#ofcobalt

[pumpkinhcad]

HAMMY'S POSTING. BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH MY FRIEND'S ART!! This time based on a little tidbit I dropped on @stcries at one point, hehe. Yes, Cola, your Tenna WILL be mentioned EVEN before his RP debut, teehee. It's been close to a couple of weeks since Chapter 3's release so I wanna talk about the crossover AU version!! Obviously, I will mention some DELTARUNE CHAPTER 3 SPOILERS here, so check the read more under your own discretion!

In this AU, Tenna would not only absent himself several times during the The Legend of Tenna segments because of Toriel. He would also be informed of "two sudden guests" wrecking havoc all around set, terrorizing countless employees and sabotaging particular sets and the like. And, upon making it to the Green Room, he would find Skid and Pump trying to press a poor Zapper's buttons as if he were an elevator. Cue the exchange above which, from the Fun Gang's POV, would happen off-screen. They really are not supposed to be there and it shows!!

Before anyone asks: which door is Skid talking about here? Well, let us just say that Kris leaving the Dreemurrs' household door open would not only have resulted in Undyne coming in during the tail end of the chapter.

In comparison of Chapter 1.5 (which I still have to write, I know, shshshsh), the boys' appearance in Chapter 3 is pretty light in terms of plot-involvement. And also pretty lighthearted! In a similar vein to Lancer, they keep appearing here and here during the chapter's events, usually just to mess around. Tenna does not even make the attempt to give them jobs-- he is NOT dealing with any child labor laws.

Sans actively interrupting the boards and physical challenges, breaking into the S-Rank room, or harassing the Zapper guarding the Cold Place's door, the kids are granted full freedom around the TV World. Not because they have done anything to warrant it, Tenna just canNOT successfully trap them inside gachapon capsules. They can even enter the A-Rank and lower rooms because, well, who is going to stop them really? Susie would smuggle them in* anyways.

*She would actually do this upon letting Kris use the B-Rank Room's Ball Machine as intended and realizing that they WASTED a bunch of points on prizes she found to be lame. No, alas, Ralsei does not get to give his two cents on the ethics of shoving two single-digit-aged children into a gigantic gachapon machine for the sake of getting prizes for free. Like, even Lancer is a prize in there, that machine would be emptied in MINUTES.

A running gag all throughout this chapter would be, in Tenna's own words as he looks at the camera looking cheeky: "if it's not tied down, it can be stolen, simple as that" (thanks Cola hehe). Random bits and pieces of each set, ITEM chests, even bits from the boards and physical challenges themselves, somehow, would start vanishing at one point. Especially the gachapon capsules-- Tenna would trap the Fun Gang inside THE LAST THREE CAPSULES HE HAS LEFT just so they would play the Bonus Round with him. And, wanna guess what would happen once they build enough TP to use the TURNOFF act on the Zapper? THE CAPSULES WOULD BE GONE TOO!! THESE TWO WOULD HAVE STOLEN THE PARTY AS WELL!! All because Pump likes smashing the things open with his hammer!!

And so, they would become pretty useful as means to obtain ITEMs and EQUIPment the player might not have picked up during their adventure. Just trade some points, or other ITEMs, with them and no problem. So like a shop with a random bunch of stuff in it. It is pretty difficult to let two kids roam around a TV studio with so many bright and colorful things within their grasp. You could even get two extra controllers from them (just like the ones you can get from Lancer), though using them in the SNES puzzles would not be too different from using Ralsei's or Susie's controllers respectively. You get to play as 8-bit versions of the little guys though!

Once the Fun Gang is on its way to the Cold Place the second time to face Tenna, they will come across Skid and Pump one last time... trying to drag Lancer's petrified body* across the Green Room in hopes of getting Susie to do something about it. Not like she can. They were not present for Chapter 2 so they must have been pretty confused when they discovered their Darkner friend as a statue. This, funny enough, would come into play during Tenna's boss fight when Susie comes up with a new ACT: DROPLANCER. Basically, for a sizable amount of TP, she can command Skid and Pump (who will magically spawn above the TV set) to drop Lancer on Tenna's head to stun him and make a minigame last for longer, earning the party more points. And it should do damage to him but, because it is funny, it does not. It probably pisses him off and causes his attacks to do more damage the turn after, though.

All of this is because Tenna did not have a horror set ready, by the way. They become a massive pain in the neck ON PURPOSE, and everything they end up gather was likely destined to a horror set OF THEIR OWN MAKING. The Susiezilla set was cool, at least, at least they had SOMETHING MILDLY SPOOKY in the TV World. At least they could have fun doing their own thing throughout most of it. Like, these kids canonically LOVE watching TV! Tenna should have given them a bone at least!!

As to how Chapter 3 ends? Much like how Kevin got stabbed by the Happy Fella in SM4, they arrive to the aftermath. Susie and Kris are missing, Ralsei is not looking so hot, and their teacher Toriel was there all along?? And she is not waking up?? They even end up finding Tenna after he got torn into pieces before the party could, which is NOT good. They do not even get a full explanation of what happened because, well, they are little kids. They would not have understood it. Neither they should know about The Roaring Knight. They are VERY dangerous.

Looking at the bright side, the boys would be able to aid Susie, the Pippins and the Shadowguys with fixing Tenna. After all, they found him first! They even had a lot of fun on set, so it would be the least they could do for the man running the entire operation. And Pump is very knowledgeable about The Art of Fixing a TV Screen with a Hammer* and its varying degrees of effectiveness. Which totally did not freak Susie out the first time he did that. He wields a HUGE hammer, y'know?

*This practically involves hitting a TV screen's frame with a hammer, which can fix how the screen displays images. It does not fix A CRACKED SCREEN, but as a bandaid fix just to get Tenna's face back it would work.

After the events of Chapter 3, in Castle Town, the player might be able to trigger a particular interaction where Skid and Pump try to convince Tenna of doing something horror-related in the future. They would even have their own little pitch! It would probably involve Jack from Chapter 4 lmao. Those two are very, VERY persistent.

[warncdandwiles]

@ofcobalt

brrrr, thunk, brrrr, thunk.

The copier's been going for a good half hour now, and Krupp's fingers are drumming a dent into the lid. He needed a whole batch of new science teacher flyers, seeing as nobody was biting. And the last ones had all mysteriously vanished...

Maybe he needs to call in the maintenance guys, too. The hallway light right outside the reception is blinking on and off, as if his headache wasn't bad enough.

and then he sees a small, skeletal figure staring up at him, that hadn't been there before -

"AAAAAAH!"

The flyers go flying. The copier lid snaps up. Krupp loses maybe a decade of his life until the LED lights buzz back on and its...a little kid in a skeleton costume. The Principal stares, face bloodless.

"...wh..." the clock reads 4PM. Well after school's out. "Where did..."

[pomniegranate]

Don't talk to Pomni or her two adopted nephews 😤😤 @pumpkinhcad @ofcobalt.

[raglusive]

@ofcobalt starter for Zooble. 🐎

⸺ ❝ Sooo uh, Zooble. I... I've been meaning to ask this but, ❞ it's better to just get her thoughts out now versus beating around the bush; Zooble always worked that way. But her words are perceived as strings of anxiety and her body radiates the same sentiment. A puffed exhale escaped, her eyes had avoided the other until now and once they rose, what shone was uneasiness and uncertainty. She could take criticisms, she likes to believe so - but the surface of the water only shows what the owner wants to see.

A hand had been rubbing at her arm and finally, she managed out the words she'd been struggling to form out. ❝ Do... do you think Gangle actually accepted my apology? I .. I know it was wrong of me to say! I can't even believe I said it but⸺! I did. I did and I just ... really want to know if Gangle is... okay. ❞

[maniques]

❛ You disgust me. You make me sick to my face. ❜ from evil pomni to evil jax with hate </3

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ“Y-YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FEEL THAT WAY,”ㅤthe words tumble over one another in that anxious, stammered rhythm he can never quite smooth out. Gloved hands curl together in front of him, loosely clasped, ( & this is the posture of someone who knows they're unwanted in the room but stays anyway; half-polite, half-resigned ) he nods once, a shallow, bobbing gesture like he's afraid to take up too much space [ too late for that! ] “I-I get that a lot,” the response lands with the weight of wet paper ( — delicate, hesitant ) “Y-you’re not wrong, you know! I do make people feel that way; I’ve been told it’s the… whole package: face, voice, way I stand, the fact that I breathe at an unsettling volume—” a pause, “I-it’s okay, really. You don’t have to like me. I-I’m not even sure I was made to be likable,” Expression softens around the edges, “B-but you still spoke to me: that counts for something! I… I think,” Evil Jax’s fingers fidget in uncertainty, “& I don’t mind if I make you sick. I mean; well, I don’t want to, obviously, that’d be rude— b-but I’d rather be something than nothing. At least if I’m disgusting, I exist in your world. Even if it’s just to be repelled. So… thanks, Evil Pomni!” he gives a soft, faltering laugh, unsure if he’s allowed to…

[pridewaited]

❛ that's not . . . that's now how you use that. just-look just give it here. ❜

as much as he wanted to be frustrated with randy at the moment, the most he could force himself to feel was endeared exasperated. and he couldn't bare to watch the other continue to struggle, as funny as it was.

★ ☾ ❛ @ofcobalt / starter call.

[stardecrossed]

“Let me guess, you want an apology?” nine to teacher sonic peas n_n

「 ✦ 💌 ɪɴᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴍᴇꜱꜱᴀɢᴇ જ⁀➴ ᴍᴇᴍᴇ ꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ✦ 」

    ❝That would be a great place to start, actually,❞ despite barging in like a turbulent storm, he has a really cool get up, the teacher mused as he assessed the cybernetic fox cub standing before him ––didn't he see a similar kid somewhere before?–– he didn't seem like one of Robotnik's automations who seem hellbent to shut down the cheeky blue malware, the design was too. . . alive, for the lack of a better term. But enemy or not–– ❝barging in during reading hour isn't a crime, but it's sure is distracting for the other students – just apologize & sit down quietly, I can start from the beginning if you'd like.❞ I don't think he came here for me to read to him, but maybe that will cool him down for a bit.

[dr-starline]

❛  trust me, this is the last thing i want to do.  ❜ from either nine or tangle

🐝  *  ―  𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑴 𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑶𝑮𝑼𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑷𝑻. 𝑰. ;; Status: Accepting

"Then the sentiment is agreed upon! Our truce is temporary. Long enough to figure our way out of these ruins..." The doctor remarks as he rubs his head from the tumble they had taken into the maze-like caverns below the battle that had been taking place. He steps forward a few paces, looking down the left and right path with an annoyed expression. Ugh... This was going to take awhile, wasn't it?

"If we split up, we'll be able to cover more ground." And he'll be able to be rid of you and take the opportunity to escape consequence free. "According to the translated texts, there should be a few escape options now that we're trapped down here. But the dead ends are... Extra deadly, so tread carefully."

"Try not to get to claustrophobic as the tunnels narrow. This was meant as a trial of self preservation for the people who lived here. Oh well. I'm sure you'll be fine. Ta ta~!" And there he goes, not taking time for a second thought as he takes the path to the right.

[stcries]

with everything that's happened, his rebellion against eden, the slaughter of the board, adrenaline still pumping hard through his veins, clogging the former spokesperson's mind from the truth. he'd done it, he'd taken the first step via saving a hybrid, one of whom he'd formed a close bond with during their brief meeting. but where was he now? had he managed to escape in time? last rayman had checked, bullfrog was still strapped to the electric chair.

but when his eyes locked with familiar assassin's garb and green skin, eyes widened, nearly losing footing before wasting not another second, closing distance between the pair. "y-you're alive? shit, I mean, last I knew of, you were still stuck in that chair. how did you ... you know what, it doesn't matter. are you okay?" / @ofcobalt liked for a starter.

[pumpkinhcad]

HAMMY'S POSTING. So here's some funny headcanons my Pump and @ofcobalt's Skid share. Yes, even more.

Skid and Pump will get on the phone and give each other play-by-plays of every thread the other has not been a part of. Every night, they will hog the phone just to tell each other about what happened earlier in the day. It could be something as innocuous as Kevin "not living in the candy store", or as insane as Streber "being a 5000-year-old vampire that can walk under sunlight", it does not matter. The other MUST know at all costs. EXCEPTION: Pump will never admit that he came across Roy, when both of them were alone for the afternoon, and that they got along more or less okay. And Roy is pretty much doing the same. It could set the wrong precedent.

Skid and Pump can perform rather simplistic "Bros. Attacks" in order to get over obstacles or carry out particular tasks. Two examples include (1) Skid using Pump as a spring to jump higher and (2) Pump picking Skid up and throwing him like a lighter basketball (either at people or, like the first one, to reach higher places). Much to his chagrin, they absolutely LOVE doing the latter to Kevin, because they trust him THAT much.

Skid sleeps over at Pump's house every weekend because the latter has "weekend thumb privileges" (yes, over the severed thumb the former found, don't ask). Pump doesn't?? Actually really care about this thumb much?? But having Skid over every weekend is a BLAST, so he will never admit that. Having sleep overs with his best friend is much better than a thumb any day.

More will likely come up in the future, so this post is open for future edits, teehee. These kids are such bundles of joy, I love them!! And ours in particular are so UNHINGED, love them even more.

[tripledigits]

@ofcobalt SAID: ❝ sorry, what was your name again? ❞ phineas to pacifica

There’s a twitch of the girl’s eye, faced away as she tenses up at the very question. It’s more than her pride boiling at what she considers an ignorant question, whirling around with her hands on her hips. Her expression is scornful as she turns her nose up at the other.

“ Pacifica. Pacifica Northwest, “ she replies pointedly, in a tone that portrays ‘something you should know!’ But, he doesn’t. There’s a scoff, a forced snicker as she rolls her eyes. “ Y’know, of the Northwest family? You live under a rock or something? Honestly, how could you miss the shining jewel of THIS backwater town? “

[pomniegranate]

I'm about to make a whole Spooky Month verse, just so Pomni can actually be their adopted (by them) auntie and she's constantly like this with them:

@pumpkinhcad @ofcobalt.

[atechalk]

@ofcobalt spoke : " wh - what ?! that's not fair !!! " ( deltarune chapter two prompts )

" sure it is . you wanna get past , don't you ... ? then you gotta pay the candy toll , twerp . i'll take eighty percent of what's in that bag . COUGH UP ! "

in truth , susie's secretly pretty jealous she never thought of year - round trick or treating . smartass kid .

it's too late to start now ; people aren't nearly so inclined to hand over their treats to scary teenagers . it'd be a night of fearful looks and doors hurriedly slammed in her face ... maybe even a lecture from undyne . eurgh . but she certainly missed out back when she still had her hair in ribbons , huh ? oh , well .

here's a good opportunity to make up for lost time .

the monstrous girl looms over skid , yellowed eyes glittering with malice , razor teeth bared into a nasty grin . it's gonna be too easy . just a glimpse of her scary face is gonna root the brat in place , get him trembling all over --- and it's a cakewalk from there . ( mmm ... cake . )

clawed hand plunges down to GRAB the kid by his football shaped head , and susie slowly raises him up to her eye level , looking wolfish .

" thing is ... even if you wanna head back the way you CAME ... that's still gonna cost ya . i'm thinking i'll take the WHOLE bag ... and bite your face off for the TROUBLE . "

susie barks with haunting laughter .

[jaxadaisical]

“You wanna know what my favorite part of that adventure was?” Zooble >:]

⸺ ❝ Oh! Do tell. I'm at the edge of my seat in the peanut gallery just dying to throw my peanuts at the ready. This should be good. The floor is yours, Zoobie, the class is waiting. ❞

[strebcr]

@ofcobalt said: “why doesn’t he ever give US any riddles when we see him then?? do we have to find him at his bridge??”

"That's beacuse he only gives them to travelers from distant lands. Locals don't count, it's how he gets his power to someday reach his true form!"

[dr-starline]

“Down with The Eggman Empire!”

"Applications to the Starline Empire are to your left, since our feelings align!" Starline that isn't what that means and you know it.

Ty for reading!!! I look forward to interacting if you're up for it! I've read your rules as well. ^^