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You knew something was off when your invite was directed from a Ms....
Administrator?
You were very much confused by who had sent it, or why it was so...cold. Just asked for you to come and play. But you just thought nothing of it. When you arrived, entered the elevator, you noticed how dark the place was.
You noticed there was also the putrid smell of a body. You had gotten used to it with how many times Brock or Ash would come in, but not this. This had been there for ages. But under that smell was the faintest hint of Lilac. Your eyes focused on a warping vortex appearing with a whirr. Purple and red and orange in a zap of lightning and suddenly...
"Tada!!"
A girl with pink hair showed up. One of her eyes was cheerful, with a pink iris and red pupil, the other was the inverted colors and looked more angry. She seemed to be split in two! One side cheery with long pigtails and a cute stocking with a black maryjane on her right leg, and her lab coat sleeve was hanging off her shoulder. She also had a little flower pin on the right side of her cardigan. The more...darker side had her hair roughly chopped short and she wore torn leggings. She also wore a knee high laceup boot on that side. Her sleeve was fully on her on that side too. And you noted she had on a cute teddy bear backpack. Suddenly she was zapped, and her demeanor changed.
"Who's ready to rock!?"
Jacqueline Hyde
Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
She sat quietly in her seat after getting zapped again, smiling happily now. Suddenly a twinkle glimmered in the air, and suddenly a rift tore through the air, like paper split in two. Squeezing from it and floating in the air mysteriously was...
"How long has it beeen? I feel like dusty old china from the amount of time it's taken for me to return!"
A jester? A two-dimensional jester at that. He slowly floated down, bowing. "Dimentio, at your service!"
Dimentio
Super Paper Mario
The jester somehow winked, though his eyes were already shut, and leaned back momentarily. "It feels like 2007 was years ago? Or was it 2005? I can't even remember when I was introduced!" He looked over, noticing a mysterious robot wired to the bar cleaning a glass. "Ah, hello Lloyd! Glad to see someone who's a person of taste!"
The robot tips his bowler hat and happily chirps.
Lloyd
Deep Rock Galactic
Dimentio also shares an ominous smile. Seems the bartender knows him. And they know the bartender in return. A calling card floats down onto the seat.
"...what the hell is a T?"
Suddenly someone approaches from the shadows. He grins. "Well, what have we here? A game of luck?" His dark blue samurai-esque armor stood out against the rest of his clothing.
Dr. Tan
Dance Central
"It seems we have prepared well for my arrival." He smirks. The zapping occurs again. "Oh, look at mister fancypants! He's so special with his special bird armor and his special glasses, and his special T calling card!"
"Shut it! I am a MASTER at my art!" The older man snaps, and Hyde just sticks her tongue out at him. "If it wasn't for that...AGENT, I would have DCI under my control by now!" He sits at his seat, adjusting his glasses. "Where is our....host anyways?"
From the "balcony" surrounding the play area, a woman drinking a glass of wine looks down at the players.
"Yeah, it's boring without the game I was told we would play!"
She starts to walk around, studying them. Brat, overzealous, deadbeat...but where was..?
Back with the players, a sword suddenly slices through the air. Dimentio's head is almost sliced off. "Hey! Who's trying to kill me now!?"
A figure steps forward. And the reaction is...
"Woah!"
"Oh my!"
Dr. Tan just yelps and falls out of his seat out of fear. "Take them! Not me!!"
"Heheh..."
Evil Ash
Army of Darkness
"The lovely administrator invited me to come...but this crowd looks ridiculous."
Jacqueline just tilts her head looking at him. "Well...missssss...huh. Well, it's nice to see you!"
Ash just grins. "Someone got my gender right for once! But yes, the Administrator should be here soon..."
Suddenly a older woman steps out of the shadow. She wears an all purple suitcoat and pencil skirt. There's a stern frown on her face. "I will be your host. And your dealer."
The Administrator
Team Fortress 2
"Now, get seated. The game will start soon."
Once everyone has taken their places, she sits on a swivel chair behind them all, watching over them.
"The name of this game?...No Limit. Texas Hold'em."
The cards have been dealt.
Each seat has been filled.
You're up against them now.
One of Carmen's advisaries,
The person who almost destroyed the universe of a certain paper thin plumber,
A crazed instructor who intends on keeping his son in his control just to reunite with him,
And a leader of the dark ones.
You better hope you keep your head.