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Welcome to HGS: Another Side Another Story. It is a roleplay spinoff for the Hunger Games Simulator forum game, akin to both the RP's in the Roleplaying section as well as the ITTs in Forum Games. It tells the story of the Hunger Games in the Arena of Panem, the nominators who sent the tributes, the tributes themselves both in and out of the Arena or even other people relevant to the Games. In addition, it also tells their stories beyond the Arena.
You can jump right in with any character, like your nominator self, your tributes, etc. The structure of this RP will be open-world. Don't worry about not being skilled/experienced enough or being new to RP'ing. Finally, ASAS accepts any skill level or RP style. Other than these, there are some important rules to note, which are:
- No godmodding will be allowed or tolerated here. The offending player will be given punishment depending on the severity.
- Please communicate anything important you plan on another player with the said player first. Don't just execute it without their consent.
- Don't be rude to other players, both out and in-universe. This extends to RP offenses like railroading, guilt-tripping, coercing, or other forms of forcing them.
- This RP is related to the Hunger Games Simulation:Beyond the Possibilities forum game. Thus it will have events based from that game, including the tributes. This means if you want to RP as tributes, please nominate them officially on the thread first, with misses not being counted. This has to be done after an incident with a player who hasn't joined the game itself yet.
- Since this RP is Loose Canon in relation to the main HGS thread, the host's interpretation of events isn't necessarily 100% canon. Every player has the right to deviate from what the host says and go with their own interpretations. If multiple players have their tributes involved in the same event(s), please communicate with each other so that you're on the same page regarding how you see them.
- This RP chronicles the lives of the nominators and their tributes behind the scenes. While dark plots are acceptable, the overall tone of the RP should be light-hearted and comedic. This RP is not a Cosmic Horror Story or action story about defeating evil. It is a Slice of Life comedy with some adventure to it, first and foremost. Our previous RP, Convergence, is not representative of the intended tone, and the grimdark tone of that RP is one of the main reasons it was retooled.
- Nominators and tributes alike can transform into Pokemon whenever they enter a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon World (but they can bypass this with certain items/methods or shapeshifting) or via other means outside it such as a season event, Transformation Trinkets, or shapeshifting. The players are free to choose the Pokéforms that best suit their characters and even give them color schemes outside the standard and Shiny colors, but there is a hard rule for this. If you want your character's Pokéform to be a Legendary, Mythical, or Ultra Beast, please ask the RP mods for approval. Outside the Arena, these Pokéforms are still OP, but we want to give leeway for tributes who theoretically can have them such as deities.
- Other rules are covered in the RP guides: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13414403220A81433600&page=1#comment-1
Other guides to help you can be found below:
Here's my opening RP post:
Detective Gamechanger's Base
A sharp-dressed man in a green suit and yellow tie is standing by the entrance of the base. He is of average height and has whitish skin, though still a bit darker. He is Billy, one of the nominators and the organizer of the party.
Indeed, after the nominators' returned and settled their problems, they decide to have fun with a party. Billy also sent invites for all the other nominators out there, as well as basically anyone else, including tributes, non associated parties, interested nominators who haven't participate yet, or even those who just wants to hang out.
The place itself in the base is refurbished for party purposes. Fancy chairs and tables are set everywhere for people to relax, as well as put food and other objects for the latter. There's also various collections showcased, including those belonging to the Detective, like his classic cars. Various themes to the base are set too, including detective noir as GC would have preferred.
Billy is now awaiting for other guests to arrive. He is also ready to give them a pleasant surprise during the party pertaining to his nation.
Edited by Billy5545 on Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:18:55 AM
10,000 grams of pure caffeine
Arena
Frankly this would've better befit an emotionally darker cutscene, but nyergh! "Oh hey, first time I ever saw a pokemon that can talk!" Libre says to Scipion. "CHEY, ZAN, ROUTE, IS THAT YOU!?" Libre yells in excitement to them, not really questioning if they're the same iteration as the Tropesburg ones due to his enthusiasm of seeing Kafka. "My synth voicebox's busted, usually making me emit horrific noises or brown notes when i speak." he answers to Arcturus after hearing his question. "Oh hey, who are you?" he asks to Eye-Sicle after seeing him.
Webking House
Outside
"Tubbo! Get off of that dragon! It doesn't like it!" Jace yells over seeing Tubbo seemingly having a rodeo with the dragon. "I'M RIDING THIS FUCKING DRAGON, AND NO ONE CAN STO-AAAAAA!" Tubbo falls off of the dragon, thankfully landing upon a dense, large cobweb set up by Jace's spiders.Inside
"MMMM! ME GUSTAAA!" Tommy yells enthusiastically as he rattles the two thunder drums, making loud noises whilst running around the rooms of the house.Edited by SomeLibre on Mar 20th 2021 at 4:37:11 PM
Cassie | he/they | But will it stop the pain forever? / I just can't be sure
"Don't worry, Six, Pow-Pow's doin' just fine. And Psyche, if one of us ends up killing the other, you already know I'm gonna forgive ya."
Dark Ichi is vibing to some Billie Eilish on his podium to pass the time.
"When killing time starts, any violence I inflict on y'all really ain't personal. I'm just here to have myself a good time, then go back home when I win or lose, not make an eeeeevil plan to usurp your prez and become dictator for life. Capiche? Good."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 19th 2021 at 9:30:03 AM
She/Her | inactive for now
"Yeah, you're right, big bro. At the end of the day, there's no hard feelings, right? We're just doing what we can to survive... and sometimes the Arena does strange things to our psyches."
She's a little unnerved at Dark Ichi, but she nods at him all the same. "Understood, edgy version of big bro!"
Dagded Dujardin
Seasonal Greetings
In the podiums suddenly arrived Bale, having reported from his base. He saw around and though he rolled his eyes at the sight of Scipion and Dark Ichi, he did look excitedly at 6K1 and his other friends
Bale: Hey guys, how are you all doing?
"Bingo! If two species hate each other, they will wipe each other out on their own."
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Arena
Scipion took a look at the other noms. He was quite surprised to see that they were more non-humans here than usual.
He heard Libre talking to him. The evil Zoroark gave him a weird look, before realizing he was a newcomer.
"I thought people were aware that we could talk in certain universes... And you'll find out that I do much more than just talking... if the arena would let me." Scipion said.
Noticing Dark Ichi, the Zoroark quickly flipped him off, even though the latter claimed to do nothing wrong at the moment. Then, he too noticed someone was missing.
Weird, Dave's not here... I wonder where he...
Scipion then remembered a certain quote from a certain Morgrem about Dave and Fira fuc-.
The Zoroark immediately puked internally in disgust and shrugged the thought off, groaning.
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Arena
Name's Eye-Sicle. (Eye-Sicle says to Libre.) That Plessie fellow who just won last season? That was my guy.
Eye-Sicle's Lair (Tribute Summoner)
(After getting everything except for getting Gloria to the Greens situated, Stanford remembers that he needs to contact Bub and Bob and tell them that they don't necessarily have to stop the Boss anymore. He takes out his communicator and calls them.)
Hello? Bub, Bob, are you there?
Uh huh! What's up? (Bub replies.)
I just wanted to let the two of you know that Eye-Sicle and I have found a way to return him back to normal, so you don't necessarily have to stop the Boss anymore. (Stanford explains.)
We haven't had any luck finding him anyway. (Bob says.) Heck, we can't even tell if he's been anywhere around here at ALL. I think we'd see a lot more bubble dragons and monsters around here if he had been out here.
Yeah, you'd have thought he just went "poof" into thin air! (Bub adds.)
How curious... (Stanford mutters. The circumstances sound remarkably similar to Chip and Grime abruptly disappearing earlier. Could whatever happened to them have happened to Bub and Bob's old enemy, too?)
(Stanford feels that he may have to look into this after finishing everything else he is planning to do right now.) Well...if you want, you may come back here. Perhaps we may discuss what may have happened to him here after I attend to some other matters. While you wait, feel free to stay in tribute quarters or take in June's party, should that still be going on when you get here.
Okay! We're on our way! (Bub says.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
Eye-Sicle's Lair
The Pearls return to the lair and decide to watch the season before they go back to school. Blue gets her communicator and calls Paper.
"We're having fun so far, so we've decided to watch the Nominator Games here!"
"Yeah! I hope 6k1 visits your school, at least!" says Yellow.
Paper giggles. "Glad you're enjoying yourselves there! Also, I have some good news for you..."
"What is it?" both Pearls ask.
"I just hired new teachers for the school's expansion! I'll introduce them to you when you return!"
The Arena
"Our... psyches?" 6k1 asks Psyche, trying to stifle her giggles. "Yeah... I'm ready for whatever the Gamemakers throw at me, and if I ever kill you, Ichi, or any of my friends here, then I hereby apologize!"
Deep down, she still dreads making her first kill. Sure, she defeated some of Xehanort's Mooks back at Neon Quarters, but what if she's put in the same shoes as Psyche last Nominator Games? She just takes a deep breath and hopes that she won't do this in her second rodeo in the Arena.
Dark Ichi then reveals his motive for joining the Games. 6k1 just smiles smugly.
"At least you're not like another Dark Nominator I once knew..." she says, recalling Dark Billy spying on her and Power while they were hiding in Ichi's bunker during Villain Month.
She then greets Bale when he arrives.
"I take it that Gale wasn't chosen to accompany you?" she asks him. "If so, then I hope he's doing well back home!"
Scipion's Lair, pre-Nom Games
While Aaron and James fight Morgan and his clones, Kris turns their sword into a shield and orders Susie and Ralsei to hide behind them. They struggle to keep themself up when Cerberus fires its giant laser beam at them, but they can't keep this up forever...
They turn to Aaron and James, who have just defeated Morgan, and call them for help. Susie, meanwhile, yelps in pain as her burn gets worse while Ralsei's still flinching from Cerberus' icy bite.
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Morgan's room
To Aaron and James's shock, the Delta Warriors were able to resist Cerberus's laser beam.
"We have to help them!" Aaron cried out to James. The Inteleon grunted, trying to come with an idea.
"I think I know how! Cling on to me!"
Aaron tightly grabbed James's waist and yelped when the latter used a classy Acrobatic to jump right behind the Delta Warriors' shield. The two Pokémons immediately pulled their hands on Kris's shield, adding their own strength to it.
"Come on, everyone! We have to do this together!" Aaron yelled, telling Susie and Ralsei to add their own strength as well.
Cerberus got very close to the team and was ready to finish them off when the 5 heroes, with a battle cry, finally deflected the beam, resulting in a huge explosion that shook the entire room. Aaron instinctively got in front of Ralsei to protect him from the shockwaves while James tried to shield Kris and Susie.
When the smoke started to dissipate, the heroes could see Cerberus, staring at them with an empty look. They would notice that she tried to grin at them, respecting how they were able to work together. The dragon then collapsed.
"We... We did it...! Good work team!" Aaron panted, a relieved smile on his face.
"We did... Even then, you have my congratulations, Delta Warriors. You somehow managed to hold this devastating attack long enough for us to help you out. I am very impressed by this feat." James said, whipping sweats out of his forehead.
Suddenly, a vicious, weakened laugh was heard.
"Yes... Quite impressive... Hehehehe..."
"Morgan... It's no use, you know? You have already lost." Aaron sternly said, frowning at the Morgrem. Morgan cackled as he pulled himself up.
"So it would seem... What a shame... You have ruined my plan, I have to admit it. In fact... The exact opposite happened." the mad Morgrem painfully chuckled, pulling his hand on his forehead.
"You two... Yes... You should actually thank me for teaching you you can survive without your precious leader." he laughed at Susie and Ralsei.
"You only have that shitty wolf left to pick up... But..."
Aaron widened his eyes with worry and anger when Morgan mentioned Lucian. The Morgrem smirked. He was reading Aaron's feelings and although he was defeated, he wasn't going to give up the fight mentally.
"I know Scipion better than anyone else here. And we know how much he hates you... I'm sure your precious friend is suffering greatly at the moment, Aaron..."
"Y-You... You're lying..." Aaron growled furiously, shaking his fists in anger and disgust.
"Lying? Ahahahahaha!! Oh! I can hear them from here! That shitty mutt's delicious screams. I can't wait to see your faces when you'll see what's left of that miserable shit!!" Morgan cackled again, a disturbing look on his face.
"S-Shut up...!"
"Lucian's going to die! And you buffoon will be too late to save him!!!" Morgan madly shrieked, erupting into insane laughter.
"SHUT UP!!" Aaron shouted.
Before the situation could escalate, James knocked Morgan out with a well-placed Snipe Shot, blowing his finger like a western cowboy would.
"Fiou! Now that this is taken care of..." James sighed. He kneeled down to a shaking Aaron's size and put his hands on the Lucario's shoulders.
"Young man, I want you to calm down this instant." he firmly ordered.
"B-But... Morgan said-" Aaron protested.
"Tsssk! No "Buts"! I truly thought better of you Aaron." James reprimanded, putting his finger on Aaron's mouth.
"That despicable fiend was taunting you. He was using your deepest fears against you. I understand that you are greatly concerned about your friend. But you have to stay focused."
Aaron looked down in shame and sighed. Ever since Lucian was kidnapped, he was worried sick about it. He still tried to put his worries aside for reaching the lair and saving Kris as well, but Morgan's vicious words were still repeating in his head.
"I... I... W-What if he... I-I'm so scared about him..." he whimpered.
"Look, Aaron..."
James interrupted himself and looked at the Delta Warriors.
"Listen well you three... Do not repeat this to anybody else." he said in a surprisingly serious tone before turning back to Aaron.
"You know my relationship with Nick and Arthur and how close I have become to each of them. At the moment, they are fighting against horrible aliens and a dark abomination. I am worried about them. And I am sure you are worried about your two friends as well. But I trust them. I believe that they will get out of this situation safely. Just like you should believe Lucian is safe."
"B-But that's not the same things!! Lucian doesn't know-" Aaron tried to say, having more and more trouble breathing.
"-how to fight? Nonsense! Lucian has another way to defend himself. The Fox of Death is clearly deranged in his head, but we have both noticed he has a few standards. Lucian did healed him after all if what Clyde said was true. This is something I am sure the Zoroark will not forget."
"I can't... I can't trust that fucking, disgusting murderer..."
"You have to. You have to believe that Lucian is well. If you assume the worst from the beginning, you will never be able to actually save him." James gently said.
Aaron nodded and started to tear up.
"Besides, if Kris managed to stay alive during all of this time, I am certain Lucian is alright as well. You felt his aura before, you know he is alive and you know where he is. You have to focus on your final fight against that foul foe that is the Fox of Death."
James yelped when Aaron suddenly pulled him into a tight hug and sobbed.
"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." he muttered.
"Ha... I make an actual good baby-sitter, aren't I? You are so sensitive, sometimes..." James sarcastically laughed, a kind smile on his face, patting Aaron's back. He also invited the Delta Warriors to join in the hug.
Edited by Scipion3 on Mar 20th 2021 at 3:57:36 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
She/Her | inactive for now
The Arena
"Yeah... I'll do my best not to kill any of my friends here," says Psyche as she looks around at everyone, particularly 6k1, Ichi, Bale and Zan, "but if I do, then I'm really sorry. I'm sure we can still be friends after this, no matter what happens, right?"
She waves to Bale. "Heyo! I'm doing alright, just a bit nervous... I hope this season won't be as bad as last time."
"You already know my answer to that, lil sis. And s'up, Bale."
Dark Ichi wags a finger at Scipion.
"Naughty, naughty."
He smiles at 6k1 from under his mask.
"Honey, if I were anything like the other Dark Nominators, I'd prolly be as dead as ol' Bill and Eredars."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 20th 2021 at 9:59:31 AM
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"Wait- there are other Dark Nominators? Ohhh crap this piques my interest." Libre says after hearing what Dark Ichi said.
Cassie | he/they | But will it stop the pain forever? / I just can't be sure
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Arena
"You mean Dark Eldraseen?" 6k1 asks Dark Ichi. "I remember his last stand against the Light Nominators after the end of Villain Month. And Libre, the Dark Nominators were at large way back then, and I'm just glad that they won't harm us ever again. You wouldn't wanna hear the rest of it.
"And speaking of Light Eredars," she says to Bale, "I haven't seen him since your party, so I just hope he's doing fine, wherever he is."
Morgan's Room
The Delta Warriors continue holding on, and Susie and Ralsei use their remaining magic to strengthen the shield. Susie yells her battlecry as she and the rest huddle with Aaron and James defeat Cerberus once and for all.
After recovering from the explosion, Kris warns Susie and Ralsei of Morgan when he gets up and laughs at how the latter two managed to work together on their own. They look at each other awkwardly, but Kris tells them that they're so proud of them. They all glare at Morgan when he taunts Aaron about Lucian, with Susie preparing to whip out her axe, but Kris tells her to stop when James shoots Morgan with Snipe Shot.
Kris then motions Susie and Ralsei closer to listen to James' advice, and Kris confirms it to Aaron that Lucian did heal Scipion, and the Zoroark treated him well for the most part.
"Lucian healed that bastard for real?!" asks Susie.
"I believe you, Kris," says Ralsei. "And honestly, I'd do the same if I were him. And yeah, I know not to heal those who'd harm me right away."
Kris just nods, for they were right about this.
"And Aaron..." says Ralsei, "remember when Power broke down in the Recovery Room?"
"Huh, what happened?" asks Susie.
He fills her and Kris in on what happened to her and Ichi last Nominator Games. They nod in understanding.
"I got worried when Lancer told me about his dad," says Susie, "but damn that horse girl didn't take her bestie's death well..."
"Yeah... but she was still worried about him even if she knew he'd be okay..."
Susie blinks. "I, uh... dunno what to say about that, really..."
"Don't worry, they're both okay now, but Power's staying behind because of that."
Kris nods and encourages Susie to do the same.
"I understand, though it'd be hella great if she's back in the Arena again!"
"And you know what I did when I visited her that day?"
"What?"
"I sang my favorite song to her, and I'll sing it again for Aaron!"
"Of course you would... now can you heal my burn first, Ral?"
Kris tells her to say please, which she groans at.
"Oh, right!"
Ralsei does so, then motions Susie and Kris into the group hug before singing "Don't Forget". Susie rolls her eyes at the sappiness of the song, but hugs Aaron with a little prodding from Kris not to squeeze him too tight.
"And Arthur and Nick are your boyfriends?" Ralsei asks James. "Aww, I'm happy for you! And don't worry, your secret's safe with us."
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Battle
Dark Undyne, still keeping her previous attacks on, easily deflected Glimmer's
"Your magic is weak, foolish girl..." Dark Undyne mocked, firing a dark laser at her. However, she still got hit by Undyne and Big Mac's attacks.
Dark Undyne looked angrily at them and roared as she became bigger, her look becoming closer to Undyne the Undying from Underfell.
The dark entity then summoned a gigantic dark spear and launched it at the group.
"Arthur, do you think we can dodge that?"
"I don't know... But maybe we could send it back to her somehow... Any ideas?" the Decidueye asked.
Morgan's room>Scipion's room
To Aaron's surprise and relief, Kris confirmed what Clyde once told him. Still crying, he listened to Ralsei as he and his two other friends joined in the hug. The Lucario closed his eyes when the goat sang "Don't Forget" for him, moved by the act. James was honestly surprised by the song and restrained himself from tearing up because of it.
"Ralsei... That was beautiful." Aaron stammered in a hoarse voice.
"I agree. And I appreciate your wishes for me and my boyfriends." James muttered, rubbing Ralsei's head with his hand. Aaron slowly calmed down and tried to smile at everyone, despite still crying.
"As a friendly rival to another, I have to concede it to you. Despite your flaws, you truly are a wonderful young man. I am proud to be your rival, Aaron. Now take a deep breath, dry your tears, raise that stupid head of yours and go save your friend from the ugly Zoroaork's grasp. I will remain behind to tell the others what happened here. Alright?"
"Alright... T-Thank you... Thank you everyone..." Aaron sniffed, as James and the Delta Warriors helped him getting up.
"Delta Warriors, I trust you and Aaron will take care of the Zoroark. I give you my best wishes." James said, saluting the team.
Taking a deep breath, Aaron reactivated his aura. Lucian was actually not very far from where they were.
"Alright... Let's go."
After a few minutes, as they walked through the empty caverns, Aaron noticed some bones on the ground. He kneeled and used his aura to "scan" them. He gasped upon recognizing them.
"...This place again." he muttered. He stared at them for several minutes only to gasp upon noticing the trio watching him.
"I-I'm sorry... I just got lost in my thoughts. Long story short, this is the place when I first met Scipion when we were kids. We... actually helped each other out."
Aaron groaned and shrugged the memory off. Saving Lucian was his priority.
Eventually, Aaron and the Delta Warriors reached a large dark room.
"EYAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!" a familiar voice cackled.
"Scipion..."
The illusions disappeared, revealing several torches lighting the room. It seemed to be the remains of an old underground temple related to Giratina, giving the various sculptures around. Scipion was nonchalantly sitting on a huge stone chair, grinning madly. Lucian was next to him, in a poorly made cage that the Zoroark made at the last minute. He visibly had many injuries.
"At long last... You finally made it, Aaron." Scipion exclaimed theatrically. Aaron stared at Lucian wordlessly, remembering James's words.
"Ahh... I see you are getting quite concerned over your little friend! Well don't think I-"
"Drop the illusions, Scipion. I'm not falling for your dirty tricks." Aaron angrily growled.
"Ugh, of course... Another reason why I hate you. Your aura is the perfect counter to my ability. You just ruined the drama... Oh well, at least I tried..." Scipion sighed in disappointment and snapped his claws, dissipating the illusions. To Aaron's great relief, Lucian was physically fine. Unlike Kris, he didn't even receive any injuries. He could tell that his friend was very happy to see him, but was too nervous to say anything.
"Lucian... Hold on just a moment." Aaron sighed, giving an encouraging smile at his friend.
"As you can see, your precious crybaby is fine. I'll be honest, he's not that annoying to keep. I was expecting worst." Scipion said.
"Why did you kidnap Lucian and Kris, Scipion?"
"Well... I was hoping to have a duel with you and Lucian would have served as a... "prize". Unfortunately, Morgan and my fellow nominators couldn't help themselves but ruin my plan... And now, I have three buffoons here." Scipion snarled, looking at the Delta Warriors with disdain.
"Then again... They seem quite determined, despite knowing what I'm capable of. And they're still in one piece. Even Sixty's goat, surprisingly. Although I'm confused... What exactly are you going to do to me, Rasriel? I mean, Kris got their sword, I have sparred with them and they were not that bad with it. I guess the purple tomboy is also a somewhat decent fighter, but you? What the fuck are you going to do to me? Tickle me with your scarf? Make me die of cuteness? Wait I know! Bake me a chocolate cake, right? Although I'm not against that..."
"First, his name is Ralsei. And second, you'd better not underestimate them." Aaron interrupted the Zoroark.
"Ah! I'll see about them. One thing is sure though, I won't underestimate you, Aaron." Scipion cackled. He dramatically got up, waved his mane, and licked his lips.
"Enough talk... I have a mass murderer title to claim after that." he said, showing his claws and getting into a fight stance.
"Y'know what? I'll let the Delta Warriors attack me first. I'm curious to see what they're able to do... Eyahahaha!!"
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Arena
Great, we've got DARK versions of us, too? (Eye-Sicle asks. He's about to launch into a tirade about how he doesn't want to meet any of his alternate selves, but then thinks:) Actually...I'm kinda curious what my dark me would be like.
Eye-Sicle's Lair (Downstairs)
(As June and her duplicates hash things out, everyone else gets themselves a snack and goes to the TV.)
You know, Eye-Sicle's been hyped up for this, but now I'm wondering how he's going to act if he gets knocked out of the games early. (Jared remarks.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
Scipion's Lair, Tunnels
Glimmer is caught off-guard by Dark Undyne's laser and easily knocked down thanks to her weakness to Dark-type moves. She calls Alphys to cook the cup of Instant Noodles for her, but she reminds her that there's no time and again, it's better eaten dry.
"Well, if you say so..."
Alphys tosses the pack to her. Glimmer bites down on the dry noodles and widens her eyes when she feels herself being fully healed. She thanks Alphys for it before regrouping with Undyne and Big Mac, just as Dark Undyne powers up into her Undying form and launches a giant spear at them.
"Everyone!" shouts Undyne, "I know this sounds crazy, but I'll let the spear hit me!"
Everyone gasps.
"But that's a suicide move!" yells Glimmer.
"I-I-I think I know what you're planning," says Alphys, "but your current form might not handle it!"
"Eenope!" says Big Mac.
Morgan's Room —> Scipion's Throne Room
Ralsei smiles when James pets him, then says goodbye to him and follows Aaron down the corridor. He shudders at the bones, but presses on as he and Susie follow Kris.
"Hey..." says Susie, "I just wanna say... I... I'm..."
Kris puts a hand on her shoulder, as if to tell her that it's alright.
"H-How did you know? I just..." she sighs, "fine, I'm sorry for being selfish and reckless and causing so much trouble during this mission! I understand if you don't fully forgive me for this, so feel free to punish me! I'll take it!"
Ralsei puts a hand on her other shoulder.
"I know you were distressed, but you still fought the bad guys well! But you need to realize that it's okay to ask for help even if you don't think you need it!"
Susie grunts, but Kris tells her that Ralsei's got a point. While they also forgive her and appreciate her efforts to rescue them, they still scold her for running away from the team.
"Don't worry," says Ralsei, "we're almost there, I know we can do it!"
The team then reaches the "throne room". Ralsei shudders again at Lucian seemingly tortured while Susie grins at the decorations, but Aaron demands Scipion to remove the illusions. Ralsei sighs in relief when Lucian turns out alright, but Scipion dares him and his friends to make their first move on him.
Susie just snorts. "Rasriel?" She elbows him. "Maybe I should call you Alsei instead!"
"Hey!"
They all get into their battle stances, but Kris decides to give them a quick pep talk.
"Arright, listen up!" Susie tells Scipion. "Lucian's my friend 'cuz Aaron's my friend, too! You wanna see what I can do, huh? Well, wait 'til you see my ultimate attack!"
"Sorry, my friends and I aren't going anywhere!" says Ralsei.
They all feel their wills changing, activating their special moves: Courage for Kris, Red Buster for Susie, and Dual Heal for Ralsei. The last one has used his special move before, but he was saving it for this battle the entire time.
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Scorbunny!CAC: (Looks up at 6k1) Sure we can talk, it's just that I don't know where you live.
"Eredars, Eldraseen, same difference. Since you're prolly wondering, no, I have no idea if Dark Six is masterminding anything in her secret lair or if Dark Pow-Pow's using blood for paint like a forked-up Mad Artist. Doubt they're gonna try anythin' funny after what happened to Eredars and Bill, anyway."
10,000 grams of pure caffeine
As the Nom Games Loom...
Libre gets a text message from Jace, reading: "Hey, Libre. I found out that 6k1, the Database Manager has those data clone creators that can basically replicate someone. Maybe you can ask her about it so that we can make a better cloning device, given what ended up of you in comparison to the original. The statements I've taken from Tommy and Tubbo regarding the amount of pain they felt between their deaths and resurrections means that it'd be better for our tributes if their clones die in the Arena instead of them being repeatedly killed and resurrected." Libre responds with: "yeah probably after the Nom Games i guess" not really paying much attention due to him still feeling overjoyed over being able to speak with his own voice again. Cassie | he/they | But will it stop the pain forever? / I just can't be sure
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Battle
Likewise, Arthur and Nick stared in shock at what Undyne said.
"Well... That's a bit extreme, but I trust you know what you're doing." Nick said, optimistic as ever.
"Whatever you do, don't fuck it up." Arthur hissed.
Everyone else tried to dodge as the dark spear hit Undyne.
Scipion's room
Scipion merely raised an eyebrow at the Delta Warriors' speechs, still smirking smugly at them.
"Well alright! If you insist..." he chuckled, raising his arms... Only to instantly disappear. Actually, Scipion has already begun to move towards the Delta Warriors during their speechs, leaving a copy of him behind.
The true Scipion reappeared right in front of them, like if he just teleported. Around him, several false clones of himself appeared. They had their claws shining in crimson and a mad grin on their face.
"Try me."
Edited by Scipion3 on Mar 22nd 2021 at 9:31:36 AM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Arena
"Oh, I live and work at the Database Library, which is just here in the Arena," 6k1 says to the Scorbunny, "but if we can't meet there, I can have my staff arrange for our meeting somewhere else.
"And who knows, Dark Ichi? Maybe they're just biding their time..."
Scipion's Lair
Glimmer teleports to Big Mac and warns him that she'll teleport him out of the way when she touches him. He nods and lets her do so, then they wince with Alphys when the spear strikes Undyne in the chest. Dark Undyne would think that she killed her, but she starts glowing...
Meanwhile, Scipion summons his illusionary clones. Susie whispers something to Kris.
"I've an idea, I did this in one of our battles on the way here..."
She tells them about her fight against Freddy and Edgar the other day. Kris nods and orders her and Ralsei to make sweeping motions with their axe and scarf, respectively, at the clones to try hitting the real Scipion.
"But but, it won't do much..."
"Just try."
Kris then sweeps their sword as well, and Susie and Ralsei follow suit.
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
An eagle
The Arena
As the others continue to party in Eye-sicle's base as usual, Billy eventually talks. He first addresses Eye-sicle as he says, "Hello Eye-sicle. It is nice to meet you. Speaking of news, I have also heard about you from other nominators. Anyway, I hope we can have a proper talk about our lives after this season."
He also gets concerned when the other nominators start expressing how they missed Dave. He also thinks about how he misses him too, but he decides not to say anything about it to other nominators. Instead, he looks at the two villainous nominators, and also ignore them after shooting a mean glance at them. Though on the other hand, he is curious about Scipion's side of story on his kidnapping of Kris. Speaking of that, he also hopes that the rescue team is doing fine right now.
Then Bale comes. Billy says to him, "greetings Bale. I am doing fine. I also hope this season will go well for all of us."
Then there's the talk about dark nominators. While Billy wants to talk about what Dark Billy did, how the battle went, and also the involvement of Dark Tabby, all in detail, he decided against it after 6k1 said her statement. It's because he wants to respect her wishes. Instead, he just says, "about the dark nominator, I once had to fight my own counterpart. I can also confirm what Dark Ichigo said about their fates, because it was not painless or dignified. Instead, their fates were cruel, as they deserved."
Meanwhile, Arcturus responds to 6k1 and then Libre, "thanks for the encouragement, Mimi, and thanks for relaying it Ms. 6k1. I'll make sure my display will be the greatest in the Arena! Also, that's interesting Libre."
This reminds Billy again as he says to Libre, "so you will never need the voicebox replacement surgery offer after all."
Meanwhile in the Detective Agency, Detective Tableturner looks at Detective GC appearing again. While he's used to him being another alt and also not in the season, he says, " I still expect the best from you, Detective."
PMD World
This whole time, Billy's rescue team are preparing themselves after the initial battle with Phantoon. Sandy gives a berry to revitalize Patchouli, as she got the most injury again from the battle. At the same time, Tsubakura uses their ink to try camouflage the group among the darkness and form danmaku against the projectiles. Then after Patchouli has mostly recovered, the group try to dodge Dark Undyne's attacks first. They eventually stops defending and aids the offense when Undyne gets stabbed. Tsubakura decides to avoid close confrontation by using their danmaku while activating Tailwind to increase their own speed, the speed of their danmakus, and the speed of their fellow allies.
As for Sandy, she uses Tail Whip in order to distract Dark Undyne and lower her guard, while Patchouli tries to fire a Psybeam.
Just an eagle. (Feel free to PM me if you want to talk to me).
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Of course, Dark Undyne knew about the Undying form, as she was bearing it herself in a way. But she assumed she killed Undyne before she could transform and ignored her, turning her attention towards the rest of the group. Arthur and Nick fired projectiles at her again, assisting Billy's tributes but she tanked them with ease. She has grown too powerful
"It is time to put an end to this." she grunted. Dark Undyne turned backward, raised her arms in the air, summoning a dark rock that grew bigger and bigger.
"I know that pose. She's going to suplex that at us!" Nick exclaimed.
"Can't she just throw it normally?"
"Sounds like copying Undyne also meant copying her battle's style, mixed with that thing's own one..." Nick said.
"Well Undyne better wake up now, because I'm pretty sure she wants to crush us for good, now." Arthur hissed.
Scipion's mastery of illusions was so great that his clones mimicked how he would behave when battling, clashing with the Delta Warriors with their mere claws.
"Hmm... Not bad... It almost sounds like you've dealt with this before. There's just one ''tiny' problem."
Every clone suddenly disappeared, revealing the real Scipion as he grabbed the blades of Susie's axe and Kris's swords with extreme ease.
"You're not even close to my level."
Roaring, the Zoroark let go of the blades and expertly kicked Susie with Low Kick, dodging her attack before throwing a Dark Pulse at her, sending her against a wall. Then, he slashed maniacally at Kris's sword with Fury Swipes before finding an opening and sending them straight into Susie with Night Slash. Lastly, he grabbed Ralsei and lifted him.
"Hmmm... You're a cute fluffy boy, actually. So adorable that I'm... tempted to eat you alive... Just kidding!" he said in a creepy tone before laughing it off as he said he was joking. He then threw him flying towards Susie as well.
"Just as I feared... You're no fun! Time to put you where you belong..." Scipion cackled, gathering enough energy to levitate in the air, preparing a powerful Night Daze.
Fortunately, Aaron rammed into the Zoroark with Extreme Speed, preventing him from unleashing his favorite attacks.
"Ugh..." Scipion groaned, getting up and staring hatefully at his nemesis.
"He's clearly going all out with you. Try to recover a bit. I'll handle him in the meantime." Aaron said, relieved as no one was seriously injured.
The two Pokémons battled for a while in a duel, exchanging claws, projectiles, kicks, and punches. Aaron's martial poses and stern face contrasted Scipion's wild movements and mad look. Eventually, they jumped away from each other.
"I was right it seems... By far you're the most persistent one. We've played enough Aaron... It's time I show you the true definition of power!!" Scipion exclaimed.
The Zoroark howled as a powerful red aura appeared around him, sending waves of energy around him.
Eventually, the group would hear Scipion's signature laugh as the Zoroark gazed at his mega-form in awe.
"Aaahh... How long I have missed that form... Those pointy ears, those jewels, this magnificent mane!" he said to himself, turning around to admire his body. Aaron looked at the Delta Warriors and narrowed his eyes, slightly embarrassed.
"Yup... That's Scipion's manchild side to you..."
Unlike Aaron, Lucian stared at the form in awe, having not really noticed it before. Scipion couldn't help but grin even further at this.
"And of course... This incredible power! You should feel honored I'm going to waste it on you again, Aaron." Scipion continued, "twisting" the environment around him to a darker, more devilish landscape.
"So this is the game we are playing, "Fox of Death", right? You do remember how this went down last time." Aaron said, a playful smirk on his face. He told the Delta Warriors to get back and roared as a powerful blue aura, similar to Scipion engulfed him. When the light died out, Aaron had become a Mega-Lucario. Likewise, Lucian stared in awe at it.
The cave itself shook from the two mega-evolutions. It caused an odd Keystone to fall into Lucian's cage, unknown to everyone.
"Ugh... I forgot how even uglier you look like that." Scipion snarled in disgust.
"Please. You're more frustrated because I countered your form with this one, and I intend to do that again." Aaron mocked, summoning an aura bone.
"You son of a bitch... If you insist... En garde!!" Scipion roared, summoning his trident as well.
"Please stay out of this. I'm afraid he might really hurt you in that state." Aaron said to the Delta Warriors.
With his aura strengthen, Aaron felt that the Delta Warriors won't be needed against Scipion himself... But they'll prove to be crucial against something else that will happen right after his battle. He shrugged off the feeling before fighting his nemesis
Long after their time in the arena, Sylvanas and Carmilla spied on the nominators before entering a portal, empty-handed. They soon found themselves in their lair, a large, lavish fortress lost within a dark and hidden planet.
The two women found Shriek silently staring at Chara. The fallen human was watching Drawcia drawing a canvas. Like Zira, the paint witch has been resurrected after the Legion of Doom's fall.
"Ah. There you are. You certainly took your time." Chara said to Sylvanas and Carmilla, eating some chocolates.
"Took our time? Talk for yourself! We spent days in Panem, and that's all you stupid brat have to say?"
"Eeyah ha ha ha ha!! Going to throw yet another tantrum, vampire imbecile?" Cackletta cackled, approaching the group. Sylvanas groaned and silently left as Carmilla and the beanbean witch started arguing.
"They are quite loud, don't you agree?" Chara said to Shriek. The giant owl snarled.
After a while, Sylvanas came back. She was with Zira, Veran, Queen Chrysalis as well as Queen Zeal, Cynder, Maleficent, and Dark Samus.
"Alright girls. As fun as it is, you have to stop. The High Sisters require everyone's presence at once." Veran said.
The villainesses entered a throne room. At the left of the throne, were standing Ultimecia alongside Eris. At the right of the throne, were Cetrion and the force user Kreia, also known as Darth Traya. The other villains kneeled.
"Sylvanas. Carmilla. Report." Medusa ordered.
"Nothing, unfortunately. The other evil factions are hiding their games well." the Banshee said. Medusa sighed, the snakes on her head hissing.
"Unfortunate news, alas." Maleficent sighed, petting her crow.
"Perhaps... I suspect that a new league has recently formed. The Dark Side of the force is strong with this one."]] Kreia spoke.
"It will not matter in the end! Those fools will all be consumed by the mighty Lavos in the end." Queen Zeal gloated.
"Again with your space parasite god?" Chrysalis sighed, rolling her eyes in annoyance.
"Silence." Medusa spoke, slamming her staff against the floor. Everyone else turned towards the goddess of darkness.
"I don't need to remind you all that this alliance is temporary since our goals vary from one another. Once our enemies are gone and that nothing will stand in our way, we may get at each other's throats. But in the meantime, I will not tolerate treason."
"If I may say something, lady Medusa." Chara said, raising their hand.
"Speak your mind, Chara." Medusa ordered. Chara sighed, their face becoming more serious.
"It's about... an old acquaintance of mine."
Edited by Scipion3 on Mar 22nd 2021 at 5:02:48 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Arena
Sure, we can talk. (Eye-Sicle says to Billy.)
(At this point Eye-Sicle is getting increasingly impatient waiting for the season to finally start. The anticipation is starting to drive him a little crazy.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
Scipion's Lair
Undyne screams as her body grows bigger and bulkierA/N , then yells out her battlecry when she stops glowing. She feels Tsubakura's Tailwind blowing through her fins and charges straight into Dark Undyne while the latter prepares to suplex a boulder.
"I'm gonna suplex myself... JUST TO PROVE THAT NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!"
Alphys, Glimmer, and Big Mac's jaws drop as Mega Undyne grabs Dark Undyne from behind and tries lifting her away from the boulder.
Meanwhile, the Delta Warriors are thrown against a wall by Scipion. They all huddle each other when he tries finishing them off, but Aaron rams into him. He then advises them to sit back and watch them duel.
"Alright then," says Ralsei, "good luck!"
"And make sure you weaken him bad enough before he leaves for the Nom Games!" says Susie.
And so they watch the Pokémon Mega Evolve and duke it out. Kris raises an eyebrow at Scipion and flips through their Pokémon book.
"Wait..." says Susie, "you're saying that he's cheating because Zoroarks normally can't Mega Evolve?!"
They nod.
"Actually that's because he gained that from his fight with Valecor!" says Ralsei.
"R-Really?!"
"Yeah... I saw a glimpse of their battle shortly after I went home from Season 50!"
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
The Arena
"Yeah..." Psyche replies to 6k1. "I never seem to get chosen for these reserve things, I dunno why... is it because of my history of mistreating my tributes? Or do I just have really bad luck?" She shrugs. "Anyway, happy Nominator Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour!"
Then she notices 6k1 looking rather worried. Concerned, she looks around at all the other tributes standing on her podiums... and she immediately realises what the problem is.
Where's Dave?
This is weird... Dave always showed up for the Nominator Games... did he just decide to pull out of this one because of what happened to Starfall last time? She frowns. Has... has 6k1 not been hearing from him...?
An unpleasant feeling settles in her stomach, but she ignores it and instead brushes her worries aside, smiling and waving at all the other tributes. She spots Ichi and greets him. "Hey, let's try to hang out this season! I'll be more careful this time, I promise!"
Edited by Psychedelicate on Mar 19th 2021 at 10:43:20 PM