Dipper's Five Shades of Pacifica p6

Dipper managed to get back to the meeting spot even though Affection still hadn't technically let go of him. She settled for hugging his arm as they walked just so they wouldn't be late.

Arriving at the meeting place, Dipper was relieved to find the four other Pacificas and Mabel waiting for him. He was about to announce the flyer Affection found when out of nowhere Anger punched him in the arm.

"OW!! What was that for?!"

"Because!" Anger flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"Because what?!" snapped Dipper.

"Just because!!" Anger snapped back.

Dipper sent her a confused glare before turning to the others. "Affection found some very useful information, how did the rest of you fair."

While the others averted their gaze from him, Fear held up her new present. "I have a cattle prodder now!"

"Um...okay. Well don't feel too bad, thanks to Affection we know where the gypsy woman is. Now we just need to get back to the Shack so Soos can drop you girls off..."

"Hold it! Hold it!! Hold it!!" Anger cut in. "You're not ditching us! We're going with you!"

"Anger, she's at a circus. I can't afford to lose any of you there, there's too much that could happen."

"We're going with you, and that's the end of the matter!!" Anger snapped.

"I..."

*HONK!**HONK!*

Soos pulled up with his truck cutting Dipper off. "Hop in dudes!"

Dipper sighed in frustration as he walked to the front of the truck with Affection still attached to his arm. As he passed the girls something caught his eye.

"Happy? Is that a new bow?"

Happy beamed and gave a little pose. "Why yes, yes it is. Do you like?"

"Actually yeah. It looks good on you."

Happy bounced on her feet and gave Mabel a high five while Affection's grip on Dipper's arm got noticeably tighter. As Mabel ran to the front of the truck, Affection gave Happy a serious stare.

"The bow. I want it!"

"Jealous?" Happy teased.

"Yes!!"

"Don't be. We're all parts of the same Pacifica so if he likes it on me then he likes it on you."

This pacified Affection. "Hey, yeah! You're right!!"

"Oh boy!" Dipper sighed as he slapped his forehead.

The other Pacificas made their way to the back of the truck but Dipper already found Mabel in the passenger seat.

"Sorry Dippingsauce, but there isn't enough room up here for four of us."

"You're right! Okay Affection, time to let go."

"No!"

"What?!"

"I'm only going to let go when I want to!!"

'Are they getting more uppity?' Dipper thought.

"Fine!" fumed Dipper. "We'll ride in the trunk with the others!"
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Dipper sat in the back of the moving truck with the Pacificas with a sour look on his face. Affection was still holding his arm sitting next to him, Anger sat on the other side of him while Fear and Remorse sat in the back with Happy in between them.

"Aw come on Dipper, cheer up!" pleaded Happy.

"All I wanted was to sit in the front!" Dipper grumbled.

"Isn't he cute when he pouts?" giggled Affection.

Anger growled. "I am so sick of that stupid headband!"

Without warning Anger grabbed Dipper's headband and threw it out on to the road before he could protest.

Before Dipper could make accusations against her, Anger declared. "I did you a favor Dipper. It was made of a flippin pillow sheet, you looked ridiculous!" Anger was looking out to where she tossed the headband, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

She was expecting Dipper to say something angry at her but it never came. She looked at him to see why, and it became painfully obvious. Thanks to the speed of the truck, his forehead was fully exposed revealing his birthmark for all to see. The Big Dipper.

"No way." Fear muttered.

"I-I don't believe it." Remorse stuttered.

"That explains a lot." Anger deadpanned.

"The nickname makes sense now." Happy grinned.

"I think it's cute!" Affection squealed.

"Well, let me have it! Bring on your worse ridicule! I've heard it all!!"

Anger hit him on the back of the head. "Don't be stupid, Dipstick!!"

Dipper rubbed the spot where Anger hit him. "Ow! And what are you talking about?"

"Dipper," Happy chimed. "Making fun of you over something you have no control of is what the old nasty Pacifica would have done."

"We're trying to be better than that, Genius!" Anger sneered.

"I'm sorry if you think Pacifica er we would still do that." Remorse apologized.

Dipper felt a small twinge of guilt in his stomach when she said that.

"It isn't even that bad." Fear added.

"And I will have you know, I like it!" Affection said with finality.

Dipper blushed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Wow...thanks."
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The trip back to the Shack seemed to take an extra hour to Dipper then it actually was. Maybe it was because there was some tension he felt now between himself and the girls, he couldn't rightly say.

When the truck finally parked at the Shack Dipper let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding.

"Alright, everybody out!" Soos called.

Dipper got out with the rest of the girls but Affection still wasn't letting go of his arm.

"Can I please have my arm back now?"

"Sorry, it belongs to me now." teased Affection.

"MABEL!!" Dipper hollered.

Dipper didn't have to wait long for Mabel to answer his summons, only problem was she came with a camera.

"Scrapbook-ortunity!!"

*SNAP!*

"Ah! Mabel you really need to do something about that flash!!"

"Can I get a copy of that later?" Affection grinned while rubbing the spots out of her eyes.

While Affection was busy trying to cure her temporary blindness Dipper pulled Mabel close to whisper to her.

"Mabel, Affection refuses to let me go! I think the Pacificas might be starting to get unstable or something, I need you to get her off me so I can work!"

"I think I might have just the answer." Mabel whispered back. She pulled out two pictures from her pocket.

"What the...?! Mabel, how long have you had those?!" Dipper whispered harshly.

"Doesn't matter, but what does matter is I'll let you pick which one I should use."

Affection finally got the spots out of her eyes, the only reason she could presume as to why Dipper wasn't also blinded was the he built up a tolerance being Mabel's brother.

"Oh my," Mabel said loudly. "whatever have I found here. It looks like Dipper in a costume!"

"Dipper? In a costume? What kind of constume?" Affection had given Mabel her complete attention, she was even loosening her grip on Dipper's arm.

"Why I do believe it is a wolf costume. A shirtless wolf costume!"

"Shirtless?!" Affection practically screamed. "Let me have it!!" Affection made numerous grabs for it with her free arm but Mabel always kept it out of her reach.

"Uh-Uh-Uh! You want it? You have to come and get it!" Mabel taunted before running in to the Mystery Shack's gift shop entrance.

Without a second thought Affection ran off after Mabel leaving Dipper behind.

Dipper nearly fell on his face but was just able to catch himself.

"They ARE getting worse!" Dipper said to himself. "Okay, as of right now, getting to that gypsy woman is my top priority!"

When he tried to adjust his hat to show to the world how serious he was about it he realized it was still in the room the Pacificas were sleeping in.

"Sigh. Right after I get my hat."
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Dipper found his hat lying on the bed waiting for him. He was relieved to get it back, without it he was feeling naked.

Tucking his journal away and adjusting his hat he set out for the exit. With any luck, Soos was outside with the engine running. However, given how the girls were acting recently, he was going to have to take precautions.

One quick detour and he was on his way out...or at least that was how it was supposed to go. Affection was waiting for him on the way out.

"Hiiii Dipper..." Affection said batting her eyelashes at him.

"Oh boy..."

"I just wanted to apologize for being so 'clingy' earlier..."

"I thought 'clingy' was your thing."

"Well, yes but my brand of clinging should be enjoyed..."

"Sigh...You know what? You kind of have a point! I mean when is the next time a girl is going to show me that kind of attention?"

"Wait...what's that supposed to mean?" her flirting stare turned to confusion as she tried to understand what he was trying to say.

"Oh come on. I'm a nerd and we both know it."

"So?!"

"So outside of this situation when do you think the next time a girl like you is going to pay me this kind of attention?"

"Excuse me?!"

Dipper took a step back, it looked like she was starting to get offended. "Hey, it's okay. I like who I am, and that's the important thing."

"Other girls can like you for who you are too, you know?!"

"No really. Mabel had this like dating quiz or something. It said I was pretty much undateable."

Affection stomped her foot on the ground. "That isn't true!! You are so dateable!!"

Dipper took a step back. "But she graded it herself."

"Well there you go!! If your SISTER graded you on how dateable you are OF COURSE she is going to say you're undateable!!"

"Uh..."

"Listen Mister! I am a girl, and I AM interested in dating you!! So don't you dare say that other girls wouldn't be interested in you!!! You are a good, nice, decent guy; and if any other girl is too blind to see that then the problem isn't YOU it's THEM!!!"

"Affection, I've never seen this side of you. Are you sure you didn't like swap clothes with Enraged Pacifica?"

Affection took a deep breath and straightened her dress. "Yes, well there are other ways of showing affection besides cuddling you know."

Dipper gave her an impressed grin. "Well, I'd love to talk more about this but I've got to get going."

Dipper quickly ran out the door before Affection could ask him where only to find the other four Pacificas waiting for him. They stood between him and Soos' and the truck, which was running like he was hoping it would.

Anger walked over to him and punched him in the arm again. "Going somewhere Dipper?!"

"OUCH!! The same exact spot!! Why do you that?!"

"Because!"

"That's what you said last time!!" Dipper snapped.

"And it still hasn't sunk in yet, has it?!" Anger snapped back.

"Anger said it herself, Dipper. You aren't meeting that gypsy woman without us." Happy said with a smirk.

Affection gave Dipper a wink as she walked past him to join the others.

"I already explained I can't keep track of all of you out there, this isn't like the town where people already knew and respected you, there's just too many things that could happen to any of you! However, I had a feeling all of you might not listen to me, so I took some precautions to even the odds!!"

As if on que four other Dippers walked out of the Mystery Shack and stood by Dipper.

"What?!" shouted Anger.

"Impossible!" exclaimed Happy.

"I'm sorry, but how...?" asked Remorse.

"I don't think I like this!" cringed Fear.

"THERE'S FOUR MORE DIPPERS!!" Affection screamed in excitement. "FOUR MORE!!! THIS IS AMAZING, GIRLS!!!"

"That's right! My Grunkle Stan's photo copier which can copy more than just photos..." Dipper stopped mid-sentence when he noticed the strange looks the girls were giving him. "Hey! Don't ask me how it works! I personally just chalk it up as more Gravity Falls weirdness! So anyways, I used it to clone myself to keep you all here and out of trouble."

"I gotta say I'm impressed, Dipper." Happy admitted. "You really cloned yourself four times just to get a handle on us?"

"Well...four and a half actually." Dipper shamefully admitted. "You see...there was...a paper jam."

A fifth Dipper came out of the Mystery Shack, but unlike the others he was seemed crumbled and disformed.

"NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM*!!!"

*Translation: "Hello everyone, Second Generation Paper Jam Dipper is here."