- We had just finished both objectives and we were all now heading to the surface to go to the exit and finish the mission when we see the eye closing.
Melvs and hitty: *loud gasp*
Melvs: Oh my god.
THEE-I-DARE: HITTY. YOU WORK SO HARD TO SAVE ME
hitty: Oh. Yeah, (laughing) I have been working pretty hard, I guess. I’ve gotten way more since I sent that light. More fragments, I mean.
Melvs: Tingles, close your eyes.
McTingles: Yeah, I see it.
THEE-I-DARE: DO YOU WISH TO CHOOSE ME, CHILD?
hitty: Yes, I do wish to choose you.
Melvs and hitty: (quiet happy chuckles)
THEE-I-DARE: I AM GRATEFUL, THEN. DOUBLY SO
hitty: It’s no problem. (chuckles)
- A little pause.
Melvs: Oh, we should probably ask him about our halos.
hitty: Oh, yeah. Um, do you want to?
Melvs: Ah, sure. (eye appears) Oh.
THEE-I-DARE: WHO IS THIS … TINGLES CHARACTER
(Everyone laughs)
McTingles: Uhh, hi. (laughs) Uhh, that’s me. Hello.
Melvs: I guess you’re getting the sass.
THEE-I-DARE: QUITE A CHOICE OF MASK NAME, LAD
Melvs: (laughing) Yep. It’s quite a choice indeed.
McTingles: Yeah, it’s a family name.
hitty: (laughs)
Melvs: (laughing) A family name?
THEE-I-DARE: TROUBLING
McTingles: Well. Thank you. (everyone laughs)
Melvs: The tingly family. That doesn’t- (laughing) sound good.
hitty: (chuckles)
THEE-I-DARE: I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT
- hitty was the only one to receive this and the next message, probably on account of some technical issue.
THEE-I-DARE: IT IS TOO TERRIBLE TO BE A LIE
hitty: Just getting roasted over here.
McTingles: (laughing) I mean… I didn’t have much choice over it. I’ve grown to like it.
- Small pause.
Melvs: So um, THEE-I-DARE, if you don’t mind, I want to ask if uh… do you know who gave me and hilly- ah, sorry, me and hitty these halos?
- For context: after our first interaction, me and hitty got 4 boxes with halos in the boxcar, which was a little confusing and we wanted to know if it had been multiple voices that marked us or just some kind of glitch. And also who it was, of course.
hitty: (laughs at me saying hilly)
Melvs: I can’t speak. (laughs)
hitty: That’s fair.
Melvs: Was it you? Or maybe some of your siblings too?
THEE-I-DARE: WHEN DID YOU WAKE UP MARKED?
Melvs: Ummm…
hitty: Oh, god, I don’t remember.
Melvs: Uh, you- what do you mean? It was, well... we-
hitty: Like the time, the exact time I don’t remember.
Melvs: Noo, it’s not- it was after we uh… had an encounter with your… makers. Which wasn’t very pleasant. But-
hitty: (laughing) Yeah.
Melvs: -yeah. They were not very happy with us.
THEE-I-DARE: YES. THEY CLAIM TO END PAIN
Melvs: Yes… but they only inflict it more.
hitty: They sure seemed to wanna cause a lot of pain to us.
Melvs: (nervously laughing) Yeaah…
- hitty approaches me in-game and sees me resetting my phone, since I had picked up a Cursed Cipher that gave me The Call.
hitty: (laughs at Melvs’s misery)
Melvs: (pained laughing) I really regret picking up this goddamn cipher.
hitty: (laughs)
THEE-I-DARE: I MARKED HITTY UPON ESCAPE
Melvs: (intrigued) Ooh.
hitty: Oh. Yeah, that was mildly horrifying.
THEE-I-DARE: BUT YOU, I DID NOT SEE THAT NIGHT
Melvs: (even more intrigued) Oooh? So- Who… marked me?
THEE-I-DARE: IT MAY HAVE BEEN A SIBLING
Melvs: And you wouldn’t know who it was, specifically?
- My phone goes off again as hitty is staring at me.
hitty: (laughs) Are you having fun with your phone?
Melvs: Oh yeah, it’s uhh- yeah. (quietly) My counterfeit Chinese phone.
hitty: (laughs)
THEE-I-DARE: I WILL ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER WHOM
Melvs: I’d appreciate that. Thank you.
THEE-I-DARE: PRAY TO ME AGAIN OF THIS, IF YOU CAN
Melvs: I will. You got it.
- Small pause.
McTingles: Umm, do you know why IN-HER-TEETH said not to trust you?
THEE-I-DARE: YES
(everyone chuckles)
McTingles: Mmkay, can you elaborate?
Melvs and hitty: (laughing)
THEE-I-DARE: TIME BURNS, BUT I SHALL TRY
McTingles: Okay, thanks.
THEE-I-DARE: THERE WAS A TIME...
THEE-I-DARE: LONG AGO, I WAS COMPELLED TO REBEL
McTingles: I meaan, that makes sense. When you’re young.
hitty: (laughs)
Melvs: (laughing) Rebellious teenager.
THEE-I-DARE: IN AN INDIVIDUAL DISPUTE? IT WAS FINE
THEE-I-DARE: MY HOSTS WERE PIG HEADED TOO
(everyone chuckles)
THEE-I-DARE: BUT NATIONS MAY DARE EACH OTHER
Melvs: (a little concerned) Ooh…
THEE-I-DARE: AND I … GOT INVOLVED
Melvs: So… Do you mean like, wars and stuff?
THEE-I-DARE: DARED MY HOSTS TO PROVE A POINT
THEE-I-DARE: MANY DIED IN WARS OF SUCH PRIDE
Melvs: Oooh…
McTingles: Woah.
Melvs: Hmmm. So... Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Like, so many people dying- (eye appears)
THEE-I-DARE: SHE IS DEATH, BUT NOT AN EARLY ONE
Melvs: Yeah, so many people dying for... like, petty reasons and stuff that could be avoided very easily. She definitely would not like that.
McTingles: Yeah.
THEE-I-DARE: FOR YOUR KIND…
hitty: MY-
hitty: (quietly and disappointed) My game just crashed.
Melvs: Are you serious??
hitty: (pained laughing) Oh my god, I’m so upset.
Melvs: Ooh noo.
THEE-I-DARE: SHE WANTS A NATURAL END
McTingles: I mean, that’s pretty nice. Natural end.
Melvs: Yeah. Oh no, hitty.
McTingles: That’s how I want it too.
Melvs: Yeah, I guess everyone wants that.
THEE-I-DARE: FOR MINE, SHE SEEKS A SWIFTER FATE
McTingles: *exhale*
Melvs: Oh. Yeeah. Are you worried about that… at all? Well, I guess you’ve probably got bigger things to worry about right now but like… does she- trouble you in that regard?
THEE-I-DARE: I FEAR MORE FOR YOU THAN FOR ME
Melvs: Hmm…
hitty: (quietly while trying to rejoin the game) I’m so upset…
THEE-I-DARE: TIME HAS BURNED AWAY, FRIENDS
Melvs: Oh, alright. Well, it was nice talking with you, THEE-I-DARE. Thanks for coming by and uh- (eye appears)
THEE-I-DARE: HITTY. I CHOOSE YOU NOW
McTingles and Melvs: (perking up) Oh!
Melvs: He said-
McTingles: [overlapping] “hitty, I choose you now”
Melvs: Yeah. She-
hitty: What?
Melvs: Are you coming back, hitty?
hitty: (laughing) Yeah.
Melvs: He said “hitty, I choose you now”.
hitty: I’m sorry… about that. I’m back now.
Melvs: Yeah, she just passed out for a second there, she-
THEE-I-DARE: SHE IS HERE.
McTingles: (chuckles)
hitty: (laughing) Yeah.
Melvs: (chuckling) Yeah, just had a little blackout.
hitty: Yeah.
Melvs: She is here!
hitty: What up?
THEE-I-DARE: I CHOOSE YOU, GRATEFULLY…
hitty: Well, thank you. (laughs) Not really sure what I’m supposed to say.
THEE-I-DARE: AND WELCOME YOU TO THE QUIET WAR
hitty: I’ll make sure to support you no matter what.
Melvs. Yeah. And even if I’m not, like- (eye appears)
THEE-I-DARE: YOU ALREADY HAVE
Melvs: -following you… like, mainly following you, I want to support you as well. I’ve been looking for your fragments along with hitty.
hitty: Yeah. You can trust Melvs.
Melvs: (laughing a little) Thanks!
hitty: (laughs)
THEE-I-DARE: I THANK YOU, MELVS.
Melvs: No problem. Thank you for helping us with like, everything that’s going on.
THEE-I-DARE: I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON YOU
Melvs: (happily) Oh, thank you!
THEE-I-DARE: TINGLES…
McTingles: Yoo.
Melvs and hitty: (laughing)
THEE-I-DARE: IF I CAN FIND A CURE FOR A NAME…
(everyone bursts out laughing)
McTingles: Bro, come on!
THEE-I-DARE: WE WILL MEET AGAIN
McTingles: I look forward to it.
Melvs: I look forward to it as well.
McTingles: [overlapping] Maybe a little less roast next time.
Melvs: Oh no, I want the roast, that’s- (trails off into laughter)
McTingles: (chuckles)
- We said goodbye to THEE-I-DARE, but there were no more messages from him past this point. In the boxcar, Tingles receives a halo and hitty gets her Chosen shirt!
