6. Video | Fuchsia City

[starry_forehead]

[Hey pokemon world, there's a cardboard sign in front of the camera. It reads, Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. You can also hear a lot of kids in the background. And the sign goes away to show...yup it's Dipper. He's standing inside what looks like a kids restaurant.]

Welcome to the first pokemon world edition of Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. We're on, Anomaly number 13 "The Pizza Parlor." Now I know what you're thinking. Dipper, this is totally just a normal place, where kids come and play games, eat pizza and learn to fear animatronics, right?

[The Camera shows scenes of all three of these things, ending with a creepy looking animatronic Mienshao. It is dressed like a ninja and very purple. The camera goes back to Dipper and you can see the group of animatronic ninja pokemon in the background.]

Wrong! This is no ordinary pizza place. I found it on a map that I got at the end of the last summer for doing the scavenger hunt. So there's definitely something different about this place. Plus I've been hearing some rumours since I got here about strange things happenin-

[Whatever pokemon is holding the camera seems to make a noise and Dipper glances behind him. Have those animatronics moved? Probably not. He looks back.]

So we're going to investigate the place and see what we can find out!

[And we go to Dipper investigating the place, talking to people. And probably something you at home might note is that the animatronic Mienshao Ninja, now seems to be orange. And around. Like a lot. Like Dipper is starting to notice. He glances over at the camera as another person almost runs off, claiming that nothing is wrong here he just really needs to leave NOW. Totally nothing to do with animatronics! Also don't work the night shift here!]

Okay so there's something....huh, we might be getting lost, Moon. I think we've passed this one a few times.

[Dipper scratches his head and then turns around.]

Well so far there's the usual, the animatronics are creepy but that seems to be it. ...Maybe Nephelis just really liked pizza and-

[And as the camera looks away there's a zapping noise and a scream and then the camera drops to the ground. The gear is dropped and there's a sound of a fight before Dipper manages to grab the gear back up. He looks slightly singed. There's also very angry Gothitelle who had been holding the camera till now. And may have just attacked something.]

I knew it! It's....

[The camera is now pointed at a beat up, now purple again Mienshao ninja animatronic. With a smug looking Rotom floating above it.]

Really!? Well I guess that explains the weird rumours, since I got here! Faraday, really? This was-

[There's suddenly a voice in the background. Apparently someone heard the fight]

"Hey, what happened to Ninja Nickie! She's all beat up!"

Uh...and that concludes Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. Tune in next time and maybe we won't be filming this from a jail cell... Run!

[Dipper will pull the Rotom in the pokeball and make a break for it with his other pokemon. So much for the first episode.]

Comments

[video]

[pkemeter]

The more people you share your research with, the more input you can receive. Of course, there is the fact that people might not be professionals and will give you unwarranted advice, but with time, you can learn to discard the irrelevant comments.

[HMMMM....]

I was more referring to this world, but you say you've encountered unusual events in your own dimension?

[video]

[starry_forehead]

Oh yeah. My sister and I spent a summer in a small town called Gravity Falls and it's a weirdness magnet.

It's amazing! There were ghosts, gnomes, monsters, demons, the world almost ended. All sorts of stuff.

sorry for the delay!!

[pkemeter]

[Egon raises an eyebrow at that. He doesn't seem...particularly concerned about the "world almost ended" thing. It just happens sometimes, you know? Especially when dealing with supernatural forces beyond your understanding.]

Ghosts, you say? My partners and I deal almost exclusively with ghosts and other related paranormal activity--however, we also occasionally dabble in research regarding the occult, in general.

...I'm curious, why gnomes?

np

[starry_forehead]

Yeah. I've run into a few ghosts but mostly it was whatever was around the town that we ran into or could find.

Why gnomes? Um, probably because they found us first. We didn't even realize there was anything strange about the place yet. I'd just found the journal. The gnomes disguised themselves to look like a human teenager to trick my sister.

I totally thought they were a zombie but no...just a lot of gnomes in a hoodie trying to get my sister to marry them. ....er they then tried to kill us after that but Mabel managed to trick them. Well, the leader Jeff. The rest of them scattered after that and really weren't too much trouble.

[pkemeter]

...Interesting. I've never known gnomes to seek out targets in such an open manner.

[Then again, he's never seen actual gnomes before. Just legends and theories about them.]

How old is your sister, exactly?

[as if...the answer to that question would make any of this better]

[starry_forehead]

The gnomes of Gravity Falls are kinda ...weird. Like they look just like garden gnomes but then they can also climb on top of each other to form a giant gnome monster.

She's my twin so she's 13 now. We were 12 when it happened.

[pkemeter]

Oh? It's incredible that someone as young as you displays such proficiency in dealing with the supernatural and other phenomena.

[He seems legitimately impressed!]

You know, if you'd like to perhaps get your hands on some more professional equipment, I would be glad to lend you a PKE meter sometime. The device picks up on any psychokinetic energy in the area and pinpoints its location and intensity.

[starry_forehead]

Really? ..Thanks! Ah, I mean.. I've had a lot of practise the last summer at home.

[Yay, validation!]

Really? Um, yes! Totally. I would love that.

[pkemeter]

[Egon looks pleased.]

Excellent. I will send one over right away by Pidgey Post. Where would you like me to send it, exactly?

[nothing will go wrong with this, surely]

[starry_forehead]

I'm going to Saffron. I'm probably not going to be there for super long so just the pokecenter there.

[No, this is a great idea and will have no long term affects at all.]

[pkemeter]

[At least he's not giving him, like, a proton pack. Then we'd really be in trouble.]

Of course. Expect it in the mail sometime tomorrow, if not today.

[Is that the barest hint of a smile on his face?]

I look forward to seeing what kind of supernatural phenomena you are able to record and take note of with these measurement tools.

[starry_forehead]

Thanks! Hopefully something more then Faraday. But this place is full of weird things. The hard part is just trying to sort it all out and focus on one thing at a time.

[There will be notes, and diagrams and possibly graphs.]