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We were all in the gift shop. Stan was reading the newspaper, Dipper had his nose in his journal as usual, Leo was reading a book, Mabel was laying on the ground full from eating some chips, and I was drinking a smoothie cuz it was hot outside.

Mabel blew the bag of chips out of her face. "I just ate a big of cheese boodles without using my hands! Lazy Tuesday, you are delivering in a big way!!"

"Heh, yeah, it's nice to finally have a day where nothing where nothing interesting happens whatsoever-"

Just as Stan finished his sentence, Ford bursted out of the basement door, a strange squid like creature wrapped around his arm.

"AHHHH!!!!"

"Everyone, get down!!! Don't let it taste human flesh!!!"

At his yell, the mini monster skittered across the floor, all of us hiding behind the counter.

"WHAT IS IT?!?"

"BURN IT!!"

"CAN WE KEEP IT?!?"

"KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!!" Dipper, me, Mabel, and Stan yelled in that same order, Stan trying to hit the creature with the rolled up newspaper.

Ford managed to chase it into a corner, cautiously reaching to it. "Patience... and.... Gotcha!!!" As the monster opened its mouth to attack, Ford used his tech gloves to burn it, then picked it up and turned to us with a cheerful smile.

Leo shrunk back in place. "Ew.."

"Great, now get it out of here." He pointed for his brother to leave, Ford glaring back. "Smell's like if death could barf."

"Great uncle Ford!!" Dipper quickly chased after him, holding his journal. "You need any help with that? I've read all about these creatures in your journal and I think I know how to-!"

"No! I'm sorry, Dipper, on the dark weird road I travel I'm afraid you cannot follow.. ... Well, call me for diner!" And thus, he disappeared back to the basement.

Dipper stared at the vending machine door, clearly broken up inside. "M-maybe next time then? Or not? Or never..?"

Feeling sad for him, I placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, PT, but don't take it so hard."

But then Stan hit his head with a newspaper roll. "No, do take it hard! Take it hard and serious. My brother is a dangerous know-it-all and the stuff he's messing with is even worse! Do yourself a favor and stay away from him, you hear me?"

"But Grunkle Stan, all summer long I've wanted to know who the author of the journal was! Now the guy lives in our basement and I can't even talk to him!!"

"Don't worry about what's in the basement, you belong up here with me and your friends!"

"Yeah!!" Mabel then ran over. "Besides, the season finale of Duck-tective is airing this Friday!! That's all the mystery you need this week! C'mon, quack with us, Dipper!!"

The two of them started to quack, which made me laugh as I noticed Leo hide behind his book out of embarrassment. Though that laughter quickly famished when I saw Dipper's face of disappointment.

I knew how badly he wanted to meet the author, we all did, and it sucked that we couldn't talk to the guy..

And then Mabel stood beside us. "Quack quack quack!!!! Qua-!!! Why isn't he quacking?"

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Later on in the day, I was lying on the couch watching tv with Leo and Mabel on the ground, Mabel writing something on a piece of paper as she read it out loud.

"Dear Mom and Dad, we've been in Gravity Falls for a few months and so much has happened!! Just yesterday, gravity reversed itself almost destroying the universe and totally wrecking the whole town!!"

I turned back to the tv, seeing Lazy Susan being interviewed. "Well, they say it was an earthquake, but you know what I think?!? I think I'm gonna have to start serving pineapple right-side-up cake!!! Am I right?!? ... a-am I right?"

Then it shot to a different scene with the mayor. "Let the rebuilding of the town begin!!! Wrecking ball, start wrecking things!!!" He started to laugh as a wrecking ball destroyed the signal tower, which also caused the tv to lose signal.

"... welp, guess that's that."

"But the coolest part of the summer was when Grunkle Stan's twin brother came put of this portal thingy! Now we have two grunkles for the price of one!! And they are adorable together!!" Mabel started bending the paper to make the Stan and Ford drawings be closer together. "We love each other so much!! Mua mua mua!!"

Leo leaned over to read the card, cringing a little. "Mabel, I don't think your parents should know all this."

"Why not?"

"They might never let you come back to this town again."

"Or take you to a mental hospital." I added to his sentence.

That's when Dipper ran into the room with a big smile on his face. "Guys, you'll never guess what I found at the store!!"

Mabel jumped up with the same smile. "Dogs!!! Dogs with hats!!!"

"No!" He unwrapped what he had, revealing a familiar looking board game. "It's my favorite fantasy talking level counting statistics and graph paper involving game of all time!!! Dungeons, Dungeons, and more Dungeons!!! You guys wanna play with me?!?"

Leo sat up, raising an eyebrow. "Isn't that the game that parents get to trick kids into studying?"

"Yes!!"

"I think I'll pass."

Mabel tapped her chin as she stared at the box. "Well, I do like unicorns, and that hot elf looks promising."

"The rules are simple!" He placed the box down before starting to read from the rule book. "First you roll a 38 sided dice to determine the level of each player's statistics analysis poweroid. These orbs relate directly to the amount of quadrants that you team has dominion over, which is inverse to the anti-quadrants in your quadrant satchel!!"

I raised an eyebrow. "So this is basically a fantasy rpg game, but with math involved."

"Do we then get to ride unicorns?!?"

"Yes!!!"

She let out a gasp, smiling brightly.

"And no."

And this her smile vanished, glaring sharp daggers at her brother as he continued to explain. "First we make a graph!"

Mabel fell to her knees with a groan. "Ugh, this is like Homework: The Game!!"

"Told ya." Leo replied with a shrug.

A pout then reached Dipper's face. "C'mon, guys, I need at least two people to play!"

I'm not the biggest fan of these games.

But dammit, his pout was too cute, I couldn't resist.

With a sigh, I sat down beside him. "I may be a little slow in understanding, but I'll play with you."

He smiled immediately, wrapped me in a hug. "Yes!! Thank you, (y/n)!!"

"Glad that's settled. Bye!!" Grabbing her boyfriend's arm, she rushed out of the room with him.

I ended up staying with him for too short of a time since a few customers came by later and Stan was too lazy to work.

By the time I was done with my shift, Dipper had disappeared from his spot in the living room, and I didn't see him until the very end of the way, when Leo and I were gonna head home. He said he started playing a new game with Ford, which surprised me a little, but I let him go on.

It's not like he's doing anything dangerous.

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Leo and I came back to the shack the next day, seeing Mabel already wearing some Duck-tective merch with a smile. "Thanks for coming over to see tonight's Duck-tective finale, guys!"

"Well duh, we wouldn't miss it for the world!" I smiled back.

That's when Stan walked downstairs as he fixed his bow tie, to which Leo crossed his arms. "Well damn, someone's sure getting all dressed up."

"It's a big night!" Stan took off his hat. "I think we all remember where we were when we learned Duck-tective was shot."

After a few seconds of respectful silence, we heard the clock start to ring, Mabel smiling brightly. "Viewing positions, everyone!!"

However, when we went to the living room, a mathematical nightmare awaited us. Every inch of the room was covered in used graph papers, and right in the center were Dipper and Ford playing their game.

Leo looked around, a small glare on his face. "This is painful to see."

"Dipper, could you maybe move this to another room?" Mabel asked with her most friendliest smile.

Ford looked over. "No dice! We ran out of room in the basement and we're going for a world record! Now dice!!" He threw the dice on the board. "Thirty two, yes!!!"

They laughed, and the others groaned before Stan took a step forward. "Why, why with this? You want to break a record, Ford? You already got it for World's Nerdiest Old Man!"

Ford shot him a glare. "Hey, at least I'm not all keyed up to watch a kid's show!"

"All have you know that Duck-tective has a big mystery element, and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!!"

"Grunkle Stan, it starts in a few minutes!!" Mabel yelled as she started to get anxious.

Stan walked over to the tv, reaching to move the papers, but only for Ford to grab his wrist with his glare sharpened. "Move that and pay the price."

"Oh what? Fifty magical dwarf dollars?"

"Don't mock our fantastical monetary system!!"

"I'll mock all I want, it's my tv room!!!"

"It's my house, you-!!!" Realizing he was getting worked up, Ford let out a heavy sigh. "Listen, Stanley, did it ever occur to you that if you joined us you might actually have fun?" He waved a small bag in front of him.

But Stan wasn't having any of it. "What?!? Now you listen to me!!!" His scowl got darker as he snatched the bag. "As long as I live, I will never-!!!"

"Grunkle Stan, wait-!!!"

"Ever-!!!"

"Stanley-!!!"

"Play your smartypants nerd game!!!" He threw the bag onto the floor, causing many dice to roll out of it. One of them was really shiny and bigger than the rest, with symbols that I didn't recognize.

And when it stopped rolling, the world around us became invisible for a good second, until in front of us stood strange creatures.

"Mortals of dimensions 46 '/, kneel before me and-..." The creature that resembled a cheap looking vampire wizard threw the dice. "Snivel!!! I am Probabilitor, the greatest wizard in all of mathology!!! Give or take or take an error of 0.4!!!"

Stan raised an eyebrow. "Eh, is this normal?"

Letting out an awkward chuckle, Dipper took a step back. "Have you come to send us on the quest of a lifetime..? Because we're the smartest players we've ever met..?!"

"You are the smartest players I've ever met!!! That's why I'm going to eat your brains, to gain your intelligence. It's what I do."

"It's his thing." The ogre looking thing replied.

All of our eyes widen, Dipper yelling. "WHAT?!?"

"Seize them!!!"

"Your math is no match for my gun, you idiot!!!" Ford said as he pulled out his weapon, only for the wizard guy to shoot some lighting, completely breaking the walls.

"I'm not here to play games!!! Now, to the forest for the ultimate game!!!"

The other creature, which looked like a giant eagle, grabbed both Ford and Dipper and flew out of the shack, the others escaping as well.

We all stood in place in pure shock, not sure of what to do or how to act.

Soon enough, I came back to my senses, rapidly shaking my head. "W- what are we doing?! We need to go save then!!"

Stan simply shrugged. "Eh, maybe let him get a couple of bites out of Ford's brain first, even things out smartness wise."

"Grunkle Stan!!!"

"Alright alright, I guess if we had no other choice we'll go on a..." He let out a sigh. "Epic wizard quest..."

And so, we began our quest! The faster we moved, the faster we could save them.

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The journey was far and wide, about half an hour, with a minor troll injury in our memories. In the end, we were able to find Dipper and Ford tied against a tree as we hid behind some bushes, waiting for the right time to attack.

The weird wizard guy laughed as he measured their heads. "With each brain I eat I shall increase my enchantelligence!!!"

"If my hands were free I'd break every part of your face!!" Ford argued back, the wizard ignoring him as he faced the others.

"The time has come!!! Hot elf, ready the brain cooking pot!!!"

"Yes, Probabilitor." The elf replied after a sigh, taking off his hood and swaying his hair around before using his bow and arrow to shoot fire at the pot.

I desperately wanted to attack right now, but we couldn't risk losing our element of surprise.

Dipper anxiously struggled against the ropes. "What to we do?!? What do we do?!?"

"Stop thinking, Dipper!!! The more wrinkly your brain gets the more he'll want to eat it!!!" Ford shot him a small glare.

The wizard smirked at them. "And now, a little math problem: when I subtract your brain from your skull, add salt, and divide your family, what's the remainder?"

There was now a perfect opening, and I gave a nod to Mabel, who smirked before standing up. "Your butt!!"

"What? My butt isn't part of this particular equation!"

While Stan, Mabel, and Leo jumped out as a distraction, I had already made my way to the back of the tree, using the kitchen knife I brought from home to cut the ropes.

A smile grew on Dipper's face as he wrapped me in a hug. "You're here!!"

"Obviously, I'm not just gonna let my boyfriend's nerd-ness disappeared."

He looked at me with a small glare, though he still had a genuine smile. However, that soon changed when the wizard turned to us.

Probabilitor: What?!? Seize her!!!

I put up a good fight, but one of his minions manage to hit me from behind, making me lose my balance. The weird wizard dude place a foot against my back, making sure I wouldn't get up.

"Drat, how did you make it past my one guard?!? Very well, there's only one way your family can save you!!!" He raised his staff, which lifted me off the ground and over to the others. "You must defeat me in Dungeons, Dungeons, and more Dungeons: Real Life Edition!!!"

He then stomped his staff on the ground, everything around us turning purple. When we were able to open our eyes, we all saw mini versions of Dipper and Ford wearing fantasy elf costumes inside some strange arena.

Ford brought his hands to his ears. "Ah, my ears, they're so pointy!!!"

"There better be something protected under this tunic!" Dipper turned around to check, then turned back with a panicked expression. "Oh no there isn't!!"

Stan rolled his eyes. "Seriously? Can't we just like arm wrestle or something?"

"C'mon, this game is a lot of fun!! I had my mom pack me lunch!" The wizard opened a small beg, searching through it. "Ew, apple slices! I'll eat you last!"

"Just make with the rules, ugh."

"The game is a battle royale, we help our characters by casting spells determined by rolls of the dice! If you win, I go back to my home dimension! But if I win, I eat their brains!!"

Dipper was already having doubts about this. "Hey, I'm not sure this is such a good-"

"DEAL!!!"

"They're goners." Leo replied as I nodded.

"Let the game begin!!!" Throwing the dice, The wizard rolled a thirteen. "ATTACK!!!"

The ogres started to chase them with weapons, and they were trying their best to avoid getting harmed in any way as they screamed.

Stan looked around in a panic. "What do we do, what are our moves?!"

Leo looked up at him. "There are no moves! In these sorts of games, you make them up!"

"What? Really?"

"Yes, we were trying to tell you!!!" Ford yell as he continued to run around. "This game involves math, but also risk and imagination!!!"

"Risk?"

"Imagination?!?" Mabel turned to her uncle with a bright smile. "Grunkle Stan, make something up!! It's just like lying!"

Grabbing the dice, I handed it over to him. "Use those gambling skills, Wrinkles!"

"I cast uh... shield of shielding!!" He threw the dice, which landed on a fourteen.

A shield appeared in front of the players, protecting them from the ogre's attacks. Unfortunately the wizard immediately casted a 'Shield of Shielding Reversal Spell', and that was the end of that.

"I cast Giggle Time Bouncy Boots!!!" Mabel yelled, pink bouncing shoes appeared beneath them.

Before she could cast anything, I grabbed the dice myself. "Phoenix's Embrace sword!!" And so they both got swords that were on fire.

I noticed Leo giving me an 'Are you serious?' look, to which I simply shrugged. "What, I'm a sucker for fantasy names."

Mabel then snatched the dice back. "I cast Centaur-taur!!!" Then threw the dice once more. From that came a horse body with another horse body for a head, which was disturbing on another level.

They were able to defeat the ogre-nado, but the celebration didn't last long enough, since they were then grabbed by these flying creature.

The wizard let out a laugh. "Yeah, I was saving the worst for last!!!"

Ford's eyes grew wide. "The Impossibeast!!! I thought they banned this character!!!"

"Think again, I'm playing the controversial 1991-1992 edition!!!"

As we saw Dipper and Ford being pinned against the arena walls, Mabel waved the dice around, shaking a little in fear. "I-I'll think of something!!"

Ford looked over in a panic. "You don't understand, this is the most powerful monster in the game!!! He can only be defeated by rolling a perfect thirty eight, but the odds of that is-!!!"

"Hey gramps, mind if I take a gamble at it?"

After shooting Leo a glare for his comment, Stan let out a sigh and handed him the dice. "Knock yourself out, kid."

A few seconds went by of Leo keeping his eyes closed, and when he opened them, I only caught a tiny glimpse of them being a bright purple, then turning to their normal hazel tone as he threw the twice.

To everyone's surprise, it landed on a perfect thirty eight.

The wizard was the most surprised. "NOOO!!!"

As a reply, Leo just gave a shrug. "Guess after all the misfortune I've had, I'm bound to have at least a little bit of good luck."

Mabel wrapped in a hug before raising an arm. "I cast.. death muffins!!!"

In the players' hands appeared muffin bombs, which they threw at the monster. In a matter of seconds, the monster was defeated, and everything and everyone had returned to normal.

Stan looked down at Leo. "Kid, that was amazing!"

"I've had experience. Besides, a gambler never reveals his secrets."

"Alright alright, got me there." He ruffled Leo's hair, who tensed up at the action. "Nice work."

"Thanks."

Mabel had a bright smile on her face. "Man, that was fun for ages eight to eighty!!! Or a million or however old you guys are!!!"

With a snicker, I shrugged. "Too bad it doesn't have much replay value."

Turning to Dipper, Stan let out a sigh. "You know, I'm sorry for making fun of your game, kiddo. Sure, it might be too nerdy for me, but it's just the right amount of nerdy for you and my brother. And if you two want to hang out sometimes, I won't get in your way."

"Actually, after all that, I could use a little mindless fun."

"Well if mindless fun is what you want, Duck-tective should still be airing now."

They all nodded at my suggestion, so we all went back to the shack. Stan sat on the couch, Leo sat on the dinosaur skull while Mabel sat at his feet with her head on his lap, Soos laid in front of them, and Dipper and I sat in front of the couch.

Duck-tective lied on a hospital bed, staring at the ceiling. "I'm going to that big pond in the sky.."

"I just don't understand who shot you! The only person clever enough to defeat Duck-tective is.." The constable let out a gasp. "Duck-tective!!" He then got knocked out with a heavy metal object.

"Time to finish the job.." Spoke another duck that stood by the door. "Twin brother!!"

"Quaaack!!!"

Mabel quickly got annoyed. "He had a twin brother all along? That's the big twist we were waiting for?"

Leo let out a scoff. "What a rip off."

"I predicted that like a year ago." Soos added.

Things had definitely changed here ever since Ford came back. There was tension in the air, especially when they were in the same room, we could all tell.

Still, I hope they can make up soon.

Thanks for reading!!! And now for more requests:

1) For @bnhalover6

I'm sorry I missed this, but here ya go, I hope you like it UwU

2) For @Z4NEYBE4N

Idk why but the outfit reminds me of Christmas PFF

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I love the outfit O3O

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