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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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if i had more time i'd have a drawing of Nepeta as Ayla, too. (hint somebody else should draw that it would be great)

Avatars for Rose and Infested Rose/Queen of Blades

what can I say hso really brings out my deepest darkest ships :')

I made a mashup!
click to listen

The first time I heard Pale Rapture (from ColoUrs and Mayhem Universe B), I was immediately reminded of a certain DKC song... now this round has finally given me the excuse to mash them up! I photoshopped the art myself as well, inspired by Pale Rapture's cover art.

i couldn't really call myself a tavros fan if i didn't draw him as a pokemon trainer for this round

TG: hey there space cats
TG: roxy here comin at cha from colony 9
TG: tonite were investingatig reports that aliens have invaded & are forcing ppl to dance~

This isn't actually a fill, but it fit with the theme of retro games, so I'm posting it anyway.

I know this is out of scope for this bonus round, but I couldn't resist! It just seemed so perfect.

Some spoilers for the game, I guess?
*
The first time you’re at a shop and Rose doesn’t arch a murderous eyebrow in the face of all the junk your associated party wants to buy, it doesn’t register. You’re all in high spirits; you’ve reached South Figaro in record time.

wow we really got here fast!!

yeah not being attacked by monsters every few steps will do that
we should make a habit of it
monster attacks
just say no
very sorry mister monster sir it seems we have filled our quota of punching out ugly mugs for the rest of the day
well shit son youre right im gonna take my fangs elsewhere no bad feelings kay
no prob bro it happens to the best of us

man i hope it’s going to last
we need all the luck we can get
haha, i bet vriska would love that

i don’t know though! what if we never meet monsters anymore, that means we can’t practice! and guys the apocalypse really showed we need to get stronger :(((

welp
thanks for ruining the mood harley good job

aw
sorry guys i didn’t mean to
but it’s true though

don’t worry about that jade, i’m sure we’ll find plenty of nasty monsters when we leave
and they really got stronger, so we’ll get stronger too

man will both of you stop with the STRONG talk
i feel like im with goddamn equius or something
glancing over my shoulder every time one of you says that word
lets all just call a moratorium on the worry and agree that its nice we got here so fast
there i even used a big word correctly so lalonde wont have to bust my balls

are you alright rose??? you’re very quiet!

Yes, I’m perfectly fine. No worries, I was merely contemplating the information at our disposal.

And that’s nothing out of the usual that Rose will try to fit the pieces of the puzzle all together. At the moment, you don’t pay much attention to it, you’re just glad she didn’t sarcastically cut you down even once in the whole conversation.

*

The second time, you’re in Kohlingen, right after finding Vriska again. Vriska’s made friends with the shopkeepers or something, because when the lot of you show up at the shop and the shopkeepers get – between John and Vriska’s effusive exclamations – that you’ve just met again after a year apart, they generously offer you your pick of any object you’d like.

That strikes you as kinda weird, but you have your eye on a pretty sweet Diamond Vest, so you’re not complaining.

You end up stacking up on all kinds of items, averting your gaze when Vriska’s fondling of her new dice gets downright obscene (though John doesn’t look like he’s complaining).

Leaving the shop, you notice Rose’s tiny smirk.

You put it down to the new weapon adorning her hip, a cool magic needlesword she got – like everything else – for free. Given that the starting price was around 10’000 gil or something just about as absurdly expensive, you can get behind the sentiment.

*

You don’t keep track of the money, anyway. It’s Rose’s job, and if Rose says it’s okay or shopkeepers keep the gifts coming, who are you to turn it down?

As Vriska says, you’re saving the world here!!!!!!!! Damn right they ought to give this stuff for free.

*

It doesn’t escape your notice either that Rose seems to be getting a lot better at magic.

A lot better.

She was always good, that’s why the Empire made her a general. But not this good, not this flurry of cast spells she seems to master as soon as she sees them, and move on to the next spell.

*

Outside of important enemies – people you run after or you run into, those you can’t avoid somehow – it’s been a really long time since you had to fight a random monster.

Jade’s not too unhappy about it, though. According to Vriska, you must have “gained all the levels!”

Whether that’s true or not, it’s true that you beat Phunbaba almost effortlessly. He was a lot tougher in your memory.

*

okay what the hell just happened here

It would be most pleasant, dear brother, if you were so kind as to explicate to what instance you are referring to.
Or, in short: use your words.

lalonde dont play snarky broad with me
you were there you saw it
we just walked through a goddamn wall

Did we now?
It must have escaped my notice. With all the things we’ve seen over the past year, I’m surprised your threshold for the mildly uncanny would be triggered by such a harmless display

you know what fuck you

*

You’re not creeped out. Of course not! That would be stupid to suggest.

No random attacks, power levels that are off the charts, friendly gifts from every shop around the world, battles fought floating against shiny, shapeless blobs of colour, and now walking through walls?

Perfectly normal stuff.

Yep.

Nothing to have on your mind.

Not a thing.

Not one.

*

You’re fighting the Skull Dragon when John is hit by the Doom spell. For a terrible moment where time seems suspended, you see him cough, stumble. You can do nothing but stare.

Jade’s roar rips through the air, shaking you out of your stupor as she charges the dragon.

As you hurry to help her, you hear Rose yelling, louder than her usual mumbled chanting, “John, JUMP!”

The end of the battle is a flurry of moves and violence – Rose’s lips pulled back in a fierce snarl – and the Damocles sword of the timer over John’s head, but seconds pass by and he

he’s still standing…

The fight is mercifully short. A slaughter, and Rose’s stony face over the decapitated corpse of your enemy will stay with you a long time.

You corner her alone as you stop to set camp.

now do you believe me when i say that something is seriously weird

She looks at you with infinite distance.

Dave, we are fighting the Empire and a monster clown to save a world that’s already in ruins. I imagine our current situation is to “weird” what Vriska’s canoodling is to your first crush in kindergarten.

It’s an invitation to digress; she’s all but handing you the ponytail metaphors. Knowing that she doesn’t want you to dig just makes you more determined, though.

look all im saying is that seriously weird shit has been going on for a while now
that last battle against the dragon
john was dead
not to sound harsh but he really was
he
he looked dead
not one of the zombie fun curses that just need a cure
i mean bloodily laying on the ground waiting for prayers dead
instead he was running around doing his shit
and you looked like you had something to do with it
so im asking you
sis
what gives

She laughs, a small, delighted sound.

Oh, this is precious! Do you believe me in leagues with something bolder and stronger than me? Are you going to call my loyalties into question again, dear brother?
I would have hoped the false accusations of last time would’ve made more of an impression.

thats not what i meant and you fucking know it

Am I a mindreader now? My only tools to understand you are the words you say. Be more careful if you wish to avoid hurting people.

And you already apologised for this, everyone apologised but especially you, and you cannot have this again.

You should’ve known you wouldn’t get anything out of her.

*

When you face off Gamzee for the final time, for reasons best known to herself Rose chooses to wear, instead of more common ornaments, the Cursed Ring on one hand and the Lich Ring on the other.

Between the tides of life and death she weaves her magic, her face glowing with the eerie paleness of undeath and magics combined.

When she raises her hands, the grim shadow of Death coalesces over the head of the monster clown, its scythe extended.

list of glitches/hacks/codes referred to: encounter glitch, gold codes, learn new spell 50X faster code, exp codes, walking through wall glitch, characters float in battle code, enemies are blobs of color code, the 0 HP glitch, cursed ring+lich ring trick, item code that makes doom ring produce a grim reaper

Edited 2012-07-12 07:56 (UTC)

aya would be dave hehe

Meenah: Kill everybody

(Bomberman realised in 1983, but the picture I used it was [I think] from the 3 generation)

(Halo of the Sun symbol)

http://i48.tinypic.com/x53784.jpg

Edited 2012-07-12 01:35 (UTC)

more like terezi the dragon

I might do more later, these were pretty fun.

Say it with me ladies. You can't escape...

The floor clanks under your feet as you blunder your way deeper into Tourian. At least it's not more shitty space dust that smears itself over your visor; you feel like if you'd had to stop for the umpteenth fucking time to clear your vision, you'd scream.

(There are certain sections of Brinstar you never want to see again, no pun intended.)

You're alone, of course; no buddy at your back, no squadmates at your side, yadda yadda. Partners just slow you down. They always have - it's not like they can keep up with you, anyway. You're one of a kind.
One girl in all the world, that's you.

Pshyeah. Like that's so great.

Not like anyone else would have a stake in this, anyway. Revenge is personal by nature, regardless of whatever other factors might come into play.
And you are so getting said revenge. You are going to tear this entire base to pieces by hand if necessary, and anyone (or anything) standing in your way is destined to be reduced to a scorched and sizzling smear on the wall.

They devastate your planet? You pay them back with some major interest.

Vengeance is mine, sayeth Lalonde.

(At least, you would say so if there was anyone left to listen.)

So you've made your way here, to the sickly beating heart of Alternian operations on Zebes, through lava and pitfalls and leather-winged dragons with Cheshire Cat grins, through fire and fury and things you don't or can't have names for, and now, finally, you stand before the innermost sanctum.

The only thing standing in your way is a perfectly innocuous, blue-glowing door.

Totally harmless.

Definitely unlocked.

You could just walk right in.

You load up a missile and blow that bitch to high heaven.

As you step over what's left of the threshold, you're wreathed in smoke, and your imagination supplies the accompanying reek of cordite despite the contained and filtered air your suit has you breathing. It dissipates enough after a few seconds for you to note the guns lying oddly dormant in their wall brackets, targeting lasers dark and inactive.

It's like she's waiting for you.

Carefully edging further into the dimly-lit room reveals that yeah, actually, you're right about that.

And there she is: scourge of known space, she of infinitely arrogant mien, the brains of the entire fucking operation, Her Imperious Condescension.

The Batterwitch.

You come to a halt before your nemesis, and behold her.

The tank is massive, a swollen shell of glass enfolding a sleek grey body and a wild mane of dark hair.
You know perfectly well that it's just the filters sifting the water within, but stray tendrils of hair seem to move of their own accord, coiling and uncoiling, winding around the curves of her horns and waving away from the contours of her face.

She opens her eyes.

You don't step back, and you don't look away.

You're not going to run. Not now, and never again.

It's very quiet for a minute; just you, the pressing silence of the empty laboratory, and that amused magenta gaze.

Fuck her.

The life-support junk in your helmet doesn’t let you speak intelligibly, but you can get your meaning across.

You level an accusing finger at the ichthyoid menace you were practically born to hate.

[You.]

You drag said finger across your neck.

[You’re -dead,- witch.]

As her security system whirrs to life and a dozen laser sights cluster together on your armored chest, she graces you with a gleeful, predatory smile.

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Full subject, since it's too long!:
FILL: TEAM DIRK<3EQUIUS - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
(Technically the game is Rondo of Blood, but the modified transcript appears translated like this in Symphony of the night at the start of the game - which recreates the last scenes of Rondo of Blood. Either way, pre-2000!)

Dave: die batterwitch, you dont belong in this world
Condesce: it aint by my hand that ive crossed the glubbin multiverses
Condesce: you think i did that just for the halibut or somefin
Condesce: im here cuz you humans wanna pay me tribute
Dave: tribute??? you steal mens souls and make them your slaves seriously what the fuck is even up with that
Condesce: perhaps the same cod be said of all religions
Condesce: 38D
Dave: your words are as empty as your soul and by that i mean they are the living embodiment of the vast vacuum of space transcending the cosmos
Dave: mankind ill needs a savior such as you
Condesce: what is a man
Condesce: no seriously what is a human
Condesce: a crappie little pile of secrets
Condesce: an its SOL-E not soul you loach
Condesce: but enough carpin
Condesce: HAV-E AT YOU BITC)(

Nominating J and Shaggy for the roles of Gaibon and Slogra, and Guy Fieri for the part of Shaft.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2z6sah0.png

The Alpha Kids, Pac-man version! Pac-man has been used already, I bet. Haha.

I couldn't post my image as a comment (Because of OpenID, I think?), so to view the picture you have to open a new tab. Sorry for the trouble!

i actually wasn't sure if the picture had to be based on a pairing... or if it could have any characters or whatnot. a lot of them didn't but. this is for team dave♠karkat anyhow c':> <3 all of this is drawn! except for the background of course uAu that's a stage from... probably the wrong game xD but oh well...

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Bonus Round 3

FILL: TEAM Jade<3John<3Karkat - Chrono Trigger (1995)

FILL: TEAM JADE<3KARKAT - STARCRAFT (1998)

FILL: TEAM SOLLUX<>TEREZI - Kirby's Dream Land (1992)

FILL: TEAM BRO<3GRANDPA - DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 2 (1995)

FILL: Team Dave<3Tavros - Pokemon Red/Blue (1996)

FILL: TEAM ERIDAN<3KARKAT - Space Channel 5 (1999)

This is not actually a fill - I Wanna Be The Guy (2007)

FILL: TEAM PARCELPYXIS - FINAL FANTASY VI (1994)

FILL: TEAM Jake<3Terezi - Pac-man (1980)

FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE - Parasite Eve (1998)

FILL: TEAM EQUIUS <3 GAMZEE - BOMBERMAN (1996-2001)

FILL: TEAM DIRK<>ROXY - SILENT HILL (1999)

FILL: TEAM EQUIUS <3 GAMZEE - ZERO WING (1989)

FILL: TEAM EQUIUS <3 GAMZEE - WONDER BOY (1986)

FILL: TEAM PSIIONIIC<3SUFFERER - STAR FOX (1993)

FILL: TEAM [Aradia<>Tavros] - [Spyro the Dragon] (1998)

FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat [Pokemon Red/Blue] [1996]

FILL: TEAM JADE<3KARKAT - STORYBOOK WEAVER (1994)

FILL: TEAM DAVE<3<KARKAT - Silver Surfer (1990)

Fill: Team Rose<3Roxy - Metroid (1986)

FILL: TEAM DAVE <3 VRISKA - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (1998)

FILL: TEAM John<3Rose - Donkey Kong Country (1994)

FILL: TEAM DIRK<3EQUIUS - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1

FILL: TEAM ALCHEM: PARCELPYXIS - [PACMAN] (1980)

FILL: TEAM KARKAT♥KARKAT - Super Smash Bros. (1999)