Chapter 2: Letters between friends Sep. 15-19 I guess...
Sunday, Sep. 15
Hey dudes,
Soos here, a bird came into the shop today and I was pretty scared and tried to chase it away but then Wendy showed up, like she does sometimes, with the guy who fell from the sky. So the guy just lifts up his arm and the bird lands on it and it had this little tube of what appeared to be plastic on it. He opened the tube and said, "It's a bunch of wet polaroids of two old men and a dead squid. And a letter for Soos." In the letter was your address as you can plainly see by my writing of a letter that has arrived at your residence. As long as I wrote it down on the envelope correctly… hm… anyway, hope you dudes are having fun, hope you like the photos I sent… unless they got lost in the mail somehow. You'll tell me if you can't find them right? Anyway, Wendy has your address now too so maybe she'll write you too. Come visit anytime. Your Grunkles say hi.
From the desk of the Mystery Shack's proprietor Stanford Pines Soos
Monday, September 16
Hey guys,
You know how weird stuff started popping up out of nowhere when you guys were around? Well, the day after you left a big red rock fell out of the sky and a guy came out. Since he fell from the sky and had wings I started calling him Hot Wings. The rock fell right on top of the founder's statue. I wasn't actually there but Soos said that a little while after it crashed it cracked and a ton of smoke that smelled and looked like rust exploded out, and a guy dressed mostly in black reached his armored hands out to grab the cracked edge but it crumbled in his left hand and he had to use the right side. He held himself up by the edge and stood with his hat looming over everyone he took a breath, a step and fell. He then began to crawl to the nearest bar and drink until the gold he paid with was no longer worth his presence. You can thank Tompson later for making that last part so detailed. You ought to meet him. Whenever he's not either drunk or drinking he's quiet, smart, and crazy strong, he beat my dad in an arm wrestling match and I still don't believe such a small person could over power him. I mean without his hat he's like 5"7'. He overpowered all the Manotaurs in a day and told me he had no name. He told me while I was writing this that he was born without a name because of the messed up traditions of where he was born. He also told me he has lots of nicknames in place of an actual name. So I asked and I fell asleep listening and when I woke up the next day he was still talking took me a while to remember why but when I figured it out. He said dapper drunk and I sorta tuned him out. I when I asked what dapper meant he said fancy. So Dipper how's it feels to be one letter away from Pacifica? Jk, he's nothing like Pacifica. But he does have lots of money he seems ready to burn, It's a wonder he has any left. I drank from his flask once but it was just water. I poured it into a glass and when he took it, it turned to wine in his hands. When I took it back it turned back to water. I had to ask for wine but he was cool about it and let me have a taste. He likes it strong and a taste was all I got but he started filming me in case it was too strong… It might have been too strong. I might have said some things. Oh, and he can spit fire. Well… he spits spit but it catches fire in the air so… yeah, the bandana makes sense now. Don't think he'd let me drink again though. Hope to see you guys soon so just survive school and we'll go on another adventure
Wendy
Wednesday, September 18ish
Hey Wendy,
It's Mabel, Dipper would love to send you a letter but he's a little paranoid right now… I should probably write this in another room cause Dipper heard me. Maybe I should just whisper wouldn't want to miss out. He's talking to himself about how you like someone else. He'll be fine. I've been trying to set him up with as many girls as possible, you wouldn't believe how many girls he's friend-zoned. I met a guy I liked though. I think he likes me back. I've been creeping so long, he caught me and didn't seem bothered by it. Hope to see you soon
Love Mabel
Wednesday, September 18
(rough draft do not send)
Dearest Wendy
Hey Wendy
Wendy!
Dear Wendy,
I know It's not been long since we last talked but I missed you Gravity Falls so much, how are you is everybody? Is Soos Ok? How's your dapper drunk situation? your new boyfriend working out? life? How much fun has Soos been running the Mystery Shack? Do you think he'd give tours of the basement? Hey so totally unrelated but how exactly do you see… Hot Wings, Was it? I mean is he just a friend? Your dad's sparring partner… so yeah great catching up, check your friend requests, my email's on the back, bye.
Sincerely, Dipper
After a few hours of revision, reflection, and general self-loathing.
Thursday, September 19
Dear Wendy,
I was more than a little surprised to see you got my address. Good surprised but surprised all the same.I've actually been having a lot of fun back at school meeting new friends again, with stories nobody believes. At this point, people think I'm a science fiction writer. Mabel has set me up on about five blind dates since we got back. One of the girls she found was actually blind. For a while, I had no idea she was doing it. Just more girls walking up to me and talking to me. I just thought I was popular because of the new leather jacket dad got me. After a few awkward conversations and a girl saying, "It's like you didn't want to date me at all" It was pretty clear Mabel had something to do with it. I met a group of very vulgar guys. Like... profane, but also really funny. And their group even has their own Tompson. His name is David though. My English teacher thinks I'm a pathological liar but loves hearing about my time in Gravity Falls. Says that every embarrassing moment makes it feel all the more real. Says I have a real talent for writing but that most people will mistake my creativity for bragging about stuff that didn't happen. But all in all, I'm having a great time. I have more friends than ever, more confidence than ever, and I owe it all to you guys. I learned a lot from Gravity Falls but you and your friends taught me that being cool is more about confidence than what people think about you. My and Mabel's email addresses are on the back.
With all due respect, Dipper Pines
AN: this chapter could have been so much longer. But I wanted to write a chapter a day, emphasis on wanted. Which looks to be about two pages a day. I had to revise this chapter on my own. It is so easy to be a critic I forgot how hard it was to actually come up with this stuff. Anyway suggestions if you got em. And make sure to tell me how much you hate it. Remember to only Follow/Favorite if you mean it, don't let me or anyone else tell you what to do.
