[text / action for Goldenrod / go ahead and make mingley top levels if you want]

[meteorman]

A. Text

To whom it may concern,

This is an invitation to a casual Hanukkah celebration to be held tonight at the Skellington House in north Goldenrod. Food will be provided, though if you wish to bring some to share I'm certain that no one will object.

No RSVP necessary. Anyone who would like to is welcome to stop by*. In strange times and places it pays to be able to find common ground in what little may be familiar.

- Dr. Stanford Pines

*Except for Rick Sanchez, unless he promises to behave himself. There will be children in attendance.

B. Action

[The mansion is hard to miss, partially because it's awfully large and partially because beneath the Christmas decorations the Halloween ones still appear to be up. Add the menorah in the window and the combined light the place gives off is probably visible from space.

As promised there is food: it's not a proper sit-down dinner, considering he figures people will keep trickling in as they have the time, but there are latkes and sufganiyot (he may have asked for Mabel's help with those) along with more Johto-appropriate foods and some things that fall squarely in-between. There are also driedels available, with markings that appear to be painted on in glitter, for people who would like to play or at the very least learn how.

It ought to be a nice night.]

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Dippin' Dots reporting in

[sneezelikeakitten]

A - OTA

[It's a family holiday! Albeit a strange one, but it's great. Dipper will be mostly sitting by himself, playing with a driedel and trying to teach his Cleffa what it's all about. The little Cleffa is having more fun watching it just sparkle as it twirls.]

Minnie, there's a point to this.

[Minnie don't care! Keep making it spin!

Otherwise he'll be mostly chowing down with his Pokemon. Feel free to hit him up and chat. He's up for convo of any kind. Maybe he'll tell you all about what he's been working on!]

B - Pines family

[While Dipper got little things for his friends, he's gotten some actual decent gifts for his family. Yes, that includes Soos. He'll hit up Mabel and Soos when he finds them and hands them a box.]

Here. This is for you!

[schachmeister]

[Armin isn't sure if the game Dipper is playing is a Hanukkah thing, a thing from their world or maybe a pokemon-world thing that he just hasn't encountered yet. It certainly leaves him curious enough. He observes from a distance for a little bit, before his curiosity wins from his natural inclination towards shyness and he approaches.]

Ah, if you don't mind, can I ask what you are playing?

[Is it a game? What is the goal? Is there a strategy? Please explain everything to him.]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Dipper looks up, not sure who this person is. Minnie becomes incredibly shy and attempts to hide under her trainers sweater. It's not working too well. Dipper seems used to this since he's not stopping her.]

You've never played with a dreidel? It's pretty simple game if you wanna learn.

[It'd be a lot more fun than trying to play against a Cleffa.]

[schachmeister]

[Armin shakes his head a little.]

We don't have anything like this where I'm from.

[Or, if they do, it has certainly never come to Armin's attention. And he's a nosy nerd. He'd know.]

[sneezelikeakitten]

Then you can take Minnie's spot.

[Gonna assume it's some not-Earth world.]

[schachmeister]

[It is sort of earth-y, but also there are giant naked humanoid monsters that try to eat them.

Armin sinks onto the floor opposite Dipper.]

Ah, my name is Armin by the way. Mr Pines invited me.

[sneezelikeakitten]

[... tell Dipper all about your world sometime.

Armin?]

The name's Dipper Pines. Ford's my grunkle. I'm... actually surprised he's made so many friends here.

[schachmeister]

Grunkle?

[And does this mean the people back in their world haven't all befriended Mr Pines? How can that be when he is one of the most admirable people Armin knows?

It's the nerd thing, isn't it?]

And I'm a little surprised to hear that. I think he's one of the most interesting people I've ever met. He seems to know so much about the world and other dimensions.

[sneezelikeakitten]

Great-uncle.

[Let Dipper give you some deets on Ford.]

People think he's too weird. With being locked in other dimensions for thirty years, and then showing up again one day? Not exactly popular. Plus, he hunts monsters, studies weirdness, doesn't get out much. Kinda hard to make friends that way back home.

[Gosh, he loves his grunkle, though. Ford is so cool!!!!]

[schachmeister]

I suppose most people would consider it insane to go out and hunt monsters...

[It's the same way in their world. Those that join the Survey Corps are thought of as suicidal nutcases. And it is not hard to imagine why they think of it that way when most of them don't even survive their first year and going beyond the walls is pretty much a death wish.

Coincidentally, guess who has two thumbs and totally joined the Survey Corps? This Guy.]

I think he's pretty cool though.

[Where is the Ford Pines Fanclub and how can Armin sign up?]

[sneezelikeakitten]

Not really. It's what my sister and I did back home, too.

[One day. One day Dipper will turn interview people from this world, and you, Armin, will be one since you are so blase about Ford being a interdimensional scientist/monster hunter.]

Yeah, he is pretty cool!

[schachmeister]

I guess I do too, in a way, but I wish I didn't have to.

[Dipper is a little young, he think, but then, he had joined the military when he was twelve too, right? And with Ford as his great-uncle... maybe it was a family business of sorts? Saving people, hunting things and all that.]

What sort of monsters do you hunt? Mr Pines never talked about that.

[Just like... mushrooms and stuff.]

[sneezelikeakitten]

We kinda got thrown into it, too, when we moved to Gravity Falls.

[Excuse you, Dipper was... yeah, he was twelve. And because of this world he spent an entire month being thirteen before fourteen hit. And it's a skipped a generation family thing.]

Oh, the usual. Gnomes, Big Foot, vampires, zombies.

[Though some of those actually came right to them.]

B

[meowbel]

[Should Dipper look around, he might see one young Mabel Pines dancing the night away! As she tried to dress in the most sparkliest sweater, it was clear that she was having the time of her life!

However, when she saw her brother, that's when her smile widen!]

Awww, you really shouldn't have! Whatca get me, Dipdot?

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Have a box. With five Pokeballs inside. Each one has an Unown and they spell out Mabel.]

Just open it!

[meowbel]

[With curosity getting the better of her, she wasted no time in opening it! The moment that she saw it, she simply had a huge smile on her face!

As she threw each of the balls, she couldn't stop giggling!]

Awww, Dipper! You really didn't have to! Thank you!

[Here, have a giant hug from your older sister!]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[ACK! Please! Stop! Okay. Fine. He'll take the hug.]

You seemed to like those things, so I figured 'Why not?'

[meowbel]

And guess what? I got something for you too!

[With that, as she let go of her brother, that's when she whipped out something straight from behind! As there was a big box in front of her, there was a huge smile on her face!]

C'mon, open it! Just wait until you see it! You'll be so amazed by it...!

[sneezelikeakitten]

[That is a huge box. But he'll take it an open it.]

As long as it doesn't explode or set something on fire!

[meowbel]

Nah, it's nothing like that!

[Pause] Well, maybe just a little bit...! [However, should Dipper open it? He'll see a giant sweater complete with build in lights just for him! Granted, he might have to plug it in somewhere to make it work but hey!

At least it's blue and has the infamous Pines symbol on it!]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Dipper does open it, and his mind first registers that's it's a sweater. With lights. And a plug. Well.... to make Mabel happy, but with his usual Dipper attitude, he rolls his eyes.]

Where do you find the time to even make these things? Or get these lights?

[But he'll put it on and find the nearest outlet. SUCCESS Dipper is now lit up. With his little Cleffa actually looking envious as she toddles up to them.]

[meowbel]

Oh, I have my sources! That's just how Mabel works, am I right?

[She giggled before Dipper put the plug on. The moment that she did, that's when her lights quickly lit up! If she was smiling before, she couldn't stop it now!]

But I think your friend wants one too! I think she's a little bit jealous...!

[sneezelikeakitten]

Mabel, you didn't steal any of this, did you?

[They have enough money. Please don't.]

Who, Minnie? .... but she's so small. Can you even make a sweater her size?

[meowbel]

Dipper, I'm offended! What makes you think I'll ever do that?

[Not that she did but that doesn't Mabel from narrowing her eyes back at him. ...He didn't steal anything he got for her, rriiggghhhtt?]

Psh, like you even need to ask! You're talking to one of the most amazing sweater makers in the entire world! I can make a sweater for her with my eyes closed!

[All the while giving a confident nod to herself]

[sneezelikeakitten]

I'm just wondering where you got the time to leave without me noticing!

[Dipper, that is very easy to do when you're super into your research.

Minnie looks rather excited, pulling on Dipper's sweater.]

She likes the color blue.