Rokkenjima Festival of Mayhem - Event: Tea Room Duo Duel

[Seraphitic]

Welcome challengers to the penultimate day of events. We hope that you have enjoyed the competition thus far and that the tea is too your liking. Speaking of which…

Tea Room Duo Duel

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This challenge is straightforward but we hope that you will feel free to get creative with the premise. We want you to take the image below and insert two antagonistic characters.

The characters could be from any franchise. They must be from the same franchise so no cross universe stuff. There is the potential for spoilers so make sure to tag appropriately. If you have another tea room picture you’d rather photoshop characters into, you are free to use it instead of the picture above.

After you are done with the picture portion, write a brief (make it only a couple lines) dialogue between the two characters as if they were in the meta-world, commenting on events in their own story. Again, be wary of spoilers.

Demo Picture (Please make things of higher quality than this, lol)

Scoring is normal; first gets 4 points, second gets 3, third and fourth get 2, and late submissions get 1.

Submissions must be in by Saturday, 11:30 am UTC to be considered on time. Have fun!

[Karifean]

Team Goldenslaughterers submission:

Dio : “WRRYYYYYYY, how could this game end in a draw. How could I, Dio, failed to utterly crush you?!”

Jonathan : “You forgot about Erina! She was a most virtuous woman and while it saddened me to use her as a piece, she carried on my wishes for me. If only I saw you moving Wang like that. I am ashamed a gentleman”

Dio : “Hah, foolishness. That piece was useless useless useless. MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA. Will then, we can’t end our game now can we JoJo? You who retained his humanity, and I who rejected it, who will be victorious in the end?”

Jonathan: “Dio, I will prove to you that your legacy can be defeated. For I am sure my next piece, as brash as he may be, will carry on the Joestar spirit! My heart resonates! The heat is enough to burn!The beat of my blood is razor-sharp!”

Dio: " Very well, we will see JoJo!. I shall set up the next gameboard! Yes, I think I shall entitle it “Battle Tendency”

(Note: So for the judges unfamiliar with JoJo, I kept it spoiler free as much as I can. JoJo is divided into different “parts”, each connected in some way. Battle Tendency is the name of the second part. Thus I likened to each part being a game board between the two characters. I think the theme of legacy and humanity makes for a nice set of gameboards :P)

[Karifean]

Team SleepingVerborum and RKW Berris submission:

“Euphie… How could that happen? HOW?!”
“…” the tea room fell silent.
“So, you are not going to stop even now, are you? Then, I will stop you myself.”
“Hah… How confident. Try if you can, Kururugi Suzaku!”

[Karifean]

Team Goatdatricers submission:

Minor Spoilers for Made in Abyss, but nothing that isn’t really apparent, imo.

Nanachi couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable watching the scene in front of her play out. Certainly, she understood that the “her” in the story and the “her” here and now weren’t the same. That this was all the backstory of what essentially amounted to a stranger. This was true for the man sitting next to her too, uncomfortably crouched upon his seat. Even so, it was undeniably uncomfortable.

Maybe she’d feel less uneasy if her viewing partner wasn’t watching with such enthusiasm…

“My, my… I do make a fantastic villain, don’t I?” Bondrewd chuckles, the sound reverberating within his mask to create a tinny echoing effect. “How wonderful.”

“Naaa…” Nanachi shifts her eyes to avoid looking at the man sitting across from her, she gives a weak smile. “Well, you’re certainly an ‘iconic’ bastard to say the least…”

“Ah, you see, Nanachi. The greatest antagonists are those that have some element of mystery to them. They’re driven, that’s undeniable, but their exact motives and goals are ill defined. Certainly. There is enough evidence to formulate a hypothesis, but if we wanted to test that… Hmhmhm… That’s another matter entirely.”

“Yeesh. You didn’t feel any shame complimenting your own character, did ya?”

“Shame is a burden that only serves to prevent us from reaching greater heights. If the pioneers of the modern world had felt shame, they would no doubt have been paralysed, leaving us living in caves.”

“Well, you know, no matter how great a villain a character is, they always die in the end. That’s the way these stories work.”

“Then die I shall! For in death a villainous character truly becomes immortal. Etched upon the hearts and minds of every viewer, never to be forgotten!”

“…Naa. I don’t know about that…”

“I’m sure of it.” Bondrewd nods and spreads his arms out enthusiastically. “But, as of now, the story still continues! Come, Nanachi! Let us see how my next move unfolds!”

Nanachi says nothing, instead opting to give a silent nod. And with her consent, the next scene begins to unfold.

Heh… This bastard really is shameless…

[Karifean]

Team 5 Elements of DESIRE submission:

Link: glug glug This tea potion tastes good
Ganon: oink Glad you like it, 'cause it’s gonna be your last
Link: Really? Dammit, I should have ransacked for house to grab a few more rupees.
Ganon: And they say I’m the villain just because I’m trying to conquer the world…

[Karifean]

Tea Room Duo Duel - Verdicts

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#4 goes to Team SleepingVerborum and RKW Berris (+2 points)

Kari: I low key love Lelouch’s “…” line here. Too fitting.
Sera: I really like this post but I especially like how nicely the photoshop of Lelouch fit’s so goddamn well into that chair. So satisfying.
Vyse: As someone who is unfamiliar with Code Geass, I really only have the poses to go by, and those do seem fitting for a tea room meeting.

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#3 goes to Team 5 Elements of DESIRE (+2 points)

Kari: Heroes are such selfish assholes, aren’t they.
Sera: I thought this was quite funny plus that picture of Link is great.
Vyse: Who really is the villain in this story? I had a nice laugh~

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#2 goes to Team Goldenslaughterers (+3 points)

Kari: Nice idea, having the gameboards refer to the different JoJo arcs. Makes me wish I knew JoJo =P
Sera: Jojo lends itself really well to gameboards, actually. I thought this was a fantastic post.
Vyse: I actually did get the JoJo references, and you did a good job portraying Jonathan and Dio there.

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#1 goes to Team Goatdatricers (+4 points)

Kari: I don’t even know MIA, but this was just great. I love how the two of them give meta commentary on their own story like that =P
Sera: I’ve watched a little of MIA and I have to admit, this is really nicely done.
Vyse: I’m unfamiliar with MIA itself, but you made this a nice meta-commentary of the characters.

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Thanks for participating everyone!