They proceeded to make it to an outlook, where you could see the whole town over beyond. It was quite a view. Ford went on to ramble about how the formation in the rocks was created by a legit spacecraft. This is when his key chain came into play as he dropped it once Dipper asked about it. They matched up pretty well. Dipper couldn't even comprehend his words.
"Sometimes the strangest things, are right under our noses." Ford would say, pushing the rock he posed on back. "And our feet, this particular incidence." He then proceeded to pull out his gun. "Now you might want to stand back. This magnet gun could rip the fillings out of a man's mouth from a hundred feet." He aimed it at the now visible metal plate in the ground and ripped it right off, revealing a ladder going down into the dark below.
"So this is where you got the portal parts." Alma commented.
Ford nodded. "On point, as always." He smirked before tossing his gun to Dipper. "Don't worry, been down here countless times. Nothing is alive." He reassured them as he started his way down the ladder.
Dipper glanced up at Alma and gestured to the ladder. "Ladies first."
Alma smirked. "What a gentleman." She rubbed his hat as he bubbled up a chuckle. She would then climb down. Dipper would follow suit, putting Ford's gun away and making his way down.
The interior was incredible. It gleamed with a rather dirty shine. There was hundreds of symbols etched into the metal as Alma stroked her hand over them. She didn't know if Ford could read alien or not, but would be something to know what it all said. Dipper landed on the bottom finally, admiring the symbols as well. He would take a selfie with them at one point before rejoining Alma.
"Seems like you're already enjoying yourself." Alma said.
Dipper nodded. "Yeah. Pretty cool, if you ask me." He adjusted his backpack. "Why aren't all amazed?"
Alma glanced down at him. "I've seen this kind of stuff before. Can't expect me to be amazed every time. I was with your uncle for many years, you know how he is. He has to study everything he sees."
"What was it like?" Dipper asked.
Alma stopped and turned towards him. "What? The multi-verse?" Dipper nodded. "Well, it was many things. Mean there is a universe where you walk backwards, one where cake is a planet, opposites and so forth. Pretty much anything you could possibly imagine."
"So is it true we exist in all those too? Like in the movies?" He asked as they started pushing forward again.
Alma actually wasn't sure how to answer that. But mean, it was very plausible that they all each existed someway or another. "I'm gonna say possibly. There could of hundreds of us out there. I'll let you decide if you want to believe it." She replied as honestly as she could.
It seemed Dipper liked that answer as he smirked at her. "Thanks, Alma."
"Thought you two wanted to help." Ford had his arms crossed when they got to him.
"We do." Dipper answered.
Ford pulled out another gun, activating it. "Then let's go." Without warning, he jumped off the side of a steep drop off. Both Dipper and Alma ran to the edge in alarm. Ford had used the gun to snake his way down as it held on to the pillar like honey. Once he got to the bottom, he snapped one of their light sticks on, indicating he was alright. "Now it is your turn." He yelled up to them in an echo.
Dipper was getting cold feet by what Alma could tell as he backed off. "You can do it, Dipper."
He met her reassuring gaze before gaining some courage. He let out a deep breath and walked up to the edge again. "I can do it. I can do it." He repeated to himself before pulling out his magnet gun and let it rip. He reeled down to Ford no problem as he caught him at the bottom.
