e x p e r i m e n t #05 (accidental video)

[mviw]

[When the broadcast starts, it goes from silence to the immediate noise of two people screaming, punctuated by the sound of laser gunshots and mechanical whirring. It seems the device is on a side-table, giving a flat view of Ford and Alphys… perched on another table. Alphys is curled up, hands over her head, looking incredibly distressed, while Ford seems to be shooting at something off-camera.]

Oh m-my god, oh my god, we’re going to d-die here, I’m so s-sorry, I didn’t know they were all going to start...

Don’t worry! I happen to have excellent aim.

[All of a sudden, something takes a flying leap up onto the table, and Alphys yells as Ford shoots it down. The ensuing shot causes the device to fall over, revealing the floor is absolutely covered in knife wielding box tentacles, some with multiple arms, some with multiple knives, all running over each other and stabbing the floor, themselves, and the table. Alphys is still yelling. Ford is still shooting. It looks like an absolute catastrophe.]

Maybe we shouldn’t have prototyped them with the basic ability to learn--

Well it w-would have been fine if it was just, y-you know, one of them! They weren’t all supposed to turn on at the same time!

[Suddenly, Alphys turns her head and seems to notice the device, turning herself around and reaching out to grab it, bringing it in close to her and Ford.]

Uh, t-this is totally under control! No need to panic! I d-don’t, uhm, know how long this has been broadcasting, but, it’s f-fine! … And m-maybe don’t come to Ford’s room for, uhm, a little bit, for uh. Reasons.

Is that thing on? Uh, I mean-- Yes! Everything is absolutely, 100% under control. There is no need to worry about anythi-- [Ford cuts himself off and hisses.] Watch out, Alphys! I think it just tasted my blood!!

Oh g-god please don’t let that do anything new.

[And the device blinks off, cutting out the mechanical whirring sounds with it.]

Comments

Video

[mviw]

I think it's almost safe enough for me to get off the table. I'll jump down and clear a path for you.

Video

[mviw]

You wouldn't dare.

[Video]

[mviw]

That's simple! I shoot enough of them to the point that crossing the floor won't slice an artery in one of my legs. Piece of cake, really.

Video

[charlastan]

THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, YOU DIRTY DOUBLE-CROSSER!

[W O W.]

voice

[mviw]

I sure am! Trust me, this is, uh, not the worst mess I've been in during the last thirty years.

Are you alright? [Also a very important question.]

Video

[mviw]

HAH.

Video

[charlastan]

You wanna bet?

[HE WOULD. HE ABSOLUTELY WOULD.]

[Video]

[mettatonvevo]

Alphys, please. Everything you make is for me, clearly.

[He gives her a wink.]

How do knife robots just happen? They don't just happen.

video

[mviw]

I should say it would be! Let's meet up in the front hall tomorrow morning. 11AM.

[ooc: WE CAN TIMESKIP AND JUST DO AN ACTION THREAD IF YOU WANT]

Video

[mviw]

I'm not gambling with you. Do you think I was born yesterday?

voice

[mcgucket]

Well, I'm not in a situation where I'm about'ta get stabbed by several dozen tentacle-like appendages, if that's what you're askin'.

[... Okay, surely he's alright enough if he's making those kinds of remarks. Or maybe just the sheer audacity of what he's seen so far makes him grateful that he's not in the room with you right now.]

Otherwise, I haven't the faintest clue what's goin' on, or where I am right now.

[Video]

[mettatonvevo]

[Oh god, Guns. Mettaton instinctively leans away a bit from his phone, forgetting for a moment there that is no way he could get shot at all.]

You are so trigger happy, goodness. But that's probably for the best right now.

[He points at the screen] I think one of them is attempting to climb so I'd be wary of that.

[Said tentacle is throwing it's knife around in such a fashion as to try and stake it into a table leg to throw itself onto the table. Wow, you gotta love those robotic learning programs!]

[video]

[mviw]

[Ford pauses in the shooting, which is ... safe by now, to give Alphys a comforting pat on the back.]

Yes, that's all we were trying to do. Mistakes get made, and we live and learn. [Usually. Whatever.]

And actually, it's Dr. Stanford Filbrick Pines.

[Video]

[theothermrgray]

Mmhm.

[Yeah, that's totally a reasonable plan.]

And what will you do when you run out of bullets?

[video]

[determinedest]

[Frisk would be cringing in fear under any other circumstances. In these, however, they are not. Chara's boldness infuses them with a boldness in turn.

(And if they fall back onto that, it'll make everything else snap back to the way it was too. And they can't let that happen. Can't scrub the image of Mom out of their head.)

(Chara called her Mom.)

(They should.)]

It's not like they let us in anyway!

[video]

[punful]

hey, i'm not one to hold grudges when tentacles with knives are trying to destroy each other by flailing correctly.

[video] *THREADJACKS AT HIGH SPEED*

[mettatonvevo]

That's a hilarious joke, Sans, really.

...it is a joke right? Right Alphys?

[video]

[didntknowbest]

Dr. Stanford Filbrick Pines. I do not think I like your tone. I do not think I like how blase you are about this whole mess. I do not like how you have been talking to my child. I certainly do not like your blatant disregard for safety and how much you seem to be reveling in this.

[This man, quite frankly, seems like a menace.]

[Video]

[mviw]

I wouldn't say these were actually deadly. I enjoy the craft of inventing. If I invented a cannon that gently ejected pillows, then accidentally turned on fifty of them, we would still have a problem! Especially in an enclosed space.

My point is, everyone likes different things and no one but me has been hurt.

[video]

[fulllifeconsequences]

Gosh, Mr. Stanford "And Sons" Full House Pawn Stars, you are being kind of a bad influence, aren't you? Who knows what kind of message impressionable youths like us may pick up from all of this.

[video]

[mviw]

[He sighs.] Would you rather I panicked? Do you see me opening the door to let children in here? No? Good!

Perhaps you should question your kids on their obsession with knives before you tell me that keeping a scientific experiment gone wrong out of their hands isn't being done properly enough for you. If you want, we can discuss this another time, but if you hadn't noticed, I'm very busy.

[POINTEDLY IGNORING CHARA HERE]

[video]

[punful]

[Oh my god.]

you could consider it part of your battle arsenal. flip another switch and instead of bullets, you've got knife wielding tentacles.

voice

[mviw]

[Ford lets out a laugh. It's either that or a long sigh and honestly, none of this is Fiddleford's fault.]

If it helps you feel better, you're safe at the moment. If you see any unsettling or weird creatures, it's just one of the people who are trapped here too. The person I'm with is Dr. Alphys, a monster from a place called the Underground. She's an engineer. I think you'd like her!

--Anyway, you're in a place called Wonderland. [He'll repeat this as many times as he needs to for his friend, but it certainly hurts to be doing this yet again.

What choice does he have?]

I'll explain more when I've taken care of this mess. If you see an old man who looks like me, but with chicken legs and he wears a fez, that's my brother, Stanley. If you see a girl with braces and a boy with a hat, that's my niece and nephew, Dipper and Mabel. Oh! And Dan's daughter is here too!

We'll get you up to speed as soon as possible.

[Video]

[mviw]

[#american]

My gun doesn't have bullets. I designed it to emit concentrated blasts of energy.

[video]

[sciencelizard]

Well, it w-was our mistake. It wouldn't be good if s-someone else, uhm, had to get hurt because of it.