In which Dipper Pines has to sort out his priorities and stop freaking out over the fact that he burnt his best friend's mansion and owed a certain dream demon a life debt.
And no, Dipper does not need to go to a mental institution - he's perfectly...
Before you proceed on the story, let us first see what you are up to. Let us calm ourselves down with this short chapter of you before heading on to the big plot. As they have said, let us walk through the calm before the storm.
This is a story about you.
You live in a small cottage next to Lady Susan's diner. When you go out to your mailbox, occasionally, she'll wave at you. Occasionally, you'll wave back. You're not a terrible neighbor as far as it goes.
At night, you'll climb up to the ceiling and let your eyes wander at the beautiful sight the stars gave you. A feeling of nostalgia sweeps over you. It reminds you of something. It reminds you of your home.
You didn't always live in Gravity Falls. You lived somewhere else, where there were tall skyscrapers and busy streets. One day, you suddenly felt being drawn to something as if it was calling you. It gave you a purpose. Back then, you didn't know what it was. You still don't know what it is. That day, you did not go home and eventually you ended up in Gravity Falls.
You have a new job now. You worked in Lady Susan's Diner, making dishes, cleaning, and other work. It was Lady Susan, your neighbor, who gave you the job. It was fun. You sometimes chatted with few customers, picked up few gossips here and there, and you sometimes made new friends. You occasionally saw a faceless man wearing a black suit in the diner. No one seemed to notice the man, but you could. Were you the only one who could see him? You always shuddered at the thought.
Today, you decide to go to the Mystery Shack. You often heard about it from the gossips in the diner but you never bothered to visit it until now. You walk up to the doorstep and found a folded letter on the ground. You pick it up and unfold it as you push the door open.
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"Do you like me? Yes, definitely, absolutely," you read.
You chuckle as you read the content. When you finish reading, you raise your head just to find a young brown haired girl smiling at you. She is wearing a teal blue sweater and has a trail of glitter behind her. You smile back.
She then turns around and runs to an old man with glasses. You could tell he isn't Ford, the man you often see on the news. Something is different about him. You couldn't tell exactly, but you have this funny feeling. The girl hugs the old man and whispers something in his ear. The man gives a deep chuckle before patting her back.
You are going to turn away but something catches your eyes. It is a crumpled paper with some glitter. Assuming it's the girl's, you pick it up. You plan to return it but the girl is nowhere to be found. You know it was bad to invade someone's privacy; however, curiosity overcoming you, your eyes peeked over the paper.
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So the girl's name is Mabel . . . you begin to wonder what she meant by "find the globe". Was this some sort of a game?
Suddenly, an old man wearing a fez barges into the Gift Shop and shouts something about watching "monster squirrels fighting". Hearing this, all the tourists and customers in the shop go out to follow him, excitedly talking about how they loved watching animals fight and already placing bets.
You go out too, but you couldn't stop glancing back at the Shop through the window. What was going in there? Just when you take a step forward, you hear a faint purring sound of a machine. The only machine in the shop was the vending machine. So who was using it? No one could be in the shop right now.
The lights are off, making the shack complete dark. You could barely see anything. Narrowing your eyes, you make out a noticeable outline of a short figure beside the vending machine. The face was barely visible but you could identify that it was Mabel, the mysterious girl. Was she getting a Yumber Jacks? You heard they were the popular snack nowadays.
Mabel punches down some buttons, and she steps back, letting the vending machine . . . open itself, revealing a long set of stairs. She walks in.
You follow her, hiding beneath the shadows. You are suddenly grateful for the ninja movies you had watched before. You keep following and watch her as she walks down the long passage. After its end, Mabel inputs some symbols you recognize as alchemical symbols. An elevator appears and she goes in. You decide to wait until she arrives to third floor. And you did.
Soon enough you find yourself in a room what seems like an underground laboratory. It is filled with retro-futuristic-looking computers, gadgets, and machines, all constantly working. Mabel runs to the end of the room, where there is a long desk with many electronic devices, books, and a framed picture of Mabel and a boy, who looked identical to her. Twins, you guess.
You hear a sound of a snort. You look back and find a small pig lying on the floor, wearing a sunglass. It snorts as it looks up at you. You gulped before moving your eyes back at the girl. The girl is beside the desk and she is holding a globe. The globe is a strange sight to you. It contains some floating dark substance in it. Mabel let out a whisper of "hoorah" and beamed. You know her final step of her mission is completed.
She hurriedly put the globe in her sweater and leaves the laboratory. You follow her back to the gift shop. You wait for Mabel to go out, until you know for sure there's no one there, you come out of the shadows and go outside to watch the fighting Monster Squirrels.
Mabel is nowhere to be seen.
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As you walk back to your little cottage, you receive a phone call. It is from an unknown number, yet you did not care. It tells you that you are being written in a fanfiction, and is given a whole chapter dedicated to you. You couldn't stop smiling.
However, the smile becomes into a frown, as you see a black car parking near your house.
The time has come. You know it did.
Your eyes wander up and see above you the stars. It is night, you realize.
BANG!!!
The stars are shining bright once more.
It's so close now. You see it just above you. Maybe even if you tried very hard, you could touch it.
You reach up.
This has been your story.
The story moves onto other things --- Dipper's jailbreak, Mabel's deal, and the apocalypse; but there was time, one day, one single day, in which it was only one story. A story about you.
And you were pleased, because you always wanted to hear about yourself in the story.
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::This chapter is heavily inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Episode 13, A Story About You. The beginning and the end of the chapter is very similar to the episode. You can check the transcript of the podcast in cecilspeaks.tumblr.com
NOTE: Here, this chapter is written in Your (YOU) perspective. YOU are an ordinary man who doesn't know the true mysteries of Gravity Falls. YOU don't know that Grunkle Stan is calling himself Ford, and YOU don't know that he has a twin brother Ford. So please do not get confused.
CHAPTER RECAP: You go to the Mystery Shack and pick up the Mission paper Mabel made. You follow Mabel down to Ford's underground laboratory and see her taking the globe (rift) with her. Mabel disappears with her globe. You go to watch the "Monster Squirrels" fight. When you go home, you receive a phone call, telling you that you are being written in a chapter. However, you see a black car near your house, and the next thing you know . . . you've finally reached it.
