Little Dipper

Meeting Lee

"Okay, before we open up shop I'm gonna introduce a new staff member." Stan said, stepping into the giftshop with Ford. "This is my long-lost brother Stanley, turns out he's not dead after all! He showed up last night."

"Is that why all the government guys were here?" Wendy asked. "I was gonna come in to work and saw the SWAT guys all over the place."

"SWAT guys? Whoa." Robbie commented.

"Yeah, no one was answering their cell-phones and the vending machine door was open!" Soos said worriedly. "I was going to go in after youse guys, and then Gideon came out and used his powers to gather all the SWAT guys up together before opening his sub-dimension thing!"

"Oh, THAT'S how you did it." Stan looked at Gideon.

"It comes in handy." Gideon looked at the ring. "...Normally I don't use it, but I've changed my methods recently."

"Yeah, good thing too." Bill said, chuckling a bit. "How did your dragon take it?"

"She was offended, and they all thought they were having a nightmare. I didn't correct them, in fact I increased that suggestion so they would think the whole trip was a dream." Gideon said with a sly smile. "Exhausted me to do it, but it worked and I didn't have to zap 'em."

"Well, good to know! Anyways, Lee, this is Wendy, Soos, Robbie, and Blendin is the one over there trying to hide behind a box." Stan gestured around the room. "You're going to be working with all of them. Oh, and this is the clone machine, Tyrone is Dipper's clone, aaaand you already know Gideon, Mabel, Dipper, and Bill." Stan grinned and looked at him. "Any questions?"

"...You don't look like a bug." Robbie commented.

"What?" Ford frowned.

"You came out of the portal, right?" He looked at Gideon. "Didn't he?"

"My vision was very unclear, and it was Dipper who said it looked like a bug." Gideon said defensively.

"I'm confused." Ford shook his head.

"No time for that, we have customers coming! Let's open up shop, chop-chop!" Stan clapped his hands together and went to flip the sign from "Closed" to "Open". "Robbie, get out there and make some music! Bill, start up the machine! Blendin, why don't you replenish the shelf next to you with that the stuff in that box you're hiding behind, I forgot to do that yesterday. Wendy, you're on register, Mabel you're in charge of the lizard tour, Dipper and Tyrone stay with Bill, Gideon you can go do your thing." He turned to the group. "Lee, you're with me. Let's work!"

Gideon kissed Mabel on the cheek before heading out to the Tent of Telepathy while Mabel headed for the dino paddocks and Gobblewonker pool. Bill turned on the copy machine and Wendy logged into the register as Robbie went outside. Ford looked around and then looked at Stan. "...Who knew you'd be really into this stuff?

"Oh, time-drats, I dropped one." Blendin muttered as he picked up a hat and brushed it off before putting it on display.

"Yeah, isn't it great? Things really picked up when Gideon merged his business with mine, though. We're rolling in dough!" Stan said excitedly. "Oh, here comes the first group! Just watch what I do, Lee. You can do the next tour!"

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Once he got into the swing of things, it wasn't so hard to work in the giftshop. Ford watched what Stan did and tried to copy him, but didn't have the same "flair" and so Stan walked around with him hoping he'd catch on. By the end of the day, he was exhausted.

"How do you keep this up all day?" Ford asked as Stan flipped the sign finally.

"Endurance." Stan grinned. "You did pretty good for your first day!"