Chapter 4: In which a child is drop-kicked in self defense.
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AN: Hello again my wonderful readers. I'm going to be honest, every time I get a notification that so and so has followed my story, my ego grows like twenty sizes. As I have mentioned previously, I'm not sure how often I'll be able to get chapters out, as I am taking both Calculus I and Physics. I also need to write essay's both for my school, and for scholarships for college. I currently have around 4,000 words over 7 essays that I need to write.
This chapter was a giant pain to write, because the timeline doesn't quiet line up. The Hand That Rocks the Mabel takes place over what seems to be five nights, but there is only time for four nights, so I've condensed the timeline a bit.
On another note, I have a discord. Please feel free to join. /eSSP2GtYQS
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Two days after finishing the path from his home to the Mystery Shack, Technoblade was walking back to his house after fishing well into the night, and arguing with chat about whether it was a good use of his time.
"We don't have any enemies in this world, we don't need to overly optimize everything."
Technofan12321: Imagine not minmaxing, L
Pathoftheswole: you must get onto that sigma-male grindset.
ChadwickChadeusChaddington: We must capture some land, so that the peasantry can serve their betters. Also, I must request an increase in tea.
"Alright fine, tomorrow we can go to the nether."
Average_techno_fan: POG!
Technoblade resumed climbing the path, when an explosion rang out through the valley. Technoblade immediately threw himself to the ground, then began looking around for the source of the explosion. He saw the after effects of a firework in the shape of a heart, with lɘdɒM written in it.
"Heh? Who would be named lɘdɒM?"
Bananamilkshake: It's probably Mabel
Yallneedhelp: Only a psycho would do that for a 12 year-old, we need to check up on her.
Carpediem: Imagine not immediately being able to tell its backwards, L
"Chat, I knew it was Mabel, don't L me."
Average_techno_fan: Oh yeah? I'm going to L you even harder."
"Bruh."
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Dipper Pines was heading to help his sister break up with a creepy stalker that the rest of the town's folk found loveable, and was using this to pressure Mabel into a relationship she didn't want, when Dipper saw a shape moving in the woods. Dipper stood stock-still and motioned for Mabel to freeze, waiting for the unknown shape to move, hardly daring to breathe in case it was one of the scarier things in the journal.
"Mabel, start backing up slowly, we don't know what it is." Dipper whispered.
"Dipping-stick, we're in the great outdoors, I'm sure it's perfectly safe" Mabel said as she started walking towards the massive shape. "Besides, it's probably just a tree or a bush or something."
"Mabel, don't! Get back here! Mabel!" Dipper whisper-shouted, while moving in front of Mabel.
The shape suddenly started to move towards Dipper and Mabel, before saying,
"Hallo."
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Technoblade had headed directly for the Mystery Shack after the firework had gone off, and managed to catch the Pines twins as they were headed somewhere. Technoblade stopped in the woods, planning on following them and becoming the cavalry in case of emergency, when Dipper noticed him. Dipper responded correctly to the situation, while his sister was more reckless. After greeting them, Technoblade asked about what had happened.
"This little kid named Gideon Gleeful fell in love with me, and keeps asking me out on dates, and I don't want to go on dates with him. I want to go back to the friend-zone, but he keeps bringing me into the romance zone." Mabel whined. "I think he's a good kid, but I just see him as a friend slash little sister, not as a romance partner."
"Mabel, he's not a good kid, he's using peer-pressure to force you to go on dates. Besides, you still haven't told him no yet." Dipper interrupted before Mabel could continue.
"You haven't said no to him? Bruh. I have some free advice for you. First, you say no. Then, you get outta there." Technoblade said. "Also, you need to be more cautious. Not everything in these woods is as friendly or as handsome as me."
"Hey Technoblade, I'm going to help Mabel break up with Gideon, Do you want to come with?" Asked Dipper.
"Bruh, you aren't even breaking up with him yourself? I understand wanting support in case Gideon tried getting violent, he sounds like a little monster, but you wouldn't just send your brother in alone, right?" Technoblade asked Mabel, while giving off a disappointed aura.
"Yeah, haha, I would be there, that was my plan." Mabel said nervously.
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Gideon Gleeful was a very happy boy. He was the most famous person in this hick town, and the townsfolk would support him in any cause simply because he was cute. Like Alcibiades before him, Gideon leveraged his looks and charisma to gain all he wanted, and what he wanted now was Mabel Pines, the grand-niece of his arch-enemy.
Gideon viewed himself as both luckier and superior to the weak-minded fools that made up the population of Gravity Falls, but had nothing he felt strongly about. There was the search for the first journal, of course, but a lust for power can only take you so far, so when Gideon saw an angel descend into the audience of one of his shows, he knew he had to have her.
Gideon's romantic advances had appeared successful, and he was waiting for his peach to arrive for their dinner date, the third date so far. He was sitting on a chair shaped like a playing card club, when he saw his sweet come through the door, accompanied by her brother and some kind of man-pig.
"Hello my peach dumplin, and Dipper, how are you doing, you liking the town?" Gideon said.
"Hey Gideon, the town is… look, Mabel has something she wants to say to you, isn't that right Mabel?" Said Dipper.
"Gideon, look, um… I don't want to date you anymore. But, we can still be friends, right?" Mabel asked.
"My dumplin, are you serious? Do you really not want to date me anymore?" Gideon asked, shocked.
"Yes, but we're still friends, right?" asked Mabel.
"Sure, sure, we can be friends." answered Gideon. Mabel, Dipper, and the man-pig left, and Gideon was left pondering what had happened.
'Did she really want to break up with me? No, it must have been Dipper who turned her against me! You will rue the day you challenged me, boy. The only problem is that pig-man, he must be a minion, but how would Dipper know how to get a minion, unless… of course! Dipper must have the first journal, that's it! Dipper is using something in the first journal to control my peach dumplin's mind, it's the only explanation.' Gideon thought, 'now, how do I get rid of Dipper, and get the journal.'
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"There, that wasn't so bad Mabel." Dipper said as he, Mabel, and Technoblade walked back towards the mystery shack.
"Thank you for coming with Dipper." Mabel said.
"Alright, Imma head out. You know where to find me, if you need help." Technoblade said as he left the twins.
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Technoblade spent the next day mining, trying to find lava for obsidian to go to the nether. After spending all day in the mines, he went to a watchtower he had built to eat dinner and talk to chat.
T, 'I can't believe how hard it is to find lava.'
A, 'lava is much rarer in my world, and since this world is quite similar, it makes sense.'
Technofan12321: Techno you said we could go to nether, why you always lying?
Bananamilkshake: Technofan12321, bro chill, we can do it tomorrow
Yesyes1209: Can we listen to music? There's a built in music player in your head, and we can use you as a speaker.
Average_techno_fan: wait, what? Technospeaker?
T, 'Heh? I can play music? Nice"
Yallneedhelp: Yesyes1209, why would you only mention this now, we've been here for 11 days.
Yesyes1209: The author needs something to fill the time, and it will be useful later.
T, 'Heh? Author? What do you mean?'
Yesyes1209: Nothing, haha.
Pushing aside chats weirdness, Technoblade began to enjoy the view of the valley as the sun was setting, using his new-found power to listen to Sweden by C418. A light breeze was blowing through the valley, and in the town, people were heading home after a long day of work. Technoblade let out a relaxed sigh, content with the world.
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As the sun set and the shadows lengthened, chat started freaking out.
Technofan12321: child detected
Bananamilkshake: Technofan12321 where? I can't see any children.
Technofan12321: Road leading up to that factory left of the island
ChadwickChadeusChaddington: What the devil! It's the boy we know, If we're going to see what he's doing I need my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle.
T, 'Bruh, its peaceful here.'
Average_techno_fan: no peace, follow child.
A, 'They aren't going to stop talking until we see what's happening. Also, I want to know what Dippers doing out this late.'
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Caving to chat's demands, (and his own curiosity as to what Dipper was doing out in the town past sunset), Technoblade followed Dipper's trail towards the factory overlooking main street. As he drew near the red brick building, he heard voices from inside. Being careful as to not let himself block the lights from town, giving away someone was outside, Technoblade crept to the window.
"Your sister will be mine!" cried Gideon, laughing maniacally
Technoblade watched as Dipper picked up a bat and charged Gideon, 'on one hand, beating up a child with a bat seems unkind, on the other hand, VIOLENCE!' Technoblade was then shocked when Gideon surrounded Dipper in a green glow and Dipper started to float.
'Heh?'
"She's never gonna date you, man!"
"That's a lie, and I'm going to make sure you never lie to me again." Gideon said while preparing a set of shears to cut out Dipper's tongue.
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Dipper was struggling against his unseen bonds, as the shears grew closer and closer to him. Gideon had tricked him into coming out alone by having Toby Determined pretend to want to do an interview with Dipper, and now Dipper was regretting not telling anyone where he went. Dipper went wide-eyed as the shears closed to within an inch of his face, when suddenly,
CRASH! A massive shape lunged through one of the windows, kicking Gideon and breaking his concentration. As Dipper and the shears fell to the floor, Dipper saw who had drop-kicked Gideon, It was Techno.
Gideon got out the boxes he fell into and shook himself off, before turning to talk to Technoblade.
"Well, if it isn't the minion. I do wonder what power Dipper has over you, but once I steal the journal from him I'll find out. Then, you will serve me!"
"Heh? The heck are you talking about. I'm nobody's minion." Technoblade said annoyed. Dipper was too far away to hear exactly what Gideon and Technoblade said, and so never realized he was close to the second journal. He might have found out, if at that moment plot convenience in the form of Mabel hadn't shown up.
"Gideon, what the heck are you doing?" Mabel asked.
"My marshmallow! I'm trying to save you from the mind control Dipper put you under! You just stay there, I'll be done shortly." Gideon said while using his power to pick Dipper and Technoblade up into the air.
"Heh?" "What?"
"It's the only reasonable conclusion, you went from my peach dumpling to not wanting to date me, Dipper must be controlling your mind." Gideon ranted. "He's just jealous that he can't find love, and wants to sabotage your chances. He's even using that man-pig to forcibly shut up anybody who looks to closely! Don't trust him, my sweet, break free from your programming!"
"Bruh, I'm not muscle for hire." Said Technoblade, getting annoyed with the child.
"And I would never do that to my sister! You just can't handle rejection!" Dipper Said. "Tell him Mabel. Mabel?"
Mabel looked distraught, and asked, "Is that true Gideon, is my brother controlling my mind to get me to hate you?"
"Yes it is, my dumplin, come here so I can protect you." Gideon said gleefully, as he had managed to break Dippers mind control over his crush.
"Mabel, NO! Don't trust him, I'm your brother!" Dipper cried, hurt that his own sister didn't believe him.
"Now, just to get rid of you, boy, and my sweet will be free." Gideon said, preparing to throw Dipper out the window and off the cliff.
Mabel walked towards Gideon and he started smiling because everything was going his way again. Gideon stopped looking at Mabel as he prepared to permanently get rid of Dipper, and so was surprised when Mabel ripped his bolo tie of his fat little body.
"Mabel, what are you doing!?" Gideon Shouted.
"Saving my brother, you creep!" Mabel Yelled back, tossing the bolo tie to Dipper. "You really think I would believe you over my brother? Besides, mind control isn't real. I'll never be your friend Gideon, not after what you did."
"My tie! Give it back!" Gideon shouted as he jumped Dipper, making Dipper drop the amulet and sending them both through the window.
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Dipper was falling to his death when Technoblade grabbed Dipper and held him close to Technoblade's body. Dipper closed his eyes as the ground grew closer and felt Technoblade grab something from inside Technoblade's shirt. With his eyes closed, Dipper couldn't tell what was going on exactly, but he could he was about to hit the ground, when he heard water, and all momentum was lost. Dipper's eyes shot open, and he was in Technoblade's arms, and Technoblade was standing on the ground like nothing had happened.
"What the heck was that? How are we still alive?" Dipper questioned Technoblade frantically.
"What, you never fallen from a cliff before?" Answered Technoblade.
Before Dipper could respond to Technoblade, the screaming of a child was heardapproaching rapidly from above. Right before Gideon was about to hit the ground, he was surrounded by a green glow and stopped less than a meter above the ground. When Dipper and Technoblade looked up they saw Mabel, contrasted against the moon, with Gideon's bolo tie.
"It's over, Gideon, I have the high ground!" Shouted Mabel as she let Gideon fall to the ground, then threw the bolo tie on a rock, causing it to shatter.
"My lucky bolo tie! This isn't the last you seen of Li'l ol me." Gideon said as he sulked into the woods around the base of the cliff.
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After Gideon ran off, Mabel apologized to Dipper.
"Sorry I made you think I didn't trust you, it was the best way I could think to take the amulet from Gideon."
"It's alright Mabel."
"You should both get to bed, Goodnight." Technoblade said as he walked away.
"Goodnight Technoblade." They both said.
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Technofan12321: tonight was good night, we beat up child.
Raid3r: yes
Average_techno_fan: ^
A, 'beating up a child doesn't make a night good.'
T, 'when it's morally right, it does.'
Yodasstick: do you think Gideon will do anything we need to worry about
Carpediem: Probably not.
Bananamilkshake: Carpediem, if he does do something, im calling you out
Carpediem: bananamilkshake, fair enough.
After the excitement, Technoblade went to bed immediately upon arriving home, but didn't quite sleep soundly.
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Gideon Gleeful was a very unhappy boy. Not only had the love of his life been stolen, his powers were destroyed, and he was no closer to finding the first journal. Dipper couldn't have had it, or else he would have acted braver while falling to his death, keeping his eyes open through the fall. To make things even worse, Gideon couldn't tell if Mabel was even under mind control, as after coming home and chasing Stan out of the house Gideon looked at the mind control spell he had, and realized it wouldn't work with how Mabel was acting. There might have been a more powerful version in the first journal, but logically the stronger would be recorded in the second journal because it would take longer to discover the secrets of mind control.
Of course, this did not stop Gideon to swear vengeance against the majority of the Pines family, and that man-pig that drop-kicked him.
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Completed 1/11/2023, Words: 2655. Written using a pirated copy of Microsoft word 2007