WARPED
Chapter 5
Never before had Jocelyn realized that one of her life goals was to hang out with Mabel Pines. This was mostly because she hadn't thought it possible. But here she was. In Hazelle's living room. WITH MABEL PINES!
Jocelyn couldn't believe her luck. Ever since she had gotten into Gravity Falls, she had been told by multiple people that she was just like Mabel. And now, being face to face with her idol, she couldn't help but FREAK OUT. While Hazelle passed out like a sissy, Jocelyn kept her wits about her and decided to handle the problem like an adult. By running across the room and freaking out with Mabel.
"Bill?" asked Dipper, brow furrowed. "What's he got to do with this?"
"Yeah!" Mabel agreed. "He's just a creepy floating Dorito! We took care of him."
"Weeeellll here's the thing…" began Lucy. "He's not exactly… 'taken care of.'"
"Who's Bill?" asked Stan, scratching his back not making eye contact. "I have no idea what you people are talking about..."
"You know, dude, Bill!" chirped Soos. "That evil triangle guy we fought in your mind!"
"What?!" yelled Stan, seemingly alarmed.
"THAT'S A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME," Dipper interjected, waving his noodley arms. "We should focus on the current situation. Bill's back? And he's here?"
"He attacked our school!" Hazelle explained, fidgeting with the hair bands around her wrist. "He's not supposed to be real in this reality. He's a cartoon character! But earlier this morning, he appeared and he was looking for the three of us!"
"Why you guys?" Stan asked, frowning.
"We…don't know that yet," admitted Lucy. "But he doesn't know our names. He knows us by symbols."
Dipper, Soos, and Mabel exchanged a look: probably all remembering that Bill did the very same thing to them during their encounter. "So if Bill's looking for you three," Dipper said slowly, "why'd he bring us here?"
"We can't tell you why," Jocelyn said, nodding to Hazelle and Lucy. "But we can show you how."
Hazelle got up from the couch and went to the computer, bringing seachfortheblindeye back up. It was still a mess of pixels and colors, but Bill was distinctly floating onscreen.
"What is this?" Dipper asked, fascinated.
"This," Jocelyn explained, "is searchfortheblindeye dot com."
"Is it kinda like the bomb dot com?" squawked Mabel.
Everyone turned and stared at Mabel while Jocelyn snickered and gave Mabel a high five.
"Well, no," interrupted Lucy, rolling her eyes, "it's actually not. It's this weird and creepy website that popped up out of nowhere last month. It has secret messages hidden in the coding every day, and they all have to do with Bill."
"It's actually terrifying," Hazelle commented dryly.
"So wait," Dipper said. "Bill can jump realities?"
"And apparently manipulate the Internet, as well," added Lucy.
"Here we go again, with the stupid Inter-whatever," Stan groaned. "I knew it was trouble! Nothing can be fast and reliable at the same time!"
"Relax," Jocelyn said matter-of-factly. "We have Xfinity."
"X-what?" Stan said, raising an eyebrow.
"Never mind, it's not important," Lucy cut in. "Anyway, I think you all got transported here through this website."
"AKA," Jocelyn added, "the rip in the space time continuum."
"The potato chip?" Mabel asked.
"IT'S NOT A POTATO CHIP," Dipper said, exasperated.
"Well, whatever it is, it's back!" Mabel said. And sure enough, there it was: the winking little circle, tucked in the corner of the screen.