Ikko's Challenge
Challenge book I: please come up with better titles than my placeholders, okay?
A Tale of Two Lynxes; Armored Core 4
Joshua O'Brien didn't consider himself the best of the best-didn't need to be. Quick with a joke, and not one to hold a grudge, he was content with being ranked #40. That was, however, until a new pilot started chewing through rankers like candy. Blown away, and struggling to keep up, Joshua must struggle with his new rival as he balances a rough relationship with the tense climate of the Pax Economica.
Challenge: Write a story based in Armored Core 4's story mode (Normal/Hard) around the player protagonist and Joshua O'Brien, the pilot of the original White Glint. Comes in two flavors, Bromance or Romance. Must feature them as the rivals they are depicted as in Hard Mode (canon).
Optional Pairing: Raven & Joshua.
-Better Luck Next Time; Dark Souls/Dark Souls III
It turns out there was a reason why it took the souls of the four most powerful beings to ever exist to link the flame. How could one undead ever hope to measure up?
Challenge: The Chosen Undead failed to link the flame in DS1, and was instead burnt to unkindled ash instead. The fading light has splintered time beyond repair, and Hero's come and gone are phasing into reality. Awoken at the end of everything, The Chosen Undead must gather new friends and old enemies to reignite the flame... or snuff it out, once and for all.
-Not Another Hyena; YAHF/BTVS, Demon's Souls/Dark Souls/Bloodborne
The usual Halloween episode with a twist, Soulsborne themed costumes. I bet Xander wishes he read the tag on that black leather armor a bit more closely...
Challenge: The gang gets assorted costumes from the Souls games, and Bloodborne. Xander MUST dress up as Patches, all other characters are fair game. Try to match them to costumes that fit their character, eh?
-AC: SOLDIER; Armored Core, FF7/FF7: Crisis Core
Challenge: After Niblehiem burns, Cloud gains control over Zack's AC: Fenrir. Struggling to piece his mind together, and abnormally high AMS Compatibility-Cloud deals with Sephiroth and literal Ghosts in the Machine. (Zack bleeds into the mech via a neural interface/Zack is part of the mech) SOLDIER as RAVENS.
-Fly Me to the Moon; YAHF/BTVS, Steel Beach (John Varley)
When he dressed as a reporter, he thought he'd be Super Man.
Challenge: Xander dresses as Hildy Johnson, and takes his/her place in the books events. Kind of just a playground to do with as you please. Lots of room to mess around in... you should probably go read the book first.
-Life's too Hard; Naruto, NITW
Between being a ninja and learning to play bass, Naruto's learning that life's not all it's cracked up to be. Oh well, at least the views nice.
Challenge: Mae is reincarnated as Naruto Uzumaki, this leads to an even more incredible lack of focus and increased mental instability. Other characters can be reincarnated as well. Sasuke: Beatrice. Sakura: Gregg. ETC. Only character traits. No memory transference.
-Kyuubi, Genin of Konoha; Naruto
Challenge: The reaper seal puts Naruto in Kyuubi's body, not the other way around. Naruto grows up learning to live as the most powerful biju to walk this earth... when he can direct enough energy to being giant that is. Anthro Kyuubi/Naruto protagonist. Naruto replaces Kyuubi in his body-but is still convinced that he is the demon.
-Under the Darkmoon; Naruto, Dark Souls
Challenge: Naruto is, through some means, transported to Lordran after the mission to wave. (Naruto must aquire Zabuza's blade) Naruto arrives in Lordran BEFORE the events of Dark Souls, and the fading of the first flame. Active Knights of Gwyn. Beginning of the spread of the Abyss.
Pairing: Gwyndolin & Naruto.
-Brother Dragon; BTVS, Dark Souls
Challenge: Xander adopts Company Captain Yorshka as his little sister, becoming a Blade of the Darkmoon. Later he acquires the dragon transformation stones (from DS1, not DS2 or DS3) and is forced to use then to escape certain death.
-You work For Me Now; BTVS, Marathon
Challenge: YAHF. Xander dresses as Mjolnir Recon 54 and wakes up on the UESC Marathon. Dealing with temperamental AI and hostile alien life on a quest for ancient secrets and a way back home. Xander as Cyborg 54, Durandal as a companion and puppetmaster.
Optional Pairing: Durandal & Xander.
Optional Pairing: Leela & Xander.
-Forced Evolution; Halo, Armored Core
Challenge: The prototype suit that was featured in Halo Legends was recovered instead of destroyed. Normal soldiers become Ravens (AC's Gen. 1-3) and Spartans become Lynxes (NEXTS/Prototype AC's) with new technology to beat back the Covenant menace. Ghost survives, more Spartan II's and III's survive.
Optional Pairing: Ghost & Noble Six.