!IMPORTANT! video; username: 82736775

[ricksybusiness]

[The video is from everyone's favorite camera-shy mad scientist, 82736775. This time, he's not even present in a carefully-framed way; he appears to just be using his jewellery as a Go-Pro.

The view is a large machine in the middle of the woods. It's crudely constructed, with loud, grinding gears and exhaust tubes belching smoke. There are three figures scurrying about -- Dipper, Shiki, and Hide, for those of you who would recognize them -- pulling levers and turning cranks and struggling to hear each other over the machine's groaning. Jars of fairy goop hang off the thing like lanterns in a coal mine.]

Listen uuuup, bitcheesss!

[The view jerks, then readjusts as the sky comes into focus.]

Thanks to my genius and everybody else's scrappy, can-do attitude, we're about to make scientific history. By which I mean w-we're about to blow this bullshit away.

[His hand enters the frame. He is flipping off the sky.]

Engage Operation: Fuck You, Magic!

[The frame stays centered on the sky, though the machine's groaning reaches almost deafening levels. Above the cacophony, there's a high-pitched whining: something is warming up. All over Chantes, the ground shakes.

Then bright green fills the screen and everything is so loud that it's almost silent. Those of you who are at a distance may see a gigantic green beam shooting into the sky just before everything turns bright white for a few long seconds.

And suddenly, there is light. Stars. Two moons. The sky is back.

82736775 is laughing maniacally. He swings the frame around to the giant machine, which has blasted wide open: smoking panels have fallen to the ground, exposing frayed wires. His assistants are also on the ground, looking dazed.]

Suck my dick, Narnia! Haha, yeah!

Now let's figure out what to do and get the hell off this rock! Team science, ouuuut!

[ ooc. IMPORTANT! the sun is now returned. from this point on, there are normal day-night cycles in chantes! be aware there are two moons, and the sun rises in the west. use this post to discuss what to do now! threadjacking encouraged. thank you to my fellow players and our modteam for making this plot so successful! i love you all.

UPDATE! check this thread for conversation on a peaceful option. ]

Comments

[adlantisag]

Oh, it will not be so simple. [ She's hopeful, not hopelessly naive. ] But the road will be easier to walk, if we can gather the forces to do it.

[ So many of them already eager to wash their hands, when the work isn't done.

She switches to video. Kida's in her room, her window cracked wide open despite the frosty night, not to watch the stars but to watch the people, human and goblin, running out of their homes and into the icy street. ]

[beyourrock]

[Pearl watches that with wide eyes. Her chest puffs up with pride, seeing those people run outside. She even glances over her shoulder out her own window to see rushing figures to see the night sky.

A small smile tugs at her lips, a bit more confidence in her voice. Soft and fond.]

There is strength in numbers.

[adlantisag]

[ Kida's grin is luminous. ]

We will overcome. We are certainly a capable bunch.

[ And then softens. ]

I believe in us. Perhaps it is misguided, but I do not care. We must look forward!