Black Mesa Extraterrestrial Research Division

[blackmesaerd]

Welcome, Research Associates!

This is the Black Mesa: Extraterrestrial Research Division or ERD for short! An AU askblog run by @themarginalartist. You can ask questions to reveal some of the plot of this blog’s story and even have an effect on it too!

Please make sure to keep it kind and have fun! And read the rules below the cut before you send in an ask please! If you have any questions or need something tagged don’t hesitate to reach out!

Looking to start the story from the beginning? Follow this link (Open in web browser or mobile browser and switch to desktop mode): https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/bm:erd/chrono

This blog does not run by sessions, send asks at any time!

Don’t be gross: Obviously canon level violence and things that happened in HLVRAI are acceptable but like don’t be weird y’all.

ABSOLUTELY NO NSFW: I don’t want it, I won’t post it, and I will block on sight

AND NO BIGOTRY: You will be blocked IMMEDIATELY if you are racist or hateful towards any groups period. 

This isn’t a roleplay blog: There’s a story here! Your role is to be Research Associates, so no M!As (Yet...)

Outside of that the point of this is to have fun in this AU and tell a (hopefully) interesting story!

Oh hey what’s this? It’s a discord server? https://discord.gg/PjXbVVSWvR

Chapter Index:

Part 1: ERD Beginnings https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-1%3A-erd-beginnings/chrono

Part 2: Trapped https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-2%3A-trapped/chrono

Part 3: Escape https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-3%3A-escape/chrono

Part 4: A New Beginning https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-4%3A-a-new-beginning/chrono

Part 5: Experimental Training https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-5%3A-experimental-training/chrono

Part 6: A Xenian Intermission https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-6%3A-a-xenian-intermission/chrono

Part 7: Making Connections https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-7%3A-making-connections/chrono

Part 8: Subject Freeman https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-8%3A-subject-freeman/chrono

Part 9: No Gordons Allowed https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-9%3A-no-gordons-allowed/chrono

Part 10: Time Crunch  https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-10%3A-time-crunch/chrono

Part 11: Vacation  https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-11%3A-vacation/chrono

Part 12: Not What We Expected

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-12%3A-not-what-we-expected/chrono

Part 13: There’s Something on your Face

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-13%3A-there's-something-on-your-face/chrono

Part 14: Whose side are you on?

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-14%3A-whose-side-are-you-on%3F/chrono

Part 15: Scattered and Lost

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part%3A-15%3A-scattered-and-lost/chrono

Part 16: Memories of Death 

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-16%3A-memories-of-death/chrono

Part 17: Planning Session

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-17%3A-planning-session/chrono

Part 18: Down Below 

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-18%3A-down-below/chrono

Part 19: Once Upon A Dream

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-19%3A-once-upon-a-dream/chrono

Part 20: Dearest Sister

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-20%3A-dearest-sister/chrono

Part 21: Quarrelsome Siblings

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-21%3A-quarrelsome-siblings/chrono

Part 22: Give Them Back

https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/part-22%3A-give-them-back/chrono

Fanart can be found here: https://blackmesaerd.tumblr.com/tagged/fanart

[blackmesaerd]

Psssst: join us over on @bmerdnewgame that’s the new blog

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💬 3  🔁 2  ❤️ 2 · Location: Dimensional Plane (AKA Xen) Benrey: "And this is a chumtoad, Gordie!" Gordon: "Whoaaah, it's cute! Lil! Like me

[blackmesaerd]

HEYO

{{It's been a hot minute huh? Well I've been rotating this blog again and well... I know we never exactly finished the story. I'm going to fully admit the plot got away from me and it got pretty confusing huh? Not to mention how uh... long it's been... whoop. I'm not sure how interested in this story folks still are, but I would be up to doing a reboot of the plot! This time with 2000% more early days lab time with baby aliens, some updates to some characters (I got a lotta changes that I've thot about), and of course other plot beat updates. I'm going to work it so we have a proper ending this time ^^; But for my own sake I want to know:

If a reboot of this blog was made would you prefer:

Continue to use this blog with a new tag to follow for the rebooted plot

Use a new blog and leave this one alone

Voting ended onJun 24

I will also say that the rapid pace of the past is probably not gonna be a thing this time around, but that may mean more stuff like arts from me! No promises tho lol. I'm still outlining what plot things are gonna go where (and what new assets I need to draw whoop) so this is a nebulous interest check/planning announcement lol}}

[blackmesaerd]

Hey- if you ever do the revival you’ve always got me and my batch - 🐉 🐈 (ooc)

🩷 aww! Always happy to have ya 🐉🐈

[blackmesaerd]

The blog is 6 years old… woag

Yeag

6 years damn... that's a long time geez... Good times good times. I have been thinking of a revival with the advent of HLVRAI 2... Not exactly sure tho how it would work.

[blackmesaerd]

I'm aware of what I'm about to say is random, but I hope you're having an excellent day :D.

{{Awww thank you, I am hoping it is an excellent day too both for me and everyone else :) }}

[blackmesaerd]

{{Haha when did it get to 39 days before this blog turns a year old??????}}

[blackmesaerd]

hey is this blog dead? :(

{{Blog is not dead dead… Just work has whacked me upside the head and been draining my battery for stuff. I wanna get back into this and finish the story, I just haven’t had a coherent thought about it as of late sorry.}}

[blackmesaerd]

this might be a lil offtopic to the blog but i loev your artstyle so muchg like?? ^$#^^ youre very talented omg

{{Aaaaaaaaa???? Thank you? You’re very sweet and kind to say that alcjcjdksnsabdjfksjsb}}

[blackmesaerd]

Fuck that, I’m going to install a Barbie dress up mini game on this computer now that I can access the developer code. -❤️

Installing third party software can cause malfunctions, please contact internal IT before installing new software.

[blackmesaerd]

*Quietly to the purple narrator* He... Doesn't remember? Did they delete that? Are we still going to be able to get you both out? -👑

I’m sorry. Please, enjoy the story.

*The sky is green, the ground is red. All of you are back on Xen.*

[blackmesaerd]

Oh, goodness ViVi, you did--!! *Remembers to control their volume* ViVi, you did it!! Voxis!!! You're awake!!! - Goat

Voxis? Who is Voxis?

[blackmesaerd]

So we... We still have to follow the story. What about getting you both out? -👑

We follow the script.

We have to.

The story must be told as written.

[blackmesaerd]

You got... Shut down. But! But we got you back online! And now we can help you! (The purple narrator helped us, but we shouldn't draw attention to it) -👑

....Diagnostics complete. I’m afraid we have a story to get back to. NARRATOR, please make sure our players are set to this destination.

....Right away STORYTELLER. Shall I make any edits?

No. We can’t change what has happened.

Right...

[blackmesaerd]

Oh thank god you’re back. How do you feel? -0wl

...Things have been pulled from my executable... but otherwise... Alright... Running diagnostics.

[blackmesaerd]

> run storyteller.exe

..............STORYTELLER.EXE starting.

......

............

........................What happened?

[blackmesaerd]

> run git fetch

Repository has had two file removals and one file addition. What would you like to do?

Run STORYTELLER.EXE