Disclaimer: Total Drama Island and all of it's characters belong to Teletoon, Cartoon Network, and all others associated with the show. No profit is being made off of this story.
Yeah, I don't own Baldur's Gate either. I don't even know who that belongs to.... Nintendo, or someone? (Pardon my ignorance. I give you permission to give scathing reviews about me not knowing who that belongs to. Really, I wouldn't mind!)
(Chris is narrating)
Last week on Total Drama Virtual…
The contestants went on a quest for the Maclean treasure in the Seas of Chris. They met carnivorous beavers, the Kraken, and a pirate captain in an episode that was great for ratings! Finally, Heather and Sadie battled it out. Heather emerged victorious and claimed the final spot on this weeks episode of
Total!
Drama!
Virtual!
The contestants were awakened by the sound of an airplane flying overhead. They all got up, cursing Chris, and went outside. However, when they were outside, there was no airplane in sight. Chris stood there waiting for them.
"Do you guys like your new wake-up call?" He grinned at them.
The campers would have tried to do something to him, but they were too sleepy.
Chris was slightly disappointed that his words provoked no reaction in the normally volatile campers. He continued, slightly miffed. "We have another challenge today. It's a fighting video game! You'll all be competing in teams of two. One will be in the game and the other will control them. The first team to win the game will have immunity." He turned and pointed at a building that popped into existence behind them. "The challenge will be held there."
All the contestants walked into the large, black building. Inside, there were several stations with a large screen, a controller, and two seats. They all stood by the entrance, waiting for instructions. However, Chris never entered the building. They heard his voice, seemingly coming from nowhere. "Contestants, I will now announce your partners. Noah and Ezekiel, Izzy and DJ, Pinkie and Harold, Jacob and Bridgette, Heather and Gwen, Lindsay and Eva, Katie and Justin, Duncan and Tyler. Take your seats with your partners."
The Confessional: Post-Challenge Recordings
Noah: I'm starting to wonder why Chris puts some of these people together. I mean, some of them are pretty obviously just because they fight a lot. Some of them come right out of left field. Does he know something we don't or is he just putting these people together randomly?
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Izzy: Izzy was really really happy that she was with DJ!
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Heather: Why did I have to be with Goth girl?
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Duncan: Tyler isn't even in this game! Why was I his partner?
"Tyler?" Lindsay said.
The lovable jock jumped out of one of the seats. "Hey babe!"
"Why are you here?" the blonde asked him.
"I came to get you to take me back!"
"The answer is still no, Taylor."
Tyler looked depressed and sat back down in a seat. His face suddenly brightened. "Could I convince you to say yes?"
"No." Lindsay killed his hopes.
"Why is he here?" Duncan asked.
"He was in the last challenge too," Noah said.
"But my question is, why is he here?" Duncan said slowly.
"Chris," Noah told him, to explain.
In a minute, all the contestants were sitting down in their teams. As soon as they were ready, Noah, Izzy, Pinkie, Bridgette, Heather, Lindsay, Justin, and Duncan all dropped unconscious. Chris' voice was heard again. "Make sure to read your instruction booklets!" The aforementioned instruction booklets appeared on the conscious member of each team's lap.
The Confessional: What is with these moves?
Jacob: I've played fighting video games before, but these moves are weird. Bridgette's special attacks include Surfboard Smash and Make-out Mania! Who came up with these?
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Eva: While Lindsay is absolutely useless in real life, in this game her special attacks look pretty good.
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Tyler: Maybe if I impress Lindsay in this game, she'll take me back! Duncan's special attacks seem pretty strong.
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Ezekiel: I'm not very good at video games, eh.
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Gwen: (She starts to read from the instruction booklet.) If your character is strongly opposed to whatever you're doing and tries to fight it, you will lose control of them. (She looks straight at the camera.) I'm screwed.
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Harold: I've played plenty of video games in my time, but these controllers are weird! They have waaaaaay too many buttons.
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Chris: We tried to make all the characters in this game based off how they are in reality. (He smirks evilly.)
Instruction Booklet
Controlling your character
Moving around: Move the Control Stick in the direction that you want your character to walk.
Attacking: To attack press the A button. If no weapon is equipped your character will punch. The B button will make your character kick.
Aiming: When a bow is equipped, hold down the A button to rotate while standing in place. Push the A button again to fire. When you add points to your accuracy as an archer it becomes easier to aim.
Jumping: To jump, press the C button.
Talking: To talk to people, press the H button in front of them. You can also use the H button to interact with other objects, such as doors or chests.
Healing: To use a Healing Potion to restore some of your health, press the D button.
Rejuvenation: To use a Rejuvenation Potion to restore some of your Magic Points, press the E button.
To cast a spell: Select it in the Spell Selection menu. Press the F button to view it. Select your spell. Afterwards, press the G button to use the selected spell. Remember that using the spells depletes your Magic Points!
Saving: To save, press the A button in front of a save station. The save stations are the yellow boxes that say "Save Station" on them. If you die, you will return to the last place you saved.
To access the Pause Menu: Press the Pause/Start button. On the screen will be the following options:
Inventory
Map
Character Stats
Return to game
Common Questions
What are Exp. Points?
Exp. Points are experience points. You get them every time you defeat a monster or finish a quest. When you get a certain number of experience points you will level up.
What is leveling up?
Leveling up will make your character stronger. They will gain stat points. If they are a mage they will gain one point that you can use to make any one of their magic attacks stronger. If they are an archer you will gain a point towards their accuracy.
What are Character Stats?
Character Stats include Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Accuracy, Dexterity, and Constitution. Your character has a certain number of points in each section. Every time you level up, you gain one experience point.
Strength: Characters with a higher Strength do more damage to their enemies and can carry more weight than weaker characters.
Intelligence: Characters with a higher Intelligence regenerate Magic Points faster and gain more Magic Points when they level up.
Wisdom: The higher you character's Wisdom is, the more experience points you character will get when they kill monsters or finish quests.
Accuracy: When your character's Accuracy passes 20, they get a "cheat line" that tells you exactly where your long range attacks are going to hit.
Dexterity: Characters with a high Dexterity move faster.
Constitution: Characters with high Constitution have more health and regenerate health faster.
Inside the game: Lindsay
Lindsay got up from the ground slowly. Her head throbbed. "What the hell is wrong with Chris?" She heard snarling from around her. She was surrounded by strange wolfmen with sharp teeth that looked ready to pounce. "Great. Just great." She started to scream.
In the game room: Eva
Eva looked up from her booklet when she heard screaming. On her screen, Lindsay was desperately trying to avoid getting sliced into pieces by the wolfmen. "Crap!" She grabbed the controller and started to fight.
Inside the game: Lindsay
Lindsay's body started to move on its own. She punched the first wolfman twice and it fell to the ground, unconscious. "Thank God, Eva," she thought, relieved. The blonde continued to punch and kick all the other wolfmen until she was the last one standing.
In the game room: Eva
Eva looked at the screen happily. "Well, that was easier than I thought it would be." On the screen, the wolfmen started to get back up. "Or not." She pushed the control stick so that Lindsay started to run away towards a town in the distance.
Inside the game: Noah
Noah contemplated the scenery around him as Ezekiel used his body to punch the wolfmen. "Why do the graphics suck so much? I can practically count every pixel on that tree over there!"
The wolfmen started to get up from the ground. "Great. Chris had to make them some sort of weird zombie wolfmen." One of the wolfmen sank his teeth into Noah's neck.
In the game room: Ezekiel
"Shoot!" Ezekiel yelled as his screen went dark. The words "Game Over, Try again?" showed up. Ezekiel selected "Yes" and Noah and the wolfmen appeared again.
Inside the game: Pinkie
Harold had quickly discovered that the wolfmen came back to life no matter how many times you defeated them so Pinkie was running towards the town with the wolfmen hot on her heels.
"The graphics in this game really suck," Pinkie thought as she banged on the village gate.
In the game room: Harold
Harold looked at the screen, out of ideas. "Um, I guess I'll try to break in?"
Inside the game: Pinkie
Pinkie took a deep breath. Her hands were doing spirit fingers across her face. Finally, after "charging" for a second she struck a kung-fu pose and smashed in the gate. "SUPER STRENGTH SMASH!" she screamed. "Okay, this is really weird. Who came up with this junk?"
In the game room: Ezekiel
Ezekiel threw the controller in frustration as he lost for the fourth time in a row. He consulted his game guide. "Maybe I should use a special attack?"
In the game: Noah
Noah materialized by the wolfmen for the fifth time. He had stopped paying any attention to what was going on and was actually starting to doze off. His eyes started to close. Suddenly, they shot open. He made circles around his eyes with his hands and pretended to extend his eyes. "Judgmental Glare," his mouth said on its own. All the wolfmen in his line of sight broke down in tears. Noah glared at them judgmentally of his own accord. "This officially left the realm of stupid and went closer to the land of Lindsay."
In the game: Duncan
Duncan was being chased by the wolfmen, back and forth in front of the city. "You know, they're actually pretty slow." One of the wolfmen at the front of the pack extended a clawed paw and took a swipe at Duncan. The hit connected and Duncan went flying.
In the game room: Tyler
Tyler watched in dismay as Duncan's health meter went down to halfway. "Damn!"
In the game: Izzy
DJ had made Izzy run away from the wolfmen quickly. She was now attempting to scale the walls of the city. "All I get to do is watch what happens to me. This is boooooring!"
In the game room: DJ
DJ was gripping the controller tightly. "Shoot! I lost control of her! How did that happen?" he thought confusedly. "Better check the instruction booklet."
In the game: Izzy
Izzy's movement wasn't hampered by the controller anymore so she moved a lot faster. She jumped over the walls into the town. The town looked old fashioned, with cobbled streets and flickering street lamps. The street Izzy was on was lined with all sorts of shops. She looked at some of the signs and saw an inn, a bar, a few weaponry stores, and a potions shop. She entered the bar. Inside, there were a few interesting looking people. The bartender was a woman in her twenties with long black hair down to her waist. She also wore an extremely short dress with a hood. One of the customers skulked at the counter, hunched over and nursing a drink. He was rather shady looking, with an eye patch and a scraggly beard. His large black cloak stopped you from seeing any of his other characteristics. It could have obscured his face with its hood. The other customer was sitting at a corner table muttering to himself. The man waved his drink in the air as if to make a point to some unseen person. He wore some sort of chain mail with a griffin insignia on it.
In the game room: DJ
DJ watched helplessly as Izzy walked up to the bartender. Two choices for what to say popped up on the screen. "Hello, my name is Izzy" and "What is your name?". Apparently, Izzy couldn't see them, because what she said resembled neither of the options. "I want a drink. What do you sell here?" she asked the woman. The bartender didn't respond nor did she acknowledge Izzy's presence. "Hellooooo?" Izzy said. She waved her hand in front of the bartenders face. "Anyone home?" Izzy started to grow frustrated with the nonresponsive bartender. "Are you trying to ignore me? I hate it when people ignore me!" Izzy waited a couple of seconds for a response, but the bartender continued to stare blankly at nothing in particular. "Are you really alive in this game, or are you one of those annoying people that are just there to look pretty? Can I not talk with you? If I try to hurt you, will it not work?" Izzy started to grin. "Let's test that out, shall we?" She picked up a tankard and hurled it at the woman's head. The bartender dropped to the ground unconscious. Izzy looked confused for a moment. "Maybe I wasn't supposed to do that…." The muttering man jumped up and moved towards Izzy, brandishing a sword. "You hurt fair Teria! For that you shall die!" he yelled at the redhead. "YOU'LL NEVER GET ME ALIVE!" she yelled and dashed away.
In the game: Justin
Katie had already gotten Justin away from the wolfmen. She had quickly pulled out one of his special attacks (McHottie Obsession). While the wolfmen were entranced with him and slightly woozy, she made him run away towards the town. "Katie is so good at this kind of thing," Justin thought happily. "All those late night video gaming tournaments with Sadie finally paid off!" Katie quickly chose the right options in a conversation with the gate guards. They opened the gate and Justin hurried inside. Katie had him walk the streets until she found a shop that she wanted to go into. Justin entered the Magic and Potions shop. The tinkling of a bell alerted the ancient man at the counter that Justin was there. "Welcome…. to the……. Montgomery Magic …….and Potions shop….." the man wheezed.
In the game room: Katie
Katie turned Justin so that he would face the storekeeper. She pressed A. The old man started to talk again. "Before…..I sell to you…… are you a-
-Mage
-Warrior
-Archer
Katie considered which option to choose for a moment. "Well, it's always good to have magic in these kinds of games." She quickly selected mage. On the screen, the store's inventory showed up. She pressed a few buttons and the screen changed to Justin's inventory, which was currently empty. She only had 100 gold to buy something good. She flipped through the potions and bought two health potions at five gold each. Then, she moved on to the magic part of the store's inventory. Apparently, the store sold new spell techniques at exorbitant prices. Almost everything cost thousands of gold. After careful consideration, she chose the only thing she could afford. Justin could now fight using "Sparks", which would send little electric sparks at the enemy.
In the game room: Harold
Harold and Pinkie were having a conversation with Teria, the bartender.
Teria: You were attacked by the wolfmen? You're lucky you survived!
Pinkie: Why are they so close to the city?
Teria: The Darke Forces are growing stronger. Monsters are getting closer and closer to the city. We can't leave the city at all anymore. If this continues, we'll all die.
Pinkie: That's terrible! Is there anything I can do to help?
Teria: Go talk to Thom. He's the one wearing chain mail. He heads the resistance against the Darke Forces.
A weird noise played, and a message appeared on the screen. It read:
New Quest: Go talk to Thom.
Harold walked Pinkie to Thom and pressed A.
Thom: Whadda you want?
Pinkie: I'd like to help the resistance against the Darke Forces. I heard you're the head of it.
Thom: There is no resistance anymore. After the slaughter at Caraphin Hall, we've nothing to fight them with. We will all die.
Pinkie: Okay, but is there anything I can do?
Thom: Did you hear me? There is no resistance!
Pinkie: Whatever. Just tell me to do something.
Thom: I don't know of anything you can do! You should go talk to Micha. He's still delusional about the resistance's success.
Pinkie: Where can I find him?
Thom: I don't know. Teria might have an idea.
The weird noise played again and another message popped up.
Quest Accomplished! 100 Exp. Points gained.
New Quest: Talk to Micha.
Once again, Pinkie started to talk to Teria.
Teria: Micha? I haven't seen him since yesterday when he went down into our basement to get something for me.
Pinkie: Aren't you worried?
Teria: Not really. Our basement is a real maze, so normally it takes a long time to get out. He took supplies so he should be fine. Unless the Kobolds got him….. Now you've made me worried!
Pinkie: Kobolds? In your basement?
Teria: Our basement is connected to the sewers. Somehow, Kobolds seem to be finding their way in from there recently.
Pinkie: Aren't you going to do something about that?
Teria: I can't. Could you? You could find Micha and defeat the Kobolds at the same time. I'll give you a reward.
Pinkie: Sure
Teria: The entrance to our basement is in the back room. Go through that door.
(Music)
New Quest: Defeat the Kobolds in the basement.
Quest: Talk to Micha
Harold moved Pinkie through the door and entered the basement.
In the game: Duncan
"This weapon really sucks…." He glanced at the rusty sword he was holding. "Why did Tyler pick this one?"
In the game room: Tyler
Tyler sighed. "That weapon really sucks….. But it was the only thing I could afford…. Why was everything so expensive? And why did I make him a warrior instead of a mage?"
In the game room: Eva
Eva almost screamed in frustration as she tried to kill the wolfmen. She used Lindsay to punch and kick them, but they just weren't going down. She took a deep breath to calm herself down and paused the game. She pulled out her instruction booklet and started to read.
Lindsay's Character Instructions
Basic-
A button move- Punch
B button move- Kick
Special Attacks-
Boob Bomb- B + A + D
Cheerleading Kill- C + E + A
Final Attack-
Play the game to find out!
Starting Stats:
Strength: 7
Intelligence: 1
Wisdom: 1
Accuracy: 15
Dexterity: 16
Constitution: 15
Eva stared at Lindsay's stats in horror. "She….. sucks," Eva said slowly. "DAMN!" she screamed as she threw her controller. The controller went flying, hitting someone in the head. "Oops," Eva said sheepishly as Harold dropped to the ground, unconscious.
In the game: Pinkie
Pinkie had just punched her first Kobold into unconsciousness when she suddenly stopped moving. Her arms dropped to her side and she stood stock still, waiting for Harold to take control of her again. She waited. And waited. And waited. "Harold, if you're not going to do anything press Pause or something!" She stood still for another minute before she lost patience. "Harold! I want to move somewhere or do something. ANYTHING but just standing here would be great. And you know, it would also be great if I could actually talk and tell you what I'm thinking, but I can't because I can't control my own body!" she thought angrily. "I want to move, Harold!" she yelled. "Did I just say that? Can I move?" She jumped up and down and moved her arms back and forth. "Yes! Let's go kick some Kobold butt!"
In the game: Heather
As long as Gwen didn't need to talk to Heather (or vice-versa) they worked pretty well together. While Gwen had felt the need to let the wolfmen beat Heather up once, she had avoided them the second time. Gwen had used Heather well and was already down in the basement fighting Kobolds.
"Bitch Blast!" Heather yelled. She posed with her hand on her hip and bitch slapped the Kobold in front of her. "I hate you so much Gwen. I'm sure you find this funny."
In the game room: Gwen
"Hahahahahahahaha!" Gwen was crying from laughing so hard.
In the game: Bridgette
"Surfboard Smash!" Bridgette yelled. A surfboard appeared out of nowhere in her hands and she smashed all the Kobolds into oblivion with it.
In the game: Pinkie
"Die! Die, Kobolds!" Pinkie screamed as she smashed the Kobold's heads in. She killed the last Kobold in the room and tried to wash the blood off of her hands. "I think I'm enjoying this a little too much….. But they're just so annoying looking!"
In the game: Izzy
Izzy was still running from Thom. "Izzy….. needs…..help…..DJ…" she huffed.
In the game room
DJ breathed a sigh of relief as he regained control of Izzy. He smiled. "Let's kick that guy's butt, Izzy!" He turned her around.
In the game: Izzy
"Scary Psycho!" she yelled and smiled like a shark with all her teeth while making claws with her hands. Thom stopped in his tracks, terrified of the crazy looking redhead. The special attack paralyzed Thom and DJ proceeded to smash his head in with a rock. "Ooooh," Izzy thought, "Messy." She smirked evilly inside. "I like it!"
In the game: Lindsay
"Boob Bomb!" Lindsay jumped up and down with her hands behind her back, shaking her cleavage. Two bombs flew at the wolfmen. They exploded into little pieces. "I hate Chris I hate Chris I hate Chris I hate Chris I hate Chris I hate Chris I hate Chris."
In the game room: Eva
"Finally!" she yelled at the screen. "Okay, to the city."
In the game room: Katie
Katie maneuvered Justin out of the way of another Kobold. "God, how many of these things are there?" she asked. She slammed the G button and Justin sent out sparks from his hands. They didn't seem to do anything. "Wow," she said, temporarily stunned. "That's a stupid attack."
In the game: Justin
"McHottie Obsession!" Justin said while doing a hair flip. The Kobolds all swooned. Katie then had him punch them all to death.
In the game room: Katie
"Oooh, a weapons case," she thought. She pressed H in front of it. "I guess I'll keep this stupid rusty sword….."
In the game: Duncan
"Why the hell did we even buy this freakin' sword if we were going to get it for free?"
In the game room: DJ
DJ moved Izzy around the city, hoping to find something that would give them a clue on what to do. Finally, after entering almost all of the shops in the town, he gave up. "I guess killing that bartender wasn't exactly the greatest thing to do," he thought. He turned Izzy and had her walk back into the bar. Teria, the bartender, was back at her post, standing behind the counter. Only Thom was missing from the scene, as he was dead. "Oh. Guess she wasn't dead." DJ decided to strike up a conversation with her.
Teria: Hello! Welcome to the Leif Bar. Would you like to buy a drink?
Izzy: I'm not in the mood for a drink.
Teria: Why not?
Izzy: I was attacked by some sort of wolfmen outside of the city.
Teria: You were attacked by the wolfmen? You're lucky you survived!
Izzy: Why are they so close to the city?
Teria: The Darke Forces are growing stronger. Monsters are getting closer and closer to the city. We can't leave the city at all anymore. If this continues, we'll all die.
Izzy: That's terrible! Is there anything I can do to help?
Teria: You should go talk to Thom, but I haven't seen him for a while. He might have gone into the berian outside of the city. You should check there for him.
Izzy: Okay, I'll do that.
(Music)
New Quest: Find Thom.
A/N: Yes! I've finished the first part of this challenge! I spent an abnormally long time on that. I guess now that I have school stuff to do, I don't have as much time to spend , well, if you didn't figure it out or haven't played this game before, the challenge is based off of the video game, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.
This challenge is dedicated to MaJorReader619 who is one of the only people who sees fit to review my story. :) I hope she keeps on reading. (Also, why I dedicated this particular challenge to her should be apparent at some point. Hopefully.)
Something that seems unexplained?
Why did the bartender not recognize Izzy? - You need to press a button on the controller to be able to talk to anyone. Thus, the bartender had not talked to Izzy before and had "never seen her before." Video game characters. Go figure.
My fave chapter quote?
"This officially left the realm of stupid and went closer to the land of Lindsay."
My fave thing about this chapter?
All the strange things I had the contestants do for their special attacks.
My fave event?
Izzy and DJ going off to find someone they already killed.
Yup, I've put Kobolds in here. I was reading my Instruction Booklet for my Baldur's Gate game when I saw the Kobolds in the monsters section. Haha, I was thinking of the Kobold Necromancer.
One more thing before I finish up this note. When I started writing this I promised myself that I wouldn't do this, but I've given up on that. PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! I'm desperate!!! I really want to know what everyone thinks. If I don't get critiqued, I can't get better at writing! Thanks, guys.
I'm starting to think about saying that I need a certain number of reviews before I post another chapter. Is ten too much to ask for? But I think that would be a little cruel.... or would it?
The end of my very long Authors Note.