MAIL CALL!

[mansionstaff]

Who: Everyone, new and old.
What: Mail call!
Where: The Mansion and surrounding courtyard area.
When: February 25
Warnings: Probably some swearing and not happy people.


So you've gone through the shock and confusion of waking up in a new and unknown location. There are some familiar faces around, along with some new ones. And it would appear this is not the afterlife. (At least, not one that you are aware of!) Taking matters into your own hands you've managed to cleanse, uplift and make the area more livable and have even begun settling in. It's not that bad around these parts, even for an unfamiliar piece of land floating somewhere in the void.

However, after a nice long sleep you wake up and feel an odd weight on top of you. As you look down you notice an odd letter and yet for such a small item there is an odd pressure and weight from it. There's no sender but it is definitely addressed to you...

"Dear Former Students and Staff

Smash Academy was founded to find and train the best and brightest, not to mention the strongest, from across much of the multiverse for one sole purpose: Saving the world. All worlds, in fact.

We regret to inform you that you have failed your final assignment and in doing so, allowed the world in which we all dwelled to be destroyed by the Moon. We attempted to prepare you for the worst and while you all showed promise, in the end, the world still fell. Despite this, we spent too much time collecting and tempering you to let this event stop the progress you've made and so we will be continuing your training here, in this new place. We hope you have found your accommodations to your liking and hope that you will use this time to become stronger and learn more to help you in future ordeals. This is not the end, but it is coming and only you can stop it...

Oh! To help improve this approach we will also be separating the groups into different houses! And you'll be competing in tournaments twice a year! How exciting! There will be competitions to advance your training and we're sure you'll give it your best to prove that your house is the number one amongst all! Attached is the House name and room you'll be assigned to. Work hard! Or we'll cast you into the void between worlds! No, just kidding. Or Are We.

Yours Sincerely
-Master Hand and Crazy.

PS: Go take a look to the North West. You'll like what you see, we guarantee it.*

*If you don't like what you see.... too bad.

House Roster"

Take a look to the North West as the letter suggested and you'll see the Stadium, burning bright like a diamond in the sky. Spot lights and strobe lights and fairy lights all ablaze. This is the first new Island beyond the Home Island that's become visible.

Comments

Let's look at the stadium

[itsjustrats]

[Garrett can totally say it wasn't All His Fault now, and that was enough to make his day. Although, he was more than aware of the curveballs this place liked to throw, so he went to scout out what the letter was hinting at.

His feelings could be summed up as "the fuck is this".]

[cool_skeleton_95]

Papyrus is there too. Gazing upon the stadium with unadulterated glee.

Out and about

[cool_skeleton_95]

"NYEH-HEH-HEH! SO, MY PURPOSE FOR BEING TRAPPED HERE IS FINALLY REVEALED! IT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT THE GREAT PAPYRUS WOULD BE WANTED FOR HIS AMAZING BATTLE POWER!"

[rivalappeared]

And so is Green, staring at the shining stadium with a discontent expression and a shaky hand. The letter he had gotten had explained a bit, sure, but it wasn't particularly comforting. FDC was destroyed. He hadn't been able to get in contact with Kanto. They were being tested the entire time they were at the school. He felt a little used, not that he would get the chance to say so to either Master or Crazy Hand.

Letter ... reactions?...

[feelings_of]

...

Mesprit was not in the mood for this shit. It wasn't enough that everything's gone to heck. Now she was getting NAGGED about it, too? This was just NOT what she needed right now. At all.

Her sadness immediately snapped into a frustrated anger. She glanced at the stadium and turned back to her letter.

"This stinks! And I'm in the 'Gunner' section? Why? UUUGH!!" She crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it to the ground. If she knew any Fire type moves, she'd definitely let it ablaze right now.

[trustycrowbar]

So they've FAILED. Despite all his research and his desperate last-minute attempts to stop the faceless bastard behind it, and the fact that he KNEW he wasn't coming back once he went through that portal.

All they get for all of that is "They failed."

Fuck that. No, fuck THEM. This letter proved that the Hands KNEW what was going on, and therefore could have informed them earlier. Could have, but didn't. They were basically playing around with every life on that damned planet, and not everyone got out alive. Clearly the pile of crap they're showcasing in this letter is just the tip of some scatological iceberg that he can only begin to guess the depth of. This shit infuriates him in a way that only one other man really had before, and the last he saw of HIM, he was eradicated in every way that can be described in modern science. Gordon rips up the letter once he finishes with a scowl, and grabs the roster.

... ...Brawler? Really? Well they're going to be disappointed, because the only punch he's interested in is the recoil of a shotgun. If it brought him closer to the Hands, though, he'll play along. They're officially at the top of his "to punch" list.

[tempus_fixit]

"WOW! That's amazing!"

She stares at the far island as it twinkles in the twilight void. It was weirdly beautiful. It was also... kind of far away.

"... ... How're we supposed to get over there?"

[itsjustrats]

Shrug.

"I guess this is another 'test'." He sounded less than impressed.

[itsjustrats]

Garrett quickly noticed that he wasn't alone and turned around to find a happy skeleton and an unhappy Poketrainer. there are two kinds of people

"I dunno about you guys, but I didn't sign up for this."

[tempus_fixit]

"They're good at making them, then." She admits. "I don't know about you, but I want to at least explore the place."

[rivalappeared]

Green met Garrett's gaze with a frown.

"No shit," he replied, "I would hardly think any of us did. I definitely didn't. The final magical middle finger from what's left of FDC." Green shot the distant island a middle finger in kind.

"Thanks again, Hands."

[will_be_god]

At first, Cyrus didn't quite understand. He had woken up to this letter, and thought the text to be part of a dream.

When it dawned on him that he was in fact awake, he thought it had to be some sort of prank.

But even the thought that it COULD be real...it brought a jolt to his stomach.

[travelingbelle]

"Well, they want us to be excited for it for some reason."

Had Blue always been there? Maybe. She was definitely there now, coming up to Green's side with a hand on her hip. Her eyes were trained on the twinkling, glittering lights in the distance.

"Is there someone there if the lights are on?"

[moon_leaf]

Rio stood in the gardens, reading his letter but he didn't feel all too guilty about it. Sure, they'd failed but he had been around so short of a time that he was sure the sting of failure wouldn't even morph into shame this time. What was so much worse was that there was now an expectation to be something truly worthwhile. That was a lot of pressure.

"Assist...?" he drawled, turning the statement into a question at the last moment. If you called dancing around on a stage in cute outfits something that could someday save all worlds, then okay. He could be down with that.

[blazebottom]

You know who had a huge sting in her chest? Riwane... She had been there long and had fought hard to earn her place amongst the bigs and she gosh darn well deserved it. And to be told that after all the effort she put forth it was for nothing? That she still failed in such a grand fashion that the Hands had to 'Insert another coin to continue?'

Yeah to say she was feeling crummy was one hell of an understatement and she looked it too.

At first she didn't even notice Rio, she looked like the walking dead honestly. She's definitely seen brighter days.

[moon_leaf]

It was okay, because he noticed her after folding and tucking his letter in a back pocket. He could honestly say that it had been a good while since he'd seen her and even longer since she'd appeared so...disheartened. Like her spirits were crushed...crushed so thoroughly like the world they'd failed to save.

It took him a moment to realize that she was probably three ways of torn up about the chastising nature of that letter. Her look was kind of scary!

"Riwane? Hey, you there, gal?" he questioned, reaching for her.

[blazebottom]

It took her a moment to realize who was calling her and she took a moment to turn to face him. "Oh, hey Rio." She tried her best to chipper up and instead just ended up offering a sad smile. But hey, A for effort?

"You alrite?"

[moon_leaf]

No, D- for faking. See me after class.

"Ain't that a dumb question, considerin' how you look?" he replied, taking any of the usual snark out of his words. "Courteous, but dumb. I'm more worried about you. Ain't often you walk around, lookin' like yer tail's smolderin'."

Which he leaned over to check on, just to be sure.

[blazebottom]

Might as well have been and it was definitely dimmer than usual. Way dimmer.

"I'll be fine... I'm sorry hon..." And there was part of her major guilt.

"Rite now ya could be with gran watchin' yer shows an'... " she actually whimpered... which was very out of character for the fiery Charizard.

[moon_leaf]

Rio's eyes grew wide and he drew back in reflex. What..what was this? He'd only seen her like this one other time and that was...

"Now don't'chu go talkin' 'bout things you can only assume." He could have been with Gran right now and he wasn't. He might never be again, which was a terrifying prospect that only made his hands shake a little.

He stuffed them in his jacket pockets.

"You don't got nothin' to apologize for, least of all for bein' sad. S'weird as it is for you, there's not a thing wrong with it, okay? Just don't go blamin' yourself for cosmic craziness out of your control."

[blazebottom]

"But it wasn't," she shook her letter at him in frustration. "It wus totally in my control ta be strong enuff ta stop it all!" and just how her fire came up, it dwindled.

"All that trainin'... all fur nothin'." She sighed and sat down.

[moon_leaf]

"'Tween you and Jon, ya'll really like blamin' yourselves for stuff you didn't do," he huffed, with more annoyance than he truly meant. "Less you had a giant baseball bat ready t'knock that thing back from whatever corner it cruised from, I think we're doin' quite alright, considerin'."

He plopped down beside her, tucking his legs beneath him. "'Sides, all that trainin' wasn't for nothin'," he said, his voice softer. "Not if you read the letter. More'n that, at least you did somethin' about the situation you were in. Heck, you can still do somethin' about the situation you're in, now if you don't sit, lettin' the past drown ya'."

[blazebottom]

"Jon's..." Yeah, Jon was out and was going to be out for a while while he recovered. "We're ..." She didn't really have the energy to argue and she definitely didn't have it to think too much on anything.

Instead she simply leaned against Rio and nodded.

"Eventually... we will hafta do sumthin' bout it."

[moon_leaf]

It was kind of silly that he was surprised about her lack of fight and decided the best course of action was to wrangle the rest of it out of her. In his mind, this was for the best, though. She wouldn't spend time lamenting on the little things. Like the possibility that Gran, the girls and Pa maybe, possibly all died when the moon hit.

It was going to be a real struggle to sleep, tonight.

"'Course we will," he said, sliding an arm around her and nestling her head against his chest. "Once we've got this show on th'road, I'll even help you train. Just...no fire spells. I need that lil', bitty handicap."

[blazebottom]

"Fair enuff..." she offered back as she closed her eyes. All things considered she was very very glad that Rio was here. With Jon out of comission, and Chiyo nowhere to be found she had her work cut out for her.

But at least Jolt was still here too, so between him and Rio she should be good as far as people picking her up.

"Maybe we can train up better." she added as an afterthought.

[moon_leaf]

"You bet we can!" he exclaimed, overcompensating with cheeriness for her lack of it. "I mean, you can help out with your punchin' and I can...um. Okay, so all I can really teach you is some dance routines and usin' yer abilities in a non-violent way, but you know, I heard dancin' is good for fighters like you."

[blazebottom]

"Y'know you can bring a lot more to tha scene than dancin'. An' hey now it ain't like I dunno how to dance! Y'know it's my thing." she retorted and actually laughed a little. Good job Rio.

[rivalappeared]

A chill ran through Green at the thought as he turned to Blue.

"Ugh. That's exactly what this situation needs, another set of spooky strangers."

[travelingbelle]

Blue cocked her head, a calculating expression crossing her face as she narrowed her eyes slightly at the distant island.

"Maybe they're not strangers."

She looked over at the other trainer. "Not everyone showed up here so..."

[rivalappeared]

"You think the another group of people from the academy were plopped over there?"

He likewise squinted at the stadium, trying to will the headache threatening to inch forward into his forehead back to whence it came.

"If that were true, I would assume it would be part of another test of might to establish contact. Jeez. What a pain."

[travelingbelle]

"Yeah, maybe..."

Her face softened a bit and she worried her lower lip a bit. "It's just a possibility but... I like it better than the alternatives."

[moon_leaf]

Rio gave her a comically side-eyed look and a smile that pretended to be polite, but failed on all counts. "I'm already imaginin' that sort of dancin' in a routine and...you know kids show up to those shows, right?"

[blazebottom]

"What're ya tryin' ta imply huh?" Cause she didn't know. "'Course kids can show up ta those shows it ain't like there's any limits or bans on who can an' can't attend. Unless yer talkin' 'bout booked shows fur specific parties an' such but thems things have reservations an' stuff."

[rivalappeared]

Green fell silent for a moment before moving closer to Blue, allowing his hand to touch hers.

"Yeah. I know what you mean. I guess we'll go with that, then."

[moon_leaf]

Sure she knew. She just didn't know she knew. "I was implyin' that you tend to be more provocative than cute, s'all. I reckon that transfers to your dancin' as well, and some things just weren't meant for the eyes of young'uns."

[blazebottom]

No Rio, look at her look of confusion. She really doesn't know what you're getting at but she won't bother trying to understand either. "I'm sure eitha way we'll do great here. Jus' you wait hon, we'll do bettah than before cause that's whut we do."