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[sneezeslikeakitten]

-What, is this thing recording? Oh! Uh, hi there! Haha- you've reached the voicemail of Dipper Pines. Sorry I couldn't pick up I was probably running for my life from some horrible monster. Just leave a message aft- [BEEEP.]

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have a voicemail dipper

[aduckorapanda]

Hey. I don't know if you'll be able to actually get this, or be able to call back since, heh, ghost phone, but worth a try, right?

It's just kinda weird, not being able to talk to anyone-- I mean there's people here around me that're playing this game, but I don't know them like I know you. So it's still kinda weird, only being able to talk to them and no one that's...

[ Alive. ]

But don't worry, I've got this in the bag! And then we can hang out properly and find a way back to Gravity Falls, before my dad turns the place upside-down and your sister tries to use Waddles as a search-and-rescue pig.

OW RIGHT IN THE FEELS | Also this is likely non canon sanboxing

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[Dipper has probably listened to this voicemail twelve whole times. He literally could not believe his ears the moment a certain familiar voice started playing back to him. He's been in that place long enough to sort of get that there's something going on beyond them on the physical plane.

The Dead are trying to win back their lives? Something. It was really convoluted and weird.

He just- never thought anyone he knew would be involved, let alone...

Oh god, Wendy was-]

[You can see the exact moment when that realization hits him and it looks like his worlds crashed down around him.]

JUST AS PLANNED | also probably.

[aduckorapanda]

[ That wasn't her intention-- man, she hadn't even though that the call would go through-- but Wendy actually sees the process. It's easy to see when the gears in Dipper's head turn, whenever he's thinking, and the realization weighs just as heavily on her as it does him.

She's dead. And she can't talk to one of her best friends, except through ghostly phone calls that are one-sided and make her feel awful.

It's impulse that makes her reach out towards him, even though she knows he won't be able to notice it. No one else has, the fact it's Dipper won't change anything. ]

Sorry, Dip.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[Wow, he feels really stupid about it but he kind of wants to cry. Like- holy crap. But- he just tries to shrug it off, immediately dismissing what he can to remind himself that Wendy was dead- yeah. But she was also in the Reaper's Game. Which meant this could be fixed.

Of course it could be fixed. He would see to that. Somehow.

...but for now he stared down at his phone and quickly brought up his call history. There it was. Without a second thought he hit redail.]

[aduckorapanda]

[ She can't help but huff a little humorlessly about it, really. Because it's upsetting, and the Reaper's Game is kind of a pain... heck, the Reapers are absolutely creepy and have the strangest games set in place for them to beat. And that's only the tip of the iceberg, nevermind the fact that she had to die to wind up playing it in the first place.

That alone makes her want to sit down and cry a bit, herself. Really, she can't even remember all the details of what happened-- and that makes it even worse.

But she jolts when she hears and feels her phone ring, shocked and anxious suddenly. Scrambling to get it, she hits answer and holds it up to her ear. ]

... Dipper?

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[The anxiety while the dail tone rings is terrible, and he's kind of afraid now that no one will be there on the other line. What if his phone doesn't have long distance into the afterlife?

Though, when he hears her pick up and answer he can't help but grin and just be relieved. Even if he's still kind of really sad about it.]

Wow, I didn't think that would work.

[aduckorapanda]

Dude, I didn't even think you'd get the call in the first place.

[ There's no real point to her holding the phone up to her ear the way she is, considering she's looking right at him, so she lowers it so that she's speaking into the mouthpiece and doesn't hear a weird echo.

Her other hand goes up to rub at her face a little while she laughs, which is full of relief with an undertone of sadness to it. ]

[sneezeslikeakitten]

Looks like the afterlife has pretty good reception.

[Goes quiet for a moment.]

...Wendy, what happened?

[aduckorapanda]

Sure seems like it.

[ Her own quiet moment, and she looks down and away despite the fact he can't... see her doing it. ]

I don't... really remember everything that happened. There was a fall, and it... [ Wow she suddenly doesn't want to talk about this. ] When I came to I wasn't in Gravity Falls anymore and no one would answer me.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[Goes pretty quiet, thinking while she talks.]

A fall? From what? [Wait he doesn't really have to answer that. He can take a guess, considered Wendy is a self proclaimed tree surfer. Wow- that was an awful mental image.]

[Dipper just. Sits very heavily onto a park bench. This is a terrible conversation to have with the love of his life.]

Yeah. So are you in the Game, or whatever?

[aduckorapanda]

[ At the very least, she doesn't remember all of it. What she does know, though, is that it wasn't as fast as it could've been.

Wendy slowly takes a seat next to him, bringing her legs up so she can prop her phone on her knees and wrap her arms around her shins. The look on his face tells her he either doesn't want to know, or has already figured it out. ]

Yeah. I've played a couple... rounds, or whatever. And after I've beat them, I... well, I've kinda tracked you down again to make sure you were okay.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[Yeah, he really doesn't want to think about it. He's not going to get upset over that in...front of her...? Was she there? Augh, he hated not knowing.]

[But man, he goes a little pink at the idea of her checking up on him.]

Oh- ahaha. Yeah. I've been fine. You know, I've made a few friends. Mabel's not here.