Anomaly #54: “The Mailbox”

I was inspired by some ask that I can’t find anymore but the gist of it was that billions of years in the future, when the universe has reset itself and the big bang has happened again and it’s “2012” again Dipper is so powerful he just decides to watch over the universe as a god.  It made me think:

What if the creature in the mailbox from Dipper’s Guide to the Unexplained 03 was Alcor from the future?  As in, the universe resets itself, but the mailbox is some kind of wormhole that rips through space and time, connecting itself to the mailbox from the last “universe reset.”  I don’t really have a reason yet though for why the mailbox would exist in the first place, other than perhaps Dipper created it because he had some use for it at some point?

One day (some time during the summer of the “new 2012”), a letter with the words, “‘Sup dawg?” written on it appears in the mailbox.  Dipper starts to have a conversation with whoever’s on the other side of the mailbox via passing letters back and forth, showing off his omniscience as usual, only replying with fancy letter paper and seal because he’s a fancy little shit who wears a suit and bow tie, until he receives a video.  Upon viewing it, he realizes that it’s a video of his twin from all those years ago (what was her name… Shooting Star?  No, that’s not it…) shoving gummy worms up her nose.  He thinks this is a bad joke or something, and he’s greatly upset by it (as he still misses her), so he writes an angry letter to the people on the other side, destroys the mailbox, and flies off to cry in solitude for another millennium.

Headcannon that Soos Instantly believes what Mable says since he always trusts the twins and sometimes gets insane insight and foresees things without realizing it in the show. Even though Soos can’t actually see dipper they think he might be able to some times because when he says something to dipper without him being on the material plain he almost always is looking at him, one of the few things that unnerves Dip. Haven’t heard enough about Soos yet.

the mystery shack crew playing dreidel.

phenyxsnest:

I admit ahead of time, I’ve never played dreidel. I looked it up, and I really hope I got it right. It looks fun. 🙂

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“…that one means you take half the gelt, Soos,” Dipper reminded Soos from where he was floating above their heads, half the gold foil covered chocolate coins moving from the pile to in front of Soos.

“Grunkle Stan, quit hiding gelt in your pockets!” Mabel protested, pointing an accusing finger at her grunkle. “And Dipper, stop eating it! You can’t eat the gelt until we’re done and you know it!”

Dipper licked the last bit of chocolate off a claw (the little coins were harder than ever to open with claws) and blushed. “But it’s helping me stay physical!” he protested, aware he was coming close to whining.

Wendy rolled her eyes and tossed a piece of non-game chocolate up toward the ceiling without looking. “Here, now stop eating all the game pieces. Mabel, what’s this one mean again?”

Put a token in. I saw that, Grunkle Stan!” Stan grumbled and returned the candy to the center of the table. Mabel glared at him until he rolled his eyes and pulled a few more pieces out of his pocket, tossing them down into the pot.

“You’re just cranky ‘cuz it’s hard to cheat at dreidel,” Dipper laughed at his Grunkle, floating down to give the top a spin for his turn and shrugging as it came up ‘do nothing’, rising back up to float above the table. “And Mabel keeps catching you.”

Stan grumbled as Dipper floated overhead, grinning in joy and starting to hum quietly under his breath. He’d missed this, and Mabel…she was having a blast.

Hard to play when two players refused to acknowledge the fourth, after all.

(And maybe, just maybe, Wendy and Soos found themselves with armfuls of demon and extra enthusiastic hugs before they started on their way home.)

(And just maybe they’d smiled and squeezed extra tight before heading off, still munching chocolate and laughing.)

Alcor and Soos being buddies and hanging out.

phenyxsnest:

For some reason bro-time was being difficult. I tried.

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Soos stared at the scrap of paper Mabel had given him.

On the one hand – summoning a demon. On the other – it was Dipper. And he missed the kid. Dipper was one of his closest friends, like a little bro, and he missed him. Things were way too quiet now that he had to get Mabel to be go-between and tell him what Dipper was saying.

So…if he had to summon him, demon-like, to hang out…Soos shrugged and put the paper on the ground. Glancing around to make sure no one could see him – he didn’t really care if anyone saw him hanging with Dipper, he just didn’t want anyone to see him if he screwed this up – he pricked his finger and smeared the blood on the paper the way Mabel and told him to.

“Uh…Dipper? You there dude?”

There was a puff of smoke and Dipper appeared, floating over the summoning circle. “…um…hey Soos,” he said, scratching at the back of his head and looking anywhere but at Soos.

Soos laughed. “Dude, you gotta work on that entrance. Not scary at all.”

“Well, I…didn’t want to scare you…” Dipper said, still shifting uncomfortably.

“You should still work on that, dude, you could have some fun with it,” Soos commented.

There was an awkward silence, then, neither quite sure what to say. ‘Hey dude, sorry you’re a demon now?’ ‘So, yeah, if you need proof I’m a demon now, there you go, just waiting for you to run screaming from the room now, no big deal.’

“…so…you wanna go put hot dogs in the microwave and watch ‘em blow up one by one?” Soos offered.

“…are you sure? I mean…”

“Yeah, dude. I miss my Dipper time.” Soos smiled, holding up a fist. “We still cool, bro?”

Dipper lit up, tapping his fist against Soos’. “Yeah. We cool, Soos.”

(For fic open season) Wendy and Soos, the best demon hunters that have ever been, and ever were. At least until they disappeared and were never seen or heard from again…

criss-croissant:

Ho ho ho, this is fantastic!

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Wendy strapped the bulging backpack over her shoulder, grunting at its weight. Behind her, a soft wheeze from Soos could be heard. She turned, jostling the bag of just about every single effective weapon against a demon you’ve ever heard of. “Ready?” Her breath visible in the blisteringly cold environment they were in.

Soos adjusted his hat, then smiled. “Ready.”

Wendy Corduroy and Soos Ramirez, world renowned demon hunters, fantastic friends, and an unstoppable duo, were about to do the impossible.

Defeat Gorgath, an ice demon who was terrorizing the inhabitants of Russia. They had been on his trail for months, until finally, he seemed to slow down, and they were at his lair(Thought Soos pointed out it looked more like a cave).

Snow. God, there was so much of it. It piled around them in ten foot tall chunks, towering above them as if they were the adults, and the two humans were pestering children. Inside the cave, thousands of sharp icicles hung menicingly above their heads, each frost-crunching step they took threatening to disrupt them.

“He should be around here somewhere…” Wendy whispered, Soos peering over her shoulder, flashlight in hand. A soft, almost inaudible hiss echoed in the cavern. They froze in their tracks.

W͙̭͎h̹̠͕̟̜̬͉͇͞a̵͇͎͙̱̗̰̙̮̪t̞̩̭̣͍̗̮͜͠ ́ͅm̧̞̲̳͖̦̻͡ͅo̙̘r̸̨̳̗̤̞̣t̸̞͝a͍̪͚̫̙͍͈ͅl͝҉̜̲̼̦̗̣ ͏̱̘̻̻̬ḍ̪̭̰͇̗͎a̷͔̟͚͕̰ŗ̛̩͇̞e̼͇͉͡ ̲̝͉e̗̱̦͔͙̖n̷̼̮͙̮͍̭͖͖̼͘t͏̴̖̫͉̟̟͍e̩͔̥̞͚̲̖͝͝r̸͍͉̗̬̭͡͞ ̸͍̞ḿ̢͍̙͎͔͙̙̤̮y̷̪̣͍͇͎̝͖͉ͅ ̴̝̯̀ḑ͓̝͕͉͙̤͍̖̝͝o͏̶̤̜͇ͅm̵̨͙̬̠̖̹à͖̘̕͘i̢̕҉̜̳̬̪̲̲ǹ̸͍̝?͎̘̦̠͉͚͍́͢

Silent, Wendy reached into Soos’s pack and pulled out her iron knife, strapped it to her leg, then the holy water and salt, each container covered in binds and seals.

Slowly, a hideous creature revealed itself. Pockets of what looked like air rose and fell on its skin which was a sick greenish white, tinged with black. Horns curled along its head, it spread its long, tattered wings and settled in the center of the cave.

̨͈̘̫̗͎̫̥ͅY̸̷̺̜͍͍͉o̧͔̣̩̭͜ͅu͉͔̻͇͞͠ ̖̘̗̲̻̜̼͢͠ͅc̵̝̦̹̮͔͟ͅa̲̞̩͝ṇ̰͕͇̩͈̱͍̕’̫͚̝t҉̸̟̪͎̳͞ ̴̺̪̬̤͍̥̕h͏̗͇̖͇̣͔̰̹̕i̺̻͝d̷͇̬̥̀͟e͙̩͈̙̦͘ͅ.̷̻̦̣̬̼͓̺̺̕͟ ̦͕̬͎̦͜͢I̸̡̟̜̥̲̦̘͝ ̹͕̕c̮̤̟͜ą̵̯̘̫̭̰͎͉̹ǹ̩͉̰̤̫̼ ̢̨̭̜͈̗̺̖̬s̴͚͖̳̘͇̤̥͢m͎͕̙͇̕͢e̢̲̟̭̙̙̙͢͞ļ̜̼̰̘̱̖̗̤͝l͏̵͕̦̤ ̕͏̳͈͚̬̭̟̙͘y͉̬̯̮̯̙̥o̞̻͓̭͔͡ͅu̬̲̖͍͟r̢̛͓̟̠̲̩̙̰̟ ̨́͏̲̪̞f̵͕͍̲̝͉̰̼͜e̷̗̘̻a̢̧̩̪͍̘͈͙͎̣̝r̤͇̘̪̠͔͖͞͞.̸̘͙̲̘̪̟̙͔͠

A small bundle burst against the demon’s head, fogging its vision with stinging mist. Wendy quickly drew the binding circle while Soos threw more of the holy water bombs.

̴͕̉̓̍͟ͅY̥̙̳̽̎ͣͫͭ̓͊̃̎ͅó̡̻̪̲̲͚̖̌ŭ̥̪̟̰ͥ̆ͣ̒͊̃͜’̨̟͍̫͙̘̙͈͆̀ͪl̪͈͚̰̥̳͇̖̫͌͋́̕l̛ͩ͐͗ͧ̒͂̒͟͏͓̟̙͕̲͈ͅ ̇͋͐̚͡҉̷̗̞͍̬͍̱͓͉̤d̻̠ͪi̖͖̬̓͝ͅe̴͇̗̎̇́̋ͣͣ ̨̠͇̹͓̖́̒ͯ̋ͦ́ͯ̾ͬͅh̸̠̠͖͔̺̗̬̼̓̑̅ͯ͢e͚͇͑̿͑̅ͤ̕̕͢r̛͕͙̰ͣ̏ͦe͎̪̮͙̬̗̝̼ͥ̓ͦͬ̆̆̏͆͘ͅ ̸̺̣͚͕̈̂͊ͥͫ̋͗ḭ͒ͧ̉͌ͦ̍f̙̽ͧ̊̅ͩ̏͋ͩͪ̀͝ ̡̞̘͔̏ͤy̴͈̖̖̤̫̗͇͊͋̿̍́͊́̚ȏͩ͆҉̲̺̦͇̖́͠ṵ̸͎͔͓̔ͣͣͮ̽̏́̓̚ ̧̰͇̩ͣ̏ͬͭͅk͕͂̈́̃̇̓̾ė̺̻͓̲̾e̲̦̝̯ͦ͂͞p͙ͫͫ̄ͣ̊͘ͅ ͚̘̩̓̈ͭ̐̓ͭͤ͛ͪ͜t̸̵̲͙̥͚̥͈̀͊̌͐ͥh̨̡̖̱̲̲͔̭ͨ̂̌̊̄ͧͯͩ̒͢i͎̼͍͔̤̍̕͟š̖͓̺̳̙͍̒͋̂ͪ́͢ͅ ̸̗̤̲̤̱ͩ̔͌͗ͨ͆ͩ̌c͎̣̬̣̱̅́̒ͅh̦͙͉͚͖̠̼ͨ̓͗͌ͦ̂͋̚i̙̹͚͍ͧ̅̃̆́̒̑ľ͍͓̗͒͐̏ͭͅd̢̝̥̤̻͙̙ͫ̑͐̃̓͝i̴͓̜̩̔̽͊̈̕s̵̨͉͚̲̞̫̯̋ͬ̐͐̄͝h̡̰̲̓ͮ͋͐͛ͩͣ̆̀ ̮̲̳̜̒͛͜r̹̟ͫ͗̎̿͂ͧ̂̄̈́͜͝͡ỏ̷̯͔̳̱̪͈͇̖̩͊ͫ͒̓͢͡ų̭͚̖̗ͧ̕t̶̸̝͌ͣ̃̑͗ͣ͑͑i̧̳̟̝̊̚͘n̘̣͕̖̤̳̽ͫͮ̕e̷͖̳̙̼̒͆ͤ͂̂ͤ ̢̺͙̘̎ͦ̇u̵͕͓̹͚̠ͦ́͒ͮ͋͜p̰̲̤̝̥͈̋̂̆ͬ̄ͫ̀͘ͅ

“Now!” Wendy yelled. Soos ran backwards, and yelled the incantation in unison with Wendy. The demon growled and hissed, shaking the walls of the ice cave, melting and freezing simultaneously. At last, the shaking stilled, and the foul being lay slumped inside the powerful sealing and binding circle.

“You are quite the feisty one aren’t you Gorgath?” Wendy smirked. He hissed, only to be choked by the salt-holy water dowsed imprisonment he was trapped in.

“Uh, Wendy, I think we need to leave.” Soos’s wavering voice made Wendy twirl around to see the cracks in the icicles above them. They glared at Gorgath, who grinned widely at them.

The ground shook mercilessly, and the icy ceiling cracked and creaked loudly, popping and snapping. “Run! Go go go go!” Wendy pushed Soos in front of her, and they dashed for the entrance.

With a crackle all too sickening, a large icicle in front of the entrance, nearly crushing the two of them. After a flurry of smaller chunks of ice crashing onto the snow, they were trapped inside the now pitch black cave, a sinister air chilling them.

̶̜͙͉̥͖̱̣͕̱̇̈̃ͦ̄W͓̩ͣ̐ͤ͑̽͐͢ḙ̷̡̗͙̺͉̫̤̔̍͗̓̀̍̐̐ͦ́l̤̣̾͑ͯ͂ͬͤ̈́͡l͎̺̜̃ͮ͛̾̿,̷̪̬̞̞̖͓̍̽ͫͣ̎͂͋͗ͭͅ ̷̨̪̫̱̬ͪw̸̭̻̮̳͈̳̪̻͒̓̔̆ͧ̊̍́ͮe̷̮̘̪͙͑̅̒͂͂́l̆͗҉̵̩͔͢l̘̬̳͌̾ͪ̎͋̇̔̚̕͘͠ ̫̲͍̼̥̇ͣ̂̂ͪw̞̖͖̲̺̫̣̥̬ͤͯ͐̄̒̿̽͢e̘̥̼̱̘ͬ͐̀l̶̗̜̪̎̄̚̚l̙͌͂̎̒͌,̵̡̃̈ͫ̉̾͐ͬ̋̋҉̦ ̿̑͡͏͈̰͚̝͙w͕̲͔̪̳̒ͩ̌̉ͭ̄̉͜h̷̙͕̤̮̯͒a̒̓́͊̏̀̂ͤ͏̧̪͎͈̮̭t͔͓̾̎̎̔ͫ̾̾̑ ̴̱̦̞̗͖̪̿̅͒e͚̳̺̪̝̫̓̀́͝͝v̢͕̰͕͈̖̑́̉̅̌̌͘e̵̙̗̘̥̮͍͓̹͌̔̏͝ṛ̩̦͙̜ͪ ̸̔͑͛̆͞҉̼̣͕ẁ̧̧̥̼̤̬͑ͩ̋ͮ̋i̡̢̬̜͈͍̗̥͕̺̅̐̀̽l̞̓̏ͭḷ̡̣̱͋͒̄ͯ̄̃̄ ̆̃͏̘̼̠͓͚͜w̨͖̞̩̩̯̥͌̑ͫ͗̂ͪ̇͊ͪĕͧ̾ͩͣ̃̽̽҉̼̼̝̳̠ ̩͉͉̦͙̇̎ͨ͂d͓̫͔̻ͫ̔̀̾ͫ̐̎͒̿͜ͅo͚̙̪̣ͪ̿͌̕ ̬͚̝̬͍ͣ͛ͩ̋ͬ͂̈̚͡n̶̞̳̝̠̰̣͚͎ͬ͜o̊ͪ̚҉̴͏̱̼̯̩w̸̴̲̽̉ͯ̏ͦ̽͛̈́ͬ?̯͉̱̭̈́ͪ̇̉ͭ

(I apologize if this is double sent, my internet died when i hit submit so i have no clue if it went through so submitting again.)

So birthday HC since today is my birthday and this just sorta popped into my head this morning. 

So after the Transcendence, Mabel and Dippers first birthday upon returning home with Pines Parents is really hard/tough on them both since their parents, depending on when it occurs, either believe Dipper is dead and are still trying to get Mabel to realize that, and simply force a birthday on her for simply her as a like “There is no Dipper” kinda thing. Or they just omit Dipper from their birthday anyway because they can’t accept Dipper for what he’s become and don’t consider him their child anymore so they can’t celebrate his birthday anymore. 

This causes a lot of drama between Mabel and her parents so after the first year or two Mabel starts running away on the day of their birthday into a secluded spot where she and Dipper privately celebrate each others birthday and simply spend the day hanging out until late into the evening.

When they move back to Gravity Falls they’re kind of uncertain about their birthday and how it would be celebrated here, even though they know people accept Dipper its still kinda hard to dismiss 4+ years of terrible birthday experiences because of family. Grunkle Stan, knowing this, brings it up to Soos and Wendy and the three of them (especially Soos because those kids made his birthday happy so he’s gotta do the same back yo) get together a bunch of the other towns kids (Candy, Grenda, even Pacifica maybe??) and put together a surprise birthday for them. 

The twins are beyond ecstatic, especially since they even went as far as to summon Dipper so he could be corporeal for the party. All in all, its the best birthday they’ve had since the Transcendence and it soon becomes a big thing every year from then on.