"To my esteemed guests of honor…You do not know who I am, but I most certainly know you. And I'm interested in what I've seen…"
"As of late, you've likely noticed how utterly dull life has become. So little excitement in the world, and what little there is fades as quickly as it appears."
"What I'm offering you…Is a chance to change that."
"Attached to this letter is a key, and a listed address. As of this moment, you have been formally invited to attend a dinner party at my grand estate."
"If you attend, you'll be waited on hand and foot by my staff, served only the most divine of meals, and allowed to sleep in the most comfortable beds should you decide to stay overnight."
"Of course, we wouldn't expect you to come all the way out here if we were offering so little…So to entice you further, should you arrive, you'll be entered into a friendly competition of sorts."
"And should you win, you'll be offered two prizes; the first, my estate in full with everything on it. The second…"
"My fortune…"
"I hope to see you among those who attend…"
"Sincerely…Your lovely host, M-"
Hello to everyone who decided to click on this, despite the reputation me and my partner have built up in this community. It's been a while…A long while. But before we really get to that, reintroductions are in order!
Hi. My name is Delta, it's nice to meet all of you even if it's likely I know about 80% of you reading this.
And I'm Fuzz, and…Well, may as well get this out of the way. Some of you may know us for something we did called, "Fuzzy Memories"...And that story sucks. Like…Okay there's one, maybe two charming things about it, and we don't regret writing it at all, but being completely honest with ourselves, we made it nearly 5-years ago. And we have substantially improved as writers since then, so it's been left…Flawed, to say the least.
For a long while, we attempted feebly to try and continue the FM series…But couldn't. Simply put, what had begun as a "what if" story became hugely popular among friends, so we tried to run with it…And it didn't work. We tried and tried over and over again, but we just…Couldn't do more of that type of story. We kept running into the same problems that'd delay and derail it constantly, then we tried making the cast humans but the same problems persisted. It just wasn't a good way to handle it, because we didn't like the foundation we had built. So while we improved, it felt like we were taking steps backward more than anything.
That's right, but with improvement comes the need to want to redeem what once was, which is why we're somewhat coming back to another flawed story that many of you knew about or don't, and in that case I really hope it's the latter. We are bringing back…DRUMROLL-
Xtreme…It's the Xtreme series. Something I feel should be reintroduced to you by my partner here, who has some…Explaining to do, of his own.
Where do I even begin? Total Xtreme Island; it was my first story in the TPI Community in like, what, six years? In fact, it was my first story in general. It was a SYOC story, it gained a lot of traction and I had a solid cast, at least that's what I believed in.
It started off strong (and by strong I mean only the first chapter…Maybe, I don't remember. (this is Fuzz to confirm it was terrible) Oh, what would I do without you.), then declined due to inexperience, because of things happening in my real life, and ultimately I just wasn't mature enough at the time to write anything serious. It was essentially a shit show (literally, there was a lot of literal shit cause he was drunk when he wrote the chapters) and I wasn't proud of it, I'm still not entirely proud of it. If I could erase it from people's memories I would.
But midway into it, my friend and partner, Fuzz hopped on to help me, and…It was still awful. Fuzz and I remained friends and partners since then and I would like to say that I've grown a lot since then, and so has Fuzz. We've been wanting to come back into this community somehow and someway, so we decided…Eh, why not try and resurrect the past, but with more to it.
So, after a long, long break (we wrote one thing together in 2021…We just needed to like, stop for a while)...We've decided to come back to the TPI community properly, because…Well, let's not beat around the bush here.
It's because of TPReboot.
The way TPReboot has come into this community and basically just made it active again really sparked a flame of inspiration to us. It's been so long since something new and exciting has happened in the community, so seeing it happen by this new author is not only inspiring us, but others. Which is why we're doing this, because we follow bandwagons.
Obviously; we're white losers with nothing to do besides watch TV shows and pretend we know what we talk about. Jumping on bandwagons is like, our thing.
A little stereotypical…But true.
And because we're a bit rusty and our cast of characters are currently reserved for a different, non-competition based story, we need your help!
For a limited time only, and possibly the last time, we are accepting applications for SYOCs! Prices may vary, and shipping is still free unless we decide not to do that because we're broke-
We're not charging them. Just…Look listed below is a little plot summary of what this story will actually be about.
"In the dead of night, fourteen strangers receive letters in the mail, inviting them to an isolated mansion in the middle of nowhere for the chance to win a fabulous prize, should they win a "quaint little game". Upon their arrival, however, they find themselves locked into a competition far beyond anything they've ever faced before. Now, if they still want to walk out of there considerably richer, they'll have to endure some of the most terrifying challenges known to man, that'll prey on their every fear and insecurity each and every moment, all the while dealing with lying, drama, relationships, and more. It's a test for the ages…And only one of them will win it all."
So yeah, we're looking for 14 contestants to compete. Below you'll find an application to fill out, that you can send through private messages on this very website, through the comments, or through mine/Delta's DMs on Discord…Not that we're actually gonna give you our Discords cause, let's face it here, some of ya'll might be crazy.
Aside from that, we don't have a set deadline for when the applications have to be finished by. Also, we'd prefer that if you are interested in sending a character in, that they weren't sent in to any other TPI prior to this one. We'd like some fresh bodies please.
Out of context that sounds like a comment by a butcher who's secretly a murderer. In this context…Still sounds like that but hey, at least we aren't actually going to kill anybody…Hopefully.
…Please just turn your attention to the section below before we go on a pointless rant.
OC APPLICATION
SPECIES: (Whatever Pokémon you want to sign up; no Legendary Pokémon, Mythical Pokémon, Starters, or Eeveelutions, zero exception policy.)
GENDER: (Male, Female, Non-binary, Genderfluid, etc.)
ACCESSORIES: (Anything unique that they wear/have on in comparison to the rest of their species.)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: (Anything physically different about them; example, being shorter than average, being shiny, having scars, etc.)
PERSONALITY: (What makes them…Well, them? Who are they and what makes them unique?)
BACKSTORY: (What's the story behind them? How have they lived their lives? What's their history?)
HOMETOWN: (Where they currently live.)
FEAR: (What they're afraid of, and why? Nothing too disturbing/dark.)
SECRETS: (Anything they'd rather not let other people know under any circumstances; nothing too dark.)
LIKES: (Anything they like in particular? Interests, hobbies, favorite foods, etc.)
DISLIKES: (Anything they dislike in particular? Pet peeves, inconveniences, how they're treated, etc.)
SEXUALITY: (Who/what they're attracted to, if anything; are they currently interested in a relationship?)
OTHER NOTES: (Anything else you'd like to add that we didn't have up here.)
We're searching for 14 contestants to fill the cast, so be sure to send in your OC quick! We will only accept one OC per person, though feel free to send several if you want.
Thank you for your time, and we hope to hear from some of you soon!
