After Wendy explained about the letters she found, it was Dipper's turn to share.

"I didn't find anything super important. But I found a few papers that have some keys to different codes on them." Dipper passed one of them to Wendy, which was labeled, "Key Vigenère Cipher."

"Did they use these codes in the journal you have?"

"Yeah, I've seen the names floating around a few times. Atbash Cipher, Vigenère Cipher, Three Letters Back Cipher—they'll uncover more things from pages I've already read thousands of times." Dipper smiled.

Wendy smiled back. She was glad to see him this happy, especially now that things were getting more dangerous. "This is awesome!" She handed Dipper the paper back, and put her arm around his shoulder. "Dude, we're getting closer to figuring this out, I can feel it."

"I know, I'm so excited," Dipper told her. His eyes were lit up with the anticipation of finding the author. "So, where are we going next? I didn't really think we'd get much from that trip."

"I was thinking we could see if Gideon still has the journal." Wendy shrugged. "I mean, he had to have his possessions taken from him since he was in prison, but his parents could have kept it for him."

"You're suggesting we take a trip to prison?" Dipper asked.

"You have any better ideas?"

Dipper did not have any better ideas. He and Wendy ended up taking a trip to prison, where they waited until Gideon could be escorted to one of those boxes where you talk through a phone.

"This place seems right at home for Gideon, don't you think?" Dipper asked.

"Mhmm," Wendy said. "I bet the little runt dreamed of it." Prison was not at all delightful. Everything was grey brick and bars. Everything.

From behind one of the room windows, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland escorted Lil Gideon into the room. They locked him inside, nodding towards Dipper and Wendy before exiting.

Dipper and Wendy approached the window, sharing the chair that sat in front of the phone. Dipper picked up the phone after seeing Gideon do so, and held it between his and Wendy's ears.

"Well, well, hello you two. Nice to talk again after all this time, huh?" Gideon smiled. "I haven't spoken to people outside the prison walls in a long time!"

"I wonder why..." Dipper mumbled.

Wendy shoved him and gave him a quick glare. Being rude wasn't going to get them anywhere. "Gideon, we wanted to talk to you about something."

Gideon said, "Go for it," with a hand gesture.

"Well," Wendy announced, "we wanted to know if you still had the second journal. We need it for—"

"Wait, wait, wait a second!" Gideon held up his hands like he was surrendering. "You came here to ask me about the journal? Don't you guys have it?" When Dipper and Wendy shook their heads, Gideon slammed a fist on the wall beside him. "I thought you all took it from me! I asked my Daddy if he had Journal 2 when he came to visit by my demand, when I was first locked up, but he said it was gone! Who else would have take it?"

"We have no idea," Dipper told him. "None of us took your Journal! Why would we ask for something we already have?"

"I don't know, Dipper." Gideon squinted his eyes. "I can't do anything about it, and frankly, I wouldn't anyways! Why on earth would I help my mortal enemies?"

"Wait, I thought Stan was your mortal enemy. Don't you just hate us because we know him?" Wendy asked.

"Well, yes," Gideon nodded. "But also because my Peach Dumpling refused to be my girlfriend." He looked at Dipper while saying, "I'll get her back, boy."

"Oh, sure," Dipper told him. "You do that."

"I will, thank you very much." Gideon patted his hair. "You know, maybe I could just steal your Peach Dumpling. She's pretty." Gideon raised his eyebrows at Wendy, who rolled her eyes.

"Anything else, Gideon?" Dipper asked, annoyed. "I really am not enjoying this conversation."

"Actually, yeah," Wendy interrupted. "Gideon, when was the last time you spoke with Bill Cipher?"

"Last night, I think. Bill comes and visits all the time," Gideon said. "Are you asking because he's been watching over you?"

"The reason isn't important. It was the answer I was looking for. Bye, Gideon." Wendy hung up the phone before anyone could say anything else. She took the phone from Dipper's hand and placed it back where it belonged, then stood up. "We should go."

"Wendy, we could still ask him more stuff," Dipper suggested. "Like about the ciphers."

Wendy shook her head. "He'll just get mad at us. We're going back to the Shack." She grabbed Dipper's hand before he could protest, pulling him away from Gideon with her. "You know that Gideon just helped us solve it the problem, inadvertently."

"What?" Dipper tried to stop her, but Wendy pushed her way through the doors, dragging Dipper with her towards the Mystery Shack.

"Yeah, Dip. Gideon just told us where Journal 2 is. Stan has it."