VCR ELECTRIC REMAINS

CHALLENGE #3: 1st Peter 2:11
CHALLENGE: Find food.
Image description: VCR wakes up to the sound of laughter. Xe walks over to their team. The page is titled 'CHALLENGE #3: 1st Peter 2:11.' End description.
Image description: Before VCR can get to their team, she gets picked up by Task. Task passes them through the arms on hir icons until ze can hold VCR by their arm at face level. VCR says 'Hi Task!! What's going on?' Task says 'You ratted out you team. Why did you do that.' End description.
Image description: VCR kicks her legs back and forth and says 'It's dangerous out there in the cold. In here it's nice and warm and we can all play cards together. I didn't want you to get hurt either. I don't know the words for it, but you always look different when I wake up. Your icons are different.' Task looks away, and puts VCR on the ground. End description.
Image description: VCR grabs Task in a hug. Task angrily looks down at VCR before saying 'Is this some sort of pathetic attempt at an attack? Unhand me.' VCR says 'It's a hug! Haven't you ever been given a hug before?' Task says 'Not from rats like you. Now go run along. Frolic or whatever.' VCR says 'You look... Happy but not. Nonhappy? You always look happy around Polybius, but whenever you look at us, you look like my first best friend did. Like you know something I don't. I just thought a hug might help. It didn't work for them but I just thought maybe-' End description.
Image description: Task pats VCR and says 'The challenge is to find food for your team. It would be a shame if you finished last.' VCR says 'Okay!' and walks over to their team. G3RM looks dazed, and says 'CONIFERRRRRRR.' Madeline is holding her hands up and says 'WHO AM I?' Tiny Fan angrily asks 'What are <em>you</em> doing here.' VCR says 'Hi friend!! We're making soup, right? Soup makes everyone feel better.' Tiny Fan says 'I know what you did. Cut the bullshit.' VCR says 'The what?' End description.
Image description: Tiny Fan says 'Ugh, just- Nevermind. Go do... Whatever you do.' As VCR is walking away, G3RM says 'VCRRRRRR...?' VCR walks over to Peer Pressure, and asks an anthropromorphic bootleg tamogatchi 'You were loud earlier, is everything okay?' It is implied that the tamogatchi was laughing. The tamogatchi, Eggpet, says in Segoe Script 'It's none of your business! Go trip on someone your own size!' End description.
Image description: An anthropromorphic MyMeeba toy waves to VCR and says in NSimSum 'Hi VCR! Did you need anything?' It then clarifies 'We didn't meet, F.H. just speaks very highly of you. I'm Meeba, nice to meet you.' VCR confusedly asks 'Hi Meeba, are you sure?' Meeva says 'It didn't happen to you, so don't sweat it! Let's just be friends instead.' An anthropromorphic cassete player, Cassius, says in Calibri 'Do we even need to uhhhhh, do the challenge? I don't think any of us eat.' End description.
Image description: Florence's face droops. Meeba reminds Cassius 'Florence does!' Cass says 'Oh, right.' A paw raises over VCR, and an anthropromorphic version of the Loveletter-for-you.txt.vbs virus climbs ontop of VCR and says in Stony Island 'Do the challenge, VCR.' VCR says 'Do you want help? I love being helpful!!'Florence climbs ontop of VCR and squints at Loveletter, saying 'I'm onto you...' Cass interjects, saying 'Hold up. Wait. You'll need this.' End description.
Image description: Cass hands VCR a blunt. The panel is annotated 'Item aquired: a blunt.' VCR walks away, and looks at the blunt. They say 'I don't think I want this. I wonder if I still have-' They reach directly into their mouth and pull out a cigarette and a lighter.' End description.
Image description: VCR smokes the cigarette. End description.
Image description: Backstory color palette shift. Baptismal Font and VCR are standing in a garden. Baptismal Font says 'Grab that cabbage while I uproot this sweet potato. Do you still have the celery?' VCR says 'Yep! You said we had leftover onion, right?' Baptismal Font says 'Right. That and pepper. We just need the tomatoes now. Oh, and grab some of those hyacinths. For the vase in the kitchen.' Baptismal Font is stirring a pot, while VCR stands off to the side. Baptismal Font says 'You really don't remember this at all?' VCR says 'Nope!' Baptismal Font says 'Figures. We used to make soup every month, something to pad out meals so we could feed everyone. Nothing else lives here, so it was hard enough to scrap together enough. It's just the two of us now. It doesn't really matter anymore If we do this. Chop that okra for me while I boil the stock. The okra wasn't part of the recipie, but you always insist it's the best part, so I couldn't help but put it in there.' Baptismal Font pauses, before finishing. 'You really don't remember, do you?' Throughout the image, there are error messages intwined with the text that read 'Alright Control Panel, you start cutting the celery, and I'll handle the okra.' 'What are you doing here, Telegraph. VCR is the one who helps me.' 'Heeeeeeey, chill out for a sec, Fonts. I don't know if you've noticed, but you and VCR haven't spoken in days. Not since Tone's- You know. If they were going to help, they would already.' 'Dont' call me that.' 'How come VCR gets to call you fun nicknames?' 'Last time I checked, I don't go to bed with you.' 'C'mon, at least let Control Panel chop the celery for you. She's been dying to help.' 'Alright, just this once.' End description.
Image description: Florence looks dazed, and says 'VCR. Can we please just make the soup already.' She has an arrow pointint to her that says 'hotboxed.' VCR walks away, and says 'On it, boss!' They walk to the grocery store in the mall. End description.
Image description: VCR stands in front of a grocery store aisle. Loveletter points to drain cleaner and says 'Use that.' Florence says 'Oh god, VCR don't-' VCR says 'Okay!' Florence facepalms and sighs, before saying 'Oh look! Onions!' The bag of onions is moldy. End description.
Image description: Loveletter says 'Look. Pepper.' It is hot sauce made out of carolina reaper. Florence tries to distract VCR by saying 'Oh look! Celery seed! That's close enough, right? Let's leave. They go back to the arcade. End description.
An anthropromorphic version of the Navashield virus is leaning over a prize counter, staring down at VCR. VCR says 'Hi, um, excuse me? Do you have any okra?' Navashield says in Arial, 'Hi, can I help you?' VCR repeats 'Sorry, did I forget? I was going to ask you if you had any okra?' End description.
Image descripition: Navashield pulls out an obviously fake picture of okra, complete with a stock photo watermark. It says 'That'll be 5 tokens, please.' VCR puts 5 tokens up on the counter. Navashield says 'Oh! You should leave a tip!' VCR gives a thumbs up and says 'Okay! One moment!' End description.
Image description: VCR gets on all fours. It is accompanied by the text 'cat hurling sound.' VCR throws a bunch of junk they coughed up onto the table and says 'Here you go!' Xe grabs the okra JPEG and it cracks in half. VCR looks sad and says 'Awh, I guess we should go look for the other stuff.' End description.
Image description: VCR crosses the exit sign of the arcade to outside of the mall. A plant sticks up out of the snow, and they uproot it. VCR says 'It? Kind of looks like a sweet potato?'Loveletter points to a clump of oak leaves and says 'Look. Leaves.' VCR says 'I guess if you squint it looks like cabbage. End description.
Image description: VCR crosses back into the arcade. Loveletter points to ATM and says 'Organics love flesh.' VCR says 'Daw were nice to me. Let's skip the protien. VCR finishes the obviously inedible soup, and walks to submit their entry. End description.
Image description: VCR presents the soup to Task, and says 'Task! I made some soup to cheer you up!' Task pulls a mouse-hand to cover his mouth and says 'Is that... even edible?' VCR says 'Do you want some? I haven't tried it yet. Can I try it?' End description.
Image description: The soup drips straight though VCR. Task looks angry at the mess. It is a parody of the live slug reaction meme. End description.
Image description: VCR looks remorseful and says 'I'm really sorry, I'll clean it up. I brought you some flowers too!! Would that make up for it?' They present Task a dead clump of grass. Loveletter pipes up, saying 'My team is done. We did the challenge.' Task clamps their mouse-hands together passive aggressively and says 'What a lovely soup VCR! Shirt and Sweet is done!' Task looks angrily down at Loveletter and says 'Do the challenge, Loveletter.' End description.
Image description: Florence is licking VCR's arm. An arrow points to her saying 'gentle proboscious licking.' Florence looks up, concerned, and asks 'Hey VCR? Why do you taste like flesh?'VCR says 'What do you mean? I'm a robot, want to see?' VCR pops her lid open, revealing only wires. Florence thinks 'VCR is right there's only wires in there.' Florence's alter, Lamplight, thinks 'Is that W-' Florence finishes, saying 'But- What is that <em>smell</em>. End description
BONUS #1
Image description: Backstory palette. VCR and Baptismal Font are sitting at a table, playing cards. Baptismal Font says 'You don't remember how to play cards?' VCR says 'Nope!' Baptismal Font says 'It was y- I mean his favorite. We used to play rummy all of the time. Each player is dealt 6 cards. You can either put down sets or runs. A set is three or more cards of the same value. A run is cards in the same suit that are right beside each other.' Baptismal Font points to the cards on the table and says, 'Each round, you have to gain and discard one card. You can pick up a card from the unused pile, or the discard pile. You can make melds after you pick up your card.' A tarot card is show, the towers. The card number on it, 16, is crossed out and replaced with 11. VCR picks up a card wrong. Baptismal Font says 'No, you can't do that. You have to pick up the whole pile. You can't just leave the other cards to rot just because you wanted one.' VCR asks 'Why not?' Baptismal Font curls up in on themself and covers their face with their hands. They say 'You can't. You just can't. What makes that one card so special? Are the rest of them just tools? Did their lives not matter? Were you just using them in the persuit of your own goals? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with me? Why did I play cards with you? Why did I let you do that? I'm rotting. God. I'm rotting. How could I ever repent? They will never come back. And you don't remember any of them? Winston? Telegraph? Polaroid? Not even Touch? Why? Why do you get to repent?' From the other angle, VCR looks concernedly at Baptismal Font. Baptismal Font continues saying, 'I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. You just look so much like him. I'm so sorry.' VCR says 'Bapt-' before getting cut off by Baptismal Font, saying 'Listen, VCR, maybe it's time for you to go. Go on. Find greener pastures. We wanted to make a safe haven, but was it ever really safe?' End description.
BONUS #2
Image description: Backstory palette. Baptismal Font is layign down in bed, while VCR has brought them soup. VCR says 'Hi Baptismal Font! I know you're having a bad day, so I made you some soup! I know it's one of your off days, but could you sit up for me?' There are error messages saying 'Hey, Baptismal Font?' 'Touch- do you need anything? I’ll get you anything, just let me-' 'I forgive you.' 'What?' 'I forgive you.' 'Touch, please don’t talk like that. You’re going to be fine, you have to-' 'Don’t. I haven’t been able to stand in days. I’m so tired, and sick. I don’t know what’s going to happen, and I’m scared, and I don’t want to have an argument.' 'Just, take care of Tone for me, okay? She’s not going to take it well in the morning.' 'Okay, I just- okay.' 'And, Baptismal Font? Can I ask you a favor?' 'Anything, I’ll do anything.' 'After it’s over, could you bring me some hyacinths? They were always my favorites. I always liked the purple ones.' Baptismal Font sits up, holding the bowl of soup. VCR says 'Do you think tomorrow we could take a walk outside? Your tobacco is starting to come up. It's such a beautiful day. I think some sunshine would do you some good. Could we play some cards soon?' End description.
PLACEMENT AND ERROR TRANSCRIPTIONS
PLACEMENT:
7th out of 23!
ERROR TRANSCRIPTIONS: ENTRY
'Alright Control Panel, you start cutting the celery, and I'll handle the okra.' 'What are you doing here, Telegraph. VCR is the one who helps me.' 'Heeeeeeey, chill out for a sec, Fonts. I don't know if you've noticed, but you and VCR haven't spoken in days. Not since Tone's- You know. If they were going to help, they would already.' 'Dont' call me that.' 'How come VCR gets to call you fun nicknames?' 'Last time I checked, I don't go to bed with you.' 'C'mon, at least let Control Panel chop the celery for you. She's been dying to help.' 'Alright, just this once.
ERROR TRANSCRIPTIONS: BONUS #2
'Hey, Baptismal Font?' 'Touch- do you need anything? I’ll get you anything, just let me-' 'I forgive you.' 'What?' 'I forgive you.' 'Touch, please don’t talk like that. You’re going to be fine, you have to-' 'Don’t. I haven’t been able to stand in days. I’m so tired, and sick. I don’t know what’s going to happen, and I’m scared, and I don’t want to have an argument.' 'Just, take care of Tone for me, okay? She’s not going to take it well in the morning.' 'Okay, I just- okay.' 'And, Baptismal Font? Can I ask you a favor?' 'Anything, I’ll do anything.' 'After it’s over, could you bring me some hyacinths? They were always my favorites. I always liked the purple ones.'
1ST PETER 2:11:
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.