❝ i don’t often play by the rules of others— especially when those others are unseen & unproved entities. i suppose i could make an exception, however… ❞
GASP !!
‘Does that mean you officially accept me as your friend ? OH MY GOSH, does this mean that we can officially start doing really fun ‘FRIEND’ things ? Like having matching sweaters, or having a scrapbook of our fun times together !!!’
‘You know, this place could really use some SPRUCING up. Lucky for you, MABEL is here to help you with all of your INTERIOR DECORATION needs ! So, where do you think we should start? Personally, I think that walls could use a little work, but it’s really up to you !’
“Trying to eat you is cute —!? It’s honkin’ teeeerrifying!! Those evil little beaks that try to peck out your skin and those beady little eyes that stare right into your soul? I can’t believe you’re not seeing this!”
‘Woah, dude. It sounds to me like you have some MAJOR issues with chickens going on here. They’re not that bad ! I mean, sure, their eyes are pretty creepy. No denying that. But otherwise they’re really cute !‘
[Star rolled her eyes-not at Mabel’s advice, but at her pure annoyance at Tom and his antics. You’d think he’d take a hint, but when you’re a fire demon, you tend to be a little hard to reach when it comes to not getting what you want.]
“Believe me, I’ve tried. He just come back with bigger fire flower bouquets and grander chariots. But that doesn’t change the fact that he’s an annoying jerk that doesn’t know how to take ‘no’ for an answer.]
The new information causes her to sit up straighter & her pen drops to the table. Dark hues lift from her notepad to Star, & a manicured hand lifts only to drop onto the blonde’s shoulder.
‘Star, do you know what this means ?’
She’ll pause for effect, her eyes going wide& a SHARP intake of breath as if it were just too scandalous for Mabel to even think about.
‘We have to get back at him !! Y’know, make up a really good, but also terrible, plan to SCARE him from ever talking to you again !’
“Y-Yeah, let’s go with that. Practicing ! Of course ! That’s what I’m doing ! It’s so refreshing to find someone that understands me… I guess… ———Wait a second, their QUEEN ?”
‘Pfff, don’t worry about it ! I practice my Halloween costumes all the time ! I wanna make sure that they still fit & everything… Oh, yeah. THAT. It’s kinda a really long & really w e i r d story, but basically this gnome dressed up as my HUMAN boyfriend & then revealed himself & tried to make me his queen.’
“Wait, so that’s why… Okay, wow, thanks for tellin’ me that now. But—even if glitter is a tricky thing to deal with, that doesn’t mean you can’t be careful with it, y’know? You could save a cereal bowl with that kind of approach, and cereal’s an important part of breakfast. And, yes—this rule does apply to bedazzling. I’m surprised Grunkle Stan lets you keep on gettin’ more. It definitely doesn’t look good on skin, or my face, or my clothes.”
‘The power of the glitter is out of my hands, bro. I, Mabel Pines— extraordinaire of all things sparkly, can hardly control glitter. That’s how you know it’s powerful. Plus, I’m pretty sure it getting in your cereal isn’t the end of the world. Now that, my dear brother, definitely looked like something in outer space. & Grunkle Stan keeps letting me get more gems because he actually has a SENSE OF STYLE !!‘
❝C R A Z Y stuff is normal here, there was a nurse who fainted last year and a guy that lost it and tried to burn the entire building down.❞
It had been her third week at the ward when that happened and being at the fragile age of two, she had no clue as to why she had been slung over someone’s shoulder as they desperately tried to E S C A P E, their frantic actions amusing her and her ‘friends’, not that she had understood, she had thought it was merely a harmless game, but T H E Y hadn’t.
❝It doesn’t help that this place is so dang stingy, they can’t even be bothered to get a separate psychiatric ward for kids because it’d cost ‘ T O O ‘ much money.❞
‘I heard about that ! The nurses secretly like to talk about it when they’re on their breaks. It sounds like it’s the only interesting thing to happen to this place because they talk about it so much!
When Mabel had first been allowed to see Dipper, she’d had to wait for nearly an hour as they set him up in his room. At first she’d sat & waited, but the chairs were too hard & the magazines on the table in the middle of the room had bored her quickly & so, when the nurse had her back turned, Mabel had quickly exited the room. Being her first time there s he hadn’t a clue where she was headed & stumbled upon the room where the nurses had their breaks. The story they had been telling was gruesome & eventful, but they’d found her before they could get to the GOOD PART.
‘Yeah ! Or, at least they could have some DECENT toilet paper in the bathrooms. The ones they have is really scratchy.’
“I know, I know. I’m not usually so paranoid…” She takes a calming breath, “Alright, I’m good. I promise. Who’s Waddles? Is that your pet?”
‘Yeah ! He’s my pet pig! I thought you knew that, since you tried to STEAL him from me that one time.’ Mabel’s confused ( surely Pacifica wouldn’t forget something like that ), yet chooses to let it go with a shrug & another wide grin to the other. ‘Well, anyway, my room is right up there if you wanna go !’
[ To be quite honest, Boss didn’t mind the fact he was being put to the test with these exercises. Supposed Mabel thought them up after hearing about how tough Boss was. Guess she wanted to see it for her own eyes. Only real problem was the goddamn thing blowing in his ears. She meant well, but my god was he going to be in such pain. Possible ringing in his ear for a while now. ]
“Mabel, sweetie; I’m probably gonna go deaf if this keeps blasting in my ear. Next thing you know I won’t be able to listen to you anymore. And I wouldn’t want that.”
[ He thinks over something for a moment. Maybe she deserves to know. Not like he couldn’t trust her. Gal was an angel. Plus he was sure she could keep it on the down low. ——— Hopefully. ]
“And hey….. just call me ‘Duke’, alright? Think it’s time ya earned that privilege.”
She’ll pull the bullhorn away from his head with a sheepish smile, her hands extending to pat lightly on his ears. Obviously it hadn’t been her intention to hurt him ( Mabel would never hurt someone who wasn’t a particular evil triangle ) & knowing that it’s a possibility that she could hurt him worried her.
‘Sorry ! Bullhorns are good motivators, though.’
It definitely takes her by surprise ;; of course it does, something like this would. She’d gone their entire friendship calling him ‘BOSS’ (which, as she looked back on it, was such an impractical & so obviously FAKE name that she she feels stupid for not even considering that he might have a real name ) that it feels weird for even trying to call him something else. Hands still & her legs stop their continual kicking against his chest. It’s definitely not a name that she had expected. ‘Duke’ is such a formal, SNOBBISH name, which were two things she definitely didn’t associate with him. Lips purse & her head tilts &, because she is MABEL, her lips curl upwards & she decides to make light of the situation.
‘Do you mean to tell me that your real name isn’t Boss ? Because I have to tell you that this is news to me.’
& for a moment she manages to keep her head held high & her eyes locked on him. Yet curiosity manages to grab hold of the small ounce of braveness & eyes glance down. She thinks that perhaps if she looks quick enough, she won’t be able to really see what lies beneath her. It doesn’t work. She only glances for a moment, yet she’s able to see so little yet so much at the same time that she’s intrigued to look AGAIN & AGAIN & A G A I N & suddenly she can’t seem to pull her wet eyes away & she’s panicking because, oh god, she’s going to fall. Eyes lift from the scene below her & nervous fingers grip so tight against the ledge on the building that knuckles go white. She’ll meet his gaze & eyes that had been shut to block out the scenery below will widen & she almost yells at him because why hadn’t he down something before ?!
