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20: A Very Belated Very Erscoga Christmas #4... Probably.

Date: 3-3-2024 IDST

(It’s a beautiful, temperate day on Termata. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming… and Nalitie is balanced precariously on a step ladder inside the Spectre Opera House, trying to put the star on a very large Christmas tree. There’s a table set out with a decent looking spread (minus the questionable chip dip from last time) and banners set up in the Erscogan national colors. It is August.)

Nalitie: *struggling* Dang, I feel like we just had Christmas earlier this year… Maybe we should just leave this stuff up in case Christmas strikes when we’re not ready.

Dukermin: *outside hanging lights* What? Did you say something??

Nalitie: Nevermind… *climbing down the ladder very slowly*

(Christine brings out a large cake and sets it on the table. It may or may not be Human SOUL flavored. Ask Erik! Tobias trails along beside her. She tells them not to swipe any frosting.)

Dukermin: *heads back inside* Merry Christmas everybody! You know this time only comes once (or twice or three times) a year so lets make it count!

Nalitie: Do we have guests this year? I made sure to send out invitations but with how our mail and stuff has been acting up… 

Dukermin: Mickey whipped up a special surprise this year! They’ll show up later to set them off!

Nalitie: “They”? That’s new. 

Dukermin: Well I realized that Mickey has never actually told me their pronouns? I just assume because like it’s Mickey Mouse but we have never really spoken aside from that lovely serenade during the war since we got married so I’ve been wondering…

Nalitie: Ah, gotcha. Let’s see, I sent invitations out to everyone on Pluto, now that they’ve rebuilt after the whole. Uh… Narissa getting killed thing. And I tried to mail some to Lux and Dunkel but I’m not sure that they ever get my mail?? Cause my pigeons never come back when I send them there… 

Dukermin: Hmm thats suspicious. Hopefully they’re not trying to contact us about any terrible crises or anything like that.

Nalitie: Yeah… We kinda dropped the ball with Pluto. Hopefully the ambiguously Human SOUL-flavored cake is a good apology though. 

(The cake, to Nalitie’s request, has “I’M SORRY PLUTO” frosted on it in big letters, followed by a much smaller “Merry Christmas!”)

AE Tobias: *eyeing the frosting*

Christine: *busy making sure ET doesn’t crawl anywhere he’s not supposed to*

Dukermin: *eyeing AE Tobias and gives a warning glare* *points to the frosting then makes a throat slash gesture*

AE Tobias: *backs away from the cake, disappointed* *sadly* no touch… 

Dukermin: *To Nalitie* So should we go check on… one of the many places we should check on?

Nalitie: Yeah, we can invite people in-person. It means more, anyway. Where do we want to start? Our guest list was pretty much everyone in Erscoga. 

Dukermin: Maybe lets do Dunkel, but we still have some setting up to do here before we bring people over. *starts arranging centerpieces*

(Everyone continues decorating, with light Christmas music playing in the background, when there’s a sudden, small earthquake.)

Nalitie: *stops and looks around* … 

Dukermin: *dropped the centerpieces* :(

Christine: What was that? *soothing ET*

Dukermin: *Hot gluing centerpieces back together* Just a little earthquake I think, its probably nothing.

Nalitie: Yeah, I mean. We have a lot of new plot developments settling since last doc, so maybe it’s just that. Anyway, it’s Christmas, and nothing bad ever happens on Christmas! 

Dukermin: So True! Anyway! Lets leave this place and go to Dunkel.

Nalitie: Heck yeah… *to Christine* Are you good watching the kids, Car… Christine? Willia… Willy is in the other room, but I can take one of the kids with me if you want.

Dukermin: Wait a second, did we ever get the Universal Translator ? I know our mail has been a little weird. 

Nalitie: Yeah! *pulls a small device out of her pocket* *it looks vaguely like a walkman* They sent this over a couple months ago, after we sent that first shipment.

Dukermin:  Oooh gimme *snatch*

Nalitie: Be careful with it, we only have one and our agreement never specified if they’d send us another one… 

Dukermin: I'll be so careful until we can get it to Alphys to make more and then I can break it all I want.

Christine: *continuing the conversation thread from many lines ago* Actually, if you could take Lisa and Leonarda, that would be nice. 

Nalitie: On it! *runs into the other room* *comes back absolutely engulfed in small children* to Dunkel!

Dukermin: *lunchboxes to Dunkel*

(You have arrived on Dunkel. It is very dark and you cannot see anything.) 

Dukermin: *puts on cool DunkelVision glasses that she's painted flames on even though you can't really see that on Dunkel*

Nalitie: Oh, right. *digging in her pockets* *eventually fishes hers out and puts them on as well*

Lisa and Leonarda: *not sure if they like the darkness* *babbling*

Dukermin: Alright… where did we end up.

(You’ve arrive just outside of a large city, there’s a sign that says New Prosperite. The buildings are low to the ground and tightly compacted with one another. A few people are outside but they all seem to be in a hurry to get indoors.)

Nalitie: *yelling into the streets, in English which most of them probably don’t speak fluently* Hello citizens of Dunkel!!! Come to our Christmas Party!!!

Dunkelian: *yells at Nalitie in Dunkelian and gestures wildly at a building*

Dukermin: Uhh they said to get inside… And a bunch of other stuff that the translator didnt catch.

Nalitie: Uhhh ok??? That’s not where our SUPER COOL party is though.

Dunkelians: *yanking children off the sidewalk and throwing them indoors*

Nalitie: Maybe this is part of their Christmas traditions and that’s why they never come to our parties??? *finding the nearest building*

(From beyond the city, you hear a deep rumble, then are blinded as your Dunkelvision goggles are bombarded with a harsh white light. You hear creaking as some of the buildings are bathed in the light.)

Lisanarda: *crying, naturally*

Nalitie: WTF was that???

Dukermin: Uhhhhh *goes inside*

Nalitie: *also goes inside* *phone starts ringing obnoxiously* *fishing around in her pockets*

(The place you’ve entered seems like someone's home. A Dunkelian pokes her head out from a trapdoor in the ground and ushers you down into a cellar.)

Nalite: *on the phone, looking concerned* Uhh ok. Thanks… *hangs up* Santa says Christine says there was another big earthquake on Termata… I don’t know why she didn’t just call me directly??? 

Dukermin: Who would have ever guessed that that little earthquake would be a bad sign!!?

Dunkelian: *has taken a seat on a mat on the floor next to a pair of children and an older Dunkelian. She invites the two of you to sit as well* We’ll be stuck here for a bit I’m assuming so make yourselves comfortable

Nalitie: *did not catch any of that, is still standing around* So is this all part of your Christmas or something? Seems. Um. Intense and unnecessary???

Dukermin: She says we’ll be stuck for a bit which is not great considering the termata thing? You can ask *gives Nalitie the translator*

Nalitie: Oh ok *puts it on* *to the Dunkelians* can you understand me now? *is talking in their language without realizing it*

Dukermin: Thats rad

Dunkelians: *nod*

OG Dunkelian: Can you understand us? Did you catch that thing about making yourselves comfortable? I can get you a tea… or like a snack?? We’ve stocked this cellar up now because of the situation…

Nalitie: I’m good right now. *to Dukermin* do you want tea?

Dukermin: I am curious about what tea made of darkness is like but maybe we shouldn’t mess with that right now…

Nalitie: *to the Dunkelians* We’re OK for now. So what’s with the giant Christmas light thing? That seems… Like I love that y’all are celebrating the season but it kinda hurts the eyes??? *oblivious to what’s actually going on*

OG Dunkelian: Christmas? We haven’t been able to celebrate anything in months. The “Light Show” is not of our doing. Who are you??

Nalitie: Wait you guys aren’t responsible for that big light??? But it came from your planet??? 

OG Dunkelian: What are you personally responsible for every little thing that happens on the planet that you live on??

Nalitie: I mean. Kind of. Not entirely, I guess, Dukermin and I share that responsibility. 

OG Dunkelian: Oh. Wait a second. I know that name. Dukermin and uh… you are?

Nalitie: *dodging the question* Yeah, Dukermin and I are the queens! *points to Dukermin* That’s Dukermin over there.

Older Dunkelian: *elbows the OG Dunkelian aggressively*

OG: Ow! Pardon my… disrespect, my queens! I did not realize you were… anyway. My name is Maestri and this is my mother Cuber. I’m surprised you don’t know more about our situation…

(There’s another deep rumble from above and some dust slips through the floorboards)

Nalitie: Yeah we’ve been getting that a lot lately… *to Dukermin* Did you know anything about the situation happening here on Dunkel? 

Dukermin: *shrugs* We’ve been here like… thrice. 

Nalitie: I guess. *to the Dunkelians* Y’all should have. like. called or sent us a letter or something. 

Maestri: Mother, didn’t you say that the elders had tried sending letters? We receive the pigeons and send them back wth distressing messages.

Cuber: *nods* You haven’t received the pigeons?

Nalitie: Oh… no, we haven’t. Are all of my pigeons stuck here on Dunkel??? *to Dukermin* dude we really need to get our mail system checked out. Apparently we’ve been missing mail for a long time. No wonder the electric company keeps sending people to my house claiming I haven’t paid any of my bills. 

Dukermin: Man and I thought the pigeon system was flawless. Glad I don’t have electricity in my cave.

Nalitie: Yeah, but you DO have a magic man who can make lights out of nothing. With a stick. 

Dukermin: Yeah but hes super petty about it. 

Maestri: *Only catching Nalitie's half of the conversation* This doesn't seem pressing. Anyway, you’re not beings of darkness… perhaps you could take a look? 

Nalitie: I mean… we can. How come you guys can’t? I’ve seen Dunkelians on our other planets before… Is there something weird about this light that I should know about? I have kids I don’t want my face blasted off. 

Maestri: Well number one… Im not a mercenary or anything and its not my job to go inspect creepy lights. That was rude.

Cuber: *glares disapprovingly at Maestri* These lights… nobody has gotten near them. They first appeared in the Wilderness. But they’ve steadily started showing up closer to civilization and in increasing frequency. We’re worried they’re connected to the beasts in some way, but we dont know for sure. It also could be connected to Lux, even though there is a truce, we don’t want a war. And going over there guns-a-blazing is not going to make a good impression.

Nalitie: We don’t want a war either, NO WAR. Yeah, Dukermin and I can take a look. *to Dukermin* Hm… between the stuff going on here and the earthquakes, do you think whatever’s happening is happening on all of the planets? Maybe we just can’t see it because it’s already light everywhere else?

Dukermin: Hmm perhaps, I mean this light seems insanely bright here but could be very normal anywhere else I guess.

Nalitie: Ok, so we should go check that out, see what’s up. *has not filled Dukermin in at ALL* *starts leaving*

Dukermin: Oh cool guess were leaving *leaves*

(You leave Maestri and Cuber’s house without saying goodbye.)

(You once again are blinded by the light. It seems to be coming from about a half a mile outside the city. The streets are empty and the buildings crackle, scattering dark dust everywhere. Once your eyes adjust, you can make out what looks like a perfect cylinder of light coming from about a half mile outside of the city.)

Nalitie: Let’s go I guess! *heading off in that direction*

Dukermin: *follows staying as far away from buildings as possible*

(As you approach the light you can hear very confused voices and see figures milling about, may with arms outstretched)

Voice 1: Oh shoot is this moon eclipsed??

Voice 2: No i checked I swear! Maybe we failed to make quota??

Voice 3: *in the distance* 💧︎🕆︎👌︎☺︎☜︎👍︎❄︎ 📂︎ 🕈︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎✍︎

Voice 4: *in the distance in the other direction* Paimon doesn’t think we’re in Teyvat anymore… 

Dukermin: Hello??

Voice 2: OH SHOOT IS THAT A SKINWALKER STAY AWAY I THOUGHT I DELETED THAT MOD

Voice 4: Hello!!! 

Voice 3: 🕈︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎📬︎📬︎📬︎✍︎

Nalitie: *fishing a flashlight out of her pockets* I don’t think they have DunkelVision… *turns it on, shines it at Dukermin* EVERYONE COME OVER HERE!!! FOLLOW THE LIGHT!!!

Voice 1: *takes out their flashlight too * Is this an Easter Egg orrrr..??

Voice 4: Look, over there! I can see a person, Traveller, we should go say hi! 

Dukermin: *to nalitie* So… this is more silly portal stuff…

Nalitie: I guess, yeah. Crazy that it’s so bright here, though? But I guess if you’re portalling somewhere that’s NOT made of darkness, it’s gonna look pretty crazy. Don’t know why it’s destroying the towns, though??? 

Voice 3: *still standing at a distance* *to self* ✂︎💣︎✌︎👎︎☜︎ ⚐︎☞︎ 👎︎✌︎☼︎😐︎☠︎☜︎💧︎💧︎✂︎✍︎

(Two of the figures have made their way close to you. One of them is a girl with blonde hair with cool-looking flowers tucked into it. She’s wearing a white dress and carrying a sword. A very small person with a blue scarf hovers near her shoulder.) 

Dukermin: Welcome to Dunkel! We’re not sure how or why you ended up here, but you’re here now! 

Voice 4: Dunkel? I’ve never heard of that before. Oh! Paimon’s Paimon, and this is the Traveller! What’s your name? 

Dukermin: Dukermin’s Dukermin, and this is the Nalitie!

Nalitie: “The” Nalitie??? Anyway. Oh, and these are Lisa and Leonarda, my kids *gestures awkwardly* *looking into the distance, forgetting to point the flashlight at people* Who are your friends over there?

Paimon: Friends over where? *did not know that anyone else was here, just heard indistinguishable voices in the distance*

Nalitie: Oh, right… *shines the flashlight over at the people who also have flashlights* Hello! You over there, you should come say hi!

(You see four people in orange jumpsuits and full-face helmets. Two of them are pointing their flashlights at the other two which are doing a little dance. They stop and point at you two before walking over)

Voice 3: *is too far away to see any of what’s happening, can only perceive vague silhouettes of people* 🕈︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎ ✋︎💧︎ ❄︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ 👍︎⚐︎💣︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ☞︎☼︎⚐︎💣︎✍︎

Nalitie: *to the jumpsuited people* Yes hello, what are your names?

Jumpsuit person: I’m Employee 1, and this is Employee 2, and Employee 3, and Employee 4. Do you also work for the Company?

Nalitie: Um. *to Dukermin* Quoi istest ie thas Diction Game cheulgen… *to the Employees* No, I don’t think so. Um… so are those your names or your titles? 

Employee 2: We call each other by many names. So the title is most effective at this time.

Nalitie: I see… 

Voice 3: *muttering to self in the distance* 💧︎⚐︎💣︎☜︎ 💧︎⚐︎☼︎❄︎ ⚐︎☞︎ 💧︎❄︎☼︎✌︎☠︎☝︎☜︎ ✋︎☠︎📫︎👌︎☜︎❄︎🕈︎☜︎☜︎☠︎ 💧︎❄︎✌︎❄︎☜︎📪︎ 🏱︎☜︎☼︎☟︎✌︎🏱︎💧︎✍︎

Nalitie: Well, welcome to Erscoga, I guess. *gestures with flashlight to Dukermin* This is Dukermin, and we’re the queens here in this dimension. You can’t see anything because we’re on the planet Dunkel right now, and Dunkel is made of darkness, so that’s why you can only see us and each other with the flashlights.

Paimon: Woah! Paimon has never been in a place like Dunkel before! 

Dukermin: It’s rather unique! Say, do any of you remember like… what you were doing before coming here? Like… did you… enter this portal of your own freewill or did you just.. Find yourselves here…?

Paimon: Er… *thinking* Paimon doesn’t remember. Do you, Traveller? 

Traveller: *pauses for a moment* *shakes head*

Employees: *point at each other*

Employee 1: I think we were just… on the ship? Or maybe we weren’t? Yeah I don’t remember either.

Nalitie: *shining flashlight into the distance, towards Voice 3* *yelling because they’re far away* HEY GUy Over There you should come over and introduce yourself!!! No point in walking around in the dark alone!!!! *waving flashlight like a laser pointer at a cat*

Voice 3: *can’t quite make them out, but starts heading over* *stops about halfway, as soon as they can see that you are a group of humans* ✏︎✏︎✏︎

Dukermin: pspspspsps

Nalitie: Yes hello you were doing very good, but we are over here *waving flashlight more insistently*

Voice 3: ☠︎⚐︎📬︎

Dukermin: Oh you sound kinda familiar..?

Nalitie: *tilting head, thinking* Yeah, you do. *louder, to Voice 3* Do we know you????

Voice 3: *you can’t tell, but they sound derisive* ✋︎ 👎︎⚐︎☠︎🕯︎❄︎ 💧︎🕆︎🏱︎🏱︎⚐︎💧︎☜︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎🕯︎☼︎☜︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ ☟︎🕆︎💣︎✌︎☠︎💧︎ ☼︎☜︎💧︎🏱︎⚐︎☠︎💧︎✋︎👌︎☹︎☜︎ ☞︎⚐︎☼︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ 👎︎☜︎✌︎❄︎☟︎💧︎ ⚐︎☞︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ 💣︎⚐︎☠︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎ ☼︎✌︎👍︎☜︎ ✋︎☠︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ 🕈︎✌︎☼︎✍︎

Nalitie: Uh we can’t understand you but if you come closer you would probably be in range of our Universal Translator and we could talk!!! Also, like, we can all go to one of the planets where we can see stuff rather than fumbling around in the dark, I don’t have any more sets of DunkelVision on me at the moment… *carefully walking closer, also wants to get a look at the portal before it closes*

Voice 3: *backing away, magic coalescing at their fingertips* 

Nalitie: *trying to peer into the portal* *catches a glimpse of some rainbow colors before the portal closes*

(Everything is dark now, except for whatever is in your flashlight beams.)

Nalitie: *stumbles* Dang! I have no idea what that was… *to Voice 3, yelling only a little because they’re far away* Anyway do you remember how you got here???

Voice 3: ✋︎🕯︎💣︎ ☠︎⚐︎❄︎ ❄︎☜︎☹︎☹︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ✌︎☠︎✡︎❄︎☟︎✋︎☠︎☝︎📬︎ ☟︎⚐︎🕈︎ 👎︎⚐︎ ✋︎ 😐︎☠︎⚐︎🕈︎ ❄︎☟︎✋︎💧︎ 🕈︎✌︎💧︎☠︎🕯︎❄︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎☼︎ 👎︎⚐︎✋︎☠︎☝︎✍︎

Dukermin: Hmmm he seems angry…

Nalitie: *to Dukermin* Laet unum ienens acna Termata… unis alalnic prohe acna querum… 

Dukermin: gucte ansil. *Sets up a lunchbox portal to Termata Opera House* Head on in everybody!

Paimon: Ooh, what’s that? *has never seen a lunchbox in her life*

Dukermin: This is like… our method of transportation. We’re gonna go to a cool christmas party and… not be here in the darkness.

Paimon: *has never heard of Christmas* *to her companion* What do you think, Traveller? We should go, right?

Traveller: *shrugs*

Nalitie: *heads back over to the group* Here, I’ll show you how! We have it set up so all you have to do is climb in! *does that, looking awkward squeezing into a tiny lunchbox with two almost-one-year-old infants strapped to her body*

Employees: *point at the thing and one by one go through*

Paimon and Traveller: *follow*

Voice 3: *still standing in the distance, squinting suspiciously*

Dukermin: You too! *Cosmic bubbles him and slam dunks him into the portal* *Follows behind*

Voice 3: *flailing uselessly*

(Everyone tumbles out in the Spectre Opera House, in the middle of the Christmas party. Things are hopping compared to when you left. Sans, true to form, has set up a “fruit punch slip’n’slide” and is charging like 5 Loaves per person. Papyrus is nagging him for it. Christine is re-arranging presents underneath the Christmas tree while Willy and Steven read a story to the Tobiases. Doug and Homeless Henry have returned, for actual Christmas this time and not the bean convention. Artemis is in the corner, admiring the lights, and Bruce is playing with her squirrel. Ask Erik! Tobias squeals as everyone comes crashing onto the dance floor in a heap.)

Dukermin: *forgot to take off DunkelVision glasses and screams in agony before ripping them off*

Nalitie: *squinting, feeling around her face to take hers off* 

Lisanarda: *asleep after being in the dark for so long*

Traveller: *stands up, squinting around while her eyes adjust* ???

Paimon: *sees the food on the table* Woah…. Is this some sort of party??? *to Dukermin* Can we have some?!!

Dukermin: Yes go ahead! Merry Christmas!

Papyrus: *goes off to visit with Henry and Doug*

Voice 3: *you can see now that he’s a skeleton in a dark sweater and a long white coat, with glasses taped to his face. He looks… concerned.* *in the cosmic bubble, freaking out* 🕈︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎ ✌︎💣︎ ✋︎ ✌︎☠︎👎︎ ☟︎⚐︎🕈︎ 👎︎✋︎👎︎ 🕈︎☜︎ ☝︎☜︎❄︎ ☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎✍︎ *probably eye-glowing in some sort of freaked-out way*

Dukermin: Oh sorry about that *frees him*

Nalitie: *once again tries to go over to talk using the Universal Translator* Hello this is our Christmas Party! We’re on the planet Termata now so we can see! Can you tell us your name? 

Voice 3: *distracted, sees Sans in the corner* ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎📫︎📫︎ ☟︎⚐︎🕈︎ 👎︎✋︎👎︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ 👎︎⚐︎ ❄︎☟︎✋︎💧︎ ✌︎☠︎👎︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ 🕈︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ 🕈︎☜︎✌︎☼︎✋︎☠︎☝︎✍︎ ☟︎⚐︎🕈︎ 👎︎✋︎👎︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ☝︎☜︎❄︎ ☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎✍︎ *storms over there*

Dukermin: Heyyy skeleton pals! That's wild, but I don't know if you’re from the same thing..?

Sans: *sees Voice 3 coming* heyo buddy, it’s 5 loaves to go on this slip’n’slide. unless you’re looking for the special discount, in which case it’s 6.

Voice 3: *stops in his tracks, utterly baffled by the string of words that Sans just said* ✂︎💧︎☹︎✋︎🏱︎🕯︎☠︎🕯︎💧︎☹︎✋︎👎︎☜︎✂︎✍︎ ✂︎☹︎⚐︎✌︎✞︎☜︎💧︎✂︎✍︎ 🕈︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ❄︎✌︎☹︎😐︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ✌︎👌︎⚐︎🕆︎❄︎✍︎ ☟︎⚐︎🕈︎ 👎︎✋︎👎︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ☝︎☜︎❄︎ ⚐︎🕆︎❄︎ ⚐︎☞︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ ☹︎✌︎👌︎✍︎ 🕈︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ 💧︎🕆︎👌︎☺︎☜︎👍︎❄︎ 📄︎ ✌︎☠︎👎︎ ✌︎☹︎🏱︎☟︎✡︎💧︎✍︎

Dukermin: *to Nalitie* This guy seems real interested in the slip’n’side, maybe it’s a skeleton thing.?

Nalitie: I guess… *squinting suspiciously now that she can see him, he seems familiar* *gives the translator to Dukermin* maybe you could try getting close enough to talk to him?

Dukermin: Mission Accepted. *somersaults under the table towards the slip’n’slide*

Sans: *to Voice 3* so uh… did you come over here just to stare at me or are you gonna ride the slip’n’slide? dunno about you, but 4 out of 10 folks at this party have said it’s pretty fun. 

Dukermin: *using the universal translator as a walkie talkie even though no ones on the other end* I’ve approached the target, attempting translation now. *beep boop*

Voice 3: *doesn’t notice that she’s there yet, still thinking about Sans* *muttering to self* ✋︎ 👎︎⚐︎☠︎🕯︎❄︎ ☼︎☜︎👍︎✌︎☹︎☹︎ 💧︎☜︎☜︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ✋︎☠︎ ❄︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ 👎︎✌︎☼︎😐︎ 🏱︎☹︎✌︎👍︎☜︎🖴︎ ✋︎☞︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ☞︎☜︎☹︎☹︎ ✌︎☞︎❄︎☜︎☼︎ 💣︎☜︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎☠︎ ☟︎⚐︎🕈︎ 👎︎✋︎👎︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ☝︎☜︎❄︎ ☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎ 👌︎☜︎☞︎⚐︎☼︎☜︎ ✋︎ 👎︎✋︎👎︎✍︎

Universal Translator: I DON'T RECALL SEEING YOU IN THAT DARK PLACE; IF YOU FELL AFTER ME THEN HOW DID YOU GET HERE BEFORE I DID?

Dukermin: Hm. Don’t know what that means. *attempts to silently get Sans’s attention by waving*

Sans: *has become uncomfortable with the guy staring at him and muttering to himself in a language he can’t understand, looks around* *sees Dukermin* oh, hey. wanna ride the slip’n’slide? with the royal discount, it’s only 8 loaves.

Dukermin: *facepalms and checks to see if voice 3 noticed her*

Voice 3: *did in fact notice her* *has his arm outstretched, hand glowing blue like he tried to do something* *whatever it was didn’t work and he looks at his hand, confused*

Dukermin: *waves awkwardly at voice 3 from under the table* So uhhh… come here often?

Voice 3: Who are you and how did you bring me here? I know humans are unthinkably powerful, but you’re not gods. 

Dukermin: Welllll… nevermind. We didn’t do this. We’re as confused as you are. My name is Dukermin, and the other human that was with me is Nalitie. *still under the table*

Nalitie: *off in the background, sharing a cupcake with Ask Erik! Tobias* *has given Lisanarda to Willy Wonka for the moment*

Dukermin: Who are you?

Voice 3: *muttering to himself again* perhaps some sort of alternate reality? If the CORE functions by maintaining an uncollapsed quantum state over a large homogeneous mass of magic[1], then…

AE Tobias: *has been going around talking to all of the new people* *has heard Voice 3 talking and comes running over* is void friend! but different? ✋︎ 💣︎✋︎💧︎💧︎☜︎👎︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ 🖳︎✆︎

Dukermin: Did Tobias just speak in wingdings…? Anyway hmm so void friend plus skeleton plus knowing Sans plus wingdings… Nalitie knows something about this.

Voice 3: *is staring at Tobias like they have three heads* How on Earth…?

Tobias: 👌︎🕆︎❄︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ⚐︎☠︎ 🏱︎☹︎🕆︎❄︎⚐︎✍︎

Voice 3: *squinting suspiciously at the obviously human child who should not be able to understand Wingdings, much less speak in them*

Dukermin: Hey Nalitie are you getting any of this?

Nalitie: *is way across the room sampling beans*

Dukermin: *To Voice 3* You stay here. *runs to Nalitie and relays information about tobias knowing voice 3 from the void, knowing sans but sans doesn't know him, wingdings, uhhhh yeah thats the main stuff*

Nalitie: Oh THAT’S where I know that guy from!!! *yelling across the room obnoxiously* You’re Dr. Gaster and you made the CORE in the Underground! How did you get here, do you remember what happened before you got to Dunkel??? 

Party Guests: *turning to stare*

Tobias: *running over to Nalitie* is friend! Is void friend! 🕈︎✌︎💧︎ 🕈︎✋︎❄︎☟︎ 💣︎☜︎✏︎

Nalitie: *concerned look at her roommates mysterious child from the void, thinking about other weird things they’ve done since coming to Erscoga* Ok.

Gaster: *heard “you made the CORE”* *walking over so that they stop yelling, but maintaining a respectable distance* Ah, so you’ve heard about my work? Of course you have, I'm responsible for every great accomplishment of my species. Well... almost every accomplishment. Really, in a sense, you're privileged to know me.[1] *is wary, but also very conceited when it comes to his work*

Dukermin: oh that’s interesting hmm… I thought we brought every Undertale character over that… you know… existed ..

Nalitie: *to Gaster* did you miss coming through the Erscoga hole the first time? Cause we opened that to land on Pluto, not Dunkel…

Dukermin: How could we have missed someone though? Like if we were being selective even accidentally why would we have a flowey. 

Nalitie: Also, didn’t Mettaton mention once that you guys met a Frisk who fell into a totally empty Underground? You’d think that if there was just one monster left in the Underground, they’d be able to find them… the Underground’s not THAT big…

Gaster: *is trying to follow the conversation but has no idea about the whole “we ground severed everyone out of the Underground” thing and is confused* What do you mean an “empty Underground?” What is this “Erscoga hole” you keep talking about?

Dukermin: The Hole to Erscoga of course. Ok so… you know about the character so obviously this character like is a thing, but somehow is like… disconnected from the.. I guess physical Undertale location because… Wait where do you live?

Gaster: Why would I tell two human strangers where I live?

Dukermin: Like you live with the other monsters right? Not on some secluded desert island that we might have missed with the ground sever tool?

Gaster: “Ground sever tool”?

Dukermin: Y know like we would use to sever the ground to then put in the hole to Erscoga.

Gaster: *squinting suspiciously at Dukermin*

(As you continue going back and forth about Erscoga-specific terms in very vague ways, you hear a large clap of thunder. The ground shakes again, this time harder than before. Christine catches a bowl of chips before they can land on Erscoga Tobias, who has been crawling around near the table. Sans slips on his fruit punch slip’n’slide. The lights flicker momentarily.)

Dukermin: Oh yeah that’s happening too.

Nalitie: Maybe we should go see if that’s happening elsewhere, too… Or if there’s any portals happening with those earthquakes, like on Dunkel…

Dukermin: Yeah, we do need to figure out whats going on because the portals seem to really be messing with the Dunkelians buildings.

Gaster: *deep in thought* Portals…? *thinking about an experiment he did somewhat recently that went BADLY*

Nalitie: Ugh hopefully that’s not messing with the buildings here on Termata, we’ve already had so much building to do on Pluto. Also hopefully there’s nothing messing with the buildings on Pluto, we JUST rebuilt again. 

Dukermin: if we’re going to pluto, we should bring Gaster, because it might give us some answers on why we missed him the first time… *preps a lunchbox*

Gaster: I’m not going anywhere with you. Why should I trust you when apparently you’ve been abducting monsters?

Dukermin: Yeah yeah yeah *puts him in a bubble and sends him through*

Nalitie: *follows* 

(You arrive on Pluto. Something has, in fact, been messing with the buildings on Pluto. Undyne’s newly-rebuilt house is OK and no longer on fire, but there are a bunch of melted holes in her yard. The newly-rebuilt Best Western is mostly OK, but there’s a large hole underneath one wing of the hotel that looks precarious. Papyrus’s shed is still surrounded by yellow police tape, but their house looks ok. Alphys’s lab is at a much less violent angle than before, because the ground on one side of the hole it’s been sitting in is melted. The surface of Pluto is pock-marked with holes of various sizes.)

(Callie and Chara are sitting in their box, unperturbed. Undyne is filling in a hole with the help of a red-haired guy in a large black coat that you don’t recognize. Two surprisingly normal-looking men are gazing up at the Mettaton statue on the Callie/Sans box in wonder.  A pink-haired woman with a monocle is taking pictures of Papyrus’s shed.)

Nalitie: Oh. Well that’s not as bad as usual, I guess. 

Gaster: *tumbling around in the bubble* *probably cursing at them* … is that my house?

Dukermin: Wait which one is your house??

Gaster: *is attempting to stand up, but can’t because he’s in a round bubble* *looking at Sans’n’Pap’s house*

Dukermin: Ohhh so yeah this doesn't make sense *frees him*

Nalitie: *walking towards Sans’n’Pap’s house* This one? *falls in a hole because she’s not watching where she’s going and becomes soaked and COLD*

Dukermin: *helps Nalitie out of the wet and cold* Soo you did live in Monster Town so you definitely should have been picked up with everyone else… Unless… 

Gaster: “Monster Town”?

Nalitie: Oh, actually, if anyone is going to know our mystery guest maybe it would be Asgore. He probably took a census at some point, right?

Gaster: *is very confused by everything that’s happening* You know Asgore…? 

Dukermin: Do you know Asgore?

Gaster: … Of course I do. He is my king, just as he is for any other monster. 

Dukermin: And yet… Its almost as if you… *turns to camera* don’t exist…

Camera girl: *snaps picture of Dukermin and jets off*

Gaster: I beg your pardon??? I’ll have you know that I am a well-known monster in the Underground, responsible for our civilization’s main power source and many other groundbreaking discoveries as the Royal Scientist! 

Dukermin: Sans didn’t seem to have any idea who you were.. And yes we know that you’re the Royal Scientist… like by word of mouth only.

Nalitie: Uh isn’t Alphys the Royal Scientist? 

Gaster: ???

Dukermin: So maybe we should go talk to Alphys, theoretically she should know you really well if you worked on the CORE

Nalitie: That’s a good idea. This way! *going over to Alphys’s lab, shivering and trying not to fall in any more holes* Is it just me or is the door closer to the ground than usual? *looking at the ground/holes* 

Dukermin: Sinking probably. It’s fine. They’ve seen worse.

(After less climbing than usual, you enter Alphys’s lab. The lights are off, and the door into the True Lab is open. Piggy and the Narrator are here, looking frightened.)

Dukermin: Oh heyyy how’s it going? Probably not great…

Nalitie: How did you guys get up here? I thought you lived downstairs. Anyway, have you seen Alphys?

Piggy and Narrator: *literally do not know who Alphys is*

Dukermin: Lab coat… yellow…

Narrator: *points at the True Lab door*

Piggy: *grabs his hand to stop him from pointing* Oh no, you don’t want to go down there. Something bad’s happening down there.

Dukermin: That’s fine. Lets go squad *through the door*

(You head down into the True Lab. Gaster seems to recognize the place, but also looks a little lost. You can hear the amalgamates in some of the other rooms and… you think you hear someone crying.) 

Dukermin: Probably want to follow the crying noises, huh? *follows crying noises*

Nalitie: *following her, happy to be indoors and trying to figure out which layers she can shed without being indecent because they’re cold and soaking*

Gaster: *following, shutting up for once* *is looking around and seems to not be finding what he’s looking for*

(As you head down the hall, the crying becomes more distinct, and you can hear Alphys’s voice apologizing, as well as a vague, echoey “nyeh heh” followed by eight repetitions of “who’s there?”)

Dukermin: We’re here, the Queens! And some guy!

(When you step inside the room, you can see Alphys huddled on the ground in the corner. In front of her, standing at like 7 feet tall, is a very squishy-looking being that looks a little bit like Papyrus, if Papyrus normally had Sans glitched through his chest.) 

Dukermin: Oh that’s new.

Gaster: *has never seen an Amalgamate before* Dear God…

Nalitie: Uhhhh that is new. Weren’t Sans and Papyrus just at our party though??? *takes out her phone, attempts to call them…* 

Alphys: *sees everyone* *sobbing* I swear I didn’t do this!!!! T-they just walked in here like this!

Dukermin: We believe you, don’t worry! We’re going to sort this out! There have been some portal shenanigans… anyway… no worries *stares in horror*

Nalitie: The call didn’t go through. *staring up at what’s probably the Papyrus head* Hello there… You’re Sans and Papyrus, right? 

🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴: *says something unintelligible*

Dukermin: Cool. *To Nalitie* Universal Translator didn’t get any of that… It doesn’t seem hostile though..?

Nalitie: *digging through her pockets* Would you like, um… *pulls out some SPLARGH* some cereal? *offers two handfuls*

🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴: *grabs like three pieces with their very goopy hands, shovels them in* frie…nd? (hungry…)

Dukermin: Yyyyes!! Friends!

Gaster: *staring in horror*

Nalitie: *gives them a very careful pat on the Sans head since it’s the only part she can reach* *comes away with sticky hands* There’s lots of friends around here for you… 

🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴: iissss ffriendddd *attempts a hug*

Nalitie: *is now uncomfortably wet AND sticky* OKAy, yep…! Friend… 

Dukermin: Umm.. anyway.. We did come find you for a reason… *scoots past the new friend*

Alphys: *has calmed down a little* *stands up*

Dukermin: *points to Gaster* You know this guy?

Alphys: *thinking very hard about it* Um… I-I don’t um… sorry, no…? *looking him up and down* But um… are… are you… ok? You have uh… *gestures at two very large cracks in his face and what looks like small fractures in other places on his body* 

Gaster: *staring at her in confusion* Alphys…? What do you mean you don’t know who I am? We’ve worked together for years… 

Alphys: *blank stare* I’m uh… I’m sorry, I don’t understand you… 

Dukermin: *Translates for her*

Alphys: I-I’m sorry, I don’t, um… As far as I know I’ve worked alone since, um. For. Uh. P-pretty much the whole time??? (Not, uh, counting Mettaton’s “help” on his body…)

Dukermin: Who all worked on the CORE?

Alphys: *opens mouth to respond* *pauses* *looks very confused* I’m um… I’m not sure, actually. It… It must have been whoever was, um… it must have been the Royal Scientist before me b-but… Now that you mention it I… I don’t… I c-can’t think of who that was…? (I feel like I should know that…)

Dukermin: It’s alright. Have you heard the name Gaster before?

Alphys: *slowly shakes her head*

Gaster: *staring intently* 

Dukermin: Hmmmm… Interesting… something voidy is going on here it seems.

Nalitie: *half-encased in a very goopy hug* Maybe he’s from a different timeline…?

(As you muse about this, the ground beneath the lab shifts. Everyone is thrown off-balance.)

Dukermin: *cosmic bubbles as many as she can as she goes flying*

Everyone: *tumbling around in the cosmic bubbles*

(Eventually, the lab settles again. Everything has been thrown off of the shelves. Nalitie is all tangled up in 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴. Gaster is at the bottom of a bubble, flat on his face in a super undignified manner. Alphys didn’t fare much better.) 

Dukermin: *looks super cool in her cosmic bubble and not undignified cuz she’s used to this stuff* So… anyway.

Nalitie: *getting up, scooting away from 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 inside the bubble* We should probably figure that out… Alphys, do you wanna keep them *gesturing at 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴* here while we do that? Otherwise uhh… They could go in my bunker??? 

Alphys: *🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 makes her incredibly uncomfortable but she’s too polite to ask Nalitie to take them with her*

Dukermin: That seems like a good idea. Maybe we should get the lab secured and then set them up at your place.

Nalitie: Yeah, that’s probably good. Christine and the kids should all be at the Christmas party still, so they won’t be uh… freaked out by all of this.

Dukermin: yyyeah. Okay cool any ideas on how to keep the lab from falling in?

Nalitie: Hmm… *taps on the bubble* We’d have to go outside to look but maybe if we just put something under it??? Or we could move it, I guess, but there’s holes all over so I don’t think that would work very well…

Dukermin: *frees everyone from the bubbles* Lets go outside!

Gaster: *falls flat on his face on the ground* *cursing*

Dukermin: *to the outside*

(The giant hole underneath Alphys’s lab is bigger than when you last saw it. If you look inside of it, you can see what looks like an oceanic world. Best not to let the lab fall into that… The half that’s usually buried in the ground is still buried in the ground a little, but the other half of the lab dangles precariously over the hole. It’s nearly in the normal orientation for a building, rather than perpendicular to the ground.) 

Nalitie: *peering into the hole, trying to figure out where that is* *unsure if that’s just what’s always under the Pluto glaciers*

Dukermin: So… do you think these are the portals that have been showing up everywhere or that this is something different?

Nalitie: I mean… it could be. I don’t think we’d really know unless we went in, though. *fishing in her pockets for a rock or something* 

Dukermin: Well now I kinda wanna go in.

(Inside the hole, you see a suspiciously human looking girl swim by, followed closely by a sea lion. She doesn’t appear to be wearing any kind of diving gear. She disappears from view as she crosses the other side of the hole.)

Dukermin: Okay so probably a portal. Unless Pluto is known for having people swimming around near its core…? 

Nalitie: Given the stuff happening on Dunkel, my bet’s on portal, yeah… 

Dukermin: So… I mean it seems like the portal is about done since we can see clear into the … other side. So maybe it would be better to find some way to secure the lab in this location rather than move it since another portal could just appear. Perhaps a hammock or something?

Nalitie: Ooh, yeah… … I don’t have a hammock on me umm *digging in her pockets for something to make a net or something out of.

Alphys: *trying to avoid 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 without making it seem like that’s what she’s doing*

Gaster: *watching all of this go down with a blank look, unsure what all this portal stuff means*

Dukermin: *checks in her pockets for something too* *pulls out two snails and then puts them back gently* I don’t have anything.

Nalitie: *pulls out the Pocket Magician™* Hey, Pocket Magician™, long time no see… any chance you could magic up a big net for us? 

Pocket Magician ™ : *gasps for air* HELLO HELLO HELLO AUDIENCE!! WHAT A LOVELY DAY IT IS *throws a bunch of tiny cards in the air and they all land in a deck in his hands* PICK A CARD ANY CARD!!!

Nalitie: Um… not sure how that’s gonna help us get a net but… *points at a card*

Gaster: *raises an… eyebrow? brow bone? at whatever this is*

Pocket Magician ™: EXCELLENT CHOICE! NOW ILL JUST PUT THAT BACK IN THE DECK *does a flip up to the tiny card in nalities hand and snatches it* *puts the entire deck into his mouth and chews it up* ALRIGHT NOW CHECK BEHIND YOUR EAR

Nalitie: ????? *does so*

(There is a very tiny card behind Nalitie’s ear, it’s of course your card)

Pocket Magician ™: ILL TAKE THAT BACK IF YOU DON’T MIND!! *Holds his lil hand out*

Nalitie: *gives the card back* Look, that’s… nice, but uh… we kinda have a crisis to deal with so if you can’t make a net that’s fine… 

Pocket Magician ™: NOW FOR MY NEWEST TRICK: FEAST YOUR EYES ON THIS ILLUSION TURNED REALITY WITH THE HELP OF….. MAAAGGGICC *starts blowing into the card*

(AS the Pocket Magician ™ starts blowing into the card, it inflates, the paper turning into a woven net. He pauses for a bit)

Pocket Magician ™: LET ME KNOW WHEN ITS BIG ENOUGH TO SUIT YOUR FANCY!! I COULD DO THIS ALLL DAY!! *huffs and puffs*

Nalitie: *stops him once it’s more than big enough to fit underneath the whole lab* Holy buckets! That was good. *applauding with the hand that isn’t holding the Pocket Magician™*

Gaster: ???????

Dukermin: WHOOOO *applauds*

Pocket magician ™: THANK YOU THANK YOU I’LL BE HERE ALL WEEK *flash of light and lasers come out of Nalities pocket* * he does a somersault back into said pocket*

Nalitie: … OK! *grabbing a corner of the net* This’ll work… *secures her corner to the ground, outside the hole*

Dukermin: *grabs another corner and slides it underneath the visible parts of the lab* *stakes it into the ground*

Nalitie: *securing the other two corners*

(It’s not your prettiest work, but it’ll hold.)

Nalitie: OK cool, so we should bring these guys *gestures at 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴* back to my vent hole, and then… figure things out from there.  *fishing in her pockets for a lunchbox portal*

Dukermin: *To Gaster* We’re all heading to Nalitie’s place now. You as well.

Gaster: *unhappy* I suppose I don’t have any choice in the matter?

Dukermin: Nope! *invites him through*

Nalitie: *lightly shoving*

Gaster: *goes through the portal*

Nalitie: *to Alphys* I’m sure we’ll be back at some point to uh… help fix whatever’s going on here. Don’t worry too much about it! *heads through the portal, holding 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴’s hand*

Dukermin: *gives Alphys a thumbs up and heads through*

(You have arrived on Termata, just outside of Nalitie’s house. Nalitie goes up to her front door, 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 trailing behind her, and fishes around for her house key. She unlocks the door and invites everyone inside.) 

(The house is quiet, and all the lights are off, since everyone is at the Christmas party other than Mog Jr. The couch blasts off into space.)

Gaster: O_O

Nalitie: Don’t worry about it. *leading 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 towards the VR room, laying down pieces of SPLARGH in a little trail* 

Dukermin: *Giving Gaster an unwanted tour* So that was the couch that goes to the space station, uhh here’s a kitchen with kitchen stuff in it… here's the VR room… here's the shower/tub combo, revolutionary…uhh down here are some coffins… 

Gaster: *spends an uncomfortable amount of time staring at the coffins, which just so happen to be the ones Asgore used to have in his basement, with the bodies of the first 6 fallen humans*

Dukermin: The SOULs are gone but there are still bodies in there for some reason. 

Gaster: Do I even want to know why you have these? *gesturing* *pauses* *looks at the one with a red SOUL icon on it and frowns*

Dukermin: Probably not. *starts to leave*

Gaster: *under his breath* “Chara”...? That’s… odd.

Dukermin: oOh *turns back* Do you know them? Could give us some clues…

Gaster: This is the first human’s coffin, is it not? Why does it have someone else’s name on it? Or does your friend simply have a macabre sense of humor? 

Dukermin: Hmm what name would you expect to be on it?

Gaster: … Radic. That was the first human’s name. *frowns, then finally actually looks at Dukermin, catching himself* I’m not sure why I’m even bothering to tell you about it. 

Dukermin: *shrugs* People like telling me stuff. I’m a good listener sometimes!

Mog Jr.: *making noise from the other room*

Nalitie: *upstairs, wondering where everyone went, having successfully secured 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 in her bunker with a bunch of cereal and candy and stuff* Hello???? 

Dukermin: HELLO! We’re with the dead bodies!!

Nalitie: *coming down the stairs* … why? 

Dukermin: I like it down here it’s peaceful also do you know anything about the first human being known as Radic?

Nalitie: I mean… not in the version of Undertale that we emptied out, no… We literally have that human on Pluto and their name is Chara??? They live in the box with Callie and Sans??? 

Dukermin: Maybe it’s like a cool nickname. Anyway Gaster seems to recall the first human being Radic, not Chara. Kinda interesting.

Nalitie: *frowning* *kind of glances back at him* Ic cogar quer istestnic evon unrer amiagenet abensio… Ellvie istest waum quer iscirnic diidgen abed quoi.

Dukermin: Abed quer iscir mati diidgen aber Undertale. (“But he knows many things about Undertale.”)

Nalitie: Etti… Deive Undertale abensio, tuun?

Dukermin: Ellvie ninic canon? (“Maybe not canon?”)

Gaster: “Undertale”? “Canon”? If you two are done talking about me directly in front of my face, I’m sure there’s something better we could be doing other than standing in this room full of coffins. For example, you could let me go about my business in peace and stop dragging me with you everywhere.

Dukermin: Okay but what is your business exactly??

Gaster: None of yours, thank you. 

Dukermin: In case you haven’t noticed, you’re not exactly in Kansas anymore.. AKA wherever you call home, whatever dimension that is. We can’t help you get back to where you came from if we can’t figure out where it is that you came from.

Nalitie: And we can’t do that until we figure out why a portal would have opened up from wherever you’re from to Erscoga. Are you sure you don’t remember what you were doing before you got here? 

Gaster: Plummeting to my death. I can only assume this is some twisted sort of afterlife where I’m going to spend eternity atoning for my sins in the form of being forced to accompany idiotic humans on meaningless adventures for the rest of my days. 

Dukermin: *translates for Nalitie* Doesn’t sound pleasant to us either, frankly.

Nalitie: Yeah, Dukermin already lives with one grumpy old man, and my house is WAY too full to accept more residents. Although I’m sure Bee would enjoy it… *still confused about her roommate’s confusing void child*

Dukermin: We definitely don’t have to stay in the coffin room, though. I suppose we should get back to the party…

Nalitie: Oh, right, the party… *heads back upstairs* *the couch has returned* Oh, good. *heads out the front door*

Dukermin *adios* *to the party*

(As the three of you head down the street towards the Opera House, there’s another HUGE clap of thunder. You can see some sort of light in the distance, far to the west towards Mackinac, clearly too bright to be actual lightning. The ground beneath you shakes violently.)

Dukermin: Ahh I can never remember what I supposed to do during earthquakes *stop drop and rolls*

Nalitie: *lays on the ground in the middle of the road*

Gaster: *wondering how he got himself into this, probably even more convinced that this is just his own personal version of Hell*

Dukermin: *gets up and brushes herself off when the shaking stops* That isn’t ominous at all.

Nalitie: *also getting up* Where did that even come from? *standing on her tiptoes, looking west as if that’s going to let her see wherever that was*

Dukermin: From Mackinac’s general direction. Should we… go take a look or…?

Nalitie: Probably, yeah. Maybe whatever’s making the portals is over there. *trying to figure out the best mode of transportation* 

Dukermin: Hmm is it van time?

Nalitie: I think it is! *to the van* *gently but insistently pushing Gaster towards the van*

Dukermin: *excitedly hops into the very reliable van*

Nalitie: *getting the portal set up*

Gaster: *came from an era before cars, has never been in a van*

Nalitie: *backs out of the driveway, then activates the van’s portal powers, aiming for Mackinac Island*

(The van lands in the front lawn of the Best Western in Mackinaw City.) 

Nalitie: Oh, dangit… *the van is stuck in the mud, unable to get enough traction* We might have to walk and take the ferry. 

Dukermin: *attempts to use a cosmic bubble to give it some leverage*

(The van sputters. It seems the battery has died.)

Dukermin: Yeahhhh i guess *to the ferry*

(And so the trio walked to the ferry, stole a boat, and finally made it to Mackinac Island…)

(Night has fallen over Mackinac Island, and the streets are fairly empty. The air is tense, though. You can see people in the windows of hotels pointing into the sky, talking to each other. A few people stand in doorways, looking down the street, speaking in hushed murmurs.)

Dukermin: *looks up to where everyone is pointing*

(The clouds are swirling in the sky over the forest of Mackinac Island State Park.  It looks like a storm is brewing, but there’s no rain and—as far as you can tell—the air is dry.)

Nalitie: Dang… That’s, um. Probably not normal. 

Dukermin: Probably not. *Looks to see if the storm is like… centered over a specific spot or swirling around a certain point*

(The clouds funnel down towards the ground in a perfect cone. Looks like a tornado is brewing, but it seems to not be moving.)

Nalitie: *actively stealing a bike*

Dukermin: Lot of stealing today *snags a tandem bike for her and Gaster*

Gaster: *reluctantly getting on the bike* *has never seen a bike before, either* 

(You head off down the road towards the State Park. The air seems to thicken around you, and you can feel Gaster gathering a static charge behind you. The swirl of clouds seems centered over Skull Cave.)

Dukermin: *hair getting all staticky in the back* Hey gaster could you knock that off… Your static is messing up my hair.

Gaster: It’s not my fault. It must be this strange thunderstorm that’s brewing. *seems a little spikier-looking than usual*

Dukermin: You better not get struck by lightning while we’re sharing a metal bike *ducks into the cave for cover being careful to NOT TOUCH THE WALLS*

Nalitie: *gets off of her bike before going in*

(Deep inside the cave, you can hear someone sobbing. There’s a huge flash from somewhere deep in the cave, and another deafening clap of thunder. The ground shakes momentarily, but the cave doesn’t collapse on you, at least. The static charge in the air dissipates.)

Dukermin: *trying to smooth her hair back down* Alrighty then, we got an ominously named cave with sobbing coming from inside. Cool stuff. *heads deeper in*

Nalitie: *shrugs and follows her, dragging Gaster along behind them*

(As you come to the back of the shallow cave, you see a woman curled in a ball on the ground, sobbing. She’s barefoot, a pair of sturdy leather boots sitting next to her. To her left, a big interdimensional portal is open, a swirl of purple and stars.  Two women come out of it—one dressed in fantastical colors, and the other in a blood-stained floral shirt and red vest.)

???: And in this universe—*stops and actually looks around, sees Dukermin and Nalitie and Gaster* … Actually, this one doesn’t look familiar at all. 

???2: What? What do you mean it’s not familiar??? We just came from a universe where we were rocks and you’re telling me that this one is weird to you? What about the one where I have hot dogs for fingers??? 

Dukermin: Umm… Welcome to Erscoga!

Nalitie: I’m Nalitie, and this is Dukermin, and that cranky skeleton man is Gaster. *pointing at everyone in turn* And I don’t know who that person is *points at the sobbing lady, who looks up at everyone with uncertainty* 

Dukermin: To put it simply, portals have been opening up in our… dimension here and dropping folks in. We’re working on it but you’re probably going to be stuck here for a bit…

(As if on cue, the portal behind them closes.) 

???: Hmph. It’s no matter. I can’t be bound by time and space. You wouldn’t understand. *pauses for an awkward amount of time* *mutters* why isn’t this working?

Dukermin: Were you… trying to do something just then?

???: Why… why can’t I feel any of the other… *looking around, panicking, as if she’s forgetting who she is*

???2: Joy? What’s wrong? 

Joy: *angrily* shhh! *waves a hand in ???2’s direction* I’m trying to… where… who… *suddenly very confused* Where am I? This… this isn’t my home??? *looking at herself* What am I wearing? 

Dukermin: Uhhh…

Nalitie: Welcome to Mackinac Island I guess? We are in a very creepy shallow cave! 

Sobbing Woman: *no longer sobbing, stands up* *putting her boots back on carefully* Oh God, I’m so sorry… I–I didn’t mean to do this… I haven’t meant to be doing this, and I thought if I buried myself here it would stop but… *about to break down again*

Dukermin: Whoa whoa whoa doing what exactly?

Woman Who Is No Longer Sobbing: The portals, I… All these people, oh God, I’ve been making such a mess of the multiverse and I can’t get it to stop…! *having a panic attack*

Dukermin: Oh no I’m bad at this stuff *sits down to join her* Hey, what’s your name?

Woman Who Is Sobbing Again: My… my name? O-oh, I guess I didn’t, um. *taking deep breaths* I’m Aubrey. 

Gaster: *being grilled with questions by Joy and the other woman who came with her* *uncomfortable, but supposes he deserves this as his afterlife*

Dukermin: It’s nice to meet you Aubrey. I’m Dukermin, this is Nalitie, we’re the queens of this dimension and we will do whatever we can to help you.

Aubrey: *laughing and crying now* Of course I would draw the attentions of the queens of the whole dimension… ugh what a mess. I’m surprised you didn’t catch me sooner. I really really didn’t mean to pen all those portals, I know that’s not supposed to happen here, I just—I… do what you want with me, I guess, but know that I really wasn’t trying to do any of this! *wasn’t really listening to what Dukermin said*

Dukermin: I believe you. Let’s take this one step at a time okay? How did you get to this dimension?

Aubrey: Get here? Um… I don’t remember for sure, but I think it was at the same time as everyone else on this island…? S-sorry, it’s a little fuzzy. We all just woke up here one day… 

Dukermin: So you’ve been here for a little while then, okay. But the portals didn’t start right when we brought Mackinac, right?

Nalitie: As far as I know… *to Aubrey* have you always been able to open portals like this? 

Aubrey: I… *memory is a little fuzzy* No. There was… Ugh, you’re never going to believe me, but I was in this… place? But it was also sort of a not-place, and this… I guess he was a person, of sorts? Art, his name was, he said that he couldn’t get out of that not-place, but he was able to give me the power to, and then suddenly I was back home again… And since then I’ve had these… episodes, I guess, fluctuations. But they’ve been getting worse and worse lately. They hadn’t been opening portals before, just the thunder and the lightning. And then suddenly the portals started opening, a-and I thought maybe it was just going to be the one or two, but now they won’t stop and I can’t control it, and even the boots aren’t enough anymore… 

Dukermin: The boots stop the portals from opening?

Aubrey: The boots help keep the powers in check, a little. Um… are you familiar with that really popular movie that came out in 2013? Frozen? It’s a little like that… B-but they never made portals before recently, so I guess not… 

Dukermin: So making portals is not the only power that you have. 

Aubrey: I… I guess I don’t know exactly what the powers are? At first, before I found out that the boots could help, it was just earthquakes and thunderstorms. Changing the weather in that way. 

Dukermin: Gotcha. So where did you find the boots?

Aubrey: Oh, those? Um… There’s this antique shop, over in Mackinaw City. The owner… he’s this really weird guy, but he assured me the boots were just normal boots. Ones that his… sibling donated, I think?

Dukermin: Wait. Old guy, sells a lot of sweaters??

Aubrey: yes… Have you been there? It’s a curious shop, but… the prices are pretty good.

Dukermin: Yeah we’ve been there… *side-eyes Gaster*

Nalitie: We have??? When???

Dukermin: Mettaton and I went. You went home. It’s Frisk’s shop.

Nalitie: Uh… Frisk the child who lives on Pluto owns an antique shop in Mackinaw City? 

Dukermin: No Frisk the old man. Who lives in Mackinaw and owns an antique shop.

Nalitie: … huh.

Gaster: *tired of answering Joy’s questions, comes back over by Dukermin and Nalitie* Do we have to be having this truly riveting conversation inside of this cave? *won’t admit it, but had been enjoying being not underground finally*

Aubrey: *doesn’t have the translator, and so hears nothing but Wingdings* *stares at him with wide eyes* It’s you…! B-but… how? 

Dukermin: *points at both of them*

Gaster: Excuse me?

Aubrey: *can’t understand him* You told me that you couldn’t get out of that not-place… I-I don’t understand, Art… 

Dukermin: *points both fingers at Gaster* Okay one second -- so Tobias recognized you and spoke to you in Wingdings, and now Aubrey recognizes you also… from a not-place. This is voidy!!

Nalitie: Right, because Bee recognized him as a “Void… friend…” *realization* Oh my God???? THAT’S WHY YOU SOUNDED FAMILIAR. But wait, you look different and also seemed to not understand Pluto?

Dukermin: Right and why would a character in the void come through a portal?

Gaster: What is this “Void” you keep talking about?

Joy: *eavesdropping* You haven’t heard? It’s really quite the place. You could say I’m there all the time, even when I’m not. *sardonic smile* I could be there a lot more if Evelyn would just follow me into The Bagel… 

Dukermin: …Righttt… um so the Void is where deleted characters go. Congratulations we figured it out you’re a deleted character! *jazz hands*

Gaster: *levelling a really unimpressed look at her* I think I would remember being somewhere like that.

Dukermin: *translating everything* UnlessssSS! Because time is weird ! The portal picked you up from some time before you were deleted OrR from some sort of AU??

Nalitie: Well, the last thing you said you remembered was plummeting to your doom, though, right? So maybe you were dead in there and for some reason you’re alive now…? But I guess AU is possible, some timeline where you weren’t erased… … *frowning* but if you don’t remember being on Pluto at all, which is where we put you, then maybe you are a different guy? Cause like… I distinctly remember that we usually write back and forth to you??? But you don’t have your whiteboard, and you look significantly less… melty than usual, and also you have those hands *pointing at the magic hands that have been following him around everywhere, moving as he talks* which are DEFINITELY new and uh… all that’s to say maybe we should go back to Pluto… We can drop these guys *gestures to Joy and ???2* off at the Christmas Party.

Dukermin: Yeah that’ll be nice. 

Nalitie: *prepares a lunchbox portal, you know the drill…* 

(After dropping off the new guests at the Christmas Party, you, Aubrey, and Gaster head to Pluto. It’s about the same as when you left it. Alphys’s lab is stable. Undyne and that guy in the big coat are still filling in holes. The two normal-looking dudes are throwing pennies into one of the melted holes, making wishes.)

Aubrey: *nervous about her powers acting up* Are you sure it’s safe for me to be here? 

Dukermin: We’ll find out! *off to find Mr. Face Man*

Nalitie: I’m sure it will be fine! *dragging Gaster along behind her*

Gaster: *clearly does NOT want to be here, did not want to be involved in any of this*

(Callie and Chara are sitting in their glass box, napping. Sans’s chair has a “Back Soon” sign taped to it. The lights are off at Sans’n’Pap’s house, since they’re at the Christmas Party. A dark figure stands at the entrance of their shed, behind the yellow police tape.)

Dukermin: um excuse me this is an active crime scene???

(The figure turns to look at you. It’s Mr. Face Man, looking as unreadable as ever with his ever-present smile. He doesn’t have his whiteboard on him. The pile of glittery dust that used to be Narissa sparkles behind him as he stares at you.)

Mr. Face Man: ☟︎☜︎☹︎☹︎⚐︎ ✌︎☝︎✌︎✋︎☠︎📬︎ ✋︎ 🕈︎✌︎💧︎ 💣︎☜︎☼︎☜︎☹︎✡︎ ☼︎☜︎☞︎☹︎☜︎👍︎❄︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ⚐︎☠︎ ❄︎☟︎✋︎💧︎ 🕈︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎ ⚐︎☞︎ ☹︎✋︎☞︎☜︎📬︎ 💧︎🕆︎👍︎☟︎ ✌︎ 💧︎☟︎✌︎💣︎☜︎ ❄︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ ✌︎☠︎⚐︎❄︎☟︎☜︎☼︎ 🕈︎✌︎☼︎ ☟︎✌︎👎︎ ❄︎⚐︎ ☟︎✌︎🏱︎🏱︎☜︎☠︎ ☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎📪︎ ✌︎☠︎👎︎ 💧︎⚐︎ 💧︎⚐︎⚐︎☠︎ ✌︎☞︎❄︎☜︎☼︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ ☹︎✌︎💧︎❄︎📬︎

Gaster: *has not met anyone else who speaks Wingdings, at least not in a very, VERY long time, is baffled* *also this guy feels… a little familiar?*

Dukermin: *translates for Nalitie* Yes it’s a shame… So we wanted to introduce you to this guy, Gaster…

Mr. Face Man: Ah… how interesting. It is rare to see this man so untouched by The Void… 

Aubrey: *looking between the two of them, confused now* Art…? 

Gaster: What do you mean, “untouched by The Void”? Who are you?

Mr. Face Man: *ignoring Gaster, turning to Aubrey* Hello, child. I have not seen you for a long time. Or perhaps lack there-of. We both know that time means naught in The Void, and yet here we both are, finally in a plane of existence.

Aubrey: *can’t understand him*

Dukermin: *translates*

Aubrey: It is you…! Then who… *looking at Gaster now* I’ve never met anyone else who could speak the way you do. I suppose I thought that was something only you could do.

Mr. Face Man: It is in its own way, I suppose. No two voices are alike, after all.

Nalitie: *interrupting* Uh did she say your name was Art? I guess we never asked AFTER we gave you that whiteboard… 

Mr. Face Man: Ah, yes, how foolish of me for not re-introducing myself after we learned to communicate. S. G. Art, at your service. 

Dukermin: Hm. Well nice to formally meet you, Art. How do you recognize Gaster?

Art: Child, have you forgotten our first meeting? Where I was at that point in not-time, I was an Observer of worlds. Erscoga, yes, but all of the others as well. You would be surprised how often your friend comes up.

Gaster: I’m not their “friend.” What do you mean, you’re an Observer of worlds? What is this Void you all keep speaking of? *is not up to date and also was not answered earlier*

Art: I would say that you’ll know firsthand soon, but since you’re here and I’m not there to view your destiny, I suppose I can no longer say for certain… *giving him a critical appraisal* I must say, it is a very rare occurrence indeed that a version of you in this state would be spared time in The Void. Those cracks in your face, the state of your coat… I can tell you are not one to choose mercy. And I can see by those fractures lining your body that you’ve already gotten a taste of Our Friend, The Void Itself in one way or another… Oh, yes, it wasn’t too long before you were meant to be swallowed up. I suppose our dear Aubrey must have done you this kindness without even knowing, the dear… 

Gaster: *reflexively putting a hand on the back of his neck, which is littered with hairline fractures from a recent experiment that went Terribly Wrong* *squinting suspiciously at this person who knows far too much about him, just like that thing*

Dukermin: *has been frantically translating* Okay that was a lot… anyway. Uh yeah.

Aubrey: *frowning* *to Gaster* I don’t recall you coming through any of my portals, but… if Art says it, it must be true. *to Art* Certainly now that we’re out of The Void, you could take these powers away again? We don’t need them anymore, we’ve both escaped…!

(Art’s face doesn’t change, but you can feel a shift in the air, a tension.)

Art: Oh, my dear, how I would love to relieve you of this burden. But I cannot in this state, not by myself, anyway. When we were there, I could grant you that kindness due to the nature of The Void. But when we are here, I am subject to the same rules as any other Erscogan. … Hm, but perhaps, with the help of our illustrious queens, we could reach… a resolution.

Dukermin: For sure! That’s what we’re here for after all! What can we do to help??

Art: Do you recall your “A Very Belated Very Erscoga Christmas the Second”? There was a certain man, a doppelganger if you will, in one of the dimensions you travelled through. Although he himself is seemingly mundane, he has ties to the magical version of himself who lives in your house here in Erscoga. All you need to do is obtain his knowledge of the multiverse, of traversing the planes of reality and manipulating worlds within worlds… This will give you the power needed to remove this curse from our dear friend.

Dukermin: …Really? That’s it? Just go talk to Snape’s doppelganger?

Art: Oh yes, certainly less exciting than I’m sure you were hoping for. But the key to this dilemma resides in him. He may not realize it, though, and is likely to resist giving you the answer you seek. But I am sure with enough persuasion, you will find the proper information.

Dukermin: Like… is there a more specific thing we’re looking for from him? Like a password or… coordinates to a super secret wormhole that will take us to some fascinating land of behemoths?

Art: You will know it when you hear it. Perhaps it might be prudent to ask him of The Oracle. A hint may suffice—you may be able to get somewhere if you ask him what it means to “beware of the man who came from the other world.”[2]

(The ground rumbles. Aubrey looks frightened. Gaster mulls over Art’s clue with a weird look on his face, as if it sounds familiar to him.)

Art: Ah, but you must hurry. I fear time is not in Erscoga’s favor.

Dukermin: uUUgh fine.

Nalitie: I… guess it can’t hurt. *to Dukermin* Istest unis enpere Gaster itap unum?

Dukermin: Quas alst wuram quer faen?

Nalitie: *shrugs* Alrighty, then, I guess we’re… off to school. *muttering under her breath* I hope they don’t remember our faces… *to Gaster* And you’re coming with us, old man! 

(To be continued…)

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[1] Dialogue taken from @zarla-s's Ukagaster. (Handplates!Gaster and Sixbones also belong to her.)

[2] Dialogue taken from The River Person in Undertale.

#story document #arc 2 #erscoga

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MBS Space Opera????

Hello!!! How did you know that I found the thing about asks while I was looking through my drafts for an ask you sent me about this very thing that I didn't realize I hadn't responded to!! (It was whether the Ten Men have a spaceship-type vehicle called the Salamander which they absolutely do)

Also I just opened that document back up for the first time in a while following a series of bizarre choices my past self made such as downloading the google doc as a pdf, a word doc, AND a text file and then specifically editing the text file, before eventually reuploading it to google docs???? I could not tell you why past me made the choices he did lol. But anyways!!!! Long story short I was thinking about this so your ask was very well timed 😄😄😄

I was trying to figure out who all is in the circus, because writing the overarching plot feels a bit overwhelming at present but I have a series of snippets about Kate's life in the circus that I started the last time I was actively thinking about this AU, so that seemed like a good place to start back up (also it can involve drawing/doodling a bunch of people on a sheet of paper which is something I enjoy doing)

I was trying to figure out how the falconer character fits into this au, because they are important to me, even if Madge in this au is Kate's ship and not a bird (the falconer for the circus is also the main pilot right now), because if you go through all the training required to be a falconer you have to have a lot of understanding of birds' needs and well-being, and that might be hard to accommodate on a space ship. The current idea is that the falcon somehow ended up loose on a space station due to *gestures vaguely* hi-jinks, and the falconer was either passing through and offered to help or was specifically hired to rescue it, but then she just. had a falcon on a space station and what are you supposed to do then?? and the only people who were fine with someone bringing a live falcon on their ship were a group of circus performers....

Also one of the circus people is really into robotics and another likes art and sculpture, so they make these fantastical moving kinetic sculpture robot things that are incorporated into shows :)

#thank you so much for the ask!!!!!! #mysterious benedict society #mbs space opera au

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Top 10 Classic Theatrical Cartoon Shorts

Theatrical shorts were the backbone for American animation from the 20's to the 60's,and they created characters who were just as big of stars .When I think of 20th Century American animation ,as much as Disney dominated with their films ,I think we must pay due to the folks at Termite Terrace working for Waner Brothers ,The Fleischer Brothers, Hannah Babera ,Tex Avery and UPA (Which I just didnt have room to showcase the latter two )

Keep in mind I havent seen every cartoon ever

10.Brave Little Tailor

In this short Mickey must reluctantly take down a giant .Yeah of all the Disney shorts this one might be my favorite .I like the fairy tale its based on ,it has some good gags involving Mickey fighting the giant and I prefer Mickey when he is a more heroic type character

9.Popeye the Sailor vs Sinbad the Sailor

In this short Bluto takes on the role of Sinbad out to prove he is the superior sailor to Popeye.I love the various monsters,Sinbads song is catchy,and the action and gags are fun

8.Hair Raising Hare

Bugs Bunny is lured to a castle to be dinner for a monster (Later named Gossamer ) .I love the horror themed shorts ,this has some great gags ,and its always been a favorite

7.Snow White

Betty Boop stars in this loose take on Snow White .This short is surreal,kind of creepy,whith the stand out being Cab Calloway as Koko being turned into a monster and singing St James Infirmery

6.Birds Anonymous

Sylvester decides to give up trying to eat Tweety .THis is my fave Friz Frieling directed short as well as being my fave Sylvester short .It is a take on addiction .and I think what makes it work is the addiction is played straight and Mel Blanc gives a very solid performance,perhaps his best

5.Cat Concerto

Tom is classically trained pianist who must play while dealing with Jerry's mischief . My favorite Tom and Jerry short,at least the one I think of when thinking of Tom and Jerry

4.Mechanical Monsters

A group of robots go on jewel heists ,accidently taking Lois,so it is up to Superman to save the day .My favorite of the Superman shorts , great animation and great action ,with the robots being highly influential on various filmmakers (Including Hiyao Miyazaki )

3.The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

Daffy Duck knocks himself out imaging ihe is his comic book hero Dick Tracy .One of my fave early Looney Tunes, Bob Clampetts masterpiece ,and full of great gags and characterdesigns

2.Whats Opera Doc

An operatic take on a typical Bugs vs Elmer short . A beautiful mix of artistry and humor ,as well as an oppurtunity for Mel Blancand Arthur Q Bryant to show off their singing chops

1.Duck Amuck

Daffy Duck vs an animator .One of the most meta things I have ever seen ,keeping our main character consistant while changing well....Everything ,and it is incredibly funny

Well those are my favorites,if you have a favorite animated short feel free to share

Also tell me if you want me to talk about more animated shorts ,cause there were ones I left out

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EPISODE VOLUME 1 DISC 1 BASEBALL BUGS RABBIT SEASONING LONG-HAIRED HARE HIGH DIVING HARE BULLY FOR BUGS WHATS UP DOC? RABBIT'S KIN "WATER WATER EVERY HARE H" BIG HOUSE BUNNY BIG TOP BUNNY My Bunny Lies Over the Sea WABBIT TWOUBLE BALLOT BOX BUNNY RABBIT OF SEVILLE DISC 2 DUCK AMUCK DOUGH FOR THE DO-DO DRIP- ALONG DAFFY SCAREDY CAT THE DUCKSTERS THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKEL YANKEE DOODLE DAFFY PORKY CHOPS WEARING OF THE GRIN DEDUCE YOU SAY BOOBS IN THE WOODS GOLDEN YEGGS RABBIT FIRE DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24½2TH CENTURY DISC 3 ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA BUGS BUNNY AND THE TREE BEARS Fast and Furry-ous HAIR-RAISING HARE Awful Orphan HAREDEVIL HARE FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS FRIGID HARE THE HYPO-CHONDRI-CAT BATON BUNNY FEED THE KIMY DON'T GIVE UP THE SHEEP BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID TORTOISE WINS BY A HARE DISC 4 CANARY ROW BUNKER HILL BUNNY KIT FOR CAT Putty Tat Trouble BUGS AND THUGS Canned Feud Lumber Jerks Speedy Gonzales Tweety's S.O.S. The Foghorn Leghorn Daffy Duck Hunt Early to Bet A Broken Leghorn DEVIL MAY HARE VOLUME 2 DISC 1 THE BIG SNOOZE BROOMSTICK BUNNY BUGS BUNNY RIDES AGAIN BUNNY HUGGED FRENCH RAREBIT Gorilla My Dreams The Hare-Brained Hypnotist HARE CONDITIONED The Heckling Hare LITTLE RED RIDING RABBIT TORTOISE BEATS HARE RABBI TRANSIT Slick Hare BABY BUGGY BUNNY HYDE AND HARE DISC 2 BEEP, BEEP Going! Going! Gosh! ZIPPING ALONG STOP LOOK AND HASTEN READY SET, ZOOM! Guided Muscle Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z There They Go-Go-Go! Scrambled Aches ZOOM AND BORED WHOA BE GONE CHEESE CHASERS THE DOVER BOYS MOUSE WRECKERS A BEAR FOR PUNISHMENT DISC 3 Bad Ol' Putty Tat All a Bir-r-r-d ROOM AND BIRD "GIFT WRAPPED C" Ain't She Tweet A BIRD IN A GUILITY CAGE "SNOW BUSINESS C" Tweetie Pie KITTY KORNERED BABY BOTTLENECK OlD GIORY The Great Piggy Bank Robbery Duck Soup to Nuts PORKY IN WACKYLAND DISC 4 Back Alley Oproar Book Revue A Corny Concerto Have You Got Any Castles? HOLYWOOD STEPS OUT I LOVE TO SINGA Katnip Kollege The Hep Cat THE THREE LITTLEST BOPS ONE FROGGY EVENNING RIAPSODY RABBIT SHOW BIZ BUGS STAGE DOOR CARTOON What's Opera, Doc? YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES VOLUME 3 DISC 1 HARE FORCE HARE REMOVER HARE TONIC A HARE GROWS IN MANHATTAN EASTER YEGGS The Wabbit Who Came to Supper BOWERY BUGS HOMELESS HARE CASE OF THE MISSING HARE ACROBATTY BUNNY Wackiki Wabbit HARE DO REBEL RABBIT HILLBILLY HARE DUCK RABBIT, DUCK DISC 2 DAFFY DUCK IN HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CAPERS THE COOCOO NUT GROVE PORKY'S ROAD RACE THE WOODS ARE FULL OF CUCKOOS SHE WAS ANACROBAT'S DAUGHTER THE FILM FAN SPEAKING OF THE WEATHER THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS GOOFY GROCERIES SWOONER CROONER WIDEO WABBIT THE HONEY MOUSERS THE LAST HUNGRY CAT THE MOUSE THAT JACK BUILT DISC 3 I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT PORKY'S ROMANCE PORKY'S PARTY PORKY IN EGYPT PORKY AND TEABISCUIT PIGS IS PIGS PIGS IN A POLKA PORKY PIG'S FEAT DAFFY DUCK SLEPT HERE BYE, BYE BLUEBEARD AN EGG SCRAMBLE ROBIN HOOD DAFFY THE WINDBLOWN HARE CLAWS FOR ALARM ROCKET SQUAD DISC 4 Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur SUPER-RABBIT DAFFY DUCK AND EGGHEAD A GRUESOME TWOSOME DRAFTEE DAFFY FALLING HARE STEAL WOOL BIRDS ANONYMOUS NO BARKING RABBIT PUNCH AN ITCH IN TIME Odor-Able Kitty WALKY TALKY HAWKY GONZALES' TAMALES TO BEEP OR NOT TO BEEP VOLUME 4 DISC 1 ROMAN LEGION-HARE THE GREY HOUNDED HARE RABBIT HOOD OPERATION: RABBIT KNIGHT-MARE HARE SOUTHERN FRIED RABBIT MISSISSIPPI HARE HURDY-GURDY HARE FORWARD MARCH HARE SAHARA HARE Barbary Coast Bunny 8 BALL BUNNY KNIGHTY KNIGHT BUGS RABBIT ROMEO DISC 2 THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING PIG LITTLE PANCHO VANILLA LITTLE BEAU PORKY NOW THAT SUMMER IS GONE A PORKY IN THE NORTH WOODS YOU'RE AN EDUCATION PORKY'S RAILROAD PLANE DAFFY PORKY THE FIREMAN "A CRACKED ICE C" PUSS N' BOOTY LI GOT PLENTY OF MUTTON BOOBY HATCHED 12 PORKY'S POULTRY PLANT THE STUPID CUPID DISC 3 CAT-TAILS FOR TWO TABASCO ROAD TORTILLA FLAPS Mexicali Shmoes HERE TODAY GONE TAMALE WEST OF THE PESOS CANNERY WOE THE PIED PIPER OF GUADALUPE MEXICAN BOARDERS CHILI WEATHER A MESSAGE TO GRACIAS NUTS AND VOLTS Pancho's Hideaway THE WILD CHASE "A-HAUNTING WE WALL GO H" DISC 4 THE NIGHT WATCHMAN CONRAD THE SAILOR THE SOUR PUSS THE ARISTO-CAT DOUGH RAY ME-OW PIZZICATO PUSSYCAT KISS ME CAT CAT FEUD THE UNEXPECTED PEST GO FLY A KIT KIDDIN' THE KITTEN A PECK O' TROUBLE MOUSE AND GARDEN PORKY'S POOR FISH SWALLOW THE LEADER VOLUME 5 DISC 1 CARROT RABBIT ALI BABA BUNNY BUCCANEER BUNNY BUGS' BONNETS A STAR IS BORED A Pest in the House "TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 H" OILY HARE STUPOR DUCK THE STUPOR SALESMAN " The Abominable Snow Rabbit" The Super Snooper The Up-Standing Sitter Hollywood Daffy You Were Never Duckier DISC 2 BEWITCHED BUNNY PAYING THE PIPER THE BEAR'S TALE FONEY FABLES GOLDIMOUSE AND THE THREE CATS HOLIDAY FOR SHOESTRINGS LITTLE RED RODENT HOOD LTTLE RED WALKING HOOD RED RIDING HOODWINKED THE TRIAL OF MR, WOLF TURN-TALE WOLF TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE TWEETY AND THE BEANSTALK A GANDER AT MOTHER GOOSE SEÑORELLA AND THE GLASS HUARACHE DISC 3 BACALL TO ARMS BUCKAROO BUGS CRAZY CRUISE FARM FROLICS HARE RIBBIN' PATIENT PORKY PREHISTORIC PORKY THE BASHFUL BUZZARD THE OLD GREY HARE THE WACKY WABBIT THE WISH QUACKING DUCK WAGON HEELS THE DAFFY DOC A TALE OF TWO KITTIES PORKY'S POOCH DISC 4 ALPINE ANTICS EATIN' ON THE CUFF OR THE MOTH WHO CAME TO DINNER MILK AND MONEY I'VE GOT TO SING A TORCH SONG PORKY AT THE CROCADERO POLAR PALS SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY PORKY'S DOUBLE TROUBLE GOLD DIGGERS OF '49 "PILGRIM PORKY T" Wise Quackers porky's preview Porky's Poppa Wholly Smoke What Price Porky VOLUME 6 DISC 1 HARE TRIGGER TO DUCK. OR NOT TO DUCK BIRTH OF A NOTION MY LITTLE DUCKAROO CROWING PAINS Raw! Raw! Rooster! HEAVEN SCENT MY FAVORITE DUCK JUMPIN' JUPITER SATAN'S WAITIN HOOK, LINE AND STINKER BEAR FEAT DOG GONE SOUTH A HAM IN A ROLE OFTEN AN ORPHAN DISC 2 HERR MEETS HARE RUSSIAN RHAPSODY DAFFY - THE COMMANDO BOSKO THE DOUGHBOY ROOKIE REVUE THE DRAFT HORSE WACKY BLACKOUT THE DUCKTATORS THE WEAKLY REPORTER FIFTH COLUMN MOUSE MEET JOHN DOUGHBOY Hollywood Canine Canteen BY WORD OF MOUSE HEIR-CONDITIONED YANKEE DOOD IT DISC 3 CONGO JAZZ SMILE, DARN YA, SMILE! THE BOOZE HANGS HIGH ONE MORE TIME BOSKO'S PICTURE SHOW YOU'RE DOIN'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DOIN WERE IN THE MONEY RIDE HIM. BOSKO! SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO BOSKO IN PERSON THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON BUDDY'S DAY OUT BUDDY'S BEER GARDEN BUDDY'S CIRCUS A CARTOONIST'S NIGHTMARE DISC 4 HORTON HATCHES THE EGG LIGHTS FANTASTIC FRESH AIREDALE CHOW HOUND THE OILY AMERICAN IT'S HUMMER TIME ROCKET-BYE BABY GOO GO0 GOLIATH WILD WIFE MUCH ADO ABOUT NUTTING THE HOLE IDEA NOW HEAR THIS MARTIAN THROUGH GEORGIA PAGE MISS GLORY NORMAN NORMAL

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Looney Tunes Home Video Thoughts #6 - The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 14-19

August 1984 - The Looney Tunes Video Show (Vol. 14-19)

Format: VHS/Betamax

Original Price: Unknown

Next up while I cover the history of Looney Tunes on home video, While in America, the two compilation films, 1001 Rabbit Tales and Fantastic Island were released. The Looney Tunes Video Show was expanded in the United Kingdom as Volumes 8 through 13 were released in January 1984. And making their video debut in this market are a combination of some of the most popular and some rare findings of Warner Bros. Post-1948 cartoon catalog.

And expanded from 7 cartoons, each tape contains 10 cartoons. And they are only mastered in PAL format, which has a higher resolution than the NTSC 480 format. However, cartoons mastered in PAL are technically sped up by 4 percent resulting the audio to be pitched up almost one semitone. That’s normal for most international markets but not for US, Canada, and Japan markets.

Variety still plays a huge part. The cartoons still have the same low quality transfers. Telecine scan from 35mm prints onto 1-inch videotape.

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Vol. 14

Broom-Stick Bunny

Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

Gonzales' Tamales

The Hasty Hare

A Hound for Trouble

The Lion's Busy

Mouse Wreckers

Tweety's S.O.S.

Bugs and Thugs

D' Fightin' Ones

With 4 of 10 shorts being Bugs Bunny cartoons, they are different nonetheless. Vol. 14 is packed with a collection of colorful shorts, in addition to the marquee characters, it includes one with Charlie Dog and one with Beaky Buzzard. With many fan favorites, this a great tape.

Vol. 15

One Froggy Evening

French Rarebit

Tabasco Road

Hyde and Go Tweet

Little Beau Pepé

Much Ado About Nutting

What's Opera, Doc?

Bear Feat

Daffy Duck Hunt

Each Dawn I Crow

Vol. 15 is an excellent video collection filled with popular favorites, rare gems, and a variety that's outstanding. Including 2 Chuck Jones classics, comedy capers in different settings. Hyde formulas, French chefs, a grand opera, and Daffy as Santa Claus. Brilliant.

Vol. 16

Frigid Hare

Henhouse Henery

Hyde and Hare

Little Boy Boo

Mutiny on the Bunny

Zoom and Bored

Beep Prepared

Bugsy and Mugsy

Daffy's Inn Trouble

Baton Bunny

BONUS

Bell Hoppy

Chili Weather

A majority of this Vol. 16 is filled with Bugs Bunny shorts, Foghorn got two, and Road Runner & Coyote got two. Nonetheless, the bonus cartoons are a nice surprise, and the presentation does present some variety based on the premises. This is still a good tape compilation.

Vol. 17

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

Here Today, Gone Tamale

The Hypo-Chondri-Cat

Little Red Rodent Hood

My Bunny Lies over the Sea

Zip 'n Snort

Design for Leaving

Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

High Diving Hare

Jumpin' Jupiter

Vol. 17 improves from the previous video from its selection to order of presentation. Beginning with a one-shot cartoon and saving the best until the end like "High Diving Hare" and "Jumpin' Jupiter" make it a great viewing experience. Great cartoon choices, a great tape

Vol. 18

Long-Haired Hare

My Little Duckaroo

Bewitched Bunny

Bunny Hugged

Devil's Feud Cake

Fast and Furry-ous

Gift Wrapped

Hip Hip- Hurry!

A Kiddies Kitty

Lovelorn Leghorn

Vol. 18 puts more focus on the marquee characters. Starting right off the bat with four Chuck Jones cartoons, with the remaining of the video focusing on the marquee characters. Still a good collection with the addition of some rare findings even on VHS.

Vol. 19

Napoleon Bunny-Part

Tweet Tweet Tweety

Big House Bunny

Canary Row

Dog Pounded

Going! Going! Gosh!

Kiss Me Cat

Nelly's Folly

Touché and Go

A Bird in a Bonnet

Despite the last cartoon finishing this series off on a wimper (the musician's strike of 1958 forced Termite Terrace to use stock music), four Tweety and Sylvester cartoons, this tape is alright. Vol. 19 is definitely a worthy extension if you in search for some rare oddities.

This concludes The Looney Tunes Video Show. Excellent front cover work by the artists. Warner Home Video's UK division gave us more cartoons than what was seen in America at the time. The UK did not have The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show or syndicated program plots. Some of these shorts are seen once a day on BBC.

Up next, is the Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Wave 1 (October 1985).

PREVIOUS: Looney Tunes Home Video Thoughts #5 - The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 8-13

NEXT: Looney Tunes Home Video Thoughts #7 - Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection: The Tribute Cassettes (1985)

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[wildflowerbun]

for the music thing! I love LOVE music all the time but especially when I am regressed so I have a lot lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Softer songs: Boats & Birds by Gregory and the Hawk, Ladybug Picnic by Elizabeth Mitchell, Love You by The Free Design, The Bullfrog Opera by The Okee Dokee Brothers, and Stay Awake from Mary Poppins Music Box: Baby Mine from Dumbo, Snowdin Town (Lullaby Version) from Undertale, Home from Undertale, His Theme (Lullaby Version) from Undertale, and Kaze no Toorimichi (Path of the Wind) from My Neighbor Totoro Regular Songs/More Upbeat: Baby Beluga by Raffi, How to Believe by Bridgit Mendler, literally any barbie movie music (animated), Where You Are from Moana, Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride from Lilo and Stitch, Little Bird Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell, Winnie-the-Pooh from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Planets from Blue's Clues, Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat from the Aristocats, Stuffy the Great from Doc McStuffins, Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea from Ponyo, You Are My Sunshine - Christina Perri version, Bratz Babys The Movie Opening, and Ready or Not from Bratz Babys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry for such the long message, but this is something I am really interested in!!

just added them to the playlist !! thank you so much :D

#sorry it's been a couple days !! #finally had a minute to sit down and add them :3 #asks #munch talks

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#my art #scp containment breach #scp #scp foundation #scp fandom #scp confinement #scp 035 #scp 049 #049 #035 #049 x 035 #035 x 049 #opera and the bird doc

[ducktracy]

i remember very few looney tunes shorts from my childhood and the one i remember the most vividly is of course the one where elmer spends 7 minutes blowing out a candle with 0 dialogue whatsoever

#i remember that one (goodnight elmer) boom revue room and bird and what’s opera doc #to be honest book revue is the only one i’ve rewatched. i haven’t bothered to check out the others yet

[aroaceacacia]

i was wondering about different species and worldbuilding! space opera came on my dash and i thought of the crew im a part of on server and drawing them in space opera, but im not sure how itd fit in with the worldbuilding as it stands now

hmmm well I can give a few species we have so far!

humans - "humans are space orcs" trope, rare to see in space because they tend to stick with other humans

lumians - @kingtheghast has written about lumians somewhere! they glow

lykon - (singular lykos, plural lykon) this is what ren is! a species of wolf-like people. they tend to be pretty big; ren is small for a male lykos (hes about 6.5-7 feet tall) because hes transgender. his height is more in line with afab lykon. pack animals!

kyniklians - rabbit people! they are also pretty big, with long soft ears and powerful legs

knallans - they're uh. they're. they have lots of arms and legs and soft fur. doc is a knallan. @daisycraft is the knallan lore expert

glares - they're funny little plant guys, inspired by the glare mob mojang developed for the most recent mob vote! we honestly havent done much with them

theres also bird people, cat people, dragon people, robots and androids, space ghosts, slimes, bug people, fauns, and ethoslab, although I dont remember all of the names of each species. most of the species world building has been done for knallans, lykon, and lumians, and most everything else is very much free reign to play with. you're also welcome to just make up a species because that's basically what we do all the time!

we dont have a lot of (or any, really) hard and fast rules on worldbuilding; mostly we just bounce ideas off each other and see what literally sticks in our collective understanding of what "spopera" is (example: us using two different but similar versions of a planet name because nobody could remember what we had actually decided on)

#asks #space opera au

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I added 403 tags in 2021

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#5

I did the challenge that was made by @satzzzwarriorcats and it’s very fun! 

219 notes • Posted 2021-06-09 15:04:22 GMT

#4

OKAY Drawtectives Finale fanart part two. I died laughing every time I thought of Emery in arm jail so I had to draw it. 

catch me on the ground after getting so attached to these characters,,., blease they gotta come back

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#3

me: ugh I hate tropes

the trope: a person is host to some powerful entity and they have witty banter with each other

me: omg a person is host to some powerful entity and they have witty banter with each other

Featuring: Venom (moreso from the 2018 movie), Hector and Vincent (Wereworld), Jeremy and the SQUIP (blended from the book and musical), Prosper and Alastor (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding), Greedling (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), and O’Malley and Doc (Red vs. Blue). 

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#2

Drawtectives: Orc Lore

So in honor of S1 of Drawtectives almost being over, I decided to rewatch all the episodes and compile all the “orc lore” Jacob spills, because it is delightful. I know people have suggested doing this but I haven’t seen anyone actually compile it all, so I’m sorry if you already have and I missed it. Also there were some things I left out because they felt more like just a joke, or weren’t important enough, or too non-specific. Some of the lore is contradictory but it’s so impressive for improv worldbuilding. Anyways! Enough of that. Read on: 

Episode 1:

- York is orc on his father’s side, human on his mother’s

- His father is the tribe’s leader

- “Humans are kind of like pets to me”

- “I don’t know anything either, but I’m basically unkillable” - just a good York summary

- Has a case he keeps bones in

- Murder is a normal thing at orc parties

- The bone economy is introduced

Episode 2:

- York cannot write (does not understand the process of writing?)

- Orcs heal sickness by violently shaking the afflicted

- York is pretty good at mental math

Episode 3:

- Common misconception; York can read, just in the “orc runes”, not English

- Does not know what dollars are

- The bone economy is expanded upon; dragon bones are very valuable

- In orc culture you are polite to people who can kill you; rudeness is reserved for those you feel comfortable around

- York only learned about “motives” recently

- York is unaware of what jokes are

- He has never cried before?

- Food is eaten raw and possibly still alive

- In the bone economy, “candle bones” are worth 5 turtle bones, turtle bones are worth 5 rat bones, and a rat bone is worth 5 bug bones (bug bones are being phased out as a currency)

- Northern bugs do have bones

- Things that are the best to eat are the hardest to kill

- York’s hairstyle is popular, because he forced others to adopt it

Episode 4:

- “I’m about to humor your boy out the window” is just a very good quote

- York has trained warhounds before

- Wild trains live in wild train country. They cannot be slain or tamed, and are incredibly fast. It is the only thing York is terrified of 

- Orcs cannot refuse an invitation; half-orcs must give a tentative maybe

- Wild trains are a serious threat to York’s tribe

- York has “bad blood” with the Wild Lands

- Bikes are used to escape wild trains

Episode 5:

- Only one channel on TV is received in the Northern Tribes; orcish soap operas are most common - “Tusks of Our Lives”, “Maul My Children”, “One Fight to Live” (which has 37 seasons)

- Only one band in the Northern Tribes; Birds of Prey

- York is unaware bands other than that one existed

- York does not know what a camera is 

- Also does not know how TV works (”little people inside the box”)

- Cannot recognize his own face in a photo 

- Only lemons grow/are sold in the Northern Tribes

- York had a “yellow-slick toad” named Tammy as a child; previous crying point disproven as he cried at least 15 minutes when it died

- Wild trains are also called “ground planes” sometimes

- York has murdered his brother in an “unrightful claim to the throne” and “blood feud”

- He is apparently an orc prince; this does line up with the lore about him being the tribe leader’s son

- (Non-orc worldbuilding: boker, billiards, Grendan Fury, Go Bish)

Episode 6: (the piss episode)

- Orcs… do both at once, as it were

- He doesn’t wipe………

- “Pee is compliment, blood is insult”

- Class discourse is an important discussion in orcish culture

- Mirrors do not exist in the Northern Tribes

- Northern cats are apparently eight feet long and eight feet tall, roughly cuboid, and kept as battle cats

- “Northern hill squirrel”

Episode 7:

- Orcs are strongly anti-tobacco; instead they do mushrooms

- YORKY SNACKS

- York once held onto an antelope for two weeks

- “It takes five pickles to hold a potata” - common orcish childhood quote

- Fuzzy potatoes are a crop in the Northern Tribes; they are hard to perceive, and if you don’t put on your “pickle glove” before you hold one things will get real weird

- York does possess the ability to write both “eat my butt” and “wow now thatsa potata”

Episode 8:

- Orcs have two stomachs, requiring more food to fill them; they don’t need to eat for two days after the stomachs are full

- He “empties both stomachs at once”

- York has been in many knife fights

- Expansion on wild trains: they can be killed, evidently, but only if you sneak up and attack their engine compartment while they’re sleeping, if confronted you must lure them into a false sense of security. Wild trains do know when they are being depicted in art and can sense it, will attack (?)

- Whatever leg wrestling is about

- Apparently once York killed a rhino by fanning his hand but I’m not sure if that was real or just to push Emery’s buttons

- “Is he doin slammer on me” - I just really like that

- Orcs are only babies for a couple hours

- YORK FEET PICS

- Possibly non-canonical but Jacob said York is on his Rumspringa and that is very funny

Episode 9:

- Non-orc actors and programs are being shown on orc TV?

- Orcs do not have dimples

- Old actors are called “road dogs” in the Northern Tribes

Episode 10:

- Ghosts exist in this world, but not in the Northern Tribes (“when people die, they die hard”)

- Reconfirmed: York is good at math

- Spilled milk is cried over in the North (it will make York cry)

- Has no pockets

(Updating:)

Episode 11:

- Not much but it’s a big one: 

Orcish elders have knowledge of Julia (and her artistic decisions)

One-Shot Stream:

- Orcs “feel time differently” - described as being like dog years (1 day feel like 3 days)

- Semi-related: orcs believe that people are never coming back when they leave and are surprised when they do

- York believed only murder was a crime

- Dogs love York

- York does not know what his birthday is

- After a birth in the Northern tribes, people “take a stick and scratch in the mud” the words ‘He was born’ so others know

- He doesn’t know what glass is? 

- “Faster than you can shake a leaf at a twig”

563 notes • Posted 2021-01-13 23:31:21 GMT

#1

HOLY COW I MISSED THESE GUYS!! 

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racha de pelis 2020

1- children of men

2- moonlight

3- lazzaro felice

4- jojo rabbit

5- match point

6- uncut gems

7- 1917

8- roma

9- pizza, birra, faso

10- parasite

11- the irishman

12- little women

13- upa!

14- upa! 2

15- frances ha

16- gran budapest hotel

17- moonrise kingdom

18- el huésped (2006)

19- get out

20- la lavandería

21- mi vecino totoro

22- volver

23- hereditary

24- el discreto encanto de la burguesía

25- perdí mi cuerpo

26- gone girl

27- call me by your name

28- 500 days of summer

29- mulholland drive

30- jennifer’s body

31- v de venganza

32- horse girl

33- assault on precint 13

34- repulsion

35- how much wood would a woodchuck chuck

36- drácula (1931)

37- yo maté a mi madre

38- la ventana indiscreta

39- raw (2016)

40- ciudadano kane

41- matador

42- el viaje de chihiro

43- blowup

44- the lobster

45- persona

46- la princesa mononoke

47- mother! (2017)

48- diario de una camarera

49- tres colores: bleu

50- el regreso del gato

51- tres colores: blanc

52- los amantes del circulo polar

53- tres colores: rouge

54- la niña santa

55- what we do in the shadows

56- mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

57- okja

58- singing in the rain

59- kiki entregas a domicilio

60- almost famous

61- átame!

62- carne

63- solo contra todos

64- zonas húmedas

65- trainspotting

66- la ola

67- ponyo

68- el padrino I

69- sin aliento

70- irreversible

71- pompeya

72- gato blanco gato negro

73- la naranja mecánica

74- dogtooth

75- billy elliot

76- drácula (1992)

77- viento del este (1970)

78- la chica del dragón tatuado

79- little miss sunshine

80- nacimiento de una nación

81- las dos tormentas

82- hellraiser

83- entreacto (1924)

84- dónde está la casa de mi amigo

85- el bonaerense

86- intolerancia

87- perro andaluz

88- the florida project

89- midsommar

90- home (2008)

91- crepúsculo<3

92- la madre (1926)

93- el fin de san petersburgo

94- reservoir dogs

95- the man with the movie camera

96- nanook el esquimal

97- las furias

98- la pasión de juana de arco (1927)

99- todo sobre mi madre

100- spiderman: into the multiverse

101- emma

102- los imperdonables

103- mother (2009)

104- sherlock jr

105- the cameraman

106- nosferatu

107- chunking express

108- rostros y lugares

109- bringing up baby

110- what’s up doc?

111- a night at the opera

112- los espigadores y la espigadora

113- solo los amantes sobreviven

114- incendies

115- el gabinete del dr caligari

116- m, el vampiro negro

117- el increíble castillo vagabundo

118- el hijo (2002)

119- acorazado potemkin

120- take me somewhere nice

121- rocky

122- octubre (1927)

123- cat people (1942)

124- amanecer (1927)

125- la noche del cazador

126- an affair to remember

127- freaks

128- it happened one night

129- el exorcista

130- cero en conducta

131- lady bird

132- escondidos en brujas

133- el seductor

134- otello (welles)

135- the lady vanishes

136- eyes wide shut

137- f for fake

138- roma, ciudad abierta

139- alemania, año cero

140- el ladrón de bicicletas

141- la grande belezza

142- pickpocket

143- noche y niebla

144- hiroshima, mon amour

145- un condenado a muerte se escapa

146- los 400 golpes

147- lina de lima

148- el robo del siglo

149- a propósito de niza

150- la ciénaga

151- gone girl

152- horton y el mundo de los quien

153- baby driver

154- loveless

155- ballerina

156- anomalisa

157- black panthers

158- lost in translation

159- los pájaros

160- what did the lady forget?

161- tangerine

162- the big lebowski

163- la maffia

164- blood simple

165- fargo

166- barton fink

167- good time

168- punch-drunk love

169- boogie nights

170- a ghost story

171- cigarettes & coffee

172- true grit

173- velvet buzzaw

174- klaus

175- the dreamers

176- burning

177- point break

178- coraline

179- she’s gotta have it

180- mid90s

181- hot summer nights

182- supercool

183- lawrence anyways

184- burn after reading

185- american history x

186- ema

187- charlie y la fábrica de chocolate

188- mommy

189- blue velvet

190- what we do in the shadows

191- retablo

192- mean girls

193- the conversation

194- i’m thinking of ending things

195- eraserhead

196- el ángel exterminador

197- babel

198- la balada de buster scrunggs

199- el inquilino

200- el fondo del mar

201- castro

202- lejano interior

203- phantom thread

204- vértigo

205- el ciclista (1989)

206- dallas buyers club

207- synecdoche, new york

208- no country for old men

209- death proof

210- blade runner 2049

211- the social dilemma

212- psicosis (1960)

213- rojo (2018)

214- in the soup

215- y tu mamá también

216- borat

217- borat 2

218- la jetée

219- whisky

220- lock, stock and two smoking barells

221- les amours imaginaires

222- ciudad de dios

223- american beauty

224- marie antoniette

225- historia de lo oculto

226- mank

227- being john malkovich

228- supercool

229- yo, adolescente

230- dolor y gloria

231- fight club

232- la mala educación

233- hard eight

234- jamon jamon

235- la noche del demonio 3

236- cleo de 5 a 7

237- el lado de la costa

238- saludos, cubanos!

239- balnearios

[spoonie-living]

Currently available FREE resources in response to COVID-19

Hey folks,

This is a little copypasta that’s been going around, and we figured we’d pass it along. It has a few money/utility-related resources and the rest are for entertainment.

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Money

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Entertainment

Free streaming from Pluto TV, plus free access to nightly streaming from the Metropolitan Opera.

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Check your local library system for digital access to books, comics, movies, and more!

Kids

20 days free access to Scholastic Learn at Home (up to 3 hours per day)

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Audible Stories

#spoonie #disability #chronic illness #covid-19 #coronavirus

[eliana-dreams]

Hey 👋 your trailer got me thinking. If they re-did newsies (for the screen, not stage), how would you like to see it portrayed? I feel like the two versions we have are very Disney-fied and I’m curious to know your thoughts. Also, thanks for the follow ❤️ Have a nice day!

Hi love! Imagining the different ways they could do this is one of my favorite pastimes. I like the movie format, but now I’m thinking a television series would be kind of cool. That way you can flush out all the details and historical elements, working in other subplots of the time.

While I’d love to see Newsies get made as a period drama, with all the grittiness of the time, I do like the comedic bits of the original. A Newsies’ era show with a modern twist would be interesting. 

But since we’re exploring, here are some ideas:

Okay, a fever-dream gilded age piece scored in psychedelic rock opera, in the spirit of 60s counterculture and revolution. Newsboy strike demonstrations amidst the backdrop of “For What It’s Worth” or “Volunteers of America.” Bohemian hangouts at Medda’s theater (maybe some opium) to “White Rabbit.” Spreading the word of the strike to “Long, Cool Woman in a Black Dress.” Beatnik protest publishing of the Newsies Banner at Denton’s to “Fortunate Son.” Kloppman has an eccentric anthropology professor look. Shaggy hair, fringe vests, loose jewelry, glowing lights, typewriters, rawhide sofas, street art, The Jacobs’ women and Medda getting involved in women’s suffrage and garment worker strikes, Pulitzer and his newspaper men getting stoned at exec meetings.

A stunning period film in the way of a Les Mis musical and Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette with morose synthpop. Gritty protest scenes that demonstrate police brutality and corruption, fight sequences reminiscent of a barricade battle, flashy Renaissance-painting imagery against Billy Idol, Depeche Mode, and some Fleetwood Mac. Luminous lighting at Medda’s, Sarah’s smudged mascara, Spot’s various tattoos, loud dance halls, riding those giant bicycles, crazy Edwardian hair (moussed fluffy pompadours and bird’s nest Gibson girls).

A strange belle époque movie that’s half-animated, half-fantasy in an unconventional but unsettling style that has an important lesson but makes you think. Rollerblading/skateboarding to deliver papers, lots of suede, flower crowns, fireworks, reading banned books in Central Park, dancing barefoot in the rain on newspaper row, burning incense. All scored by whimsical yet tear-jerking instrumental pieces. Musical talents by Abba or Air and/or Enya.

A musical with a bombardment of Wes Anderson-style art-nouveau effects and an entire soundtrack by James Blake or Labrinth. Color-coordination to provoke psychological/emotional subtext, glitter, modern choreography (bring Kenny Ortega back for that), beautiful hazy imagery, oozing colors, sunsets over the city skyline silhouetting dances, alien feel, raves at Irving Hall, avant-garde. Think 1996 Romeo and Juliet, but gilded-age New York. Solo numbers for the Delancey brothers, each of the Jacobs’ siblings, a good villain ballad (Pulitzer, Weasel, or Snyder), maybe even Spot.

A Tarantinio-esque, iconoclastic turn-of-the-century television show that has a ton of stimulating special effects and tattoos/piercings and is scored in 90s grunge ‘f the system’ songs. Period accurate wardrobe but Jack Kelly wears Doc Martens, David has communist patches on his newspaper satchel, hemp necklaces, chain smoking, blasting gramophone records in the lodging house, Pulitzer and Hearst are yuppie-esque, middle fingers, crushed velvet. Nine Inch Nails accompany Brooklyn newsies, The Smashing Pumpkins punctuate Jack’s desire to get away, Collective Soul for romance, and some L7 for riots.

A strictly period-accurate drama draped in a colorful wardrobe/set scheme with a neo-classical, ragtime, and folksy soundtrack. Historical slang/dialect (like Gangs of New York), newsies with a variety of strong accents (reflective of the immigrant influx of the time), silk gloves, extravagant chandeliers, dry martinis, name-dropping (Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Nellie Bly, Ida B. Wells, Helen Keller, etc.), unrequited love, seedy dives, a hellscape of a Refuge, and blood spilling in City Hall Park. Soundtrack includes Scott Joplin, vaudeville rhymes, burlesque ditties, operatic pieces, eclectic folk ballads.

An over-the-top, large-scale Progressive-Era mini-series directed by Taika Waititi with a quirky-cool pop score told memoir-style through Jack Kelly’s writing. Contemporary music. Exaggerated facial expressions/gestures, wild party scenes, comedic with melancholic moments, modern dialogue and slang, pop-cultural references played with winks and nods to camera, vibrant colors, city never sleeps. Spot Conlon has distinct background music that precedes him before he steps on scene, Medda wears outlandish ensembles to match her shows (cirque-de-soleil style), Pulitzer comes off a bit more sympathetic than Hearst. It ends with Jack Kelly finishing his writing, sitting on a train, staring out the window into the vast desert of New Mexico, another suitcase on the seat opposite him, though it’s left ambiguous as to who it belongs to.

#newsies #newsies 1992 #newsies movie #1992sies

[tiredassmage]

Art History Aesthetics - Astor Caulfield

Something that showed up on my dash! And I adore these little bold and italics dev games to bits because they’re such a fun way to say a bit about a character, but without the need to string together words. x,D Basically, these are just lists, and you bold what applies, and italicize what applies sometimes, somewhat, or situationally!

MEDIEVAL

Tired eyes. Coffee stains on the table. Listening to the bustle of the city. Unmade beds. Ponytails. Sunlight seeping through the curtains. Chapped lips. Walking barefoot across floorboards. Dusty dictionaries. Black and white reruns. Huge sweaters. The ticking of the clock. Hearing birds in the morning. Fireplaces. Falling asleep during class.

RENASSIANCE

Freckles. The sun rising. Watching the sea. Taking shots of the city. Historical museums. Bright eyes. Looking up at the clouds. Walls covered in artwork. Drawing in the middle of lessons. Tracing your fingers on the sand. Painting for hours. Staying in uncrowded coffee shops. Worn paperbacks. Messy braids. Going to bed with your knee socks on.

BAROQUE

Dark hair. A little sophisticated. Always observing the world around you. Intricate designs. High ceilings. Extravagant musical pieces. Dim lights. Colorless photographs. Fancy furniture. Pale skin. Hearing soft footfalls coming from outside your room. Mischievous looks. Bitten nails. Candlelight dinners. Dark shades of lipstick.

CLASSICAL

Chandeliers. The clinking of a teacup. Laced clothing. Modern architecture. Light hair. Watching the view from the terrace. Hidden birthmarks. Drinking tea in the morning. Wandering about in an empty building. Botanical gardens. Old films. Ancient marble sculptures. Expensive perfume. Breakfast in bed. Reading stories about mythology.

ROMANTIC

Compassion. Short writings on scraps of paper. Blushed cheeks. A bouquet of roses. Reading collections of poetry late at night. Loose hair. Carpeted floors. Attending operas. Faint music playing in the background. Staying under the covers until midday. The night sky. Streetlights. Picking flowers. Dancing around in silk dresses. Scented candles.

Not necessarily tagged by anyone, and tagging anyone who would like to do this! I’ll probably do these for a few more characters, and I think there’s another few ~games like this one I have stashed away somewhere on dev docs, so a few more might crop up, too!

#ffxiv #ffxiv oc #ch: astor caulfield #my wol #art history aesthetic meme

[myhauntedsalem]

The Bird Cage Theatre

The Bird Cage Theatre belonged to William “Billy” and Lottie Hutchinson. Opening on December 26th, 1881, the name came from the fourteen boxes called “cages” that were located on the two balconies on either side of the central hall. The cages were mostly used for prostitutes, and drapes could be drawn in front of them for while they entertained their clients.

Down in the main hall, there was a stage and orchestra pit for live shows to be performed. It is rumored that the theater’s name actually came from the early 20th-century song A Bird in a Gilded Cage, and that the theater’s original name was the Elite Theatre Opera House.

Shortly after the theater opened, the theater was visited by Eddie Foy, Sr. and Arthur J. Lamb, a songwriter. While there, they talked in the bar about the prostitutes. Allegedly, Arthur J. Lamb said they were like “birds in gilded cages”, and he worked out the song on the saloon’s piano.

It was later performed to by an unknown singer (believed to be Lillian Russell), and she was called out for encore performances eight times. However, it would be impossible for the story to be true, as Lamb was born in 1870, making him eleven or twelve.

The most widely accepted version of the story is that the theater was named the Bird Cage Theatre when it opened, and it was named the Elite Theatre briefly after Joe and Minnie Bignon bought it in 1882. It was later changed back. For eight years, the Bird Cage Theatre was operated continuously for twenty-four hours a day and 365 days a year.

As time progressed, the theater earned a reputation as one of the country’s wildest places. In 1882, The New York Times reported that it was the “wildest, wickedest night spot between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast”, mainly because of the 120 bullet holes that riddle the walls.

Many renowned entertainers from the 19th century performed at the Bird Cage over the years, such as Lotta Crabtree, Lillie Langtry, and Eddie Foy, Sr. Entertainer Fatima performed her belly dancing routine at the theatre as well. Legend has it that the basement poker room had the longest-running poker game in history. It played continuously for eight years, five months, and three days, with $10,000,000 changing hands throughout the game (with the house taking 10%). It is doubted that the players stayed awake all this time, and much rather that players took turns.

Some of the poker marathoners were Bat Masterson, Diamond Jim Brady, George Hearst, and Doc Holliday. During the late 1880s, the town’s mines began to be flooded, causing the Bird Cage Theatre to lose its clients. The poker game came to an end after the long run, and the building was closed and sealed up in 1889.

Eventually, the Bird Cage Theatre was purchased in 1934, and almost nothing had been altered in the 45-year span. Now, the theater is open as a tourist attraction year-round from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily.

As for the haunting of the theater, the sounds of a woman singing and the voices of a crowd can be heard. Shadows of unidentified spirits believed to be the victims of shootouts have been seen along the walls. A woman’s apparition in white has been known to appear, items move by themselves, and many EVPs of music have been recorded.

#The Bird Cage Theatre #haunted locations #paranormal #ghost and hauntings #ghost and spirits

[smol-gay-enby]

Some scps and a face headcanon for 049

#my art #my headcanon #scp #scp fandom #scp foundation #scp confinement #scp containment breach #scp 035 #scp 049 #035 #049 #049 x 035 #035 x 049 #do they have a ship name or no? #opera and the bird doc #is that the name or?