Hoopa's Disasterpiece: Act 1: Legen---wait for it---dary!

Mood!

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If you could snort the soul of any other player and absorb their powers, which player would you target?

If you could restart your life with your new found time shenanigans and retain your current memories, BUT your current age in years is taken off the end of your life, would you do it?

Cynthia emerges from the crowded audience, a spotlight falls upon her beautiful golden hair. She slowly advances towards the stage, like a fog rolling into a harbor.

Cynthia: Good evening my dearest Hoopa, I hope all is well. I wish to ask if you have considered who your top 3 are in your tribe and who your first 3 boots would be. I know it's still a little early but you never know when the floor beneath your feet may disappear, the microphone removed from your hands, the spotlight...fades...

*The curtains snap open suddenly, and a very panicked looking Hoopa rushes out on the stage breathing heavily*

Hoopa: Oh gosh, have you been here all day? I am so sorry! It's been so busy here! You could have gone home, I wouldn't blame you!

*takes a deep breath to steady themselves* Okay, okay. Let's catch you up on everything that has happened since I've been here last.

It seems Charizard asked a question? ..Ah of course. I don't think I would restart my life even without the life penalty. I think a lot of what I've experienced would lose its meaning if I didn't go into it blind and there's some things that never would have happened at all if I knew in advance. And that's getting a little too personal! HA, MOVING RIGHT ALONG!

Oh Cynthia my love, I'm so flattered you came out to my stage to ask me a question! I'll do my best to answer it fully. So I'd have to say my top 3 are Sol, Poipole, and Celebi. Cobalion is very close right behind though! And then bottom 3, are Jirachi, Deoxys, and Articuno. And that makes it quite the great segue into what has happened this evening, because there has been some EVENTS in this game folks!

So early on in the day, Poipole and I have officially solidified our alliance, which was already implied but now it's explicit, with an exchange of shiny rocks. Everything is going well with conversations with everyone else too, where it's not particularly awkward with anyone except maybe Jirachi who is hard to read with his poetry everywhere. Meltan's art is amazing and lovely and he's a precious soul. We all feel good about the challenge and cautiously optimistic.

And then the worst happens... we lose the challenge due to a few tiny errors! Curse you Tangela, why couldn't you mess them up just a little while longer? And now everyone is all in a tizzy trying to figure out what exactly is going to happen and who might go home???

[Enter the possible vote targets]

Articuno - Was the guy who bolded the submission that we lost with. Is a bit less talkative. But he is quickly discarded as an option simply because people actually give a shit about him somewhat and he makes no sense as someone who goes home tonight.

Jirachi - Has a gimmick. Now that alone isn't a reason to vote somebody out, you have Meltan who has his art, but there's a key important difference here: Meltan dropped his art to get down and serious about TC. Jirachi has not whatsoever. And because of this gimmick, it's incredibly hard to tell where he stands with anyone. He doesn't explain anything about what he's doing or where he's gone if he says nothing for a long time. It's just all poems all the time nonstop. And see, that could be okay if he explained things, and made it clear what he truly thought about anything. And maybe if he's willing to drop it to get serious now that he knows he's in trouble. But will he?

Deoxys - Doesn't have any real close connections to anybody. He's not overly flashy, and is sorta just a guy who is here. But, he did show a lot of effort and passion in the challenge. And when he heard that he was in trouble, he's gone to try to see if there's any way he can get people to keep him. He's shown he's got the passion and is willing to put in the work, but is it enough?

I'm sure, dear audience, you are wondered what does Hoopa think about all of this, and what does Hoopa want? Well I shall tell you! This Hoopa wants the vote to be on Jirachi. And I've been gently suggesting to people that it makes the most sense. But what I have not said to anyone is I have another reason personally for why I want to keep Deox. This is a very straightforward kind of guy, and he's said he's had a rough time in games before where he goes early. And this seems like an ideal situation for me to save someone and have them feel indebted to me and willing to do what I ask of them. He already knows I've been defending him to other people. I've convinced Celebi to push it as well and shift the votes that way. I'm not fighting for him exactly but merely stating that of the two main options, Deox is the only one who has good active pros for keeping him. Yes Jirachi is a personality and is nice and cute, however, how long is that going to last? What does that do for a tribe? It's not any real kind of currency whatsoever. Actions are. And Deoxys has shown he'll do them. He told Articuno that he knew that he could have tried to push a vote on him to save himself, but chose not to, which made Articuno feel like he could trust him. Deox has been very upfront about everything, and I think that has more value in the long run. I am concerned that perhaps I have tipped my hand too soon about the fact that I can get a 50/50 indifferent vote to go a certain way, but I don't think anyone is going to think it's because I specifically want Deox. Quite a few people are seeing the opportunity to have him grateful to "us", but my name is the one he's heard from other people saying that I've defended him, and I told him I preferred he'd stay. Sol told him he was in trouble, which is also good currency. You should never do anything in a game that you can't use if you ask me. If it doesn't directly benefit you in some way, or have use later, don't do it.

So that is the state of things as of this update! I am hoping that I haven't shown too early that I'm willing to push things to happen how I want them to. And I'm hoping that the conversations I've been having with people make them feel comfortable with me as well and I'm in as good a place as I feel I am. I don't want to get complacent at all. Even in this first round trying to have awareness is important. And even though this vote has been a lot of people are indifferent and willing to go where the majority goes, I think making sure that the majority is something I have some amount of influence over without it being obvious is important. We'll just have to see if anything else changes between now and deadline.

I hope you have enjoyed yourself, and I will catch you on the flipside. Good evening~

*Hoopa dashes across the stage dropping another quick update*

Articuno has expressed wanting to work with me down the line and values what my opinion is on the Sol/Jirachi counters. Sol's music and anime dealing is helping in a lot.

Okay, gotta get back into it! Stay wonderful!!

Question for you ringmaster. Do you feel like your position in the tribe advanced or was hindered by Jirachi being voted out?

*Hoopa rushes out on stage clearly in a tizzy*

Hoopa: So you know how I said this TC felt boring and going nowhere? Well, Meltan is telling people that Sol told him this morning that he absolutely had to push for Articuno if he wanted to stay in the game, and Articuno to push Meltan. And that's really suspicious. I'm not saying it's exactly a lie, but it could be an exaggeration. What I know of Sol, he's not that stupid? Like, you know you have a person who is desperate to stay, you don't tell them anything specific that they'll definitely use to save themselves or even hint at such a thing. But maybe Sol had the misfortune of being the only person to give Meltan a definitive answer. Either way, I am not here for this at all.

Protip guys: Survivor is stupid to cry about. Don't do it.

you are playing the role of pikachu well, and it's not a good thing