Route 1: Blackmail

This was bad. Really bad.

Mabel was fiddling around the room, completely nervous. Stanford recently bought a new computer. He had also warned the twins NOT to touch it, since it cost him a large dent in his wallet. Mabel asked him what it was for, and Stanford didn't give her a serious reply. What she knew was Stanford was going to use it for 'grown up stuff that will cost her her childhood'. Dipper on the other hand was finally satisfied because he had internet on his side.

Now the problem was quite a bit bad. Well, no. It was very bad. She accidentally clicked on an ad filled with virus. She couldn't resist, there were UNICORNS on the cover!

So, Stan will be coming back from swindling customers by tomorrow evening, and she did not know how to fix the problem. She could ask Soos to fix it for her, but he was staying at his Grandma's house. Wendy doesn't know how to fix it (Mabel asked her to a few hours ago), and surely Waddles can't do it. This left Mabel no choice.

Ask Dipper.

"But what if he doesn't do it?" Mabel thought. Suddenly, it came to her. She could use that to get him to work on it.

Mabel grinned mischievously. "Hey, hey Dipper!"

Said brother didn't bother glancing up at her. "What?" He muttered lazily, flipping a page of his journal. Mabel pouted at this response, sensing something that said 'her brother didn't want to talk to her'.

"Oh, nothing!" Mabel said a little too cheerfully, making Dipper give her a suspicious look. Mabel gulped. 'Dang it, Dipper. You know me too well!'

Mabel jumped on him, making him drop the journal. "Ouch! What the heck, Mabel?"

She grinned at him. "Well... You know I love you, right?" She asked. Dipper didn't look too convinced this conversation was staying on this path. "...Yeah?"

"And you're my loving, adorable, baby Dip-Dip, right?"

"Don't call me that."

"I have a favor!" Mabel said immediately. She looked at him with determined eyes. "Well, the thing is... Um..." She said lightly, trying to keep up the mood. Dipper looked at her expectantly.

"IneedyoutofixGrunkleStan'slaptopbecauseIaccidentallyswarmeditwithvirusesandIdon'twanttogetkilledbyGrunkleStansoasmybrotherpleasepreventthisfromhappening?"

Mabel kept her fingers crossed, hoping he'll accept. Unfortunately, Dipper didn't understand what she said.

"Something about Grunkle Stan... Swarmed with virus...?" He said unsurely. Mabel groaned loudly.

"I had Grunkle Stan's computer get infected with a virus." She said dejectedly. "So I need your help to clean them all up!"

Dipper had his mouth open. "What? You know Grunkle Stan said clearly not to touch anything yet!" He reminded. "Why did it get a virus, anyway?"

Mabel laughed cheekily. "Eh..."

Dipper put a hand to his forehead. "It was the ad with the sparkling unicorn, isn't it?" Mabel nodded hopefully.

"Sorry, Mabel. I don't have anything to do with this, and you have to learn to fix your own problem."

Mabel frowned. "So it has come to this." Dipper blinked.

"What-"

"I knew this would happen." Mabel said as-a-matter-of-fact. "So you leave me with no choice."

Dipper gave her an 'are you kidding me' look.

Suddenly, Mabel took out a picture that Dipper did NOT want to remember. "Oh, no. You can't be serious!" He exclaimed. Mabel devilishly laughed. "If you don't fix that computer, this will go everywhere into town!"

Dipper stayed stubborn. "No! I'm not a child, Mabel. You can't bribe me into doing your dirty work with that." He turned his head away from her.

Mabel faked a disappointed tone. "Aww. Oh, well. At least showing this photo to Wendy will cheer me up." This got Dipper instantly bursting up.

"NO- NO! Fine, okay I'll fix it!" He said quickly. Mabel giggled at this. He was too adorable. "Really?"

"Yeah."

"Really, really?"

"Yes, just don't show it!" Dipper responded, almost to the point of small tears.

Mabel hid the photo in her sweater, patting Dipper on the back. "That's a good Dipping sauce." Dipper grumbled, glaring at her as he was walking out of the attic. "You're lucky you're my sister."

Mabel gave him a thumbs up. "Very lucky indeed!"

The photo of Dipper giving CPR to Mermando will always be an effective blackmail material.

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