entranceway | video } the city is a nightmare a horrible dream

[Dipper always looks a little on the paranoid and overtired side, but he looks especially bad today. Amazing how much harder it is to sleep when the very reason you have trouble sleeping in the first place is actually here and likely to torment your nightmares if you dare close your eyes. Not that staying awake forever is an option. Dipper just wishes it was. He starts the feed, then sits, back, looking grim.]

Hey. Dipper and Ford Pines here. You might have noticed the super weird triangle thing that came up recently? Well, that's not a what. That's a who. [A beat.] And… also a what, actually.

[Ford doesn’t look much better either. His brow is furrowed and his expression, grave.] That super weird triangle thing is a dream demon known as ‘Bill Cipher’. He is incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous. Now I’m sure some of you will take this as a challenge-- How bad can he be? Right? [He shrugs airily, but abruptly points at the camera.]

Wrong. Bill is most powerful in the mindscape; a mental realm between dimensions. He can read your mind and inhabit your dreams and he is chaos incarnate. He may be charming, but above all else he is a liar and a monster.

[Dipper raises a finger.] Also? Don't make a deal with him. He will lie to you and cheat you out of your end and then he'll possess you and do terrible things to and with your body. [Terrible, terrible things. Dipper rubs his arm.]

But good news? He can't possess you if you don't deal with him, and without a corporeal form he's pretty limited in what damage he can do. Still got the omniscience and nightmares to contend with, but who hasn't had to deal with a few nightmares? [It's fine. He's fine.]

[Ford puts a comforting hand on Dipper’s shoulder.] If you happened to follow his instructions and you drew a triangle with an eye, I suggest you destroy that paper immediately--preferably by burning it. If you can help it, do NOT engage! I cannot stress that enough. Do not be a fool just because you think you can handle yourself. It’s not worth the risk.

[Dipper nods firmly.] If he contacts you? Let us know. If he… takes an interest in you or something, definitely let us know. We're experts on dealing with him. We can help. We can also answer any questions you might have. To the extent that there are answers, anyway. There are still definitely more questions.

[He gives a serious nod, glances up at Ford, then looks into the camera.]

That's it for now, Wonderland. Stay safe, and come to us with any questions.

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i'm guessing this is the one-eyed thing you were talking about
Cause look. I'm not necessarily fond of all you but if it comes down to it I'd rather not let this thing near me

he was asking about you. unless "pine tree" is someone other than you dip

What'd you tell him about me?

[Because yes, it definitely is the one-eyed thing he was talking about, and not letting the thing near Alex could mean redirecting Bill at Dipper. That's about as much as Dipper trusts him, anyway.]

Nothing. I told him to shove it.

You might be an ass but you're a kid. and he can get fucked.

That's... better than I expected from you. Thanks, I guess. Won't make a difference and he'll probably just target you more now, but still. Decent of you.

wouldn't happen to know any ways to lock him out of my head would you
there's stuff in there that you really don't want getting into the public sphere
if you catch my drift

[aaaand he's already read some of it. WHICH IS JUST FINE.]

Great Uncle Ford has a metal plate installed in his head. Short of that, not really.

[He's still got the unicorn hair, but he does not trust Alex enough to tell him about that possibility. He'd probably steal it, and Dipper and Mabel's safety is more important to him than protecting whatever weirdness is in Alex's brain.]

well shit

know any brain surgeons

[It's bad that he's actually kind of serious about this.]

I don't know. That pink lady with the brain scans seemed to know what she was talking about? It's pretty extreme, though.

like i said
you really don't want him getting his hands on that
any more than he already has anyway

there's gotta be something else
does he hate squares or something, circles, dodecahedrons

Nothing we've found. We can follow him in and fight him in the mindscape but I'm guessing us going into your mind wouldn't be any better than him.

it really wouldn't
how'd you fight him in the mindscape or whatever

You can do anything you can imagine in the mindscape. It's your mind.

that's not exactly a plus for me
will that be enough to keep him out on the regular

No, but it might be enough to stop him from getting much out of it.

great
so he can just do whatever

Again can't physically touch anything when he's not possessing someone. But yeah we don't have anything that can preemptively stop him. Just ways to fight him once he does try something.

alright time for the million dollar question
what DOES he want
same thing as us i'm assuming if he wants out but
why would he wanna fuck with us personally

The thing is I don't actually know if he DOES want out. It's possible he came here intentionally.

And I've beat him twice. He takes it personally.

woah woah what
he could've come here intentionally
is that even possible

so he could probably like
i'm just guessing here
convince someone he could take them outta here in exchange for a favor something like that

In my experience Bill doesn't really care about what's possible.

I'm not sure. There's evidence in both directions. With him you just really can't assume any of the usual rules apply.

Yeah he actually did that last time. The person didn't even get out. Kind of a pattern with his deals.

christ
your world's really messed up
fine i guess i'll keep an eye out
both eyes even

Believe me, he's not from our world. He's only stopped by to try and destroy it.

so what world IS he from

The Nightmare Realm, apparently. Or at least, that's where he was before he invaded our world.

ok well thats pretty indicative of what he's like
thanks for the heads up at least

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