backup of Rhythm's gameby rhythmlightChaptersCharacter bacinfo bacprolouge bacgames afoot bacd1w1 bacd2w1 bacd1w1rr1 bacd2w1rr2 bacCharacter bacPlayers Neku Sakuraba: played by Twilight Sparkle Shiki: Fluttershy Joshua: Played by Celestia (Player Form) Beat (week 1+3): Played by Princess Luna Rhyme: Sota: Nao: Reapers Koki Kariya: Played by Rarity Uzuki Yashiro: Played By Pinkie Pie/Pinkamena 777: BJ Tenho Beat (week 2-3): Played by Nightmare Moon Game Masters Yodai Higashizawa (week 1): Played by Discord Sho Minamimoto (week 2): Played by Trixie Mitsuki Konishi (week 3): Played by Sunset Shimmers Conductor Megumi Kitaniji: Played by Rhythm (my OC) Composer Yoshiya Kiryu: Played By Princess Celestia Producer Sanae Hanekoma: Played By Princess Cascade Others Ken Doi Eiji Oji Shuto Dan Yammer: Played by Scootaloo Futoshi Makoto (Shadow Ramen) info bacInformation Of The Main Storyline The RG is Equestria, RG stands for RealGround and can be monitored one way from the UG. Even though the people of the RG cannot see those in the UG, they are still influenced by Players, Reapers, and the like by any major event, on several of the missions this infulence must spread from one location to another without any physical contact between these two differnt universes. The UG is a parallel plane of existence of Equestria however the citys have been moved next to each other and classified as zones. I shall be using these zones from the map of Equestria based below, if you spot any silly mistakes please let me know. Rules All of the Game's staff are Reapers, with the exception of the Producer, who acts as an observer. The Game is run by the Composer. The Composer of the Game determines all the rules, which allow the Underground to exist. As such, the Composer controls the entire Underground's (UG's) existence and composition. The Conductor works underneath the Composer, ensuring that the Game's course follows the rules. He is advised and served by high-rank Reaper officers. One of the officers is chosen to be the Game Master for the week, whose duty is to both set the missions and ensure that as many Players as possible are erased to cull the player pool. Harriers work under the GM to erase Players by summoning Noise, while Support Reapers set up obstacles and provide resources for the Game. Harrier class reapers may not attack players directly or assign official missions. However, if ordered to by the Conductor (or potentially the Composer, although he rarely interacts with Reapers), Harriers may attack special targets themselves. Harriers may also act to defend themselves; if a Player attacks them, then they may freely engage. Players are unable to read the thoughts of any other Player or Reaper. If a Player's partner is erased, they will have seven minutes to form a new pact before being erased. There is no time-limit for forming a pact on the first day, although any Player not in a pact will likely be attacked by Noise relentlessly until they form one or are erased. Reapers may not engage directly with un-partnered Players, though they can and do summon Noise to attack them. The "living" are not eligible to play the Game and are considered illegal entrants if they try to. Technically, Players are not dead, merely forcibly attuned to the UG and unable to interact directly with the RG, but generally Players are recruited in situations where they are close to death (such as suffering gun shot wounds, vehicular accidents, and among others). Typically, the Game Master does not engage in the game directly until the 7th day (although they may act as they wish within the confines of the rules; some constantly taunt Players, others remain in the shadows). The Game Master is responsible for assigning missions and is largely free to choose any missions they desire (with some exceptions; Players cannot be forced to erase their partners, and it is likely that the mission must be able to be accomplished within Shibuya). All missions may be completed by any Player; all Players alive at the completion of the mission will benefit from this and advance to the next day. If no Player successfully completes a day's mission, all are erased. On the 7th day, the mission is always to defeat the Game Master. In cases of extreme danger to the UG (such as a Reaper defecting to the Players, the presence of Taboo Noise, and potentially others), the Conductor (or the Composer) may place the UG under Emergency Call. In these situations, Reapers are required to wear specialized pins meant to strengthen their abilities (deemed "O-Pins"). The Game Master is not bound by this requirement. Reapers are also freed from restrictions and are allowed to attack Players without provocation. The purpose of the Game is to determine who is worthy enough to be rewarded in the afterlife, or to be given a second chance at life, and to hopefully improve that individual through his or her experiences in the Game. This is the reason for the apparently cruel and deeply personal Entry Fee: taking away what the Players value most forces them to examine those values. The Game is watched by the Angels of the Higher Plane. The Producer, one of the Angels, is chosen to interact with the Composer so that he can create and give requested items to the Composer. He may interact freely with any participant of the Game, be they Reaper or Player, as long as his role as the Producer is kept secret. One key rule governing the Producer's conduct is that he may not act to change the outcome of the Game by aiding the Players or Reapers directly. He is free to issue advice and explanations and to provide helpful items (like Harmonizer Pins), but he may not intervene in combat. The Producer also may not challenege a Player directly to combat. After winning, Players may be presented with multiple options: Weak players are erased even if they win. Some may simply throw away life and choose to be erased on their own will. If a Player has done or participated in any illegal activities in the Game, they will be erased. Special exceptions may give them penalties, such as requiring them to play again, with no more chances to play anymore. Players may become a Reaper. Most are recruited under Support class, but rare cases (Beat) can be recruited immediately into Harrier. Players may come back to life. This is considered unusual. However, the Angels don't consider it to be a loss. The Player's art and music will find its way into his or her culture and increase the overall imagination of the population. Those players who completed the game but have not earned the right to be revived (due to the preselected number) may be allowed to play the Game again. Entry Fees are refunded to the survivors, but each Game requires one Entry Fee. This may or not be the same as the Player's original Entry Fee: it will always be the Player's most precious thing, but what that thing is may have changed over the course of the Game due to the Player's experiences. The absolute best of the Players are given the honor of ascending into the Higher Plane. Reapers may also ascend to the rank of Angel, although exactly how they are chosen remains a secret. The Composer is the sole determinant of a Player's fate; he bases his decision on how the Player performed during the week. The Reapers score Players on various attributes (missions accomplished, Noise defeated, and among others), and these scores are a measure of the Player's performance. Although rare, Players who have been erased may be restored to life. In these cases, the losing Player forfeits his or her Entry Fee. [Offical Rules From The Reaper's Game] Powers (staring from weakest to strongest) Player without a partner A player without a parter is where either a player has not yet made a pact with another participant, or their partner has just been erasued within the game. If a player remains without a partner they are unable to face and erase noise since they would only be able to battle the noise from a single zone and not be able to erasure them from both zones. Normally being erasued by noise is what happens to them since noise is found everywhere and attacks players without partners on sight. If a player loses their partner they have only five minutes to find a new one before they too are erased however this rule can be posponed by the higher 3 powers. Abilitys: None Player With A Partner When two players form a pact this allows them not to be targeted by normal noise however taboo noise can attack them regardless of a pact. Both players are then able to erase noise in both zones since they are in alternate zones while fighting the noise. Abilitys: Can attack noise, are protected from random attacks by noise unless taboo noise, are protected from direct attack by reapers, Game master and Composer unless special circamstances say otherwise. Reaper: Support When a player sucessfully finishes the game they are allowed to join the reapers, the newest of these join the Support class which is where most reapers start off unless they are promoted into the Harrier class for a special reason. The support reapers do not attack the players however they close off different zones and issues small missions to clear the zones which they have blocked off. Abilitys: All Reapers have the power to create Noise. Reapers have their own pins which they use to create different forms of Noise; they must also make use of a resource called "Soul." Most Noise will not attack players who have a Pact. Taboo Noise, however, freely attack anybody, Player or Reaper. Reapers can instantly erase any Noise that they themselves created. Reapers can make Pacts and work together like players; they can also project their Shadow onto the alternate plane to fight Noise - or groups of players - alone, but they are less effective in this case. All Reapers are forbidden from attacking players directly except in exceptional circumstances. One such exceptional circumstance is an Emergency Call (EC) - an alert to an event that affects the continued existence of the UG. In this case, all Reapers - even Support Reapers - may directly engage Player Reaper: Harrier Harrier reapers are mid-ranking reapers who are permitted to act independently (within a few constraints) in order to erase Players during the game. Usually, the Game Master will specify when and where Harriers may act. Due to the rule that Reapers may not normally attack players directly, Harriers must summon Noise to attack the players. The Harrier reapers in the game include Uzuki Yashiro and Kōki Kariya. Under special conditions as decided by the Conductor, it is possible for a new Reaper to join directly as a Harrier Abilitys: All Reapers have the power to create Noise. Reapers have their own pins which they use to create different forms of Noise; they must also make use of a resource called "Soul." Most Noise will not attack players who have a Pact. Taboo Noise, however, freely attack anybody, Player or Reaper. Reapers can instantly erase any Noise that they themselves created. Reapers can make Pacts and work together like players; they can also project their Shadow onto the alternate plane to fight Noise - or groups of players - alone, but they are less effective in this case. All Reapers are forbidden from attacking players directly except in exceptional circumstances. One such exceptional circumstance is an Emergency Call (EC) - an alert to an event that affects the continued existence of the UG. In this case, all Reapers - even Support Reapers - may directly engage Player Game Master The Game Master is an Officer-rank Reaper selected by the Composer to assign the missions for the Reapers' Game of that week. While the rank of Game Master doesn't affect one's power, it does grant more liberties than a non-Game Master has. For example, Game Masters have control over all the Reapers below the rank of Conductor. Abilitys: Can assign one mission per day during the Reapers' Game. Can erase Players on Day 7. Controls all Reapers below the rank of Conductor. Free to erase other Reapers without punishment (Mitsuki Konishi killed 777). Can assign a temporary Game Master to take their place if they ever need to vacate the Underground. Has a Noise Form. Conductor The Conductor serves as the Composer's representative, transmitting orders from the Composer to the Reapers. Their respective roles are analogous to that of their musical counterparts: just as a composer writes music and a conductor interprets and communicates that music to the orchestra, so does the Game's Composer create plans and orders, and it falls to the Conductor to give those orders to the Reapers and ensure they are followed. they can also serve as a last line of defense, as he guards the entrance to the Composer's lair. Can communicate with the Composer. Acts as Second-in-Command in the Composer's absence. Under these conditions, the Conductor may select Game Masters and admit new Reapers. If the existence of the UG is threatened, the Conductor can override the Composer's rules with an Emergency Call. Can imprint Imagination onto Pins. Immense strength and powerful psychs. High authority among Reapers. As the Composer rarely gives orders to most Reapers, high-ranking Reaper Officers answer to the Conductor, and meet with him to receive their orders. Producer Producer is an Angel chosen to watch over the Reapers' Game and to make reports on it. The Producer also serves as a sort of guardian of the Game, traveling around Shibuya and making sure both Reapers and Players play by the rules set by the Composer. The Producer's power is on the same tier as the Composer. The Producer wields immense strength in the Underground despite having to limit his power by "tuning down" his frequency to the travel to the Underground. One could only imagine his strength while in his homeworld of the Higher Plane. Can travel between the Realground, Underground, Noise Realm, and Higher Plane Can communicate with the Composer. Can communicate with the Angels. Incredible strength Access to advanced (or magical) technology Composer The Composer is the leader of the Reapers and the ruler of the Underground. It falls upon the Composer's shoulders to create the rules for the Reapers' Game, and to judge the Players. Can create the rules for the Reapers' Game. Can promote/demote the Reapers. Incredible strength in battle. Able to communicate with the Producer, Sanae Hanekoma. Controls the Reapers. Assigns the Game Master for each week. Sends the winning Players back to the Realground. Can make a pact with a player without their permission. Can have powers in the Realground. [Note] The previous tier of powers and abilities are used by the next up tier prolouge bacThe Real ground Rhythm flicked her bright blue mane as she looked around the Real ground which was Equestria. So many cities, so much happening in a split second, without her powers she wouldn't have been able to understand any of it. Since she was the conductor she could appear in anyplace on the Real ground but she had decided to appear in Canterlot which was the main city. Standing in the middle of the street Rhythm glanced at the other ponies wondering around without a care in the world as they passed her by, all following a set path, she felt each pony's individual emotion and how they were all unique and loved every minute of it, all to soon she was brought out of her fancy daydream by the approach of a similar being who was also from the same plane she belonged too. Rhythm twisted her blue head and saw the Producer, a pink coloured Alicorn who thought much like herself however the Producer may have been the same gender and same mind however this was no curtsey call since the Producer was frowning, a worrying sight since the Producer never frowned. Rhythm walked over to the purple mare and nodded to her superior "Cadance, something troubling you this fine afternoon?" she asked slightly concerned, nothing would normally cause this much trouble unless things had gotten out of hand even though Rhythm had seen nothing of the sort since she had left the UG a few hours ago. Cadance flicked her pink mane and looked at the blue Unicorn, "Rhythm" she said ignoring the other mare's probing question, however she flicked her tail and glanced at her strangely "I see you've taken a break from the game, Ran out of players on the 5th day, must have been a quick round" she summarised blinking at her counterpart. Even though she was the producer she had the same role as Rhythm however she had to check on the Conductor from time to time to make sure no rule breaking was underway to increase the erasure rate. Rhythm nodded, "game finished up and I came here to rest before we restarted with the new bunch in a few days’ time, give the rest of the crew a break" she added before glancing around looking at the other ponies. "you can feel all the positive and negative aspects of our lives right here, makes your job rewarding don't you think?" she asked Cadance before looking at her hard "anyway enough of the idle chit-chat, you're not here because you want to talk, is there a message from the Composer?" she asked curious to the Producer's appearance, it was a rare thing to see her since she was in a different subclass to herself. Angels and Reapers never mixed since their jobs were so different. Cadance nodded at Rhythms report and agreed about the rewarding part of the job, "Rhythm the Composer wants to talk with you about the RG and UG. What the Composer has to say is of vital important to the Reaper's and Angels survival along with everything else that we both care about, I think we might agree on the matter when the Composer has discussed it with yourself" she said, "We should return to the Higher Plane, the Composer doesn't like to be kept waiting as you know" she finished before vanishing from the RG. Rhythm instantly knew something was badly wrong when Cadance mentioned the Higher Plane that was the place where only the Composer could visit. Rhythm had only been their once before when she had be promoted from Game master to Composer a few months ago, however suddenly she felt a presence touch her mind and instantly knew she was being summoned their by the Composer herself. Rhythm flicked her tail and waited before a bright light surrounded her, then she vanished from the RG and thus entered the Higher Plane. The Higher Plane Rhythm glanced around getting her bearing, the surroundings were pure white, and the walls, floor everything was white. Rhythm saw the Producer waiting for her next to a large white door which was brighter than the rest of the room. Rhythm slowly walked over to her feeling out of place with her blue mane in the white room, "shall we enter?" she asked blinking at the Producer after she nodded she walked over to the left hand side of the door while the Producer did the same but to the right. Rhythm levitated a black key with the shape of black wings and slotted it into a reaper key slot, the key pin was level 10 clearance the highest you can go. The Producer did the same thing however used the white angel key which was also level 10 clearance the same as Rhythm's. Both mare's turned the keys with their telekinesis and caused the door to make a small *Click* noise which quickly swung open. Without talking the Producer walked in first since she was of a higher status then the conductor, however Rhythm quickly followed still curious to what the Composer wanted. The Composer was seated on a white throne thinking to herself, the mare's mane shimmered and moved like a setting sun causing Rhythm to blink, not even she or the Producer could do something so magnificent. This Alicorn was a being so far from anything she knew and could easily crush anything in a fraction of a second. After all three higher powers had seated did the Composer finally glance at both her subjects. "Cadance, Rhythm, we have maters to discuss but first you've finished the current game so you won't be needed?" she started her voice as ageless as the stars as she looked upon the Conductor not wanting to be interrupted. Rhythm nodded "the game finished a few hours ago, no victors, all players erased and turned to soul. We can be spared for a few hours" she explained. The Composer nodded, "good good, I expect nothing less from my subjects, however I've been thinking hard for the past few games and I've reached a conclusion you two must know. Equestria or the RG has started to become corrupted by the UG. Haven’t you seen the increase in negative emotions there, rage? Hate. Misery. Envy. Fear. Self-deprecation. A cacophony of countless selfish wants. As that noise swells, it turns into crime, warfare... All the world’s ills can be traced to individuality and it came from the UG, so I want to erasure the UG, RG and start again. The Composer summarised glancing at both Producer then Conductor. Cadance nodded in support "it's true these ponies have been getting more selfish over the age, we should scrape the plate clean and start again, erasure the old world and begin anew however we could make sure nothing like this ever happened, force them never to have their own freedom or certainly limit it." she added which the Composer nodded at, however Rhythm was deeply troubled by this thought and stood their quietly. The Composer glanced at Rhythm and tipped her head on one side "you don't agree? or is there another solution for this?" she queried Rhythm glanced at the Composer and Producer and shook her head " the RG and UG is still full of so many possibilities, and if I could work out some of the corruption or eliminate the selfish wants of the individual ponies would you reconsider your choice of erasure?" she asked blinking, "It might not be my place to say however as Conductor I believe that the game is still the best idea to sort out the worthless from the worthy" she added looking at both mare's wondering what would happen. Celestia thought about this, "As my Composer if you believe that the game is the best way to do this along with removing all of the corruption from every individual then I shall not erasure both realms" she finished looking at the Producer, "you may leave us and monitor the future games" she said nodding towards Cadance. After the Producer had left she turned to Rhythm, "you have 30 days to transform the RG and UG into a selfless place, along with another condition. I shall find a proxy for myself to challenge you and if my proxy is erased then I shall postpone my judgment however if you lose this duel then you will be erased along with both realms, let this game have much more entertainment then the last" she told Rhythm before letting her horn glow once. Rhythm suddenly felt a burning sensation in her hoof a feeling she hadn't had in a few months since entering the game herself, she looked down seeing the 30 day timer on her front right hoof, she nodded at the Composer "you must stay here for the duration of the time apart from choosing your own proxy, we are agreed on this?" she asked when the Composer nodded Rhythm left the white room and Teleported herself back to the UG "let the games begin" Rhythm told herself and then she pondered who to make her first game-master and allow all players for each round to be erased along with another plan to make every pony corruption free. games afoot bac23 days remaining Rhythm sat at her large desk in the conductor's pad, it was her own area that was blocked off from everyone else apart from several other officer reapers, Producer and of course the Composer. she flicked her tail and snorted looking at the files wondering who the game master would be, she had been pondering this for a while and would have normally picked whoever she had wanted however with both her life and the RG/UG being at risk of erasure she decided to plan the game herself instead of randomly picking a random officer and giving several of them a vacation, she had allowed all of the reapers a week holiday and will use both groups of players from last week and this week to join the game when she had fully planned her strategy. Rhythm read the file which the Producer had given her, it had come from the Composer however it summarised the proxy for the Composer would start the game on the following week since Rhythm had cancelled the previous week from her coming game with the Composer. It being the Saturday night she had to decide tonight otherwise tomorrow the other reapers will know something was up and she was not willing to cancel another week, rules dictated two competitive weeks cannot be postponed unless sanctioned by the Composer. Rhythm first had decided to hand out her O-Pins and become the game master herself however this would only allow her to complete one of her objectives, along with that she presumed the Composer would consider that cheating and erasure her on the spot and voiding the game. Rhythm then picked up a file she had selected, "Discord hmmm, yes his power is rather alarming and it has grown this past few weeks, best to see if he is up to the challenge." she summarised reading his file, she decided Discord would be the first game master, he was the strongest candidate and was the biggest threat to her if he suddenly decided he could be the next Conductor. 22 days remaining Rhythm walked out of the Composer chamber and into the UG though her secret portal, there she was in the room she addressed the senior officers, she glanced around waiting for them. She glanced at the clock singling 9.00am, she heard a tap on the door and allowed it to open, "enter" she said smiling as her three main officers filed in, "please all take a seat we have work to do" she told them taking the sofa for herself, the other three officers sat down randomly around the centre table of the room. Rhythm glanced at them then nodded at each of them "you three are my most trusted officers. Discord, Trixie and Sunset you've all worked hard and your performance reviews are excellent along with you having your own unique ways you excel above the rest of the reapers. I've taken everything into account and I’ve made my decision for this week’s contest, It was hard choosing out of you three however I believe Discord can remove the two weeks’ worth of players the best with his power" she finished Discord smiled, "Certainly, I shall finish this week with a 100% erasure rate" he promised. Trixie snorted in disgust and looked at discords large size, "You planning to erase them, or EAT them?" she joked laughing at her own jokes, she got up and then flicked her mane, "anyway, I can think of a decillion better ways to spend our time... than by having MEETINGS" she scoffed before leaving the room in a huff. Sunset Shimmers frowned as Trixie left "I support your judgment, but may I voice my concerns over Trixie's promotion, maybe it was too soon" she added questioning Rhythm's judgment slightly. Rhythm glanced back at Sunset Shimmers and growled "I know of your concerns however I know of Trixie's ability’s and they are only slightly different then my own, apart from cooperation and lack of leadership which I admire". Rhythm flicked her tail "you can leave us Sunset, we have matters to discuss" she finalised, after Sunset Shimmers had left she turned to Discord and smiled with a sly grin "follow me", she went over to her desk and sat down pulling out Discords file and passing it to him and she waited for his comments. Discord blinked "Tactics, intel, willpower, decisiveness, performance and cooperation all above 95, you think too highly of me" he added modestly. Rhythm shook her head "no I think not, you were my student a long time ago and won when I was the game master myself, I remember your help in removing the previous Conductor however with that aside if you get your 100% erasure rate then I shall make you the official game master" she said smiling. Discord frowned "this is not like you at all, you would never consider having a long-term game master since you would think your under threat of being usurped however I see something has forced you to play like this, nonetheless I would be honoured if you would make me permanent game master" he finished. Rhythm nodded in approval "then go, and say none of this to another soul" she finished as her game master left. Rhythm flicked her tail and decided to go back to her room to think, there was nothing left to do before tomorrow’s game. Rhythm looked back over the sheet concerning the information which included the number to be brought abck to life, 1 was the value which made Rhythm suspicious she belived that this was so the proxy could return to life after winning for the composer however she decided to go sleep on the matter before metting with all the players and letting them into the game after taking their entry fee d1w1 bacDay 1 Twilight sparkle blinked as she woke up in the strange sunlight, she was on the cold concrete ground and had no memories of why she was their. She got up realising a scroll was strapped around her belly, she tried to remove it but it subornly clung onto her, she glanced around looking at the building however a strange animal apeared it looked like a mouse but was the size of a cat, the mouse suddenly jumped forward and bit into Twilights leg, she gasped in shock and backed away from the mouse however several more of them apeared out of thin air, "bad mouse" she growled at it however she realised several other ponies nearby had been under attack by several other odd looking creatures. Several ponies two stallions and a mare then vanished causing the other animals to travel towards Twilight. A yellow pegasus with a pink mane looked helplessly at Twilight "make a pact with me, quick", she flew over to Twilight holding out a hoof. Twilight touched the hoof causing a strange mental conection to form between the other yellow coloured mare, "now we are safe" she sighed watching the animals lose intrest in them and disapearing. The yellow pegasus looked at the purple mare "my names Fluttershy, whats yours?" she asked politely, after Twilight had given her name out Fluttershy nodded "well twilight you know about the mission for the day?, i don't think i've got it yet" she said shyly. Twilight looked at Fluttershy strangly, "no i don't think so, what were those animals and why the other ponies disapear?" she asked confused, then she glanced at the scroll on the Pegasus's back and gasped "i got a scroll just like that, look" she said levitating the scroll out of its pouch and opening it, it was blank which confused both of them. Fluttershy sighed "guess its not here yet, the animals are called noise and their job was to remove ponies without pacts, when we made a pact they can't attack us but we can attack them" she said smiling, "the other ponies got erased besides we are in what looks like the game for another chance, but we must complete missions otherwise we end up like the other ponies that got erasued" she informed her counterpart. Twilight Sparkle blinked "I can't remember anything, only my name, but please tell me everything you know" she asked despratly, Fluttershy looked shocked at this and quickly filled Twilight on everything she knew about the game which was rather limited. After Fluttershy had just finished speaking both scrolls glowed, revealing the mission for the day. Then a 30 minute timer apeared on both mare's front right hoof causing them to wince in pain, "looks like our mission turned up, lets look at it" she sighed looking into her own scroll that she had placed on the ground, Twilight followed opening up hers and levitating it up close to her face. Mission You are currently in Ponyville Get to Canterlot You have 30 minutes, failure results in Erasure Twilight and Fluttershy blinked as they finished reading, "well Canterlot is over their" she said pointing to the city which was a mile away, "lets trot over their and complete this mission Twilight" she said before breaking into a trot followed by the purple unicorn, while they ran they Fluttershy talked about the main rules of the game that they were playing and how to advoid drawing too much attension to themselves. Both mare's crossed the border into Canterlot with five minutes to spare their timer then vanished signally they had completed the mission, Twilight blinked at Fluttershy "that was easy, i hope the missions are all like this" she said smiling however Fluttershy shock her head "i don't think so Twilight, this was day one, it will get harder as the days progress, otherwise most ponies get to return to life" she said which left Twilight speakless "wait we can return to life if we win?" she asked looking at Fluttershy, "how you know all this?" she asked blinking. Fluttershy flicked her pink mane "every pony that entered knows since they sacrifice somthing of their old life for a chance for a new one, the Blue unicorn who was called Rhythm told me this before letting me play however she removed my cutie mark as payment for it" she said sadly, she looked at Twilight "i supose she removed your knowledge or somthing, thats quite a fee, but don't worry you get it back if you win" she said smiling. d2w1 bacTwilight woke up and looked around, it looked like another city but wasn't Canterlot or Ponyville she went over to Fluttershy and nudged her flank. "wake up the mission should be here soon" she muttered and abcked away watching the yellow pegasus get up sleepily. They both took out their scrolls before seeing them glow magically and feeling the timer burn into their front right hoove again. "and theirs the mission" Twilight said dryly before levitating her scroll and reading the mission for the day. Mission You are in Las Pegasus Clear The Area Of Noise You Have 60 Minutes, Fail and Face Erasure Twilight looked at Fluttershy confused, "how we do that?, i don't see anything to clear them away with" she said sadly knowing they would fail the mission. Fluttershy laughed "we have to scan the area find all the noise, and erasure them, look we each have these pins" she explained holding out a black pin with a white pony on it, "this lets us scan, just press on it with or without magic and you can scan the area, when you find noise you can fight them physically or use magic to erasure them, when you defeat noise your magic gets stronger since the noise is made up of a power called souls, your pin collects these souls and allows you to use more powerful attacks, the souls collected also counts as points and the pony with the most points is the winner of the game and returns to life, i also think completing missions gives you points too" she finished. Twilight sparkle nodded and held out her pin, she pressed down on it causing the area to change. Suddenly several animals or noise apeared and charged at Twilight, however Fluttershy was no-where to be found. Twilight ran towards a mouse type creature and stabbed it with her horn causing it to disapear, she then killed another mouse noise by stomping on it. While she was dealing with these two noise form a bat flew into her side and scratched it with razor claws causing Twilight to cry out, she used telekenisis and threw the bat into a nearby wall causing it to disapear. She turned to the last noise form which looked like a pig, it snorted and ran away however Twilight chased it but before she reached it it disapeared, the area then returned to its original colour. Twilight looked down at her hoof and saw the mission was gone however her flank still hurt from the bat's attack. Fluttershy smiled at Twilight "well done, I couldn't see you since i was in the other zone but you must have eraused everything apart from the pig, i managed to drop it from a great hight" she said twiching her wings happily. Twilight was confused "what zone?, i don't understand" she said frowning. A clear voice came from behind her "You fight noise in two different zones, thats how you defeat them, without your partner you would be noise food and be a easy target for Reapers, have some more practice from this baby" the voice finished ending with a giggle. Twilight and Fluttershy turned around spotting a earth pony with bright pink mane, her cutiemark was a bunch of ballons, they watched as the reaper summoned a fox noise and sent it towards them however it vanished before it even got close to the two players. "now sister you got to play by the rules, you can't attack players when the mission complete otherwise Discord will have your tail, and enjoy erasuing you" a white unicorn called out her cutie mark was several diamonds covering her flank, she walked slowly over to her partner and frowned at the Players, "going to have fun with you tommorow though, come along Pinkie we can erasure them later" she told her partner before walking away. The pink pony walked away annoyed but looked abck over her shoulder "shame you would have been my 5th player i had today" she growled as she left. Out of sight Cadance watched this odeal with intrest "hmmmm, intresting maybe the Composer would like to hear about this turn of events" she whispered to herself keeping her thoughts secret, then Cadance the Producer walked away before vanishing herself meanwhile both Twilight and Fluttershy had fallen asleep ready for the next day's task. d1w1rr1 bacRhythm sat at her desk waiting for Discord to come in with the day's report, she was especally nervous today since she needed a good start, she hoped that Discord had erasued around 20%. Then she realised their were 981 ponies entering however she was confident that figure wil lreduce. A sudden tap on the door drawed her out of her thinking "enter" she called and waited for Discord to enter the room and hadn her the report. When discord had entered and they had exchanged pleasntrys she smiled at him "tell me the good news" she asked as soon has he had sat down. Discord passed over the day's report "181 ponies were erasued today leaving 800 left for day two, that's a good 18.5% erasure rate" he said pleased with the days work, "in another five days we should be finished with that score" he added happily. Rhythm snorted and frowned "i wanted at least 20% removed, last game the first day was a 30% erasure rate, why is it so low?, this is a bad start" she growled being in a bad mood by the news. Discord frowned "Rhythm this is two weeks worth of ponies we had to deal with, when we get to day three or four then we will be at the 75% erasure rate" he soothed. Rhythm sighed and nodded "fine i hope for your own sake your right" she said before flicking her tail in dismisal. Discord got up and walked away "don't worry i have somthing good for tomorows game, you will like it" he said with a sly grin. Discord then left the room, Rhythm picked up the file and read the erasure file, luckily none of her reapers had been eruased that day which brightened her mood the last thing she needed was a lack of manpower. Rhythm closed the file after sometime and got up returning back to her pad, she was looking forward to tomorows game wondering what Discord had in plan, she didn't mind as long as no rules were broken since she wouldn't want any chance that the game would be classed as void and all the ponies are put in with next weeks batch, three weeks worth of ponies would surely overwealm her manpower. d2w1rr2 bacReaper Report 2 800 Players Remaining from Reaper Report 1 551 players Remining after Mission Complete 54 Players Erasued from Noise 92 Players Erasued from Soul noise 100 Players Erasued from Reapers 0 Players Erasued from Taboo Noise 3 Players Eraused from Unkown Origin Erasure Rate 56% End Of Report Discord had finished reading the report, and nodded 551 ponies left leaving a erasure rate of 56% which was good, his plan had worked however he only had 5 days left and now was left with the competent players who would take longer to remove. Discord frowned over the 3 players that were erasued from a unkown origin however he wouldn't mention it unless this number creaped up in future reports, it was probally a anomaly from the reaper that finished the report. Discord decided a change of tactic was needed, he decided to go on the offensive and use a ambush was needed fto remove the rest of the players. Discord snorted before levitating a scroll towards him, "lets give Pinkie and Rarity a intresting side mission" he mumbled as he wrote the order. Mission To Reaper Harrier Rarity and Twilight Your orders for tommorow are to use noise against players who entre the galloping gorge, the tightness of this area will allow you to visually see any players that pass you, also have a suport on standby to close off the area for Vanhoover, the players will spawn in the Frozen north and i will set the timer for 60 minutes. This mission will result in the 100% player erasure rate since it would take around 150 minutes to clear the wall, dodge the reaper and noise along with the distance the ponies will need to travel. Rhythm has no idea about this or the set mission since she has distanced herself from the last two days of missions however make sure she does not hear of this plan otherwise you will face erasure Discord-GM Discord After Discord had finished writing this message and sent it he burned the scroll up removing any evidence of his mis-deeds, he then picked up the report with his telekinesis and carried it to the Conductor's chambers, this would put Rhythm in a good mood and after he told her of his cunning plan about a full erasure rate by tommorow she should be impressed and he would be the perminant Game Master. (WIP)
Character bacPlayers Neku Sakuraba: played by Twilight Sparkle Shiki: Fluttershy Joshua: Played by Celestia (Player Form) Beat (week 1+3): Played by Princess Luna Rhyme: Sota: Nao: Reapers Koki Kariya: Played by Rarity Uzuki Yashiro: Played By Pinkie Pie/Pinkamena 777: BJ Tenho Beat (week 2-3): Played by Nightmare Moon Game Masters Yodai Higashizawa (week 1): Played by Discord Sho Minamimoto (week 2): Played by Trixie Mitsuki Konishi (week 3): Played by Sunset Shimmers Conductor Megumi Kitaniji: Played by Rhythm (my OC) Composer Yoshiya Kiryu: Played By Princess Celestia Producer Sanae Hanekoma: Played By Princess Cascade Others Ken Doi Eiji Oji Shuto Dan Yammer: Played by Scootaloo Futoshi Makoto (Shadow Ramen)
info bacInformation Of The Main Storyline The RG is Equestria, RG stands for RealGround and can be monitored one way from the UG. Even though the people of the RG cannot see those in the UG, they are still influenced by Players, Reapers, and the like by any major event, on several of the missions this infulence must spread from one location to another without any physical contact between these two differnt universes. The UG is a parallel plane of existence of Equestria however the citys have been moved next to each other and classified as zones. I shall be using these zones from the map of Equestria based below, if you spot any silly mistakes please let me know. Rules All of the Game's staff are Reapers, with the exception of the Producer, who acts as an observer. The Game is run by the Composer. The Composer of the Game determines all the rules, which allow the Underground to exist. As such, the Composer controls the entire Underground's (UG's) existence and composition. The Conductor works underneath the Composer, ensuring that the Game's course follows the rules. He is advised and served by high-rank Reaper officers. One of the officers is chosen to be the Game Master for the week, whose duty is to both set the missions and ensure that as many Players as possible are erased to cull the player pool. Harriers work under the GM to erase Players by summoning Noise, while Support Reapers set up obstacles and provide resources for the Game. Harrier class reapers may not attack players directly or assign official missions. However, if ordered to by the Conductor (or potentially the Composer, although he rarely interacts with Reapers), Harriers may attack special targets themselves. Harriers may also act to defend themselves; if a Player attacks them, then they may freely engage. Players are unable to read the thoughts of any other Player or Reaper. If a Player's partner is erased, they will have seven minutes to form a new pact before being erased. There is no time-limit for forming a pact on the first day, although any Player not in a pact will likely be attacked by Noise relentlessly until they form one or are erased. Reapers may not engage directly with un-partnered Players, though they can and do summon Noise to attack them. The "living" are not eligible to play the Game and are considered illegal entrants if they try to. Technically, Players are not dead, merely forcibly attuned to the UG and unable to interact directly with the RG, but generally Players are recruited in situations where they are close to death (such as suffering gun shot wounds, vehicular accidents, and among others). Typically, the Game Master does not engage in the game directly until the 7th day (although they may act as they wish within the confines of the rules; some constantly taunt Players, others remain in the shadows). The Game Master is responsible for assigning missions and is largely free to choose any missions they desire (with some exceptions; Players cannot be forced to erase their partners, and it is likely that the mission must be able to be accomplished within Shibuya). All missions may be completed by any Player; all Players alive at the completion of the mission will benefit from this and advance to the next day. If no Player successfully completes a day's mission, all are erased. On the 7th day, the mission is always to defeat the Game Master. In cases of extreme danger to the UG (such as a Reaper defecting to the Players, the presence of Taboo Noise, and potentially others), the Conductor (or the Composer) may place the UG under Emergency Call. In these situations, Reapers are required to wear specialized pins meant to strengthen their abilities (deemed "O-Pins"). The Game Master is not bound by this requirement. Reapers are also freed from restrictions and are allowed to attack Players without provocation. The purpose of the Game is to determine who is worthy enough to be rewarded in the afterlife, or to be given a second chance at life, and to hopefully improve that individual through his or her experiences in the Game. This is the reason for the apparently cruel and deeply personal Entry Fee: taking away what the Players value most forces them to examine those values. The Game is watched by the Angels of the Higher Plane. The Producer, one of the Angels, is chosen to interact with the Composer so that he can create and give requested items to the Composer. He may interact freely with any participant of the Game, be they Reaper or Player, as long as his role as the Producer is kept secret. One key rule governing the Producer's conduct is that he may not act to change the outcome of the Game by aiding the Players or Reapers directly. He is free to issue advice and explanations and to provide helpful items (like Harmonizer Pins), but he may not intervene in combat. The Producer also may not challenege a Player directly to combat. After winning, Players may be presented with multiple options: Weak players are erased even if they win. Some may simply throw away life and choose to be erased on their own will. If a Player has done or participated in any illegal activities in the Game, they will be erased. Special exceptions may give them penalties, such as requiring them to play again, with no more chances to play anymore. Players may become a Reaper. Most are recruited under Support class, but rare cases (Beat) can be recruited immediately into Harrier. Players may come back to life. This is considered unusual. However, the Angels don't consider it to be a loss. The Player's art and music will find its way into his or her culture and increase the overall imagination of the population. Those players who completed the game but have not earned the right to be revived (due to the preselected number) may be allowed to play the Game again. Entry Fees are refunded to the survivors, but each Game requires one Entry Fee. This may or not be the same as the Player's original Entry Fee: it will always be the Player's most precious thing, but what that thing is may have changed over the course of the Game due to the Player's experiences. The absolute best of the Players are given the honor of ascending into the Higher Plane. Reapers may also ascend to the rank of Angel, although exactly how they are chosen remains a secret. The Composer is the sole determinant of a Player's fate; he bases his decision on how the Player performed during the week. The Reapers score Players on various attributes (missions accomplished, Noise defeated, and among others), and these scores are a measure of the Player's performance. Although rare, Players who have been erased may be restored to life. In these cases, the losing Player forfeits his or her Entry Fee. [Offical Rules From The Reaper's Game] Powers (staring from weakest to strongest) Player without a partner A player without a parter is where either a player has not yet made a pact with another participant, or their partner has just been erasued within the game. If a player remains without a partner they are unable to face and erase noise since they would only be able to battle the noise from a single zone and not be able to erasure them from both zones. Normally being erasued by noise is what happens to them since noise is found everywhere and attacks players without partners on sight. If a player loses their partner they have only five minutes to find a new one before they too are erased however this rule can be posponed by the higher 3 powers. Abilitys: None Player With A Partner When two players form a pact this allows them not to be targeted by normal noise however taboo noise can attack them regardless of a pact. Both players are then able to erase noise in both zones since they are in alternate zones while fighting the noise. Abilitys: Can attack noise, are protected from random attacks by noise unless taboo noise, are protected from direct attack by reapers, Game master and Composer unless special circamstances say otherwise. Reaper: Support When a player sucessfully finishes the game they are allowed to join the reapers, the newest of these join the Support class which is where most reapers start off unless they are promoted into the Harrier class for a special reason. The support reapers do not attack the players however they close off different zones and issues small missions to clear the zones which they have blocked off. Abilitys: All Reapers have the power to create Noise. Reapers have their own pins which they use to create different forms of Noise; they must also make use of a resource called "Soul." Most Noise will not attack players who have a Pact. Taboo Noise, however, freely attack anybody, Player or Reaper. Reapers can instantly erase any Noise that they themselves created. Reapers can make Pacts and work together like players; they can also project their Shadow onto the alternate plane to fight Noise - or groups of players - alone, but they are less effective in this case. All Reapers are forbidden from attacking players directly except in exceptional circumstances. One such exceptional circumstance is an Emergency Call (EC) - an alert to an event that affects the continued existence of the UG. In this case, all Reapers - even Support Reapers - may directly engage Player Reaper: Harrier Harrier reapers are mid-ranking reapers who are permitted to act independently (within a few constraints) in order to erase Players during the game. Usually, the Game Master will specify when and where Harriers may act. Due to the rule that Reapers may not normally attack players directly, Harriers must summon Noise to attack the players. The Harrier reapers in the game include Uzuki Yashiro and Kōki Kariya. Under special conditions as decided by the Conductor, it is possible for a new Reaper to join directly as a Harrier Abilitys: All Reapers have the power to create Noise. Reapers have their own pins which they use to create different forms of Noise; they must also make use of a resource called "Soul." Most Noise will not attack players who have a Pact. Taboo Noise, however, freely attack anybody, Player or Reaper. Reapers can instantly erase any Noise that they themselves created. Reapers can make Pacts and work together like players; they can also project their Shadow onto the alternate plane to fight Noise - or groups of players - alone, but they are less effective in this case. All Reapers are forbidden from attacking players directly except in exceptional circumstances. One such exceptional circumstance is an Emergency Call (EC) - an alert to an event that affects the continued existence of the UG. In this case, all Reapers - even Support Reapers - may directly engage Player Game Master The Game Master is an Officer-rank Reaper selected by the Composer to assign the missions for the Reapers' Game of that week. While the rank of Game Master doesn't affect one's power, it does grant more liberties than a non-Game Master has. For example, Game Masters have control over all the Reapers below the rank of Conductor. Abilitys: Can assign one mission per day during the Reapers' Game. Can erase Players on Day 7. Controls all Reapers below the rank of Conductor. Free to erase other Reapers without punishment (Mitsuki Konishi killed 777). Can assign a temporary Game Master to take their place if they ever need to vacate the Underground. Has a Noise Form. Conductor The Conductor serves as the Composer's representative, transmitting orders from the Composer to the Reapers. Their respective roles are analogous to that of their musical counterparts: just as a composer writes music and a conductor interprets and communicates that music to the orchestra, so does the Game's Composer create plans and orders, and it falls to the Conductor to give those orders to the Reapers and ensure they are followed. they can also serve as a last line of defense, as he guards the entrance to the Composer's lair. Can communicate with the Composer. Acts as Second-in-Command in the Composer's absence. Under these conditions, the Conductor may select Game Masters and admit new Reapers. If the existence of the UG is threatened, the Conductor can override the Composer's rules with an Emergency Call. Can imprint Imagination onto Pins. Immense strength and powerful psychs. High authority among Reapers. As the Composer rarely gives orders to most Reapers, high-ranking Reaper Officers answer to the Conductor, and meet with him to receive their orders. Producer Producer is an Angel chosen to watch over the Reapers' Game and to make reports on it. The Producer also serves as a sort of guardian of the Game, traveling around Shibuya and making sure both Reapers and Players play by the rules set by the Composer. The Producer's power is on the same tier as the Composer. The Producer wields immense strength in the Underground despite having to limit his power by "tuning down" his frequency to the travel to the Underground. One could only imagine his strength while in his homeworld of the Higher Plane. Can travel between the Realground, Underground, Noise Realm, and Higher Plane Can communicate with the Composer. Can communicate with the Angels. Incredible strength Access to advanced (or magical) technology Composer The Composer is the leader of the Reapers and the ruler of the Underground. It falls upon the Composer's shoulders to create the rules for the Reapers' Game, and to judge the Players. Can create the rules for the Reapers' Game. Can promote/demote the Reapers. Incredible strength in battle. Able to communicate with the Producer, Sanae Hanekoma. Controls the Reapers. Assigns the Game Master for each week. Sends the winning Players back to the Realground. Can make a pact with a player without their permission. Can have powers in the Realground. [Note] The previous tier of powers and abilities are used by the next up tier
prolouge bacThe Real ground Rhythm flicked her bright blue mane as she looked around the Real ground which was Equestria. So many cities, so much happening in a split second, without her powers she wouldn't have been able to understand any of it. Since she was the conductor she could appear in anyplace on the Real ground but she had decided to appear in Canterlot which was the main city. Standing in the middle of the street Rhythm glanced at the other ponies wondering around without a care in the world as they passed her by, all following a set path, she felt each pony's individual emotion and how they were all unique and loved every minute of it, all to soon she was brought out of her fancy daydream by the approach of a similar being who was also from the same plane she belonged too. Rhythm twisted her blue head and saw the Producer, a pink coloured Alicorn who thought much like herself however the Producer may have been the same gender and same mind however this was no curtsey call since the Producer was frowning, a worrying sight since the Producer never frowned. Rhythm walked over to the purple mare and nodded to her superior "Cadance, something troubling you this fine afternoon?" she asked slightly concerned, nothing would normally cause this much trouble unless things had gotten out of hand even though Rhythm had seen nothing of the sort since she had left the UG a few hours ago. Cadance flicked her pink mane and looked at the blue Unicorn, "Rhythm" she said ignoring the other mare's probing question, however she flicked her tail and glanced at her strangely "I see you've taken a break from the game, Ran out of players on the 5th day, must have been a quick round" she summarised blinking at her counterpart. Even though she was the producer she had the same role as Rhythm however she had to check on the Conductor from time to time to make sure no rule breaking was underway to increase the erasure rate. Rhythm nodded, "game finished up and I came here to rest before we restarted with the new bunch in a few days’ time, give the rest of the crew a break" she added before glancing around looking at the other ponies. "you can feel all the positive and negative aspects of our lives right here, makes your job rewarding don't you think?" she asked Cadance before looking at her hard "anyway enough of the idle chit-chat, you're not here because you want to talk, is there a message from the Composer?" she asked curious to the Producer's appearance, it was a rare thing to see her since she was in a different subclass to herself. Angels and Reapers never mixed since their jobs were so different. Cadance nodded at Rhythms report and agreed about the rewarding part of the job, "Rhythm the Composer wants to talk with you about the RG and UG. What the Composer has to say is of vital important to the Reaper's and Angels survival along with everything else that we both care about, I think we might agree on the matter when the Composer has discussed it with yourself" she said, "We should return to the Higher Plane, the Composer doesn't like to be kept waiting as you know" she finished before vanishing from the RG. Rhythm instantly knew something was badly wrong when Cadance mentioned the Higher Plane that was the place where only the Composer could visit. Rhythm had only been their once before when she had be promoted from Game master to Composer a few months ago, however suddenly she felt a presence touch her mind and instantly knew she was being summoned their by the Composer herself. Rhythm flicked her tail and waited before a bright light surrounded her, then she vanished from the RG and thus entered the Higher Plane. The Higher Plane Rhythm glanced around getting her bearing, the surroundings were pure white, and the walls, floor everything was white. Rhythm saw the Producer waiting for her next to a large white door which was brighter than the rest of the room. Rhythm slowly walked over to her feeling out of place with her blue mane in the white room, "shall we enter?" she asked blinking at the Producer after she nodded she walked over to the left hand side of the door while the Producer did the same but to the right. Rhythm levitated a black key with the shape of black wings and slotted it into a reaper key slot, the key pin was level 10 clearance the highest you can go. The Producer did the same thing however used the white angel key which was also level 10 clearance the same as Rhythm's. Both mare's turned the keys with their telekinesis and caused the door to make a small *Click* noise which quickly swung open. Without talking the Producer walked in first since she was of a higher status then the conductor, however Rhythm quickly followed still curious to what the Composer wanted. The Composer was seated on a white throne thinking to herself, the mare's mane shimmered and moved like a setting sun causing Rhythm to blink, not even she or the Producer could do something so magnificent. This Alicorn was a being so far from anything she knew and could easily crush anything in a fraction of a second. After all three higher powers had seated did the Composer finally glance at both her subjects. "Cadance, Rhythm, we have maters to discuss but first you've finished the current game so you won't be needed?" she started her voice as ageless as the stars as she looked upon the Conductor not wanting to be interrupted. Rhythm nodded "the game finished a few hours ago, no victors, all players erased and turned to soul. We can be spared for a few hours" she explained. The Composer nodded, "good good, I expect nothing less from my subjects, however I've been thinking hard for the past few games and I've reached a conclusion you two must know. Equestria or the RG has started to become corrupted by the UG. Haven’t you seen the increase in negative emotions there, rage? Hate. Misery. Envy. Fear. Self-deprecation. A cacophony of countless selfish wants. As that noise swells, it turns into crime, warfare... All the world’s ills can be traced to individuality and it came from the UG, so I want to erasure the UG, RG and start again. The Composer summarised glancing at both Producer then Conductor. Cadance nodded in support "it's true these ponies have been getting more selfish over the age, we should scrape the plate clean and start again, erasure the old world and begin anew however we could make sure nothing like this ever happened, force them never to have their own freedom or certainly limit it." she added which the Composer nodded at, however Rhythm was deeply troubled by this thought and stood their quietly. The Composer glanced at Rhythm and tipped her head on one side "you don't agree? or is there another solution for this?" she queried Rhythm glanced at the Composer and Producer and shook her head " the RG and UG is still full of so many possibilities, and if I could work out some of the corruption or eliminate the selfish wants of the individual ponies would you reconsider your choice of erasure?" she asked blinking, "It might not be my place to say however as Conductor I believe that the game is still the best idea to sort out the worthless from the worthy" she added looking at both mare's wondering what would happen. Celestia thought about this, "As my Composer if you believe that the game is the best way to do this along with removing all of the corruption from every individual then I shall not erasure both realms" she finished looking at the Producer, "you may leave us and monitor the future games" she said nodding towards Cadance. After the Producer had left she turned to Rhythm, "you have 30 days to transform the RG and UG into a selfless place, along with another condition. I shall find a proxy for myself to challenge you and if my proxy is erased then I shall postpone my judgment however if you lose this duel then you will be erased along with both realms, let this game have much more entertainment then the last" she told Rhythm before letting her horn glow once. Rhythm suddenly felt a burning sensation in her hoof a feeling she hadn't had in a few months since entering the game herself, she looked down seeing the 30 day timer on her front right hoof, she nodded at the Composer "you must stay here for the duration of the time apart from choosing your own proxy, we are agreed on this?" she asked when the Composer nodded Rhythm left the white room and Teleported herself back to the UG "let the games begin" Rhythm told herself and then she pondered who to make her first game-master and allow all players for each round to be erased along with another plan to make every pony corruption free.
games afoot bac23 days remaining Rhythm sat at her large desk in the conductor's pad, it was her own area that was blocked off from everyone else apart from several other officer reapers, Producer and of course the Composer. she flicked her tail and snorted looking at the files wondering who the game master would be, she had been pondering this for a while and would have normally picked whoever she had wanted however with both her life and the RG/UG being at risk of erasure she decided to plan the game herself instead of randomly picking a random officer and giving several of them a vacation, she had allowed all of the reapers a week holiday and will use both groups of players from last week and this week to join the game when she had fully planned her strategy. Rhythm read the file which the Producer had given her, it had come from the Composer however it summarised the proxy for the Composer would start the game on the following week since Rhythm had cancelled the previous week from her coming game with the Composer. It being the Saturday night she had to decide tonight otherwise tomorrow the other reapers will know something was up and she was not willing to cancel another week, rules dictated two competitive weeks cannot be postponed unless sanctioned by the Composer. Rhythm first had decided to hand out her O-Pins and become the game master herself however this would only allow her to complete one of her objectives, along with that she presumed the Composer would consider that cheating and erasure her on the spot and voiding the game. Rhythm then picked up a file she had selected, "Discord hmmm, yes his power is rather alarming and it has grown this past few weeks, best to see if he is up to the challenge." she summarised reading his file, she decided Discord would be the first game master, he was the strongest candidate and was the biggest threat to her if he suddenly decided he could be the next Conductor. 22 days remaining Rhythm walked out of the Composer chamber and into the UG though her secret portal, there she was in the room she addressed the senior officers, she glanced around waiting for them. She glanced at the clock singling 9.00am, she heard a tap on the door and allowed it to open, "enter" she said smiling as her three main officers filed in, "please all take a seat we have work to do" she told them taking the sofa for herself, the other three officers sat down randomly around the centre table of the room. Rhythm glanced at them then nodded at each of them "you three are my most trusted officers. Discord, Trixie and Sunset you've all worked hard and your performance reviews are excellent along with you having your own unique ways you excel above the rest of the reapers. I've taken everything into account and I’ve made my decision for this week’s contest, It was hard choosing out of you three however I believe Discord can remove the two weeks’ worth of players the best with his power" she finished Discord smiled, "Certainly, I shall finish this week with a 100% erasure rate" he promised. Trixie snorted in disgust and looked at discords large size, "You planning to erase them, or EAT them?" she joked laughing at her own jokes, she got up and then flicked her mane, "anyway, I can think of a decillion better ways to spend our time... than by having MEETINGS" she scoffed before leaving the room in a huff. Sunset Shimmers frowned as Trixie left "I support your judgment, but may I voice my concerns over Trixie's promotion, maybe it was too soon" she added questioning Rhythm's judgment slightly. Rhythm glanced back at Sunset Shimmers and growled "I know of your concerns however I know of Trixie's ability’s and they are only slightly different then my own, apart from cooperation and lack of leadership which I admire". Rhythm flicked her tail "you can leave us Sunset, we have matters to discuss" she finalised, after Sunset Shimmers had left she turned to Discord and smiled with a sly grin "follow me", she went over to her desk and sat down pulling out Discords file and passing it to him and she waited for his comments. Discord blinked "Tactics, intel, willpower, decisiveness, performance and cooperation all above 95, you think too highly of me" he added modestly. Rhythm shook her head "no I think not, you were my student a long time ago and won when I was the game master myself, I remember your help in removing the previous Conductor however with that aside if you get your 100% erasure rate then I shall make you the official game master" she said smiling. Discord frowned "this is not like you at all, you would never consider having a long-term game master since you would think your under threat of being usurped however I see something has forced you to play like this, nonetheless I would be honoured if you would make me permanent game master" he finished. Rhythm nodded in approval "then go, and say none of this to another soul" she finished as her game master left. Rhythm flicked her tail and decided to go back to her room to think, there was nothing left to do before tomorrow’s game. Rhythm looked back over the sheet concerning the information which included the number to be brought abck to life, 1 was the value which made Rhythm suspicious she belived that this was so the proxy could return to life after winning for the composer however she decided to go sleep on the matter before metting with all the players and letting them into the game after taking their entry fee
d1w1 bacDay 1 Twilight sparkle blinked as she woke up in the strange sunlight, she was on the cold concrete ground and had no memories of why she was their. She got up realising a scroll was strapped around her belly, she tried to remove it but it subornly clung onto her, she glanced around looking at the building however a strange animal apeared it looked like a mouse but was the size of a cat, the mouse suddenly jumped forward and bit into Twilights leg, she gasped in shock and backed away from the mouse however several more of them apeared out of thin air, "bad mouse" she growled at it however she realised several other ponies nearby had been under attack by several other odd looking creatures. Several ponies two stallions and a mare then vanished causing the other animals to travel towards Twilight. A yellow pegasus with a pink mane looked helplessly at Twilight "make a pact with me, quick", she flew over to Twilight holding out a hoof. Twilight touched the hoof causing a strange mental conection to form between the other yellow coloured mare, "now we are safe" she sighed watching the animals lose intrest in them and disapearing. The yellow pegasus looked at the purple mare "my names Fluttershy, whats yours?" she asked politely, after Twilight had given her name out Fluttershy nodded "well twilight you know about the mission for the day?, i don't think i've got it yet" she said shyly. Twilight looked at Fluttershy strangly, "no i don't think so, what were those animals and why the other ponies disapear?" she asked confused, then she glanced at the scroll on the Pegasus's back and gasped "i got a scroll just like that, look" she said levitating the scroll out of its pouch and opening it, it was blank which confused both of them. Fluttershy sighed "guess its not here yet, the animals are called noise and their job was to remove ponies without pacts, when we made a pact they can't attack us but we can attack them" she said smiling, "the other ponies got erased besides we are in what looks like the game for another chance, but we must complete missions otherwise we end up like the other ponies that got erasued" she informed her counterpart. Twilight Sparkle blinked "I can't remember anything, only my name, but please tell me everything you know" she asked despratly, Fluttershy looked shocked at this and quickly filled Twilight on everything she knew about the game which was rather limited. After Fluttershy had just finished speaking both scrolls glowed, revealing the mission for the day. Then a 30 minute timer apeared on both mare's front right hoof causing them to wince in pain, "looks like our mission turned up, lets look at it" she sighed looking into her own scroll that she had placed on the ground, Twilight followed opening up hers and levitating it up close to her face. Mission You are currently in Ponyville Get to Canterlot You have 30 minutes, failure results in Erasure Twilight and Fluttershy blinked as they finished reading, "well Canterlot is over their" she said pointing to the city which was a mile away, "lets trot over their and complete this mission Twilight" she said before breaking into a trot followed by the purple unicorn, while they ran they Fluttershy talked about the main rules of the game that they were playing and how to advoid drawing too much attension to themselves. Both mare's crossed the border into Canterlot with five minutes to spare their timer then vanished signally they had completed the mission, Twilight blinked at Fluttershy "that was easy, i hope the missions are all like this" she said smiling however Fluttershy shock her head "i don't think so Twilight, this was day one, it will get harder as the days progress, otherwise most ponies get to return to life" she said which left Twilight speakless "wait we can return to life if we win?" she asked looking at Fluttershy, "how you know all this?" she asked blinking. Fluttershy flicked her pink mane "every pony that entered knows since they sacrifice somthing of their old life for a chance for a new one, the Blue unicorn who was called Rhythm told me this before letting me play however she removed my cutie mark as payment for it" she said sadly, she looked at Twilight "i supose she removed your knowledge or somthing, thats quite a fee, but don't worry you get it back if you win" she said smiling.
d2w1 bacTwilight woke up and looked around, it looked like another city but wasn't Canterlot or Ponyville she went over to Fluttershy and nudged her flank. "wake up the mission should be here soon" she muttered and abcked away watching the yellow pegasus get up sleepily. They both took out their scrolls before seeing them glow magically and feeling the timer burn into their front right hoove again. "and theirs the mission" Twilight said dryly before levitating her scroll and reading the mission for the day. Mission You are in Las Pegasus Clear The Area Of Noise You Have 60 Minutes, Fail and Face Erasure Twilight looked at Fluttershy confused, "how we do that?, i don't see anything to clear them away with" she said sadly knowing they would fail the mission. Fluttershy laughed "we have to scan the area find all the noise, and erasure them, look we each have these pins" she explained holding out a black pin with a white pony on it, "this lets us scan, just press on it with or without magic and you can scan the area, when you find noise you can fight them physically or use magic to erasure them, when you defeat noise your magic gets stronger since the noise is made up of a power called souls, your pin collects these souls and allows you to use more powerful attacks, the souls collected also counts as points and the pony with the most points is the winner of the game and returns to life, i also think completing missions gives you points too" she finished. Twilight sparkle nodded and held out her pin, she pressed down on it causing the area to change. Suddenly several animals or noise apeared and charged at Twilight, however Fluttershy was no-where to be found. Twilight ran towards a mouse type creature and stabbed it with her horn causing it to disapear, she then killed another mouse noise by stomping on it. While she was dealing with these two noise form a bat flew into her side and scratched it with razor claws causing Twilight to cry out, she used telekenisis and threw the bat into a nearby wall causing it to disapear. She turned to the last noise form which looked like a pig, it snorted and ran away however Twilight chased it but before she reached it it disapeared, the area then returned to its original colour. Twilight looked down at her hoof and saw the mission was gone however her flank still hurt from the bat's attack. Fluttershy smiled at Twilight "well done, I couldn't see you since i was in the other zone but you must have eraused everything apart from the pig, i managed to drop it from a great hight" she said twiching her wings happily. Twilight was confused "what zone?, i don't understand" she said frowning. A clear voice came from behind her "You fight noise in two different zones, thats how you defeat them, without your partner you would be noise food and be a easy target for Reapers, have some more practice from this baby" the voice finished ending with a giggle. Twilight and Fluttershy turned around spotting a earth pony with bright pink mane, her cutiemark was a bunch of ballons, they watched as the reaper summoned a fox noise and sent it towards them however it vanished before it even got close to the two players. "now sister you got to play by the rules, you can't attack players when the mission complete otherwise Discord will have your tail, and enjoy erasuing you" a white unicorn called out her cutie mark was several diamonds covering her flank, she walked slowly over to her partner and frowned at the Players, "going to have fun with you tommorow though, come along Pinkie we can erasure them later" she told her partner before walking away. The pink pony walked away annoyed but looked abck over her shoulder "shame you would have been my 5th player i had today" she growled as she left. Out of sight Cadance watched this odeal with intrest "hmmmm, intresting maybe the Composer would like to hear about this turn of events" she whispered to herself keeping her thoughts secret, then Cadance the Producer walked away before vanishing herself meanwhile both Twilight and Fluttershy had fallen asleep ready for the next day's task.
d1w1rr1 bacRhythm sat at her desk waiting for Discord to come in with the day's report, she was especally nervous today since she needed a good start, she hoped that Discord had erasued around 20%. Then she realised their were 981 ponies entering however she was confident that figure wil lreduce. A sudden tap on the door drawed her out of her thinking "enter" she called and waited for Discord to enter the room and hadn her the report. When discord had entered and they had exchanged pleasntrys she smiled at him "tell me the good news" she asked as soon has he had sat down. Discord passed over the day's report "181 ponies were erasued today leaving 800 left for day two, that's a good 18.5% erasure rate" he said pleased with the days work, "in another five days we should be finished with that score" he added happily. Rhythm snorted and frowned "i wanted at least 20% removed, last game the first day was a 30% erasure rate, why is it so low?, this is a bad start" she growled being in a bad mood by the news. Discord frowned "Rhythm this is two weeks worth of ponies we had to deal with, when we get to day three or four then we will be at the 75% erasure rate" he soothed. Rhythm sighed and nodded "fine i hope for your own sake your right" she said before flicking her tail in dismisal. Discord got up and walked away "don't worry i have somthing good for tomorows game, you will like it" he said with a sly grin. Discord then left the room, Rhythm picked up the file and read the erasure file, luckily none of her reapers had been eruased that day which brightened her mood the last thing she needed was a lack of manpower. Rhythm closed the file after sometime and got up returning back to her pad, she was looking forward to tomorows game wondering what Discord had in plan, she didn't mind as long as no rules were broken since she wouldn't want any chance that the game would be classed as void and all the ponies are put in with next weeks batch, three weeks worth of ponies would surely overwealm her manpower.
d2w1rr2 bacReaper Report 2 800 Players Remaining from Reaper Report 1 551 players Remining after Mission Complete 54 Players Erasued from Noise 92 Players Erasued from Soul noise 100 Players Erasued from Reapers 0 Players Erasued from Taboo Noise 3 Players Eraused from Unkown Origin Erasure Rate 56% End Of Report Discord had finished reading the report, and nodded 551 ponies left leaving a erasure rate of 56% which was good, his plan had worked however he only had 5 days left and now was left with the competent players who would take longer to remove. Discord frowned over the 3 players that were erasued from a unkown origin however he wouldn't mention it unless this number creaped up in future reports, it was probally a anomaly from the reaper that finished the report. Discord decided a change of tactic was needed, he decided to go on the offensive and use a ambush was needed fto remove the rest of the players. Discord snorted before levitating a scroll towards him, "lets give Pinkie and Rarity a intresting side mission" he mumbled as he wrote the order. Mission To Reaper Harrier Rarity and Twilight Your orders for tommorow are to use noise against players who entre the galloping gorge, the tightness of this area will allow you to visually see any players that pass you, also have a suport on standby to close off the area for Vanhoover, the players will spawn in the Frozen north and i will set the timer for 60 minutes. This mission will result in the 100% player erasure rate since it would take around 150 minutes to clear the wall, dodge the reaper and noise along with the distance the ponies will need to travel. Rhythm has no idea about this or the set mission since she has distanced herself from the last two days of missions however make sure she does not hear of this plan otherwise you will face erasure Discord-GM Discord After Discord had finished writing this message and sent it he burned the scroll up removing any evidence of his mis-deeds, he then picked up the report with his telekinesis and carried it to the Conductor's chambers, this would put Rhythm in a good mood and after he told her of his cunning plan about a full erasure rate by tommorow she should be impressed and he would be the perminant Game Master. (WIP)
