A little something to tie things together...
A fanfiction of a fanfiction that ties tswwwitâs familiar au and their reincarnation au together⊠kinda. I dunno, itâs a thing at least.
Bill mentioned Dipper might make it to be a century. Thought Iâd start things from there.
âItâll be okay Bill.â Pine Tree extends his withered hand, the fingers flexing ever so slightly in and out to encourage the demon to grab them.
Bill does so, reluctantly, he might add. He never could get over how touchy his human is.
His aged human gives his fleshy appendage a squeeze, but thereâs no strength in the action, hasnât been for a long time now. âOf course it will be.â The demon grins, ignoring the regular steady beep filling the empty space of the private hospital room. The pulse wavers in its continuous rhythm and Billâs stupid chest organ stutters as well. âThis isnât the first reincarnation gig Iâve done.â
âSo you tell me,â Dipper chuckles the sound turning quickly into a wheeze. âSo⊠how long?â
âHow long for what, Pine Tree?â
âUntil I reincarnate. Until you find me.â His human gives a weak smile, and tries to tighten his grip around Billâs currently human hand.
âDepends,â admits Bill. âNot being able to get into that head of yours complicates things, plus you pretty much prohibited me from even approaching your reincarnations until theyâre âof age'âŠâ
âIt was a good idea. Youâre a terrible influence.â
Pine Tree starts to say something, but itâs cut off in a sudden wet coughing fit. His bodyâs failing him now, Bill can feel his own vessel starting to weaken.
Strangely, heâs dreading whatâs about to happen. Dreading just how every minutes drags his mortal further from him. Itâs going to be alright, he reminds himself, they worked out every detail for how the reincarnation thing is going to work.
For some reason, the thing in his chest isnât as convinced and instead feels like everything is about to fall apart. Itâs the same damned thing that would rather just see his human live another day, than finally getting his long sought freedom from this constructed life-trap.Â
His own hand tightens around his humanâs. The beep has become slower now, and it wonât be much longer. Dipperâs eyes close, and thereâs nothing Bill can do but watch. His damned human is smiling, defiant to the end.
The beeping flatlines to a steady tone, but Bill doesnât need the machine to tell him Pine Tree isnât here anymore. Like a bear trap finally springing open he was feel the spell dissolving around him, the Mindscape already desperate to pull him back from reality. He doesnât resist, Bill knows searching for Dipperâs reincarnation will be easier from the other side anyway.
His body finally crumbles, leaving nothing but the wisps of quickly disintegrating life magic that started it all.
For some reason, Pine Tree really likes reincarnating in the same Era, somewhere in the 21st century by the Gregorian calendar - give or take a few decades. Itâs a lucky break as it at least narrows down his search to a few billion universes every reincarnation instead of a possible infinite number.
Heâll never forgive himself for missing the last one, coming into Dipperâs life just as it was ending at the youthful age of 23, all because of a freaking hobgoblin of all things. Well, his mortal did go down in a flashy way, heâll give him that much credit at least.
This time heâs forgone the âenjoying time without his mortal ruining all his funâ, and set out immediately searching for the next one.
Heâs picking through dreams when a particular one catches his fancy. It starts out typical enough, some kid wants easy âinfinite demonic powerâ, yada yada yada⊠and bam, in walks Pine Tree to stop all the kidâs fun by being the wet blanket he is. Bingo.
Turns out the kid is even in the same class as his mortal, which made it all the easier to figure out where Pine Tree lived, and as a bow to top everything off - heâs turning 18 tomorrow.
Bill decides to visit when Pine Tree is out the next day. His mortalâs place just reeks of life magic, and his fake body is already starting to construct itself. It isnât fully formed yet, so he still has some ability to draw from the mindscape, giving him a bit of an edge to mess with reality at least until his mortal formally accepts his end of the whole reincarnation thing.
The locks on the door donât do much to stop Bill - a flick of his finger and they just pop open. What to mess with? He paces the drab apartment, wondering what he should do this time to introduce himself. Heâs tried big and that nearly scared his mortal away for a good few months, heâs tried super small and nothing interesting happened. Bill needs something somewhere in the middle. He spies an ad in the half crumpled newspaper tossed onto what he guesses to be the kitchen table - honestly itâs hard to tell with how adorably tiny it is. 'Wanting a fun time?â it says in bold letters, a suspect phone number sitting just below it, well thereâs an idea. He hasnât tried that particular route, and it might just embarrass the hell out of his mortal.
Bill navigates towards the bedroom, his mortalâs magic a little stronger there. It doesnât take him long to set up the candles. All he has to do now is wait.