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[Gravity Falls] I thought heaven can't help me now (Dipper gen)
Title: I thought heaven can't help me now
Fandom: Gravity Falls
Length: 513 words
Prompt: Gravity Falls fic battle: Prompt: Sci Fi AU where Mabel and Dipper investigate space mysteries. Kinda like Star Trek meets X Files
Pairing: Dipper gen
Other: AU per prompt.
Excerpt: "Mabel!" he hissed in her ear. "The captain is an alien!"
"Of course she is, silly!" Mabel said, giggling. "She grew up on the Moon! I told her telling Grunkle Stan in the cafeteria last week."
"Whoosh, I'm a comet!" Mabel proclaimed, shooting past Dipper down the hallway and making sound effects with her voice. There were a lot of corridors for them to explore on the ship, and they were determined to see them all before the end of the summer. After that they had to go back to living on a normal planet, which was so boring in comparison.
"Wait up!" Dipper called, chasing after her, but he ran right into her back when he rounded the corner. Both of their faces were bathed in sickly green light that reflected off the scene in front of them. The ship captain was emerging from a door further down the hallway and putting her face on -- literally. Underneath she had the terrifying countenance of a swamp alien. He grabbed Mabel by the back of her sweater and pulled her back out of sight.
"Mabel!" he hissed in her ear. "The captain is an alien!"
"Of course she is, silly!" Mabel said, giggling. "She grew up on the Moon! I told her telling Grunkle Stan in the cafeteria last week."
"No, I mean an alien alien!" he said, waving his arms widely. "Didn't you see her face?"
"She is so beautiful," Mabel said, sighing, and that's when the captain walked around the corner. Dipper froze.
"Hi, kids," the captain said casually, with a wave, before walking off in the direction of the elevators.
"We are going to be invaded," Dipper whispered to himself, and whimpered a little. Then he ran off to talk to Grunkle Stan.
*
Grunkle Stan was no help either.
"Of course I know the captain!" he said, clapping Dipper on the back. "Great lady! She's always been nice to me, that Hugh Mann. She's never tried to get me kicked off the ship or anything."
Considering that Grunkle Stan spent a lot of time on the ship selling souvenirs and not a lot doing his job, that was kind of impressive, although Dipper figured he now understood why. She hadn't wanted to rock the boat. Metaphorically speaking.
"Hugh Mann? Really?" he said, scrunching up his nose.
"Good traditional name," Stan said, clapping him on the back again. "Now go clean the vents in our quarters. They aren't going to clean themselves!"
He handed Dipper a sponge and a folding ladder. Dipper groaned.
*
Dipper bumped his elbow on the ducts again, producing a loud rattle that echoed in his ears, and a protesting, "Ow!" He was trying to figure out how to expose the captain before she did something dangerous, like deserting them all on a planet with no breathable air, or passing along state secrets to the swamp people leaders. It would probably be pretty hard for her to find some state secrets to pass around, given how small the Gravity Falls ship was, but maybe politicians passed by in their personal ships sometimes. It could happen.
Grunkle Stan was no help, and Mabel would try but probably bedazzle something instead. It was up to him!
The ship was doomed.
And his elbow hurt.
Fandom: Gravity Falls
Length: 513 words
Prompt: Gravity Falls fic battle: Prompt: Sci Fi AU where Mabel and Dipper investigate space mysteries. Kinda like Star Trek meets X Files
Pairing: Dipper gen
Other: AU per prompt.
Excerpt: "Mabel!" he hissed in her ear. "The captain is an alien!"
"Of course she is, silly!" Mabel said, giggling. "She grew up on the Moon! I told her telling Grunkle Stan in the cafeteria last week."
"Whoosh, I'm a comet!" Mabel proclaimed, shooting past Dipper down the hallway and making sound effects with her voice. There were a lot of corridors for them to explore on the ship, and they were determined to see them all before the end of the summer. After that they had to go back to living on a normal planet, which was so boring in comparison.
"Wait up!" Dipper called, chasing after her, but he ran right into her back when he rounded the corner. Both of their faces were bathed in sickly green light that reflected off the scene in front of them. The ship captain was emerging from a door further down the hallway and putting her face on -- literally. Underneath she had the terrifying countenance of a swamp alien. He grabbed Mabel by the back of her sweater and pulled her back out of sight.
"Mabel!" he hissed in her ear. "The captain is an alien!"
"Of course she is, silly!" Mabel said, giggling. "She grew up on the Moon! I told her telling Grunkle Stan in the cafeteria last week."
"No, I mean an alien alien!" he said, waving his arms widely. "Didn't you see her face?"
"She is so beautiful," Mabel said, sighing, and that's when the captain walked around the corner. Dipper froze.
"Hi, kids," the captain said casually, with a wave, before walking off in the direction of the elevators.
"We are going to be invaded," Dipper whispered to himself, and whimpered a little. Then he ran off to talk to Grunkle Stan.
*
Grunkle Stan was no help either.
"Of course I know the captain!" he said, clapping Dipper on the back. "Great lady! She's always been nice to me, that Hugh Mann. She's never tried to get me kicked off the ship or anything."
Considering that Grunkle Stan spent a lot of time on the ship selling souvenirs and not a lot doing his job, that was kind of impressive, although Dipper figured he now understood why. She hadn't wanted to rock the boat. Metaphorically speaking.
"Hugh Mann? Really?" he said, scrunching up his nose.
"Good traditional name," Stan said, clapping him on the back again. "Now go clean the vents in our quarters. They aren't going to clean themselves!"
He handed Dipper a sponge and a folding ladder. Dipper groaned.
*
Dipper bumped his elbow on the ducts again, producing a loud rattle that echoed in his ears, and a protesting, "Ow!" He was trying to figure out how to expose the captain before she did something dangerous, like deserting them all on a planet with no breathable air, or passing along state secrets to the swamp people leaders. It would probably be pretty hard for her to find some state secrets to pass around, given how small the Gravity Falls ship was, but maybe politicians passed by in their personal ships sometimes. It could happen.
Grunkle Stan was no help, and Mabel would try but probably bedazzle something instead. It was up to him!
The ship was doomed.
And his elbow hurt.