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[This goes up an hour or two after this abomination.]

[Pacifica has her backpack on and is holding an unhappy cat in one arm and the phone in her other as she walks down the sidewalk in Heropa.]

Hey, if anyone needs me, I will not be at the Pines place until whatever is going on with their grunkles stops and there aren't four of them anymore.

[That was too many Pines children.]

I mean, okay, I can deal with the normal crazy right but come on that animal horse thing is insane and Mabel wants to keep it oh my god.

[She can feel herself going off on a tangent and she sucks in a breath.]

Yeah so anyway if you need me call me, I'll be...somewhere.

[She should probably figure out where she's going. Hrm. But she hangs up.]

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Is everything okay? Do you need a place to stay?

It's fine I'm working on it

Working on it? What does that mean?

i don't know this was kind of last minute! i guess I'll go back to the other government house

You can at least stay with us for tonight until you find something better.

i can take care of myself. i can figure this out.

[No she can't.]

I'm sure you can, but it's okay to ask for help too.

[There's a delay.]

I have a cat with me

[There's a pretty long delay before the response comes back. Alison is not excited at the prospect of a "pet" being in the household again.]

That's fine.

[... this should only be temporary anyway.]

[Pacifica knows those kinds of pauses.]

you sure? he's a nice cat

I'm sure.

[She's not totally sure.]

Okay. Where am I going?

Heropa 31

Okay. Be there soon.

[Just going to wait until Pacifica shows up and wondering how to cat-proof the house.]

[There's a knock on the door a while later. Pacifica is standing outside looking a bit awkward.]

[Alison opens the door quickly and ushers her in.]

Hello, Pacifica. Come in, come in!

Hi.

[She steps inside quietly, making sure the door is closed before she sets the cat down. Raptor immediately darts off to look around, grateful to be free after an hour of being stuck in Pacifica's arms.]

Uh. ...Thanks, by the way.

[Alison's eyes follow the cat's trajectory, but she will herself to focus on Pacifica. At least she'd had the foresight to close the door to her room.]

You're welcome. Let's get you some food first, okay?

[Pacifica can't help but smile at that.]

Is feeding people always the first thing you think of?

[Not a complaint really.]

A nutritious meal shouldn't be undervalued, Pacifica! You can't think properly if you're not well-fed.

...Well, I can't exactly argue with that.

[She'd just follow after Alison, occasionally looking around to see if her cat came back.]

What are you making?

Just some roasted chicken breast and vegetables tonight and some cheesecake for dessert!

...Wow.

Do you cook like that for every dinner?

It depends on what the day is like. Sometimes everyone has to make do with leftovers.

Yeah but leftovers like that.

[Pacifica misses having a private cook...]

I'm kind of jealous.

You're welcome to come join us for dinner anytime, Pacifica. I know how hard you're working at everything.

... pretty sure there's beds and crap in our basement. Kaneda's running some kind of weird kid shelter down there.

Alison asked me to stay with her. Not that your uh...basement...doesn't sound really appealing.

[A beat.]

Except. You know. It's a basement.

Good, glad someone's got you covered. ... don't blame you on the basement thing, though. Gets pretty weird down there.

This is the part where I ask if you're all right, you know.

It's a basement. There's probably bugs.

[Bugs are a dealbreaker.]

Yeah I'm...fine. Just. Apparently when they were kids the Grunkle's were at least as crazy as Mabel and Dipper are and...

[It was just a lot.]

... Honestly, down there, you're probably more likely to run into cat toys.

[Since the combined forces of 6 cats and whatever else the kids have dragged home probably keep most catch-able bugs to a minimum.]

Ahhh... yeah. I get you.

I've got a cat with me that would probably be too much cats.

[She almost feels bad about leaving though.]

I'll come back when whatever this aging thing is stops.

[The fact that she could talk about it like it wasn't insane was a step in the right direction at least.]

Nahh... If you wanted to bunk here, just introduce yours to Krem. He'll handle it.

[That cat is probably somehow magical. Or way too intelligent to be natural.]

Hey, nothing wrong with taking a break from weird crap.

I don't think I'll ever really get used to the 'weird crap,' so yeah, breaks are nice.

[She starts walking again.]

...How are you? I haven't seen you since the...a while.

You've got to be a little used to it, by now.

Eh, surviving. Don't worry about me, kid. I've been through worse crap than this.

Sometimes I think I am? At least the random inventions aren't freaking me out anymore. But it's all still pretty strange.

[She shrugs.]

I meant like, in general. Not if anything was wrong.

Hey, that's good. Little steps are still steps, and crap like that.

Yeah, well. It applies for 'in general' too.

Not sure 'getting used to crazy' is really a good thing.

Sort of is. If it means you stop screaming whenever it happens.

...I want to argue with that but I can't.

Ahah! See? I've got a point here.

So you didn't get affected, huh? Did you find someplace to go?

No, still me.

[She nods.]

Alison asked me to stay with her.

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