video } i found something interesting and we should discover it together

[krmvgivv]

[The door Dipper and Mabel are standing in front of might be familiar to people who have been here for a long time, or who are fond of walking around on the fourth floor and looking at doors. It reads Angel's Investigations. It's closed, and has been for a while. But the twins look excited.]

Hey, everyone! Dipper and Mabel, the last staff standing of Angel's Investigations here. As you may know by now, Angel and Faith are gone, leaving us in charge. We've been working on the best way to use the space for a little while now, and we're finally ready to open the doors of the new Angel's Investigations to the public!

[Mabel pulls a handful of confetti out of her pockets and throws it up in the air.] Boom! [And it falls back down, giving them both a nice smattering of confetti on their heads and shoulders. Yaaay.] We thought about changing the name, but we figured it would be disrespectful to Angel’s legacy and also Cordelia’s logo, which totally does look like a little old man with whiskers.

[SORRY CORDELIA, BUT WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN CAN NEVER BE UNSEEN.

Dipper brushes confetti from his hair, then pushes open the door, revealing the office.

It looks a lot like it used to, the old hotel lobby feeling is still there, but there are several bookcases shoved up against walls, as well as several large conspiracy boards, white boards, and a projector.

Dipper beams as he walks in, panning the camera over all the additions.]

We're still investigating, but what we're specifically investigating is the Mysteries of Wonderland. I know, I know, who isn't doing that, right? But what we're specifically doing is consolidating research. I've made copies of all the notes in the library and started to try and organize it. It's… a process. But I think we might really be able to make some headway if we all work together!

[Mabel walks over to the desk chair and flops down on it, giving it a good spin.] So when stuff doesn’t add up or if you find some weird new clue about Wonderland, you can bring it to us, and Dipper’ll put it up on his mystery board, so we can all stare at it. [She stands up in the chair, which seems very dangerous, and gesticulates wildly.] Ooooh. So mysterious. So. Many. Questions~

Mabel! [Take this seriously Mabel, oh my god. Dipper shoots her a glare.] So. Uh. Yeah! Come on down. We're here to clue in the clueless!

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[cakebuffet]

[BUT HOW COULD THAT BE POSSIBLE, ANN AND ANGEL HAVE NEVER MET.]

Two years?

[Yeah, she'd say that more or less makes them experts.]

I did find and read that. It was pretty useful, but this place has so much going on that more information probably wouldn't hurt.

[powerofmabel]

Yup! It's been one wild ride. And there's so much stuff even we don't know, but that's what this is for. So nobody is hoarding information like a creep who doesn't want us to understand what's going on.

[krmvgivv]

Yeah, this has everything I've been able to gather, which, unless Mabel's aforementioned info-hoarding creeps exist, should be everything known.

[Dipper is very thorough.]

[cakebuffet]

That's really cool of you guys.

[She smiles approvingly, brightening.]

I'll have to come by when I get the chance-- I'd love to have a look at it for myself!

[powerofmabel]

Dipper's mystery board is worth staring at. It's pretty amazing. [she pats her brother on the shoulder and because she is a sister and cannot let a compliment sit without adding something to it...] And proof he's a giant nerd.

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper grins at the compliment... following it up with an eyeroll because was that entirely necessary?]

Thanks, Mabel.

[cakebuffet]

Hey, there are definitely worse things to be.

[Nerds have all the good info, right?]

[powerofmabel]

Like a guy over forty who wears spandex and tries to tap dance, even though he knows that dream will go nowhere.

[at least he has a happy ending. good job, Toby. you found a new dream.]

[krmvgivv]

Hey, Bodacious T worked it out eventually. [He shrugs a shoulder.] But yeah, I've worked hard on the Mystery Board. It's got everything.

[cakebuffet]

Is that a real person?

[She cracks another smile as she asks-- he sounds like he's either really fun or totally insane, if he is.]

People say hard work is its own reward, right? In this case, that's gotta be true. This information has to be some of the most valuable stuff in Wonderland.

[powerofmabel]

I ask myself that question every day.

[Toby continues to be the one person she can't handle in Gravity Falls, and she likes Old Man McGucket.

And Tad Strange.]

So basically we're Wonderland's most wealthy citizens.

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper grins.] Ha, Grunkle Stan's gonna be so jealous.

[cakebuffet]

What's a Grunkle?

[Look. Fair question. Even growing up abroad, she's never heard that one before.]

[powerofmabel]

It's a great uncle, only with the words smooshed together like a celebrity power couple.

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper nods because that... pretty much covers it.]