mun was too eager to try him out...

[rocksthemabel]

Ain't ya got better things t'do than dealin' with me?
Ya could at least wait 'til all the icons are done...

Be patient and go worry 'bout my younger self. He's still gotta lot t'learn.

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4/5

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[...Oh no.]

aaand done

[bedazzling]

...Gideon!? Wh... What happened, and how did you get so–!?

[Nope, she's not saying it aloud, but it's not hard to guess what that last word of hers might be.]

[finebirthinghips]

That's the thing about you young bastards! You think you've learned everything when the lesson isn't even over!

Who let you out of my class?! Get back in your seat!

/APPLAUDS

[rocksthemabel]

[He can't help himself from grinning.]

How'd I get so... what?

[Even though he knows. That's not why he's asking.]

[rocksthemabel]

...

[UH.]

But this ain't a classroom!

[Yeah, that's pretty much the only thing he can think to say in response to this.]

/BOWS

[bedazzling]

[Ohhh no. No, no, no, you're not getting her to say it, Gideon. You may be older and kind of attractive, but as if she's going to admit it aloud!]

...U-Ugh! Nothing! Ew, just... just ew.

[She crosses her arms, sizing him up.]

What did you do?

[finebirthinghips]

Ah, that's where you're wrong! Life is a classroom!

And you're not paying attention!

[rocksthemabel]

... What'd I... do?

[He raises a brow at her before it hits him.]

Ya think I'm--

[He pauses. Should he even tell her?]

[rocksthemabel]

[Gideon just narrows his eyes at the... strange talking teddy bear.
If that's what it really is.]

Who are you?

[bedazzling]

[Obviously it's some sort of magic. Obviously.]

Yeah! I mean, you didn't look... uh, like that before! So obviously you did something!

[rocksthemabel]

[Putting his hands in the pockets of his jeans, he smiles.]

Yeah, I did somethin' alright.
Lived six more years.

[finebirthinghips]

I'm the headmaster of Hope's Peak!

[Instantly he throws fliers for the school in the air.]

Enrollment opens soon better pack your bags quick before you're easily forgotten by some hillbilly school!

[rocksthemabel]

[He grabs one of the fliers out of the air and has a look.
... It's scribbled on in what looks like crayon.
Oh. He gets it now. Or so he thinks.]

Thanks, but I think I'll stick t'my "hillbilly school."

[Sure, it's small, but there's nothing wrong with Gravity Falls High School.]

[bedazzling]

[...Give her a sec, Gideon.]

But–! But that makes no sense. It hasn't even been years!

1/2

[pinevestigator]

...

[What.

WHAT.]

2/2

[pinevestigator]

[WHAT.]

G....Gideon?

[rocksthemabel]

[All he can do is shrug.]

Has for me.
Kinda strange seein' ya this way again...

[rocksthemabel]

[The teenager just grins at Dipper.]

The one n' only!

[bedazzling]

[She's trying so hard to comprehend.]

For you? So what you're saying is that six years has passed for you, and that there's some older version of me where you're from?

...Is this some kind of another alternate universe thingy?

[Yes, Mabel, you have a tendency to encounter those a lot. Wonder why.]

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper can't help but jump back slightly, baffled by Gideon's appearance.]

W....what happened to you?!

[rocksthemabel]

Ya got it. Last I saw ya, ya were 18... visitin' for the last summer before you and your brother went off t'college.

Maybe, or s'just another one'a those time anomalies.

[Though he doubts Blendin has anything to do with this. He finally left them alone a long time ago.]

[rocksthemabel]

Puberty.
Guess you're still workin' on that!

[He laughs, pulling down Dipper's hat in a teasing manner.]

But ya got nothin' t'worry about, ya get through it fine.