Inside a lavish room, a well groomed, tanned feline was currently stirring the contents of a piping hot cup of coffee with a singular claw. The tips of his ears were black and a ruby red jewel was centered on his forehead. He lounged in a black leather office chair and sat behind a wooden desk.

His red eyes bore into the two figures standing before him, an air of boredom in his mannerisms, as he eyed the two. The first one he glanced over at was a bulking bear of average height. His fur was shaggy and brown with a tan muzzle and ring-shaped marking on his chest; that was partially covered by a red and black flannel that was loosely (and sloppily) buttoned from the bottom. Despite the menacing appearance, the man carried a lofty smile and gently tipped the brim of his red and white baseball cap.

Beside him, a much smaller fox stood. Her reddish-orange fur was overtaken by the much fluffier tan fur that popped out from her color and bushy tail, along with the messy tuft of fur atop of her head. A pair of thin glasses were placed over her dark eyes, and despite the cheery mood of her partner, she looked as if she was ready for a business deal.

"I assume you're both aware of why you're here," the cat, Persian, drawled as he stirred his now cold coffee.

"Yes, father," the fox, Flareon, said-

"Nope," the bear, Ursaring, chimed in at the same moment as the fox, causing them both to look toward each other. The bear gave her a sheepish smile while she rolled her eyes.

"It was in the email that father sent us last week," Flareon whispered, harshly.

"I forgot my password and the security question answers," Ursaring whispered back, in a whining manner.

Before the fox could respond, Persian chuckled, "It's fine. I'm aware that he's more intune with nature than with modern day technology." This caused the fox to bite her tongue as the bear grinned. "In short, this company has been in the family for many years and I made it clear that the two of you would have some involvement after you've had some time in the world to figure out if you want a place in the media."

Flareon curtly nodded while Ursaring yawned, "S-Sorry, I uh, got up early."

"The company has agreed to start a new reality series," the cat continued, seemingly ignoring his son's lack of manners, "it'll take place in White Forest and hold a similar style to Pokevivor."

Raising a hand, the bear asked, "Isn't that like stealing?"

"I said similar not the same," Persian stated, though muttered under his breath, "though, not like it matters all too much, anyway."

The bear's eyes widened a fraction, though as his mouth opened to question, Flareon had raised a paw, "I also have a question." Lowering it, she asked, "Isn't White Forest a restricted area due to the disappearances of those campers back in '78?"

"Yes, an old camp was there but has been closed down and condemned because of those disappearances," the cat explained, "and since I bought it, we'll have free range of the entire forest and the abandoned campsite."

"W-What about the disappearances?" Ursaring asked, fearfully of what could happen. "I-It could be haunted or worse there could be murderers-"

"A few Gengars and Pumpkaboos aren't that scary," Flareon tried to reason while adjusting her glasses. "It's been nearly fifty years, I doubt that anything bad could happen in there now."

Persian nodded along, "Even if the disappearances are true, it'd make for good television." Looking between his two children, he smiled. "Speaking of which, you two will be in charge of putting together the whole thing as acting executive producers and hosts."

"Really!" Ursaring gleefully exclaimed while Flareon's jaw dropped.

"Yes," the cat nodded, pulling his claw out of his drink and licking it clean. "Ursaring, you'll be the main host, you're practically the face of the show so make sure you don't mess it up." The bear saluted at this. "Flareon, you'll be the co-host. Make sure he makes no mistakes and keeps things organized and in order."

Cringing at this, the fox asked, "Father, is there a reason why I'm not the main host?"

"He's just better suited for the role, don't look too deep into it," Persian shrugged, leaning back into his seat while the fox looked down in dejection. "Now then, I believe that you two have some work to do. You have roughly two months to get applications, challenges, a crew-"

"Hold on, we have to do everything?" Flareon questioned.

"Not everything. I did give you a budget and campground," Persian rolled his eyes, though he narrowed them on the girl, causing her to immediately shrink back. "This is a test to see if either of you are worthy enough to eventually take my title one day, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes," the fox sighed while the bear beside her nodded with a smile.

"Then we have an understanding," the cat smiled, briefly before gesturing his head toward the door. "Now, best go and make your arrangements. I have work to do."

The two immediately left the room, with Ursaring closing the door behind after they both left. After the two walked away from the door, he let out a nervous laugh, "So uh…What should we do first?"

"I have some calls to make and favors to cash in," Flareon immediately stated, but then sighed, "however, we should work on getting some applications since that's more of a waiting game than the others, hopefully."

Ursaring nodded his head. "Gotcha, so…How do we get apps?"

"The best way to get desperate freaks to apply to a sketchy new game show no one's heard of," the fox gravely said. "...The internet."

Hello, hi! I am Myst, formerly known as Delta/Royal, and somewhat known as Milk. I've been writing my own stuff for like, about a year? Since I took a break from the community, and through all of it nothing ever really stuck. Probably just my own mind beating itself up and not thinking it's good, but lately I've gotten a bit of a confidence boost.

I haven't written a SYOC (on my own without my friend Fuzz around) since I had Xtreme for good reason ahaha. I've been scared to write another SYOC since but I like to think I've grown a lot as a person and as a writer since then. I thought, why not? I want to try again. It's been…6-7 years? Originally I thought I'd never write my own syoc ever again. I just stuck with working with Fuzz (many moons ago), doing my own stuff or writing already made fandom characters.

Now, I know (or my self deprecating mind "thinks") that some of you might not be too fond of me, or awkward. I get that, totally, completely. You don't have to submit a character to me if you're uncomfortable with me, like if this doesn't get picked up off the ground, then that's that, but this is just me trying. My dms are always open though if you want to talk or if you do want to submit a character. If you're not ready for that then that's completely fine, I don't mind.

Now, if you are interested in sending me something, then I'm looking for 12-16 characters and as per usual, please be fluid with gender. It might have changed lately but back in the day (god damn i'm old) it'd be a sausage party. I'm not picky when it comes to species but just make sure they're not legendaries/mythicals/UB/ect. If you have a question on which Pokemon species is acceptable or not, you can always message me here on FF.

To be honest, this isn't going to be like a normal TPI. It'll have the same gimmick of being a gameshow, prize money, ect. I'm just going to add some mystery elements and there likely won't be an elimination every chapter (depending on the cast size this may change) for story reasons. I alluded to it in the above, but I'm going to add some mystery and lore of my version of White Forest in here.

Annnd before I (finally) put in the application for the story, I do have to mention that my entire family right now is sick with COVID. I'm not bad at the moment, I have a (kinda) sore throat and I'm just generally tired, but because of this I have a high chance of getting sick. If that happens I likely won't be able to update this or get to your messages right away, so I'm sorry if it seems like I'm ignoring it or anything, but if it happens I'm just dying in my bed hugging my Snackle cat.

Okay, the whole wall aside…Here is the form! Hope you can submit a character and if not then thank you for coming by to read this!

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