in him spacing out just as badly as he did when he had multiple selves to juggle, one which was lost on the guy as he was spacing out, brooding.]

...

[Yeah, this was getting him nowhere. (And shit, the lack of purple really was throwing him off.) That was when he shook his head slightly, turned to the nearest person, and said:]

Hey.

[So verbose.]

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[adarable]

Yes?

[ smile!! ]

Did you need anything, sir?

[splinterself]

...not exactly. [Shrug.] I was just wondering if you knew your way around here, that's all. Dirk Strider.

[adarable]

I do! [ pause, curtsy! ] I am Ada Vessalius; it is a pleasure to meet you, Mister Strider!

[splinterself]

Mister?

[If he was older, maybe, a grown man with some kid that he was looking after...sure, why the hell not. Play up the role. Be Mister Strider, milk the title for all it's worth and do all that comes with it for irony's sake. In another lifetime he might've been all over that.

But as is, it just made him feel awkward. If anyone was Mister Strider it was his bro.]

Just call me Dirk, ok?

[adarable]

Mister Dirk, then..? [ Ada's not. Very good at dropping the formalities. It's a side effect of being a noble, okay. ]

[splinterself]

[His new goal is to get her to say, "What up bitches."]

...ok. I can work with that, I guess. It's probably best to ease you into the waters of informality, I guess you're the type who doesn't like to immediately jump into the deep end. It's cool.

[adarable]

[ dirk, that is terrible. ]

I'm terribly sorry.. [ sheepishly smiling ] Ah.. have you just arrived here, Mister Dirk?

[splinterself]

[It's expanding her vocabulary by teaching her new nuances of the language and new ways to implement words. What more do you want?]

Yeah. I just got here not that long ago. [And here he makes a vague sort of gesture implying time and a short amount of it and things of that nature, kind of half wave, half shrug. Ain't that long ago. It happens. No big.] Yourself?

[adarable]

[ a way to expand her vocabulary without making her brother scream. ]

I've been here for a few weeks, now!

[splinterself]

[What Oz doesn't know won't hurt him.

Anyway, at that he frowns a bit more, ever so slightly: so it had been going on for 'a few weeks.']

Shit, weeks, huh. So how have you been liking this place?

[adarable]

[ but oz always knows. he's a big brother. ]

It's very nice! Mac Anu is always peaceful, and although it can get a little hard, I have my brother with me, so it's bearable~!

[ oops, feelings about brother //// ] I miss my home, though. [ pause ]

Is your home anything like this place?

For the record, the entire COMPLETELY DEAD thing amused me.

[splinterself]

[...and his brother is COMPLETELY DEAD, died tragically and NOWHERE NEAR MAC ANU. For the most part, he's chill about his brother being gone, shuffled off of the mortal coil, not someone who he'd be running into in a few posts (in...some form) and just DEAD DEAD DEAD. Dirk had time to adjust to the fact that his brother was gone and they never had the chance to connect in any form and NEVER EVER would. He can't help but feel a little bit envious about how casually she mentioned that, yeah, her brother's here. He won't be knowing that feeling, haha.

...]

It's completely different. It's a quiet little apartment on the ocean. Plenty of space for a guy to just chill with his thoughts. Nothing like this.

oh noooo dirk. ahaha, dead siblings.

[adarable]

[ Ada isn't one to purposefully stomp on feelings - and Dirk probably knows that, but if Ada was aware of Dirk's dead brother .. well, there'd be more than just apologies coming his way - not that she doesn't know the feeling of a sibling being lost forever, completely gone and probably dead (though hers was alive, alive and returned even if he's small, and his is gone).

But in a place like this, where miracles can happen and people can be pulled from different times and timelines, maybe Dirk can find his brother here - and that's what Ada would have also sent his way: a word of hope, at least, although it might never be fulfilled. Alas, she's not aware of Dirk's brother or that she actually talked to him but maybe it's better that way, because no one wants a crying Ada, ever. ]

I see.. [ ...what's an apartment. ] It sounds like a very peaceful place!

Mac Anu is peaceful as well, although it is bustling - I'm sure it's a very good change of pace?

...

[splinterself]

[It's cool. Dave's dead forever barring some sort of resurrection and it's not like Dirk's gonna run into him. What are the chances that not one but two dead older brothers would return, and not only return but be younger than their previously younger sibling? Exactly. Fucking impossible. You just gotta face reality. He's cool.]

Yeah. It's been cool.

[Dirkese for, "If I were a more emotive guy I'd be singing about how I'm out there, in a whole new world. At long fucking last I can see what's just around the proverbial riverbend, I see the light, and at long last I'm part of the world."]

I won't lie, though, it's been...dunno, kind of weird seeing all of these people around. Plus this place is more...cheerful than I'm used to. Not as purple.

i am the master of late tags?

[adarable]

[ Dirk, there is a thing called DWRP a miracle, and maybe it can happen.

Also, Ada does not know about Disney, but rest assured, if she did, she'd be singing along with you, Dirk. ]

It's certainly not bad though, right? [ smiiiile ] Ah, purple? Your home has a lot of purple in it, then?

All hail. Need help powering up to 10 tags for AC?

[splinterself]

I wouldn't exactly call it my home, but yeah, this one place I spent time in - Derse - was pretty much just that. Nothin' but purple buildings and black sky.

i promise i'm not normally this inactive.

[adarable]

A black sky .. [ She's trying to imagine it. ] Was it very cloudy there?

It's all good. I've done it myself before.

[splinterself]

...nah, more like it was filled with endless horror or some shit like that. I tried not to pay too much attention to it for obvious reasons. Nothing like the skies here.

ahahaha......

[adarable]

.. Eh? [ ..that. wait, what. ]

Ah. It sounds.. unusual? [ oh wait, that potentially sounds rude ] That is, for me! Because, where I live, there are blue skies that have no horror in them..

o/*\o

[splinterself]

Oh. Yeah. Sorry. There's two separate places: Derse and Earth. Think of Derse as...actually, it was pretty much a dream world or alternate dimension. That was the place with the black-and-purple motif with skies of endless horror. Earth, where I grew up, was where my apartment was. More like what you're probably used to.

\o/*\o/

[adarable]

[ the words "alternate dimension" doesn't really make her very pleased; it sounds like the abyss. nonetheless, this is a different world, so maybe it is different. ]

A dream world? [ yes, that sounds a lot more lovely. ] Then, is Derse not your island home? [ ok, she can dig that. ]

Are you alone in Derse as well? [ this is an important question! ]

/o/ /o/

[splinterself]

[Why is she curious?]

Nah, my friend Rox is there. One hell of a sleepwalker. I gotta haul her out of the aforementioned horror filled skies all the time. I'd offer to introduce you, but as far as I know she ain't here.

\o\ \o\

[adarable]

[ Because dreams are interesting, and also because she is generally a curious person. ]

I see. [ but does she actually exist, you said this was a dream world.. ] Perhaps you can introduce me to her someday! I'm sure meeting her here, if not today, is not an impossibility.

\o\ /o/

[splinterself]

Yeah, sure. If she doesn't show up here I plan on hauling ass and finding her anyway. Not sure how, but... [But it'll happen.]

/o/*\o\

[adarable]

If there is anyone who can do it, Mister Dirk, I am sure you can! You've done it a few times after all, I assume?