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Chopper didn't realize that such a small thing would mean so much to Giffany. The way that the girl replied was more than enough for the small reindeer. As he heard those words, his lips rose into a grin. His large eyes practically shone with optimism that could soothe any wounds of sadness, melt any heart of ice. This girl’s smile filled his chest with joy, and he was certain that her frown would shake his heart. Had Chopper’s smile ever looked so dazzling? "Hehe! You're welcome!"

Without warning, he was pulled into her arms, prompting yet another giggle from him as he gave the artificial girl a soothing pat up and down her back with his hoof. "There, there. We're all friends here! Of course I'd give you something nice!" As he was held, she was likely to notice that he weighed as much as his size would suggest. Heavier than most small dogs, but not quite as much as a full-grown beast such as a German Shepherd. The weight of a toddler was the best way to describe it. His brown fur was very warm and fluffy, and the body beneath it was soft, like a kitten’s own feel. Holding him likely filled her with the same sort of warmth and comfort.

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Now this, this could prove to be fun...

“Triangle~, y’mind going and getting a certain disc for me?” Bill poked the human, the only one he could truly touch to some degree. In reality, he was prodding at their mindscape- but that was connected to their physical form, which allowed him to actually ‘interact’ to a small degree. The human opened their eyes. They hadn’t been sleeping, moreso... Drifting, lost in the after-thought of a dream-filled night.

“...z’wha?” Writer sat up from their bed, rubbing their eyes as Bill chuckled. Their hair was disheveled, eyes blinking with fuzz.

“You remember .GIFfany, right?” They were wide awake once Bill said that. Writer, as other shut-ins were, was a lover of dating sims- but after their own Soos found a dating sim that had gone awry... They had wanted nothing to do with the genre. At least, not for a week.... Breaking addictions was hard. “Well, I found a universe where her disc was still intact, and I was wondering if-”

“Bill, you’re fucking insane.”

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They were fucking insane. They. Were. Fucking. INSANE.

“Remind me to duck-tape your bricks next time you have an idea.” The triangle merely winked- or rather blinked. They could just about feel his smugness as they slid the disc into an attached disc-port for their laptop. They’d already gone to the middle of the woods, running on only their laptop’s battery and Bill’s apparent desire to see if this GIFfany was actually still alive...

Note to self: bringing back a maniacal dating sim character in exchange for a favor?

Probably not worth it.

Not much they could do, however, as the program booted up, covering their screen fully with incorrectly-spelled statements.

‘When the cherry petals of magic romance academy are in bloom...

Anthyding can hadplen.’

“If I die, I’m blaming you, Cife.” A chuckle. Really. All they got in return was a chuckle. They set the laptop down in front of themself, Bill floating down until he was ‘resting’ in the human’s lap.

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"Actually... That's the most accurate anyone or anything has been regarding my species."

Dipper had quite honestly forgotten the small blip of the summer that had been his encounter with Giffany. It had been... years-- the then 12 year old was now 21.

He had picked out this game in secret after being teased by Mabel for still not knowing how to flirt even as an adult, but the moment he saw WHO it was., he wished he hadn't.

"What??? How are you still-- um-- I-- oh God, you're not about to use the cords of my computer to strangle me for the Soos thing, are you?" He stood up out of his chair and backed slowly away a couple feet.

Nearly a month had passed and Chopper returned to the forest, riding atop a gigantic bird that towered over most of the trees. The bird cawed powerfully enough to blow branches for several hundred meters. As it landed, Chopper smiled softly at the beast, climbing down as carefully as he could. "Thank you for the ride, Asaemon! The Torino Kingdom will surely prosper with the end of your great war!"

Stumbling forward on the grassy forest, Chopper frowned softly, waving for his huge friend to fly off on the off chance of danger finding them. "Tell the others I made it. I'll find the next village before sunrise." The bird seemed to understand Chopper's human speech, nodding its large head in preparation to follow the order. With the bird gone, he now needed to find a traveling companion.

Chopper ran to his friend, stopping to look her up and down with the same energetic grin on his face. "Whoa. It's so weird after seeing Vegapunk's Satellites, but you're so similar to them! I wonder if he'd be able to give you some upgrades!" Weird way to say hello, but he'd clearly been on a few big adventures.

"My, my... Do my sensors deceive me?" - upon analysing the waving figure, the teen's face was filled with sudden glimmer of joy, - "Chopper!! It's been such a long time!"

"Haha. Haha. Haha. What a funny observation! You aren't really going to delete me, right?"