This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo

[clockspinner]

WHO: Dave and Tavros, eventually open to all
TONE: lmao what the fffuuu--
RATING: PG-13. They'll probably start swearing.
WHEN: 05-03-12, 1705
WHERE: The Great Hall
WHAT: Gamzee made a shitty jab at Dave. Dave made a shitty jab back, and was promptly dogpiled by Karkat and Tavros. He proceeded to steer the conversations with genitalia, until Tavros grew a pair of stone-cold bollocks and challenged him to throw down sick rhymes. Dave upped the ante and called the battle in front of the entire school, at dinner. Tavros agreed to the terms.

In a peripherally-relevant thread, Dave proceeded to tell Gamzee about the rap battle (kinda), and demonstrate that he has no sense of self-preservation. Luckily, Tavros told Gamzee what was really going on.

tl;dr: Tavros challenged Dave for a rap battle for Gamzee's honor in front of the entire school. This log is open, but if you want to reply please wait until the actual rapping's done.
STATUS: ongoing

_{[As soon as the evening's announcements are over and the food has appeared on the table, Dave stands up and withdraws his wand from his robes, pointing it at his throat.]}

Sonorus.

_{[He clears his throat and nods as it echoes through the curiously silent Great Hall.]}

Yo Hogwarts, sit tight 'cause you're getting dinner and a show tonight.

_{[He looks over at Tavros, behind his shades.]}

This tool decided to challenge the rhyme king to a little duel, so we're gonna have ourselves a battle of sick rhymes. This is between me and hot wheels, so everyone else just sit back and enjoy the show, got it?

Since I'm feeling pretty goddamn magnanimous, I'll even let you start us off.

Comments

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[Tavros had not been in the right state of mind to find a particularly obscure hiding place. Under normal circumstances he may have been a good Hufflepuff, found the best hiding place. But these were not normal circumstances. And without his wand, he realizes he couldn't get up the staircase.

So he picked a broom closet on the ground floor. It didn't have a lock on the inside so he couldn't lock himself in like he wanted, but he could definitely sit in the dark and cry.

He'd managed not to in front of everyone because he knew that would only embarrass himself more. How he managed it, there was no telling because he felt absolutely beyond terrible. But he also knew it was his own fault...He knew it was a rap battle, that it was all fair. But it didn't stop it from hurting any less. It didn't stop it from crushing his spirit.

He let out a groan and pounded on his stupid, useless legs. Because Dave was right, not even pixie dust would be enough. Nothing would ever fix them, he would never be like Peter Pan. He would always just be Tavros. Just Tavros, who couldn't even stick up for his best friend, let alone live up to Peter Pan's expectations.]

[mo_cara]

[Said best friend who was opening the door to the broom closet right now, just a tall, lanky shape topped with a head of wild hair, silhouetted in the light from the hall.]

Bro?

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[If he had been upset about any other thing, Tavros would have been relieved, comforted to hear Gamzee's voice. But given the circumstances, it only made him feel worse. He wiped frantically at his eyes, trying to wipe away tears that were still coming.]

I-I'm sorry...

[mo_cara]

Sorry? [Gamzee sounded surprised, as he tried to squeeze into the broom closet with Tavros, wedging his sparse frame into the small space.] What for?

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

F-for being a huge, failure and... a bad fr-friend.

[mo_cara]

Failure? What the fuck you talking about, motherfucker? [Gamzee asked in surprise, leaning over Tavros's chair and resting his hand on one of the arms, getting right up in the other boy's personal space.] Yeah, maybe that asshat won, but damn, you represented! Laying down those sweet rhymes - you were the best snow white knight a motherfucker could ask for!

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[Tavros just shakes his head. He doesn't even move when Gamzee gets closer, he's too upset to really feel uncomfortable.] I-I gave up. You...you wouldn't have, g-given up! And h-he's right...E-everything he said, is true...

[mo_cara]

Bullshit. [Gamzee's voice goes soft, that almost eerie voice that only comes out when he's really serious about something.] Bull-motherfucking-shit.

[He reaches out, rests his fingers lightly under the other boy's chin.] He said your book was shit, and that ain't fuckin' true, it's fuckin' miracles, don't you motherfuckin' buy into his lies. And he said you couldn't be Pan, and I know that is 100% motherfuckin' wrong for a fact.