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Post by Puzzle044 on Aug 17, 2016 21:08:25 GMT -5
That soundtrack usage was fantastic.
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Post by Koopario on Aug 18, 2016 10:59:37 GMT -5
If you think the games are slow now, things are going to speed up quite a bit soon enough. Don't worry. Today's progress.
Chapter 9Alright. This is nighttime. Things aren't going as smoothly as the tributes hoped, but there's a lot of things that can go right or wrong here. It's only a matter of time before another bloodbath occurs. Mimikyuu makes a journey after inheriting the Chariot Master's efforts in the games. It quietly hums itself a song in order to pass the time, but ultimately, it just goes back to his camp. It sleeps, this song being a prelude to a new game that is soon to play out. And I don't mean the next season. Nep passes by the camp and hears the humming. She considers stealing, but decides against it, and instead finds herself humming this song as well. Lillac thinks about her home, the Technicolor District. Ever since her original world was made unlivable, she was forced into these regions of the universe, and forced to follow the ever-changing districts. The Technicolor District was her newest home, and she actually grew quite warm to it. It was filled with many different kinds of creatures, some human, some more beastly, yet...all of them seemed to accept the one thing they had in common and didn't celebrate that. It was odd, all things considered. Instead, they all celebrated what made them...different. Was it common in every district that could? She never knew. But now that her thoughts were on home...Lillac finds herself humming the same song as Nep and Mimikyuu, as Nep passed by without realizing it. The Masked Gentleman finds his thoughts turning to the Deduction District. A madhouse of a chessboard. Imagine a game of chess, except every piece was trying to corner the piece that was parallel to it, like the bishops fighting the bishops, the queens against each other, the rooks against rooks, and yes, in Katrielle and Miracle Mask's case, the king against king. Eventually, the kings placed themselves in check, unaware of the fact that in the streets of the cities there were multiple fights along side theirs that they had to end, or otherwise postpone. When the black and white pieces were all in place, all set up the way a game of chess should be, the district was at its best: organized, divided, with similar goals. The two armies could have easily made districts of their own...until the kings were forcibly removed. Now, as the Masked Gentleman watches Katrielle sleep in shifts with Whale, Melia, and Team 007...well, what a world they lived in. Now, they have a new army to control, an army hell-bent on there being a single survivor...who will end the game once and for all? Tired of trying to be relevant, Marx passes out. Passing by without noticing is Mr. Monopoly, who is seen by Chase and offered shelter. The two decide they've had enough fighting for a day or two, and sleep in relative peace. Anna and Hagakure end up together too. They decide to talk about not their district of origin but instead their pasts. As it turns out, Anna had been a businesswoman for quite a while before she came here, and in the act of being mistaken for one of her sisters, she was thrown nearly headfirst into a crusade that almost ended the world as she knew it. As for Hagakure, he was a student at a high school. He stayed back...multiple times...but this let him perfect his prediction, which...still has a one-to-three truth ratio. However, one year, disaster struck the school, and the fates of everyone there, himself included, were placed into the hands of two students, more or less: one student was a killer, who had to murder everyone in the school before a certain time, and the other had to find this killer and bring him to court and accuse him guilty before it was too late. They've both been through tough times...but they both agree that the forums were a better option until the Hunger Games. Lavos dies of dysentery and no one really cares or actually notices. How...how did he get dysentery? Is this a glitch in the system? ??? Susie and Glowzor meet each other in a clearing. Susie sighs, seeing the look in his eyes...or...eye sockets. "Really? It's nighttime, skelly. This is supposed to be a time of rest, so that we can wake up in the morning refreshed, and ready for murder! Neither of us can afford to exhaust ourselves before the day comes and everyone will be much more inclined to fight one or both of us." Glowzor shakes his head. Being a skeleton, he's mostly incapable of speech, but sadly Susie knows his exact argument. "I don't get you organic beings. You all have to eat, sleep, exercise, yet despite being as productive as you could be, you decide to waste your energy doing very little. What would killing me accomplish if, after all your sleepless nights, someone like Anna snatched up the victory? Regardless...you do have your perks. We feel things. We feel joy. We feel sadness. We feel anger, hatred, love, surprise, shock, disgust...indeed, sometimes, our judgement is better than that of any AI. But the way some of us use our power...it just rubs me the wrong way. People like Marx who use it to entertain himself. People like the Masked Gentleman, who use it to dominate their world. But you know what makes me most angry?" Before anyone can react, Susie has managed to hold a sword to Glowzor's spine. "It's people like you. People who have lost all will to be civil. People who kill to kill and nothing else. So much you could be doing, and instead...you take the lives of countless innocents. Perhaps the Games are your first blood. Maybe not. But it's still clear what you are now. As a secretary, I was steadfast in carrying out my objective. As a servant, I was flawless in execution. And if I wish to complete my objective here..." A white streak flashes across the screen. When the picture returns to view, Glowzor's skull is on the ground, and Susie is walking away. The rest of the skeleton falls to the ground. "I have to be no better than the likes of you, and chill my heart to kill like a machine."Chapter 9 END: Songs of Strife |
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Post by Puzzle044 on Aug 18, 2016 19:30:16 GMT -5
Wow, quite a update here.
Intriguing Deduction District thoughts, Susie means business,
and also... Mimikyuu is just so adorable. XD
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Post by OshaliteX2 on Aug 18, 2016 20:45:39 GMT -5
Wow. Susie. Wow. How fitting.
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Post by Planetbox on Aug 20, 2016 9:44:14 GMT -5
Poor Glowzor never even got a line. rip in pieces of pepperonis indeed.
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Post by Koopario on Aug 24, 2016 14:44:28 GMT -5
Okay, so to make up for my lack of updates for the longest time, I'm doing you guys a favor and doing TWO updates in ONE post! Will this turn out well? Who the hell knows! I've decided not to include spoilerboxes this time either. Now, you get the FULL ALBUM of the update. Have fun!
Chapter 10It was a normal day. And by normal I mean things were starting to kick into high gear. Counting the remaining tributes left on their fingers, everyone realized that now was do or die. Whether they prepared for a final showdown or looked to instigate it, there was no more safety in the Games. How could you tell? Well, when Mimikyuu, the pacifist, starts fighting potential friends like Susie, you know that everyone wants this charade to end. Moves were thrown about left and right, and Susie was having the hardest time dodging them like she was in a game of Touhou or something. Eventually Susie manages to knock off Mimikyuu's helmet, breaking the disguise, and he rushes off to get the helmet back as Susie uses her Get the Hell Outta Dodge Mk. III technique. Team 007 sees smoke rising from that location, but they decide to play it safe for now and keep preparing for the inevitable showdown. Melia somehow manages to block a baton swing from Chase. She takes a few steps back, looking at Chase. "What are you doing?! Aren't you against these games at all? Do you not weep for the bretheren that you may have lost in this senseless battle?" "Listen, princess. I'm a cop at best and a master of disguise at worst. If I wanted to, I really could try and stand up to these if it weren't completely legal. We do try and keep order, that is true. But what is it about us that makes us hurt others? If we get to see it here, perhaps we won't see it out there. So...I'll ask you once." Chase throws a few more swings at Melia, blocked using a staff she procured somewhere over the course of the Games. "Shut up and let me see what rage those problems let loose within you." She parries another swing and follows with a quick thrust of her staff, pushing Chase back. Before he can recover, she rushes towards him, leaps into the air... "En guarde!" And dropkicks him, throwing both combatants to the ground. Melia gets up quickly, using this time to try something she couldn't until she found this staff. She twirls her staff in the air, gathering energy from around her. By the time Chase gets up, a large gust of wind has kicked up around her. He readies himself to block further attacks, but she moves faster than he expected. After a couple seconds of furious swings and blocks, Chase finally manages to parry one, leaving Melia slightly off-guard. However, the exchange left Chase gasping for breath as well, so he's a bit too slow to follow up before she twirls her staff in front of her, blocking Chase's attack and releasing a sort of crystalline substance that damages him with all the force of that swing. He takes a bit longer to recover, giving Melia an opening. With a cry of "Razor wind!" she lets loose a powerful windstorm that slams Chase into a tree, knocking him unconscious. Deciding that it wouldn't be too long before the end came and viewers back home would have to no longer suffer, she hesitantly summons electricity around herself, looking upon her opponent one last time. "Perhaps you're right..." she says. "But I have suffered far worse than you can imagine. If I were to release any of those feelings here..." With a small whisper telling the summoned energy to manifest itself, Chase dies by lightning. Melia walks away, a frown on her face and troubled emotions swirling within her. Somewhere along the way, Hagakure found a trident. Feeling like this was one of his predictions coming true, he runs over, finds Whale, and stabs them. Katrielle, who was working with Whale today, raised an eyebrow as neither Whale or Hagakure made any effort to change the circumstances. Meanwhile literally everyone else (read: Nep Anna Monopoly Miracle Mask and Lillac) conspired to kill Marx. In his final moments, he had but a single question: how come he never managed to get a good kill? The names appear in the sky for the fifth time. No one mourns for Glowzor--that guy was a huge jerk. So was Lavos, admittedly. Nep sort of jumped for joy at that. Susie realizes that with Marx gone, she can finally relax and possibly lose the Games with a clear conscience, and Melia...well...killing is harder than she remembers it to be. As the moon rises on the fifth night, tensions become easy to see...for the tributes. For us it's actually pretty hard. Whale and Mimikyuu find themselves together in a clearing. They sort of pause and blush for a bit before deciding to try holding hands. This feeling...this swirl of emotions...was this what they called true love?! ...maybe not, but for now, holding hands felt right. They stay like this through the night, as a dark thought slowly trickles in: will one have to kill the other? Katrielle receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor. Does she make any use of it? Well...um, no. This is a Layton we're talking about. Even when a sword is the most viable option and there is no reason to have a weapon to hold to the opponent, a Layton will always pull a metal pipe from absolutely nowhere and proceed to win anyway. As such, she uses the hatchet to cut down a tree, chop it into a log, and send this log rolling down a hill and tosses it, calling it a night. Hagakure slowly sneaks into Anna's shelter. This is why he stabbed Whale: if he hadn't, a log would have run him over as he came in, and now he had the opportunity he needed. He destroyed all of Anna's supplies--well, most of them, anyway--and snuck off into the night. We have a new Batman now. Lillac and Susie encounter each other. "...you. Let me guess...you're going to fight me? Kill me? I know you want to win now, Susie. But I can't--" Susie quite simply hugs Lillac. "Marx is gone," she says. "Marx...is gone...the wars are over..." "Um...you're welcome? I was part of a team to kill him back when the sun was still up..." "You were the one?! Oh, thank you. I wanted to teach him a lesson myself...but..." "...well, um, thanks for killing Glowzor, I think. Did you kill him?" "Yes. He was far too gone...I had to kill him if I wanted anything to get done. But now..." "Uh...okay. Maybe you should calm down. Do you have a shelter? I could...use some company..." Nep receives...a heart container? "Uh...I hate to tell you this, but I'm not a NES. I don't exactly take heart containers..." Another capsule floats on down. This one contains 100 rings. Nep gains an extra life, cheers, and proceeds to lose that extra life to a log. Just her luck. Meanwhile, Team 007 is fighting Mr. Monopoly. They all push him further and further off a cliff until a log comes rolling in. The whole team manages to jump over it, while the exhausted Mr. Monopoly is directly struck by it, and sails off the cliff with the fresh log. And now the fifth night is over. Did that make any sense? I sure hope so! I might just do another double update next time too, just to speed things along. Chapter 10 END: Dance of the Dying/Dance of the Endearing |
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Post by emperortoad on Aug 24, 2016 16:36:00 GMT -5
Dangit team 007.
That was my charcter
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Post by Puzzle044 on Aug 25, 2016 14:48:33 GMT -5
I like how many teamed up to take out Marx, XD
probably a good thing too since his appearance is quite deceiving.
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Post by Koopario on Sept 9, 2016 18:19:03 GMT -5
You're probably wondering why I decided to wait so long between updates. The truth is I have little excuse. My computer is haunted, sure, but still. It's better that I get this done now. imgur.com/a/szbFI
...LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS! To complete the games! Anna, Nep, and Lillac! Susie and a Whale! These tributes and more still stand today, Chapter Eleven's just begun, Mister I'll make a Game out of you Lillac got hurt somehow, Nep just stalks Anna Susie sees smoke rising From a flame by Melly! A single arrow shot right through their heads With just one blow, Oh-Seven's down Somehow I'll make a Game out of you Kure getting bloody As the Mask slowly falls Whale, Layton, and Mimi Fighting to the death With a final blow Whale kills them all And on that note, Day Six is through, Mister I'll make a Game out of you Pokemon has lost all hope for wins, Agents taking one more death blow Deduction's down, seven more lives to go Night is falling on this arena, Hope we get a real good showing! Aren't I the fool for delaying night six? Hunger Games They must be loved as an endless game show, Filled with as much blood as battlefields With lots more action than Die Hard movies And to the winner the citizens will kneel! Time is racing towards us! And the end's at hand Susie lost her head now To not Reyn, but Kure! Nep tries to start a fire, Anna makes her own Lillac exhausted herself too... How could I make a Game out of you? No wait Melly's poisoned by Whale's efforts Got to her drink and one sip, she's through Now night six finished and five still living Next update we have a nice surprise for you! Hunger Games They must be loved as an endless game show, Filled with as much blood as battlefields With lots more action than Die Hard movies And to the winner the citizens will kneel! Chapter 11 END: As Crimson and Violent as a Blood Moon |
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Post by Planetbox on Sept 9, 2016 19:07:37 GMT -5
I like how Glowzor's death had more weight than Melia's!
Oh wait, no I don't...
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Post by Puzzle044 on Sept 9, 2016 21:36:30 GMT -5
 The number of characters I was rooting for dropped drastically. |
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Post by emperortoad on Sept 10, 2016 8:29:34 GMT -5
ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD
...next time im totally putting in tf2 chracters
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Post by Koopario on Sept 16, 2016 14:06:43 GMT -5
Chapter 12imgur.com/a/z7NtYAnd so, the dawn of the Feast comes. An announcement is made throughout the arena... "Attention all remaining tributes! The Feast has begun at the Cornucopia. If you need anything desperately, now is the time to come back and get it! The longer you wait, the worse your prize will be! However, this is not at all a safe zone! You can still be killed! Good luck!" So of course absolutely no one dies and I have to try and make this as important as I can without killing anyone. Ughhhh. Anna gets there first. She opens the sack attributed for her and finds...a picture. Of her. Two of her. Four of her. Thirty of her. So many Annas...her family. She looks on all of their faces with a bit of longing...Valmese...Ylissean...Plegian...Dingy...Pansy...everyone... A single tear falls on the picture. Anna clutches the picture close to her chest as she closes her eyes and begins thinking about the Games. Could she really do it? She was starting to have second thoughts about her course of action...no. This was a test. She had to. For them. Hagakure steps out second, and decides to leave Anna alone. He counts the remaining sacks...one, two, three, four...that...that's it? That can't be right. Mimikyuu and Katrielle have to be alive. Melia too, right? Right? That should be seven. Where's their sacks? ...no. No, it can't be. No, they'd still be alive, right? He took steps to ensure this. Stabbing Whale, destroying Anna's supplies, sparing Mimikyuu, all of it...all of it was supposed to lead up to this! What happened?! A flashback. Him, Nep, and Whale, all looking for tributes on the first day. Okay, that's not so bad. Why was he remembering this? Did something go wrong? ...wait. Him, Nep, Whale...him...Nep...no...no! She couldn't have! Such a thing like that...that couldn't have changed the future so much to this point, could it?! Nep doesn't have a Monado! Could she?! What was Nep... "Big spoilers for Xenoblade, Hagakure." He turns. Standing in front of him was Nep. "Any time you see a vision," she says, adjusting her d-pad hair clips, "there is no guarantee that it will come true." "...Nep...you don't mean to say...?!" "It's a shame the Wii couldn't provide a good enough base for its uprising until the Wii U--even then, it didn't get as much as it should have. My series of console may not be continued, but I will say, it's nice having the fans on my side. It helps me stay alive." "You mean...Melia...my vision of her victory...or my victory...all of it was ruined the second you came into play?!" "Gods and goddesses don't exist outside the passage of fate, nor can they change the future as effortlessly as the likes of Melia's comrades. But...they do still have influence." She smiles smugly, pulling a Top Nep hat out of her sack and putting it on. "Good thing Discord's gotten me a lot of support." "No...no! Why?! Why would you?!" "Yes, Melia getting a victory would be great. So would you getting the win. In fact, if I could, I'd take the steps necessary to net you the wins. But...I'm sorry, but I have to win these games. And...I can't let you live much longer." "...what? Why? Is...is there a reason?!" "...Hagakure...if I told you, the future would be doomed. The only reason I say this now...well, that's one of the steps I have to take." "...Nep...I..." "I know. I'm going." Off she goes...Hagakure is left stunned, speechless, and...well, broken. Everything he'd done...why? What the hell?! Whale and Lillac come in next. Neither of them have any memoirs, but Lillac does spot Nep as she leaves. They converse about the remaining tributes, as well as who died the day before. "So...Melia's gone, huh?" ... "...right. You can't speak. ...on the one hand...I'm very glad I didn't have to kill her myself. I heard a lot of things about her. A good ruler...a kind woman...a bit reticent according to the rumors. The Future District was lucky. But then...she's dead. They've lost a good ruler. An Empress who could have lead them all to prosperity. A leader to carry them through the darkest of times..." ... "...yeah, I suppose Mimikyuu is great too. Constantly fighting to end the wars. Always trying to make new friends. I heard that it got just one kill, though; the Chariot Master. Was it on purpose? I kinda doubt it. But...then, who killed it? Why? Who could possibly kill such a precious little thing?" ...Whale starts to cry. "...you really liked it, didn't you? It is pretty sad to..." And it was at this point Lillac saw Whale's open mouth, and a helmet resting inside. She slowly puts together the pieces, recognizing the helmet as the Chariot Master's. Mimikyuu killed the Chariot Master, by technicality...but the two would seem rather close...it'd make sense for it to pick up the helmet. But...then...that would mean... "...how...could you?" She stares on, in shock. She looks at Whale as a whole, taking a few steps back, as Whale tries reaching out. Lillac steps further, shaking her head. "I...I need to clear my head. Whale...I..." she steps further, then turns, then runs, picking up her sack along the way. Depressed and saddened, Whale maneuvers themself over to its sack. Inside...Sitrus Berries. Hagakure pets it a bit. "...I...I'm sorry for stabbing you with that trident. Everything I did was to ensure a future for me or Melia...but it all backfired...I know, you poisoned her. But...in the future I predicted, she wouldn't be the one who was poisoned. I can't be mad at you for that. If it were anyone else I'm sure you'd have to do the same." Whale shakes its head. "...no, don't you get it? Even if she lived now, she wouldn't win..." Whale opens its mouth, revealing Melia's staff. "...did...did you not know who she was? Is that it?" Whale nods. Up until the Games, it had never been anywhere outside its district. It hurt killing Mimikyuu because of their moment the 12-hour cycle before...but it only hurt worse now. Knowing just who you've killed...what you've done to the outside world...it should be a happy occasion that such a smalltown district got so far in the Games, but now...now Whale just feels bad. Really bad. Especially now that he knows who it's hurt, and who Melia was. With nothing left for either of them, they sort of embrace. So they stay until the sun rises. And the sun rises. No one dies that day. The remaining tributes spend their time together before the big showdown, which they all agreed to be tomorrow. Hagakure receives a pack of small explosives, with a note. "Glimpse the future one more time. There's a 30% chance you'll know what to do. -Alvis" ...he does so. And he keeps the explosives, telling Whale his plan. Two cannons sound as the sun sets. Susie and Melia are confirmed dead. Under the light of the moon, Hagakure and Whale excuse themselves as everyone tries singing happy songs to lighten the mood. Something blows up a long ways after. Neither Hagakure or Whale were seen again. Just one more day. Chapter 12 END: Feast and the Famine
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Post by emperortoad on Sept 16, 2016 17:58:08 GMT -5
WOO GO ANNA! WOOHOO!
IM CHEERING FO YOU!
DO IT FOR HER!
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Post by Planetbox on Sept 16, 2016 19:29:06 GMT -5
Mimikyuu and Melia's deaths were given the attention they deserved in this one! That's great! Too bad my dream prophecy didn't come true...  |
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Post by Puzzle044 on Sept 24, 2016 19:47:41 GMT -5
Mimikyuu and Melia's deaths were given the attention they deserved in this one! That's great! I agree; I also like that plot twist. |
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Post by Koopario on Oct 14, 2016 15:54:15 GMT -5
The delays delay. imgur.com/a/InJhJ
The Final Chapter"...so, Hagakure and Whale are out of the picture, then?" Said by Lillac as the sun rose on the last day. Nep could only nod, as her future began to fall into place once again. She knew that he would make it so once he glimpsed the future one last time. "So, it's just us three against each other. Every woman for themselves." Lillac took out a lance. Where she got that from doesn't quite matter. There were many tributes that entered, many that carried weapons. She could have gotten that from anyone. Anyone else could have made it. Instead of high noon, it was the sunrise that denoted the start of the final showdown. The three stared each other down, trying to get a read on each one. Anna and Lillac traded expressions. No...they would all fight fair and square, right? They had to target each other equally. But, of course, Anna and Nep had other plans--a bow was suddenly trained on Lillac, and a sword held to Nep. Lillac takes a step back. "What the--?! What are you two doing?!" "I'm sorry, Lillac," Nep said, "but I'm afraid I can't let you win. I could care much less for Anna. There was a good reason Hagakure and Whale took themselves away from this." "And I have to thank you, Nep--" Anna pressed her sword against Nep's chest. "--for convincing them to do so. I don't think my chances would be quite as big without you actively manipulating the Games as you did." "Don't make any moves on me, Anna. One wrong move, and you proxy is gone." "Proxy? What do you mean by that?!" Lillac glowered at the two. "What's going on here?! I thought we agreed we'd settle this fairly!" Anna chuckled. "Now, now, Neptune. You seem really eager to spoil the ending for Lillac. We both know she'll be the winner." "...you're right." Nep took a deep breath. "...unless I did THIS!" She used her bow to knock Anna's sword away, quickly taking aim at Lillac and shooting an arrow at her knee. Lillac falls to the ground, unable to move as Nep and Anna square off against each other once more. "Not killing her outright? I thought you were smarter than that, Neptune! Guess you aren't as Genre Savvy as I planned for." "She deserves an explanation, Anna. But not until I make sure you're dead to give my side of the story!" She bashes Lillac's head, knocking her out. "Heh. So it really comes down to this after all? Alright then..." "Bring it on!"Anna runs in with her sword held behind her back in classic Trickster fashion. Putting away her bow and taking out a knife, Nep waited and ducked under a horizontal slash, making a lunge with her knife. A dodge from Anna makes this prove ineffective, and she makes a few more slashes that also miss Nep as she nocks another arrow and fires for a body shot, quickly taking out her bow again to do so. A glancing blow, and Anna takes minimal damage as she makes for another attack, this time aimed for her arm. Taking advantage of the sturdiness of the mechanical bow, Nep presses hard against the sword, effectively blocking it and sending the two into a clash. "Well? Feeling like your luck's running out? Sega isn't that popular anymore, Nep. You should know better than to go against your publishers." Nep ends the clash with a kick to Anna's stomach, which knocks her back a little and gives the bow-wielder some distance. "Then how come Fire Emblem took so long to revive itself? The only reason you're even able to use that sword is because your devs gave you form." Anna chuckles. Despite such a kick, she gets up with ease and smiles rather evilly. "The devs gave me form, yes, but you have to remember where gods get their power, Neptune. It worked for you, didn't it? I existed even before I was given form...that doesn't mean my power stems from it." "Why then--" Another arrow, another shot, another miss. "--did you have to become so involved with the Games? Was the ghost not enough interference?! Did you not have enough power in the games you appeared in?!" "And that assumption is exactly the reason why I have to win, Nep." Anna readies her sword. "And I won't let you stop me." Anna makes another rush for Nep, closing the distance with her speed. By luck and skill the swing that aimed for Nep was blocked, and by power and determination she lunged at Anna once more, landing a heavy blow with her knife, yet Anna remained standing, wobbling a bit. She takes out a Vulnerary, using it to recover the health lost from the knife. She takes another step towards Nep. Nep reaches for another arrow, finding nothing. Anna takes yet another step. Nep realizes she's running out of options. Step. Deliberation. Step. Determination. Step, step, step step step step-step-step-step. Neptune was out of time... Anna>Lethality
Neptune>Miracle>Purple Heart
"...right. Let's get started for real."Purple Heart clashes with Anna with two lavender katanas, fueled by the power Nep's fans gave her. The clash is broken with the breaking of Anna's sword. Realizing she had no choice but to defend, Anna gave herself just enough distance to dodge a swing. And another one. And another one. "I don't care if I'm breaking the rules myself by doing this..." *Miss. Miss. "...but what you're doing in these games..." *Miss. Miss. Miss. "Is unacceptable by any means..." *Miss miss miss miss "And I will not stand for it..." *MissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMiss "And I will not allow you to win!" *MissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMissMiss "SO JUST GIVE UP! THE FUTURE DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU!" A final stroke, a final hurrah, one attack that Anna finally could not dodge... "Ugh...what...happened?"
"What...are...are they...? What is...?"
"Nep...no, you're not Nep...who are you...? Are you a part of the games too...?"
"...can I...can I stand...?"
"Urgh! Can't...quite...get up..."
"...this arrow...I need to...aaaAAAAGH! Oh, that hurts...so...much...urgh..."
"No...stay awake...stay awake...try and get up again...try and..."
"GGGGGGGHH OKAY NEVER TRYING THAT AGAIN. But...I...I'm up. Have they noticed? No...Anna's too busy with this person. Okay...I still have my lance...if I'm lucky...I can..."Stab. ...Anna opens her eyes. A bloodstained lance lies inches from her face. A pair of lavender katanas. Barely above her. Purple Heart...no, Nep now. The transformation's wearing off. A lance, straight through her chest. The katanas fade. Nep falls to the side, revealing...Lillac. Her knee, too bloody for words...a look of despair on her face as she realizes that the lance did not strike Anna. She falls to the ground. "...well. How's that for a finale? Congratz, Lillac. You've won the Hunger Games." Lillac is too breathless as a cannon fires. She is unable to speak, barely still awake to hear Anna. "...oh, right. I guess I should explain...back when my game series was first invented, a lot of people gave it some feedback. It was among the first to actively use RNG, the first to have it decide many little things, the first to let luck and strategy decide every outcome. Now, of course, when luck was so involved, a lot of things happened. A lot of battles went unwinnable, a lot of people got stronger than intended, hit their caps early...it was a madhouse. So, thinking that didn't make for a very fun game, the devs installed another feature into the game: a Random Number Goddess. She brought order to the luck-based chaos, simply because she was luck. She decided what stats went up. She decided who got what items. She decided when an enemy would show up and where. She decided how the enemy would strike, whether or not the enemy would miss, whether or not the player would miss...she decided a lot of things, but she made the game successful. So successful, in fact, that the devs decided to make another one. But this Random Number Goddess grew tired. She already did so much for the first game...how could she do the same for another? In her dilemma, she created another version of herself to watch over that game. And the game met more success. And then another game was made. Another Goddess was made. Another success. Another game, another Goddess, another success, and so forth. Eventually, the players needed a name for this Goddess, who one day showed up in the games herself as a sort of guide. They decided that they would name the Goddess, who they thought was only one, Anna. "And it became known that there was only one Anna, it became known that Anna was just one person, but the devs knew otherwise. They placed subtle hints here and there, hinting at the existence of many incarnates of the same Goddess, of the same Anna, even giving her a canon role in one of their latest stories, yet everyone still says there was only one Anna and the others went ignored. I joined this game because my sisters are in charge of the games, and you win because most of the bets are on you dying. The money that my sisters get...the funding they receive...it'll save them. They can live on... "And that, Lillac, is why you win." Anna stabs herself. A cannon sounds. Anna falls. Lillac loses consciousness.
The EndgameAfter the games ended, all the bet money that counted on Lillac dying went to the Annas, who managed to get into HG management one by one. They used a small portion of that money to buy revival items of all sorts, as they kept the bodies and items they could salvage. They then sold these items at much higher prices to serve the purpose of reviving the tributes, who they never released to the public. What follows is a recount of what happened afterwards.
1st. Lillac - District 9 (Technicolor) - 2 Kills
Lillac lived on to revive Nep using some of the money she got from winning. She apologized, heavily, for trying to kill her, and she went around to apologize to the other revived tributes as well. A couple tributes she revived alongside Nep, but aside from that she did well for herself as the technical winner. If only she could get the other Technicolors to stop knocking at her door asking for interviews...
2nd. Anna - District 8 (Economical) - 1 Kill
Despite all the money going towards reviving the tributes, including the Hunger Games Anna (now renamed Hungry by her sisters), the Annas all managed to get enough money to sustain themselves as well. They all lived together at the top of the economic ladder from rags to riches--until Hungry remembered they were all old enough to pay rent. The mansion got less crowded quickly after, with only a few sisters staying.
3rd. Nep - District 2 (Spacetime) - 1 Kill
Revived by Lillac, Nep went on to become little more than a boss among her surrounding citizens. The Hunger Games did very well for her publicity, as now everyone in the district knows she could kick their arses if they weren't careful. After all, she not only got a kill, but also did very well in the final fight. If only Sega were still into making consoles, though...then she'd really be the Top Nep.
4th. Endless Ocean Whale - District 4 (Whale) - 3 Kills
9th. Mimikyuu and 23rd. Litwick - District 5 (Pokemon) - 1 Kill, No Kills
Whale didn't really stay dead once they died. They were revived, surprisingly, by Mimikyuu, who forgave it and promised to take it around the world. Together with Litwick, who was also revived by the same 'mon, they used the Lightning Chariot inherited from its master and continued to spread peace and love around the districts. Who revived Mimikyuu was never said, but they say Hungry Anna had a soft spot for but a moment...
5th. Yasuhiro Hagakure and 6th. Melia Antiqua - District 7 (Future) - 2 Kills Each
Melia was revived by the people of the Future District out of fear that the next leader wouldn't be so kind. She requested that Hagakure be revived as well, and proceeded to make him among the district's Imperial Seers. Kure got more and more accurate as time went on, and by the time Melia stepped down from the throne, he was considered nearly equal to Alvis--someone Melia can never know helped him sway the future like this.
7th. Susie - District 1 (Warp Star) - 4 Kills
Unsurprisingly enough, Susie was actually a part of the Agents District. However, she was revived by the Management for the Games for getting the most kills, and she settled into early retirement in the Warp Star District. That doesn't mean she still comes out every once in a while, but the people here consider her one of them after she designed mech suits to help the inhabitants get around.
8th. Katrielle Layton and 11th. Masked Gentleman - District 10 (Deduction) - 1 Kill Each
Since the fight came to an irrelevant end in the Games rather than simply settling the score, Layton and Gentleman were both revived (Katrielle by Lillac and Miracle Mask by the villains) and proceeded to square off once again, this time with the not-so-secret-anymore support of the Agents District going towards Katrielle. However, between this Hunger Games and the next, the Miracle Mask's owner goes missing, presumed dead of natural causes, leading Katrielle to get to the bottom of it.
10th. Team 007 - District 11 (Agents) - 1 Kill
Team 007 stayed dead, as no one wanted to revive all of them, and in fact the Annas released each and every body back to the public for burial. However, there have been many people going under variants of James Bond, 007, and Goldeneye as aliases, and at that point the Agents District gave up on keeping themselves quiet and petitioned for a new area of the forums for all the Agents, which was met and given.
12th. Mr. Monopoly - District 8 (Economical) - 1 Kill
Mr. Monopoly stayed dead, by means of the Annas paying to keep him that way despite no one wanting to revive him. All his fortune went to those closest to him, but no one really knows who counted as that, and he went mostly unmentioned until the game Monopoly was taken from the meta and his memory lived on forever as a man who went to jail whenever the gods frowned upon him.
13th. Marx - District 1 (Warp Star) - No Kills
Marx stayed dead, to no one's surprise. In fact, the Annas couldn't find his body due to his previous state as a Soul Boss, and all attempts made to bring him back failed, for the most part. There was always something different about each Marx and none of them stayed alive for long. Susie keeps a close eye on all of them in case they restart a war over Xenoblade Chronicles X or something.
14th. Chase McCain - District 11 (Agents) - 2 Kills
Chase stayed dead with the Goldeneyes. Many people agreed that it would be better if he didn't talk at all, but alas, when Lego started making their own stories they needed it badly. The Legos that remain silent struggle to survive, but they manage by means of convenient pictures, and Chase McCain lives on as a meme in the hearts of the Legos.
15th. Lavos - District 2 (Spacetime) - No Kills
Lavos stayed dead along with some of the other villains, to an extent. There were multiple timelines, and only one Lavos could exist in each one. At some point a timeline split, and one of the resultant Lavoses came into this timeline and quickly made themselves comfortable. The Future District received visions of a later attack by this Lavos, and now make preparations to meet this new threat.
16th. Glowzor - District 9 (Technicolor) - 1 Kill
By all means, Glowzor was already dead, but Lillac revived him for no real reason. The populace, deciding he was too good not to have a leash on, gave the Annas control over what to do with him. They decided that the best course of action was to sate its bloodlust by making it a contender in the Warrior District. It got far, but every time it died, it came back to life on its own, and the Warriors now plan ways to permanently end him.
17th. The Chariot Master - District 6 (Warrior) - No Kills
Chariot Master was not revived, although that isn't anyone's fault--the Annas couldn't find a trace of him to revive. His soul moved on from this world forever, making Mimikyuu, Whale, and Litwick the true owners of his Chariot. The Warriors worship him as a god, and a legend. They say that if battle-weary souls look to the skies long enough, the Chariot Master could be seen watching over them.
18th. Quercus Alba and 19th. Wendy Oldbag - District 12 (Judicial) - No Kills Each
The two tributes of this district went under heavy deliberation as to whether or not they were worth reviving. They eventually decided Quercus Alba was the only one they could really afford to revive, and did so soon after the Games finished. They held a proper funeral for Wendy Oldbag a month after Alba came back, and they say that he might have had some attachment to her in the days before the Games begun...
20th. Dust - District 6 (Warrior) - No Kills
Dust sadly never got his chance at the Lightning Chariot. Respecting the wishes of its Master, he never bothered Mimikyuu to have it, instead deciding there were better things to strive for. He now leads the anti-Glowzor offensive, though the Annas discovered some illegal use of power after he died the first time, so he actually has to try. It's actually working semi-well for him, and Lillac is proud that she decided to revive him.
21st. Pierre and 24th. Winston Payne - District 3 (Foureyes) - No Kills Each
Both Pierre and Payne were revived by their district, Pierre by one of the Annas themselves and Payne by a few members of the Judicial District. The two parted ways from their districts, Pierre going on to own a relatively successful store aided by an ambitious Anna, and Payne making a rather good prosecutor under the tutelage of some experienced lawyers. Their paths perpetually cross, and they are now close friends.
22nd. Whale Spectre (OFF!Whale) - District 4 (Whale) - No Kills
This guy was kept dead by a mysterious person. Rumors tell of this secret agent of sorts carrying a bat and a set of three odd circles, though no one knows if he belongs to any district. The natural energies of the places he visits slowly become depleted the longer he stays, but no one is ever really harmed, although the Future, Spacetime, and Agents Districts keep a close watch for this off individual in case his intents are impure. And so ends the Hunger Games Season 2: All Fun and Games. Sorry about all the needless Dramatic Buildup tm, but I hope that the full thing will be a nice thing to read through if/when you ever decide to. I'll be taking my leave. Good day, evening, or night, and may the Random Number Gods be ever in your favor. THE END |
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Post by emperortoad on Oct 14, 2016 15:57:53 GMT -5
Oh nooo anna rip. i hope your sisters live on.
also, nice finish. i really got into it.
Anna, good job.
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Post by Planetbox on Oct 14, 2016 16:40:28 GMT -5
That was a very good ending. This season was very well-written. I look forward to seeing what the next one will bring.
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Post by Puzzle044 on Oct 14, 2016 18:02:58 GMT -5
I agree, great season and grand finale!
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Post by Asphoxia on Dec 4, 2016 21:43:52 GMT -5
With the second Hunger Games over, the Game Masters decided to try something different, to try to and curb the...er...uprising... of musically inclined people whose lives formed a story that was fated to be sung. Well, either that, or one of them spent the night crying over the June Rebellion of 1832 because they'd seen Les Miserables for the first time, and decided that if Jean Valjean couldn't survive, NO ONE COULD. Well, no one except whoever wins, that is. If the Game Masters really were motivated by the feels in Les Mis, making another thing where almost everyone dies is kinda a sucky way to handle it, isn't it? But oh well. I'm not as in charge as I seem to be. I'm just the one posting this.
So anyways, the previously unified District of "people who are in either song series, concept albums, or musicals" got split into 12 districts for the sole purpose of reaping candidates to go into the arena and die. (If said candidates got killed, their ghosts were given a physical body that matched their old one for the express purpose of dying again probably. Fun, isn't it?) What are these districts? Well, you'll just have to see what they decide, won't you?
Welcome to the third (is it third? I think it's third) season of the #kun Hunger Games! As you probably guessed by my ramble-y...rambling...intro that summarizes what the Game Masters were thinking, this season's theme is MUSICCCCCCCC. Any character from a musical, concept album, or song series is allowed. Sadly, the Game Masters have informed me that they don't have the budget to go into the 4th dimension to bring any content creators into the Hunger Games, so composers, the singers themselves, and actors are out.
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Post by emperortoad on Dec 5, 2016 10:19:45 GMT -5
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Post by Monarchofmadnezzzzzz on Dec 5, 2016 10:25:08 GMT -5
I regret to inform you that you do not seem to have read the last line of Phox's post, which states, "composers, the singers themselves, and actors are out." (I'll post my characters later bc I don't have the time to get all the pictures I need yet.) |
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Post by emperortoad on Dec 5, 2016 10:56:18 GMT -5
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Post by Dimitri on Dec 6, 2016 16:07:09 GMT -5
Well. Wellll. Welly well well. First off, I would like to nominate Morticia Addams, that temptress of eyes so black, skin so pale, and dress cut down to Venezuela, to remind us all what it is that every Addams hopes for.  Because after all, death is just around the corner. And as for a second nomination, it was a hard-fought battle between reasserting Robbie Rotten, whom I sincerely hope makes it in, and Mettaton, who awed us all with his brilliant stage performance of Oh! One True Love. In the end, the sexy rectangle won the day.  |
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