Previously...

Ford sighed, "First things first... Containment. So, we need to go to the control room of this part of the lab. I'm allowing them to be together, because of circumstances."

"Fine," Dipper sighed, following him out of the room.

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"Alright, I'm testing to see if this works," A voice, that Bill immediately recognized as Ford, spoke somewhere in the chamber.

Will looked around in confusion, "I can hear you... but where are you?"

"In a disclosed location. You can't find us," Ford grinned.

Bill smirked, closing his eyes, "Let's see about that..." He made a noise, before smiling, opening his eyes, "You're two floors up in Level one of the lab, to the farthest room on the right. The room that the portal was in."

"Wow. I'm amazed you found that out, and all you did was close your eyes and make a weird noise... wait... Echolocation?" Dipper's voice was heard, guessing what had just happened.

Will snickered, "You're a little too smart for your own good, Dipper... but, yes. That's what he did."

"Isn't that usually what bats do, though?" Dipper asked.

He laughed, "Yes, and many other mortal animals. Most known, of course, being the bat."

"As fascinating as this is, we need to get started. I'm assuming you can do the same, Will?" Ford asked.

Will sighed, "Not really... I have some similar powers, but... most of them are my own, and... kind of... have to do with helping me with what those twins had me do."

"So... they basically made you into what could fit their needs?" Dipper asked, annoyance and anger clear in his voice.

Will nodded, "Yes..."

"Would that include being a-" "-that is enough, Dipper. We don't need to know that. I know what you want to say, but... I don't think we should," Ford interrupted.

He smiled, "Probably not. I wouldn't like that question or the answer one bit. I already know both, and... you definitely don't want to know."

"Of course not. Anyhow... of course, both of us have questions. I'll let Dipper ask the first question that he has," Ford sighed.

Dipper grinned, "What's the secret of life and everything?"

"42," He smirked, looking over at Will, who was completely confused by his older brother's answer.

Dipper laughed, before putting on a serious face, "Yes! Okay, actual question... Why did you say that I was another person from your zodiac that you'd ended up in a relationship in? Who was the first?"

"He's right next you, Pine Tree." He grinned, "Aren't I right, Sixer?"

Dipper looked over at his great uncle in shock, his eyes going wide, "Wait... you... you actually dated... Bill?! What?! Why?!"

"Same reason you are, Mason. Fallen for my charm," He laughed.

Will glared at him, "Shut up."

"You are a huge jerk," Dipper grumbled.

He snickered, "Yes, I am. I don't care, Pine Tree."

"Okay, let's not get out of hand here. No bickering, just question answering. You can bicker later." Ford sighed, "Okay, my first question is... and, I'm sorry Will if this brings up bad memories, but... what's the worst punishment you've had? It's for both of you."

"Let's see... getting encased in a stone prison for about a year would definitely take the cake," He scowled, crossing his arms against his chest.

Will frowned, looking down, "... Getting severely beaten, and then left chained to the wall in the basement and left alone down there for a long amount of time, only getting sunlight when Master would come down and punch and beat me up for something that made him mad..."

"Woah. That's... disturbing..." Dipper admitted.

He snickered, "Yet, I'm sure Will's had other punishments like it. That's just the one that he deems the worst of them. As for mine, it's the only one... which was caused by you two, and also eight others that I'm sure you know the names of."

"The Zodiac Ten, you mean?" Dipper asked.

He laughed, "Yeah, sure. Call yourselves whatever you want, I don't care."

"Huh?" Will looked over at him.

He sighed, "Zodiac."

"Oh... Ohhhh. Uh... Sorry..." Will looked down.

He snickered, "It's not your fault. You're probably lucky to never have to be effected by it. Luckily, it failed because Stan wouldn't hold Fordsie's hand."

"... and then you burned the chalk and also a bit of Pacifica and Robbie's hair," Ford sighed.

He smiled, "Eh, Llama and Stitches deserved it."

"Did you know who all ten were? Before then, anyway?" Dipper asked.

He laughed, "What do you think?"

"I'll say yes," Ford snickered.

He grinned, "Some were easier to figure out than others. Ford was obviously the first one I figured out, since his was physical."

"Yeah..." Ford looked down at his hand.

He sighed, "Mabel's was also easy to figure out. Dipper's I figured out after he got his new hat, and... the rest were just as easy. I'm sure that Ford was trying to find them all out once he got back."

"I was trying to. It was kind of hard, but... I figured it out eventually," Ford shrugged.

Dipper sighed, "Why'd you tell Mabel that we could learn magic?"

"Oh, that? That's a long story... It has to do with your bloodline and it's past. I'm sure you know some of it, since you DID make Ford tell you what happened almost 40 years ago." He snickered, "But that's besides the point. It's rare to have two kids from the same bloodline, much less being in the same generation AND twins, representing symbols from the night. I'm surprised that Aurora hasn't show herself to you, but... she IS pretty shy, so I'm not surprised. The triplets would probably see her though. Probably soon."

Ford was confused, "Who's Aurora?"

"Why, she's your daughter, of course!"