BONUS ROUND 3

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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

1. 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.


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


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


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


5. 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.
FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] - [GAME TITLE] ([YEAR RELEASED])
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!

Comments

FILL: TEAM KANAYA <> KARKAT - POKEMON (1998, 1999)

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Note: The release dates refer to both Pokemon Red/Blue and Pokemon Yellow, which were released at different times. This sort of incorporates both, though? So I put both to be safe.

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The door of the Egbert household slammed open and then shut again, releasing a wide-eyed, panicking brunette into the bright morning sunlight. John was off like a rocket, running for the familiar white domed building just down the street, berating himself the whole way.

He couldn't believe that he had actually slept in on the most important day of his life. After all, it was his 13th birthday. He was supposed to get his very first Pokémon and start on an adventure with his three best friends.

"But not if I'm late!" He cried out and put on an extra burst of speed.

When he finally reached the lab, he was a little dismayed. There, waiting outside, were two bikes—one purple, and one red with a playing card in the spokes of the wheel. Dave and Rose were already here, and Jade had undoubtedly met them. His heart fell, but he pushed on inside.

"Uncle Hass!" He yelled before the door had even had a chance to close behind him. "Uncle Hass, is there a Pokémon left?" The old man in question turned to him, his moustache twitching in what John recognized as irritation. Uncle Hass was actually his great uncle (and his second cousin and friend Jade's grandfather) as well as a professor of Pokémon who had decided to settle down in the little town of Pallet.

"That's 'Professor' in these walls, John, and you'd best remember it," Professor Hass replied, his tone brooking no argument.

"Sorry, Professor," John said sheepishly, but his previous vigor came back quickly. "But are there any more Pokémon?" Before Professor Hass could respond, John finally noticed his three friends. Dave, Rose, and Jade all watched him with varying levels of amusement, and each held a pokeball in one hand. John's heart sank then. Dave had boasted about how his Charmander (which he had been positive he'd get) was going to be the best and coolest Pokémon ever. Rose had once confided to him that she quite liked Squirtle. And Jade had always gushed about how cute Bulbasaur was. He'd always been happy for them, and honestly didn't know which Pokémon he wanted to choose, since he really liked them all, but the fact that they were all there meant that all the starters were gone. He had a feeling he knew Professor Hass's answer before it had even been given.

"Actually, my boy, I have one left," the professor replied.

"Really?" John leaped in excitement. "Yes! What is it? Bulbasaur? Charmander? Squirtle? I really don't care, I'm just excited to get a Pokémon!"

"None of the above, actually," Hass said. He retrieved a fourth pokeball, this one emblazoned with a yellow lightning bolt. "It's a Pikachu, an electric type. It was found making havoc in Viridian City recently, until it was caught and brought to me." He smiled sheepishly. "I haven't quite gotten around to taming it, but you've always had a knack with Pokémon, John. I think you can handle it." He held out his hand, and John gingerly took the pokeball in it. For a moment, he lamented over the fact that Uncle Hass was getting him to do his dirty work (that seemed to happen a lot, whenever Jade and John had helped him care for Pokémon over the summer), but that feeling was quickly replaced with joy. A Pokémon! A real Pokémon! Without even thinking, he let it out of the pokeball.

Pikachu was a small, yellow mouse-like thing, with bright red cheeks. It blinked soft brown eyes at him, looking a little surprised by its new surroundings.

"Aw, it's so cute!" John heard Jade exclaim as he bent down in front of it.

"Hey, buddy," John said. "You and me are partners now. So, how about it? Wanna be friends?" He held a hand out to the Pikachu. It looked from the hand to his face and back again before reaching out a paw. John grinned. It wasn't so much of a trouble—

And that was when the shock of electricity hit him.

Even after he had jerked away from the contact, his muscles still twitched from the stimulation. It wouldn't kill him, but fuck, that hurt! He heard Dave's sniggering and stood up, only then realizing he'd fallen over after the shock. He glared at his friend.

"Looks like you've got a winner there, Egbert," Dave said, and John sighed.

This was going to be a long adventure.