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Why, oh why, had he thought this was a smart idea?
Why had he even agreed to this to begin with?
How was he to get out of his predica-OOF!
The leader of this branch of Alcor's (or Dipper's???) cult plowed into Cody, knocking him over and into the giant bowl of popcorn-flavored ice cream.
Which tipped over.
Which dumped everything inside onto the startled...uh...Justin, was it?
Who fell onto Dipper.
Who, in his altered state of mind, grabbed Justin(?) and curled around him.
As the girls snapped pictures, cackling something about blackmail and evil plans.
What even was life?
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Let's rewind a few hours.
Cody finished up his homework and fished the book from his bag. He'd seen it at a pawn shop, a wonderfully thick book about pre-Transcendence folklore.
He knew his friend didn't have one yet, and had been pining for a copy for the whole year they knew each other. Whenever Cody asked him why he didn't just poof one up, he got the answer of; "It wouldn't be the same."
He had to have it.
Shaking himself from his memories, Cody grinned and covered the book with his blanket, pulling out the summoning circle Alcor had given him a while back. He picked at the scab on his thumb and let a drop fall onto it, then with a smile, stepped back as the shadows solidified into the shape of his friend.
"WHO DARES-oh, hey Cody. What's up?" Alcor asked, sending away his shadows almost immediately.
Cody pulled the book into view. "Wanna hang out for a while?"
Alcor stared at the book like it was about to disappear. "Is that-it is?!"
"It's that folklore book you were wanting! I figured since I have no clue when your birthday is, I could get you something for the anniversary of the con!" Cody proudly declared.
"Oh man...Cody, do you know how much time this buys me?!" Alcor sputtered in glee. "Because it's a heck of a lot!"
Cody tossed it to him. "Here ya go! Happy Whatever-The-Heck-This-Is-That-We're-Celebrating!"
Alcor caught it, sending it to wherever sacrifices go, before stepping out of the circle, a few handheld game systems in hand.
"Want to play some Pokémon?"
After about half an hour of 'demolishing their enemies' as Alcor called it, he jerked. "Oh, another summons? Hmm, I'll just put it on the answering machine...huh, okay." Alcor paused the game, turning to Cody. "I just got a summons from some of my friends, and since all we do is pretty much just have fun and do math homework, do you want to come with?"
Cody thought about it. On the one hand, keep playing Pokémon with the world's dorkiest demon.
On the other hand, meet some of Alcor's other friends, help out a bit, and STILL hang out with the world's dorkiest demon.
"Oh, sure, why not?" Cody decided.
What could go wrong?
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After they showed up at the house, Cody opened his eyes. Closing them was definitely a smart move, as opposed to the first time Alcor had teleported him home.
He still felt queasy, though.
Holding a hand to his head, he almost didn't notice the fact that he was surrounded by a bunch of teenage girls.
And a random guy.
Holding a rabbit.
What.
"Heya Dipper! I gotcha a quart of Mint Chocolate Chip and some algebra. Deal?" The leader asked, a smile on her face.
Melodramatically, Alcor (Dipper? Huh??) declared, "Oh, Cassie, you know me so well!" Then, in his goofy, screw-it-I'm-with-friends voice Cody knew so well, "Now gimme!"
Cassie chucked the ice cream at his head (he caught it before being bonked by it) and grinned. "Let the fun times commence!"
The one other (human) male in the room twitched, like he wanted to fall prostrate at the demon's feet but was trying hard not to. Cody figured, ah, hey, may as well.
"Hi there, uh...person. What's your name?" Cody asked.
At that, Alc-, no, Dipper smiled. "Oh, yeah! Everybody, this is Cody!" He zipped over and patted the boy on the back. "He's the guy from that fake ID's summoning last year that actually decided to give me a chance! Cody, these are Cassie and the gang. Also, this is Justin. He was in a different branch but moved to this one after...things...happened. We're working on curing him of the hero-worship jitters."
The leader-Cassie-rushed up to Cody and started chattering a mile a minute about her friends, none of whom's names Cody remembered afterwards.
WHAT.