futurology | VIDEO -> TEXT. UN: DAGNY.

[ Dagny's face appears on the network. Behind her are snowy plains, where small gnomes are jumping and playing. Her face is flushed from the cold, but she smiles. ]

Hello! I hope you're all doing well! The Timeline has finally computed your mission objective — sorry it took so long! Sometimes he gets a little slow. Now, I know he may seem— different, but he's always been correct! Just... ah, be careful when talking to him? He's a learning machine, and all he really knows is about missions, so sometimes he says some strange things when he goes off topic. But don't worry! He tries his best. I'll connect you to him now.

TIMELINE.EXE IS PROGRAMMED TO RELEASE MISSION PARAMETERS. MISSION OBSERVATION IS COMPLETE AND RESULTS FOR MISSION: Nalawi ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Hello World ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ Take the hassle and confusion out of the
Mission,
Try this One Weird Trick!

To help NALAWI, you will need to DEFEAT the GODDESS NALANNI so the energy can return to the world.* In doing so, the people of NALAWI will LOSE THEIR POWERS but the world will continue on. If this objective is not reached, NALAWI will BURN OUT PREMATURELY.

*NOTE FROM TIMELINE.EXE: Giant squid of the Sea, too
2 or 0 Not 1! Thank you

[OOC NOTE: This will serve as an IC discussion post. The OOC discussion post is here!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You think so?

[ Besides sitting around uselessly being a worried mess about what may be happening elsewhere... That was basically Dipper's plan so far. ]

What do you have in mind?

WELL! One of the things I was going to do was to dig a really big hole and make a pit!

... A pit. For real? What do you need a pit for?

I'm going to fill it with plastic balls, and-or spiders! Maybe both!

Pass on the spiders, dude. A pit full of spiders doesn't sound like it's ever a good idea.

Where else are they going to live, Dipper? I'm trying to help a community.

Wouldn't they be happier in trees? We have an entire jungle here.

... Spiders are supposed to live in trees??

[ ?????? ]

Seriously? Where else are they supposed to make webs around here?

[SORRY HE'S ...... PAPYRUS, DIPPER.]

I thought they did it in caves or darker places!! That's why I thought a pit would be a good idea...!

Maybe scratch the whole thing... I have other ideas!

Hey—I only said spiders. Plastic balls, on the other hand...

... We could still make a ball-pit, then!

The only problem? Is getting them. I mean, they don't even have plastic bottles here. Do the Nalawi even know what plastic is?

[Papyrus, clearly, did not think this all the way through.]

If I had my magic, I could make a bone-pit, at the very least... But I don't. You're right, this is quite the conundrum!

I wonder if they have any kind of soft, small substitute?

Hmm... There's always leaves. Ever play in a big pile of 'em around fall? It's almost the same thing.

I haven't, as most of the trees where I lived only dropped pine needles, but it does sound better than my other idea, which was going to be lots of pebbles! Leaves it is!

Ooh, yeah, pine needles are kind of the worst. ... Second only to a lot of pebbles, if I gotta be honest. You totally gotta try out regular leaves—nothing beats that.

I can't wait to try regular leaves!! I'll start collecting them for us now!!

[Even though he still isn't quite sure what they look like. May wind up with palm tree leaves.]

Whoa, hey—you don't have to be in that much of a hurry.

Why not! I'm always in this much of a hurry, anyway!! But at least now I'll be doing something!!

Really? ... On second thought, maybe it's not at all surprising you have this much energy basically all the time, huh.

What do you mean it's not surprising?

Heh, well, y'know... You seem like the kind of guy who's always in a good mood, looking on the bright side of life and all. It's...

[ A lot like how his sister was, usually, so it's a type of personality Dipper is all too familiar with. ]

It kinda goes hand in hand, or something like that.

Well, I can't deny that those words do accurately describe me!

Hand in hand with greatness, you mean?? Because those are the characteristics of someone who is Very Great!

... Heh, yeah, it's true. You're pretty cool, Papyrus.

[ How could he stay in a grumpy mood like this... ]

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