p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongHey, guys, what's up (besides the ceiling)? I'm back!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Pacifica's P.O.V./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""That was a cruel joke, Junior, really cruel."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia's voice was a higher pitch than normal. She gripped a cup of Pitt with trembling hands, knuckles white./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, I had to find out if you were, well, you," Stanley replied./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Fine way to go about it. I nearly died! Again!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"The Stan twins shared a chuckle. "emYou/em half-killed me," Stanford said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yeah," Mabel agreed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""How'd you get inside the Shack without any of us noticing?" Dipper asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia tapped her finger on her temple. "Oh, I know lots of things."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Dipper, Mabel, and the Stan twins all groaned. "Lots of things," they chorused."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Dude, I've never seen anyone move so fast into the Shack," Soos said, changing the subject./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Especially on four legs," Wendy added. "How'd you do that?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia shuddered. She adjusted her glasses before spilling the beans. "My parents installed a pet door on the door of my room so that they could put food in when they were...arguing. One night, when they were arguing, I tried to squirm out. Surprisingly, I could move almost as fast on four legs as on two."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I sighed. "Kinda like me," I said, looking down. "Except that I couldn't get out."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Mabel put her arm around me. "It's okay, Pacifica. You're not there anymore."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""And thank Odin for that!" Elia called./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Everyone looked at her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What?" she asked, color returning to her face. "Can't I give thanks to the Norse gods?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Can you do something for me, Elia?" Dipper asked. "Never change."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Impossible," Elia retorted immediately. "Everyone changes. It's a fact of nature; nothing ever stays the same forever. Even Gravity Falls."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""My point exactly."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Uhh, dudes?" Soos said, looking at the TV. "You might want to see this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Everyone looked at the TV to see a public service announcement:/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGideon Gleeful has escaped prison, along with several other inmates/em./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Gideon?" I said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Isn't he that kid psychic guy that had that big robot thingamajig last summer?" Elia said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yep," Dipper said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Great. Gideon's out," Stanford growled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Here we go again," Mabel groaned./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I shared a look with Elia and Stanley. They shrugged./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What's going to happen?" I asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""The usual," Dipper said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Gideon trying to steal the Shack," Mabel said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Stealing my conditioner," Wendy said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Trying to get a Journal," Stanford said. He laughed. "Good thing we destroyed them!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia chuckled. "Well, that's what I get for dyin'. Crazy kid tryin' to get the Shack, several dangerous inmates on the loose with him, and all my friends in the world are in a tourist trap." She sighed, grinning. "emC'est la vie/em." She looked around at everyone. "Well? What are we waiting for? Gideon's coming with a bunch of thugs to try and take the Shack! Let's organize defenses!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Get combat glitter!" Mabel yelled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""...yeah, that too," Elia said hesitantly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I chuckled. I had to admit, everyone in the room was weird. But hey, it's Gravity Falls; just north of normal, just west of weird. You couldn't really expect anything exactly normal here. Heck with it, the word emnormal/em doesn't pertain to Gravity Falls, Oregon at all. Or anywhere or anyone./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Does normalcy even truly exist? I guess I'll never know. But if it does, I'm sure that the line between it and weirdness is covered in jellyfish./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongWell, that's all I'm going to say for now. Reviews are always helpful./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongThis is SpellPiper2213, signing off./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongOh, before I go, update on sequel: May or may not happen. I like the ambiguous ending, but I'm getting a request or two to make one. I don't know if that'll happen or not, what with schoolwork and stuff, but I'll try. Until we meet again, my friends whom I haven't met! May thine weirdness spill over the line covered in jellyfish into normalcy! Live long and prosper./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongAnd now, for real, good night. Or afternoon. Or morning. Or whenever-the-hell you're reading this at./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;" /p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"This message has been approved by the Demonic Council of the Pyramid over What was Formerly Known as Gravity Falls./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Pacifica's P.O.V./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""That was a cruel joke, Junior, really cruel."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia's voice was a higher pitch than normal. She gripped a cup of Pitt with trembling hands, knuckles white./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, I had to find out if you were, well, you," Stanley replied./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Fine way to go about it. I nearly died! Again!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"The Stan twins shared a chuckle. "emYou/em half-killed me," Stanford said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yeah," Mabel agreed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""How'd you get inside the Shack without any of us noticing?" Dipper asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia tapped her finger on her temple. "Oh, I know lots of things."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Dipper, Mabel, and the Stan twins all groaned. "Lots of things," they chorused."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Dude, I've never seen anyone move so fast into the Shack," Soos said, changing the subject./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Especially on four legs," Wendy added. "How'd you do that?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia shuddered. She adjusted her glasses before spilling the beans. "My parents installed a pet door on the door of my room so that they could put food in when they were...arguing. One night, when they were arguing, I tried to squirm out. Surprisingly, I could move almost as fast on four legs as on two."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I sighed. "Kinda like me," I said, looking down. "Except that I couldn't get out."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Mabel put her arm around me. "It's okay, Pacifica. You're not there anymore."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""And thank Odin for that!" Elia called./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Everyone looked at her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What?" she asked, color returning to her face. "Can't I give thanks to the Norse gods?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Can you do something for me, Elia?" Dipper asked. "Never change."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Impossible," Elia retorted immediately. "Everyone changes. It's a fact of nature; nothing ever stays the same forever. Even Gravity Falls."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""My point exactly."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Uhh, dudes?" Soos said, looking at the TV. "You might want to see this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Everyone looked at the TV to see a public service announcement:/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emGideon Gleeful has escaped prison, along with several other inmates/em./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Gideon?" I said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Isn't he that kid psychic guy that had that big robot thingamajig last summer?" Elia said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yep," Dipper said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Great. Gideon's out," Stanford growled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Here we go again," Mabel groaned./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I shared a look with Elia and Stanley. They shrugged./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What's going to happen?" I asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""The usual," Dipper said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Gideon trying to steal the Shack," Mabel said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Stealing my conditioner," Wendy said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Trying to get a Journal," Stanford said. He laughed. "Good thing we destroyed them!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Elia chuckled. "Well, that's what I get for dyin'. Crazy kid tryin' to get the Shack, several dangerous inmates on the loose with him, and all my friends in the world are in a tourist trap." She sighed, grinning. "emC'est la vie/em." She looked around at everyone. "Well? What are we waiting for? Gideon's coming with a bunch of thugs to try and take the Shack! Let's organize defenses!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Get combat glitter!" Mabel yelled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""...yeah, that too," Elia said hesitantly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I chuckled. I had to admit, everyone in the room was weird. But hey, it's Gravity Falls; just north of normal, just west of weird. You couldn't really expect anything exactly normal here. Heck with it, the word emnormal/em doesn't pertain to Gravity Falls, Oregon at all. Or anywhere or anyone./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Does normalcy even truly exist? I guess I'll never know. But if it does, I'm sure that the line between it and weirdness is covered in jellyfish./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongWell, that's all I'm going to say for now. Reviews are always helpful./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongThis is SpellPiper2213, signing off./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongOh, before I go, update on sequel: May or may not happen. I like the ambiguous ending, but I'm getting a request or two to make one. I don't know if that'll happen or not, what with schoolwork and stuff, but I'll try. Until we meet again, my friends whom I haven't met! May thine weirdness spill over the line covered in jellyfish into normalcy! Live long and prosper./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongAnd now, for real, good night. Or afternoon. Or morning. Or whenever-the-hell you're reading this at./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;" /p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"This message has been approved by the Demonic Council of the Pyramid over What was Formerly Known as Gravity Falls./p