I am alive. It's a brand new month with a new chapter to start with. Also it's Black History Month! An awesome month in my opinion. But let's start with some comment reviews:
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Boss Mabel Part One
"Ladies and gentlemen, we now return to Cash Wheel! Sponsored by Chipackerz, the chip flavored crackers!" Danny groggily opened his eyes to the voice. Who was talking this loud this morning?
"But they taste just like chips!" He heard Mabel say and sighed. He had been here for a couple days now and was sleeping on the couch since they had no other rooms. And every morning he was awoken by the television or some kind of arguing. His head pounded every time it happened thanks to his sensitive ears.
"Can you guys turn that down?" Danny asked as he walked into the living room. The Pines family looked at them and shook their heads. Dipper was glaring at him for god knows what.
"NOPE!" Stan said as Danny sighed. "It's Cash Wheel! The game show where they give you basically free money." Danny looked to the screen and sure enough it was a game show.
"Congratulations! You're taking a…" The TV announcer said as Danny rose an eyebrow.
"Cash Shower!" Stan and the Tv announcer said at the same time as the contestant began to grab money out of the air. Danny had to look away as the contestant began to punch the other contestants when they tried to grab his money.
"I like that guy's style." Stan said as Danny walked away. He could feel Dipper's stare, or rather glare, into his back as he walked into the bathroom. He enjoyed the feel of the hot water running off his body. As Danny took a shower, he began to think as to why Wendy was so afraid of him.
~Flashback~
Danny had just gotten done with taking a shower and was drying his hair with the blow drier. He heard footsteps and realized that he had forgotten his clothes on the couch. He walked out to see Wendy looking down at her phone. He smiled.
"Hey, Wendy." Danny said as Wendy looked up. As soon as she looked at him, her whole face turned beet red. He blinked, but continued on anyways. "I left my clothes on the couch, could you get them for me?" She nodded and walked around the corner and came back with his clothes in her hands.
"Thanks, you're a real lifesaver." Then Wendy tripped and Danny easily caught her with his super fast reflexes. "You okay?" She nodded and Danny helped her to her feet.
"T-Thanks." Danny chuckled as he turned to go back into the bathroom when he heard the click of a camera. He turned around only to find Wendy gone. That was fast for a human.
~Flashback End~
After that, she avoided him for about two days before talking to him once more. Maybe she was afraid of him? He was an outsider. How does Gravity Falls think of outsiders? Danny shrugged maybe it was just him. Danny quickly got dressed and walked out to Stan barking orders.
Danny was now used to this spontaneous Stan. He was lazy as hell, but then once there was money involved, he jumped into action.
"Wendy! Mark up those prices! The higher the better!" Stan said as Wendy made the sign twenty dollars. A normal reasoning for a gift shop. "Higher! Bleed 'em dry!" Two hundred Dollars?! Not even he would buy a gift for two hundred. Do you know how much nasty burgers he could buy with that? A whole bunch!
"Eesh, Grunkle Stan. It's like when you see tourists, all you see are wallets with legs." Dipper said as Danny looked out the window to see a bus load of tourists. Danny gagged as he saw one throw up.
"Clean-up on the front lawn!" Stan said as he turned to Dipper. Dipper groaned as Stan looked at Danny. "I have something special for you to do." Stan said as he thrusted a bag towards Danny. Danny took it carefully and looked into the bag then sighed. Did he really have to wear this?
"You have to sell it, Danny." Danny rolled his eyes as he went into the bathroom to change. He looked at himself once more time in the mirror before sighing. Part of him wondered why he was doing this anyways.
Because you have to. Danny's skin crawled as Zorasil spoke into his mind. Dan is planning something. Danny remembered Dan said he was taking orders from someone higher.
"Dan said he was working with someone. I know it couldn't be you since you're a staff. But it has to be someone powerful." Danny thought aloud as he felt Zorasil retract from his mind. There was a knock on the door which startled Danny.
"Grunkle Stan wants you out already." Mabel said from the other side of the door. Danny shook his head. Stan only thought of money. Too Greedy if you ask me. Danny quickly put on the costume and walked onto the stage. It was dark, but his eyes could make out the entire layout. The floorboards were old and moldy as if ready to fall through. Maybe he should float a little just so he doesn't fall.
"Ladies and gentle-tourists! Looking around my Mystery Shack, you will see many wondrous roadside attractions. Be amazed at the only known photo of a horse riding another horse!" He heard Stan say from behind the curtain. Stan was too dramatic for his own good. Greedy and dramatic. The norm for conmen.
"That's-That's pretty good!" He heard footsteps and Danny figured they were right in front of him. "Be astounded at the horrible, robotic, teen wolf boy!" The curtain pulled back and Danny's eyes quickly grew adjusted to the light.
"Oh! Oh, look at him! All that hair! His body's changing, ah!" Danny frowned as a little girl looked up at him.
"Can I touch your arm?" Danny smiled and nodded and kneeled down to show her his arm.
"That'll be fifty bucks!" Stan shouted as her parents automatically handed him fifty bucks. She touched his arm and gasped.
"How did you lose your real one?" Danny looked at her. He had told the Pines family that he had lost it protecting the people that he cared about.
"There was a really bad guy. He was out to destroy the people I cared about. In order to stop him, I had to sacrifice an arm to save them." Danny explained as there were twinkles in the little girl's eyes.
"Like a superhero?!" Danny chuckled. How ironic.
"Yeah, like a superhero." After they were done, Danny quickly got out of the costume as he felt something wriggling inside. Possibly hookworm. When Danny walked back into the gift shop, he could see Stan arguing with Dipper on something. Mabel was running the cashier and Wendy was just reading a magazine and Soos. Danny looked at Soos who was adding a skull to a stuffed squirrel's body. Soos was being Soos.
"You've got all these dumb, fake exhibits in the Shack. Meanwhile, I've seen actual, amazing things in the forest every day! What if you hunted down a real attraction instead of lying to people for a living?" Dipped asked as Danny walked by them. He leaned on the counter crossing his arms. Hey, he had nothing better to do.
"And you should be nicer to your employees, too!" Mabel added as Danny chuckled. Stan wouldn't do that. He's a con-artist that strives on tricking people.
"Yeah!" Dipper said as Danny smiled. Dipper and Mabel were too innocent for their own good. Too bad a city full of mysteries and dangerous creature would destroy that. Afterall, Danny knew best.
"Look, you guys got a problem with how I run the Shack, take it up with the complaints department." Stan held up a trash can. Danny couldn't help but snort. Dipper looked at him and Danny made sure to look away at something else.
"I am going to write them such a letter!" Mabel said as she began to write a letter. Danny chuckled as he rubbed Mabel's hair.
"He's playing with you, Mabel. You don't have to write a letter." Danny said as Mabel pouted.
"That's mean, Grunkle Stan!" Mabel called out as Stan walked away. Danny looked in his direction and gave a mental sigh. Stan really needed to learn some manners. Later, everyone except Stan found themselves on a roof with cans of glitter paint.
"And don't stop 'till you've covered that sign with glitter! Glittery signs attract tourists! Also large birds." Danny turned to see a large bird coming close to Soos and moved Soos out of the way for the large eagle to miss him. The bird quickly flew away as Soos smiled.
"Thanks, dude." Soos said as Danny nodded. Stan laughed as he went back inside.
"Okay, is it just me, or is having Grunkle Stan as a boss seriously the worst?" Dipper asked as Danny didn't comment. He just started painting the S on SHAC.
"I know, right? Why do we even put up with it?" Wendy asked as Danny chuckled.
"Because he gives you money, Wendy." Danny said as Wendy blushed and nodded.
"Yeah…" Wendy responded.
"But you pay him, Danny." Mabel said as Danny shrugged.
"I literally have no place to go in this town. Plus you guys are interesting." Danny said giving a blinding smile to everyone.
"One I gave him a suggestion to improve the Shack once. I had this idea where I could be, like, the Mystery Shack mascot: Questiony the Question Mark. I ask people questions, you know. Do the question dance." Soos said as everyone started giving Soos praising remarks on his idea. Danny was thinking as he continued to paint the S. Could Soos handle it though? Being a mascot meant being surrounded by multiple people asking to take pictures.
"Yeah, well...Stan said I couldn't handle it." Danny was glad he didn't voice his opinion out loud.
"He said what?" Mabel asked as she went downstairs. Danny had a bad feeling in his gut.
"I don't think this will go well." Danny said as he put the paint brush back in the can and headed downstairs to see Mabel and Stan yelling at each other.
"Ha! I'd make more money on vacation then you would, running this place!" Stan said as Mabel glared.
"Then why don't you go on vacation?" Mabel asked as Stan smirked. Oh no. Danny sighed as he leaned against the frame. But maybe this could be an opportunity to search around Gravity Falls. Maybe ask the Trickster some questions about the area. Maybe even the mystery shack itself.
"Interesting...All right, I'm a wagering man. 3 days. 72 hours." Stna said picking up a timer and setting the time. He set it down on the table for Mabel to see. "You run the Shack, and I'll go on vacation. If you make more money than me, I guess it means you're right about the way I run my business. BUT if you lose, you, uh…" Stan picked up a white shirt and wrote LOSER on it.
"You have to wear this "LOSER" shirt all summer!" Stan looked as if he was the smartest person in the world.
"Fine. But if I win, I get to be the boss for the rest of the summer! Plus, you gotta sing an apology song with lyrics by me! Mabel." Mabel said as Stan agreed to it.
"Hey, Stan!" Danny called out as they walked away. "I got some things to do around town and they can't be done until later. Do you think I could have a couple days off?" Danny asked as Stan smiled.
"Yeah, Mabel won't care." Stan said as he walked away. That seemed to scream disaster to Danny who sighed. Maybe he should come up with some contingency plans just in case this fails. He should also leave a clone for each of them just in case anything goes wrong.
Danny sighed as he walked away to get his sword and other items, besides you can never be too careful.
Danny1, Danny2, Danny3, and Danny4 were all standing in the same room looking at each other as Danny1 began to speak.
"Alright here's the plan. I will go out looking around Gravity Falls for some information. Danny2, you will go with Stan to make sure he doesn't get arrested. God knows how many times that actually might happen." Danny2 nodded then went invisible. Danny1 looked at Danny3.
"Danny3, you will stay at the shack. Keep out of sight until there is something wrong. But if you use your powers make sure no one sees you. Also look around the shack. Below, Above, anywhere for anything." Danny3 nodded and turned invisible. Danny1 finally looked at Danny4.
"Find a way to make money just in case anything falls through. Go anywhere, be anyone. I don't care if you become a popstar. Make money." Danny4 nodded and shifted into a blonde beauty.
He had short blonde hair with a strong visible jawline. His eyes were a forest green that was different from his icy blue ones. His teeth were spectacularly white as he grew another two inches. He looked more buff than Danny was originally. Instead of a sword, he had a black and white guitar on his back and his robotic arm changed into a nice wooden one.
"Looking good." Danny1 said as Danny4 nodded.
"How's my voice?" Danny4 asked, his voice an octave deeper than usual.
"Good. Add a little scruff." Danny4 nodded as little golden stubbs sprouted from his chin. "Better." Danny4 nodded as he left invisibly. Danny1 was all alone and headed downstairs to see Stan about to leave.
"I'll be gone for a couple of days. I already cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next three days." Danny1 said as he walked out the door leaving the mystery shack behind.
