sticksandbones | [Early December]

Even I am not used to this temperature, the Vanilla Kingdoms lands were milder by far! It is a unique experience! And I did, the rain that enlarged them helped tremendously! Do not feel so bad, they will be back when the weather turns!

The door is always open, my dear!

Yeah I grew up in a place that had super mild weather, but basically every place I've been to dimensionally has some of the nastiest winters ever. Good to know about your plants!

[Off he goes to scurry in your walls PV]

Edited 2024-12-07 23:02 (UTC)

[ A lad? In his walls?! It's more likely than you think!

The lad will find Food Waiting For Him.

Did he really expect to show up without being gifted things?

Speaking of! There's also Presents. It's him! In crocheted doll form. As well as a sweater, and a matching scarf and ear warmer. He's done his best to match Dippers usual style and colors. ]

[He expects to be fed because he's here enough!! Food is awesome! Peepaw always with the snacks! He knows one can't be Dipper on an empty stomach.]

[But the rest was a surprise. Ah, Peepaw was worried about the cold, huh? And the little doll... Ough, his heart.]

[He tries everything on really quick because lets be real, Dipper probably isn't dressing in layers properly and the sweater fits over whatever shirt he was wearing under his jacket. With the doll in hand he will go looking for him.]

PV?

[ Of course he is and always will be. ]

In here, sweetheart!

[ It comes from the kitchen, though it's followed by the tipcloptip of his hooves and the Staff as he moves from it to meet Dipper half way.

Then beams. ]

Oh, good! It fits!

[ He instantly puts his Staff aside into a little hook on the wall, so he can begin fussing over the sweater and getting it fixed up a bit tidier. Shifting the jacket to get it to sit right. Tries to fix his hair.... Tries being the keyword. ]

[Peepaw fussing, yes. he is familiar with this. Dipper will let him, because he knows there is no stopping him.]

[His hair has certainly grown out since he first got here, though. What used to be an undercut sure is unruly Pines fluff now. It sticks out from under his beanie with reckless abandon. No black feathers, however. Those seem to be gone now.]

Yep, you did a really good job. It's definitely the warmest sweater I have now.

[ He's right, there's no stopping it, and when Vanilla doesn't see any feathers he will relax. Comb his fingers through Dippers hair to - once more - try and get it to look tidier. Then just give up because it desperately needs a trim but he doesn't think anyone wants the monocular visioned old man to go at their head with scissors.

The compliment makes his tail wiggle and his smile to blossom further. ]

Aha, compliments will get your favorite food more often!

[ And now get a hug, Grandpa squish. ]

I know how flattery works.

[Said with the tone of a Grandson/Grand-Nephew who knows exactly how to wrap his family around his fingers. Peepaw is so lucky Mabel isn't here for them to be a menace as a set. It's half joking because he is being sincere but also. Also.]

[Cough. Anyway, good luck with his hair. Mabel was the one that kept it in check for him and she's obviously not here so it's become a fluffy jungle. At some point he's going to get mad about it and try and do something with it himself and then he will Know Regret. Stay tuned for that.]

Last month got pretty weird. Are you doing okay?

[Said from the sheep fluff he is definitely buried in from PV's hug. He is hugging back. Grandson return squish!!]

[ This is why Dipper is his secret favorite, because the boy just accepts the hugs and gives them back. Dipper understands! Vanilla is careful not to snap the boys back with enthusiastic minotaur strength. But Dipper will also get an affectionate clunk of horns on his head in a gentle head-butt before Vanilla pulls back, and ushers Dipper to sit down so he can eat.

Vanilla didn't make this food to look pretty, you're far too thin said Slenderman, eat. ]

I am all right. My... hm, alternate memories were not as rough as manys from the sounds of it. Indeed, they only thing they seemed to have done was altered my desire for Knowledge.

[ And, you know, being there first hand to see your wife fall into a vat of all magical life dough......... Haha! Anyways! No one knows that and he will never say as much! ]

What about you, my dear? I know you said they weren't so bad this time but-

[The Pines are weirdly tactile people, so Dipper has simply never seen a reason to not let family be affectionate. He will take his seat to eat, though, after patting PVs horns.]

Oh, that doesn’t sound too bad. Grunkle Stan’s was weirdly subtle, too. I think one major past event must have changed for him.

[On the subject of his, Dipper frowns a little in thought.]

Mine was… well, you probably remember meeting him, right? He was a Me that had never been dimensionally kidnapped when I was thirteen, so. No Deerington, no Trench. No blood magic- you get the idea. [No traumatic eye injury-]

I’ve always theorized that I was actually split from another me that was still back home. I didn’t think I would get to see what he was like.

Hm... That is certainly a theory.

[ There is an itching in the back of his skull that tells him a memory from his time in Ryslig wants to resurface. Which means this conversation has happened similarly there. ]

It would seem I may have heard something similar in the other place. Yet I have not heard of the Goddesses saying we are fractured in any way.

[ Son-boy you are not eating, Pure Vanilla will sit with him to nibble on something too so Dipper will eat, too thin. ]

So I must conclude, even if you were once split from another you, being here has converged all yous to one being.

[ Unless they're being lied to and this is just another Torment Nexus, but Peepaw believes in the Goddesses and saw no lies in their words when he was able to do so. ]

[He's eating, he's eating! Look at how he picks up this snack to munch on it thoughtfully while PV talks.]

Hm.

[That is an interesting point to make, though. While he hadn't exactly considered that to be the case, PV bringing it up does make him think it over. After all, PV is a smart, worldly guy, he's got no reason to discount the theory.]

[He thinks maybe its worth entertaining. Something perhaps, to find evidence for. It seems crazy for Every Instance Of Dipper to be converged into one, but if he is a convergence of a couple Dipper, that would make sense. Perhaps he is the sum of all Dipper's resident to Dimension 52'\. Or maybe he is the result of the split and the original coming together, and that's how he got these memories!]

[He is very clearly lost in thought for a bit before he accidentally tries to take a bite of his snack and misses his mouth entirely, smashing it into the side of his face.]

-Ugh! Heck. Well, I guess we don't know. I mean, sure I don't think the Goddesses would lie about that, but they might also just ...not be admitting the entire truth. Not out of maliciousness or anything, but entities that call themselves deities tend to operate on their own plane of reality when it comes to morals and motivations. Who knows why they may have or may not have told us something.

[Ponder Ponder-]

I think it's interesting, that I've wound up with so many sets of memories from other versions of me. A convergence might actually be the explanation.

[ That's better. He beams as Dipper thinks and eats, and blinks with a surprised laugh as he smashes his food into his face. Yes, very good, that's how you eat. He reaches over with a napkin to take hold of Dipper's chin to hold it still so he can wipe the food stuck to his face off. There.

He settles back and returns to his own snacks, mostly just picking at them, thinking. ]

It's possible. It's also possible we truly didn't originate here. Something like a soul - what truly makes it? Can it truly be plucked out of thin air, from a concept or idea, and have the God claim "we made you"? Every God in every World suggests that, I am sure.

[ He settles his hands in his lap, tilting his head, nodding gently. ]

It is something to consider. We also know Ourania is connected to moons throughout the Universes, so it may be creating a ... ah... black hole? effect.

[Early December]

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