I walk around aimlessly on the dance floor. Soos turns down the lights, calling out in his microphone, "Now we're gonna bring it down for a minute. Ladies, dudes, now's the time." At that point, all of the couples, and some randoms, turn to each other and dance slowly. 'Meh..slow dancing sucks'. I make my way over to Soos.
I lean up over the DJ stand because it's pretty tall and I'm shortened in height to fit with the twins. "Psst, Soos!" I get his attention from focusing on his music.
"Oh, wassup Macer?" He uses his pet name for me, taking off his headphones.
"I wanna sing a song too..." I nervously rub my arm, stomach growing anxious. 'I've always wanted to sing my favorite song on stage...this is a dream, a fantasy! Nothing bad can come from it...right?'
"Sure thing! Do you have a disc for it or...?" He trails off.
"What? Oh yeah yeah, no wait, here," I shake my head, breaking through my thoughts and worries. I pull up an instrumental form of the song from 'YouTube' on my phone. "Use this please!" I smile. He eagerly takes it and sets it up
"Alright it's all ready to g-" Soos gets cut off.
"Hey, Soos, look! A glowing dot!" Dipper suddenly appears, shining a red laser dot onto the wall behind the DJ, successfully distracting him. I squint my eyes, just barely seeing the number 10 on his hat where his pine tree is suppose to be.
"Hey! I see you, don't do that, I was gonna sing!" I walk over to number 10, trying to stop him from putting in the 'Wendy' disc.
He sees me, sweating anxiously. "O-oh hey, Macie! I was uh-you know, putting in a track..." He tries to wave me off, trying to get me to buy what he's selling.
"Dude, I see the number ten!" I point to his hat, "Stop making copies of yourself, wait why am I talking to you like you're you? Never mind," I throw my arms up in defeat, yawning, not having the energy to deal with this right now, "I'll sing after, just hurry up and do your plan!"
I walk off, watching 'Dipper' give me a dubious look. I turn around all the way, quickly, making him jump in surprise from afar. I make the 'I'm watching you' eyes, pointing to my eyes, then to his. I laugh, seeing him visibly gulp.
I spot Mabel sitting down on some chairs talking to, what it looks like, Grenda and Candy. 'Stupid lights, hurting my eyes.' I stumble over, tripping on some oblivious people, and sit down next to my sister. "Mabel, do you know if we have any Tylenol? My head hurts from all the lights." I shield and squint my eyes.
"Yeah!" She hops up and out of her chair, "I'll get some really quick, you go get a drink to take them with and then I'll introduce you to my best-ies!" She tells me, motioning to her best friends in a super excited manner. They wave shyly at getting mentioned. I wave back, even more awkward then how they did.
I excuse myself, cringing at how awkward I am in social situations. I shuffle to the snack table, just in time to see Stan chasing after a bill on a fishing rod hook, shouting, "Moneyyy!" I laugh and grab a plastic cup. Taking a 'Sharpie' I think about what name to write down for myself. Thinking for a few seconds, I laugh to myself and scribble on 'Blar Blar' as an inside joke on my behalf.
"Here ya go!" I hear Mabel squeal from behind my ear. Shouting in surprise and jumping at least 3 feet in the air, I turn around and pout at her, putting my hands on my hips. She giggles and holds out her hand, revealing one white pill. I thank her silently and take the pill. Grabbing my cup I forgot I didn't even pour a drink.
'Why do I always forget everything I'm doing!?' I scowl at myself, grabbing the two liter of 'Pitt Cola'. 'I've always wondered what this tastes like...' I finish pouring, sloppily screwing on the cap and setting the half empty bottle back down onto the table. I swish around the pink liquid, gathering up the courage to drink it. Closing my eyes I tip the cup to my lips, getting a little sip before opening my eyes and looking down at the drink.
'It tastes just like 'Coca Cola, or even 'Pepsi' if you will...' I smile and chug down the rest, taking my pill along with it.
Mabel, who was impatiently waiting for me to be done with my excursion, runs over and tugs on my arm, pulling me back to her chair with her friends. "Come ooooon Macie, you're taking so looong!" She cries, causing her friends to giggle and cover their mouths.
"Okay, okay, ow, I'm coming!" I rub my arm, after getting out of her grip, feeling raw. Standing in front of the two girls awkwardly, Mabel senses it and speaks up.
"Okay! This is Macie, my triplet! Well, of course there's Dipper, or else we'd be twins! Haha!" She laughs, hugging me.
"HI! MY NAME IS GRENDA! THIS IS MY LIZARD!" Grenda looks over to her lizard.
"Hello! My name is Candy." Candy waves, forks taped to all of her fingers. I smile nicely but inside I'm flipping out. 'I shouldn't be freaking out, these guys are awesome! Something about meeting and seeing them in person is nerve wracking...'
"H-hi, uh, my name, is uh," I look over to Mabel. I've never liked saying my name out loud, it's weird but normal. Not to mention my skills in introducing myself is in the deepest pit of the Underworld, locked behind bars, guarded by the Cerberus themselves!
"Like I said, that's Macie, she's really shy!" Mabel helps me. I smack my face sighing, 'I realized that she already introduced me in the beginning. Gosh I'm stupid..'
"Welp, I'm going to sing soon, so I'mma go get ready," I turn and walk away, smiling sweetly.
I stride away, into the hallway, when I hear a high pitched shriek. I cover my mouth to laugh. 'Dipper is probably in the closet as I speak haha! Eh, he'll deal with it, I got to go sing..' Instead of helping Dipper I make my way back to Soos.
I smile, seeing that Soos is no longer entranced by the red dot and happily pressing buttons on his keyboard. I get up on stage with him and whisper in his ear. He smiles and gives me a thumbs up. He stops the music, getting everyone in the room to stop dancing and look towards us. I suddenly get really nervous and nauseous.
While Soos talks to everyone, I flail my hand around to calm myself. "We have one more entry in the contest! Here's Macie, singing..."He squints his eyes to see the title, like he read it wrong. 'He probably has never even heard of it, I mean how would any of these guys have seen it, I don't think there is a YouTube in this world..' "Ah, 'Build Up Our Machine!' Let's give her a hand!" Everyone claps, while I walk onto the center stage, gripping the mic as if it's a lifeline. 'Why, why is everyone staring at me?!' I gulp nervously.
*Music Starts
I take a deep breath and start singing.
I bob my head to the beat, clapping my hand on my thigh.
"They have sent you a letter
To come back home to play
But to your dismay, this isn't your day
For the happy fun time
Has begun to fade
Watch as we reanimate
Our corpses you abandoned
We're dismantled
We're mishandled
But we won't be skipped and swayed
Trapped within these walls
You left our souls to drip away
The ink decays
The walls at bay
But the reckoning has come today
(You say)
Borris has no guts 'cause you
Replaced it with mechanical strain
We've been tortured
But we move forward
This disorder kills your day!
I am alive
Immortalized
You're the creator, you traitor
Hey!
There's no vaccine
To cure your dirty needs
For now you must
Build up Our Machine
You DIE tonight
-Vocalizing-
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight
-Vocalizing continues-
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight
So you found all the pieces
To initiate the pain
Our venom stains
The night remains
But the ending is always just the same
No gain
Nod your head to the beat of death
As you draw your last eternal breath
Sensations
Of an invasion
Start to course right through our veins
You say have no brains
We're just cartoons for your portrayal
To tell some tale about a boat and sail
But sure this inevitably unveils the fail
Splashes of eternal hate
Will flood the floor and clean your slate
Now we're the tools and you're the fool
Our nightmare dominates
I am alive
Immortalized
You're the creator, you traitor
Hey!
There's no vaccine
To cure our dirty needs
For now you must
Build up Our Machine
You DIE tonight
-Vocalizing-
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight
I am alive
Immortalized
You're the creator, you traitor
Hey!
There's no vaccine
To cure our dirty needs
For now you must
Build up Our Machine
You DIE tonight
-Vocalizing-
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight
I am aware
That your soul is now divine
We care to not toil
With unbroken chains
So don't toil with ours
Like he did to our shining stars(Our shining stars)
So prepare for adventure
We're a whole new creature
From the darkest side
You can't take away the pain we feel
Created as monsters
That come to life
(Come back to life)
So you've come back to the end now
Alive but dead inside
The heart beats loud
You've joined our crowd
We are but punished serpentines
Your life with him was fun
But now the terror's only just begun
Now come with me
And you will see
WE'RE A NEW BORN CYANIDE!
I am alive
Immortalized
You're the creator, you traitor
Hey!
There's no vaccine
To cure our dirty needs
For now you must
Build up Our Machine
You DIE tonight
-Vocalizing-
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight
I am alive
Immortalized
You're the creator, you traitor
Hey!
There's no vaccine
To cure our dirty needs
For now you must
Build up Our Machine
You DIE tonight
-Vocalizing-
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight
(These monsters, they come alive)
Tonight
Build up Our Machine
You die tonight"
I finish the song, breathing heavily. I look up, expecting some boo's or maybe even some trash thrown at me, when I get bombarded by the deafening sound of applause and whistling. I see Mabel and her friends clapping up a storm in the corner. Mabel runs over to me and twirls me around in her arms.
"OH MY GOSH, MACIE, YOU WERE AMAZING!" She laughs, setting me down. I chuckle, trying to regain my balance. The applause finally dies down into a quiet murmur.
"Well, how about it! Let's give it up for our three contestants! Macie, Mabel, and Pacifica!" The audience claps again after Mabel and Pacifica line up on stage alongside with me.
I hear Mabel and Pacifica converse on the left side of me, "Pacifica, I just wanna say that whoever wins, it's been a super fun party." My sister holds out her hand for mutual agreement.
The blond 'tsks', scowling at her in a super cheery and peppy manner. She lightly slaps away her hand, "Awwww, it thinks it's gonna win. Hey, did you hear that?" She stops to cup her ear, Mabel mimics. "People clapping for the weird girls? Yeah, me neither." She saunters off, flicking her hair.
"Hey! Blondie!" I call out to the mean girl. She turns around giving me a disgusted look.
"Who are you, another one of Mabel's weird friends?" She laughs, her 'friends' behind, join in.
"Nope! I'm her sister, which means I am obligated to protect her from trolls like you!" I stand tall, hands on my hips, smirking.
She gasps, stepping back, looking aghast, "W-who are you calling a troll! What do you even want?" She glares, her lackeys glaring, too.
"Nothing, I was just wondering if you could cancel my subscription.."
"What subscription..?" She asks quietly to the girls behind her, looking confused, but mostly angry. They just shrug.
"...I've had enough of your issues!" I finish.
"OOOOOOOOHHHH," Mabel jumps in front, "You just got burned!" We highfive.
"Ugh whatever! I'm gonna win anyways!" She scurries off with her squad, out of sight.
~~Time skip brought to you by: "NANANANANANA-KSCKSKSSOSKS" -Paper Jam Dipper~~
We all get called up onto the stage again, having been a little since the contest and now it's time for the applause 'o' meter. Soos calls for Mabel first, the meter raising really high. Next is Pacifica, the audience claps quietly, until she glares at them, making them reluctantly clap louder.
"And finally! Macie Pines!" Soos hovers his palm over my head. The crowd goes wild. "Alright, let's see the votes!.
Pacifica leans forward to see me, "Good luck Macie," she sneers sarcastically.
"Aw, thanks Pacifica." I retort. She leans back straight, snorting and rolling her eyes.
"Uh-oh, a tie! This has like, never happened before." Soos looks puzzled, figuring out how to make this work. Pacific looks around, grabs out a one hundred dollar bill and runs up to McGucket, who was sleeping on some chairs. 'How did he even get in here? I doubt he had fifteen bucks to get in...' She waves the money in his face, my blood boiling, clenching my fists.
He wakes up, immediately clapping after grabbing the bill. Soos looks down in disappointment, announcing the winner. "Ladies and gentlemen, we-we have a winner. The winner of the contest, is Pacifica Northwest." He hands her the crown.
She puts it on and smiles like a- "Thank you, Jorge. Thank you everyone! Everyone comes to the after-party at my parents' boat! Woo-hoo!" The winner marches off, the rest of the party marching behind her, chanting. After a few minutes the shack clears out.
'Welp, now that that's over, I'm going to go have a panic attack now..' I let out a huge sigh, fidgeting my hand some more. "Sorry, M-Mabel, you didn't win because of that petty snob." I Try to speak to Mabel without dying.
"What? Nah, it was super fun to compete!" She laughs and walks off to find her friends. I smile at her kindness and walk away, off to find Dipper. "Soos! Play another song! This party is going ALL NIGHT!" I hear Mabel squeal, her voice fading out over time.
Looking for Dipper for a few minutes with no luck, I stop and head back into the party room. I glance around, spotting Dipper peering into the window. He goes to walk in but stops, taking his checklist and ripping it up. I grin. Finally coming inside, I walk over to him and wrap my arm around his shoulder.
"Wha-hey, Macie? What're you doing that for." He struggles to break free. I start giving him a noogie. "O-ow! Macieeee!" he whines, gripping my arm to get me to let go.
"That's for copying yourself ten times! And this-" I flip him over and gently toss him to the floor. I tower over him, aiming a can of silly string at his face.
"Oh no! No no no no!" He holds his hands up to block my attack.
"-is for giving me those evil eyes from earlier!" I grin wickedly, firing at will, orange silly string going everywhere. He laughs and spits out silly string.
He gets up and points at me,"Oh you're so ON!" I laugh and toss him a can. He stumbles but catches it. Aiming, he sprays red silly string on my chest. Mabel, Grenda, Candy, Soos, and Wendy all join in, having their own cans of string. Laughing we have a war, Stan counts his money in the corner, dancing and laughing, watching us play.
'This is the part where the scene would pan out and the episode ends!'
A/N Build Up Our Machine is one of my favorite songs and I know it by heart, I've always wanted to sing it on stage. The song is owned by DAGames on YouTube, however the video for the song doesn't exist for some reason right now, which makes me sad but if you've heard it let me know if you like it, too! I copied the lyrics and how they were written from: art/Build-Our-Machine-LYRICS-665710690 check them out!