Apprentice {Gravity Falls}

Escapees

"We're here!" Ford exclaimed, parking his car. Dipper looked up at the building.

"The local arcade?" Dipper asked in almost disbelief. "This is the "most exciting thing ever," that we just have to try?" He teased. Ford gave him a soft-hearted glare.

"Hey, I'm not complaining!" He quickly claimed, "It's just a little... unexpected?"

"I'll explain more inside!" Ford said, getting out of the car. Dipper followed, the two walking into the arcade. Ford sat down on a bench near the front desk, and motioned for Dipper to do the same.

"Alright. The reason we're actually here is because..." Ford smiled, "They have a new attraction. Soos was telling me about four escape rooms that the arcade put in. It just sounded really cool and I want to do it!" Ford explained.

Dipper looked up at the arcade wall. Sure enough, four advertisements for escape rooms were posted including: Jail Break, Alien Invasion, Escape From Reality, and Into The Bunker.

"Ohhhhh," Dipper exclaimed, "Did you sign us up for one yet, or no? And, will it just be us two, or are we being paired with another group?"

"Just us two," Ford replied, "And I wanted you to pick. I did drag you all the way out here afterall. It should be your decision which one we play."

"Hmmm... uh, how about Alien Invasion?" Dipper suggested.

"Sure! I'll go pay. The room probably isn't going to be ready for another hour, so why don't you go play for awhile?" Ford suggested.

"Alright, Grunkle Ford!"

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An hour passed and the nerds were getting ready to enter the room. They followed their administer to the room.

"Hello! My name is Lex and I'll be explaining some stuff," she began, "You are in the laboratory of a scientist named Nosam Senip, who-"

"Wait," Dipper called, giggling, "Nosam Senip?" Ford was laughing too.

"Uh... we're not very creative. Anyway, Nosam Senip developed a "antidote", to destroy extraterrestrials. However, when the extraterrestrials found out, they immediately abducted him, along with his whole team. You two are the last humans in range of his laboratory. Find the antidote in under 60 minutes, or the aliens win! Good luck!" Lex explained. Story was convincing enough.

"Now, some other things. The door will never actually be locked for safety reasons. You'll only use each key once, and start with the cooler! One more thing! This button," she pointed to a button,"-If you press it, it'll give you hints! You have three allotted hints" She explained, before starting to leave. Another, "Good luck," was muttered as she closed the door on the two. A clock on the wall showed :60. The game had started.

Ford and Dipper were quick to move towards the cooler. A piece of paper was inside. It read: Do you want to make moon pie? The first step to making moon pie is to- a list of instructions followed. However, something stood out to Dipper. The words 'first' and 'moon' were all underlined. There happened to be a four letter lock on the drawer next to the cooler.

"...so, our first step is to gather a pan. Do you see a pan?" Ford asked.

"Uhhhh..." Dipper trailed off. "I... um... I'm gonna try something..." Dipper toggled the four letter lock to spell 'N-E-I-L.' A click was heard and the lock on the drawer came off.

Ford starred blankly. His poker face then turned into a proud smile, "That was amazing! How'd you know that would work?"

Dipper shrugged, "First and moon were underlined on the page. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon."