[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] From the safety of the real world, Arcade observed his victims. Not as they were on the screen - not the frantic pixels, their digitized consciousness. No, he stared at their bodies, suspended in the tanks, undefended. He could kill them all now. He had acquired the sedatives needed, administration of a lethal dose would be simple, easy. But it was inelegant. And in a world filled with supervillains, he needed to stand out. He needed a [i]brand[/i]. Killing on its own was easy, but making it definable, something where people [i]knew[/i] they'd been bested by Arcade and no one else? That was the challenge, that was the occasion Arcade was rising to meet. It had been simple enough to get their trust, to convince them to come with him after hours, to use the Framework. It didn't hurt that he had help, either. "Take her away - and dispose of her," Arcade instructed, his eyes on the unconscious Asgardian. "Will do, [i]Big Brother[/i]," Ardere said, a devilish grin on her face as she approached Zari's tank. "Be careful," Usagi hissed. "If she wakes up, I won't be able to protect you - and you won't last long enough to protect yourself!" Ardere rolled her eyes. She had daydreamed plenty of times about putting the robot in a trash compactor - Usagi was endlessly annoying. [@Forsythe]: Vicky tries valiantly, but unfortunately crit fails (1). Rather than opening up the Framework to her and Arcade's programs, she opens herself up to the Framework and Arcade. The takeover is quick, over in seconds. Her fears of being taken over by Ultron are realized - or at least, a miniature version of them. A single command has been implemented: kill. At any cost. By any means. [@PatientBean]: Sabine also makes a valiant effort, to mess with the Framework's memory in order to help Vicky. What results though is uncontrolled, perhaps more of a curse than a blessing. Eight of her classmates vanished. [@Patientbean][@Trainerblue192][@Natsu]: Everyone vanishes aside from Sabine, Gideon, Dorian, and Mary Sue, leaving you behind in Mario Land. But even the level seems to glitch before your eyes, landing you outside a menacing castle. Gideon, bouncing from side to side, looks at it with eager glee. She more or less agreed with Dorian - that this was valuable experience and at least here, she could murder the shit out of their attackers. In the real world, that was frowned upon. "Do you think everyone else is in there at the end - that they're our princess?" Gideon asked, before pressing forward and entering - revealing a maze of obstacles, of drops into lava, of rotating beams, of enemies trooping back and forth - and a distant roar of [i]Bowser[/i]. [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 -> [color=ed1c24]BG3[/color] & [color=42A9FF]Breath of the Wild[/color] [b][color=42A9FF]Skills:[/color][/b] [color=42A9FF]Hydrokinesis[/color] | [color=ed1c24]Temporal Teleportation[/color] [b][color=42A9FF]Fit:[/color][/b] Framework Suits - Player 2 Princess Peach Variant -> Mipha | Toad -> Gith Rogue [hr][hr][/center] [color=42A9FF]"Yeah, I know you play games!"[/color] April protested, a little confused and also unused to hearing her sister talk so much. She couldn't recall the last time Zelda had said more than just a sentence outside the company of just family. [color=42A9FF]"I didn't know you were good at them, though,"[/color] she added. She didn't really hang out with Zelda. Zelda didn't share things with her and she didn't share things with Zelda. It was fine, it was balanced. Even when they were both at home, they did their own things. Zelda stayed inside and April went outside. They had different worlds, different lives. And then the scenery changed. Mario melted away, replaced with a misty field - some sort of temple roof, laden with stone and... mud? There was a strange creature in the center, small and odd - and then, erupting from the ground, a gigantic shark - a shark that the creature rode, charging straight for them! Instinctively, April threw out her hands - or rather, [i]fins[/i] - she was now red and white, her skin smooth, her body resembling some sort of humanoid fish. She'd never seen such a creature before - she had no idea what game Arcade had trapped them in - but no waves were summoned. Instead, a ring purple tinted mud slammed into her, sending her flying backwards - every piece of her body ached, as she collided with the ground - as the same force threw Zelda and Andy back. As text appeared, hovering above the head of the creature: VICKY She hoped that wherever they were, her girlfriends and her friends were faring better than she was... Had Vicky betrayed them? Or was this Arcade? [hr] Percy did [i]not[/i] share Dorian's opinion about this being a valuable learning exercise, a place for experience. He was comfortable with the idea that he would journey out into the world and face danger. He did [i]not[/i] appreciate one of his classmates trying to kill him, and felt justified in his anger about it all. Even in the real world, he wasn't going to be exactly thrilled about someone attempting to drive a dagger into his back. However, before he could voice this opinion and reiterate [i]once again[/i] that they were all in [i]mortal peril[/i], the scene shifted. Gone was Mario, replaced with... something else. They were inside what looked like a massive organ, a space carved with flesh and blood. The ground beneath his feet felt sticky and he resisted the urge to vomit, doing his best to breath in deeply - only to then notice that his nose was completely flat. He quickly felt his face and his features, cataloging the change. He was taller now, his body lean, bony - his skin yellow and spotted. To those well versed in Dungeons and Dragons, he was a githyanki. To Percy, he was a frog creature. And he was not alone. There were three others with him - identified with text boxes as Danni, Leah, and Diana. And on the ground, coming crawling towards them, were tiny baby devils - tiny imps - ready to attack. [color=ed1c24]"...What sort of game is this?"[/color] Percy muttered, as he felt a dagger in his hand. He tried to teleport forward, to attack one of the imps, but found that he was frozen - that he couldn't move. It wasn't his turn. [hider=Group Divisions]Baldurs Gate Three: -Percy: Githyanki Rogue -Leah: ~you pick - suggested: Half-orc Barbarian~ -Danni: ~you pick - suggested: Dragonborn Draconic Sorcerer~ -Diana: ~you pick - suggested: Githyanki Ranger~ [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOC4mx1-fE&ab_channel=MinMaxRPG[/youtube] Breath of the Wild: -April: Mipha -Zelda: Zelda duh -Andy: ~you pick - suggested: Riju~ -Vicky: Scourge of the Water Temple, Mucktorok [hijacked by Arcade] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uheAFEdESQ&ab_channel=GameClipsAndTips[/youtube] Remaining in Mario: -Sabine: Princess Rosalina -Gideon: Luigi -Dorian: King Boo -Mary Sue: Toadette [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxQtaelnwI&ab_channel=LevelUP[/youtube][/hider] [hider=Remaining Lives]Andy: ❤️ Percy: ❤️❤️ Dorian: ❤️❤️❤️ Danni: ❤️❤️❤️ April: ❤️❤️ Leah: ❤️❤️❤️ Sabine: ❤️❤️❤️ Zelda: ❤️❤️ Diana: ❤️❤️❤️ Mads: ❤️❤️❤️ Vicky: ❤️❤️❤️ Mary Sue: ❤️❤️❤️[/hider]