cogitationbox | Voice Test Dipper Edition

[And now he feels bad. Time to try and lighten the mood! Which means talking without thinking, and certainly nothing bad ever results from that.]

It's alright man, you didn't know. You just found me face down in the forest because some stupid worm pulled me out of the TV, so it's fine.

Yeah, I'm still not sure what you mean by that. Not that I don't believe you, but how were you in the TV?

[... well, it wasn't like he was going to take Dipper in the TV, so...]

Want me to show you?

Really?

[He grins, sliding off the edge of his bed with excitement.]

That'd be awesome, yeah!

[He jumped to his feet and brushed himself off a bit, feeling a bit more in his element now.]

I can't completely show you, that'd be way too dangerous. But I can at least show you how it works, I guess.

So, uh... where's your TV?

Oh! It's downstairs. Grunkle Stan should be busy with the tour group so other than my sister showing up everything should be fine. Come on, follow me.

[and down the stairs he goes!]

[ And Yosuke follows all the way to the set.]

Alright, so there's a long explanation, but the way it works is pretty simple. Check it out!

[ He sticks his hand in and it goes like normal- except there's a weird yellow glow coming from it and it doesn't feel quite right. He withdraws his hand quickly, confusion on his face. ]

That was weird...

[Dipper has never seen anything like this before so while Yosuke sees and feels something wrong, Dipper just sees something awesome.]

Woah! That's so cool! How does it work? Can you stick more than your hand in there? What about your head? Can you fall in?

[It's only now that he looks up that he notices the teenager's confusion.]

... Weird how?

[ That's a lot of questions! But he focuses on the last for the time being. ]

I know it's all technically the same world, but it feels different over here. And there's no glow like that back home. I guess that could make sense though? It's not like this world is the same everywhere.

There's no glow at all?

[Suddenly this seems bad. Really, really bad. Glowing things are usually a bad sign and things that glow yellow are even worse. His stomach sinks, his face going pale as he grabs Yosuke's arm to pull him away from the TV.]

I don't think it's a good idea to try that again. Things are... different here and if you're saying it doesn't feel right and that the glow isn't normal I... I don't think I trust it.

[ Dipper seems spooked now and that's hardly a good sign, so he puts on a brave face and a smile.]

Hey, it's fine. I'd have to be crazy to try and go in from here. There probably isn't an exit on the other side, and even though I'm tough it'd still be too risky without support. I'm curious, but I'm not crazy.

Good, good. That's good.

[He seems to relax a little now that Yosuke said he wasn't going to tempt fate, so he takes this as an opportunity to ask some more questions.]

So, you can actually go all the way in? Is that how you ended up going through the wormhole worm's wormhole?

[He's not used to talking about this so freely, and it likely shows on his face, but it's actually a nice change of pace. He can get everything off his chest and not feel like a loony for once!]

Yeah, though you need to be smart about it. Bigger TV's are better because it's easier for your entire body to fit through, and we always use the same TV so we know where we'll wind up on the other side. I was going through when I wound up here, so it's the only explanation that makes sense to me.

... well, as much as any of this makes sense, I guess.

[He laughs at that. There's still a twinge of nervousness to it, but it's more in that "YEP WEIRD STUFF SURE DOES HAPPEN HERE ALL THE TIME AND IT'S KIND OF CRAZY" way.]

Yeah, there isn't much that makes sense in Gravity Falls.

[But now he's thinking about it. The TVs, that is.]

But why wouldn't there be an exit? How do you get out normally?

[And then a beat as he once again notices the look on Yosuke's face.]

... You're not really used to talking about this openly, are you?

[There's nothing Yosuke can do but laugh - he's been caught red handed.]

I've never really met anyone else who would believe me, aside from my other friends who can pass through. So it's all a little weird, in a good way.

As for the exit... well, truth be told, we got really lucky the first time we went in. We met someone on the other side who could make the way out, but it was a real one-in-a-million sort of thing. If that hadn't happened, we probably would've been stuck and wound up dead.

[It really makes them sound like idiots now that he says it out loud.]

Haha, yeah I know that feeling pretty well.

Would you have been in trouble because you were stuck or... or is there other stuff to worry about in there other than finding a way out?

This is the part that's a little tricky to explain, but the short version is that there are monsters there that can kill you.

[The longer version is... complicated.]

Is it sad that answers like that are what I've started to expect when I ask questions like that?

Well, it's not as bad as it used to be! We more or less fixed the place - at least, we thought we did anyway. That's another long story.

[He sighs, heart sinking a little as he tries to keep his spirits up.]

The most dangerous thing now is someone going in who's never been in before, and we keep a pretty tight watch on anyone getting in there.

Why? What happens?

[He knew this question was coming, and he had hoped to think of a good way to explain it. It didn't happen, so all he can do is wing it.]

I guess I can try to simplify it...

Basically, the longer you're in there, the better the chance everything about yourself you try to hide and suppress takes its own form. Then if you try to deny it's a part of you, it turns into a monster and kills you.

[His eyes widen and there's a very distinct frightened sort of pubescent squeak in his voice.]

What?!

Well I mean, it tries to kill you, it's not like it's totally hopeless or anything. You're just probably done for if you're on your own, and even with friends it's not like those things are any fun to fight.

Oh, okay, great. So, it's just, you know, almost certain death. That's awesome.

That's why we try to encourage people to just accept it without a fuss.

... I mean, it's never worked, but that's not our fault.

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