Chapter 33: Math Wizards and New Characters
(Emily's P.O.V)
With the Shack closed for repairs, we all were just laying around the gift shop. After all the stuff we dealt with yesterday, I was glad that we got to relax this morning. And it was kinda interesting to see Mabel eat Cheese Boodles without her hands. I was sitting next to her as she blew the bag away from her face and it drifted down.
"I just ate a bag of Cheese Boodles without using my hands. Lazy Tuesday, you are delivering in a big way!" Mabel cheered happily.
"Who says lazy days have to be in Sunday's?" I commented and sighed happily as Stan flipped through the paper.
"Heh. Yeah. It's nice to finally have a day where nothing interesting happens whatsoever." Stan said and I mentally counted down before Ford burst through the vending machine, wearing some interesting gloves, with a Cycloptopus on his wrist.
"You jinxed it! You freaking jinked it!" I exclaimed as the twins screamed in horror.
"Get down! Don't let it taste human flesh!" Ford exclaimed and used his gloved to shock it before it fell of his arm and crawled around the Shack.
"What is it!?" Dipper cried.
"Can we keep it?" Mabel asked eagerly as it crawled into the counter.
"Kill it! Kill it!" Stan exclaimed as he hit it with a rolled up newspaper. It swung on the roof and Ford was backing it into a corner.
"Patience...and..." The cycloptopus roared loudly and Ford lunged for it. "Gotcha!"
A few shocks later, the beast was held up by the author, who gave us a smile. I could tell Dipper was impressed.
"Great. Now get it outta here. It smells like if death could barf." Stan groaned, plugging his nose up as Ford held his head high as he walked away.
"Urg, you're not lying." I muttered, finally getting a whiff of the stench as Dipper rushed over to Ford, holding Journal 2.
"Great uncle Ford! You need any help with that? I've read all about these creatures in your journal, and I think I know how to..."
"No! I'm sorry, Dipper, but the dark weird road I travel, I'm afraid you cannot follow." Ford cut Dipper off in a serious tone, causing Dipper's smile to fade. "Well, call me for dinner!"
Author of the Journal's everybody! Now leaving the gift shop and hiding behind the vending machine.
"Maybe next time then? Or not? Or never." Dipper sighed sadly as Mabel walked up to him.
"Aww, Dipper, don't take it so hard." Mabel comforted him, only for Stan to hit his head with the newspaper.
"No, do take it hard. Take it hard and serious. My brother is a dangerous know-it-all, and the stuff he's messing with is even worse. Do yourself a favor and stay away from him, you hear me?" Stan asked while glaring.
"But, Grunkle Stan, all summer long I've wanted to know who the author of the journal was. Now the guy lives in our basement and I can't even talk to him." Dipper whined.
"He's busy making sure the portal doesn't attract the wrong attention." I commented.
"But I can help! He could use it, he can't stay in the basement all by himself!" Dipper protested.
"Don't worry about what's in the basement. You belong up here with me, Mabel and Emily." Stan said bringing us into an embrace.
"Yeah! Besides, the season finale of Duck-tective is airing this Friday! That's all the mystery you'll need this week. Quack with us, Dipper! Quack, quack quack quack...!" Mabel agreed and begun to quack around the gift shop.
"Huha, yeah! Quack quack, quack quack...!" Stan joined in and I laughed before shrugging.
"Eh, what the heck? Quack quack, quack quack, quack quack, quack quack, quack, quack!" I said and we all quacked as Dipper stared at the vending machine longingly.
"Quack quack quack, a quack quack quaaaacck. Quuaaaaa...Why isn't he quacking?" Mabel asked, pointing to her brother and I sighed.
Cue theme song.
After that whole ordeal, I was sitting on the chair in the t.v room as Mabel was on the floor writing a letter to her parents. I'll be honest, I didn't expect her to read it out loud, but to my surprise, she did.
"Dear Mom and Dad, we've been in Gravity Falls for a few months and so much has happened! Just yesterday gravity reversed itself, almost destroying the universe and totally wrecking the whole town!" She paused and looked over at the t.v that now showed Lazy Susan and Greasy's Diner, which was now upside down.
"Well, they say it was an earthquake, but you know what I think? I think I'm gonna have to start serving pineapple right-side up cake! Haha! Am I right? Am I right?" She questioned as the diner fell from the crowd.
"Dang, I didn't realize how hard the town was hit." I sighed as the scene changed to the Mayor on stage.
"Let the rebuilding of the town begin! Wrecking ball, start wrecking things! Hahaha!" Mayor Befufftlefumpter announced and the wrecking ball hit the radio tower before the t.v became static. I sighed before shifting myself to hang upside down off the chair.
"But the coolest part of the summer was when Grunkle Stan's twin brother came out of this portal-thingy. Now we have two grunkles for the price of one! And they are adorable together!" Mabel then folded the paper so it looked like her grunkles did like each other.
"We love each other so much!" She gushed and made kissy noises as I smiled.
"You're so optimistic." I deadpanned.
"I'll take that as I compliment." She replied, smiling widely.
"I knew you would." I said and Dipper rushed in holding a box excitedly.
"Mabel! Emily! You'll never guess what I found at the store today!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Dogs! Dogs with hats!" Mabel guessed.
"An all knowing banana that can see the future." I deadpanned.
"Uh no, it's my favorite fantasy-talking, level-counting, statistics and graph paper-involving game of all time: Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons!" Dipper exclaimed and held up the game proudly.
"You wanna play it with me?" He asked hopefully as Mabel examines the box.
"Well, I do like unicorns, and that hot elf looks promising. How do you play?" She asked and Dipper got out the game book.
"The rules are simple. First, you roll a 38-sided die to determine the level of each player's statistical analysis poweroid. These orbs relate directly to the amount of quadrants that your team has dominion over, which is inverse to the anti-quadrants in your quadrant satchel." Dipper explained and my brain started to hurt. And not just because the blood was rushing to my head.
"Dipper, I think you need to relook up the definition of 'simple'." I said as I readjusted myself so I was now right side up.
"And then we ride unicorns?" Mabel asked.
"Yes!"
Happy Mabel.
"And no."
Unhappy Mabel.
"First, we make a graph!" Dipper said, pulling out graphs paper.
"This is like Homework: The Game." Mabel groaned.
"Yeah sorry Dipper, I'm gonna pass too." I added.
"Come on guys, I need at least two people to play." Dipper said as Soos walked in.
"Oh, wow, would you look at that: two people!" Mabel gestured to the guys before and and I backed away.
"Huh. Hey, Soos, up for a little game of D&D&MoreD?" Dipper asked.
"Aw, sorry, Dipper, I don't go in for that pen and paper kind of stuff. I'm more of an FCLORPer." Soos said.
"A wha-?" Dipper asked.
"FCLORP: Foam and Cardboard Legitimate Outdoor Role Play. It is where a passionate brethren of craftsman, bring their dreams to magical reality." Soos explained as he showed his wristband.
"Well, thanks anyway, Soos." Dipper said sadly as Stan walked in.
"Say, is this that game that's mostly math and writing and isn't anything like the picture on the box?" He asked.
"Yes! It is! You wanna play with me, Grunkle Stan?" Dipper asked excitedly and Stan just laughed.
"Ha! Look, kid, I prefer to do my dice rolling in Vegas. Besides, only a game designed by nerds would have "charisma" as a fantasy power. Heh. Check this out: When facing yon adversaries, shield thyself, under an elfin buttress." Stan said, reading from the book as he walked over to the table Mabel and I were at.
"Haha, say it again!" Mabel laughed.
"Buttress." Stan repeated as the two laughed and I sighed.
"Hey! Laugh all you want. You guys just aren't smart enough to understand it." Dipper cried, taking his book back from Stan angrily.
"Heheh. Sorry, dude, but it is kinda nerdy. Well, I'm off to lay siege to a goblin fortress. To my grandma's BACKYARD!" Soos exclaimed as he put on his cardboard armor before rushing out the door.
"Well, that's the fifth strangest thing I've heard him yell before leaving." I said simply before getting up from the table. "I'm heading out too, I'm gonna try and salvage what I can from the treehouse."
"Aww, already?" Mabel pouted and I ruffled her hair.
"Sorry, but I really gotta get my stuff." I said and walked into the kitchen and grabbed some beef jerky before heading out to what remained of my treehouse.
(Third Person)
While Dipper and Ford started geeking out about their newly found connection with DD&MoreD, they failed to notice the Cycloptopus escape form the jar. It looked over at the to humans, but instead of attempting to attack Ford, it looked over to the new opening Dipper caused when he fell in and climbed up and out into the wild.
Free at last.
After that he walked around into the woods and his stomach suddenly lurched. It's been too long since he last ate something. He didn't even know if he could eat anything that was around him. Suddenly he saw something that attracted his attention.
Emily's treehouse.
It was in shambles and he saw Emily walking around the treehouse and moving around a few objects and humming the Gravity Falls theme song to herself. The Cycloptopus then walked over and climbed the trunk and Emily's back was facing him. He couldn't explain it, but something about what she was humming made him feel...calm. After what happened with Ford earlier, it was nice to listen to something calm. Emily then opened the trunk and sighed.
"Well, at least these are safe." She said and reached in to grab the papers, but she then heard a soft gurgle from behind her and turned around in confusion, only to see the Cycloptopus behind her.
"WHAAAAAAA!?" Emily cried, falling back and scooting back in fear. "What are you doing here!?"
That's when Emily realized something, the Cycloptopus wasn't attacking her. It's reaction to her outburst was curling back up. Emily breathed heavily and started to relax and then sat on her knees.
"Hey there." She said quietly and the Cycloptopus curled up even more.
"No no, it's okay!" Emily cried quickly and grabbed some of her beef jerky and held it out to him. He hesitated, but inched forward and took one of the jerky and gobbled it up through its mouth eye. Emily gave a soft smile.
"You're not such a bag guy...you were just scared and lashed out huh?" She asked and the Cycloptopus waddled closed to Emily and snuggled onto her lap. Emily placed her hands on his head and patted his head gently.
"Yeah, you're just scared, I get that. I was scared when I woke up here without knowing how I got here. If Soos didn't find me, I probably would have gone crazy." Emily admitted and the Cycloptopus gurgled in reply, causing her to laugh.
"We need a name for you, hmmmm. How about Alex?" She asked and the Cycloptopus gave a sort of hissing sound.
"No? Stan?"
Another hiss.
"Mason?"
Another hiss.
"Please don't say you wanna be called Bill."
Another hiss, but louder.
"Hahaha! Okay, okay...hmmm...you don't seem to like human names, gotta think outside the box on this." Emily said thoughtfully as she pet his head and felt his skin before laughing.
"You feel like a glob. You're globby." She laughed and the Cycloptopus' eye widened and jumped off of her lap and landed back on her.
"Wait...you liked that. Globby? You want to be called that?" Emily asked in disbelief and he nodded. Emily then laughed.
"Oh Mabel's gonna love that!" Emily said and pulled out some more beef jerky, holding it out for him.
"Hello Globby, I'm Emily."
(Emily's P.O.V)
Well, I can't say I was expecting this. I didn't think the Cycloptopus, now Globby, would be seen by me again. I figured he would stay in Ford's lab, or...well he wasn't seen any other time in the series, so I didn't think much of it. Now, I'm actually glad he came here. I don't know much about animal behavior, but when I looked into his eye, I could see the same fear I had felt before. He was just scared, so I'm gonna show him there's nothing to be afraid of!
"Come on boy, we're heading to the Mystery Shack, which I guess is kinda my home at this point...long story." I said and Globby jumped up and latched onto my back, wrapping his tentacles around my shoulders. So he hung on my like a backpack.
"Huh, neat! Bet Ford didn't know you could do that!" I laughed as I climbed down the ladder.
"Though between you and me, Ford's a genius, but there's a lot he doesn't know." I whispered and Globby seemed to chuckle, I guess. Wow, my first pet is an inter-dimensional cyclops-octopus.
AWESOME!
We finally made our way to the Shack and I went into the gift shop. That's when I realized that I only had one thing of beef jerky left. I let Globby munch on it as I called out to the others.
"Hey guys, do we have anymore beef jerky?" I asked and Mabel skipped in followed by Stan.
"I think there's more in the cupbo...AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! EMILY BEHIND YOU!" Mabel cried and Globby flinched out the loud noise and held me tighter.
"Whoa, it's okay! Everything is fine!" I exclaimed, holding my hands out.
"What? But that thing attacked us this morning!" Stan cried, holding up his fists.
"No he didn't! He was just defending himself! You would too if you were sent to a strange place, and the first thing that happened was someone trying to lock you up!" I explained quickly and the two seemed to relax.
"So, he's good now?" Mabel asked.
"Yes, trust me. Globby's not gonna hurt us!" I said and Mabel's eyes widened and I swore there was stars in them.
"His name is Globby! Ah! That's so cute!" She cried and rushed over to us and jumped down excitedly.
"Hi, I'm Mabel! I have a pet pig named Waddles who's gonna be your best friend!" She squealed excitedly and Globby seemed to relax and reached his tentacle out to Mabel, who, felt it with awe. That's when the vending machine opened, revealing a laughing Ford and Dipper.
"That was the best game I've played ever!" Dipper cried happily and the two laughed, that's when Ford spotted me and his eyes widened.
"Get back!" He exclaimed and drew out his gun.
"Wait no!" I cried in fear. Globby freaked out and climbed on my head and hissed at Ford, revealing his teeth.
"His mouth is his eye!?" Dipper exclaimed. Oh yeah, they didn't see that part...
"Hold still!" Ford exclaimed and his gun charged up.
"NO!" I cried and quickly grabbed Globby from my head and turned, squeezing my eyes shut and hugging him protectively. I heard a blast, but didn't feel anything.
"Emily?! Emily!?" I opened my eyes and gasped.
A green bubble was around me a Globby, and my necklace was glowing.
"Whoa, what!?" I cried and Globby looked around in confusion. It was exactly like the one I made appear in the mindscape that one time to block out Bill. Weird.
"Are you nuts!? You could have shot her!" Stan cried to his brother. Great, now they were really mad.
"I was trying to protect her from that thing!" Ford retorted.
"You could have given her some time to explain why she had him! Now she's in a magic bubble!" Stan exclaimed.
"Uh yeah, can we focus back on that?" Dipper asked and walked around my bubble with curiosity. "Emily's necklace may have strange abilities, but this hasn't happened before."
"Yeah, she's usually makes stuff float, now she's in a bubble! I want in!" Mabel cried and attempted to join me, but just pressed herself against the wall.
"Uh, okay haha, fun's over! I'm safe now, I want out!" I said and knocked in the bubble's walls and Globby mimicked my actions, but the bubble wasn't disappearing.
"Hello? I don't want to be in a bubble, I wanna go on dates!" I whined playfully, but still the bubble wasn't letting up, I lifted my necklace and saw it was still glowing and sighed.
"Okay, you know what? Dipper, Mabel, can either of you think of the reason this bubble won't go away?" I asked and Dipper thought for a moment and turned to Ford.
"I think you instinctively wanted to protect him, but I don't know how to make it go away." Dipper explained. I sighed and patted Globby's head the realized something.
"Ford, can you put your gun away?" I asked hopefully and he's hesitated, but slowly put it back in it's holster. I watched him carefully and noticed Globby seemed to ease up, and that's when the bubble finally disappeared as my necklace stopped glowing, and I sighed happily before lifting Globby up to face me.
"See buddy? You're safe with me." I assured him as Dipper walked over to me in awe.
"How'd you know that would work?" Dipper asked as Globby turned to him and curiously inspected his hat.
"Remember when I healed you that one time?" He nodded. "Well, I think my necklace doesn't just react to me, but those who are close with me, the bubble may have appeared because I was scared, but I wasn't the only one in it. Globby was scared too, so until Ford put away his weapon, the bubble wasn't going away either." I explained.
"Wow! So you two are bonded now?" Mabel asked excitedly and I nodded while shrugging.
"I guess we are." I said and she squealed.
"We should totally have a pet play date!" Mabel cried and I laughed while patting her head, only to have Globby mimic that action.
"Sounds fun."
"Wait just a moment." We then turned to Ford who had his arms crossed over his chest. "How do we know you can actually control him? These creatures can be very dangerous to us."
"You don't get to say that when you could have shot Emily!" Stan retorted.
"That was an error on my part, and I apologize for that, but if you've seen what these things can do, you would understand my reaction." Ford said stiffly.
"Don't apologize to me, apologize to her." Stan said while pointing to me. Ford turned to me and I rubbed my arm nervously.
"Look Ford, I know you don't know me very well, heck I barely know you, but I actually do understand Globby, he's just nervous about being in a storage world and fearing for his life, I'm sure you know what that's like too. So please, trust me that I can keep him out of trouble." I explained and placed my hands over my heart and Ford gave my a sincere look.
"Alright, I trust that you'll be able to handle him, and I'm sorry for nearly shooting you." He replied and I chuckled.
"Eh, I fell off a cliff and survived, so it's okay. And I expect your apology." I said and Globby launched himself off of my back and onto the ceiling, crawling towards the kitchen.
"Hey Globby wait up!" I cried and rushed after him with Mabel on my tail.
"Wait, you fell off what?!" Ford cried after me.
Later, in the kitchen, Mabel insisted that we experiment with what kinds of food that Globby would eat. He seemed quite fond of beef jerky, but if he was anything like me, then he wouldn't want to eat the same thing everyday. So Mabel was eager to help me figure out what he would eat.
"I still can't believe he managed to escape from Grunkle Ford." Mabel said as she pulled out a pitcher of Mabel Juice from the fridge.
"Me too, I'm glad he found my treehouse, goodness knows what wold have happened if he made if way to the town." I laughed and pulled out a box of cereal from the cupboard.
"Okay, I doubt you'll eat this. It has more sugar in one piece than a box of doughnuts." I said to Globby, who was still on the ceiling. He gave me a blank stare and finally jumped onto my back and I walked to the table.
"Mabel, do we have any seafood? That's what a normal octopus eats, so I'm willing to bet that he'll eat some." I asked and noticed that she had poured her Mabel Juice into a bowl. "You're not seriously thinking of feeding him that are you?"
"Of course! Waddles likes it!" Mabel beamed and held out the bowl for Globby.
"Come on Globster, try it!" She urged and Globby gazed at the bowl and climbed off of me and onto the table, Mabel set the pool down and Globby reached his tentacles in, grabbed a plastic dinosaur, and shoved it in his eye-mouth.
"AH! Not that!" Mabel and I exclaimed, Globby then seemed to pause mid-chew and lurched, spitting out the plastic dinosaur back into the bowl.
"Well at least we know he won't eat our stuff." I commented. Globby, however, pushed the bowl of Mabel Juice away, clearly revolted by it, and I went over to the fridge and pulled out a packet of hot dogs and put them on a plate before placing it in the microwave to heat them up.
"Those better not explode." Mabel commented and my phone rang. I flipped it open and answered it.
"Hey Nate, what's up?" I asked.
"Hi Emily, I just wanted to check in and see how you're doing. And I was wondering if you wanted to hang out tomorrow?" Nate replied. I smiled warmly.
"Well, I'm fine, thanks for checking in. And if you would like, we're watching the season finale of Duck-tective tomorrow. You wanna come over?" I asked as the microwave beeped and I opened it and set the plate down in front of Globby.
"Yeah, that sounds...normal!" Nate said.
"Is that a good thing?" I laughed as I watched Mabel feed Globby a hot dog.
"Of course, we've been through a lot these past few days, it'll be nice to relax." Nate explained and I nodded as I laughed to myself.
"Yeah I hear ya, so I'll see you tomorrow?" I asked.
"I'll be there! Love you!" He replied and I giggled.
"I love you too Nate." I said, and we thankfully didn't have a 'no you hang up first' moment cause those were just weird and way to cheesy, we just hung up and I turned to Mabel and Globby, who each had a hot dog in their mouths. I laughed at the sight and snapped a quick photo of the two and patted Globby's head.
"Nice to see you two are friendly with one another." I commented.
"Yeah! It's nice you finally have a pet bestie relationship, just like me and Waddles!" Mabel beamed and I smiled.
"Yeah, I guess it is nice." I said sincerely and Globby launched himself onto me and I fell back before laughing.
Later that night, I had gotten a mattress set up in front of Mabel's bed, making sure it was far enough so Mabel couldn't jump on me surprisingly. The head of the mattress was against the wall and Globby was sitting at the foot of the bed as I fluffed the pillow.
"Thanks for the extra pillows." I said to Mabel, who was jumping on her own mattress.
"You're welcome!" She replied and I got myself settled in with Bear-Bear. Globby then decided to climb over and on my legs and onto my chest before settling there.
"Yep, I officially have a pet." I sighed and yawned as Mabel settled in to her own bed. I drifted off into my dream land.
(Third Person)
"And there you go, you just solved for X!"
"Thanks Olivia, that's really helpful." Emily said, wearing a light blue shirt and gray sweatpants. She was sitting a a table with Olivia, a much older woman with brown hair a purple shirt and jeans.
"I'm glad you're starting to understand the concept more. The end of the year test is soon, and both you and Georgia need to study." Olivia replied and Emily nodded.
"Yeah I know." She said simply and gathered her stuff when another caretaker ran in.
"Emily, Georgia was called to the office earlier, she was just dismissed." He said urgently and Emily froze in place.
Georgia, getting called to the office? That didn't sound right. Usually people were called their if they did something wrong, and Georgia was a practically a model student. She couldn't be in trouble.
Without a word Emily ran out of the room and rushed down the hallway. She woke spotted her sister walking slowly down the hall. Head down and arms crossed over her chest. She had a look of a scowl on her face, one Emily recognized.
She lost an argument.
"Georgia?" Emily asked and her sister stopped and looked slowly at her sister and Emily gasped.
She was crying.
"Georgia, what's wrong? Why were you in the office?" Emily asked frantically, worried for the answer and Georgia sighed.
"I...I took a caretakers computer to hack into the network." Georgia replied.
"Wait what!?" Emily asked, the network was what the orphans called the information the orphanage had stored about every kid here. The transferred that information to any foster home or other orphanage that they were sent to. Why would Georgia want to look at that?
"Georgia...why would you...?"
"I was trying find my father! Okay!?" Georgia cried through her tears and Emily stumbled back, she's never seen this side of her sister before.
It scared her.
"...wha?" Emily could barley make out workers as Georgia groaned and pulled at her hair.
"Emily, we both know I'm sick! It's bad! I'm getting weaker everyday and...and I don't think I'm gonna make it until graduation! I'm. Not. Getting. BETTER!" She exclaimed and punched the wall sideways and screamed on the top of her lungs and started crying again.
"I know my mom's dead, but if there's a small chance my father is still around, then I at least want him to know he has a daughter and that she's dying! Even if he is a selfish jerk, or already married, or got arrested, I DON'T CARE! I just want him to know that I'm his daughter, I EXSIT, and I'm dying!" Georgia exclaimed and started coughing violently like she was choking on thing air.
"I...want him to know..." She wheezed and collapsed. Emily dropped her stuff and reached out to catch her sister's limp body.
"SOMEBODY HELP!" She cried on the top her lungs and started crying.
"Somebody...help us..."
The rest of the night was a blur, an ambulance came and took her away as Emily stayed by her side, horrified eyes filled with worry and determination. Her sister wasn't dying today. She knew that.
Thought out in the distance, she heard a soft voice crying and screaming. It was almost inaudible.
"...it wasn't supposed to be this way..."
She ignored it, thinking it was her own thoughts, and forgot about it after they arrived at the hospital.
(Emily's P.O.V)
My eyes suddenly widened and I gasped quietly. That was...that was the first of many hospital visits for Georgia. She would be in and out, then back in again. I've almost forgotten about that day. I would be lying if I said I wasn't curious about who my parents were, or who were her parents. Though, I had told myself a long time ago that it didn't matter who they were, they made their choice when they got rid of me. I couldn't change that.
"Hohoho man. And then, if I had a dragon here, and then a plus three fire mode..." Dipper's voice cut through the silence and I shifted my head to see him on the floor working on his graph paper.
"Dipper, are you going to go to sleep? You've been saying dork words for hours." Mabel groaned and I spoke up.
"Yeah, I though we talked about you staying up this late." I added and yawned, trying not to disturb Globby, who was somehow still asleep.
"Sorry guys, I got to finish this dungeon. It's going to totally stump Great uncle Ford tomorrow, I can't wait to see the look on his face." He laughed excitedly.
"You're uh, spending a lot of time with old Fordsy lately, huh?" Mabel asked.
"You have no idea. I knew the author must be cool, but he's better than I imagined. And, he doesn't make fun of me all the time, like you and Grunkle Stan do." Dipper explained as he got back to work.
"Give 'im time, haha! Heyooo!" Mabel laughed and paused when she didn't get a reaction from her twin. "Nah, you got me." She then turned away to lay back down.
"You got me."
I sighed to myself and looked back over to Dipper.
"I know you're excited that you and the author get to share something, but can you please at least keep it down? Or get some sleep at least?" I asked hopefully, Dipper paused with his work and nodded.
"Yeah, alright." He agreed and gathered his stuff before shuffling to bed. I smiled softly to myself and patted Globby gently before closing my eyes again.
The next day Globby woke me up by nudging my head a bit harshly. I took that as a sign that he was hungry, and got ready for the day. While we ate, Nate texted that he was on his way and I looked over at Globby as I realized something; I didn't tell Nate about Globby. Before I could react and think of something, the doorbell rang and I quickly rushed over, leaving Globby at the table with his beef jerky.
"I'll get it!" I called and opened the door, revealing Nate who was wearing a Duck-tective hat.
"Hey Emily!" Nate greeted and I couldn't help but laugh at the sight of his hat.
"Hahahaha! Sorry, I just didn't know you had some Duck-tective merch." I giggled and Nate smirked.
"You don't know everything about me. He teased and pulled me into a one-armed hug.
"Funny you should mention that...cause there's something I need to tell you." I said awkwardly.
"Really what?" Nate asked.
"Well, funny story, yesterday...WHA!" I was cut off by Globby landing on my head and lowering onto my shoulders.
"GAH! What is that!?" Nate exclaimed in horror, backing up slightly and getting to a defense positional I took Globby into my hands.
"Nate, meet Globby, he's a Cycloptopus." I explained, holding out Globby for Nate to see.
"Uh, did Ford have an inter-dimensional pet that I missed?" Nate asked and I shook my head.
"No, he appeared yesterday and long story-short, he's my pet now." I explained and Globby took this opportunity to get a good look at Nate.
"Huh, that's actually pretty cool! Hey there dude, up top!" Nate held out his hand for a high five and Globby looked at his hand before slowly reaching out his tentacle and it grabbed Nate's arm.
"I'll take it." Nate said and we both laughed.
"Glad to see he likes you." I commented and I noticed Grenada rushing over to the Shack.
"Mabel! Grenda's here!" I called upstairs and she quickly rushed down the stairs, holding her sweater. Grenda walked in with Nate and me, and I closed the door.
"Thanks for coming over to watch tonight's Duck-tective finale, Grenda!" Mabel said as she put on her sweater.
"Of course! I'm so invested in the lives of these characters!" Grenda exclaimed and looked over at Nate, seeing his hat.
"Aww, we're matching!" She laughed and noticed Globby on my shoulders. "Cool, weird alien pet!"
"Yeah, that's Globby." I said and Stan then walked over in his fancy suit.
"Hey-hey, look at you! Someone's all dressed up." Mabel said, impressed by Stan's look.
"It's a big night. I think we all remember where we were, when we learned Duck-tective was shot." Stan said and we all had a moment of silence before the clock chimed 9 o'clock.
"Viewing positions, everyone!" Mabel gasped and we quickly rushed into the living room, only to find that Ford and Dipper had turned it into their gaming room.
"Ah! Graph paper! Kill it! Kill it!" Grenda cried, while stomping on the papers.
"What the heck it this?" Nate asked and I sighed.
"And over complicated board game." I deadpanned.
"Dipper, could you maybe move this to another room?" Mabel asked.
"No dice! We ran out of room in the basement and we're going for a world record!" Ford said, shaking the dice in his hand.
"Isn't the basement way bigger?" Nate asked.
"They aren't using the part with the dangerous broken portal." I explained quickly as Ford rolled his dice.
"Now, dice! 32, yes! 7,000 points damage!" Ford cheered and Dipper laughed.
"You got me!"
"Oh, why, why with this? You wanna break a record, Ford? You already got it with world's nerdiest old man." Stan groaned.
"Hey, at least I'm not all keyed up to watch a kid's show." Ford retorted. I felt Globby's grip tighten on me and I patted his head, in an attempted to calm him down.
"I'll have you know that Duck-tective has a big mystery element! And a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!" Stan cried in defense.
"I don't get a lot of it, but I like animals in human situations." Grenda commented and Nate held in a snicker.
"Grunkle Stan, it starts in a few minutes!" Mabel said urgently and Stan moved to grab the piece of paper off of the t.v, only for Ford to grab his hand.
"Move that and pay the price!" He growled.
"Oh, what, fifty magical dwarf dollars?" Stan asked sarcastically.
"Don't mock our fantastical monetary system!" Ford cried.
"I'll mock all I want, it's my TV room!" Stan exclaimed.
"It's my house, you..." Ford the sighed before pinching the bridge of his nose. "Listen, Stanley, did it ever occur to you to if you joined us you might actually have fun?" Ford offered, holding up the bag.
"What? Now you listen to me! As long as I live I will never..." Stan grabbed the bag, and held it up.
"Grunkle Stan, wait!" Dipper cried urgently.
"...ever..."
"Stanley!"
"Play your smartypants nerd game!" Stan then threw the bag down in anger, allowing the infinity sided dice to roll out.
"No!" Ford cried.
"That's not good..." Nate deadpanned and a bright light flashed, the four of the game characters appeared.
"Mortals of dimension 46'\E1, kneel before me and..." The math wizard then rolled his die. "...snivel!"
"I'm sorry, what?" Nate asked, only to be ignored.
"I am Probabilitor! The greatest wizard in all of mathology! Give or take an error of 0.4." Probabilitor greeted and Globby growled, narrowing his eye.
"Eh, is this normal?" Stan asked and I face-palmed.
"Yes Stan, wizards with number powers exist and pop over to random housed all the time!" I said with sarcasm never leaving my voice.
"Have you come to send us on the quest of a lifetime because we're the smartest players you've ever met?" Dipper asked hopefully.
"You are the smartest players I've ever met! That's why I'm going to eat your brains to gain your intelligence. It's what I do." Probabliltor explained.
"It's his thing." The Orge added.
"What?!" Dipper exclaimed and I rushed in front of them.
"Yeah, how about you go back to where you came from before we beat the equations out of you!" I threatened and Probabliltor smirked.
"Is that a challenge?" He asked, raising his staff.
"No!" Nate then rushed in front me me and spread his arms out in front of me. "Don't even think about it creep!" He warned.
"Well look at that, a princess and her loyal knight! How sweet!" Probabliltor then zapped us with his ray and I was suddenly in a classic green princess dress, even the pointy hat!
"Oh, COME ON!" I exclaimed in frustration and Globby was now playing his the hat.
"At least you can move properly." I turned and saw Nate was in silver armor, like an actual knight. I covered my mouth to keep from laughing.
"And now that these two are dressed for the part, SEIZE THEM!" Probabliltor ordered his goons, pointing at Dipper and Ford, who took out his gun.
"Your math is no match for my gun, you idiot!" Ford cried.
"Math ray!" Probabliltor then blasted a hole through the wall of the Shack and I groaned.
"We have enough damage around here!" I retorted.
"Sorry princess, but I'm not here to play games." Probabliltor then snatched up Dipper and Ford before flying out with the other characters following him. "Now to the forest, for the ultimate game!"
"So, the room's free now. Who wants to watch Duck-tective?" Grenda asked, squeaking the Duck-tective toy. Nate lifted the visor of the helmet to get a better look at everything.
"Nobody? More couch for Grenda!" Nate's visor then fell back down.
"Dang, I can barley see." Nate sighed, Mabel then decided to freak out.
"Oh no! That crazy wizard is going to eat our brothers' brains! We have to stop 'em!" She cried desperately.
"Yeah, no one puts me in an uncomfortable dress! I can barley breathe in this!" I added as Stan glanced at his watch.
"Eh, maybe let 'em get a couple bites in Ford's brain first. Even things out smartness-wise." He shrugged,
"Grunkle Stan!" Mabel glared angrily.
"Alright, alright. I guess if we have no other choice, we'll go on a...ugh, epic wizard quest." Stan groaned.
"YAAAAAYY!" The rest of us cheered.
"Everyone grab a weapon." Stan urged and grabbed a bat front the couch cushion. Mable took a rake, while Grenda lifted the chair. Nate saw that Probabilitor had actually gave him a sword along with his armor. I patted Globby on the head and smirked.
"Something tells me you'll be useful." I said and he gurgled happily. We the climbed on top of the hill and did a pose as Mabel made a speech.
"We're coming for you, Dipper! And Great uncle Ford! And possibly that hot elf, if he's got anything to do with this." Mabel declared and I sighed.
"Yeah, that guy is going down too." I deadpanned and with that we rushed into the forest. Moments later, Grenda was playing a lute while we walked. I had to hold the skirt of my dress up to keep myself from stepping on it and Nate was holding up the visor of his helmet to see better.
"We must be getting close. These fairy bites are getting more frequent." Stan commented after slapping his back. I couldn't hear the fairy, so I contoured walking before the Ogre stomped in front of us blocking our path.
"Halt! Yon interlopers are trespassing on the ancient forest of Probabilitor the wizard! If ye wish to pass, first, ye must complete seven unworldly quest, each, more difficult than the..." While he was talking, I gave Grenda a wink and she snuck from behind us to the edge the Ogre was standing by.
"NOW!" Grenda cried and I grabbed Globby before tossing his at the Ogre, who screamed like a little girl, as Globby wrapped his tentacles around his face, blocking his vision. Grenda then slammed the chair on his head, knocking him unconscious.
"Is he dead?" Mabel asked, poking his foot with a stick as Globby returned to my shoulders.
"He's magic, sweetie. I'm sure he's fine." Stan assured her and bent down to whisper to Grenda. "There's no cops in the forest. We take this to our graves."
"Hey guys, I think I hear the math wizard up ahead." Nate called over and pointed ahead before the visor fell over his face again. "Aw man, I can't get this thing to stay up."
"That guys only had one guard? I don't know whether to be relived or disappointed." I commented as we rushed over to a clearing a ducked behind some bushes to see a bubbling cauldron with Dipper and Ford tied to a tree.
"Heheheheh." Probabliltor laughed happily, thinking his plan was a success even know it sucked.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Dipper asked worriedly.
"Stop thinking, Dipper! The more wrinkly your brain gets, the more he'll want to eat it!" Ford cried.
"Wait, our brain gets wrinkly when we think...weird..." Grenda muttered as Probabliltor approached the two.
"And now, a little math problem: when I subtract your brain from your skulls, add salt, and divide your family, what's the remainder?" He quizzed as he hit the two's heads with his staff.
"YOUR BUTT!" Mabel exclaimed and I burst out laughing.
"What? My butt isn't part of this particular equation." Probabliltor cried and we revealed ourselves by jumping out of the bushes.
"Drat! How did you make it past my one guard?" Probabliltor asked.
"Uh duh! There was only one, and this isn't a video game where you have to complete 50 side quests to have 100% completion!" I exclaimed. Probabliltor glared before turning to Ford and Dipper.
"Very well. There's only one way your family can save you. YOU must defeat ME in Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons: REAL LIFE EDITION! Hahaha-hahaha!" Probabliltor then summoned a game board, Mabel and Stan were the floating in a sitting position.
"What? Oh come on!" Stan whined.
"I choose my characters vs, yours." Probabliltor summoned two of his Ogres before turning Dipper and Ford into elves.
"Ah! My ears! They're so pointy!" Ford cried, feeling his ears.
"There better be something protective under this tunic." Dipper said hopefully before checking. "Oh no, there isn't!"
"Okay that's it!" I cried and attempted to just straight up knock the stinking math wizard down, but a forcefield was cast and I ran into it.
"Ow! Really!?" I cried in frustration, rubbing my head. Globby growled and Nate tried to use his sword to take it out.
"Sorry, but you two would make this game unfair." Probabliltor shrugged and I glared.
"Now let's play!" He cried happily.
"Seriously, can't we just, like, arm wrestle or something?" Stan asked.
"Come on, this game is a lot of fun. I had my mom pack me a lunch." Probabliltor pulled out a baggie if apple slices and glared in disgust. "Ew, apple slices? I'll eat you last."
"Uh, just make with the rules, ugly." Stan groaned before taking out a piece of gum.
"The game is a battle royale. We help our characters by casting spells determined by rolls of the dice. If you win, I'll go back to my own dimension." Probabliltor explained and Mabel clapped while looking over at Stan.
"But is I win, I eat their brains." Probabliltor finished, looking down at Dipper and Ford.
"Hey, I'm not sure this is such a good..."
"DEAL!" Stan cried.
"Oh boy." Dipper sighed.
"Are they gonna be okay?" Nate asked, lifting up his visor.
"If I know Stan, I'm sure the can win this." I assured him and noticed Grenda hugging the hot elf.
"Grenda, get off of him!"
"You can't make me!"
"Let the game...BEGIN!" Probabliltor exclaimed and rolled a 13. "Attack!" He ordered and the Ogres attacked the two nerds with clubs.
"Ah! Whoa!" Dipper cried while running away.
"Ah!" Ford exclaimed. I sighed, it was a lot harder to watch the fighting scenes. I know I've seen this episode a couple hundred times, but I kinda wish I had a better view.
"What do we do? What are our moves?!" Stan asked, panicking.
"There are no moves; you make them up!" Dipper called up.
"What really?" Stan asked in disbelief.
"Yes! I tried to tell you: this game involves math, but also risk, and imagination!" Ford explained.
"Risk?"
"Imagination? Grunkle Stan, make something up! It's just like lying!" Mabel exclaimed excitedly.
"Make it useful though!" I called through the forcefield.
"I cast, uh...shield of...shielding!" Stan cried and rolled a 14, allowing shield to appear in front of Dipper and Ford. "Ha! We're doing it!"
"Woo! Yeah!" Nate and I cheered.
"Shield of Shielding Reversal Spell!" Probabliltor cried, rolling the dice and the shield disappeared.
"BOO!" Nate and I chorused and Nate blew a raspberry before his visor slammed down again.
"Aw man, every time!" He whined and I laughed.
"I cast: Giggle Time Bouncy Boots!" Mabel cried, allowing Ford and Dipper to revoke a pair of boots with springs.
"Not gonna lie, those look kinda fun." I commented as Dipper and Ford jumped over the Ogres.
"Hot flamey sword! Super hot flamey sword!" Mabel cried, and Dipper was able to kill and Ogre with his new weapon along with Ford.
"Wow, they're really getting the hang of it." Nate said in awe as Globby crawled over to him and lifted his visor up again.
"No! Drat you! You'll never outrun my...Ogre-nado! It is what is sounds like!" Probabliltor exclaimed as a tornado with ogre-heads blew the flamey swords away.
"Well that's the strangest thing I've seen today." Nate commented and Globby jumped back onto my shoulders as I held in a snicker.
"I cast: CENTAURTAUR! YAH!" Mabel exclaimed and the house with another horse body as a head appeared.
"I take back my earlier statement." Nate deadpanned and I laughed.
"You shouldn't have even made it."
"Mabel, I am so confused and so proud right now." Stan said to his great niece as Ford and Dipper got on the centaurtaur away from the orge-nado.
"Go go go, Dipper go! You can do it!" Mabel cheered.
"Come on, you guys! Go! Go!" Stan cried simultaneously with her. The centaurtaur then ran into a smaller room and the orge-nado disappeared, but before we could even start celebrating, the Impossibeast snatched up Dipper and Ford.
"Hahaha yes! I was saving the worst for last!" Probabliltor laughed.
"Okay, you know what, I'm just never gonna say; 'weirdest thing I've seen' cause it'll never be relevant in the next few minutes!" Nate grumbled and I giggled.
"Surprised you didn't figure that out by now." I smirked.
"Oh no!" Dipper cried from the battle field.
"The Impossibeast! Hey, I thought they banned this character!" Ford questioned.
"Think again! I'm playing the controversial 1991-1992 edition!" Probabliltor said with a hint of sass.
"I'll think of some weapons!" Mabel cried, shaking the die in her hands.
"You don't understand. This is the most powerful monster in the game! He can only be defeated by rolling a perfect 38! But the odds of that are..." Ford was suddenly cut off by Stan taking the die from Mabel and started shaking it.
"Hey, long odds are what you want when you're a world class gambler! Alright, Stan, you can do this...Papa needs a new pair of...TWINS!" Stan then tossed the dice and after a few seconds of agony, the die stopped rolling, landing in 38.
"And it's a perfect 38!" I exclaimed and cheered. "I declare Stan and Mabel the winners!
"NOOO!" Probabliltor cried in horror.
"Sorry, nerd-wizard. All your smarts are no match for dumb luck." Stan smirked.
"I cast, DEATH MUFFINS!" Mabel exclaimed, muffins that had dynamite instead of candles appeared in Dipper and Ford's hands. They grew them in the impossibeast's mouth, causing him to explode.
"Yes!"
"Yeah!"
"Wooo! Nice one!" I cheered as Doper and Ford appeared outside the game, each holding a muffin. Mabel laughed happily and hugged her brother. The forcefield then disappeared and I quickly rushed over to the twins.
"You two were amazing!" I cried happily.
"Aw, thanks." They said.
"The game is, like, over. Excelci-whatever." The hot elf said, closing the book and he disappeared, causing Grenda to fall off him.
"I told you!"
"No! I'm returning to my own realm! I'm turning into pure math! What are the ooooodddsss?" Probabliltor cried as he disappeared and Nate laughed.
"A million to one!" He cried and the math wizard vanished as Nate and I returned to our normal clothes.
"Oh thanks goodness I can breath again!" I exclaimed and relaxed my shoulders. Globby gave me a nice cuddle while Nate stretched out his arms.
"You said it!" He laughed. "For the record though, you did look nice in that dress."
"Dawwwww." Mabel gushed and I laughed, trying to hide my blush.
"Thanks Nate, you didn't look that bad yourself."
"Grunkle Stan, that was amazing! How did you know you'd win?" Dipper asked as Stan walked over to the die.
"Hey, a gambler never reveals his secrets." Stan said simply and picked up the die, with along with a bit of gum, and started chewing a new piece.
"Man! That was fun for ages 8 to 80! Or a million or however old you guys are!" Mabel added.
"Y'know, I'm sorry for making fun of your game, kiddo. Sure, it might be too nerdy for me, bust it's just the right amount of nerdy for you and my brother. If you two wanna hang out sometimes, I won't get in your way." Stan told Dipper in a sincere tone.
"Actually, after all that, I could use a little mindless fun." Dipper said hopefully.
"Guys! We can watch the second showing of Duck-tective! It's not too late!" Grenda cried, speaking the toy and I smirked.
"Well in that case, first one there gets the couch!" I cried and burst into a run.
"HEY! NO FAIR!" Mabel laughed and I heard several footsteps chase after me. Globby was holding on tight and I turned to see Mabel catching up close behind.
"You'll never catch me!" I called back.
"We'll see about that!" Mabel replied back and I laughed before running as fast as a could.
Well, Mabel and I tied, so we both got the couch, Globby shifted himself to my head as the others sat around us. I have to admit, the episode was pretty good. It had it's intense moments, but it didn't effect me since I knew exactly what the big twist was.
"Wah, wah-wah. Wah, wah-wah." Duck-tective quaked sadly, translating to; 'I'm going to that big pond in the sky.' The Constable cried at his bedside.
"I just don't understand who shot you. The only person clever enough to defeat Duck-tective is...Duck-tective!" Constable gaped and bedpan was thrown at his head, knocking him out. Duck-tective's brother then appeared at the doorway, and stepped out of the shadows.
"Wa wa-wa-wa-wa...WA-WA-WA!" He quaked angrily; 'Time to finish the job... TWIN BROTHER!'
Duck-tective let out a terrified quack and the episode ended with a 'dun dun dun!' Now having a 'to be continued' on the screen.
"He had a twin brother all along? That's the big twist we've been waiting for!?" Mabel asked, pouring chips on me and Stan.
"WHAT A RIP-OFF!" Grenda exclaimed, punching her snacks angrily.
"I predicted that, like, a year ago." Soos added.
"Well at least we know the people working on this show have been building up to this, that takes hard work." I said.
"Yeah, I guess so." Dipper sighed.
After cleaning up the snacks everyone started to go on their separate ways. I walked Nate outside with Globby on my shoulders and Nate suddenly grabbed my hand.
"Emily, hold on a moment." Nate said and I looked over at him.
"What's up?" I asked and he sighed.
"I just...I figured out by now that you and the twins go on some crazy adventures all the time by now, and I feel bad that...I am barley there!" Nate explained.
"Nate, why would you feel bad?" I asked.
"Cause...I don't want you to get hurt, and for me not to be around to help you! I care about you a lot!" Nate cried and I pulled him into a hug.
"Oh Nate, it's sweet that you care, but you don't have to worry so much. I'll be okay." I assured him and he hugged me back.
"I know, I just...worry." Nate sighed and giggled.
"It's okay, it sweet to know you care." I said.
I may not know what comes next, since Globby showing up was a big surprise, but I know this, I will finish the series and I won't let maths wizards, Ogres, or even that flying nacho stop me!
I can promise that.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Bet you guys didn't expect the Cycloptopus, I may have been planning that for a LONG time. Originally Emily was gonna be working on rebuilding her treehouse, but since I'm letting her stay with the twins at the Shack, I juts made her getting some stuff.
I promise that Globby will become more relevant to the story later on, it's gonna be cool!
Now for some serious talk, I know the Coronavirus has been a serious subject as of late and several people have been affected by it, just remember that we shouldn't panic, cause that'll make things worse. Just remember to stay safe, and wash your hands!
I'm hoping to get more chapters done, this one took a lot longer than I thought it would and I'm working on other stories as well. So if anything my goal it to at least post once a month, if I'm lucky and get really inspired, maybe twice. Remember, writing takes time.
Please, as always, leave a nice review and have a great day!
Now onto the reviews from last chapter.
mew mew 124: Wow, you had a lot to say, sorry Georgia didn't appear with Ford, but I hope what I have planned for the future will make up for it, also I hope you enjoyed the flashback and Namily moments this chapter had!
Linz2: For both your comments, I'm so glad you enjoyed Emily's part in "I trust you" moment, that really made my day when I read your review, and I'm glad that you thought I did well in writing the story for Stan and Ford! And yes, Emily is team Duck-tective.
AlchemyWriter: I'm glad you enjoyed Emily confronting Ford, I enjoyed writing that part too, more on that later.
Pizza01: Glad to know you enjoyed the chapters! And I hope you got a nice rest.
