video/action } forward dated to 6/24 } cause the mightiest, scariest, creature is you

[krmvgivv]

Hi everyone!

[Dipper's not wearing his usual outfit. He's wearing a white shirt with suspenders as he sits at his desk, his usual blue pine tree hat hanging off the chair. Behind him, Mabel can be seen bustling around, covered in scraps of cloth and glue and glitter.]

So, looks like another event from our world. One that has absolutely nothing to do with gravity turning off, weird. Almost like that was entirely unrelated to this event.

[He scowls very pointedly YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE PEOPLE HE'S SCOWLING AT.]

Anyway, this... well... okay, so in Gravity Falls, they like Halloween so much that they celebrate it again when summer comes and call it Summerween. Judging from the jack-o-melons hanging around, the fact that it's late June, and the fact that literally no other town would have something as ridiculous as Summerween, I'm calling it. This one's ours.

[Mabel tosses a piece of blue cloth at Dipper's head, which he fastens around his shoulders like a cape. She vanishes out of the camera's field of vision.]

The good news? Halloween's just as fun in the summer. The bad news? Last Summerween a monster called the Summerween Trickster tried to eat us and our friends because we [mostly just Dipper] lacked the "Summerween Spirit." [He rolls his eyes, making finger quotes.] I don't know if that's gonna happen here, but let's face it, it's Wonderland, so I'd get a costume just in case. And hey? Free candy. Not such a bad thing.

[Mabel comes back, wearing green suspenders. She hands Dipper a pointy red hat and lifts a silver teapot over her head. Together, they lower the hats onto their heads and fistbump, costumes complete. Summerween is about what really matters, after all: pure evil.]

So hey, I guess we're trick-or-treating? We'll see you out there. Try and have fun! Since you know, you might die otherwise.

[He cuts the feed, though he and Mabel will both be responding to any confused questions. Throughout the rest of the event, they'll be mostly sticking together, trick-or-treating with each other or with any friends they catch up with, especially once their trick-or-treat-or-die theories are confirmed. There is nothing cuter than twins in costumes, and they're experienced trick-or-treaters, so they're gonna hit every door. Might be they'll even come to yours!]

Comments

[determinedest]

Jack-o-melons?

[Wow. Gravity Falls really is...something.]

What do you have to do to get into the "spirit," then?

[krmvgivv]

Like jack-o-lanterns, but made from a watermelon.

[It sure is.]

Oh, you know. Costumes, trick or treating. The usual stuff. [A beat.] Uh, do you know? Maybe it's not a monster thing.

[A beat. Dipper frowns, tilting his head thoughtfully.]

Well, I guess it is a monster thing where we come from, but more in the what people dress up as sense, not in the them actually celebrating it sense.

[determinedest]

I dunno if monsters ever really need costumes. Except Papyrus, but...

[Well. That's Papyrus they're talking about.]

How are we gonna get candy? Are other people handing them out, or...?

[krmvgivv]

I... don't know. [Dipper frowns. He hadn't thought this through, but then again, it's not like he's in control here. If it were up to him, they wouldn't be doing this at all.] I guess just knock on doors and see what happens?

[determinedest]

Okay.

[They sound a little dubious, but they trust him.]

What's the Trickster look like?

[krmvgivv]

....you'll know him when you see him. Believe me.

[determinedest]

[Well, fair enough. Frisk nods to themself for a moment, then frown.]

What about the whole...gravity thing? 'Cause, um, I almost fell out of a window? Sans caught me, but I don't wanna do that again.

[krmvgivv]

That's entirely unrelated. Obviously. [If he sounds annoyed, it's because it bothers him that Stan was right about people assuming it was event-based.] The timing wasn't even right. They never start that quickly.

[determinedest]

So you know what that was?

[Frisk sits up a little straighter. They're all ears, so to speak.]

Or...if it's gonna happen again?

[krmvgivv]

Yeah, I know what it was. And I know who did it. And it might happen again. Unless we stop it.

[determinedest]

["We." Not "I". Frisk can't stifle the warm glow at the implicit acceptance of their role in it there.]

Can you not say...here? Because if I can help...

[They don't finish the sentence, but they don't think they need to.]

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper can and has said it out loud, but he's starting to form a plan and Frisk is gonna be part of it, so he nods.]

Trust me, I'll tell you. But I need to figure out a few other things first.

[determinedest]

[Frisk contemplates that silently for a moment, then nods their assent.]

Okay. Let me know if there's anything I can do. And...Chara too. I know they're kind of a, um, loose cannon, but I think they'd help if you asked. Or if we both did.

[krmvgivv]

I know. We might need a loose canon for this.

[determinedest]

[Oh dear. That certainly doesn't bode well. Frisk blinks a few times in surprise before they recover, flash a quick smile. Best not to talk about these kinds of things for very long where everyone can see.]

Well, um...take care out there. Let us know when and where you'll need us.

[krmvgivv]

Will do. [He nods seriously.] Thanks, Frisk.