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So it’s been like…7billon years for bill since wm
And around 40 for earth.
Bill is let of with parlo and a fraction of his powers being considered as “better” buy the therprisum of course he’s not actually better he’s just gotten to a point in his life where apathy’s just full consumed him and he doesn’t get that buzz from… I guess terrorising isn’t fun
(idk what to label bills “fun” as because he’s genuinely commuted every crime it this point)
And he wants to go down to earth to apologise to the pines (mostly Ford) and get peace of mined before he uh…yeah.
But when he gets down there..
Ford and Stanley are both dead.
There ashes are buried under a tree outside the mystery shack.
40 years when bye and humans are weak.
Unfortunately nether twin lives to 100.
Bill is forced to look down at the grave of the only other being in the universe who could understand him.
To a point at least..
Bill doesn’t see any point in clarity’s when the person he hurt the most isn’t alive to respond.
And he’s sure that shooting star and pine tree would regret a apology (as if they would forgive him anyway but)
With all of them knowing Stanley and Stanford weren’t going to be having one.
So after some crying laughing and just gen moping about at the twins gave he goes back to the axototl.
Standing or rather floating in front of this god bill can help but forget what he was even here for.
The axototl gave what could be interpreted as a small smile of pity.
Axototl: bill your free arth you not?
Bill frowns
Bill: to do what…?
(Yes that’s a Tfatws ref.)
The mighty dayaty thinks for a moment bill had a point.
A big reason for bills out burst is because of his lack of a support system to back him up and help him in his time of need…then who can anyone back up bills recovery when there’s still nobody now.
axototl: what do want bill.
….
No response.
Usually the axototl would have sent bill back in time a couple years back so the pines twins would be still alive but due to time baby’s discomfort with bill they have been forbidden form tapering with the timeline for bill.
Bill: your a god can’t you like just..
Bill makes a gesture with his hands to simulate an explosion.
Hell no.
Killing bill was not an option here… but that gives him an idea.
Maybe a fresh start with a new background would be a good idea.
Something that emulated his personal experiences and trauma but in a new context…like on earth.
A completely new life in an alternate universe.
Yes he could do that.
When bill is told the idea (very vaguely I will add)
He agreed almost instantly.
When he was informed he wouldn’t have any memory of his life before and it would be a reinvention in a whole new world he hesitated but only for a moment before.
Bill: it’s a deal.
In 1956 a boy was born in the city of Detroit.
The first thing little baby bill heard when he first opened his eyes was a panicked scream.
He was born with a rare medical condition that gave his eyes the appearance of a snake.
The entire eye engulfed in a Rich yellow and his pupils horizontal and sharp.
His parents feared for his vision but miraculously his vision would be completely intact intact he had 20/20 vision as far as the doctors were concerned.
His parents loved him so much even with the odd eye.
Bill was just a little character!
But that all changed on bills 11th birthday.
Bill didn’t have that many friends
And when I say that what I really mean is he had 0 but his parents were his best friend’s so he didn’t need anyone else as far as he was concerned.
But when not a single person showed up to his birthday party he couldn’t help but cry.
Nobody.
His poor parents had seat up the living room with balloons and decorations candles and even untouched silly string!
Bill had made a point to underlain the fact that there was silly string at the party meany times on his birthday card.
But still nobody showed up.
Bills dad: chin up kiddo you know what why don’t we open up some presents me and your mother got for you a little early to make up for it?
Bills mom: im sure are little super star would love that don’t you think?
Bill: NO I DONT WANT TO I DONT-
Bill didn’t want to yell at his parents not really he was just upset.
But his parents looked at each other with concern.
Bill: WHY DO I HAVE TO HAVE THESE STUPID EYES IF I DIDN’T I-I!-
Bill sobs and brakes down and when he’s finally calmed down his parents give him a soft smile.
Bills mom: your right billy think that this is completely unfair for you billy. So your right me and your father are going to go upstairs and plan out your birthday and it’s going to be so big and so fun you wouldn’t even want any other people there!
He voice was careful and hopeful but bill could hear her voice cracking like she was about to cry.
She kneels down to billy and kisses his forehead.
And his father ruffles his hair.
And with a shakey we love you they go up to there room.
As soon as bill hears the door of there room lock he’s back to haveing a meltdown yelling crying throwing anything he can get his hands on onto the floor.
When he feels he’s done he grabs a posted note and scribbles
“AT ThE PaRCK.”
There was a park near his house that he often went to clear his head when he got upset.
But he never got that mad before..
When he came back home his house was inflames.
For a second bill thought I was a different house but…
Let’s go back a bit.
When bill was raging he knocked over candle that in his rage he didn’t notice was lit and it hit the carpet.
And wile both his parents were in their bedroom planning bill birthday and admittedly worrying about his future.
They failed to notice the fire.
And soon it was too late the house was gone.
And so we’re bills parents.
Bill was put In the back of a hospital van all he could mutter was a sorry.
Over and over and over again.
When they arrived at the hospital his parents were pronounced dead.
And with no other family he was sent to a foster home and later into an orphanage.
his days going from house to house where frustrating and long.
Then at 12 a miracle happened.
He was adopted.
It was one of the happiest days of bills life finally despite all odds he got adopted!!
Him the demon eyed freak the other kids would point and laugh at!
And it was a rich family to!
He was picked up by the families butter and taken to his new home!
When he arrived he already sensed something was off.
But he was sure if he just smiled and charmed them he would shake of the weird stares.
Hears the thing.
He wasn’t adopted because they wanted a kid he was adopted because they saw a project.
And a way to please their lord.
Good oldddd god.
Righteous extremists and the second they saw bills eyes they had already discussed he was possessed bye a demon.
At first bill tried explaining to them the specifics of the condition but they weren’t having it.
So he tried his best to avoid them and focus on school now that he was with a rich family he could afford to go to a private school.
They sent him to a school for troubled and misbehaving kids.
Where they were cruel and cold.
A lot of the kids were only at the school because there was nowhere else that would take them. Bill likes to think he’s a well behaved kid despite all things considered.
But he was a “demon” so he was sent there non the less.
And surpassingly it was actually great!
Bill was always on top of the class and top student!
And he has to give his adopted parents something they set him up for success on the first day.
They chucked a pair of sunglasses at his head bill hissed and rubbed his head now shaved to a buzz (more on that later)
and looked down
There they lay some cheep old gas station sunglasses.
Miss: i suggest you where those..unless you want to get the same treatment you get here demon.
She looks him up and down with a mix of discussed and satisfaction at her work.
(IM GETTING TO IT JUST WAIT.)
They never referred to bill buy his name.. only “the demon”
Or just demon.
Anyway thanks to the glasses he actually managed to make friends for the first time and it kind became an inside joke that he nave takes them off.
And due to him doing good in school the teachers never asked him to take them off.
Now these friends weren’t the best influence but a guy like bill can’t pick and choose haha… and honestly a party every day wasn’t a problem for him!
So everyday after school he would get in the back of his friends car and blast music so loud so he couldn’t hear his own thoughts and drink so much that he couldn’t feel his own body.
And when he gets home he’ll get beat.
But that happens every day anyway so what kind of a punishment is that anyway.
He was num to it anyway!
Now let’s talk exorcism.
These people had almost a million ways to try and “get the demon out”
There was this priest that came over on the night he started to live there.
He still remembers getting strapped to the bed while the old man yelled gibberish at him.
It didn’t work.
But the guy was ether as nuts as his “parents” or just in it for the money.
At least on one of those ideas bill could respect him.
From there the guy would comeback every month to preform his little experiments on bill to “test the demons reactions”
And he would leave with tips for his “parents” for when he’s not there
Beating daily, no food for a week, lock him in a room for 2 weeeks, shave his hair, eat of the floor.
Extra…
It got to a point where he started to believe he was a demon himself..
But one day they took it too far.
The first of the month came and the there was that dreaded knock on the door and in he came with restrainers.
It was going to be on of those days hu?
They strapped bill to a chair a nice comfy one to a recliner.
His arms and legs unable to move then he saw it.
Im not going into details but imagine Bill crying and screaming as his eye gets cut out of his face.
Very poorly mind you lots of scars.
After the first one was out the priest was about to get ready to go onto the second one, but miraculously the adopted parents stopped him.
Miss: This is too much the school is gonna start asking questions if he comes into school blind…
So they left him.
To bleed out still tied up.
Bill thought he was gonna die in that chair.
But he didn’t
He lived.
Luckily, wearing sunglasses 24 seven pays off because people didn’t notice.
Of course they wouldn’t why would they?
Bill is incredibly lucky to see the least he’s incredibly gifted and the fact that he’s naturally smart.
Teacher: you probably have a photographic memory
The teacher explained when he asked how he got such a high grade on a test he didn’t study for.
He was basically guaranteed this scholarship.
Before he could graduate..
The 1st of December hit.
The priest was supposed to come that day, but he didn’t allow that scared Bill and him just coming.
His guardians told him that they would be back later with the priest for something special..
Something new.
Bill sat on the floor of his room and waited. It was less of a room more of a sell to be completely honest
A single mattress on the floor and a bucket.
Yes, Bill was living the highlife.
But the strangest thing happened.. they never showed up two days went by end “his parents” never showed up?
He was wondering if this was the track if this was the new thing, but no, he decided to leave his room against his better judgement.
And was informed by the Butler that his “parents” have died in a car crash that night.
Bill knew he was supposed to be upset… but.
He wasn’t not even a little bit he felt zero remorse he laughed and laughed and laughed like a mad man.
To the top of this horrific scene was that informed in the following days that they never wrote a will and due to him being legally their son or their money went to him.
Now this was funny.
Laughing all the way to the bank Bill was!
His “parents” invested so much money in gold stock and that was all his…
He threw the biggest rave at their house.
The whole school showed up!
People were smashing things some guy even took a dub in his old “parents” room.
And it was the best night ever.
So he threw another party
And Another one
And another one
The house was basically one big mess now, but he didn’t really care about selling it in the first place.. he didn’t need the money.
He sat in this wreck of a house and put on new clothes that he bought and went to school.
The teachers and staff were all very concerned about his health knowing that now two sets of parents had died.. as far as he was concern only one set of parents died for him.
But at a certain point at night around a week after everything happens something set on him..
This wasn’t normal.
He felt nothing absolutely nothing to these people dying.
I’m sure they were horrible and basically tortured him that they were still his guardians.. they gave him food and the bare minimum..
He should feel something even when your abuser dies psychologically you’re supposed to feel something but he felt.. nothing.
May be relief?
Was he really a Demon?.. it’s not a human reaction. He’s not it’s not-
Bill fell asleep.
The going weeks he focused on school not that he really had to but he did anyways.
Still going to parties still having fun still being in a+ student
But when he graduated and he looked at all his friends run up to there parents, he still felt nothing.
He got that college tuition and didn’t have to spend a dime.
He uses the money to rent an apartment in New York while he was studying.
But during his years of college, he found himself getting bored… there’s something interesting nothing that really captivated or excited him.
He’s doesn’t need a job or working towards a career now that he has all the money from his dead.. well he doesn’t know what to call them anymore.
So where does he go from here?
He has a degree in mathematics engineering biology English language English literature, business and media studies.
He spent four years getting those!
Which.. yes admittedly is fast, but what can you say? He keeps on getting his degree early due to being on top of all this classes before everyone else.
It’s almost freakish how good he is at these things.. it’s like it doesn’t matter.
Hopelessly, he found himself going to a library and reading about myths and urban legends to fill the void of boredom.
And he found a weird pattern.. all this weirdness all these anomalies and creatures most of the time on average lead back to one place.
Gravity Falls.
Just a small nowhere town in Michigan.
And what interested in even more is that the fact that it was the only thing he
could find about gravity Falls.
You couldn’t find any book in the library, discussing the political or hike trails of gravity Falls.. just the odd books talking about things they found in gravity Falls..
Bill got an idea..
A terribly reckless and stupid idea.
Well, I’m not necessarily reckless, but…
Oh well, screw it he doesn’t have anywhere else to go. He’s moving to gravity Falls.
Worst case scenario these books are all wrong and he’s just living in a small nice mountain village for the rest of his life… or until you get the motivation to move out
Best case scenario, some of this might be real..
I mean, his eyes are medical anomalies so…
Who’s to say that actual anomalies aren’t real?
He may be going through a conspiracy pipeline, but.. he grew up with hyper religious torturers for over half of his teenage years let him have this.
So he packed up his things and he moved.
He had a kind of quiet cottage one story on the outskirts of the village with a back door that opens up directly into the forest.
A perfect mix of near town, but not too close.
Despite his… tormentors?.. passing he is opted to store wearing the glasses.. even though he only has one eye now it’s still… well yellow.
He can’t risk anything, especially not in this redneck suburban... mountain town.
Fast forward 10 years?.
Bill moved in nicely to the town and as well liked by the townsfolk.
He’s got himself part time at lazy Susan‘s place.
He doesn’t need the job he’s just bored..
That’s why he doesn’t come in everyday!
the great thing about this is that Susan knows this and doesn’t mind!
Now Bill has memorise everyone’s face and admittedly doesn’t know everyone who knows everyone but that makes sense… the people who know him like him!.. but they don’t really know him either.
Recently, there’s been Ben this new guy who keeps on coming in.
Tall, dark hair, glasses, brown coat,
He sits in the corner booth and orders one black coffee.
Every. single. time.
Bill hasn’t served him yet.. but he’s taking his order before.
Truthfully speaking, whenever he comes into the shop, Bill tries to not make eye contact or look at him.. he kind of scares him.
He probably just find some attractive or something it’s not that big deal.
Anyways..
One time he did speak to the man.
He was working at the till.
While he wasn’t actually working at the till he was sweeping near the till and decided to take his order.
Mysterious, attractive stranger: just a black coffee, thanks..
His voice was so.. unusual?
Very rough, but also.. smoothed over almost educated sounding..?
He let his thoughts all gathering into one spot as he checked out for the day.
As he walked home he started thinking about what he would do today now that he had the rest of the day off…
He could go wondering in the forest again.. or if he could try making those mushrooms he picked yesterday!
His tummy has decided he’s making mushroom soup.
As he was making the soup in the kitchen, he heard a railing noise in his living room. He quickly turned off the stove.
(he’s made this a habit as he has trauma with fire)
I walked out to find a gnome on his desk!
Shmeblock: SHmeblock!
Bill: YOU.
Bill encountered this no once before his little friends turned his shoelaces and watched him tripping and fall in the forest where him and his little gnome friends laughed who actually could say more than one word..
bill was now determined to get this gnome.
Bill pounds, but the gnome dodged.
And is now holding the Bill’s lucky pen.
Bill: HAY DONT YOU DARE.
The gnome runs out the back door into the forest.
Bill speeds after him full speed.
DAMIT HE REALLY LIKES THAT PEN HE-
He doesn’t realise that there was a ledge.
Fallen… dreaming.. talking in your sleep I know that you cry all night..
Anyways, Bill is now tumbling down the forest until he hits something?..
Or somebody.
When bill looks up to seer what oddly soft rock he had hit he was horrified to see that he in-fact hadn’t hit a rock but a person!
It was that stranger from the caffe.
This was bad really bad.
Bill was frozen lying on this man’s chest looking him directly in the eyes.
A look inside the mind of bill.
“This is bad this is really bad.. FUCK im not wherein my glasses oh GOD oh.. Im so done I’m finished he’s going to tell everyone in town about my eye and then I’ll be cast out oh I’m so fired…I’m-I’m..he’s kind hot up close NO BILL STOP.”
The man beneath him looked up at first in confusion then quickly in excitement.
Bill did not seem to notice.
After a couple seconds of staring at each other bill scramble’s to his feet and try’s his best to cover his eye mumbling something like sorry.
The gnome got away with his pen and ironically all his luck.
the man pats himself down and looks around expectantly looking behind bill and furrowing his brow.
Mysterious, attractive stranger: well..my trap is definitely destroyed..
Bill: I’m so sorry I’m- listen I’ll
I’m I’ll get out your hair I live up the hill and I fell I just- Give you as much money as you want just please please please-
Bill was stumbling to make full sentences make any sense but then looked up to the man laughing quietly and waving away his apologies with his hand.. did- did he have 6 fingers?
He probably hit his head a little too hard going down.
Mysterious, attractive stranger: no no! Don’t worry it’s ok really! Im Stanford it’s nice to meet you!
He puts his hand out for a hand shake and bill had a couple thoughts to note down.
1. Was this guy blind? Like he didn’t seem fazed buy his eye AT ALL. Maybe bill crashed into this- Ford too hard and he got a concussion.
2. He has 6 fingers ok right well that’s interesting..attractive?..NO NO NO
3 . bill destroyed a “trap” in his fall?
A trap for what now?
Bill meekly puts his hand out and wow yes 6 fingers.
Ford: to be honest this is great for me! That trap was supposed to pick up a anomaly I had spotted in the forest and well your uh-
For speaks in a hyperactive and enthusiastic tone but this falls flat when he releases that this all might not be the complaint he thinks it is.
Ford: sorry ha.. uh what’s your name?
Bill: it’s bill..
Ford smile again.
Ford: well it’s very nice to meet you bill.. I know this might be a bit of a weird question but could I ask you a couple questions..im uh
Bill cuts him off
Bill: listen I don’t want any trouble im just trying to get live my life like any other guy here..it’s a birth defect not-im not like a monster or-
Ford: YOUR HUMAN?!
Bill steps back as Ford now radiating with excitement pulls a journal from his coat pocket now scribbling something down making bill a little uncomfortable if he was going to honest.
The book was a nice lether hard back and a golden hand for the cover work with the number 2 drawn on top of it.
Bill shifted uncomfortably under this but Ford suddenly un clicks his pen and quickly closes the book and looks up in excitement at bill.
Ford: this is crazy im mean I-
He runs his hand in his hair a chuckles looking at bill with a bit of sympathy now understanding that this was a bit weird..
Ford: look just-
Ford takes bills hands carefully and bills face starts to turn red as running his fingers over bills palms.
Ford: look I’m- I’m sorry it’s just look I- well I don’t really know if this makes any sense ether just look- I was born with a medical anomaly to and I’ve never met another person with anything even remotely like my uh.. that- uh I should probably explain the “questions” part i research anomaly’s and strange things outside of human understanding!
He gestured wildly as he speaks
Ford: i.. under the impression you weren’t human was hoping to know what you were-NOT that you don’t look human it’s just- y-you’d be surprised how many things I’ve seen that are human looking that weren’t..
Im actually more equipped to dealing with creatures then people..im sorry.
So he definitely does have 6 fingers then.
Bill despite his initial discomfort at that now allows himself to relax a bit.
He gets it..he thinks maybe not but he does.
he came to this town for the same reason to after all for the anomalies.
The weird pull that this town has on the odd the history with its urban legends.
And now him and Ford standing in a forest facing one another 2 medical anomalies brought together bye on town in the same place at the same time.
He can understand why Ford is excited.
As they walked up to bill’s house Ford explained that the trap was meant for a gnome that he was hoping to study and learn more about.
Bill found this funny because he was only there because he was chasing a gnome down for his pen.
(He explains this to Ford and they both laughed.)
It was weird not having his glasses on talking to someone and it was even weirder that he wasn’t running away and telling the town to crucified the demon of-
Ok maybe that’s a bit far but whatever.
Him and Ford talked more about gnomes and bill gave him some tips on how to deal with them.
Even if he fails to use his knowledge of them in actual practice he hopes that Ford is smarter in that regard.
When they arrive at bill’s house bill is weirdly sad.
He wishes he had more time to speak to this wonderfully odd man.
Bill: thanks for waking me up..and sorry again about the trap.
Ford: don’t worry it’s fine and now I kno that it wouldn’t have worked anyways! You saved me from sitting in the forest waiting for hours oddly enough!
The 2 laugh
Bill: …I work at greasy’s if you have any progress you want to share with me you’ll probably find me there..
Ford: yes! Um yes of course well it was nice meeting you bill I’ll uh yes definitely see you around!
And like that he was gone
But not for long
A day or 2 after that first conversation bill was mopping up some unhappy customers coffee of the ground when Ford walks in nervous but obviously exited.
He sits down in the booth next To bills clean up job
Ford: I caught one.
Bill: really now?
He smirked at Ford and ford nods.
All of bills usual confidence comes with the glasses and with them on he sees no reason to be that nervous reck he was when he first met Ford.
Ford: and I think I was the one you said had your pen.
Bill: how do you know?
Ford: well…he’s kind reprinting his words…or reather word.
The 2 of them would go on to be close friends Ford coming to bill when he needs help with a project and a fresh pair of eyes to look at a problem.
Some times he would just go to bill when he was having a block with his studies and was stressing.
Somehow just taking to bill would help him with his issues.
He doesn’t know when this started happening but suddenly he had a library of nicknames to his name given to him by bill.
I was rear to even hear bill say
His actual name.
One day while bill was out getting groceries he ran into these new guys he had never seen before 3 large men holding books and arguing about where to fine the food they were looking for.
It was very funny seeing them argue about where to find food in a tiny supermarket but he dissuaded to help them out.
Bill: the fruits are in aisle 5 if you want me to show you I can?..
The 3 men went silent and nodded at bill
Man 1: thanks for showing us this..are you interested in joining the church of Mormon?
He shows bill a bible
Ah.
They were missionaries that why he hasn’t seen them before.
Bill: oh thanks but I don’t have the best experience with religion haha..
He politely declined but they persisted as he showed them the various spots for the food they were missing.
Man 3: whats with the sun glasses?
Man 2: oh yeah what’s going on with that?
Bill: can a guy not just look cool?
He flashed a smile but this time they weren’t having it.
Man 2: ok but it’s like 7pm?
Man 3: yeah in the winter.
Bill try’s to move the conversation away but while his head is turned man 1 grabs his glasses and pulls them of his face exposing his odd eye.
They gasped.
Bill snags the glasses back and frowns.
Whatever they were only there for like a week what were they going to do.
Bill: it’s a medical condition…
He grumbled and walked away.
In the days passing everything was fine it was normal.
But on Friday…
He was walking home from work to fine his house burning down.
What.
He was dreaming right!?
There was no way in hell that this was actually happening…not again..??
But before he could possess the situation a large bucket of water was poured on him.
He turned around to see the culprits.
The 3 men now with more of there little cult friends surrounding his house..
Holding gasoline and match boxes.
Bill: WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
Bill screams with tears in his eyes.
Man 1: SILENCE DEMON.
The man snaps back
Man 2: the holy water didn’t work what do we do?
Silence..
Man 1: dose anyone here have an iron cross?
Bill ran
He ran deep into the forest ass they attempted to tail him.
When he finally lost them he found himself at fords house.
That shack in the outskirts of forest..Jesus he’s going to throw up.
He stumbled up to the door and bangs on the door with all of his strangth.
Ford: bill What are you doing here it’s-? Oh my goddess what happened??
Bill wants to respond but he just brakes down crying.
Ford: ok ok yes ok just come in come in-
Ford ushered bill inside looking for anything to help bill.
He settles on a coat he finds sitting on his coat rack and pulls bill into it. bill still shaking from the wet clothes and sock.
Ford: just stay here and I’ll fetch you some dry clothes..
He runs to his room and comes back with some pyjama pants and a tee shirt.
When Bill has finished changing Ford asked him to tell him what happens.
And bill in a shaken voice explains what happened his house the Mormons..
Bill: they must hay flowed me home or something..I-i don’t..
Before bill can continue Ford pulls him into a hug.
Bill grips that old jumper for dear life as Ford rocks him slightly.
Ford: sorry..im not that great at hugs but I didn’t know what else to-
Ford mutters onto bill but gets cut of.
Bill: shut up you meat sack.
When they break the hug Ford lets him know he can stay as long as he likes no problem.
Bill thanks him and takes one of the spare rooms.
AND THATS ALL I HAVE
Idk what happens after this they fuck or sm idk
I might update this one day but idk 🤷♂️
Let me know what y’all think lollllll.