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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

[starlinings]

Exactly. All the experts get experts to help them, don't they? You're going to want the best [And safest] minds put to the project.

And who can resist cake?

[glitterateur]

You know you'd be surprised actually? There're a couple of people I've met here who just don't do sweet stuff! [She shakes her head, pityingly.] But we'll have plenty of other stuff just in case the greatest scientific minds outside of the Pines family are wrong about sugar.

[starlinings]

Now you're thinking ahead.


If I can make my suggestion early, I'd label the insides of the pieces to what part they connect to. That way if it falls apart and you try again, you know where everything goes.

[glitterateur]

Ohh, good idea! Man, we should've done that this time.

[She says, as a half-melted piece of.... like, a steering wheel? A brake mechanism? Clatters by, pursued by pig.]

But I bet Dipper has the schematics all labeled and stuff. He'll be able to put it all back together even without labels.

[starlinings]

[His gaze follows that pig for a moment. Wondering if he should draw attention to it or not, but it seems like it's an everyday thing for Mabel, here.]


He made the schematics all by himself?

[glitterateur]

He probably had some help from our grunkle? And he borrowed the designs from things we've seen before. But Dipper's basically a genius.

[starlinings]

[He's...actually really impressed. He can't imagine being able to build something like that from scratch..]

Well, now I know what he likes--I just need to...

[A bit quieter.]

Find a gift for him.

[glitterateur]

[Well that's... weird? It's weird. She's getting Gabe flashbacks.]

Uh... why'd you whisper?

[starlinings]

...Ah. Sorry.

I was hoping I could keep it a surprise.


[Since he's. Right there and all.]

[glitterateur]

Oh, what, from Dipper? Pshhh. He's not gonna notice!