"Is this recording? ...Um. Hi. This is Wirt. I'm not here right now - I-I mean, obviously, since this is a recorded message. Uh... Leave me a message and I'll get back to you, at some point."
Hey, it's not like I did it? I-I don't know why someone's first response to possessing me is "oh hey, let's make him eat gross things". [Wirt was pouting at first, but then he wrinkles his nose as he remembers it.] Ugh, I woke up with a mouth full of ink...and I spent a couple hours coughing up leaves and twigs.
[He shudders though, and tries to stop thinking about it.]
So...is it really true that you don't remember Wonderland whenever you leave? You know, now that you've done it.
...Wow, that really is kind of weird. But I guess that's good? That you both remembered when you came back, I mean. Beatrice came back once but she didn't even remember going home...and then she came back again and forgot everything? So...it doesn't always happen, I guess.
[Wirt shrugs. It was strange, but it was also a while ago and it's not like anything can be done about it now.]
Um...I'm glad that didn't happen to you guys though. That you both remembered, I mean. [Both because it would be awkward for them otherwise and because they're his friends and it would suck a lot if they totally forgot him.]
I don't think so? It's been kind of...calm after the storm, I guess. I've mostly just been up here trying to take it easy though, doctor's orders. ...But, uh. There was one weird thing? Apparently some people lost all their memories for like, a...week-ish after the whole lizard thing? I-I'd kind of assumed Dr. Myers just didn't remember meeting me before, but apparently she had amnesia.
Uh. I'm...not really sure. I mean, I got possessed but I didn't really have amnesia? As soon as I coughed the lizard I was totally myself again right away, but even after the lizards were gone some people didn't remember anything for like...uh. I think it's been about a week?
[His judgement regarding lengths of time has been off for a while now and he definitely doesn't want to think about it.]
They seem to be okay now though. Messages are turning up from people apologizing for not remembering anyone.
Well, I mean-- that's not something you can just ask someone! Possession's super weird, and I don't want to be nosy. I-If they wanted to say something about it, they would have.
[Spoken as someone who's been possessed twice now.]
[Dipper crosses his arms because wow, Wirt sure is talking like Dipper has never been possessed.
Though to be fair, Wirt doesn't know he was possessed by Bill. This is probably a great opening for that discussion.
Or not.]
Figuring out how the Jabberwocky affected us is important enough that being nosy's pretty okay. Besides, maybe they didn't know it might be something they should say.
[Well gosh Dipper, how is he supposed to know if you never tell him? Wirt frowns though.]
Look...alright, maybe I should have asked, but I wasn't exactly thinking about it. I've just been like, trying to rest my leg and heal and stuff. I had, uh. ...Other stuff on my mind. That's all.
[He sort of feels like he still hasn't apologized enough, but he'll take the reassurance anyway and resist the urge to keep going (even though he looks a little like he wants to).]
Yeah...I mean, I guess so. I-I don't really know anyone this has happened to? So...it's not like I have an example to follow or anything. I've mostly just been reading?
[That's probably the last thing Wirt was expecting to hear, and he scrambles to put the pieces together. Dipper showed up after Wirt did, but he doesn't remember this at all and he kind of feels like a bad friend for not noticing. You should probably notice when your friends die after all.]
Wh-When did you die? Are y- oh my gosh, no, you're obviously okay now. [WHAT A DUMB QUESTION let him just backpedal out of it.] I-I...what happened?
Oh, I guess I never told you. [Dipper shrugs a shoulder, wrapping an arm around him.] A while ago, now. Back when all those zombies showed up. I got bit. But obviously everyone comes back, so you know. It's fine.
[There is no way that's fine. Wirt can barely handle the knowledge that he might be dead, so Dipper actually dying must have been ten times worse.]
...O-Oh. Um. [For a second, he really doesn't know what to say. It's really obviously not okay that Dipper died, and Wirt feels horrible.] I'm sorry. I-- I remember that event and I kind of just...I hid, and then when everything went back to normal and no one really said anything about it I just...assumed, I guess. I-I should have like, checked in or something, and actually made sure people I knew were okay.
[How could he have been that spacey and unobservant? How many other people he cares about have died during events while he wasn't paying attention?!]
[He shrugs a shoulder uncomfortably. He didn't bring this up because he wanted to talk about his feelings. Definitely the opposite of that.]
And it's definitely different since I'm fine back home, so like, there's not really that kind of uncertainty, but maybe I'll be able to relate a little? I guess.
[Why are so many emotions happening right now. He didn't ask for this.]
[Wirt didn't ask for this either, but less because it's emotional at all and more because he still feels bad he didn't notice. What kind of person just doesn't notice something like that? Dipper says he's okay, but...Wirt knows he wouldn't be fine if it happened to him. Obviously.
But, maybe he is okay. At the very least, Wirt knows it's a cue to not pry anymore, at least right now. He mirrors Dipper, shrugging a shoulder.]
Yeah...no, I appreciate it. I...actually, I didn't think I knew anyone who had even died here? I knew people came back, but... [He stops himself though, because maybe he does know other people who have died and just never said anything to him. It's enough to make him switch gears a little.] ...I-I dunno. It helps a little. I think.
[He doesn't know what to think about his own situation, but Dipper's trying and that's enough for now.]
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[Bill just stabbed him with forks and smashed his arms with doors and fell down the stairs. No... eating things that weren't meant to be eaten.]
I'm glad she managed to, uh, talk you back. I was mostly on the mirror side for that. Then we went home.
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[He shudders though, and tries to stop thinking about it.]
So...is it really true that you don't remember Wonderland whenever you leave? You know, now that you've done it.
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Yeah, it was weird. Mostly in that it wasn't weird. I didn't even know I'd been gone til I woke up here again.
Thankfully me and Mabel both remembered everything.
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[Wirt shrugs. It was strange, but it was also a while ago and it's not like anything can be done about it now.]
Um...I'm glad that didn't happen to you guys though. That you both remembered, I mean. [Both because it would be awkward for them otherwise and because they're his friends and it would suck a lot if they totally forgot him.]
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[A beat.]
...did we miss anything while we were gone?
[Though Wirt is... probably the worst person to ask.]
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I don't think so? It's been kind of...calm after the storm, I guess. I've mostly just been up here trying to take it easy though, doctor's orders. ...But, uh. There was one weird thing? Apparently some people lost all their memories for like, a...week-ish after the whole lizard thing? I-I'd kind of assumed Dr. Myers just didn't remember meeting me before, but apparently she had amnesia.
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[His judgement regarding lengths of time has been off for a while now and he definitely doesn't want to think about it.]
They seem to be okay now though. Messages are turning up from people apologizing for not remembering anyone.
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Did the people who don't remember get depossessed the same way you did? ...is depossessed a word?
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[Of course he didn't ask. Classic Wirt.]
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[Spoken as someone who's been possessed twice now.]
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Though to be fair, Wirt doesn't know he was possessed by Bill. This is probably a great opening for that discussion.
Or not.]
Figuring out how the Jabberwocky affected us is important enough that being nosy's pretty okay. Besides, maybe they didn't know it might be something they should say.
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Look...alright, maybe I should have asked, but I wasn't exactly thinking about it. I've just been like, trying to rest my leg and heal and stuff. I had, uh. ...Other stuff on my mind. That's all.
[You know what stuff he means.]
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[It's not a great answer, but it's an honest one. He shifts uncomfortably.]
Sorry I ran off on you, by the way. I just...you know. ...Couldn't handle it? [SHRUG?] I-I'm doing better than that, at least.
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Yeah...I mean, I guess so. I-I don't really know anyone this has happened to? So...it's not like I have an example to follow or anything. I've mostly just been reading?
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[That's probably the last thing Wirt was expecting to hear, and he scrambles to put the pieces together. Dipper showed up after Wirt did, but he doesn't remember this at all and he kind of feels like a bad friend for not noticing. You should probably notice when your friends die after all.]
Wh-When did you die? Are y- oh my gosh, no, you're obviously okay now. [WHAT A DUMB QUESTION let him just backpedal out of it.] I-I...what happened?
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[It's... not fine.]
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...O-Oh. Um. [For a second, he really doesn't know what to say. It's really obviously not okay that Dipper died, and Wirt feels horrible.] I'm sorry. I-- I remember that event and I kind of just...I hid, and then when everything went back to normal and no one really said anything about it I just...assumed, I guess. I-I should have like, checked in or something, and actually made sure people I knew were okay.
[How could he have been that spacey and unobservant? How many other people he cares about have died during events while he wasn't paying attention?!]
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[He shrugs a shoulder uncomfortably. He didn't bring this up because he wanted to talk about his feelings. Definitely the opposite of that.]
And it's definitely different since I'm fine back home, so like, there's not really that kind of uncertainty, but maybe I'll be able to relate a little? I guess.
[Why are so many emotions happening right now. He didn't ask for this.]
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But, maybe he is okay. At the very least, Wirt knows it's a cue to not pry anymore, at least right now. He mirrors Dipper, shrugging a shoulder.]
Yeah...no, I appreciate it. I...actually, I didn't think I knew anyone who had even died here? I knew people came back, but... [He stops himself though, because maybe he does know other people who have died and just never said anything to him. It's enough to make him switch gears a little.] ...I-I dunno. It helps a little. I think.
[He doesn't know what to think about his own situation, but Dipper's trying and that's enough for now.]
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[Dipper doesn't like to talk about it. But he likes pretending he's got no problem with it even more, so. He can totally talk about it. This is fine.]
Good. Good. So, uh. Let me know if you need anything? [Dipper grins awkwardly and finger guns at Wirt.]
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