Welcome to ... Gravity Falls? part 2
The twins paid full attention to Ford, who finished drinking his coffee, and then began his explanation. and Dipper asked him before he started.
"Stop, stop, I remember that, MIB? The SCP Foundation? Do those really exist?" I ask a little incredulously, since although I didn't know them 100%, I had heard about them through movies and video games.
"Yes, those same, but have, how do I explain? And that they understand?" Ford wondered out loud with a finger to his chin, thinking how to explain, in a simple way, all aspects of the complex social, cultural, political, historical and geographical situation that made up the whole picture in general, to some children of 12 years.
"Maybe ... from the beginning?" Mabel asked emphasizing the obvious.
Ford smiled at his suggestion "Good idea! But it would be very long if I talk about how it all started, and I don't have all day to tell you about the origin of time, I think I'll explain the most important parts just for now"
He approached the twins and began.
"You will see, for a long time, since the origin of this world the 'supernatural' has existed, which in my opinion is an absurd term, since by definition something 'supernatural' is something that does not obey the laws of nature , or it cannot be done naturally or by science, which is illogical, since if that something 'supernatural' exists then that something is part of nature and of the universe, even if it is not common, and if it exists it can be explained , even if it took thousands of years to find the answer "Ford stopped when he saw that it was raving, so he decided to retake the point.
"But I am deviating from the central theme, as I said before, the 'supernatural' has always existed, mythological and fantastic creatures have been part of the fauna of this world, as well as of humanity since always, in almost every corner of the earth, and surely beyond this world too "
Dipper and Mabel, but especially Dipper, were really confused, so he interrupted his uncle and asked
"So, if so, why are they treated as myths and legends? Why don't we see mo ...?" Dipper stopped when he remembered Ford's warning about that term and corrected himself.
"I say, MORE of those creatures often, in the rest of the world, shouldn't they be normal?"
"It was just that, and let me tell you that there is one, and that is where it comes in, for lack of a better definition, 'The Masquerade', that is the reason why they are not part of everyday life"
"that's the reason?" Mabel asked confused "what does Jim Carrey have to do with the natural thing?"
Ford and Dipper looked at her without knowing what to say before, at least Ford.
"Really girl? For the love of humanity, you can't be so ignorant!" It was a thought that emerged from the depths of Dipper's mind, that thought would have come out of his mouth if Dipper had not cut it, but it was not so and in the end he scolded himself for thinking of himself, his sister is only being her.
"Em ... Mabel, that's' La Mascara ', and it's a movie'" Dipper told his sister.
"As I was saying, this is where La Mascarada comes in, or rather, where the SCP, MIB and other similar people come in, to keep the Mask, which is nothing more than an ... illusion of what reality really is. . " Ford stopped thinking about how to continue.
"I don't want to bore you with the details, nor with a long history" "which in the end is better not to know" Ford added mentally that last.
"But I will tell you that after many conflicts, it was decided that the best was humans, because of their nature, they lived completely apart from others, and humanity separated so much, but so much, that in the end they completely forgot that they were not alone, neither in this world, nor in the universe, even though now people know that the latter is something obvious, "said the latter more for himself than for the twins.
"Over time the other creatures were held away from humanity, but even in their isolation, they would inevitably meet humanity again, but humanity was even less prepared for such encounters, so this led to absolute chaos." Ford said, and upon hearing the latter, something inside Dipper writhed very badly, he didn't know why, but hearing those words together didn't like him at all.
"So over time different agencies, groups and other forces were created to protect and keep humanity isolated from what I could not understand, agencies that work for humanity in secret, with more power than all the governments of the combined earth, such as the MIB, the SCP and the extinct Troop, and many more, created what science fiction and the professionals called The Masquerade "drank some water from their glass and continued.
"The Mask is an artificial reality, the 'real' world, without magic, aliens, portals and where every fantastic creature, or object, capable of breathing fire, flying without wings, appearing on the other side of the world, altering reality to will, etc., is nothing more than part of ancient myths and legends. I think they can have an idea of how they prevent people from realizing the existence of true reality? " Ford asked the twins, to which Dipper responded.
"Erasing memory?" He answered with some doubt.
"That's right, memory erasure, cover-up, and ... many other things." Ford clarified, pausing, as if he wanted to say something but discarded it.
"And so it has been how the Mascara has been dropped, to maintain order, security and avoid mass panic"
Dipper and Mabel were listening to everything carefully, full of doubts and many questions, more than anything Dipper who asked what seemed most important.
"But if all that is true, how do you know? And more importantly, why do you tell us?" Dipper had certain ideas about him because of those questions, but he preferred his uncle to answer it.
"How good you ask, and the reason is that over time there have been people, within those organizations, who think that humanity as a whole can overcome its own nature, and live with other sapient beings like them, in peace and harmony, and that to achieve this, the right conditions must be met, and this is where Gravity Falls comes in "
"Like that?" Dipper asked
"Gravity Falls, like many other places, have been magnets of supernatural events, be it the habitat of one or more supernatural creatures, a specific object, event. Among many other things, already been like this before, during and after the arrival of human beings to these places, and these agencies usually restrict access to these places and prevent any unauthorized human contact, but not always, there have been cases of humans who have managed to live in peace with the supernatural, outside of Be agents of these organizations.
"But that makes no sense, if it has been shown that they can live together, why is it still secret?" Dipper was quite confused about everything, for every answer he received, there were 2 more to replace it.
"Because those were case isolated in time and space, unique exceptions of a few individuals who left their fear of the unknown, and were not killed in a horrible way, not cities, or nations or countries, and that is why Gravity Falls is a very special case, hes one of the two places in the world that has the largest and most varied concentration of Sapiens, which has been recorded, at least according to what they could tell me that was not classified, "Ford told them.
"and that is why it has been selected to, once again, try to prove that humans and the rest of the universe can live together.
"That's incredible," Dipper exclaimed, totally stunned, he was overwhelmed by the intensity of the information that his great-uncle was giving him, he felt that the greatest secrets of the universe were rebelling one after another, in a kind of row of discoveries. without parallel, mythological creatures, secret societies, all powerful secret agencies that control the world, the fact that the reality with which he has lived was a lie in its great majority.
He took a much-needed drink from his glass of water, while trying to assimilate all the information, curiously it was less difficult than he thought, as if he had known it for a long time.
although there was still a detail that did not add up.
"Very well, everything starts to make sense now, but there is something that I do not explain. What do we have to do in this scary super secret? Why do you tell us so freely? Why we were allowed to enter Gravity Falls if everything should be kept secret? "
"That's what I was going to see. Gravity Falls is a golden opportunity for the idea of living together to flourish, if everything goes well, and while there are humans since the town was founded, Sapiens and Humans have been through a lot of conflict, and even at Today, most have a neutral opinion, at best, regarding the idea of living with other species, and that is why secret agencies have allowed the entry of a selective group of people from outside, and in that way to demonstrate that humanity can live without fear, violence, intolerance and can live in peace with the rest of the world, "Ford explained.
"So now that I've told you everything, is there a question?" Ford asked his nephews.
Dipper and Mabel were completely surprised by everything that happened, Mabel had not been able to understand much of anything, except for the fact that the beings of fantasy tales existed, while Dipper still had many questions to ask, many doubts and needed answers.
"I do, are they going to ask for something else or are they going to pay at last? They have been occupying that table for almost 3 hours," asked a voice beside them impatiently, proving to be the waitress who attended them.
Ford was surprised by that, looked at his watch and yes, it had been almost 3 hours.
"God, you're right, come on guys we have to go," he said as he pulled out his wallet to pay.
Dipper discouraged him a little, he wanted to keep talking to his uncle and get answers, but it didn't matter, he could still follow at another time, they had a whole summer for that.
just when they set out to leave, Dipper told his uncle and his twin to get ahead, since he wanted to use the bathroom before leaving, his uncle told him that they would wait for him in the car.
When he finished using the bathroom, he left the restaurant, but did not realize that he left by another door.
"Eh? And the parking lot?" Dipper asked confusing anyone in particular, that when he saw that instead of a parking lot, there was only the forest occupying his entire field of vision.
He turned and was about to leave, until something caught his attention, so he looked back at the forest.
His gaze ended in the forest, and a myriad of sensations flooded the natural radars he did not even know he had, it felt like a cacophony of different forces pulsing, vibrant and alive within the forest which he was looking at with his newly discovered "third eye" .
And he felt a deep terror also when he felt how some of these forces looked back at him, a terror that multiplied when he could see unrecognizable figures and shadows, which began to move, and I heard a great uproar coming from the thicket, I felt several of those forces crashing wildly against each other.
Overwhelmed by fear, with his mind working a mile a second, and with the adrenaline rushing through his veins, he quickly got into the restaurant, looked for the right door and left the restaurant, got into the car and entered violently into it.
This did not go unnoticed by Mabel or Ford, with the latter asking.
"something happened?"
Dipper was going to answer what he saw and felt in the forest, but suddenly, he felt a powerful need to lie.
"I ... emm ... I thought they had ... left me behind and I was scared" Dipper not credibly told both of them.
For Mabel it was enough, but Ford looked at him for a while doubting, but he left it that way for now and started to drive, on the road Dipper kept wondering what the hell was all that.
After a while, they came to the front of what the twins seemed like a fusion between a cabin and a mini mansion, above it, there was a sign of bright red letters in which you could read: The Mystery Cabin.
Mabel asks surprised.
"Is this where we are going to stay?"
to which Ford responded.
"This is Mabel, welcome to the Mystery Cabin"
Dipper and Mabel got out of the car and approached the front of the cabin admiring its beauty that, although simple and far from being pompous or luxurious, it was still something worth admiring.
all the time without anyone noticing, there were one pair of pink orbs in one of the windows on the main floor, they were bright eyes watching them, and a row of sharp teeth appeared below them, combining a predatory smile with A perverse look.
then the doors opened, and a seductive, silky, excited and almost hungry voice was heard.
"Finally here?"
To be continue.