( week 3 ) friday afternoon, jay & dipper

[wristbands]

[chie's not really cut out to be an on-the-scene detective; it's why she's thankful she's only found residue during her investigations so far, not an actual body. she says she's dealt with bodies before, but not freshly murdered ones, and she'd like to keep it that way...

she'd forgone exploring areas for signs of murder this week, instead opting to... do her laundry, and stay out of the action. she still doesn't trust herself around others after this week's night terrors, even though she knows they've ended today. she's scared of what could happen if she got too paranoid.

despite her best efforts, though, she still manages to run into two people who are somehow shorter than she is. she's familiar with the both of them herself, but she's surprised to see them roaming around together. excuse the pile of haphazardly folded clothes in her arms.]

Huh, I didn't know you two were friends.

Comments

[ninjay]

Explorer.

[pinesfortruth]

Idealist.

[...]

Well. That happened.

[wristbands]

That... was not how I was expecting this encounter to go.

[... for what it's worth, it weirdly feels like a weight has been lifted from her shoulders.]

[ninjay]

I think I preferred it when I suspected you of murder.

[ like... he's glad to have the information, but at what costs ]

[pinesfortruth]

Yeaaah... this has been a day. [it's still morning, dipper]

But hey, now we know?

[wristbands]

Y... yeah.

[and, as she regains some of her usual fiery disposition,]

More importantly, I hope you guys have learned that some questions don't need to be answered, if you're not ready for the truth.

[in all fairness, things could've been way worse if they'd been people that chie was okay with hitting (read as: yosuke).]

[ninjay]

Maybe next time you shouldn't mention blood right after we've discovered bodies.

[ jay refuses to accept blame in this, fuck you. ]

[pinesfortruth]

And we're somehow still talking about periods. Great. That's still happening.

[can Dipper volunteer to be the next victim]

[wristbands]

Well you might've asked why I just did laundry! Why are you so stuck on this anyway? It's just nature!

[ninjay]

Okay, fine, let's just drop this. We are dropping it right now.

[ he wants to DIE ]

[pinesfortruth]

[with forced cheerfulness]

HEY GUYS, let's talk about murder!

[ninjay]

[ he has to hold back a laugh oh my god ]

So, Chie, have you found anything out?

[wristbands]

[if she was american this is the part where she would just mutter "jesus christ"]

Like, in general? Or specifically related to the investigation?

Either way, no, not really.

[pinesfortruth]

Seriously? Nothing at all?

[thats weird]

[ninjay]

Have you been speaking to anyone?

[ who is holding out on the deets ]

You don't have to tell me who, but... just in general?

[wristbands]

Oh, in that case... yeah? I talk to Kaiba a lot—y'know, roommates and everything.

[pinesfortruth]

[dipper has a momentary "is she srs" look, but then he thinks about it]

Huh. D'you know anything about his inter-dimensional skill thing?

[ninjay]

Not that it would be useful here.

[wristbands]

Nah. But to be fair, I haven't told him my role, either.

... In fact, you guys are the only people I've told so far.

[pinesfortruth]

... Actually, same here outside of Mabel.

[dipper "did i just spill an important secret because of periods" pines]

[ninjay]

Yukina and Kaito know mine. I was more or less forced to reveal it.

[ he sounds annoyed by it. ]

[wristbands]

[she glances at both of them quickly, studying both of them as well as she can in about a second.]

You're pretty much a given—[she nods at jay, then turns her attention to dipper]—but how good are you at keeping secrets?

[pinesfortruth]

[with the eagerness of the child he is:]

I can keep a secret!! [... awkwardly clears throat and tries to play it cool] I mean. I'm pretty good. Preeeetty good. Yep. [raising an eyebrow and trying to look serious]

[dipper plz]

[ninjay]

[ he looks at dipper.... then back at chie. ]

As far as I know he hasn't sold me out yet, so.

[wristbands]

[she's just gonna

pat dipper on the head

because she is tall enough to do that]