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Post by Exuro on Aug 16, 2016 0:07:45 GMT -6
Given the immeasurable variety of individuals who often frequent Meridian, it is only natural that there are some downright amazing parties that get thrown from time to time. This particular one, occupying one of the many large, vacant industrial spaces in the city's vast warehouse district, seemed to be a throwback to a time of cheesy retro synths, obnoxious colors, leg warmers, and popped collars. All of the above were very much present on the makeshift dancefloor, the crowd performing dance moves of varying levels of tackiness to the groove of the band playing atop a handful of overturned cargo containers. Between the energizing sound of keytars, the impressive selection of snacks piled high on the tables on one side of the room, there really was something for anyone here-- well, provided you don't mind loud music.
The best part of it all? No cover charge to get in!
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Post by papes on Aug 16, 2016 22:52:24 GMT -6
All of this was a good time for Lapis, especially because of the loud music. Despite the loud music and the vibes of the area, Lapis was kind of bored to be honest. So many people, but either they were too busy to approach or just didn't seem interesting enough! Someone save them from their boredom!!!
Meanwhile, this glitch was dragged here by a certain pink person, but just kind of vanished to who knows where without saying anything, leaving him wondering what to do. He did say he'd never been to a party before, but... compared to how retro everything was, he stuck out like a sore thumb. everything about him was either in the color black, white, or some shade of gray. The music playing seemed alright, though. He looked around, trying to figure out what he could do. The glitch spotted a pikachu on the nearby snack table munching at things. Wait a goddamn second...
"Is... Is that pikachu blue."
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Post by Tayl on Aug 17, 2016 2:13:47 GMT -6
"Heh, alright... it's Thyx time!"Thyx made his grand entrance by moonwalking inside, and by that I mean he was pretty much just walking backward normally but in his mind he was moonwalking and that's what really counts, right? He had dressed for the occasion, clad in parachute pants, unnecessary sweatbands, a patterned shirt tucked into his pants, a popped collar... he was so overboard that even for an 80s-themed party it was a bit much. He pulled out an obnoxiously neon comb out of the depths of his horrifyingly loud jacket, brushing his hair up even higher. "Now that I'm here, we can really get this party started! C'mon, Dicro, come get in on this before I blow everyone's minds with my SICK MOVES and AWESOME PERSONALITY!!"Dicro Corrune had made a horrible mistake. It all started so innocently, with harmless erotic fanfiction about him and a relative stranger being publicly posted on the internet. Afterward, however, said relative stranger took that as an excuse to start interacting with him and asking to hang out. It wasn't that Dicro disliked Thyx or anything, it was just... they were pretty different. Thyx was cheerful, confident, and didn't care what anyone else thought about him. Dicro, meanwhile, spent most night horrifying himself into sleep by thinking of overblown scenarios of betrayal and spite against him that were unlikely to ever occur. It was a little daunting to try and keep up with him. Worse, Dicro couldn't say no to him. Thyx was just so happy and beaming in everything he did that saying no to his request of "hey Dicro, want to go to this sick 80s party with me?" would've been like kicking a puppy. Dicro felt out of place at parties - especially ones centered on dancing, AKA a thing he never did and had no desire to partake in, also what the hell was an 80s anyway?? - but he was no puppy-kicker. Though not without reluctance obvious enough to be apparent to anyone in Entirety (except Thyx, evidently), he accepted and was dragged into the worst shopping experience of his life. Even the least embarrassing thing he could find was still... from the 80s. It was definitely from the 80s. His entrance was considerably less grand than Thyx's. Really, it wasn't an entrance at all. It was more of an awkward shuffle as close to Thyx as possible that vividly displayed Dicro's desire to collapse into the arms of Death. The expression on his face was one of cold, grave emptiness. The bright colors of his outfit did nothing to give his figure life. Dicro Corrune was a dead man walking. "Isn't this place the coolest ever?!" Thyx asked with a huge grin, playfully jabbing Dicro in the side with his elbow. "Sure," Dicro responded, words only dragged out of his mouth by his innate desire to not kick puppies. "Haha, that's so tru-WHOA DICRO IT'S A SHINY PIKACHU DUDE LOOK!!!!!!!!" Thyx shouted, promptly dragging Dicro along over to said Pikachu. If Dicro hadn't been lost in a haze of regret, he might've found it familiar...
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Post by papes on Aug 17, 2016 6:37:57 GMT -6
Oh, poor Spark. There he was, just peacefully munching away on what was available in the snack bar. He heard someone saying something to him in what sounded like glitchy tones, turned around to see Missingno looking at him with a look of confusion and curiosity in his eyes, and there was an awkard silence. Then the pikachu accidentally shrieked and threw a bag of chips, which hit Missingno square in the face. It was a bag of chips though so it didn't hurt at all and they just flopped to the ground. He flinched at first, but to prevent anymore snack throwing, the glitch promptly picked up the pikachu. "Calm down. I was just surprised to find another pokemon here. I didn't expect to find a blue pikachu though...""Oh, ok that- wait. 'Another pokemon'? The hell are you supposed to be."". . ." It was clear Missingno regretted making that pokemon comment. He wasn't sure how this pikachu react to his general existence. Welp, too late to turn back now. "...Missingno. I took on a human form recently but I don't know how that happened or why.""...huh. Now that I look at you again, that answer makes so mcuh se- WAIT HOLY SHIT. MISSINGNO? DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE REAL? OOOOOH FUCK." Spark was trying to wiggle himself free at this point, and it was only met by Missingno trying to keep a gentle enough grip on him so he wasn't hurting the pikachu. It was also followed by him awkwardly trying to tell him to calm down and that nothing bad was going to happen. And then Spark heard the shiny Pikachu comment. He saw that it came from Thyx's direction. He saw Thyx making his way over to the snack table and was dragging along someone. Someone Spark would've recognized if he weren't busy screaming the following, "OH MY GOD WHY WOULD YOU CALL ME A SHINY PIKACHU. DO I LOOK LIKE A SHINY TO YOU??" rest in rip, sparkle rat. oh god the bag of chips that fell to the floor are starting to multiplied. they're being cloned and missingno hasn't taken notice of this yet
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Post by Tayl on Aug 19, 2016 3:50:07 GMT -6
"Oh man, it even talks!" Thyx laughed, nonchalantly pinching Spark's cheeks. "Where'd you catch this thing, dude?" he asked, looking up at Missingno. "Was it here?! Is this a special limited edition 80s Pikachu?! That's totally metal! I mean... gnarly! That's an 80s word, right?""This Pikachu robbed me and enabled the murders of my allies," Dicro said quietly, completely deadpan.
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Post by papes on Aug 19, 2016 9:33:54 GMT -6
"What." Missingno didn't even know how to respond. There were so many things said by Thyx that confused him. What the hell was an 80s, a 'gnarly', and should he explain himself like he did with this Pikachu earlier? No, that would probably turn out very, very bad. At least the Pikachu stopped screaming, so he set him back down on the snack table. "Oh. My. God. I don't even know where to start. First off, I'm only blue because I have soul juice bag for a flesh husk now! Second, I think you're good on the 80's thing in general. Third," Spark looked over at Dicro. "Hey, I remember you! ...Kind of! I remember your face. So, uhhhh... Sorry for robbing you that one time. Aaaaand I think I was there when some other people were killed too...... ANYWAY, uh. I don't have your stuff, Larya kind of has all of it. Yeah. Um, do you two want anything from the snack section? Before either of them could answer, Spark had already turned around to look for something to give both of them. Looks like he forgot to 'warn' them about Missingno, which was probably a relief to the glitch in question. 80s, huh... That would explain the outfits. Missingno looked over at Dicro, slightly concerned by his behavior. "Erm... Are you alright?"
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Post by Tayl on Sept 14, 2016 9:51:56 GMT -6
"No way! My flesh husk is a soul juice bag, too! Totally... uh, tubular! And haha just get me whatever my browaffle, I've never eaten in my life! Browaffle is an 80s word, right?"Meanwhile, Dicro's expression and posture lightened up a bit as Spark recalled robbing him and the deaths of his allies. "Oh, don't worry about it, honestly!" he assured him frantically, as if he were to blame. "I mean, it was the Competition. You're supposed to do that kind of thing, really. And Larya steals things from us all the time, so it's not like I'm not used to it by now... so no hard feelings or anything."Dicro turned to Missingno, going to tug at his collar before realizing he didn't have one anymore. "M-Me? Oh, I'm fine, I'm just," he shifted uncomfortably, "A little out of my element, that's all."
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Post by papes on Sept 14, 2016 10:33:07 GMT -6
"Uh, yeah sure. Sounds 80s enough to me." Without even looking back, Spark tossed a cookie behind him and in Thyx's general direction. "So you're a Tested too, then? I never saw you in the Competition."Missingno awkwardly glanced at the background for a split second. "Ah. So, um..." Since he's here, he might as well try to talk to people, right? He wasn't used to socializing at all. "I'm Missingno, and you are...?"At this point, Spark grabbed a bag of chips for himself. Without even turning to Dicro he asked, "So I'm guessing you don't want anything, uh..... I can't remember your name. Dickrow, was it??"
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Post by Tayl on Oct 11, 2016 0:48:49 GMT -6
"It's... Dicro, actually. Like, dee-crow, not-""My name's Thyx, and this is my main dude, Dicro!" Thyx interrupted, swinging his arm around Dicro. "And, yeah, Opine decided I was too overpowered for one of those Competitions... heh, can't really blame her, I mean I would've gone easy on everyone but there's no delaying the inevitable when you're as metal as me...""...I'm good."dicro corrune is having a time
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Post by papes on Oct 11, 2016 1:23:46 GMT -6
rip dicro
"... Oh. Dee-crow....... Ok Dicro, I think I got it." Spark was about to set the bag of chips down as he'd changed his mind about them, but when he turned to face Dicro and the others again, he saw that Missingno was still there. Immediately he started screaming, and once again hurled a bag of chips at the glitch. Said chip bag lightly smacked him in the face before falling to the ground. Of course, he flinched from this slightly unexpected thing that just happened.
"W-why are you screaming???"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HERE, MISSINGNO. WHY ARE YOU EVEN AT THIS PARTY-" Before Spark could finish his sentence, a glitchy tendril wrapped itself lightly around Spark while another made a quick motion to cover his mouth in a way to prevent him from continuing to scream endlessly. Tracing the corrupted tendrils back to their source would definitely lead to said source being Missingno, who shot a look of annoyance at the literal blue Pikachu.
"Stop screaming. You're starting to get on my nerves. I'm not here to harm anyone, and that's all I'm willing to say on that matter. Got it, rat?"
Seeing as Spark couldn't speak or even nod, he just let out some muffled concerned Pikachu noises that could be interpreted as an "okay."
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Post by Exuro on Oct 11, 2016 22:53:09 GMT -6
Surprisingly enough, the display being put on by Missingno. would go more or less unnoticed. Well, maybe not so much unnoticed as totally disregarded, as most of the partygoers in the vicinity seemed to be busy casting a mix of wary and displeased looks in the direction of Dicro and Thyx. As a matter of fact, more than a few had ceased their energetic dancing, while those who were still doing so were blatantly stepping in Thyx's way, if not outright bumping into him. Well, that certainly is rude.
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Post by papes on Dec 7, 2016 16:57:28 GMT -6
Missingno continued glaring at the literal blue Pikachu as the glitchy tendrils set him back down on the snack table before releasing their grip on him before disappearing. He didn't know what else to say, so he walked off in a random direction, disappearing into the crowd for the group. "Not gonna lie I'm still very intimidate- I think I'm starting to feel the effects of eating the snacks now." Dicro and Thyx would be able to see that Spark was vibrating noticeably. "So uh, what are the chances that I'll probably end up wasted after eating like 10 cookies and a lot of chips because of how small I am?" Spark holy shit
Off in the distance, Lapis was dancing away, and also a bit tipsy. She saw Missingno, stopped him, and they appeared to talk for a bit before Lapis suggested he try the punch because it was good shit. Then she let him go about his way.
So Missingno wound up over by the punch table, and yeah he thought it tasted a bit weird but it was okay enough. Thing is, Lapis forgot to tell him the punch was spiked. With some strong alcohol.
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Post by Tayl on Dec 8, 2016 16:01:44 GMT -6
The increasingly awkward events of this increasingly awkward party once again drew Dicro's hand to a collar that wasn't there. He was suddenly grateful for Thyx's presence, as his totally metal companion seemed pretty unfazed. "Haha, you guys are so zany!" he commented to Spark as Missingno left, in the middle of being bumped around but not seeming to be all too bothered by it. "And this joint is really hopping, huh? Cowabunga!"Dicro, on the other hand, was significantly less oblivious to the changing mood of the crowd. His concern managed to block out Thyx's horrible mishmash of slang words and most of Spark's question, but he eventually snapped out of it. "H-Huh? Oh. Um... probably now." he answered, eyes still focused on the other partygoers. It was because he was being really awkward, wasn't it? Or maybe it was his outfit? Or both?! Or Thyx? This is why he just stuck to dying violent deaths in the subconsciouses of others. That was way less painful.
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Post by papes on Dec 8, 2016 17:40:23 GMT -6
Thyx would've been greeted by a person slinging her arm over his shoulder very sloppily. No warning at all. Oh shit, it's Lapis. "Hey, buddy. Let's have a dance-off." She literally saw these two, notices Thyx's hair, and went over to them to comment how fuckin weird Thyx's hair looked but instead she wound up challenging this dude to a dance-off. Incredible
"Huh, reeally? Thaat would explain a lot," Spark was starting to feel a bit disoriented. "Hey. Heey. Watch this!" Spark attempted to dab in an intense fashion. It worked, until he flopped right off the snack table and faceplanted right into the ground. He was able to pick himself up, but it definitely seemed like he was starting to transition from tipsy to definitely drunk.
"That didn't go like i wanted it to,"
Meanwhile... Missingno's body was processing the alcohol very poorly. He had a slight feeling of dizziness that couldn't be shaken off, and as much as he wanted to dissolve into the ground as a puddle of pixels and find a place to slink away to so he could be alone, he couldn't do that. There were so many people around, but even then why couldn't he get himself to just do it? Sighing and looking around, he made his way back to where Dicro, Thyx, Spark, and now Lapis were.
By the time he got there, Lapis was already busting some moves, with Spark watching like "Oh shit, that's so cool!" Of course, the Pikachu noticed the glitch's return, and saw something about him was off. "You're looking pretty fucked up, what happened?"
"It's nothing. Some stranger told me to try one of the drinks over there so I did, but... I don't know how to describe what I'm feeling right now."
"Ooooooh, you went over there, huh? Yeah, before you guys showed up, *hic*, I saw someone spike the punch with some reeeeeally strong alcohol. Hahaaaa I thought it was kind of funny"
Well, shit.
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Post by Exuro on Jan 16, 2017 8:41:09 GMT -6
By this point, more than a few members of the crowd were outright running into or shoving Dicro and Thyx when they drew close, which would soon enough apply to Spark, Lapis, and Missingno as well. As a matter of fact, a circle would form around the out-of-place partygoers before too long, their ranks swelled by a dozen or so other apparently hapless revelers who looked much more alarmed by this than Dicro did. And did most of the crowd always have glowing eyes, horns, and various other demonic features? Maybe it's just the punch talking, but-
C̵͓͉̯̓O̱͍͚͉͈̦̹ͥ̑͝N̡̪̦̍̅͗́̆S̡̪̮̏͑̀U͗̓̏҉͖̣̱̫̘M̞̻̱̌͑̾̉̀E
-Oh. In the span of a few brief seconds, the music switched to the most absolutely blood-curdling 80's thrash metal ever, made even moreso by the strange, infernal language making up the vocal track. And if that wasn't bad enough, a leather-clad, green-mohawked partygoer from outside the circle just reached forward and, in one sickening motion, swallowed the person next to Dicro whole.
well isn't that just metal
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