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[glitterateur]

[Oh good, it’s Mabel Pines. This bodes well! What doesn’t bode well is that she’s outside the mess that is Heropa 18, wearing a sweet helmet and with two piles of junk sitting on the front lawn visible in the frame. Piles of junk that might, in a galaxy long ago and far away, be a “pod racer.” Except these definitely have more rockets attached to the sides. Like, an excessive amount of rockets.]

Hey guys! Mabel Pines here-- oh and Dipper! [Who waves distractedly at the camera as he puts the finishing touches on his racer.] We just wanted to remind everybody to save the date. The date being August 31st! ‘Cause it’s our birthday and it’s gonna be a celebonanzapalooza to be remembered. We’ll be celebrating being fourteen-- totally seasoned teenagers!-- in major style. And all of you are invited!

[In the background, the pod racers gently lift off the ground. There's a faint humming noise and a weird glow. This actually looks like it might work?? Dipper gives Mabel a thumbs up and adjusts his helmet, only for one of the racers to make an alarming pinging sound and suddenly list to one side. He smacks something and everything straightens out.]

We really do mean all, even you new people! Every imPort’s a friend of the Pines family, except for that one guy and he knows who he is. Come by, say hi, get cake! Bring presents.

[Dipper nods at Mabel, and the twins snap on some sweet goggles in synch. Several pigs with fire extinguishers in their mouths stand at attention. Mabel makes to turn off the camera before she remembers--]

--and if you’re in Heropa we’re sorry about the noise!

[Mabel gives a jaunty wave and the camera turns off as they hop in their racers. The people of Heropa will get treated to some alarming drag racing noises and some minor explosions in the next few minutes. Everyone else-- hey, you’re invited to a party! If the kids are still alive to host it!]

Comments

[hasitsthorns]

Nice to meet you, Dipper.

[ She was tempted to make a 'little Dipper' joke, but as he'll be 14 maybe 'big Dipper' would have been more appropriate? Either way, she refrains. ]

And no problem about the noise! It's cool to see something exciting happening, actually. Been kind of uneventful lately.

[ursawhiner]

Uh... careful where you say that. We just had some giant monster fight happen. And that was after the giant Uncle Sam attack.

[hasitsthorns]

I was... kind of trying to forget the giant Uncle Sam, but. Yeah. I'll be careful.

What other giant monster fight happened though? Where is this city getting its surplus of giant monsters? [ Valid questions. ]

[ursawhiner]

That was actually in Philadelphia. It was uh... kind of scary.

[hasitsthorns]

Note to self: Steer clear of Philly.

[ Giant monsters? Nah. She'd rather not. She fought enough to last her a lifetime... ]

'Scary' seems pretty run of the mill for this world though, doesn't it?