We'd walked all across the wall, and we couldn't find an exit. Pacifica and Mabel had the same luck.
"Somersault race down?" Mabel asked jokingly.
I glared at her. "Just fly us down again," I told her. "It's a lot less painful."
She nodded and the glow started again. The trip down took more than enough time for more to realize that if the universe is in reverse, then there wouldn't be a portal since there was one back home.
Once on land, I told the others the news. Just like me, they weren't quite sure how to react. I was sad I couldn't see Wendy, worried about what Stan and everyone else were thinking, but kind of happy that we could stay longer with Gideon and Pacifica. I never thought I'd think those words. That I was happy to stay longer with Gideon and Pacifica.
"So," Gideon said awkwardly. Almost all we'd talked about was getting Mabel and leaving. "Now what do we do?"
"Dipper Gleeful summoned this demon named Bill to get the code to the safe that holds the deed to the Telepathy Shack," Mabel explained. We just nodded because I'd already explained this to them. "He's going to go into your uncle's mind to do that."
"I already gave them this explanation," I whispered to Mabel.
"Let's go back to the Shack, people!" she yelled after I told her I'd already explained her previous subject.
"Bill could already be in his mind. We just have to catch up to him once we get in," I said when we reached the Telepathy Shack.
Pacifica opened the door. Standing in the middle of the room were people I did not expect to see.
"Hello friends!" a sickly sweet Southern accent called out. "Here's a hint! You're not my friends..." Dipper whispered the last part creepily.
"What are you doing here!" Pacifica shouted.
"No no no, hun. What are you doing here?" Mabel Gleeful laughed.
Gideon rolled his eyes. "Get out, already!" he ordered. But they weren't going to get out. I knew what had happened.
"Stop pestering me, boy! Now. Get off my property!" Dipper screamed. I grabbed Gideon's arm and Mabel grabbed Pacifica's. We pulled them away and behind the boulder where we figured out that we were in another universe. Or where I figured it out.
"We're too late," I said gravely.
"What are you talking about?" Gideon exclaimed.
"I mean what I said. We're. Too. Late!" I restated.
"Too late for what?" Pacifica inquired. I still hadn't gotten over seeing her with braces.
"Bill got the code. The Gleefuls got the deed. Who's the handyman around here?" I said, asking the question with the same melancholic tone as the rest of the sentence.
"Robbie," Gideon told me.
"Do you know where he lives?" I asked.
"I think so. Why?" he answered.
"We should probably go there," I replied.
"Okay?" Gideon said strangely, wondering why I'd said what I had.
"To Robbie's house!" Pacifica called out.
I guess that's where we'd go next. To Robbie's house!
