BECAUSE WE GIVE NEGATIVE SHITS AND LOVE SUBWAYS

[tsuntrader]

IT'S PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY MAN

SILVER'S EXISTENCE CREATES INTERESTING PROBLEMS

SUBWAY DEPOT AGENTS ARE ALL PRECIOUS BABBIES

HILDA IS CRAZY

EMMET IS SAD

INGO IS DATING ELESA?!?!?!

AND SOMEHOW WE WILL ALL WORK IT OUT LIKE A COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL SUBWAY FAMILY

BECAUSE WE CAN

AND ENTER HILBERT

Comments

[tsuntrader]

[He nods and bows his head a little.]

He'll be back on track soon enough. For now, I'll be the one to witness your teamwork. [WILL A MULTI BATTLE HELP US COVER EACH OTHER'S WEAKNESSES? OR WILL YOU SHOW YOUR OVERWHELMING POWER? I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WELL YOU FIGHT. HOWEVER, IT IS DIFFICULT TO WIN UNLESS YOU AND YOUR PARTNER ARE IN TOTAL SYNC.]

[infinitegrin]

[Aaaaand getting in tune with one another isn't too hard, even if the time frame is a bit short - Emmet fights pretty hard and they net a victory.]

[tsuntrader]

[Hell yeah. It was pretty simple to get in sync with Emmet once he eased into it.

More practice for Hilda and Hilbert. They've got this.]

[infinitegrin]

[And it's good, because there's a couple more random challengers before Hilda and Hilbert arrive!]

[tsuntrader]

[And by that time, they've got this work together thing down to a science. Yes. Yes good.]

[50shadesofprotag]

[Good because here comes the real challenge.]

Made it! Finally, time to break our record! ...Where's Ingo?

[50shadesofnpc]

[....Who's this guy? (Emmet is here, at least. Yaaaay!)]

...Oh, you must be Silver. [He can put two & two together.]

[infinitegrin]

Correct! This is my son. Silver. Today, he is replacing Ingo! Because Ingo is sick.

[tsuntrader]

[Oh, he's... He's... Oh god what's his name again-]

You're that guy Emmet likes, right? [welp]

[50shadesofprotag]

[OVER HER HEAD]

His name's Hilbert.

[50shadesofnpc]

[...

Emmet didn't describe Silver as... so revealingly blunt... there's no way he means it like that.

Yeah....]

Yep, it's Hilbert. [He nods, looking appropriately neutral. L...et's... not acknowledge the confusion.]

[infinitegrin]

Yes! Hilbert. My best challenger! Alongside Miss Hilda, of course.

I am Emmet. I am a Subway Boss. Together with my son, we will give you a great battle!

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[...Sorry dad, he's already met Hilda before, he can't give the same routine. He knows you and Ingo can, but... It's weird, okay. He nods, and...

Come on, get the face right, get the face right-]

[tsuntrader]

[Frown-smile.]

[50shadesofprotag]

Whoa.

[There is suddenly no doubt in her mind that this kid is Ingo's son!]

That's creepy. It's like you cloned him. Or like Ingo slept with a lady with red hair. Seriously, that frown can't not be genetic.

[50shadesofnpc]

[Do they know any ladies with red hair?... ...Skyla?? ...No, they're too young. ...Anyway, that's awkward.]

Eh. [are we battling yet]

[infinitegrin]

[WE ARE NOW

AND H&H WIN HANDILY]

[tsuntrader]

[Yes. Yes they do.

Are they at the 49th streak yet?]

[50shadesofprotag]

[Hell fucking yes they are

Ready to get trampled, submas? You can't compare to the power of STRATEGY + PROTAG BULLSHIT.]

[50shadesofnpc]

[THEY COVER ALL THEIR GODDAMN BASES


except the part where hilbert doesn't fight like a pokespe but YOU CAN'T FAULT HIM FOR THAT]

[infinitegrin]

[Emmet does pretty good, but he just can't compete with these kids!]

[tsuntrader]

[Silver does great! He has strategy and shounen protag bullshit! He can totally pick up his dad's slack kind of mostly!

...But he can't exactly balance "shounen protag bullshit" with "be perfectly in sync with Emmet" and "don't break the subway or Hilbert" so he leans on the latter. Using Ingo's Pokémon doesn't help matters either.

Whoops.

At least they put up a good fight...!]

[50shadesofprotag]

Interesting! But you guys don't mesh well. Not like Ingo and Emmet - guess you can't beat twin power.

[But then, why do you and Hilbert match so well, Hilda?]

[50shadesofnpc]

[what if he's your BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER--]

Pretty different from usual. [He sounds interested, though.] Neat style, Silver has.

[infinitegrin]

Yes! Silver is very good at battling on his own right. But my style matches best with Ingo!