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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

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[ursawhiner]

[The angle of the video suggests that Dipper is holding the phone over his face while he lies in the street.]

Hey, man. We're okay. Looks like we'll need to build new racers, though.

[The video tilts to show a crowd of pigs spraying the flaming wrecks with foam.]

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[starlinings]

[What a strange boy.]

I guess that part can't be helped.


Did you need help picking everything up?

[ursawhiner]

I think we'll be okay. With my powers and the pigs, it shouldn't be too hard.

[starlinings]

Your powers?

[The pigs are a question too, but when you're used to penguins and wolves and stuff, pigs aren't exactly the weirdest.]

[ursawhiner]

I can control metal. Magnetically.

[starlinings]

Moving metal objects...that's pretty useful.


[He smiles, just thinking of the possibilities.]


Are you magnetic, or is it jut the energy that comes out of you magnetic?

[ursawhiner]

Uh... bit of both, I think? Forks get stuck to me, but I can also move stuff without touching it.

[starlinings]

So you've yet to really master it...


Hm.

[ursawhiner]

It's not like there's a handbook! And it's a little harder when your sister keeps sticking magnetic letters to your face.

[starlinings]

Did you want help?

We could do training together.

[ursawhiner]

Uh... training how? Is this a soccer thing?

[starlinings]

...I was thinking more like bending spoons, or something like that.


[Dipper you silly goose. Soccerballs aren't made of metal!]