Round 3

[Masahiro Sakurai]

Samus Richter Dark Pit

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[Samus]

Hey! You two were some of the few that messaged me on Day 1 which is a good sign.

How's the game been for you so far?

[Dark Pit]

Samus, I'm still waiting for you to pass that suit over. Just for a round or two... I'm sure you can get the hosts to give you a ZSS avatar, and I can borrow yours. Just saying.

Richter, doin' a terrible job of protecting my young, innocent eyes. My tribe's full of ne'er-do-wells... Next thing you know I'm gonna grow up to be edgy or something. Wait...

Glad to get the chance to talk to ya both. Shoutout to none of my team bidding on the bag and giving me this for free.

[Dark Pit]

Oh, and the game's not bad so far. This tribe's pretty stacked, hence why Mario took a round trip right back into the duel. There's a little bit of overarching tension because no one's an obvious vote, but it got sated pretty fast when Mario came over. Don't think we'll be so lucky this time, though.

[Samus]

This suit thing again? It's never gonna happen, DP.

I'm not sure where you got your information on my height, but...I'll let you in on a little secret. My Smash Bros look? It's all camera angles.

In reality I'm 6'3" of pure non-anime power.

[Samus]

The game started slowly for me obviously. I struggled to be here as much as I wanted from Day 1 through to Saturday, so I was honestly lucky that Mario and Isabelle have been pretty damn inactive?

If the next vote is based on activity, I'm possibly in trouble? I do think my group is pretty quiet and go with the flow in general though, and I think I should be able to squeak through now that I'm trying my best!

Sounds like you've had a much more exciting time so far. Robin says hi btw. And to Richter as well, whenever he gets here.

[Dark Pit]

...Okay, so you're maybe, theoretically, a few inches taller than me. If this suit's half as cool as you claim, it can account for me being a few inches shorter. You're just being selfish, really.

Robin definitely mentioned that things are pretty dead over there, so I'm pretty sure you've got some wiggle room, Samus. It's definitely gonna be exciting over here this round, though. I think even if we get another duelist, I'm skeptical that we'd send them back in, it's just too bad of a message to send to future duelists. But I also thought that before Mario came, and that happened. I guess if Isabelle wins the duel, comes over, but doesn't message, we might throw her back in. An angel can dream. 

[Samus]

Hmm, I guess if we get you some Tom Cruise Shoes it might work. Still a bit skinny around the shoulders tbh. But if it makes you happy, I'll start to dwell on the idea of maybe considering thinking about it.

As for the challenge...I'll be surprised if Isabelle even competes at this point. She started out quiet, and got the point where even logging in was a rare sight. And those few log-ins didn't come with any new messages, lol. She was sweet, but I don't think her heart's in it.

I'm curious...what happens if Marth doesn't play either? Bin them both? How active was the Hero-King, Richter ?

And yeah, I should hopefully be fine. I wasn't worried enough to go all-in on the Shield! But I do think this is the first round where there might be more than one agenda at play, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

[Dark Pit]

Don't shoulder-shame me. Being a twink is optimal for combat.

I mean, Ike was completely silent in the last Spec Stand, didn't respond to my message, and he still made an attempt. She could definitely give it a try, who knows? Marth immediately returned a few messages after I sent him an obligatory hello and good luck, so he's definitely gonna be around enough to compete in the challenge. And Mario didn't exactly stun in the first one, so we might see some low scores across the board.

That's pretty much bang-on how I'd describe things over here. Not worried enough to go for the bag (KKR was, though, he put some pretty big cards in to get it), and some heads will clash, I just think I can probably avoid it. Gonna be an interesting set of things indeed. Even Blue seems like it's gonna stay interesting, duelists notwithstanding, considering the plant snagged another immunity win.

[Richter]

I still have an hour before I can be at a computer but glad to see both of you here!

[Samus]

Sorry, honey. You're a big strong boyman with a commanding figure and the most live-action eyes I've ever seen.

And yeah, you're right. Most people probably have too much pride to just roll over and die. They'll surely play. Mainly just curious what would happen if they didn't. And mhm, yes, an 'obligatory' hello and good luck. I relate to that sentence wholeheartedly and definitely did that.

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And back. So King K nabbed the shield, huh? The conjoined chimera DuckDog on our side did that as well. And last round too, actually. Big $$$

There was zero interest in the Grab Bag on my side. I didn't expect to get it, but I was like a little kid on mufti day and my gold coin donation was plenty. It's kinda surprising tbh. You'd think more people would want to start batting their eyelashes a bit at the rest of the crew, y'know? I mean surely there will be a swap in round or two. But I am A-OK for that apathy to continue. I wouldn't mind making this a little home away from home! Although from the sounds of things Robin probably wants to come back and visit y'all as well.

[Dark Pit]

Wow, already forgetting to suck up to the duelists? Rookie mistake... Y'know, I bet they'd forgive you if they got to see your pretty face. All the more reason to hand that suit over, juuuuust saying.

I reckon if multiple people didn't play, they'd both be shipped off, easy peasy. Robin mentioned that he was surprised the Duck Hunt Duo went for immunity, let alone twice. I guess safety's always a privilege, you can never go wrong with it.

There wasn't any interest in it on my side in either round, I literally put down 1% to get it last time, told everyone I was doing so, and they just let me have it. And this time, everyone was just happy to save their cards, only the Shield got bid on, even. I kept this for free, and the Plant kept its Attack Bag for free, too. Talk about value.

The idea of a swap sure is gonna affect how people play this. General consensus over here is that we're not swapping for a /while/, if at all, actually, though I still firmly believe there's gonna be some swaps. The first Smash Ball was too simple to be the only one until a merge. I got in a few days after we started, and I was too slow, so I'd imagine it was similar across the board.

Gotta head to bed, I've got work in the mornin'. But I'll make some time for you folks when I get the chance. Maybe. Or I'll just be edgy and distant. Who knows?

[Samus]

Um, actually, I'm doing the opposite of Jury management to lower my threat level, duh. Everything about my game is intentional.

I was hella surprised that Blue let the plant keep immunity. What is going on over there Richter?

Hmm, I'm curious why people aren't expecting a swap for a while? I was thinking Thursday would be a good day for it. Gives us the weekend to get cozy again. Is there some rule or implication I've missed that makes you think they won't? I know that there's new Final Smashes available in each round and they might want to limit that, but it's not like they're full powered idols. If we switched to two tribes then that would only be 5 in the game after the first week. We'll see, I guess.

But yeah, fingers crossed nobody bids on this bag tomorrow and I get two trips for the price of one.

I hope to wake up to some messages from you, Richter!

[Richter]

Hello there you two! Sorry for not being able to be here right away. I'm glad that it is you two that I'm getting the chance to see face to face here. Samus , I wanted to talk to you some more after our brief encounter during the opening. You were one of a handful of people I just never had the chance to get back to after a certain point and I felt pretty bad about it. Plus, I'm always a fan of a tall hot blonde.

Dark Pit it is good to see you too little guy! Sorry, is little the wrong thing to say here? You say that Samus is only a few inches taller than you but...I don't think that is really true.



You're just so cute.  ...even if your goddess wants to "nuke the earth" which, by the way, what is up with that?  No way am I allowing anyone to do that!  Also, there is a shocking amount of fanart of the two of us that I had no clue was a thing until just now and I'm not totally sure how to process it other than to say yikes.  Like, really, super awkward stuff.  Is this the power of being a "twink" and their combated skills?  Because it is kind of throwing me off.

Things have been pretty straight forward over on the blue team.  Ike was just not that much of a talker and when Marth was around he was far and away better than Ike.  It just so happened that Marth was on vacation at the start of the game and everyone else on the blue team is just super active.  Piranha Plant getting that immunity is going to make things super awkward over on blue right now, but hopefully I will be fine?

[Dark Pit]

Well, today I learned that this was a thing. At least a few of the pictures aren't horrifically inappropriate...? Palutena and Pit have it worse, for once, I don't have a problem with their fame.

Look, if you want me to call Viridi in here to explain herself, I can, I'd just rather protect you guys from having to listen to her violent ramblings. She's basically senile.



I'm basically what?

Erk. N-Nothing, ma'am. Didn't say a word.



Mhm. That's what I thought. Now, if you want to know why I wish to cleanse the earth, we first have to go back to thousands of years ago. Humans received the gift of fire, you see, and everything past that point was a mistake. When they began to-

I'll try and distract her, but you brought this upon yourself. Just saying.

I'll catch you guys more later, gotta get back to work, or Viridi's gonna be even more pissed than she already is. And when she's pissed, cities usually burn.