MSPA Fanfiction IV

[JudgeDeadd]

Indystuck

Chapter 12

I HAVE to sit down and play some of these games so I can fully appreciate this series. In fact it might be the catalyst that will finally push me to play these masterpieces.

[Graven_Image]

Go on, do it. If you haven't at least played Cave Story, you don't know what you're missing.

It's freeeeee....

[KarneWarrior]

Hey I drewed a drawing about Azla and Iksti, but I colored it so you don't get to see it until I post the next fic, which will be after I get a camera and phtograph the drawing (STUPID DUMB PRINTER/SCANNER).

[lucidSeraph]

@Graven - Got a question about your Indystuck fics actually! Do Tim's time powers break the rules of Sburb a bit? like, is he allowed to 'fix' mistakes without making dead timelines/dead Tims? Or does he just not give a damn about dead Tims (a la the... level with the purple sparkles whose name I can't remember)

[Graven_Image]

@Seraph: His time travel is his own rules, applied to SBurb. Being the "of Time" player grants him access to the more conventional methods, but he uses his native "rewinding" power to undo mistakes. What we're seeing is what Tim would look like at his tail end of a massive time-spanning adventure, after who knows how many rewinds and making sure everything happens precisely the way he wants it to. He seems to know a lot out of nowhere because he's from the future, in a sense.

Of course, only Tim will tell if some of Braid's more obscure mechanics get introduced later.

[SkaianRedeemer]

Personally, while I want to say more and/or thank yous for seeing both sides of the coin, etc, etc, bluh, bluh awesome thread, I'm in a bit of a hurry and have to leave. I suppose I should consider myself lucky that my internet is back at all. I was hoping to write a quick (like, actually quick, not me!quick) Jadesprite meets godJohn fic just to make up to people but yeah, out of time.

@egregious: I know what you mean about comment dumps. It's been said before and I'll say it again, but I wish we had our own CeeJay (which is a bit unfair of a comparison, since I haven't seen CeeJay around lately either!).

@JudgeDeadd: I'd recommend almost all of Graven's chosen games, so definitely give the free ones a shot. Cave Story, the flash Meat Boy, and Iji definitely rank at the top even without a price tag!

[Graven_Image]

I think Frolic volunteered to be our CeeJay. I don't know where he went.

[DJ-P0N3]

@Graven Image
I have 10 dollars.
I want to use it for a tablet, but that Indystuck, makes so many of those games so damn tempting.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
I LOVE TIM

[Babylon]

@Graven
Why do I get a whole "ends justify means" vibe from Tim?
It scares me.
<lurk/>

[Graven_Image]

Probably because Tim is a creepy guy in general. Plus, he's from the future.

Also, thank you for delurking on my behalf.

[Domoz]

I think that maybe I will TRY to CeeJay Thread 5, or at least I will try :O
I was planning to do it with this one, but it exploded so fast right out of the gate that I didn't think I'd be able to keep up.

[Tybian Sothoth]

The Survivor

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Note: This takes place following Sollux's entry into Sgrub. It is the story of Tybian Sothoth (fantroll) who by a series of events was able to survive the Vast Glub and was rescued by both his lusus and Doc Scratch(White Guest), who plans to use Tybian's rage toward the other trolls as a weapon in their demise, particularly Vriska's. His lusus is dead, his island home completely obliterated by the meteors, and the only possessions he has left are his BROKEN TELESCOPE and GRAVKIND SPECIBUS.

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Tybian: Wake up

You open your eyes. Your body aches from the sensations you felt earlier. The feeling of realistic oneness that briefly touched your mind as your world quickly vanished from your eyes. You manage to stand, but the headache forces you to stagger backward. You taste stone and smell what must be old musty machinery. The dark walls stretch upward, higher then you can perceive. You have no idea where you are, but you know where you aren't.
It was because of him. The White orb headed no-horned guest. You have a feeling he saved you from your doom, but you wonder why.
Suddenly, you realize your alone. It's not a new feeling since you've lived your life up to this point on a deserted volcanic island. This loneliness though, it's something much worse. In the back of your mind you know that you are the only survivor, the only one the Guest saved before that huge rock struck the world.
You stand up, it's time to get a better picture of where or what this place is. The room you stand in appears vast, the walls stretch upward farther then you can see, but the size of the room is that of just a room. Across from you is an old monitor, much like the monitor in your hive. You walk up to it and search for an on switch. You press it, but nothing happens. Agitated, you turn your attention to the set of double doors at the far end of the room. Before you can reach out to open them, you are stopped by the White Guest.

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WG: Hello.
SR: Who are you..?
WG: A friend.
SR: What do you want...?
WG: I would like you to help me with something.
SR: What /s /t...?
WG: First, I would like to explain a few things.
WG: Before we discuss what I need.
WG: Your world is completely destroyed.
WG: Not a single life remains.
WG: This event was set to occur and was known to happen long before life even existed with that universe.
SR: That un/verse...?
WG: Yes. There are many more like the universe you come from.
WG: And they all serve the same purpose, and the same fate.
SR: What purpose /s that...?
WG: Even I am unsure.
WG: I am what you might call the Guardian of your universe.
WG: It is my job to prepare it for the doings of my master.
SR: So you caused a// of that...?
WG: No, that was all caused by your friends doing.
WG: But, they were meant to do it.
SR: How...?
WG: They played the game.
SR: Game...?
SR: You mean Sgrub...?
WG: Yes. Their actions destroyed your planet, and their mission is not over.
SR: How exact/y do / f/t /nto a// th/s...
SR: / d/dn't p/ay the game...
WG: What makes you a special case is your relationship to those that are playing it.
WG: You have, at one point or another, developed a relationship with all of them.
WG: In my research of those best suited to assist me in my mission, I deemed you worthy due in part to this extended history you have.
SR: Who...?
WG: Karkat Vantas, Terezi Pyrope, Gamzee Makara, Nepeta Leijon, Equius Zahhak, Vriska Sekret, Eridan Ampora, Feferi Peixes, Tavros Nitram, Kanaya Maryam, Aradia Megido, and Sollux Captor.
WG: They are the players.
SR: What exact/y /s your m/ss/on...?
WG: Originally, I was set to act only as a Guardian of your universe.
WG: But by some event, the players became aware of my existence.
WG: And began to abuse that knowledge.
WG: Now I have given myself an additional purpose.
WG: And you as well.
SR: Wh/ch /s...?
WG: I want you to kill them.

[Sionnan]

Who is this CeeJay fella?

Edit: holy crap, my 100th post. Now I feel like a tool for not having fic for it. Instead, I'll do something for my 101st. I know, I'll take requests; if you guys want to see me write something, or several somethings, I can do it for my next triple digit post.

[Domoz]

Baha, CeeJay is (well, was, I haven't seen 'm around...) the art thread comment dumper.
So commented on
every
single
piece.

And everyone loves/d her(I'm pretty sure CeeJay is a girl :T)
But we don't have anyone like that for the fanific thread, so a lot of people feel overlooked.

[arcaneCalligramancer]

Who is this CeeJay fella?

Edit: holy crap, my 100th post. Now I feel like a tool for not having fic for it. Instead, I'll do something for my 101st. I know, I'll take requests; if you guys want to see me write something, or several somethings, I can do it for my next triple digit post.

My request: "Level 100 Ironytech - Unironic Appreciation"

you're welcome?

[Karijou]

Hello, um. After having silently stalked this wonderful thread for many moons, I finally created an account and (after getting mod permission to do so) decided to post something in here. Sooo, here we go!

WARNING IN ADVANCE: possibly triggery content, and some violent imagery. (Jackfic. Sob.)

Rhapsody from Rancor, on AO3

And, um. I've been given permission to post it under spoilers in this thread, but it seems like an AO3 link should do just fine? But if people would rather it be in the thread proper than linked off-site, just tell me and I can edit it into this post immediately!

And now to go hide.

[Kassiopeia]

@Karijou aaaa that was fantastic. Very well-written, appropriately violent, and almost kind of moving :3 (I love me some Jackfic and there should be more of it.) (Also I enjoy your take on kismesitude)

[Metaflare]

Indystuck

Chapter 12

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Quote pulled out King's blade.

There was another pause.

"You mean you want to prototype the Blade, and try to bring King back?"

He nodded.

"Quote, are you feeling alright...?"

"No, Misery, listen," said Curly. "Back when we were saving the island, King gave him his sword when he died. Sometimes... Sometimes we saw his ghost."

Misery muttered something about superstition.

"I know what I saw!"

"You're not serious. Ghosts are NOT REAL."

"Misery, listen to m-"

"Shut up. I am a wise shadow mage and I know what I am talking about."

Her mother scoffed at this.

"Whatever it was, ghosts aren't real. It was something else outright entirely. It might have been fancy and impressive and all, but it wasn't the figmental storybook claptrap you wanted to make out like it was."

"MISERY!"

Balrog was the one yelling this time.

"I saw it, too. I was on the recieving end of it, if you don't remember. If Curly says King's ghost was helping, I'm inclined to believe her."

"Thank you, Balrog."

"I'm not saying this for your benefit. I knew there was no way you could have beaten me by yourself."

Ha, ha, ha, Balrog. You funny, funny man.

"So... what? We throw the sword in and hope for the best?"

"It's our best shot."

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neckwearAficionado began pestering mischeviousRobot

NA: Are you available?
MR: Not now, Tim
MR: Kinda having a meeting of the minds here
NA: Ah, yes, your Guardian convention.
MR: You've seen the future
MR: How do we do?
NA: I'm afraid I haven't, actually.
NA: But you get the island in safely, so I imagine your, Curly's, Balrog's, Misery's, Jenka's, Steve's, and The Kid's plan goes off without too much trouble.
NA: Also, Mother Q. Mary on a pogo stick, that is a lot of co-conspirators.
MR: Hehe
MR: Yeah, I'm guessing that's our plan
MR: Given the future-knowledge Seal of Approval, I take it
NA: Indeed.
NA: Oh, hang on. Another one of the trolls is picking at me.
MR: Man, they seem to be everywhere today!
NA: Don't worry. This won't last more than two minutes.

OPEN PESTERLOG

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nanoMechanic began pestering neckwearAficionado

NM: what are you doing
NM: letting an island of that size into the game
NM: teleporting an entire city into the incipisphere
NM: this is insanity
NA: Insanity, Iji?
NA: Have you considered, perhaps, that I am the sane member of this conversation?
NM: how do you know my name
NM: who told you
NA: I'm the Wizard of Time, remember?
NA: You told me.
NA: In a version of this timeline I rewound out of.
NM: so i guess you know what i'm about to say
NM: is there no way i can change your mind
NA: None whatsoever.
NA: I think you underestimate how long I've had to think this through.
NA: Everything that will transpire from my perspective and has transpired from yours has gone according to my design.
NM: so you brought this on us knowing what would happen
NA: I'd like to think the ultimate outcome justifies the extraneous consequences.
NM: you
NM: you are a cruel and heartless man
NM: is that all we are
NM: consequences
NA: I'm afraid I'm all out of time.
NA: I have to go bring about what has to be brought about for us to be having this conversation!
NA: So really, if you wanted any chance at a changed future, you shouldn't have started trolling us at all.
NA: You sure botched that, eh?
NA: Ta-ta.

neckwearAficionado ceased pestering nanoMechanic

holy fuck youre making these things fast

[Karijou]

@Karijou aaaa that was fantastic. Very well-written, appropriately violent, and almost kind of moving :3 (I love me some Jackfic and there should be more of it.) (Also I enjoy your take on kismesitude)

Oh gosh, you're aeromachia? I never even made the association! (Read Hero last night. Loved it intensely, if only because I love both Kanaya and Vriska and felt you did wonderfully with them! A bit of "Other Such Cliches" does a body good, every now and then. xD) And thank you so, so much! I was kind of worried about the violence in Jack's thought processes, to be honest, if only because I haven't really seen much of a middle ground in my limited experience with Homestuck fic - it's either all but absent, or outright gore. Similarly, the whole kismesissitude thing... I really felt it was partially me humanizing the concept into some sort of "hate that kind-of-sort-of loops back around into " thing at times while I wrote it, but there's not too much I could do about that problem. orz

(And now, mostly through Notes from a Doomed Timeline, I must say I lovelovelove your Jack! And your Rose, for that matter. Or maybe just everything about that fic.)

[lucidSeraph]

Hello, um. After having silently stalked this wonderful thread for many moons, I finally created an account and (after getting mod permission to do so) decided to post something in here. Sooo, here we go!

WARNING IN ADVANCE: possibly triggery content, and some violent imagery. (Jackfic. Sob.)

Rhapsody from Rancor, on AO3

And, um. I've been given permission to post it under spoilers in this thread, but it seems like an AO3 link should do just fine? But if people would rather it be in the thread proper than linked off-site, just tell me and I can edit it into this post immediately!

And now to go hide.

TOOK YOU FUCKIN LONG ENOUGH SISTAAAAAAAAAAH

also what the hell is your icon

I mean it's amazing but

[egregiousBass]

TOOK YOU FUCKIN LONG ENOUGH SISTAAAAAAAAAAH

also what the hell is your icon

I mean it's amazing but

Frasisca Von Karma from the Ace Attorney series. As an exile. The Prosecuting Masochist?

[Karijou]

TOOK YOU FUCKIN LONG ENOUGH SISTAAAAAAAAAAH

also what the hell is your icon

I mean it's amazing but

BROTHAAAAAAAH

Well, originally I was going to come up with some creative and witty name for PM as a Phoenix Wright-style prosecutor, but somewhere in the twenty minutes it would've taken me I see SOMEONE else already came up with a much better one. (egregiousBass that was amazing i love you) So, Prosecuting Masochist it is! I'm still debating resizing that picture of epicmafia!Dave, though, and using that instead.

I get the feeling that might be slightly sketch though. :'[

EDIT: Thanks for reminding me - I'm going to go find the original so I can credit it in my sig.

[Kassiopeia]

@Karijou ahaha yes that is me! I am actually aeromachia everywhere (tumblr/twitter/devart/AO3) except here and LJ, basically. It is exciting to be recognised :3 (although I despair of ever writing anything as good as NFADT again, honestly) (aaa also thank you for saying nice things about Hero, I'm rather attached to that one.)

BUT YES. Your thing was great and you should post here more! :3 We can always use more writers.

[Decker]

Hello, um. After having silently stalked this wonderful thread for many moons, I finally created an account and (after getting mod permission to do so) decided to post something in here. Sooo, here we go!

WARNING IN ADVANCE: possibly triggery content, and some violent imagery. (Jackfic. Sob.)

Rhapsody from Rancor, on AO3

And, um. I've been given permission to post it under spoilers in this thread, but it seems like an AO3 link should do just fine? But if people would rather it be in the thread proper than linked off-site, just tell me and I can edit it into this post immediately!

And now to go hide.

I liked it a lot. Jack's constant, barely restrained anger is very fitting to the character.

[Kassiopeia]

Does anyone know whether this is a real rule?

I guess I'm interested to know how it came about and what the implications are o_O Does this mean we can't have 'em insult each other in character any more??