Jay was comfy in his bed when he heard tapping on his window. He opened one of his eyes to find someone was throwing rocks. He checked his alarm clock: 7:37. It was too early for anything. He looked out the window and saw Jo. She waved to him, holding the strange book in her other hand. She held up the book for emphasis, and gesture for him to come outside.

He waved to her, and got ready, showering, and changing into suitable clothes. He went outside to see her hop toward him in excitement.

"You have to take a look a this. Haaave tooo."

She opened the book, and flipped through the pages. There were various discriptions of strange phenomena and creatures. She flipped to the back. There was a map on one page, and some weird mechanism on the other. The map showed the location of some rectangular object, with the same six-fingered hand. He couldn't make out what area the map covered; the top of the page read Mount Brobdingnag.

"So?"

"So, who knows what it could be? What do you say, want to go treasure hunting?"

"I think I'll pass," Jay told her. "Besides, we wouldn't even know where to start."

"No, but I think I know someone who would. C'mooon."

"Uh, fine. At least let me tell my parents I'll be gone for a bit."

The pair headed into town, Jay following Jo's lead. They went in the direction of the town's sole tourist attraction (aside from the local Bottomless Pit), the Mystery (S)hack at 618 Gopher Rd. They went inside. An old man with a red fez (with a black and gold tassle) was turned away from them, putting knick-knacks on a shelf. An old monkey skeleton tied to a fish tail was among them. To the side was a cackling skull from the town's Summerween tradition. In the corner was a statue of the previous owner.

"Excuse me, mister," Jo said politely.

"Oh, yeah, what do you two dudes want?" He wore an eyepatch, with a black suit.

"Mr. Mystery, do you know something called 'Mount Brobdingnag'?"

"Yeah, that's the nickname for this mountain here." He pulled out a map of the town and pointed to an elevated area. "By the way, Mr. Mystery is a bit too formal for me. Call me Soos."

"Oh, ok, thanks, Soos." The two acquaintances followed in the directions Soos had indicated. There was a large mountain in the distance.

"My treasure hunting abilities don't include hiking up a mountain," Jay said sarcastically.

"Fine," Jo said. "We can always come back, but take a closer look at some of these pages." She flipped through the pages of the book. Some images was briefly noticed by the two, and something flashed in their minds. They went blank for a millisecond.

"Ok, I do want to find out more about this stuff, if it is true. This town is weird, after all. Something about it. But, I'm not going up to that mountain."

The two returned to their "street", and they sat by a tree, reading through the various pages, until the same page from earlier appeared. It was a five-sided star, encased in a circle. On it was a question mark, a shooting star, and a pine tree. The two other symbols were a crescent and a butterfly. They didn't know what it meant. In the center was an eye. Something again clicked in their minds for the briefest attosecond.

Among other topics in the book were small bats with one eye, alligator men, Idyllians, wood clowns, and stone giants. The information was fascinating, but only served to convince Jay that they were just myths, urban legends from wherever the author was from.

That was a mystery in and of itself. Who was the author? Why did he decide to write the journals? Why was the old house in the woods abandoned?

As they read, the sun raised higher and higher. Soon, noontime came, and the pair decides to go back to their respective homes. Jay had a video game console. The Chimera X (newer model of Chimera) was the newest game console, having come some out 2 years ago, and Jay had ten or so games for it. He decided to play "Secret Guardians 2".

Jo did what she always did in her free time. Read the the same twenty-four books over and over again. This time, it was Chronicle of Mysteries: Everlasting Enigmas, a pre-sequel to the first. The previous book was some twins who used a series of journal entries to solve mysteries. She couldn't help notice the uncanny resemblance to her own current situation. The prequel she was currently reading was about their grandfather's adventures and other mysteries left unsolved from the first book, but with a few unsolved questions of its own. The third in the series, Puzzling Paradox was supposed to some out by the end of summer.

Jo's fascination with mysteries stemmed from the boring nature of the town mixed with its odd Nevermind All That Act, which the town had established back in 2012. She tried asking multiple people about why that act was passed, but no one gave a satisfying answer. The town has managed to keep some secret hidden for about five decades. She would have to figure out what that secret was eventually, even if it took her the rest of her life.

Meanwhile, a hooded figure watches the street from a distance. "Soon, I too will find the ultimate secret of those journals. He clutches a book in his hands, entitled Gravity Falls Mysteries.