#tsp cosmic script

[bootleg-parable]

Heheh, hello there, good mate! <3 I tend to go around and ask different narrators and Stanleys if they would like a hug. Would you like one? If you are not a hugger, I have a batch of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies I’d love to share! 🤗

Teller and Narry love hugs!

Evandor and Orion...Different story.

Stanley would love a hug! Too much.

[employee052]

[Astrophel Orion]

Artfight attack for @bootleg-parable's Narrator, Orion! I hope i drew him alright yo! :3333

[non blurred version under the cut]

[queenburd]

regarding the ask game,, *eternally* curious about perspective swaps just kind of. In General ??

if was gonna specify,,,, would ask of perspective swap for any fragment of in-game motivation (either half) or pause ???? but would be curious of it for any of your tsp things really hehe

(The mind is a funny thing.)

The narrator becomes aware of the office in a sort of distant way. Every reset is the equivalent of how Stanley would describe waking up from a nap; his mind runs on a level of processing autopilot. Yes, there's the door. Right, there's the office. The starting music sting. Hello, world.

(When you pull up a game's save file, the system usually needs a moment to think. It first says "yes, this is the level, this is the environment", and then it reads the code for every asset's place from when you saved last. The book was put down on that table. The gun had this many bullets and was in this number slot. It's a lot of information. It has to start from the basics.)

The narrator's mind loads in the last run, barrelling into him like a wrecking ball into a brick wall. It hurts. He nearly screams.

(The mind is a funny thing.)

Already some sort of self-defensive measure in him springs to action, shoring off as much of the empty time as it can and cramming it into .zip files of ones and zeroes to store as far from his active processing systems as possible. The pain becomes more akin to an agonizing migraine as opposed to the tearing incomprehensible mass that it had been prior. Was this the meaning of cosmic horror? Of incomprehensible knowledge not meant for mortals?

He hears himself panting as the lines of code (in himself? in the parable?) continue to run damage control. Here are the moments things happened. Here are the primary emotions. Here are the lines of dialogue, placed into memory storage like the rest of his script, as reference points. (why does it need to keep that? why would it--)

He can't burst into tears but he can still simulate sobbing. He can still feel how his systems catch, fail to run, retry, catch again, and then data-dump. He knows from studying Stanley's experiences that it feels nearly the exact same.

He starts to catch his breath, feeling the systems trying to get back to baseline now that the worst of the information has been processed, sorted, and filed away. The pain is dulling down to pulsing, enough that the narrator is able to focus on key moments, and details, and when he can finally think for himself, past the pain and the distress, his first thought is, of course, Stanley, where is Stanley.

(The mind is a funny thing.)

Stanley is sitting at his desk. His eyes are locked on the flashing little icon on his screen, waiting for input. His breath is very, very controlled, the type of controlled where he's moments away from--

ah.

The narrator reaches for him instinctively because he needs him, needs him like a man needs water after days without, like a child needs their teddy after a nightmare. Reaches for the familiar colors of his emotions and the breathy wisps of thought.

[ time out time out time out time out time out time out ]

("the end is never the end is never the end is never--")

The man folds in on himself and begins to break. He breaks apart and the narrator watches, feeling like he's cupping something small and fragile in large clumsy hands.

His Stanley. His Stanley. He needs to help his Stanley. Nothing matters like Stanley matters. There's no narrator without his Stanley.

Fix it. Fix it. Fix it.

(The mind is a funny, funny thing.)

[bootleg-parable]

Here to say happy holidays! Going to Cali to escape the cold! Hope all of the blorbos got warm clothing! :3

- E.T.S.

They're all keeping cozy. <3 Happy Holidays, Emmy. Enjoy Cali!

[bootleg-parable]

What an...awful month, it's been. We apologise for our majourity silence. We really do. But doing much of anything while working has been incredibly hard as of late. We're trying to get back into the swing of things and push pass terrible losses. We appreciate your patience.

Have a mass sketch post from newest to oldest.

Get a grip, you two.

Mandatory horse posting.

OP appearance.

Finally.

Drawings of Sellen done by @mochieevee , her creator.

Ready for the big reveal?

Logo. ✨

[bootleg-parable]

Oop. There he goes.

"Stanlei, you need to stop leaving things around on the ground...I swear, you're trying to kill me or someth---"

Orion with the slightest redesign!

The poor old man was having a rough day.

Evandor, before everything went horrifically wrong. Look at him, he's smiling!

[bootleg-parable]

We played Schedule 1 on stream as Teller and Sellen for fun. ✨ These two have had their differences for a long time. What better way to force them to get along than to start their own, two-person empire? A very.....frowned-upon empire.

Send help, we were live for 12 hours. It's almost 5 in the morning.

Teller didn't have a very fond interacting with the police that day.

And even less of so with their dealer.

Teller might've been put once behind bars, but Sellen was hunted by the force far too many times. Shocking how they never got a hold of her.

Sellen belongs to @mochimokii .

Bonus.

[bootleg-parable]

Art Dump~

We're not inactive.

You're delusional, we've definitely been here the entire time. 👽

You can have this, too. As a treat. <3

Can you tell that we've been having fun drawing eyes? Wait wait, here's another one.

✨Lore.✨ Sellen (Narrator Orion's Stanley) belongs to the lovely @mochieevee .

The Bootleg Parable's official starting chapter will be out by or before 2025, we promise.

Pinky promise.

[bootleg-parable]

A couple of collective parable doodles!

Sellen taking care of poor old Orion. If we can't be healthy, neither can he.

He can't stand her.

User and Teller: as kids!

The problem child.

[bootleg-parable]

Day 1, July 7th, National Park.

Three Narrators and one, out-of-place Stanley take a stroll around Yosemite Park of California. But they don't get through the day without a couple of interruptions.

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Day 5, July 15, Restaurant.

What's a better way to end off another day on the road than to stop and dine at a nice eatery?

Evandor originally wasn't going to order anything, but the others weren't taking no for an answer.

And then User, of course, had to stir up some mischief with Teller. He can never go too long in being well-behaved.

Everybody say hiiii, Belvedere.

As if he ever stood a chance. Sellen tried to bet on User just to be nice, and she lost $20 dollars to Narry for her mercy.

Evandor was enjoying himself, honest. He might've even smiled a couple of times in his viewing of User and Teller's faceoff. But he started to feel unusual himself, and he hadn't even indulged. Something didn't feel quite right. Somebody was--

Watching him...

Fun fact: Evandor leaves papers behind whenever he tears open a rift. Each of them being a script page of The Stanley Parable.

Did we just add lore to the road trip thread? Yes. Yes we did. <3

[bootleg-parable]

Day 7, July 19, Bookstore.

Orion has to stick with a slowly-sobering User in a nearby bookstore, while Teller and Sellen busy themselves with locating their runaway group-member.

Part 1 , Part 2.

Loses the ability to write.

Evandor could be, quite literally, anywhere. This allows everyone to get to better know each other without their assigned companions around.

User ruined his facade. ...And his shirt, soon after.

Everybody say hiiii, The Entity!

Bonuses :

~

[bootleg-parable]

Day 2, July 9th, Theme Park.

The group goes to one of the most famous theme-parks in California, Labradoozy, and Orion comes across the one person that he hates more than anything in the world.

Sellen Stanley.

"I didn't know you knew how to have fun, old man."

"Go sit on some tracks, Stanley."

User won't admit that he kind of likes the silly dog ears.

Evandor might not be a huge fan of the mascot.

Sellen Stanley belongs to @mochieevee , and the featured illustration was actually an artfight attack. <3 Labradoozy is a made-up theme park specifically for this thread. Disney? We've never heard of them.

[bootleg-parable]

Doodle Dump ~☆

Good afternoon, ellerDways of umblrTay.

We have sorted a few plots for TBP's rewrite behind the scenes, but until the first chapter is in full release, have a few drawings to keep this blog active. <3

Let's start with our protagonist's suffering. This is a redraw!

Original.

Oh, no. A certain duo appear to have gotten rather...Lovesick.

Let's hope that Orion and Evandor haven't already been infected.

He might not be able to see himself, but that does not distract from the fact that he hates wearing his glasses- even more so to be seen in them.

@mochieevee ! Start a reblog thread with us, AND OUR LIFE IS YOURS

Fun fact! Orion's parents have curly hair. So without all of that styling, so would he.

Uh oh. Orion lore.

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Day 4, July 13, Beach. We fell a liiitle bit behind.

The boys go the beach, and having run into Sellen the other day, she decides to tag along, much to her narrator's irritation. Bonus aggie drawings. :-)

She's dressed to impress! Impress who? We're not too sure. Art by @mochieevee !

Orion, on the other hand?

He could've worn something less....that.

There isn't a moment that the duo spend without fighting. User and Teller block them out, for the most part.

Speaking of User and Teller: Teller fell asleep, and his companion decided that it was in his best nature to play a harmless prank. Mostly harmless.

You know exactly what this is.

Evandor is-

Yeah. Sellen is taking care of him.

[bootleg-parable]

Paratober with Day1 writing as a bonus! We've been rather slow with art as a whole due to general life circumstances, so we don't have many to offer quite yet. Soon, soon. ✨️

Day 1, Protagonist

"Come on, Stanley, he won't bite," Ushered Orion as he nudged Sellen roughly into her place. She was always one not to listen to any order he uttered, but today she was being exceptionally stubborn. "Honestly, what is the matter with you?"

Sellen felt no need to explain herself. All that she could offer was a disbelief-filled scoff and a motion of her hands toward Stanlei, who paid her and her combative Narrator positively no mind. Orion rolled his eyes, and he probably hadn't even realised that he did.

"Yes, yes, I know. Very scary."

"You know what he did to Evandor!"

And at last, Stanlei lifted his head from the back of the photoshoot couch, eyes squinted and face twisted with sarcasm. "I had a feeling you were talking about me, but I couldn't be too sure." He fixed her with a slight smile. "Thanks for the clarification."

"Don't talk to me," Sellen huffed.

"Whatever the princess wants."

Teller always grew so tired of the rampant bickering between his fellow narrators and their companions. Did these people not know how to get along? With the look that he shared with User, it would seem that his friend was thinking the exact same thing. All they could do was shake their heads. User knew where to sit, so he placed himself at the right base of the couch at the new guy's feet. He waved. User waved simply back.

Evandor groaned. "Could everyone just act like you don't want to kill each other for five minutes?"

Stanlei gave him a glare that he tensed under before leaning back nearer to the crew's newest addition. They didn't seem to mind each other. Sellen scooted onto the floor a little closer in front of him. She let him know her displeasure with a side-eye.

"Perfect, finally," Orion adjusted the camera. "Smile or don't. I couldn't care less. Just do literally anything else."

Sellen belongs to @mochieevee .

Say hello to the new Stanley,...Stanley. He and his Narrator are just the base game Stannarator we all know and love. No crazy strings attached. :-)

(He's wearing a hat, for any confusion.)

Day 2, Lag.

One two, skip a few...

Day 6, Loud

𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑫𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑨 𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫.𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑶 𝑳𝑶𝑼𝑫.