VCR ELECTRIC REMAINS

CHALLENGE #4: Foot Caught in a Rat Trap
CHALLENGE: Trap (not kill) the rats.
Image description: G3RM and F.H., who is fronting again, are speaking over plugged in VCR who is still dead. F.H says 'Can you stop whining and help already? I can't get the chord loose to wake them up.' G3RM says 'DO I GRAB HERE?' F.H. says 'Just wake them up already!' They unplug xem, which shifts forward a tape in their mouth. The entry name is Challenge #4: Foot Caught in a Rat Trap. End description.
Image description: VCR wakes up and says 'Good morning Florence! Good morning G3RM!' F.H. says 'Don't call me that.' The rest of the team is with G3RM: Tiny Fan is sitting ontop of G3RM, while Madeline is standing beside them. Madeline has Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory on his screen. Dexter says 'VCR has been missing from the team for all but one challenge. I, personally, haven't seen them since they were plugged into me.' VCR stands up and says 'Gee, I'm sorry! I didn't even notice! What does Task want us to do this time?' Tiny Fan says 'Figures.' G3RM says 'RAT INFESTATION. WE NEED TO CATCH THE RATS.' End description.
Image description: Dexter says 'We should split up, we'd find them easier if more of us are on foot.' Tiny Fan angrily says 'Do we really want to give VCR another shot at turning us in again?' G3RM says 'THERE'S TOO MANY RATS. WE'D NEVER FINISH IN TIME.' Dexter says 'G3RM and I can take the arcade, Tiny Fan, why don't you chase the rats from the rest of the first floor? VCR, can you and F.H. handle the lower level?' End description.
Image description: Before leaving, F.H. angrily says 'This isn't even my team. I'm not helping.' VCR says 'Okay!' G3RM and Dexter walk away, leaving Tiny Fan behind. Thon says 'We're giving you a second chance. Get your priorities straight.' Ey leave. End description
Image description: ATM, on a rollator, says 'Congradulations, [user=VCR]! You've been selected to win a free cash prize!' Daer font is in arial, and is green. VCR says 'Wh-' ATM cuts them off, saying 'There is no cash prize. I need you to be my assistant.' ATM picks them up and holds VCR close to daer face. Daer screen is different: instead of sporting a purple screen with one eye; daer screen is green, and they have two pixelated eyes and a mouth. Dae say 'We need to oil the rats, VCR. I need you to oil the rats for me.' End description.
Image description: ATM puts VCR back on the ground. VCR tries to say something, but xe starts coughing. ATM says 'You [user=VCR]' are coughing. [take:LOSANGE] Why? [input required] Illness has not been diagnosed. Proceed? [Y/N]' VCR looks upset, and says 'I don't know- I wasn't told why. I don't remember what my first best friend said about my coughing. I remember how to cough. I shouldn't be able to cough. I cannot breathe.' ATM says '[ERROR] How can you remember something you cannot do. Which is [TRUE/FALSE]? End description.
Image description: VCR looks away, and says 'Can we go find the rats now?' ATM pauses for a second, before saying 'Sure!' End description.
Image description: A montage of VCR and ATM catching various rats in the arcade. There are six rats featured on this page. End description.
Image description: Second part of the rat catching montage. There are five rats on this page, totalling to 11 rats. The last rat escapes into a sewer grate. End description.
Image description: The background dramatically shifts to a pixellated stock photo of a sewer canal. It is tinted blue. There is a tangled mass of rats made out of edited rat stock JPEGs. The rats, known as the Rat King, says in morse code: 'YOU ARE HERE TO CHASE US FROM OUR HOME, AREN'T YOU.' End description.
Image description: The background of the panels cuts out, while the panels pan to different shots of the Rat King. Purple hyacinths line the panels. The Rat King says in morse code: 'WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU FROM AFAR. EVERY STEP, EVERY CONVERSATION, EVERY BREATH. OUR BODIES ARE VERSATILE IN VENTS.' End description
Image description: Another montage of the Rat King. The Rat King says in morse code: 'YOU HAVE BEEN CHASED FROM YOUR HOME. YET, YOU DENY US OURS. DO OUR LIVES NOT MATTER TO YOU, LITTLE ONE? DO YOU NOT REMEMBER YOUR PARTS?' End description.
Image description: The background is covered in purple hyacinths. It is a shot of the Rat King's 11 heads. The Rat King says in morse code: 'HAVE YOU LOST YOURSELF IN THE SUM OF THE WHOLE?' End description
Image description: Back to the sewers. ATM walks into the sewer tunnel, and says 'My lovely assistant! There you are. I see you are in a bit of a pickle.' VCR's pupils looks scrambled, while xe says 'ATM...?' ATM approaches VCR, and says 'I can help you, friend, but I will need a few answers first. You have perplexed me.' VCR, looking nervous, says 'Of course!' End description.
Image description: Panned shots of ATM. ATM says 'You say you cannot remember, yet you also say you have not been told. Which is it? [Y/N]? You are made of wire, yet you [smell:rot]. How can you be [electronic:true], yet you do not smell that way. You said you could [read:english?] [Y/N] Yet you were never taught. [ERROR: missing input]? Which is it? [Y/N]?' The word [Y/N] repeats and trails down the page. End description.
Image description: VCR is scrambled, and is falling towards the bottom of the page. The page is lined with missing RAM texture, and the bottom of the page is lined with purple hyacinth. ATM and the Rat King are towering over her from each side, reaching out towards her. ATM repeatedly says [Y/N] in a trail that leads down the page. The Rat King is saying in morse code: 'WE LOVE YOU, VCR. WE NEED YOU. JOIN US. WE WILL LET YOU REST.' End description.
Image description: Back to the sewers. An anthropromorphic Firefly phone ducks into the sewers, carrying Tiny Fan on its arm. Tiny Fan shouts 'Over there!' The Rat King disappears into another sewer tunnel. End description.
Image description: ATM pauses. Tiny Fan shouts at daem, saying 'Hey! Go trip on someone your own size!' ATM leaves the sewers, saying '... I need to go clean my rollator.' VCR's eyes are still scrambled, as they say 'Tiny Fan? Firefly?' End description
Image description: Tiny Fan does not look angry anymore, and says 'You were in the tunnels for a while there, the team was getting worried. Firefly was large and nearby, so I got it to help.' Firefly looks delighted, and says in Gabriola font: 'What a joy it is to be one of God's special little helpers!' Tiny Fan says 'Listen, I still don't trust you, but you're a shirter just like the rest of us. I didn't want to leave you between a rat and a hard place. Now come on, let's get out of these tunnels. I'm sure you want to get that slime off your paws before it leaks into your circuits. End description.
Image description: Back in the arcade, VCR is sitting down with Tiny Fan sitting ontop of them. Firefly walks up, and says 'Good news! I let Task know that both teams finished! Isn't that swell?' VCR says 'Awh, I wanted to speak to Task. Thank you for telling him!' Firefly sits down and says 'Are you alright VCR? You looked strange in there.' VCR says 'I feel strange. Firefly, you're like me, right?' End description.
Image description: VCR looks away and says 'What do you know about being made?' Firefly says 'God is our one true creator. :)' VCR says 'God smells like cigarettes?' Tiny Fan says 'Maybe just-' VCR cuts thon off with a coughing fit. They eject an unmarked VHS tape from their mouth. End description.
Imgur link is just the bonus below. :)
BONUS
Image description: Backstory pallete, even though this is happening immediately after the challenge. Task is standing over VCR, who is plugged in. Task says 'You didn't come to see me today. Why didn't you come to see me.' VCR says 'I'm sorry Task, I wasn't feeling well. And then I ran out of battery. Is it okay if I...?' Xe hugs Task. Task says 'That is acceptable.' VCR says 'Figured I'd ask first. :)' VCR smiles at Task, and Task says 'You are small. And fragile.' VCR asks 'Task? What happened to our friends? I haven't seen Tinerva or Heldy in a while.' Task pauses. His lineart looks visibly scrambled. He responds with 'They left.' Task curls around VCR. VCR says 'Does that mean I don't have to leave when I get eliminated? Could I stay and help out, like Navashield does? I'm not very good at selling things, but I know how to make soup! Or I could sweep the floors. I like cleaning. I still don't know how to play rummy, but I think I'm getting the hang of solitare! I'm going to ask Polybius if she knows how to play chess with me once I shake some rust off of my wires. I like chess too.' Task says 'That's not a card game.' Error panels cut through the image, saying 'Say, Baptismal Font, why do you carry around that black book everywhere?' ' It's the Old Testament. I felt odd leaving the church I lived in for over 25 years without taking part of it with me.' 'Do you ever want to go back and visit?' 'My heart is here right now. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to- but I have to get VCR to abandon this wretched power plant. God. Microwave last month-' 'Why did you both come here?' 'Well, when VCR found me in the church, he always wanted to do something to help other people. He's always been a charmer like that.' 'All I'd ever known was the church. I'd read through the Bible and all of the hymnals countless times. It always mentioned being a good shepherd of the life around us. We figured we had a common goal.' 'What was it like? Seeing the real world for the first time?' 'I'd reckon I haven't. VCR kept me away from the cities, said I wouldn't like how busy they were. I haven't met much other folk. Holidays were less lonely.' 'Do you think maybe once you've convinced VCR to move, we could all head up to Oregon? Record Player always talks about wanting to go see his old haunts, but he's too old to go.' 'I was thinking, if the group could just take him, then he'd get to see it all again. I know he misses it. I don't have much left here.' 'And you complain about the cold. That'd be right nice, we could go in the summer. If VCR would just give up on the power plant idea.' 'Shoot. About trips- in a couple of days, I need to leave for a week and a half.' ' I've got this brother of mine, name's F.H. He's real sweet, you'd like him- I left him with someone I shouldn't have and I need to go get him.' 'He'd love it here. I'm sure you'd like him too. He's a lot like VCR. Stubborn as a mule. Or I guess, a horse in his case.' ' Is he electronic like you? How did I exactly wind up the only organic in here.' 'You offered us a safe haven. Us electronics are more susceptible to water, and radiation, and all sorts of things.' 'Not to mention, most've us have these vestigial electrical parts. Neat party trick, but they fetch a pretty penny on the market when we're six feet under.' 'It's no wonder, really.' 'GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING TENNESSEE!!!!!' 'Lord. Is that Telegraph rolling around upstairs.' 'Baptismal Font.' 'Baptismal Font please.' 'Baptismal Font, you have to hide me.' 'Alright, alright, why don't you set the table for breakfast, and I'll tell them they just barely missed you.' Further down, it shows the nuclear reactor head in the power plant. Baptismal Font says 'You really don't remember this room?' VCR says 'What is this place?' Baptismal Font says 'Figures. Back when we were married, and all of our friends still lived here, we used to wheel out the piano and throw wonderful parties. you'd sing, and I'd play the accompaniment. Sometimes, when everyone was asleep, we'd sneak off by ourselves at night to dance. I'd complain that there was no music, and you'd say we can just dance to the sound of the crickets outside. And then we'd both laugh, since there are no crickets here, and I'd sing us a hymn and you'd hum along while we danced with a cigarette hanging out of your lip. You were the one who taught me how to foxtrot.' Baptismal Font is standing, looking down at VCR. VCR says 'Why's there a big hole in the floor?' Baptismal Font says 'It wasn't always like that. When we found this place, the first thing we did was board up the hole together.' Baptismal Font pauses, before continuing. '... How could you forget. We climbed the scaffold together. You fell from the tower of Babel. ' VCR asks 'What happened to our friends?' Baptismal Font says 'They left.' VCR says 'What happened to me?' Baptismal Font says 'I tried to fix you. I really did.' End description.
PLACEMENT AND TRANSCRIPTIONS
PLACEMENT:
3rd out of 21!!
MORSE CODE TRANSCRIPTIONS
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Link to full translation site.
Sorry!! Not translating it for you!! You can either put it in here, or dig through the alt text on the images for it. :)
ERROR TRANSCRIPTIONS: BONUS
'Say, Baptismal Font, why do you carry around that black book everywhere?' ' It's the Old Testament. I felt odd leaving the church I lived in for over 25 years without taking part of it with me.' 'Do you ever want to go back and visit?' 'My heart is here right now. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to- but I have to get VCR to abandon this wretched power plant. God. Microwave last month-' 'Why did you both come here?' 'Well, when VCR found me in the church, he always wanted to do something to help other people. He's always been a charmer like that.' 'All I'd ever known was the church. I'd read through the Bible and all of the hymnals countless times. It always mentioned being a good shepherd of the life around us. We figured we had a common goal.' 'What was it like? Seeing the real world for the first time?' 'I'd reckon I haven't. VCR kept me away from the cities, said I wouldn't like how busy they were. I haven't met much other folk. Holidays were less lonely.' 'Do you think maybe once you've convinced VCR to move, we could all head up to Oregon? Record Player always talks about wanting to go see his old haunts, but he's too old to go.' 'I was thinking, if the group could just take him, then he'd get to see it all again. I know he misses it. I don't have much left here.' 'And you complain about the cold. That'd be right nice, we could go in the summer. If VCR would just give up on the power plant idea.' 'Shoot. About trips- in a couple of days, I need to leave for a week and a half.' ' I've got this brother of mine, name's F.H. He's real sweet, you'd like him- I left him with someone I shouldn't have and I need to go get him.' 'He'd love it here. I'm sure you'd like him too. He's a lot like VCR. Stubborn as a mule. Or I guess, a horse in his case.' ' Is he electronic like you? How did I exactly wind up the only organic in here.' 'You offered us a safe haven. Us electronics are more susceptible to water, and radiation, and all sorts of things.' 'Not to mention, most've us have these vestigial electrical parts. Neat party trick, but they fetch a pretty penny on the market when we're six feet under.' 'It's no wonder, really.' 'GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING TENNESSEE!!!!!' 'Lord. Is that Telegraph rolling around upstairs.' 'Baptismal Font.' 'Baptismal Font please.' 'Baptismal Font, you have to hide me.' 'Alright, alright, why don't you set the table for breakfast, and I'll tell them they just barely missed you.'