week 3, Sunday, post-execution

[pinesfortruth]

[so after ... That... display, Dipper's a bit hesitant to approach Jake (and Dirk, who is probably his shadow), but then again-- he said he'd wanted to talk, and maybe it'd get his mind off of... disembowelment, which wowie is Dipper trying to not Think about that, like, at all. so. he gives the boy enough time to like wash out the blood probably (yikes? yikes) before going to find him]

Hey, Jake, um-- [should he mention the execution. let's not? let's not] you wanted to talk?

[dirk will get a little awkward half-wave of acknowledgement. wow dipper. super smooth. nailed it.]

Comments

[pinesfortruth]

[gravely, like this is a srs inquiry:]

Yes. Yes you can.

[potentite]

[Jake reaches down and takes off the leg Mabel gave him and holds it between him and Dirk.] Here, you can have the first pop.

[splinten]

No. [He glances at Dipper and Jake.] We pop together.

[He puts his hand on some bubbles. HE WON'T POP UNTIL THEY GET READY TO POP WITH HIM]

[pinesfortruth]

... I've popped bubble wrap before, but sure, okay.

[like he is going? to say no? to bubble wrap popping?]

[potentite]

All right, all right. [He smiles and shifts to lean more on his crutches so he can do this better.] I'll count us down from three to go. Three... two... one... go!

[Jake presses his thumbs down to pop two at once and he instantly bursts into giggles.]

[splinten]

[DIRK POPS ON TIME AND—]

...Heh.

[He Loves It.]

[pinesfortruth]

[Dipper also popped his but the grin on his face is more to do with Dirk and Jake smiling about it]

Told you it was fun. Okay, okay, now try popping as many as you can with just your palm!

[this is the stupidest private convo in the world]

[potentite]

[Rude brackets it's the purest private convo in the world.]

Okay, okay, oh gosh— [This is exciting. Jake tries to slap the bubble wrap with his palm and manages to get a few to pop, making him laugh again.]

[splinten]

[DIRK ALSO. what a good time]

[pinesfortruth]

[dipper laughs a bit]

Sometimes Mabel and I get a full sheet, put it on the floor and see which one of us can roll enough to pop all the bubbles the fastest. You guys should try that some time.

[potentite]

[That actually gives Jake a wonderful idea.]

What if we made armour out of bubble wrap and used it while sparring and wrestling!

[splinten]

That is a hilarious idea. [HE LOVES IT]

[pinesfortruth]

Woah. We've done that with foam, but I don't think we ever had enough bubble wrap for full armor. That's a great idea.

[potentite]

Excellent. We should do that soon. I need to get used to rough and tumble fun without my other leg.

[splinten]

We should pick up trainin', yes. [Jake needs to be able to kick butt in all situations, wheresoever possible.]

[pinesfortruth]

Oh, right. I forgot you guys had like. Actual combat abilities and stuff.

[potentite]

Oh, yes, we do, but... we also just wrestle and other playful things like that for fun quite often.

[Like he's on board for sparring training but he also is totally happy to roll around so.]

[splinten]

Yeah, Strifes are just a fun thing for us. Here, though, it's practical for us to have some self-defence capabilities.

[If only to make sure their attackers can be identified by bruises]

[pinesfortruth]

I have punched people over the summer? Would not recommend trying it on eldritch abominations though.

[potentite]

Punching wouldn't have done a lick of good. We tried. You need something stronger for those. We all alchemized much better weapons just to fight these blasted skeleton mooks, except Strider anyhoo.

[splinten]

The Unbreakable Katana did not need upgrading. It was perfect as it was.

[pinesfortruth]

Unbreakable... like in the animes?

[potentite]

Dirk is definitely an anime.

[splinten]

A real hard sword for a real hard dude. It was said to be forged by an ancient Otaku Master over the heat of a roaring manga fire. It was cooled in an enchanted spring where horses nicker and drink, and was said could be used only by one whose pointy anime shades were deemed sweet enough, and whose hair existed in a perpetually sculpted state of looking completely fucking awesome.

[God why can he just spit that out easy as fuck. It's terrible.]

Honestly, I don't watch anime.

[pinesfortruth]

And yet, that is the most anime thing I have ever heard, and I once helped fight a Japanese dating simulator come to life.