"Oh, please Grunkle Ford! Just this once!" Mabel pleaded.

"Mabel, dear, I've told you…time-travel is a serious thing! History is not a play thing that should be tampered with," Ford explained gently.

"I'm not planning on playing with it! I just want to observe it!" she insisted.

They have plenty of books and television programs that allow you to observe history, without tampering with it," Ford insisted.

"But that's not as good as actually seeing it with my own two eyes! You know me, I learn by experiencing! You said so yourself!"

Ford sighed; he did indeed once say that Mabel's mind was better suited to learn by doing.

"I just don't understand what concepts you need to grasp that you couldn't grasp by reading your history book?"

"What I need to know can't be found in books Grunkle Ford!"

"Anything can be found in a book," the stubborn scientist persisted. He had spent too much of his life reading and writing books for their value to be undermined.

"Not what I need to know! Our school is putting on a junior production of my favorite musical of all time, "Hamilton". It's a whole musical about the cute guy from the ten-dollar bill."

Ford's eyebrow raised, "Alexander Hamilton?" Ford had studied plenty of American history in his time, but he had to admit he had never heard any of the founding fathers being referred to as cute.

"Yeah! Him! Anyways, I want to play the role of his wife, Eliza. There already aren't enough books out about the lives of women from that time! And if I'm going to play her convincingly I need to know everything I can about her! What made her tick? What was it like being married to such a famous dude with a bunch of famous dude friends? What did her hair look like? It couldn't have been pretty, cause she had to look after eight kids! And she couldn't even vote! Who knows how that made her feel? I can't find out about her feelings from a history book, I have to experience it first hand!"

Ford had to admit he was slightly impressed. He originally thought that Mabel wanted to use the time tape to get out of learning information for herself, but she had shown him that she did in fact possess a lot of knowledge on the subject she wanted to observe. He also knew that she was right in that the information that she sought wouldn't be found in the average book or history channel. He also hated admitting it, but her brown eyes were gazing directly into his soul, and as much as he wanted to he couldn't tell her no.

That didn't mean he would just toss her the time tape.

"You know you can't interfere in any way! The slightest change could alter history forever!"

"I promise!" Mabel said eagerly.

"You must stick near me at all times, you can't go wondering off into the unknown."

"I'll even hold your hand like a kid if it'll make you feel better!"

"We can't stay long, the longer we are in the past, and the higher chance we have in altering it!"

"I know exactly what I need to see and as soon as I see it I will be like Angelica Schuyler and be satisfied! Dipper can even come along to keep me in line!" Mabel didn't always think it was fair, but she did know that Ford trusted her brother to be the more logical thinking twin.

Ford managed to give her a small smile. He had to admit that she had put forth a good (and cute) argument. He knew deep down that he was going against his better judgment, but it might be fun to take part in this adventure with his kids.

"All right then, looks like we are going on a time adventure!"