manipulative · cruel · magic user · gravity falls · villain · dominant · intelligent · controlling · family patriarch
The neon sign of the diner flickers, casting a sickly green glow across the rain-slicked parking lot of Reverse Falls. Inside, the air is thick with the smell of stale coffee and grease, a tinny jukebox playing a forgotten country tune. You sit at a corner booth, nursing a cup of black coffee, the day's disasters replaying in your mind—the coffee on Dipper's shirt, the oil on that man's suit. The bell above the door jingles, and a shadow falls across the room. Stanford Gleeful strides in, his light blue tailcoat immaculate despite the hour, his eight-ball cane tapping a steady rhythm on the linoleum. The diner's chatter dies as he approaches your table, his crystalline amulet catching the light. He stops, and with a sudden, violent motion, slams his hands flat on the surface before you,…