"So who is next?" asked Link.
Samus pulled out the next application and read it. She then lifted an eyebrow in confusion as she continued to read it. "Well this is interesting."
"What is?"
"It seems that we have some…out of worlders wanting to join the fray."
"…What?"
Samus beckoned the next applicant in. He entered, but he wasn't alone. The one who was going to be interviewed was a tall man with bright orange hair and wearing a white short-sleeved coat. Strapped to his lower back was a sword.
The next person was a blond man, who wore a brown vest over a white dress shirt and brown gloves. He had a sword of his own strapped to his waist.
Next was a woman with long brown hair. She seemed very refined and carried a staff with her. She kept glancing at the orange-haired young man for whatever reason.
The forth person of the group was a man, who also had long brown hair, but he was wearing glasses. The blue outfit he wore though made him look more like a scholar than a fighter.
Lastly, was a young tanned-skinned girl with black hair tied into pigtails. She was wearing a pink and white outfit and had what looked to be a stuffed animal strapped to her back.
Link and Samus looked at the group, wondering what exactly was going on, as they had no idea who these people were.
"…So all of you wish to join SSB?" questioned Link, getting started with the interview.
"Actually, I'm the only one trying out. The others are here to give me support. The name's Luke fon Fabre!" stated the leader of the group.
"Okay then, Luke. According to your application, you are from the game Tales of the Abyss, which is a PS2 game. You do know to be in SSB, third-party characters have to have been on a Nintendo console of some kind, right?" questioned Samus.
"Of course! Our game is actually going to be ported to the Nintendo 3DS in the near future, giving us the possible chance to be in SSB. Plus, I wish to be the representative for Namco! You already have Snake from Konami and Sonic from Sega, so why not have someone from Namco?"
"Probably because there are better choices out," replied the older girl of Luke's group.
"Don't be like that, Tear. I'm sure Luke has what it takes to be in SSB," stated the blond man, defending his friend.
"See! Guy believes in me!"
"I do wonder though. If Luke does indeed get in, would it be possible for some of us to be Assist Trophies?" asked the smart looking man.
"Jade has a point. Though I just want to know what kind of guys we'd get to meet and if they're wealthy!" exclaimed the little girl.
"You'll have to excuse Anise. She's a bit greedy at times," said Luke, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. He could also feel the glare Anise was giving him.
Samus let out a sigh. "Look, it's not that we don't want anyone from Namco to join SSB. In fact, it'd be nice, but I think if Namco were to pick anyone to represent them, they'd pick one of their more well known characters."
"Oh…"
"But just in case, we'll send your application anyway, Luke. You never know, since the Tales series is one of Namco's biggest sellers, you could easily become the representative for Namco," said Link, hoping to raise Luke's spirits.
"Thanks! Come on guys! Let's go celebrate!" exclaimed Luke.
With similar cheers from Guy and Anise, a chuckle from Jade, and an annoyed sigh from Tear, the Abyss Group left to go party.
The bounty hunter turned to Link. "You sure about sending in that application?"
"I said I was going to and I meant it. Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"
CHAPTER END
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Someone requested Luke, Tear, Guy, Jade, and Anise as fighters. I only made it for Luke as the applicant since I believe any and all third-party companies would only have one character in the SSB series. Meaning Konami would only have Snake, while Sega would only have Sonic. But I still added the others there since they were asked. Sorry if they all seemed out of character. I never played Tales of the Abyss so I don't know if I wrote them right.
In all honesty though, if Namco were to pick someone for the next SSB game, sadly it would be Pac-Man since he's the company's main character. If I got to choose, I'd probably pick Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia.
