(AN) Once again, procrastination and my writing had slowed down the update! I'm working on that! I've started watching this show called Siberia. It was about a reality game show went wrong and mysterious things started to happen. The death of one contestant was only the beginning. I enjoyed the first episode and look forward for the rest of the show! Speaking of show, I hope you guys will enjoy my first aftermath!
(Disclaimers) I do not own Total Drama Series or Pokémon. Also, the alphabet theme is NOT my idea. It's originally created by Frank15, so give him credit for that.
STARRING:
Hydreigon - 64 - The Granny with two Talking Hands
Bastiodon - 29 - The Hardheaded Actor
Vanilluxe - 34 - Cheerful Optimist Ice Cream Man
Xatu - 53 - The Foreseeable Psychic
The screen was completely black. Nothing was showing anything on TV. Everything was silent. Suddenly, stage lights flashed on one by one and shone onto a large stage. On the left side of the stage was a yellow comfy sofa for the interviewee to sit down and be interviewed. The right side of the stage was three rows of red sofas, which was for the eliminated contestants after they were being interviewed. In the centre of the stage was a green sofa. Two Zoroark were sitting on it.
The Zoroark on the left was a bipedal, gray-brown, fox-like Pokémon with crimson and black accents. He had a pointed snout and ears with red insides. He also had some red rimming his eyes and mouth. He had a large, red, voluminous mane with black tips, which somewhat resembles a ponytail, as a teal bangle down its length separates a mass of the mane from the lower portion. He had a black ruff on his upper body, pointed at the shoulders from which his arms extend. His upper arms were thin, whereas his lower arms, while still slim, were bulkier. The arms had spiky extensions of fur at the elbows, and he had red claws on his hands and feet. Zoroark's eyes were red-rimmed with light blue irises.
Sitting next to him was the same species… but with noticeable differences. His body and his face was lighter gray than the other Zoroark. His hair was colored purple. He was wearing a white strait jacket; yellow padded trousers which looked like pool noodle wrapped his legs; medium-sized purple cube wrapped his feet; a black collar on his neck; and a red padded helmet. One of his yellow eyes was twitching as he grinned crazily at the cameras.
While the talk show theme song was heard, both Zoroark grinned as the live audience cheered. When the theme song had ended; the Zoroark on the left began speaking.
"Hello, viewers and Total Pokémon fans! My name is Alton," Alton smiled before the purple Zoroark started jumping on the sofa.
"AND MY NAME IS ZIPPY AND I'VE TASTED CREAM PIE IN MY EYES, BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Zippy laughed insanely before landing his butt back onto the sofa with a thump.
"And my brother and I want to welcome you all to our very first Total Pokémon Aftermath!" Alton announced as the audience cheered again before he waved at them to be quiet.
"Now here's what we do during this show – after every five episodes, we'll be interviewing eliminated contestants about their time on this show and perhaps, we could get to know some info about them." Alton explained.
"After we've talked to them, we'll show a recap and then display statistics about their wicked, wippy, flippy performances!" Zippy explained as his voice sounded like an insane psychopath.
"The last part of our segment comes forth fan mails from TPA's devoted fans! Afterward, we move on to our next guest until it's over."
Zippy hopped on the sofa again like a kid who was waiting to open their Christmas presents. "WE NEED TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST GUEST BEFORE THE STAGE LIGHTS TURNED INTO TOASTERS AND KILL US ALL!" He shouted.
"Settle down, Zippy." Alton gestured his brother to sit down. Zippy suddenly sat down like an obedient dog. The smiling Alton faced the cameras. "Our first guest is a calm, elderly dragon with a twist. She's the woman with two talking hands; one's an angel and one's the devil. Her hands had caused her to be in last place; give it up for Hydreigon!"
The audience applauded as Hydreigon flew onto the stage. She smiled and waved to the audience and then gently landed onto the sofa.
Alton nodded. "Hello, Hydreigon."
Hydreigon smiled. "Hello, you two."
"Welcome to Total Pokémon Aftermath. You've got the honor to be our first guest."
Hydreigon's Devil Hand scoffed. "I can hardly find last place to be honourable, moron!" Hydreigon's Angel Hand slapped her. "OW!"
"Devil, we're a guest! We must be polite!" Angel Hand scolded.
"How's this for polite?" Devil Hand looked at the audience. "You people should just cut your polite crap and go f-" Hydreigon pressed her hands together to muffle Devil's curse words.
"Was it always hard to have your hands to be bickering often?" Alton asked, sympathetically.
"My hands had gotten me into predicaments occasionally. There were a few times where I-" Hydreigon said as her hands were jerking back and forth until they were apart. Spitting out like she had just ate something disgusting, Devil Hand growled.
"You know I hate it when you pressed me against her!" Hydreigon's Devil Hand gestured to Angel Hand. "I'm not into girls!"
"That wouldn't have happened if you weren't attempting to swear at the audience." Hydreigon's Angel Hand said, coolly.
Hydreigon's Devil Hand scowled at Angel Hand silently as Zippy grinned at them. "I so wish I have talking hands! I CAN USE THEM TO BLEND A BOWL OF LAVA! BWAHAHAHAHA!"
Hydreigon and her hands stared at the crazy Zoroark. They had no idea what to say to that.
"Just ignore him. Anyway, what were you saying before being interrupted?" Alton asked.
Hydreigon shook her head a little to remove what Zippy had just said before explaining her answer. "As I was saying, there was a few times where I had lost my jobs because of them. There were two jobs I always worked nonetheless."
"I heard you were just recently retired, so what was the last job you worked?"
Hydreigon smiled. "Oh, I was a construction operative. And in my younger age, I was a DJ for several night clubs."
"A DJ?" Alton widened his eyes in surprise.
Hydreigon nodded. "Partying is always in my heart. It's actually one of the few things me and my hands enjoyed."
"Parties were activities where we can socialize and have fun with our friends." Hydreigon's Angel Hand smiled.
"It was one of the few times where we can fuck the rules and rock out all night!" Hydreigon's Devil Hand grinned nastily.
Suddenly, the video above the Zoroark Brothers appeared on screen; showing a young Hydreigon doing the Hustle in the centre of the cheering crowd. The live audience cheered as Alton looked up at the video with his jaw dropped. He then looked at his brother, who was grinning and shaking his body to the music. "We can't have a party without her video!"
Alton snapped his head at Hydreigon, who was grinning and laughing as she was watching the video.
"Is that you?!" Alton gasped, jabbing his thumb at the video.
"Yes, it was!" Hydreigon laughed happily. "I couldn't believe they recorded that video!"
Alton looked back at the video before looking at Hydreigon. "So apparently, from the video's title, you were the Queen of Pokémon Disco."
"I often host parties or went to parties whenever I was off work. No matter where I went, everyone recognised me." Hydreigon said while she was shaking her body to the music.
"You're technically a celebrity then." Alton chuckled.
"You could say that."
"I don't wanna be a party pooper, but I don't want you hogging all the screen-time."
"You're absolutely right!" A disembodied voice was heard off stage.
Alton turned off the video, much to the audience and Zippy's disappointment.
"Why…?" Zippy moaned as he flopped onto the floor.
"Sorry." Alton apologised to his brother before facing the elderly dragon. "I want to ask you one more question before we move on to our next segment. How do you feel when you became the first out of twenty-six contestants to be eliminated?"
Like flipping a switch, Hydreigon became disheartened. "I felt like I had let my generation down. I'm the oldest contestant on this show. I wanted to prove to everyone that age doesn't matter when you were in the game. All I did to get myself eliminated was by retraining Devil Hand from destroying the other teams' tables."
"Exactly! If it wasn't for your stupid morality, we wouldn't be sitting in this fuc-" She couldn't finished her sentence as Hydreigon's Angel Hand slapped Devil Hand. "OW!"
"Okay, let's get into our second segment; Game's Recap!" Alton declared. He extended his claws to the keyboards, only to stop when seeing the laptop was wet. He turned his neck to his brother, who went back on the sofa; grinning at him with his tongue sticking out. Realizing the answer, Alton cringed as he typed a few times and then showed videos of Hydreigon's experience during the game.
"Hydreigon, you were the seventeenth person to arrive at Wawanakwa Island and shocked everyone with your talking hands. After spending the challenge with Vanilluxe and Gothitelle, you were placed onto Unique Uxie and got to spend the night in the Winner Cabin. You brought Octillery to bed after she passed out in the confessional. In the Easter Eggs challenge, you were having an internal battle with your Devil Hand and you stopped her plan in bittersweet result. Despite Vanilluxe's attempt to save you, it wasn't enough and you placed last. There was not much to say since you were practically in the game for two days." Alton summarized.
"Why did Vanilluxe depart the island third?" Hydreigon sighed.
Alton nodded. "Why indeed." He turned his neck to his brother. "Zippy, it's your turn with the next segment."
Zippy snapped his head to the laptop and jabbed his tongue onto the keyboard. The large screen displayed a purple background along with Hydreigon's face with the title; Number of victories, beside her. The crazy jumped onto the sofa, snapped his head at Hydreigon and grinned. "It's time for Statistics, Result, Statistics, Result, MUSHROOM!" He jumped at each word before screaming at the last word, which caused Hydreigon to jump a little.
"In episode number one; you've got a win by winning that golden token. Your team had lost only once! From elimination, you had five votes against you, while you voted against Vanilluxe!" As Zippy explained to Hydreigon, positions first, second and third appeared on screen and a tally was drawn under first. Afterward, Unique Uxie's team logo replaced Hydreigon's face and a tally was drawn under third. The whole thing was replaced with the title; Elimination Votes, at the top. Her face along with her teammates' faces appeared inside two tables; Hydreigon, Vanilluxe and Tangrowth for Vanilluxe's, and the rest for Hydreigon's.
"Five-three votes are better than six-two." Hydreigon said.
"Likewise." Alton nodded. "With those two segments out of the way, we can start reading out your fan mails!"
On cue, Zippy jumped off the sofa and run out off-stage, only to return with a small bag in his mouth. He dumped it onto the table. Alton put his arm into the bag and pulled out three letters. Hydreigon smiled and leaned forward as she was intrigued on what the fans think about her. Alton opened the first letter, cleared his throat and read it out loud. "How do you feel about Fairy Type Pokémon? For a Dragon/Dark like you, one of them would... Well, it wouldn't be pretty. From BaconBaka."
"I haven't gathered much information about it. But from what I've heard, I could have some trouble if I come across any wild Fairy Pokémon." Hydreigon mused.
"Does that's mean I'm gonna get my ass kicked by her?" Hydreigon's Devil Hand angrily gestured to Angel Hand, who smiled.
"You don't even have an ass." Hydreigon pointed out.
"Even so, I don't wanna be defeated by some weakling fairies!" Hydreigon's Devil Hand growled.
"Fairies or not, I for one am quite pleased to have a new type revealed to the world. It'd give us more challenges and develop new skills." Hydreigon smiled.
"Gotta keep things fresh." Alton nodded before pulling out a second letter, opened it and then held it to Zippy's face so he can read it. Surprisingly to everyone except his brother, Zippy began reading the letter in calm voice that sounded like a certain bear from DanganRonpa.
"Dear Hydreigon, sorry you missed out on the whole experience. If you could do one thing during the show, what would it be? From Griffin9." Then Zippy turned back into his crazy self like someone flipped a switch within him. He grinned as he spoke. "I know a friend who loved nine!"
"Freak." Hydreigon's Devil Hand muttered. Hydreigon scowled at her hand and then explained her answer to Zippy.
"I wanted to demonstrate that experience could outplay everyone. They could've belittled us for our age, but that could be a trick to get ourselves ahead."
"I would've loved to play the game fairly and befriend with our competition." Hydreigon's Angel Hand smiled.
"If it was down to me, I would've used my power to trample through everyone and claim the million!" Hydreigon's Devil Hand grinned evilly.
Alton stared at Hydreigon's Devil Hand before opening up the third letter. He read the question and raised a brow. He looked up at Hydreigon. "This question's for your hands."
Hydreigon's Hands perked up when Alton mentioned them. "I have a question for Hydreigon's Hands. You two were bickering all the time for all those years! I feel bad for Hydreigon for having to put up with your fighting. Is there anything that either of you have got in common? Like, at all? From Solar4Ever." Alton read from the letter. He looked at the dragon's hands to see their reaction. Devil Hand remained silent, while guilt was showing on Angel Hand.
"O-of course we do. Despite our little bouts, we developed interest in parties, flying over Unova and stacking dominos." Hydreigon's Angel Hand replied.
"I did like to knock them down after so much stacking." Hydreigon's Devil Hand murmured.
"If you like, you can join me in knocking down city blocks!" Zippy grinned.
"Can you?" Hydreigon's Devil Hand looked at him with interest.
Alton quickly spoke up before Zippy could. "Well, Hydreigon, it was great having you and your hands as our first guest. Could you please take a seat over there?" He pointed to the red sofas on the right side of the stage.
Hydreigon nodded. "Of course." She stood up from her seat and flew over to the red sofas.
"Let's give a hand for, I mean three hands for Hydreigon!" Alton smiled.
The audience applauded as Hydreigon smiled and waved to them again. Zippy jumped onto the table. "Our SECOND player is a Hardheaded Actor- so hardheaded, not even a NUCLEAR bomb can penetrate it! He gained a TRANNY personality called Bastiorel-" Zippy was cut from an angry actor off-stage and off screen.
"I am not Bastiorella!" Bastiodon shouted.
"And he got beat up by a mistakenly called guy-girl! Say hi to BASTIODON! HAHAHAHAHA!" Zippy grinned, gesturing his head at the left side of the stage. The audience applauded as Bastiodon walked onto stage, glaring at Zippy before winking at said audience. He sat down onto a yellow sofa, looking like professional.
"Let's get to the point. Everyone would love to see me answering any question they can muster." Bastiodon stated, smugly.
"Not a lot, though!" Zippy grinned.
Bastiodon frowned and turned to Alton. "I await you to interview me."
"I've already interviewed Hydreigon. Zippy and I are taking turns on interviewing the eliminated contestants." Alton said.
"I don't want to be interviewed by psychotic n-" Bastiodon complained when Zippy interrupted him.
"How did you enjoy the game?"
Bastiodon frowned. "It was crap. I was robbed from my game before I'd even started! I've barely gotten any experience to gain from except sleeping in that awful cabin! The challenges sucked! And my team sucked! One of them planted a 'special' make-over on my face and I ended up being called Bastiorella throughout Defeat Hotel and the social media! And the only reason I couldn't take it off until yesterday because someone didn't tell me it can be removed after twenty-four hours!" He glared at Hydreigon across the stage. Her Devil Hand started laughing.
"You were too hilarious to have your make-up removed!" Hydreigon's Devil Hand laughed.
"Why you're big-headed?" Zippy asked.
"I'm a Bastiodon; I'm supposed to have a big head." Bastiodon replied as the audience chuckled. "My head is as hard as a shield." The audience chuckled again, which caused Bastiodon looked at the audience strangely. Ignoring them, he continue answer his question. "And I can easily ram down any hard obstacle with my head."
Bastiodon snapped his head at the audience, who chuckled once again. "Did I say something funny to you? You're reminding me of a studio audience who had to laugh in a sitcom every now and then." He asked, annoyed.
Zippy laughed. "You admitted you're big-headed!" Some people in the audience and Hydreigon's Devil Head started laughing. Everyone else was either chuckling or remained silent. Bastiodon stared at them with distaste. Zippy stopped laughing and asked him another question. "Why you wanna be an actor?"
The first time since he stepped onto the stage, Bastiodon smiled. "My life as an actor started when I saw Jack Nicholson in The Shining. In the same year, I met him in Hollywood and realized he was completely different than he portrayed in the movie. From the moment he gave me his autograph, I strived to pursue my acting dream and become the greatest actor in the world. If you wanna know more my history, I've got my own biography." He smirked.
Alton typed a bit on the laptop. He looked at the screen in surprise once discovering Bastiodon's biography on . The biography's cover featured Bastiodon was staring forward, smiling smugly. The title at the top was called Bastiodon; Determination Dreamer. "Huh. You really DO have your own biography. I'm surprised."
"Why should you? All famous actors have their own biography." Bastiodon smirked, leaning against the sofa.
Zippy stared at Bastiodon's biography on the website and then grinned at said actor. "Wow, Bastiodon… your book is bigger than your huge head!"
The audience laughed while Bastiodon became even more annoyed. "Just move to the next question." Bastiodon muttered.
Zippy flopped himself to the ground, all while still staring at Bastiodon. "Got any buddy-buddy you wanna root from the ground for?"
Bastiodon blinked at Zippy and then turned his neck to Alton, who translated his brother's language. "Do you have anyone to root for to win this show?"
Bastiodon scoffed. "Nobody from my former team; they had no respect for my celebrity status. You should never dishonor celebrities. The other teams? I don't give a damn about them. If I'm out of the picture, this show had lost a majority of its fanbase."
Zippy jumped onto his feet and then leaned toward Bastiodon and become deadly serious. "I have One. Last. Question." Zippy whispered menacingly. Bastiodon became uncomfortable with yellow eyes piercing into his own. Everyone remained silent; wondering what was the last question he had wanted to ask Bastiodon. Zippy suddenly grinned and shouted to Bastiodon's face. "What movie did you like starring in the most?!"
Bastiodon yelped like a little girl while the audience chuckled at his moment of fright. After a quick glare at Zippy, he cleared his throat to remove the sense of embarrassment within him and answer Zippy's question. "That question is easy. The one movie that stands out the best is The Road. Apart from a Shieldon, no other main character took up my screen-time. I've never liked films or TV series involving so many characters. Look at New Year's Eve for example. I took the role as the Dad because I wanted to test myself as an actor to get myself gritty and dirty no matter how much I care about my face. The make-up department did a great job making me look like I was in my forties! I looked awful and hideous, but I sucked it up and performed I did. It had paid off as my performance was praised by audience and critics alike. I won many awards for it." He replied.
"Actually, Bastiodon, you were nominated several times, but only won one award." Alton said after checking the list of awards for The Road on the laptop.
"That's because the audience doesn't see the amazing performance like I did." Bastiodon muttered.
"Now let's see how your audience thinks of your performance as we view the recap of your time from this show." Alton declared as he typed a few times and then showed videos of Bastiodon's experience during the game.
"You were the sixth contestant to join the game by acting out your entrance scene. After being annoyed by Tangrowth, Sableye and Xatu, you were placed on Mysterious Mesprit and had to spend a night in the Loser Cabin. You weren't popular with the Mesprit's girls. You'd got eggs dropped on you by Whimsicott; being sprayed with ink by Octillery; and became Bastiorella when Whimsicott put on her special face paint on you. And after the Type-o-tron, they voted you off for refusing to fight against Primeape albeit beating you up after commenting she wasn't a girl. You then left in an over the top negative dramatic scene; negative, but good acting." Alton summarized.
"I wasn't going to leave the show in anti-climactic fashion." Bastiodon smirked at the moment after he was eliminated.
Zippy jumped onto the top of the sofa again as Bastiodon's face appeared on the purple screen. "In episode number one; you'd got a loss by getting that bronze token. Your team had won once and lost once! From elimination, all five girls voted against you, while you voted for Sableye!" As Zippy explained to Bastiodon, positions first, second and third appeared on screen and a tally was drawn under third. Afterward, Mysterious Mesprit's team logo replaced Bastiodon's face and a tally was drawn under first and third. The whole thing was replaced with the title; Elimination Votes, at the top. His face along with his teammates' faces appeared inside three tables; Bastiodon for Whimsicott's; Infernape, Jolteon and Yanmega for Sableye's; and all the girls for Bastiodon's.
After Zippy finished explaining the results, he and brother looked at Bastiodon to find out his reaction. The actor stared at the screen in disbelief. "You mean if I had voted along with the guys, I still could have a shot of being the star of the show?"
"If you've subsequently defeated Sableye in a tiebreaker." Alton reminded him. He turned his head to see Zippy's dumping a bag onto the table. The calm brother fished out three letters and then looked at Bastiodon. "So, you're ready to hear your fan mails?"
Bastiodon smiled. "I loved hearing how much the fans loved and appreciated me."
Alton opened the first letter and then held it to Zippy's face so he can read it. "Rofl u sucked at the game! I bet you couldn't even pull off a 360 no scope in CoD. Lulz u mad bro? From Dusclops!" Zippy grinned.
Bastiodon frowned and rolled his eyes. "Could you please read the real question, Alton? I will not response to jokes."
Alton looked at the letter and then showed it to Bastiodon. "That is the real question. You've got a troll."
Bastiodon read the letter, frowned and then glare at the camera. "How dare you to send this loathsome letter, DUSCLOPS. You will never accomplish anything if you're sitting in your Mommy's home in your basement TROLLING people who had worked hard to get where they are! It had taken me a while to get where I am, but I made it! I became an actor and fulfilled my dream! As for civilisation of troll, you're trolling people just so you can satisfy your disgusting lust! You know what I think? I think you're trolling people like me because you are jealous! Haters are gonna hate, but my achievement had made me the envy of you all. If you're persisting with your trolling business, the only thing you could possibly accomplish is making many people realize how much of a loser you really are…"
Everyone, even Zippy was silent as Bastiodon took a few deep breaths. The audience then cheered and applauded for Bastiodon's anti-trolling speech. Hydreigon and Alton were clapping and Zippy was happily jumping around without a care in the world.
"Well said, man." Alton smiled, impressively. "Were you just acting now or that was the real you?"
Bastiodon smirked. "I was partially acting, but most of my speech was the real deal. I had my fair-share of trolls. I just ignore them and get on with my life. After all, what are they if they can't provoke us?"
The audience applauded again while Bastiodon smiled and waved. "Thank you, thank you. You're all too kind."
"Hopefully, this one isn't a troll letter." Alton said before he opened up the second letter and read it out loud. "I hate people who think they're perfect and flawless! So I dare you to answer this question, Bastiodon: What is your biggest flaw? From TrainGisbo11."
The audience went "Ooo…" as Bastiodon looked conflicted on his answer.
"Characters with flaws are the BEST characters!" Zippy stated.
Bastiodon stared at the audience and then the Zoroark Brothers. "I can take on any role on any genre in the movies... except for musical. As much as I am talented as an actor, a singer I am not. Sadly for the fans who were hoping to hear me sing, I cannot since I can't hit high notes. I won't spare any more details since my last attempt was too shameful."
"A lot of people can't sing." Alton stated.
"I CAN!" Zippy exclaimed. He jumped his feet on the sofa and opened his mouth, only for his brother clasping his mouth and promptly sitting him down. He turned his head back to Bastiodon.
"Thank you for answering honestly." Alton nodded.
Bastiodon shrugged. "I explained that detail to my biography writer. What'd make it any different in a talk show?"
"One more fan mail before we're getting free ice-cream!" Zippy grinned as his brother opened up the third letter and then Zippy read it out loud.
"Dear Bastiodon. If you didn't want to be an actor, what do you want to be? From TriFiWine." Zippy asked.
Bastiodon scoffed. "Acting is my life. Without it, I am nothing. I shall act all my life until my last breath has vanquished."
"It was great knowing you and as you agreed to not let anyone to hog the screen-time, we need to get on to our next guest." Alton said.
"But I've only said that so I can have the most of my screen-time!" Bastiodon shouted.
"Over there, over there, over there you go!" Zippy jabbed his head to the red sofas.
Bastiodon frowned at the crazy Zoroark again and then walked over to the other end of the stage. The audience applauded as Bastiodon sat down beside Hydreigon and smiled and winked at said audience for the second time.
"And now it's time to introduce our third guest! He's very positive about everything, charitable is his nature, and he became the idol's first victim! Give it up for Vanilluxe!" Alton smiled.
The audience applauded while a few cheered as Vanilluxe cheerfully floated on-stage. He nodded to the audience. "Hello, everyone!" He then nodded at the Zoroark Brothers as he sat down on the yellow sofa. "Hello, you two!"
"HIYA!" Zippy grinned, nodding profusely.
Alton nodded. "Hey, Vanilluxe."
"While I'm here, would you like some ice-cream?" Vanilluxe offered.
Zippy bolted off the sofa and SLAMMED his head onto Vanilluxe's. "CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE!" He screamed, happily.
"NO!" Alton wrapped his arms around his brother's chest. He used his ability, Illusion, to change himself into a Machamp to easily carry the flailing Zippy back onto the green sofa. He turned back into himself when his brother kicked his legs. While pressing one hand against Zippy's chest, Alton used the other to pull out a remote from his hair. He pressed it and straps appeared from the sofa and pinned Zippy by his waist and his legs.
While Zippy was still chanting chocolate, Alton put the remote back into his hair and then slumped back onto the sofa.
"Is your brother okay?" Vanilluxe asked in concern.
"You can give him ice-cream, but do not give him chocolate; under any circumstance!" Alton warned.
"How come?" Vanilluxe inquired.
"Cocoa food energizes his hyper nature to the extreme. It'd be hard to settle him down afterward." Alton explained.
Hydreigon's Devil Hand chuckled evilly. "I want to see some of that action! Give him some chocolate!"
"CHOCOLATE!" Zippy screamed.
Alton snapped his head at Vanilluxe with a pleading look in his eyes. "Vanilluxe, give him a bowl of ice-cream, will you?"
Vanilluxe nodded. "Of course!" He brought out a bowl and used the snow clouds he puffed out to make ice-cream. When he finished making it, the ice-cream revealed to be white-coated. "Here you go!"
Alton grabbed the bowl and held it in front of Zippy. "Look, Zippy, ice-cream!"
Zippy slammed his head into the bowl, gobbling on the ice-cream. As it happened, Alton turned his head back at Vanilluxe with apologising look. "I am so sorry your interview started off like this."
Vanilluxe smiled. "It's absolutely fine. I've seen children who would go giddy for anything sweet as ice-cream. Zippy's behaviour isn't abnormal."
"So what did you feel giddy the most about this show?" Alton asked.
"The other campers!" Vanilluxe smiled. "Games can be full of fun, but the game would be empty of fun if you don't have friends to have fun with."
Feeling the bowl was empty; Alton placed the bowl onto the table and then looked at his brother, who became silent. Knowing what happened when you eat ice-cream too fast, he braced himself for his brother's reaction. Mentally counting down to zero, Zippy screamed and flailed his body. "BRAIN FREEZE!"
Alton turned back to Vanilluxe. "What was your reaction when an idol took you out?"
"I was completely surprised, but I praised Zebstrika and Purugly's move for taking me out."
"You know about Purugly's participation in your elimination?"
"Hydreigon told me what happened when I've arrived at Defeat Hotel. There's a media room where all eliminated contestants can watch the remaining contestants' performance back on the island." Vanilluxe explained.
"You know, you may not been taken out had you hadn't voted for yourself." Alton stated.
"Better me than anyone else. There are several competitors who needed the money. I just came here to have fun."
"Why are you so… positive? Not that I have complaints about you, but I didn't recall meeting a pure positive person." Alton asked.
Vanilluxe happily shrugged. "I just believe positivity can make everyone happy and if it is spread enough, the world would be a much happier place."
"I'd prefer destruction and despair." Hydreigon's Devil Hand muttered, promptly Angel Hand to slap her. "OW!"
"So you don't hate anything? At all?" Alton blinked.
"Hate is a strong word and I don't dislike anything. Well, apart from wars, unless it was tug of war. I also dislike discrimination, death and crying." Vanilluxe mumbled.
"Crying?" Alton repeated.
"It's my worst fear. Tears get frozen on my face and seeing other people crying filled me with angst. And it makes me very sad." Vanilluxe said before his lips began quivering.
The audience went "Aww…." This moment prompted Alton to speak up.
"How about we change the topic and I'll show you your recap from your game?"
Vanilluxe perked up. "That'd be nice."
Alton typed a few times and then showed videos of Vanilluxe's experience during the game.
"You were the sixteenth contestant to arrive at Wawanakwa Island. The first thing you did was greeting the cast and giving ice-cream to the hosts. When Gothitelle found a Pokéball, you told her to give it to Hydreigon. You eventually found your own and completed the challenge with Chandelure and Whimsicott. From there, you joined Unique Uxie and spent the first night in the Losers Cabin. After the Easter Eggs challenge, you offered yourself up for elimination to save Hydreigon. Unfortunately, your convincing skill wasn't enough. In Type-o-tron, you came up with a solution when there's no hope to escape the trash compactor. You completed the challenge and earned a point for your team. During the debate of whom sleeping on the floor, you offered the position and became the only contestant to not sleep in a bed. You were alright in Mass Effect, but you fell short after sacrificing yourself to save Ninjask. You kept your words and voted for yourself, but only to be eliminated when Zebstrika used the Guess Idol. Your whole team gave you a group hug and you left on a high note." Alton summarized.
"Those are memories I'll cherish forever." Vanilluxe smiled.
Alton turned his head at Zippy, who was back to his usual, crazy self. "Are you going to behave, Zippy?" Alton asked.
Zippy nodded profusely. Alton brought out the remote again and pressed a button to release his brother from straps.
"YAY!" Zippy jumped onto the top of the sofa as Vanilluxe's face appeared on the purple screen. "In episode number one; you had a loss by getting that bronze token. Your team had placed second once and lost twice! From elimination, only you and that dirty cat voted against you!" As Zippy explained to Vanilluxe, positions first, second and third appeared on screen and a tally was drawn under third. Afterward, Unique Uxie's team logo replaced Vanilluxe's face and a tally was drawn under second, while two tally for third. The whole thing was replaced with the title; Elimination Votes, at the top. His face along with his teammates' faces appeared inside four tables; Zebstrika for Qwilfish's; Espeon for Purugly's; and Chandelure, Ninjask, Qwilfish and Tangrowth for Zebstrika. However, Chandelure, Qwilfish and Tangrowth's faces were crossed out as a Guess Idol appeared beside Zebstrika's face.
Vanilluxe smiled at the results. "It's good to know I've saved someone from elimination. And now it's fan mails time, isn't it?"
Alton nodded. "Yep."
Zippy ran back on-stage with a bigger bag than Hydreigon and Bastiodon's and dumped them next to his brother. Alton pulled out three letters and then opened up the first letter. He then read it out loud. "Dear Vanilluxe, what's your favourite ice cream flavour? From ShokuAli."
Vanilluxe laughed like two people laugh as one. "I should've expected that. My favourite is strawberry, but I like several other flavours as well."
"I would've thought your favourite would've been vanilla." Alton said in amusement.
Vanilluxe laughed again. "I like the pun name. The irony is vanilla is actually my least favourite. But as long as people enjoy vanilla, I'm happy."
Alton opened up the second letter and then held it to Zippy so he can read it. "Hey, Vanilluxe, what's your favourite music? But if I have to guess, it'd be Happy sung by Pharrell Williams. From 777Binkie." Zippy said.
"I do love the song albeit there's nothing can top my all-time favourite music." Vanilluxe smiled.
"Which is what?" Alton asked.
"Heavy metal." Vanilluxe replied.
The audience, Zoroark Brothers and the eliminated contestants stared at Vanilluxe in silence, like they were expecting it was a joke. Zippy burst out laughing. "SHOCKING SILENCE FTW!"
"Wh… heavy metal?" Alton blinked.
Vanilluxe nodded. "That's right, I'm a metalhead; or icehead in my species."
"But, bu- How can you be a heavy metal fan?" Alton sputtered. "The music is so aggressive and you're so… kind and innocent!"
"Just because I don't look the part, doesn't mean I don't like heavy metal."
Suddenly, the music video appeared above the Zoroark Brothers. It was showing Metallica playing a song called "St. Anger". Some people in the audience started cheering as Alton snapped his head at Zippy, who was grinning.
"Really, Zippy?" Alton shouted.
Zippy heed no attention as he banged his head to the tune. Hydreigon did the same, especially her Devil Hand, who was singing to the song. Alton turned back to Vanilluxe, who had his eyes closed and nodded his head to the music. Alton became surprised when swear words were sung and Vanilluxe was still smiling! He knew he had to get the show to move on, he turned off the music, much to Hydreigon, Vanilluxe, Zippy and the audience's disappointment.
"We were enjoying the music!" Vanilluxe pouted.
"Sorry, Vanilluxe, we need to get a move on or else, me and Zippy could get in trouble." Alton said.
"Metallica hater!" First man in the audience shouted.
"Loser!" Second man in the audience shouted.
"Show us your boobs!" Third man in audience shouted.
"I'm a guy!" Alton shouted at the audience.
"Show us your dick!" Third man in the audience shouted again.
"OKAY!" Zippy grinned before trying to remove his padded trousers by dragging his butt backward on the sofa. However, Alton gripped his brother's leg to stop him. He narrowed his eyes at the audience before turning back to Vanilluxe and brightened his mood. "So why do you like heavy metal in the first place?"
"I love how the songs were often sung with such passion albeit aggressively. It's enchanting to hear the crowd is cheering and having the time of their life. But my favourite part is the power chords. Every time a guitar strums down on the power chords, I'd get that thrilling chill down my back." Vanilluxe grinned.
"Pun intended?" Zippy asked.
"It isn't." Vanilluxe said.
"I know you've got a wife and kids. They're okay with your choice of music?" Alton asked.
"Oh, absolutely!" Vanilluxe nodded. "Heavy metal was how my wife and I had become together as peanut butter and jelly!"
Alton's eyes increased. "Really?"
"Yep! Our love story started when we met at a Led Zeppelin's concert. We bumped into each other in the crowd while Led Zeppelin performed. She looked to be intimidating and a worrywart. She was worried something bad was going to occur during the concert. I gave her comforting words and enjoyed the concert together with her. When it was over, we exchanged phone numbers and I contacted her often. My amount on contacting her resulting me and her to meet up again and talked about our interests. She was hesitant at first because of her pessimist personality, but she accepted my offer to take her on a date. From there, we've become closer and our bond glowed brighter each date. Eventually, I proposed to her during a Metallica concert and we had a lovely wedding with our friends and family to celebrate with us." Vanilluxe explained.
"What's her name?" Alton asked.
"Magmar." Vanilluxe swooned as mentioning her name. "Her Flame Body and my Ice Body integrated and spawned our two lovely children with number three heading in our direction."
The audience went "Aww…." This caused Vanilluxe to blush.
"Opposites attract." Alton blinked.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Zippy said in professional voice before laughing crazily as usual.
Alton chuckled at his brother before opening the final letter. "Dear Vanilluxe, when you lick yourself, what do you taste like? From XJBrown."
"My species come in various flavours. Mine tasted like strawberry, hence the reason why I enjoy strawberry very much." Vanilluxe smiled.
"Thank yyyoooouuuuu for your crazy interview! Red sofas thataway!" Zippy jabbed his head at the red sofas where the eliminated contestants were sitting.
"You're welcome. I had a great time. Thank you!" Vanilluxe nodded at them. The audience applauded as he floated over to the other side of the stage and sat next to Bastiodon.
"That was Vanilluxe aka Cheerful Optimist Ice Cream Man!" Zippy grinned. "Our last guest is a weirdo bird who knows EVERYTHING about our past and future! She's superiorly mysterious, her name rhymed with statue and she eliminated herself because her vision told her to! It's Xatu!"
The audience applauded as Xatu flew into the room and gently landed onto the yellow sofa. She nodded to the Zoroark Brothers. "Greetings, you two."
Zippy had spoken a language that no one could understand except for Xatu, who showed a little smile and nodded. "I am fine, thank you."
"I'm going to assume the question was 'how are you?', but what language was that?" Bastiodon asked.
"He said 'how are you after your recent elimination?' in an ancient language of braille. They can be read and felt, but speaking in such language takes a great amount of practice." Xatu explained.
"Bet he learnt it from spending so much time in his rubber room." Hydreigon's Devil Hand whispered to Bastiodon, who snickered.
"I DID!" Zippy grinned at the surprised pair. He snapped his head back to Xatu. "Did you see this moment from your vision?!"
"No, I didn't, although I had visions of this stage and you two." Xatu replied.
"AWESOME!" Zippy shouted. "Did you see me running across the meadow in slow motion while playing the xylophone?"
"No."
"Did you see me shaking my head so hard my hair changed color?"
"No."
"Did you see me imitating Spongebob when he said to Squidward; 'Have you finished those errands?' multiple times?"
Xatu stared at him impassively. Alton looked at his brother. "Zippy, you need to change the topic."
Zippy nodded profusely at Alton. "Okay!" He looked back at Xatu. "We'll talk about it later! Until then, I must ask you a different question! Does being a super psychic influence your life?"
"My abilities were inhabited from my great-grandmother. Ever since I was informed by my mother, I was being trained to perfect them. When I was evolved into a Xatu, I started seeing visions about everyone I had known; pasts and futures. My mother strictly warned me to not to reveal any future information about anyone. She and my grandmother explained that by finding out your future in earlier life, your mind would be oppressed with paranoia. You would attempt to do everything you can to make your foreseen future a reality, only for your life to be miscalculation and misery. Occasionally, I feel like I was foreseeing too many visions." Xatu explained.
"Would you rather be a coolio psychic or a boring normal?" Zippy asked.
"I prefer being myself. Maybe if I haven't inherited my great-grandmother's abilities, I could've led a normal life, gathered many friends and went to my friends' parties. But I'm not a regular and I'm content with it."
"LAST QUESTION!" Zippy shouted to Xatu's face before typing down the laptop with his tongue and showing a video of Xatu's exit. He snapped his head back at Xatu and looked solemn. "When you left the island, you looked as sad as grass loses their bag. Why?"
Xatu remained silent as she looked like she was carefully creating her answer. She looked at the Zoroark Brothers again, but with the same sorrow and condolence she had shown after she left the island. "For a while, I had future visions concerning our friends."
"You mean the remaining contestants on the island?" Alton said.
"Yes. I can't say too much since I want to prevent spoilers for everyone. However, I admit I feel sympathy for the few unfortunate people who received a bad ending to their game."
"Bad ending…" Zippy repeated before snapping his eyes open. "You mean like DYING?!" This caused his brother and the eliminated contestants to snap their eyes open too. The audience began to whisper among each other. Xatu shook her head.
"No. Nothing like that at all. Now, to change the topic, I believe you have the next segment to do." Xatu looked at Alton, who nodded and then typed down on the laptop to show videos of Xatu's experience during the game.
"When you first came to the island, you were the first contestant to arrive. You were also the first to complete the first challenge of the season. Your prizes were spending a night in the Losers Cabin and being placed on Awesome Azelf. During your time in the game, you were either meditating or speaking vague sentences to others. You excelled in all but one challenge… When you had these visions, you knew you had to find a way to be eliminated. You managed to sabotage the challenge, pissed off your teammates and then your prophecy was fulfilled." Alton summarized.
"My visions come true regardless of what I've achieved." Xatu said.
"You could be right." Alton said before turning his head to his brother. "Okay, Zippy, take it away."
Zippy grinned and then jumped onto the top of the sofa as Xatu's face appeared on the purple screen. "In episode number one; you had a lost by getting that bronze token. Your team had placed first twice, second once and lost once! From elimination, everyone except the Drama Couple voted for ya!" As Zippy explained to Xatu, positions first, second and third appeared on screen and a tally was drawn under third. Afterward, Awesome Azelf's team logo replaced Xatu's face and two tallies were drawn under first; one tally under second, while one tally for third. The whole thing was replaced with the title; Elimination Votes, at the top. Her face along with his teammates' faces appeared inside two tables; Azumarill and Ursaring for Druddigon's, while everyone else for Xatu's.
Xatu stared at the results. "I knew those two would vote for me."
"You do?" Alton raised a brow at her.
Xatu nodded. "Yes. And they're only getting started."
"But in the meantime, let's get to your fan mails, shall we?" Alton said to Xatu before seeing his brother was running back with a bag in his mouth and then dumped them onto the table. Alton fished out three letters. He opened it and then held it to Zippy.
"Dear Xatu, who was the person you were closest to in the game? From ChloroFax." Zippy said.
"I didn't develop a close bond with anyone. However, I did felt closer to Marowak and Klinklang than the rest. I had spoken to Marowak quite often and I felt a peculiar aura with Klinklang.
"That's because he's a goddamned robot!" Hydreigon's Devil Hand shouted.
"I wanted a robot to be a kind villain!" Zippy smiled.
Alton opened the second letter and read it. "Hey, Xatu! I wanna fight robot zombie ninja pirates and save the world! Could you tell me if that's in my future?! From Gallade." He blinked at the question while Zippy pouted.
"I was gonna ask that!" Zippy complained.
Xatu turned her head to the camera. "Come to Madame Xanthippe's tent in Ecruteak City and I'll provide your answer."
"Xanthippe? That name's so cool! Like Xenomorph!" Zippy grinned.
Xatu nodded. "Thank you for the compliment."
Alton opened the last letter of the night and held it to Zippy.
"Xatu, you said to Leavanny you joined the game because of your vision. Would you apply for TPA if not for your vision?" Zippy said.
"No. I don't have regards participating in a reality game show. But if my vision shows me my appearance on this show, then I must come." Xatu replied.
Alton put down the letter and smiled at Xatu. "That was the last fan mail of the night. Thank you for coming here, Xatu."
"SAY IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS FOR XATU!" Zippy grinned. The audience applauded as Xatu nodded to them and to the Zoroark Brothers.
"And so we have come to conclusion of our first aftermath!" Alton smiled.
"But don't go away like an arrow! We'll be back with more guests and more explosives!" Zippy grinned.
"We don't have any explosives…" Alton said to Zippy.
"Not yet…" Zippy giggled crazily.
Alton gulped and then smiled sheepishly at the camera. "Until then, I'm Alton."
"AND I'M ZIPPY!"
"Goodnight!" Alton and Zippy said in unison as the former waved while the latter bounced excitedly.
"And we're clear!" Camerawoman exclaimed.
The audience started to disperse from the studio. The eliminated contestants stood up from their seat and Bastiodon approached the Zoroark Brothers.
"I thank you for this aftermath." Bastiodon smiled. "Now the audience's going to support me for combating against internet trolls." He walked off the stage smugly.
"You're welcome?" Alton looked at Bastiodon before turning back to his brother. "So, ready to head back to your bouncy room?"
"YEAH!" Zippy hopped off the sofa and strode off stage with Alton following him. "I need to get my woop-woop-woop pineapple to turn on my DDR rock!"
As Zippy continued to blab on to his brother, Hydreigon looked at Xatu. "It is spoilers to tell us about Bastiodon and Zippy's fate in the future?"
"Yes." Xatu simply said.
"Always with the spoilers." Hydreigon's Devil Hand muttered. "I need a nap…"
Vanilluxe yawned. "I'm feeling sleepy too. But that was a good aftermath."
Hydreigon's Angel Hand smiled. "It was. The rest of the season should be fun."
I hope you enjoyed my first ever aftermath chapter! It wasn't easy to write, but hopefully it'll get better later on.
This chapter marked the introduction of Alton and Zippy aka the Zoroark Brothers! You had Alton, the Sane Host and Zippy, the Insane Host! Those two are going to be fun to write as their personalities clashes on! I was going to name Alton after my real first name; Alex. However, I changed my mind and change the name into Alton because it suited him better. Zippy was named Zippy because I want a name sounding crazy and funny for him. And Zippy was a funny word to say!
About the human name, all of my Pokémon characters have human name. If you read The Fifty States Roadtrip, you should know that all of my characters were informed by the producers to be called by their species name before the first episode premiered. I did it so you guys can remember the characters.
Writing this aftermath made me glad I've written it. We've all got to learn something about our four eliminated contestants and dug up a few surprises. Vanilluxe's as a heavy metal fan was the biggest example. The idea of a positive guy who enjoyed listening to aggressive music, made me laugh!
Whoever submitted questions to me, thank you! If you want to ask questions to my next batch of eliminated contestants, let me know!
Episode six is up next and it's going to be a talent show! Until then, later!
Alton: (Smile) Review, everyone. I hope you enjoyed the aftermath!
