[OPEN] is there anything that's worth more?

[slapfight]

Who: Peridot AND YOU!!
Where: Around the mansion
When: During the event
Rating: PG
Summary: Peridot's got some issues. Cue the singing, crying, and whining about singing and crying
The Story:


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[krmvgivv]

Uh. [Dipper raises an eyebrow, leaning back, away from the shrieking rock.]

That was all... stuff you say regularly.

[slapfight]

But not in that specific way! I'm not nearly that bold!

[She presses her hands to her face.] What else could I say under this power...

[krmvgivv]

[Yeah, that Peridot. Not bold at all. Probably not the point to press.] Look, all you have to do is stay away from other people, right? Then it doesn't matter what you shout out.

[slapfight]

[If she had fingernails she'd be chewing them. As such, she's just biting the tips of her fingers anxiously because she saw someone on TV do it and it's a learned anxious behavior.]

But what about Lapis?

[krmvgivv]

What... about her?

[Dipper glances around expecting her to appear out of nowhere.]

[slapfight]

[She desperately grabs Dipper by the front of his vest and SHAKES HIM.]

There are things she can't know, Dipper!

[krmvgivv]

[SHE IS STRONGER THAN SHE LOOKS.]

W...what things?

[slapfight]

Th-things! [She blushes a furious indigo color.] Things I haven't told her, but would make her unbelievably upset with me. You haven't seen Lapis angry! I go out of my way to make sure she's happy, and at any moment, Wonderland could ruin it!

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper would like to be excused from this extremely awkward conversation.]

Uh, okay, is this, um. [He really wishes he was anywhere else. Mabel would probably be better at this.] Are you scared of her? Cause... that's... probably not great. For people who are supposed to be friends.

[slapfight]

What? No! [GOD DIPPER THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS, though, admittedly, Peridot is having a hard time explaining it herself.] I'm scared of her just... just... leaving! Like everything we've been through together doesn't matter.

[krmvgivv]

Leaving Wonderland? You know that's not her call, right?

[slapfight]

Leaving our shared space and going... somewhere! Wonderland is surprisingly large and Lapis can hide wherever she wants. It's not like she needs things.

[krmvgivv]

Okay, okay, look.

[He puts his hands on her shoulders, trying to steady her somehow.]

Is there any reason to think she'll do that? Like, you haven't been fighting lately or anything, right?

[slapfight]

Um... No?

[She presses her fingers together.] But I haven't exactly been honest with my feelings lately.

[krmvgivv]

Oh. [Well, this is... complicated.]

Look. You might... have to talk to her. Be honest. But like, not cause an event forces you to do it.

[Which might be too late with this musical stuff going on. But hey, she can try.]

[slapfight]

So it's okay to avoid her until it's over?

[She's gonna do it regardless- and it will fail- but at least she has permission from an Actual Human who knows what feelings are.]

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper's pretty sure that's not the advice he was giving.]

...are you going to actually talk to her afterwards?

[slapfight]

[shifty-eyed.] Um... Yes.

[This is in no way a lie.]

[krmvgivv]

....yeah, I'm not okaying you avoiding her.

[Not that she's likely to actually listen to him either way.]