!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

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[ninmu]

They are natural satellites orbiting this planet, commonly known as moons.

[ hi friend, melan is here to help. he's not used to being the informed one about anything. ]

... You are unfamiliar with them?

[boneafide]

[Get used to being the one who probably knows more actual facts instead of weird made up things Papyrus says.]

In person, yes!! I've never met the moon before now!! Wowie... They're so nice. And look kind of like they're made of bone!! I wonder if skeletons are originally from the moon...?

[ninmu]

No, that's not true. [ so flatly... he knows that much!! ] Skeletons are an arrangement of bones, which are organic structures composed of mineralized collagen and several types of ions. Moons are made of various kinds of naturally-occuring rocks and metals.

[ NO FUN ALLOWED.jpg ]

[boneafide]

Oh.

[YEAH NO KIDDING NO FUN ALLOWED!!]

Well! That sure is a lot of sciencey-words you used! Either way, they're very nice to look at.

[ninmu]

... Yes. They are... pretty.

[ he's pretty sure that's the right thing to say in this situation. ]

[boneafide]

No, you have to say it like you mean it!! This might not be your first meeting with a moon, but they've been hidden away for a while now, so greet them better!! Where are your manners??

[ninmu]

S-sorry. [ SO HARSH. ] They're very pretty.

[boneafide]

You're forgiven! Or, I forgive you. I don't know if the moons do.

But I'm going to speak for them, as their temporary embassador, and say they forgive you too, since you complimented them so nicely.

[ninmu]

[ papyrus is so weird. melan has no idea what he's talking about, but he's not smart enough to figure out that he's just being weird, either... ]

Um... Thank you. [ ??? ] Papyrus. Does your world have no moons?

[boneafide]

Oh, my world does! But I never got to see it in person. I've seen a lot of drawings though, and I have to say that the real thing is much better!!

[ninmu]

You never saw it?

[ perplexing. He blinks. ]

Were you confined to an indoor space?

[boneafide]

Underground, technically!! But you could probably call that an indoor space, since it was in...side of the Earth!

[ninmu]

I see. The previous darkness was more similar to your natural environment, then.

[boneafide]

It wasn't really natural, but it was what I was used to. But I prefer this a lot more!!

[ninmu]

It wasn't natural?

JUST REALIZED i wanted to write more to this

[boneafide]

Monsters were stuck Underground for a long time. But it's where I lived my whole life! So... Naturally unnatural?

suuuuuuuure jean

[ninmu]

[ he looks puzzled - as much as Melan ever looks anything, anyway. ]

"Monsters?" [ pause. ] I do not think you're a monster.

[ he only tends to hear that word as a pejorative - usually used against himself. But Papyrus isn't human(?) either, so it's not out of the question that he's heard it, too. ]

Shut up

[boneafide]

Oh, yes, I am! It's just what we call ourselves!

[And humans, in their subjugation of monsters, made even the name of their kind mean negative things. WHOOPS!! ]

[ninmu]

You call yourselves monsters?

[ hmmm. ]

... If it doesn't bother you, then it is fine.

[boneafide]

Why would it bother me?

[Go ahead and tell him, Melan. ]

[ninmu]

Humans often call me a monster. They mean it as an insult.

[ he doesn't look or sound particularly perturbed by it, though. ]

1/2

[boneafide]

Oh.

[That would mean... ah.]

2/2

[boneafide]

Well, I think it's important to know who and what you are! I'm a monster, and I'm proud of that! I don't know if you're technically a monster, but I welcome you to be one, even if you aren't really a robot!

[ninmu]

[ At first, Melan's worried he's said something to depress Papyrus, but it becomes obvious that's not the case. Oh... that's actually... really nice. He thinks. ]

... Thank you. I will take your words to heart. [ if you look closely, he actually seems to be smiling slightly. ] You are a good ally.

[boneafide]

You're welcome! I know I am, but the confirmation is always appreciated! You're a good ally as well, Melanblue! Very reliable, and straight forward! And pointy! Always a plus!