When You're a Mystery Kid

Poet of the Unknown

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When Raz informed them that today's agenda was to visit another one of their 'potential recruits', Dipper wasn't quite as enthusiastic as the other members of the Mystery Kids. He'd been hoping he'd get to spend the day continuing his research; he'd predicted that by the end of the day, he would be able to refine a few spells to the point where they could at least be utilized without backfiring horribly, as well as being one step closer towards completing his Weirdmageddon Weirdness Wave theory and how it affected the world. Maybe he could even find an explanation to how the waves managed to breach Gravity Falls' barrier in the first place. Obviously, with the new agenda, none of them would come to pass today.

Dipper's displeasure was mitigated somewhat when Raz revealed exactly who the 'potential recruit' was. He had always looked forward to meeting them once he learned of their existence, as they tied very heavily into another one of his many ongoing researches. Therefore, with only minimal-to-moderate amount of complaints, Dipper gathered the relevant files, boarded the jet, and took his seat at the back of the jet.

The decision to continue his research on the jet ended up being less than ideal. The turbulence, although minimal thanks to Agent Danvers' expert piloting skills, still bothered him, and it seemed to always happen at the worst of times. Raz and Mabel would also come by from time to time to bother him, despite his explicit insistence to be left alone. It was mostly stubbornness that got him to power through it. In the end, he didn't get through as much as he would've liked, but progress is still progress.

"Hey, Dipper."

Mabel's voice came from beside him. Dipper pointedly buried his nose deeper into the file in his hands.

"Yo! Sir Dippingsauce!

Dipper leaned back in his seat, hiding his face from view with the file.

"Earth to Dipworld! Dipper! Dipper!"

Dipper slammed the file down to his lap. He already had a glare fixed at Mabel.

"Mabel, I might end up rotting my own skin if I don't get the formula to this spell right, my Weirdmageddon theory could explain how the event contributed to the increase of supernatural activity, and I haven't finished sorting out the files I need for when we meet our 'recruits', but if what you have to say is more important than any of that, then please do tell me."

Mabel simply gave him a cheeky grin.

"We landed, like, five minutes ago."

Dipper blinked. He looked around the cabin to find that it was mostly empty, with only him and Mabel being the ones left in the jet. A quick glance out the window revealed that the sprawling blue sky has been replaced by a row of trees, their leaves taking on autumnal colors.

"Oh."

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The spot where they landed was practically the same as last time; a clearing in the woods just outside of town. They had a quick briefing, Coraline ordered them to split off into pairs and search the town for their 'recruits'. Dipper, quite obviously, chose to pair up with Mabel, and they were told to search the library. Once again, despite the Mystery Kids knowing where they live, Coraline insisted that going to their house would be 'too creepy', and that they should save that as a last resort.

Dipper sighed rather loudly. He'd like to think Coraline chose to ignore it.

"Remember, compared to Danny, these two are basically normal." Coraline stated at the end of her briefing. "Don't mention any crazy supernatural stuff, don't frontload it with talks about protecting the world, and whatever you do, don't creep them out."