Dave /deɪv/

Dave Strider /deɪv stɹaɪdɚ/

"you seem to forget the metric fuckload of psychological hangups i have to process"

In an act of significant hubris, alphy and the rest of the system talked about how they thought they would never get a June/Dare/Risk subsystem, or how they thought they would never get the Strilondes. The appearance of Dave and Rose a week after Charra's appearance anniversary firmly kicked down one of the two major assumptions.

Unlike his more analytical sister, Dave is the master of emotional deflection. Much like in source, they'll avoid investigating any emotions until there's no choice but to. He's far more likely to spend time tunnel visioning into playing video games or deep-diving into an artist's discography than they are to examine the system's, or his own, feelings. They will often hem and haw over decisions, especially ones with little weight.

Dave and Rose often playfully snipe at each other in headspace, having the clearest internal communication of any other headmates. Dave slumps, ideatically, to a height shorter than Rose; when doing an impression of her, he'll straighten up to his full height, which Rose says is more an inditement of their posture than anything else.

Like in his source, Dave is partially feline, describing himself as having "bigender catboy swag." While he tried out feminine pronouns and an alternate name for a time, they prefer to vacillate between masculinity and androgyny. He ideatically often wears skirts, an outfit they adopted in source to accommodate his cat tail.

Dave speaks in a somewhat deep intonation, and can purr very loudly. He types entirely in lowercase, with minimal punctuation.