[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SR52k84p/54b4e63d635603b22d80f72a4ba2be54.png[/img][hr][img]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8b9dRaf2Zv1AQ0fikA7gzt01DMioNslCQzQ8rLL2VrnjnjkLbhvI0tUPhycYMhj8o5itQg9caavnZebD31dlNau-9Y-cv1H7HiMAK6ErHDLtYdykQ1uZ3EklNnNG3gsaZPLXbN8AM5lS/s1600/tumblr_oiyxqzUGeY1r3ifxzo2_400.gif[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Nallore][@Trainerblue192][@Achronum][@PatientBean][@Forsythe][@Blizz][@Kirah][@Natsu][hr][h3][color=AC3EFF][b]??? - Tue. November 23rd, 2038 - Margaret Carter Institute[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hider=Trick or Treat 2023 Records][list][*]Mary Sue - Trick - Her backpack was stolen in the library! She'll have to replace her laptop/books/etc. 
[*]Vicky - Trick - Through a misunderstanding with a teacher (Usagi) Vicky has detention for the entire month of November
[*]Sabine - Trick - someone hacked Sabine’s socials and put up some disgusting, bigoted content pretending to be her
[*]Andy - Treat - Magneto sends her a gift, it’s a pair of vambraces that fit her perfectly, they’re made out of an unknown material and can deflect bullets and the like 
[*]Zari - Treat - On Halloween morning, Zari also gets a present from her family. It’s an enchanted tool belt. Whatever tool she needs if she reaches for it, it’s there
[*]Leah - Trick - After the Monster Mash when Leah returns to her room, there is a postcard on the wall from Oslo. Written on it is her birth name. Nothing else.
[*]Dorian - Treat - On Halloween day, Dorian’s father sends him a ~spooky~ gift. It’s a mini dinosaur! And by mini I mean like 6 inches tall. But it’s alive! [/list][/hider][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=42A9FF]April Flynn[/color] & [color=ed1c24]Percy Novikov[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/d1723ee57b9df2da0b9489e9cee7a408/90f917e93b713a17-04/s400x600/d38c484659a7a81a4da2f137683399e7922fc1ea.gif[/img][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/c5fd185b1383ac276645e96aee6a1e2b/tumblr_ppyt6xJngk1y7ovxuo1_400.gif[/img][hr][b][color=42A9FF]Location:[/color][/b] the Framework - Mario 
[b][color=42A9FF]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A | N/A
[b][color=42A9FF]Fit:[/color][/b] Framework Suits - Player 2 Princess Peach Variant | Toad
[hr][hr][/center]	Percy was flattened to the ground like a pancake after his sister teleported on top of him. Luckily, his body in this environment seemed to follow game rules - it flickered slightly, briefly transparent, before returning to normal. Just as had happened with Andy when Mary Sue had shelled her, a tiny red heart cracked above Percy's head - he'd lost a life. If Ed - if [i]Arcade[/i] - was telling the truth, when those red hearts ran out, he'd die. [color=ed1c24]"He's not here to help us get stronger,"[/color] Percy muttered, his hands shaking slightly with anger. [color=ed1c24]"He's crazy."[/color]

	Zelda had taken the powerup available to them, and Mary Sue had installed a barricade of sorts. From what Percy understood of this game, the goombas would start traveling in the opposite direction now until they reached another barrier, and only then would they turn around to reverse. He'd never played Super Mario himself - but he had watched Dorian play it before. The green pipes they'd seen before had been important. 

	And without Zari present... His hands clenched into fists. 

	He was going to enjoy driving an axe through Arcade's head. 

	[color=ed1c24]"Mary Sue, can you make a set of stairs that go to the pipes?"[/color] Percy asked. 

	[color=42A9FF]"Ed, let us out of here!!!"[/color] April demanded, stomping her left foot ever so slightly. 

	Her brain wasn't even fully processing what was happening - that they were stuck inside a video game, told that the stakes were life or death, and they had no way out. She was still in the mindset that they were training for the competition, that everything was fine, that they were just students - even Leah's father had yet to turn up yet, and his was the only threat to their wellbeing that April was prepared to really think about. No, the idea that Ed was here to murder them in a sick video game environment was just foreign to her. 

	[i]"I'm afraid that's not possible. I'm making a name for myself, you see - and it all starts tonight,"[/i] Arcade's voice boomed around them. [i]"Every supervillain needs a gimmick. Consider this my soft launch!"[/i]

	April's left eye twitched. 

	It slowly sank in. 

	They needed to be careful here. 

	[i]Really[/i] careful here. 

	[color=42A9FF]"Okay, who's good at video games? Besides Dori,"[/color] April prompted, hoping that they weren't completely screwed. She wasn't really a gamer girl herself. Zelda played way more than she really did. She'd played enough to know that she wasn't really good at them, and she'd much preferred going outside and hitting the beach anyways. 

[hider=Remaining Lives - Super Mario]Andy: ❤️❤️
Percy: ❤️❤️
Dorian: ❤️❤️❤️
Danni: ❤️❤️❤️
April: ❤️❤️❤️
Leah: ❤️❤️❤️
Sabine: ❤️❤️❤️
Zelda: ❤️❤️❤️
Diana: ❤️❤️❤️
Mads: ❤️❤️❤️
Vicky: ❤️❤️❤️
Mary Sue: ❤️❤️❤️[/hider]