week 3, sunday

[ninjay]

[ sometime sunday evening, jay goes and seeks out dipper. he'll take him to some secluded part of the motel to murder him



no it's just a chat. they gotta gossip. ]

I know we just talked a few days ago, but we need to catch up.

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[pinesfortruth]

Yeah... That might work. It's our best shot, anyway. So long as L'Arachel isn't trying to cover me with her cape again.

[he appreciates the adults trying to hide him from the execution but he can hide his own face, thanks]

[ninjay]

If I'm dead by next week then just ask Chie to do it with you instead, I suppose.

[ look it's hard making plans for next week when you don't know if you'll even still be alive then. ]

What do you think about the Mira?

[pinesfortruth]

Yergh.

[he'll go with yergh on that dying possibility. just... yergh.]

Well... Obviously she lied about not working with anyone. And it's kinda worrying that her dying doesn't change anything for her, because I'm not sure if that's ghost specific or what anyone working for "mother" believes or both. I mean, since we're sacrifices in some kind of ritual for "mother" I guess it makes sense they don't care, since they already sold their souls and all. I'm just worried they can do stuff beyond their deaths. I guess.

[ghosts and zombies are a pain to fight, okay]

[ninjay]

Well... [ he pauses, wondering what to say. ]

I know that the people who are dead aren't... well, they're dead, but they're also okay? Probably.

[ hey have you ever heard someone sound certain about something but simultaneously not. because it's happening right now. ]

[pinesfortruth]

... Uh. Huuuuh. Hmm. Hmmmmmmmmrmmm. [dipper is making some weird noises as he considers that] Is that why there's a role that can speak to the dead? 'Cause that stuff usually only happens with ghosts. Real ghosts, not ghost-roles. Hmmm.

[HUUUHhhhh oh my god stop him]

Is this like... until the ritual is completed, they're kind of in limbo? Or like... Schrodinger's deads?? Both dead and alive?

[ninjay]

Maybe. When we woke up after that woman made us fall asleep in the library, we were all in Kaito's room. But what's curious is that, Kaito had writing on his arm that said something along the lines of, "We're okay," in red ink. Yukina said that Dave always used a red pen.

[ that is, obviously, suspicious. ]

We have no idea how the Medium works, but I assume it must have been their doing, maybe? It's hard to tell because it's the only instance I know of someone who's dead presumably communicating with the living.

[pinesfortruth]

Then... it's a long shot, but, maybe if we stop the ritual, we can save even the dead? Or at least the victims.

[the murderers can go fuck themselves]

[ninjay]

Maybe... we can't say for certain at this point, but if the possibility is there, we can't ignore it. If we knew who the Medium was it might be easier to figure things out.

[ although that seems like the kind of role you would want to keep quiet about, so jay can't blame them for keeping silent. ]

[pinesfortruth]

And hopefully we don't find that one out by them dying. [just. putting it out there since last time they talked about a role THAT HAPPENED] We'll have to either find them or luck into them, but so long as they're alive, that's a good start.

[ninjay]

[ yeah that's true rip..... ]

It'll be easier if we had a bigger network of people to talk to. Yukina and Kaito are on good terms with me now considering that almost dying together is apparently a great bonding experience. I'm going to see what I can learn from them and-- oh. Light's the Teacher, by the way.

[pinesfortruth]

[THROWS HIS ARMS UP IN THE AIR]

I knew that guy was the worst!!

[ninjay]

There might be more to it than that. He said that there was a delay? He chose someone, Akane, the first week, but nothing immediately happened. So he supposedly thought something interfered, so he chose to lower someone's else GPA the next week. But that same week, it finally hit Akane.

[ in other words, you don't see what happens to the person until the week after you choose them, if light's telling the truth. ]

From what I heard, he's going to choose to help someone this week instead.

[pinesfortruth]

[he pouts, a bit reluctant] ...Okay, but why would you start the tests with lowering someone's GPA. [--it hits him that Jay wouldn't know what that is, so:] Having a lower GPA is a school thing, and it's not a good one.

[ninjay]

Oh. Hm, well... he's probably just an ass.

[pinesfortruth]

[nods in agreement]

I'm surprised he didn't try to hit L'Arachel, actually. She's been kicking him out of the room every single day without fail.

[ninjay]

That's probably why. It would be too obvious to target a person that he would have a motive against, wouldn't it?

[ while velvet and akane seem like random choices who have nothing to do with each other. ]

[pinesfortruth]

... I guess you're right. Wonder what raising the GPA does, if lowering it makes them... go for a swim.

[a long pause]

Why specifically swimming.

[ninjay]

I... assume it's because it'll make them an easy target? If they can't get out of the pool then someone will easily be able to kill them if they wanted.

[ they've probably only lucked out that someone hasn't taken that opportunity yet. ]

[pinesfortruth]

Then wouldn't raising it make you less of a target? How does that work?

[do you climb up real high.]

[ninjay]

I have no idea. Maybe they won't be able to get you out of your room?

[ since one of the big questions is how are they getting victims out of your motel rooms. ]

[pinesfortruth]

That might be it, but can you really not kill someone at all while they're in their rooms...?

[a genuine question. they only have so many corpses to test out their theories man]

[ninjay]

Oh, I'm sure your roommate could probably kill you. But as we have seen, not everyone knows how to pick a lock.

[pinesfortruth]

Great. If I die before Light, I blame him.

[dipper what has he ever done to you. nothing. nothing is what.]

Lockpicking is not as hard as all these killers are making it out to be.

[ninjay]

I know. I suppose we should be grateful that they all seem to be very bad at it.

[ SMALL MERCIES, i guess ]

[pinesfortruth]

So far.

[ANYWAY]

Since three people are supposed to be the "survivors", it has to be that "Mother" has three people working for her. Right? So after Mira, we're down to two, but the disadvantage now is we don't know their roles.