Day One; After Body Announcement, Before House of Horrors in the afternoon

[ineptus]

[A lot about today has Mabel rattled, and the previous night didn't help any at all. So once investigations get under way and after the debacle with the whole newspaper deal, Mabel takes Dipper back to her room to talk, sitting down on the bed. Because there are Things to discuss.]

...Dipper, I don't like this game. I don't like any of the rules or any of the roles or anything.

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[terci]

...I'm just scared. I'm really scared. [He looks at Mabel, then.]

I mean, we really have no idea who's part of what team, and anyone could easily be acting to get people to trust them and give them information. And I really, really, don't want us to trust the wrong people here.

[ineptus]

[She half meets his eyes, sort of glancing at him over her knees before looking away again.]

...I'm sorry. I'm the one being stupid, aren't I?

[terci]

No, I don't think either of us are being stupid. Just.. [His sentence trails off as his gaze wanders to the side again, before he sighs and pulls his own knees up to his chest.]

We need to be really careful.

[ineptus]

But we can't be too careful...we won't accomplish anything otherwise. Hiko pointed out that our theory about the times might not be right, because he and his friends have days to weeks of time differences between their memories...see?

[She holds out her arm and points out the spot where she wrote little notes about that.]

And he said if we don't cooperate, then no one is going to get anything right, because it's through cooperation that we learn everything about a situation. And that's when we start figuring stuff out, right?

[terci]

Yeah, I guess that's right. [He rests his chin on his knees and lets out a sigh.]

I guess I should stop being so paranoid about everything, huh? [He'd say something about the whole memories being days to weeks across, but hes pretty sure he met someone from the future already and that's all just too confusing for him.]

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[ineptus]

Maybe a little? There are supposed to be two teams, right? If we don't trust some people, even just a little, then we're automatically going to lose aren't we?

[ineptus]

[Her head shoots up then as she remembers something else about their conversation.]

Oh! Oh! Dipper, Hiko also said that the Chinese mafia doesn't want him for anything, meaning it probably has nothing to do with them! That's good news, right?

[terci]

Oh, really? [He looks over at her and smiles a little bit, his head not moving from it's place ontop his knees.]

I don't think the Chinese mafia would really be involved with something like this, anyway. Wouldn't they like, tie us up and try to get ransom instead of making us kill each other? [..woah okay saying the words "making us kill each other" just sent a shiver down his spine]

[ineptus]

Yeah, probably. That seems more like a mafia thing to do.

[Resting her head back on her knees, she purses her lips in thought.]

Maybe I'll ask Hiko if this is a mafia like thing to do. Because he could give us some insight about that! And I can introduce you two then too, but only if you promise not to be all paranoid and nervous and sweaty around him, okay?

[terci]

Alright, alright, I promise I won't be paranoid and nervous and sweaty around him.

[ineptus]

[With as dead serious of a face as she can make, she sticks her pinky out towards him.]

[terci]

[And without hesitation, he wraps his pinky around hers, being used to making these kinds of promises with her.

Though his face looks a little concerned for some reason..]


..you're not gonna make me cut off my finger if I break this promise, are you?

[ineptus]

[At the question, her serious face melts into something a little more mischievous.]

Maaaaaybe not for getting sweaty since I know you can't help that.

[terci]

[He frowns and gently pushes her]

I'm not that sweaty!

[ineptus]

You are too! [She pushes him back a little, giggling as she shakes her hand off like it's suddenly wet.]

Ewwww my hand is all sweaty now too!

[terci]

N-no it's not! [Aaand his voice cracks quite badly, causing him to cough into his hand embarrassingly and try again, this time making his voice sound manlier.]

No it's not!

[ineptus]

[Wiping the "sweaty" hand against his cheek!]

Ewwwwwwww Dipper take your sweat back!

[terci]

[He flinches away from her and uses his hands to keep her away, laughing a little now.]

Come on Mabel, it's not that bad!

[ineptus]

[And she just pushes back, rubbing both hands against his cheeks. Or, more accurately, rubbing both of his cheeks with her hands now.]

Sweeeaaaaaaaaat!

[terci]

Mabel! [He's just gonna start tickling her a little to get her off.]

[ineptus]

[If you're tickling her, she's going to tickle you!]

[terci]

[He's just laughing as she tickles him back, trying to get her off of him still, but it's useless as tickling is one of his weaknesses and it has him flailing his arms around instead of doing anything productive.]

[ineptus]

[Look at those noodley arms flailing around. That's what she likes to see.

Eventually she stops though, needing to catch her breath.]

Okay, okay. We should get down to business.

[terci]

[Thank god she stopped because Dipper felt like he was going to die

He sits back up and after a few breaths himself, nods in agreement.]

Yeah, but before we start our investigation, I think we need to come to a final agreement. [He reaches up and fixes his cap, which had been pushed to the side in their little tickle fight.]

From now on, I'll try to be less paranoid if you can try to not get into trouble, because we need to stop arguing so we can get to the bottom of this.

[He holds out his hand]

Deal?

[ineptus]

[At first she squints at him, as if she doesn't trust him. It's just a tease though, because pretty soon she smiles bright and takes his hand, giving it a shake.]

Deal! From now on we work together and talk about things like adults.