[he's actually sitting on the ground next to the door, holding onto his legs and sulking, not even pretending to be blocking it in any way. It's less agressive than it's been?]
[he hadnt thought that until you said it is what that eyebrow raise says]
... Okay? Why is everyone trying to give me knives recently? Andersen gave me a scalpel the other day, too. You know when those would have been useful? When I got kidnapped by a spider.
You don't have to take it if you don't want it. But there's only three spots, and people are stupidly going to try to fill it all with children, most likely, even though that means a child is going to have to accept a terrible deal.
[ so, you know, that's going to be fun. ]
If I'm honest, you and Mabel won't be attacked by anyone from my group. There are other killers out there though. So, you know, if you want to stab them a little.
You know, disparaging people who want kids to fill up the spots but wanting to keep Mabel and me alive is kind of hypocritical. [he says it pretty deadpan, but he gets up, finally, dusting himself off and holding out his hand] Sure. I'll take the knife.
[dipper puts it in his vest. how much stuff fits in that???? either way, the clinking sound was probably from the scalpel. Yikes.]
... Thanks? [he is not sure how he feels about that.] ... You know, I didn't tell you the other day just because I wanted to tackle my issues. [a beat] Literally.
Yeah, there's lots of things people don't want me to do.
[flippant, because he doesn't so much care about that]
I was mad. Obviously. I'm still mad. [he kicks at the ground, looking at anything but Jay] I wanted you to say it. And, I guess... I thought... It was stupid, but... I guess I thought maybe you'd reconsider. Even if not what you guys were actually planning, 'cause I get that you think it's the only way, I dunno. Maybe I thought you'd reconsider how you did it.
Nagasone wasn't actually... killed that way. Yukina only did that to his body because the chainsaw came from the Unclean, and she wasn't sure what would happen if she didn't use it after it was given to her for killing purposes.
[ he feels like other people might not believe it at the trial, but he might as well explain it now. ]
...Okay, well, that's... good on the body desecration part? Could've just stuck to. Halves. [wait, shit--] That wasn't the point. You seriously don't see anything wrong with how all of this turned out? Clementine killed Tsurugi, and now she's probably gonna blame herself for not being able to save Emily for the rest of her life. Violet too.
You say that like they weren't going to kill people anyway. It's not like we needed the extra push on body count. We got three dead even without your killing alliance.
[he's getting a bit jerky with his movements, like he's exasperated with everything, and he starts to scratch at his bandage]
I get what you're trying to do, but you're just-- it's like you guys want to find the easiest way for people to lynch you!
I highly doubt anyone is going to care about those three at this trial.
[ akane admitted to murdering quer and no one even blinked since they're all so focused on the hunters. it's probably why she confessed in the first place, since she knew she'd get away with it this weekend. ]
We needed to make sure it all happened before both Tsurugi and Girge are dead. If they both die, and even just one weekend passes without anyone else killing, then the game ends. If this plan hadn't gotten revealed to everyone, Tsurugi was most likely going to get executed this weekend. Too many people were suspicious of him already.
That wasn't the point, I mean-- people are still killing people. And Girge and Tsurugi were both alive this week. You didn't have to do this ... stupid mass murder thing before telling people. It might've gone over better.
We could have done a lot of things differently, Dipper. But I know explaining our reasoning won't do any good at this point. All I'll say is that the position we were put in from the beginning made it so that it was far more difficult for us to trust everyone else than it would have been normally. Even the information I gave you felt like a risk.
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You're the worst.
[CLOSES DOOR]
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I thought we already established that. I have something I need to give you.
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Sure. What is it.
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[ ... ]
Not to stab you with.
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... Okay? Why is everyone trying to give me knives recently? Andersen gave me a scalpel the other day, too. You know when those would have been useful? When I got kidnapped by a spider.
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[ dipper is too short to stab somewhere that might be fatal with it??? ]
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[listen. Andersen was trying? probably? Dipper sighs]
... Why are you giving me a knife, Jay.
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[ so, you know, that's going to be fun. ]
If I'm honest, you and Mabel won't be attacked by anyone from my group. There are other killers out there though. So, you know, if you want to stab them a little.
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You know, disparaging people who want kids to fill up the spots but wanting to keep Mabel and me alive is kind of hypocritical. [he says it pretty deadpan, but he gets up, finally, dusting himself off and holding out his hand] Sure. I'll take the knife.
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I have no issues with filling the spots up with children as long as it's only two. The third one needs to be for whoever's staying.
[ which obviously can't be a child, SO. ]
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... Thanks? [he is not sure how he feels about that.] ... You know, I didn't tell you the other day just because I wanted to tackle my issues. [a beat] Literally.
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[ it would have been easier if they were all surprised by it during the weekend, after all. ]
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[flippant, because he doesn't so much care about that]
I was mad. Obviously. I'm still mad. [he kicks at the ground, looking at anything but Jay] I wanted you to say it. And, I guess... I thought... It was stupid, but... I guess I thought maybe you'd reconsider. Even if not what you guys were actually planning, 'cause I get that you think it's the only way, I dunno. Maybe I thought you'd reconsider how you did it.
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[ he feels like other people might not believe it at the trial, but he might as well explain it now. ]
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[ unless people here fuck it up. ]
He didn't seem to have any choice about that target though. The Unclean was apparently angry that they had been avoiding killing children.
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I'm glad these are the people you choose to ally yourself with.
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[ he knows the alliance is sketchy. ]
We didn't want to make others have to deal with killing people, Dipper.
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[he's getting a bit jerky with his movements, like he's exasperated with everything, and he starts to scratch at his bandage]
I get what you're trying to do, but you're just-- it's like you guys want to find the easiest way for people to lynch you!
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[ akane admitted to murdering quer and no one even blinked since they're all so focused on the hunters. it's probably why she confessed in the first place, since she knew she'd get away with it this weekend. ]
We needed to make sure it all happened before both Tsurugi and Girge are dead. If they both die, and even just one weekend passes without anyone else killing, then the game ends. If this plan hadn't gotten revealed to everyone, Tsurugi was most likely going to get executed this weekend. Too many people were suspicious of him already.
[ for good reason too. ]
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[theoretically.]
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