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? ]

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[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.

[???]

[ninjay]

You-- [ honestly, he's not even surprised.

jay quietly counts to five in his head before speaking again. ]

Can you tell me what happened?

[pinesfortruth]

It. Um. Weeeell. It... wasn't there?

[ninjay]

The... door?

[ DIPPER?????? ]

[pinesfortruth]

Look, dude, you'll just have to take my word that the trapdoor is there and exists, even though if you go looking for it you'll never see it or be able to touch it. It's either a distance thing or a magic thing or both. I'm not sure.