We see a fat man answer the door, wearing a black suit, and a fez.
"Sup hambone."
He takes a bite out of a poptart."
"Have you come to enjoy the Mystery Shack?"
Marco laughs "HAHAHAHA,
yes...sort of..
uumm...we're here to see Professor Pines."
The fat man sighs "Of course you are...
look man, Professor Pines doesn't live here anymore."
Marco screams "WHAT?!"
Star ponders "Well..where does he live now?"
Marco grabs his shirt "PLEASE MR. RAMIREZ, YOU GOTTA HELP ME!"
Mr. Ramirez replies "Alright, listen,
Professor Pines' got so big as a scientist, I decided he had no place in the Mystery Shack,
he was all about 'solving mysteries' and we're about showing you unsolved mysteries,
he lived here for a long time, but we decided to go our separate ways 'about a week ago.'"
Marco ponders "Hmmm...alright, we need to go looking for him then,
can you tell us where he lives now?"
Mr. Ramirez replies "He lives on the outskirts of town, out all by himself,
every now and then he comes by here for a visit and a chat."
Marco walks outside "Well, thanks Soos! we'll be seeing you soon then."
Star grabs his arm.
"MARCO!
Where are you going?
don't you wanna go in there? IT'S THE MYSTERY SHACK!"
Marco rolls his eyes "Maybe later, but right now we've gotta get moving,
you were the one who wanted to know about my Mom's past,
and this is the only lead we have, COME ON!"
They rush outside.
They find themselves on the outskirts of town, Star blasts through some of the bushes.
"HEY LOOK! MARCO! THERE IT IS!"
It's a cabin not too different from the Mystery Shack, except it's in notably better condition,
it has a couple more windows too, and isn't given the mystery 'theme'
They knock on the door.
"Hello? is anyone there?"
Answering the door is a blonde haired woman in purple clothes.
"AH! Who are you guys?!"
Marco replies "Uumm... my name is Marco,
and this is my friend...Star.
we're here to see Professor Pines,
we think he might be able to help us with something."
The girl chuckles "Well lucky for you, the Doctor is IN.
Honey! can you come on down please?"
We see a man come down in a plaid shirt, and white lab coat.
brown eyes, brown hair, and a mullet.
The blonde woman points to them.
"These two said they're here to see you, do you know them?"
Professor Pines replies "Can't say I do, but I suppose they might be fans.."
he shuts the door "What can I do for you?"
Marco hands him the picture "We were wondering if you knew these people...
thought they might be relatives of yours, or...something."
He looks at the picture "!...
as a matter of fact I do...
this is me and my sister..."
Marco laughs "I didn't know you had a sister."
Professor Pines sighs "Keyword kid, 'had' ...she died a long time ago."
Marco lowers his head.
"O-oh... i'm s-sorry."
Professor Pines sighs again "Don't worry about it kid, it's not your fault...
where did you get this?"
Marco replies "My Mom had it stashed in her attic,
we were searching there because we get the feeling My Mom is hiding something about her past..
we thought we might be able to get some answers."
Professor Pines's face turns pale "!...
Listen kid,
I just might can give you the answer's you want,
bring your Mother here, don't tell her anything,
not a word, understand?"
Star screams "ALRIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE HER THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER."
She drags Marco.
"COME ON!"
We then hear the teleporting on the outside, as Star and Marco travel back to Echo Creek.