Exorcise Routine

(Between episodes two and four of season two)

"Score is nineteen to nineteen in the Mystery Shack off the wall ping pong championship," said Wendy. "The next point decides the game, remember ball's still in play as long as it doesn't hit the floor and… GO!"

Dipper tossed the fake eye the twins were using as a ball and hit it off a wall bouncing it over the pile of stuff in the middle of the living room they were using as a net. Mabel, today wearing a sky blue sweater with a red songbird and musical note, hit the ball to bounce it off a few objects back towards Dipper's side. Dipper made a diving save knocking back to Mabel's side who was readying a power shot.

At that moment Frisk and Asriel came into room. "Hey Dipper, I wanted to ask…"

Mabel hit the ball right into Asriel's head knocking him to the floor. The ball then bounced off the floor twice. "I won!" shouted Mabel. "I finally beat Dipper at Ping Pong!"

"Hooray for you…" Asriel groaned.


Wendy handed an ice pack to Asriel in the shack's kitchen. "Asriel I am so sorry!" said Dipper. "We had no idea the you were going to come in."

As Asriel iced his forehead he sighed. "Accidents happen, but the reason I came was to ask you a question. Dipper we've been searching for over a month and without Gideon's journal we haven't found anything about where I came from."

Dipper took a black light from his jacket pocket while turning pages in the journal. "Actually once I found the journal had messages in invisible ink I went back to the part that mentioned glamour charms and found this."

Dipper turned on the light showing the hidden images on the pages.

"'The Fae child may be using one of these charms'," Frisk said reading the message. "'I have to extend my search to include the townsfolk.' Fae…that's what Gideon called you before they hauled him off to the slammer."

"But what the heck is a Fae?" asked Wendy.

"I don't know," said Dipper. "There's nothing else about them in the journal. Mabel and I went out and asked the friendlier creatures in Gravity Falls and got pretty much the same reaction."


"We don't even talk about them among ourselves!" said the Franz the Lilliputtian. "You think we'd tell you hugelings after what happened last time?!"


"What you ask for is one of the Manotaurs' manliest secrets!" said Chutzpar. "If I told you Leaderaur would have my horns for a nose ring!"


Dipper and Mabel were right in front of a giant wooden foot. "So if you could tell us anything about the Fae…"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The tree giant known only as "Steve" lifted up the foot and moved to crush the twins who ran as fast as their legs could carry them.


"There are no Fae!" said a very nervous Jeff the Gnome. "There never were! Stop looking for them or it'll be a disaster! You'll doom us all!"


"I think that they're all just embarrassed that they threw a big party and forgot to invite the Fae," said Mabel.

"So you're saying we're back to zero leads?" said Asriel.

"I wouldn't say zero leads," said Dipper. "We know that the Author was looking a Fae child, Asriel if you are the child the Author was looking for you then he would know where you came from! Once Soos fixes the laptop we found in that bunker we can find out who the Author is. Then we can ask the Author directly and get the answers you're looking for."

"So just waiting, that's your plan?"

"Sorry but with the other two journals missing and everyone else unwilling or unable to tell us anything all roads lead to the Author."

Asriel saw that the journal was now turned to pages on ghosts. "Maybe not ALL roads."

"What do you mean?"

"Remember when we fought Bill Cipher in Stan's mind and he brought our nightmares to life?"

"He made me ugly!" said Mabel. "And you… got wrapped up by a cute flower named Flowey with a creepy laugh?"

"Now that I heard it from you that makes me sound like a giant wuss. Anyway he threatened to erase my soul and then play with 'his best friend sleeping inside my head'."

"Dude I don't like where this is going," said Wendy. "Dipper and Mabel told me you get super creepy when you start to lose your temper, like you're a whole different person. If you're thinking about letting that thing loose then it sounds like a major bad idea."

Frisk turned to Dipper. "Dipper I've seen that the journal has spells that could call, bind or banish whatever this spirit is. We can take precautions and the moment it starts to look bad we can stop and never speak to this thing again."

Dipper rubbed the back of his head. "I don't know, maybe Wendy's right, it sounds super dangerous."

"Dipper we only have this summer, then you go back home and I could lose any chance to find the truth forever," said Asriel. "Shouldn't we try everything we can before then?"

Dipper saw his reflection on Asriel's pendant. "Ok, but if it becomes too much I'm pulling the plug."

Asriel hugged Dipper. "Man you're the best!"


A bit later Stan was at the cash register noting the distinct lack of tourists. He turned to Soos who was sweeping a corner of the shack. "Sheesh. This place is deader than the funeral parlor I broke into to get the fifty bucks this stiff owed me."

"You got to keep a positive attitude Mr. Pines," said Soos. "I'm sure a whole bus load of tourists is about to drive in right…now!" Nothing happened. "Riiiiiiiiight now!"

Just then a single car rolled up, out stepped a man in his late twenties and writing something on a digital tablet. "Bus load huh?" said Stan. "I guess one yuppie is better than nothing."

Soos looked out the window and gasped. "Wait Mr. Pines, that's no ordinary yuppie! That's Kevin Rand, the biggest travel blogger slash critic in the country! If he gives the Mystery Shack a good review everybody will want to come here!"

"Everybody?" said Stan. "I'd have enough money to buy that satellite dish I always wanted, the one that would get me the Swedish Supermodel Channel! Soos, put the good merchandise up front! Wendy clean the museum! Kids stay in your room and outta my hair!"

"Already cleaned Mr. Pines!" Wendy shouted from upstairs. "Need me at the register?"

"Not today Wendy, I'm going to handle this one personally. Kevin Rand, get ready to meet Mr. Mystery!"


Meanwhile the Mystery Twins they were up in the attic tying Asriel to a chair with strong ropes while Wendy stood by the door. Frisk took out a bag and began pouring the contents in a circle around Asriel. "Ok," Dipper said looking thourgh the journal. "The ropes are in case this thing gets uppity and it shouldn't be able to pass a line of rock salt either."

"I know Mr. Pines would flip if he knew you were doing this so I'm locking the door," said Wendy.

Dipper turned to Asriel. "For the last time, are you sure you want to do this?"

"I trust you guys, if anyone can handle this thing it's you. I'm ready."

Dipper then read from the journal out loud. "Qui audit spiritus, ego præcipio tibi, et loqueris verba sapientiae provenire. Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus!"

After the words were spoken Asriel fell unconscious then slowly began to stir.

"Asriel?" Mabel asked.

Asriel opened his eyes while smirking, his pupils cat-like and red. As he spoke his voice sounded different and had a dark echo.

"Asriel is unavailable right now. Would you like to leave a message?"


As Kevin Rand stepped into the Gift Shop Stan appeared in a cloud of smoke. "Welcome to a world of mystery, enchantment and suspense! Here at the Mystery Shack we have…"

"Yeah, yeah," said Kevin. "Do you have Wi-Fi?"

Stan looked confused "Why Fi?"

"I know this is the middle of nowhere but who doesn't have Wi-Fi these days? Guess, I'll have to use your phone."

"Oh yes right this way," said Stan. "Our phone can be found at the end of our tour."

Kevin stepped into the museum unimpressed while Stan sweated bullets. "Yipee."


The mystery hunters stared down the spirit now in control of their friend's body. "Take a picture," said the being. "It'll last longer."

"Ok, whoever you are," said Dipper. "Let's start simple, do you have a name?"

"Of course I have a name. My name is Chara, it's a name you'll wish you never heard, then you'll wish you were never born."

"Chara huh? Can you tell us anything about Asriel's origins?"

"I can, but I won't."

"And why not creep?" said Wendy.

"Oh a fighter, I take it you're the backbone of this pathetic lot."

"Why you…"

"Stay back!" said Dipper. "As long as it's in the salt circle it can't hurt us."

"Ah, worried about each other? That's why I don't like you, if it weren't for Asriel losing his memory and you making him an even bigger weakling we'd have accomplished our goal by now."

"And what exactly is this goal?" asked Frisk.

"Asriel thinks he can be useful because once in a while when he pulls off a little fire trick? Both you and him have no idea how much power we are capable of together. All it would take is to add six more souls to Asriel's and mine. The four of you and the fool and old man down stairs are all we need then we'll erase this world and all its pains and injustices. Together our power would rival that of a god, one that will pass judgement on this world and all its hateful humans. The verdict will always be the same, guilty, and the sentence will be death!"

Wendy pounded her fist into her palm. "You're crazy if you'd think we'd let you do that you little psycho!" said Wendy.

"Besides the world isn't that bad," said Mabel. "We got stickers and ice cream!"

Chara/Asriel shot daggers at Mabel with their eyes. "Every word you say is like a thousand fingernails on the blackboard of my soul. I've changed my mind, I'll kill you first and absorb a different soul so I won't have to hear your idiocy for all eternity."

Mabel backed against the wall. "Dipper…"

"Don't worry," said Dipper. "It can't hurt us remember?"

"That's where you're wrong," Chara/Asriel said giggling. "You were asking about where Asriel came from, that means you care about him." The spirit in Asriel's body snapped the ropes. "So to hurt you, I just have to hurt him."

Chara/Asriel moved right up to the salt ring as a barrier came up shocking him. Chara just kept trying to push forward even head-butting the barrier, each attempt clearly hurting Asriel.

"Stop it!" Frisk yelled about to enter the line but held back by Wendy.

"I would think this is what you would want," said Chara. Asriel was bleeding from his nostrils. "If he goes, I go too. So if you let us die you'd save the world. One friend for the lives of billions, you shouldn't even have to think twice."

"Dipper we have to do something!"

"Put it back!" yelled Wendy.

Dipper took a deep breath. "Sorry Asriel, this thing is just too dangerous, time for an exorcism." Dipper began reading from the Journal "Exodus Demonus, Spookus Scarus, Ain'tus Afraidus No Ghostus, Bumpus Goosus Shamalaaan!"

Asriel's eyes glowed as a strand of blue energy came from his mouth with an unworldly scream. When the screaming stopped Asriel fell to his knees. "What…what happened?" Asriel said groggily. "Did you learn anything?"

"No, I had to exorcise the spirit," said Dipper. "I'm sorry but it posed too much of a danger to you and everyone else."

Mabel gave Asriel a hug when he started to tear up. "I'm so sorry."

"Did you really think you could get rid of me that easily?" said a too familiar voice. "Even if you cast me from Asriel's body we are still linked by our souls."

"Chara?!" Frisk said.

"Who's Chara?" asked Asriel.

"I would be hurt if I didn't know why you forgot about me," Chara said.

"Wendy?!" Dipper said as he saw the teenager was bending over her hair covering her face. When she turned her face up Wendy's pupils were the same red cat like ones Asriel had.

"Surprise!"


Back down stairs Stan was escorting Kevin Rand still unaware of the danger just above his head. "Now witness the skin of the largest snake ever, the prehistoric King Pythconda!"

An unusually large and smelly snake skin was mounted on a stand, Kevin just glanced up. "Looks to me like you just stapled six python skins together. Now about that phone."

Stan acted calm on the surface but was still observably nervous. "What an eye for detail, that must be what makes you popular Mr. Rand."

"What makes me popular is that I can see hotels, restaurants, roads and attractions for what they really are and people love it when I expose the worst by tearing down the illusion that they are anything but. I'd like to see that phone now."

"Ok Mr. Rand," Stan said sweating like a pig. "Let's cut right to the chase and jump right to the best of the best. Stan walked Kevin to a locked box hanging on the wall. I only show this exhibit to VVIPs, That's Very Very Important People, now just let me open the box and prepare to join a select few to witness the greatest oddity in the world." Stan fumbled with the lock. "Come on, open! Maybe it was the other key."

"Goodbye Mr. Mystery."

"Wait!" Stan put on a brass knuckle and started punching open the box.

Kevin nearly dropped his tablet. "Are you insane?!"

"Insane about pleasing my costumers." Stan finally smashed open the door of the box. "Behold, the actual cursed foot of the legendary Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang!"

Kevin took a close look at the mummified foot. "Well you're right about one thing, it's from China. I can see it written on the bottom of this cheap piece of rubber."

Stan dropped the foot. "But…"

"Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to do what I came here to do. Contact someone who can tell me how to get to Timber Springs, I'm going to be late for the Salmon Festival."

"You gotta take a look at our gift shop first!" Stan blurted. "For you everything is fifty…no seventy-five percent off!"

"And then I can use your phone?"

Stan sighed. "Yes, and then you can use my phone."

Kevin smirked. "Lead the way."


"What are you doing in Wendy's body?!" Dipper asked. "The Exorcism was supposed to send you to the Great Beyond!"

"That might have been true if I was your run of the mill ghost," Chara said. "But I have become so much more."

"Get out of Wendy!" Frisk yelled. "Now!"

Chara/Wendy simply laughed. "Why would I want to? This body is strong, enough to finally get started on my revenge. I'd trade it for only one other." Chara/Wendy looked at Asriel's direction. "I need your body and soul."

"Mine?"

"It was all part of the plan you said you'd help me with, before you lost your memory." Chara/Wendy fiddled with Asriel's pendant. "Under this form you have the body I need; a body that can hold not only your soul but other human souls."

"Leave him alone!" said Mabel.

Chara/Wendy grabbed Mabel by the throat. "Oh yeah, I was going to kill you!"

Dipper tackled Wendy's legs making Chara let go of Mabel. Chara/Wendy got up quickly.

"Ok, let's play a different game then. I'm going to go around looking for victims until you agree to give me Asriel and if anybody dies it's on your heads!" Chara/Wendy kicked down the door and ran downstairs.

Asriel clutched his head. "Oh man this is all my fault!"

"Now's not the time to lay blame," said Dipper. "We got to find a way to save Wendy before that thing hurts anybody!"

The four kids then ran out the door.


"Doot De Doot do." Soos sang. "Washin' a window, with no idea what's behind me."

Just behind Soos Chara/Wendy snuck up while carrying a fire ax. They lifted the ax and was ready to swing when Soos turned around.

"Oh hey Wendy," Soos took a look at the ax. "Good thing you found that before someone got hurt, let me put it away where it belongs."

Before Chara could react Soos took the ax and put it in the nearby glass case. Chara moved their barrowed hands to strangle the handyman. Just then the kids came in. "Soos watch out!" yelled Dipper.

"There's an evil spirit in Wendy!" added Mabel.

Soos turned around only for Chara/Wendy to leap over him and down the stairs. "Well played, but can you keep this up forever? I can!"

Soos looked at the staircase. "Whoa I would not want to be Mr. Pines when Wendy asks if worker's comp covers this."

Dipper and Mabel looked at each other in horror. "Grunkle Stan!"


Down in the gift shop Stan led Kevin to the phone. "I take it the phone is behind the counter?" Kevin asked.

"Yes, Mr. Rand," Stan said bending his knees in preparation to get on them. "But before you give me the review that will doom the sole venture supporting an old man not long for this world, I beg of you show some compassion and write a kind word or two as well."

Kevin just laughed. "If I gave a bad review of this dump it would force me into the unpleasant act of acknowledging its existence to the rest of world. All I wanted were directions to the Timber Creek Salmon Festival, not to browse useless knickknacks. They say there is no such thing as bad press, but there is, it's no press at all which is all I am giving you."

Just then Wendy/Chara burst into the room. "Well, well, an unexpected guest."

"Wendy," said Stan. "You know what young people like, convince this guy to give a good review to the Mystery Shack."

Wendy/Chara then took out a kitchen knife. "How about instead I convince you both…to leave this mortal coil!"

The possessed teenager lunged at the two Stan tackled Kevin to the ground and out of the path of the knife. Just then Frisk and Mabel tackled Wendy's legs knocking her to the ground causing the knife to fall from their hand and Wendy's head to hit the counter knocking her out.

"Mr. Rand are you ok?!" asked Stan. "You're not going to sue are you?!"

Kevin was panting heavily after the close call. "This isn't a tourist trap, it's an insane asylum! Forget the directions the only place I want to go to right now is away from here!" Kevin got up and ran out of the Mystery Shack like a chicken.

Wendy/Chara groggily shook the kids off as Dipper, Soos and Asriel came in. "Dipper what do we do?!"

Dipper kept flipping the pages. "Except for specific cases the only way to deal with a ghost is anointed water, exorcism or binding it to one material form!"

"Then exorcise it already!"

"Then it'd just jump to another body!"

Stan came forward. "Can somebody tell me what in the name of Marshal Matt Dillion is going on here?!"

Soos turned to Stan while Wendy/Chara started to get up. "Ok Cliff Notes version. The kids pulled an evil spirit from Asriel's head only for it to possess Wendy so it can wreak a bloody rampage upon humanity."

Stan blinked and turned to Dipper. "What did I say about using that journal to go looking for trouble?"

"It's my fault Mr. Pines," said Asriel. "I'm not really human but I don't know where I came from. Dipper promised to find out about my origins a while back and this seemed to be the only clue we had left. If I wasn't so impatient none of this would have happened."

Wendy/Chara groaned. "We're going to talk about this later," said Stan. "Right now we gotta teach this thing that the only unholy abomination who can boss Wendy around is me!"

Wendy/Chara looked around for another weapon.

"Hey Casper!" Stan yelled. "I don't allow my employees to be possessed on company time!"

Wendy/Chara chuckled. "Oh how cute, the old man thinks he can tell me what to do."

"You cost me the Swedish Supermodel Channel and more importantly threatened my family! Time to pay the piper, plus tax and applicable service fees!" Stan brandished his brass knuckles.

"I have gained more power in death then you can understand, what makes you think you stand a chance?"

"Because I'm from New Jersey! Rrrraaagh!"

Stan leapt on Wendy and the two tumbled their way into the museum.

"Ah dudes it's going to tear Mr. Pines apart!" said Soos.

"Or he's going to end up killing Wendy!" said Frisk. "We have to stop them!"

"If we can't force it back to ghost world or wherever what do we do?!" asked Mabel.

Dipper sweated. "I don't know! We don't have any anointed water and we can't bind it since it's already bound!"

"Yeah," said Asriel. "Bound to my soul…"


In the museum Wendy/Chara pulled an arm off an underwear clad bigfoot statue.

"Not the Sasscrotch!" yelled Stan. "That's a Mystery Shack Classic!"

The possessed teen hit Stan in head with the arm breaking it then picked up a stuffed two headed sheep.

"No, I paid good money for that!"

Another blow on Stan's head and the two heads on the sheep fell off. The red head grinned picking up an ocelot with stag's head and the tail of a kangaroo.

"But…" Stan said punch drunk. "That's my first large size taxidermy project…"

Another blow and Stan was down on the floor. Wendy/Chara then straddled his stomach and started to strangle him.

"Finally, after so many delays and setbacks I can at least remove one wicked, selfish human being from the world! I can finally start to make things right!"

"Chara stop!" Asriel yelled.

The rest came in looking horrified.

"You can't stop me Asriel! There's nothing you can say to change my mind!"

"I know, it's pointless to try to stop you. That's why I want you come back, I'm ready."

"Asriel no!" yelled Dipper.

"How could you?!" said Mabel.

"You know what it will do!" said Frisk.

Asriel took his pendant off and dropped it on the floor. "I'm not human, no matter what I did when I thought I was I could never fit in. There's no point in trying anymore. I thought they were my friends, but you're the only friend I can ever really have."

"You're really taking me back?" said Wendy/Chara.

"Body and mind. Heart and soul."

"Curse your sudden yet inevitable betrayal!" said Soos.

Chara/Wendy started to laugh then screamed as a blue stream of light came from Wnedy's mouth and flew straight into Asriel's.


Asriel opened his eyes, not remembering when he had closed them. Around him was a green grassy meadow with of all the spots that were important to him in life; his home, school, the bookstore and the Mystery Shack. However, half of the surrounding space seemed to have been burned away and in one corner was a large black box heavily chained up and shaking. One group of chains intersected at a triangular lock.

Asriel was afraid yet at the same time he felt drawn to it. He took a step closer.

"You're not ready for that yet," he heard a soft voice say. Turing around Asriel saw a girl of about seven wearing a lime and crème colored sweater and brown pants with brown hair going to the top of their neck.

"Wait," Asriel said coming closer. "Are YOU Chara?"

"Yes I am," the child said back.

"The big bad spirit is a little girl?"

Chara gave a wicked grin. "I am now beyond such labels. You'll understand once you join me."

Asriel looked back when the box seemed growl and hop at them.

"Don't worry about the box, once we start getting rid of this rotten world you'll be ready for what's inside."

"My memories, is that what's inside?"

"No my dear Asriel, in there is the vision we got when first came to this place and time. About what we both could be and what we could do, you cried when you saw it but once you start getting strong I'll show you."

"So my memories of before…"

"Those are all the burned places, most likely gone forever." Chara came closer to Asriel. "But that's not why we're here. You're taking me back, completely. You give me all of you, body, mind, heart and soul."

"Of course," Asriel moved closer and gave Chara a hug. "So how do I become stronger?"

"That feeling you get when you feel stronger because of anger. That's me, I can feed off that feeling. The more you hurt others, the more you cause pain, the easier it is to hurt and harder it is to be hurt. That is all Humans understand but with your help I can make it all right."

"Make what right? You never said why we're doing this."

For a sliver of a moment Chara seemed to show sadness. "We did nothing wrong, so why did people keep hurting us? We just wanted to be left alone, so why did they have to kill them?!" Chara was raising her voice. "I tried to end it all rather live in such an unfair world. But that was when you found me. You and your parents treated me so nicely. I even gave you that pendant in return, before the spell was cast on it, to match one you gave me. But even all that love didn't make the pain go away.

Chara lowered their voice again but for some reason she seemed even scarier that way. "But that was when I found what we could do together and how to do it. The poison was painful, but knowing I wasn't REALLY dying I was able to take it. That was the plan, you took my soul and took me back home. We were going to make them all pay, even if I had to trick you into doing it.

Chara turned to Asriel angrily. "But then you stopped us! You betrayed me! And what did that get us?! If it wasn't for that twist of fate, we would have both died!"

"I'm sorry," Asriel said flatly. "I was wrong."

Chara smiled again. However, her eyes seemed to become wider and looked empty and hollow. "We'll be together forever, won't we?"

Asriel hugged Chara again. His eyes became just as hollow. "Forever, we won't be stopped again."

The two were glowing seeming to merge together. "You finally learned your lesson, in this world it's kill or be killed, so we're going to bring the whole thing to an end."

Asriel came close to Chara almost merging completely. "Yes I learned it, just like that lesson from Mr. Pines."

Chara had the closest expression to confused on her face. "What lesson? I don't remember that old man teaching you anything important."

"Sure he did," Asriel leaned next to Chara's ear and whispered. "Throw a cheap shot when no one's looking."

"What?"

Just then Dipper's voice boomed out over the mindscape. "Concordi restringere! Modus operandi!"

While Dipper kept chanting black manacles like the chains around the large box shackled onto Chara's wrists and ankles. Black posts shot from the ground and shot chains at the manacles pulling Chara away from Asriel. "A binding spell!? You tricked me!"

Asriel's eyes turned back to normal. "I'm sorry, but it's the only way. Since we're in my mind I know you were telling the truth, that you were hurt very badly, more than anyone should ever be hurt. But that doesn't mean you can just kill people!

"You're wrong about this world, there is more to strength than anger and rage for their own sake. Things like friendship, curiosity and courage, that gives strength too."

Asriel looked at Chara with pity. "You're too dangerous to be let loose on the world but you are still my friend and I think… no, I know there's still hope for you. I know you can still be saved.

"You'll still be able to see through my eyes and you're going to see my family, my friends and you'll see that the world isn't bad as you think it is. And once you understand that, I'll be back for you, ready to save you."

Chara continued to struggle. Her eyes and mouth widened into large black pits of nothingness "You think you can control me?! I've become too strong now, this binding can't last forever! I'll watch, I'll wait, I will take control of this body and I will have my revenge!"

Asriel shook his head with a smile. "Whoever hurt you, the best revenge would be to not let them control you anymore. I'll show you how starting now, I'm going to live my life, I'm not going to kill and I'm going to be killed either."

Dipper continued the spell. "Ab absurdo! Semper fidelis tyrannosaurus!"

Chara pulled against the chains that now covered her arms, legs and abdomen with all her might but could barely move away from the posts. "Asriel come back! We're not done here! RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

Asriel felt pulled away from the screaming soul and out into the light.


Asriel started coughing, from what he could tell he back in the Mystery Shack.

"Asriel are you ok?" Asked Dipper.

"If you're ok," said Stan. "Show me by giving me your wallet."

"Uh, no."

The Pines family breathed a sigh of relief, except for Stan who snapped his fingers in frustration.

"Whoa guys, that was impressive," said Wendy. "For a while there I thought he really did choose that brat over all of us. You guys were all in on it?"

"I wasn't!" said Stan.

"And what about Chara?" asked Frisk.

"Thanks to Dipper she shouldn't be a problem anymore. Yeah she, it's a long story."

"I'm just glad it's over," said Mabel.

"Not quite yet," said Stan giving Asriel a stern glare. "Kid your little séance put my niece and nephew in danger. I'm not going to tell your parents, but in exchange you're going to be working here at the Mystery Shack until you can pay off these damages."

"Yes Mr. Pines," said Asriel with a sigh.

"And a good thing too, I needed a new attraction since I lost Dipper's wolf costume."

Mabel started whistling.

"You can all start by cleaning up this mess! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get a couple dozen aspirin."

As they started cleaning up Asriel put his pendant back on restoring his human form. "After all that we didn't learn anything about me."

Wendy ruffled Asriel's hair. "Dude I had that demon brat in my head for like twenty minutes and I just want to go home and sleep for the next seventy-two hours, you had it in you for at least five years twenty-four seven. I say we did learn something about you, you're a lot tougher than you give yourself credit for."

Asriel smiled. "Thanks."

"Hmmm," Soos said sweeping animal parts into a dustpan. "I wonder what ever happened to Kevin Rand?"


"Officers I'm telling you there's a psycho in the Mystery Shack!"

"Yeah, Yeah," said Sheriff Blubs. "And we still clocked you going thirty miles over the speed limit. Come on Durland, let's take 'em downtown for the sobriety test."

As the two officers locked Kevin Rand in the back of the Squad Car he started beating at the window.

"When I get back online I'm giving your Police Department the worst review ever!"


That night Stan was in the secret lab under the Mystery Shack, the portal was slowly but surely gaining power. Stan however ignored it for a moment and began looking through the second journal he took from Gideon. "A Fae, so that's what he is."

Stan closed the book and turned his attention to a readout on a monitor. "As much as I'd like to tell the kids I can't afford any major distractions, not when I have come so far."

Stan turned his attention back at the portal.

"Thirty years and its coming down to the final stretch. I won't stop now, not for anything."


Grats to Saul'keth for solving the last code, "A game thought won is just begun."

They're going to be a little ticker from here on out, enjoying the tale is the key.


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