On this particular morning at the Mystery Shack, the triplets and their cousin Gary sat around the television watching one of their favorite shows; A show called Duck-Tective. All of them were sharing popcorn as they watched the show. "I'm afraid your services won't be required here, sir." The man called Constable said on the TV, "My men have examined the evidence, and this is obviously an accident."
The man called Constable, gestured over to a body stuffed in a phonebooth. He was talking to a duck that wore a hat similar to what Sherlock Holmes would wear. He quaked as he spoke, "An accident, constable? Or is it… Murder?" He said as he turned to the camera dramatically.
"WHAT?!" Constable exclaimed.
"Duck-tective will return after these messages." The TV announcer said.
"That duck is a genius!" Mabel said amazed.
"I know right?" Gary said, "I love this duck!"
"It was so obvious, I mean you don't normally find people stuffed in phone booths." Mira said before munching on a handful of popcorn.
"Eh, it's easier to find clues if your that close to the ground." Dipper said, drinking his soda.
Mabel and Gary looked at Dipper a bit taken back by it. "Are you saying you can out-wit Duck-tective?" Mabel asked.
"One of the most greatest detectives of all time mind you?" Gary said.
"Mabel, Gary, I have a keen power of observation." Dipper said with confidence.
"It's true, he actually does." Mira said.
Dipper said to Mabel, "For example Mabel, just by smelling your breath I can tell that you've been eating…" Dipper took a moment to sniff, but was a bit confused by the scent, "An entire tube of toothpaste?"
"You ate a tube of toothpaste?" Mira asked.
Mabel twiddled her thumbs seeing as how she had her mouth covered with toothpaste. "It was so sparkly…" She said.
"That explains why a tube went missing this morning." Gary said.
Soos and Andrew soon entered the living room. "Hey guys!" Andrew said, "Guess what Soos and I just found in the Shack!"
"BURIED TREASURE!" The triplets said at the same time before turning to one another, "JINX!"
"A secret tunnel to the arcade!?" Gary guessed excitedly.
"Just follow us and we'll show you guys what we found." Andrew said. The four children followed behind Soos. They lead them down the hall of the Mystery Shack. Soos had explained to the kids what had happened, "So Andrew and I were just cleaning up when we found this secret door, hidden behind the wallpaper."
"Let me tell you, it's way creepy in there." Andrew said, before opening the door. Dipper took out a flashlight and shined it into the room. It was revealed to be a room filled with wax people. The children were in awe by this.
"Wow, this place is amazing!" Gary said.
"What is this place?" Mira asked, "They're all made of wax."
"From the looks of it, it's some sort of a wax museum." Dipper said.
Mabel went over to one of the wax figures; one being of Sherlock, and went to poke it, "Whoa, they're so life like."
"Except that one." Dipper said pointing towards a wax figure; but in reality, it was-
"Hello!"
Everyone couldn't help but scream.
"Hey, it's just me, your Grunkle Stan!" He said before chuckling.
Everyone screamed even louder, and started to run off. They only ceased they're screams when they heard a familiar voice, "OH STOP SCREAMING! HE'S FAMILY FOR GOODNESS SAKE!"
"Mom!" Andrew and Gary exclaimed. Though they stopped in there tracks causing the triplets and Soos to fall over like dominos onto the floor.
"What in the world are you all doing?" Skyla said before sighing, "I swear, you kids nowadays jump over nothing."
"So-sorry cousin Sky." Mira said getting up from the floor, "We didn't see him standing there, he just that he startled us."
"STARTLED, SHE SAYS!?" Dipper, Mabel, Gary, and Andrew thought in unison as they stood up.
Dipper shook off by what had just happened, and asked Stan, "Grunkle Stan what exactly is this place?"
"Glad you asked that!" Stan said before saying with a big smile, "Behold the Gravity Falls Wax Museum! This is one of the Mystery Shack's most popular attractions!"
"That is until you forgot about it." Skyla said.
"Hey, don't talk like that you forgot about it too." Stan said to her.
"I didn't forget about it!" Skyla said to her father, turning red a bit.
Stan cleared his throat before, introducing the the wax figures, "Anyway, aside from that, I got all of them! Gengis Khan, Sherlock Holmes-" Stan stopped at a wax figure that was of Larry King. He scratched his chin, "I don't know some kind of goblin man?"
Mira shivered slightly, "Is anyone else getting the creepy vibes from this place?"
"Yeah, wax figures will do that to you." Skyla said, "Don't worry, you'll get used to it."
"And here's my personal favorite." Stan said going over to the last wax figure, "Wax Abraham Lincoln, right ove-AGH, OH NO!" Stan saw that the wax Abraham Lincoln figure was all melted since the blind was open.
"NO, OH WHAT, COME ON, WHO LEFT THE BLINDS OPEN!?" Stan exclaimed, before turning to one wax figure in particular, "Wax John Wilkes Booth, I'm looking in your direction!"
Skyla kneeled down and checked what was left of the wax figure. "Yup it is way past the point of no return. How does one even fix a wax person?"
Mira looked over in Mabel's direction who had a big smile on her face when she had hatched an idea. Mira then spoke up, "You know, Mabel is an artistic person. Maybe she can fix the wax figure for you."
Both Stan and Skyla gave a quizzical look. "Really?" Skyla asked, "You can do that?"
"Yup!" Mabel said, "I can just make a new wax figure from all of this old wax!"
"You really think you can make one of these puppies?" Stan asked Mabel.
Mabel nodded her head, "Like Mira said, I'm very artistic! Why do you think I always have this glue gun stuck to my arm?" Mabel showed the glue gun to them that was indeed stuck to her arm; she tried to shake it off with effort. Stan looked over at Skyla, and all she did was shrug to him; he turned back to his niece.
"I like your gumption kid!" He said with a smile.
"I don't know what that word means but thank you!" Mabel said. About a few hours of that morning had passed since they had found the museum full of wax people. Dipper and Mira had just gotten out of the kitchen after they had gotten some Pit Cola to drink.
"Dipper! Mira!" Mabel said getting both of their attention, causing the both of them to choke on their sodas, though they were quick to recover. "I need your opinion, what do you think of this wax figure I have in mind?" Mabel asked the two of them before showing them a picture of what her wax figure idea; They're jaws dropped at this.
"She's part fairy princess and part horse fairy princess!" Mabel said, showing them exactly what she described.
"That's… Great!" Mira said awkwardly.
Dipper on the other hand suggested, "Maybe you should crave something from real life."
Mabel flipped the page and drew another picture with a quick pace. When she was done, she showed them what she drew. "Like waffles! With big arms!" Mabel said to them.
"I… Don't think that's what he meant." Mira said, speechless about the picture, "How about you try to make a person from real life?"
"Yeah, like someone in your family." Dipper added.
Just as they said this, Stan had entered the room, wearing his suit top, and boxers. "Kids? Have you seen my pants?" He said as he posed dramatically on a briefcase. Mabel's eyes brightened at this and turned big.
"Oh muse, you work in mysterious ways…" Mabel said, turning from her siblings and uncle.
"Exactly why is your sister talking to the ceiling?" Stan asked Dipper and Mira.
Throughout most of the day, Mabel had worked on making the wax figure, with the help of Dipper, Mira and Soos of course. With the amount of wax she had available, she was surprised she managed to get the details of the wax figure in. Eventually they had finished the wax figure up after hours and hours of labor.
They all stepped back to look at what they had helped Mabel make.
"This is, really good! I'm surprised how it turned out!" Mira couldn't help but admit.
"You did a really great job Mabel." Dipper said.
Mabel scratched her chin, "Hmm, it's still missing something… It needs more glitter!"
"Agreed."" Soos said. He took a bucket full of glitter that was nearby and dumped it all over the statue making it sparkle like the stars in the sky. "Perfect!" Mabel said with her thumb up.
Stan had entered the room, fully dressed, only his shoes were missing. "I've found my pants, but now I can't find-AAAAHHHH!"
Stan suddenly backed up and fell over at the sight of the new wax figure.
"Ah, Grunkle Stan, perfect timing!" Mabel said, "What do you think of the new wax figure I made?" Stan took only but a single look at it, before saying, "I think… THE WAX MUSEUM IS BACK IN BUSINESS!"