sweater town, usa

Mabel had been excited to meet the infamous Pudge, having heard so much about him from her friend. Sandwiches were one of her favorites too! They already had so much in common that she hoped they got along, knowing he was a very important friend in Lilo’s life. She’d brought along a peanut butter and jelly to split with him as they hung out at his favorite tide pool or so that’s what Lilo had said. “I brought strawberry jelly, do you think he’ll like it? Or is he more of a grape guy? I thought I’d mix it up since that’s like my favorite that maybe he’d like it too!” Mabel looked over at the girl and gave a small pout as she pulled out a sandwich bag from her backpack. 

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“Gosh, it’s so sparkly, you must be so proud!” Her remarks went along with the sweet and fascinated tone she was used to faking for those she had to impress. Of course she wasn’t actually in awe over the glittery craftsmanship Mabel seemed to possess. It was a useless skill yet Pacifica seemed annoyed that she wasn’t able to do the same. It also seemed to strike a nerve that Mabel cared about someone so much that she’d go through so much work for them just for a sake of it, Paz couldn’t recall anyone growing up that would go to those lengths for her without being bribed to do so. There were plans to make fun of the poster regardless but now that she was starting to feel bad for herself, she’d felt justified in doing what she did next. “That unicorn is just so detailed, I need to get a better look,” As she leaned in closer to see the sign, her easily staining cup of coffee made its way onto the illustrated paper. “That’s a shame, it looked so good. At least your poster got the caffeine you so clearly need.”

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She smiled as she looked down at her poster, feeling more proud by the moment. It was actually better than she thought it was going to turn out. Mabel wasn’t usually so inspired to do art but she was up all night working on it after getting randomly artistic after watching her favorite movie. The Last Unicorn always hit her right in the feels. She thought Dipper would love it, knowing unicorns always helped her when she needed it. “I am! I’m just glad it turned out so good!” Mabel was beaming as her gaze went to the blonde. Maybe Pacifica wasn’t all mean and could find something to be positive about. Although she was quickly proven wrong when her coffee was all over the poster before she knew it. A squeal escaped from Mabel as she quickly grabbed it as the coffee rushed off and onto the floor. “Well... Maybe it was just a rough draft... I guess...” Her voice faded off as she exhaled heavily. It had been her fault for anything she might have actually liked it.

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Truthfully, hanging around at someone’s job was the last thing that Richie wanted to do with his free time. He never had to work a day in his life, so why would he wanna watch someone else doing it? He had an important task at hand though, so he had to suck it up and give his signature smile to get the brunette to fall into his trap. She was cute, a little dorky for his taste but an easy target. It was always the chase that intrigued him the most — once she was all in he’d probably grow bored. Perhaps slow and steady would win the race, for he needed to get her to trust him first. It was all in good fun, at least that’s how he saw it. He could tell he caught her by surprise, and his smirk didn’t falter. “Yeah, why not?” He asked, letting his elbows rest on the counter and leaning forward a tiny bit. “Doesn’t look like you got much else going on, anyway. How long you got ‘til your shift ends?” @lastmabelcorn​

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It wasn’t difficult for Mabel to start getting goggly eyes for someone. The thing was it never seemed to work out. From her prior experience dating was actually really difficult and she  wasn’t a pro by any means. She wanted to have someone to go to the movies with and share popcorn, a plus one to her friend’s birthday parties, she wanted to have a person. Of course she had Dipper but this was different. Mabel didn’t think Richie would’ve wanted anything to do with her. The fact he wanted to spend time with her made her feel warm inside, maybe she wasn’t such a freak after all. She tried to put on her best smile and not totally blow it right away. “I guess I just assume since I’m bored then anyone else who wanted to hang out here would also be bored. Like a big water cycle except instead of water it’s boredom.” The girl looked at her wristwatch before back to the boy in front of her. “Still like almost an hour... Super lame,” she said giving a small pout before sitting back down at the register. 

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dil’s eyes widened in disbelief hearing the girl’s news, shoulders deflating instantly as he pouted at her, as if she was the one who could do anything about. “aw, dip, man, no! not sprinkles! you…ya know if they maybe have the seasonal green and red ones? i could totally accept those if the rainbow ones are gone…” they’re definitely sulking now, placing a hand over their head. “…damn, ya got any space to add one more ta that game plan change? i gotta think out my whole options now…what are you thinkin’?”

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She shrugged her shoulders at their comment, wishing she had a better solution. This was a big loss for her as well after having her heart set on that. Sprinkles were a must for any good ice cream but she could make a shift to figure it out. “I know, right? It’s like so tragic but when life gives you ice cream, make an ice cream sundae!” She gave them a big smile before turning back to begin out her plan for a substitute. “No red and green but I think they have the chocolate ones. So that means we can get vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and sprinkles. If you’re feeling really wild you could even make it a banana split.”

@elvisenthusiast

There was a comfort about Lilo that Mabel had felt since the first time they met. It was friends at first sight and they’d been inseparable since. Even during her most out of the box ideas Lilo would always be down to join. Mabel still doesn’t know who else would’ve helped her cover the entirety of her car in stickers. Of course those had long faded and fallen off by now but it was still a great idea. She was always doing something new with her slug bug, her next plan being to paint on pink flowers or make them out of vinyl. As she looked to Lilo upon hearing her question a giggle couldn’t help but to escape. “Of course, it wouldn’t even be fun without you, duh!”

@northwestgirl

Mabel looked down at the sign she had been working on to cheer on her brother at this big research presentation he was giving at school. She was used to him being so good at stuff like that but she still wanted to give him the same support every time. This was a small gesture she could do to show how proud she was to call him her brother. There was no one else she would rather share the same DNA with. "It did, actually! I wanted to make sure the unicorn was anatomically correct. And that the glitter was all dry before I moved anything since it's like the worst to clean up ever," she said with a small giggle and smile at the blonde, trying to be nice but awaiting the distaste that typically came from Pacifica.

"you turn me on, but you give me depression" 

@stfurichie

Mabel wasn't unfamiliar with being bored at work, as she was most of the time. Things hadn't been busy after the weekend rush and she was mostly just making terrible origami that was turning more into paper airplanes than actual animals. Richie showing up was the most exciting thing to happen to her all day. He'd always been nice and not to mention he was so freakin' cute. Mabel sometimes couldn't help but get tongue-tied when she talked to him. In fact, she was surprised he even offered to stick around as she worked since it had been so slow.

"Company? You? Here? With me?" She blabbered for a moment before nodding. "Yes! I mean, yeah, totally cool with me, for sure."

The second the bell chimed to inform her someone had come in, Mabel looked up to greet them with a smile and a fun catchphrase she’d been working on perfecting all day. After saying welcome in or let me know if you need help finding anything enough times she got bored and wanted to switch it up instead. “Well howdy partner, this here is the-,” she started with even an accent to boot before realizing who it was that had come in and her voice slowly came to a halt. “Hi Pacifica. Uh, what’re you doing here? Can I help you find something? I know this place like the back of my hand,” Mabel said flipping her hand over to show her. It was weird to have Pacifica come here by choice but Mabel would be happy to help her if she needed it. 

Sure it was the middle of winter but that wasn’t going to stop Mabel from getting herself an ice cream when she wanted one. After a long studying lesson at the library she thought she’d earned a little sweet treat. There was one thing that got her through the last hour of flipping through textbooks; whether she was going to get a cookies and cream milkshake with rainbow sprinkles or a cone with one scoop vanilla and one butternut pecan with rainbow sprinkles. People say you can’t taste the sprinkles but Mabel knew they were lying. She got in line, having decided on a cone on her way over only to be told they were out of sprinkles. “No! Not the sprinkles, anything but the sprinkles!” The girl let a loud breath out as she tried to not get too outwardly disappointed. “It’s cool, it’s fine, just gotta regroup,” Mabel said to herself before stepping back to look at the flavor list again. That would stabilize her after a loss as big as the rainbow sprinkles. “You can go ahead of me, I need to get a new game plan. If you wanted rainbow sprinkles I hate to break it to ya but they’re all out,” she said with a heavy sigh as she looked to the next in line.

She’d already read through the ones she got for Christmas, her latest finish being another sappy romance novel with the lead man being none other than a fae. Even though Mabel knew this stuff was total trash she couldn’t help but go back. Something about the worst type of romance books were always the best, not that she had gone so low as to buy them from the grocery store yet but there was still time. If she couldn’t find a real love she might as well read about it and get as much research on the subject as she could. Of course once she got into the store she was wondering everywhere and finding more than just a few. Suddenly she had a stack of books in her arms, everything from cookbooks to the history of unicorns. She even had one that was a book for a baby but they made all of the animals fuzzy so she had to have it. Mabel was standing in one of the rows trying to keep all the books in her arms as she reached out to grab one for Dipper on the treasure hunting. “Come on Mabel, you can do it... Almost there...” She coached herself as she slowly lowered her whole body and held the other books between her chin and her hand. Another person was just turning down when she caught their eye. “Hi follow reader of books! Do you have a hand I can borrow?”

While working Mabel always tried to keep herself busy even if that meant doodling on old receipts and putting them all around the back for her brother or Soos to find later. Sometimes she’d create an entire story like when there was a lobster that got turned into a man and had to learn how to be a human, that one was a classic. When she was able to focus she did do her job to the best of her ability but taking out the trash was her least favorite. Sometimes she’d find cool junk people threw away but never at the Mystery Shack, it was all filled with Grunkle Stan’s gross leftovers from lunch. “Hello there Mr. Trashcan, hope you’re hungry,” she said before tossing the bag over her shoulder and into the bin. Before she was able to get back inside she saw she wasn’t alone and that there was a boy a few feet away smoking that caught her off guard. “Oh, hi to you too! Are you throwing away trash or do you just personally identify as trash? Me too, and my buddy Mr. Trashcan here.” Mabel laughed as she nudged the large garbage bin next to her. In a few minutes she’d kick herself for always sounding like an idiot when she talked to guys but she tried to just smile it off instead.