One little disclaimer involving the omake from the last chapter here people. Pacifica was asking for a "diamond" ring, not necessarily an "engagement" ring. Dipper's real problem with it is how expensive it is. That being said, I've had a little too much fun with this chapter. Start the fic.

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Ford and Dipper (with Pacifica hiding under Dipper's tunic) had come upon an entrance to what could possibly be a sewer. It didn't look like there was any other way forward, but the entrance was covered with vines.

Dipper took out his new flaming dragon sword and immediately got to work. The vines were dryer than they looked as they almost immediately went up in flames.

Dipper sheaved the sword and gave Ford an awkward grin.

"So….. Pacifica told me that you thought I was your legacy?"

"Oh! That! Uh yeah. You were important to me and absorbed the knowledge I gave you so I figured why not?"

"I… just didn't know. I just thought you were being mad at me because I was choosing a different path from yours."

"You're not entirely wrong there, Dipper. Despite my degrees and high I.Q. it is still knowledge that is power. One reason I wanted you to stay on my path was because I knew all about it, but Criminal Justice? I may as well have been Soos."

Dipper laughed a little harder at the joke than he wanted to.

"You still could have found a way to help. Study methods… I don't know. I'm…. sorry."

"No, Dipper. If anything, I'm sorry! I was pushing my ideals onto you and I was… scared."

"Scared?"

"I was afraid you weren't going to need me anymore. I was ready for you to grow up, I just wasn't ready for the chance we might… grow apart. And thanks to me that's exactly what happened."

"I wasn't exactly innocent either."

"Doesn't mean I helped."

"Still I… wait!"

Their little sewer tunnel they were following just took a steep slope into an exit to outside. It was practically a giant slide.

"What do you think? Should we slide?"

"I say we roll for it!"

They both rolled a twenty-four and nodded to each other.

One quick slide later they landed to find they were no longer in a swamp dungeon. With crashing waves and sandy beaches, they were now in a beach dungeon.

"This doesn't make a lot of sense." observed Ford.

"The game doesn't have to make sense as long as it's fun."

"That is the game I suppose."

Walking out onto the beach they found it to be actually quite picturesque.

"So what? Are we supposed to cross this or…?" Dipper pondered.

"If we are, I believe we can do it. Blood is thicker than water after all."

Dipper smirked at the terrible pun but said nothing.

He was about to suggest making a boat when a huge tidal wave curled up behind Ford.

"Ford! Behind you!"

Ford turned to see the tidal wave but he saw there was something inside the wave. Something was alive in it.

The tidal wave dispersed but the beasties were making a beeline for the shore.

"It can't be!"

"But it is… Wolfsharks!"

Furry, scaled beasts with gills on their necks, wolf snouts at the end of their noses, shark fins for ears, wolf limbs on the bottoms but a shark-build for a torso, and finally a fuzzy shark tail bringing up the rear. Of course, such beasts couldn't be considered shark nor wolf like without mentioning the fangs. Their mouths were very shark-like with just as many teeth as a great white but the fangs themselves were more wolf-like.

Pacifica slithered out of Dipper's sleeve. "I got these losers." Pacifica rolled her dice letting them roll on the floor. "I cast Shining Gold Lightning Ray!"

The dice settled on a seventeen and Pacifica smirked. She threw out her hands and a golden square diamond materialized in front of them. The diamond shot out a lightning ray that hit all but one of the monsters. With the spell dissipated she disappeared back into Dipper's tunic.

The last monster swam through the water at the speed of a shark, but as soon as it got to shore it ran on all four feet like a wolf. It started to sprint towards Ford, he rolled some dice. "I cast an Air Blast!"

The wolfshark was knocked off it's feet and skidded across the beach.

"I know exactly how to defeat this monster!" declared Dipper. "I'm going to summon Pacifica's own personal monster!"

Pacifica poked her head out of Dipper's sleeve. "Wait. You aren't talking about THAT monster, are you?! It's so embarrassing!"

Dipper rattled the dice in his hands.

"You got nothing but friends here, Paz. Any laughter you hear will be with you not at you. I love you, Baby!"

Pacifica rolled her eyes. "UGH! I'm going to just, like, hide in here for the rest of the game."

Dipper threw the dice and rolled a twenty-seven.

"I SUMMON PACIFICA'S PANCAKE MONSTER!"

With a flash from the dice appeared a much larger version of the pancake monster Pacifica had made way back when with Edna's ingredients.

"Now THAT is fascinating! I wish I could write that down in a journal!"

"I already wrote it down in my own journal!"

Pacifica let out some kind of muffled swear involving a word that sounded like "embarrassing".

"You're writing your own journal?"

"Didn't I tell you that? Of course I am!"

"Maybe you did, I'm really old now!"

Another groan came out of Dipper's tunic.

"ISHADABBYDOOGYNABANAGANOOGY!"

"Oh! It's speaking. Didn't do that the first time… but maybe it should have!"

"Write it down, Dipper! Write it down!"

The pancake monster projectile vomited syrup at the wolfshark's feet. They hardened, cementing the wolfshark's feet to the sandy ground. Didn't keep it down long though, such fangs were more than a match for syrup. Sadly after that, the sharkwolf made quick work of the pancake monster.

Dipper frowned in disappointment. "Fine." Dipper held up his new dragon blade. "I'll do it the brute way, oh wait. I think it's Pacifica's turn now."

Pacifica slithered out of Dipper's sleeve and onto the ground. "Ugh! Like, I cast regrow!"

With a roll of the dice Pacifica grew back to normal size. "Let me try something." She slithered up to the wolfshark and looked him straight in the eyes. Her eyes started to swirl with circles (think of how Kaa hypnotizes someone).

Ford rattled the dice in his hands. "My turn! I cast Summon Armchair!"

The dice landed on a twelve and an armchair fell out of the sky and hit the sharkwolf on the head.

Dipper slowly turned to Ford. "Armchair? Really?"

"It worked for Stanley."

"Touche'."

"Dipper!" The volume of Pacifica voice was that which demanded attention. "I want to be small again! Roll to shrink me!"

Dipper was about to object but an angry pout told Dipper this wasn't a good idea. "Alright fine. Nobody ever said relationships weren't work."

Dipper rolled a two and Pacifica only shrunk in height to his waist. She sighed in disappointment. "Nobody said there wasn't risk in the game either. Oh well. I can make it work. Hold still for a second, Hon."

Pacifica coiled herself around Dipper so her head would be looking over his shoulder, her tail was wrapped around his waist like a belt.

"Okay, this is a little different, but I think I might actually like it."

"Well not to interrupt this candid moment but how about we move along? I might have an idea on how we can cross the ocean stretch." offered Ford.

"Really? Are we going to sail, Great Uncle Ford?"

"No, Dipper. We are going to… walk it!"

Dipper and Pacifica shared a look.

"Allow me to show you what I mean."

Ford walked up to the shore and rolled his dice. "I cast an air bubble charm!"

The dice landed on a thirty-eight. The highest number.

It didn't appear that anything happened.

"Uh Ford? Is something supposed to happen?"

"…Oh! Right! Just look at my feet Dipper."

The water around Ford's feet was being pushed away from himself. Almost as if by…

"Air!" Dipper and Pacifica proclaimed in unison.

"Now come along! Who wants to view the ocean from underneath it?"

Dipper and Pacifica shared a grin before closely following Ford into the ocean. It started out simple enough, it was like water was just being pushed away from them. The farther out they went, the higher the walls of water surrounded them until they had a water roof as well.

"I can't believe we're actually walking on the ocean floor." Pacifica grinned as she watched their environment.

"Yes, but as always with this game there's a risk. Something breaks this bubble though and the entire ocean will come down upon us!"

Dipper wheezed. "Pacifica, you're squeezing me a little bit too tight."

"Oh! Sorry, Baby."

The sound of swimming alerted the party that they were not alone. Swimming around their bubble was a bunch of mermaids, curiously investigating their bubble.

"Mermaids!"

The mermaids… were not sea mammals, not like Mermando. Mermando's tailfin was horizontal like a dolphin's but these tailfins were vertical like a fish's. One of them swam by and winked at Dipper.

"Ah, this reminds of the siren I used to date." sighed Ford. "They're looking at you like she used to look at me."

Three of the mermaids were looking at Dipper with flirty looks, trying to entice him to come out of the bubble.

Pacifica lunged out and took a swipe at the mermaids.

"*HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS! *"

The mermaids swam off but didn't really leave. Pacifica grumbled to herself as she slithered down to the ground and started to rattle her dice in her hands. "I'll handle these fishes! You two talk it out some more, I'll be nearby. I roll to change the kind of snake I am into a sea snake!"

Pacifica rolled a thirty-two and she fist pumped. "Yes!"

"Pacifica, you don't honestly think I'd go for them, do you?" asked Dipper.

Pacifica turned to Dipper with the quickness only a snake could know of. She slithered over to him and stood up to him until she was looking him in the face.

"Oh no, no, no. Dipper, I know you would never cheat on me! Our relationship is rock solid, and I know it! It's THEM I have a problem with! I am yours and you are mine!" For a moment Pacifica's eyes were more snake like.

Dipper started to smile in understanding. Pacifica held her chin up high in pride.

"I am not jealous. I am possessive. There's a difference. I don't want to sha-re."

Dipper's smile got bigger. "I love you."

"Love you too." Pacifica hissed out her fork tongue and it danced on Dipper's nose. "Be right back, Sweetie. ALRIGHT, I'M COMING FOR YA FISHES!"

Dipper stared wistfully as he watched Pacifica exit the bubble and chased after the mermaids.

"Isn't she amazing?"

"Sounds to me like you got it really bad for her."

"I've just… never been so happy. We're fighting for all of our souls and yet I can't help but think of what I can do after to make her happy!"

"Wow! Really…"

"Don't get me wrong. We'll fight with all we have in this game but things are starting to look like they'll fall in our favor. And when we're all safe I just want to dote on her non-stop! I want to carry her everywhere like a princess, and make her breakfast in bed, and snuggle with her under a blanket…"

"Okay…"

"AndI'lltakehertothemovietheaterwhereI'llbuyhercaramelM …"

"BREATHE DIPPER, BREATHE!"

A quick shaking from Ford in the shoulders snapped Dipper back to reality and forced him to take a breath.

"Whoa, sorry about that Grunkle Ford but I think my relationship has become something of a speeding bullet. I can't seem to slow down."

"Well for pity's sake, Dipper! If you love the woman so much than why don't you just marry her?!"

"No! I couldn't do that! Because… because… uh…. Hm." Dipper sat down on a rock. "Why don't I marry her?"

Ford smiled humorously. "You tell me, Romeo."

"I mean, in a way… we kind of already are married. We live together, spend each day together, face our problems and enemies as one…. And to top it all off we're in love. Maybe I should just make it official… an engagement ring is very expensive though! Most of our money goes to either repairs for the RV or groceries."

"I might be able to help you out with that. I have something my brother used to call "College Money"."

Dipper looked at his Great Uncle curiously.

"Ford, do you…. Realize what you're offering?"

Ford rubbed the back of his neck.

"…Consider it a peace offe…. No. Consider it a gift, from your family."

Dipper stood up and hugged Ford tightly. "Thank you, Great Uncle Ford. Consider yourself forgiven!"

*SPLASH! *

"Awwww! You two are absolutely precious!"

Ford and Dipper were alerted to Pacifica's sudden presence and broke the hug.

"The mermaids?" asked Dipper.

"Are sushi. Let's get going huh?"

Pacifica slithered pass them and Ford wore an impressed grin.

"You know, we're veterans when it comes to this game but your girlfriend is keeping pace with us just fine."

Dipper rubbed the back of his neck embarrassedly. "Yeah, Pacifica wanted to play this game… a. lot! I couldn't say no."

"….No wonder you fell in love with her."

Dipper wasn't sure but he could swear that Pacifica was adding in an extra wiggle to her hips in her slither just for him.

Northwest industries…

Johnathon kicked open the door to the lab.

"WE GOT OURSELVES A PROBLEM!"

Johnathon's top scientist, the one from Gravity Falls, let out a tired sigh. He was on the lab's cherry picker; their special giant robot suit was proving to be too big, so it was up to him to figure out a way to minimalize it. The best way to do this of course would be to have it change size at will, obviously the size changing crystals were the best way to do this, but they needed to make sure everything in the suit would still be functional and that required a delicate hand.

Unfortunately, his temper tantrum infamous boss demanded his attention so it would have to be put on hold for the moment. So he had himself lowered down to meet 'the boss' and address the issue.

"What's wrong now, Sir?"

"It's my Uncle Preston! He's been intercepting the bribes we've been using to keep government officials from snooping around!"

"He's been stealing them?"

"…Maybe? They can't be found!"

"We also might have another problem. We were planning on using the Mystery Shack's bottomless pit to teleport us over there because we had believed that was wear the alien spaceship's warp drive had ended up. Further studies have revealed though what is actually making it 'bottomless' is in reality an ancient attempt at one of Bill's portals. So, in other words we can't use it."

"Blast! What can we do now?!"

"Well, that ancient portal might still be able to get us to where we want to go with the suit but I'll have to invent something on our side."

"And about Uncle Preston intercepting my bribes?"

"….. Maybe instead of prolonging the investigation we should instead encourage it."

"…What?! You might be my top scientist, but why on Earth would I do that?!"

"Sometimes the best place to hide is in plain sight."

Back with our heroes….

Took a little while, walking on foot, but because this was essentially a board game ocean it didn't take too long to trek. The dungeon they walked into was both impressive and yet at the same time not impressive. It was massive, practically it's own world, our trio couldn't even see the roof but they knew it was there. Outside of that though it just looked like an ordinary dungeon. Brick walls, chains on the walls, iron crossed doors, the usual but just a lot more of it.

"I think we're almost done."

Out from the wall leapt a different kind of monster. This was a Scytheder, a spider with scythe legs. It's head was a human skull, and as previously stated its legs were scythes in that the blades were the part that hit against the ground and the stick parts made up the parts that connected to the black torso spider body.

Pacifica all but leapt to the point where she was hiding behind Dipper's back.

"A normal spider is gross enough! This thing is a straight up nightmare!"

"Would a triple summon make you feel better, Baby?" asked Dipper.

"Yeh." Pacifica rested her chin on Dipper's shoulder in finality.

Ford laughed at the sight, but he wasn't opposed to the idea.

"Everyone, roll your dice and pick one animal!" ordered Ford.

They did exactly so with big smiles on their faces.

"Komodo dragon!" proclaimed Pacifica.

"Crocodile!" added Dipper.

"Tyrannosaurus Rex!" finished Ford.

Dipper and Pacifica stared at Ford with widened eyes.

"T-Rex is still an animal. It just existed a long time ago."

Their dices landed on the numbers thirty, fifteen, and thirty-five. The dice glowed hot pink before shooting up into triple spiral beams of light. The beams spun and twisted themselves together until they were woven together into a giant beam of light.

The beam dissipated and in its place was a giant monster. It stood on two legs, the tail of a Komodo dragon, the hind legs of a T-Rex, the armored back of a crocodile, and the head was composed of elements from all three. This was the Komodo-dile-saurus Rex.

The Scytheder jumped at the mighty summoned beast only to be smacked down the floor by it's lower jaw. It hit the ground hard and then the Komodo-dile-saurus Rex stomped it's foot down on it's body squashing it flat.

"A little excessive…" Dipper started.

"But we are on a clock here." finished Ford.

Dipper and Ford exchanged a look and nodded. They knew what to expect next.

"It's time for the mini-boss!"

"The boss we have to face before the real boss, right."

"The Syctheder wasn't the mini-boss?!" asked Pacifica. "But it was totally on theme!"

Ford and Dipper gave her a humored look.

"No, if the Grim Reaper is going the route I think he is then the mini-boss will most likely be Norlog, Devourer of Numbers."

"Who?" asked Pacifica.

"Someone we read about once. It seemed a little odd we would only hear about him once, so if we had to guess for a place for him to pop up…"

Pacifica rested her head on top of Dipper's head. "It would be here."

"Are you comfortable up there?"

"Yes!"

Omake

"So, you and your girlfriend play this a lot, and her character of choice is called 'Actu-Attainabelle'?"

"Usually, except for one time. One time she wanted something a little different."

Flashback

Dipper wrote down some more numbers for the game while Pacifica sat opposite him. Pacifica suddenly stood up on the table holding the end corners of a blanket in each hand as if it were a hero's cape, startling Dipper.

"BEHOLD, I am SNUGG-LOR! Here to end Dipper Pines' lonely nights of not-coddling forever!"

Dipper yelped as Pacifica lunged at him, tackling him to the ground.

End Flashback

"To this day I am still not sure what brought that on, but I have absolutely no regrets."

That's it for now. Thinking of posting the next chapter on AO3 since I've been spending a lot of time at work lately. That's where I've been writing the one shots, you see? Maybe I did skim on details for the Komodo-dile-saurus Rex's head but that was only because I couldn't make up my mind. Lol My last author's note is: The Book of Bill IS actually pretty hilarious!