Little Dipper

Act

"Are they out there?" Mabel whispered.

"No, I think we're safe here. Taking to the air to get here was a good idea." Gideon looked at her. "You should tell your uncle that we're hiding from the media."

"Yeah, I forgot to call him when we were leaving the park and then we just kept on having to move." She pulled out her phone.

Dipper wandered over to a box and gasped. "Gideon, it's a little ol' you!"

Gideon chuckled. "Yes, this is the warehouse that we store all my merchandise in."

"Can I keep one?" Dipper held up a box.

Gideon shrugged. "Sure, it's a gift." He looked back at Mabel, who was talking to her uncle on the phone.

"Yeah, so we might be hiding out here for a little while. Uhm...might be dangerous to eat out or go to his place, can he eat at our place?" There was a pause. "Oh, really? That's nice of her to offer! I'll ask Gideon." She looked at Gideon. "Wendy's offering for us to eat at her place, since there's no spotlight on them right now like there is on our places."

"The Corduroys?" Gideon looked thoughtful. "It's awfully crowded there, have you seen her family?"

"Uh...no?" Mabel shrugged.

"She has three brothers and a huge father. And by huge I mean he's tall and buff." Gideon explained.

"Wendy's tall." Dipper said as he struggled with the packaging.

"Let me help you with that." Gideon grabbed a pair of scissors from his bag and went to help him get the doll out.

"Gideon said that we might make a crowd with her family, will they be okay with that?" Mabel asked. There was a pause and then she nodded. "Okay, so we'll go to Soos's place instead. What's the address?" She reached in her backpack and pulled out a notepad and pen.

"There you go, partner." Gideon got out the doll and turned it off the demo setting for him. Dipper smiled and started to play with the doll, laughing at the electronic Gideon voice.

"Thanks, Grunkle Stan. We'll try to be back by bedtime." Mabel hung up and sighed. "Alright, Soos offered for us to come to his place. It's just him and his grandmother there."

"I'm really sorry about all this." Gideon said, turning to her. "Before we go, though, do you want to see the view from the roof?"

Dipper looked to over his shoulder, like he was listening intently to something, and then he whispered quietly before looked back at Gideon. "I wanna see!"

"Is it...stable?" Mabel asked.

"If either of you slip, I'll use my magic to save you." Gideon promised with a hand over his heart.

"Well...alright." Mabel put the notepad in her backpack and pulled it on. "Let's go up to the roof."

Gideon smiled and motioned for them to follow as he headed for a ladder along the wall.

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Well, if this didn't have 'bad idea' all over it, Bill didn't know what did. He poked his head out of Dipper's backpack, watching Gideon warily as he led them to a spot on the roof.

"Ohhh!" Dipper clapped his hands together. "We can see everything!"

"Would you like a better look?" Gideon asked, reaching into his bag and pulling out opera glasses.

'That's convenient.' Bill thought as Dipper and Mabel took one each.

"I see the lake! And the Shack!" Dipper said excitedly.