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[circlejerked]

Am I getting this right

is this

Oh I think I'm getting it

<sub>[Would you look at that, it's baby's first attempt at sending a network message! His words seem to be going through just like how he's seen other messages work--so far, so good.

Next time Anders will practice with the 'delete' key. For now, he'll focus on getting his point across with proper punctuation.]</sub>

Bear with me, this isn't how I'm used to exchanging letters but it's exceptionally handy for picking a bunch of brains at once. I'm curious to know more about the little girl with the cat. You know the one--Alice. From the Wonderland book? Has no eyes now, portends events?

What's the story behind her? Was she an actual person from some other land who was brought here like the rest of us?

Those scenes suggest this isn't the first mansion of its kind, but what happened to her?

Comments

[circlejerked]

What's that? It sounds unpleasant.

_{['Grunkle' sounds like the sort of thing you'd cough up during a bad cold or find living at the bottom of a swamp.]}

[powerofmabel]

Great plus Uncle. Grunkle!

[circlejerked]

_{[His face takes on the light of understanding. Oh, now he gets it. That's kind of clever.]}

You have a real flair for blending words. Surely he wants to get you back home to where you belong.

_{[This must qualify as the strangest summer vacation ever conceived of.]}

[powerofmabel]

I know right. [not only that, it stuck- even Dipper calls Stan "grunkle." it's perfect.] But yeah, he and Grunkle Ford are both pretty big on getting us home, but since they're both here and they haven't made any progress...

[she shrugs] Might as well enjoy it.

[circlejerked]

_{[Good to know someone's looking after these kids. If only he could say the same for Alice. She literally can't even look out for herself.]}

I'm sure they will. Designing a foolproof escape plan takes time and patience, and like you said, we have plenty of one of those things--and it sounds like you're doing fine on the other.

_{[If saying something enough times makes it true, then Anders is your man when it comes to insisting Wonderland is a temporary detour on the road of life.]}