I woke up to soreness all over my body, I guess that's what I get for sleeping in a fucking forest. I felt a stinging/itching pain coming from my leg I looked down to see a bunch of mosquito bites, those fucking blood suckers. welp, at least it wasn't a supernatural creature of sorts. I ran my hand through my hair when a noticed something on my palm:
heya y/n, don't forget about your shoulder! -Bill M. Cipher was written on my palm in what seemed to be a permanent ink of sorts, maybe Sharpe, and sadly I didn't have any hand sanitizer to get it off with. also, who signs their full name after writing seven words? actually, that's the point of thank-you cards. never mind, I'm a hypocrite. wait no, who writes their full name on a thank you card?
also how the fuck am I meant to look at my shoulder without a mirror? ughhhhh. I'm too lazy for this I swear this was like a scheme to get to me to go on a quest to look for a mirror-
oh.
actually.
that makes sense.
I guess I've become important enough to have to go on a quest while they get the shack back. (sweet. add that to the main character moment count) alright how do I start a quest with literally no information? guess I just aimlessly walk through the forest.
-time skip-
walking in a forest full of creatures that want to kill me doo do dodo. this is perfectly normal. I took a few lefts and rights letting myself get lost in the peacefulness of the crying of dying animals in the woods. (try saying that ten times fast!)
ever noticed how gravity falls has so many deer? like in almost every episode you have a good chance of spotting one (I noticed this the second time I watched it) well in front of me was a deer chomping on some pointy red grass.
well damn, THATS A GNOME'S HAT
I picked up a nearby stick and raised it threateningly at the deer and watched it skip away in fear. the gnome looked up to see me raising a stick like a sword. yeahhh, not my best moment. I helped the gnome up and threw the stick into the nearby bush.
"welp, don't you got like a... gnome meeting or somethin' to go to?" I asked looking at the tiny gnome, after a closer look I realized who I was looking at, jeff. (main character moment, add it to the tally)
"nope!" he said.
"well uhh- I'm going to go now" I said awkwardly
"hey this is sudden, but would you have the honor of being our quee-" he said out of seemingly nowhere but I cut him off.
"not to disrespect you and all jeff, if I were to be queen of anything I would be of something much bigger then a city of gnomes."
"like?"
"time and reality itself. I don't know frankly, it sounds like a lot of work but it might be fun, yanno stopping time and giving life no meaning so everybody can slowly loose their sanity." I gave a minor shrug, sounding insane. to be fair, in this world (universe?) me supporting bill would be seen as insane.
"oh."
"anyway! I'm going" I said walking off
"wait!" he said running up to me but realized his efforts were in vain. poor man, denied three times.
"you can't kidnap me if you can't find me~" I said mockingly, giving jeff the middle finger and running and off to chase some deer. out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer go to a clearing with a very tall tree.at a closer look it was a cherry tree (a weeping cherry tree to be exact. its like a weeping willow and a cherry tree. don't question it, its a real thing, look it up.), of course it wasn't in blossom season (that's like late spring) so the leaves were green so all I had to go off of was its bark and its droopy leaves.
woahhhh
wait a damn minute. where the fuck is the mirror! (future y/n here, not sure why I was thinking there would be a mirror on/in a tree, kinda dumb of me.) damn it. ughhh I hate being patient. fuck you bill, I swear if you had just written a rick roll on my shoulder. actually... does that even exist in this universe?
I looked around the whole tree trunk, no mirror. but there was a code, luckily it was not a Caeser cipher, it would suck if I didn't know what letter to start it on, and WOW was it a long one. this is the universe saying I have to crack it huh? maybe that was the point of the super secret quest thingy. (add it to the tally kiddos, chop chop)
3 8 9 12 4 15 6 20 8 5 13 21 12 20 9 22 5 18 19 5
7 15 20 8 5 18 5 2 25 1 3 21 18 19 5
21 12 20 9 13 1 20 5 23 5 1 16 15 14
20 8 5 25 1 12 12 2 5 3 11 15 14
20 18 25 20 15 7 5 20 15 14 8 5 18 7 15 15 4 19 9 4 5
3 9 16 8 5 18 19 23 5 1 11 14 5 19 19
19 8 5 19 8 9 19 13 5 5 11 14 5 19 19
16 9 14 5 19 23 9 12 12 20 18 25 20 15 3 15 18 18 5 3 20 20 8 5 9 18 23 18 15 14 7 19
7 9 22 5 23 8 1 20 18 9 7 8 20 12 25 2 5 12 15 14 7 19
9 14 20 8 5 5 14 4 8 5 18 23 15 18 4 9 19 12 1 23
I looked in my pockets for anything to write it down on but I found nothing. I looked around the tree to see if I could find anything there. nope. nada. other words for no.
I leaned my back against the tree then I felt a burning sensation on my arm I lifted up my sleeve to notice that the numbers were burning into it. I don't think even hand sanitizer will wash that off. ughh. I gave out a heavy groan, in both pain and in annoyance.
"w-who's there!" an unseen shaky voice spoke out. oh, this must be Gideon's hunt for the journal thingy.
"that's not how knock knock jokes work" I said teasingly while lazing under the tree while rubbing my arm to try to relax it, alas not to much avail. Gideon walked out from behind a short tree or a very tall bush. I couldn't tell frankly, and I was too lazy to get up and check.
"its you again!" he shouted.
"chillax kiddo, your acting like I'm either going to kill you or spill all your dirty secrets out into the public, and neither of those none my job frankly." I said calmly.
"shut it demon!" he screamed out of seemingly nowhere
"demon..?" I asked before breaking into laugher throwing my head back and hitting the tree stump. ouch.
"w-what?"
"you think that I'm a demon huh?"
"what else are you then?" he asked curious.
"I would say a psychic because that sounds cool but that's not entirely true.." I said trailing off thinking.
"oh I'm a psychic too!" he said happily. (was he ever this happy at something in the show?)
"no, no you aren't."
"what do you mean?"
"your a fraud kid. don't play dumb with me."
"oh." he paused. "how do you know? are you going to tell anybody?" he said like a scared and guilty child, either this kid is trying to trick me or genuinely terrified.
"meh, I'm not one to serve justice on a silver platter, that's pine's job." I said, with me mentioning the pines going over his head. (thank god I didn't want to deal with the weird time people)
"may I ask some questions?" he asked after a pause
"damn, am I that mysterious at this point in time? welp, I don't see any issue with it." I paused thinking. "three questions kiddo"
"one, what's your name?" he said
"y/n."
"two, how do you know bill?" he asks demanding.
"I don't"
"is that all your going to give me?"
"yes"
"where are you fro-"
"sorry kiddo you used all three"
"but the second one was a follow-up!"
"don't care."
"I'll get you for this!" he said out of nowhere (kiddo might have wanted to seem like a badass villain but failed and ended up looking like a fool)
"fat chance kiddo, if anything I'm a valuable asset to anybody's plan."
"are you saying you're up for grabs?" he said (I swear I saw evil little sparkles in that kids eyes.)
"yep, I'm not to choose sides without a good reason." I said trying to get his hopes up, really in the end I would want to end with bill or the pines, both being highly beneficial in the long run, but not this excuse for a fraud though.
he started to giggle manically, thinking he could bribe me in a way, ha good luck kiddo. he picked up his shovel and left me alone with the tree and a very, very, burnt arm.
after a bit of lazy talking to animals like I was insane and sitting around for hours listening to the random sounds of the creatures, I got up and decided to head to the mystery shack.
"what are YOU doing here?" I heard from behind me.