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[krmvgivv]

Hey, you've reached Dipper! I'm not here right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you soon!

...

But if this is paranormal-related? Hang up now, call back, let it ring exactly twice, then hang up again. Don't leave a message. I'll get back to you even sooner.


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[fulllifeconsequences]

[A flat rejection, and it bounces right off of Chara. Expected. Very human. Predictable.

He doesn't understand. Nobody understands - You're the only one who understands me. You're the only one who's any fun to play with anymore. He hits up against the obvious contradiction of "there are no reasons that really justify killing" and "I have killed anyway," and rolls his eyes and looks away.]

Know what else is stupid?

He was bigger than me. Heavier. His hands were at my throat. Covering my mouth. Don't want to scream, right? Don't want any uncomfortable noises. His weight pressed me down. I felt his body heat as he smothered me. I could not get up. I could not move. I could not breathe. His grip grew tighter and tighter.

Humans can do such stupid things with their hands. When you're smaller, when you're weaker. All you can do is smile and be still. Try to distance yourself. Wait for it to be over. Good children don't fight back.

But. Dipper. I am not a good child. So I reached for my SAVE, and this time, I ran him through.

Aren't you just rolling your eyes, Dipper? Isn't that a bunch of cringey, edgy garbage? Pretty hilarious, huh?

1/3

[krmvgivv]

No, I mean you can't have it both ways. Did you kill him because he was trying to kill you or did you kill him because you're soooooo evil and wanted everyone to know?

2/3

[krmvgivv]

[Is... is he saying what it sounds like he's saying? Sometimes, Dipper wishes he was a little stupider. Or at least a little more oblivious.]

3/4 I lied

[krmvgivv]

And look anyone who says that defending yourself makes you not good is complete garbage and probably deserves some stabbing. That? Counts as a good reason. And doing whatever you have to do to survive is not evil.

4/4

[krmvgivv]

Please do not use this as an excuse to go out and find people to stab just because there are some situations where it's okay does not mean it's okay in most situations.

[fulllifeconsequences]

[A series of texts, and Chara just keeps smiling down at their phone as each arrives. A really interesting response, sincerely, but one that doesn't line up with the guidance they were given. "You didn't have to," Frisk told them, insisted that they should have stalled for time or done a little better at calling for help or done literally anything else. And of course that's the response they had, because what sort of guidance had the Underground given them?

But, hey, let's consider if that response meant they deserve some stabbing, too!]

You're a strange one, Dipper! Isn't it a dangerous thing to tell a killer that some murders are acceptable?

You ought to ask Frisk about the Underground sometime. Self-defense was never an excuse. We were judged for our sins all the same. Kill one. Kill a hundred. Kill on purpose, kill by accident. It's all the same. You won't deserve a happy ending. You have to wear the stain on your SOUL like a badge.

[krmvgivv]

Seriously? The Underground sounds really messed up.

[Though he does intend to ask Frisk about it because he is not sure Chara is entirely unbiased.]

[fulllifeconsequences]

Oh. Don't let me give you the wrong idea.

It was the safest, happiest place I ever knew.

[They don't know for sure what happened before the fall, but they sort of think Frisk would agree with them, too.]

[krmvgivv]

Yeah but it sounds like that's not saying much.

[fulllifeconsequences]

Well. That's karma.

We all get what we deserve, do we not?

[krmvgivv]

not really. lot of well off bad guys and tortured good guys out there.

[fulllifeconsequences]

...Yeah, you got me there. You aren't wrong.

You're kinda tortured yourself, huh?

[krmvgivv]

Me? I'm okay. I mean when people aren't trying to kill me.

[COUGH. COUGH.]

[fulllifeconsequences]

Okay. Not tortured. Most of the time. Unless I'm trying to kill you.

But you are a good guy.

[krmvgivv]

Sure, I guess.

[Better than Chara, not as good as Mabel.]

[fulllifeconsequences]

Insufferable. Not as great of a detective as you think you are. Your concept of morality and justification is clearly wildly incompatible with mine. You're about as smug as I'd expect someone our age to be. I won't even begin to promise last time was a fluke, because there is a very good chance that continued association with yours truly will eventually cost you a life.

But. You know. A good guy.

You're capable. I won't underestimate you again, Dipper Pines.

[krmvgivv]

Well you'd be the first. [Everyone underestimates Dipper constantly. It's useful, but it's also damn annoying.]

Considering how murder happy you are, I'd be really alarmed if our concepts of morality were remotely similar. And what part of this is supposed to make me want to continue associating with you?

[fulllifeconsequences]

Approximately none of it.

Once again, this may have been hard for you to pick up on, but I'm sort of in the habit of burning bridges before they're even built.

But, hey. At least I'm honest about what you can expect.

[krmvgivv]

Hey you're the one who texted me.

[fulllifeconsequences]

And aren't you just so glad that I did?

[krmvgivv]

Yeah actually. It was pretty informative.

[fulllifeconsequences]

Ah. Did I say too much?

[krmvgivv]

I don't know. Considering I'm not as great a detective as I think I am, maybe it was all stuff you wanted me to know. After all, it's not like you're gonna underestimate me again, right?

[fulllifeconsequences]

Touché.

[That's it. Just a word. Like the conversation's over, cut off right then and there. But, abruptly, another message follows.]

I'm not invited to play Dragons Dine ins & Dives anymore, am I?

[krmvgivv]

You literally just told me that if we keep hanging out you'll probably try to kill me again.

Look, it would probably be really good for you to do something normal and fun like that. I still don't think you're inherently evil. But it would be really good for me to not die and to not have any of my friends die and honestly that's more important to me than trying to fix your deal. So if you can convince me you won't try and kill anyone you can play. But I think you're trying to convince me of the opposite, so probably not.

Also you gotta convince me you're not gonna use your saving thing to cheat on dice rolls.