hs_olympics | BONUS ROUND 3

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BONUS ROUND 3

Bonus Round 3

Retro Gaming

Hi shippers! Welcome to Bonus Round 3.
In this round, you'll be creating fanworks based on video and computer games from before 2000!

Rules

Choose a game that was released before 2000, and post a fanwork based on the game in some way. Make sure to use the appropriate title format (see below). Examples include: character inserts, rewritten dialogue, costume redesigns, alternate soundtracks, theme song covers, photoshopped promo art, etc.

Your fill should not be focused on Homestuck characters playing the game--the point of this round is to make a crossover.

For this challenge, you are allowed to submit fills based on your team ship. You don't have to, of course!

For this challenge, there is no minimum wordcount. We are trusting you not to abuse that fact!

This challenge will run until 11:59PM EDT July 21. After that time, even if it's just by a minute according to the timestamp, no submissions will be accepted for points.

Title Format
Please use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.
Replace [GAME TITLE] and [YEAR RELEASED] as appropriate.

Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
(as stated here)
First 5 entries per team: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+: 5 (per entry)

All content must be created new for this round.

We would prefer that any questions about this challenge or anything else in the HSO be emailed to us at homestuck.shipping AT gmail!

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Painted-over cover art (click for original):

That dude's head always bothered me a ton on the original box art, too. John (not shown) is playing the role of kidnapped cheerleader Sandy. |D

You can microwave that duttle, but things won't end well for you.

wheeeeeeeeeeeee

Your vision blurs. You can hear him shouting as he falls to him knees by your side. His words make no sense to you; you're past comprehension now. You can still feel though. In fact, it seems as if your sense of touch has sharpened acutely. The pain is seering but it fails to overpower the cold of his fingers as he brushes your exposed side. You can feel your body dying and it surprises you. It hurts a lot less than you would have ever expected. In fact, it's a lot like slipping into slumber.

Your faltering gaze locks onto his, vision still too far gone to notice the fear and overwhelming grief he's directed your way. Things are darkening around you; suddenly everything is too much. Too much light, too much noise, too muchtoomuchtoomuchtoomuch-- you shut your eyes.

---

The Overseer's voice drones on as he lectures the class about the Resource Wars. You sigh to yourself and lean back in your chair, pencil drumming on your desk. Off to your side, your best friend shoots you a look; you can tell he wants to punch the Overseer in the face almost as much as you do. You smile at him and blow a kiss his way, grinning as he reddens and turns from you, grumbling all the while.

"And what exactly do you find funny about a global nuclear war Ms. Harley?"

You snap back to attention, the Overseer glaring at you, "Nothing at all sir."

"Then please attempt to restrain yourself from giggling to your boyfriend during important history lessons."

You hear a few kids snickering and you grip on your pencil tightens. You notice your "boyfriend" reddening further and slinking back in his seat, trying to somehow glare a hole into the Overseer's forehead. For his sake, you bite back a retort. For his sake, you simply nod briskly at the Overseer's petulant face and try to count the plants in your make-shift garden to calm yourself down as he smirks in superiority.

---

"I wonder what it's like out there." You sigh, lying back in your bed and staring at the gloomy metal ceiling that's accompanied you throughout your entire life.

"It's a fucking wasteland," he barks from your side, "Mutants and radiation-- anybody left on the outside probably looks less like human and more like those dirty rats that seem to keep crawling in here."

You turn on your side to face him, "Still."

He turns his head to look at you, black hair messily spread atop his head and red eyes frowning. You reach out a hand and brush his cheek, smiling softly as he goes red. You don't move it though, you keep it resting lightly by his ear, playing with tufts of hair.

"It's got to be better than being trapped in here."

---

When the Water Chip breaks, you are ecstatic. Thanks to your Grandfather, you have the best firearm training out of everyone in Vault 13. It doesn't surprise you in the least when you are the one selected to head out and find a replacement. You can't wait to head out and discover what the world has to offer. Karkat is wary, but eventually you manage to convince him to come along with you.

"This is the stupidest fucking idea your minuscule brain has even had Harley. And that's fucking saying something."

You frown at him and smack the back of his head, merely rolling your eyes as he flings obscenities your way, "Just relax! We'll be fine, you'll see."

You redirect your attention back to the Vault door, breath catching a bit as clinks and whirls. It's opening; you're standing right here in front of it as it opens and soon you'll be getting your first breath of outside sir. There's excitement stirring within you and you can't help the huge grin that plasters itself on your face.

Giddy, you turn to look at Karkat, expecting to see his expression mirror yours. Instead you find him just watching you. Staring. Your smile falls a bit and you tilt your head in question. He only shakes his head, turning away and facing the opening Vault door. You watch him in confusion for a few moments before frowning and turning back to the Vault.

---

The commotion as the Vault opened was deafening but you heard him anyways. Just like you can still hear him now. Even as your body starts to feel cold and you start to shiver from bloodloss, even as the sounds get louder and his voice grows distant. You can still hear him. You can always here him. Always.

"I hope you're right... because I don't think I could handle it if something happened to you."

Jake was furious.

He'd been so excited-- so excited-- to finally get his first Pokemon. He'd laid in his bed night after night thinking about it. He'd examined his choices. He'd thought about the three starters. He'd thought over which would've been best for him. Which one he could befriend and start his journey with.

He must've gone over at least a hundred different scenarios in his head before deciding on his perfect choice. Every night after that he'd just dreamed about it and though over how utterly perfect his life would be in just a few short days. He'd slept easily and woke every morning well rested and rearing to go. He couldn't believe how amazing his life was about to become.

And now, here he stood. Just. Fuming.

"It's not even your birthday today." he bit out.

Dirk merely shrugged in response, fixing his brand new Pokeball into his belt. Jake tried not to glare at him too hard. He especially tried not to let his fist go flying towards Dirk's face. No matter how very, very tempting that appeared to be at this very moment.

"I've been planning this out for months now." he tried to reason, ears red from anger.

"Sorry man," Dirk's face was stoic, "Early bird gets the worm and shit. You know how it goes."

Jake burst, "NOW YOU LISTEN HERE! THAT CHARMANDER IS RIGHTFULLY MINE BY... BY ALL THE LAWS OF BIRTHDAYS AND POKEMON CHOOSING AND THE LIKE! NOW YOU CAN EITHER HAND THAT POKEBALL OVER OR COME HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN AS WE BATTLE OVER WHO MAY RIGHTFULLY AQUIRE IT!"

Jake panted harshly, wiping his mouth and clenching his fists. Dirk merely raised a brow at him, opting instead to turn away from him and look at the remaining Pokeballs. After a moment's consideration, he picked one up and tossed it towards Jake, "Here. Maybe this one'll cool you off."

Surprised, Jake fumbled with the Pokeball, accidentally releasing the Pokemon inside. After a flash of light he found himself face to face with a Squirtle. The Pokemon looked blankly up at him before Dirk whistled at it for attention.

Jake watched as they exchanged a nod and then-- suddenly he was absolutely drenched in water from head to toe and oh God was that water in his HEAVENS TO BESSIE IT WAS!!

Dirk just smirked at him, "Catchya later English."

Jake stood still, shocked. It wasn't until his newfound Squirtle companion tugged on his shorts that he let rip an earth shattering cry, "STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!"

So who hasen't wanted to beat Slippy Toad from this game
because he always bugg you about stuff you don't care or need to know
i know i want to
and i thougth that it migth fit with these two in their place since Kanaya not knowing what
to do on a computer pisses Sollux off it's perfect

It had always been safe, down here beneath the waves. Miles of blue, as far as you could see, stretching out in every direction, and each and every inch was your domain. As long as you could feel the sea, pushing you down, pulling you up, as long as the tang of salt water filled your gills, you were home.

You haven't felt safe for a while now. You've been on edge ever since something you couldn't explain took everything, everyone you knew someplace far away. You've been searching, you've leapt up to scan the horizon, you've shouted into every trench. You're heiress to a lost empire, and for the first time in your life the ocean feels empty.

There are whispers, though, you've been told of a creature, one of the ancient ones, who may be able to help. Gl'bgolyb, the voices say, older than the sea itself, miles below the ice. That's why you're here, so far north, trapped in a cold so biting, so frigid that you almost think the warm waters of your home must have been a dream. There's this pit, deep inside of you, a darkness that claws in your chest, inky black like the chasm down below.

You almost think you hear a voice, calling you down to the deep. You breathe in, salt and ice flooding your gills as you gather your resolve, and you dive.

Hopefully to no one's surprise, Homestuck as an interactive fiction game à la Colossal Cave (or, perhaps more famously, Zork (1977)) is pretty much just Homestuck: Now With A Thin Pretense Of Free Will.

You can play "John: 8e a gentleman" online here:
http://iplayif.com/?story=http://sphinx.mythic-beasts.com/~cmshaw/john--8e-a-gentleman.zblorb

Or, if you already have (or want to acquire) a z-machine interpreter then you can download the game file in either format: zblorb or z8.

And yes, it's possible to play through this game and win it. :)

Edited 2012-07-22 02:46 (UTC)

Rose looked over the edge of the cliff. The silence was eerie. Something that large should have made it's presence known ages ago. But she was undeterred. She hadn't spent so long tracking the thing to simply give up now. Now, when she was closer to it than ever before.

She turned sharply as a flock of birds took flight in the distance. She tensed, waiting. It was coming. She could feel it.

Rose almost smiled as she spotted the scaly green back of the beast make it's way through the trees. She had not been disappointed. Wasting no time at all, she leapt towards the outcropping of rocks in front of her. She wouldn't let it get away.

---

The sun beat down on him, hanging peerless in the sky. It's light offered no escape, the path before him lit and the forest around him shreiking with life. And yet, somehow, everything seemed bleak.

He was tired.

No. That wasn't quite it. But he doubted one, singular word could cover exactly how he felt about the last five years of his life. Five years. Five. Whole. Years. And he had nothing to show for it. Absolutely nothing.

It had been so long ago that the Black Monster had appeared had torn Dave's life to shreds. His parents had been murdered viciously by the beast and his hometown left in shambles. Neet became a memory then and Dave had vowed to himself that someday he would set things straight. He'd taken it upon himself to avenge his parents and his people. It was the least he could do... for surviving... surviving, when everyone had--

Dave clenched his jaw and shook his head. It would do him no good to think like that. Instead he directed his attention back to the paper in his hand, "Hmm... 'Chance of war more likely...'"

He sighed, leaning back on the rock he sat on, "Hope it's just a rumour..."

His train of thought was quickly broken though as the ground of the forest shook beneath his feet. Leaping to attention, he made his way towards the source of all the commotion. He'd hardly managed to grasp in his surroundings though when there was a sword shoved dangerously close to his neck.

"Who are you?!" a soldier bellowed.

"Are you a mercenary of Basil?!" the other shouted.

Overwhelmed, Dave pulled out his sword. He'd never been a fan of soldiers to begin with and these two appearing so close to Seles...

"How dare you draw a sword against us!"

The soldiers moved in closer to him, "If you value your life, you'd hurry up and answer boy! Who are you?"

Dave opened his mouth to retort but stopped as the ground shook once more. The soldiers blanched and yelled in fear, distracted from him. He struggled to keep balance and his heart thudded hard in his chest. What the hell was going--

A monstrous green creature ripped out from the trees behind him and Dave found himself reflexively taking a step back. He gripped his sword tighter and tried not to let it shake him as the soldier yelped in fright and took off behind him. Thinking fast in the face of the advancing beast, Dave turned around and ran.

He sped through the forest as the thing strung after him, roaring and crushing everything in it's path. Trees tumbled over like children's playthings and Dave could feel his blood pound in his ears as he jumped over them, trying his best to escape.

He scrambled over another tree but by now he knew it was useless. There was no way he would outrun that thing. Gearing himself for the inevitable, Dave clenched his sword tight and turned around to face it, hoping to at least leave his mark on it before his inescapable demise. No one would say he'd gone down without a fight.

Almost immediately the creature flung a sharp claw towards him. Dave attempted to dodge but it was far faster than him and clipped him along his shoulder anyways, ripping right through his armour. Dave let out a hiss of pain but didn't look away from the beast. He wouldn't back down. He wouldn't die like that. He'd be brave. Just like his--

A flash of purple bore down on him from the side and suddenly he was gripped tight and hidden behind a large outcropping of rock. He took a moment to catch his breath before staring at awe at the woman kneeling right next to him. Shocked, he couldn't help his startled cry, "Who the hell are you?"

Instantly the woman pressed her slender finger to his lips, shushing him. He complied, only shocked further into silence as her sultry voice whispered to him, "Stay silent if you don't wish to die."

And as they waited there together for the giant green beast to disappear, Dave found himself wondering what exactly his life was about to become.

His calloused fingertips scratched the surface of the ball as he passed it from hand to hand, antsy.

The battle before him? Not going well. Soon she was going to have to come back... but was she really ready? He wasn’t sure if the creature that he held now pocked sized in his hands could match up to everything they had be training for.

She was absent-minded, silly, and, most of all, an Arceus damned fucking waste of a perfectly useful and able slot on his Pokeball belt.

His Pokemon fell and he uttered a few expletives under his breath, recalling the fainted and hesitating to throw out his next. Despite the training, despite the type advantage, and even despite his own ego, he was still unsettled about sending this one out into battle.

After all, who the fuck would trust a member of their team who would only answer to the name Flower?!

“Come on, Vantas, I don’t have all day!” His opponent smiled coyly and he scowled back, making the ball larger before finally throwing it out onto the field. “Let’s go, you fucking waste of space!”

Flower the Scyther stood on the field, swaying two and fro with what seemed to be a smile on her face. “Scyyyyyther!”

Its trainer simply looked away, hand to face, too mortified to even think about possibly paying it any attention. Soon it would faint and then he’d be able to create a new strategy after Harley bragged a bit. Soon soon soon. He’d try to find some proper fire TMs, it was idiotic to go in without them. He honestly couldn’t figure out why in the world he had attempted to. Perhaps it was simply him burning out as a trainer, his mind slowly turning into some sort of slowly rotten mush that would eventually liquefy, oozing out of one ear as--

The shrill scream of his opponent’s Vileplume shocked him out of his overt planning.

Flower slid her sickles together, making a slick metallic sound that, for some reason, made her coo in delight (the bloodthirsty fuck). The Vileplume was dazed in front of her. She gave him a look more innocent than ever before.

Jade Harley looked on in awe at her best Pokemon downed by his worst.

He grinned and told her straight up to hand that fucking badge over and she scowled back at him and told HIM to mind his fucking manners before she finally pulled out the Celadon gym badge. He snatched it up, feeling truly triumphant for the first time in his whole outrageous Pokemon journey, and gave Flower a pat on the head.

He pinned the badge on the inside of his jacket and walked out with a weight off his shoulders.

Pokemon Master, assholes, he was well on his way to being one.

(+1 quick tavros/pokémon crossover because quilava!rufio)
(I hope GS counts considering it was released 1991 in JP, welp)

(If you’ve played the first Resident Evil game, then I guess you’d know about this piece of hysterical nonsense called The Keeper’s Diary. Yeah, this is that. But with Homestuck. Somehow.)

John’s Diary

May 9th 2020

We decided to play poker, so we sat in the corner of the cafeteria, hunched in a circle with the uncomfortable metal of the seats digging into our assbones. Tonight it was me, Dave, Jade and Eridan to start, though Vriska came in during the fifth round and asked us why we would even think of playing without Lady Luck herself. I laughed and she sat next to me, looking hot and nonchalant as always.

I lost basically every time. Big surprise there. Dave did better but he wasn’t as lucky as Vriska, who pretty much owned us so completely and utterly that she had to leave because she got bored. I watched her go, a bit disappointed.

After that, Eridan won every match, though I’m pretty sure he was cheating. Bluh, what a scumbag.

May 10th 2020

Jade asked me to take care of a new monster. It was pretty gross—it looked like a gorilla without any skin. Kinda like ET except rapid and massive and less sympathetic because it didn’t get the chance to star alongside Drew Barrymore. Apparently it had to be fed live food, so I retrieved a pig from the animal stocks and threw it in. ET started playing with it... tearing off the legs and pulling out the guts before he actually ate it.

May 11th 2020

Around 5 o’clock this morning Equius came in and pushed me off the bed with the tip of his finger. After I cussed him out, hehe, I noticed that he was wearing a protective suit that made him look simultaneously incredibly intimidating and incredibly stupid. He said there had been an accident in the basement lab. So that’s what it was—I’d noticed that the researchers had started working during all hours of the night.

I met up with Vriska later in the day, both of us donned in those terrible new suits. We FLARPed, only stopping when she complained about the suit not fitting around her horns correctly. She said there was no fucking way she was going to wear it for hours on end. I tried to tell her that she should wait until we get an update on the accident (not that I thought it was anything serious), but when Vriska’s set on something, she’s set on it and she ended up removing the helmet by the end of the night.

It wasn’t too bad, though. She kissed my visor, leaving a smear of blue lipstick that I didn’t bother to remove.

May 12th 2020

I've been wearing this annoying space suit since yesterday and, man, my skin is itchy! I talked to Karkat and Dave about it, and they were experiencing the same thing, so I figured that it must have been the make of the suits. For some reason, though, my annoyance put me in a vengeful mood and I didn’t feed the dogs today. Jade’ll kill me, but at least I feel better.

May 13th 2020

I went to see Feferi in the medical room because my back was swollen and itchy. I took off my shirt and she gave me this weird look. When I asked about it, she just smiled in a slightly creepy way, put a bandage on my back and told me that I didn’t need to wear the suit anymore. I guess I can sleep well tonight.

May 14th 2020

When I woke up this morning, I found another blister on my foot. It was annoying and I ended up dragging my foot as I went to the dog's pen. They had been quiet all morning, which was very unusual. And then I found out that some of them had escaped. Fuck!!!!!

I was pretty much shitting bricks the whole time, because once Jade found out, I knew she was going to slaughter me. I decided to face the inevitable and tell her myself. Well, tried to. Apparently she wasn’t working that day? I checked her room but she wasn't there. It didn't make sense—she’d never leave this place. None of us would.

May 15th 2020

I talked to the others about Jade’s disappearance. They were all worried and after work that night we decided to explore the mansion to find out what the fuck was going on. Karkat and I led the group, which was more of a challenge than it should have been, but, hey, we weren’t feeling too great. A lot of the others had the same weird skin condition, so we all limped around the grounds, prompting Dave to comment that it looked like we’d been fired from a Michael Jackson set. Vriska had the worst of it and I offered her my shoulder to lean on, but she refused.

When we went to the basement labs there were guards standing in front of the doors. They looked disoriented and disinterested—their posture was worse than Gamzee’s! We tried to leave the grounds, but they told us that the facility had been put on lockdown. We couldn’t even make a phone call. What kind of prank is this?!

May 16th 2020

Nobody knows why, but Vriska was shot this morning. I thought I’d care more, but my entire body is burning and itchy and the more I scratch at it, the more little bits of flesh drop off.

I think I saw Rose today. She was crying and shaking her head. I held her hand briefly before the urge to scratch compelled me to take it away.

May 19 2020

Fever gone but itchy. Hungry and eat doggy food. Itchy Itchy Eridan came. Ugly face. Purple hair? Killed him. Tasty.

4.
Itchy.
Tasty.

Of course, John had always suspected that he didn't quite belong with the Trolls of Alternia Forest. They never aged while he grew taller each year, and by his tenth birthday he felt like a giant, as even gangly-limbed Gamzee only stood at John's hip height. But they were his family and his friends and he'd never really dreamed of walking through the dense wall of forest which separated Alternia Forest from the rest of Skaia.

Even in his wildest imaginings about his origins, he never could have imagined what the First Guardian Tree was telling him now, while he examined the shining blue Sapphire of Breeze in his hands. He was the legendary Heir of Breath, not just a misfit from Alternia Forest. And now he was to begin a quest that would take him to Prospit Castle to meet the princess.

----

"See that guy in there?" Princess Jade asks, gesturing to the window behind her. "That's Jack Noir, from Derse Desert. The king thinks he has good intentions but I've seen in my dreams that he's really bad! Come over and look."

John walks forward and peers in. A carapace with a shiny black shell kneels on golden carpet before the throne of the king, who is just out of sight. As the two children watch, Noir turns his head slightly to offer them a nasty grin, and they startle and turn away.

"The king trusts him but I know what he's up to. He and his gang, the Midnight Crew, want to disrupt the truce Prospit has with Derce. I think he has some kinda rivalry with the Black Queen and he doesn't care if he brings down all of Skaia in the process of showing her up! Here, take this letter and go to Lohac Village. The Prince of Derse is there, a Knight who's about our age! He's going to help us--I've seen it in my dreams!

----

The Knight does indeed want to help, even though he grumbles for minutes on end under his breath about being dragged back to Derse Desert to see his sister. There are more gems to acquire besides John's Sapphire of Breeze and Princess Jade's Opal of Space. Prince Dave has been training as a Knight in order to receive the Ruby of Time. "Wind and Space, Time and Light--the truce had us split the gems between Prospit and Derse so that neither side has enough power to take over the other. Sounds like a dumbass plan to me though 'cause what's stopping some doofy kid in blue pajamas from gathering all the power together like the hero in some fantasy game, all scurrying around like, ooh lookit me, I'm pure of heart and soul and we must unite to fight evil and, oh, I guess that's exactly what's going on here. Welp, I guess being a sidekick in a fantasy game isn't the worst thing that could've happened to me."

----

Their real quest begins when they reach Derse.

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I've never tried drawing or coloring like this before! ♥
Ayla's absolutely my favorite.

You are the master. You will bring home dinner. You will be the one to kill the hoofbeast and bring home the meat!

Admittedly, you are not surprised when the bow snaps.

“I don’t know why you insisted on being in charge of hunting if you’re never successfully fired an arrow,” your moirail says.

When you ask her if she could do better she smiles, stands, and dusts off the back of her dress. She them takes the bow from you and fires six arrows. They all find their targets.

Nepeta has managed to kill three rabbits, two deer, and a bison. She smiles at you in satisfaction.

For a moment, you are so embarrassed that you wish you could die of dysentery. A blue blood like you should have had no problem killing a few targets. But then you see her face. She is smiling up at you, looking for your approval.

“Nice aim, Nepeta,” you say and she throws her arms around you.

“Will you be a kitten and carry this back to the wagon?”

You sigh and take hold of the bison’s horns. It is a long walk back to the wagon. Yet, if it weren’t for Nepeta, the trail would be a far more dangerous place. At least for now you have enough food.

(This is so silly...)

-----

Bro yawned, and leaned against a stack of crates with some weird animal’s face painted on it. If he had realized how boring it was going to be, he would’ve never let those scientist “capture him” for curiosity’s sake. He was about ready to ditch this place and go look for the other man himself, when he heard the sound of boxes breaking in the distance.

Dad slowly came into view, carefully treading across the floating metal squares that made up a pathway. When he got to the end, he made the final jump onto the giant tree. Bro reached and grabbed his hand to steady him. “Strider! I’ve been looking all over for you, you know.”

“Yeah, and it took you long enough. I’ve just been sittin’ up here all by myself waitin’ on you.” Bro added a mock puting tone to his voice.

“Well, forgive for trying not to die while I searched. Do you have any idea how dangerous this island--” Bro cut him off by pulling him into a kiss. Dad sighed, and leaned heavily against the other man. “Can we just get out of here? I don’t like this place...”

“Yeah, after we take care of business.”

“Wait, what?”

“Those wannabe mad scientist guys. I’d like to say hi, let ‘em know how much I’ve enjoyed the tropical vacation, if you catch my drift.”

“Strider, I don’t think that’s a good idea. I’d much rather we didn’t.”

“We’re fine, I’ll be with you this time.”

“Can’t we just go home--” Dad was cut off for the second time as Bro shoved him him through the vortex, then followed suit.

You are Tinkerbull and you are Tavros Nitrams’ lusus and friend. The two of you were paired by the Deku Tree and ever since you have been partners. At first glance, your green-clad boy-skylark didn’t strike you as the hero type at all, but he’s proven himself to be competent and caring. He and his friends go on many great adventures, with you trailing after him in the air, assisting whenever you can.

You've grown very fond of him. You like to think you're a good match for each other and that you'll always be able to help him on his journeys despite your small size, just like he's always cared for you.

Like so many times before, Tavros starts up a new game with a friend, corresponding online as they play. It's no different from usual until Tavros gets himself backed up against a cliff by a group of large monsters. His clouder is pushy and you feel helpless.

And then it only becomes worse. You don't recognize the signs of Vriska using her mind control powers until it's too late and your charge is heading closer to the edge of the cliff.

"Hey! Watch out!" you cry in dismay as he takes a leap off the rocky edge.

He can't hear you and you know he can't. Horrified, you fly after him, watching as he makes impact with the hard ground below. It's a long drop and his vitals drop significantly as he lays there motionless.

You land beside his face, wings fluttering in agitation. "Hey!" you try again to get his attention. He groans but offers no reassuring words like he usually would. His face looks pained as he messages one of his friends.

You can only hope that they'll be better equiped to help than you are. Shocked and worried, you curl up under Tavros' arm to remind him that you're still there and you always will be, even if it's the least you can do.

I know Earthbound has been done before multiple times, but I couldn't resist, haha. Sorry for the length.

*****

It's late at night when you hear the noise, rumbling outside of your quaint home. Awoken with a start, you look around your room before exiting to check on the rest of your family.

Your name is JOHN EGBERT and you have never heard a sound like that before.

Exiting into the hallway, you quickly enter your ELDER SISTER'S room. Spotting you, she quickly walks, wanting to check on your condition.

JADE: hey john!!
JADE: did the sound wake you up?
JADE: were you freaked out???? :(

You ignore her, a man on a mission. You entered her room to check on her, but you also have a certain item stored in her room for safe keeping. You'd definitely lose track of it if you kept it anywhere else. You spot the gift box that it is stored in and move over to its location.

>JOHN opened the present.
>There is a Cracked bat inside!
>JOHN takes it.

Equipping it to your person, you make your way outside of the room, ignoring your sister's frustrated questioning. Downstairs, your NANNA is appearing to be waiting on you, Jade's dog BEC resting by the couch.

NANNA: Golly, what was that noise?
NANNA: John, you don't seem scared.
NANNA: Are you nuts? Hoo hoo!
NANNA: And now you want to go check it out?
NANNA: I'm sure that you would sneak out of your room anyway, even if I asked you not to.
NANNA: At least change out of your jammies before you go!

After going back up to your room to change clothing, you begin to exit your home, on a quest to discover the source of the noise. You are determined to find it, and you won't let anything get in your way!

Not even the police barricade outside of your home.

...Oh.

GO JOHNICHU GO

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BONUS ROUND 3

Bonus Round 3

FILL: TEAM Karkat♥Sollux - Maniac Mansion (1987)

FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3SOLLUX - Pacman (1980)

FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3SOLLUX - Tetris (1986)

FILL: TEAM DIRK<>ROXY - MOON PATROL (1982)

FILL: TEAM BRO <3 JOHN - Secret of Evermore (1995)

Re: FILL: TEAM BRO <3 JOHN - Secret of Evermore (1995)

FILL: TEAM [Dirk<>Roxy] - Fallout (1997)

FILL: TEAM Dirk<>Roxy - Pokemon Red (1996)

FILL: TEAM [ARADIA<3SOLLUX] - [Star fox 64 - Lylat Wars] (1997)

FILL: TEAM [BRO<3GRANDPA] - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

FILL: TEAM Dave<3Terezi - Ecco the Dolphin (1992)

FILL: TEAM ENGLISH - COLOSSAL CAVE ADVENTURE (1976)

FILL: TEAM Dirk<>Roxy - The Legend of Dragoon (1999)

FILL: TEAM JOHN<3VRISKA - POKEMON (1998, 1999)

FILL: TEAM DAVE<3TAVROS - Pokémon Gold/Silver (1999)

FILL: TEAM [BRO<3GRANDPA] - Resident Evil (1996)

FILL: TEAM [DIRK<>ROXY] - OCARINA OF TIME (1998)

FILL: TEAM Karkat<3Terezi - Super Mario Land (1989)

FILL: TEAM John<3Rose - Anticipation (1988)

FILL - TEAM Karkat♥Sollux - Chrono Trigger (1995)

FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE - LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME (1998)

FILL: TEAM JADE<3KARKAT - The Oregon Trail (1971)

FILL: TEAM [BRO<3DAD] - [CRASH BANDICOOT] ([1996])

FILL: TEAM DIRK<>ROXY - OCARINA OF TIME (1998)

FILL: TEAM Dave<3Karkat - Earthbound (1994)

FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE - SONIC 3 (1997)