EVENT LOG PT. 2: Chum City

[progressmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: Progress City is completely overrun.
Where: EPCOT, spilling out into Progress City eventually.
When: May 25th - June 2nd.
Warnings: Goblins.

At some point, you're going to notice...something emerging from the Dreamscape Room. They're not really all that big, about the size of a small child maybe, but here's the thing. There's a lot of them, and they're everywhere:

They never outright resort to physical violence, but every time you look, there's more of them than you know what to do with. They're everywhere, inconveniencing you in the most annoying of ways. Swarming you at all times, cutting you in line for rides and food, generally overpopulating the park. The place tries to operate at normal capacity, but your daily lives are going to be completely interrupted by miniature goblins that look...somewhat familiar.

The nusiances seem to be originating from the Dreamscape Room, and it seems like it's up to you to get rid of them somehow. Maybe figure out why they're there in the first place, because it seems like there could be a political scandal abound. But otherwise? Seems like those cards of your's could come in handy.

Comments

[hallotween]

[what the unholy fuck is going on now

okay, great, there's some fucking crazy machine malfunction happening isn't there. AGAIN. time to go check out the dreamscape room, then... just peek inside and try to push through the swarms of planklins.]

[createcreations]

[Well, the first and foremost obvious thing is that she'll definitely be able to notice they have a hostage in there. Namely, it looks like the guy who's running the Dream Festival is bound and gagged.]

[beakie]

[hey what the fuck beaker came out here to have a good time and?? now there's these abominations coming out and wreaking havoc???

Yeah, uh, you'll find him first running the fuck away from these things. He didn't even get to check out the Dreamfinder Festival--he'd been roped into helping Plankton after waking up late. And he's not going to put up with this. You'll probably hear him screaming from about a mile away.

Once he's realized he can actually do something about these monstrosities, he'll be testing out his cards on them, from a safe distance away. More specifically, the Genie Lamp card, and whatever that entails. Every so often, when a...thing gets too close, he'll yelp and run further away. Watch out, you might accidentally get hit by a random effect and be approached by an apologetic Muppet.]

[mister_mystery]

Hey, watch where yer goin'- oh it's you! Beaker, right? How have you been?

[He's done a complete 180 and honestly? Stan's glad to see a familiar face after he's been freed of Countwy Beah.

Also, you guessed it, he's been introduced to the other Beaker, not that he knows.]

[midnightcowboy]

[Well as far as the whole 'hitting citizens with random cards' thing goes, Beaker lucked out! The wind card is fairly harmless, so he doesn't have to worry about seriously ruining anyone's day. Unless someone is like two inches tall which Jed is, actually, thanks for asking! So he just gets fuckin yote (yeeted???) across A Significant Distance from where he was hiding strategically waiting under a bench (in his defense he literally just got here earlier today and look at the goddamn state of affairs in this place).

But he's... fine? He's not dead or anything, he's made of plastic. So by the time Beaker makes his way over there (who knows if he even properly saw who he hit) he's less injured and more ticked off and righteously offended. he could've been knocked into the sunlight and turned into dust you inconsiderate carrot stick]

Jesus H. Christ, watch where you're pointin' that thing! This ain't no time to fool around with leafblowers!

[flowersonthewall]

[looks at these abominations]

[looks at the shitty plankton balloons he's been forced to sell most of the day]

[looks at the shitty plankton balloons he destroyed with Tadashi]

[Yeah, ok.

Right now, they're swarming him at the Imagination Pavilion- he's stuck in the middle of a crowd of the little terrors, unable to walk anywhere without them roughly shoving him out of the way.

Up until now, Beaker hasn't used any of his cards. He's been too afraid to. But he's idly considering it now...

No, no, he should- he needs to be better than that. Beaker tries to ask the nearest Plankton gremlin or normal person for information on what the hell is going on.]

Mee-muhmi meep mi muh minimeep?

[itsthecount]

[Some people need to adapt to their surroundings. Blend in. Hope they don't get picked on for being different.

That's why when Beaker goes to grab for someone, he grabs at an odd-looking man with a paper plate eye over his face and a green union suit.]

Hm, yes? What do you want with I, Sheldon Jerry Plankton?

[He's blending in.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

....oh narwhal blast, it's the Spongeman.

[what has she unleashed.

She's gonna be casting spells left and right, trying to stop the Planktons and float them away or whatever she has to do to keep those little freaks away.]

[evilette]

What's a Spongeman?

( you know, a casual question to be asking when evie's touching her handy dandy new enchanting sword card to her band and summoning a glittering sword to her hand as she twirls like she's a goddamn magical girl.

any planktons that aren't hit by eclipsa's spells will promptly be skewered three at a time by said sword until they disappear in a puff — and the princess finds herself really glad that her best friends taught her how to swordfight before they took on a gang of pirates back on the isle. )

[kindaruledatit]

[Just driving by in her car, running over some Planktons. Oh god a spell hits her, the car is flipping over - and vanishes into the magic it came from. All that's left is a rather confused girl laying on the ground.]

Ugh... someone get the number of that thing that hit me?

[computerwife]

[Oh so these little fuckos wanna cut in front of her while she's trying to get some lunch huh????

Well Karen's just going to do the same thing as they're doing, literally just straight up kicking a few of the little gremlin bastards, attempting to cut back in front of them too!!]

[dothebackslide]

[Hey campaign buddy, please save this blue green man being trampled by short gross boys.]

[kindaruledatit]

[Walking by, already with food in her hands. She takes a sip from a soda can as she watches this.

No she isn't saying anything yet.]

[angelgoatdemon]

[Hey guys what's going on in this threa-oh my god. It feels like looking at a swarm of bugs right now and maybe he should go back to that wild, chocolate factory for a few more days.] AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! [It appears he's misplaced that talking collar of his! He'll be using a Great Flaming Chainsaw to mow down these...goblins.]

[whatarenext]

[Oh my goooood--they have churros here, is what Mike thought before he met with a swarm of green animatronics.

The middle aged man in a chum bucket helmet is stumbling away from the swarm when he sees some...muppet like creature mowing them down. Yeah this convinces Mike this is some kind of movie.]

Oh let me guess, this is for some Jim Henson-related netflix project?

[Scoffs at the inherent danger.]

--eehhh well, it's a nice use of practical effects. Just as long as it isn't another fuckin' Star Wars movie.

https://youtu.be/SIaFtAKnqBU

[ilovepuppies]

[there is a LOT of screaming going on right now, mostly due to Star being literally swept away in a tide of horrible green goblins.]

[kindaruledatit]

[Seems like this sort of thing may as well just happen. Weird little gremlin guys suddenly coming out to ruin the festival and everyone's day? Sucks, but there are options here. Most of those options involve smashing some of these weird little, naked, green Gnomes.

And Wendy really wanted to use her Wild Ride card today.

So wherever you are, hopefully outside, here comes a car barreling your way and squishing a few unlucky chum goblins under its wheels. It's pretty messy, but the girl driving pays it no mind as she waves you down.]

Hey! Need a lift?

[seasonthree]

Oh, peasant girl! You're just in time to save me!

[Richard's just gonna hop in the car next to her. Thanks for the ride.]

These somehow-weirdly-familiar-gremlins-that-remind-me-of-someone-but-I-can't-place-my-finger-on-who are absolutely awful. One of them stole my ice cream.... It made me really sad.

[lusito]

[... What in the actual fuck is this thing. At first Joshua is curious, then sort of disgusted with them, and now annoyed because they're getting in the way of things here. Namely, making him have to actually do his job because of the amount of them that came flooding into the Tower of Terror, clamoring into the building and the ride.

So finally he summons a card to try to get ride of them, and...

Genie Lamp RNG: Pink Elephants Parade.

... Now this building suddenly has pink elephants too. And drunk acting plankton monstrosities to contend with. This is not what Joshua meant to do at all and he's not happy.]

Well, that's just great. This totally doesn't make this situation any worse...

[For once, Joshua might actually need help.]

[marryapanther]

[Bagheera has no idea why this army of goblins is suddenly addled, but he does recognize a herd of elephants when he sees one, even if they are a garish pink. Bagheera can tell there's something off about them, but still, the way of the jungle is to give respect to the elephants. He bows, almost on instinct, ignoring the goblins crashing into him and stumbling over him, even as one of the elephants grows closer to him...]

[standingonmyneck]

[...Great. Just what she needed. What in the actual hell are these things? Daria would look at them in disgust but ignore them as she tried to just go to work. For a few minutes, it was easy to just dismiss them as annoying fanatics of their esteemed mayor. That was, until she actually tried to go about her business.

Crawling up the tables, and growing in numbers...Daria just tried to walk around them, but it was getting harder and more agitating.

Breaking point would hit when she was swarmed and completely surrounded by them. She was standing in the middle of a pack, and she looked around...just as bored looking as ever. But really, she was actually severely irritated and tired of this.]

Can I help you? You leader is someplace else, I assure you.

[It was when they got closer when Daria actually got scared and nervous. Trying to keep a stoic face, but going to the closest logical impulse reaction, she got out her Magic Arrow card. She knew what this did, and had it tested. Daria lived in Koriko too long to waste too much time with the creepy supernatural. Living in PC with these bands for a few weeks made the thought process on what to do not too difficult, no matter how much she hated it all on principle.]

I can repeat myself, if you want.

[She knew she had the tools to do this, and she would shoot an arrow if she was forced. That arrow was aimed at the crowd and she had a firm, cold stare and grip. Despite her lack of any physical attributes, she had good ass aim. Steady hands.

But hey, she won't turn down any hands of help.]

[ilovepuppies]

MAGICAL BUBBLE ATTACK!

[A sparkly pink bubble captures a chunk of the horde, and Star lands on top of it, bouncing up and down a few times.]

Gotcha, ya gross little... whatever you are!

SLOPESY TRACKING

[progressmods]

[For Marnie, or whoever else decides to go track down Slopesy, your best bet is the Norway Pavillion in EPCOT. Outside of various Plankton Goblins dressed as Anna and Elsa, you’ll notice a spraypainted drawing of the Joker captioned with ”GAMERS UNITE - WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY.”

Yeah, Slopesy was here.]

[hallotween]

[ugh.

well, he clearly was here, but it doesn't look like he still is. there has to be another step on the path of destruction she can follow. she just needs to find it.]

[muppetlabs]

[There's a series of explosives being set off, followed by an incredibly large one somewhere in EPCOT. As the smoke and debris clear up, a short little muppet man is sighted, dusting gross chum bits off his labcoat. He turns to the nearest bystander and strikes up conversation.]

I take it this infestation isn't an everyday occurrence? Give me a couple of hours, and I might just build a solution for this mess.

[Bunsen adjusts his glasses, then lifts them as he peers closer at the creatures. Which is...really ineffective, seeing as he has no visible eyes.]

Interesting. Usually, you'd see these creatures under a microscope. Perhaps someone got a hold of my old invention, the germ enlarger.

[Immediately, he uses his Thunder card on the gross little thing, putting it out of its misery. Listen, he's gay, tired, and new in town.]

...Oh! Silly me, where are my manners? I'm Bunsen Honeydew, founder of Muppet Labs. I'm new here, I think. This place looks a lot like Disney World, yet for some reason isn't.

[beakie]

[Beaker rushes by, feverishly tapping the Genie's Lamp card against his Magic Band when he catches sight of the green Muppet. He nearly runs past when he does a double take, his mouth agape. Never mind the fact that there are now bees everywhere swarming the gremlins.

It takes a moment or two for him to actually speak.]

Meep mii?!

[It's been...months since he's last seen anyone from home, much less Bunsen, of all people. This has to be a trick, right?]