@honeydewmuses​ / sc!

❝ Okay. ❞ Yeesh, the attitude on this other kid... almost reminds him of the Sibling Brothers. And they were jerks.

@decanard​ / sc!

❝ Ah, an ornithorhynchus anatinus. ❞ He blinks, crouching down to look at the creature more closely as he readjusts his glasses. ❝ ...wow, is that plaid? ❞

@portalstan​ / sc!

❝ I wish my brother was here... ❞ Who’d have thought messing with timetape would have gotten him into a mess like this...? He doesn’t even know what’s happening anymore. He can’t explain it. He’s scared. He misses his brother. He wants to go home.

 @multiversal​ / sc!

❝ Preeetty sure this is gonna to do somethin’ to the timestream, if the comic books got it anywhere near right. ❞

❝ I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. ❞

@multiversal​ SAID: ❝  i wanted answers so bad i put everyone in danger .  ❞ (pine tree mabel, pine tree mabel, pine tree mabe-)

scary-oke. / accepting!

Oh, there's something that rings far too familiar about that statement. Ford is silent, seemingly pondering his response until he passes a sympathetic gaze to the child.

❝ I understand, ❞ he says simply. He doesn't feel comfortable explaining further ( BILL IS AN ENTIRE OTHER BOMBSHELL ), but he knows how Mabel feels. ❝ Everyone makes mistakes, Mabel. What's important is that you learn from and make up for them. ❞

@multiversal​ SAID: The old hill billy is just going to squint at the man in the dump, confusion in his wandering eyes before a wild laugh leaves him. The shack - still vandalized with 'McSuck It' - creaks behind him. "You come to see my racoon wife? Or do you want a thingamajig? I think I still got some voice changing liquids if you're lookin' for a new sound." (you asked for it)

Word went around Gravity Falls fast. Stanford had not been home very long, but the time he had, he'd heard the occasional rumor of this hill billy's shenanigans. From description, part of him had a sneaking suspicion of who this quirky old man had been, but he didn't want to believe it. And standing before the remainder of F now, well... he still didn't want to believe it.

❝ Oh, F... ❞ he mumbles mournfully, gaze wandering the area surrounding them, the vandalised ruin he called home. It hurt him to see this sumtotal, so much so when he KNEW Fiddleford deserved better, deserving of a brighter future. Everything this brilliant, heartfelt man had done and now... he's a shell of his former self, and Stanford is wraught with himself, because it's all his fault. If he hadn't been so ignorant, if he had LISTENED, then perhaps things wouldn't have ended up this way. The other probably wouldn’t understand his intentions, but he says it anyway. ❝ ...I'm so sorry. ❞

@swxxt-hibiscus​ SAID: ❝ Is stuff around here always this...unusual? ❞

❝ No, actually; it's usually several more degrees of unusual, ❞ the man responds, rubbing his chin thoughtfully as he peers around the woods. Hm. Maybe it's just a quiet day today, rare as those days were. Stanford looks back at the boy. ❝ Looks like a slow day. Though Steve's probably around here somewhere, flipping cars... ❞

@portalstan​ / cont!

The last three decades had not been kind to them. Stanford considered those words to be the understatement of the century; between having to deal with a demon in the back of his mind and attempting to bring his twin back from the depths of godknows what, it had not been an easy one. He doesn't remember the last time he's had a good night's sleep, but looking at his brother, he can confidently say Stanley probably feels the same. He cannot begin to imagine the extent of what was at the other side -- part of him had never wanted to find out, after Bill's treachery. Whatever it had been, well... it's changed his sibling for the worst. The both of them, their relationship and all.

He retracts a six-fingered hand at the strain in which the other speaks, sensing hostility. Ford is stunned into silence as he blinks at the words spoken to him, and he cannot say a word back. He remembers the moment it all slipped away; for a moment, he thought he was going to disappear and never return -- likely DIE if Bill had gotten his hands on him. Then, his brother saved him. Stanley SAVED him. And before Stanford could do anything in return, MAKE IT UP TO HIM, he was gone. That night has never left his mind & it's still fresh in his mind now.

❝ Wh - no - ❞ the man opens his mouth to speak but the response doesn't get very far before he’s interrupted. The reality of the final word sinks in, and he can sense a pit in his stomach only digging bigger and bigger every second Stanley is here. This man came to his aid and braved Hell for three decades, and for what cause? What could Ford possibly do now to repay him? Shaking his head, he sighs to himself, straightening as he rises to his feet. He looks anywhere but his twin as he looks down at the ground with a pondering silence, one filled with shame. ❝ ...you never needed me, because I needed you. I wish I hadn't, Stanley. ❞ I wish you’d just let me go.

@ohwishes​ SAID: ❝  he’s stubborn .  that’s his problem .  sort of like me ,  i suppose .  ❞  - from mabel???

scary-oke. / accepting!

❝ Stubborn? Absolutely; this family is full of that. A problem? Oh, no, no. It depends how you look at it, ❞ the man is amused, looking at his great niece with a well-meaning smile. He closes the journal, directing full attention to her as he wags a playful index finger. ❝ Stubbornness is often the backbone of success! ...so long as you have someone to stop you running into a brick wall. Otherwise, well, then it's a problem. ❞