Dipper couldn’t say how long he knelt there, unable to move, trapped by fear for the souls he cared most about in the world. It didn’t matter that most of them didn’t know yet how important they were to him, what mattered was that they were in danger, and he didn’t know where they were, how to find them, and there was no one who could help him.
A small part of Dipper knew he was overreacting just a bit, that the Dinner Crew would help him, even if he had been acting more demonic far too recently, Lucy Ann would have made sure they knew he was in his right mind again, and now that she…that even she had been taken, they’d help him to help her.
He wasn’t alone in this, he did have allies.
But most of him was hyperventilating, an action useless to a demon but still happening, blind panic taking over as frantic pulls to his link to Mizar proved that she was blocked from him.
Dipper shot to his feet, pacing in Catherine’s room, hands digging though his hair as he muttered to himself.
With a spin that made his coat tails flare and dance, Dipper summoned up a cork board, pins, paper, pens, and strings. He stared the board down for a few seconds, head low and teeth bared in a mockery of a smile, before his hands started moving at inhuman speeds.
He was going to find each and every one of his symbols, no matter what it took.
He’d tried the demon way. Now it was time to try his way.
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