(this takes place before Game 2)
Hellfire looked up.
"Why, hello, dear. I see you could join us just now. Pity you missed my shade's end... it was quite the show. And right after you "died".
Oh, aren't I getting ahead of myself? I'm Hellfire. Given I'd made my own portal and devices to stop souls from controlling their body, I was a natural choice to back up miss playerpichu.
It has been awhile though. Since we met in the garden. I'm not surprised you remembered me - what surprises me more is that you forgot about me at first."
Hellfire's teeth glinted in a smirk. The room may not be the best lit... but their flame certainly lit - and heated - things up.
"So... for what have you deigned to join us?"
LadyPlague tensed up, before taking a deep breath and started monologuing.
"You know, I might have taken the time to get my bearings after going through that incredibly traumatic experience, but then I heard something along the lines of wanting me to "disappear" like the others, so I wanted an explanation from my OWN heir. LadyPlague sneered. "And while the idea of allowing yourself into the games might have shown real character, it's undercut by the idea that you're not actually experiencing it. You're having "your OC" do the dirty work for you! It will be YOUR oc that deals with having their emotions and actions dictated by RNG. It will be YOUR oc that has to see Pearl's dead corpse go through Arceus knows what!"
"Dysentery. Ratigan died from Dysentery caused by drinking from the lake. " Hellfire popped in.
"Anywho...It will be YOUR oc that has their heart stolen by the same human that kills you just as you build up the confidence to open up for once in your life! If you truly cared about the characters that had to go through and just wanted us to have a good time, you'd step into a pod yourself. I mean it's just fanfic tropes and forced romance, what could possibly go wrong!?"
At that point LadyPlague was burnt out.
Pichu sighed. "Look, as you already know, there have been disappearances as of late in these games. I had no clue how to handle it, but Hellfire here was kind enough to tell me about your idea for a quarter quell. And I thought that chances were good that at least one human would be effected and see what was going on. When I said I wanted you to disappear, I meant it in the sense that I wanted you to be effected and investigate what's going on. Unfortunately, just characters have been disappearing, and so we can't get a real idea of what's going on. Can't exactly do much with soulless characters besides grunt work anyway."
LadyPlague processed the info dump handed to her, before turning to Hellfire.
"To be fair Hellfire, a lot happened after our first encounter. So much that I wouldn't have had time for more chit-chats in the garden even if I did remember. But now that it's all coming together, I just have one thing to ask: How did you get your soul? Souls are only given to winners of the games or characters who has done exceptional acts benefiting society."
Hellfire looked at the human.
"Oh, I CAME here with my soul. Someone messed up a summoning, the fool.
Actually, it was two someones."
Hellfire bared their teeth.
"I'd say more, but... I don't feel like telling you right now. I might later.
Especially as it relates to these games."
"Fair enough, who am I to pry into personal details?" LadyPlague smirked.
"Well LadyPlague, if you're done. It's time we got down to business. I'll be in the next round of the Quarter Quell, so I'll need you to host again." Pichu interrupted, hoping to break the tension.
"Naturally. It's what I do best." LadyPlague.
"Hellfire, why don't you show LadyPlague our blueprints that we came up with for the arena. It's mostly your work of course, but we've improved upon it! I shall prepare the pods for our next batch."
Just before Pichu left the room, she turned to LadyPlague and spoke calmly.
"You know you can cry now. It's alright, we're all here for you."
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Playerpichu (If I got the point of Pichu and the pichu oc being used wrong, that could be something to bring up at some point.)
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DuskyFlareon (This is just a piece of our private RP, but I wanted to have this out of the way before we finish it)