I'm so sorry it took such a loooooooooooong time for the update, I was swamped and had a mild case of writer's block, along with some pure laziness. I hope you guys haven't forgotten about this '^^ Again, I'm really sorry! Anyways, I have all the OCs now! :) Again, excuse me for the long wait...
And a shout out to SparkLuxLucios, the owner of Raerek, go check out his story 'Raerek de Lionei'! You'll get more background info on Raerek and it's really well written! :)
Duncan huffed and lounged in a chair between the training room and the arena, indecisive between whether to take his anger out on the other Newcomers while training or watching the professionals fight each other in the arena. Deciding to try and be more mature, he picked himself up off the chair and sauntered over to the arena, mumbling something about 'stupid masked midgets'. When he arrived, he was surprised to be greeted by the 'stupid masked midget' he was referring to.
Rai grinned from under his mask and adjusted his straw hat, turning to Duncan.
"What the hell are YOU doing here?!"
"You requested a spar, and you will have one."
Duncan raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "B-but last time, you... Oh, screw it. We're on."
The blonde folded his arms and marched to the waiting room beside the TVs, which were currently broadcasting some replays of some of the most fancy-looking kills the two have ever seen. Inside the waiting room, which was where Smashers would wait to have a fight on the arena (hence the name), the white, marble walls, a few leather sofas and some plotted plants were arranged in an organized fashion. Behind a counter was a complicated looking machine, adorned with dials, screens, levers, buttons and a whole lot more that neither of the Newcomers could understand. A... thing... snapped them out of their reverie.
"Oh. My. GOSH! You must be two of the NEW SMASHERS!" The thing spoke in a squealy voice and pranced around the room in circles around a dazed Duncan and Rai, giggling like a lovestruck teenager. She (a girl, judging from the voice) looked almost like a... chimera? What?
"WELL, how rude of me, the name's Sparkla, and I'M your host, and the one who takes care of all the stuffy stuff, and the referee and whatever! NCIE TO MEETCHA! How are you liking it so far, huh huh huh? IS IT NICE? ARE YOU EXCITED? You guys are like, waaaaaaay to serious, you should lighten up some time, if you know what I mean-"
Rai coughed.
"Yes, it's been nice. Now, I'd appreciate if you would let us have a one on one brawl instead of this idle chit-chat."
Sparkla pouted and mimicked Rai, crossing her arms over her chest while standing on her hind legs.
"Now, I'd appreciate if you would let us have a one on one brawl instead of this idle chit-chat," she copied, exaggerating a frown, "WHO EVEN TALKS LIKE THAT?! Haha, alrighty then! Go stand on that circle thingy over there, I set it to 3 stock, now GO! Remember, the entire Smash Mansion can see this if they tune into the TV, so don't make a mess of yourselves! HAVE FUN YOU TWO~!" The chimera giggled, and shoved them both towards the circle mentioned earlier.
With a roll of his eyes, Duncan gently ushered his Pokemon forward, with Rai following suite. They both stopped in their tracks after glancing through a window that showed the stage that had been selected.
They both gaped in awe at the stage. Sparkla had setthe generator on random, and they were spawned into none other than the famed 'Final Destination'. They were looking over a simple platform, glowing with some sort of magic. In all directions, seemingly endless voids of shapeshifting colours and whirls extended beyond the eye could see. They both just stood there, amazed for a while, looking through the window to the stage. Sparkla shoved both of them into the glowing circle on the floor and before Duncan could mutter a cuss word, they were teleported onto their starting positions.
"READY? SET! GO~!"
They were both a little dazed from the grandeur of it all, but Rai was the first one to react. Duncan's Pawniard had made it's way out as the current fighter and was just kind of idly staring at the backdrop.
Duncan had noticed Rai approaching and shouted a warning to Pawniard, who jumped to the side-
Not quite quick enough. The blunt end of Rai's spear whipped it in the face, sending it sprawling to the ground. While the small Pokemon was stunned, the Shy Guy twirled the spear with his hands and smirked as Pawniard flew to the other end of the stage, letting out a pained 'PAWNIARD!'.
Duncan fretted and swapped his injured Pawniard for his Starfy. The bird lunged at Rai, successfully landing a hit on the hooded figure's face, and began pecking away at his head...
o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Starly hacking away at Rai's face played out on the widescreen TVs in the Observation Room of the arena. The camera then shifted from Rai's spear thrusting into the bird's wing to Starly clawing at Rai's chest. Comfortable seated in two chairs were the female bounty hunter and the experienced Pokemon trainer.
"Ah, watching the Newcomers fight their first battle is always interesting." Red sighed, leaning back into his lounge chair with a content smile on his face, eyes fixed on the screen in front of him.
Samus sat near him and raised a blonde eyebrow. "I don't think you have the right to say that, Red. You were one of the newest until this batch came in."
Red just mumbled something under his breath and continued watching the screen, shaking his head as he watched Rai tumble of the stage.
"Whatever, but they look so fun to fight! They're movements are all awkward and we could beat them in a second!" He exclaimed, turning to face his companion.
Samus rolled her eyes. "True, but we all started out like that. They will improve over time, and that's exactly what we thought of you and the others when you first joined."
"...Why are you so logical?"
Samus smirked and turned back to the screen. After a few more minutes of awkward weapon handling and the frantic hand motions from the newbie Smashers, the match came to a close. The blonde smirked as she watched the blue clad figure end the fight with a maneuvre that most only think of after being trained by the veterans...
o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Rai came out with a win, having one stock left. Duncan was furiously raging under his breath, stomping his way to his room and avoiding eye contact with everyone. He was murmuring to himself about the 'stupid cheap tactic' that Rai had used to win.
Rai, being the calmer and wiser man, quietly walked out, greeted by Sparkla, who had taken the joy of replaying the kill in slow motion.
The Shy Guy, with two stock left but on the verge of death, was greeted by a Purrloin with 1 stock, at full health. Rai had lunged at the cat and shoved it a short distance off the edge. Ducan knew Purrloin could easily make it back up with a jump and a tail grab...
But when she was nearing the edge, Rai dropped down to the ledge, grabbed her and kicked Purrloin, letting the cat fall to her death, and thus earning himself the title of the winner of the match. (A/N: Eeyup. EDGEHOGGING FTW!)
Duncan was moping around in his room, having word diarrhea as he continued to spew out vile nicknames for the victorious Shy Guy.
But maybe, just maybe, he had gained a little respect for the mysterious man.
o.O.o.O.o.O.o
The same night, Master Hand announced another assembly for the remaining Newcomers, and that is was mandatory for everyone to attend. "Another assembly, for the other Newcomers..." Jasmine murmured to herself. She had spent the morning watching the interesting fight that had played out, also hanging around with Kandice. She shifted around in her chair and rubbed her eyes while staring at the stage..
Master Hand snapped his fingers to gain everyone's attention, as he couldn't really clap his hand since... yeeeaaaah.
"I have spent the night researching, and I believe we have found ourselves our final 4 Newcomers! Please give them a round of applause!" He motioned for 4 people to step forward whilst the crowd cheered.
"Again, I will call each one in no particular order. Azur Edge, you have the honours of going first."
What appeared to be a laid-back man stepped forward, tall and lean. He ran his fingers through his silver hair a few times and observed everyone with gorgeous green eyes. His smile looked a little lopsided, but who was Jasmine to judge?
"Weeeell, it's an honour to be chosen for this! Like Master Hand said, the name's Azur Edge. I'm hoping I'll have a good time. Thanks."
He gave a curt nod and stepped back, returning to fidgeting with his armour (why he was wearing it when he wasn't battling? Don't ask.)
"Next is Skye."
A pretty young girl stepped forward, pushing the blue hair that brushed against her shoulderblades behind her ears.
"Nice to meet you all. I'm looking forward to this, and I'm glad to be here." She smiled ever-so-slightly and returned to her original position. She then began fiddling with something in between her hands, and Jasmine couldn't help but noticing little swirls of wind forming at her fingertips. Some sort of wind magic...? Probably.
"And now, Atlus."
A very, very tall man walked on, smiling calmly. He had slick, slightly spiky hair and a bright green eye. For some reason or other his other eye was closed. But that wasn't the strangest. One of his arms was pitch black and had some sort of green orbs embedded into his skin.
"It's nice to meet you all! It's a pleasure to meet you all, and I can already tell that joining this was a good decision. Thanks."
He smiled and bowed, stepping back.
"And lastly, Ariel."
A young girl quietly took a step forward, brushing her long brown hair aside. Emerald green eyes stared intently at the floor. She pulled at the blue shirt she was wearing and slowly looked up.
"Hello... I'm Ariel, and it's nice to meet you all."
She stepped back and continued staring at the floor, seemingly lost in though.
Master Hand floated back to the front of the stage. "Now, your rooms... Again, you will be having roommates while the renovation of the mansion is going on. Azur and Atlus, you two will be on the first floor to your right, in room 118. Ariel and Skye, you will be on the second floor on the left, in room 207.
Now, I have some extra information to announce to you all," Master Hand spoke slowly, eyeing the crowd, "I told you earlier that we would have 10 Newcomers, but it is possible that more join, if they are exceptional. Be assured, they will only arrive after the renovation, but it is possible. Thank you, and welcome to the Smash Mansion, Newcomers!"
I know, I know, it was really short, and I'm sorry about that. I just wanted to make a quick update so you guys still knew that I was alive. '^^ This chappy was a little rushed and I didn't even proofread it, so I'm really sorry again. It was kind of Rai and Duncan centric, but everyone'll get a turn, I promise you XD
Now, regarding Master Hand's last statement... YES, I WILL be accepting a few more major OC characters, but only the really, really impressive ones. The form is in chapter 1. Also, PLEASE PM me them, or I will NOT read them, unless you're an anon.
Please review! Especially the authours whose OCs are in this story, it lets me know that you are actually reading this and I'm not boring you to death. I know I sound like an arsehole but if you don't drop in a review every once in a while or you stop reading this or forget about it, I may kill your character off unless the readers like him/her. But don't worry about that XD I'll only do that if I've been updating for like, half a year and you still haven't told me anything XD
And to any reviewers, how are you liking the OCs so far? Who is yer favourite?
Thanks so much!
Here's the current list of major characters:
Glaive Ailyer - Archsage12
Raerek de Lionei - SparkLuxLucious
Skye - mystery8icarus
Duncan Spear - LegendOfZeldaFreak
Rai - Honeyman
Kandice - RainbowKandiKorn22
Azur Edge - A collab between DeathDealer1997 and LincolntheArcher; Thanks guys :)
Ariel - jon199
Atlus - fire assassin
Jasmine - Link's Little Brother
And a supporting character, Sparkla J. Bowers, belongs to magiccats.
Archsage, out! I hope the next chappy will be up within a month '^^