08: Tier List

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by T4Tamama

by T4Tamama

A/N: This is just a really short snippet. There won't be a part 2. Just wanted it out of my system.

"Alright, guys, this is it!" SMG4 gestured to the not quite completed tier list on the computer screen, "This is the official tier list of 2024!"

SMG4 threw his hands up in celebration, with SMG3 smiling beside him, happy to have spent time with his counterpart today. "We may have forgotten some characters, but like, whatever." SMG3 said, to which SMG4 wheezed in laughter.

"Yeah, it's- it's just the main cast." SMG4 nodded, smiling. "I'm sure the side characters will forgive us, right?"

"Yeah, who cares about them." SMG3 waved his hand in careless dismissal. "Alright, let's download the tier list..."

When SMG3 took over with the mouse, he was about to complete the tier list, but a character of interest caught the corner of his eye, nestled discreetly with the discarded character icons. It was a character he'd never seen before, but... it was familiar, at the same time.

A character with a television for head, donning a black bowler cap, a bowtie, soulless white eyes and a wide smile with the colors you'd see on a television with no signal. A television... That was familiar. The bowler cap, the antennae... "Puzzlevision"?

SMG3 froze, and all of a sudden his stomach was gripped with fear. He felt sick. Ice ran through his veins and he felt like his heart dropped to the floor. He stared at the icon of the television. The TV Adware. He swore that it was staring at him back. He couldn't look away.

"Hey, Three, are you okay?" SMG4 asked, though his concerns fell on deaf ears.

SMG3's breathing grew heavy. His head started throbbing, and he clutched his forehead. He staggered backwards clumsily, disoriented. The TV Adware was speaking to him. He swore that it was. Its words were loud. Taunting. Sneering. Threatening him. Why won't it shut up? Such loud words. Loud voice. SMG3 grew increasingly upset. Why won't it shut up. He needs it to be quiet. Be QUIET. SHUT UP. SHUT UP!

He gave a startled scream when SMG4 shook him by the shoulders, which made the TV Adware's cold voice disappear in an instant. He wildly looked around the place. His mind went radio silent, as though cleansed completely after the TV Adware left. He felt mentally numb. He slumped into SMG4's grip, his mind going on auto-pilot.

Deep-rooted terror consumed SMG3. He was the TV Adware's next target.