The Hirsch Phenomenon (part 8)

"Wait, do you even have a video of just Made Me Realize on your computer?" Alex asked.

"Yes."

"Continue trying convincing me that I shouldn't watch this video." Dipper said impatiently.

"Ok. Basically, this video might change your life. I almost guarantee that you will regret watching it afterwards, wish that you didn't know. Curiosity is human, though. I've fallen for similar traps. Just, please, don't blame me for what happens next if you watch it. Don't blame Alex either. We were originally planing this for a worst case scenario."

"I heard." Dipper muttered. Mirra opened the computer, hesitating for a second as she looked at Alex. 

"I'm sorry." Mirra said. "For both of you." She handed Dipper the waiver. "Sign it."

"...Suicide?" Dipper said, reading it. "Why?" Alex looked at Mirra with an I told you so expression.

"Please just sign it." Mirra said.

"No."

"Then I'm not showing you the video." Mirra said. Dipper muttered something and reluctantly signed it.

"Now will you show me?"

"Yes." Mirra answered. "Please don't kill me for this.." she muttered under her breath. She scrolled through files on her computer. "Here." She started playing the video.

"......Wait..why is this video mostly....us?    ...are those...title cards?     ...this is a title sequence. No. This isn't happening. This is NOT happening." The video stopped. Dipper stared blank-faced at the black screen. 

"One more thing." Mirra said. She rewinded the video about a second before the end. Dipper still stared at the screen blankly. "See? Underneath where it says 'GRAVITY FALLS'."

"I can see it." Dipper said. He closed his eyes. "It says 'created by Alex Hirsch'."

"Yeah."

"Ok, wait." Alex said. "Why is there, like, a website in the corner?"

"I kinda got it off the internet..."

"Ok. We're getting off topic." He glared at Mirra, then glanced at Dipper. "Is he ok?"

"I think so. He will be anyway. Let me go talk to him." Mirra said, turning back to the laptop and closing it. "Dipper..." She said, ruffling his hair gently.

"This is a TV show. Where are the cameras?" 

"They're invisible. It's not that kind of television show."

"Alex...and the voice thing. He's a voice actor, isn't he?"

"Yeah. Dipper..."

"An Animated TV show..." 

"Dipper, I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner."

"No, it's ok. You're not from this...universe, are you?"

"No, I'm not. A parallel one, I guess."

"This actually makes sense. THAT'S why you knew all those things even though you weren't there. You watched them."

Mirra put something on the table. It was the triangular rock. Alex glared at it for a second, but didn't say anything.

"That... that was the magic rock that disintegrated those FBI agents, isn't it?" Dipper said, looking at the rock cautiously.

"Yes and no. They didn't disintegrate."

"Then what happened to them?"

"I think they went to my world." Mirra paused for a second. "The book."

"What book?" Dipper said straight-faced.

"Oh, don't play dumb. I know it's in your vest."   Dipper muttered something for a second before pulling the journal out and setting it on the table. 

"Can I look at it?" Alex asked. "I mean, it's technically mine. I made it." 

Dipper grumbled again and scooted the book towards Alex. He picked it up and started examining it.

"Dipper. Weird things started happening to both of us after each of us found these. For you, the book. For me, the rock."

"Weird things happened to me before too..." Dipper mentioned.

"Same here. But WEIRDER things started happening after. Correct?" 

"Yes."

"We're talking about the real world, right?" Alex asked. Dipper glared at him.

"Yes, the 'real' world." She glanced down at the rock. "It proved to me that you guys were real. And eventually brought me here."

"Wait, how?" Alex asked.

"Most of the weird things were Gravity Falls related. Like I found a Gideon bible in my attic bookmarked with 618. Stuff like that."

"A Gideon bible?" Dipper asked. 

"Well, a psalm book. And it was dogeared and not bookmarked, but yeah, pretty much."

"Real world." Alex muttered. He started humming the Twilight Zone song. Mirra glared at him.

"Can I mention that I've basically just been told my life is a lie?" Dipper asked, apparently frustrated.

"Dipper, listen. There's a lot of people who find out that some important aspect of their life is a lie." Mirra said.

"Like who?"

"Oh, my mom, me, you. I would say Alex but I don't even know what the heck he's thinking right now." She glanced at Alex.

"Why are you reading a book you technically wrote?" Mirra muttered at Alex.

"I do not know." He set the book back down next to Dipper and pretended not to notice it. "Wait, ok. So what was the deal with my name again?"

"Not completely sure, but basically (I'm assuming it's when a character says it) when someone says your first and last name, something disappears." Mirra answered.

"Can I try that?" Alex asked.

"I guess, since your not a character, maybe it won't do anything."

"Alex Hirsch." Alex said. One of the sodas on the table disappeared and reappeared at a different spot on the table. He gasped. "Woah."

"Oh, so it works with you too.." Mirra said. She muttered something under her breath. "That's great."

"But things were disappearing before you guys got here and nobody said your name." Dipper added. "So why?"

"I don't know." Mirra said, exasperated. "All I know is that Gravity Falls is almost as screwed up as Eureka right now."

"Eureka?" Dipper asked.

"Alex Hirsch." Alex tested again. There was a flash of blue light from somewhere outside. Mirra got up and peeked out the front door.

"Make that JUST as screwed up as Eureka."