(The discussion thread is here
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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
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Dark Sisterhood's fortress
Chara actually looked shocked when Asgore brutally murdered Ralsei's clone. The kill itself didn't bother them, they were more than used to violence by now.
It's rather who did it and who he killed that shocked them. It reminded them of them slashing at Flowey to death. And even then, Chara wasn't as brutal as what they just witnessed.
"...I am glad Azzy is not seeing this, this would have made things worse. I know I would have liked father to toughen up with time... But this is too much for him. And why the other monster of all things?" they said, sighing.
On the next update, the First Fallen Child groaned as Asgore got scared by Feferi, but smirked at Toriel arresting Jerry and Asriel mastering his "camouflage" skills by standing still, then finding a Primal Stone.
"At least, mother and Azzy have a much better run. Come on brother, there is no way you can lose with that stone. You've already beaten my last run." they said, cheering for Asriel.
Edited by Scipion3 on May 31st 2022 at 4:38:03 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
WHAT THE HELL?! (Even Eye-Sicle is shocked by Asgore's actions.)
Poor Ralsei, man, he's probably gonna be upset once this season's over, if he's not upset now. (Joaquin agrees.)
Painted Island
(Everyone heads into the forest, Oscar staying by Lucian's side and keeping a very close eye on Squishy the whole way.)
(It won't take long for Aaron to be able to detect someone up ahead, someone hiding incredibly well; so well in fact, the individual's aura seems incredibly tiny. The wilted vegetation the group is coming up on gives a pretty good indication of whom of Oscar's former partners it might be that they are coming up on.)
I think we might be close to Brian. (Oscar says upon seeing the wilted plants.)
(A considerable distance ahead is two more (much fainter) auras.)
Beach City
(As everyone leaves the fun house at last, Shelby goes up to Wes and Millie.) Can I...can I hug you guys again?
Well, I'm already covered in slime, anyway, so go ahead. (Millie says.)
What's the situation that you're hugging us again? (Wes says.)
I'm just...I...I'm glad you guys still care about me even though you're married now. (Shelby says.)
Don't be ridiculous, Shelby, you saved my freaking life! I pretty much owe where I am now to you. (Millie says.) How could I not care about you?
Yeah, like, no matter how far apart we could end up getting in the future, we'll never quit carin' about ya, man. You're our best friend! (Wes agrees.)
(By this point, Shelby drops down onto her rump, still gripping Wes and Millie.) I love you both so much... (She says, holding on to them tighter and starting to shed tears.)
Aw, Shelb, stop before you make me cry, too! (Millie laughs.)
(Shelby lets them both go after a minute.) So where are we going now? (She asks, rubbing her eyes.)
Wouldn't complain about going to the game again. Maybe you guys could win as big a prize as Wes and I did. (Millie says as Wes retrieves the two plushes they won earlier (and she begins wiping the slime off her fur).)
I wouldn't object to exploring these activities either! (Henry says.) Tenn, Shelley?
I think they'd be fun. (Shelley says.)
Yeah, let's go. Maybe we'll win a prize as big as that one. (Tenn says.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Arena
Night 2
As Asgore walks along with Ludin at the beach, he sees someone fishy swimming towards them.
"Oh no..." Asgore mutters to himself, "please do not tell me that—"
Feferi suddenly jumps out of the water in her Ariel cosplay and scares them both. Asgore stumbles backwards, but gets up and points his trident at Feferi.
"Glub glub glub, you silly bleatbeast!" she laughs, "I just wanted to keep t)(ings afloat after our duel yesterday!"
"Leave us alone!" Asgore bellows at her, "it is disrespectful to interrupt our peaceful stroll!"
"He's right!" shouts Ariel as she rises from the water and shoos Feferi away.
"But but... I t)(oug)(t t)(at would c)(eer )(im up..." says the troll as she slinks away.
Asgore then sighs in relief. "Thank you for that, Queen...? Princess...?"
"It's Queen Ariel," she says, "as I said before, I was de-aged before being sent here!"
"Ah, I remember... but do you know this troll?"
"Yes, she approached me earlier today to reward Conpoy for stopping King Dedede from copying our castle's design. I'm not sure why she dropped by, however..."
Meanwhile, Data Toriel finds a mysterious tome and reads it. She shakes her head at the list of tasks an Evil Overlord should and shouldn't do, but decides to keep it.
"If any of my family is exhibiting suspicious behavior, I'll look it up here."
As for Asriel, he hides behind a tree and stays completely still... so still that he vanishes completely.
"H-How did I do that?" he whispers.
Queen laughs as she recruits the other Queen, Ga'ran, Conpoy, Data Ing, and Elena as actors for her latest B-movie, unaware of what Ga'ran did to Ralsei the other day.
Now Filming Act 1 Scene 1 Of "Attack Of The Killer Queen Band" Starring Crusty Cookiepants As The Big Bad she shouts to Ing on her megaphone, having picked up the nickname from Martin using her advanced program.
Day 3
Toriel reviews the Evil Overlord List and prints "Wanted - Alive" posters of Jerry. While all he did was drag her along in the art heist, he still needed to be punished, but Toriel didn't want to harm him directly. She waits the whole day for someone to capture him, but no response, so she sighs and goes off to capture him herself.
Meanwhile, Asgore couldn't get over Feferi's interruption, so he charges at the Court of Royalty with his trident. They all run away from him, but the band Queen suddenly pushes them out of the way. Asgore continues charging, but stops himself before he could crash into a rock, and he turns to see the band comforting the Court with bad English.
I must keep this together... for my family... he thinks as he catches his breath.
As for Asriel, he finds a mysterious orb and rubs it, but he screams as it transforms him into his Hyperdeath form... and then his final form... or is it? He looks at himself in a nearby lake and sees that there are glowing vines wrapped around his body, his galactic wings have a steel framework, and he has sharp golden petals adorning his head.
His Primal Reversion is a fusion between his ultimate form and Photoshop Flowey.
After shooting the B-movie, Queen receives a gift from an unknown sponsor. She opens it and gets a peculiar notebook with instructions on how to use it.
So The Instructions Are: Input Any Noun I Think Of Along With Some Adjectives And The Object Is Instantly Summoned
She writes "GLASS OF BATTERY ACID" in the notebook, and true enough, her favorite drink poofs into existence.
Now I Have The Ability To Create My Ideal Campsite (Cheers)
Ariel receives a waterproof letter to Death Battle, but shakes her head in confusion.
"Wasn't I already part of it back in S35?" she asks herself, but she rereads the letter and facepalms at what that Death Battle was.
"I better train myself to fight this King Jingaling, whoever this is..."
Meanwhile, Feferi finds an Amish village and thinks of staying there for the season.
"My )(ive is a giant underwater palace, but I don't mind relaxing )(ere for a c)(ange!"
Funland Arcade
"Hey, I'd be down to playing my favorite games there!" says Steven.
"Betcha can't beat me at Skee Ball, Steve-O!" says Amethyst as she mad-dashes into the arcade.
"Hey, wait for us!" shouts Peridot as everyone follows her there.
The arcade boasts tons of games for everyone to play, such as Meat Beat Mania, Punch Buddy, Road Killer, Teens of Rage, Whacker Man, and of course, Skee Ball. There are also prize machines such as the claw grab and the G.U.Y.S. dispenser, and coin-operated "kiddie" rides at the entrance such as the Jelly Jiggler and the Tsunami.
"So which games do you wanna play, guys?" asks Steven.
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 3rd 2022 at 1:23:14 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Painted Island
As the group went on, Aaron managed to spot a small aura nearby.
"Damn... It's well hidden." he muttered.
"Aaron? Is someone nearby?" Tokage asked.
"Yeah. Their aura is small, but I believe we're getting close to somebody." he informed the others.
"Then everyone stays on your guard." Tokage said to the others.
The Lucario was right as the group stumbled across witted vegetation. The group, Tokage especially, couldn't help but cringe.
"B... Brian did that?" Lucian gasped, audibly scared. Aaron was quick to pull Lucian into a reassuring hug.
"All Muk are walking pollutions. Brian could have destroyed those plants by accident. That doesn't mean there are no friendly Muk out there." Tokage reassured.
"Man, you'll have to be careful." Alex said to Tokage. The Grovyle nodded. His Grass-Type certainly didn't help.
"I think I sense two more auras far away. But unlike with Brian, I'm not completely sure." Aaron said, before looking at Lucian.
"I... I-I hope Brian won't poison us... A-And what if he or Boo decides to use an acid attack on us? I don't want anyone t-to... m-melt down like...!" the Lycanroc whispered, still shaking. Seeing Oscar becoming liquid yesterday made a big impression on him.
"Relax. Brian is normally the easiest one to approach. I know you're nervous after yesterday, but you can trust Oscar. We'll try to settle this mission with you safe and sound. Don't panic, okay? I don't want you to go through nervous meltdowns 2 days in a row. This is bad for your health." Aaron quietly answered.
"I-I'll try... I'll try." Lucian managed to answer after a while. Taking some more breathes, the Lycanroc gripped Oscar's tail with his own to feel a bit better.
Squishy also seemed to detect three energy signatures ahead and hissed quietly.
"E-Easy Squishy... N-No fighting, please." Lucian said to the Metroid, knowing that even a Muk wouldn't be safe from the energy-absorbing creature.
Funland Arcade
"Oh my god, there are so many things here..." Nick gasped as the team entered the arcade portion of the carnival.
"Hmmm... Is that some kind of dancing game? I am not against testing my glorious posing skills here. I know Henry over there is a serious competitor, but feel free to challenge me." James said, grinning smugly at the Meat Beat Mania's sight.
"Of course you would like to try that..." Arthur groaned.
"Hmmm... I think I'll try that game with the fighting guys. Arthur?" Nick said to the Decidueye, pointing at the Teens of Rage.
"Sure thing. I'd love to kick your ass." Arthur said.
"That's your idea of spending time with me?" Nick said with a teasing smirk.
"No. But it's nice to put you or James back in your place once in a while." Arthur said, smirking back.
"You're on, birdbrain." Nick said.
"Very well. Gentlemen? Have fun." James said to his boyfriends, saluting them. Nick and Arthur waved at the Inteleon before going towards the Teens of Rage.
Edited by Scipion3 on May 31st 2022 at 8:52:07 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
Did...did he somehow just KILL THE GOLDERN OCEAN!? (Holly asks.) He okay?
At this point I'm giving up on all logic, and that's after actually being in one of these seasons. (Velma says, throwing her hands up in the air.)
Painted Island
He's accidentally killed plants before, so we might be close... (Oscar says.) As long as he sees me, we'll probably be alright.
(As they walk, June is about to put her foot down when an unfamiliar voice suddenly hisses:) STOP!
(June looks down to find a strangely tiny Muk down on the ground.) Guys! I think I found him!
(Oscar looks over to see. The Muk's eyes go wide in confusion.) -Wednesday! You came back!
Yeah, Friday. Why are you so small? (Oscar asks, leaning down toward him.)
You didn't get cursed, did you? (Stellan asks.)
No no, I'm fine, I just used Minimize. (Friday says. The Muk pops back to normal size.) My real name's Brian, but since I can't stand that name, you can just call me Friday. I'm an old friend of Oscar's.
My name's June! I'm an old friend of Oscar's, too! (June chirps.) We're all friends of Ozzy!
So you're June, huh? Oscar mentioned you to me sometimes. Pleasure to finally meet you. (Friday says.) Pretty big new circle of friends you have there now, Oscar. Is that one of those legendary Ultra Beasts? And the infamous Phoebe Meyers??
Yes, but I have changed my ways, dear. I'm simply trying to find a new place for myself in this world. (Phoebe says.) And I believe that creature is not a Pokémon but a creature from another world entirely.
Yep! Whatever y' do, don't hurt Ozzy or Luchie in front of him! (June warns Friday.)
Noted. Not that I plan to hurt you guys anyway. Any friend of Oscar's is a friend of mine. (Friday says.) Would offer to shake hands, but I don't want to make any of you guys sick.
Beach City
Ah, I wouldn't mind trying that dancing game myself. I'll go with you, my friend! (Henry says.)
Think I'll head over to the dancing machine with you guys. (Tenn says.) Some of these games might be hard to play with these anyway. (She clicks her pinchers a couple of times.)
I'm sure you'd be able to figure something out, Tenn, but you can go ahead over with Henry and James if you want. I think I might go to the Skee Ball machines. (Shelley says.)
Over there looks like a great place to train! (Wes says, looking over at Punch Buddy.) Like, I'm gonna get some training in, Mils. Where are you going to go?
Think I'll go over to the Skee Ball things, too. Have fun, Wes! (Millie says.)
(Shelby begins following Shelley and Millie to the Skee Ball area.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Database Library, Basement
"Poor Hector..." says 6k1 as he winds up drinking, "I don't blame him for not wanting that fate on him and his daughter..."
She still can't believe what Asgore's been doing, however. Sooner or later, one of his family will meet with him, and who knows how they're gonna react... and she goes slack-jawed when Primal Asriel attacks him. Memories of Mikey accidentally killing his own father in S52 flash in her mind, but at least Asgore survived this...
The Arena
Night 3
Primal Asriel flies around the Arena looking for someone to destroy, but he's suddenly taken down by all the Anastasias. They nail him under a trapdoor and leave, but he fires giant comets at it and escapes.
"THAT'LL DO 'EM ALRIGHT?! HAHAHAHA!" He says as he briefly turns fat, his voice a mixture between his Hyperdeath form's and Photoshop Flowey's.
Meanwhile, Data Toriel assigns Shadow Futaba to guard her camp while she looks for her family, but the mother goat gets increasingly worried not just about them, but also about her camp.
I hope she does a good job while I'm out...
As for Asgore, he finds a suspicious pack of raisins and takes them, and he hallucinates his family comforting him after everything he has done so far. He then checks the label after the trip and realizes that they were laced with marijuana.
I guess ponies cannot tolerate this drug... he thinks, it is no wonder that Dark Power died from eating those gummies last Nominator Games...
He takes the pack with him and finds Akane, and he offers to share it with her.
"I like your funny words, magic goat Boss Monster..."
Queen was looking for somewhere to set up camp when she comes across the half-fly Eruca touching a crying headless Conpoy, fainting him. The living computer program promptly glitches out.
ERROR 404: Tribute Not Found
Meanwhile, the Good Royal Legion was sailing when Ariel pops up near their boat.
"Please help me! There's a troll inside my makeshift underwater castle!"
Feferi promptly swims up to her and pouts.
"You still )(ate my prank on t)(at bleatbeast, don't you?"
Day 4
Still thinking about her family, Toriel continues looking for them. She passes by the Business School and notices that it's losing profit.
"Billy Ledger..." she bows in respect, "I still have hope that your school will continue to be a successful legacy from you..."
Meanwhile, Asgore rents a ship and goes sailing, but it crashes into an iceberg and starts sinking. He panics as he tries to escape, but he gets trapped in one of the rooms. He huffs and grabs an axe and tries hacking his way out, but his fire powers go out of control and somehow evaporate the entire ocean and destroy the ship.
I hope Queen Ariel does not find out... he thinks as he stands in the middle of the new desert.
As for Primal Asriel, he meets with Amara again and dares her to play a guessing game.
"Did I join a season in the previous timeline? Yes or no?"
"Hmm... no?"
"HAHA! WROOOONG! I entered the Arena soooo many times back in the OT!"
Queen browses the internet and takes an online exam that determines her best stats. The results show that her charisma and intelligence are much higher than the rest.
OMG Do I Have To Reprogram Myself To Buff My Other Stats???
Speaking of exams, Ariel performs a complex calculation to check on Flounder and Sebastian's health back home. Meanwhile, Feferi makes some rope out of giant kelp and lassos Hector, Lilina, and the Bad Royal Legion together.
Night 4
Toriel was still looking for her family when Royal Berry Cookie suddenly glares at her. She steps back as she recalls how Fluttershy used the Stare to try subduing Shriek back at Scipion's party and cowers at Royal Berry.
Meanwhile, Primal Asriel tries blasting away a spider in his camp, but he keeps on missing. As he roars and chases it, the Court of Royals, all hypnotized into acting like Ing, watch him in sheer confusion.
As for Asgore, Eruca's whining about her transformation gets on his nerves, so he dials the whambulance to drive her away from him.
After downloading her exam results, Queen finds a spade on the ground and studies it.
It Is Definitely A Spade she says, I Am Certain Lancer Would Love This If He Were Here
Meanwhile, Ariel groans at the Maries' jokes, but they tell her that "comedy is subjective", while Historia reminds Feferi to smile.
"Don't worry, I will! But if t)(at sea-)(uman still )(ates me, t)(en... w)(at am I to do?"
She's unsure if her rivalry with her might evolve into a hatecrush, but she has a hunch that Ariel hates her too, but not in "that" way...
Day 5
Toriel was about to finally find her family when she witnesses Siege mutating into a stronger lich. She notices Historia staring at the transformation with awe and immediately drags her to safety. But just as she does so, she witnesses a huge explosion in the distance, and the smoke clears up to reveal Primal Asriel floating above the bodies of Ing, the band Queen, the headless Ga'ran, and... Asgore?!
"Asriel Dreemurr! What happened to you, and why did you try to kill him?!"
Asriel turns around and hears his mother shouting, but while he can't make out what exactly she's saying, he knows that he's gonna be in huge trouble after this... His heart pounds as he looks at the bodies stirring, and Asgore struggles to get up.
"Son..." he croaks, "what have... you done?!"
Queen meets up with Kuruma Prawn, who's now a literal prawn after a memory-wiping accident several days ago, and asks him for milk.
I Think Its Flavor Would Be Improved If I Add Battery Acid To It
But Kuruma shakes his head and shoots her, destroying the CPU in her head.
Meanwhile, Ariel finds the Crest of Earth and transforms into a mer-golem.
"Good thing for this because there's hardly any water here!" she says, her voice now deeper.
As for Feferi, she fights Elena, who shoots her with a stupidity ray gun. She manages to dodge it until Elena runs out of ammo.
Funland Arcade
"Yo, Steven!" says Amethyst, "last one to the Skee Ball's a rotten egg!"
"Wait for me!" he says as he chases her there.
"I don't mind that, Steven!" says Connie. "I'll just train at the Punch Buddy if you need me!"
"I think I should try Meat Beat Mania again," says Garnet. "I won't use my Future Vision to cheat, but I'm an expert at that game!" she says as she lowers her visor and winks.
"I'll see if I can win a round of Road Killer this time..." says Pearl. "I know I suck at it, but it's worth a shot!"
"Why don't we play Whacker Man together?" Lapis suggests to Peridot.
"Sure, why not? Please ask the operators to give me a step stool, though!"
"Alright!"
And everyone goes off to have fun.
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 2nd 2022 at 3:21:59 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Kirby
Star Angel Palace
"Well, he's a mysterious kid. I could try asking him. But come to think of it, i did recall something interesting from my recent research about his world. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but i found evidence that Kirby is related to an ancient entity named 'Void Termina'. I don't know if he truly is made of Star Energy, but perhaps his origins have something to do with that aspect of his soul." Mr. Star replied once more.
Edited by Oggy123 on Jun 1st 2022 at 8:24:24 PM
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Dark Sisterhood's fortress
Chara chuckled at Asriel mocking the Anastasias and rolled their eyes at Asgore killing the ocean. At least this time, they understood that their father was in a life-or-death situation.
But then, Asriel tried to kill several tributes. Chara would have cheered for him, but they were quick to realize that he tried to murder his father.
"...I should have come to keep them in check. I need to talk to them." they sighed, dropping their smile for once.
Painted Island
Lucian almost jumped in the air when the group heard an unfamiliar voice while the Rescue Squad immediately prepared to fight. Luckily, they quickly relaxed once they saw it was Brian.
"Friday, huh? I'm Aaron, a rescuer. This is Alex and Tokage, my partners." Aaron said to the Muk. He too would have liked to shake hands with him, but he didn't risk it.
"I... I'm Lucian. It's nice to meet you too." Lucian shyly said, but with a relieved smile. Seeing the Lycanroc relaxing, Squishy too seemed to calm down.
"Phoebe is right, Squishy doesn't come from here and is dangerous. Lucian and Oscar are the ones watching out for him. It's... a very long story. Oscar has been through a lot ever since he left you." Tokage sighed, glancing at Oscar and Lucian. The Lycanroc nodded and rubbed himself against his Thievul friend.
"And yeah, don't worry about Phoebe! I dunno if you saw that big ball of light yesterday, but she helped us solve the problem!" Alex said.
"Listen Friday... We've heard that you and your band are in possession of some kind of dangerous chest that can give monthly curses to people. We have to get it back, but Oscar told us your teammates weren't as friendly as you are. Do you think you can help us?" Aaron said.
Beach City Funland
"Oh really? This should be interesting..." James chuckled at Garnet, Tenn, and Henry going with him. The cocky Inteleon was still confident he would perform well.
Once the group reached Meat Beat Mania, James studied the machine and noticed the controllers.
"Oh dear... Are those controllers actual food? I wish they were more... distinguished." he said.
Meanwhile, Nick and Arthur reached the Teens of Rage game and also studied the arcade game.
"So we're playing on the same thing?" the Decidueye asked.
"Visibly yes... We should probably try one or two rounds to learn how to play before the real deal." Nick said.
"Agreed."
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
(By this point, everyone is pretty much just gaping in gobsmacked silence at what's going on this season...particularly with the Dreemurrs.)
Painted Island
I figured as much. (Friday says.) Least it looks like you found some pretty good friends after you left, Oscar. I can already tell you and that Lycanroc are pretty close.
Yeah, it has been FAR from easy, but I'm glad I've had my old and new friends with me every step of the way. (Oscar says, leaning against Lucian.)
(Friday turns to Aaron.) It's funny you should ask that. Now that you all are here, I was thinking of asking if you could help US!
Why? What's wrong? (Oscar asks.)
Well..just follow me... (Friday says, leading the others away to a paint-covered cliff face not too far away.)
(They are headed toward the source of the two fainter auras, and soon enough they get to where paintings are visible.)
(Oscar's heart stops. Immediately in front of the group are a painting of two Obstagoons, looking as though they are screaming in mortal terror and pounding on the wall from the other side to be let out, in stark contrast to the cheerful-looking painting of a summer day that they are in.)
(June makes a squeak of horror as she realizes what's going on while Oscar feels like he is going to faint and grabs onto Lucian.)
Merciful heavens! (Phoebe exclaims.)
Those aren't your friends, are they?! (Stellan asks, just as horrified.)
Yep... (Friday says grimly.) We had the box, but then it and Lex suddenly disappeared while we were sleeping. We went to go find Lex and the box, only for the ghost to start hunting us down and locking us within his paintings. Trixie and I are the only ones he hasn't caught yet, and for all I know, she's probably been captured, too.
He did THAT?! (Dess says, looking at the poor Obstagoon duo.) ...Whoa, I know I probably shouldn't be sayin' this, but that's kinda sick!
Th-...They're not dead, are they? (Oscar asks. He's a bit confused when Friday mentions someone named Trixie, but he doesn't ask about it right now.)
I dunno. For all I know, they could still be alive in there. I'm not holding my breath, though. (Friday sighs.)
(Of course, the fact that Celine and Cecil still have a detectable aura despite being turned into paintings suggests that they, and by extent, the other members of Oscar's old squad who have had this happen to them, are indeed still alive and can still be saved.)
Beach City
(Tenn is a little worried when they get to the Meat Beat Mania machine and she sees the game's controllers.) ...Hmm, better not grip those too tight. I don't wanna break them or anything. (She says.)
Ah, never fear, Tenn, these...strange remotes seem sturdy enough. (Henry says.) Now how do we begin?
So how's this game work? (Millie asks as she and the others going to play Skee Ball get there.)
Um, I think you roll the ball up the ramp and into the holes up there. (Shelley says, not too familiar with Skee Ball herself.)
Huh, sounds easy enough. Where do I get a ball? (Millie asks.)
Had the same idea, huh? (Wes asks when he sees Connie coming to join him at the Punch Buddy machine.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Dagded Dujardin
Dark Bale Arc
Part 2: A New Reality
Bucrates was casting a spell in his chamber, he had a large cauldron in which he poured several strange ingredientes he and his minions had gathered, among them a helheim fruit, a piece of a Risen's body, a scale of a deceased kaiju, the negative energies gathered and more; finishing pouring the ingredients in he frowned as he saw that the concoction wasn't ready just yet. He summoned his underlings to give them another mission.
Bucrates: Everyone. We've ran into a problem: It seems that the materials we got so far are stable but not enough to create what we need. I'll need you all to seek more once I figure out what we need exactly, I'm sure as we speak Dark Bale is plotting something else.
Rouki: Fine then, I'm up to the task when you're ready, Lord Bucrates.
Noire: I'll accompany Rouki when the time comes. I'm sure we'll see a much bigger plot once we go out given that Dark Bale and his croonies must already know of us.
Bucrates: Of course there will be, after what happened recently in the World of the Gem Race it won't be long before Dark Bale's forces assault again and maybe try to find us in the meantime.
Rouki: Can we detect where they'll go next?
Bucrates: I'll have to track down their activities now depending on the Minus Energy readings... Soon we'll see where these guys are going to next...
As he said this he began to try and use some of his magical tracking skills to detect activities from the signature that Dark Bale's group had with them. He couldn't find where they were located but could at least single them out when they left their base. As he did, his minions all talked with each other.
Noir: We've been working on this project for months but now the time to get to know each other better has come. So tell me, how did you all meet Bucrates? I did so by chance after being mysteriously resurrected.
Ikadevil: I ran off Dark Bale's groups after that Scorpius guy told me what actually happened. Then when retreating to this world I managed to stumble across the little old man and we allied.
Skydain: The same could be said about me.
Groundain: And me as well.
Pitts: He found us adrift in space after we'd gotten exiled from Dark Bale's groups following a failed mission and brought us here as his assistants.
Rouki: He performed a ritual to bring me back. I had been destroyed more than 20 years ago but he found the way to restore my existence... I can't wait until I have repaid my debt to him.
Noir: Sounds like he needed some big muscle, I think I know why he'd pick someone like you, with your power and ruthlessness you wouldn't hold back when enforcing his will.
Rouki: Perhaps...
As their discussion continued, Bucrates finished his observations only to find nothing. He then looked at his cauldron once again and after re-reading his journal and consulting information given to him by the Pitts about the Ultras' universe he realized what artifacts they could need next to stabilize.
Bucrates: Everyone, I've figured out what we'll need. One of the artifacts will be a Stone of Baradhi, there's one hidden in at least every universe in existence, though not all might remain unused, and such a powerful artifact of light could help us; in addition to a Devil's Splinter, the remains of the dark being known as Ultraman Belial. You must be careful with either artifact, the Baradhi stones are a once-and-done deal, if their power is used even once they are lost forever.
Rouki: An ephemeral artifact, huh? Interesting, I'm sure Dark Bale's forces will also be gunning for one of those eventually.
Noir: And what is a Devil's Splinter, Bucrates?
Bucrates: The pieces of the dark overlord known as Ultraman Belial, his presence was had in this Multiverse a while ago and with his defeat came the scattering of more of his pieces. You must be cautious around them, even the slightest contact without precaution could result in corruption.
Rouki: That is pretty tempting.
Noir: Blegh, like I'll let anyone or anything take over my body against my will.
Bucrates: I am certain you both can resist its influence and deliver safely, if we get those two artifacts we will be able to forge the ultimate weapon one that will thwart Dark Bale and Otaru's awakening. But we have to act fast before they realize what we're doing.
Rouki: It's an easy task, then.
Noir: Sounds like a lot of fun. You won't be disappointed, Lord Bucrates.
Bucrates: There's no need to be so formal just because I'm an old man, Noir.
Rouki: Lord Bucrates, I will be as formal as needed as long as I work under your cause.
Bucrates: Sure, sure thing. Just hear what I'll say next and then go out to seek the first thing... And that will be the stone of Baradhi, it is located in this... PMD World, one where Bale and his allies have been to before filled with powerful creatures known as Pokemon.
Rouki: Is there any inherent danger to that world?
Bucrates: Those who enter under most circumstances become the kind of beings that live in that world, I believe it would be best for you to let that process happen so you can blend in unnoticed.
Rouki: Fine with me.
Noir: It would be interesting for sure.
Bucrates: If that does sound fine with you, then I shall start preparing you both to go there; it shall be a quick mission without much disturbance.
Rouki: Fair enough, you tell us when the time comes.
As Bale heard the reports from the Steven Universe World after contacting them, regarding what had happened recently he decided to start getting more prepared as Dark Bale would not let up now and could attack any time soon, Lucina on her part also decided to train with Galaxia so as to better control the power of the sword as well as spar with Kirby, so as to have both grow in power. She'd managed to get fairly better at using it even managing to hit Kirby several times and push him back.
Lucina: Phew, that was some intense training, wasn't it Kirby?
Kirby: Yeah!
As they were finishing their training session, Bale had decided to gather the info he had so far so as to determine what else they could be forced to fight next.
Bale: Lucina, Kirby, we'll meet up with a pair of other of my tributes soon.
Lucina: Very well, Kirby and I had just finished a training and sparring session so we're up for anything that may come up next.
Kirby: If it's other people we've seen before then I look forward to meeting up with them again.
The Season was watched by Xochi who was interested in tracking down the activities that happened so far.
Xochi: Looks like this shall be an interesting season...
As soon as the season started things got pretty crazy, the Good Royal Legion got into a fight against Shadow Futaba that ended on a stalemate while the Bad Royals decided to copy Scout's plan that let him win the pasts season.
Xochi: Good thinking.
The same day, the bad royals turned into black swans while the good royals were given yellow stuff though they didn't want that.
Xochi: How... Interesting...
At night the Good Royals ran away from a Aceite Cranberry offer while the Bad Royals were told to "git gud".
Xochi: Weird.
The next day the Good Royals were hungry enough to haggle over a Schezuan Sauce packet until Ludin made them share it. While the Bad Royals cursed the other good royal group for not teaching them all the swear words they knew.
Xochi: All those bad royals should grow up.
The next day Graha Tia made a remix of his theme and various belonging to Belos, Andrias, Anime Dedede, Ganon, K. Rool and Oma Zi O which was horribly chaotic. The Good Royal simply talked about their experience.
Xochi: That's the worst musical composition according to algorithms.
The next thing was that the Bad Royals finally acted evil and threw an ATM at Game!Dedede after he'd pissed off Anime!Dedede enough. The Good Royals just made valves.
Xochi: Finally an in-character act.
In the third Night, Ariel warned the Good Royals of Feferi under her bed. While the Bad Royals were questioned on their misdeeds by G'raha.
Xochi: Some of those guys might've redeemed themselves now but they did a lot of horrible things beforehand. Understandable.
The next day the Bad Royals were lassoed and the Good Royals were accused of hiding a dark secret they'd kill for if it got out.
Xochi: I doubt that outcome.
Next, the Good Royals caught Ong eating their food and sprayed with anti-dog stuff to keep it away, while the Bad Royals were Americanized.
Xochi: Evil and bad rulers now with 30% more fervent patriotism.
Edited by VengefulBale on Jun 1st 2022 at 4:54:06 AM
"Bingo! If two species hate each other, they will wipe each other out on their own."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Database Library, Basement
Fingers shaking from the season so far, 6k1 replies to Mr. Star, So you're saying that his soul looks like that because of his connections with Void Termina? I'll try to research that when I have time, but not now. And please ask Kirby about this when you have time because I genuinely want to get to the bottom of this. Thank you for understanding.
After sending the message, 6k1 just realized something. Couldn't she have known that the Kirby that Mr. Star knows was different from hers back in the OT? Surely she would've witnessed his soul fly out upon death, but what if the Gamemakers doctored the footage to cover up any instances of him cheating? Or was she just blinded by her belief in "tribute theft" back then and didn't realize it after so many seasons later? All the more reason to explore the Voidlands besides looking for her old Database and finding out why Papyrus killed Sans in that one season...
After studying the footage of the new region's Pokémon, we now know that Sprigatitos can photosynthesize like most Grass-types. However, we do not want to debunk the specimen's diet of blood, vegetables, and cereal in Season 217 this early, so we shall continue waiting until we get its complete Pokédex data.
Additionally, new research reveals that Sprigatitos knead the ground to release a fragrant aroma that reduces the opponent's will to fight. Is it possible that it used Sweet Scent to subdue President Snow before killing him in the aforementioned season? We still do not know its entire moveset, so we shall wait for that as well.
Regarding Fuecoco, we do not have evidence that it can learn Psychic-type moves yet, but at least we know that the yellow scales on its stomach and back are pads that absorb heat and convert it into fire energy.
The said footage also announced that this new region shall officially open its doors to the Games on November 18, EP2022. We are looking forward to sharing our research with Professors Sada and Turo on that day.
Funland Arcade
Meat Beat Mania
Garnet inserts a few coins in the slot and grabs her controllers as well.
"We'll just pick a song, and then shake these meat sticks in the direction of the arrows when they line up."
She scrolls the list of songs and picks a slow one as a warm-up.
Are You Ready? says the in-game announcer, Let's BEAT The MEAT!
Skee Ball
Steven was about to teach Shelley, Shelby, and Millie how to play when Amethyst climbs one of the machines with several balls in hand and repeatedly inserts one in the center hole. The machine keeps on beeping, but it doesn't produce any prize tickets.
"Amethyst, will you cut that out? This machine must've been reprogrammed to prevent cheating like that!"
"Aw maaaan, what a killjoy!"
Punch Buddy
Connie steps up to the Punch Buddy and inserts a coin. The training dummy starts moving and raises its boxing gloves at her and Wes.
Give It Your BEST SHOT, KID!
Connie tries punching it in the face, but it quickly dodges it.
"Alright, we gotta try hitting this as many times as we can in 1 minute!"
Road Killer
Pearl finds an empty seat and inserts a coin before taking the wheel.
"There's no one else to race against me..." she says to herself. "Might as well practice in Single Player..."
Whacker Mole
Lapis and Peridot step up to the machine and insert some coins. Peridot then goes up the step stool and grabs a mallet, and she has 60 seconds to hit as many mini-gangsters as she can.
"Okay, it's my turn first, so wish me luck!"
But at the machine's signal, she doesn't hit the mini-gangsters right away. She observes the pattern of them popping out from the holes first before making her first move.
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Painted Island
Confused and worried, Aaron waved at everyone to follow Friday until they came across some strange paintings.
"Uh... What is that? That's creepy." Alex asked Friday.
"Paintings of two Obstagoons? But it's strange that they-" Tokage said, only for everyone to quickly realize that these weren't ordinary paintings.
"O-OH PALKIA!!" Aaron shouted in horror.
"WAIT WHAT??? IS THAT CECIL AND CELINE??" Alex screamed. Tokage said nothing but looked just as shocked as the others.
Lucian screamed in terror as he grabbed onto Oscar with all of his might. He too felt like he was about to faint and his heart skyrocketed to the point he felt his chest stinging.
Obviously, only Squishy didn't panic and the creature looked around, confused at everyone's reactions.
Aaron was the first to more or less calm down when he felt something within the paintings. Still shocked, the Lucario slowly touched the paintings.
"... You're right, Friday. They are still alive. I can feel their aurae." Aaron said.
"Thank Arceus." Tokage sighed in relief.
"M-Man... Oscar told us that your crew did some nasty stuff and I think they deserved something for stealing that chest. But... Being turned into paintings?? This is almost as bad as being reduced into atoms!!"
"Alex!" Tokage hissed, elbowing the Charmeleon and pointing at Lucian and Oscar, the former looking scared out of his mind.
Aaron looked at the paintings again, then at Friday.
"Friday. I give you my word, we will not let your comrades inside. That's cruel. No one deserves to go through that. We will find a way to free them and we'll protect you from... Wait, a ghost?" Aaron said.
"Sigh... Looks like Chikao was right. The infamous artist's ghost is real." Tokage concluded.
"So we're ghost hunting? That's... a first." Alex said, taken aback.
"One thing is certain, we will have to be careful. If we don't, we may end up like Friday's gang." Tokage grunted.
"Yeah... I hope we can negotiate with the ghost. It's strange he has a link with the chest. We have to find out what's going on here." Aaron said. The Lucario then turned towards Oscar and Lucian and kneeled at their level before pulling them into a big hug.
"It's okay, you two... We'll find a way to free them. But this is dangerous, maybe I should call Benji so that you can stay behind safely." he said. Lucian looked at Oscar for a moment. The Lycanroc was genuinely terrified by the whole story and he hoped beyond anything that someone else was going to become a painting as well.
But Friday looked desperate. He was Oscar's friend. And even the others were his old comrades. He knew Oscar wasn't planning to abandon them, so he couldn't leave.
"N-N-No...! I... I-I'm t-t-terrified b-but... I-I have to stay with Oscar..." Lucian stammered, tightening his grip on the Thievul.
"Are... Are you sure? If any of us are turned into paintings, I'm scared that you freak out again. And I don't want that." Aaron said, more concerningly this time. Seeing Lucian having a nervous crisis always crushed the kind Lucario's heart. His reaction yesterday was proof of that.
"I-I know... B-But I prefer that to leaving him. I know you guys would protect him but... H-He needs me." Lucian nervously squeaked, closing his eyes and trying to control his hyperventilation. Aaron smiled sadly and petted the duo.
"If you insist... But I will not let that ghost harm or even scare you. No one will." he promised. Alex and Tokage all nodded.
"Say, if the guy's a ghost... You don't think Squishy can eat him, no?" Alex asked, looking at the confused beast as it chirped at Lucian and Oscar.
"Honestly? I have absolutely no idea if he's a real ghost or a solid one. But if he's etheric, the artist will have a much easier time evading Squishy, so at least we don't have to worry about that. But since Squishy can sense energy, we might still use him to find that ghost and try to convince him to release your crew." Tokage said to Friday.
"Wow... Can't believe Squishy coming here was actually a good thing. And we have Lulu and Kiki to thank for that!" Alex said with a cheerful smile. The Charmeleon's attempt to cheer the duo up partially worked and Lucian started to calm down, though he was still visibly afraid.
"You said there was someone named Trixie with you. Oscar didn't mention her, do you know who she is? Maybe we can find her before the ghost captures her too if she's still free." Tokage asked Friday.
"Right. Lucian, Oscar?" Aaron asked. Lucian gulped then looked over at Squishy.
The Zeta Metrois's many irises became smaller as it raised its head and opened its mouth, showing its teeth. The creature started to walk away, trying to spot something.
"Crap, he's already leaving. Let's follow him, we can't let him alone!" Aaron said to the others.
Beach City Funland
"I see..." James said, taking the meat sticks with an audible groan of disgust. It quickly got replaced with a huge cocky smile as the game started slowly. The classy Inteleon immediately followed the screen's instructions and even dared pose with the rest of his body along with it.
"Ah! This is child's play, truly!" he laughed.
Nick and Arthur took random characters and were testing how the controls worked with a training mode.
"Alright... So the lever can move your character. The buttons are for jumping and attacking. So far so good." Nick said.
Arthur nodded and uncovered the characters' special moves and combos. His and Nick's eyes almost popped out of their skulls.
"Okay, what the fuck are those inputs?" Arthur said, the screen showing rather difficult combos to perform for the two newcomers.
"Holy... And people are somehow able to pull this off? Call me impressed! I'm not sure I can learn all of that even if we spent an entire day here!" Nick said.
"Me neither... Watching actual pros would be awesome, not gonna lie." Arthur said.
Edited by Scipion3 on Jun 2nd 2022 at 12:17:01 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
(Sidon's eyes go wide when the large group his Link and Zelda are a part of takes out a large swath of tributes (including Toriel) after a crazy prank.) ...My goodness! Surely it wasn't THAT big of a deal.
Well, you underestimate what the Arena does to people, fishface. Surely you should know by this point. (Eye-Sicle snorts.)
Painted Island
(Everyone is relieved when Aaron confirms that Cecil and Celine are still alive. Still though, Oscar continues to grip Lucian as tightly as he can.) I promise I won't let the same thing that happened to them happen to you, Lucian.
You sure he actually has a link to the chest? (Friday asks.) Maybe he just wanted to use it for himself. Anyway, I'll hopefully lead you guys to Trixie.
Who IS Trixie? (Oscar asks Friday as they begin following Squishy.)
(Friday looks reluctant to answer.) ...Oh, yeah, uh...she's the new Wednesday. (He says.) Lex and Vonda hired her almost as soon as they realized you weren't coming back. Tried to tell them not to do it in case you did come back, but they wouldn't take no for an answer.
(Oscar's feelings are hurt upon hearing that Lex and Vonda replaced him immediately.) ...They...they must not have actually valued me that much... (He says sadly.)
Hey, I still value you. (Friday says.) And for what it's worth, I've overheard Cecil and Celine say that they miss you and your disguises, too. Not that he'd ever admit it, but Boo misses you, too. I know 'cause he talks in his sleep. Heh heh.
(Oscar is a little relieved.)
(The brush gets thicker, and Friday calls out for Trixie.) Trixie? Approach carefully, alright?
(Trixie comes out fully into view, and everyone sees that she is another Thievul, shiny and considerably taller than Oscar.) "Wednesday", Friday. "WEDNES-DAY". (She says indignantly. She looks at the group.) ...What is this, Friday, a lost tour group?
No, this is Oscar and his friends. They came here looking for the box the ghost took. (Friday explains.)
(Trixie looks at Oscar disdainfully. Oscar goes from feeling better to feeling worse once he sees that Lex and Vonda simply replaced him with another Theivul.)
Beach City
(Tenn carefully takes up her mallets and Henry takes up his.) Well, shall we make some music, gentlemen? (Henry asks.)
(They begin shaking along to the music. Henry quickly increases his theatrics as well. Tenn tries (and fails) to stifle her laughter at Henry and James' antics.)
(Millie nearly climbs up and does the same thing (legitimately thinking this is how you play the game) before Steven stops Amethyst.) Oh...well, uh, show me the way you REALLY skee ball, then. (Millie chuckles.)
No sweat! Watch this! (Wes says.)
(He uses Swift on Punch Buddy.)
Edited by kablammin45 on Jun 1st 2022 at 8:16:24 AM
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Arena
Night 5
"ASRIEL DREEMURR! What was that for?! I raised you to be a good prince, and this is what you repay me?"
"But Father! I can explain! I-I found this strange stone, a-and then it started glowing, a-and—"
But Primal Asriel just smirks and laughs evilly at Asgore as his Flowey half takes over his mind.
"If it weren't for that stone, I wouldn't have reached my FULL potential! NOW I can survive this GARBAGE place far longer than in my last season, while YOU shall remain that PATHETIC WHELP of a tribute you were back in the OT!"
Asgore tries to hold back his tears as his face turns red.
"But Asriel, this isn't the REAL you! You MUST discard that stone so you will turn back to normal!"
"HA! TOO LATE! My body already absorbed it!"
Asgore huffs at him and points his trident at him with his left hand and sets his right on fire.
"Son... I am afraid that I have no choice but to PUNISH YOU... BY FIGHTING!"
Asriel likewise summons his fireballs that now burn in rainbow colors and his vines stick out and point themselves at Asgore.
"You think you can defeat me while you're WEAK and STRESSED OUT like THAT? I'm very sure you've gone through a LOT even before I launched that Galacta Blazing at you!!!"
Asgore freezes as memories of recent events return to him, and Asriel continues laughing.
"Looks like somebody just won the Asgore Tantrum BINGO... MEEEEEE!!!"
Meanwhile, Data Toriel tries processing what she saw earlier that day as she returns to her camp, but she sees a rather massive crowd setting up an enormous prank on the Court of Royalty. They egg her to join them as they need her to put on the finishing touches, and she rolls her eyes and does so. She uses her fire powers to light some rope, and they all watch as the Court is set on fire, among other things. However, they declare war on them, and everyone dies in the ensuing battle, with Toriel poofing into dust.
Ariel was stomping around the Arena in mer-golem form when Akane tries crushing her with a mallet, but her sturdy body only causes it to leave a small crack. Feferi, meanwhile, plans with Amara to kill Martin and split the entire Persona cast between them, as he had been somehow carrying them in Hammerspace.
Day 6
Asgore returns to his camp the next day after that wearisome battle, his cape all tattered and charred from his son's attacks. He groans and randomly says that genre is dead, but he still hopes that he can teach him a lesson.
Meanwhile, Akane somehow strangles Primal Asriel by wrapping spiderwebs around his neck, but he tears them apart and flies away, and then strikes the ground with Shocker Breaker as a warning to her.
As Ariel tries to figure out how to turn back to normal when she finds a new body of water, she suddenly starts speaking various languages that are poorly translated into English. She's unsure if this is a side effect of her transformation, but she hopes that she can find the cure.
Meanwhile, Feferi has such a good time planning with Amara that she's so "-EXCIT——ED!" for the next game based on the latter's universe.
Funland Arcade
Meat Beat Mania
Garnet concentrates and moves the controllers to the rhythm so perfectly it's like she's doing the robot. The song then ends, and the in-game announcer declares her the winner.
"But this is just the first round," she says, "I will pick a faster song this time, but be careful, there are long beats where you have to rapidly shake the controllers in place!"
She scrolls through the list and begins the second round.
Skee Ball
Amethyst climbs down and starts throwing the balls up the ramps, hoping to shoot them into the center.
"Each ring gives out various points," says Steven as he plays along, "and the center is the jackpot! Let's see how many we can score in just a minute!"
Punch Buddy
The training dummy gets struck in the head by Wes's attack, but unlike Garnet, it doesn't get blown out of its machine.
OUCH! THAT SMARTS! KEEP GOING!
It then moves left and right and prepares to punch Wes or Connie, and the latter punches it with her other hand and lands a hit.
Nice Try, But That Didn't Leave a Mark! GIVE IT YOUR ALL!
Road Killer
Pearl starts up the game and chooses from the list of karts with varying designs and stats.
"Hmm... considering my playstyle, I think I'll go pick this one since it has better handling..."
Whacker Man
Peridot then whacks the mini-gangsters with the mallet and hits almost every one of them until time is up. The machine congratulates her and spits out some prize tickets.
"Nice job!" says Lapis, "I think we should combine everyone's winnings so we can get the best prizes!"
"Good thinking!"
"Now it's my turn..."
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 3rd 2022 at 8:00:03 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Dark Sisterhood's fortress
Chara simply sighed at Toriel clone's death. They weren't that much impacted by it, knowing she was fake. It was more, once again, Asgore and Asriel that concerned them. They looked at them with a stern look.
Painted Island
Lucian, while happy that Oscar would stand up for him, couldn't help but feel worried about him. The Thievul already got turned into liquid and then turned into a berry. Should something happen, could he really handle being turned into a painting?
Lucian knew that, unlike Oscar, he had a weak heart and thus the most fragile of the two. And the thought of becoming a painting scared him. But he dearly wished to do more for his friend...
Speaking of which, the group bumped into the new Wednesday, Trixie. Lucian didn't need to be a genius to understand how bad Oscar felt. He wordlessly hugged his friend again, as if to say that he valued him very much.
"Hey, that's not cool! Friday kinda asked us to help you and your crew against that crazy painter ghost!" Alex said to Trixie, seeing how hurt Oscar felt. Aaron frowned too, but kept his cool and politely introduced himself and the others.
"We're glad to see you're okay Tr-Wednesday. My friend is right, we are here to help. I know your teammates are still alive, and I am sure we can find a way to free them."
Unfortunately, Squishy didn't hide its feelings at all. Trixie's disdainful attitude towards one of Zeta Metroid's "fathers" angered it, especially after seeing Oscar's reaction.
The quick-tempered alien let out a long hiss as it approached the female Thievul with wide furious eyes, greatly considering getting rid of the "problem" the only way it knew.
"Oh crap! Guys? You should do something!" Alex said to Oscar and Lucian.
"H-Hey! Squishy, step down! Don't hurt her!" Lucian exclaimed.
The Zeta Metroid stopped in its tracks, staring at Trixie, then at its "fathers" without blinking. The monster grunted at her, like a warning, before reluctantly standing back.
Beach City Funland
"EXCUSE ME?!" James shrieked at Garnet being declared the winner of the first round. To be fair, the Inteleon had focused more on looking fabulous and dancing rather than perfectly moving the controllers as Garnet did.
"Shut up Sobble!" Arthur shouted from afar. James rolled his eyes.
"My apologies miss Garnet, I simply got surprised, well played. However, rest assured that I will be much more focused next time." the Inteleon said, regaining his cocky smirk before the second round started. This time, James focused more as he moved his arms around and noticed that it was more difficult than the first, but nothing too difficult for him so far.
After some more time, Nick and Arthur finally chose their characters. Nick took the Cool Buff Blond Guy while Arthur chose the Wolf Man.
"Really? The sportive one? How original." Arthur sarcastically said.
"Same thing for you with the wolf." Nick said back. Arthur looked at him, confused.
"I mean... You're kin of a lone wolf yourself." Nick giggled.
"Ugh... Let's just get this over with."
Edited by Scipion3 on Jun 2nd 2022 at 4:20:58 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
(Everyone is just straight-up startled after Asgore blows up at Asriel.)
...Well, this is gonna be a FUN post-season for the Dreemurrs, eh? (Eye-Sicle grunts.)
Indeed... (Cleo says, worried.)
Painted Island
Squishy, stop! Come back! (Oscar says. Fortunately, Squishy does so.)
What is that thing's problem?? (Trixie asks, having backed up against a tree.)
Squishy's REAL protective of Ozzy and Luchie. (June says.) You hafta be careful around Squishy while Ozzy and Luchie are around or else it'll try t' gobble you up!
...Ew. (Trixie visibly shudders with a look of disgust.) Well, I just want them out of my sight, especially the other Thievul.
But we need to rescue everyone and get the box back from the ghost, and Oscar and the others want to help. (Friday says.) Is there anything you've found out?
(Trixie sighs.) Whatever. Anyway, not really. Just been laying low and trying not to get caught. But I could have sworn that I saw a SECOND ghost.
A second? Are you insinuating that there are actually TWO ghosts on this island? (Phoebe asks.)
I dunno, maybe. The ghost passed by me twice while I was hiding and the runes and paint splatters on their body looked different. (Trixie shrugs.)
Runes on their body? So we're dealing with a Runerigus, then? Possibly two? (Stellan asks.)
Maybe.
(While everyone else is still worried about this whole situation, Dess looks a little excited to meet a Ghost-type they've never met before.)
Beach City
Oh dear... (Henry worries he'll start to get exhausted, but nevertheless he and Tenn start performing to the next song.)
This is actually fun! (Tenn tells Garnet. She's really starting to get into the groove.)
(Wes just dodges Punch Buddy's swing.)
Oh yeah? (Wes flings a particularly large Shadow Ball at Punch Buddy.)
Ohhhh, okay! (Millie says. She gets right to it. Her keen eye-sight from before once again comes in handy; she gets most of her balls into good-scoring holes.)
(Shelley starts as well. After the first ball she rolls goes so quickly it hits the scoreboard with a bang (before rolling into the lowest scoring hole), the large Pokémon makes sure to temper her strength for the next roll.)
(Shelby follows suit, tossing balls with her antennae. The first ball she rolls ends up going directly into the center hole.) Oh joy! I won! (She cheers.)
Not yet, Shelby, you still have more balls to roll up there. (Shelley says.)
Oh... (Shelby picks up another ball and continues to roll them up the ramp, this one going into another good-scoring hole.)
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Arena
Night 6
Primal Asriel was going around looking for something else to destroy when he sees the Control Room in the distance. He shakes his fists at it and fumes.
"I heard about your plans to remodel the Launch Room into a dimensional VR room and replace everyone with data clones! I get that it's for everyone's safety, but you're STILL keeping all those events that my family has been through?! DISGUSTING! While it would be sickeningly SATISFYING to see someone get timewrecked, cloned or not, but if that happens to my family... YoU aRe GoInG To ReGrEt It!!!
His face briefly warps into Flowey's and makes his signature creepy face at the Control Room before flying off.
Meanwhile, Asgore pours himself some tea and takes a huge swig of it, not wanting to resort to weed raisins just yet. He then sees Elfilin and what seems to be the Dedede that Ariel told him about the other day approach him. Unaware that he's not quite the same Dedede, Asgore asks him and Elfilin what's up. They tell him that it's okay that he's feeling this way in the Arena, because their respective mothers were nominated before.
"Excuse me?" asks Asgore, "I do not recall seeing either of them in a previous season... unless they were part of EVERYTHING in the last one..."
Meanwhile, Feferi and Ariel separately have the same idea to just brute force their way through the Forcefield and charge straight into it, but the Peacekeepers tase them and throw them into a big carriage. An hour later, they wake up and see that Akane was also arrested for the same crime, and Ariel glares at her before staring tridents at Feferi.
I swear, if that troll does anything funny one more time... Ariel thinks.
Day 7
The next morning, Primal Asriel searches for food, and he drools at the sight of some scorpions skittering through the desert. He lunges at them and grabs them with his vines, then tears them apart with his fangs. As he devours his meal, his vines glow bright purple, and he feels the toxins coursing through his body and granting him poison immunity. The tips of his vines then turn sharp as they get poison-tipped as well.
Meanwhile, the Court of Royalty showers Asgore, Data Ing, and Compoy with many gifts. Asgore was about to open his, but he has second thoughts about them and complains to the Court that they're non-refundable.
"This better not be a trap you bestowed us..."
But the Court was long gone when he said that. Asgore sighs and keeps the gifts, hoping that they would at least help him reconcile with his son.
Meanwhile, Shadow Futaba suggests to Feferi to read an optical illusion book. She opens it and turns it around to try finding the hidden objects, but gets a weird digestion bladder feeling about this.
"Are you s)(ore t)(at t)(is isn't a distraction to cull me w)(ale I'm reeding t)(is?"
Meanwhile, Ariel tries playing billiards at a place called "The Emergence of the Weather by the Rows". She struggles with holding the cue in her mer-golem hands, but anything to do to forget about that troll...
Funland Arcade
Meat Beat Mania
Garnet continues flawlessly executing her moves and shakes her controllers up and down at a lengthy beat. She eyes on James's moves towards the end, and while it was a close match, he wins the second round.
"Congratulations!" she says, "But are you ready for one more song? This'll be the hardest one!"
She scrolls the list and picks one that not only has fast-moving beats and beats of varying lengths, but also bombs that reduce their score if they hit them.
Are You Ready To... Roast. Your. Rhythm. Rivallllls??? goes the in-game announcer.
Skee Ball
While Steven controls his throwing strength and gets the balls in the good-scoring rings, Amethyst goes all out and throws them at random. Her balls bounce everywhere and land in the lower-scoring rings, but one of them lands in the center by random chance.
"Aww yeah! Gotta keep up the speed 'cuz time's runnin' out!"
Punch Buddy
The Shadow Ball hits the dummy squarely in the chest, blowing out its paint job, but it still moves about, but just not as quickly as before.
You Broke My Heart! But... I... Won't... Give... Up!
"This one's for you, Wes!" says Connie as she lands a few more hits, "Now's the perfect time to launch your strongest attack!"
Road Killer
Pearl then browses the various tracks and picks a simple loop with three laps.
"Alright..." she takes a deep breath and grasps her wheel tighter, "Gotta step on the gas pedal at the right time and be careful where I turn..."
Whacker Man
Lapis, on the other hand, strikes her mallet as soon as the first mini-gangster pops up. It quickly retreats, but she remembers Peridot's technique and observes the others for a few seconds. She then gets a few hits here and there until time is up.
"Hey, you were pretty close to beating my high score!" says Peridot.
"But it's all in good fun!" says Lapis as she collects the tickets.
"Now which game should we play next?"
"I think we should try that racing game! I hope Pearl doesn't mind..."
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 3rd 2022 at 2:03:28 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Painted Island
Lucian felt genuinely hurt at Trixie being rude to him and Oscar, especially to the latter. He sadly sighed and kept hugging Oscar to comfort him.
With Trixie's reports, everyone came to the conclusion that one or two Runerigus were behind this.
"A Runerigus? Really?? We already faced an old crazy Cofagrigus yesterday!" Alex furiously complained.
"I doubt he or they are strong as Cheops, since he had a strong link with Kyurem. But we can't underestimate them." Tokage said.
"Thanks for your help, Wednesday. We'll get to the bottom of this mess and save your team. I think it would be best if you stay with us rather than hiding on your own. I doubt the ghosts gave up on imprisoning you and Friday." Aaron said to the Thievul
"I just hope they aren't close by. They might target us too and we don't know how their power work." Tokage grunted.
"Then let's keep searching for clues and hope we're not ambushed. Since they may be actual ghosts like Clyde, I unfortunately can't read their aurae at all." Aaron said to his team.
"But like other Pokémons, they can produce energy. And Squishy can see with energy signatures. We might as well use that to our advantage." Tokage said.
"Yeah... As long as the ghosts don't try to turn him or any of us into paintings. And they have the damn box." Alex said.
Aaron then kneeled to Oscar and Lucian's level and put his arms around the duo's shoulders.
"Are you two alright?"
"Yeah. It's just that... T-Trixie... We barely met with her and she is already treating us like garbage. It reminds me too much of..." Lucian confided.
"Lisa and the other bullies when we were kids?" Aaron guessed. Lucian nodded and sadly sighed.
"Yeah... It's mean."
Aaron smiled and patted the two friends.
"Hey. I get it that you two feel upset. But not every Pokémons are going to be nice to you, no matter how kind you are. I dealt with some mean people that still asked for my team's help. And right now, Trixie and Brian need our help." he said.
"Yeah but... I know Oscar never wanted to be a thief, but they replaced him as if he was nothing!" Lucian complained.
"But they still cared for him, if what Brian said was true." Aaron said. The Lucario then smiled.
"And... You both are irreplaceable to me. June would say the same thing. And I don't need to remind you of how you feel about each other. It's not the end of the world if you can't be friends with everyone. Don't be so upset about it."
"Oh Aaron... You're so good at cheering us up." Lucian chuckled before rubbing himself against the Lucario's chest.
With Aaron cheering its "daddies" up, Squishy raised its head and tried to detect something again.
Beach City Funland
"YES!" James exclaimed as he won the second round, even though it was close. The Inteleon was panting but proudly raised his chest.
"Why thank you dear Garnet! You certainly are a tough opponent yourself. Tenn? Henry? You performed quite well too." he said with a chuckle. He normally would have boasted about himself, but he was having too much fun right now.
Then, Garnet started the hardest song the game could play. Confident at first, James's smile quickly disappeared and he gritted his teeth as he had more and more trouble perfectly keeping the rhythm.
And then, some bombs appeared on the screen. James fell for the first one.
"WAIT WHAAAAT?? WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS???" the Inteleon shrieked in horror as he saw his score going down.
As the song went on, James actually started to sweat as he desperately tried to keep up the fast rhythm, moving his arms up and down, right and left, and so on as quickly as he could while dodging the bombs, as if his life was depending on it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH!!!" he dramatically shouted.
Nick and Arthur, still not fully comfortable with the controls, ended up randomly mashing buttons and wildly moving the joysticks around as they did fights after fights.
The more rounds they did, the more they became implicated, not unlike James.
"DAMNIT!!" Arthur shouted as he took a hit from Nick.
"You're too slow, birdbrain!" Nick cackled.
"Then how about this?" Arthur hissed as he kicked Nick before following up with a Shoryuken-like punch, KOing Nick.
"RAAAAAAAH!! CRAP!" Nick shouted before panting. Arthur panted too.
"Urf... Urf... How many rounds are we are yet?" the Decidueye asked.
"E-Ermm... 5 against 5..." Nick said before looking at the arcade game.
"...I think we played too long with this thing."
"Yeah... But daaaamn, is it fun..." Arthur said with a grin.
"Heck yes. And you're a great adversary too. Just like in real life." Nick said, grinning back.
"Hehe... I admit you're not too bad either." Arthur said, putting a wing around his boyfriend.
Edited by Scipion3 on Jun 2nd 2022 at 9:16:04 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
Oh, I do hope Asgore and Asriel will reconcile... (Cleo says.)
Painted Island
(Trixie harrumphs and joins everyone, still looking disdainfully at Oscar and keeping her distance from him.)
Yes, June WOULD say the same thing! (June says, hugging Oscar tight.) Don't listen t' what she says. You're valuable to every last one of us!
Thanks, guys... (Oscar says. He's feeling better now.)
(As the group goes on, they come across Boo, stuck as a painting on the trunk of a large tree and his face locked in a furious scream. Friday sighs and puts a hand against the tree.) Don't you worry, Boo, we'll get you and everyone else back. (The Muk says.)
It sounds like you and Boo have gotten pretty close since I left. (Oscar comments.)
Yeah, he's finally starting to open up a bit. He's really not that bad a guy once you really get to know him. (Friday says.)
(Out of sight and a fair distance from the others, a paint-splattered Runerigus has a hold of the Month of Curses box as a second Runerigus floats behind him. The first Runerigus has chaotic runes, topped with a furious dragon face, while the second Runerigus is covered in a much larger number of paint splatters and has a much happier-looking dragon face.)
This box...it's exactly what I need. I just need to leave this hellhole of an island. (The first Runerigus says.)
But you haven't even been here that long! (The second one says.) Don't you like helping me paint this island?
(The first Runerigus catches himself before he lashes out at the other, instead responding in a much calmer way.) Artistry is...not my calling. Did you find all of the intruders yet?
Not yet. I think there's just two left. (The second Runerigus says. He anxiously looks at the box.) Say, are you sure I should be doing this? You told me they wouldn't mind becoming part of my art, but they did an awful lot of kicking and screaming like they didn't want to-
Just go! Keep doing exactly what I told you to do with the curse this gave you and don't let their cryin' and whinin' bother you! (The first Runerigus shouts. The second Runerigus immediately flees.)
Idiot... (The first one scoffs to himself as he holds the box close to himself.)
Beach City
Congratulations, my friend! (Henry tells James when the round ends. But now it's on to the final round.)
Bring it! (Tenn responds to the machine with gusto. She seems to be really enjoying this.)
(The bombs end up tripping Henry up in particular, but by this point, Tenn is so used to the game that she only gets hit by very few of them.)
(Shelley catches the group at Meat Beat Mania dancing out of the corner of her eye and gets completely distracted by Tenn's dancing, idly swinging her arm back and forth but never throwing the skee ball she is holding.)
Shelley? (Shelby calling out to Shelley startles the Golisopod and she loses her grip on the skee ball she is holding, accidentally sending it rebounding off the scoreboard again and flying in Amethyst's direction.)
Watch yourself! (Millie calls.)
With pleasure! (Wes says.)
(He attacks Punch Buddy with a Strong-style Infernal Parade.)
Edited by kablammin45 on Jun 2nd 2022 at 1:52:43 AM
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Database Library, Basement
As 6k1 watches the growing family tension, she remembers when she invited the Dreemurrs to her vacation. Toriel and Frisk were excited, but Asriel wasn't sure because of Chara, while Asgore hasn't been made aware of this yet. However, she can't blame them if they change their mind about this because this has been a difficult season for them...
Funland Arcade
Meat Beat Mania
Garnet once again follows the rhythm to the best of her ability, but because she's not using her Future Vision, she ends up hitting a few bombs. She manages to get a good score at the end, and Tenn is declared the winner.
CONGRATULATIONS! shouts the in-game announcer, Here Are Your Prize Tickets!
The machine spits out many of them, all from everyone's high scores each round. Garnet collects them and says, "Good game, everyone! Do you wish to try another one?"
Skee Ball
"Whoa there!"
Amethyst steps back as Shelley accidentally throws her ball in her way. It bounces on the rings a few times before finally landing in the center.
"Woohoo! Jackpot!" she shouts and pumps her fists.
"Hey, that shouldn't have been counted because that was Shelley's ball!" says Steven.
"So what? It would be tricky for the guys who created this to modify the machines to account for that... but lookie here! We've got a lotta tickets!"
She tears the ticket strip from the machine and checks the others for them.
"Any other games you wanna play?" asks Steven.
Punch Buddy
Wes's Infernal Parade is so strong that the dummy doesn't say its final words as it's sent flying off to the other side of the arcade. Mr. Smiley freaks out upon seeing the flaming dummy land in front of him and promptly gets the extinguisher.
"Ohhh boy..." says Connie, "I hope we still get tickets for this!"
The machine spits out a few of them. It would've given out more if it weren't for Wes destroying half of it.
Road Killer
Lapis and Peridot arrive at the racing game and see Pearl trying her best to concentrate on placing 1st without hitting any cars, only to be hit by her opponents multiple times.
"Hey, what's going on?" asks Lapis.
"Excuse me, but please don't disturb me because I can't pause this game!" says Pearl.
"Oh, sorry..."
"But can we join the next round?" asks Peridot.
"Um... okay, I guess... but don't expect me to beat you there..."
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Painted Island
While Squishy failed to localize one of the Runerigus so far, the creature stumbled across Boo's painting. Aaron and Lucian's ears lowered in sadness when Brian put his hand against the tree.
"Oh really? Maybe the rest of your team isn't that bad anymore, Kiki!" Alex exclaimed.
"All the more reason to free them." Aaron said with a determined look, putting a paw on the tree too. He wondered if the Pokémons inside the paintings could feel or hear him. Lucian would have tried to comfort Brian too were it not for how dangerous it was to get close to him.
"But it's weird... All that you and Squishy managed to spot so far are paintings. Where are the Runerigus, damn it? I wanna fight, not play hide and seek!" Alex grunted, bumping his fists together.
"We have to be careful if we don't want to end up like them, Alex! At least we know where Friday and Wednesday's friends are. We need to remember where each of them is to free them later." Tokage said.
"Yeah. Still, this is concerning... Let's keep following Squishy." Aaron said to the group as the Zeta Metroid resumed its search.
Beach City Funland
By the end of the song, James collapsed on the ground, exhausted. Given how close he was to the arcade game, the poor Inteleon ended up covered by prize tickets.
"Oooooooh... My sweet poor arms feel like noodles..." he dramatically groaned, out of breath.
As he got up and removed the tickets from his body, he didn't even complain that Tenn won this one.
"Urf...! E-Excellent work, dear Tenn. That was... a bit too much for me, I admit it." he said to her with a smirk. The Inteleon adjusted his tie from all his body movements and took a deep breath.
"I would love to give this game another shot, but I am not against choosing a less... physical game, I say." he said to Garnet.
Arthur and Nick went over to Whacker Man.
"So what's the deal with this one?" Nick asked.
"I think you need to hit the stupid faces with the mallet until time's over." Arthur deduced.
"So a game that tests your reflexes, huh? Call me in." Nick said, showing his muscles. The Cinderace took the mallet and waited for the game to start, readying himself.
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
Not an evil Thievul
Eye-Sicle's Lair
(There is just Stunned Silence in all parts of the lair after the Feast. Even Eye-Sicle stares at the screen with an expression of pure "What??" on his face rather than lose his temper like he usually does.)
...Okay, uh, this has been one messed up season, you guys. (Wanda says.)
Yeesh, Dad and I might not get along as great as we used to, but I'd never do THAT to him. (Melody asides to Velma.)
Painted Island
(Everyone keeps moving.)
(It doesn't take long for the Runerigus sent out by the first Runerigus to be close enough that Squishy will be able to sense that he's nearby...but where?.)
Beach City
WOOOOO! (Tenn has gotten really fired up and pumps her pinchers in the air when she sees that she won.)
Wonderful job, everyone! My goodness, that was exhausting. (Henry wheezes.)
I dunno, I could do that all day. (Tenn says.) But what do you guys want to do?
Something less intense, please. You are more than welcome to keep playing, Tenn, but I think I need to rest. (Henry says.) Perhaps we might go to the skee ball machines? That seems far more relaxing.
(Just then there is a loud bang as Wes inadvertently destroys Punch Buddy.) ...Well, I know one thing for sure, Punch Buddy is probably out of the question.
(Millie runs over to where Wes and Connie are.) Whoa, nelly, Wes, you leveled the thing!
(Wes stares in shock at just how hard he hit the dummy.) Like, wow, man, I dunno my own strength. Sorry 'bout that. Hey, like, you guys keep doing what you're doing, I'll deal with this.
(Shelley goes over to Meat Beat Machine with Shelby following her.) How was this game? You looked like you were having fun with it.
Oh, it's a blast, Shel. You want to give it a go? (Tenn asks her.)
I'll try... (Shelley says.)
Would I be able to hold those sticks with my antennae? (Shelby asks.)
Probably. (Tenn says.)
(Shelby picks them up.)
Edited by kablammin45 on Jun 2nd 2022 at 5:34:31 AM
"Lucian, don’t be afraid, we’ll make it through this."
Braids From S286 Not Included
The Arena
Theme Music for all the sections
Night 7
Primal Asriel puts his new poison abilities to the test by dueling Feferi. She charges at him and jumps high enough to strike him with her 2x3DENTKIND, but he shrugs her off and assaults her with a barrage of attacks. He then grabs her with his vines and injects the poison into her chest, then forcefully tears the vine out of her and throws her body on the ground, spilling fuchsia blood all over. Asriel then stuffs the body with filling and fashions it as a meat sack doll, then props it somewhere to trick the other tributes before flying away.
Meanwhile, Asgore opens his gifts and is relieved that they weren't traps. Instead, they're complete DVD collections of various anime.
"I remember Undyne sharing me that clip of that giant robot battle!" he chuckles, "might as well try this out..."
As he binge watches the anime, Amara drops by and offers him cookies, but he notices her shaking her tray.
"Is something the matter?" he asks.
"It's... It's your son..."
Ariel finally figures out how to switch forms with the Crest and turns back into a mermaid when she finds a saltwater lake. She dives into it and weaves baskets underwater to further calm her nerves, still unaware of her daughter's death.
Feast and Day 8
Primal Asriel arrives at the Feast and watches the carnage unfold, grinning at Amara killing Ariel for destroying her memoirs. He also sees Data Ing dying in a cooking accident and Conpoy getting salmonella from Wild Dedede and Elfilin... but Eruca literally backstabbing Hector and Lilina gives him a wicked idea.
If you wanna survive these Games, then just get rid of anyone who gets in your way, like what I did with Frisk!
Chara's advice from OT S21 makes Asriel cackle like Flowey, so he hides behind the Cornucopia and spots Asgore nervously watching anime while having breakfast. He flies some distance behind him and fires the same laser beam he shot at Frisk in their final battle at him, and Asgore screams Asriel's name as his body and SOUL are vaporized into dust.
"I really did a number on that old fool, huh?" Asriel makes a low chuckle. "Without my Primal Stone, I NEVER could have gotten past him!"
He laughs as he later finds a red wig and purple glasses and puts them on, and then closes one of his eyes.
"Howdy, I'm Psyche! And I'm gonna write a grimdark fic on what my tribute did this season! HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
The Database Library, Basement
6k1 turns pale as Asriel murders his own father and makes an unsettling impression of Psyche. Once again, Mikey's Patricide in that one season comes back to her, and the infamous Dirty Brother Killer Incident of OT S169 swarms her mind as well. This is what she fears the most whenever all or most of her family shows up in the same season. Even with data cloning, she had her hopes and dreams to see them just be the wholesome family they are, but this is but a painful reminder that this is still a killing game.
She considers giving Asgore and Asriel a memory wipe after this even if she didn't nominate them this season, but Chara's rant back at their village rings in her head.
You may delete their memories, but I know what happened. And I do not forget so easily... and let's not even talk about you having fun at the party instead of trying to save Asriel by your own means...
6k1 gets so overwhelmed by all of these buzzing in her mind, she clutches her head and screams before collapsing on the floor. Her assistants promptly rush to her side.
6001, is everything alright? asks Ally.
"Mom, please wake up! I don't wanna see you like this again!" says Mimi as she nuzzles her in the arm harder than usual.
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 5th 2022 at 3:44:24 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Startling everyone, Squishy suddenly stopped in its tracks and hissed dangerously. The Zeta Metroid turned its head around again and again as if it was trying to spot something.
"S... Squishy? H-Hey, what's wrong?" Lucian asked, concerned.
"It's like he's trying to spot someone, yet he can't tell where they are." Alex said.
"Hold on... Do you think...?" Aaron asked Tokage. The Grovyle grunted and readied his Leaf Blades.
"Yes. One of the Runegrigus if not the two of them are nearby."
"Crap... Tokage, Alex, get into position. Anyone who can fight stays with us and protect the others." Aaron said to everyone, readying his aura bone.
Anxious, his fur standing on end, Lucian backed down and gripped Oscar's paw.
James cringed at Wes destroying Punch Buddy.
"Indeed... I am not against trying the skee ball machines as well. I believe this one is testing our aiming capabilities." he said to Henry.
Nick kept literally jumping in the air as he smashed his mallet around to hit the mini-gangsters. Arthur couldn't help but find this ridiculous.
"Oof... Not bad! Wow, that was fast towards the end." Nick laughed as time was up, stretching.
"You almost hit all of them... But I'm sure I can do better." Arthur said as Nick tossed him the mallet.
Not unlike Eye-Sicle, Scipion didn't even complain about Emperor Ing's clone demise. He just stared at Asriel butchering his own father for good this time with wide eyes.
"You must be fucking shitting me... Sixty literally threw a fucking rainbow at the guy last time, and he keeps being a psychopathic dick? Man, that kid's messed up. Even I wouldn't do that." the evil Zoroark hissed a look of disgust on his face.
Scipion then heard some weird noises next to him... and he shrieked when he saw Morgan taking pictures of the kill, then Asriel's taunt.
"MORGAN!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING??"
"Taking pictures for myself so that I don't forget that. I'm considering showing them to the Dreemurs next time we meet with them, but perhaps that's going too far." Morgan said with an evil smirk.
"NO, YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT!! AND WHERE DID YOU GET THAT CAMERA?"
"Relax, I just stole it. I didn't use what little Pokés you have." Morgan sighed.
"Morgan... That's just mean. That kid just killed his daddy." Onox said to the Morgrem, just as disturbed as Scipion was.
"Well I'm not an angel either. I did that too." Morgan said with a shrug before sighing.
"Then again... I'm kind of a real asshole that almost nobody likes. This damn brat is supposed to be a kind prince. I don't have a lot of standards, alright, but I agree this is fucked up."
"I know right? Fuck, I wonder how Sixty's gonna react to this. Good luck with the family reunion..." Scipion said.
At this point, Chara wasn't surprised when Asriel snapped and killed Asgore before mocking him afterward by mimicking Psyche and they kept looking with frowned eyes. Even they never mocked anyone during their Genocide route. They just killed and went on.
"...Yup. I have to fix the nominators' mess. Again." they sighed as they got up. Shriek lowly hissed at them, tilting her big head.
"Of course, I know Azzy is still alive and might participate in the upcoming Battle Royale. I am more concerned about him than everyone else. But I might as well try something with father now that we know he won't. I fear not even mother could help him get over that on her own. And my "sister" helping them? Pfft..."
Shriek hissed again as she lowered her head.
"Uh... That's true. Father did kill my brother's "knockoff" or whoever Ralsei is. I figure this is more like an ironic coincidence, but I won't forget that." Chara said, quickly gulping down some chocolate before taking a phone with them.
"I will be taking that and watch the rest of the season on the way to the bear's lair. Azzy could still go through something bad... like timewrecking. Try to make sure our "partners" do not get in our way, Shriek. Familly matter first. And I take these very personally." Chara asked the giant howl. Shriek silently nodded as Chara glitched out.
Coming back from another successful Stanford's hunt, Blood Moon's squad was now resting in their quarters. Blood Moon was looking at the last season in curiosity. For all of its stupidity, the "barbarian" game provided some small entertainments akin to gladiator fights.
One would think the events regarding the Dreemur family would revolt him.
No. Not at all. And he didn't casually enjoy it like Morgan. In the Mawkin's twisted mind this was almost ecstatic.
The mad warrior was looking at the screen with an insane smile. A smile that slowly widened, unconsciously turning into the huge smiling nightmarish maw that made up his X-form, with a black mutating tongue coming from it, licking the screen.
A son killing his own father... How familiar it felt... And how joyous it was to pull that on others.
He saw himself in front of his would-be defeated foes, the nominators, his new helpless preys. He saw himself mutating the librarian's Starble pest to devour her owner's organs alive. Tearing the shapeshifter's concubine in front of him, then feeding him his two worthless human pets. Possessing the pony garbage and having her stab her human owner freak to death with her horn while she was still conscious... The more he thought about it, the more disturbing and gruesome these thoughts became.
"Blood Moon?"
Fire Eyes entered the room. Blood Moon was back on his seat with a neutral expression, as if nothing happened.
"Watching the Panemian games?" the Mawkin warrior asked, taking a fruit from ZDR inside a basket to eat before offering one to Blood Moon.
"Unfortunately... I would rather do that than waste my time with the lowlives here." Blood Moon lazily answered, taking it without a "thanks". Fire Eyes looked at the screen and hissed in disgust.
"To think they are sending their owns to their death only to casually resurrect them afterward... How disgusting."
"I thought you respected traditions. We are warriors. We do not fear violent demises. Duels to death are not such a bad thing. It is the best way for a Mawkin to perish. Better than dying of old age like a weakling." Blood Moon said with an amused smirk.
"I know, I did not mean that. I was talking about how Panem's Science Center and their allies are abusing their resurrection technology and magic. How sinful." Fire Eyes sighed before looking at the wasteland.
"Death is sacred. Life is a fragile yet precious thing that can only dissipate in the end, like fire. That is a fundamental law that defines the multiverse as it is. Even deities like the three great entities are made to fade away one day. And the nominators are playing with this rule as if it is nothing. One day, such hubris will cost them dearly."
"Are you done with your lectures? I know that, thank you." Blood Moon groaned rudely.
"Still, I cannot help but find that ironic. We have acquired the means necessary for resurrection while those savages still lived in caverns. And yet here they are, casually resurrecting their deads even outside of the arena. That alien Giegue, or their pitiful attempt to bring back the star warrior are proofs or that." the Mawkin commander laughed bitterly.
Fire Eyes sighed and sat down next to him
"Yes... Perhaps he would still be there that way." he muttered. Blood Moon didn't answer.
The two Mawkin warriors stayed silent for a moment.
"Blood Moon... I am sorry. I know you are still affected by what happened to Brave Spear but-"
"We already had that talk before, Fire Eyes." Blood Moon hissed, looking away.
"I know, but I am still concerned about you!" Fire Eyes said more firmly this time. Blood Moon sighed and looked at his claws.
"...You know I cannot forget. No matter what happens, the image is still stuck in my head..."
Blood Moon grinned and started to laugh.
"I can still hear his screams, you know? I can still hear him calling out for me! I remember even the taste. Hehehe... I remember... Every. Single. Details." he said with a mad grin as he clutched his head.
Fire Eyes frowned and put a firm claw on Blood Moon's chest. He knew his friend's mental state greatly went down ever since the... incident.
"Blood Moon. I know this is hard for you. You and Brave Spear had a link not even I had with him and the way he was... But I still care about you. Solid Rock? He cared for you since we were children. Lightning Claws? Wild Sea? They care about you too. I just want you to know we are here for you. We are a team. Brothers and sisters by steel, fire, and blood. Never forget that."
"I told you I don't need help... None of you know what it's like." Blood Moon hissed, getting up. Fire Eyes raised his arm to grab Blood Moon's one, but the commander was already leaving.
But before going through the door, Blood Moon glanced at Fire Eyes.
"But... Thank you." he sighed before leaving.
Fire Eyes sadly sighed and looked over at Blood Moon's bed. He noticed his friend had brought an old embroidery he knew too well.
It was one showing a golden spear soaked with blood and surrounded by fire. The spear was planted on some kind of lone rock lost in the roaring sea, with a bolt of lightning in the background. But because of how old it was, some holes had appeared in it.
Fire Eyes sighed and gently caressed the old embroidery with a sad smile.
Edited by Scipion3 on Jun 3rd 2022 at 8:12:21 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
The Database Library, Basement
But haven't you known Kirby since you first nominated him in OT S192? 6k1 texts Mr. Star. Why don't you ask him about this? But if he doesn't feel like it, then I don't mind waiting even if I want to investigate this.
6k1 then watches the season while having lunch but stops eating upon seeing Asgore kill Data Ralsei.
"Dad?! What did you doooo?!"
Night 1: Just as Jerry Lawler foresaw, the subject has been blasted with a green energy cube by Kuruma Prawn. Research on this Fuecoco has been terminated early unless it is resurrected as a ghost or a zombie, but the query regarding its ability to learn Psychic-type moves still stands.
As of this writing, there have been news reports that new research papers about the new Pokémon region will be published on the following Earth Prime day.
Hopefully, we will acquire new information about these Pokémon, and we shall compare them to our previous studies on them.
The Arena
Night 1
After a few seconds, Ga'ran releases Data Ralsei from her grasp, and he falls to the floor, gasping for breath. He then gets up once she leaves him alone and looks for a place to rest for the night, but suddenly, Asgore charges straight at him.
"Wait, stop! What are you doing?!"
He casts FluffyGuard to try blocking Asgore's attack, but he pierces right through it and pins him down.
"Asgore?! Whyyyy?!" Ralsei cries as he struggles to escape, but the king digs into his chest, rips out his ribs and then stabs Ralsei in the eyes with them. The goat wizard instantly vanishes and leaves his clothes behind, and Asgore freezes for a moment before running away.
Meanwhile, Asriel passes by a restroom but hears some flushing. He puts his ear against the door and cringes at Historia flushing it three times.
Was it something she ate? he thinks.
And speaking of food, Data Toriel bakes some cinnamon-butterscotch pie for her family, unaware of what just happened, but she suddenly gets attacked by a flock of seagulls.
"Hey, I just got this out of the oven!" she says as she swats them away while Siege taunts her and the others while flying around in a jetpack.
After turning back to normal, Queen shops online for a new sweater, but Royal Berry Cookie steals it.
Please Yeet That Back To Me Or Else... I Will Play This Annoying Guitar Song On Infinite Loop she says as she throws a cage at him.
Melody goes to a restaurant, and the band Queen asks for her order. However, there aren't a lot of options for her, so she reluctantly orders fugu.
"I know it's really poisonous, but can you please keep the liver?" she asks. "I think it'll taste better that way!"
But the band warns her that it's the most poisonous part of the fish, but she insists. They then cook her dinner, and Melody promptly keels over and dies after taking a bite.
Meanwhile, Ariel... lets out some bubbles in her fishbowl, but ends up soiling it instead.
"I need to find a new body of water soon..."
Speaking of dinner, Feferi declines the cup of beef broth from Elfilin and... Dedede again?
"My apologies, but we trolls prefer beefgrub! Now if you -EXCUS-E me, I need to go and double-c)(eck somet)(ing..."
Day 2
Asgore's last kill still rings in his head. He knows that 6k1 most likely data cloned Ralsei, but what was he thinking when he ambushed him the other night? He tries keeping himself cool, but the thought of Toriel coming for him clouds his mind... But he can't contain it anymore. Asgore stomps his foot and angrily doodles his face on Historia's bush before leaving, not caring if she'll get back at him for that.
Meanwhile, Toriel gets dragged into another mission by G'raha Tia and Ga'ran.
"Do you require my assistance to raid that base in search for aliens?"
They say yes.
"Alright, but I am expecting this mission to go perfectly!"
And so Toriel burns down the fence around Area 51 and runs inside with the others, but the guards effortlessly capture them and kick them out. As for Asriel, he greets Amara and poses like his Hyperdeath form by raising his arms up, and Amara copies him.
Queen was going about her day when she stumbles upon the Good Royal Legion fighting over Szechuan sauce.
OMG Is That The Memetic Sauce From That Human Cartoon About A Crazy Scientist And His Grandson she asks as the first word flashes on her visor. I Shall Acquire The Entire Supply
She jumps in and tries trampling the others for the sauce, but Ludin intervenes and forces them to share.
OK I Will Accept That Deal
Ariel swims in the sea and comes across Data Dedede building a new castle by the shore.
"If he's stealing the design of our castle back home, then this must be stopped!"
Just then, Conpoy walks by the coastline, and Ariel orders him to stall the construction. As he does so, Feferi overhears the commotion and watches him from under the shade of a palm tree. Conpoy then succeeds in his task, and Feferi comes out to offer him wine while Ariel thanks him for helping her.
I'm getting closer to befronding t)(is seadwelling )(uman! Feferi thinks. But is t)(at aquatic talonscreec)(er t)(e one w)(ose medikit I destroyed yesterday or t)(e one w)(o served me t)(at brot)( last nig)(t?
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jun 20th 2022 at 8:38:07 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"