thatguyinthestore
Off to a Better Place
This roleplay is a part of the Chronology Series.
Please see our Discord/Wiki for OOC and further info. OOC talk in the potential IC thread is highly ill-advised.
Link to sign-ups.
Prologue
“The Weirdness Begins”
The room was brimming with light, various sparks coming from a triangular shaped portal. The source of the light was none other than a blinding swirling vortex coming from its. The room was complete chaos, with sparks flying from the portal and even lightning shot out every few seconds or so. The sight of an older male, wearing a beige trench coat with a maroon sweater underneath, as well as some black sweatpants, could be seen from behind a glass panel. He was frantically at work, beads of sweat running straight down his forehead, down his cheek, and dropping right off his chin as his fingers typed as fast as they could. Next to him was a much shorter male, appearing to be around twelve or so, who seemed to be just as nervous. He was frantically pacing around, gripping the top of his blue pine tree hat with both hands.
“Okay, okay calm down, Dipper… you’ve got this, man. The dangerous portal is about to collapse or explode, but your Great Uncle Ford is handling it. And he’s the genius who wrote the journals! Everything’s gonna be A-Okay.” He said, presumably to himself as he continued frantically pacing around the room, breathing heavier and heavier as time went on.
“Dipper!” The older man shouted as he turned to the younger male, though he didn’t get any reaction. Stanford Pines rolled his eyes and let out a sigh, before inhaling and shouting, “Oh for love of… DIPPER!”
“H-huh!?” Dipper asked, being snapped out of his little panic attack from the sudden shouting. He looked up, and saw the glasses-wearing man staring at him with, though it wasn’t an angry stare. It was nervous, definitely, worried even. But it was one that showed clear concern, rather than one of annoyance or anger.
“Listen,” He said, taking his hands off the keyboard for just a moment so he could place them on the boy’s shoulders. “I know you’re anxious, worried, maybe even a little mortally terrified. But you’ve got to listen to me here, boy! Even the smallest of miscalculations, and the portal could very well implode in on itself, or worse!”
“W-worse?!” Dipper exclaimed, though that garnered no response from Ford, who simply continued to stare down at him. Dipper, managing to calm down for even the briefest of moments, inhaled sharply and nodded. “R-right.” He said, puffing out his chest as his newfound determination sunk through his body. Balling up his small fists, he nodded firmly once more. “I’m ready, Grunkle Ford.”
“Good,” Ford replied, taking his hands off of Dipper’s shoulders and immediately returning to the long outstretched keyboard in front of him. “Now, on my command, I need you to throw that lever!” He shouted, using one hand to point to a red lever behind the two while the other continued to type away at the keyboard with the intensity of a lion. Dipper immediately turned around and ran over to the lever in question, placing both of his hands on it.
“This one!?” He shouted, finding it hard to keep his voice above the sounds of the portal as it only grew louder and more unstable.
“Yes, Dipper! That one! On the count of three, pull it down with all your strength!” He shouted, his eyes still fixated on the screen in front of him and the rapidly destabilizing portal. “1… 2….” Seconds later, Ford glanced over to Dipper.
“3!!!!”
Without an iota of hesitation, Dipper pulled on the lever with all his might. It fell down with ease, and as it did so, the portal grew less and less unstable, before shutting down completely. The whole room was filled with an almost eerie empty silence, as all that could be heard was the sound of Dipper and Ford’s tired, exhausted breaths.
“W-we did it..” Dipper said, being the first of the pair to speak up. A smile quickly stretched across his face, overtaking the rest of his features in a matter of seconds. “We did it!” He shouted again, pumping both fists into the air in victory.
“That we did, Dipper.” Ford said, cracking a small through a few breaths, still trying to catch it after what had just transpired. Once he did so, he approached him and gave him small pat on the shoulder. “Now come on. What’s say me and you go and play some Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons?” He asked, which earned an eager nod from his assistant/great nephew.
“Sounds like a plan, Grunkle Ford.” Dipper replied with a smile, the two of them moving towards the steps, illuminated by a light above them. Ford had already been halfway up the steps by the time Dipper began making his way up, though almost as soon as Dipper set foot on one of the steps, the portal suddenly flashed to life again. Dipper’s eyes widened as he heard the loud whirring noise, his head popping out from around the corner to stare at them. “Uhh… Grunkle Ford!” He shouted, his pupils dilating a bit as he saw portal. His hand tightly gripped the railing in fear, the young preteen unable to get out anymore words as Ford quickly ran back downstairs.
“Jumping jellybeans!” He shouted, making a deadline back to the control panel. However, as soon as he did, the portal became too unstable to hold its own as numerous sparks and bolts of lightning shot out of the swirling vortex at quite the alarming rate, and a bright light encompassed the whole room. And all Dipper and Ford could do was watch in horror, before they were knocked unconscious by the sheer force the portal exerted.
You awoke after being encompassed by a strange, white light. Wherever you were or what you were doing didn’t really matter, because as that light encompassed you, the sheer force of it alone knocked you out and rendered you unconscious.
You soon found yourself awaking outside. The sound of birds chirping awoke you, and the hot summer sun quickly blinded you as you awoke from what felt like a very long nap. You were surrounded by a dense forest on all corners, and the only thing that really stood out to you was a building behind you, labeled “MYSTERY SHACK” in all caps. There were plenty of people to interact with, and strangely enough, they all seemed to be awaking from long naps as well. Well, except one large, overweight male in a green shirt with a giant question mark in the middle, who pulled up to the area you stood in on a golf cart. His eyes would widen in mild surprise upon seeing you all, though eventually he would smile and let out a small chuckle.
“Haha, what’s with you doods? You all look like you jumped straight outta an anime or video game or something.” He said, before letting out another chuckle. “Haha, I’m just kidding, doods. But seriously, that would be pretty cool, though.”
Seconds later, the door to the aforementioned ‘Mystery Shack’ slammed open, and out came a young boy, dressed in a blue vest, red shirt, and cargo shorts, all of which was topped off by a blue and white hat with a Pine Tree in the center. “Oh, hey Dipper.” The man said, waving to the boy.
The aforementioned boy paused dead in his tracks before he could even get the faintest of syllables out, either not noticing the man or just ignoring him. “Oh no… no no no no no… this is not good… this is NOT good!” He muttered to himself, his hands quickly moving up and gripping his pine tree hat tightly, before he turned around and bolted towards the door to the shack, throwing it open and running back inside. “Grunkle Ford! Come out here, quick!” He shouted as he ran through the shack, prompting the older male to turn and face all of you.
“What’s with him?” He asked as he thumbed towards the door, seeming a lot more nonchalant about this than the preteen.
And with that, it seemed that you were all left to your own devices for the time being.
Cast List
darkred as Sarah and John Connor (Terminator)
T The Man With No Name as Sans (Undertale AU)
SheepKing as Isabelle (Animal Crossing)
2Bornot2B as 2B (Nier: Automata) and CZ (Overlord)
Birb as Epsilo Gamman (Homestuck OC)
Wedge as Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
Sayo-Nara as Morgana (Persona 5)
Jeremiah as Dorothy Haze (VA-11 HALL-A)
Critic Ham as Doomguy (DOOM)
ManyFaces as Hopper and Molt (A Bugs' Life)
DapperDogman as K'Thix (DCSS OC)
Thepotatogod as Whisper the Wolf (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Hiryu Kakogawa (Kamen Rider Zi-O)
Necessity4Fun as Julie Taylor Luckett (OC)
SpaceRavens03 as Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV)
Crow as Sanjou Nemu (Magical Girl Raising Project) and Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Benedict Cucumberpatch as Sir Benedict Cucumberpatch (Classified)
Rhysie as Rhys Strongfolk (Borderlands)
Chungchangching as Shadman (Shadbase)
marc122 as Pichu (Pokemon)
Sleek as Sergeant Avery J. Johnson (Halo)
Damafaud as Lyle Walt and Clara Bulmer (Sevens)
Noivian as Daxtrien Hartnet (Pokemon OC)
Nightwisher as Felix Combferre Auclair (OC)
DerpyCarp as Fulgore MK III (Killer Instinct)
Ineptitude as Slugcat (Rain World)
Zamasu as Filthy Frank (Filthy Frank)
Sir Skrubbins as Frank West (Dead Rising 3)
archur as Achilles of Phtia (Greek Mythology)
Gundam Watcher 27 as Buffy the Magicarp (Pokemon OC)
QizPizza as Delsin Rowe (inFamous)
jigglesworth as Dizzy Wallin (Gears of War 3)
Topless as Kanna Kamui (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
Ferociousfeind as Callie (Splatoon 2)
Veradana as Scias (Breath of Fire IV)
GearBlade654 as Ekken Traksa (XCOM OC)
SuperiorOnion as Samantha Ann Whitley (OC)
CocoaMarshmallow as Zacian (Pokemon)
Clover as Eddie Brock (Marvel Comics)
Hercynia as Zenos yae Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV)
Tropicalpeacock as Miguel (Road to El Dabo)
SeirenK as Omega (Final Fantasy XIV)
FactionGuerrilla as Cole Macgrath (inFAMOUS)
BoltBeam as Tenshi Hinanawi (Touhou Project)
Zerulu as Sterlok (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)
Rysesaka as Kawhi Leonard (Game of Zones)
thefinalgirl as Valentine (Skullgirls)
Hahli Nuva as Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)
FoolsErin as Wigfrid (Don't Starve)
Please see our Discord/Wiki for OOC and further info. OOC talk in the potential IC thread is highly ill-advised.
Link to sign-ups.
Prologue
“The Weirdness Begins”
The room was brimming with light, various sparks coming from a triangular shaped portal. The source of the light was none other than a blinding swirling vortex coming from its. The room was complete chaos, with sparks flying from the portal and even lightning shot out every few seconds or so. The sight of an older male, wearing a beige trench coat with a maroon sweater underneath, as well as some black sweatpants, could be seen from behind a glass panel. He was frantically at work, beads of sweat running straight down his forehead, down his cheek, and dropping right off his chin as his fingers typed as fast as they could. Next to him was a much shorter male, appearing to be around twelve or so, who seemed to be just as nervous. He was frantically pacing around, gripping the top of his blue pine tree hat with both hands.
“Okay, okay calm down, Dipper… you’ve got this, man. The dangerous portal is about to collapse or explode, but your Great Uncle Ford is handling it. And he’s the genius who wrote the journals! Everything’s gonna be A-Okay.” He said, presumably to himself as he continued frantically pacing around the room, breathing heavier and heavier as time went on.
“Dipper!” The older man shouted as he turned to the younger male, though he didn’t get any reaction. Stanford Pines rolled his eyes and let out a sigh, before inhaling and shouting, “Oh for love of… DIPPER!”
“H-huh!?” Dipper asked, being snapped out of his little panic attack from the sudden shouting. He looked up, and saw the glasses-wearing man staring at him with, though it wasn’t an angry stare. It was nervous, definitely, worried even. But it was one that showed clear concern, rather than one of annoyance or anger.
“Listen,” He said, taking his hands off the keyboard for just a moment so he could place them on the boy’s shoulders. “I know you’re anxious, worried, maybe even a little mortally terrified. But you’ve got to listen to me here, boy! Even the smallest of miscalculations, and the portal could very well implode in on itself, or worse!”
“W-worse?!” Dipper exclaimed, though that garnered no response from Ford, who simply continued to stare down at him. Dipper, managing to calm down for even the briefest of moments, inhaled sharply and nodded. “R-right.” He said, puffing out his chest as his newfound determination sunk through his body. Balling up his small fists, he nodded firmly once more. “I’m ready, Grunkle Ford.”
“Good,” Ford replied, taking his hands off of Dipper’s shoulders and immediately returning to the long outstretched keyboard in front of him. “Now, on my command, I need you to throw that lever!” He shouted, using one hand to point to a red lever behind the two while the other continued to type away at the keyboard with the intensity of a lion. Dipper immediately turned around and ran over to the lever in question, placing both of his hands on it.
“This one!?” He shouted, finding it hard to keep his voice above the sounds of the portal as it only grew louder and more unstable.
“Yes, Dipper! That one! On the count of three, pull it down with all your strength!” He shouted, his eyes still fixated on the screen in front of him and the rapidly destabilizing portal. “1… 2….” Seconds later, Ford glanced over to Dipper.
“3!!!!”
Without an iota of hesitation, Dipper pulled on the lever with all his might. It fell down with ease, and as it did so, the portal grew less and less unstable, before shutting down completely. The whole room was filled with an almost eerie empty silence, as all that could be heard was the sound of Dipper and Ford’s tired, exhausted breaths.
“W-we did it..” Dipper said, being the first of the pair to speak up. A smile quickly stretched across his face, overtaking the rest of his features in a matter of seconds. “We did it!” He shouted again, pumping both fists into the air in victory.
“That we did, Dipper.” Ford said, cracking a small through a few breaths, still trying to catch it after what had just transpired. Once he did so, he approached him and gave him small pat on the shoulder. “Now come on. What’s say me and you go and play some Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons?” He asked, which earned an eager nod from his assistant/great nephew.
“Sounds like a plan, Grunkle Ford.” Dipper replied with a smile, the two of them moving towards the steps, illuminated by a light above them. Ford had already been halfway up the steps by the time Dipper began making his way up, though almost as soon as Dipper set foot on one of the steps, the portal suddenly flashed to life again. Dipper’s eyes widened as he heard the loud whirring noise, his head popping out from around the corner to stare at them. “Uhh… Grunkle Ford!” He shouted, his pupils dilating a bit as he saw portal. His hand tightly gripped the railing in fear, the young preteen unable to get out anymore words as Ford quickly ran back downstairs.
“Jumping jellybeans!” He shouted, making a deadline back to the control panel. However, as soon as he did, the portal became too unstable to hold its own as numerous sparks and bolts of lightning shot out of the swirling vortex at quite the alarming rate, and a bright light encompassed the whole room. And all Dipper and Ford could do was watch in horror, before they were knocked unconscious by the sheer force the portal exerted.
You awoke after being encompassed by a strange, white light. Wherever you were or what you were doing didn’t really matter, because as that light encompassed you, the sheer force of it alone knocked you out and rendered you unconscious.
You soon found yourself awaking outside. The sound of birds chirping awoke you, and the hot summer sun quickly blinded you as you awoke from what felt like a very long nap. You were surrounded by a dense forest on all corners, and the only thing that really stood out to you was a building behind you, labeled “MYSTERY SHACK” in all caps. There were plenty of people to interact with, and strangely enough, they all seemed to be awaking from long naps as well. Well, except one large, overweight male in a green shirt with a giant question mark in the middle, who pulled up to the area you stood in on a golf cart. His eyes would widen in mild surprise upon seeing you all, though eventually he would smile and let out a small chuckle.
“Haha, what’s with you doods? You all look like you jumped straight outta an anime or video game or something.” He said, before letting out another chuckle. “Haha, I’m just kidding, doods. But seriously, that would be pretty cool, though.”
Seconds later, the door to the aforementioned ‘Mystery Shack’ slammed open, and out came a young boy, dressed in a blue vest, red shirt, and cargo shorts, all of which was topped off by a blue and white hat with a Pine Tree in the center. “Oh, hey Dipper.” The man said, waving to the boy.
The aforementioned boy paused dead in his tracks before he could even get the faintest of syllables out, either not noticing the man or just ignoring him. “Oh no… no no no no no… this is not good… this is NOT good!” He muttered to himself, his hands quickly moving up and gripping his pine tree hat tightly, before he turned around and bolted towards the door to the shack, throwing it open and running back inside. “Grunkle Ford! Come out here, quick!” He shouted as he ran through the shack, prompting the older male to turn and face all of you.
“What’s with him?” He asked as he thumbed towards the door, seeming a lot more nonchalant about this than the preteen.
And with that, it seemed that you were all left to your own devices for the time being.
Cast List
darkred as Sarah and John Connor (Terminator)
T The Man With No Name as Sans (Undertale AU)
SheepKing as Isabelle (Animal Crossing)
2Bornot2B as 2B (Nier: Automata) and CZ (Overlord)
Birb as Epsilo Gamman (Homestuck OC)
Wedge as Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
Sayo-Nara as Morgana (Persona 5)
Jeremiah as Dorothy Haze (VA-11 HALL-A)
Critic Ham as Doomguy (DOOM)
ManyFaces as Hopper and Molt (A Bugs' Life)
DapperDogman as K'Thix (DCSS OC)
Thepotatogod as Whisper the Wolf (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Hiryu Kakogawa (Kamen Rider Zi-O)
Necessity4Fun as Julie Taylor Luckett (OC)
SpaceRavens03 as Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV)
Crow as Sanjou Nemu (Magical Girl Raising Project) and Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Benedict Cucumberpatch as Sir Benedict Cucumberpatch (Classified)
Rhysie as Rhys Strongfolk (Borderlands)
Chungchangching as Shadman (Shadbase)
marc122 as Pichu (Pokemon)
Sleek as Sergeant Avery J. Johnson (Halo)
Damafaud as Lyle Walt and Clara Bulmer (Sevens)
Noivian as Daxtrien Hartnet (Pokemon OC)
Nightwisher as Felix Combferre Auclair (OC)
DerpyCarp as Fulgore MK III (Killer Instinct)
Ineptitude as Slugcat (Rain World)
Zamasu as Filthy Frank (Filthy Frank)
Sir Skrubbins as Frank West (Dead Rising 3)
archur as Achilles of Phtia (Greek Mythology)
Gundam Watcher 27 as Buffy the Magicarp (Pokemon OC)
QizPizza as Delsin Rowe (inFamous)
jigglesworth as Dizzy Wallin (Gears of War 3)
Topless as Kanna Kamui (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
Ferociousfeind as Callie (Splatoon 2)
Veradana as Scias (Breath of Fire IV)
GearBlade654 as Ekken Traksa (XCOM OC)
SuperiorOnion as Samantha Ann Whitley (OC)
CocoaMarshmallow as Zacian (Pokemon)
Clover as Eddie Brock (Marvel Comics)
Hercynia as Zenos yae Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV)
Tropicalpeacock as Miguel (Road to El Dabo)
SeirenK as Omega (Final Fantasy XIV)
FactionGuerrilla as Cole Macgrath (inFAMOUS)
BoltBeam as Tenshi Hinanawi (Touhou Project)
Zerulu as Sterlok (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)
Rysesaka as Kawhi Leonard (Game of Zones)
thefinalgirl as Valentine (Skullgirls)
Hahli Nuva as Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)
FoolsErin as Wigfrid (Don't Starve)