Twice Knightly
The Clock Strikes 12
Intermission #1
"The All-Seeing Eye"
"--get to you, too...- huh?"
Ford Pines blinks as he awakens from what felt like an extraordinarily long sleep. The place he's in is one he no longer recognizes. Gone is the sleepy town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Now all that's left is a dead hellscape of a field. All that surrounds him is grass that'd be better off as some sort of fuel for a... very weak fire. His surroundings assessed, the older man gets to work actually remembering what came before.
Let's see... Bill took over the Falls after revealing he'd been possessing that reporter... and the rest of the survivors just narrowly managed to make their escape, before he was turned into one of his statues of human agony. Yes, yes, that sounds about right. Okay. So he knows what happened, which means that he can only be in one place...
"HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH...."
Ford gasps as he turns around, that all-too-familiar laugh still managing to send a chill down his spine. He looks up at the moon to find a slanted eyeball staring right down at him, shining a light on him in the middle of this dead, decrepit field. Very quickly he steels himself, though, teeth-gritting in both preparation and anger. Before his very eyes, several yellow prisms manifest out of thin air and begin to shift around the makeshift eye, forming a very large triangle. A bright flash of light bursts from the body thereafter - finally manifesting the very demon that has plagued his nightmares for decades.
"HEYHEYHEY THERE, FORDSY!"
Ford immediately points a finger up toward his glaring one eye, "What have you done with my family, you--"
"OOP, GOT YOUR ARM!"
Ford lets out a sharp yell as Bill snaps his fingers, causing a slimy green octopus to fall out of thin air and land on his arm.
He's quick to react, though, reeling back a fist and punching the monster off. When it lands it writhes around for a moment before disappearing into an inky black mist. Once it's gone, Ford snaps his attention back up toward Bill, now even more angry than before.
"Quit your games, Cipher, and tell me what you've done with my family!"
"RELAAAAX, FOUR-EYES! YOUR FAMILY'S FINE!" Bill waves off his concerns with a literal wave of his hand. "AND THEY'RE MUCH HAPPIER, TOO! I TELL YA, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS I'VE MADE ON 'EM HAVE WORKED WONDERS! I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE PINES TWINS SO HAPPY!"
"If you've hurt them, Bill, I SWEAR I'll--"
"OH, YOU'LL WHAT, FORD? COME UP HERE AND PUNCH ME? KNOCK MY HAT OFF? REALLY TEACH ME A LESSON?" Bill cackles. "FACE IT, FORD - I'M HOLDING ALL THE CARDS NOW! SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST STICK AROUND IN THE NIGHTMARE REALM FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER WHILE I KEEP TIDYING UP THAT HICK TOWN OF YOURS??"
With that, Bill begins to float up into the air with both hands raised high above his head.
"DON'T WORRY - I'LL BE BACK TO VISIT SOON ENOUGH! TRY NOT TO CLAW YOUR OWN EYES OUT FROM THE FEELING OF YOUR OWN BRAIN MATTER EATING ITSELF IN THE MEANTIME!"
In another brilliant flash of light, Bill is gone, leaving Ford to his own devices. The scientist stares angrily for another few moments, teeth grit and fist balled up by his side. But then before long, it all releases with a sigh. He turns around and assesses his surroundings once more. It won't do him any good to just sit here while Bill is out in the real world doing who knows what. He takes his jacket and straightens it up. It takes him a moment, but before long he spots a very faint light in the distance.
"Well..." Ford sighs. "Might as well get to work."
With that, Ford begins his trek toward the light in the distance. With any hope, he'll find some kind of civilization before nightfall.
Meanwhile...
Within the Fearimid, atop the Throne of Frozen Human Agony, sits none other than Bill Cipher himself. Time isn't exactly a concept he enjoys, so he doesn't know how long it's been since he's taken over Gravity Falls. All he knows is that it's been long enough to get bored of the constant tormenting and suffering of everyone within it. Yes... even that can grow boring after a while. There's only so many octaves a human throat is capable of screaming in, after all. But that's okay! Because he has something else to keep him entertained. Something very interesting...
"We'll be heading to Gravity Falls first, actually. Freeing it from Bill's grip is the first step in taking everything back from Ganondorf."
Bill cackles and excitedly rubs his hands together.
"OHOHOHOOO, MAN. FINALLY, SOME GOOD ENTERTAINMENT AROUND HERE!"
Bill stands atop his throne and excitedly raises both his hands.
"CRANK UP THE EAR-SPLITTING SCREAMS OF ELDERLY WOMEN GETTING THEIR FEMURS REMOVED, 8-BALL! 'CAUSE THE NEXT ROUND'S ON ME!"
"The All-Seeing Eye"
"--get to you, too...- huh?"
Ford Pines blinks as he awakens from what felt like an extraordinarily long sleep. The place he's in is one he no longer recognizes. Gone is the sleepy town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Now all that's left is a dead hellscape of a field. All that surrounds him is grass that'd be better off as some sort of fuel for a... very weak fire. His surroundings assessed, the older man gets to work actually remembering what came before.
Let's see... Bill took over the Falls after revealing he'd been possessing that reporter... and the rest of the survivors just narrowly managed to make their escape, before he was turned into one of his statues of human agony. Yes, yes, that sounds about right. Okay. So he knows what happened, which means that he can only be in one place...
"HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH...."
Ford gasps as he turns around, that all-too-familiar laugh still managing to send a chill down his spine. He looks up at the moon to find a slanted eyeball staring right down at him, shining a light on him in the middle of this dead, decrepit field. Very quickly he steels himself, though, teeth-gritting in both preparation and anger. Before his very eyes, several yellow prisms manifest out of thin air and begin to shift around the makeshift eye, forming a very large triangle. A bright flash of light bursts from the body thereafter - finally manifesting the very demon that has plagued his nightmares for decades.
"HEYHEYHEY THERE, FORDSY!"
Ford immediately points a finger up toward his glaring one eye, "What have you done with my family, you--"
"OOP, GOT YOUR ARM!"
Ford lets out a sharp yell as Bill snaps his fingers, causing a slimy green octopus to fall out of thin air and land on his arm.
He's quick to react, though, reeling back a fist and punching the monster off. When it lands it writhes around for a moment before disappearing into an inky black mist. Once it's gone, Ford snaps his attention back up toward Bill, now even more angry than before.
"Quit your games, Cipher, and tell me what you've done with my family!"
"RELAAAAX, FOUR-EYES! YOUR FAMILY'S FINE!" Bill waves off his concerns with a literal wave of his hand. "AND THEY'RE MUCH HAPPIER, TOO! I TELL YA, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS I'VE MADE ON 'EM HAVE WORKED WONDERS! I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE PINES TWINS SO HAPPY!"
"If you've hurt them, Bill, I SWEAR I'll--"
"OH, YOU'LL WHAT, FORD? COME UP HERE AND PUNCH ME? KNOCK MY HAT OFF? REALLY TEACH ME A LESSON?" Bill cackles. "FACE IT, FORD - I'M HOLDING ALL THE CARDS NOW! SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST STICK AROUND IN THE NIGHTMARE REALM FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER WHILE I KEEP TIDYING UP THAT HICK TOWN OF YOURS??"
With that, Bill begins to float up into the air with both hands raised high above his head.
"DON'T WORRY - I'LL BE BACK TO VISIT SOON ENOUGH! TRY NOT TO CLAW YOUR OWN EYES OUT FROM THE FEELING OF YOUR OWN BRAIN MATTER EATING ITSELF IN THE MEANTIME!"
In another brilliant flash of light, Bill is gone, leaving Ford to his own devices. The scientist stares angrily for another few moments, teeth grit and fist balled up by his side. But then before long, it all releases with a sigh. He turns around and assesses his surroundings once more. It won't do him any good to just sit here while Bill is out in the real world doing who knows what. He takes his jacket and straightens it up. It takes him a moment, but before long he spots a very faint light in the distance.
"Well..." Ford sighs. "Might as well get to work."
With that, Ford begins his trek toward the light in the distance. With any hope, he'll find some kind of civilization before nightfall.
Meanwhile...
Within the Fearimid, atop the Throne of Frozen Human Agony, sits none other than Bill Cipher himself. Time isn't exactly a concept he enjoys, so he doesn't know how long it's been since he's taken over Gravity Falls. All he knows is that it's been long enough to get bored of the constant tormenting and suffering of everyone within it. Yes... even that can grow boring after a while. There's only so many octaves a human throat is capable of screaming in, after all. But that's okay! Because he has something else to keep him entertained. Something very interesting...
"We'll be heading to Gravity Falls first, actually. Freeing it from Bill's grip is the first step in taking everything back from Ganondorf."
Bill cackles and excitedly rubs his hands together.
"OHOHOHOOO, MAN. FINALLY, SOME GOOD ENTERTAINMENT AROUND HERE!"
Bill stands atop his throne and excitedly raises both his hands.
"CRANK UP THE EAR-SPLITTING SCREAMS OF ELDERLY WOMEN GETTING THEIR FEMURS REMOVED, 8-BALL! 'CAUSE THE NEXT ROUND'S ON ME!"