video;

Dec. 24th, 2019 10:01 pm
eatsyourscience: (it's like riding a bike that you hate)
[personal profile] eatsyourscience
[Souji's not in the diner for once. He's in the library. Not really...doing anything, just...being. In the library.]

Did anyone else get this in their advent calendars today?

[He holds up a piece of paper with the following message printed on it:

Pc dsts kvkqbw cbu rq afvg zziu
Tfv vvfwg oeh ocii, K ogsncxmbs
Esy W’mi pcklkbx pgtk xq uzzg
Oeh pcn, rqbv sh mfy uvrpn zzzg
Kyev wj hqbv gcbk fg iehqbv
Mo gfvtm, jstfp, ixsicqbv]


I know people have gotten different riddles or poems. So I'm wondering, did everyone get different messages, too?
krmvgivv: (I cannot work under these conditions)
[personal profile] krmvgivv
[Dipper is in front of his advent box, trying to pull the later boxes open, to no avail. The items he's already received--post-it notes, earbuds, a recipe, and a riddle--are scattered around him.]

So, Wonderland's starting its nonsense early this year, huh? I mean, it's just giving us weird presents and none of them have done anything yet so I figure it's gotta be the later stuff that's interesting.

[He tugs again on the last box, straining with all his far too limited strength.]

And wouldn't Australia have still been an island before it was "discovered?" If the question's about the largest known island before Europeans discovered Australia it's pretty Eurocentric. Unless it means the largest island before Australia was even a thing but we'd probably have to go all the way back to Pangaea for that and--

[He yanks again and only succeeds in pulling the entire box down on top of him.]

MABEL, I NEED A CHAINSAW!

video

Dec. 4th, 2019 01:41 pm
brainmeme: (girls)
[personal profile] brainmeme
[A very purple person appears on the screen, with a... string hanging from her mouth? She's apparently chewing on whatever the string's attached to, since her voice starts out in the telltale "talking while eating" tone anyone who's known her would find very, very familiar.]

'Sup fools!

[And now she gulps down whatever it was, and the string disappears with it. Its identity will remain forever a mystery.]

I guess I'm back in time for the yearly December nightmare thing? I can't even tell how long it's been, haha! But check it out, I've been doin' a bunch, and I'm a new 'n improved Amethyst!

[She poses to show off her new looks. Mainly it involves a new outfit, much different than the ones she's been seen in before, but to anyone not familiar with how this works for gems... it's really just a change of clothes.]

Oh! Since I got here I've been catching up! [She hops over a pile of junk (apparently in her new room) to dig something out, then returns to show off her own copy of Dipper and Mabel's Guide to Wonderland.] Glad I missed out on all this Queen drama. I've had enough Diamond drama to deal with for like... thirty lifetimes. Gem lifetimes. There were some other newspaper things going into a bunch of stuff too, but those looked mad boring.

But whatever! Who all's here now?
mettatonvevo: (Peace sign)
[personal profile] mettatonvevo
[The camera turns on and the lighting is honestly incredible for the equivalent of your typical smartphone camera. There seems to be... a filter of some kind on the edges? Little bright pink flowers and hearts that perfectly frame the screen. It's not until the camera moves again that it becomes readily apparent that, no, this isn't a filter, these are stickers that whoever owns this phone painstakingly put on so that their face is perfectly framed by it.

Who did it is readily apparent when a certain robotic face pops into view.]


Helloooooooooooooooo Wonderlaaaaaand~! ♥

[Mettaton grins, blowing a kiss to the camera.]

Did you all miss me? Don't answer. I know you did. And while I certainly did not plan, at all, to come back here for a second tour... I guess Wonderland had different ideas for me!

[He sounds only vaguely annoyed rather than furious. It's fine. He had his little tantrum before this broadcast.]

So! For all of you who have been here for awhile or since I have been gone- tell me all that juicy Wonderland gossip on what I've missed! And perhaps explain to me how I have gotten trapped again in this hellhole without the bare decency of having forgotten my previous stay?

[His smile is a bit strained at that comment, but he carries on.]

Regardless, I am back again to bless all of your lives! And I look forward to meeting you all.

[He blows another kiss to the camera and cuts off the feed.]
howsitgoindude: (I dunno dudes)
[personal profile] howsitgoindude
[Soos...looks about the same as ever. Anyone who's happened to have seen him in the past couple months has probably noticed he's been a little paler, his facial hair a little more scraggly. And that's if they saw him at all-- short of the Pines checking on him every once in a while, he's mostly just stayed in his room. But now he's paying attention again (and bathing and sleeping again) and he's...concerned.]

Uhhh. Hi guys.

[He looks away, cheeks reddening with a little embarrassment. Sheesh, he really did get distracted there, huh?]

So, like. I got kinda, uh, busy for a while there. I started this CraftCraft project? Uh, that's a game and, uh. It was pretty cool. Made a whole building and all.

[Cough.]

But then there was all these loud noises and shaking and stuff and, uh, at first I got confused and thought I was in the game and a Sneaker blew up my mine? But then my window broke so, uh.

I came outside and saw that Jabberwocker dude attacking and like. I picked up this neat shield-- [He holds it up, shrugs, puts it back down.] And that's. That's pretty cool.

But.

[Soos stares at the camera for a long moment, trying to think of a better way to put this.

He can't.]


Uhhh, what'd I miss? Seems like. A lot. Are the queens like, dead now? Did they actually finish that monster off or are we gonna have to fight it again?

[He actually looks pretty nervous.]

I'm, uh, sorry I got so distracted and all. I'm gonna be, like, really on it from now on.

...And if anybody wants to see what I built in CrafCraft just lemme know.

[He waves, still a little red in the face, and turns the camera off.]
curiousher: (That look on her face)
[personal profile] curiousher
[A camera flickers on in an old, dusty, blue room. It looks undisturbed, but not for long.

Alice, instead of using her ability to appear suddenly in places, has decided to climb back to Real Side while the glass is still missing from the mirrors for some reason. They're placed a little higher up than is comfortable for her, so once her weight is more on Real Side she goes tumbling down and bounces off the dresser and onto the floor.
]

Ow...

[She rubs her side, but then she gets up quickly and addresses the camera.]

I heard--! I just heard about the Queens, and the Jabberwocky, and--! And are we not going to have Queens anymore? Who's going to rule Wonderland? I certainly don't trust Wonderland to do it, and I don't want to.

[She gasps.]

Oh no. What if it wants me to? I really, really don't want to be Queen again.

[She cups her hands around her mouth and shouts at the ceiling.]

WONDERLAND? WONDERLAND, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME...I don't want to be Queen of any Side! I resign preemptively! A-And I resign as Royal Adviser as well! I don't want any part of this ridiculous monarchy any more! I...

[Alice loses steam with that declaration and sighs. This time, she addresses the camera. She looks a little tired, but she smiles.]

...I think I'm just going to stay here again, if that's alright with all of you? The Mirrors don't care for me very much now anyway and I really, really just want to be Alice and no one else. With the Queen of Hearts truly gone, it might really be safe now.

[A pause, and then sheepishly she says:] ...I'm back. For good this time.
slapfight: (△ in all the black. in all the grief.)
[personal profile] slapfight
[It must have been a difficult week without everyone's favorite loud-mouthed gem around to be an egomaniac at you. Golly, how much have you suffered outside of her presence, but that's okay. She's here now!

And boasting a new look.]


Oh my stars! So. We had an event last week and it was great! I was the savior of Homeworld and practically the new leader of the Crystal Gems, but, of course, it ended, and I was back to my still amazing, but ultimately less heroic self.

[She pauses.] But before I could even be disappointed, I went back home! And it's all true. I am the Savior of Homeworld! For once, Wonderland actually got something right!

[This is an important announcement she just had to make, though underneath all of that, maybe there's something valuable- maybe Wonderland can predict the future!

Either way, she calms down.]
Anyway, I'm sure I was missed terribly. Don't worry I'm back now, and better than ever! [ahem] ... What'd I miss?

Video

Aug. 25th, 2019 09:51 pm
singloversing: Into the Ocean - Blue October (With envy for the solid ground)
[personal profile] singloversing
[Video posts are relatively rare from Wirt, since he gets a little bit nervous about public broadcasting unless he really has something to say. But a lot's changed in the last few days it would seem. Most notably, he's a little bit older, probably in his early twenties or so. He looks a little more grown-up, with his features starting to fill in and define, and his style is a little bit more modern with flannel (and a little less tiny grandpa). He also seems to have discovered what a comb is and how to use it.

When he appears on screen this time, he doesn't have any reservations at all about making a broadcast. He doesn't seem to realize he's different in any way.
]

So...shouldn't something have happened by now? We heard from Alice almost a week ago. ...Wait, was it a week?

[He stops and counts back on his fingers, just to make sure.]

Okay, yeah, almost a week ago. Usually there would be an event already, right? Did we just get spared or something? Things don't seem very...different. But, maybe that's a good thing?

[He shrugs, and leans over to shut off the feed. Someone else probably knows what's going on, right?]
bibliocorn: (Motherfucking snakes on this)
[personal profile] bibliocorn
[Sunburst already had a damn good idea what the next event was going to be- the Cat's usual cryptic insanity actually made sense for once. So, waking up in the Crystal Empire feeling groggy was all he needed to sinch it. Great. As much as he missed home, he hadn't really wanted to drag all of Wonderland off with him here.

For the vast majority of his first day, he can be found sitting in front of the Crystal Heart... except he couldn't remember it was called that. It was one of the most important events of his existence- and yet the memory of what the damned thing was called was gone. He's picked himself some books from the library, from which he is writing notes- trying to prepare for what he's pretty sure is going to happen.

Eventually, he realises he should probably address the elephant in the room and turns the feed on.
]

So. This one's mine, obviously. This is the Crytal Empire- the northernmost part of Equestria. Uh- you should be able to find food and... whatever you need around. It's a pretty big city.

[Perhaps if you had a more altruistic driven pony you'd have a little more encouragement than this. But you've got Sunburst. So there you go.]

If you have any questions or... anything, you can come find me. I'll be here a lot. Um- I have a feeling that there's going to be some trouble, with this- given what the Cat was saying. There's a good chance that the- this - [he waves a forehoof at the heart what the hay is it CALLED??] this thing is going to break, and when that happens we'll be in a lot of trouble. Um- it's basically the only thing stopping the frozen north from swallowing the Empire whole. So. Yeah. There's that. Working on trying to stop that. The being frozen alive thing.

[He's not convinced he can. Last time he had the power of four alicorns, Starlight, and the defenders of Equestria. Now he's got a bunch of ponies who weren't even ponies yesterday. It doesn't look good.]

Uh. Enjoy the Empire until then... I guess? Please don't cause any international conflicts.
madehervows: (pic#7711545)
[personal profile] madehervows
[It's been a long time since Regina addressed the network at large, but at this point? She has to. There's no way she can't.

As much as she hates the idea of doing what the Jabberwocky told her.

From the camera feed, it's obvious she's in the library - shelves behind her, books around her. Her expression is grim as she looks into the camera.]


Was anybody else lucky enough to run into the Jabberwocky during our little trip? Because it was in a rare mood for conversation.

[Not... exactly. But it had more words than she was expecting, given its nature.]

After an overly dramatic display of power, it came with a warning for us. [Regina swallows, shifting in her seat.] It's planning to feed. [A beat.] To feast.

[She's trying not to let on the fact that she's worried, despite the warning she brings. The warning itself will cause enough of a stir, there's no point adding to it more than she already has.]

Which isn't anything new, but at least we know it's coming this time.

[She ends it there, letting that information sink in.]
krmvgivv: (i told some little white lies)
[personal profile] krmvgivv
Um, has anyone pointed out the massive Jabberwocky in the room?

[Dipper is standing in the middle of Angel Investigation, staring at the camera wild-eyed. The office has always had the odd mystery board or two standing around, but Dipper’s gone a little nuts lately. There are boards with string and pieces of paper lined up on all sides of him, strings crisscrossing and connecting each board with each other and… yeah it’s definitely a fire hazard. But working on that is so much better than actually thinking about the entire family except Mabel dying just before the Jabberwocky escaped. Dipper starts to pace.]

Or Jabberwock. Still not clear on the spelling. What I am clear about is that this is really bad, guys. And what the heck happened to the White Queen? Did the Jabberwock-slash-y eat her? Did she turn to dust? Did she not come back with the rest of us?

[He clutches his hat with one hand, waving the other vigorously.]

So many questions!

[He exhales and straightens.]

Okay. It’s okay. I also have resources. If you’re new, or just want to get brushed up on the basics? Mabel and I made a guide. Needs to be updated with some of the new people, but it’s mostly pretty up to date.

[Attached to the post: Dipper and Mabel’s Guide to Wonderland.]

And we’ve got a bunch of other stuff here at Angel’s Investigations if you want to come down! If anyone has answers or theories or anything please, please bring them over.

[He slowly turns around, staring at his tangled web of mystery boards.]

We need all the help we can get.

video;

May. 15th, 2019 08:55 am
eatsyourscience: (anything less than the best is a felony)
[personal profile] eatsyourscience
[Souji looks pensive as he appears on the feed. Maybe even a little worried, which is something for him.]

I died during that last part of the event. It was my fifth time dying...but nothing strange has happened. I feel the same as always.

[He pauses, uncertain where he's going with this, before asking:]

What does that mean?
curiousher: (Why I never!)
[personal profile] curiousher
[Alice, when she appears on camera, is about as amused as a wet cat - probably because she's absolutely soaking wet in the entrance hall. She's back in her royal adviser outfit, though it doesn't look quite so fancy when it's soaked through completely.]

What on EARTH is going on?! It almost never rains in Wonderland, and now it's storming?

[She tries to wring the water out of her hair, but it's not really doing much good.]

I was going to make my message outside, and I just appeared out there and got caught in the middle of whatever that is! I don't think it's an event? It can't be, because I was going to talk about one. What was it though...?

[She tries to think, tries to remember...but then she just groans.]

I don't even remember what I was going to say anymore! Ugh! This place is just so...BAD!

[Alice tries to shake some more water off herself, but then decides this message is just hopeless, and cuts it there.]
slapfight: (△ you have nothing to fear from me)
[personal profile] slapfight
[It's roughly an hour after Entrapta's announcement that Peridot comes online with her own. By now the rain has started to fall heavily now, and people have had their chance to be angry. Hopefully, Entrapta's fielding some of that. Peridot offered, but... Well, she's glad she doesn't have to yell at everyone.

She's vacated the lab and returned to the barn/room she shares with Lapis. The window and door seem to have been barricaded, though whether that's for the weather or the possibility of an angry mob, we just don't know. In her hand, Peridot has Entrapta's tape recorder, while her own communicator is propped up a few feet away.]


As Entrapta has already informed you, we did contact the Core, and there were some... complications, but that doesn't change our results! Witness this.

[She hits play with a savage "nyeh!" sound and a horrific distorted, almost Zalgo-like sound comes out of it. It's difficult to catch everything because there's a constant loud droning of voices that blend together into nonsense, but occasionally responses can be heard. Under the din, Peridot's own voice is more clear with her questions.

"What is Wonderland's intended purpose and what controls it?"

"S-so what about the Residents? Where do they go when they're not needed? Can you set them free? Have any them actually been unmade? If you need everyone to be together, then what about them? Where do they fit in?"

"What about the Mirrors? Is it because we don't belong here, so you're trying to make something of ours that does belong? Are they part of us or are they part of you?"

By the last question, the voices have become a din that crackles the recording into static. For the most part, there's not much that can be heard from the Core itself except for a litany of voices and occasional words thrown together. TOGETHER, BALANCE, WELCOME HOME, ALWAYS, and WE'VE MISSED YOU seem clearer than others. It's honestly terrifying.]


As I have a perfect memory, I remember the Core's exact responses, though... it was just as hard to understand in person. Most of the answers were nonsense, but it seems to be incredibly focused on all of us being together. There's a moment early on where it starts singing. Here.

[She rewinds the tape until she reaches the beginning where the Core answers her first question, and while the sound is distorted and awful like a music box played underwater, when Peridot joins in to sing along, it becomes much more clear.] Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow...

See? There's a lot of things like that. [She shifts the recorder in her hands.] This is preliminary data, and we may not ever be able to speak to the Core again, but there's one thing I feel absolutely certain of.

[Her voice, as arrogant and proud as it had been, suddenly goes very grave]

I think Wonderland wants us to stay here.

[ooc: the relevant parts of the log the recorder is playing can be found here, though be warned, it is VERY difficult to make out a lot of it from a recording device that was affected heavily by the distortions.]

Video

Apr. 1st, 2019 10:53 pm
bibliocorn: (I mean who even does that)
[personal profile] bibliocorn
[Sunburst had never quite gotten the hang of consitently spending time with his friends. It was something he always knew he had to get better at- but then, he reasoned, they always knew where to find him if they really needed him. Eventually, though, he realised that somebody hadn't appeared around him for a while...or rather somepony. He'd fretted over bothering Starlight at all- she'd had a crappy time of it in that guilt room and he knew he had a damned heavy hoof in making that guilt happen at all. He'd wanted to give her space, but eventually, he knew he had to bite the proverbial bullet and look for her.

What he found was an empty room. He knew, logically, she'd be better off back home. Sure, Equestria had its fair share of dangerous world-threatening lunatics, but nothing was quite as awful as Wonderland. Nothing got into your head in Equestria the same way it did here. Besides, she had a lot of time to spend there- redeeming herself. Becoming better. No, she'll be much happier, back there.

But it doesn't make him feel all that happy, and he kind of hates that.
]

For those who knew her, Starlight Glimmer's gone back home. All her stuff is gone so...yeah. Usual protocol, I think. Um. Maybe a relief for some of you.

[Because e can't pretend she didn't push the limits while she was here. But that was just...her. And now she's not here and he starts to realise how crappy she felt when he left her, all those years ago. Karma's a bitch. ]

I'll be in the library if you need me.

[Trying to hide his feeling in books because he's always had the healthiest coping mechanisms.]
howsitgoindude: (Pew pew!)
[personal profile] howsitgoindude
[Soos appears in the middle of the frame, smiling broadly at the camera.]

Uh, hi everybody. So, uh, I know Ms. O'Hara just opened her bowling alley and all, so this isn't-- like, there's no party or anything, but uh. A couple events ago, I sorta made a mini-arcade and I thought, like. Why not go big-mini. Or. Y'know, regular-sized.

[This isn't making sense.]

Uh, hang on, I'll just show you.

[Soos steps forward, grabbing the camera and turning so it faces the way he's going. He goes through a door and the camera adjusts to the sudden change in lighting. Where the hallway where he started the video was bright, in here there's a mix of darkness and bright neon. Everything is blacklit, and everything is loud. Ringing bells, electronic beeps and boops, voices beckoning you to ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE. Soos pans the camera, showing off all the machines and screens. And then he sets the camera up again and grins at it, giving two thumbs up.]

I call it LazArcaaaaaade! [He pulls two air horns out of seemingly nowhere and blows them in a suitably cool fashion.] Heh-heh. There's every game you've ever wanted to play, all kinds of prizes you can use the tickets on, and in the back? A laser tag arenaaaaaaa!

[Soos raises the roof. While blowing the air horns some more.]

So yeah! Uh, come and hang out, y'know? It'll be fun!

[He waves and reaches out to turn the camera off.]




---

[Soos is "working", which mostly means hanging out and playing whatever games he wants. He's pretty sure if he doesn't end up working at the Shack forever, running an arcade would be a nice second choice. The second he spots a new person, he waves and heads over, eager to show them to the game of their dreams.]

Hey! What're you into? Fighting games? Shooters? Racing? I got 'em all, dude. Let me point you in the right direction.
tinyfoods: (Log: day 3268654)
[personal profile] tinyfoods
[The camera feed comes on showing a somewhat skewed scene of half-built robots and several large monitors surround a central control panel. Then the view rotates as Entrapta adjusts the device. Now the background shows a rather tall, deep red crystal that has wires and cords attached to it.

In front of it all, Entrapta looks very happy, despite the fact that she also looks like she hasn't eaten in some time. There's just been too much to do!]


Okay. It's day 57! [Yes, she's been keeping count of the days since she arrived.] And I've been making a lot of progress in my work!

[For a second it might seem like she's going to be using this as a sort of video diary, but she quickly moves away from that nonsense to something more pertinent.]

What I need to know is how energy flows from this side of Wonderland to the other side. If it does at all. But it must, if the Core is able to process data from this side.

[She gestures with her hair as she speaks, the ends of the strands looking perhaps alarmingly like fingers and hands.]

If I can figure out that transfer of energy, I can probably connect the black garnet [a gesture over her shoulder at the crystal] directly into the energy source! I could potentially divert power directly from the Core and it could have all sorts of potential uses!

[For a second she looks like she's going to go on about some of those potential uses, but then her stomach growls loudly enough for the mic to pick it up. She falters and then looks kind of embarrassed for a second.]

Um, but first I should probably eat something.

[With that, she reaches out with one piece of hair to turn the video off.]
holyshihtzu: (✺ in the golden glow)
[personal profile] holyshihtzu
[ When the feed starts, the camera is at first completely obstructed by a pink shirt and fiddling hands. When the figure finally backs up, it is revealed to be Juliet, who has propped her device up in order to get a good view of what is behind her - a bowling alley! She centers herself, in frame from the waist up, holding a piece of paper that she references periodically in her speech that sounds similar to a used car sale commercial. ]

Hello, Wonderland! I'm Juliet O'Hara and if you're like me, you love bowling. If you aren't like me, it's probably because you've never been bowling, so you don't know you love it yet! Which is why I am here to bring Wonderland it's very first, you guessed it, bowling alley!

[ She gestures behind her with a flourish. ]

Welcome to O'Hara's Wacky Wonderous Wonderland Bowling Alley and Smoothie Bar. [ It's probably an indication that the name is too long because she just reads it off the paper in her hand. ] It's located in room 10 on the 10th floor, and that's a joke because 10-10 is the police code where I come from for "off duty," because you are never on duty at O'Hara's Wacky Wonderla- Wonderous... [ She glances at the paper before she huffs and throws her arms down at her sides. The name is just too long, Jules. ] At the WWW!

It offers state of the art, pro-level bowling lanes, and wardrobes so you can get any kind of bowling shoe or bowling ball you need. There's also a karaoke stage and, of course, a smoothie bar. I'll also offer personal bowling lessons to anyone interested because I'm amazing at bowling and you can be too!

Barring events, Friday will be a glow bowl and Saturday there's a karaoke contest. I'll be having the grand opening this Saturday and I'd love for everyone to come and feel free to use it whenever you're in the mood. Or if you want to throw a party. Or, you know, whatever because it's fun. If you want to work at the smoothie bar or host karaoke just let me know.

[ She goes back to referencing the crumpled paper in her hand. ] I hope you all are ready to have a wonderous Wonderland time!

[ Juliet smiles and stands there for a moment. After a long, drawn out 30 seconds or so, her smile starts to look strained and her eyes dart to the side. Then they widen and she comes towards the device again, fumbling with it, and the frame turns back into a view of just her bright pink shirt. ]

Keep forgetting I gotta turn this off...

[ The feed finally ends. ]
singloversing: I Was Never a Normal Boy - Nightmare of You (Oh there he goes again)
[personal profile] singloversing
[It takes Wirt a few minutes to set up the video in a way that's kind of comfortable, but eventually he settles on propping it up in a nearby tree facing him. He's gone back to wearing his blue cape, something that he abandoned wearing almost a year ago, but that isn't the most noticeable change.

No, that would be the large pumpkin head he's wearing, carved into a friendly jack-o-lantern. His voice is a little muffled, but he's still clearly understandable.
]

Isn't this time of year beautiful? I know autumn happens all at once here, and isn't so much about the gradual decay and inevitable demise of all living things, but the leaves are still kind of pretty, right?

[He looks up at the tree above him as much as he can with the pumpkin head on, which isn't much. Then he sighs, heavy with the weight of nostalgia.]

I've been thinking a lot about The Harvest - it's only a few days away now, or it would be if I was still in Pottsfield. It's really a shame that Wonderland prevents anyone from really joining - we are all frozen in place with our woes, no better than Edelwood, never able to truly decompose and rise removed from our troubles.

Sooo... [He reaches just off screen and pulls out a shovel, and holds it gently in his arms.] I thought it might be good to, you know. Have our own Harvest! I mean, we're all a little too soon, but I was too early when I got to Pottsfield and that didn't stop the townspeople from welcoming me to the party. Anyway, uh-- I've been going around burying a bunch of stuff to get ready, and when it's time for the Harvest we can dig them all up! It's not quite the same but, oh well. We do what we can with what we have, or whatever.

[For once, he doesn't seem anxious. If anything, he seems a little too calm.]

So yeah, that's about it. If anyone needs me, I'll be around digging a bunch of holes outside. You're welcome to come help if you want - the more the merrier, right?

[Then he waves, and shuts the feed off there. He'll still respond to people's concerns messages, but he can also be found pretty much anywhere on the grounds, digging deep holes and burying things.]

Video

Oct. 20th, 2018 10:47 pm
bibliocorn: (Oh. Great)
[personal profile] bibliocorn
[It's not until Saturday, when Sunburst finally addresses the network. It took him most of Friday to understand anything was happening at all- and much longer to find the cause of it. He certainly doesn't look all that happy when he appears on screen. He has the irritated, frayed-at-the-edges look that you usually see with exhausted parents on their last nerve with an unruly child.

Except his child is his best friend who's a full grown adult. And much like an exhausted parent, he equally loves her with every fibre of his being while also wanting to shove her into an active volcano.
]

So. You've all probably noticed there's been some...issues happening in the mansion over the last day or so. Namely a lot of you suddenly becoming ponies. I feel I should tell you this isn't an event, it's just that somepony [he casts a sharp look at someone off camera] made a terrible error in judgement. [AGAIN.] It came from a good place. [PROBABLY.]

So, um. If you've been affected- please come find us in the magic research room, and we'll get you restored. If you have friends who haven't quite caught on this isn't right, please let me know and I'll get it fixed.

[He offers a terse smile. It's okay for you guys, one day you get to go back to your own worlds. He's stuck with her. This is his life. Forever. Starlight, you're his world but sweet Celestia why are you like this. ]

I'm very sorry for what's happened. And she is too. It won't happen again, I promise.
itchtokill: (Discussing)
[personal profile] itchtokill
[Note: As always, my posts are threadjackable in all directions on my end, guys!]


All right, so I'm not sure how many of you have heard the rumblings of my research, but I think it's time I put the whole thing out for everyone to pitch in on. And if you're just going to prattle on about how it's impossible to find out real answers you can kindly sod off because I don't have time for that kind of negativity, thanks.

Memories. They're sort of important, don't you think? And this place keeps stealing them from us in some form or another, bit by bit. Until, what, there's nothing of who we were left? Is that the point? What's the endgame? We don't really know, do we?

What I want to do is first: figure out if there's some sort of pattern or rhyme or reason to the memories being stolen. Which I realize will be a bit tricky since we can't remember the things we've forgotten, but if we can find enough work-around explanations for the words and phrases we've lost, maybe we can come up with a list, and connect those to the events that happened during the loss of them, and look for a pattern.

[And while that idea of patterns has been there all along, he'll admit it's been a bit more reinforced since his chat with Dan about comparisons and parallels of this Wonderland to the original story.]

The other thing I'm looking into, is trying to see if we can retrieve the lost memories. Which is where I need volunteers and it'll be a bit of a mess because most of you are probably going to knee-jerk hate the idea. But how sure are you that you've truly forgotten it, and that whatever it is you've forgotten isn't simply locked away where you can't reach it? What if there was a way you might be able to unlock that box and retrieve it back?


[And here comes the really controversial part that he expects to get a lot of naysayers on a roll. But he's putting it all out there anyway, because Kol hopes their aversions to the idea are outweighed by the desire to keep what's rightfully their own.]

What I'm getting at is, I want to try to compel you to remember. It may not work, for all I know it may backfire in some spectacularly Wonderland sort of way for the attempt. I don't know, and if something similar has been attempted in the past, I'd love to hear about it. But it's just an idea. Honestly, this is a genuine attempt at fixing the things Wonderland screws up, so I've nothing to hide or any ulterior motives, so I'd be fine with being hawk-watched by anyone who feels the invasion aspect of it too sketchy?

There's another idea on deck as well, but I don't want to bother with it unless it seems fully necessary. I want to start simple, with this.

On a different note, but in a similar vein, I'd like to talk to the longest-standing residents in Wonderland. I've been told the names Regina Mills and Michonne as folks to seek out for such a thing. If you ladies are around for a chat, I'd love to ask you some things. And if anyone else has been here as long as, or longer than, either of them, I'd absolutely welcome more voices to this conversation.







[Filtered to the Queens of Wonderland]
Do you have a bit of time to spare for a chat?
teamfun: (What it all comes down to)
[personal profile] teamfun
[ARRIVAL; Action]

[It's been something of A Day for Louis. A roller coaster of some really awesome and some really horrifically terrible shit. One minute, he was standing over that absolute jackass, Abel, and the next he's stumbling out of the first floor storage room out into the corridor with some comedic arm flailing. He catches himself, then stills, glancing around the space that is definitely not Ericson's courtyard.]

Toto, we're not in Kansas any more.

[He lets out a soft laugh that's toeing a little too close to hysterical. Carefully, he slides what looks like (and turns out IS) a chair leg with nails rammed into the top from an inside pocket of his held-together-by-love-and-duct-tape trenchcoat. For the observant, there's a blood stain on the upper arm, dry, a few weeks old, but definitely there, and definitely around a recently duct-taped hole. He raises his makeshift mace as he edges to a window, peering out at the perfect, beautiful Walker-free grounds.]

Oooookay, Lou. You're having a little bit of a psychotic breakdown. That's okay, that's fine. It's been a weird day. You knew it would have probably happened eventually. It's all good. Someone'll snap you out of this any second now.

[If you're heading towards him or passing him by, congrats, you've got his attention, he'll wave at you with his free hand.]

Hi there, mental breakdown conjuration. How's it hanging? Good? Good. I'm great. Not freaking out at all.

[LATER; Video]

[Once he's been filled in on what's actually happening (but still not utterly convinced this isn't some kind of stress-induced hallucination) Louis picks himself a room. He has his first hot shower in literal years, and even trusts the (magic????) closets to give him a new set of clothes. Aside from the trenchcoat. That remains as filthy and duct-taped as always. He's not parting with that for anything.

He sets himself up in the kitchen, where he sets up his communicator with a few false starts. It's been a long-ass time since he got to play with actual electronics. He's got a veritable feast on the table around him- ranging from god-awful junk food to fancy-ass steaks. They never truly starved in the school, but when all you have to eat for nigh on eight years are variations of rabbit, fish or berries, you can't help but indulge. He'll regret it later, when his system freaks out from suddenly having too-rich nutrients again, but that is a risk he's absolutely willing to take. He grins, giving the camera a thumbs-up. He doesn't get what's happening at all, but he can't just sit still, this...this keeps him active.
]

Hey there, fellow captives-slash-mental breakdown prisoners! The name's Louis and I'm brand new to this... whatever it is. AnyHOO, seen as it sounds like I'll be here for a while, I thought I'd get to know you a little better. [He raises a dirty, dog-eared pack of playing cards t the screen.] So! If any kids wanna come to the kitchen and share in my bountiful feast and have a good old game of War, you're totally welcome to. Highest card gets to ask a question to the other person, fun, right? Or, I guess, you can be boring and do it over the video instead. What'd you say?

video;

Oct. 10th, 2018 12:50 am
infinitesimalblip: (✩ 09)
[personal profile] infinitesimalblip
[ The last thing she remembers is being with Will, exploring the shit cave. No, really, actual shit. So, being here at all makes no sense, she has no memory of how she got here, why she's here, who or what brought her here. All of these people are total strangers. It makes literally no sense that she's here at all. This has to be some kind of crazy hallucination, right? She spends a few hours laying low, scoping the place out, exploring and trying to figure out what she can on her own. So many are just...going about their lives like nothing is wrong at all. There's a kitchen, a diner, an actual pool?? Objectively, it's a normal-ish place, which means, this is all very, very wrong. At least if her family was here, they could...figure this out together.

For a moment, there's a pang because her family doesn't include her dad now. Or does it? Will had been so hopeful, but both she and Judy were more pragmatic. Was there a chance?

Right now, though, she has to deal with where she currently is, which is stuck in some weird place. ]


So, hey, I was wondering how long it usually takes for someone's family to show up here with them?

[ Totally chill. Calm. She's really worried about her family, but admitting that out loud on the device would mean it's potentially being recorded and she can't betray her cool exterior completely. ]

There's five of us altogether. [ Dammit. Again. ] Four of us. Sort of. We were on a ship and we- [ She stops herself abruptly. ] You know what, not important right now, right? I'm trapped here and here is apparently some weird pocket dimension between time and space, am I on the right track?

Random shout-out to whoever kidnapped us, though: I'm digging the closets. Unlimited Oreos? Totally cool. Also laced with something to brainwash me probably but at least I'm going down happy.

video;

Oct. 2nd, 2018 08:12 am
thecourier: (024)
[personal profile] thecourier
Red Queen said somethin' t' me a while ago.

[He starts the video like it's an afterthought, like stepping into the middle of a conversation that started a few minutes ago. It was a while, a few months in fact, but time does pass so strangely here and he's had other things on his mind.

Dan's sitting on a bench in the gym, after running himself to near-exhaustion not for the first time. It's a habit now, not necessarily a good one, almost like a kind of self-flagellation for one reason or another. He rubs the back of his wrist across his forehead and clears his throat.
]

B'fore that chess game. [He thinks. Almost sure of that.] Tried t' get some info outta her 'bout how this place works. Didn't get much, but she did tell me, we only see 'two sides to this place'.

[His accent slips as he enunciates carefully, glancing away from the camera for a moment.]

May be more sides we don't see, an' there might be answers there. Been tryin' t' figure it out, but I ain't got a head on me for riddles an' she tells worse ones than the psyker kid at 188 Tradin' Post back home. Know some people here 've dug deeper into this shit than I ever did. What y' all thinkin'?
adaptiveimmunities: (Default)
[personal profile] adaptiveimmunities
[You would think that exploding goo rats would put a damper in anyone's mood, and you would probably be right, for most people. Not Shaun. Sure it was a few days ago, but he's still riding the high from sitting in a makeshift treestand above the door for After the End Times and bullseyeing goo rats.

He waves at the camera, grinning.]


Hey, everyone. I've noticed over the past few months we've lost a lot of the people who were offering shooting lessons. [He really, really misses Cissie.] I don't know that I'm the best or most patient teacher in the world, but I'm offering. Anyone who wants to learn, let me know, and I'm happy to help you out. We can start small with like, paintball and shit if that makes you more comfortable.

[Somehow not everyone is totally comfortable with firearms? WEIRD.]

Anyway let me know. Either over the network, or you can show up at After the End Times. I'm usually around.

[He offers a thumbs up to the camera and then cuts the feed.]

Video

Aug. 20th, 2018 01:06 pm
moraloutrage: (sorry)
[personal profile] moraloutrage
[One Kiyotaka Ishimaru appears on the video feed, looking more somber than usual. Even so, he bows politely to the feed and attempts to force a smile. Every now and then, as he speaks, he sniffles.]

Good morning, everyone. If we have not yet met, please allow me the pleasure of introducing myself. My name is Kiyotaka Ishimaru, and I believe in the value of hardwork. I was accepted to Hope's Peak Academy with the title of Super High School Level Public Morals Commitee Member. B-but I am here to make sure that everyone knows about a certain matter!

[He pauses for a moment, before he goes on with some difficulty.]

Recently, it seems that the Super High School Level Bike Gang Leader... Mondo Oowada, the brother of my soul... has left this world. I do not know if he will ever return. This... may be goodbye for us. Please, I ask you to remember him fondly. I know that he can be a difficult person, and he has made some horrible mistakes, but he is also very passionate and has a strong heart underneath it all! I sent my fondest wishes to any and all of his friends in this mansion. And that is not all. [A beat] I... would also like to apologize for my behavior the other month, when I called myself by a different name. At the time, I believed that my brother's spirit was within me. B-but... Now I know for sure that was not the case. I... am truly just myself, Kiyotaka Ishimaru. I apologize for any confusion. And I hope that I can be of help in the future... in solving this place's mysteries. Let... us all do our best.

[He looks weary from having spoken that much. A lot of his characteristic energy is drained from him. But he still leaves the message on a slight smile.]

Video

Aug. 18th, 2018 11:31 pm
charlastan: Razzle Dazzle - Chicago (How can they hear the truth)
[personal profile] charlastan
[It's been a while since anyone's seen Stan in his full classic get up - the 8-ball cane, the eye patch, the grin of a showman who's about to sell you something. In fairness, he hasn't had much to sell until now - the only times this look comes out are events where he has the pleasure of selling everyone something.

But, strangely, it looks like he has something to sell today. Behind him are all sorts of knick-knacks - useless souvenirs someone might waste their money on at home if they were on some kind of terrible road trip. There are a lot of question marks for some reason, but also a lot of playing card suits because that's a Wonderland thing, right? Probably!
]

Hi! I'm Mr. Mystery. Are you all as bored of this dumb place as I am? Well, have I got great news for you!

[He spreads his arm with a flourish so people can see more of the stuff behind him - T-shirts, snow globes, bobbleheads of various wonderland residents. There's a rack of welcome pamphlets which he appears to have just flat out stolen from the front hall, along with all sorts of other weird gift shop items.]

Come on up or down to Room 15 on the Third Floor to visit the MYSTERY ROOM to see all the wonder and amazement I could be bothered to throw together! Upstairs we've got the gift shop, full of the all the things you didn't think of getting from the closets, but downstairs is where the real show is. [He points his cane at a staircase going down, with signs posted near it that read MYSTERIES BELOW, WHAT???, and TOURS HERE!!] Down here I've got the greatest assortment of Wonderland creatures ever to be assembled in one place! Where do the resident go when they're not giving us dumb riddles? Why can't wash your Red Queens with your White Queens? Why IS a Raven like a writing desk? SO MANY QUESTIONS! Plus as a bonus, you'll get some of the greatest hits of my world like the Six Pack O'Lope, and a Wonderland exclusive - Son of Sascrotch!

"But Mr. Mystery!" you might ask. "How will I ever pay for such a valuable service with no economy in sight?" Good question, future customer! Here at the Mystery Room, we don't believe in "post-scarcity economics" [And he makes quote fingers as he says it.] But, with no universe currency in place, that means we're taking whatever you've got to barter for admission or souvenirs!

[Very rough cut to a sign reading CURRENCY ACCEPTED: JOKES (GOOD OR BAD ONLY), TOFFEE PEANUTS, SECRETS, BACON, OTHER FOOD OR DRINK, ARM AND/OR LEG, HOMEMADE GIFTS, GENERAL BRIBERY, ROUGHLY $15 IN ANY CURRENCY, SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK, WEAPONRY, TAXIDERMY PARTS, INFORMATION, WHATEVER THE CASHIER FEELS LIKE TAKING AT THE MOMENT, and then back to Stan.]

So come on down to the Mystery Room and negotiate a tour today! You and I both know you don't have anything better to do!

[For Action shenanigans, come over to the Mystery Room mingle log!]

Video

Aug. 15th, 2018 11:24 pm
bibliocorn: (ALL THE BOOKS)
[personal profile] bibliocorn
[The feed opens to Wonderland's resident Book Horse in his natural environment. Which is to say the library. Because of course he's here. He smiles, offering the camera a little wave of a forehoof.]

Hello there, Wonderland! I've really settled into my role as your librarian, though I admit I've got a bit of a quandary going on. I've been picking my reading material mostly at random- when I realised I could just ask the mansion at large what their favourite books are. I'd love to hear your recommendations, and I'm sure others here would too.

[Because if there's one thing he's lacking in his life, it's more books to read. He'll just drag everyone else down into his hermit book-world with him. They can be book hermits together. A contradiction, but still. ]

Oooh, perhaps we would even try out a book club, if anyone was interested in that kind of thing?
calculators: (really tho)
[personal profile] calculators
[Ben looks directly into the camera, which is actually at a flattering angle believe it or not, and sighs. He also is new here but doesn't bother considering that fact. His wife is already making herself well known enough for the both of them probably.]

Look, I know most of you probably don't care, but the fact that the "magical wardrobe" [yeah, those are airquotes] isn't always precise? Is kind of a problem.

Take for instance, this calculator.

[He holds up something akin to the TI-83+, for those who took any kind of math in the 90s to 00s in modern, normal America.]

If you're from my time? This? This is an inferior piece of technology. No one wants this. What they want is the TI-89. Or, even better, a brand new Casio. But I would've happily settled for the TI-84. Doesn't even need to be the plus edition. [Oh boy, he's getting fired up now. Nerd alert.] Look everyone says that Texas Instruments were just scamming everyone when the 84s came out but that's not true. They did impressive coding upgrades. I mean, all you have to do is toss a polynomial function with asymptotes in there to see the difference.

[A long pause, as if he can hear his many friends back home and their iterations of how boring he is.]

Look, all I'm saying is that sometimes it matters what kinds of things you need. Some jobs need certain tools and specifics matter. And not just with calculators either.
slapfight: (△ I HAVE A STOMACH.)
[personal profile] slapfight
[Iiiit's Peridot! ...It's a very official looking Peridot, too. Standing straight in front of her communicator with her shared room with Lapis (that looks a little bit like a barn) in the background.

She clears her throat, her expression calm, yet serious.]


I have a very important question for you all. One I hope I can get an adequate answer for.

[She presses her palms together and points her fingers towards the camera. The "booooi" fingers if you will.]

As I understand it, if someone leaves Wonderland for good, their things vanish. So what if their things are also your things?

[She seems to be doing her best to keep her cool. It's kind of working.] Th.. Thank you.

Tags

LAYOUT BASE @ [community profile] fruitstyle