(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
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Power's Home
"Well... even if Paylor did something about that, that's not gonna stop anyone from nominating them time and again. But we need to respect Psyche's wishes to give them a well-deserved rest."
Miranda then comes in with the sweater.
◊ Power tries it on, gives her a hug, then the latter waves to Ichi before taking her leave.
"Thanks for this, as always!" says Power. She also tells him everything that happened at Fluttershy's.
"You think Discord's also the one who made this meme
◊ that you showed me last Hearth's Warming? They look similar..."
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 21st 2020 at 3:03:02 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Underground Bunker, Teleportation Room
"If he is, that begs the question of how he knows who Snoke and this guy from what I'm guessing is Danganronpa are... but don't worry, I've never once considered nominating BTS. And of course, you're welcome for the sweater."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jan 20th 2020 at 11:45:39 AM
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Forest, near the Library
"Hurry up!" Tokage shouted to Alex behind him as he jumpred from tree to tree. "If we don't hurry, Scipion is going to kill him!"
"I'm running ,huf, as fast as I can!" the Charmeleon replied.
Suddenly, the 2 Pokemons heard Aaron's voice inside their head.
G-Guys...
We're coming Aaron, just hold up a moment!
No... As much as I hate to say it, Scipion may be too much for me.
Don't say that! We beated him again and again, why would this happen?
Remember what 6k1 told us. None of us are prepared to face him in that new form. What we faced earlier was only but the beginning. And... he is determined to kill me no matter what, I don't think you and the Peacekeepers combined would be able to stop him from doing that, you'll be only caught in the crossfire...
The voice became weaker Argh... If 6k1 is right... She must... Bring her... Quick, I won't hold on for long...!
Then, the communication stopped, worriying Tokage and Alex.
"Damnit... We've got no choice. Alex! Bring 6k1 with you and protect her, I'm trying to locate Scipion and Aaron before it's too late! QUICKLY!"
The Charmeleon nodded and ran back towards the library, calling for 6k1 desesperately.
"6K1, PLEASE! Scipion... He's going to...! Help us, you can stop him, I beg you...!"
Meanwhile, just as Aaron ended his communication, he stopped blocking Scipion's claws and, in a last ditch effort to defeat him, managed to pierce the Zoroark's eye with his bone. Scipion shrieked in pain before cackling evily.
"You fucking bastard... I see that little reference, but didn't Sixty told you? I'm much deadlier now..." Scipion said as his eye started to regenerate before he unleashed a powered up version of Dark Pulse, cutting some trees with the attack. Aaron managed to jump high enough to escape the dark aura but he knew that the only he thing he could do right now was to run away. He hated that option but he had to move so that Scipion wouldn't harm any soldiers and maybe, so that he could be saved by 6k1.
"You little... YOU DARE RUNNING AWAY FROM ME? WHY WON'T YOU GIVE UP ALREADY?!" roared Scipion in pure anger as Aaron ran away. But when he exited the forest, he was greeted by one of the many troops that were looking for Scipion. Aaron looked panicked behind him, knowing very well what the Zoroark was thinking.
"RUN AWAY! QUICKLY! YOU CAN'T-" he called out to them. But his eyes widened in horror as Scipion appeared behind him, raising his trident. Immediately, the soldiers started to shot at him. But they only put fuel to the fire...
"YOU ARE IN MY WAAAY!!!" yelled the mad Zoroark as he threw his trident towards Aaron and the soldiers. Aaron was fast enough to dodge it, but the trident unleashed a dark explosion engulfing the entire squad of soldiers. Aaron could only looked in horror at the scene. He wasn't able to save them. And, worst of all, Scipion didn't killed them for fun, he oblirated them, reduced them to ashes. And his hatred, no, his obsession for the Lucario was responsible for that.
"AARON!!!" hissed Scipion as he saw his nemesis running away again.
Edited by Scipion3 on Jan 20th 2020 at 12:03:57 PM
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
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Power's Home
"Don't even question how that chaotic mind of his works. Makes me wonder why 6k1, of all people, chose him as one of her very first tributes. Starlight, I understand, but Discord..."
Power continues watching. Sasori catches wind of Lightning's murder of Tom and asks her what kind of monster she is, but she brushes it off and goes back to sleep. Angered by that response, he puts a curse on her the next day by chanting "WOLOLO", changing her colors to that of his.
Suddenly, Sutton interrupts the broadcast to promote BTS's new single.
"Could that be part of the conspiracy?" Power asks Ichi. "And I hope Psyche's okay after that mushroom trip..."
Carlos's House
The family continues watching. While the ARMYs give Kagami an existential crisis by telling her that she's just a fictional character, BTS listens to Violet's explanation of the Multiverse. Dad tries his best to explain to his kids about them in simplest terms. When the ARMYs get a really bad mushroom trip, he lectures Carlos and Mikey about dangerous drugs, but Sutton's announcement interrupts him.
"Even if I'm friends with BTS," says Mikey, "I'm not sure if I should be an ARMY. I don't understand their songs."
"Well son, you don't have to to be a fan. All those fans love the boys for their personalities, and their songs are pretty catchy."
"Oh..."
"Also, did Mr. Sutton just say that this season's sponsored by JinHit Entertainment?" asks Carlos, snickering.
Dad and Mikey just raise their eyebrows. "We don't get it."
Papyrus and Sans's House
"ah yes, there's more to the multiverse than you think, jin," says Sans as he listens to Violet's lecture. He then chuckles at Sutton's announcement.
"well played, jin."
Carousel Boutique
The third headline reads: "SASORI CALLS LIGHTNING A MONSTER, CHANGES HER COLORS"
Rarity reads the article and shakes her head in disgust.
"Oh my... those colors look so garish on you!"
The Database Library, Conference Room
While watching the battle, 6k1 observes the tributes outside. She's disgusted by Lightning while at the same time concerned about Shill since Holly refused to ally with him. The DM gags when the ARMYs collectively suffer from the trip.
At least BTS is doing fine, so far...
Suddenly, Alex bursts into the room and begs for her help.
"I'm sorry, but it's too dangerous for me to cross the Arena—"
She hears an explosion coming from the forest. 6k1 looks through her binoculars and sees piles of ash where the soldiers once stood. Scipion, fueled with rage, pursues Aaron deeper into the woods.
6k1 summons her armor. "Okay, take me there! I'll protect all of you!"
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Underground Bunker, Computer Room
"You mean the conspiracy theory that Death was spreading about 'em earlier? Well, the guy's obviously out of his forking gourd, so I'm not sure there even is a conspiracy."
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Power's Home
"I'm still perturbed by their return, though... And speaking of Discord, why didn't 6k1 react badly when Bale nominated him with Celestia back in Season 79? That was before we helped her get over her anxiety over tribute theft."
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Underground Bunker, Computer Room
"Who knows, Pow-Pow? Maybe she doesn't like Discord enough to care about him being by someone else, or just plum forgot she ever nominated him. I wouldn't worry about it."
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Power's Home
"Or what if... That was another Discord? He was nominated with Celestia because Bale thought they'd make a cute couple, but Starfall suspects that the one we met has a thing for Fluttershy..."
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 20th 2020 at 11:10:43 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Underground Bunker, Teleportation Room
"Who knows? Honestly, Pow-Pow, I'm not sure this whole Discord thing is really worth really wracking our brains over."
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Power's Home
"Well, the only way to find out's to ask 6k1 herself."
She tries doing so, but no response. Power updates Ichi on the DM's current situation.
"I've been wisely keeping away from that Zoroark as per her warning. Honestly, what does she see in that killer...?"
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 20th 2020 at 11:44:49 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Underground Bunker, Teleportation Room
"Don't ask me, Pow. I can barely stand that psychotic dick myself."
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Power's Home
"Yeah... Let's just hope she'll be able to settle things with him."
Power then notices that he's back in the Teleporter Room.
"Where are you going?"
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 21st 2020 at 12:15:59 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Underground Bunker, Teleporter Room
"Oh, I wasn't really going anywhere. I was just here to teleport that sweater to ya when you called just as I made the delivery."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jan 20th 2020 at 8:43:32 AM
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Power's Home
"Ah... okay then. Good luck to Psyche and BTS, anyway!"
She signs off, then proceeds to talk to Ralsei about her lessons.
"See, told you Twilight wouldn't hold her death against Anakin!"
Power also brings up her training, or rather the unexpected visit.
"Discord?! From what you just described of him, he's just like Jevil, but waaay more chaotic!"
"Yeah... But good thing Starfall and Fluttershy stood up for me!"
Ralsei blushes. "Aww... That pegasus is so sweet, so kind... just like me! I wanna meet her someday!"
Power smiles. "Well... we'll see about that."
She also informs Ralsei about Scipion.
"Seriously, she's friends with him?! You know how rude that prank was back when we were walking to the party!"
"Yeah... I get that she treats others with kindness just like you and Fluttershy, but she has to draw the line somewhere..."
"Right..."
"Anyway, let's hope for the best for her."
She waves goodbye to him and deactivates her ball, waiting for what happens to BTS and the ARMYs next.
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 21st 2020 at 1:24:45 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
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The Cornucopia
Sensing that the season is about to begin very shortly, the BTS ARMY murmur amongst themselves, realising that, being such a massive and rather infamous group, they may be targeted pretty quickly and easily. They learn a spell that they believe will protect them during the Bloodbath. And as the horn sounds and all the tributes leap off their podiums, they cast that spell, plunging the entire arena into darkness for a short time. They take the chance to escape the cornucopia while the other tributes stumble around in the darkness.
The Arena
That night, after doing the robot with Leeko, the ARMY have a massive dinner gathering with several other tributes, who deliberately make a huge mess to rile them up. Luckily, due to their sheer numbers, they tidy it up very quickly and abandon the tributes.
While looking for a place to sleep, they happen upon the seven BTS members bathing in a huge tub of Szechuan sauce. They gasp and whisper among themselves, incredulous as to why they're bathing in Szechuan sauce, of all things. Some ARMYs are staring at them, hoping to get a glimpse of their bare chests, while others are giggling about how silly the boys are and how they're "crackheads."
"Hey!" one of the older ARMYs chides. "Let them have their privacy! C'mon, let's go find somewhere to sleep."
Everyone nods with understanding, and the group moves along.
The next morning, the ARMY awakens to find that the BTS members are dead. They gasp and look at each other with fear and sadness… but then Sugar Wiki appears and revives them.
"Ah, thank goodness," Psyche says to herself. "They were revived by the power of TV Tropes!"
Meanwhile, Sasori, of all people, is disgusted by Lightning Dust's brutal murder of… a boulder. He accuses her of being a monster, conveniently ignoring the fact that he is essentially a serial killer who turns his victims into empty husks that he uses as puppets. The next day, he prettily chants "wololo" around her to change her colour palette to his own, giving her a red mane and black fur.
"Stupid pastel ponies" he mutters to himself. "I knew there was something up with them…"
BTS aren't doing too bad so far, thank goodness, but they are rather bored. They chat and tell each other jokes to pass the time, until Jin comes up with a brilliant idea.
"Since our ARMY are in the Arena with us right now, they're probably having trouble focusing on streaming Black Swan," he says. "So we need a way to convince the populace of Panem to stream in their absence."
"What do you have in mind?" asks RM.
Jin grins. Hey, that rhymed. "We'll bribe the host!"
"What!?"
"Yes! We'll bribe the host. Sutton-hyung, right?"
"But our management-" Jimin protests.
"Our management will be fine with this. It's not chart manipulation. All we're doing is promoting the song."
The others look at each other. Their thoughts are clear: Great, Seokjin's being chaotic again…
"Well?" Jin asks. "What do you say?"
The boys reluctantly agree to give it a try. They offer Sutton a large sum of money if he can promote Black Swan. Jin even tells him to say that the message was sponsored by JinHit Entertainment, knowing that the ARMY will appreciate the meme (which they do - Psyche in particular rolls on the floor laughing when it comes on, although this is partly because of her mushroom-induced high with the other ARMYs.) Sutton agrees to all of this, and the broadcast is a success.
Léodagan, the Bloodthirsty
Database Library
Alex's eyes shined and he smiled for a brief moment as he was regaining hope.
"Thanks! Then let's hurry, I don't know how much time Aaron can handle him."
Meanwhile, Aaron began to feel exhausted. He could heard all the rampage his nemesis was doing as even more soldiers were trying to defeat him only for Scipion to destroy them. Suddenly, he realised that his path was blocked by something as he almost bumped into it. The Arena's forcefield.
Another explosion of darkness happened near his location as Scipion destroyed a group of tanks that were in his way, the Zoroark looked at Aaron, noticing that the Lucario breathing heavily.
"Are you done running now?" Scipion hissed. Aaron tried to run again, but Scipion was faster and using Extreme Speed digged his claws into one of Aaron's eyes. The Lucario collapsed, screaming in pain. Scipion then sticked his trident so that Aaron's neck was stuck between the spikes.
"Now you feel what I felt... Painful isn't it? At long last, you're mine." the Zoroark whispered with a Death Glare. He then turned around to see Tokage who caught up with them charging at him. Aaron tried to warn his friend, but Scipion was faster and didn't bothered to fight again. He launched a powered up version of Shadow Ball at the Grovyle, sending him flying towards a tree.
"This is my moment. I've waited for so long... No one will interfere!" the Zoroark roared before turning back to Aaron.
Then, Alex finally arrived, soon followed by 6k1. But Scipion didn't noticed them yet.
"Agh... You came! Nothing worked on him, you're our last hope..." Tokage muttered, still stunned by the attack before pointing at Scipion who had Aaron at his mercy. Alex stayed close to 6k1, just in case.
"You're married like me, you know monstrosity can take many forms."
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Power's Home
Power cheers when BTS throws Deidara into a briar patch that night, then laughs when they try jumping into paintings to escape the next day. She raises an eyebrow at ARMY declaring that they're "in spades with themselves".
"I didn't know those fans were all self-loathing deep inside..."
However, she notices an armor-clad figure running into the forest with a Charmeleon.
"6k1...? What are you doing?!"
Feeling that Sans and Carlos are watching as well, she immediately calls them to notify them of the situation.
Carlos's House
The Ramon brothers wince when BTS throws the ninja into the patch, then share a hearty laughter when the boys end up bumping their heads into the walls in an abandoned art gallery.
"Dad, what does being in spades with yourself mean?" asks Mikey after ARMY declares themselves as such.
The father just gives him a confused look.
"Honestly, I've no idea what that means."
"Does that mean they're in love with spades?"
"CARLOS!"
They also notice the figure and the Charmeleon amidst the other tributes.
"What's going on?" the brothers ask Dad.
Carlos then retrieves his crystal ball and receives Power's warning.
"WHAT?!"
"I've no idea why our nominator did that either, but it looks like someone's in trouble."
"Oh no..."
"I hope they'll be okay..."
Papyrus and Sans's House
Sans was also laughing at BTS' antics when he receives the warning as well. His eyesocket glows again.
"if you continue going down the path you're in right now... you're gonna have a bad time."
The Forest Near the Arena
6k1 takes a brief glance at the ponies while she runs with Alex into the forest. She sees Silver Shill trying to use a TM and the black-and-red Lightning Dust drawing a chalk outline around Baryl's corpse. As the sun rises, Violet rescues Lightning from a bear while Shill has his teeth fixed by Leeko, whose neck has been elongated with rings. She didn't have time to check on BTS or ARMY because she just arrived in the battlefield.
Oh no... this is terrible... 6k1 thinks to herself when she sees Aaron being cornered by Scipion. Her breathing becomes short, and she's sweating under her armor.
I always knew he was a killer, but I haven't seen him being this brutal since after the Nominator Games!
She can feel her heart pounding. She puts her hand to her chest, as if to hold the Locket close to her.
I may have forgiven him for what he did, but those poor Pokémon...
She also realizes that she forgot to tell Ally to guard the basement, but the Databot already knows what to do in her master's absence.
Tokage then begs for help, too. 6k1 looks at him, then at Alex, and finally at Scipion and Aaron. She draws her sword with her left hand and tells Alex to go behind her.
"I know I haven't had proper sword training yet... but here goes nothing."
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 21st 2020 at 10:55:34 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Kirby
The Spacepod
After almost going into the Arena, Kirby runs back into the Spacepod. Inside the Spacepod, Kirby looks back at his purple Soul Gem
◊, seemingly admiring it. He then watches TV in his monitor.
Outside
The prehistoric squirrel thawed by Kirby, named Scrat, arrives near the Pod. He walks inside, seemingly searching for an acorn. As soon as Kirby stops checking his Gem, Scrat suddenly appears and took the Soul Gem, confusing it for an acorn. He runs outside and into the snow, but not before attempting to bury his new "acorn" several times.
Back inside the Cafe
King Dedede reads the news.
"Hmmm... according to this issue, we're getting a lot of cases of missing people this month."
"Really?" Said Ribbon. "This doesn't sound good. What else is on the news?"
"The issue says that all of those cases have been girls, all between the age of 8 to 19, but mostly 15 of 16 year olds. Which means teenage girls!"
"Uh oh... You don't think-"
"According to accounts, before those girls are gone, they saw sightings of what they call some white ferret-bunny-cat thingy! It has red eyes, long ears with gold rings on them and an "OwO" face!"
"But... that could only be-"
King Dedede then catches something at the corner of his eye. He turns around. It is a creature
◊ that matches that description perfectly, standing right outside the window, staring at Tabby, then the staff of this cafe, and then Dedede. Flabbergasted, Dedede runs outside. Ribbon follows him.
"I saw that monster!"
"I think you just saw that squirrel."
Ribbon points to Scrat, who is running off with his "acorn".
"Nevertheless, we have to keep our eyes peeled. Look for dangers, especially if you're a teenage girl."
They get back inside the cafe.
Edited by Oggy123 on Jan 21st 2020 at 9:30:17 PM
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The Arena
The BTS members suddenly feel a little uneasy as they pass Deidara one night.
"I know that guy," Jin whispers to the others. "He's a member of the Akatsuki... a villain group from Naruto."
"Didn't he make a jacket out of the circus bugs the other day?" Suga asks.
"He did?" says Jimin. "Oh no, that's terrible..."
"We should do something about it!" RM declares. Everyone except Jin nods and immediately run toward him.
"H-hey, wait!" Jin cries, running after them. "He's too dangerous! Don't-"
His bandmates catch Deidara off-guard and, with their combined efforts, lift him up off the ground.
"Wh-what the!?" the bomber cries, flailing around. "What are you doing, hm!?"
"Sorry, man," says RM, "but I think it's best to put you in your place. You don't hurt innocent bugs and get away with it!"
"Hold on!" Jungkook cries. "He's Psyche's tribute!"
The others glance at him, confused. "He is?"
"I think so, yeah! Maybe we shouldn't... we don't want to make her mad, especially when she's with all the other ARMYs..."
The boys consider this for a moment. "Sounds fair," RM decides. "In that case, instead we'll throw you into that briar patch over there!"
"No, please don't!" Deidara begs. If Sasori were here, he'd probably say something about how pathetic his partner is being right now.
But BTS doesn't listen. They, along with Jin, collectively throw Deidara straight into the briar patch. The bomber cries in pain as he lands, and the boys flee from the scene.
The next day, RM decides that he wants to go visit the abandoned museum they found the other day, mostly to distract himself from the fact that Deidara had killed some innocent bugs. The other members agree on this, and they enter the museum.
"I wonder if you can go through these walls," Suga says suddenly. "They look kind of weird."
The other members look at him as though he is the weird one. "Don't be ridiculous, Yoongi," Jin chides.
"I think the only way to go through them is to jump," says Suga. He demonstrates this by jumping straight into the wall. Predictably, he doesn't go through it and instead bumps his head against it, crying out and falling to the floor. After a moment, he bursts into laughter, and the other members do so too. They all make a silly game out of it, jumping into the walls and comically bumping their heads and falling back to the ground. It's the most fun they've ever had in the arena, and it feels just like your typical RUN BTS episode.
The ARMY hear their loud chortles from the museum and break out of their self-loathing to go check it out. They stare at the scene, confused but amused.
"What are they doing?" one ARMY asks.
"Did they eat those mushrooms, too?" another one wonders.
Psyche giggles at the sight. Well, at least they're having fun, in their own weird way...
Edited by Psychedelicate on Jan 22nd 2020 at 11:31:36 PM
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Power's Home
Power tries taking her mind off 6k1 for a while by just focusing on BTS and their fans. While the boys steal a UFO with Violet for a joyride, ARMY organizes a zumba program where they all dancercise to their favorite songs. Power joins in as well, but she also sees Technoblade declare Lightning a Complete Monster in light of her murder of Tom.
"Rainbow Dash must be fuming right now..."
The next day, ARMY settles down for a book club, only to be scared by the author's portrait. BTS, meanwhile, forgets how to breathe and suffocates.
"Oh... RIP Jin... at least you guys had fun."
Technoblade then clones them by extracting their dandruff, but for Power, the season just won't be the same without the real deals.
"Up to you now, Psyche..."
Carlos's House
The Ramons also dance zumba with ARMY, with Mikey just waving his arms around. They all stop when BTS drops dead, their faces blue from lack of oxygen.
"Does that mean the other boys are now part of the Clan, too?"
"Carlos... we should have a moment of silence for them."
"At least they had fun this time..."
Papyrus and Sans's House
"jin... you and your crew may have died... but you guys were still le-jin-dary!"
Arena Forest
While waiting for Scipion to make his next move, 6k1 observes her surroundings. She looks up and sees BTS flying their UFO with Violet and waves to them. She can also hear catchy BTS tunes blaring in the distance, along with the joyous screams of the fans. She still wonders what Lightning and Shill are up to, but she can't move from her spot just yet...
The sun rises, and 6k1's still on guard. She looks around and sees Lightning lifting Enemy Base: Moskandag into the air before throwing it down below. The rumbling of a garbage truck can be heard in the distance.
I knew Lightning was always a jerk, but she's really getting her murder of Tom over her head!
She doesn't know that the enemy base somehow survived being compacted, however. But either way, she has to deal with this bloodthirsty fox first...
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 21st 2020 at 11:22:45 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
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The Arena
As the BTS ARMY dance again, this time the zumba with Leeko (again,) Eren and Legolas, they see a UFO flying around. It dives down near them, and J-Hope pokes his head out and waves to them as it ascends again and flies away. The fans smile and laugh with each other, happily commenting about how much fun the boys are having…
But, the next day, the fun comes to an end. After the ARMY cancels their book club plans due to the frightening image of the author on the first page on the book they'd planned to read, they set off to find out what their idols are doing this time. They find the seven boys hunched down on their knees, gasping for breath.
"Oh my god!" They all rush toward them, surrounding them. "Are you okay!?"
"ARMY…" RM chokes out. "We had so much fun yesterday… we've never had this much fun in the arena…"
"And it's because…" Jimin gasps, "you're here with us… so thank you…"
"B-but what's going on!?" a preteen girl cries.
"We had… so much fun… that we've forgotten… how to breathe…" says Suga. The boys are now blue in the face, desperately trying to get their breathing back under control, but it's fruitless, and all 23 million of their adoring fans watch as their beloved idols sink to the ground.
A tense silence falls upon the group.
"They're dead…" someone whispers.
Everyone hangs their heads low. Many of them have already started crying. Psyche swallows the lump in her throat, remembering what the boys had said. And she smiles. They really did have fun. And maybe… maybe the ARMY being here with them had helped, somehow.
They haven't suffered again. They had a good time for once. That's all I wanted…
Suddenly, one of the older ARMYs shouts, "Hey! Let's not stand around and cry! We're going to show the other tributes that we mean business!"
"Yeah!" someone else agrees. "We're not going to fall so easily! With our strength in numbers, we can easily eliminate anyone!"
"Huh!?" says Psyche. "Guys, let's not-"
But the majority of the group has already began to storm away from the boys' corpses, and Psyche and the other hesitant ARMYs have no choice but to follow. Unbeknownst to them, Technoblade approaches the scene they'd left behind and created clones of BTS as his own servants.
The ARMY finds Enemy Base: Moskandag and surrounds him. Someone grabs a large pair of Bluetooth speakers and plays We Are Bulletproof Pt. 2 at the highest volume, and the dangerous beat reverberates around the area as the ARMY closes in and easily kills their target.
"We're not done yet!" they cry. "We will win for Bangtan!"
As the sun rises, they immediately seek out their next target, Lusamine. They show her a massive spoiler for SAVE ME, something so big and horrifying that it would be enough to kill her. And it is… but before the fans can celebrate, Ultra Wormholes appear in the area and thousands of Nihilego appear in the area. The ARMY is now very nervous all of a sudden. They don't have the confidence to take these on…
Lusamine is revived, and sure enough, the ARMY is a lost cause. Every single BTS fan is either brutally slaughtered or taken to an eldritch dimension.
And Psyche's fate is the latter.
Psyche's Fanfic School - Vice-Principal's Office
"Oh my goodness!" Ms. May cries. She's been watching the season the whole time to check Psyche's progress. "I think it's going to be very difficult to get her out of there… oh my goodness… this is terrible…"
Uncharacterically panicked, she sends an email to 6k1, Ichi and Billy, desperately seeking their consolation and assistance.
Braids From S286 Not Included
Power's Home
As Power continues observing what the ponies are up to, shaking her hoof at Lightning stealing an expensive piece of artwork with Sombra from Barok's gallery, she sees the angry ARMY raid Moskandag... followed by the swarm of Nihilegos kidnapping them, Psyche included.
She almost breaks down witnessing her nominator friend's ordeal, but she takes deep breaths and retrieves her crystal ball.
"Ichi, are you okay? I hope you don't mind that I'll go to you personally. Since 6k1's too busy to summon the portal right now, I'll go to Canterlot and ask Twilight to take me there via the Crystal Mirror."
Carlos's House
The Ramons are all huddling each other from the horrific sight. Once it's over, Dad reassures them that Psyche will be okay.
"Hopefully her friends will be able to rescue her, but for now, both of you should go to bed. You have school tomorrow."
Carlos and Mikey hug him. "Goodnight Dad."
Papyrus and Sans's House
Sans turns off the TV right after ARMY gets kidnapped. He now just hopes that Psyche will be okay, too.
Arena Forest
Suddenly, 6k1 hears warping noises from above. She looks up and sees millions of Nihilegos floating out of the Ultra Wormholes. The fans all scream, not with joy, but with sheer horror as they're all carried away into the eldritch dimension. 6k1 can make out Psyche from the crowd, and she's struggling to get the jellyfish-like Ultra Beast off her head.
First Scipion, and now these Ultra Beasts?!
The DM breathes heavily. She checks her phone for any new emails and quickly replies to Ms. May that she's too busy dealing with other Pokémon right now.
Billy, if you're out there, please do something to save my friend!
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Viva la rabbit hero or somethin
Underground Residence
As Eredars watches Death and War's antics, he decides to check on another tribute. He saw the ARMY being dragged into an eldritch dimension by the Pokemons. He shrugged it off...
"It may be brutal, but it's nothing unco-"
Only to see Psyche as one of the victims
"MOTHERFU-Calm down, Eredars. I'm sure the other nominators are hatching a plan to rescue her..."
He decides to call Galis.
"What is it this time?
"So, Gal Gal... A very close friend of mine has been kidnapped by Pokemon. Whenever the other nominators hatch out a plan, I want you to join a rescue team if they ever form one. Understood?"
"Fiiinnnneee. Also, call me Gal Gal one more time, and I will shove this katana right up yer-"
He hangs up before she could finish her threat.
"I hope she survives..."
"At first, I was like "hmmm, yeah, buff choccy bunny." But bro: I don't think it's a joke anymore..."
Underground Bunker, Computer Room
"Hoo boy... that sure escalated quickly..."
Taking a deep breath, he remains silent for a while before rubbing his glowing crystal ball.
"That won't be necessary, Pow-Pow, I'm just fine. I know Psyche'll get outta this clusterfork by the end o' this season. Nice to see that your lessons paid off and ya ain't freaking out, by the way."
He answers May's email with a reassurance that Psyche's fate will be undone soon, and that Billy's likely already hatching a rescue plan.
Underground Bunker, Teleportation Room
Just as he'd warped a freshly knit Chris Evans-style Aran sweater
◊ to Power's house to congratulate her on her lessons, his crystal ball, perched upon the control panel, glows. He gives it a quick rub.
"Yeah, I saw what happened, Pow-Pow. I dunno how it could've happened, but Paylor had better make sure this is the last forking time."