Out in the night all alone, in the way out there

[ghostharasser]

Who: Dipper and YOU
What: Dipper and Stan got into an argument which resulted in Dipper bolting out of the house to cool down. He heads for the Inn
When: The night of the nightmares through the next day.
Where: Mostly the Inn
Warnings: TBA depending on what comes up!!
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[ghostharasser]

I know it was, because I tried to one-vee-one him on the astral plain on the way over here.

[He didn't lose, but he didn't win. That's his story and he's sticking to it.]

Thank you. This isn't just about him being as emotionally vulnerable as a porcupine, it's about making sure no one has to do to him what they had to do to me the last time I fell into full corruption and hit beasthood.

[Dipper pulls back his shirt a little to show Beat the scars. The scar starts at his shoulder and goes down, diagonally across his torso. Like someone with a great big blade hacked him apart in one clean motion.]

Unfortunately, corruption is what makes this more complicated. This argument blew up bad enough that I'm worried he's already falling into it, which means getting through to him is going to be way harder by nature. I ...I like to think that had he not been corrupted, he wouldn't have yelled at me like that to begin with.

[soundsurfing]

[ And he nods like that makes sense because it does. Of course Dipper would try to 1v1 an ancient toddler tantruming baby. Beat would have tried too, but he knows he's about as mentally useful as the crowd in fighting games.

His thoughts are distracted as Dipper points out his scars, Beat's ears going forward and he frowns a little thoughtfully to them, nodding. ]

Ye... "beasthood" sounds kinda like what happens to Fog Monsters if we don't eat. We turn into slobberin' mindless beasts that attack everythin' an' anythin' that we see as food. So as much as we don't like it, we gotta or we become menaces. Dunno how the old sheep managed to get 'way from it, but I know it aint left me.

[ He scratches his own chin - whose a good boy he is - thinking hard on Dippers Dilemma. ]

How'dchu come at it, yo? 'Cuz I know the older they is the more stubborn they is 'bout talkin', an' tryina yell them into submission jus' makes 'em clam the fuck up an' get salty.

[ghostharasser]

Yeah... it sounds pretty similar. You're essentially driven mad by blood pollution and attack anything and everything. I think it's different for everyone. According to my sister, when it happened to me, the Beast could still use my powers, and it did it in ways that really fucked with her and my boyfriend before trying to kill them. They got really lucky another friend of ours showed up to put me down.

[Which is not at all a statement he likes making, but it gets the point across. Hitting Beasthood is the nightmare scenario no matter what.]

Yeah ...I really did just come in swinging when I shouldn't have. I was trying to be direct and not give him any holes to slip through when I was trying to ask him what was going on, but he just got more and more defensive. I should have known better.

[So, yeah, his methods were flaws this go around.]

I think ...I'm going to have to get his brother involved to make any progress. He won't listen to me, but I bet he'll listen to Grunkle Ford.