Zoostuck 2

You will use seven(5) of the following items:

NES cartridges with dust on them
Jam-flavored jelly in a pudding cup
A void full of very full voids
1 EXP point

You begin tabulating the necessary materials you'll need for this plan. You're also going to need to alter a few numerical systems and probably defy a few laws of physics, but that's easy enough.

enter the game as a fifth contestant

You also conclude that you've done what you can inside a hat's mind. It's time to take a more active role by manifesting as the fifth contestant in the game. Of course, in order to do that, you'll need to get three more contestants in there, but that will be a simple enough matter.

You manifest into the body you need. You are a nefarious villain, complete with nefarious mustache to twirl. You have captured an artist and are forcing him to work on an adventure based on some really dumb idea about a prison guard getting his hair done. Between your evil genius and his artistic talents, however, the adventure is very high quality and almost certain to win the contest you've entered it into.

However, at this very moment, a train is headed for your evil lair, and someone on it is attempting to rescue your artist. This was, of course, part of your plan because you are the physical manifestation of a singularity of complexity. The next phase of your plan - or rather, this specific branch of it - is to destroy the train track and ensure no one survives the ensuing crash. This is such a simple matter that it actually bores you. Sadly, there is no time to add fourteen additional steps into this process, so you will simply have to settle for activating the Derailer 5000 and focusing your attention on other, more complex branches of your plan.

You are now an art critic. You are also a shapeshifter, though you stopped shapeshifting when you learned of the TERRIBLE PRICE it exacted upon you. You have been following an adventure with marvelous illustrations, painted by a famed artist.

However, you recently realized that the illustrations contained a secret code informing you of the fact that the artist was being held captive and leading you to his location. You are currently on a train headed there so you can rescue him.

But there's a problem. A giant robot has appeared further down and started tearing up the tracks. You could probably save the train with your shapeshifting powers, but you cannot use them - not now that you know of the TERRIBLE PRICE. You must save the train using your abilities as an art critic - it's the only chance.

How are you going to do that? Also, what is the TERRIBLE PRICE? The exact details of it have slipped your mind.