TAU Transdimesional arc pt 3
āThereās a demon in hereā
Toby felt his stomach drop. Somehow, whatever that barrier was, it recognized him as a demon. And apparently, demons arenāt well liked here.
The six-fingered man scanned the room. Then his eyes landed on an unfamiliar face. Blond hair, eyes the shade of Billās fire. You
āWho are youā His glasses glazed over as he approached Toby.
āU-ugh, Toby, I mean, Tobias Evergreen...Sirā Toby gulped. The man looked like Alcor. But his looming figure, and dark expression made him feel very different to his guardian.
The man brought out a blue, glowing stone the side of his thumb. āAre you a demon?ā He asked seriously.
āN-no?ā Toby nervously answered. His eyes roaming to the strange stone.
As soon as it glowed a brighter cyan blue, the older man sighed.
āSorry for scaring you there sonny. Canāt be to careful nowadaysā
āIām Ford by the way. Stanford Pines. This is my brother Stanley Pinesā Stanford gestured to- presumably- his twin.
āWe call him Gruncle Ford and Gruncle Stan!ā Mabel said, suddenly appearing.
āGruncle?ā Toby inquired, finally calming down from the pseudo interrogation.
āShort for Great uncleā Dipper explained. āWelcome back!ā He addressed the older pair of twins.
āIt aināt pretty out there kids. Lots a monstersā Stanley stretched to pop his back. Toby winced at the sound. That doesnāt sound healthy.
āCipherās gang stay in that Fearamid of his, while those eyebats freeze people around townā Ford plopped down on a chair. Drinking a swig of water.
āHave you found any others?ā Mabel asked hopefully.
Stanley only sighed deeply. āWe were...We were too lateā
The silence was heavy in the shack. Even Toby knew what they meant.
āBut thatās enough moping for now. All we can do is find a way to take Cipher down without the complete Circleā Ford said
āCircle?ā Toby asked. Like a summoning Circle?
āOh yeah thereās this spell that can probably defeat Cipher and stuff. Itās called a Circle cuz itās Billās summoning circle!ā Mabel cheerfully regaled.Ā
āWait, then why donāt we do that now?ā
āBecause some people who are on the Circle got captured. Bill probably has them as statues on his throne by now.ā Dipper sadly explained.
Toby blinked. Finally processing that he apparently got transported to a dimension where Alcor was still human, Gravity Falls has gone to shit, The World had gone to shit, and thereās an evil demon partying it up sitting in a throne made up of real, human statues.
Alcor is so gonna ground him.
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Yep, heās definitely grounding Toby after this.
Alcor frantically tried entering this strange dimension. Normally heād just pop right over, work his magic. But this is not the case.
This dimension is dying. Falling apart from the seams. If he just inserted his existence without regard, itād just implode. Destroy itself due to Alcorās massive power.
But he really needed to get in there. Something in this dimension is causing it to slowly die. And for some in explicable reason, he can smell Cipherās scent all over it.Ā
What he needs is a vessel. Someone to control. And Alcor isnāt a fan of puppets. Itās been several centuries, true. But he still hated sock puppets.
The next best thing is to just use a bit of power to project an image into the dimension. He wonāt physically be there, but itās the next best solution.
So he gathered a small ball of his power, molded it into his shape, and slowly pushed it into the boundary between spaces. The other problem about the fragile state of this dimension is that he canāt use most of his spells. The amount of power he can use without accidentally overloading or destroying this dimension is very limited. He can probably safely use 100% of his power for 15 minutes tops. Any more, and BOOM, dead dimension.
As soon as his proxy touched down near the area Toby should be, he opened his eyes. And saw.