A while after the book effects wore off. [He had assumed then that it might have something to do with his trauma, but now he knows that isn't the case.]
I wonder if it's an illness, though... [Minato sounds doubtful; while the symptoms seemed exactly like an illness things like epidemics didn't tend to strike at random.] Who else was affected?
[Hmm. Minato recognizes most of those names and there doesn't seem to be a pattern that connects all of them.] Then there has to be something that we have in common. That reminds me of something else, did you feel strange in anyway about two weeks ago? [He's not thirstier than usual any more, but chances are that these two things have some connection since they'd both happened in conjunction with the noise.]
[ A pause as he thinks it over. ] I did kind of get weirdly cold, even though it wasn't that cold outside. But I only really noticed that just before we went back to the jungle. I thought it was weird at the time, but...kind of got distracted.
Yeah, me too. I felt thirstier than usual in the jungle, but it didn't seem that weird until we returned. [Pause.] Those noises at night have been around since we were rescued by Mosley-san, weren't they?
Yeah, they have. I hadn't been in the colony long before we were dragged into the jungle the first time, but I definitely don't remember hearing those noises before that.
I do. [Excuse him for a moment as he winces.] Wonder what are these symptoms supposed to mean, though...is it supposed to be a problem, or could we just be sensitive to something no one's picked up on yet? [He couldn't just rule out premonitions after all, since they were talking about something that could well be supernatural.]
You mean like an allergic reaction? [ In a manner of speaking, anyway. ] But a reaction to what? That's the question. If it's directly caused by whatever's causing that noise, the symptoms should have started showing sooner.
That's what I thought too, until you mentioned feeling a little worse than usual before this. [The conversation at least distracts Minato from his headaches. He's not too concerned about his own health and had really only stayed in so as to not upset his friends, but the noises feel like some ill portent and it's worrying that no one seemed to have any answers.]
We know that only Ardeo's and Occidi's people made a deal with CERES, but that doesn't explain why all of the other spirits have been involved with CERES' dealings. It's possible that they've been giving us some kind of protection since we arrived, and we've been drained enough that some of us can feel what's trapped in that dark area where the noises are coming from.
[He sighs.] I don't think we have enough information to make any sort of conclusion, and we should look for someone who's been here longer than us.
Whatever's over that wall, it isn't good. [ Korra has blacked out and woken up in her apartment a full day later when she'd tried to fly over it. Something like that definitely did not bode well. ]
I could try talking to Phoenix, or Athena, or Rei...I think they've all been here for awhile now.
That would be great. [He only knows Athena out of all of them, but considering how helpful she had been when he had first arrived it was at least likely that they could know something useful.]
Whatever's over the wall might not be related to what's happening right now, but we should be prepared for it. [A pause.] Have you been sleeping well, Dipper-kun?
Sounds spooky. [Minato figures Dipper might have been a little freaked out, but that doesn't translate well in his flat tone.] It sounds like an isolated incident...but you might want to have some charms ready just in case.
That'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget. By the way, are you staying alone in your apartment? [Dipper might be smart for his age, but he is still a kid.]
Really? That's great news. [And it's a good thing Dipper didn't move in a day before that for certain reasons.] Were you the only one haunted by that ghost then?
That's true. One of my friends would have let everyone know how much she hates it...but I think I'd feel sorry for the ghost if it had tried anything on her.
The thing is? I'm not exactly sure it was a ghost. I tried to set some traps and basic countermeasures to keep it from returning, but they were completely ineffective.
Whatever it was, it was trying to scare me for fun. [ Trying and succeeding, but Dipper doesn't mention that. ]
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I wonder if it's an illness, though... [Minato sounds doubtful; while the symptoms seemed exactly like an illness things like epidemics didn't tend to strike at random.] Who else was affected?
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I'm not convinced it's an illness, either.
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Think they're related somehow?
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We know that only Ardeo's and Occidi's people made a deal with CERES, but that doesn't explain why all of the other spirits have been involved with CERES' dealings. It's possible that they've been giving us some kind of protection since we arrived, and we've been drained enough that some of us can feel what's trapped in that dark area where the noises are coming from.
[He sighs.] I don't think we have enough information to make any sort of conclusion, and we should look for someone who's been here longer than us.
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I could try talking to Phoenix, or Athena, or Rei...I think they've all been here for awhile now.
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Whatever's over the wall might not be related to what's happening right now, but we should be prepared for it. [A pause.] Have you been sleeping well, Dipper-kun?
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[ He makes it sound like he wasn't that concerned about it, but, yeah, he'd kind of freaked out. ]
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[He's joking.]
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Oh, don't worry, I've set some traps if he comes back. That ghost will come to rue the day he haunted Dipper Pines!
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Whatever it was, it was trying to scare me for fun. [ Trying and succeeding, but Dipper doesn't mention that. ]
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