[Of course they're still running, because these toiletries sound amazing. But—]
Fire? [This changes everything??? She almost—almost—stumbles as she looks over at him, but she miraculously manages to keep her balance.] B-But if they can do that, then won't they chase us, instead?
[Fire-breathing geese sound... awfully predatory, but? She's just going to think of soap and shampoo and conditioner as she takes a nice, deep breath. Fire-breathing... geese...]
I'll do my best! And if anything happens, I know that you'll definitely help me out.
[This is some serious trust. Also, how far away are the geese, anyway?]
[It's the weekend, I'm BACK, so let's wrap this baby up in, like, five comments. Because the geese... are here.
Which Ochako isn't very excited about! She jerks to a stop as soon as (what she assumes to be) a goose dashes right by them, expecting to see a flash of fire or something weird like that—but there's a whole bunch of nothing, thankfully, and she knows that this is now or never. Her game face is now officially on.]
I'm going to loop around from behind, okay? [She's whispering, because damn, the honking is louder now? Can mutant geese understand speech?] I'll try to send them your way one or two at a time. If I can.
[What if there are twenty geese in a gaggle... actually, no, she's not going to think about that.]
You are the geese herder, it's you. The star in your dreams of the big man. [ THAT'S an inaccurate quote from his own webcomic (inside the webcomic he is from) that ochako cannot possibly be expected to know. it's safe to write it off as weird dave shit, probably.
but he's circling to the side so she can get behind them, cracking his knuckles and preparing to CATCH EVEN MORE GEESE
[How is it possible for Dave to be so cool and so weird at the same time? Chroma's greatest mystery. Anyway, Ochako just... flashes him a quick thumbs-up before stealthily slinking into the overgrowth. These are geese. She's got this!!
A minute or so later, the first pair of geese come squawking out into the open. Catch them, Dave! Because after that pair comes another pair, and then another pair, and then a trio, and then... silence. Eerie.]
[And that's when Ochako pops out a good distance ahead, full-on sprinting toward him... with three or four geese hot on her heels. Boy, doesn't she look thrilled!]
C-Catch them!
[One of them is breathing fire, oh my God. Dave, be cool here before she winds up kicking a goose like a football and feeling really, really bad about it.]
[ fun fact! did ochako know dave is fast? maybe she did. but he starts to sprint and basically...flickers in place. it looks like teleportation, he's that fast. he's over where he was and then he's behind ochako, smacking each goose on the head as gently as he can. ]
[Aaaand just like that... they're gone? She skids to a stop, blinking back over her shoulder to confirm this fact before letting out an incredibly relieved sigh. They're gone! Now they can celebrate, because holy shit—]
Thanks! They came out of nowhere, but you were right there when I needed you. We make a good team! [Enjoy this friendly smack on the arm.] And that was amazing, Dave! I didn't even see you move!
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Fire? [This changes everything??? She almost—almost—stumbles as she looks over at him, but she miraculously manages to keep her balance.] B-But if they can do that, then won't they chase us, instead?
[Is she bait, Dave?? Is she BAIT???]
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Well, if you chase 'em at me I can get them? [ or
yes, she could bait them at him? ]
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I'll do my best! And if anything happens, I know that you'll definitely help me out.
[This is some serious trust. Also, how far away are the geese, anyway?]
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BUT THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY CLOSE, BECAUSE SUDDENLY...there is ominous honking and a flash of blue off to the side.
it seems perhaps...the geese are surrounding them ]
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Which Ochako isn't very excited about! She jerks to a stop as soon as (what she assumes to be) a goose dashes right by them, expecting to see a flash of fire or something weird like that—but there's a whole bunch of nothing, thankfully, and she knows that this is now or never. Her game face is now officially on.]
I'm going to loop around from behind, okay? [She's whispering, because damn, the honking is louder now? Can mutant geese understand speech?] I'll try to send them your way one or two at a time. If I can.
[What if there are twenty geese in a gaggle... actually, no, she's not going to think about that.]
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You are the geese herder, it's you. The star in your dreams of the big man. [ THAT'S an inaccurate quote from his own webcomic (inside the webcomic he is from) that ochako cannot possibly be expected to know. it's safe to write it off as weird dave shit, probably.
but he's circling to the side so she can get behind them, cracking his knuckles and preparing to CATCH EVEN MORE GEESE
these geese have to hate dave by now, alas ]
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A minute or so later, the first pair of geese come squawking out into the open. Catch them, Dave! Because after that pair comes another pair, and then another pair, and then a trio, and then... silence. Eerie.]
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three to go, and silence, and dave stops his game of wild geese tag to look up, head tilting to the side. ]
...Ochako?
[ DID THE GEESE GET HER he starts forward a little ]
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C-Catch them!
[One of them is breathing fire, oh my God. Dave, be cool here before she winds up kicking a goose like a football and feeling really, really bad about it.]
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Thanks! They came out of nowhere, but you were right there when I needed you. We make a good team! [Enjoy this friendly smack on the arm.] And that was amazing, Dave! I didn't even see you move!
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[ HOMESTUCK. but he takes the smack on the arm and then offers his fist for a bump. ] Back to town to claim our hella soapy prizes?
[ and we can wrap this and EVENT EVENT EVENT ]