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Voting closed: April 05, 2011, 03:50:00 pm

[Heron TSG]

How's the pacing? I'm going to try and pick up the update schedule a bit, but it seems like not much happens in an update. At this rate it'll take me about a thousand updates. I'll probably speed things up a bit when we get into the thick of things. We don't even technically have our Chimchar yet.

Spoiler: The Village of Twinleaf (click to show/hide)

When we last left our hero, he had just stormed out of a building that he had previously crash-landed into.

KHARN: I will find thee and slay thee, Bismark! But first, you shall tell me where the Professor resides!


KHARN heads west and kicks in the door of the first house he sees. Inside, the only people are an elderly woman and a young girl. Regardless, KHARN questions them.

KHARN: Where is the Professor, hag?!





KHARN: You are a helpful one. You may live to see the next dawn.

KHARN moves on to the girl to see if he can get more detail. KHARN notices a small speaker box located at the base of the girl's neck. To confirm his suspicions, KHARN barrels into the girl with all his might. She hits the floor with a clang and stands right back up. He was right. Automaton. Probably a messenger-bot, considering the speaker.

KHARN: Were you placed here by the Professor? What is your message, soulless machine?


KHARN: He wants what!? This is intriguing.

Confused, KHARN decides to move northeast, to the next building. First, however, he pauses to speak with the citizen outside.


KHARN: I myself have witnessed it countless times. It can be a horrific or glorious experience, depending on the skill of the person. The bloodshed can be quite cathartic, but I doubt one such as you would know of that, civilized as you must be.

Unknown Woman: ...



KHARN: ...


KHARN: You are my kind of woman.

Though glad to find another warrior in this rural village, KHARN takes his leave and enters the house with extreme prejudice.

Inside he finds a man staring blankly at a wall. KHARN interposes himself between the man and his wall. The man immediately asks him to leave, as if his staring were the most important thing in the world.


KHARN: How do you know of Bismark? Are you another of the vile doctor's lackeys? For your information, Bismark is a coward and thus no friend of mine. Do you know where he lives? I hunger to spill his blood.

Unknown Man: Err... he lives directly to the west. Take this map, it shows the path. I don't recommend killing him, though.

KHARN RECEIVED A MAP OF SINNOH. OH GOODY!

Ignoring the man's pigeonhearted warning, KHARN follows the man's intricate map to Bismark's abode.


KHARN: I have him now.

KHARN moves over to the door to kick it down, but in doing so merely kicks the exiting Bismark in the chest.


KHARN: Prepare to die by my hand, worm!

KHARN draws his sword and raises it to deliver a fatal blow.

Confused, KHARN pauses and considers this opportunity. Bismark will live... for now.

KHARN: Betraying your master at last, are you? Fine. Lead me to him!


Bismark flees back indoors


KHARN: I don't need you as a guide, but you can tell me what you know. I will see you at his lab.

Pulling out his map, KHARN charts a northerly course to Sandgem town, the next town over.

Have an update now.

[breadbocks]

Wait wait wait.

I don't remember that person saying that.

WHAT DID YOU DO!

[Thexor]

Wait wait wait.

I don't remember that person saying that.

WHAT DID YOU DO!

What he did was absolutely hilarious. That is all that matters. 

[Heron TSG]

The game has adapted to better slay me. I fight onwards regardless.

Spoiler: Xenophilia (click to show/hide)

As the sun begins to fall towards the horizon, KHARN sets off to the north.


As he leaves, he decides to question the last citizen of the strange rural village. What he says is strange, because the last time KHARN saw Bismark, he was fleeing for his life.

KHARN: No, I already talked to him. Thanks for the heads up, meatbag.

KHARN sets off north once again.


The man sprints ahead of KHARN before tackling him back towards the village.

KHARN: Well, okay then. I'll go visit him again. You will die before the day is done, however. That is the price you shall pay for this misdeed.

KHARN approaches Bismark's house once more, properly kicking the door this time. Inside he finds a woman sitting next to a static-filled screen who does not appear to notice him until he is within arm's reach of her.



KHARN notices immediately that voice is coming from the "woman's" nose, not her mouth. A quick glance reveals that she too was a messenger bot. Remaining calm, KHARN pretends not to notice.

KHARN: Yes, fellow human being. I am looking for Bismark.



KHARN: I'm guessing he takes after Anne Frank.

With that, KHARN barrels up the staircase and spies Bismark sitting at his desk, frantically throwing everything he can into a pile.



KHARN: Hey. I heard you wanted to speak to me. Speak now or I will gut you where you stand.


KHARN: A duel, then? Your life against 10 million credits? You aren't worth a thousandth of that. I accept your challenge regardless.

Bismark hops out the window and sprints into the wilderness north of town. KHARN rapidly exits the building through the front door, only pausing to cleave the messenger-bot in twain.

After finishing an earlier conversation with a rather rude stranger, KHARN is ready to leave town and chase Bismark to Sandgem. He has to try and get there before the professor can be warned of his arrival.



At long last, KHARN is in the wilds once more. He is at home here amongst the beasts and monsters of the night. All will soon bow to his might.

What he did was absolutely hilarious. That is all that matters. 

I'm flattered.   

And yes, that was a terrifically off-color joke.

[Korbac]

This is incredibly awesome, Barbs! 

[breadbocks]

Don't think I didn't catch the guy in the last panel.

You are a pretty good sprite artist.

[Heron TSG]

That's actually a different guy from the second to last. Note the hair-shape change.

You are a pretty good sprite artist.

Again, I'm flattered. I like adding in some flair sometimes, but it's fairly time consuming. Speaking of which, I'm almost done getting pictures for the next update. This whole rapid-fire-short-update plan is working swimmingly.

[warhammer651]

I like where this is going.

You realize that KHARN, POKEMON MASTER OF KHORNE is going to have to kill every trainer he beats, right?

[Thexor]

You realize that KHARN, POKEMON MASTER OF KHORNE is going to have to kill every trainer he beats, right?

Pokeballs for the pokeball throne?

And yeah, the rapid-fire updates are a great idea. When I first heard about this, I was a little worried we'd only get to see a handful of battles or an otherwise-abridged version. As far as I'm concerned, the more, the merrier!

[Korbac]

Yeah, thanks for this Barbarossa! It's certainly my cup of tea. 

[Heron TSG]

I now have enough pictures to last for three more updates or so, but now I am tired. Tomorrow, the storm.

[IronyOwl]

Glorious text edit, Barbarossa, truly glorious.

[sonerohi]

If you ever get pokemon that hate each other (Like zigzagoon and that other one, or the moon and sun ones) go for Surtr and Freyr.

[Heron TSG]

Zangoose and Seviper?

Sorry, comrades, for the lack of updates thus far today. I've been storyboarding and such. I have much of the work done, just not the visible parts. Framework for the Future and all that.

[Heron TSG]

Excuses are my forte. This time, it's that I forgot that I needed to do all the work of an entire week in three days so that I don't have to catch up later. I'm missing the next four days for a wind ensemble tour, so an update is unlikely until afterward. I'll be storyboarding and picture-taking until then, but again it is invisible work.