Before I start, there's a poll that I think you should be able to vote on. May not have worked but hopefully, it has.
Not quite sure what to do for this introduction... Hmm...
Suspense?
WHICH CONTESTANT WILL BE CHOSEN TO HOST A CHALLENGE?
WILL IT BE- actually nah, bad idea...
Let's just start the episode, shall we?
Probopass sighed. Now Magneton was gone, she had nobody to talk to. Think about it, a voice in her head spoke, you're already on the show, you don't need to worry about not getting in or anything. They're not going to automatically kick you out, are they? Just speak to someone. Her mind had a point, she thought to herself. But wait, what if they do? And anyway, people already know you as the silent contestant. If they hear you speak, you'll lose their trust. You'll be voted out in no time, a more distinct voice spoke this time. If you speak, you'll already be a better contestant than Shiinotic. That's a thought. A war seemed to have broken out in her mind, so she quickly picked up a book and started to read to distract herself.
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Elsewhere, Gliscor and Heliolisk were relaxing in the spa, both wearing facemasks. "Which facemask did you pick again?" Heliolisk asked Gliscor. "I asked them to surprise me." Gliscor wondered for a moment. "Hey Heliolisk, do you feel a burning sensation in your eyes?" "No, why?" "I think these may be Tamato slices." "They must have weird healing properties or whatever then." "I guess that's true."
An Audino and a Wigglytuff were hiding under the desk of the spa. "The result is gonna be hilarious!" "I know, right? Serves him right for making us give him a foot massage. We're not slaves!"
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Toxicroak and his alliance members were in the Ghost Proof room. Parasect was off elsewhere, so they were free to discuss things. "Hey, boss?" Whirlipede asked, staring at the wall in front of him, "Should we get a new alliance member? We're only a team of three and the merge happened WAY too early." "True, very true. What do you think, Eggs?" Exeggutor was smiling goofily, distracted. "EGGS!" "PRETTY! I-I MEAN, WHAT?" "Shut up about your stupid romances. Should we get another alliance member?" "How about Tsareena?" "TSAREENA? THAT'S NOT EVEN A CONTESTANT!" Exeggutor shook his head and stared at Toxicroak. "How about Swadloon?" Toxicroak stared at him, unamused. "That thing? She's pretty useless. I was thinking more like Krokorok, or maybe Amoonguss. Anyone stupid will work. If they're stupid, they won't realise that the leader of the alliance is just using them to stay in the game." "What was that, boss?" Whirlipede asked, frowning. "Oh nothing, nothing."
"Plot twist, I'm smarter than you think and I'm not letting Toxicroak win. I also know that Lurantis is evil, Shiinotic's using a cheap tactic and Probopass can talk." Whirlipede stated very calmly. "Surprise? I hope it was, I like to think I'm a good actor." He stood there for a moment. "Just kidding, I'm an idiot, what was I talking about?"
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Parasect was sitting there staring at Shiinotic, who hadn't moved in three days.
"Amoonguss was bad enough, this new shroom is so strange, staring at me with his beady little eyes. He better watch it, I'm not letting him stay in the game for too long!" Parasect seemed very angry. "Oh, and I realise that I didn't make any bad jokes last episode. I'll try and make as many as possible this time, I want to show you all that I'm such a FUNGI!"
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH" Gliscor's screams could be heard from a mile away. The contestants all made their way to the spa and found Gliscor lying on the floor, covering his eyes. "Everyone, step back, Gliscor's going to the infirmary. Now, I have no idea what the challenge was going to be, he never told me, so I'll let one of you guys host for today." Most of the contestants seemed excited. "I'll spin this spinner we still have from last time, whoever gets picked can go wild!"
Heliolisk let Mime Jr spin the wheel, and they all waited a few minutes until it landed on... Magneton. "Oh." Heliolisk frowned as a couple others chuckled. Beheeyem sighed and spun it himself. Funnily enough, it landed on him. Beheeyem smiled sinisterly.
"Nobody has to know I made it land on me, and this'll be fun for them!" Beheeyem said.
"Beheeyem, before you torture them any way you want, you DO need to read and sign these sheets. Lawsuits and stuff, you know? I just thought you'd like to make sure you don't break any rules." Beheeyem's smile faltered as he grabbed the sheets. "Right... Until I've finished, have fun guys, as the fun may not last long."
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Everyone seemed nervous in the arcade room they ended up in. "Beheeyem wouldn't do something THAT bad to us, would he? He likes us all." Altaria said, trying to cheer everyone up. "Oh my Arceus, he totally does, right Haunter?" Minun asked, smiling at a seemingly tired Haunter. "Hm? Oh yeah, sure, whatever."
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After about two hours, all of the contestants were in massive, white room. Beheeyem was floating there, holding a pencil and notepad. "Greetings, fellow contestants. As you can see, your faces are spread all around the room. Once all of you step on your faces, the experiment will start." The contestants did as they were told, except Sigilyph, until he was told where to go by Sableye. As soon as Sigilyph reached his place, much to each contestant's fear, walls started rising between each contestant and Beheeyem disappeared. Now, each contestant was in their own, smaller white rooms. Nothing could be seen, nothing at all, just whiteness. Then, the walls seemed to get further away, until the nothingness went on forever. A few of the contestants tried to feel around for the walls, but nothing could be felt. Meanwhile, Beheeyem was explaining what the challenge was to Heliolisk, who had a grin that was growing by the second. Beheeyem then pressed a button, and as he did, a small, dull, grey button appeared on the floor in each endless room, moving towards the contestant when they got too far away. Next to the button were letters in a very large, dull font, reading out the words "GIVE UP". At this point, a few of the contestants had figured out the challenge.
"I get it, and it's pretty clever. We're all going to be bored as hell by the end of it, if not insane." Lurantis explained in the white room, feeling very nervous. "We have to sit here in these blank rooms until we HAVE to leave. I assume he won't let us fall asleep."
Heliolisk and Beheeyem were both drinking moomoo milk in a room full of monitors. On each screen, each different contestant could be seen in their infinite rooms.
Heliolisk seemed ecstatic. "Screw Gliscor, Beheeyem's AMAZING! He's actually putting the contestants through ACTUAL TORTURE! HE'S SO AWESOME AAA-"
Some of the contestants were doing different things to stay entertained. Minun was running away from the button, pretending it was chasing after her. Haunter thought you had to try and escape and was wondering how many had already done it.
Toxicroak, however, was planning. Amoonguss or Krokorok? Maybe Sableye? How about Cryogonal? He wasn't sure. I think Krokorok's stupid enough to join. The rest of his mind agreed.
Stunfisk was frowning. I actually hate everything here. Tympole, my one friend, spends all his time with his girlfriend. He thought to himself miserably. Nobody would want to go out with me anyway. He was on the verge of tears. Hey, Stunfisk, It's me, Porygon2. I want you to know that what you're saying isn't true. If you ever want to speak to me, just go ahead. Stunfisk shook his head in confusion. Was that really Porygon2?
Mime Jr was flying around the room freely. Eventually, however, she accidentally landed on her button and was teleported to the food hall.
*Two Hours Into The Challenge*
Herdier was laying down, very tired. Herdier, stay awake for me, otherwise, you lose. You got this, bestie! If you're struggling to stay awake, get up and run around, perhaps pretend the button's chasing you. It's what Minun's doing. Woah, Porygon2! Thanks, BFF!
Whirlipede was pacing back and forth, very confused. What was I talking about earlier? Did I know these things? Were they all true? OOH, tell me things you may know! OR HOW ABOUT YOU DON'T. Whirlipede stopped in fear. What was that voice? He had never heard it before. He was so worried and confused about everything.
I'm finally free from Alomomola! Tympole said, feeling exhausted. His lips were chapped, and he seemed very feeble.
Yamask was quietly sitting down, occasionally twitching. I really hate Ferrothorn. A voice in the back of her mind said. Oh, look at yourself, Yamask. You used to be so chatty and kind. Now you're just miserable all the time. She smiled for a second. I should apologise to Ferrothorn, I've been giving him the cold shoulder for ages, I know he didn't mean to. She thought about things for a moment. To be fair, he broke the MASK. The face of my past self! I had every right to be rude to him. This was very true, she thought.
Porygon2 kept switching between the minds of different contestants. She was nearly out of energy from everything she was doing and eventually collapsed completely, being teleported out of the room.
Hawlucha was jumping around for a while until she got bored and lay down. I don't have a single friend. WHY DID I EVER WANT TO BE IN THE ARMY!? I'M SUCH A MAGGOT! She stopped. Well, I know why I wanted to be in the army. All I could do was hurt people, I didn't really think I fitted anywhere else. Turns out I'm even unwanted in the army. A single teardrop fell from her cheek onto the floor. Oh, what am I saying, I'm such a LOSER! This place is making me CRAZY! and she stomped over to the button and pressed it.
Ferrothorn was singing to himself. He usually did so when he was bored.
Outside of the room, Porygon2 was charging and talking to all of the contestants again. Then she had an idea.
Klefki was about to fall asleep, when suddenly: "Greetings, contestants! Join this mental chatroom and talk to each other. Before we start, please enter a nickname to be identified as. When you close your eyes, you should get a clear viewing of the chatroom."
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Porygon Bot: When a contestant presses the give up button/falls asleep, there will be a message saying that they left the room.
Shrooms4Daiz (Parasect): Hiya guys, who else is here this early?
SpookGurl (Haunter): Which shroom are you?
CrayolaDragon (Druddigon): FIRST- Aw, drat.
Thornz (Ferrothorn): I wanna be clear, this challenge is to not press the give up button, right? It seems pretty easy.
Probopass (Probopass): Oh my Arceus, I didn't realise we were all doing clever nicknames!
Shrooms4Daiz: RIP! Also, I'm Parasect. And yes, Thornz.
An Ice Guy (Cryogonal): This seems pretty cool, I guess.
TympoleLuvr (Alomomola): Is Tympole on here yet?
SpookGurl: I haven't seen him yet, maybe soon.
TympoleLuvr: OH NO, WHAT IF HE LOST ALREADY! I'LL JOIN YOU!
TympoleLuvr has left the chat.
An Ice Guy: That's Alomomola out of the challenge I guess.
Hot (Arcanine): Sup dudes, dudettes.
Pancake (Stunfisk): hi guys i guess
Fosh (Tympole): Hi guys!
Fosh: I spelt fish wrong, hold on.
Fosh: Gosh, I'm so tired.
Fosh has left the chat.
Mr Hardcastle (Bastiodon): Sup my dudes!?
Hot: Sup!
Mr Hardcastle: Darmanitan? Awesome to see you haven't lost yet! Funny name too, bro.
Hot: I'm Arcanine, but I'm flattered. Not like I like- Well, it's not a- Guys are great, but-
CrayolaDragon: We get it, now shut up.
Clouds (Altaria): Druddigon? That doesn't sound like you.
CrayolaDragon: ALTARIA. Hi.
PoryBot: As I've been listening in on all your problems during this challenge, guys, I'd like to address some of them here. First of all, Stunfisk would like to say something, I assume.
Pancake: Huh? Well... You guys like me, right?
Hot: HA! You're hilarious. Nice one, Porygon2!
Mr Hardcastle: I genuinely didn't know we had a Stunfisk on this show, but I'd like to get to know you, see what you're like. I'm so sorry Stunfisk.
Pancake: Really? That's so nice!
Clouds: Wait hold on, Probopass, tell us about yourself, cause we know nothing.
Unamused (Swadloon): Hi guys.
ToxicThroat (Toxicroak): Sup.
Probopass: Well, I like long walks on the beaches. Nah, just kidding. You guys don't really need to know anything about me, I won't be able to elaborate it more once the challenge is over.
An Ice Guy: I'm starting to get a bit tired, guys...
Beheeyem (Sableye): WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING, YOU'RE ALL CHEATING
Pancake: WE'RE SORRY, DON'T PUT ME UP FOR ELIMINATION PLEASE!
Pupper (Herdier): Sableye got you good, Stunfisk!
Beheeyem (Sableye): Haha! I'll change my name, don't worry.
Shrooms (Amoonguss): Who stole the name Shrooms4Dais? I was gonna use that!
Shrooms4Daiz: Sorry, bud.
Shrooms: You're the worst. I hate you.
Shrooms4Daiz: That was a bit blunt.
Ya Mask (Yamask): hihi!
Thornz: Hey Yamask, I want to say this again, I'm so sorry.
An Ice Guy has left the chat.
Ya Mask: Listen, I've been thinking about it a lot... I... I just don't know how I feel about you yet.
LeefIsHeer (Lurantis): Hi everyone! Have I missed any conflict?
Not Drunk (Sableye): Why'd you ask about conflict? An odd thing to ask about. And this name is way cooler.
LeefIsHeer: I'm all about helping others, I don't want anyone to be upset while on the show.
Negative (Minun): That's so thoughtful of you!
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Meanwhile, the contestants who had lost the challenge were having a meal at the food hall. Hawlucha was eating by herself until Alomomola walked over. "You okay over here? You look, like, REALLY lonely." She said, bored.
"I kinda am, soldier," Hawlucha said morosely. Alomomola frowned.
"If I were you, I'd get a boyfriend. They just make your day and cheer you up when you're down, and if they don't, you dump them because they're clearly inadequate."
"That's... That's a great idea! Love! LOVE!" She punched Alomomola in excitement. Alomomola was lying on the floor with a black eye.
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Pamtre Berry (Exeggutor): And that's why I'm so grumpy all the time.
Croc (Krokorok): That makes so much sense, bruh! I'll never look at you the same way, bruh.
Hot: Remember what I said a while back?
Croc: Don't say bruh, bruh, Of course I remember!
Hot: ...
Croc: Oh right... Well, you can forgive me, bruh
PoryBot: Darmanitan fell asleep after spending ages trying to think of a punny nickname
Mr Hardcastle: Darm, NO!
PoryBot: Status Unknown Contestants: Whirlipede, Shiinotic, Sigilyph, Klefki
:) (Shiinotic): ...
Shrooms4Daiz: WHY
Not Drunk: That's a waste of a perfectly good username.
Clouds: I kinda agree.
CrayolaDragon: SO DO I HAHAH.
ToxicThroat: You're weird.
Pancake: Huh.
Mr Hardcastle: Hmm?
Pancake: I dunno, we should do something, I'm bored.
LeefIsHeer: How about we roleplay?
Unamused: Nope. Nope. NOPE.
Unamused has left the chat.
Jingle Jingle: Hi guys, sorry I wasn't here, I don't blink very often.
:): ...
Shrooms: Sorry guys, I'm gonna go, I can't. Good luck!
Shrooms has left the chat.
Croc: Finally, he's a bit on the grumpy side, ain't he. That miserable bugger!
Washing Machine (Whirlipede): I know, right?
ToxicThroat (To Croc): Hey, wanna be part of an alliance?
Croc: ALLIANCE!?
LeefIsHeer: Alliance! Consisting of who?
Not Drunk: Lurantis, you're being very suspicious.
LeefIsHeer: Shut up, you.
Not Drunk has left the chat.
Negative: Anyway, what was this roleplay?
PoryBot: The Game Is... MURDER!
ToxicThroat: *Kills Mr Hardcastle*
MrHardcastle has left the chat.
ToxicThroat: Woah! *Kills Shrooms4Daiz*
Shrooms4Daiz: Excuse me?
ToxicThroat: Oh, it was just a coincidence.
Shrooms4Daiz: I said excuse me! Don't you dare!
Pupper: Goodnight guys and good luck.
Pupper has left the chat.
PoryBot: 18 Players Left.
Washing Machine: Hey boss, what should we do?
Clouds: Boss? What boss?
Pamtre Berry: Boss? You didn't fall asleep, did you?
Whirlipede felt a sharp pain in his forehead
Washing Machine: I just thought someone could jump in and be the boss in this roleplay we're doing, ya know?
Clouds: Oh, can it be me!
SpookGurl: Can I be the apprentice?
Jingle Jingle has left the chat.
Croc: What apprentice? Why does the boss have an apprentice?
SpookGurl: Why not? We're making this up as we go along.
Croc: I don't think the boss should have an apprentice.
Thornz: Guys stop arguing, if Haunter wants to be an apprentice, she can be an apprentice.
SpookGurl: Hell yeah! That's 2v1, Krokorok!
Croc: This is stupid! Change game, bot!
PoryBot: Changing Game...
SpookGurl: What? ;;
SpookGurl has left the chat.
Clouds: You JERK!
Clouds has left the chat.
CrayolaDragon: YEAH! YOU TOTALLY ARE! YOU CROCODILE! YEAH! STOP IT!
CrayolaDragon has left the chat.
PoryBot: 13 Players Remaining. The Next Game Is: Who's That Pokemon!
Ya Mask: First of all, YAY! But is Sigilyph still in?
PoryBot: Affirmative. Anyway, The first Pokemon is green.
Croc: Parasect!
Shrooms4Daiz: uwot
Probopass: Cacturne!
LeefIsHeer: Me?
Thornz: Shiny Tangela!
PoryBot: Correct! Thornz scores a point!
Washing Machine: That's stupid!
Probopass: Can we have a different game? This seems a little unfair.
PoryBot: The next game is called Obtain!
PoryBot: State the username of a Gray Contestant that learns Self-Destruct!
Washing Machine: Mr Hardcastle, Probopass and Thornz
PoryBot: Correct! Three Points to Washing Machine
Negative has left the chat.
Ya Mask: Minun has the right idea...
Ya Mask has left the chat.
PoryBot: name a Blue Contestant that learns Peck!
Pancake: Cloudz?
ToxicThroat: Clouds.
PoryBot: Correct! A point goes to ToxicThroat
Porygon (Porygon2): It's me guys, according to Beheeyem, only two more need to leave, so your rooms are now being filled with sleep gas. Have fun.
Croc: Sleeping gas? F YOU, PORYGON
Thornz: Woah, dude. That's a bit harsh, Porygon2's really nice.
Croc: YOU CAN SHUT UP AS WELL, YOU'RE JUST AS BAD
LeefIsHeer: Where is all this coming from?
Shroomz4Dais has left the chat.
Pancake: For sleeping gas, this has a really strong smell.
Croc: ARCEUS I hate Porygon, always thinking they're so great with all these applications. Everyone here sucks.
ToxicThroat: Someone else agrees with me.
Croc: You can talk! Do you think anyone actually cares about you? Whirlipede is using you, you know.
Whirlipede: DONT TEXT ANOTHER WORD, CROC.
Tebahpla (?): Please do, this is entertaining.
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Beheeyem ran into his cabin. "Things aren't quite going the way I had hoped. They just went and ruined my experiment. Porygon2 ruining the results, giving them all something to do, making them have FUN." He flicked a switch in his cabin titled "Memory Wipe", and all the doors shut and locked themselves. The contestants were looking around fearfully as this happened, and the rooms started filling up with gas. All of the contestants + Heliolisk slowly but surely felt drowsy.
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All contestants ended up laying in the food court. A few of them were starting to wake up. Beheeyem was standing in front of them, frowning sadly.
Tympole stared at him. "What happened, Beheeyem? Where am I?"
Beheeyem continued frowning. "Basically, I made you guys all go into this simulated obstacle course, as I got to host a challenge."
Stunfisk blinked. "How did it go?"
"It went well, you all did well, it's just... I had decided that the last contestant to finish would be eliminated, and I want to say that I'm so sorry..."
Most of the contestants were awake at this point, and feeling very worried.
"Porygon2..." Beheeyem looked away from them all, covering his face with his hands. Herdier stared at Beheeyem, dumbstruck. Porygon2 very quickly ran over and jumped onto Herdier. "IT'S OKAY, YOU'LL BE FINE HERDIER."
Herdier pushed Porygon2 away and sat down silently. The others were either looking at Beheeyem, who looked extremely upset, or the two best friends. "Herdier..." Porygon2 stared at her.
Herdier shot Beheeyem a dirty look.
"I have some alcohol if you want to drown your sorrows," Sableye stated, smiling feebly.
Porygon2 hugged Herdier gently. Herdier pushed her away again and walked off to her cabin very, VERY slowly.
"If only I didn't lose, Herdier's gonna be a mess without me, I just know it." Porygon looked down. "Damn, dude. An obstacle course? I can't remember doing that. Oh well, WIN FOR ME HERDIER."
"Do I feel bad? Kinda, yeah. I mean, I'm being kind enough to help another contestant (even if it is for research) while eliminating another one." Beheeyem chuckled. "I got rid of a threat anyway."
Krokorok was thinking to himself in the confessional. "I feel really tense and I'm not sure why."
"A threat is now gone! I don't know why, but I feel like I did that, you know? It's just a feeling in the gut." Lurantis smiled.
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Porygon2 was about to get on the raft. "Hey, Porygon2?" Herdier asked, sniffling. "What do you want, pal?" Porygon2 tried to sound as enthusiastic as possible. "I'll miss you, and I hope you'll miss me, and you're my best friend, and nothing will change that, and-" "Herdier, please don't become all emotional and lose, PLEASE." Porygon2 smiled and hopped onto the raft. "Bye."
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Porygon2 was out in the ocean. "I wonder if I can watch the challenge by looking through my memory..." They checked their files and went into their memory. "Hold on, there are no memories on here in the last few hours. That's strange. Unless it's been emptied... Wait..." She then deflated as if the were a balloon. "Beheeyem got me out... He cleared our memories and said I was eliminated... Because I was a threat maybe? BEHEEYEM!"
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Sableye and Herdier were brooding by the docks, staring out into the ocean. Beheeyem floated over to them, smiling slightly. "You two, which one wants to talk to me first?" Herdier blinked a few times before turning around. "Never say anything to me again or I promise you, you'll be leaving this show in a wheelchair." Beheeyem gulped nervously...
Don't be mad, I'm sorry, I made this decision with regret and I'm sorry if you liked them. I mean, someone has to go home right? Heh... Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter and tell me what you thought of the way I did the challenge and what it turned into, whether that's through PM or review or whatevz. Anyway, next chapter thing:
When Unown is sighted by multiple contestants, the group splits into pairs to find the mysterious Pokemon on a mysterious island they weren't planning to reach. What chaos will ensue, what drama will occur, why is mysterious such a fun word to say? Find out next time on Another Total Pokemon Island... Yay...