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{{quote|''"Will you be a Champion of Order, prepared to set the world to right? Will you be an Emissary of Reason, to give the madness meaning? Or are you a Agent of Chance, swept up into the Book of Stories by luck alone?"''}}
[http://tbos-oct.deviantart.com/ The Book of Stories] (TBoS) is an [[Original Character Tournament]] hosted by [http://robinrone.deviantart.com/ RobinRone] along with a group of four judges. The story is about the Twins, ancient guardians of an object called [http://robinrone.deviantart.com/art/Cast-The-Book-194320716 The Book of Stories], which contains every story of every world ever written and is said to whisk anyone who reads its words inside its pages. Said guardians, [http://robinrone.deviantart.com/art/Cast-Lady-Ink-193483579 Lady Ink] and [http://robinrone.deviantart.com/art/Cast-Mudd-193485203 Mudd], maintained the Book for a long time with their respective powers of structure and purpose and as they developed more character and personality, the differences between them pushed them apart and eventually lead to the gradual downfall and eventually the Unwriting of the Book.
Said downfall is now threatening the fate of every World and the two guardians have reunited to fix the problem. Though they can no longer enter the Book to find the root of the problem, they opt to recruit individuals to enter the Book on their behalfs, since only mortals can safely enter inside. In addition, the Unwriting has made the Book teleport to every World, pulling in its share of unwitting mortals with its magic pages.
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* [[Bifauxnen]] - It doesn't help that Bobu sometimes gets mistaken as a guy due to the androgynous voice and the lack of female features. This becomes an unexpected plot point in Round 2.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]] - Bobu's a cartoony version of this.
* [[Bubble Gun]] - Bobu's water spell in her RPG mode is this.
* [[Bumbling Sidekick]] - Ricco. Apparently being a [[Spoony Bard]] involves a lot of this.
* [[Camp Straight]] - Despite enjoying a fair deal of feminine activities and wearing females' clothing, Ricco hits on girls and once stated that he's "totally straight".
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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]] - Ricco displays shades of this during the climax of Round 3.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] - In Round 1, Bobu orders Ricco to use one of their 99 "Strength Deodorants".
* [[Hypocritical Humor]] - After Bobu risks her life trying to prevent the van they're on from tipping over by using her weight as a counterbalance, the van uprights itself without warning. Bobu nearly falls off the van before Ricco grabs her and pulls her in, scolding her for doing a crazy stunt. Thing is, it was Ricco's crazy driving that caused the van to tilt absurdly in the first place.
* [[Instant Armor]] - Exaggerated in Round 1, where a villain pulls this off with some highly advanced technology disguised as a ''walker, tennis balls and all''.
* [[Interspecies Romance]] - Lampshaded by Bobu in Round 1:
{{quote|'''Bobu''': "Maybe I should have been more bothered by the fact that this enormous anthropomorphic fish was striking up a romance with a medieval woman with possibly a real sword, but at this point, I've seen Ricco flirt with weirder [[Bifauxnen|(and presumably female)]] things in Box Bug. I mean, who could forget the budding love story of him and a 50-foot, snow-breathing llama?"}}
** Further lampshaded when Ricco [[Call Back|brings up the llama incident]] as his excuse for helping Ygsthrall in his first appearance rather than running away, and when Bobu notices Ygsthrall and Anna Claw seem to have bonded behind the scenes.
* [[It May Help You on Your Quest]] - Played with in Round 1, where Ricco borrowed some of Tom's needles and thread to help stitch Tom's arm together after it was torn off. Doubly subverted, where Ricco threw said needles at one of the antagonists in a pointless attempt at distraction, and later on, Bobu found one of the needles stuck on her person, which helped her and Sian get past a fairly major obstacle.
** Cruelly subverted in Round 2. Ricco brings a backpack full of papers and pens, thinking it would somehow help them figure out how to get out of the Book, but it ultimately serves to worsen Bobu and Ricco's situation than either could have anticipated.
* [[I Shall Return]] - {{spoiler|Ricco asks Bobu to promise to come back for him, after throwing her to safety.}}
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* [[Powers as Programs]] - Bobu's Alternate Modes are literally this, since they were into programmed into her status as a video game protagonist.
* [[Prisoner Exchange]] - The [[Big Bad]] of Round 2 asks Bobu to come alone for "negotiations", implying this.
* [[Punctuated!
* [[Rant-Inducing Slight]] - Bobu loses her patience when she's refused alcohol in a western story. Also played for laughs when the one starting a [[Bar Brawl]] isn't the one Bobu was actively provoking, but rather the one whose hat was rudely taken during said provoking.
* [[Red Boxing Gloves]] - Played straight with Bobu.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]] - After some rather harrow circumstances derived from [[Poor Communication Kills]], Bobu and Ricco finally level up in their relationship.
* [[The Rest Shall Pass]] - Sian does this in the second doctor fight in Round 1, giving Bobu time to run away and get help. Subverted when the villain has accounted for that and rigged the only exit to keep Sian and Bobu trapped inside.
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] - Ricco is quite deeply flawed and sympathetic for an AI. {{spoiler|Turns out he's not an AI.}}
** {{spoiler|Turns out Bobu is one. Or maybe not.}}
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* [[Elemental Embodiment]] - Nair and Pura as embodiments of clouds and streams respectively.
* [[Eyes of Gold]] - Nair. Common among her kind, uncommon on the rest of her world.
* [[Fragile Speedster]] - As much as you'd expect from an Air elemental in a child's body, she is very quick, but very weak. The same can be said for Pura, to a small extent.
* [[Holding Hands]] - Nair and Pura do this quite often.
* [[Ho Yay]] - See end of round 3, and round 4.
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* [[No Biological Sex]] - Water and Air based Elementals take female forms, but do not reproduce, as they are incarnations tied to the planet, not separate life forms. This results in a lack of cultural taboo in otherwise homosexual relationships, and also more emphasis on emotions and feelings over desires and procreation.
* [[True Companions]] - This is emphasized throughout the story for the pair.
* [[Unusual Ears]] - A trait of their kind, Nair's ears are clustered with feathers, whereas Pura's ears are completely replaced with webbed growths.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]] - Nair.
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* [[Badass Bookworm]] - at home and in places other than the book, he is this. Prefers to be someone who [[Minored in Asskicking]] though.
* [[Broken Bird]] - after being captured in enemy territory, Dmitri was tortured for a long time, eventually breaking down and forging his own escape in a violent mess.
* [[Inspector Javert]] - He definitely could become this, and is this at home.
* [[Lawful Good]] - In-universe.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]
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* Opponent(s): Eulalia, Bobu and Ricco
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* [[Ax Crazy]] - His weapon of choice is magical clothing.
* [[Creepy Child]] / [[Enfant Terrible]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]] - Although not a full [[Heel Face Turn]], he expresses deep remorse for killing a girl's father.
* [[The Fashionista]] - He makes his own outfits.
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour]] - Justified in Qwerty's harsh childhood.
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* [[Blue Blood]] - Adante's father was a first generation noble, being given the rank for valor in war. Adante is the first ''born'' noble of his family.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]] - Vin, to the point of sometimes being [[The Berserker]]. Obviously, his main strategy is to [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]] Nevermind his own injuries.
* [[Dandere]]/[[Kuudere]] - Adante fluctuates between a type 1 to 2 kuudere. He’s not quite ''shy'', but tends not to talk too much unless he feels it’s necessary, because he feels he comes across as socially awkward.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]] - This is partly the result of growing up in a world that does not recognize Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and being forced through something that is essentially [[Mind Rape]]. Also, his parents died and {{spoiler|he's left with the [[Red Right Hand|taint]] of [[Black Magic|dark magick]] that causes him a lot of problems.}} He has recurring [[Flashback Nightmare|FlashbackNightmares]].
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]] - Both of Adante's parents were assassinated.
* [[Defrosting the Ice Queen|Defrosting The Ice King]] - [[Love Is a Weakness|Assuming]] the woman could get that far. He’s a pretty straight-played male [[Broken Bird]] who doesn't trust easily and avoids love like the plague. (He could be considered [[Troubled but Cute]], but he’s not really a bad boy, so it’s not an exact fit.)
* [[Designated Parents]] - If put in charge of a younger group, though Adante and Vin would probably frown on being such. Vin especially is a [[Friend to All Children]].
* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]- Adante has a habit of lifting an eyebrow, especially towards Vin.
* [[Gentleman Snarker]] - Adante has an exceedingly dry wit.
* [[Handsome Lech]] - Vin's considered this by many women in his hometown, but he's really a [[Chivalrous Pervert]].
* [[Internalized Categorism]] - Vin has internalized many of the stigmas placed on him, seeing himself as fundamentally inferior. He deals with this by putting up a front of indifference and [[Determinator|striving to prove himself despite his stigmas]] as being the best of the best.
* [[It's All My Fault]] - Adante has a borderline [[Guilt Complex]], borderline only in that he only blames himself if he was actually ''involved.''
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]] - Adante’s more logical and intellectual than Vin, but he also more cynical.
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]- Vin is truly in love with Merai. So, despite his flirtatiousness, he would never seriously consider another woman. This has not stopped her from dumping him for his flirtatiousness with other women.
* [[Military Academy]] - Adante and Vin entered together and graduated in the same year, even though Vin is a year older.
* [[Nice Guy]] - for all his flaws, Vin's a pretty nice guy. But [[Beware the Nice Ones|don't]] think you can treat him any way you want to.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - Vin's not book-smart, and he and pretty much everyone else knows that. He doesn't care too much about learning the ''facts''. But Vin is actually nowhere near as dumb as he sometimes acts.
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]] - Played mostly straight, though Adante subverts this in some ways. He cusses, not heavily but on occasion. He will be [[Combat Pragmatist]] when the situation calls for it. Of course, if his opponent will fight fair, then he’d be all too willing to [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen|fight like a gentleman]] as he has a distaste for [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|fighting dirty]], but he knows when not allow honor to overshadow something more important.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]] - In reality, Vin’s more of a [[Sad Clown]] who puts on a [[Stepford Smiler|brave face]] to cope with his insecurities.
* [[Poisonous Friend]] - Adante can become this (although it's not worshipful.) He'd do the [[Dirty Business]] to spare his friends from having to. If he's [[What the Hell, Hero?|called out on it]] he'll tell them and himself [[I Did What I Had to Do]], though he may internally ask himself [[My God, What Have I Done?]].
* [[Raised by Natives]] - As Vin is obviously of [[Fantastic Racism|foreign]] ancestry in a country where some consider his particular ethnicity, Satevidan, to be [[Evil Foreigner|bad]], it is possible his [[Parental Abandonment|parents left him]] because they believed that it would [[Give Him a Normal Life|spare him from living as a foreigner]]. If so, it was ill thought-out plan, perhaps due to [[Culture Clash]], as in Isbetean culture, being a Whitecrest (a person with no family history and therfore no family crest) is almost as bad as being a foreigner. Even as an adult, he still has people who look down on him for his ancestry.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] - Vin being red and Adante being blue.
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* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]] - Adante's father, and Adante to a lesser extent. Adante always wanted to [[Turn Out Like His Father|be like his dad]] and it seems to be happening.
* [[Team Dad]] - Adante, when placed as a protector of a younger group, becomes this with strong [[Papa Wolf]] tendencies.
* [[Team Mom]] - Vin is a male version, though it's more of a [[Big Brother Instinct]] than a [[Papa Wolf]] one.
* [[The Quiet One]] - is more what Adante is. Ocassionally, though, [[Beware the Quiet Ones]].
* [[The Spock]]- Logic and reason are paramount ideals for Adante. He's a great believer in [[The Needs of the Many]] and [[What Is One Man's Life in Comparison?]], even (especially) if it’s his own life.
* [[The Stoic]] - Stoicism is Adante's ideal of what he wants to be. He would be happiest feeling no emotion at all. Overlaps with being the [[Stoic Woobie]] for those who know what's really going on in his head.
* [[The Strategist]] - Adante specializes in military logistics and strategy.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] - Type 2 a la [[Heterosexual Life Partners]].
* [[What You Are in the Dark]] - Adante is afraid of himself and what he could become.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] - Adante. "White" hair, in his world, is a symbol of someone who has {{spoiler|been [[Curse|Cursed]] by a lingering taint of [[Black Magic|dark magick]], making them either an [[Evil Sorcerer]] or a [[Doom Magnet]]}}. Vin ignores this fact and treats him no differently than he would anyone else, which is one reason Adante considers him his best friend.)
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]] - As a Knight and a man, it is Vin's personal creed never to harm a lady. Not to say he wouldn’t subdue or defend himself against a woman, but he’d try to do it by [[Martial Pacifist|other, non-harmful]] methods, in a rare aversion of his method fighting by relentless attacking.
* [[You Are a Credit to Your Race]] - This kind of thinking makes Vin [[Berserk Button|very angry]] as he considers himself a [[Self-Made Man]].
=== [http://setsune-hoshiko.deviantart.com/ Setsune-Hoshiko]'s Entries ===
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* Character: [http://splitcat.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-Enter-Azreal-209161408 Azrael][http://http://splitcat.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-Enter-Azreal-Part-1-205968627 Audition]
* Gift: Function
* Opponent(s): Dahnnae Marfinn and Bechen K’vette
==== Tropes: ====
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]] / [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]] - Azrael's goggles were a gift from a friend, which she treasures for the memory. They get an upgrade during the audition where Mudd enhances them with the Function of Descry.
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* [http://hellstorm8000.deviantart.com/ HellStorm8000] Character: [http://hellstorm8000.deviantart.com/art/Puppet-Anni-ref-206675673 Puppet Anni] [http://hellstorm8000.deviantart.com/art/Anni-TBOS-Audition-206676770 Audition]
* [http://hotaruofkonoha.deviantart.com/ HotaruofKonoha] Character: [http://hotaruofkonoha.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-Reference-Megumi-Tadashi-209396467 Megumi Tadashi] [http://hotaruofkonoha.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-Audition-Illusion-209208217 Audition]
* [http://jakenova.deviantart.com/ JakeNova] Character: [http://jakenova.deviantart.com/art/LC-Emily-Cannon-173944796 Emily Cannon/Luna Crescent]
* [http://kallicalico.deviantart.com/ Kallicalico] Characters: [http://kallicalico.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-OCT-Adelice-and-Arakiel-179045759 Adelice and Arakiel] [http://kallicalico.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-Audition-Page-1-209400242 Audition]
* [http://kalyn-palak.deviantart.com/ Kalyn-Palak] Character: [http://kalyn-palak.deviantart.com/art/Iria-Reference-The-Fake-OCT-141374662 Iria] [http://kalyn-palak.deviantart.com/art/TBOS-Beginn-209403184 Audition]
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