!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

[bougy]

Rin. ( she says her name with a little cheerful upswing at the end. ) Exactly! It's a triumphant, so we ought to mark the occasion with a celebration anyone can partake in. The announcement's been made so our planning will have to be quick, but it's not hard to figure out what you need for a party.

[defenceless]

[how... unexpectedly cute...]

I don't think it's time for a party yet.

[bougy]

No, of course not, it's not a party while this many of us are still seeing straight.

[defenceless]

It's not time to drink, either, Hawke.

[bougy]

Of course it is! And we absolutely should before people remember the reason why they were fighting. I can't imagine a better time.

[defenceless]

Your solution to the peace idea is for everyone to get smashed...

[she can't believe ALASTAIR sometimes.]

[bougy]

( hey now, ALASTAIR has pretty much proven itself irresponsible by its pick of employees. )

As a start. Alcohol is an amazing good mood enchancer, and people do tend to have so much more good will towards each other when they're hammered and happy.

[defenceless]

They also aren't thinking straight and are likely to forget their goodwill the moment their hangovers die.

[bougy]

Well, there's no way to bond like sharing hangover remedies. They can tell you a lot about someone else's lifestyle and values.

[defenceless]

You're putting too much faith in a bunch of drunk people.

[knowing rick (and ban), rin isn't optimistic.]

[bougy]

( hey, now. they're alcoholics. clearly there's a difference. )

Honestly, do you have much faith in them sober? These are people we are talking about.

[defenceless]

[drunk people are just on the road to being alcoholics! in rin's world. sort of.]

I have more faith in them sober than I do in them drunk.

This isn't a peace agreement we can forge by just pulling the wool over everyone's eyes.

[bougy]

( clearly she's just too young to appreciate the differences between social drinking and alcoholic drinking. or something. as long as you don't do it alone... )

Honestly, do you don't really know a person until you've seen him without most of his inhibitions. But you're right. If not this to this world, then we owe it to ourselves. Nobody's ever happy to learn they've been lied to. They're only pissed off.