!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. ]

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[ricksybusiness]

[YEEEESS, PEARL, GIVE IN TO YOUR HATE...]

W-well, well, look at you. Princess can get pissed.

[beyourrock]

It's Pearl!

[ricksybusiness]

Alright, alright. [Don't blow his cover! He remembers their agreement.]

L-look, you seem tense. That's what I'm saying. B-bad pitch: can you metabolize alcohol?

[beyourrock]

That's because you're the one making me tense!

[She mutters before she huffs lightly.]

Yes, but I choose not to. I don't drink or eat.

[ricksybusiness]

W-well--well, I'm not leaving this shit heap unless ALA--ALASTAIR says so, soooo. [He means he is going to continue to cause her tension.] There's an alternative to help you relaaax.

[beyourrock]

Are you assuming that if I consume alcohol, I'll be more relaxed?

Sure, alcohol is a depressant, but I'm not subjecting myself to the aftermath. Or even your behavior while under the influence.

[ricksybusiness]

[He was either suggesting that, or that she get laid. But moving on.]

Spoken like somebody who's never gotten fucked up. I'm asking you to party with me, P-pearl. At this point I feel obligated.

[beyourrock]

Give me one good reason why I should 'party' with you.

[ricksybusiness]

Uh, because I'm in a good mood? And getting muthafuckin' blitzed is how we do after we prove, once again, that we're amazing. I'm celebrating.

[beyourrock]

[She groans and rubs at her brow.]

Do I have to drink?

[ricksybusiness]

Do you have some other way to get high? [Asking for a friend.]

[beyourrock]

I don't like the idea of something passing through my body.

[A beat.]

If you mean ways to become extremely happy, then yes.

But it's not possible here.

[ricksybusiness]

[...huh. Rick is actually quiet for a second or two, which means his interest has been piqued. Pearl is doing that a lot, lately. Gems are so interesting.

His tone is more measured, though he's still pretty drunk.] Details.

[beyourrock]

It's called fusion.

It's when two Gems synchronize with one another and form together to create an entirely new Gem. A fusion. Their minds and bodies form into one entity. [She sighs almost dreamily at the thought. Her tone gradually grows nostalgic.]

They grow in size, the combined height of the Gems within the fusion. Stronger, faster... And when the connection between Gems is just right, it can be amazing.

Fusion, however, is not even a possibilty here.

[ricksybusiness]

[Gears are working in Rick's head, and he's starting to regret drinking so heavily so quickly. The math is escaping him, so he'll have to work it out later. Vitrification? Glass? Is she talking about walking, talking glass?]

Wh-- uh, what about Peridot? Is it... you're not the same, uh, type. [Can only Pearls fuse with Pearls...] Is that it?

[beyourrock]

I refuse to even set foot in the same room as that... that Gem!

[Someone's a little bristled, she can't think of a good insult.]

I would never fuse with her, even if she were the last Gem in the universe.

[ricksybusiness]

[Okay, so, type doesn't matter.] But theoretically, you could.

[beyourrock]

[SIGH....]

Yes, I could.

[ricksybusiness]

A-alright, I feel you. [If it's a species-specific partner-reliant high, then Pearl's uptightness makes more sense. He almost feels bad for her.]

Be--between you and me, these plutonic rocks have another use. If you're not into alcohol.

[beyourrock]

[She squints at her jewel before responding.]

What other use could they possibly be used for? Yes, they might be from space, but they're not Gems.

[runningjoke]

That's disgusting. As if this Pearl isn't already saying a bunch of unacceptable things, I'd rather be shattered than fuse with HER!!!

[ricksybusiness]

Y'know, Peridot, when somebody goes out of their way to protest about something...

[runningjoke]

... When someone goes out of their way to protest something it means they really hate it?

[ricksybusiness]

Uh, I was going to say it looks suspicious, but sure.

[runningjoke]

There's nothing suspicious about this. A Pearl and a Peridot should never fuse.