TLDR
Stage One
The RPR community traveled back to the paleolithic era, where we ran around the jungle fighting angry dinosaurs. We did our best to find pieces of our broken time machine and to re-charge the batteries, but it was soon decided that the best strategy would be to uses the partially repaired machine to make a partial jump forward in time, in the hopes that we'd land in an era where mechanical parts were easier to come by and we could complete our time machine there. This led to...Stage Two
The RPR community traveled forward in time from the past, and found itself in the middle of 2017's Xenobeast invasion of the RPR, specifically on the floating alien fortress the Die Star. There, we ran into our past selves, and did our best to aid them in their defense of 2017's Many Headed Cyborg Dragon's attempts to hack into the Die Star. We also stripped the ship for parts and continued rebuilding our time machine. We also realized that we'd accidentally brought some dinosaurs back from the past with us, and that there were now dinosaurs running around the Die Star.Stage Three
The RPR community traveled back to the present, but discovered we had accidentally left some of our people behind, and brought 2017's version of the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon along with us in addition to our present version of the MHCD. This meant that the MHCD never successfully hacked the Die Star in 2017, which meant that the Xenobeasts had won the war and taken over the RPR. During this stage, we fought in a dystopian present that was patrolled by both Xenobeasts and their now cyborged dinosaur minions. Our task was to recharge the time machine's batteries and send 2017's Many Headed Cyborg Dragon back to the exact moment in time that we had taken it from, in order to fix the timeline.Prologue
The following video was released in advance of Epic Week 2020 to build hype and provide a clue as to the theme.
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The camera pans across a lush jungle, replete with the sounds of birds and other creatures. We see a high-tech portal that has fallen over and partially submerged in earth and reclaimed by vines. The camera continues to pan past the portal, coming to focus on a puddle of water near it. There is a moment of stillness, and then a loud thud sound, which causes ripples to appear in the surface of the water. The screen then goes dark, and the RPR logo comes up.
Back in time
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Panel 1:
It's party time! A crowd of characters, including Kim, Server, the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon, and the elven scientist, are partying. All wear party hats and look happy. This year, Kim's hair has been dyed pink.
Kim: Happy 10th birthday to us!
Panel 2:
Elven Scientist: We have installed the mysterious device we found during our last birthday adventure into the Ancient Portal...
Panel 3
The scientist throws a big switch next to the Ancient Portal.
Scientist: We just have to turn it on and we'll see what birthday adventure awaits us this year!
Panel 4:
There's a big flash of light that comes out of the "portal," engulfing most of the crowd.
Between panels 5 and 6, there is a panel full of wibbly wobbly timey wimey swirl stars.
Panel 5:
When the light fades, the crowd & gate are now in the middle of a lush jungle.
Panel 6:
Character 1: Where are we?
Scientist: It seems that we've traveled not just in space, but in time! This looks like it could be home to...
Panel 7:
Kim, heart-eyed and kawaii, sees the dinos. Server, sitting to her right, is rolling his eyes at her, but kindly.
Kim: DINOSAURS!!!
Panel 8:
Scientist is examining the ancient portal, which has taken a lot of damage.
Scientist: Unfortunately, the, uh... time gate took some damage. We're going to have a hard time repairing it here. Everyone look around for missing parts and energy sources!
Panel 1:
It's party time! A crowd of characters, including Kim, Server, the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon, and the elven scientist, are partying. All wear party hats and look happy. This year, Kim's hair has been dyed pink.
Kim: Happy 10th birthday to us!
Panel 2:
Elven Scientist: We have installed the mysterious device we found during our last birthday adventure into the Ancient Portal...
Panel 3
The scientist throws a big switch next to the Ancient Portal.
Scientist: We just have to turn it on and we'll see what birthday adventure awaits us this year!
Panel 4:
There's a big flash of light that comes out of the "portal," engulfing most of the crowd.
Between panels 5 and 6, there is a panel full of wibbly wobbly timey wimey swirl stars.
Panel 5:
When the light fades, the crowd & gate are now in the middle of a lush jungle.
Panel 6:
Character 1: Where are we?
Scientist: It seems that we've traveled not just in space, but in time! This looks like it could be home to...
Panel 7:
Kim, heart-eyed and kawaii, sees the dinos. Server, sitting to her right, is rolling his eyes at her, but kindly.
Kim: DINOSAURS!!!
Panel 8:
Scientist is examining the ancient portal, which has taken a lot of damage.
Scientist: Unfortunately, the, uh... time gate took some damage. We're going to have a hard time repairing it here. Everyone look around for missing parts and energy sources!
Lizard Tyrant
While working on repairing the portal, we were challenged by a "Lizard Tyrant," a t-rex with a mane of feathers.
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We see the jungle and a piece of technology in the middle of a clearing. Hero and Princess stick their heads up from behind a bush they’re using for cover.
Princess: One of the pieces we need to repair the portal!
Before they do anything else, something comes crashing through the jungle. We only see its legs as it walks by our characters.
Hero: Don’t move. It can’t see us if we don’t move.
The T-Rex circles the technology as if it’s guarding it.
Princess: I think we have to fight it.
The T-Rex roars.
Princess: One of the pieces we need to repair the portal!
Before they do anything else, something comes crashing through the jungle. We only see its legs as it walks by our characters.
Hero: Don’t move. It can’t see us if we don’t move.
The T-Rex circles the technology as if it’s guarding it.
Princess: I think we have to fight it.
The T-Rex roars.
Back to 2017
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Panel 1:
Some characters stand around the Ancient Portal. A few are fighting a dinosaur. In the foreground, pink-haired Kim speaks to the elven scientist.
Kim: How are the repairs going?
Scientist: We can't make a jump all the way back to the "present," but...
Panel 2:
Scientist: We could make a shorter hop forward. Maybe we'll end up in a time period where it's easier to find mechanical components?
Kim: It's worth a try. Let's gather everyone.
Panel 3:
(LATER)
Scientist: Everyone hold on to each other!
The time machine activates.
Panel 4:
We see glimpses of Epic week comics from 2014/2015/2016/2017 fading into each other, ending with the die star's arrival.
Panel 5:
The gate and crowd are now in a purple and very "cyber" looking area.
Kim: Wait... THIS IS THE DIE STAR! We're in the middle of 2017's alien invasion!
Panel 6:
The pink-haired Kim from 2020, looks in shock as she is stared at by a brown-haired Kim from 2017. 2020 Kim holds a laser pistol. 2017 Kim holds two laser swords.
2020 Kim: I think... Time travel might be complicated.
Panel 7:
A furre character, looking up at a t-rex in fear: Uh... I don't remember there being dinosaurs when we charged the Die Star.
Panel 8:
2017 Kim: No time for this! Do everything you can to help the Dragon's hacking efforts, and defend our life support systems at all costs. CHAAAAAAARGE!
2020 Kim, leaning in to the side of the frame: Let's help by collecting pieces off the Die Star...
Some characters stand around the Ancient Portal. A few are fighting a dinosaur. In the foreground, pink-haired Kim speaks to the elven scientist.
Kim: How are the repairs going?
Scientist: We can't make a jump all the way back to the "present," but...
Panel 2:
Scientist: We could make a shorter hop forward. Maybe we'll end up in a time period where it's easier to find mechanical components?
Kim: It's worth a try. Let's gather everyone.
Panel 3:
(LATER)
Scientist: Everyone hold on to each other!
The time machine activates.
Panel 4:
We see glimpses of Epic week comics from 2014/2015/2016/2017 fading into each other, ending with the die star's arrival.
Panel 5:
The gate and crowd are now in a purple and very "cyber" looking area.
Kim: Wait... THIS IS THE DIE STAR! We're in the middle of 2017's alien invasion!
Panel 6:
The pink-haired Kim from 2020, looks in shock as she is stared at by a brown-haired Kim from 2017. 2020 Kim holds a laser pistol. 2017 Kim holds two laser swords.
2020 Kim: I think... Time travel might be complicated.
Panel 7:
A furre character, looking up at a t-rex in fear: Uh... I don't remember there being dinosaurs when we charged the Die Star.
Panel 8:
2017 Kim: No time for this! Do everything you can to help the Dragon's hacking efforts, and defend our life support systems at all costs. CHAAAAAAARGE!
2020 Kim, leaning in to the side of the frame: Let's help by collecting pieces off the Die Star...
The Sarpedon and the Triarii, mini-bosses from 2017, also made appearances in this time-frame
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Once the mini-bosses were defeated, The Imperial emerged to stop our past-selves from hacking the Die Star, just as before.
However, this time, we were unable to defeat the Imperial -- just before it ran out of HP, it fled back to its command center. What could the implications of this change in the timeline be?
A changed present
Once we had enough parts and charge on the time-machine portal, we activated it. Unfortunately, we accidentally took the 2017 Cyborg Dragon with us, meaning that the hacking of the Die Star in 2017 was never completed. The present was completely changed -- the Xenobeasts had taken over the RPR!
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Panel 1:
People are hiding behind the Gate avoiding fire. Kim, Server under one arm and laser pistol in the other, shouts to the scientist who is connecting wires in a panel of the Gate.
Kim: We're taking heavy fire! Quick! Make the jump!
Scientist: Just one more wire... THERE!
Panel 2:
The time machine activates.
Panel 3:
We're back where we started, but everything is... weirdly alieny now.
Kim: Are we back? Things look... different.
Panel 4:
Reveal that there are TWO Many Headed Cyborg Dragons in the crowd now. One of them is trailing a lot of wires.
Character 1: Oh no... We took the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon from the past, too!
Panel 5:
Scientist: Ack! We could never have defeated the Xenobeasts without the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon! We've changed the past -- in this timeline, the Xenobeasts won!
Panel 6:
Kim: We have to send her/her/him/they back in time to save the future!
Panel 7:
The two MHCDs exchange looks.
People are hiding behind the Gate avoiding fire. Kim, Server under one arm and laser pistol in the other, shouts to the scientist who is connecting wires in a panel of the Gate.
Kim: We're taking heavy fire! Quick! Make the jump!
Scientist: Just one more wire... THERE!
Panel 2:
The time machine activates.
Panel 3:
We're back where we started, but everything is... weirdly alieny now.
Kim: Are we back? Things look... different.
Panel 4:
Reveal that there are TWO Many Headed Cyborg Dragons in the crowd now. One of them is trailing a lot of wires.
Character 1: Oh no... We took the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon from the past, too!
Panel 5:
Scientist: Ack! We could never have defeated the Xenobeasts without the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon! We've changed the past -- in this timeline, the Xenobeasts won!
Panel 6:
Kim: We have to send her/her/him/they back in time to save the future!
Panel 7:
The two MHCDs exchange looks.
In addition to taking 2017's MHCD with us, we accidentally left 2020's Hero and Princess back in the past!
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Hero and Princess find themselves on the Die Star. They are about to turn a corner when they spot their past selves in the distance.
Princess: There must be some kind of time travel trope that says we can’t meet ourselves.
Hero: We don’t want to break history.
They watch as Past!Hero and Past!Princes get surrounded by Xenobeasts, as they did years ago. Then Raptors charge in and start fighting the aliens. Past!Princes and Past!Hero retreat.
Hero: That’s not what happened! They’re going the wrong way! The Die Star won’t be destroyed if they go down there!
Princess: I think we broke history...we have to fix it!
They prepare to charge when there is a bright flash.
Princess: What was that?
Hero: The Repository has jumped forward in time again.
Princess: Oh no, we’ve been left behind!
Princess: There must be some kind of time travel trope that says we can’t meet ourselves.
Hero: We don’t want to break history.
They watch as Past!Hero and Past!Princes get surrounded by Xenobeasts, as they did years ago. Then Raptors charge in and start fighting the aliens. Past!Princes and Past!Hero retreat.
Hero: That’s not what happened! They’re going the wrong way! The Die Star won’t be destroyed if they go down there!
Princess: I think we broke history...we have to fix it!
They prepare to charge when there is a bright flash.
Princess: What was that?
Hero: The Repository has jumped forward in time again.
Princess: Oh no, we’ve been left behind!
It turns out that when you leave someone three years in the past, you'll still see them when you return to the present, because they'll just live out the three years we skipped. Time travel. What a headache.
GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE ALL OKA-- wait, are you okay? You look... different.
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We see a desolate landscape, ruined buildings and dead trees. The camera pans across it, showing us the devastation.
Princess (battle hardened): Three billion roleplays ended on May 16th 2017. The survivors of the alien invasion lived only to face a new nightmare. The war against the cybernetic dinosaurs.
During the voice over, the camera focuses on a pile of discarded dice, all reading 1. A robot foot stomps down, crushing the die. The camera pulls up and we see a robotic dinosaur. Laser fire in the background.
Princess (battle hardened): The Xenobeasts captured the dinosaurs we brought with us from the past, turning them into an army we had no hope of stopping. In the long years that passed, we built a resistance. A last beacon of hope, for we knew that one day the Roleplay Repository would return.
Princess (battle hardened): Three billion roleplays ended on May 16th 2017. The survivors of the alien invasion lived only to face a new nightmare. The war against the cybernetic dinosaurs.
During the voice over, the camera focuses on a pile of discarded dice, all reading 1. A robot foot stomps down, crushing the die. The camera pulls up and we see a robotic dinosaur. Laser fire in the background.
Princess (battle hardened): The Xenobeasts captured the dinosaurs we brought with us from the past, turning them into an army we had no hope of stopping. In the long years that passed, we built a resistance. A last beacon of hope, for we knew that one day the Roleplay Repository would return.
The Imperial Strikes Again
It appeared the xenobeasts had continued their experiments on large lizards, as we know they had experimented on the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon. The packs of dinosaurs roving in the "broken present" were all modified with cyborg parts that made them stronger.
Of course, the Imperial Xenobeast had survived as well in this timeline, and when it emerged to stop us from fixing the past, this time it was mounted on a cyborg brontosaurus.
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Princess is addressing a crowd, Hero stands beside her.
Princess: To restore history, the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon must travel back through time, defeat the Xenobeasts in the past to save the future. The portal lies ahead and the Xenobeasts are guarding it with their fiercest warrior.
Princess turns and takes a few steps up the slope. She looks down at the Xenobeast’s portal facility, guarded by the final. She draws her sword and all along the ledge, a huge army of RPR characters appears.
Princess: Let’s make sure history never forgets the name, RP Repository!
The crowd cheers and they charge forward toward the final battle.
Princess: To restore history, the Many Headed Cyborg Dragon must travel back through time, defeat the Xenobeasts in the past to save the future. The portal lies ahead and the Xenobeasts are guarding it with their fiercest warrior.
Princess turns and takes a few steps up the slope. She looks down at the Xenobeast’s portal facility, guarded by the final. She draws her sword and all along the ledge, a huge army of RPR characters appears.
Princess: Let’s make sure history never forgets the name, RP Repository!
The crowd cheers and they charge forward toward the final battle.
Fix the past, fix the present
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Panel 1:
A character is patting the nose of 2017's Many Headed Cyborg Dragon, as it prepares to go through the portal.
Character: Ready old friend?
Panel 2:
Elven Scientist: Here we go! Just a tiny hop…
Panel 3:
Light engulfs only the 2017 MHCD as 2020 MHCD et al look on. Kim not in frame.
Panel 4:
Establishing shot from comic 3 fades into establishing shot of comic 1 - we can see the purpley xenobeast decor vanishing into the normal decor of the facility.
Panel 5:
A couple of characters and scientists cheering. Ballons, confetti, etc.
Elven Scientist: That's it! WE DID IT!
Panel 6:
Kim, Server under one arm, mounted on the back of a saddled T-rex and holding its reins, looking wildly joyful.
Kim: Now that's what I call a birthday adventure!
A character is patting the nose of 2017's Many Headed Cyborg Dragon, as it prepares to go through the portal.
Character: Ready old friend?
Panel 2:
Elven Scientist: Here we go! Just a tiny hop…
Panel 3:
Light engulfs only the 2017 MHCD as 2020 MHCD et al look on. Kim not in frame.
Panel 4:
Establishing shot from comic 3 fades into establishing shot of comic 1 - we can see the purpley xenobeast decor vanishing into the normal decor of the facility.
Panel 5:
A couple of characters and scientists cheering. Ballons, confetti, etc.
Elven Scientist: That's it! WE DID IT!
Panel 6:
Kim, Server under one arm, mounted on the back of a saddled T-rex and holding its reins, looking wildly joyful.
Kim: Now that's what I call a birthday adventure!
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The Hero and Princess race on foot across the dystopian landscape, chased by cybernetic dinosaurs. The Portal is visible in the distance behind them. They fight off waves of Cybernetic dinosaurs.
Cut to the portal as a tail disappears into it.
The camera distorts briefly. When it returns to normal, the battle hardened Hero and Princess are gone, replaced by their normal selves and instead of a battlefield, a big RPR party. The Princess and Hero embrace.
Cut to the portal as a tail disappears into it.
The camera distorts briefly. When it returns to normal, the battle hardened Hero and Princess are gone, replaced by their normal selves and instead of a battlefield, a big RPR party. The Princess and Hero embrace.
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