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Whistle · 09-23-2021, 04:40:10 AM

I can't wait for this to start!

***wingedcatgirl*** · 09-26-2021, 05:31:47 AM

Due to some nonsense, the Discord server has been recreated. You'll find the link in the backroom.

Whistle · 09-26-2021, 15:58:39 PM

Such a shame about the old server...

**PowerStroke6001** · 09-27-2021, 07:22:13 AM

Poll has been closed as it's been long overdue. The consensus seems to be at a stalemate.

Billy5545 · 10-12-2021, 07:36:07 AM

In another news, I am stepping down from running, though I may back up the new runner if necessary.

***wingedcatgirl*** · 10-18-2021, 06:15:30 AM

From the Discord:

Save is done. Magolor is probably running, unless someone else wants to.

**KungFuCutbug** · (This post was last modified: 10-30-2021, 00:49:39 AM by KungFuCutbug.)

TroubleCube Hunger GamesExperiment #080719-04 Simulator
Season 4

Objective
put 64 tributes from across dimensions into a reality-warping arena, challenge them to a battle royale, and determine the strongest by seeing who's the last man standing

Our Chosen Subjects / Backup

The Bloodbath / Backup

The horn has sounded. Subject DJ Professor K has already received a breeze of good fortune, having discovered a backpack filled with camping essentials immediately after stepping off their podium.
Subjects James Bond and George Michael seem to be setting up a betting ring of sorts, to determine who will be the most bloodthirsty of our group of 64. While certainly an interesting goal to keep track of, I... don't think money should've been brought into it.
Well, well! It seems we might not need to prod these subjects, as they're prodding each other. Subject Stitch is encouraging Subject Cellist to battle strangers, as is Subject Jacksuo to Subject Ruffle. Ruffle does have a gun. And I suppose cellos make good blunt force trauma weapons...
Subject Evil Jay Leno has fled from the Cornucopia! A smart, if uninteresting move—this stretch of the simulator is called the Bloodbath for a reason.
Subjects Ford Prefect, Rose Cookie and Monika have formed a temporary alliance to gather as many supplies from the Cornucopia as they can hold. I'll jot this down for later in case any of them are responsible for each other's deaths down the line.
Subjects Madeleine Swann, Mozilla Firefox, and Cherry have all fled from the Cornucopia, carrying with them... Subject... a plate of cookies? Wh... why is a non-sentient plate of cookies among our subjects list? Strange. But I suppose this corporation has done stranger.
Hah, how fitting that Subject Akira Kurusu, codename "Joker" has discovered another backpack of equipment for setting up camp and such. I wonder if there's a talking cat in there.
First blood has been shed. Subject Lloyd Henrick has just been spotted viciously brutalizing Subjects Korben Dallas and Aaron Prowler Davis, leaving them bruised, beaten, and almost certainly deceased. Hah. In prison, I suppose, you learn how to hold your own in a fight.
Subjects Cookie Monster and David Byrne have both discovered a bag. Byrne wisely abandons it and searches for an unoccupied one—I've heard rumors that the Monster has killed for the prospect of getting apocryphal cookies before.
Subject Pianist has fled from the Cornucopia! Scaredy-cat. ...Get it? I apologize, I shouldn't be making puns in my experiment log, moving on.
...did Subject Kinji Uehara just drop in from the sky as though he were Superman? How on earth did he stick the landing?
Subject Stuart "2-D" Pot has fled from the Cornucopia! ...I'm running out of witty one-liners to put after these to avoid them getting monotonous. Ech.
Subject Dio Brando has somehow obtained a lemon. He tries to incapacitate Subject Mariya Takeuchi using its juices—perhaps he watched one too many of those "(x) eats a lemon and dies" videos—but she remains unphased. In fact, she requests the rest of the lemon to be juiced into her mouth! Dio just decides it isn't worth his time and leaves. ...And I'm craving lemonade.
Subject Garrett Bobby Ferguson has fled from the Cornucopia, with Subject Zim riding on his head! I almost couldn't see him given how small he is, especially in comparison to his mount.
Subject Brolander has obtained a sword. Ah, swords. A nice, simple weapon with many variations, each with their own advantages and weaknesses. Use it well, Brolander, for you can't go wrong.
...You know, I would expect for people to know not to stab themselves with random needles they encounter on the ground, but... Subject Amelia Monty is young. I suppose children wouldn't know any better. At least she got something out of it—the power of construction! No, not creation, construction. Different.
What was that noise just now? Oh, it was Subject Ichiban Kasuga setting off a C4 he had planted elsewhere in the arena. Subjects Rosa, Laura Les, and a Super Smash Bros. invitation we're all caught in the blast. ...Guess that explains why Ichiban didn't make it to Smash Ultimate.
Subject Dado has jumped in Subject the CaaC and fled from the Cornucopia!
Subject Dexter's Dad (does he not have a name?) finds an unattended jar of fishing bait. In his search to find a fishing rod to go with it, he finds Subject Robin Gibb, who had taken a rod from that same spot earlier. I suppose our next experiment will be to prove whether fish can fear these men, given one of them survives...
Subject Sly has encountered the same group of syringes, the one Amelia took having been mysteriously replenished. He chooses a different one than she did, out of curiosity, and—...oh. Oh, now he's Godzilla, oh fuck, OH FUCK LET ME GET THIS UNDER CONTROL—
Scenario neutralized, moving on. Subjects the 4th Wall, Kama, Kiyoka Maki and Yoshiko Minami have fled from the Cornucopia! (author's note: I like these long stretches of "runs away from the Cornucopia" events, gives me less to type) Hm? How did this pink sticky note get here? ...Meh, it's not important.
Subject Raspberry Mousse Cookie approaches the Cornucopia, but is subsequently approached himself by Subject Bouffalant. Seeing the intimidating afro buffalo standing so near, Raspberry Mousse silently flees!
Other subjects aren't quite so intimidated by the creature and enter the Cornucopia unimpeded. Subject Dylan Brady obtains a grim sickle, while Subject Nonthreatening Femetit Bob reaches out and grabs a collection of throwing knives.
Subjects Heinz Doofenschmirtz—wait, doesn't he work here? No? Alright. Subjects Heinz Doofenschmirtz, God Arjuna and Leeloo have also formed a temporary alliance in a bid to gather more supplies. ...I thought we had learned to stop toying with anything even remotely god-adjacent following the fallout of Experiment #[REDACTED]-01. Hm.
Subject Peko Pekoyama manages to successfully fend off Subject Kim from stealing yet another bag she found. ...Perhaps DJPK wasn't as fortunate as I thought; there seems to be an abundance of these bags and backpacks.
Subject Bellflower Cookie has taken even more initiative than the Bouffalant and is actively scaring people away from the Cornucopia, namely Subject Reisen Udongein Inaba. Why a moon dweller that can shoot lasers out of her eyes is scared of a cookie is beyond me, but... it works.
Subject Ami Monty remains unintimidated by the cookie and proceeds into the Cornucopia, obtaining a spear in the process. Do I really want to trust such a young child with a spear?
Subject Trash Can—okay, this has to be a joke, why are there so many inanimate object test subjects here. Whatever. Subject Trash Can fights with Subject Beta Wooper to obtain a basket of bread rolls, breaking the beta Pokémon's nose in the process. ...Does it even have a nose?
Subjects Whitney, Broheart, Bow and Amy have fled from the Cornucopia!
Subject GIR is also prodding Subject Herb Cookie to battle strangers. Of course he is, he's a robot built to serve a colonialist alien and also just a general agent of chaos. I would've been more surprised if he was encouraging Herb to take a more pacifistic route.
!aipocunroC eht morf delf sah ikazayiM oayaH tcejbuS

Day One / Backup

...Err... I just gave the list a look-over and... Kiyoka doesn't seem to resemble anyone from Zim's home universe in any capacity. Hm. Why am I surprised—he's notorious for his incompetence, it makes sense he wouldn't be able to recognize names and faces beyond a select few.
Takeuchi is a real person, she has no source material. Unless Kama is specifically referring to the King for Another Day tournament, which... Honestly, that sounds like something Ichiban would be into.
HOW DO YOU INTERROGATE A TRASH CAN.
Note to self, ask the institute's administrator to buy a new vending machine.
Bob seems to realize he'll be spending the rest of his life living in an MAE paradise. Ohhhhhh...
Playing a game of I Spy in which one of the participants is a plate of cookies indicates delusion in all who participate. Kinji, Akira, I will submit you both for a psychological examination if you survive.
...ew.
I'm surprised the CaaC didn't shoot Firefox and loot her body of the tungsten cube. "No girls, girls gotta die" and all of that.
Aww, a group hug. One of those five is going to betray Reisen later.
WHY ARE YOU SINGING CHRISTMAS SONGS IT ISN'T EVEN HALLOWEEN YET Ah, puns. A bit out of place given the current season (as in weather-wise), but...
A remix created by an animal, made using the voice clips of over 60 people. This is going to be cacophonic.
As long as DJPK is sustaining himself nutritionally, Bond, I see no issue with how he consumes it.
I almost want to call axolotls the ferrets of the sea to begin with. Beta Wooper shouldn't be so cross about this.
...The bad thing about being the only medical professional on the premises is that I can't heal my own ears. Ow. Ow. Ow.
Herb has tamed the wildlife of the Arena. A crowning achievement, to be sure!
...Dio. Dio, you are literally the main antagonist of two or three different JoJo parts. Have you forgotten? I will submit you for a psychological examination alongside Kinji and Akira.
Last place, last breath. GIR attempts to kill Dado for beating him in Mario Kart, but Dado retaliates and the robot is destroyed. I don't think that's a healthy response to losing a video game, but... it's too late to submit the robot for a psychological examination now. If it's even possible to perform one on a robot.
The one thing separating death and godhood. And now, the robot is the murderer instead of the victim. God Arjuna's murderer wasn't even another test subject. Is there perhaps something causing the technology to be on the fritz?
#DoofIsntTheBadGuy
Well, isn't Rose already... attractive? ...Heh. I apologize, I can't help myself.
An a cappella My Sharona cover by 100 Gecs. I'm surprised that wasn't a thing before.
My day be so fine, then boom, headshot. George Michael has a steadier aim with a sniper rifle than his looks would suggest. Monika was unfortunately deleted, and Leno sent back to hell where he belongs.
A tattoo artist? Boring? That's the most reality breaking combination I've encountered since the [REDACTED].
Hey. It's not my fault I had to go in and wrestle you after you gained super strength & indestructibility and turned into Godzilla. I see a situation escalating out of control, I control it.
(does Seinfeld break the 4th wall at all?) ...Hm. Another mysterious pink sticky note, before I even wrote anything here. Strange.
The bugs... how calming, they are. One of my favorite pastimes is to just sit by myself in the rose garden and listen to the—...why is he blushing.
What emotions is this child suppressing that it created Ruffle, of all things?
Wait what the fuCK IS THAT THING OH FUCK I NEED TO GET THIS UNDER CONTRO—oh. Oh, Lloyd took care of it. Good, good. Everything is under control. This is fine. Everything is fine. Everything is under control.
How courteous. ...This will bite the Cellist in the ass later.
Yoshiko, for your sake, I hope you're just memeing.
Why do you have an entire conlang for that? Just make a slang term for it in English, or whatever is your native language. It's English, right?

Fallen Tributes / Backup
Dallas, Prowler, Rosa, Les, Mysterious Letter, GIR, God Arjuna, Monika, Evil Jay Leno

— Dr. Nichole Cordelia Nyquist, M.D.
MAE Robotics and AI Institute

Guma · 10-30-2021, 00:54:38 AM

Well, RIP Prowler. Guy can't stay alive in any universe, it seems.

**EeveeGirlChey** · 10-30-2021, 00:56:14 AM

Damn, looks like George really didn't need this crap. 😂

**Caret** · (This post was last modified: 10-30-2021, 01:17:57 AM by Caret.)

Dr. Doofenshmirtz is a MAE scientist confirmed???? And... EW BOW NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

Whistle · 10-30-2021, 01:43:50 AM

Never knew Davy was a conlinguist.

**PowerStroke6001** · 10-30-2021, 12:34:19 PM

To all those who lost their tribs this update, sorry that you waited so long for such an anticlimactic end for them. :P

Anyway, so far so good for mine.

**awe921** · 10-30-2021, 13:13:46 PM

My Day Be So Fine then Boom! Ruffle do be the suppressed feelings of someone

Mr. Lee Hammer · 10-30-2021, 17:03:35 PM

RIP Evil Jay, but hell yeah to Lloyd with the double kill. Imagine if he did that in MitM

**KungFuCutbug** · (This post was last modified: 10-31-2021, 00:21:45 AM by KungFuCutbug.)

Log #002Experiment #080719-04

Night One / Backup

Chemical leak? I'd hope no such thing has happened... Let me check and, if needed, get the situation under control.
The trick is to land in a haystack, 2D. Not a bush.
...I-I am, erm. Legally forbidden from commenting on this, as per company policy.
Gibb is apparently discriminatory against aliens. And here I thought Stitch was one of the good ones... sigh.
Is she perhaps using him as a test subject to experiment with her many herbal remedies? Seems to all be quacks, if this is considered torture. Typical.
Mm... To watch my beautiful bolts fly to the top of your head... to hear your delightful shrieks... Poor Ichiban. He has fought for his life and his integrity many times, only for him to be done in by a lightning strike. How anticlimactic.
The Cellist has apparently taken advice from Herb and has managed to successfully tame a dental parrot of their own. ...Hm. There are a surprising amount of dental parrots in the Arena.
Kama has encountered the Arena syringes again and taken the same one Amelia used, with the same result. This is the Hunger Games, not Fortnite. Less building, more battling to the death, come on.
Peko is rather skinny, is she not? The slide might not be meant for humans to slide down if she got stuck in it after eating.
...what. How. What force is there in the Arena where dragging around a half-empty bowl refills it to the maximum? I shall have more experiments here to probe this...
Where did Takeuchi get those dolls? Strange... also a bit creepy...
I suppose you can't spell boring without "bro", albeit rearranged. Even still, Broheart looks far from lackluster... but perhaps the idea of what's "boring" and what isn't is different where he fails from.
Only being able to speak in garbled, occasionally bass-boosted Bruno Mars lyrics certainly isn't helping, I feel.
As—as long as the rat isn't making ear-piercing screeching noises, there is nothing to fear! Stay calm, Brolander! Everything is under control! Everything is under control!
Rules of nature. Firefox, showing her animalistic instincts, pilfers eggs from an unattended nest and flees the scene. However, as she buries them for later consumption, she is swept away by a giant, multicolored bird from the heavens! ...So the Google Chrome logo was an egg this entire time?
...Where did Cherry and Akira go—GAH
Okay. Okay, I'm fine. It's fine. Everything's fine. Everything is under control. Moving on... Remind me how sleeping in shifts works again? That seems like a good way to throw your circadian rhythms severely off-kilter, to the point of developing insomnia.
Such a famous family of knights as House Raspberry could always use more servants, I suppose. And you've chosen at least... one capable guard.
What embarrassing nickname can you even extrapolate from her name? ...Udon noodle?
And I am once again baffled because how can a plate of cookies hear anything? Where is that noise even coming from, this late into the night?
(look behind you, Dr. Nyquist) ...There is now a teenager with pink hair and glasses standing next to me. They claim to be the source of the pink sticky notes, having been unable to come here physically due to the presence of the 4th wall. But since it has obtained superpowers, they were able to appear. Hopefully they do not intervene much beyond this. (nah, I'm just here to spectate) Could you at least stop littering my experiment logs with sticky notes, then? Communicate verbally, if you must.
Kiyoka finds out firsthand the reason I was worried about the child playing with those needles. Apparently heroin is green.
If Sly plots to kill Dio, the crocodilian is going to need a lot of effort. I've heard... rumors of this vampire's indestructibility and inability to stay down.
Is that Heathens from that one Suicide Squad movie?
...In hindsight, I probably should have rethought this decision. Seriously, what is the child going to do with medical supplies? I doubt they can even use them. Whoops.
That's certainly one way to try and convince him to improve his diet. Stop eating cookies! They're bad for you!
It appears Bow is uninterested in the prospect of having people bow down to her. ...Yes, I'm aware that's a different type of "bow" than the one she is named after.
Unversed in the world's fauna. I can't say I'm surprised that Ford was unaware of the existence of leopards. He thought cars were the dominant species on earth, and nearly got killed by one trying to "greet" it. ...I suppose meeting his end by being mauled and eaten by creatures he thought were fantasies is ironically fitting, then.

Day Two / Backup

The first thing Dexter's Dad sees upon being freed from Bellflower's tests is vultures picking off the parts of Ford that the leopards left untouched. That is... um... possibly even more traumatizing than being used as a human experiment.
Human fall flat. Amy happens upon a well-concealed bottomless pit... too well-concealed, actually, as she trips and falls into it. Considering it's bottomless, she very well might have reached terminal velocity and slowly burned away like a rocket ship reentering Earth's atmosphere. Imagine that. It's like fading away from existence, but far more agonizing. Especially if your brain doesn't burn away first.
It seems Robin is a bit jealous of some of the other musical artists in the Arena! Apparently Bouffalant's voice-clip remix was more popular than I speculated it would be...
Not so nonthreatening. "Nonthreatening" Femetit Bob is, by some vagary of the universe, able to talk down Dio from turning him into a donut. Taking advantage of this, he pushes the vampire into the sunlight! Ah, some people just want to watch The World burn.
The escaped convict is hungry for more corpses, thirsty for more blood. And this time, he's recruiting a squad to accomplish this. ...You know, I'm starting to wonder how he hasn't gone back to prison already.
Aww...
Yoshiko decides to show some of her friends a photo-filter app she had just added to her forum. Is there one that turns you into a dragon?!
...Were those buttons secretly rigged to an explosives den?
Oh my god, he just went in. Ferguson charges headfirst into a heated brawl between five different subjects... and is anticlimactically killed by getting caught in the crossfire. For such a giant head, he certainly had no brains.
Well, at least the car dealership is honest.
Takeuchi, with all due respect, "gaslight gatekeep girlboss" is not a valid life motto. If you continue attempting to convince the other subjects that Herb is imaginary, I will submit you for a psychological examination posthaste.
...Although some of them are delusional, I'll give you that. Case in point: Kinji believing that the plate of cookie owes him a library book. At least he is sane enough to just... eat them. Hopefully none of the, er, actually sapient Cookies saw that.
What do violins and bridges have to do with each other? And moreover, how come the trash can couldn't use the guitar contained within it to... wait, pink-haired person, what are you doing with that—ow OW OW STOP I WILL SUE YOU FOR GIVING ME HEARING DAMAGE (A VIOLIN)
And a partridge in a pear tree-loo? ...Wait, it isn't even Halloween yet, why am I now singing a Christmas song?
"I got a gun! No girls, girls gotta die!"
Such dishonor. Raspberry Mousse and Akira challenge Broheart to a 2v1 duel. When Broheart decapitates the high schooler to make things a more fair 1v1, however, Rasp cowardly backs out and flees! How unsightly for a knight...ly.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it—oh, there I go doing it again. Speaking of snow—Whitney, what have you done?! Apparently the real President Snow was withholding far worse impostors, and now that he's dead, they're wreaking havoc! Amelia, Rose, and Jacksuo's lives have already been claimed by the creatures... oh god OH GOD I HAVE TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL BEFORE IT DISRUPTS THE EXPERIMENT ANY FURTHER—
Threats successfully terminated, moving on. The karmic retribution to all alternative medicine practitioners. Bellflower, oh, Bellflower... what a fool you are. You thought your quack herbal remedies could save you? They made your condition worse, far worse, and now you have multiple horrid diseases assaulting you at once. Your death will serve as a reminder to those like you to trust the science instead.
...Well then. Laptops and cats apparently do not mix, as any owner of one would tell you.
Is Brady perhaps trying to usurp that gumball machine cyborg I've heard rumors about?

Fallen Tributes / Backup
Ichiban, Firefox, Ford Prefect, Amy, Dio, Ferguson, a plate of cookies, Akira, Amelia, Rose Cookie, Jacksuo, Bellflower Cookie

— Dr. Nichole Cordelia Nyquist, M.D.
MAE Robotics and AI Institute

**awe921** · 10-31-2021, 00:25:16 AM

RIP Firefox

***wingedcatgirl*** · 10-31-2021, 01:02:15 AM

It turns out "I know what systematic means!" is DIO's killphrase :v

Guma · 10-31-2021, 01:38:38 AM

On that day Ferguson learned to never underestimate the Woop.

**PowerStroke6001** · 10-31-2021, 12:21:11 PM

I think this is the very first Snow death in this thread!

Also, Stitch costumes exist, just in time for Halloween! :3

***wingedcatgirl*** · (This post was last modified: 11-06-2021, 21:06:34 PM by wingedcatgirl.)

Trying something slightly different, since unlike on tvtropes we can. Feedback welcomed.

Don't be bemused - it's just the news!

I'm Prime Queen, and due to some unexpected personal events with our previous host, I'll be taking over for the remainder of Season 4 of the Trouble Cube Hunger Games, sponsored by the Trouble Cube Image Gallery powered by Coppermine! (Whew, that's a mouthful...) Host your images today!

We last left off with the sun just about to set on the second day, and as night falls...

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Night 2

Ms. Swann stumbles upon some rare and valuable gene mods! Only able to pick one, she chooses the one that boosts her physical attributes! This should give her an edge...

This group of temporary allies brought together by fate is taking no chances with their sleep.

The experiment nearly barrels to his doom, but gravity wasn't paying attention for a moment and he gets back to safety!

Broheart plays a prank on Zim, but the alien's biology ruins it and he ends up being the butt of his own joke!

Thanks to Brolander's [Total Jackass Stunts], he has [Becomed] NEO! This won't just tilt the scales, it'll flip the table!

Careful playing with the fourth wall, Doof... There are some things cartoon characters are not meant to know.

Miyazaki decides that gravity was a mistake - one he intends to resolve immediately.

An uneasy truce between a bunnygirl and a cat man...

I somehow doubt this is Tom and Sabine's secret recipe, but I'll have to try it for myself when I get some free time.

Silly DJ, don't you know that it's natural for Pokémon to eat messily? You should have taken precautions.

Michael failed to jump in the caac, and the caac took that personally! Can he recover?

Aww, how cute. Don't you just wanna scritch the little floofy ears?

Whew. Can't blame Kama for running there, whales are scary!

Hehehyahaha! There's a reason the gamerunners only maintain these things every other season!

James Bond tried to write a callout post on his twitter dot com account, but boy was that a reach. (I read it, and it was a complete waste of my time.)

My, what a guy, that beta Wooper!

Leeloo Dallas Multipass, you are a supreme being, you should know better than to fight over petty things!

Ah, Cherry, the superpowered life is inevitably short and sweet. I know from experience.

Never be as good as the lime~

We'll finally learn the identity of the infamous nonthreatening femetit - huh?! He's the same under the mask!?

Cookie Monster climbs a cookie tree to have a cookie nap.

You gotta be careful what you do when you're invisible - but she lived to learn from the experience...

... Between this and Despair Academy, you really don't have many good options, huh Kinji?

The cookie tree fell down and Brady rushes to the Cookie Monster's aid! ... Well, that's what I think happened, I got caught up in Kinji's reminiscing and missed the event itself.

Gibb. Gibb what the fuck are you talking about. Can we get Gibb's sponsor on this, what the hell is he talking about?

Whew! That's some powerful sealing there! #NotAnAd

Day is breaking, and I don't hear a single cannon ringing out... Guess things really were as peaceful as they seemed. Hopefully that doesn't last.

Whistle · 11-06-2021, 21:01:27 PM

Somehow everyone was spared. Nice.

**PowerStroke6001** · 11-06-2021, 21:06:42 PM

A half update, huh? Either way, my tribs do be fine after that 1-week delay.

Mr. Lee Hammer · 11-06-2021, 21:17:34 PM

I love how you have images with the text

***wingedcatgirl***

(Prime Queen is talking to someone over her earpiece.) Oh, the cannons only come out when the sun sets? I see, I see - I'd thought, y'know, since there were in fact no deaths that night - right, right, long as we're all on the same page, here. (She glances at the camera.) Sorry, we're on, I gotta let you go -

Don't be bemused, it's just the news!

I'm your host, Prime Queen, and Season 4 of the Trouble Cube Hunger Games continues unabated! The sun has just risen on the third day of this battle royale, and this reporter, for one, is ready to see some action!

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Day 3

An anonymous sponsor shows their support! Let's see whether this helps Kiyoka survive!

Oh, honey - you could do so much better than him, surely...? Well, we'll see how this romance plays out, I suppose. Who knows, maybe Peko knows something I don't...

Dad's hankering for a hotdog, but his inventory is full, so Kim just sets it on his head! ... And another one... and another one... hoo boy, they're both getting awfully carried away here... Ah, and down goes the pile.

Ruffle and Whitney: the hottest new secret romance, or a rumor blown out of proportion?

Three tributes work together to pacify the forum mod before she goes out of control!

(A neon purple butterfly mask appears over Prime Queen's face.) Don't count on it. (The mask fades, and Prime Queen shakes her head.) Yes, thank you Shadow Moth for your valuable input...

It's that thing! It's that thing I like! He referenced it!

Enhanced physical attributes and magically-compelled servants? Viewers, I think we may just be seeing a new Shadow Moth here!

In this world, it's kill or be killed. If you're not killing, there's only one other outcome for you, and these tributes know it.

What was supposed to be a peaceful day at the cheese farm ends in blood and death, as Byrne brutally impales Brolander!

Miyazaki realizes that his aching tooth was a mistake - no? Too soon to recycle that bit?

Wait, what happened?! I looked away, did he eat the poison berries or did he die unrelatedly!? Damn it!

I have a gun
Without a daughter
The girl must die
(The table is mixed with drums)

Wake up without huuuiuh
The key to eeheoheoh

If not
Baby baby
You and your penis penis

juuuuuuuuuuuuuj
leum jujjuj to shit

Improbably, The Fourth Wall also stumbles on rare and valuable gene mods! It opts for the power of shapeshifting, far more versatile - when applied correctly.

A thrilling chase is briefly derailed when someone raises logistical questions about what just happened.

A deadly prank gone wrong - for the pranker! Zim's alien biology lets him shrug off boiling water like it's nothing!

Heh. Gotta admit, I made that mistake more often than I'd like to admit when I was a fledgling reporter.

The weird fish thing knows its love for a cat can never be, after all...

And as the sun sets, we hear two cannons ringing out.

Fallen Tributes

Brolander: 43rd
Raspberry Mousse Cookie: 42nd
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Night 3

Desperate to escape, Kinji challenges the first person he can sneak up on!

I told you, Peko, I fucking told you, Bob's no good for you! He doesn't even know who you are!

Moose faces! Ha! What will they think of next, am I right?

A service for the dearly departed cookie. Is someone here going to mention how he died or are we just gonna be lost on that?

Ooh, now that's a dangerous game. These tributes had best take care, lest they be driven into a furious bloodlust.

Oh no! The poor thing had nobody to snuggle!

No, DJ, that's just how it is in the Hunger Games.

Do we have ourselves a Bond Girl for this season? I think we do~

(Prime Queen laughs childishly.)

Ruffle has an interesting method of handling his insomnia...

A bloodless slaughter! Byrne stumbles upon a magical ring and uses it to ruthlessly convert Takeuchi, Zim, dado, and the Pianist into inanimate objects. Now, should he keep them as trophies, or sell them off at a pawn shop? Vote now on your phones, audience~

Heh, what a prank. Don't worry, Lloyd, many people find that endearing.

No Broheart. Broheart gotta die.

Human biology is terrifying, quite frankly. That's why I became a reporter and not a doctor.

Please, Ami, everyone knows that when you're done with the clone machine, you dispose of the refuse! Don't make beta Wooper clean up after you like that!

Well, experiment? Are you or aren't you familiar with Gorillaz?

There, there, Reisen. There, there.

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Day 4

Ms. Swann. Madeleine. Maddy. Dear. Have you never once heard of TWINS?!

Good old gambling-free games of chance.

Ooh, never upset a kitty.

Word to the wise, if Bob says he spies something titled "image.png", you don't want to see it.

Ooh, future skateboarding! Just be warned that the future is not set in stone. Don't think this vision guarantees you'll survive this game...

Vengeance! Beta Wooper runs Byrne through for what he did to its friends.

The hunt continues.

Miyazaki beseeches the Random Number Goddess to smite his foe! Unfortunately, Bond is made of sterner stuff than that, and he gets away alive...

Copyright... stronger than Doofenshmirtz, stronger than Shadow Moth, stronger than every Miraculous holder put together. Don't toy with things beyond your comprehension, Doof.

All for nothing! Brady tries to cheat death by draining Kiyoka's life force, only for DJ Professor K to teach Brady once and for all that he remains mortal.

Ruffle accuses Lloyd of cheating and retaliates accordingly.

You say the experiment is but a cover-up for a government spying scheme?! How devious of them!

(Prime Queen smiles.) When you think about it, the Hunger Games themselves are just playing-with-dolls writ large, aren't they?

To be fair, I also thought you intended "c" to stand for cookie, not the speed of light. But a harsh teacher is an effective one.

Resignations aren't accepted! Michael recruited the Cellist to perform this stunt, and perform it he must - on pain of death.

Ooooh, what will Yoshiko wish for?

You can build whatever kind of land you want, after you win this game. You know the rules, Herb.

And as the sun sets on the fourth day, the cannons ring out to honor the fallen.

Fallen Tributes

Bow: 41st
Takeuchi: 40th
Zim: 39th
dado: 38th
the Pianist: 37th
Broheart: 36th
Byrne: 35th
Kiyoka: 34th
Brady: 33rd
the Cellist: 32nd
(PostImage | Imgur | Trouble Cube)

We'll be back in a few hours with further updates, but for now, this is Prime Queen, signing off.

Whistle · 11-06-2021, 23:54:53 PM

Byrne's final words were:
MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

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