The two dog-like guardsmen confronted the Pines twins whom took a few steps back cautiously, Dipper took a step in front of Mabel defensively. The male sniffed once before saying, "Let's kick some human tail, Dogaressa!" He told his partner, revealing her name to be Dogaressa. "Yes we shall, Dogamy. But, do humans even have tails?" Dogaressa replied to her male partner known as Dogamy. They then nuzzled each other's snouts in an affectionate manner. "Aww! It's a big chunk of puppy love!" Mabel stated admiring the scene. "Mabel! Didn't you hear the part where they want to eliminate us?" Dipper eyed her from the corner of his eyes in frustration, but Mabel dismissed it not really feeling threatened by it and responded rather optimistically. "Pfft, please Dipper. It's just two dogs loving each other on the fact that they're gonna chop our heads off. How's that dangerou- " But before she could finish Dipper yelled, "LOOK OUT!" And tackled her to the side evading the swing of a large ax as it plunged into the snow, nearly splitting them in half.
Dipper quickly glanced at Mabel with a look of annoyance, "Now do you believe me?!" He exclaimed, Mabel was about to reply until she yelled at another oncoming ax and pulled Dipper to the side evading another vertical ax swing. They rolled around on the snow for a moment before quickly getting up and running. The Dogi perked their heads up, sniffing twice, looking to where the twins were running and jumped high in the air. The Pines twins were about to make it to the bridge that lead to the next plateau only to stop, skidding slightly along the snow with a small yell. "This smell is trying to escape!" Dogamy stated the obvious. "It looks like it is. We better take care of it quickly." Dogaressa replied when they then raised both of their axes earning a scream from both of the twins and they split up dodging the axes when they were swung down. Dogamy sniffed the air twice, and bounded after Mabel. The girl hid behind a tree, panting a little. She became quiet when she heard Dogamy coming near the tree where she was hiding as her expression was shifting to concern more and more the further he got close.
Dogamy sniffed the air twice, his head perked up in response, and swung horizontally at the tree where Mabel was hiding. The tree fell down, completely cut in half. But thankfully, he missed Mabel who stood there frozen stiff until she had the mind to flee with a shriek. "These smells are getting weird." Dogamy commented when he followed her. Dipper was backing away from Dogaressa as she was approaching him threateningly. "Uh..uh...come on, Dipper...think! They're dogs aren't they? Wait, maybe I can fool their sense of smell!" He thought to himself until he ducked from an ax swing with a yell, and jumped to the side evading a second ax attack from Dogaressa. He slid across the snow and some dirt with a grunt. He opened his eyes cupping some dirt in his hands and his eyes lit up with an idea. He started to roll in the snow and dirt, in an attempt possibly mask his scent. Dogaressa looked around, clutching her ax. "Come out, come out, little smell..." She called out, until a snow ball struck her in the face and taking her hood off. "Ow!" She whined.
"Ha! Ha! How do you like them apples? Or...snow balls!" Dipper corrected himself before throwing another snow ball and it struck Dogaressa in the face, and her face was shown to be that of a dog but having a round snout, floppy ears, and long eyelashes emphasizing her gender. "Ah! I'm being attacked!" She yelled as she was struck again. She sniffed several times. "By some...weird puppy?" Dipper paused at that sentence, "Weird puppy? Hey, I'm not a puppy!" Dogamy heard Dogaressa's cries earning him a gasp. "No!" He ran the opposite direction away from Mabel who peeked her head out from a bush curiously. Dipper was about to toss another snowball until Dogamy leaped in front of her defense. "Don't touch my hot dog!" He warned. "...he means me." Dogaressa clarified as she was knelt on one knee covered a little in snow. He took his hood off, revealing his face. He was identical to Dogaressa, albeit the main difference being is that Dogamy had a thick lowered brow, cowlick and pseudo-mustache. He knelt to Dogaressa and put a hand on her back, "Are you alright, my little corn pup?" He asked as she was whimpering. "There, there. Come here. Look at me." He told her bringing her face up to meet his.
"Look into my thick sexy eyebrows." He said, wiggling his thick eyebrows in a seductive manner, earning a stare of awe with shimmering wide eyes from his mate. "Oh baby pup...you always know how to cheer me up." She responded happily and they nuzzled each other with affection. Dipper stared in disgust. "Ew. Well, at least I've got this to put an end to it." He said referring to the snow ball in his hand. He was about to toss it, in order to break them up, until he felt someone tug his arm stopping him. "Dipper wait! Can't you see they're having a romantic moment!" Mabel said gesturing to the two dogs who were nuzzling each other and exchanging names of love. Her brother looked at her with complete bewilderment. "Mabel! These guys almost took our heads off! You expect me to just stand there and have their moment!?" he exclaimed angrily. "Hey! You never get in between two people and their love life! That's my job! She shot back at him. He sighed loudly and dropped the snow ball in defeat. "Good. Now, just watch me do my magic." Mabel said walking over to them alarming Dipper. "What! Mabel, wait!" He tried to stop her. "Bro, relax! It'll be fine." She assured him as she stood next to the two dogs, and shot her arms up. "Ta-da! See! Nothing's happening." She claimed until the Dogi sniffed again.
"There's that smell again!" Dogaressa spoke up. "Yes. But...it's different this time. It smells...like some...weird lost puppy." Dogamy responded questioningly. Mabel thought a for a moment before that gave her an idea. "Why, yes! I am indeed a weird lost puppy! As is my brother! So, there're two weird lost puppies!" She announced, much to Dipper's shock. "Two!" Dogamy spoke up loudly and stunned before sniffing once. "Hey the little weird puppy is right! There is another one here. And he...seems to have another scent akin to baby powder." He described Dipper's masked yet mixed scent. He quickly dismissed that notion, "H-Hey! I get prickly heat in the summer, okay!?" He exclaimed until Mabel shushed him. "Yes indeedie! We're very special weird little puppies! But we're also lost too. So, can you guys be dears and help out poor little lost puppies?" She asked in a cute manner and pet Dogamy whom reacted with surprise. "W-What?! I've been pet!" He said out loud. Now it was his mate's turn to look in shock. "Pet! By another pup!?" Dogamy nodded as his tail wagged. Mabel looked at Dipper with a wide smile. "Yes! This is our specialty! Petting each other!" Mabel said. Dogaressa eagerly moved close to Mabel, "Well don't leave me out!" And Mabel obliged as she pet her, making her wag her tail in return.
After a few moments, Mabel stopped. "And behold! The power of the weird lost puppies! Spread this around, you love pups. Haha." She laughed at the last two words. Dogamy and Dogaressa looked at each other excitedly. "Dogs can pet other dogs?" Dogamy questioned. "A new world has opened up for us..." Dogaressa said lowly in awe. "Thanks, weird puppy!" Dogamy thanked Mabel before they stood up and walked away, holding hands and nuzzling each other's snouts. Dipper approached Mabel, "Wow...that was uh...that was..." he tried saying but couldn't find the right words. "Ah don't terrier self up about it, bro bro. You'll beagle-ad followed my lead from now on. Heyoo!" His sister joked in a corny manner making herself laugh, only for Dipper to groan at this. "Okay I think I'm starting to prefer being attacked by giant axes than to listen to your puns." He said under his breath before walking forward. They later came across none other than Papyrus who seemed to be plotting some more puzzles and doodling the plans on a notebook. "HMM. INTRIGUING. BUT! IT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH!" He said to himself before adding something and seemed satisfied as he smiled widely and proudly, "AH HA! FINALLY, THIS WILL SURELY TRAP THOSE PESKY HUMANS THIS TIME!" His doodle actually consisted of a poorly drawn image of him, the twins, and with them over what looked to be a pit of molten spaghetti as he worded their cries of terror with him wording his signature laugh.
"I TRULY AM INGENIOUS." He complimented himself until he got startled upon hearing Mabel's loud greeting almost dropping his note and struggled to hold them for a moment. "Hi, Papyrus!" Dipper too greeted the tall skeleton. "Hey, man." Papyrus turned in an instant to face them, hiding his notes behind him with a nervous expression. "O-OH! HI, IDENTICAL HUMANS! I WASN'T PLANNING ANOTHER TRAP TO CAPTURE YOU OR ANYTHING! NYEHEHEH!" He failed miserably in an attempt to lie until something clicked. "WAIT A SECOND...HOW DID YOU AVOID MY TRAP?! AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY..." He said until his expression shifted into an eager one. "...IS THERE ANY LEFT FOR ME?" Dipper was confused for a second until he remembered. "Oh, your spaghetti. Well, um...we didn't really like...eat all of it...or at all actually...it's not that we didn't like it it's just that we- " he struggled to say slightly not to hurt Papyrus' feelings. "REALLY?! WOWIE...YOU RESISTED THE FLAVOR OF MY HOME-COOKED PASTA...JUST SO YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH ME?" Papyrus cut him off and thinking that is what Dipper was getting to. The Pines boy nodded without a second thought, "Oh yes definitely." Mabel leaned in, "After all, we can't exactly eat your divine spaghetti without sharing it with the great Papyrus!" she said, flattering the skeleton. "OH-HO! YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT, LITTLE HUMAN! BUT FRET NOT! I, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS, WILL MAKE YOU ALL THE PASTA YOU COULD EVER WANT! HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH NYEH!" Papyrus declared before walking away from them. "Heh, that actually sounds like a good idea. I could use a good meal. And hopefully one that isn't a pastasickle." Dipper hoped and hungrily.
"Did you hear that, Dipper? He said he's also a master chef...he's not just a cook...but a CHEF! He's meeting all my standards of the perfect boyfriend!" Mabel said in admiration and affection. Her brother sighed, "You're not gonna care if I keep reminding you that he's a skeleton, right...?" And she simply responded, "Nope!" And with that they were off again. "Thought so." He said with an annoyed look and they managed to catch up with Papyrus who was walking as though he was the king of the world, "OH! HUMANS! SO NICE OF YOU TO ACCOMPANY ME ON MY STROLL TO THE P-...I-I MEAN...PATHWAY!" He quickly saved himself although Mabel and Dipper weren't idiots to not realize that they were nearing another puzzle. "Well, aside from the many dogs that had swords and axes and wanted to chop us up into kibbles...it's been pretty much just us. So, it'd be nice to have a third party." Dipper said with a shrug when Mabel came to Papyrus at the other side. "Especially if it's you, skele-bro~" She flirted with him grinning and Papyrus flushed at that, "OH HUMANS YOU FLATTER ME SO! BUT YOU HAVE MADE A WISE CHOICE IN CHOOSING ME AS YOUR THIRD PARTY! FOR THERE IS NO GREATER PARTY THAN I, THE GREATER THAN THE GREATEST PAPYRUS!" He boasted making Mabel giggle loudly as she continued to admire him. Dipper himself had to chuckle. "Whatever you say, man."
"YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER STARTED A SOCK COLLECTION RECENTLY." Papyrus said, earning a puzzled look from Dipper and a surprised one from Mabel. "Really?" Dipper responded. "YES! IT IS SADDENING THOUGH...SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT HE WOULD DO WITHOUT SUCH A COOL GUY TAKING CARE OF HIM?" Papyrus replied, talking about how he has to take care of Sans whenever he sleeps during his work. "That's why you're the coolest, Pap!" Mabel commended him. "I AM? I MEAN, OF COURSE I AM! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS AFTER ALL!" Papyrus boasted although he was quite flattered. Dipper, even though he finds Papyrus ridiculous, did have to agree that despite all things, Papyrus really does try his hardest to impress others and through all that he takes care of his brother. And while his traps were cliche, they were nonetheless pretty crafty. "Well I gotta say that you are pretty cool, Papyrus. Even if you do come off as weird, but it's also the cool kind of weird." He said with a smile. Papyrus covered his face shyly, "N-NYEH HEH! WOWIE! I HAVE NEVER BEEN PRAISED BY HUMANS BEFORE! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THIS FEELING...BUT...IT IS SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY SENSATION! I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE AND PROUD!"
"Yeah! That's spirit!" Mabel cheered. Papyrus laughed before stopping, "NYEH HEH HEH HEH! HUMANS! IN GRATITUDE FOR YOUR PRAISE, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, PRESENT TO YOU THIS PUZZLE!" He gestured to the puzzle before them. They looked to be switches on the ground in a specific pattern all marked with a blue X. The twins looked at it confusingly before Papyrus spoke up, "NOW THEN, HUMANS! HMMM...HOW DO I SAY THIS? YOU BOTH WERE TAKING A LONG TIME TO ARRIVE, SO...I DECIDED TO IMPROVE THIS PUZZLE BY ARRANGING THE SNOW TO LOOK MORE LIKE FACE." Mabel gasped dramatically. "I get to solve a puzzle on your face? Dreams really do come true..." she said the last line in a whisper. Papyrus nodded once, "QUITE SO, HUMAN! BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE SNOW FROZE TO THE GROUND. SO, NOW THE SOLUTION IS DIFFERENT! AND, AS USUAL, MY LAZY BROTHER IS NOWHERE AROUND. I SUPPOSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS..." And then he took a step forward, striking a heroic pose as his scarf flapped gently from the gust of wind, with a beam of light shining down upon him. "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL SOLVE THIS CONUNDRUM! AND THEN WE CAN ALL PROCEED!" He said with pride and confidence in his tone. "MEANWHILE, FEEL FREE TO TRY THE PUZZLE YOURSELF! I'LL TRY NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE ANSWER!" He offered as he stood back, watching the twins.
Dipper was now intrigued by this puzzle before him as he put on a thinking face. "Whoa! Dipper it looks like a big game of X's and O's!" Mabel pointed out, and Dipper acknowledged that it that actually made sense. "Yeah, you're right, Mabel. So, if I had to guess this right, we turn all the X's into O's and press that switch over there, so we could all pass through." He explained. "Well, I'm going by the ol' Mabel luck! Away upon the X's to the O's we go!" She yelled in a warrior-like fashion before running forward in a goofy manner and laughing all the way. She stepped on the switches, and when she did, they all shifted into O's and when she went reached the other side she jumped on the switch and deactivated the trap of spikes that blocked their path. Dipper stared with wide eyes, "Huh, well how 'bout that..." Mabel skipped over to him, "The ol' Mabel luck! Never fails." She complimented herself. "WOW! YOU SOLVED IT! AND YOU DID IT ALL WITHOUT MY HELP! INCREDIBLE! I'M IMPRESSED!" Papyrus praised them both, earning a blush from Mabel and a chuckle from Dipper. "Oh, Papyrus stoooooop." Mabel told him with a shy giggle. "YOU MUST CARE ABOUT PUZZLES LIKE I DO!" He guessed and Dipper had to laugh a little at that, "Dude're you kidding? I live for puzzles." He responded. "Oh totally! Me too!" Mabel joined in much to Dipper's confusion and surprise. "But didn't you say that you hated p- " Mabel cut him immediately, "I have no idea what you're talking about, bro."
"REALLY?! OH FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES THE COMPLEXITIES OF PUZZLES LIKE I DO! WELL, I'M SURE YOU'LL LOVE THE NEXT PUZZLE THEN! IT MIGHT EVEN BE TOO EASY FOR YOU GIVEN YOUR MANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THEM BACK IN THE SURFACE WORLD! NYEH! HEH HEH! HEHEHEHEH!" Papyrus laughed before he bolted away. "What a swell, charming little skeleton." Mabel said until she walked to catch up with him. Dipper shook his head with a smirk as he too followed in suit. They were surprised to meet Sans a couple feet away from where the puzzle was. "Hiya, Sans!" Mabel greeted him. Sans winked at her direction in response, "heya, kid. good job on solving that puzzle so quickly. you didn't even need my help. which is great cause i love doing absolutely nothing." he remarked with a chuckle and earning a giggle from Mabel, "Hehe wow Sans you sound like our Great Uncle Stan." She compared him to her Grunkle and Dipper nodded in agreement. "Oh yeah. I'm sure you two will get a long." Sans raised one thin 'brow' curiously, "heh i guess we'll see about that. better get going, papyrus is excited to show you the next puzzle." Mabel yelled out a yay before rushing forward with Dipper close behind. "Can't actually wait to see it."
They found Papyrus and Sans with him at the far end of a snowy plateau. And in front of them looked to be a deactivated color grid of some sort. This was coupled with a switch of some sort next to Papyrus. The tall flamboyant skeleton spotted them, "HEY! IT'S THE HUMANS!" The twins waved to him, and he had to wave back. "YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS PUZZLE! IT WAS MADE BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS! YOU SEE THESE TILES!? ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH...THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR!" He elaborated. "Oh boy! It's like checkers except mega sized!" Mabel said. Papyrus nodded, "A GOOD COMPARISON, HUMAN! BUT NOT ENTIRELY! FOR UNLIKE THE GAME OF CHECKERS, THE COLORS OF THE TILES HERE HAVE A DIFFERENT FUNCTION! RED TILES ARE IMPASSABLE! YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM! YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC! THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU! GREEN TILES ARE ALARM TILES! IF YOU STEP ON THEM...YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER! ORANGE TILES ARE ORANGE-SCENTED. THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMELL DELICIOUS! BLUE TILES ARE WATER TILES. SWIM THROUGH THEM IF YOU LIKE, BUT IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU. ALSO, IF A BLUE TILE IS NEXT TO A YELLOW TILE, THE WATER WILL ALSO ZAP YOU! PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY, YOU WILL SLIDE TO NEXT TILE! HOWEVER, THE SLIPPER SOAP SMELLS LIKE LEMONS WHICH PIRANHAS DO NOT LIKE! PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OKAY. AND FINALLY, PINK TILES...THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. STEP ON THEM IF YOU LIKE." He explained in lengthy but complex detail.
Dipper was in deep thought, trying to remember all the functions of the tiles while Mabel simply stood there with a blank expression, and some drool trickled down the corner of her mouth. Dipper snapped his fingers, bringing her back to her senses, "Pink is the color of passion!" She yelled mindlessly. "HOW WAS THAT? UNDERSTAND?" Papyrus asked, and for a moment Dipper nodded, "Yeah, I think so. This should be a piece of cake! Bring it on." He challenged much to the delight of Papyrus, Sans meanwhile seemed to be napping while standing. "GREAT! THEN THERE'S ONE LAST THING...THIS PUZZLE...IS ENTIRELY RANDOM!" He revealed much to Dipper's excitement as he cracked his knuckles. "WHEN I PULL THIS SWITCH IT WILL MAKE A PUZZLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE! AND NOT EVEN I WILL KNOW THE SOLUTION! NYEH HEH HEH! GET READY...!" And with that he pulled the switch activating the grid, the tiles switching between color to color repeatedly until it reached a random absolute pattern. Dipper grinned in anticipation as he cracked his neck while Mabel grinned widely clapping his hands. Papyrus was chuckling in excitement, but stopped and glared at the sleeping form of Sans. He slapped the back of his skull, waking him up with a startle.
"huh? what? what'd i miss?" Sans questioned blindly. "UGH! SANS! YOU WERE SLEEPING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EXPLANATION!" Papyrus shouted at him. Sans looked at the color grid changing faster and faster while the twins were growing more tense with each passing moment. "oh the puzzle's starting. nice job there, bro." He commended his brother not really paying attention. "WHY THANK YOU, SANS." Papyrus responded with a slight grumble. "i'm sure this puzzle's gonna make the kids red in the face. ayyy!" He joked, and Papyrus' sockets formed 'eyes' beneath them and glared angrily at his brother, "SANS!" Sans raised his hand up, "what? don't look so green with envy." He quipped again but that only angered Papyrus further as he stomped his boot on the ground hard, "SANS ENOUGH WITH THE PUNS!" He demanded. "alright alright. you gotta relax bro, you're starting to turn from red to purple heh heh heh." He mused. "AAGH! SANS I WILL THROW YOU TO THE PIRANHAS!" His brother threatened. When the puzzle was shifting faster than ever before, it finally stopped. And everyone was totally caught off guard by the result. The grid formed a pathway of the harmless pink tiles, with the two sides being red tiles which are completely impassable.
"Dang! This is harder than I thought." Mabel said dumbly. Papyrus could do nothing but stare with a blank expression. He was quiet for a while as Sans blinked and looked at him. Without a single word uttered, Papyrus just turned and walked away. "Well that was anti-climactic as always." Dipper commented until he stepped on the pink tiles, and seeing that it was safe, he gestured for Mabel to follow him until they reached the other side and met up with Sans. "Hey uh, Sans? Is it more or are Papyrus' puzzles getting easier for us when they're supposed to be getting harder? Cause...it's kinda messing with my brain right now." Dipper told him. "it could be anything but you, kiddo. but if i had to be honest, if you would've eaten that spaghetti...your insides would've been frozen." the short lazy skeleton responded. "Awe come on, you guys. Papyrus said that he's a master chef so it had to be good!" Mabel said walking over to them prompting Sans to grin wider. "actually, your sister's got a point there. that spaghetti from earlier...it wasn't too bad for my brother. i mean since he started cooking lessons, he's been improving a lot. i bet if he keeps it up, next year he'll probably even make something edible." he commented on his cooking abilities.
"See, Dipper? You just gotta have faith! Cause he's Papyrus! The Master Chef! And would one day be his lovely cooking assistant!" Mabel proclaimed with a grin earning a chuckle from Sans. "Heh, well...I guess I can't argue with that." Dipper stated with a shrug. They walked off leaving Sans behind after he told them that he'll catch up. They eventually re-entered the forest once again and saw a sentry station with a dog's face carved on it. They also noticed one of the guards as well. It was also a dog, and it looked eerily similar to the Lesser Dog. Dipper and Mabel looked at each other anxiously before they gently walked past the dog, who seemed to be oddly staring blankly into the snow and in the midst of making a construct from the snow, with caution. They froze when they heard someone speak up. They looked to the side to see what appeared to be some kind of Faun-like creature. Although this deer monster wore a bright and dark green sweater with dark purple pants and casually leaning against a tree. "No need to feel alarmed. That dog doesn't even notice you."That eased the twins as they looked to him. "Aw he's trying to make a snow fort." Mabel commented, and the Faun seems to agree. "You could say that. That dog considers itself an artist, but doesn't ever know what to create. It probably doesn't help that it's brain is the size of a piece of kibble." It said, mocking the sentry.
"Hey! Don't be rude!" Mabel scolded the Faun whom simply shrugged. "Hey man, can you tell us if we're nearing a place called Snowdin Town?"Dipper asked, and the Faun nodded, "Oh yeah sure. Just keep walking in the direction you're going right now. And you'll find it right up ahead." Dipper nodded in gratitude, "Thanks." He pulled her by the hand as they continued forward. Sometime later, they came across quite a sight. It was a snowman in the shape of Papyrus, whom was fleshing with amusingly heavy built muscles. Next to him was a lump of snow, with the word 'Sans' written in red marker. "Whooooaa. Dipper, Papyrus captures his image perfectly...it's exactly the WAY I IMAGINE HIM TO BE!" Mabel exclaimed in awe. Dipper looked between the two snow constructs. "Yeeeah. Somehow, this oddly captures their personalities pretty well from I've seen." He remarked. They furthered one, and saw that in front of them the ground was completely frozen in ice which hinders their walk. "Ugh, great. How're we supposed to get past that?" Dipper questioned in frustration. Mabel put on a mischievous look. "I've got a plan." The next scene showed Dipper screaming in terror as his scarf flapped through the wind, and it revealed Mabel sitting on top of him as she literally used him as a human sled to glide across the snow at a fast pace while she laughed in sheer delight having the time of her life, her long hair frolicking through the wind.
Mabel covered his eyes while her brother continued to scream and turned left and right, evading several trees that came in their way. "ONWARD!" Mabel yelled laughing. Dipper managed to get her hands off, and his eyes widened with dread at what they were approaching. It was a drop off. "M-MABEL! MABEL! INCOMING!" Dipper shrieked but it was too late as they slide off the land and plummeted down below. Dipper was swinging his arms and legs around in terror while Mabel simply flapped her sweater sleeves like a bird cackling in enjoyment. And they landed into a soft but thick pile of snow, luckily breaking their fall with no injuries whatsoever. Mabel popped her head out of the snow with a wide goofy grin. "All according to plan." she stated. Dipper slowly rose from the snow, glaring harshly at Mabel. He said nothing, only taking his cap off, dumping the snow out that got in, and put it back on firmly. "What? C'mon bro, you gotta admit that was a great plan!" She said to him flamboyantly. Dipper could only sigh rubbing his face, "Could this day just get any worse...?" And right on cue something stomped in front of them in a confrontation. "I had to ask..." Dipper muttered grumpily. What stood in front of them was truly a terrifying creature.
It appears to have the body of a reindeer with noticeable differences. It has a mouth that opens sideways which contain a bunch of pointy teeth. Its antlers branch in three different directions, two of them pointing up having pine trees on top of them. What was also noticeable is that this creature had a picture frame on its forehead, its antlers were decorated with streamers, it had a cup on its back, as well as for polka dots. "Yeesh. W-What the heck is that?" Dipper said in trepidation as well as slight disgust. And much to their surprise, it spoke in a manner that resembled an angry old neighbor. "Gosh darn teenage whipper snappers! Always pranking me with their silly decorations and what not!" It complained with its sideways mouth opening and closing like a scissors. He noticed the twins and growled in irritation, "Ugh! More of them! And they look like alike too!This is just what I needed! Why can't you brats just leave me alone!" It wailed stomping its hooves on the ground angrily. "Uh, Dipper? Is he having a stroke?" Mabel questioned with a raised eyebrow.
Dipper took out his journal as the creature continued to groan and complain. "Here it is. It's called a Gyftrot. Known for being paranoid and irritated monsters, Gyftrots get easily bothered by the presence of youthful people i.e. teenagers or kids. In order to appease them, you must 'undecorate' the Gyftrot of its decorations and only will then will it trust you." He read out loud. Mabel frowned sadly, "Aw poor guy. Man, kids can be such jerks." She stated putting her hands on her hips. The Gyftrot tried in vain to remove the decorations off its antlers. "Come on! Get off! Rargh!" It stopped when it saw Dipper and Mabel approaching him in a friendly manner raising their hands up. "Hey there, friend!" Mabel greeted with a grin but the Gyftrot did not share the same feeling of friendliness. "What do you want?! To decorate me more? Haven't I SUFFERED ENOUGH!" He shouted angrily, prompting Dipper to calm him. "Whoa whoa no not at all, man. We just wanna help that's all!" He responded. Gyftrot narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "Is that so? And I should trust you why?" Mabel replied, "Because we're not like those mean awful kids that did this terrible thing to you. If you let us help, we'll prove it to you." She offered kindly. Gyftrot grumbled as it thought for a moment, "Fine. But no tricks!" Mabel grinned and lifted her sweater revealing another sweater underneath with a hand doing the peace sign knitted on it. "Scouts honor!"
The twins then began to remove the decorations off of the Gyftrot one by one when they removed the last one that was a candy cane, which Mabel devoured. She tossed some glitter up in the air in celebration of the Gyftrot's freedom. "Ta-da! Good as new! You sir, look like a million 'bucks'. Haha!" She joked. The Gyftrot looked at itself on a block of ice and was very pleased with the outcome. "H-Hey! I'm not ugly anymore! YES! Finally! Oh thank you! Thank you so much! I fully trust you twerps! If there's anything you want. Don't hesitate to ask!" He expressed his gratitude. Dipper took the opportunity, "Yeah we were wondering if you could help us find a way to get back up there? We're heading for a town called Snowdin." The Gyftrot narrowed his eyes in thought for a brief moment, "Oh Snowdin! I know that place. It would be fantastic if it didn't have those snot-nosed kids running around." He grumbled and Mabel nodded in agreement. "Ugh, I know right? Kids are the worst." Dipper looked at her, "Mabel, we're kids." Mabel gasped as though he insulted them, "Dipper! You watch your mouth!" Gyftrot pointed up by bobbing his head upwards once, "Just climb up that slope over there. Don't worry about the snow or the rocks being slippery. They got fashioned into stairs for some reason." He said.
"Oh that's convenient. Thanks, dude." Dipper thanked him with a smile. But Gyftrot shook his head, "No. Thank YOU, my boy. You made me realize that not all kids are bad in the world." He stated, prompting the twins to smile and wave goodbye as they headed for the slope. With some difficulty and struggle, they climbed up the slope and eventually made it back up. Mabel commented on how it would've been more helpful if she had her grappling hook with her. Dipper shuttered to think of the results of Mabel had the grappling hook with her. Although he admitted it would be useful right now, in other situations it would mean a painful result for Dipper. They walked towards the original path that led out from the icy grounds they slid across when they heard voices in the distance. They paused for a moment before advancing and soon heard that the voices were in the midst of some kind of argument. "Come on, guys! Just one more! This one's a doozy!" They heard. "Oh for Asgore's sake, no Snowy! We don't wanna hear anymore of your stupid jokes!" Another voiced said angrily. "You said it, Ice Cap." A third spoke up until the second silenced him. "Shut up, Jerry!"
The twins encountered the source of the voices and saw that they were three monsters. The first monster had the appearance of a drake with a snowflake-like body. Its face is arranged to resemble a snowflake, with feathers sticking out symmetrically in certain locations. It has light blue coloration on the entirety of his body, excluding its beak, eyes, underbelly, and feet, all of which are yellow. And finally it has markings on both of its eyes that differ in comparison to each other. The second monster looked like a small humanoid figure made of snow with a disproportionately large head. It has large, sunken eyes and a rotating, drill-like nose. What stood out the most was its large cap made out of sharp ice. The last and third monster who was named Jerry, appears to be an organic UFO shaped monster. He has three dull, thick spikes on the top of his head, some black spots, very long narrow arms, four legs, two rectangular eyes on the widest portion of his body, and swollen lips. "But this one's good! And whether you like it or not you're gonna hear it!" The Snowdrake said.
"Shh! Shut up! I'm trying to get good reception!" Jerry said waving his narrow arms. "No one cares, Jerry! The only thing that should be given some attention, is my cool hat!" Ice Cap said praising about his 'ice cap'. "I-C that hat is the only thing you can say cool things about. Without it you'd be uncool!" Snowdrake told him. "Hey! At least it's cooler than your puns!" Ice Cap shot back at him. "Oh yeah?! W-Well...you're a big dingus!" Snowdrake retorted poorly earning a cruel laugh from Jerry. "Haha! Wow! Drake you suck at this." He mocked Snowdrake whom glared at him. "You shut your mouth hole!" He exclaimed. "I still think my hat is cooler! So, it should be given the most attention." Ice Cap claimed. "No it shouldn't! It's just a stupid hat!" Snowdrake said. "Sorry, what? My hat's too loud for me to hear you, Drake!" Ice Cap responded mockingly. "SHHH! I'm trying to think!" Jerry told them. "SHUT UP, JERRY!" They both shot at him. "Just deal with it, I-C! If you're not gonna appreciate my jokes, then I'm not gonna appreciate your hat." Snowdrake said. Ice Cap crossed his snowy stubby arms. "Hmph! Better a hatter than a HATER!" Jerry simply shrugged, "I never cared anyway." They stopped once they heard Mabel addressing them, "Um, excuse me?" Looking at her she waved a little nervously with a grin.
"Holy cow! It's a human!" Snowdrake stated earning an eye roll from Jerry, "I can see that, Drake. We're not blind, y'know. Unlike some people I know." Snowdrake glared at Jerry, "I wasn't talking to you, Jerry!" Mabel raised her hands up calming them down. "Whoa whoa, now let's just all chill here, boys." she pleaded. "Did you just asked to 'chill' out? Because if that was supposed to be a p-pun it wasn't v-very funny! Mine's ten times better!" Snowdrake boasted with slight stutter trying not to lose his composure. "Oh, here we go. Don't pay any attention to him, human. Just pay attention to my awesome HAT!" Ice Cap said proudly showing it off. "You can look, but you can't touch." Mabel tried to think of something to say until Jerry said, "Ugh, why do I even bother hanging out with you clowns. Oh wait, that's right. Because without me, you'd be clowns forever! Haha!" Mocking them. And Mabel had enough of this guy, "HEY! SHUT YOUR YAP, JERRY!" She yelled at him, earning a gasp from the three monsters including Dipper, not expecting this outcome. "You listen to me and listen good, buddy! No one appreciates a big lumpy noodle armed jerk! These guys try their hardest while you just stand there worrying about your internet connection! In fact, THEY'RE much cooler than you ever will be. So, I'm only gonna say this once: turn around, scoot your toosh, or I'll kick it all the way BACK TO OUTER SPACE!" She threatened loudly and panted from the ordeal.
The three monsters were left in complete shock as was Dipper. Jerry nervously backed away with his hands up before sprinting off. "Whoa! That was totally wicked!" Snowdrake said loudly in astonishment, earning a nod of agreement from Ice Cap, "Yeah, human! I mean, we've never been able to get Jerry away from us! But, thanks to you, we know how to ditch the guy while also making fun of him!" Mabel took a deep breathed, calming down. "Well, at least he's been dealt with. Now, onto you two. Can you tell Mabel what's wrong, huh?" She asked politely. "W-Well, you see, Ice Cap is always bragging about his hat and he never has time to hear any of my jokes!" Snowdrake began first. "Why're you so determined to make jokes, man? I mean, don't you think that maybe some people won't find it funny?" Dipper spoke for the first time approaching them. "Agh, maybe. But...the thing is...I wanna be a comedian! I've always wanted to go onstage and make people laugh with my puns! But my dad was like 'no son, you can't be a comedian you have a bright future ahead and that's to be a dentist'. I DON'T WANNA BE A DENTIST! I HATE TOUCHING TEETH!" Snowdrake whined angrily.
"Hey hey hey! Shhhh. It's okay, little Drake. Shhh." Mabel eased him as she wrapped his arms around him, her height only reaching to his underbelly as Snowdrake was getting emotional. "I d-don't wanna be a dentist...I'm f-funny..." He sobbed a little and Mabel stroked his belly shushing gently while Dipper and Ice Cap could only stare in awkward silence. "Hey. Tell you what? How 'bout you tell me a joke?" Mabel told him much to his surprise. "R-Really?!" Mabel nodded with a grin. "OH BOY OH BOY! Finally! I've got so many! But I dunno which one to use! Ooh! I found one! It outta bring the house down!" He claimed, then cleared his throat. "What's a snowman's favorite food?" Mabel and Dipper thought for a moment. "What?" they asked. Snowdrake hesitated, anxious until he gulped and answered, "M...m...macaroni and 'freeze'." Silence fell for a moment until the twins burst out laughing. "Dude, that was actually pretty good!" Dipper told him between chuckles. "That was amazing! Drake you have a gift!" Mabel praised him and needless to say, Snowdrake was beyond happy and on the verge tears, "Oh my gosh! I DID IT! HAHA! I FINALLY DID IT! I MADE SOMEONE LAUGH! AND NOT JUST ANYONE...BUT HUMANS! I MADE HUMANS LAUGH AT MY JOKES! They really do have great taste! TAKE THAT DAD!" He celebrated in victory.
Ice Cap turned to them. "Hey! What about my hat?!" Mabel approached him with her hands behind her back. "Ice Cap...you wanna know what I think about your hat?" she asked as Ice Cap waited. "I think...it's ICE-TACULAR!" She complimented as she put a sticker with a snow-flake on it that had the words ice-tacular. Ice Cap was pleased by this. "W-Wow! I knew my hat was ice-tacular! This is amazing! I'm gonna show everyone this and rub it in their faces!" Ice Cap rushed off. "And I'm gonna tell everyone about how I made two humans laugh!" Snowdrake also said before he too rushed off. Mabel sighed with satisfaction. "Man I'm good at my job." she said to herself proudly. Dipper wrapped an arm around her shoulder, "You sure are, sis. You sure are." he agreed with a smile as they shared a soft laugh. They reached another large snowy plateau and could see that it has numerous snow poffs laying around. They also noticed that there was a sentry station to the side, although it was quite small highly resembling a dog house. Dipper's eyes lit up when they noticed some lights and plumes of smoke in the distance, "Mabel, look! That must be the town! Not far enough now!" He said. "Woop woop! She cheered. When they walked towards a snow poff near the bridge. They stopped when they saw a small fluffy white tail pop out of the snow poff wagging.
It was followed by a dog's head popping out as well, and barked twice cutely. "GASP! OH MY GOSH! DIPPER LOOK AT THE PUPPY!" Mabel squealed with wide eyes. "Oh no. Not this time, Mabel! Don't you remember what happened last time?" Dipper said referring to their encounter with the Lesser Dog. "But Dipper look at it!" She pointed at the small dog, who was panting and barked once again cutely. "Yeah, it's cute but what if it's a trap?" He questioned as he was on the fence. "Pfft, come on! A dog's only dangerous if it's not treated right. And look at this wittle guuuy! He's so small and cute no way he can be dangerous!" Mabel insisted. The dog barked again until it moved, however, something rather frightening occurred. The dog looked as though it was standing up. And rightfully so, the dog broke the snow poff as it emerged slowly from it, its reaching greater and more intimidating heights as the twins panned their heads up slowly along with him with trepidation. Finally, the dog stood to full height as pieces of snow fell off its massive frame. It wore a mantle-gray armor that gave it a heavy muscular build, adorned at the wrists were apparently functional dog faces, and its weapon which was a spear also showed the face of a the dog on the blade. As its shadow loomed over the twins, Dipper shot Mabel a look with narrowed eyes making her chuckle nervously, "Ah heh heh. M-Maybe he's...f-friendly?" She pondered.
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