"...That totally sounds like the Norse version of someone shouting at a person in a horror movie not to open the door the axe murderer is hiding behind," Dipper said with great amusement.
He tucked his book away.
"But I think we have to go in. The book isn't going to help us here; this place is going to run on its own narrative rules. It's a story that's going to try to squeeze us into certain roles. That means there are some things we can fight and some we can't. Right now, I don't think it'll let us just walk away, so that just leaves walking into it and trying to change whatever happens to go our way as we go through it."
A pause.
"We should definitely get weapons first, though," he said, picking up a stick. "I don't know about you guys, but I can tell my powers aren't working. I tried some of the wordless spells I know and they won't work."
He pointed at Hiccup. "You have a flaming sword, right? Abed was talking about how cool it was. You might want to get that out and have it ready, although I'd hold off on lighting it up unless we need it."
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He tucked his book away.
"But I think we have to go in. The book isn't going to help us here; this place is going to run on its own narrative rules. It's a story that's going to try to squeeze us into certain roles. That means there are some things we can fight and some we can't. Right now, I don't think it'll let us just walk away, so that just leaves walking into it and trying to change whatever happens to go our way as we go through it."
A pause.
"We should definitely get weapons first, though," he said, picking up a stick. "I don't know about you guys, but I can tell my powers aren't working. I tried some of the wordless spells I know and they won't work."
He pointed at Hiccup. "You have a flaming sword, right? Abed was talking about how cool it was. You might want to get that out and have it ready, although I'd hold off on lighting it up unless we need it."