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[The gear clicks on to show someone’s shoes at first. They’re black with steel over the front and one of them taps in a slow rhythm.]

-I’d have been cool with like white, or blue, or some funky color that had to do with the rainbow but attacking my head with neon? Really??

[The view swings up to the familiar rounded shades and flat expression of one Dave Strider. There’s just one noteable difference. His hair is neon pink. There is blaring and then there’s eye searing and from the way he huffs and offers the gear to someone else, he’s not impressed. ~~He will get you back for this.~~]

[The new face on the screen doesn’t seem any more excited about this, neon green hair falling into her eyes and framing her face. Rose wears an equally flat expression and her eyes glance sideways at her brother.]

Pink isn’t that bad. I mean, compare it to this green? I don’t even have anything that matches this. I’m going to be a walking color clash until I manage to purchase some new clothes. Pink goes well with red though, so I don’t see what you’re complaining about.

Except that I do. I can’t believe this.

[She knows exactly who is responsible. After all, who else could it possibly be? Who was close enough to the two of them to manage to prank them both on the same day? Who would even dare to prank the Strilondes like this other than John?

No one, that’s right.

Rose sets the gear back, so that both siblings can be admired in all of their neon glory.]

[Dave sighs and cards a hand through his hair but, that foot hasn’t stopped tapping. Oh he knows exactly who is responsible. There will be prank war over this. Suddenly, his whole demeanor shifts and he smirks. He covers the gear, but you hear one last thing from him.]

-idea about this.

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[Flat look all you want, Davey, but Bro ain't gonna be any less amused than he currently is. Which is a whole fucking lot.]

Ah yes, I would look fantastic with pink hair, but come on. You pull it off so well, why should I steal your thunder?

Because you'd do it so much better. Come on, you know you'd rock it and make it some new fad. [Thank god he won't see the dress fiasco.]

Nope, sorry Dave, not gonna happen. Pink hair is now your thing, I'm not taking this one away from you. It suits you too much.

You're right, how wrong of me. You'd look better in bright green like Rose, or ginger red. You could do it, I believe in you.

Aw shit, you think I'd make a good ginger? I considered it once, but then I figured I'd have to dye my pubes too, and that just seems like a real damn hassle. But now I'm rethinking it...

You'd have to what.

I have to have matching pubes, Dave. It'd look really fucking stupid otherwise.

You'd look like a gradient otherwise. [Why is he continuing this conversation. Why.]

Exactly. And we can't have that, can we?

[A small beat, as he considers something.]

Oh, does that mean you're a gradient now that John dyed your hair? I don't imagine he'd be thorough enough to dye down below.

[He starts to look down towards his pants and jerks his head up so fast that can't even count as cool.] Why the fuck would he even go there?? He is not out to slip into my-

[You can all but see the !!!! as a lightbulb finally goes off in his head.]

No he didn't! He just put the dye in my shampoo and I'm-

[He shuts his trap a second time in sheer horror at what he was about to say.] We're not talking about this.

[He will forgive your lack of cool there, Dave. He can forgive it because there's a much more egregious crime being committed and one that has his complete and full attention.]

Yes we are, Dave. We're gonna fucking discuss this in full. You don't shampoo your goddamn pubes?

[The fuck is wrong with you??]

If I did I'd be pink upstairs and downstairs.

So let's call it lucky and I'm going to skip on out. Right about now.

No you're not, you're staying the fuck right here. This is important. Why the fuck do you not shampoo the pubes? I mean, dude. You can't just use any regular old body wash on 'em, you gotta use shampoo and conditioner both. Don't you want downstairs to be just as soft as upstairs?

Do you realize that you can get some nasty infections if you do that? Shampoo and conditioner is made for the scalp. It's specifically made for that. Probably could use mild shit but let's take hair dye. Stop and really think how that could affect and damage south of the border.

Edited 2013-06-25 23:13 (UTC)

That is some ridiculous-ass bullshit, Dave. I've been shampooing and conditioning my pubes for years and the only thing it's done is ensure I my pubes are softer than an angel's back hair. And one dye ain't gonna damage too much.

You know what? You do it your way. I'll do it my way and we can drop this embarrassing conversation forever.