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coronaviridae [ Edit, 08 December 2003, 9:38 PM PST: ]
Some commentary: I'm both amazed and really pleased by this. If anything, it's a fun exercise in just writing for our characters off-MUSH, whether it's speculative fiction about a dark Videoland or just a humorous anecdote or two.
On that note, I wanted to quickly correct an assumption: this spontaneously generated itself, and 'additions' don't need to be based on "Carbon", or a dark Videoland, or even the future at all. I'm just collecting Videoland fic; there aren't any actual rules.
That in mind, on to the fiction.
The One That Started It All:
"Carbon" -- Station [![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wondergecko ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/onapalehelix/18618.html ]
[ Date Posted: 06 December 2003 ]
Summary: Captain N, Princess Lana, and Lady A are dead. Gameshark is ascendant; the other Gamemasters have scattered. Eight years after Travis' disasterous coup, Station copes.
[ Brightness: very dark. ]
The Follow-Ups:
"Driven" -- Sinistar [eildath ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/3705.html -- first comment ]
[ Date Posted: 07 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon", a planet-killer reflects on his purpose.
[ Brightness: dark. ]
"And Nothing Less" -- Agent 3D0 [agent3d0 ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/agent3d0/1163.html ]
[ Date Posted: 07 December 2003 ]
Summary: What if Scotty had won the war? A relatively bright vision of what might happen in a Videoland where Agent 3D0 and Captain X are the last two dark Gamemasters to fight for supremacy.
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"Degeneration" -- Alucard [popes ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/3978.html ]
[ Date Posted: 07 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". What will one dhampir do to ensure the safety of his allies?
[ Brightness: very dark. ]
"I'm Sori, World" -- Red Wizard [highbard ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/highbard/23612.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: When Gameshark tries to force the Ultimate Warp Zone, disaster strikes. Red Wizard reflects on what remains of Videoland after things have settled down.
[ Brightness: gray, very hopeful. ]
"Fear and Sufferance" -- Gold [makoknight ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/toran_republic/492.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: Giovanni makes a deal with the devil, and somehow survives. He proceeds to wreak havoc on the Pokémon Islands, forcing two unlikely allies together to oppose him.
[ Brightness: dark. ]
"Nexus Rising" -- Gameshark [remliel ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/remliel/12524.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: Once more, Gameshark rises to take over Videoland--but this time, it's necessary to insure Videoland's continued survival. But not everyone is happy with the Nexus' rule...
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"We Are Many" -- Tetrads [senseir ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/senseir/18904.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". They have always been a part of Videoland, watching, and not acting. When that inaction is shown to have a horrible price, the Tetrads decide--to move.
[ Brightness: very dark, but hopeful. ]
"A Brighter Sky" -- Vyse [eildath ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/5052.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Strange times and desperate situations can make allies out of enemies, and hope can blossom even in the wreckage of a war. Vyse and his Blue Rogues rescue a lone Koopa...and find another reason to keep fighting.
[ Brightness: dark, but hopeful. ]
"Solitary" -- Albedo [wondergecko ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/onapalehelix/18953.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". No one ever said the end of the world had to be grim--or depressing. Sometimes, it means the cessation of pain and the birth of something new.
[ Brightness: bright. ]
"No More Running. No More Hiding." -- Jim Raynor [jetfire99 ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/5593.html?#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Catching up with Raynor and his Raiders.
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"The Prinnymasters" -- Flonne [sewa ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sewa/26224.html?#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". So where did everyone end up going when they died, and what's Flonne doing about it?
[ Brightness: zany humor. ]
"Twilight Shadow" -- Dark Link [kuribo_power ]
[link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kuribo_power/361.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon", a once-henchman of Ganon, now lone warrior without a purpose, reflects on the past and present.
[ Brightness: dark. ]
"Untitled" (unfinished) -- Anna [annazirski ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/annazirski/1245.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: Just as the end of the world is not always invariably grim, the holidays aren't invariably happy. Anna Zirski does a little thinking as the year's end approaches, along with the festivities it customarily brings...
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"Ark of the Covenant" -- Red Wizard [highbard ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/highbard/24061.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Desperate times since the Fall have forced the remaining Light Warriors to a drastic conclusion, cutting themselves off from the rest of the Multiverse.
[ Brightness: gray, but hopeful.]
"God in Man's Image" -- Dauragon [makoknight ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/toran_republic/561.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: ...Dauragon just took over the space zone. Well, there was a power vacuum, and he is that ambitious...see what happens when villains are allowed to run unchecked?
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"Random Encounters" -- Slime [makoknight ]
[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/toran_republic/920.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: In a more light-hearted turn of events, Slime gathers other monsters to him--and forms an army. An army of random encounters--will they be able to take Videoland by storm?
[ Brightness: gray. ]
muse
Some commentary: I'm both amazed and really pleased by this. If anything, it's a fun exercise in just writing for our characters off-MUSH, whether it's speculative fiction about a dark Videoland or just a humorous anecdote or two.
On that note, I wanted to quickly correct an assumption: this spontaneously generated itself, and 'additions' don't need to be based on "Carbon", or a dark Videoland, or even the future at all. I'm just collecting Videoland fic; there aren't any actual rules.
That in mind, on to the fiction.
The One That Started It All:
"Carbon" -- Station [
wondergecko ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/onapalehelix/18618.html ]
[ Date Posted: 06 December 2003 ]
Summary: Captain N, Princess Lana, and Lady A are dead. Gameshark is ascendant; the other Gamemasters have scattered. Eight years after Travis' disasterous coup, Station copes.
[ Brightness: very dark. ]
The Follow-Ups:
"Driven" -- Sinistar [
eildath ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/3705.html -- first comment ]
[ Date Posted: 07 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon", a planet-killer reflects on his purpose.
[ Brightness: dark. ]
"And Nothing Less" -- Agent 3D0 [
agent3d0 ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/agent3d0/1163.html ]
[ Date Posted: 07 December 2003 ]
Summary: What if Scotty had won the war? A relatively bright vision of what might happen in a Videoland where Agent 3D0 and Captain X are the last two dark Gamemasters to fight for supremacy.
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"Degeneration" -- Alucard [
popes ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/3978.html ]
[ Date Posted: 07 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". What will one dhampir do to ensure the safety of his allies?
[ Brightness: very dark. ]
"I'm Sori, World" -- Red Wizard [
highbard ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/highbard/23612.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: When Gameshark tries to force the Ultimate Warp Zone, disaster strikes. Red Wizard reflects on what remains of Videoland after things have settled down.
[ Brightness: gray, very hopeful. ]
"Fear and Sufferance" -- Gold [
makoknight ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/toran_republic/492.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: Giovanni makes a deal with the devil, and somehow survives. He proceeds to wreak havoc on the Pokémon Islands, forcing two unlikely allies together to oppose him.
[ Brightness: dark. ]
"Nexus Rising" -- Gameshark [
remliel ] [ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/remliel/12524.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: Once more, Gameshark rises to take over Videoland--but this time, it's necessary to insure Videoland's continued survival. But not everyone is happy with the Nexus' rule...
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"We Are Many" -- Tetrads [
senseir ] [ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/senseir/18904.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". They have always been a part of Videoland, watching, and not acting. When that inaction is shown to have a horrible price, the Tetrads decide--to move.
[ Brightness: very dark, but hopeful. ]
"A Brighter Sky" -- Vyse [
eildath ] [ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/5052.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Strange times and desperate situations can make allies out of enemies, and hope can blossom even in the wreckage of a war. Vyse and his Blue Rogues rescue a lone Koopa...and find another reason to keep fighting.
[ Brightness: dark, but hopeful. ]
"Solitary" -- Albedo [
wondergecko ] [ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/onapalehelix/18953.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". No one ever said the end of the world had to be grim--or depressing. Sometimes, it means the cessation of pain and the birth of something new.
[ Brightness: bright. ]
"No More Running. No More Hiding." -- Jim Raynor [
jetfire99 ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/press_start/5593.html?#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Catching up with Raynor and his Raiders.
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"The Prinnymasters" -- Flonne [
sewa ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sewa/26224.html?#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". So where did everyone end up going when they died, and what's Flonne doing about it?
[ Brightness: zany humor. ]
"Twilight Shadow" -- Dark Link [
kuribo_power ][link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kuribo_power/361.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon", a once-henchman of Ganon, now lone warrior without a purpose, reflects on the past and present.
[ Brightness: dark. ]
"Untitled" (unfinished) -- Anna [
annazirski ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/annazirski/1245.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: Just as the end of the world is not always invariably grim, the holidays aren't invariably happy. Anna Zirski does a little thinking as the year's end approaches, along with the festivities it customarily brings...
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"Ark of the Covenant" -- Red Wizard [
highbard ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/highbard/24061.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Desperate times since the Fall have forced the remaining Light Warriors to a drastic conclusion, cutting themselves off from the rest of the Multiverse.
[ Brightness: gray, but hopeful.]
"God in Man's Image" -- Dauragon [
makoknight ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/toran_republic/561.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: ...Dauragon just took over the space zone. Well, there was a power vacuum, and he is that ambitious...see what happens when villains are allowed to run unchecked?
[ Brightness: gray. ]
"Random Encounters" -- Slime [
makoknight ][ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/toran_republic/920.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: In a more light-hearted turn of events, Slime gathers other monsters to him--and forms an army. An army of random encounters--will they be able to take Videoland by storm?
[ Brightness: gray. ]
muse
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Add on, not to spam the main page
Date: 2003-12-08 06:05 pm (UTC)[link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kuribo_power/361.html ]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Not sure I should write it for my own thing, but here goes
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon", a once henchmen of Ganon now lone warrior without a purpose reflects on the past an present.
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-08 09:48 pm (UTC)Link: None ;_; Unless someone has them as logs; they were posts on the Hero board.
Summary: The Guardian's captions of photographs from her trip to her somewhat-obscure home zone, including her "family" and various interesting artifacts (largely licensed merchandise featuring her visage).
Darkness Factor: >"
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-08 09:57 pm (UTC)[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/highbard/24061.html#cutid1]
[ Date Posted: 08 December 2003 ]
Summary: In the same continuity as "Carbon". Desperate times since the Fall have forced the remaining Light Warriors to a drastic conclusion, cutting themselves off from the rest of the Multiverse
[ Brightness: grey, but hopeful.] (natch! =P)
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-08 11:31 pm (UTC)[ Link http://www.livejournal.com/users/jetfire99/37883.html#cutid1 ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: What happens when a 4000 year old warlord loses almost everything and ends up with nothing to do but think about his life? This is set in the Carbon Timeline by the way.
[ Brightness: Gray with hope. ]
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-08 11:36 pm (UTC)[ Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/popes/3432.html ]
[ Date Posted: 12/09/03 1:30 AM]
Summary: The thoughts of the Sorceress' Knight on one morning. Why he keeps going.
[Brightness: light gray, hopeful]
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-09 03:56 am (UTC)[ Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/hawk_boy/612.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: Wonder Boy's world has been destroyed by Gameshark. Wonder Boy manages to surive, through some cruel twist of fate. But will he succumb to his emotions, or will he gain new hope?
[ Brightness: Dark Gray, but hopeful ]
VL Futurefic II: Replay
Date: 2003-12-09 04:16 pm (UTC)[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/remliel/12662.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: What happens if Gameshark decides to use his powers for good instead of evil? One possible idea is played out here.
[ Brightness: bright!111!1! ]
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-09 08:37 pm (UTC)[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/captain_x/2712.html ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: Also set in the same future as Carbon, this finds Captain X reflecting back on what has happened and what is to be, having become something... unexpected.
[ Brightness: dark grey ]
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-09 08:54 pm (UTC)[ link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/captain_n/1988.html (http://www.livejournal.com/users/captain_n/1988.html) ]
[ Date Posted: 09 December 2003 ]
Summary: Set in the near future of Videoland, VL: Prophecies is a fanfic series that follows the lives of a group of humans that've been brought from the Real World to Videoland. These humans have come to be known as Gamemasters. Of course, just like in Video Games, some of these Gamemasters are good and some are bad. Following in the footsteps of their predecessor organizations, MVP and SOB are locked in a constant struggle of power. SOB, wanting to turn Videoland into their own personal playground, has obliterated Mother Brain and long since set new goals. MVP, wanting to return Videoland to the peaceful land that it once was, continues to fight for what's right... regardless of the recent death of their guiding light, Princess Lana Keene.
[ Brightness: Uh. Not Dark?]
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-09 09:03 pm (UTC)[Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/friendpersonpat/28588.html]
[Date Posted: December 10, 2003]
Summary: Not in any of the other fic timelines. Basically a beginner's 'What if?' based on if the Warlock Lord came out on top in the wars. If it's well-received, I may recount other specific details.
(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-10 03:56 pm (UTC)[link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ljbandwagon/748.html]
[Date Posted: December 10, 2003]
Summary: Red muses on being underestimated after a covert mission.
[Brightness: Both dark and bright, if he can pull it off]
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