Gravity Rises (S3)

CW: Part Sixteen

It turned out that during Andrew's conversation with the Symbols, Enoch had gone and brought the rest of their family to the Manor to stay with them. Andrew worried a bit about having enough resources to support everyone, but he quickly decided it was worth it to be with his wife and calves again. Moira staunchly refused to leave Andrew's side for the rest of the night, and for that he was thankful.

In the morning (or whenever it was that everyone started waking up), people were feeling better, and some of the supernatural creatures who had been too injured to go home last night were able to leave today. The Symbols were still tired, but that was to be expected. They got up anyway, got to work anyway. There were things to take care of before they could form the Wheel again.

The dryads prepared a breakfast that everyone gladly ate, even if some of the flavors were unfamiliar to the humans. As they ate, they discussed the broadcast they wanted to send to the other humans, and decided Andrew and Gideon would be the ones to give it — Andrew because he was a nonhuman and proof of the supernatural, and Gideon because he would explain (and apologize for) the Order and its memory wiping.

Andrew and Gideon went outside after breakfast and talked to the unicorn sheep. The unicorn sheep did indeed have a spell that could make a sort of "magical hologram," as Mabel had put it, and they agreed to broadcast Andrew and Gideon's message to the humans.

"We'll do that tomorrow, then," said Andrew. "I need to spend today meeting with the other nonhumans."

He went back in to get Lee, and the two left for the minotaur village. Mabel and Dipper decided to tag along, doubling Andrew's little group in size.

Gideon and Pacifica wanted to go too, but Melody convinced them to go with her and visit the Order members instead. "They'll see the broadcast tomorrow," she said, "but I think more communication is always good."

The Order members, for their part, were relieved to see Gideon, Pacifica, and Melody, because it meant they would finally get some news about what was going on. Most of them had a vague idea of the township, but none of them had been expecting things to go the way they had, and any efforts to contact Bill and ask him about it had failed. They felt scared and betrayed.

"Bill was deceiving us," Pacifica told them. "But he's gone now."

Though the news of Bill's defeat was shocking, nobody seemed particularly sad about it. They were mostly worried about getting home, and dealing with angry neighbors, and having the eyes of world turn to the town and forest. It was hard to wrap their heads around the idea that everyone would know about the magical creatures in Gravity Rises.

Gideon told them about the broadcast. The hope was that the townspeople would have time before the township returned to process everything that Gideon was going to tell them. Most of the Order members understood that this was probably the best way to do it, but that didn't stop their worry.

They weren't the only ones worrying. In the minotaur village, discussions were long and tense. The various species had talked about the possibility of discovery before, but that didn't relieve much of the stress of knowing that said discovery was about to happen. They had a lot to talk about, like how they were going to interact with the government, or what role the new Order would have. Mabel and Dipper were very happy to be there at first, because they got to see June and watch so many different species talk to each other; but they ended up being unable to handle it for long, and after about an hour they decided to go back to the Manor. Enoch, who was plenty distressed but who felt a duty to be there with Andrew, declined the invitation to go with them.

The discussions lasted all day. Gideon and Pacifica eventually got tired of repeating the same thing to different Order members, so they made sure at least one Order member per island had been talked to and could talk to the others, then left to join the others at the minotaur village. Janice Corduroy was there, and Pacifica could see that Greg's spirit was present, too. There were long talks, then breaks to rest and eat, and then more talks.