Chapter 12: A Tale of Two Stans

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Stan: Finally! After all these long years of waiting, you're actually here! Brother!

Ford: (Punches him in the face)

Stan: Oh! Ow! What the heck was that for?!

Ford: This was an insanely risky move: restarting the portal! Didn't you read my warnings?!

Stan: Warnings, schmarnings. How's about maybe a thanks for saving you from what appears to be, I don't know, some kind of sci-fi sideburn dimension?

Ford: Thank you? You really think I'm gonna thank you after what you DID THIRTY YEARS AGO?!

Stan: What I did? Why, you ungrateful... (Tries to punch him but Ford ducks and grabs him) Don't expect me to go easy on you, just because you're... family. (As Ford slams him to the ground) Ah!

Mabel Pines: Hey, hi. Mabel here. Quick question: WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?!

Ford: Stan, you didn't tell me there were children down here. And some sort of large, hairless gopher?

Soos Ramirez: Heh heh. I get that a lot.

Stan: They're your family, Poindexter. Shermie's grandkids.

Ford: I-I have a niece and two nephews? (Shakes Mabel's hand) Greetings. Do kids still say greetings? I haven't been in this dimension for a really long time.

Mabel: Whoa, a six-fingered handshake? It's a full finger friendlier than normal!

Ford: Heha, I like this kid. She's weird.

Dipper Pines: I-I can't believe it. You're the author of the journals!

Ford: You've read my journals?

Dipper: I haven't just read them; I've lived them! (Walking in circles) I've been waiting for so long to meet you, I-I don't know what to say I have so many questions- I (Starts breathing heavily) Oooooohhh I think I'm gonna throw up. (As Mabel comes over) Hmmpf! No-no, false alarm. Hmmpf! Just gotta ride it out!

Ford: Listen, there'll be time for introductions later. But first, tell me, Stan: are there any security breaches? Does anyone else know about this portal?

Stan: No, just us. Also maybe the entire U.S. government.

Ford: The what?!

Agent 3: (Seen on security camera; to other agents:) Fan out! We're not going anywhere till we find Stan Pines and those kids!

Ford: (Sighs) Okay. It's all right. We've got a while before they find this room. We just need to lay low and think of a plan.

Mabel: Well, it looks like we're stuck down here for a while. Who wants to tell us their entire mysterious backstory?

Ford: Yes, I have some questions about all this myself, Stanley.

Dipper: ... Stanley?

Mabel: But your name is Stanford.

Ford: Wait, you took my name?! What have you been doing all these years, you knucklehead?!

Dipper: Yeah, Grunkle Stan, no more lies! You owe us some answers: What's the deal with this portal? Why did you keep this a secret?

Mabel: And what happened between you and your brother?

Soos: I'm hoping all this aligns exactly with my fanfic, Stan. If not, I will be very disappointed.

Stan: Okay okay okay, I know I have a lot of explaining to do. It all started... a lifetime ago... nineteen sixty something. Glass Shard Beach, New Jersey. (Cut to a seagull landing on a sign that says "GLASS SHARD BEACH-HOME OF GLASS SHARD WATER TOFFEE" and coughing up a bottlecap) I lived with my ma and pa in the Lead Paint District in the family pawn shop. (Cut to Stan's father sitting down in a chair) Dad was a strict man. Tough as a cinderblock and not easily impressed.

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