The Universal Spookiness of Gravity Falls

Chapter 28: Hope and Distractions

- Danny's P.O.V.

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Holy crap...

"Why are you still here? Leave me alone." Dipper retorts.

He doesn't realize it yet, does he?

Wendy and I look at each other in shock. Dipper was yelling and we immediately ran to check on him, only to see him yelling at nothing...at least that was the case. Steven went to Dipper to help him calm down, and then Dipper started yelling at him.

Steven looks completely horrified.

"Dipper?" Wendy speaks up.

"Huh?"

Dipper turns to us in shock. Wide eyes and everything.

"H-how long have you guys been standing there?" Dipper asks, clearly scared that's he been caught.

"...for the past minute." I finally answer.

"Dude...you just yelled at Steven and called him a monster..." Wendy points out, still in disbelief.

Somehow, Dipper looked even more horrified. He slowly turns back to Steven in horror. Steven is still horrified and silent. I could be mishearing, but it sounds like Dipper let out a quiet, shaky gasp as he finally faces Steven. He starts to shakes a little.

How do you even respond to something like this? Dipper was yelling at nothing, then at Steven. Then he yelled that Steven was a monster. I don't even know what he'll say next! Everything is uncomfortably silent right now.

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...he's glowing pink now...

Wendy and I get closer to the both of them. Steven finally snaps out of his trance to look at us, still wearing the same expression on his face. Without saying anything, Steven walks out of the room. His footsteps were the only thing that broke the silence. Other than that, it's so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

From how Dipper reacted, it's similar to how Mabel acted last week. He was also hallucinating someone that wasn't there. At least that was the case at before we came into the room. This whole situation is just unfortunate. We did notice that something might have been going on, but we didn't know it was this bad!

We hear more footsteps, and we turn to see Dipper's grunkles come in.

"Is everything ok? We heard some commotion up here." Mr. Ford asks.

"And we just saw Steven leave while glowing pink." Mr. Stan adds in.

Dipper stays silent, but his expression changes.
...tears start welling up in his eyes. Whoa...that's the first time I've ever seen him like this.

He immediately hugs his Grunkle Ford and starts silently sobbing.

"Dipper?" Mr. Stan says in disbelief.

"It's clear that...he's distressed." Mr. Ford states, sounding somewhat worried, "Come on, Dipper, let us head downstairs."

All three leave the room. Wendy and I turn to each other at disbelief at what just happened. We don't know what to say to each other. What do we say to each other?

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"...I've never seen him get like that before." Wendy says, finally breaking the silence.

"I...I wasn't...expecting that." I hesitantly respond.