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Dirk strider

For the pre-scratch version of this character, see Dave's Bro.

Dirk Strider

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If it puts your mind at ease, I'll be the one pulling the strings here.
Introduction Page
Title

Prince of Heart

Age

16 (December 3rd, 2409)

Screen Name

timaeusTestified

Typing Style

Perfect grammar and syntax. More kickin' rad subtleties than can be spelled out, yo. Also uses bropuns at times.

Strife Specibi

bladekind, puppetkind, fncysntakind

Fetch Modus

Tech-Hop

Relations

Dave's Bro - pre-Scratch self
Dirk's Bro - adoptive "older brother", adoptive ancestor, genetic son
Dave Strider, Roxy's Mom, Rose Lalonde - Genetic offspring
Lil Hal - mental clone
Jake English - Ex-Boyfriend
Lil' Cal - guardian

Live(s) in

A high-rise apartment in the middle of the ocean (Houston, Texas)

Planet

Land of Tombs and Krypton

Likes

Puppets, Robots, Philosophy, Mythology, Horses/Ponies, Robo-Death-Matches, Katanas, Rapping, Artificial Intelligence

Music

Unite Synchronization ♫
Orange Hat ♫
Battle Brotocol ♫
Anbroids V2.0 ♫
Whistling Jackhammer ♫
Austin, Atlantis ♫
Despot ♫
Stress ♫
Miasmajesty ♫ Sweet Dreams, Timaeus ♫
Moonsetter ♫

[show] Pesterlogs
Dirk Strider is the post-scratch incarnation of Dave's Bro. Prior to his proper introduction to the reader, he is referred to by Jane as D. Strider, and later by Roxy as di stri. His name may also be a reference to Bro's use of shitty swords unbreakable katanas, as a dirk is a kind of blade. Although, it should be noted that dirks are actually Celtic daggers, not swords.

Dirk's chumhandle is timaeusTestified (TT), in line with the rule that post-scratch kids have the same chumhandle abbreviation as the ectobiological sibling of the kid whose pre-scratch guardian they were. This completes the set of chumhandles when added to GT, GG, and TG. He uses the same color text that Davesprite uses, analogous to the fact that Jane and Jake use the same colors as Nannasprite and Jadesprite, respectively. He also signed the book that he sent to Jane in orange pen.

Dirk's web browser, and therefore the name of his denizen, is Yaldabaoth, given to him by the game due to his natural skills as a warrior.

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BiographyEdit
Dirk's meteor arrived on earth sometime during the 25th century, along with Roxy Lalonde. However, he is able to communicate with Jane and Jake (who are living around 4 centuries in the past) and establish Sburb connections with them by means of Trollian.

He, like Jake and Roxy, gave Jane Crocker a bunny for her thirteenth birthday, though he had to build it from scratch, unlike the others. It was ...somewhat less innocuous than the other two bunnies and is such a little troublemaker. His bunny contains the original Con Air bunny which he stole from his Bro's museum.

When he was 13 he somehow obtained a captcha of his brain and used it to create an AI duplicate of himself to use as an auto-responder.

Dream Dirk rising up
His dream self on Derse has apparently been awake for years, much like Dave's was, although Dave was not aware of it. After a little practice, he learned how to be awake there while awake [on Earth] too. He has been using his dream self to gather information on Derse, and to watch over Roxy's sleepwalking dream self. His dream self is seen covered in the Hegemonic Brute's blood, having foiled the Batterwitch's assassination attempt. He then chose to reveal his dream self's awakeness to Derse by publicly impaling the Brute's head through a Dersite banner.