23 Headhunters part 1
"It's 6 am, time to wake up, Sir." Sebas adjusted the dimmable lights.
"Good morning too Sebas, did you finish what I asked you to do?" I drank a glass of water.
"Sir, the framework of the project you requested last night has been completed. We just need to finish the configuration and conduct some tests to ensure functionality and security." Sebas showed an image of the project and the details.
"I suppose by the time you get back, the project will be done." Sebas estimated it would take at least 3 hours.
"I see, I left a gift for Ravi, Servus, Iron, Neo and the others when they wake up, I ask you to give it to them when they wake up." I got ready to leave and went to the door.
"Dad, are you going to leave without saying goodbye? *Hiss*" Servus crawled over to Arthur.
"*Sigh* Your ability to perceive my steps improves every day." I turned to face Servus.
"Thanks, Dad." Servus lowered his head.
"But since you're already here... Sebas."
"Here it is Sir." A claw detached itself from the ceiling, opened one of the drawers, and handed a six-foot pill to Arthur.
"Here is Servus, this is a concentrated vitamin and protein pill that will help you improve your immune system and your senses like vision. A gift for you." I summarized as much as I could, I don't want to have to say what each component does.
"A gift for me?" It seemed that Servus' eyes shone for a moment and then he swallowed the pill.
"Thanks, Dad, have a great day." Servus liked the gift, mainly because it was designed for him.
"Yes, for you too Servus." I left the secret base, on my way to Mystery Shack, and another day of adventures.
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"I'm afraid your services won't be required here, sir." Police
"My men have examined the evidence, and this is obviously an accident." Police
"Quack quack quack, quack, quack quack quack... QUACK QUACK!" Duck-tective
"What?!" Police
"That duck is a genius." Mabel dropped the knitting needles she was using to sew a heart sweater, which was currently unfinished.
"Eh. It's easier to find clues when you're that close to the ground." Dipper mocks the duck-tective's unparalleled capabilities.
"Are you saying you could outwit Duck-tective?" Mabel doubts.
"Mabel, I have very keen powers of observation. For example, just by smelling your breath, I can tell that you have been eating... *Sniff* Chocolate cake? Mabel, you didn't eat my piece, did you?
"It looked so delicious... But there's one person you can't outsmart." Mabel changes the subject.
"Who?" After thinking Dipper asked.
"Arthur!" Mabel laughed
"Yep, you're right, that's indisputable. Sometimes he seems to have eyes behind your back." Dipper grabbed some popcorn and offered it to Mabel.
"Like he could see everything around him? That would be pretty cool!" Mabel got some popcorn but due to her excitement, she ended up choking.
*Cough* The popcorn fell to the floor.
"Perhaps." Dipper didn't think much after all it didn't make any sense.
"Hey, dudes! You'll never guess what I found!" Soos appeared with a broom excited about his discovery.
"Buried treasure!" Dipper said immediately.
"Buried- Hey, I was gonna say that!" Mabel patted Dipper.
"So I was cleaning up when I found this secret door hidden behind the wallpaper. It's crazy-bonkers-creepy."
*Creaak*
"Whoa! It's a secret wax museum." Dipper grabbed a flashlight that he seemed to carry all the time and pointed it at the wax sculptures.
"They're so life-like. Is this magnifying glass real?" Mabel tried to reach the magnifying glass, jumping.
*Crash*
"Whoops, it wasn't made of wax." Mabel ended up dropping the magnifying glass.
"Except for that one." Dipper pointed at Stan.
"Hello!" Stan waves to the kids and Soos.
"Ahhhh!" In which they responded with a scream of fright.
"Ha ha!, It's just me, your Grunkle Stan!"
They scream again and run.
"Hahaha! It was worth waiting for you all to arrive." Stan turned on the lights.
"But how did you know we were coming here?" Dipper calmed down a little seeing that it was him.
"Soos made this obvious when he ran screaming that he needed to tell someone." Stan pointed behind him with his thumb.
"Now let's get to the good stuff.*Cough* Behold the Gravity Falls wax museum. It was one of our most popular attractions! Before I forgot all about it." Stan rubs his chin a little.
"I got 'em all... Genghis Khan, Sherlock Holmes, some kind of, I don't know, goblin man." Stan stopped at Larry King
"Ohh! Is anyone else getting creeps here?" Dipper looks around.
"And now for my personal favorite... Wax Abraham Lincoln, right over here." Stan presents it as his greatest pride.
"Wow, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States and the first president of the Republican party, being elected in 1860..." Dipper approached the statue to take a closer look.
"How do you know all this, Dipper?" Mabel.
"We already studied this in histo-."
"Nerd." Stan scratched his ear, removing some wax.
"Continuing, I didn't remember them until now, but with this, I can reopen the wax museum again." Stan was plotting a way to make money again.
"What's Up, guys?" Arthur appears at the door.
"Arthur!" Dipper, Mabel, and Soos.
Arthur greets Soos. (Up, down, up, left, right, left, right, handshake back to front, kick, punch.)
"Boom. *Laughs*" Arthur and Soos.
"Dipper! How are you? I have something for you." I take out a book from the bag I brought.
"A book of suspense, mystery, horror, and the supernatural?! Thank you, but what's so special about today that you're gifting us like this?" Dipper is very happy with the gift.
"Nothing special, I just felt like it." Arthur approaches Mabel who welcomes him with a tight hug.
"What about me? What about me?" Mabel let go of the hug and had high expectations.
"Calm down, here's yours." I remove a stuffed elephant holding a small pillow with Mabel's name on it and a bracelet on its left paw.
"How cute!" Mabel took it and hugged the plush tightly.
"And it comes with a bracelet to go with it." I handed over the bracelet too and saw that Soos was looking at me with hopeful eyes.
"Sorry Soos, I didn't bring your gift..." Soos gets a little sad but I keep talking.
"Because I already left it at your house! Fool, did you really think I wouldn't give you anything?" I played with Soos a little.
"Whenever you arrive it's a mess, you'd better enjoy your vacation and not show up here anymore." Stan crosses his arms.
"What's that, Stan? Did you think I didn't have something for you too? It's really good to see you too." I approached him and handed over 2 thousand dollars.
"*Cough* It's great to see you too kid." Stan takes the money and quickly changes his ways.
"Are you going to reopen a wax museum?" I got close to Abraham Lincoln and looked at the blind where I covered it with a piece of wood.
"I will, why?" Stan knows that Arthur doesn't ask a question without having something to add.
"Well, since it was already an attraction, how about creating new sculptures? This way it will be something new for the city's citizens, and it will be able to raise more money." I suggested a way to raise money.
"Hm, it's an interesting idea, but who can make a new sculpture? I'm not going to pay a sculptor." Stan would throw that idea away if it weren't for *Drumroll*.
"*Cough* Did someone say they needed a professional sculptor? Well, they're looking at her!" Mabel points to herself when she hears they need a sculptor.
"You really think you could make one of these puppies? How about leaving it with Arthur?" Stan suggested.
"Grunkle Stan, I'm an arts and crafts master. Why do you think I always have this glue gun stuck to my arm? Besides, how about letting Arthur get some rest, it's his vacation after all *Laughs nervously *." Mabel tries to get the glue gun off her arm.
"I like your gumption, kid. Okay, you'll make the new wax figure." Stan liked Mabel's bold response.
"Yeah!" Mabel punches the air.
'My chance to impress Arthur has arrived. *Internal scream*'
"Mabel, let me help you with this." I removed the glue gun that was stuck to her arm.
"Oh, thanks... To work!" Mabel dashes off in search of her craft materials.
"I'm going to go make a sculpture too, after all, two wax sculptures are better than one." Arthur left the place to start making the wax sculptures.
"Okay. Soos! Help me move these wax statues we need to get them ready for the reopening. And Dipper-" Stanley turned to the side and saw that the brat magically disappeared.
"*Sigh* Kids... Ouch! Soos!" Stan rubbed his head with the wax statue that Soos had accidentally hit him.
"Sorry, Mr. Pines."
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"Dipper." Mabel was drawing some ideas when she saw Dipper.
"Mabel, how's your wax figure coming along?" Dipper put the book in his jacket.
"It's great, I was drawing some ideas I had, tell me what you think." Mabel showed the notebook.
"Muscular Arthur, he's a 6-feet tall and very muscular." Mabel showed a figure full of circles, which must have been muscles.
"Yo-kay, how about something a little more real? Arthur isn't six feet tall and... his physique isn't like that either." Dipper rubbed both his eyes.
"Um, oh! How about...this?" Mabel quickly drew a sketch.
"Yeah!" Dipper was glad she understood.
"Okay, GET TO WORK!" Mabel took out her tools and began to shape the wax figure.
Meanwhile, Arthur was modeling his wax figures in another location, with the help of Sebas.
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After a lot of uninterrupted work by Mabel, she finally finished her work.
"I think it needs more gold glitter." Mabel moved a little away from her almost-finished work.
"Agreed." Soos handed over a bucket of glitter.
Mabel, Soos, and Dipper looked at the finished work.
Mr. Stan arrived and was surprised to see the brat in the room and covered in glitter.
"What do you think?" Mabel twisted her hat in anticipation.
"I think... the wax museum's back in business!" Stan only realized it was a wax figure after Mabel's question.
"Then I don't think they'll need those wax figures." I opened the door showing the wax figures outside.
"Wow!" Everyone was surprised.
There was a replica of each of Soos, Dipper, Mabel, Wendy, and Stanley.
"It's like looking in a mirror." Soos approached his wax figure and touched it.
"When did you find the time to do them all?" Dipper approached Wax Dipper and whistled, impressed with the work done.
"This isn't even the tip of the iceberg, Dipper. There are still more sculptures but I've already got them in position for the presentation." I pointed to the location that would be used for the presentation.
'It was a bit tight to finish on time, but with me doing two at the same time and with Sebas help we managed to finish a little before the deadline.'
"That's it! Soos move the wax figures for the presentation, Dipper summon Wendy I need you and she collects the money from the guests, I'll print some flyers!" Everyone followed Stan's orders immediately and rushed to their designated positions.
"So Mabel, what do you think?" I scratched the back of my neck a little.
"Is perfect." Mabel was amazed at the accuracy of the wax figure.
"I tried to capture the smallest details, your smile, your braces, the sparkle in your eyes..." I remembered that this was the work that took me the longest and I focused completely on doing it.
"Is that glitter?" Mabel, when touching the figure, noticed the presence of glitter.
"Well... It's just that for me sometimes you're so radiant that I decided to put a little on the figure, did it look bad?" Even though I'm confident with my work regarding Mabel's figure, I can't help but feel a little nervous.
"Why are you nervous? It's beautiful, I didn't think you saw me in such a brilliant way too." Mabel spoke and soon after realized that she said something she shouldn't have said.
"Did you say "too"?" I smiled at the thought that she made a wax figure for me, well I expected the wax figure to change and so I went ahead with a Wax Stan but for Mabel to make a Wax Arthur? Well... it was within the possibilities but thinking and happening are two different things.
Mabel realized she said something she shouldn't have said.
"Oh! Hm well... you know, maybe I made a wax figure of you." Mabel started to get nervous because she was no longer so confident in her work.
"Really?! You're amazing!" I hugged her and spun her around a bit before setting her back down.
"But you haven't even seen how it turned out yet." Mabel fixed her hair a little and laughed at Arthur's reaction.
"But I'm sure it's amazing. Can I see it?" I pointed inside.
"*Laughs* Of course, come in!" Mabel was a little surprised by his confidence and upon hearing the question she felt as if her boyfriend had turned into a puppy.
"Wow.. is that how you see me?" I could feel a warm aura from my figure that seemed to be smiling at someone, perhaps the glitter or the half-open window that allowed the sun to enter caused this effect, but I personally prefer to believe that all of Mabel's effort in achieving the most realistic, in an emotional sense, made this possible.
"So... what did you think?" Mabel seemed more nervous asking Arthur than anyone else.
"Still asking? I'm sure I answered it before, it's amazing, isn't it... I think I'm speechless... how about Beautedible?" I invented a word that might fit what I felt, beautiful, grateful, and incredible.
"I didn't know you had this side, I'll show you my sticker notebook later." Mabel punched Arthur for the word he invented and smiled with satisfaction and pride in his work.
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Wax Museum of Mystery Grand Re-Opening!
Several cars were entering and parking, with Soos in front pointing in the direction with a breaded sausage skewer. *bites*
There was a sign on the roof of the hut reading "World Famous", and a banner "Eighth Wonder Of The World!".
There was a line at a stand where Dipper and Wendy were receiving people's money, the entry was much more expensive than the original but it still didn't lose in number of people.
"I can't believe this many people showed up, they will be impressed when they see the wax sculptures, but how did so many people come with just the reopening of the wax museum?" Dipper talked to Wendy when he saw the large number of people and if it weren't for Arthur's emergency preparation there wouldn't be room for all these people.
"Your uncle probably bribed them or something. But man, why can't Soos stop talking about the wax sculptures?" Wendy took the money and put it in her box.
"Ah, you'll be surprised to see, I was surprised myself. Until then, it's a secret." Dipper was also taking the money and putting it in the box due to the slightly excessive amount of people.
"Oh, come on..."
After a while, music began to play to demonstrate the beginning of the presentation.
The stage was completely covered with the old wax figures on the floor instead of the stage due to lack of space.
"*Cough* You all know me, folks, town droll and Mr. Mystery. Please, ladies! Control yourselves!" Stan asks the female audience to control themselves in which they are in deadly silence.
Arthur raises his hands so that everyone can make a little noise, to join in on Stan's game, to which everyone responds with screams.
"Wow, I said "ladies" but anyway... As you know, I always bring the people of this fair town novelties and befuddlements, the likes of which the world has never known. But enough about me." Stan walked to the edge of the cloth.
Arthur and Mabel arrived at the edge of the other cloth.
"Behold... Everyone!" Stan, Mabel, and Arthur revealed several wax figures under the cloth with various citizens.
Arthur only did the main, secondary, and tertiary ones like Tad Strange, but he couldn't do all the citizens due to lack of time and not being able to fit them all on stage.
"Wow!"
"Blubs! It's you! Look!"
"Durland you too!"
"Incredible!"
"It is me!"
"Amazing! Even my bad eye is there!"
"YEAH!" Manly Dan broke his chair.
There was a round of applause from everyone present, impressed by how impeccable and realistic the wax figures of themselves or someone they knew were, but one in particular that caught the attention of most was Arthur's wax sculpture, which even compared to other wax sculptures full of details, Arthur's sculpture did not have these minimal details, but they captivated everyone, making it possible to feel the "soul" of the wax figure, giving the spectators a welcoming feeling.
Soos had used his sound effects keyboard but he could barely hear it with everyone talking and applauding.
"Thank you, thank you, now a word from our own Mabelangelo and Arthutello." Stan passed the microphone to Mabel.
"It's Mabel and Arthur." Mabel takes the microphone
"Thank you for coming." Mabel approaches the audience and Arthur bows slightly in gratitude.
"I made this sculpture with my own two hands! It's covered in my blood, sweat, tears, love, affection, and my soul!" Mabel raises her fist in the air as if she had fought the greatest of battles and won.
"Ignore the soul part in this one, she exaggerated, I don't have much to say about the wax sculptures but we will answer any questions you have, does anyone have any questions for us?" Arthur looked at the audience.
"I have one, for Mabel, how did you manage to put so much "LIFE" into Arthur's wax figure? Did you have to sell your soul?" Toby Determined asked the question, he had a microphone hooked up to a recorder so he could write accurately in his newspapers.
"That's a GOOD question! It all started when- hm hmm" Mabel had her mouth covered by Arthur who was blushing at what she was going to say.
"With a lot of love and dedication, and for the second question no, but if she could she would have sold it, uh, Uncle McGucket, any questions?" Arthur was holding Mabel in a hug while he covered her mouth with one hand.
"Yes, I have one, two, not three. Can I destroy my wax figure? Are the wax figures alive? And, follow-up question, can I survive the wax man uprising?" McGucket stood up.
'That part hasn't changed at all, it seems...' I looked at the time traveler running collecting a shoe and then disappearing in a flash.
"For the first question, no, Uncle McGucket, I made your wax figure with great care, you can't just destroy it like that, but they are alive, and you can survive with hot materials, like hot water, coffee, or anything else heat. " I let go of Mabel as I spoke and held her hand.
"Next question!" Mabel raised her hand and pointed to Shandra Jimenez who was being recorded by a camera and with a microphone in her hand.
"Shandra Jimenez, First I would like to thank you for making a wax sculpture of me, and to the question, isn't this event being audacious by saying that this is the eighth wonder of the world?" Shandra maintained her professionalism even though she was grateful.
"It, is, uh..." Mabel didn't know what to say because Stan was the one who put up that sign and took care of the "marketing".
"*Whisper*Mabel, it's okay you can answer the question however you see fit.*Whisper*" I held her hand a little tighter to show that I was there if she needed me.
"*Whisper* Thank you* Whisper* Cough, tell me what defines a work to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? A long story? A man-made wonder? I say the true wonder of the world is when you live! These wax figures are just figures, but their shapes that resemble you show yourself everything you've been through and what you've experienced in your story, and there's nothing more wonderful than that...*Whisper* there are some things, like kittens, Arthur...*Whistle*... No more questions." Mabel handed the microphone to Stan.
Everyone was surprised by the response as they didn't expect something so profound, and once again everyone started applauding and shouting.
Shandra gave a small smile, ending the report.
And Arthur was smiling, happy.
'She has evolved a lot...' I felt a little proud of Mabel's development, but above all, I was happy with her for having managed to overcome this challenge.
"Arthur! I did good, didn't I?!" Mabel jumped up hugging Arthur as she waved to the audience.
"Yes, you did very well." I also waved to the audience, who seemed to still have a lot of questions.
"It's been said without further questions!" Stan tried to control the situation but had one voice that was louder than the others.
"The leaflet said free pizza, is it true?!" Someone in the audience screamed.
This time there weren't many people who were complaining about having paid for the ticket even though there wasn't pizza.
"Stan did it again, it's not a lack of money, he wanted to get more attention?" I sighed a little but I already knew this was going to happen.
"The pizzas are being baked, and they will be ready soon, in the meantime you can take advantage of the event to stop by the gift shop or look at the wax figures more closely, and no, the question session is over." I spoke out on the matter, everyone was happy with the news about the pizza but sad with the end of the question session, Sheriff Blubs intended to take his and Durland's wax figure.
"Where are you going?" Mabel notices that Arthur is getting ready to leave.
"I'm going to get the pizzas, I put them to bake in another place due to lack of space here, so I'll be back with a bunch of pizzas to satisfy everyone." I thought about kissing Mabel's forehead but she was quicker than me.
"Unfair." I pouted slightly because it felt like my mind had been read by Mabel.
"Maybe, either you're the unfair one here. Or you!" Mabel pointed to a passerby.
"*Little laugh* I'll be quick, I'll be back in 16 minutes!" I ran towards the base.
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"Sebas! I'm here!" I stopped in front of the rock and entered my password.
A camera came out and completely analyzed my body, this time including haki.
"How's the new lens coming along?" I waited for Sebas to analyze everything.
"It's going very well, Sir. So far it's been impeccable. I did some experiments and realized that now I can be more accurate in analyzing your and everyone's strengths. Like an aura, different from what you call Haki, gently surrounds the body or takes the form of a flame..." Sebas threw a needle which Arthur dodged.
"I will need even more testing to find out how I can accurately analyze these auras and colors and be able to catalog them in my database for future uses." Sebas finished his report as Arthur entered.
"Excellent Sebas, thanks for the report, how are the pizzas?" I placed my sunglasses on the counter.
"Yes, Sir. Although I feel a little exasperated that the metal forging and melting area is being used to bake pizzas..." Sebas expressed his indignation.
"Yes, but there wasn't room in the kitchen for that much pizza, how many were made in the meantime?" I arrived at the forge area that was cleaned for the pizzas to be baked.
"A total of 129 pizzas were made, and counting."
"Hm, there are a total of 207 people, if each person eats 3 pieces and a pizza has 8 pieces... you would only need 78, but more people will arrive when they hear about the pizzas, so allocate the 100 pizzas for the entrance and the other 29 Store in the freezer along with the dough that was going to be baked." The manufacturing process stopped, some robots came to move the finished pizzas and hands came off the walls to box the pizzas.
"Sir, Ravi and company are at the door wanting to get in, which, you know "who" is about to try and break it down." Sebas detached a screen from the wall showing that Ravi was about to hit the door head first.
"*Sigh* Ravi... Excited as always, you can open Sebas." I looked towards the door that was opened and a giant wolf came running like a dog.
Ravi wanted to lick Arthur, but he stopped him.
"You can't, I'll be leaving soon and I can't take a shower now as it would be time-consuming. And you bluffed that you were going to hit your head on the door to break it down right? After all, you know Rankyaku if you really wanted to break down the door you would have used it. " I stroked his head.
"Yes, but I also knew you wouldn't let me hurt my head, Dad, hehe.*Bark*" Ravi was wagging his tail fiercely.
"I came to thank you for your present Dad, it was delicious." Ravi looked like he was going to drool when he received an extremely well-seasoned giant turkey leg.
"I knew you would like it, there were some vitamins hidden among the seasoning of the meat and inside it, but you shouldn't be grateful for such a small gift, I'm preparing a much better gift." I scratched Ravi's chin a little.
Iron and Servus entered the hot room that was the forge.
"Hi Father, how was your day? Did everything go well?*Hiss*" Servus approached.
Iron approached in silence, but lowered his head in gratitude for the gift.
"It was good, and everything went well, but I'm just passing by to pick up the pizzas." I petted Servus and Iron too.
"Some of these pizzas will be available for you and the pack, except for you Iron, Sebas will prepare something for you to eat, with some roots, plants, and fruits. Just ask him."
"Understood, come on, Ravi, Servus, Master is still busy." Iron grabbed Ravi by the tail, dragging him.
"Bye, Dad. Come back safely. *Hiss*" Servus lowered his head and followed Iron.
"Noooo! I want to stay a little longer! Let go of me Iron! Bye, dad! Come back soon!" Ravi was being dragged against his will but said goodbye when he saw that he had no choice.
"Sir, the pizzas have already been allocated for the entrance. How do you intend to take them?"
"Hmmm, prototype 4 is not ready yet... Sebas the replica, of prototype 4, the 4.5, it is ready right?" I left the forge and looked at the number of pizzas that I wasn't allowed to take on foot because it would be very strange.
"Yes, Sir."
"Modify, no… there's still metal left. Make a new housing and place the engine in it, the housing has to be in the shape of a pickup truck, don't worry about making the glass, leave that for later. It doesn't matter if the carcass is rusty or a little dented, I'll help with the process, we have 10 minutes. Sebas, we have to be quick." I moved to the workshop where Sebas was already moving the metals and shaping while I spoke.
And a pickup truck was made, without headlights and windows, with just a makeshift metal seat, at the front some parts were dented and a little rusty metal was used to disguise it a little.
"It's passable, we have 2 minutes, we've already put the pizza in the pick-up truck, and the vehicle exit will be premiered today, is it fully operational as always?" I got into the pick-up truck and started it with a toothpick.
"Due to the time that has passed, a small area of plants may have been created around the passage, but nothing that will make exit impossible, it is operational and ready for use." Sebas opened a door that is usually closed.
"Let's go!" I stepped on the accelerator and entered the hallway.
Soon the exit opened like a trapdoor, in the forest. Driving towards the Mystery Shack.
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"Hot pumpkin pie! Look at all this cash!" Stan was holding a bag with a lot of money inside.
"And I owe it all to one person... This guy." Stan brought his own wax figure into the room, placing it against the armchair.
"Don't forget me and Arthur, Grunkle Stan." Mabel punched Stan in the stomach.
"And the pizzas Arthur brought..." Dipper is reading the book he got from Arthur on top of the dinosaur's head.
"Ohh! Yeah, you're right little gremlin." Stan ruffled Mabel's hair, ignoring what Dipper said.
"Now, you kids wash up. We got another long day of fleecing rubes tomorrow. Go! Go!" Stan pushes them out of the room.
"Ah, kids, always praising and defending that brat." Stan leaned on Wax Stan.
Duck-tective playing on television.
"Well, Duck-tective, it seems you've really "quacked" the case." The police officer points to the Duck-tective.
"Quack quack, Quack Quack Quack." The duck replied.
"Hahahah, stupid duck. Well, I'm gonna use the John. Do you need anything?" Stan looks at Wax Stan.
"Hahaha, I love this guy! Don't you go nowhere." Stan walks to the bathroom outside.
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"Incredibly Arthur managed to build a car by himself, it seems like magic, right Dipper?" Mabel stopped brushing her teeth.
"Hm, he's either smart or good at working with machines, maybe both."
"No, no... Nooooo!" Stan shouts from the room.
Dipper and Mabel run to see what happened.
"Wax Stan! He's been... Murdered!" Stan sweating and shaking as if a friend had died...a soulmate he would say.
"Noooo! The wax figure Arthur made!" Mabel knelt on the floor next to Wax Stan.
The clock showing midnight starts to chime.
Stan picks up the phone.
"Hello?! Police! Come to Mystery Shack immediately there was a murder in my house!" Stan yells through the phone as soon as they answer it and hangs up.
10 minutes later.
"I got up to use John, right? And when I come back, blammo! He's headless!" Stan explains what happened to Sheriff Blubs while Durland "took notes".
"Arthur's craftsmanship was besmirched, how will he look when he sees that the Wax Stan he made is now missing its head?" Mabel was on Wax Stan's side, thinking the worst.
"Who would do something like this?" Dipper puts his hand on Mabel's shoulder and looks at the police officers.
"What's your opinion, Sheriff Blubs?" Durland, who was drawing, looks at his friend.
"Look, we'd love to help you folks, but let's face the facts... This case is unsolvable." Sheriff Blubs drinks some coffee.
"What!?" Stan, Dipper, and Mabel were surprised by the response, making Sherif Blubs spit out some of his coffee.
"You take that back, Sheriff Blubs!"
"You're kidding, right? There must be evidence, and reasons. You know, I could help, if" Dipper suggested, something he would like to do like in the books and movies.
"He's really good! He found out who was eating secretly during the night." Mabel supported her brother.
"All signs pointed to the Stan."
"Yeah, yeah, let the boy help. He's got a little brain up in his head." Stan also supported Dipper because otherwise the case would never be solved.
"Look, the person who usually helps in these unsolvable cases is Arthur, but at the moment he's on vacation, and YOU, City boy, think you're going to solve a mystery? With your fancy computer phone!" Sheriff Blubs explains while making fun of Dipper's attempt to be professional.
"City Bo-oy! City Bo-oy!" Durland repeats like a siren.
"You are adorable." Sheriff Blubs finishes.
"Adorable? Wait, does Arthur solve your cases?" Dipper was irritated at being called adorable but Arthur who is the same age as him being a "Detective" overcame his anger a little.
"Oh, yeah, the most impossible cases, like the fire hydrant case." Sheriff Blubs remembers it was a good and refreshing feeling to take off his shirt and run around the destroyed fire hydrant.
"Oh, Oh! What about the missing candy?" Durland recalled in excitement.
"Damn, not only did he solve the mystery, but he also managed to bring back a mountain of candy." Sheriff Blubs adjusts his hat and drinks some more coffee.
Dipper felt competitive towards Arthur, the same age as him, already a detective.
"Look P.J.'S, how about you leave the investigation to the professionals? Okay." Sheriff Blubs high fives Durland.
*Clap*
"Attention, all units. Steve is going to fit an entire cantaloupe in his mouth. Repeat, an entire cantaloupe." A voice came over Sheriff Blubs' radio.
"It's a 2316!" Durland keeps the notepad that was supposed to be used for taking notes.
"Let's move." Sheriff Blubs runs with Durland to the squad car.
"That's it! Mabel, you and me are going to find the jerk who did this and get back that head! Before Arthur comes back and notices. Then we'll see who's adorable." Dipper already planned what they would do tomorrow.
*Sneeze*
"Aw~. You sneeze like a kitten." Mabel made a comparison that Dipper didn't like.
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Meanwhile in another location at the same time.
"Phew, I've finished analyzing the data from your report, Sebas. Is the chair, named prototype 21, already electrified and ready for first use?" I put the screen that Sebas detached to the side and looked at the chair that was allocated and temporarily secured in the training room.
"Yes, Sir. But I must warn you that despite all the protocols it is dangerous to do this to yourself to completely "awaken" your Conqueror's Haki." Sebas warned Arthur again about the risks.
"It's okay, Sebas. I need this, I need to get stronger." I approached what looked like an electric chair but with a "hat" full of spikes that would be placed on my head and several iron handles, to keep my body stabilized without the risk of puncturing my brain.
"I can't stop him." Sebas sighed and finished the calculations again to ensure no malfunctions.
"Sebas, do not turn off the machine until you see that I have completely unlocked the Conqueror's Haki." I sat down on the chair and the straps automatically closed, firming my body so that I didn't move a muscle.
"As you wish, Sir. Remembering that it is unlikely that your body will contract involuntarily due to electricity, but as we are piercing the needles in your head to be able to send the controlled charges to your brain, it is better to be extra careful." Sebas lowered his hat full of needles.
Blood began to drip from his forehead.
"I know, Sebas. Start recording the test for chair, number 01, and wish me luck." I looked at the screen that had a countdown.
The machine will put him into a deep sleep while manipulating memories, to put Arthur's biggest fear into something capable of making him extremely sad or very angry, there's no way of knowing.
"Starting recording... Good luck, Sir. Please return safely." Sebas said and the count reached 0.
Arthur passed out, and the machine began to emit controlled electrons, restricting the neuronal synapses so as not to remember the outside and only the necessary memories.
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"Huh, where am I?..." My body felt sore, heavy, and full of blood.
"!! I was fighting Bill where?!" I looked around unable to see much but I saw Gravity Falls in flames, houses destroyed.
"HHAHAHA! Looks like I won, Rubber-boy! What happened? Where did your confidence go?! Your intelligence? Your strength? I must admit boy, you surprised me but that's it, you can't do anything else." Bill Cipher appeared spinning his cane and poking Arthur.
"What?!" A pain came to my head as I remembered the fight.
"Wow, maybe I hit him on the head a little too hard, what do you think guys?" Bill punches himself in the head a few times and makes a screw-loose sign.
"Hahaahaha!" Bill Cipher's "friends"
"But you see my business companion, I still have to thank you, thanks to you I even have a throne of frozen human agony, so I have a gift for you. The best gift you could ever receive! Make room for... Drum roll for... Shooting Star!!" Bill's eye like a spotlight points to Mabel lying on the floor.
"We had a special job for the Pines family but just for you, you can have her, or rather say, her body. Hahaha hahaha!!" Bill and his friends laughed and Mabel's body was thrown towards Arthur.
Arthur forced his body to catch her even though he was barely standing, feeling her warm blood running into his hands, her body was already getting cold, and her heartbeat could no longer be heard.
"I would offer you an eye to cry upon seeing this scene, but you already have 2 GREAT eyes, don't you? Let's get out of here guys, world domination awaits us!" Bill turns his back to Arthur along with his friends.
"I...I-I wasn't... strong enough to protect her... I couldn't protect anyone!" I cried and held Mabel's body tight in a bloody hug.
"Mabel, Dipper, Stanley, Stanford, Soos, McGucket, Pa, Ma, Ravi, Iron, Servus, Neo, Waddles, guys..." Arthur's clothes start to float slightly even without wind.
"Hm? Are you mad at yourself? Hahaha, for being powerless and useless?! Look on the bright side, you've helped us enormously. I think he's a crybaby guy, does anyone want him? No? It's a shame but no one wants someone as pathetic as you, I can't believe I ever considered you an opponent, maybe as a mascot trainer we'll accept you, after all, you created some very interesting ones." Bill notices Arthur's change in attitude a little and provokes him to put him down even more.
Bill snapped his fingers and some floating heads appeared... their heads... those of his family...
But, Arthur, he couldn't listen to Bill anymore, at that moment several memories flooded his mind of everyone smiling, happy, playing, Mabel, Dipper, his grandparents... His family.
"I love you, Dad." A voice echoed in Arthur's mind, Ravi's.
"Me too, Dad, even more than him." Servus's voice sounded.
"How dare you, I love more!" Their usual fight.
"We love you, Master." Iron's voice now sounded.
"We love you, you are the best grandson we could have!" Pa and Ma.
"Look, I don't hate you Arthur, you're a nice and smart boy, you're a good person." Stanley.
Several memories flooded his mind, his fights with Soos, helping the city, and one last voice sounded in his head.
"I love you, Arthur." It seemed that Mabel herself had spoken of his arms but the reality was cruel.
"I think he's a deaf guy or has gone completely crazy. I was going to leave him alive, but he's a nuisance, so what would you prefer, a shot in the brain or the heart?" Bill pointed his finger and put his other hand over his eye as if he could do that with his eyes closed.
"Heart!" Everyone screamed thinking that it would be more painful to watch the last moments without doing anything.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHAHAAAAA!!" The strange air around exploded, with the scream.
Shaking the ground, opening cracks, a crater opened around
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"*Siren* Alert!!! Alert! *Siren* Evacuate to a safe area. *Siren* I repeat evacuate to a safe area. Leave immediately! *Siren*" The base was shaking with lights flashing red.
"What's going on? What's that noise?" Ravi and everyone woke up to the noise and tremors.
"The tremors, they're getting stronger, it's coming from father's training camp.*Hiss*" Servus moved towards Ravi.
"I don't know but we should leave, and quickly. We need to find the master!" Iron says but sees that most of the wolves are passed out, and notices the pressure being emitted.
"That pressure! Is it Dad?!" Ravi notices the pressure too.
"Yes, a familiar pressure but even more powerful. *Hiss*"
"Get everyone, we have to evacuate the place!" Iron begins to put as much as possible on his back.
"But what about dad?!" Servus and Ravi say at the same time.
"We don't have time, you heard the warning, he will be fine. Trust the master!" Iron has reached its maximum capacity, if he adds more there will be a risk of everyone falling.
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"Damn it, Sir. Did you predict that I would stop this from continuing if you didn't order it?!" Sebas was seeing the "dream-induced" transmission in him.
All the equipment was thrown away, cracks began to appear in the wall, and a crater formed within a 16-foot radius of Arthur and continues to grow larger.
*Clang* The doors to the region were closed and the closed training door was being pressurized due to the difference in atmospheric pressure created inside the room.
Several hands were trying to repair the damage around the room.
"Come on, it's almost there..." Sebas looking through the cracked lens at Arthur.
"90%!!" Sebas was ready to turn off that damn chair as soon as he reached 100%.
"Sebas what's going on?!" Ravi arrived at the location with a little difficulty due to the King's Haki.
"Where's Dad?!" Servus arrives crawling with his head on the ground.
"Is Master okay?!" Iron took each step with increasing difficulty as they approached the room.
"What are you doing here?! I'm sure I issued everyone's evacuation warning!" The sound of Sebas came through the cracked TV next to the door.
"We cannot..." Ravi breathes a little hard.
"... Abandon him..." Servus now finds it extremely difficult to elaborate his thoughts.
"...because he is..." Iron stopped, unable to move closer to the door.
"OUR SAVIOR!!" Ravi, Servus, and Iron scream, unable to retreat now.
"100%!" Sebas cuts the power, but at that exact moment, when it hits 100%.
*BOOM*
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Unfortunately, we stopped here, it was kind of at the climax, right? Sorry, I don't like it but this time there was no way I realized it was a little more than 50,000 characters of letters.
What did you think of the chapter? I was late, right? Another year, more exams, but I'm also getting ready for the move, I had a job but due to the move, I resigned *laugh*.
And as everything was stressful I spent more time reading and playing than writing and for that, I apologize.
I had more things to say about the chapter like what did you think of the bill? Appearing again even if it's fake. Will Dipper have a little more difficulty or ease in finding the culprits? Since no one left the event angry. Several things changed due to Arthur, thanks to him the event was much busier than the cartoon.
I finished writing on Sunday and I only managed to finish correcting it today due to the move I'm making, so maybe there are some spelling errors, but I'm counting on your help because I'm moving tomorrow and I want to deliver this cap to you before then.
Thank you very much for reading, have a good weekend.
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