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thethinkingaurora · 1 year ago

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I know I wasn’t tagged or anything but ima do this anyway

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Names: Aurora, also Eclipse but that is kinda temporary but I also really like it

Pronouns: She/Her and They/Them, I fluctuate between the two along with my gender (Girlflux)

Star Sign: Cancer

# of Siblings : 2, I’m the middle child, my little brother and I are eachothers favourite siblings and then I have trauma from my older brother

# of Pets: 1 little Doggo and her name is Chloe

Fandoms: None really, I have kinda been living under a rock for like, my entire life

Favourite Colour: Purple

Favourite Song: Probably Candle Queen by Ghost and Pals (subject to change) although my most listened to song is Soap Bubbles by Willow Emrys (Fun fact about that one, I have the most listens on that song out of anyone on the planet, 473 listens myself and it’s less that 1000 listens in total)

Favourite Author: Rick Riordan with literally everything or Vaughn Heppener with The Lost Starship Series

Hobbies: Puzzle making, Ciphers (I fucking love ciphers so much I could talk for hours about them), weaving (specifically paracord bracelets and such), Tennis, Writing

Favourite Fic Type: I’ve never actually read fan fiction

Favourite Holiday: Christmas, not because family but because winter is the best and I get time off to enjoy it

Partners?: Yes a boyfriend (romantic) who I love so very very much

Fun facts:

- I’ve gone through 14 different names and I’m referred to as 7 of them regularly (once a week at the least)

-Uh yeah there is probably more stuff I could put here but my brain has short circuited

Tags: @dragoninahumancostume @silly-kid @just-a-pinecone @just-a-little-trans-chaos @boredcollector @urlocalsupermarketofendocrinosis @rookieroc @mtcenarius @mmvrkussx

Yeah that’s it, have fun

I got bored so here's a little get-to-know-you tag game I think could be fun :3

Name(s)

Pronouns

Star sign

# of siblings & fun facts about them (if you have any)

# of pets & their names

Fandoms

Favorite color

Favorite song

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!)

Hobbies

Favorite fic type

Favorite holiday

Do you have any partner(s)? (romantic, qpp, anything!)

Fun facts about you / anything extra you wanna share!

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Name(s): Loki (highly preferred), Elye

Pronouns : they/them mostly, he/she okay too

Star sign: Pisces

# of siblings: I've got 2! An older sister and a younger sibling. The fun fact about them is that they're also both queer; in fact, my mom is too. The only non-queer person in my immediate family is my dad.

# of pets: 4 cats! Phoebe & Frankie are our girls, Lenny and Murray are our boys :3

Fandoms: MCU (kind of), BSD, OFMD, Ranboo (does his fanbase count as a fandom?)

Fav. color: Don't have one

Fav. song: Aurora Borealis by Lemon Demon

Fav. author: Alice Oseman

Hobbies: singing, acting, drawing, writing, procrastinating

Fav. fic type: Fluff, definitely. I am a sucker for well written coffee-shop and flower-shop aus, too. Smut's fine, but only if it's romantic. I can't do angst if there's no comfort.

Fav. Holiday: Hanukkah or Halloween! I love autumn and winter

Partners?: Yes! I have a girlfriend (queerplatonic) who I love very much, and a boyfriend (romantic) who I love very much :]

Fun facts:

- Even though I'm a cat person, I really, really want a dog.

- I actually used to play sports. Because I don't do gendered leagues anymore, I don't play, but I've been looking for mixed/gender-neutral/queer sports teams. Baseball and basketball specifically!

- I started questioning my identity in 2019; I'm no closer to finding a label now than I was then. The difference is, now I don't want a label. I just am. :]

tags: @neonganymede @cha0ticlesbian @x-chiara @exceleo @brinnybee @autistic-katara @gandalfthemorallygrey @ohboyanotherlokiblog @roachandrenfri @ourflagmeanslokius @exceleo @edettethegreat @swiftlyspidey

#tag game

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underdressedgoth · 5 years ago

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So I was bored and drew a few of my Gravity Falls Fanchildren in their Reverse Falls forms because why the hell not.

#gravity falls fanchild #gravity falls #Pinecone Cipher #Falls Cipher #Gravity Cipher #my ocs #billdip #fanchildren #I am still super bored #-_____________-#ye #idk #reverse falls #my art

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endeeringcipher · 4 years ago

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On a comment on my last fic, I said that my next fic would be happier to balance out the angst I wrote. And I had totally intended for that to be true. I haven’t written another angsty fic yet either. I just don’t know what to write for a happy fic right now. If you have any drabble suggestions, please comment, send via ask, or dm me. I’ll post any requests here for you to read as well. I’m just stuck. To be clear, I only write BillDip fics at the moment. So, Bill Cipher and Dipper Pines. I’m not great at writing Mabel, but I am decent at Ford, and I can try my hands at Stan too. But I want these to focus mostly on Billdip as I write them as a comfort. Anyway, I look forward to your requests!

#Billdip #pinecone #Bill Cipher #Bill #Cipher #Dipper Pines #Dipper #pines #writing #requests

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ao3feed-billdip · 5 years ago

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by Cringe_Drawer

Lately Bill has been acting very protective over Dipper. Hardly letting him be by himself and making sure that he has everything he needs. Not only that but Dipper's stomach for the past few months has started to swollen up. Then one day, things change. In a way that Dipper didn't even know was possible.

Words: 3643, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Cipher-Pines Kids

Fandoms: Gravity Falls

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Bill Cipher, Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines, Stan Pines, Ford Pines, Steven Universe, Original Cipher-Pines Character(s), Pinecone Cipher-Pines, Aqua Maria Pines (Mentioned), Manuel Pines (Mentioned), Original Child Character(s)

Relationships: Bill Cipher/Dipper Pines

Additional Tags: first fanfic here, Mpreg, Crossover, I'm Going to Hell, but not because of this, this is kinda just helping putting a nail in the coffin, Bill is still a demon here but has a human form, before anyone says anything yes I know it's cringe, then again my username should be a dead giveaway for it

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #gravity falls #billdip

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pinstripedaisy · 6 years ago

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Best friend guesses Sinnoh Pokémon

So, my first gen of Pokémon was gen 4, and my best friend, @sipteceye has never played it. On a phone call today, I had her guess what they were called/give her first impressions. Enjoy~!

Turtwig - Turtwig Grotle - Grass Back James Torterra - Tree Back John Chimchar - Chimchaira Monferno - Ninja Boy Infernape - Hades Piplup - PIPLUP Prinplup - Dapper Lad Empoleon - Lacey Starly - Gotheon Staravia - Punkeon/Edgy Seagull Staraptor - Bubbeon Bidoof - Bidoof Bibarel - Bichonky/Chonkoof Kricketot - Weedle Beetle Kricketune - Cardiac Arrest Beetle Shinx - Blue Baby Luxio - Blue Lion Luxray - Scar from Lion King But Blue Budew - Growth Roselia - Drag Queen Cranidos - Edgy Spiky Dinosaur Lad Rampardos - Hemkin Stompy Shieldon - Almond Head Bastiodon - Bulldozer Burmy - Deformed Pinecone Bird Wormadam - Bush Snufkin Mothim - Totem Pole With Wings Combee - Maybe It’s Maybeeline Vespiquen - Bee There, Bee Square Pachirisu - Electrasquirrel Buizel - Amazing Otter Boy Floatzel - Teardrop Tummy Cherubi - happy cherry, sleepy cherry Cherrim - Twinkle Boi Who Also Looks Like a Cherry Blossom Shellos - Gender Roles Gastrodon - No Ambipom - GunnaGetcha Drifloon - Dylan Drifblim - Pissed Hot Air Balloon Buneary - Bunny Lopunny - Hop Mismagius - Misdreavus’s Gay Cousin Honchkrow - Sir Birb Glameow - Nyayan Purugly - Thiccy Kitty Chingling - Pac Man’s Druggy Cousin Stunky - Nick Skunkus Skuntank - Virgil Sanders Bronzor - Bill Cipher Poker Chip Bronzong - Vacuum (completey seriously) Bonsly - Seedo Mime Jr. - Jesty Happiny - Lollette Chatot - Songbird Spiritomb - LSD Gible - Monch Gabite - *screeching* Garchomp - AHH Munchlax - ZZZlax Riolu - Chucario Lucario - Lucario Hippopotas - Sniffsnorf Hippowdon - Hipposand Skorupi - Headache Drapion - Fear™ Croagunk - Croakitan Toxicroak - Bulbcroak Carnivine - Trapis Finneon - Butterfly Fish Lumineon - Bloop Mantyke - Glidey Snover - Coney Abomasnow - Lumprug Weavile - Hoo-wah Uxie - Genie Gene Mesprit - Uxo Azelf - I’ve Seen Some Stuff, Man Dialga - Glacier Lad Palkia - Go Go Boots Manaphy - John/John Jr. Rotom - How It Feels to Chew Five Gum Gliscor - Gremlin Probopass - Steve Harvey Gallade - Thigh Gap Lickilicky - Tonguetan Leafeon - Leafeon Glaceon - Chillyeon Togekiss - Triangle Flyangle Magnezone - UFno Tangrowth - Wash Day Yanmega - Buzzkill Rhyperior - Bob The Builder Dusknoir - We Don’t Talk About That One Porygon-Z - Cocaine Electivire - Beet Magmortar - Megaphone Egg Man Mamoswine - Tusky Froslass - Crystal Sama Giratina - Ring Neck Heatran - Hot Boy Regigigas - Refrigerator Cresselia - Bliss Darkrai - NO Shaymin - Important Hedgehog Baby/Slim Hip Grass Lad Arceus - Bejeweled Hula Hoop

#pokemon #friends #emerly von art #sinnoh #gen 4

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comically-blu · 29 days ago

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triangle with favorite human

pst pst link just features my analysis on Bill’s perception/actions on the humans, including Ford that he has known lol .3.7

vs. human’s family

with the older brother

and… other “side characters”

extra:

#doodle dump #gravity falls #gravity falls au #pinewoodsaltl #portal pinecone #stanford pines #bill cipher #billford #more like oh ew it’s my ex way #shermie pines #penelope woods pines #granny pines #stanley pines #fiddleford hadron mcgucket #eddie pines #mr.pines #originally thought of coloring this but eh sketch why not

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purplesaline · 2 years ago

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This is a brilliant code system and I can see why It was such a fast one to use. If it was just the substitution cipher alone nearly any Navajo speaker would likely figure it out quickly even if the same words were never used twice.

It reminds me of a call and answer code we used in the military. It'd very simple to remember but very difficult to break if you don't know the key. We'd get two colours and a number. Let's say it was Blue, Orange, 9. The caller challenges whoever is approaching by speaking one of the colours and then chooses a random number less than the number provided. Orange 5. Now if you know the key is "Blue, Orange, 9", a relatively easy thing to remember, it's not a hard code to break but if you don't know the key it's nearly impossible. If you know Navajo and English it would be relatively easy to parse the substitutions regardless of the words chosen. Just like if an English speaker was trying to phonetically spell a word and didn't use a standard phonetic alphabet, Apple Tango Timothy Accoun6 Charlie Kangaroo. You can figure it out pretty easily.

The truly brilliant bit is the word for word substitutions.

So, quick background, I was trained in the military as a radio operator. We used a lot of word for word substitutions for things. Most of it we had memorized and it was pretty easy because it made sense in context. Some of it made sense in the context if a reference to another word substitution that had no context but was easy to memorize (for example knowing one silver bar meant Lieutenant in the Navajo code it was relatively simple to figure out by context what two silver meant, and knowing that whale was battleship, iron fish was easy to figure out.)

Like, if you decided occupational call signs were going to be animals that were native to a specific region. If you were familiar with the animals in thay region even if you'd forgotten what the specific call signs were it would be too hard to figure out that beaver meant engineers, squirrels were artillery (seriously have you ever experienced an angry squirrel throwing pinecones at you from a tree?), northern timber wolf is infantry, etc.

And you could use animals not native to that region as part of the letter substitution cipher which would further complicate the code for anyone not familiar the area and it would still be easy for someone with that knowledge to decode.

The combination of very easy to memorize specific information paired with a simple letter substitution that relies on knowing a simple key makes for a very quick and easy way to encode and decode information that's basically impossible to break.

It really is brilliant.

I saw this on quora and thought it was cool and wanted to share it on here. Its a long read but crazy. Its from Erik Painter

They did try. And they did capture Navajo men. However, they were unsuccessful in using them to decipher the code. The reason was simple. The Navajo Code was a code that used Navajo. It was not spoken Navajo. To a Navajo speaker, who had not learned the code, a Navajo Code talker sending a message sounds like a string of unconnected Navajo words with no grammar. It was incomprehensible. So, when the Japanese captured a Navajo man named Joe Kieyoomia in the Philippines, he could not really help them even though they tortured him. It was nonsense to him.

The Navajo Code had to be learned and memorized. It was designed to transmit a word by word or letter by letter exact English message. They did not just chat in Navajo. That could have been understood by a Navajo speaker, but more importantly translation is never, ever exact. It would not transmit precise messages. There were about 400 words in the Code.

The first 31 Navajo Marines created the Code with the help of one non-Navajo speaker officer who knew cryptography. The first part of the Code was made to transmit English letters. For each English letter there were three (or sometimes just two) English words that started with that letter and then they were translated into Navajo words. In this way English words could be spelled out with a substitution code. The alternate words were randomly switched around. So, for English B there were the Navajo words for Badger, Bear and Barrel. In Navajo that is: nahashchʼidí, shash, and tóshjeeh. Or the letter A was Red Ant, Axe, or Apple. In Navajo that is: wóláchííʼ, tsénił , or bilasáana. The English letter D was: bįįh=deer, and łééchąąʼí =dog, and chʼįįdii= bad spiritual substance (devil).

For the letter substitution part of the Code the word “bad” could be spelled out a number of ways. To a regular Navajo speaker it would sound like: “Bear, Apple, Dog”. Or other times it could be “ Barrel, Red Ant, Bad Spirit (devil)”. Other times it could be “Badger, Axe, Deer”. As you can see, for just this short English word, “bad” there are many possibilities and to the combination of words used. To a Navajo speaker, all versions are nonsense. It gets worse for a Navajo speaker because normal Navajo conjugates in complex ways (ways an English or Japanese speaker would never dream of). These lists of words have no indicators of how they are connected. It is utterly non-grammatical.

Then to speed it up, and make it even harder to break, they substituted Navajo words for common military words that were often used in short military messages. None were just translations. A few you could figure out. For example, a Lieutenant was “one silver bar” in Navajo. A Major was “Gold Oak Leaf” n Navajo. Other things were less obvious like a Battleship was the word for Whale in Navajo. A Mine Sweeper was the Navajo word for Beaver.

A note here as it seems hard for some people to get this. Navajo is a modern and living language. There are, and were, perfectly useful Navajo words for submarines and battleships and tanks. They did not “make up words because they had no words for modern things”. This is an incorrect story that gets around in the media. There had been Navajo in the military before WWII. The Navajo language is different and perhaps more flexible than English. It is easy to generate new words. They borrow very few words and have words for any modern thing you can imagine. The words for telephone, or train, or nuclear power are all made from Navajo stem roots.

Because the Navajo Marines had memorized the Code there was no code book to capture. There was no machine to capture either. They could transmit it over open radio waves. They could decode it in a few minutes as opposed to the 30 minutes to two hours that other code systems at the time took. And, no Navajo speaker who had not learned the Code could make any sense out of it.

The Japanese had no published texts on Navajo. There was no internationally available description of the language. The Germans had not studied it at the time. The Japanese did suspect it was Navajo. Linguists thought it was in the Athabaskan language family. That would be pretty clear to a linguist. And Navajo had the biggest group of speakers of any Athabaskan language. That is why they tortured Joe Kieyoomia. But, he could not make sense of it. It was just a list of words with no grammar and no meaning.

For Japanese, even writing the language down from the radio broadcasts would be very hard. It has lots of sounds that are not in Japanese or in English. It is hard to tell where some words end or start because the glottal stop is a common consonant. Frequency analysis would have been hard because they did not use a single word for each letter. And some words stood for words instead of for a letter. The task of breaking it was very hard.

Here is an example of a coded message:

béésh łigai naaki joogii gini dibé tsénił áchį́į́h bee ąą ńdítį́hí joogi béésh łóó’ dóó łóóʼtsoh

When translated directly from Navajo into English it is:

“SILVER TWO BLUE JAY CHICKEN HAWK SHEEP AXE NOSE KEY BLUE JAY IRON FISH AND WHALE. “

You can see why a Navajo who did not know the Code would not be able to do much with that. The message above means: “CAPTAIN, THE DIVE BOMBER SANK THE SUBMARINE AND BATTLESHIP.”

“Two silver bars” =captain. Blue jay= the. Chicken hawk= dive bomber. Iron fish = sub. Whale= battleship. “Sheep, Axe Nose Key”=sank. The only normal use of a Navajo word is the word for “and” which is “dóó ”. For the same message the word “sank” would be spelled out another way on a different day. For example, it could be: “snake, apple, needle, kettle”.

Here, below on the video, is a verbal example of how the code sounded. The code sent below sounded to a Navajo speaker who did not know the Code like this: “sheep eyes nose deer destroy tea mouse turkey onion sick horse 362 bear”. To a trained Code Talker, he would write down: “Send demolition team to hill 362 B”. The Navajo Marine Coder Talker then would give it to someone to take the message to the proper person. It only takes a minute or so to code and decode.

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#that was probably pretty disjointed #having a hard time keeping my train of thought on the rails #cause pharmacy can't fill my adhd meds #weeeee #so hopefully it makes sense

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tomasorban · 7 years ago

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Meaning of Arcane Words and Ciphers: - B -

balsam

A balsam is a resinous or waxy semi-solid compound that captures the essence of a liquid medicine or perfume. To Paracelsus, the balsam was the “interior salt” that protected the body from decomposition, and earlier alchemists considered the Balsam of the Elements to be the Quintessence, the result of the Conjunction of alchemical principles. Because of it amalgamating ability, mercury was considered the balsam agent of the metals. In the chemical arcana, Liquor Hepatis mixed with fat or wax was known as the Balsam of the Soul.

Basilisk

The Basilisk is a symbolic alchemical creature said to have the head of a bird and the body of a dragon. The wingless serpentine animal was hatched from a hermaphroditic cock’s egg and nursed by a serpent. Psychologically, the Basilisk represents the melding of our higher and lower natures in Conjunction, a process that must be continued in the next three operations of alchemy for this “Child of the Philosophers” to become the Living Stone of the fully integrated Self. Biologically, the Basilisk represents the mammalian embryology, the genetic replaying of the stages of evolution within the egg or womb. The Basilisk also has chemical connotations, which probably have to do with a metallurgical process involving cinnabar.

baths

Baths in alchemy symbolize the Dissolution process in which the metals are cleansed and purified.

birds

Ascending birds indicate the volatilization of compounds or their sublimation. Descending birds indicate the fixation of compounds or their condensation and precipitation. Birds shown both ascending and descending indicate the process of Distillation.

bezoar

Some chemical compounds, such as sulfur auretum when mixed with either red mercuric oxide or black antimony, clump together inseparably as soon as they are mixed together. The alchemists considered such compounds to be chemical bezoars, which are hard clumps of undigested food or solid balls of hair sometimes found in the intestines. In the Middle Ages, physicians thought the strange mass protected people from poisons and actually prescribed it to their patients. Egyptian priests discovered bezoars during the preparation of mummies and believed the hard balls were magical pills formed by the large serpent in man (the intestines). Some evidence suggests that the Egyptians also looked for a similar pill in the small serpent in man (the brain) and found it there in the form of the pineal gland. This pine-shaped gland is imbedded with tiny crystals of dark melanin, and could explain the Egyptian pinecone emblems and the origin of the caduceus itself. And, in the same way that bezoars were formed in the serpentine contours of the intestines, so was gold formed in the bowels of the earth: gold was considered a mineral bezoar.

Black Phase

The Black Phase (or Melanosis) is the first stage in alchemy. It phase begins with the operation of Calcination and lasts through the Putrefaction stage of Fermentation.

brimstone

(see Sulfur)

#alchemy #esoteric #occult #hermetism

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advocatewrites-blog · 7 years ago

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Into the Unknown Part 4 Chapter 2

Into the Unknown

Fandom: Undertale, Coraline (book), Over the Garden Wall, Paranorman, Gravity Falls (season 2)

Characters: Frisk, Norman B., Dipper P., Mabel P., Coraline J., Wirt, Greg, the Cat, the Frog; Sans, Toriel, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, Asgore,; the Other Mother, the Beast, Agatha P., Bill Cipher, Asriel D., Chara D.,

Pairings: Not the focus. Alphys/Undyne, with mentions of Papyrus/Mettaton, sans/Toriel/Asgore, and Wirt/Sara. Due to the nature of Undertale and the dating segments, there is also interpretable Papyrus/Wirt, Undyne/Mabel, Alphys/Dipper, Napstablook/Norman, Mettaton/Norman, Mettaton/Mabel, Sans/Dipper, Sans/Norman, and Sans/Greg.

Rated a high +K for violence, mild language, horrific elements that may be disturbing to younger readers, mentions of child abuse and bullying, character death that is sometimes permanent, and mentions of suicide that may be triggering. These elements remain relatively unchanged from their source material, which most all are for children, but discretion is advised nonetheless.

Disclaimer: Undertale was created and owned by Toby Fox. Coraline was created by Neil Gaiman and owned by Bloomsbury and Laika. Over the Garden Wall was created by Patrick McHale and owned by Cartoon Network. Paranorman was created by Sam Fell and Chris Butler and owned by Laika. Gravity Falls was created by Alex Hirsch and owned by Disney. Any other work mentioned or homage are property of their respective owners. This is a fan-made, nonprofit work that only seeks to entertain. Please support the original franchises.

The hallway outside of the Ruins was a lot longer than either of them had expected. It was too dimly lit for either of them to see quite clearly, and the damp chill of caverns only grew as they walked. There was only one clear beacon of light as another chasm opened above them.

In the beacon of light, there sat a flower.

“I bet you think you’re real clever, don’t cha?” said Flowey. “Saving your goat mom like that?”

Both of them were still rattled from the fight, so the most Dipper could really do was stomp on Flowey. It burrowed back underground before his foot hit the ground.

“Tell me,” said Flowey as he popped up behind them. “What do you think you would have done if you hadn’t saved her? What will happen if you meet someone you can’t spare?”

“We’re not here to fight anyone!” said Dipper.

“Oh? So why are you here, then?”

Mabel sent Dipper a concerned looked. The two fell silent. That was all that Flowey wanted to hear.

“You don’t know,” said Flowey in realization. “Don’t worry, my little monarchs. You’re not the ones I’m looking for. And maybe once you stop that goody two-shoes act, we can agree on something.”

Flowey burrowed back underground, leaving them alone.

“What was that about?” Mabel asked.

“I’m not sure…” said Dipper. “Mabel, what were we doing when we came down here?”

Mabel hummed as she thought.

“The last thing I remember was being at the Shack,” she said.

“Same with me,” said Dipper. “Do you think maybe something paranormal brought us here?”

“I mean, we are in a world of magic and monsters,” said Mabel. “Nothing’s out of the question.”

“Then we better get to work,” said Dipper.

Chapter 2

They didn’t talk much after they were reunited. It was too late to make any real plans, too dark to look at the map Frisk had gotten, and they were too tired to think clearly.

It was early when they started to talk again. The sun had barely risen above the mountains that surrounded them, but it was light enough that Frisk could read the map.

None of the mountains surrounding them were Mt. Ebott.

“These are not normal woodlands,” said the Cat. “Perhaps you can try finding another monster here?”

Frisk nodded.

“Then I suggest we try to avoid gnomes.”

He jumped out of his skin when he saw the white bone. A skull sat in the hoodie. Attached to the rest of it was a skeleton. Two pinpricks of light hovered in the eye sockets, as close to pupils as it could get.

“alright. go ahead and take your choice. don’t got enough g on me to keep restocking.”

The skeleton monster gave a vague gesture to a set of lamps sitting by the checkpoint station, and what fear Dipper had faded into confusion.

“Why do you just have human shaped lamps?” Dipper asked.

“ya better make it quick,” the skeleton said. “my bro’s gonna be here in a few minutes and he’s a human hunting fanatic.”

Dipper’s eyes widened as he put together what he meant, and dove behind one of the lamps that had a shade of a long cone. Mabel fell right behind him, and hid behind her own lamp.

“SANS!”

“sup bro?”

Mabel poked her head out from the lampshade. “Oh, he’s cute!”

Dipper looked up just long enough to see the other addresser.

“He’s a skeleton,” said Dipper.

“You say that like it’ll stop me,” said Mabel.

“SANS? ARE THOSE HUMANS?”

The twins froze. Slowly, they both poked their heads out from the lampshade.

“sure, bro,” said the shorter skeleton. His skeletal smile was as thick as ever (and Dipper noted in the back of his mind that it didn’t move when he spoke), but there was a hint of frustration in his tone that Dipper could not quite place why.

“GOOD JOB!! I GUESS THERE IS MERIT TO STARING AT THESE LAMPS ALL DAY!!!” The taller skeleton turned to the twins. “ATTENTION HUMANS! !!YOU SHALL NOT PASS THIS AREA! !! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL CAPTURE YOU!!! PROCEED…ONLY IF YOU DARE!!!”

He ran off, his laugh growing more and more distant.

“sorry bout that,” said the shorter skeleton. “name’s sans, by the way.”

He offered Dipper a hand up. Dipper noted the pink whoopee cushion hidden under his phalanges and decided to pull himself back up.

“Human hunting?” Dipper asked. “So you’re trying to hunt us down?”

“nah. he won’t hurt a fly,” said sans. “he’ll just fight you and give you awful puzzles to solve. i’ll keep an eyesocket out for you kids.”

sans walked off into the other direction as his brother. Dipper waited until he could not see him anymore to talk.

“Who just has a dozen people-shaped lamps waiting out in the middle of the forest?” He asked.

“The same kind of person who keeps hot dogs under his stand,” said Mabel as she rose. “And the kind of person I wanna be friends with. Want one?”

Dipper took one without thinking. His mind was racing.

Sans was not all that surprised to see the two humans in the world of monsters. He had gone through the trouble of special ordering several human-shaped lamps and dragging them out into the snow and forest. He had been expecting them.

“sans definitely knows something,” said Dipper as he took a bite of his hot dog. “Let’s try and figure out what.”

“Sounds like a plan, plan man!”

It was then that Dipper realized whatever he put into his mouth was not hot dog meat.

They find the boyband first. Frisk vaguely recalled seeing them on TV at one point, so it’s a bit of a surprise to find them in a magical forest. They thought about asking them whether or not they knew anything about the Kingdom of Monsters, but decide against it after they have to talk one of them out of eating a pinecone.

The boyband was not the only humans they found in the forest. They stumbled upon a campsite, where the only difference between its two occupants is the numbers on their hats. They did not know where Mt. Ebott was, but they were kind enough to show them where the other magical places in the forest are and offered their campsite if they couldn’t find a place for the night.

They find the gnomes again. They weren’t helpful.

It was late in the afternoon when something interesting happened. They only ventured in to town for a few moments, for Frisk to buy some food with what money they had left. It was only a packet of jerky from a vending machine, but it was enough until they can figure something else out. They wandered off to one of the prettier spots in the woods, settled down on a log, opened the packet…

The forest rumbled. Birds flew and gnomes ran away. Soundwaves shook the trees and cause ripples in the stream. The earth shook as something raced closer.

The Manutaur approaches.

Frisk ACTS without thinking, and held the jerky packed out in front of them. The fight stopped instantly.

“Not going to fight back, tiny human?” The manutaur asked as he poured jerky down his throat.

Frisk shook their head and shrugged.

“I believe they would like to talk to you instead,” said the Cat. “They are looking for a way into a kingdom of monsters. It should be hidden in the mountains.”

The manutaur hummed in thought. “Climb onto my backhairs. I’ll take you to meet with High Council.”

“I think I’ll pass,” said the Cat.

Frisk climbed aboard, and let the cat jumped onto their shoulders. The Manutaur sped off.

“HE’S…WELL…HE’S A BIG FUZZY PUSHOVER!” said Papyrus. “EVERYBODY LOVES THAT GUY! I AM CERTAIN IF YOU JUST SAY…’EXCUSE ME, MR. DREEMURR, CAN I PLEASE GO HOME?’ HE’LL GUIDE YOU RIGHT TO THE BARRIER HIMSELF! ANYWAY!!! THAT’S ENOUGH TALKING!!! I’LL BE AT HOME BEING A COOL FRIEND!!! LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO GO ON THAT DATE!!!”

Papyrus ran through them back to his house, a movement that was at best a mix of running, skipping, and floating. His laughter faded off in the distance.

Dipper hardly noticed. His mind was abuzz with the new information, trying to put together what Papyrus had said to the theories he had already crafted into his head.

He hardly even noticed the last thing Papyrus had said, until he looked over at Mabel and saw the look in her eyes.

“You want to go on a date with him right away?” Dipper asked.

“Why not?” said Mabel. “He said we can visit whenever we want for that date!”

“Your date,” Dipper said.

“And what are you going to do?”

“I don’t know! I think there was a restaurant in town…”

“I bet if you go with me you’d be able to talk to sans about whatever nerdy stuff you wanna talk about,” said Mabel.

Dipper opened his mouth to argue, but close it just as quickly. That was actually a good point.

“Just promise me you won’t call my thing a date,” said Dipper.

“Can’t! Let’s go!”

It was a long and hard-fought training montage that lasted the whole day. But eventually, Frisk was accepted by the Mautaurs. They gave them bits of leather armor that did not really fit them, a spear made of bone and stone that reminded them of Papyrus and Undyne, and some neat temporary tattoos. They were sent on their way to conquer the Multibear.

“And we shall go with you to make sure you don’t botch this like Destructor did,” said Pituitor.

But Frisk knew they weren’t going to Fight the Multibear, much less conquer it. Hopefully the other Manutaurs would be cool with that too.

The Multibear lived on the other side of the mountain range. Frisk scaled it the way the Mautaurs had taught them. They entered the cave. The Manutaurs were right behind them.

The sounds of roars alerted Frisk to the location of the Multibear before their eyes could fully adjust to the darkness. The Multibear emerged from the shadows.

“Bear heads! Quiet!” The biggest head of the Multibear snapped. “So, the Manutaurs have seen fit to send to me another human.”

“Yeah, because you SUCK!” Gronk shouted from outside.

The bear head growled again, but stopped as it was slapped.

Frisk nodded enthusiastically. They put their spear down to sign.

“I am afraid I do not speak the language of Hands,” said the Multibear.

“Then allow me to translate,” said the Cat as he emerged from a stalagmite. “They want to ask you for directions.”

There was a loud groan from the Manutaurs outside. The Cat ignored it.

“They wish to find the Kingdom of Monsters,” said the Cat.

“You would provoke the ire of the Manutaurs just to find it?” asked the Multibear.

Frisk nodded.

“Then you must be very lost,” said the Multibear. “Very well. I will tell you what I know.”

Papyrus’ house was a unique mixture of old, clashing furniture, and surfaces so clean it was hard to believe that they had ever held dust. In a lot of ways, it reminded Dipper of the Mystery Shack. He took a seat on the couch and started to flip through a book on quantum physics.

“Wow! How’d you get your sink so high?”

Shoved in between the pages was a joke book, just a little smaller than the textbook. Curious, Dipper took that out.

“DO YOU LIKE IT?! I MADE IT TALLER SO I CAN STORE MORE BONES UNDERNEATH. TAKE A LOOK!!!”

The joke book had been hollowed out to hold another book on quantum physics. Dipper took it out and opened it up.

“WHAT?!?! CATCH THAT MEDDLING CANINE!”

Dipper looked up long enough from the books to watch the small Pomeranian from before rush through the kitchen and out the door.

“CURSES!”

The sound of a sad trombone filled the house.

“SANS!! STOP PLAUGING MY LIFE WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC AND COME HELP ME ENTERTAIN THESE HUMANS!”

“oh, what?” sans’ voice echoed from the top of the stairs.

“YES! THE TALLER HUMAN AND I WERE PLANNING ON GOING TO MY ROOM AND DOING…WHATEVER IT IS PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY GO ON DATES! COULD YOU PERHAPS ENTERTAIN THE SHORTER ONE???”

“I’m shorter than Mabel by, like, an inch!” said Dipper.

There was a lingering pause upstairs, as sans thought about what had been asked.

“sure thing bro,”

There was the sound of a closing door upstairs, and the front door swung open.

“sorry bro,” said sans. “just wanted to make sure i got my date clothes on.”

The only thing Dipper noticed that was different were his socks, now matching.

“GREAT!! COME ALONG THEN, HUMAN!!! HAVE FUN ON YOUR DATE, SANS!!!”

Mabel wriggled her eyebrows at Dipper as she rushed upstairs with Papyrus. Dipper tried his best to ignore her.

*DATING START!

“So, uh…” Dipper started. He made a vague gesture to the books on his lap.

“oh yeah,” said sans. “paps got that one for me. i made a few of my own modifications, of course, but i don’t think he’s gotten the joke yet.”

Silence fell between the two as Dipper tried to think of what to say next.

“DON’T THINK YOU’VE BESTED ME YET!!!” Papyrus’ voice rang from upstairs. “I’VE NEVER BEEN BEATING AT DATING AND I NEVER WILL!!”

“Hey, sans,” said Dipper. “Do you know anything about a talking flower?”

The atmosphere grew heavy. sans’ grin tightened, and for a second Dipper felt a shiver up his spine.

“the echo flowers in waterfall, right?” sans asked. “didn’t think you had made it that far.”

“We haven’t,” said Dipper. “I mean a small golden flower that talks back at you, not just an echo.”

“YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN POWER OF THIS OUTFIT!”

sans was silent for a moment. He shifted in his seat so he could look Dipper in the eyes. His smile had grown bigger, but Dipper was not entirely sure that was a good thing.

“I have a question for you kid…how did you end up in the Underground?”

“I don’t know. Mabel and I just kind of ended up here,” said Dipper. “That’s what I’m trying to figure out. And I think that flower might have something to do with it.”

“RIGHT! BUT OH SO WRONG! THIS AIN’T ANY PLAIN OL’ PASTA!! THIS IS AN ARTISAN’S WORK!!! SILKEN SPAGHETTI FINLEY AGED IN AN OAKEN CAST, THEN COOKED BY ME, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS!!!”

“And I think you might know something about it,” Dipper finished.

The lights in sans’s eyesockets went out. Dipper fought the urge to jump back and run. Phalanges tapped on the sofa, forming a melodic pattern.

“What makes you think that, bucko?”

Dipper swallowed in a vain attempt to stop his voice from cracking before he spoke.

“Who orders a set of human-shaped lamps and leaves them out in the forest?”

“AUGH!!! URGH!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

“Should we do something about that?” Dipper asked.

“nah, they’re probably fine.” said sans. “but you know…you may be on to something kiddo. tell you what; you tell me more about that flower, i’ll tell you more about the other humans. deal?”

“Fine.” said Dipper.

“great. i’ll keep an eyesocket out for you, kid.”

sans stood from the couch and walked out the front door again. Dipper did not have a chance to question it before Mabel came downstairs.

“How’d it go?” he asked.

“I dunno,” said Mabel as she plopped onto the couch. “I mean he dumped me, but that was the best date I’ve ever been on.”

Dipper decided it was not worth it to point out that all of her other dates were with a group of gnomes, a merman, a psychic brat currently in jail, and the guy on the $10 bill.

“How’d talking to sans go?” Mabel asked.

“I might be onto something,” Dipper said. “There’s a lot more going on in the Underground that we don’t know about.”

Author’s Note: Compared to Coraline, Wirt, Greg, and even Norman to an extent, the Pines twins know what they’re doing. They’re ready to solve some mysteries and rewrite history.

#Fic #Into the Unknown #Undertale #Gravity Falls #Dipper Pines #Mabel Pines #Flowey #Frisk #the Cat #sans #Papyrus #featured

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luminecho · 4 years ago

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ask game:

bones, fren shaped, oldest sibling

Hi Ochi!!! <3

(ask game)

bones: crow friend; collects cool things; woha wait actually super talented; good taste in beverages all things considered

I am a crow in the sense that I’m naturally drawn to smooth pebbles and tiny pinecones,, I have a lot of those. Also HGDIKDKWJLW TALENTED?? THAMK YOU,, 🥺 also I’m honored you think I have good taste in beverages considering all the food fights

fren shaped: no we don’t talk much yes we are friends <3; probably really good problem solver; magical dude

Friends <3 Also I was going to say I am actually an awful problem solver because no brain head empty, but actually I might just be being too hard on myself idk. I did solve a lot of those ciphers, that’s pretty cool. Also ✨MAGICAL✨

oldest sibling: y you follow me?! why?; big blog who has way more followers than me; i think ur cool i’m just intimidated

HGDJWHIWJOSJW???? I ONLY HAVE 95 FOLLOWERS?? I mean I know I get asks a lot sometimes but honestly I think it’s just the same handful of people— I’m honored that I have Big Blog Vibes though lmao. YOU’RE COOL TOO THOUGH YOU’RE SO MUCH COOLER THAN ME??? I am literally just Some Dude lmfao.

#don’t be intimidated you know how unhinged I actually am #anyways #THAMK YOU #💖💖💖#//#answered echoes #cashewally-sarcastic #ask game

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underdressedgoth · 5 years ago

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I posted these on Wattpad about a week ago but never here. Might as well do it.

I’d like to think Pinecone and my Tad being friends (in a student-teacher way)

He’d help her learn how to use her magic and get it under control. (I’ve had this in my draft for about 2 weeks and had completely forgotten about it until now)

#Pinecone Cipher #gravity falls #gravity falls fanchild #Tad Strange #my fanchild #my art

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homepictures · 6 years ago

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