video } I said, hey, girl with one eye

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper's sitting in his room, holding a red-wrapped piece of paper and looking very seriously at the camera.]

So, I just received a very interesting package–Mabel and I both did–I mean, we each received a different package, and… [He holds his up, then holds the note up to the camera.

It reads: In the search for something lost, do what you know you must. -RQ]

So clearly they're important, and I thought it'd be best if we open them nice and slowly and everyone can have a chance to see and weigh in, cause this is definitely a puzzle, and–

[–and Mabel shoves her way into frame violently, pushing Dipper aside and slamming a jar in front of the camera. The jar contains (1) blue eye that darts around in confusion at being jostled so savagely!! For a hot moment, Mabel does not care about that. She’s too busy looking a bit frantic.]

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. This is the moment I’ve been training for since I first met Alice. [She balls a tiny hand into a fist.] I have one of her eyes, man. But that’s one more eye than I had before!

[She’s… definitely going at this with all the passion of a drill sergeant.] So my question is… Who’s got the other one? [SUSPICIOUS SQUINT. YOU BETTER NOT BE HIDING IT FROM HER. SHE WILL FIND YOU.

Dipper looks annoyed at the intrusion until he sees just what it is she has, at which point he looks shocked and amazed, one hand going to his head.]

Mabel, that's amazing! Oh my gosh, we have to find the other eyeball and figure out where the heck she hangs out when she's not announcing events… I'm going to get a clipboard!

[Whoops dashing offscreen now. There's a thump. Followed by an "I'm okay!" then another thump.

Mabel watches all of this with increasingly more pained flinches at Dipper tripping over everything, all while hugging the jar close to her chest.] Um… We’ll be right back, guys.

[She flicks the camera off.]

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[powerofmabel]

[Mabel is currently murmuring reassuring nonsense at the eye in the jar, which doesn't help matters much.]

[pleasereset]

I think so too. [He glances over at what Mabel's doing. Can... can the eye in the jar hear her?]

So uh... do you have any eye-dea where Alice might be?

[He's been waiting to use that pun. It doesn't occur to him that it might actually be inappropriate.]

[krmvgivv]

[........Dipper totally didn't even catch that.]

We're still working on that. We were gonna check her room though. It might give us some hints.

[powerofmabel]

[Mabel, on the other hand, totally does, and she gigglesnorts.] Eye-dea...

[pleasereset]

[Asriel bites his lower lip, trying to keep the grin off of his face. There's way too many potentials for eye jokes here, but he probably shouldn't. Not when a girl is apparently missing her eyes.]

Well, if you need any help, I wouldn't mind looking around.

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper nods.] Definitely keep an... [Oh my god. He grimaces and breaks off before he can accidentally make a pun.] Um. Just look for her. Or maybe see if anyone has gotten anything from RQ that might lead to her?

[powerofmabel]

[Mabel gives him the biggest grin as she waits for him to make the pun AND THEN HE CRAPS OUT. RUDE.] Yeah, I think everybody got stuff, so surely there's something. It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle!