Hey guys, Catastrophy, a.k.a. Cata to some of you, here with the first post. It's not the first chapter since I couldn't finish it in time so here is the prelude to the story. Enjoy :)
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
Aw man, why is there nothing good on T.V. during the day, moaned Catastrophy. Well, we could all play a board game, said the small female figure sitting in an overstuffed bean-bag chair, we could play Monopoly, Scrabble . Actually never mind now that I think of it those games lost their appeal to me a few weeks ago and probably longer for the rest of you. The other three all nodded in agreement with her statement when suddenly the kid in the group suggested an idea. We could hold a random elimination contest or a battle royale, said the child as if remembering something he saw before, We could make it like the ones that are on Gamefaqs that youre always reading! That sounds like a wonderful idea my friend but instead of having one of them why dont we make a combination of both, that should be twice the fun of having one or the other, said Catastrophy with overenthusiastic glee. Yeah, that would be fun, said the small male figure in the bean-bag next to the young woman, Do you want us to start making up a list of people to invite? Heck yeah! I want this thing to be as crazy as possible so invite as many random people as you can but make sure you invite that Pterodictyl guy, hes f****** hilarious! Okay well start right on that since theres only the end of Zombie Land on and weve seen it around twenty times in the past week, said the young man, Sir, should we also add ourselves to the list as well as the kid? Sure. No ones going to end up permanently dead anyways, Catastrophy answered with a reassuring tone, This will give you plenty of exercise. You do know if anyone got a hold of this rooms security footage you would be giving them a dont worry about dieing message which means we wont have as much fun, said the kid with a confused look on his face. Hey dont worry, he said calmly, They still dont know what happens if they die a certain number of times and if they answer my questions incorrectly several times for the my bonus questions. The kid looked surprised at this comment since Catastrophy usually doesnt think things through this much before he has it started. Sir, how are we going to get all these people here, asked the small female. Why Ill use my magic to bring them here of course, chuckled Catastrophy as if the question was one with an easy one to figure out without asking, But you will need to send them invites to things that theyre actually going to attend and tell me where you sent them so I can transport them here. Okay sir! We will all send them invitations to a party where they think theyll get the reward of there choice just by going there, exclaimed the young woman. What about this young girl on the list, asked the boy. Ill come up with that invite myself, said Catastrophy with a sinister smile that gave the other three chills, Okay lets try to get this thing started on Monday.
As you can tell by the date of this post they got side tracked with Catastrophy retaking the A.C.T.s, watching late night anime, and slept in the following day unable to finish the invites on time and forgetting to do some very important bill paying.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
I have no idea who you are, and all I can make out of the first post is a self-insert fantasy story, presumably preparing to degenerate into fanfiction.
-- This isn't 1950. Girls develop way later than they used to because human lifespans have increased - Lavos_Fanboy
AfroSquirrel posted... I have no idea who you are, and all I can make out of the first post is a self-insert fantasy story, presumably preparing to degenerate into fanfiction.
You're some what right with the self-insert fantasy since this is a random elimination/battle royale story and it will not degenerate into fanfiction only slight parodies of some video games.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
Aww man. The only person whose posted on here other than me is a guy who didn't even sign up. Where are contestants? Oh wait that's right the invites were all sent out late :)
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
That was a bit too "4th wall breaking" for my tastes, but I'm less of a fan of that than most.
Still really looking forward to this though.
Thanks and yeah I'm not going to do this very much or at all for the rest of the story I just thought I'd post a prelude because I had no clue on how I wanted the first chapter to go but it will most likely be posted tomorrow morning.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
wax expecting the prologue (based on title of the series + the reaper chars in the other topic) to be something like you being like some mysterious "boss" dude who decides to host these "trials" / tournament / or whatever for some unknown / whatever reason and the Reapers being childish (you kinda being the father figure to them) the method of gaining the people being finding people whom you considered "worthy" from across the land etc (through some kickass visual portal thing) making a list ( that or the portal auto showing "worthy" contestants since its your portal thing) and then teleporting them all at once during a moment where they all somehow weren't doing anything or whatever
and for some reason I was thinking the "hub" area for it would be some sort of dark tower / castle whose interior looks mansion like with some nexus (demons souls) style traits / look
well thats where I thought it was going anyway lol
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Pirateking2000 posted... wax expecting the prologue (based on title of the series + the reaper chars in the other topic) to be something like you being like some mysterious "boss" dude who decides to host these "trials" / tournament / or whatever for some unknown / whatever reason and the Reapers being childish (you kinda being the father figure to them) the method of gaining the people being finding people whom you considered "worthy" from across the land etc (through some kickass visual portal thing) making a list ( that or the portal auto showing "worthy" contestants since its your portal thing) and then teleporting them all at once during a moment where they all somehow weren't doing anything or whatever
and for some reason I was thinking the "hub" area for it would be some sort of dark tower / castle whose interior looks mansion like with some nexus (demons souls) style traits / look
well thats where I thought it was going anyway lol
Well I did this when I was half asleep and I just wanted to get something posted so this is what happened and you all don't know what the hub is yet since I only said they were in a room, not that this was the hub, if it was a completely different place, or if it was a part of the hub. Plus this was just how they act when bored, they are kinda like kids but they're also very mature. Oh yes it is also time for a hint for the bonus question at the end of Ch. 1: One of the Reapers I made for this event is based off of a character in a video game; this is the only hint other than the character bio so keep this in mind.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
"Yawwwwn. Wow that was a great nap," said the now waking young man, "Wait a sec, where did the sun go? Actually the better question is where did the whole park go!" "Look at that he finally woke up," said the guy that looked like a guitarist. "Hey at least another person is awake and not the bear over there," said a guy with a very hefty looking book, "If that thing woke up there would probably be blood everywhere and the though of that just terrifies me." The now somewhat awake guy looked around a noticed that he was around a giant bonfire that was one of several inside what looked like a giant room with indigo colored walls, "This looks somewhat like a mix of two games that I've played before, but that doesn't really matter right now. Do you two know where we are?" "Hmph. No we don't know where we are the last thing I remember is being on stage and a big bright light appeared at the time of a party that I was invited to," said the guitarist obviously angry. "Wait, did you just say you got an invitation to a party," said the guy with the book, "I got one too but I went to the place it was being held and there were others at the place too." "Hello? Is anyone awake over there," asked the voice of a little girl who was just then wandering into the light of the bonfire. "Yes there are a few of us over here," said the guy with the book, "My name is Jeffery Raze. What is your name?" "My name is Angelica Graham, Mr. Raze. I was going to a little boy's birthday party with my friend Bathory here," she said holding her very life-like doll, "but the next thing I knew was that I was around a fire surrounded by sleeping people." "Well Angelica, the sleeping people are starting to wake up now just like this guy here," Jeffery told her. "Oh! Thank you for telling me that but how long have these people been asleep," she asked. "Uhhhh, I'm not sure but it seems someone brought us all here for some reason." "Well he and/or she better explain to us why," exclaimed the young man who finally woke up all the way, "Oh wait I forgot to tell you my name. It's Joseph." "Mine's Raphael," said the guitarist. ------To be continued....
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
I already know that I should have ended the first part somewhere else but I kept losing things to have the characters say, so tomorrow I'll try to get the rest of it posted.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
As all the others woke up, including the animals, a platform started to descend to the ground. On the platform stood a man who looked like he was having the time of his life, a woman in a yellow dress holding a clipboard barely showing any emotion, and two chibis, one male the other female, holding hands. Hello everybody, said Catastrophy. Hello Dr. Nick, said everybody who had ever seen an episode of the Simpsons that featured Dr. Nick. All the people on the platform, except for the woman and Catastrophy, laughed hysterically at the response. I told you to go with the other welcome, said the woman in an expressionless tone that everyone could instinctually tell was a I told you so voice. Okay Ill use the other welcome, Catastrophy said knowing perfectly well she was right, Greetings everyone and welcome to the Twilight Palace, he said with an eccentric bow. Everyone was muttering to each other and just ignored him, it seemed as though they couldnt believe that he was the one who brought them there. Will everyone pleas listen to me, he asked in a polite tone, but no one did so he said, All of you better f******* listen to me or all of you are just going to die in this room and not get the chance to get one thing that you desire! That shut everyone up because they all wanted something and knew they couldnt achieve it easily so they all stared and listened. Thats better. Now you have all been brought here to compete in a large scale contest set within this castle. The goal of this contest is to not get knocked out by random events or other players, as he said this lighting flashed near the ceiling, Hm . Seems like the random weather generator, or R.W.G., turned on using its stored up power. Everyone was looking up at the ceiling wondering if it would rain since the giant bonfires were their only source of light. Then suddenly, a giant fire balls started falling from the storm clouds and hit two contestants burning them to a crisp. Wow. When I ordered this thing it said nothing about it raining fire. Sir, the box did have a warning label that said it would not rain if there was fire in the room that it was set up in, said Nocturne, the male chibi. Yes I know that Nocturne even Luna, Enzio, and Catarina told me about that but it said nothing about giant fireballs, Catastrophy said with a tone of irritation, Now we have to give everyone numbers, find out who they were, bring them back as my servants, tell everyone the rules, and set out the contestants.
To be cont.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
What was the third thing you said, asked a contestant, the man had a dragon with him. Ill answer that after I take care of everyone not knowing each others name, then Catastrophy muttered a chant and then everyone knew each others names and numbers that he had given them, Okay that is a lot better. Now Warren the third thing I said was that they were going to be my servants until they are voted back into the contest. Poor mnk and Raphael dying by a fire ball. Im ..Not Dead ..Yet, gasped Raphael. Okay is there a doctor in the house, Catastrophy asked, not meaning to be funny. Yes there is, said Rhys Flynn. As he was wrapping Raphael in gauze Catastrophy said, Okay he is inactive until he gets enough votes to become fully healed when everyone heads up to the next level. Now for the rules: first survive, second beware of Reapers, they wear emblems, except Catarina here for the moment so you can retrieve your item if you did not choose one, and do not force your way into locked rooms or you will regret it, most likely not quite sure. Now I want you all to choose on of the following door names: The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World, or The Fool.
End of Ch. 1
Bonus Question: From how I described Catarina in the chapter and how I described Enzio in his bio, what game did they get their descriptions from?
And sorry Pirate for changing the design you gave me for the chapter.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
Now is your time to decide and answer a question so you don't get randomly eliminated next chapter, you don't have to answer the question but you must make a choice. The character and number list will be made in a little bit as well as the death list. Can't believe that I had to seperate the second half into two parts but it came out okay, I guess.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
By the way, the names of the doors are based on tarot cards so if you want some interesting results ask for your door choice to be reversed. Forgot to mention this in the chapter when four people are taken out of the contest you move up one floor into the room directly above the starting room.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
Good choices so far but it's only 2/23 and to those who don't know the tarot doors have numbers on them from 0-21, The Fool is 0 and the rest of the choices are in order of 1-21.
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.
Machete: Strength Pterodicktyl: The Devil MegaWentEvil: The Fool (reversed) >_>
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ya right you are case the sunglasses have 3d so i can see right threw their clothes -ertyu (about wearing sunglasses to stare at boobs without girls noticing)
Well here's what the Reapers are choosing: Nocturne: The Fool Luna: Strength Enzio: Death Catarina: The Priestess Catastrophy: Reversed The Hanged Man (Just because I want to)
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I bring order and chaos, I am life and death, creator and destroyer, just like the rest of humanity.