#bracedkid

(( ;; @bracedkid || Howl by Florence + The Machine. ))

          “Like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins.”            Anti’s lip curled into his mouth, teeth biting down hard.

MASON JAR MASON JAR MASON JAR 

“So she knows his true feelings! Duh!”

[ @bracedkid ]

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“..I-I thought I saw a pig walkin’ right past me. Why do you ask?”

“Yep!” Wendy said, carrying Mabel, piggy back style. She made the younger girl promise to close her eyes, and now they were traipsing through town and garnering odd looks. Whatever. They didn’t appreciate the sense of building suspense.

“Alright! Here we are!”

Wendy bent down to let Mabel slide down her back. They (or at least, she) had crossed train tracks, climbed nimbly over a fence, crossed a small brook...the point was, a shit ton of walking was done. But finally, they had arrived at their destination.

They were at a cliff overlooking a clearing. Wendy gestured for Mabel to be quiet and pointed at the clearing. Three large pools of red, green, and blue water were in the center. The water seemed to be coming from the cave beneath them, but it was flowing as clear water, only turning color when reaching its respective pool.

But what was interesting was the wooden beings that were bustling around the pools. They were of all shapes and sizes -- resembling humans in form, but their skin was the texture and appearance of bark. “I overheard my dad talking to the manotaurs about this place,” Wendy whispered. “Said they were called dye-ads? Or something? But they live in the trees, so Chutzpar was giving my dad advice on how to avoid the trees they lived in.”

Mabel stared at the glittery concoction with the same amount of caution she used for the more dangerous creatures living within Gravity Falls. Sure, she’d behaved herself in order to gain the trust of her alternate self (after all, if she was going to be stuck there for awhile, might as well make it a comfortable stay). But the repercussions of that was being introduced to a special drink dubbed Mabel Juice. Which did exist in her own world, just less... cheery.