[ well that gets him a flat look fired back in return. this might rank for the most confusing interaction he's had with evan to date, and there have been some doozies. ]
So we just knock eachother around a bit and leave?
[ he doesn't try to mask the confusion, or the fact that he's still kind of raring to go. he's not about to start anything though, because clearly evan isn't feeling it anymore, he'd just be reacting out of necessity if david threw a punch. ]
[ still-- ] S'not like you.
So we just knock eachother around a bit and leave?
[ he doesn't try to mask the confusion, or the fact that he's still kind of raring to go. he's not about to start anything though, because clearly evan isn't feeling it anymore, he'd just be reacting out of necessity if david threw a punch. ]
[ still-- ] S'not like you.
[ there's a brief wrinkle of distaste in his expression when the mask goes back on, but that's it. though part of him does think evan better not start another fight now, because he doesn't want to fight him to get it off again. ]
How many times have you told me nobody should be walkin' away from a fight with you, hm?
[ he still remembers the sudden, stark realisation that there's no winning with evan that lets both parties live. the deep nausea, the shaking hands, the understanding that beating evan meant killing him. that he had to be ready and willing to kill or he'd never survive. ]
[ ... except one time, in the coal tower. funny that he'd basically pinned david and had a go at him that time too, but that struck him as an outlier. strange and unusual for both of them. ]
How many times have you told me nobody should be walkin' away from a fight with you, hm?
[ he still remembers the sudden, stark realisation that there's no winning with evan that lets both parties live. the deep nausea, the shaking hands, the understanding that beating evan meant killing him. that he had to be ready and willing to kill or he'd never survive. ]
[ ... except one time, in the coal tower. funny that he'd basically pinned david and had a go at him that time too, but that struck him as an outlier. strange and unusual for both of them. ]
That's it?
[ what? ]
[ he should just take the... whatever this is. not a win. but he's alive, that's something. but this is wrong, and david doesn't know why that bothers him, but it does. concern churning in his gut and he doesn't like that either. ]
[ david follows after him, almost reaches out to grab his arm but stops himself in the interest of evan not just wheeling around and punching him in the face. ]
The fuck's going on with you?
[ what? ]
[ he should just take the... whatever this is. not a win. but he's alive, that's something. but this is wrong, and david doesn't know why that bothers him, but it does. concern churning in his gut and he doesn't like that either. ]
[ david follows after him, almost reaches out to grab his arm but stops himself in the interest of evan not just wheeling around and punching him in the face. ]
The fuck's going on with you?
[ david doesn't know why he's so insistent, why he follows evan all this way. something bothers him and it's not just the fact that he's doing this. the whole situation just feels wrong. ]
[ he doesn't speak, slows down as he follows into the trees — not for any special reason, david just needs to concentrate on where he's going so he doesn't lose a foot — but it'll be obvious to evan regardless. david's way too stubborn to let this lie. ]
[ he doesn't speak, slows down as he follows into the trees — not for any special reason, david just needs to concentrate on where he's going so he doesn't lose a foot — but it'll be obvious to evan regardless. david's way too stubborn to let this lie. ]
[ david keeps following, quietly concentrating save for a hissed curse when his boot skims the edge of a trap, but he manages not to step in it. it's easier to focus on following evan than wondering why he feels compelled to do it. it just bothers him and that's not weird, evan's the one behaving strangely. ]
[ unless evan eventually gets fed up and tries to run david off, he'll follow him all the way until he stops somewhere. anywhere. keeps a healthy distance, but makes no attempt to act like there's any other possible reason for him to be here. honestly david doesn't see the point, evan would know better. ]
What's got into you?
[ he's not concerned, just confused. they're very similar expressions and intonations is all. ]
[ unless evan eventually gets fed up and tries to run david off, he'll follow him all the way until he stops somewhere. anywhere. keeps a healthy distance, but makes no attempt to act like there's any other possible reason for him to be here. honestly david doesn't see the point, evan would know better. ]
What's got into you?
[ he's not concerned, just confused. they're very similar expressions and intonations is all. ]
I--
[ david stops maybe a foot behind him, frozen by the question. ]
I dunno.
[ why does he care. why would it matter if there was something up with evan? it tugs at something in him, familiar with the way he feels toward the other survivors sometimes, but that's... that's wrong. evan's not a survivor, he's not his friend. why does this matter at all? ]
[ he sighs. ]
Just doesn't feel right.
[ david stops maybe a foot behind him, frozen by the question. ]
I dunno.
[ why does he care. why would it matter if there was something up with evan? it tugs at something in him, familiar with the way he feels toward the other survivors sometimes, but that's... that's wrong. evan's not a survivor, he's not his friend. why does this matter at all? ]
[ he sighs. ]
Just doesn't feel right.
Nah.
[ david will concede that point, nothing in this place feels right. but that doesn't mean he has to just accept it and leave when something is so obviously off either. ]
[ talking to evan's back is stupid though. david steps around to be able to face him, to look up at his mask with a frown. ]
Look, I've got no right answer to give you here. All I know is what I said.
[ it's true and it's not. it doesn't feel right and david doesn't really know why beyond the fact that it's not like evan, but he also knows it's not like himself to be bothered by it either. anyone else, hell just a few months ago, he'd take the win and shove it in his face next time they saw eachother. ]
[ fact is, talking to evan makes david feel like he's going crazy sometimes. this is just evidence that maybe that's true. ]
[ david will concede that point, nothing in this place feels right. but that doesn't mean he has to just accept it and leave when something is so obviously off either. ]
[ talking to evan's back is stupid though. david steps around to be able to face him, to look up at his mask with a frown. ]
Look, I've got no right answer to give you here. All I know is what I said.
[ it's true and it's not. it doesn't feel right and david doesn't really know why beyond the fact that it's not like evan, but he also knows it's not like himself to be bothered by it either. anyone else, hell just a few months ago, he'd take the win and shove it in his face next time they saw eachother. ]
[ fact is, talking to evan makes david feel like he's going crazy sometimes. this is just evidence that maybe that's true. ]
[ he could push — right about what — try and force him to admit that he's not close to right, he is right. admit that he's full of it, that this place isn't worth shit, that he's not special and important just because. david opens his mouth to do as much, but he stops himself, frowns. what's that going to accomplish? ]
And that's why you just... [ david gestures vaguely in the direction they came from ] Pissed off instead of tryin' to finish it?
[ still doesn't make sense to him. it's not the first time david's poked at uncomfortable truths for evan and they both know it, whether he'd rather acknowledge it or not. was this just the final straw or what? maybe he is stupid, because he just can't wrap his head around it. ]
Why's this time any different?
And that's why you just... [ david gestures vaguely in the direction they came from ] Pissed off instead of tryin' to finish it?
[ still doesn't make sense to him. it's not the first time david's poked at uncomfortable truths for evan and they both know it, whether he'd rather acknowledge it or not. was this just the final straw or what? maybe he is stupid, because he just can't wrap his head around it. ]
Why's this time any different?
[ instinctively, like always, david reaches to grab evan's wrist when he snaps out for his throat. grunts in pain as the pull makes various aches flare up with new pain. ]
[ his eyes search over evan's mask, like he'd find a flicker of an expression in the carved bone, but all he gets is a growl and a shove. he stumbles back a couple of steps, out of evan's way, and just... stands there for a second. watching him go. ]
Run the fuck away then-- [ he throws his hands up in frustrations ] Who gives a fuck.
[ definitely not him. ]
[ his eyes search over evan's mask, like he'd find a flicker of an expression in the carved bone, but all he gets is a growl and a shove. he stumbles back a couple of steps, out of evan's way, and just... stands there for a second. watching him go. ]
Run the fuck away then-- [ he throws his hands up in frustrations ] Who gives a fuck.
[ definitely not him. ]
How busy are you?
[ not "are you busy", because evan always is. he's learning. ]
[ not "are you busy", because evan always is. he's learning. ]
Need to burn some energy. Thought you could help with that.
[ evan have you never gotten a booty call before ]
I'm asking if you wanna fuck.
I'm asking if you wanna fuck.
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