We've reached the halfway point through the whole thing with this chapter. It's also a very long chapter because a lot happens in it.
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Chapter 11: Hidden in Plain Sight
(In the late afternoon, in the city of King's Bay, Dipper and Stan park their car on the side of a road and approach a large and very crowded outdoor marketplace in front of the tower.)
Dipper: Alright, there's our tower.
Stan: You really think all that treasure gonna be just sitting in the middle of a goddamn market?
Dipper: Oh yeah, that'll be crazy. But we've seen crazy before.
Stan: That we have.
(They enter the market and start walking along the side to avoid most of the large crowds. They pass an immigration office with a line of people stretching outside.)
Stan: We have that to look forward to when we get back to the States.
Dipper: Could be worse. Could be Arstotzka.
Stan: (groans) Don't remind me.
(Past the office is a stationary pull cart with a pair of zebu, Madagascar cattle, attached to it. Dipper stops to pet them.)
Dipper: Hey, guys. Seen any pirate treasure around here?
Stan: Hey. Dipper.
Dipper: Sorry, he's so impatient.
(Dipper goes over to Stan as he accidentally bumps into a woman and she drops her things.)
Stan: Oh, hell. I'm sorry. Let me help.
(He helps pick all her stuff up as Dipper walks over.)
Dipper: I apologize for my friend. I haven't fed him in a while.
(The woman walks off.)
Stan: Take care. (to Dipper) See the way she looked at me?
Dipper: (laughs) You are delusional.
Stan: I don't think so.
Dipper: Well, then why don't you invite her back for some spicy bread?
(They continue into the market. A woman stands in front of them with a basket of apples.)
Woman: Apples! Buy my fresh apples!
Dipper: Okay. Here.
Woman: Ah, thank you very much, sir.
(Dipper buys an apple. He takes a few bites as they keep walking. Dipper finds a man sitting against a food stand with a lemur on his shoulder. Dipper stops to pet it.)
Dipper: (smiles) Hey there, little guy. How you doin'? Hey, you like that? Huh?
Stan: (impatient) Dipper. Tower.
Dipper: C'mon, Stan, it's a lemur! Come say hi.
Stan: That's alright.
Dipper: (chuckles) So cute.
(He walks over to Stan as the lemur runs over and jumps on his shoulder.)
Dipper: Whoa! Hey, Stan, look who's back.
(The lemur snatches his apple and runs off.)
Dipper: (laughs) Hey! He stole my apple.
Stan: (laughs) Can't trust anyone these days.
Dipper: Hey, you know what? After this is over and done with... I'm gonna get a dog.
Stan: Hey, we come out of this in one piece, I'll buy you the damn dog.
Dipper: Can I name it Stanley?
Stan: (laughs) Sure.
(They pass a vendor selling clothes. Stan picks up a red button up shirt like the one he's wearing.)
Stan: Hey, Dipper. Want me to buy you one of these?
Dipper: You gotta be crazy to wear a shirt like that.
Stan: Yeah. Crazy handsome.
(They pass a food vendor cooking something on a grill.)
Stan: Oh, man. Something smells really good.
Dipper: He's right. Does smell good.
(They go up some stairs and through another crowd before finally getting to the front door of the tower. Dipper tries to open it but doesn't.)
Dipper: Locked... guess we're gonna have to sneak in.
Stan: Discreetly.
Dipper: Implied by the use of the word "sneak," Stan.
(Off to the side away from the crowd is an opening with a gap. On the other side is a lede with an open window.)
Stan: Hey, check it out. That window over there is broken.
(Dipper goes over the small fence on the ledge and hops between the ledges on the pillars across the gap. Stan follows.)
Dipper: Think we can squeeze through here.
Stan: That'll work.
(A slanted hill is a few dozen feet below. While hugging the pillars, they face the lower part of the city in the distance.)
Stan: Long way down.
Dipper: You okay back there?
Stan: You keep your pace. I'll keep mine.
Dipper: Yeah, well, at least you got a great view, right?
(They reach the window and step through.)
Dipper: Okay. Let's see what we got.
(The front room of the tower looks very well built.)
Stan: Wow. This place is in much better shape than the other towers.
Dipper: It's right in the middle of the city.
Stan: Might make getting the treasure out a bit tricky.
Dipper: One thing at a time. Let's just not draw undue attention to ourselves.
Stan: That'll be a first.
(Dipper finds a symbol of a weighing scale on the floor.)
Dipper: Edward England's sigil. Just like the map said.
Stan: So what're we looking for?
Dipper: Good question.
(They go over to a set of doors and push them open. They enter a very large interior going up to the roof filled with a huge complex system of large gears and pendulums.)
Dipper: (amazed) Holy...
Stan: This is a very tall clock tower.
Dipper: Yes. Yes it is.
(In the middle of the floor in big circle is a small round pedestal with a tiny spot at has the imprint of the volcano in it. Dipper takes out the copper coin with the same marking.)
Dipper: Now what do you bet...?
(He inserts the coin in the spot and the pedestal sinks into the floor.)
Stan: I think we're onto something.
(Up above by some windows, statues come out of the walls. One is a big scorpion. Another is a figure holding a water jug.)
Stan: Scorpion... guy with a... large pitcher...
Dipper: (laughs) They're zodiac symbols. Scorpio and Aquarius. And look, there's Leo...
(Statues of a lion and a bull appear the walls.)
Stan: Ah, and Taurus.
Dipper: Yeah four signs...
Stan: And four bells way up there.
(Up above among the mechanism are four large bells each with another statue of one of the four zodiac signs. They also see four large metal plates inserted in the floor around the circle. Each with a symbol of the four signs.)
Stan: And these things in the middle of the floor look like locks.
Dipper: This is definitely the place. Call Mabel!
Stan: On it.
(As Stan takes out his phone, Dipper takes notes in his journal.)
Dipper: So the order is Scorpio, Aquarius, Leo, Taurus.
Stan: Voicemail. Hey, Mabel. Looks like we're at the right tower Call us. (hangs up) They don't have the best coverage in this city.
Dipper: Well, no reason to wait. Let's go ring some bells.
(He goes up a spiral staircase in a corner and gets on some rafters up above. He jumps to a pendulum that's pulled down as he grabs it and causes some gears to start rotating.)
Dipper: (laughs) I'll be damned. Hey, check it out, Stan, the clock still works!
Stan: Yeah, I noticed. Now try not to get tangled in those gears up there.
Dipper: You bet!
(He jumps to some gears and carefully climbs over to the platform with the Scorpio statue.)
Dipper: Scorpio. Bet Avery was a Scorpio.
(He turns the crank to ring the bell next to it. It works and the bell rings right in his ears.)
Dipper: (stunned) Agh! Okay, that is really loud.
(Down below, the plate lock with the Scorpio symbol retracted from the circle.)
Stan: Hey Dipper, that did the trick! The Scorpio lock just released!
Dipper: Okay, moving on to the next one!
(He scales the side of the gears some more and makes it to the platform with the Aquarius bell.)
Dipper: Aquarius. Always nice people.
(He turns the crank and the bell rings. He covers his ears as soon as it does.)
Dipper: Geez...
(The Aquarius lock went back into the floor.)
Stan: Two down, two to go, kid!
Dipper: Well, let's see here.
(He checks his notes and sees he needs to do Leo and then Taurus. He climbs a pendulum to get to the Leo platform across the way.)
Dipper: Leo. I think I dated a Leo once.
(He turns the crank and the bell rings.)
Dipper: (winces) Shoulda brought earplugs.
(On the ground, the Leo lock leaves the circle.)
Stan: Leo is unlocked!
Dipper: Okay, one left...
(He climbs up some more gears and jumps to a swinging pendulum.)
Dipper: Oh... feelin' a little nauseous here...
(The pendulum swings near the platform with the Taurus bell and he jumps to it.)
Dipper: Okay. Got it. Hey Stan, any word from Mabel?
Stan: Not yet!
Dipper: Eh, she's probably fine... maybe just forgot to charge her phone...
(He goes to the crank of the Taurus bell.)
Dipper: Taurus. (chuckles) The worst.
(He turns it and it rings in his ears again.)
Dipper: Oh. Thank you.
(Down below, Stan sees the last lock release and center of the circle opens up and shows a large image of Avery's skull and crossbones sigil.)
Stan: Dipper, that did it! Taurus is unlocked and Avery's sigil just appeared in the floor.
Dipper: And?
Stan: Damn. That's it. Nothin'.
(Dipper looks up and sees a bell larger than the others at the very top of the tower.)
Dipper: Well hey, there is that big bell at the top. I'm headin' on up.
Stan: Okay! Watch those gears!
(Dipper begins to ascend up the tower by climbing and riding the gears up. He also uses his hook and rope for more difficult parts. He eventually goes out a window and moves along the ledge under the big clock on the tower. He sees much of the city below him.)
Dipper: Wow, now this is a nice view.
(He then uses his hook to get up to the higher ledge that has the belfry.)
Dipper: I sure hope you're doing okay out there, Mabel.
(He enters the belfry and finds the crank for the big bell inside.)
Dipper: Okay Stan, I made it!
(He hears Stan calling out faintly from down below.)
Stan: Alright, kid. Go for it!
(He starts to turn the crank. This one's harder to turn.)
Dipper: (struggling) This... is... gonna... be... loud...
(The crank suddenly comes loose and falls down into the tower along with some gears that also come loose.)
Dipper: Ah, crap! Stan! Heads up!
(Stan avoids the falling gears as they hit the ground.)
Stan: (alarmed) Whoa! What the hell happened?
Dipper: Sorry! The handle broke.
Stan: Yeah, well try not to drop anything else on my head, alright?
Dipper: I'm gonna have to ring it myself.
(He jumps to a hanging bar connected to the bell's clapper and swings back and forth as he hangs from it.)
Dipper: Here we go...
(He causes the bell to ring and as it does, it comes loose and tumbles down.)
Dipper: Oh, shit!
(He nearly falls with it and jumps onto a big gear. The bells hits the gear and causes it to break as well.)
Dipper: (urgently) Stan! Get the hell out of the way!
(He slides off the gear and jumps to a pendulum that also falls. He jumps to another gear and looks for a way down until the bell comes crashing down on the mechanism with the gear and smashes into the ground below. The gear Dipper's on comes loose too and he lets go while throwing his hook at a rafter to swing safely to the ground.)
Dipper: (chuckles) Holy shit.
(He shakes off the impact of the incident as the loose gear hits the ground near him. He sees a big hole in the floor made by the bell with a spiral staircase leading down. Stan comes out of hiding and approaches him.)
Stan: (shocked) Jesus Christ.
Dipper: Hey, Stan. At least I got the door open though, huh?
Stan: That's one way to do it. You all right?
Dipper: I don't know yet. You?
Stan: Deaf.
(They relax for second before heading down the stairs.)
Dipper: (laughs) C'mon. Let's see what Avery has in store for us.
(They move some debris out of the way and find an opening next to the bell now stuck in the floor. Stan finds the coin on the ground.)
Stan: Hey, look. The coin. You want it?
Dipper: Yeah, sure, why not?
(Dipper takes the coin and puts it away. They go through the opening and enter an underground hallway.)
Dipper: Let's see what's down here.
Stan: Fingers crossed for piles of gold and jewels.
(Stan's phone buzzes and he answers.)
Stan: Mabel! Finally, you okay?
Mabel: (through phone) Just searched my tower. I got nothing.
Stan: Yeah, well, we're definitely in the right place. Make your way over here.
Mabel: (through phone) Are you serious? Okay, I'm on my way.
(Stan hangs up and puts his phone away.)
Stan: She's coming.
Dipper: Good.
(They get to a set of doors and open them. Inside is a room with three doors at the end. Two big statues of pirate captains stand between the doorways.)
Dipper: (amazed) Whoa...
Stan: Hey, are those our boys?
Dipper: Yup. Henry Avery, Thomas Tew: partners in crime.
(In the middle of the room is a large, bronze, metal circle sitting upward. Around the circle are ten small squares with star symbols. At the center are two squares with Avery and Tew's sigils next to each other. Imprinted in the circle above the sigils is the word, "FOUNDERS".)
Dipper: (curious) Founders. Founders of what?
Stan: Worst scavenger hunt ever?
Dipper: (chuckles) Here are Avery and Tew's signs. These are a little different though.
Stan: Yeah. They got those star patterns on them.
(Dipper observes the images of Avery's skull and crossbones and Tew's arm and sword. Both have small patterns of stars on one side of their squares. He curiously pushes on them and they rotate.)
Dipper: They turn. But which way are they supposed to go...
(He rotates them to match the stars up with each other. Then the squares connect and the other squares with the star symbols along the edge the circle start moving around.)
Dipper: Whoa...
(Three of the squares move under Avery and Tew's sigils and flip over revealing different symbols. Then the left door at the back of the room opens.)
Stan: Okay... Should we go look?
Dipper: Yeah... just a second.
(They looks closely at the new images and see they're two skeletons with weapons, a horse with wings, and a dragon.)
Stan: More pirate symbols.
Dipper: Adam Baldridge, Anne Bonny, and Christopher Condent. These don't have star patterns though. There's too many permutations.
Stan: I say we see where that door leads. Still hoping for some treasure here.
Dipper: You and me both.
(They go through the open door and come to a room with three big paintings on the wall. Each of a person dressed as a pirate captain. The same names Dipper mentioned are above the portrait.)
Dipper: I was right. Baldridge, Bonny, and Condent.
Stan: Splendid. But why are they here in the first place?
Dipper: Well, let's find out.
(He looks at the portrait labeled "Anne Bonny" that's of a woman with red hair.)
Dipper: Huh. Bonny was a redhead.
(He then notices the small outline of a square with stars around it carved into the painting.)
Dipper: Hey, look at these stars. They're just like the ones on the Avery and Tew sigils in the other room.
Stan: Hey, you're right.
(Dipper takes notes of the star patterns and then looks at the Christopher Condent painting of a man with what appears to be a metal hand.)
Dipper: Ah, that's right. Condent went by "Billy One-Hand." Guess he had one made.
(He finds another square with stars in the painting.)
Dipper: Here's another one of those star patterns.
Stan: Yeah, but this one's different than that first one.
Dipper: Oh, yeah. Good catch.
Stan: (proudly) Thank you. See I'm not just a pretty face.
(Dipper copies the stars and moves over to Adam Baldridge's picture. It's of a man with a fancy wig and a fancy mustache.)
Dipper: Whoa, that mustache. Almost as impressive as yours.
Stan: Eh, it's all right.
(He finds another star pattern and jots it down.)
Stan: What do you think?
Dipper: Those Avery and Tew sigils. The stars on those lined up, remember? I bet these line up too.
(They go back to the mechanical circle in the first room. Dipper uses his notes of the star patterns to match the correct sides of the three sigils as he turns them. When they're lined up correctly, they connect and move back to the edge of the circle.)
Dipper: (smiles) Voila.
(Three more squares move to the center and turn over revealing more sigils. The doorway on the right opens.)
Stan: More of 'em. And another doorway.
Dipper: Yeah.
Stan: So who were these guys?
(Dipper looks at the new sigils. One is two dolphins, another is a trident head, and the other is two skeleton hands holding a pearl. Dipper doesn't recognize them.)
Dipper: That's... Um... They are ah...
Stan: You don't know do ya?
Dipper: Hey, there were a lot of pirates out there, you know.
Stan: So we're stuck?
Dipper: (sighs) No we're not stuck. Just give me your phone.
Stan: What, you're gonna phone a friend?
Dipper: Close. Text a sister.
(He takes a photo of the sigils with Stan's phone and sends it to Mabel.)
Dipper: There.
(They enter the room on the right and find three more large portraits.)
Stan: You know, these are actually some nice paintings. If we don't find the treasure, maybe we could sell them to a museum.
Dipper: Let's just find those star patterns.
Stan: Okay. Just saying.
(One of the paintings is face down on the ground.)
Dipper: Hey, gimme a hand.
Stan: You got it.
(They lift it up and place back in its spot on the wall.)
Dipper: Is it straight?
Stan: Who the hell cares?
Dipper: Well, I care.
(Stan's phone buzzes in Dipper's pocket. He sees it's Mabel calling and he answers.)
Dipper: Hey. You still in the tower?
Mabel: (through phone) Yeah, just climbed back down. What's with the picture you just sent?
Dipper: I got a mechanism to solve. Just need you to tell me who's who.
Mabel: (through phone) Well, the dolphins are Richard Want, the trident is Joseph Farrell, and the two hands with the pearl is William Mayes.
Dipper: Alright, great. Stay where there's good reception. I might need your help again.
Mabel: (through phone) You got it, Dippingsauce. Let me know if you find the treasure.
Dipper: Sure thing.
(He hangs up and they look at the first painting that's labeled Joseph Farrell and is a man looking rather grumpy.)
Stan: God, look at Farrell's face. He looks like he'd rather be anywhere else.
(Dipper finds the star pattern and copies it. They turn to the next one which is Richard Want. He wears a fancy wig and is next to a desk with books and a globe.)
Dipper: Richard Want. He was the Captain of the Dolphin.
Stan: Looks like he and Baldridge were in a best wig competition. This Want guy looks like a scholar.
(Dipper makes a note the stars and moves on to the last captain painting. A statue holding a round object is in the background of it.)
Dipper: William Mayes...
Stan: American?
Dipper: Yeah, from Rhode Island, just like Thomas Tew.
Stan: What's that statue holding in Mayes' portrait?
Dipper: Well, his ship was called the Pearl. So maybe a pearl?
Stan: Ah. Very literal.
(Dipper finds the stars and they return to the circle. He turns the three squares to the correct sides with help from his notes. They connect and go back around the circle's edge.)
Dipper: There.
(The middle door at the back opens and the remaining four squares on the circle move to the center and flip over showing more sigils. They're a weighing scale, a sea serpent, a tiger, and a monkey with a dagger.)
Stan: Okay. So who do we have here?
Dipper: (puzzled) Um...
Stan: (disappointed) You know, I'm honestly shocked you don't know this stuff.
Dipper: (confident) Oh, I do. I just want to make sure Mabel knows... You know, because she likes to feel useful. That's all.
Stan: Of course.
(He takes another photo of the sigils and sends it to his sister. They go to the center room and find four more paintings. Part of the wall between two of them is charred and burnt and the names above them are gone.)
Stan: Shit. What happened here?
Dipper: A torch probably fell or something. C'mon, let's see what's left.
(They look at the first portrait which is labeled Edward England and is of a slightly short and chubby man.)
Dipper: Edward England. We're in his tower.
Stan: Stout little fellow.
(He jots down the star pattern as the phone buzzes again.)
Dipper: Oh, Mabel texted back.
(He looks at the phone and reads Mabel's text. It says, "Left to right: Edward England, Tariq bin Malik, Yazid-al-Basra, I've never seen the monkey sigil before".)
Dipper: She knows only three of them. See Stan? Turns out Mabel doesn't know everything either.
Stan: (unamused) Gloating is unseemly.
Dipper: Yeah, I know... Let's just look at the paintings.
(They observe the next one which has a dark-skinned man in Indian-like clothes.)
Dipper: Yazid al-Basra.
Stan: Looks Indian.
Dipper: Close. Mughal.
Stan: Wait, aren't the Mughals the ones Avery robbed?
Dipper: Honor among thieves.
Stan: Heh, yeah, like that's ever the case?
(Dipper finds the stars and moves to the next portrait which is missing the name and is of another dark-skinned man in foreign clothes.)
Dipper: Huh... No name here, but Mabel said it's Tariq bin Malik. This guy's getup looks Moorish.
(After finding the stars, he turns to the last one. It also has no name and is a young-looking blonde-haired white man.)
Dipper: I don't recognize this guy. Neither does Mabel.
Stan: Looks a lot younger than the other pirates.
(Dipper spots the last star pattern and writes it down.)
Dipper: Found the stars... But who are you?
(They go back to the mechanism.)
Dipper: Alright... I got the names of three of them. Should still be able to figure this out.
(He rotates the last four squares to the correct position thanks to his notes. He doesn't know the name of the unknown pirate but he knows it's the monkey sigil. The squares connect and move back around the edge.)
Dipper: Boom!
(With all sigils complete, the circle turns and the bottom faces up from the floor. It looks like a giant compass. Three smaller circle appear along the edge. Each one has an odd pattern of what look like land masses.)
Dipper: (laughs) Would you look at that.
Stan: Here we go. What do we got?
Dipper: Ah... not sure yet.
Stan: Maybe send it to Mabel?
Dipper: Really?
Stan: Hey, you're the one that said she's the pirate expert. Just saying.
(Dipper then takes pictures of the three patterns around the circle and sends them to Mabel.)
Dipper: Alright, let's see what he makes of 'em.
(They observe the patterns closely.)
Stan: You know... That kinda looks-
Dipper: Hold on.
(Dipper gets an idea and takes out some sheets of paper and a pencil from his satchel. He puts a sheet down on one of the patterns and rubs the pencil on it. A drawing of the pattern appears on the paper.)
Stan: (confused) What're you doing? You just took pictures.
Dipper: I think I'm on to something here. Hold that.
(He hands him the first drawing and makes copies of the others by holding paper against them and rubbing the pencil on it.)
Dipper: Y'know, Avery's recruits wouldn't've had smartphones, obviously...
Stan: Obviously.
Dipper: So this would've been the only way for them to get to the next clue.
Stan: (chuckles) These are clues?
(Dipper finishes making copies for all three patterns.)
Dipper: Yeah, lemme see.
(He takes the papers and puts them together. He holds them up to a light and the patterns come together to form a map of a set of islands. There are markings pointing in different directions on the map and Avery's sigil also appears at a location.)
Dipper: (proudly) Voila.
Stan: (smirks) Alright, these could be trade winds... yeah, and these look like Latitudes.
Dipper: Yeah.
Stan: And I would guess that we are packing our bags again, boy-o.
(He notices Dipper looking very closely at the map.)
Stan: What?
(Dipper points to Avery's sigil which has a Latin writing under it.)
Dipper: (reading) "Pro Deus quod licentia." (intrigued) No, no, it can't be...
Stan: (confused) Can't be what?
Dipper: Oh, my God. It's so obvious.
Stan: Dipper?
Dipper: (ecstatic) Why didn't I see this before?
Stan: (annoyed) Sheesh, enough with the "beautiful mind" shit. What the hell are you talking about?
(Dipper's about to explain when Stan's phone buzzes in his pocket.)
Dipper: Just hang on.
(He answers it without checking the caller ID.)
Dipper: Mabel, did you get the photos?
(Instead of his sister's voice, he hears laughter followed by a familiar male voice that made him feel slightly disturbed.)
Tyrone: (laughs) Here I am, I'm calling what I thought was Stanley Pines' phone... and look who picks up. How you been, Dipper?
(Tyrone was calling him from earpiece as he sat in the passenger seat of a Shoreline jeep driving through town. Tambry is the driver's seat next to him.)
Dipper: (uneasy) Hey, Tyrone. It's been a long time.
(Stan gets surprised and a little worried as he listens to Dipper speak.)
Dipper: How'd you get this number? Stan leave it on a cocktail napkin?
Tyrone: (laughs) I wish. That only would've cost me a few shots of rum, right? No, I had to pay top dollar to find you guys.
Dipper: (mockingly) Yeah. Well, I hope you didn't spend too much on this whole Avery thing. I hear the competition's fierce.
Tyrone: Yeah, you pulled off some clever moves back there in Italy and Scotland... but in the end all that matters is who Avery's treasure first.
Dipper: (chuckles) That sounds like a bet.
Tyrone: Hey, Dipper, you know I'm always game, but my partner... Well, she prefers to... mitigate unnecessary risks.
(Tambry smirks approvingly at him.)
Dipper: (amused) Wow. Tyrone Adler taking orders from somebody else. Oh, how times have changed.
Tyrone: Look, Dipper. You must be getting tired of this feud between us, so I'm gonna make you a one-time offer here... You drop everything, go home, live your life, and I'm willing to forgive and forget. For old time's sake.
(Tambry glances at him with disapproval and he puts his hand up to stop her from interfering.)
Dipper: (smugly) As tempting as that sounds, Tyrone... I gotta say, I'm not normally the kind of guy who likes to quit while he's ahead.
Tyrone: Okay then. Guess you won't mind if you hear this.
(He looks at his phone and sees the same photos Dipper took of the map.)
Tyrone: "Pro Deus quod licentia." (translates) For God and liberty. These are nice pictures, Dipper. Good composition.
Dipper: (stunned) You hacked our phones.
Tyrone: (complaining) You stole my cross! Listen, Dipper... if you're half as smart as you think you are... you'll accept my offer. What's it gonna be?
(Dipper's about to answer when another call comes in. He knows it's Mabel.)
Dipper: Listen, as nice as it's been to catch up with you, I really got to take this call so...
(He's about to hang up when Tyrone speaks again.)
Tyrone: Well, one more thing, Dipper!
Dipper: What?
Tyrone: You, uh... you do realize that your phones are equipped with GPS, right?
(Dipper is confused for a second until he realizes that he's tracking them by their phones and gets horrified. Tyrone smiles evilly.)
Tyrone: (grins) See you soon, buddy.
(He hangs up as Dipper quickly switches over to Mabel's call.)
Dipper: Shit.
Stan: Let me guess. Goons with guns on their way here now?
Dipper: Mabel...
(At the moment, Mabel leaves her tower and approaches the street.)
Mabel: (excited) "For God and liberty." Dipper, do you understand what this means!?
Dipper: (urgently) Mabel, listen to me. Get off the streets right now. And destroy your phone.
Mabel: (concerned) What's going on?
Dipper: Tyrone knows where we are! You gotta find some place to hide!
(She suddenly hears vehicles approaching.)
Mabel: Oh, shit!
(She runs for cover and hangs up as Dipper hears gunfire from her end.)
Dipper: Mabel? Mabel! (sighs) Damn it.
(He throws the phone down and stomps on it. It breaks apart.)
Stan: Hey!
Dipper: I'll buy you a new one. Let's just get outta here.
(They quickly leave the hidden chamber and exit the tower. Back in the upper part of the marker, they look down from the ledge of the hill at a lone tower in the distance by the bay.)
Dipper: There. I think that's Mabel's tower.
(An explosion appears right next to the tower and they faintly hear it from far away.)
Stan: That's definitely Mabel's tower. Come on.
(They make there way back through the marketplace.)
Dipper: How long you think before Tyrone gets here?
Stan: Let's not stick around to find out.
(They get to the main area of the market and hear gunshots coming from the other side. The crowd starts panicking and runs out of the area. They see some Shoreline mercenaries across the area who had just fired warning shots in the air to disperse the crowd and make it easier to attack Dipper and Stan.)
Stan: (alarmed) Dipper, watch out!
Dipper: Everyone out of the way!
(The two take cover and fire back. They shoot down some of their attackers as a big armored truck with a mounted machine gun breaks into market and opens fire.)
Stan: You know, I'm not 100% sure, but I think they found us!
(They run behind the small buildings to avoid the truck and head into the now deserted immigration office.)
Stan: Let's get to the car!
(They run up some stairs and exit through a balcony. They jump across a few small rooftops and drop down to the parking lot where their car is. Dipper hops in the driver's seat with Stan next to him.)
Dipper: So, having fun yet?
Stan: Oh, a real blast! Floor it!
(They take off down the road fast.)
Dipper: Alright, how do we get to Mabel?
Stan: Just keep heading downhill. Mabel's tower is at the bottom.
Dipper: Brilliant.
(They turn a corner and spot more enemies in the road.)
Stan: Dipper, more of 'em!
Dipper: Hang on!
(He drives off the road and down a dirt slope as the men shoot at them. He gets back on the road when he's out of their sight. He keeps driving as they approach some cars and people in the road.)
Dipper: Get outta the way!
Stan: (frantically) Whoah, whoah, whoah, careful!
(They people move aside as they speed by. He even smashes into a food cart. The armored truck then appears before them.)
Stan: Damn it! It's that goddamn truck again!
Dipper: (agitated) Oh, crap! Look out!
(He cuts to the side and zooms between buildings. He enters another street and keeps going while avoiding the people in front of them.)
Stan: Please don't run anyone over!
Dipper: Sorry!
Stan: We gotta shake that truck!
Dipper: Working on it!
(He drives into the backyards of houses to evade the truck. He breaks down some fences and runs over a line of hanging clothes.)
Stan: Hey, that was clean laundry!
Dipper: They can wash it again!
(He smashes through more fences in between yards.)
Stan: Y'know, you don't have to hit every fence!
Dipper: I'm doing my best!
(He drives across a street and into another marketplace with several stairways leading down.)
Dipper: Hang on!
(They go down the stairs really fast as people get out of their path. They smash through many tables and carts on the way down.)
Stan: Where the hell are you going?!
Dipper: You're the one who said "just head down!"
(They ride gets very bumpy as they go down the stairs and crash through more vendor stands. People urgently get out of their way.)
Dipper: Coming through!
Stan: (sarcastically) Oh, this was really a great idea, Dipper!
Dipper: Do you wanna drive?!
Stan: Oh, no, you're doing just fine.
(They leave the market and into a village square. The truck keeps chasing after them.)
Dipper: Ah, crap! These guys don't give up!
(He speeds over to another street.)
Dipper: Okay... Through here...
(They find it blocked with heavy traffic.)
Stan: Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop, stop, STOP!
Dipper: Damn stick shift.
Stan: Come on, get us outta here!
Dipper: Okay... Uh... I'm just gonna... Cut through here!
(He moves behind a building and through its large glass windows. They reenter the square with the truck still close behind.)
Dipper: What am I supposed to do now?
Stan: Hey, up those stairs!
(They drive up a wide set of stairs on the other side of the square and over a hill.)
Dipper: Man, Tyrone really wants us out of the picture!
Stan: Gee, ya think?
(They get on another road. This one is empty and they don't see the truck behind them anymore. They drive much easier now.)
Dipper: Yeah! (laughs) I think we lost 'em!
Stan: Hey Dipper?
Dipper: Yeah?
Stan: (sternly) We can never, ever come back to this city.
Dipper: Add it to the list.
(They approach a construction site that's a big dirt pit in the road. Dipper brakes the car.)
Stan: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Watch it!
Dipper: (annoyed) Really?
Stan: You got a 4x4, go around.
(Dipper slowly drives along the edge of the pit. The workers look at them weirdly.)
Stan: Sorry fellas. First time driver here. We'll be out of your way in a second.
(They get back on the road and proceed down the hill.)
Dipper: (smugly) Alright... Let's see that truck get past that.
(The truck suddenly breaks through a fence in front of them.)
Dipper: (aggravated) Oh, come on!
Stan: Cut right! Cut right!
(Dipper makes a sharp turn through a fence and down a hill. The car picks up speed.)
Stan: Wait, wait!
Dipper: Don't worry, I got this.
(They smash through more fences and a shed.)
Dipper: (frantically) I got this! I got this!
(Then they drive off a ledge and onto some roofs.)
Dipper: I don't got this!
Stan: Holy shit!
(They drive off the roofs and onto the roofs of a set of parked cars. Then they drive off the road at the bottom of the hill and approach the tower.)
Dipper: We're close! Keep an eye out for Mabel!
(They spot some vehicles appear from behind the tower and speed off down the road. A lone motorcycle is pursued by several trucks and motorcycles.)
Stan: Hey! I think that's her. Right there!
(Dipper increased acceleration and chases after the vehicles.)
Dipper: Hold on!
Stan: Whaddya think I've been doing?!
(They drive off road into the countryside. They go through fields and under bridges past houses and barns.)
Dipper: How do we get to her?
Stan: Damned if I know. Just keep following that convoy. Man, you think they've sent enough goons after us?
Dipper: Well, we're still alive, so maybe not.
(They drive through a farm and cause a bunch of chickens in the field to fly all over the place.)
Stan: Sorry about the chickens!
(Then they go over a hill and see the convoy go over a big bridge over a large river. The road has a barrier on its side and they can't get on it. They head straight for a dock that ends on the river.)
Stan: There they are!
Dipper: You see any way to get to Mabel?
Stan: Not yet, but we're running out of road, kid!
Dipper: I know, I know!
(They get on the dock and head towards the edge. Dipper sees a crane sticking out of one of the Shoreline trucks on the bridge. He takes off his hat and puts it in the car.)
Stan: Uh, Dipper? Dipper!
Dipper: Here! Take the wheel!
(He gets out of the driver's seat as the car keeps moving and stands on the hood while taking out his hook and rope. Stan frantically gets behind the wheel.)
Stan: (bewildered) What?! Are you out of your goddamn mind?!
Dipper: Yep, probably!
(He throws his hook at the crane and it latches on. He's pulled off the car as it reaches the end of the dock. Stan stops it and watches as Dipper moves with the truck and dangles off the bridge. He starts pulling himself up the rope and barely manages to avoid hitting the top of a boat going under the bridge.)
Dipper: Coming through!
(The truck gets off the bridge and Dipper lands on the river bank. He's dragged onto the road behind the truck.)
Dipper: Oh, God!
(He manages to pull himself up onto the truck. The men in the smaller jeeps and motorcycles notice him as he does.)
Mercenary: He's dragging behind us!
(They fire at him and he takes cover in the back of the truck. He shoots back and focuses on aiming for the drivers in the enemy vehicles so they crash. Soon the truck starts smoking due to the men shooting at it.)
Dipper: Time to bail.
(He quickly runs to the front and jumps to the back of another big truck before the first one explodes. He grabs the guy positioned in the back and throws him off.)
Dipper: Get out!
(More jeeps and bikes drive alongside to get him. He does the same thing and shoots the drivers to quickly get rid of the vehicles around him. After a few moments, the truck he's on also starts smoking. He jumps to one of the small jeeps as the truck breaks down. He pushes the driver out and gets behind the wheel.)
Dipper: I need your vehicle!
(He accelerates up to another truck with more smaller vehicles around it. He begins ramming and scraping his jeep against the others to make them flip over or crash into something. Some enemies jump from the other vehicles onto his. He smashes through a wooden shed off to the side to get them off. It soon starts breaking down from the fighting as well so he quickly throws his rope at the back of the truck and starts dragging on the ground again.)
Dipper: Oh, shit!
(He manages to stand up like he's water skiing and shoots his gun with his other hand at the nearest enemies. Then he pulls himself up onto the truck. He spots Mabel up ahead on a motorbike. Several Shoreline mercenaries ride on bikes behind her. One more jeep drives next to the truck and shoots at it to get Dipper. This time, he lets the truck catch smoke and jumps to the jeep when it does. As the truck blows up behind him, the jeep driver see him.)
Dipper: Hi there!
(He shoves him out takes control. He gains speed to catch up with Mabel and rams some of the bikes out of the road. Soon, he drives alongside her.)
Dipper: Mabel!
Mabel: (smiles) Hey, bro!
Dipper: Get closer!
Mabel: Okay!
(She pulls up right next to him.)
Dipper and Mabel: (in unison) Hop on!
(They're both stunned that they have the same idea.)
Dipper: Mabel, get in the damn car!
Mabel: I'm faster! Stop arguing!
(Suddenly, Dipper sees something coming at them fast.)
Dipper: Watch out!
(The armored truck from before comes right at them. Mabel brakes in time but Dipper gets hit. His jeep is flipped over and he gets trapped between the seats and ground. The dashboard starts to catch fire.)
Dipper: I gotta get out of here...
(He moves himself against the door and pounds on it to open. He hears some motorbikes stop outside along with a voice.)
Mercenary 1: No slimmin' way he could have survived that. Why chance it?
(He takes his gun and pushes the door open. Two men on bikes see him.)
Mercenary 2: Holy shit, he's still alive!
(Dipper quickly shoots them both down. He crawls out of the confined space as the truck approaches him.)
Dipper: Oh, crap.
(Mabel pulls up and extends her hand.)
Mabel: C'mon!
(Dipper gets on the back of her bike as the truck reaches them.)
Dipper: Gun it!
(They ride off with the truck right on their heels firing its machine gun at them. Mabel gives Dipper a submachine gun.)
Mabel: Here! Take this!
(Dipper takes the gun and shoots rapidly at the truck. It stays right behind them.)
Mabel: How we doing back there?
Dipper: (frustrated) Not good! Not good at all!
Mabel: Keep shooting!
Dipper: I am! I hate this truck!
(They leave the countryside and enter a harbor. The truck's front starts to break and catch fire due to Dipper shooting it and the things it crashes through while chasing them. Mabel sees some big metal crates up ahead.)
Dipper: Mabel, it's right up on us!
Mabel: Hang on, Dipper! This is gonna be close!
(She narrowly drives the bike through the crates. The truck then hits the crates and explodes. It flies over them and crashes down behind the twins. With no more enemies after them, Mabel stops the motorcycle and the two catch their breath.)
Mabel: (relieved) Whoa...
Dipper: (relieved) Yeah...
(Several harbor workers look at them with shock but they ignore them.)
Mabel: You good?
Dipper: Yeah. Let's get outta here.
(They drive off back into town. They soon arrive at the motel they were staying in by the time the sun had gone down. They pull in the parking lot and get off the motorcycle. They see Stan there with the car.)
Mabel: Alright, we're in the clear.
Dipper: Yeah... and we finally figured it out.
(Dipper takes out the papers that form the map. He shows Mabel the Latin writing on it.)
Dipper: "Pro Deus quod licentia." This looks like a simple cipher.
Mabel: (excited) "For God and liberty." It's their damn motto. All the "paradise" references. I can't believe we missed it.
(Stan walks up to them. He gives Dipper his hat.)
Stan: See you two made it out okay.
Mabel: Way better than okay. (laughs) We found Libertalia.
Stan: (puzzled) Liber-what-ia?
Dipper: Libertalia. Turns out Avery and his fellow captains founded the legendary pirate colony.
Mabel: It's more of a pirate utopia really.
Stan: Okay. But what about the treasure?
Mabel: It should be there. See, as the story goes... this place provided a safe haven for hundreds, maybe even thousands of pirates. And they shared everything. Property, resources...
Stan: Money?
Mabel: And they kept all in one common treasury building.
Stan: (intrigued) Okay. So... Where is this... pirate sanctuary?
(Dipper points to Avery's sigil on the map.)
Dipper: Right here. That island. Just northeast of King's Bay.
Stan: And Tyrone has a copy of this?
(Dipper opens the door to their room and walks in.)
Dipper: (ecstatic) Yeah, but, by the time Tyrone figures it out, we'll be well on our way to Libertalia. Tellin' ya, that treasure is as good as ours... (shocked) shit...
(The three of them see that in their room, looking at their maps and documents on a table, is Pacifica. She turns to them with a distressed look.)
Pacifica: (somberly) How's the Malaysia job going, Dipper? Seems like you're a hair off course.
Dipper: (sheepishly) Pacifica... it's... It's not what it looks like.
Pacifica: Really? Because what it looks like... is that you're searching for Henry Avery's buried treasure. And given the Shoreline soldiers that are all over town... I bet you're not the only ones looking for it.
Dipper: Alright, well I... I guess it's kinda what it looks like. But, I can explain. But it's gonna sound crazy.
Pacifica: Try me.
(He hesitatingly gestures toward Mabel.)
Dipper: Well, for starters, um... This is... Mabel. Mabel Drake. My sister. Twin sister.
(Mabel smiles and waves nervously.)
Mabel: (nervous) Hi...
(Pacifica looks at her and becomes perplexed. She turns to Stan who simply shrugs and gives her a sympathetic look.)
Stan: I'm sorry.
Dipper: I... know I haven't mentioned her to you, but I thought she died in a Panamanian jail.
Pacifica: (distraught) I need to-
(She heads for the door.)
Dipper: But I was obviously very wrong. Look, she's been stuck in there for ten years. And it's because of me. And the guy who broke her out wants a lot of money or else he'll kill her. And the only way we can pay off the debt is Avery's treasure. But that's the good news, we found it! It's on an island just off the coast.
Pacifica: Okay, just stop. Was there... ever... a Malaysia job?
Dipper: Uh... I...
Pacifica: Okay...
(She starts to walk out the door with tears in her eyes.)
Dipper: (desperate) C'mon, Pacifica, wait!
Pacifica: I don't get you.
Dipper: Look, I wanted to tell you.
Pacifica: (upset) You know what, enough.
Dipper: No, I wanted to! But how could I?
Pacifica: I don't know, just say it?
Dipper: I had to protect you.
Pacifica: That is bullshit, Dipper. You just didn't have the nerve to face me. Again.
Dipper: I knew you would react like this.
Pacifica: And how would you react? You lied to me... for weeks. If you were killed, I... wouldn't have even known about it. And now you have a twin sister who you never told me about? Who are you?
Dipper: (assuringly) C'mon, it's me. It's different this time.
Pacifica: Oh, my God.
Dipper: This all happened so fast, but I'm just doing this for her. I have to save her. I don't even care about the treasure.
Pacifica: (gloomily) The look on your face when you walked into this room... If you're done lying to me... then you should stop lying to yourself. I got a plane to catch. You do what you have to do.
(She walks out as tears run down her face and closes the door behind her. Dipper's about to follow her, but then goes over to the table. Stan walks over to him.)
Stan: (disappointed) Hey, what are you doing? Go after her.
Dipper: We're not done here.
Stan: Well, maybe we should be.
Dipper: What are you saying?
Stan: I'm saying maybe there's a smarter way to save Mabel.
Dipper: Such as?
Stan: Such as, we give her a new identity. We... put her in hiding somewhere, I got contacts-
Dipper: (stubbornly) She's been in prison for ten years, she's not going into hiding.
Stan: Okay, fine. You go after your wife. Mabel and I will head off for Libertalia.
Dipper: Without me? Come on, you'll both get killed.
Stan: (irritated) Really? Kid, I've been doing this for a helluva long time. I think I might be able to handle-
Dipper: (bitterly) Hey, you want to be helpful, Stan? Go keep an eye on her.
Stan: (grunts) Whatever you say.
(He walks out of the room leaving the siblings alone. Dipper looks over the documents on the table. Mabel, feeling timid from the whole ordeal, hesitatingly approaches her brother.)
Mabel: (uneasy) Need a hand with anything?
Dipper: (softly) I got it. Just pack your bags.
(She silently nods and steps away as Dipper sighs and hangs his head in shame.)
That was quite a ride. They finally found out where the treasure is, which happens to be a long lost pirate colony, there was one of the best action sequences in the series, and the ending was one of the series's most dramatic moments with Pacifica learning about Mabel and the treasure hunt in a bad way. And yet, there's so much more to come.
Although, in the game, it was never really explained how Elena, Pacifica's character, found out where Nate, Dipper's character, really was and how she got to where he was. Oh, well.
Also, the one pirate captain who wasn't identified is Guybrush Threepwood, the protagonist of the Monkey Island game series. And the thing in the beginning where Dipper mentions "Arstotzka" is a reference to the game, Papers, Please. They're nice Easter eggs in the actual game that I included in here as well.