Authors note: Dave will be 16 for the sake of this. Also cause time travel shenanigans. So will the... Other character who will appear later. Comment if you know who it is.
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It was a beautiful day in the land of heat and clockwork, as a young boy named Dave Strider was fighting creatures like imps and giclopses. Dave was 16 years old, with blond hair and an awesome red shirt, as well as snazzy shoes and some extremely ironic shades. His white trousers were ordinary though.
He was currently fighting an imp, but it then began glowing green. He understood that as a warning to get the fuck out of there, and quickly did so. The moment he escaped, the imp teleported to himp and... Dropped off a leaflet? Seriously? It was probably explosive, so he didn't pick it up. He did, however, look at it from a distance and see something about a school.
Suddenly a bus appeared and began mowing down imps, heading straight for Dave. He borrowed Rose's Youth Roll and got out of the way. Ironically. The bus stopped just where it would have collided with his face, give or take at least a centimetre.
The driver, in a gravelly voice, said "Hey kid, you getting on the bus or what"
aaDave decided to trust the man and replied "Sure. I don't have anything else to do"
Dave began riding the literally magic "school" bus which could've been a trap. But he didn't discriminate against buses. He was a strider, and only discriminated against obvious traps. This was not an obvious trap. If anything, it was a well-disguised trap. And those were cool. Until they hurt.