week 1, saturday

[ninjay]

[ so. sometime after the trial ends, jay will be heading back to his own room, probably to internally shriek over how much of a terrible time this was for all.

mayhaps... he runs into a familiar face, while walking in that direction? hmmMMM? ]

Comments

[pinesfortruth]

Hm. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[ye...yeah, he's making that noise out loud as he thinks and considers and overthinks. Trust no one, the fact that the last deal he made ended up badly VS knowing that he can't figure it all out by himself & mabel, that they both have to make it home, and that Jay was ... well, surprisingly nice to Hana.

in the end he sticks out his hand]

Alright. It's not a bad idea, so-- let's make it a deal, then.

[ninjay]

[ jay just looks at the extended hand for a few seconds, like he's a little surprise dipper accepted the deal. he accepts it though, giving it a firm shake. ]

Good. Hopefully we can figure something out before everything goes up in flames here.

[pinesfortruth]

[dipper smiles awkwardly at jay. WOW HE SURE HOPES THIS DOESN'T COME TO BITE HIM IN THE ASS sweats]

Part of this town has already been set on fire, so I am going to hope for maybe 50% flames max? Is that too optimistic? That's probably too optimistic. A survivable amount of fire, then.

[ninjay]

Enough fire that won't completely ruin our day.

[ ........ er ]

More ruined than it already is, considering where we are.

[pinesfortruth]

The day can always be more ruined, Jay. It can always be more ruined.

[said sagely. then dipper looks away as if debating with himself and--]

Look, since we've got a deal and all-- you should know, there's a hidden trap door in the dark room. I have no idea where it leads or who can use it, but...

[ninjay]

[ it takes a moment for that to sink in. ]

... How many times have you gone in there in order to even discover that?

[pinesfortruth]

[:|]

No source sharing. We said this.

[ninjay]

[ he actually snorts. look, it's a valid question considering they met when dipper was lurking in the dark room okay???

there's a pause as he.... considers.... ]

This place is run by equivalent exchange.

[pinesfortruth]

Uhhhhh. What?

[ninjay]

Think of it as...

[ hmmmm. look, it's an internal hm and not vocal. ]

Our actions here all have a price tag attached.

[pinesfortruth]

[ok. rude. that feels like condescension.]

I know what equivalent exchange means, what I'm saying is I don't see how it applies to this place.

[ninjay]

I don't know the details yet, most likely because of the whole equivalent exchange deal, actually. I don't have anything to trade for the information just yet for some... reason...

[ he looks annoyed about the whole. not fucking knowing thing. ]

[pinesfortruth]

[wait, he finally gets it. he thought jay was just sharing a theory but--]

Oh. Oh! You know this. That's-- [damn it he can't ask how. he makes a face. he regrets his own deal, immediately.] What do you need to trade to get the information? Do you know?

[ninjay]

Not yet. It's apparently "too early" for that to come to light yet. But considering how this place is run, I have a feeling it's not going to be a very pleasant exchange.

[ he just hopes he doesn't fucking dies before it is no longer too early because he will feel so ripped off otherwise. ]

[pinesfortruth]

Great. What kind of horrible thing do we need to do or get through to get enough information to get out?

[ninjay]

Kill 39 people, probably.

[ it's a joke ]

[pinesfortruth]

[JUST THIS FACE]

Boo. Booooooooo. Bad taste. That was-- that was in bad taste, man.

[ninjay]

[ ok but he's not wrong ]

Fine, my apologies.

[pinesfortruth]

Also, it'd be less than 39, since three people can live and two will already be--

[...zips up]

But the math isn't the issue.

[ninjay]

[ SQUINTS SUSPICIOUSLY

he does not ask though, at least. ]

Preferably we could get more survivors than that.

[pinesfortruth]

[the 2 was because hana is on death row shh his math nerdiness isnt suspicious]

Maybe we can shoot for at least 30? Is that too high? Too optimistic? What's a good number to hope for, here.

[ninjay]

Probably. But I really am hoping that we can find some other way to beat this game.

[pinesfortruth]

There's gotta be some kind of loophole somewhere, or some kind of portal leading to a way out or something. That's how these things usually work.

[ninjay]

I feel like we should investigate the trapdoor, but at the same time...

[ look, going into the room is bad enough. that door would probably lead to DEATH or something?? that much is obvious, but it's hard to ignore the fact that it's there. ]

[pinesfortruth]

I tried already? It didn't ... really work out.

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