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“So, how was your first assignment?” Dipper asked, turning the invisible jet towards Gravity Falls.
“Totally awesome,” Mabel answered, kicking her feet up onto the dashboard. “I wonder if I’ll be permanently assigned to Danville?”
Dipper laughed, “Are you sure they could handle you there?” he asked, accelerating the plane towards home.
Mabel winked at him. “Probably not.”
Comfortable silence enveloped the cockpit of the jet and Mabel looked out the window, watching the lights of Danville fade in the distance. Something about the city reminded her on Gravity Falls, a spark of the unconventional that attracted people like her family. Maybe too much like her family, if the Doofenshmirtz brothers were any indication. In another life she might have made a home there.
“Do you want it?” Dipper asked, breaking her train of thought.
“What?”
“Permanent assignment,” he said, “in Danville.” Glancing over at her, he smiled. “It’s not a problem if you do.”
Mabel shook her head. “No way,” she said with a grin. Dipper angled the plane down and the buildings and lights of Gravity Falls came into view. “It was fun, but there’s no place like home.”
Setting the jet down gently behind Fiddleford’s mansion, Dipper raised an eyebrow. “We’re not twelve anymore; I’m not going to complain about it if you say yes.”
Punching her brother in the arm, Mabel smiled. “I know,” she said. “It’s true though.” Hopping out of the plane, she looked down the hill at the town that had become her home more than anywhere else on Earth. “I’m not leaving here yet,” she said.
“If you’re sure,” Dipper said, coming up beside her and putting an arm over her shoulders. “I don’t want to hold you back.”
“You won’t,” Mabel assured him. They stood together in silence for a minute before she snapped her fingers, a thought occurring to her. “Hey, do you know if Grunkle Ford still has his connections in the shadow government?”
“Ford probably runs the shadow government,” Dipper laughed. “Why?”
“I need to ask him about job security and benefits for a platypus.”
Dipper sighed. “You know, that still isn’t in the top twenty weirdest things I’ve ever heard you say.”
To Francis Monogram,
Despite what you may hear from other sources, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz does indeed still require a nemesis. Agent Perry the Platypus is highly recommended as his assigned agent, due to his familiarity with Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s schemes and backstory.
Additionally, owing to Agent P’s consistently high performance in field work, it is extremely suggested that he been given a week off with full pay as a reward.
Thank you for considering these requests and following up on them promptly.
Sincerely,
Stanford Pines (Agent 618)