Welcome to Gravity Falls, Chrysalis
Learning the Basics
Previous ChapterWell, I might not be able to feed off of love anymore, but this... food is almost as good as true love! thought Chrysalis as she munched on scrambled eggs and sausage.
"So, anyways, Chrysalis, if you're gonna live here, you'll have to pay rent, which, since I'm guessing you lack funds, will have to come in the form of working at the Mystery Shack for little or no pay," said Grunkle Stan, who was a chubby old man wearing a maroon fez with what looked a yellow fish on it, a black suit and ribbon bow tie, a white shirt, brown dress shoes, and a pair of thick rimmed glasses.
Under normal circumstances, Chrysalis would have sucked Stan dry of his love and blast what was left into a puddle of nothing. But, Chrysalis had lost her horn, and thus her magical abilities, including shape-shifting and love feeding.
So, that really only left one option.
"Fine by me," muttered Chrysalis.
"Great! You start after lunch," said Stan.
At that moment, two new people walked in. One was a bulky man wearing a dark green shirt with a question mark on the front and the word "Staff" on the back, khaki shorts, brown shoes, and a brown baseball cap.
The second newcomer was a teenage girl of around fifteen with long red hair. She was wearing a green flanel shirt with a nametag that said "Wendy," blue jeans, a tan fur-lined hat, and brown work boots.
"'Sup, guys... and little girl who I've never seen before in my life until just now," said the man.
"Hey, Soos. This is Chrysalis, I found her passed out in the woods a little while ago. Chrysalis, this is Soos, the Mystery Shack handyman-" said Dipper.
"Hello," said Chrysalis
"'Sup," said Soos.
"-and the girl is Wendy Corduroy, the Mystery Shack cashier," said Dipper.
"Hi," said Chrysalis.
"Hey," said Wendy.
"Well, lunch break is over, time to get back to work!" said Grunkle Stan.
As the Pines family got up and cleared their plates, Dipper said, "Hey, Chrysalis, how about after work today I show you around town?"
Chrysalis thought about it for a moment. "Eh, sure, why not," she said.
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"In my Mystery Shack, you'll find the most astonishing of supernatural phenominon. Behold: the Lady in The Willow!" said Grunkle Stan as he led a group of tourists through the Shack to where Chrysalis was standing in a dead tree costume.
Time to work, thought Chrysalis, before saying, in the exact voice one would expect from a creepy tree-woman, "I shall use your souls for my fertilizer! Ha ha ha ha!"
The tourists and Stan gasped... but for two different reasons. The tourists were spooked, but Grunkle Stan was throughly surprised.
I might have to use Chrysalis as some kind of imprersonator, thought Grunkle Stan, before addressing the tourists. "Quick! Give me money! It's the only thing that keeps her at bay!" he said.
As one, the tourists whipped out their wallets and opened up their purses, and gave Grunkle Stan every last bit of currency they had.
Green parchment is money in this dimension? That's good to know, thought Chrysalis.
~
After work, Grunkle Stan, the twins, and Chrysalis were all watching TV.
"Okay, kid, spill the beans; where in the world did you learn to do that with your voice?" asked Grunkle Stan.
Chrysalis smirked. "It's a... natural talent," she said.
Grunkle Stan smirked. "Well, guess what? You are now 'The World's Greatest Impressionist!'" he said.
Chrysalis couldn't help but smirk. "Thank you, Mr. Pines," she said, before she remembered something. "Hey, Skipper-"
"Dipper," said Dipper.
"Oh, right. Dipper, weren't you going to show me around town?" said Chrysalis.
"Oh, right! Come on, let's go!" said Dipper.
With that, the boy and the Changeling-turned-human left the Shack.
~
Gravity Falls was a sleepy little town filled with what could only be described as weirdos and nutcases. In fact, according to Dipper, the town founder, Quentin Trembly, America's "8th 1/2" President, was only able to discover Gravity Falls after he fell into the valley that would later become the town from a cliff.
To be honest, Chrysalis wasn't sure which was more weird: The town and its origins, or the measures Pinkie Pie had taken to help tell her and friends apart from their dopplegangers.
"... and that's the story of how Gravity Falls was founded," said Dipper.
As she and Dipper kept walking, Chrysalis saw an old guy wearing nothing but brown overalls and a brown prospecter's hat start sniffing around. "I smell me a Changeling!" he cried.
Uh-oh, thought Chrysalis.
But, as it turned out, the crazy old coot went after a young child, yelling something about revealing himself.
Whew, that was a close one, thought Chrysalis. "Dipper, who's the crazy guy running after that kid?" she asked.
"Huh?" said Dipper, turning to see where Chrysalis was pointing at. "Oh, that's just Old Man McGucket. He's the local kook."
"Huh," said Chrysalis. Well, this place got more interesting, she thought.
