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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?"''}}
{{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.
[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.
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* [[Chivalrous Pervert]] - Ricco's a bit less perverted than other examples, usually going for flowery, romantic language.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]] - Ricco's a bit less perverted than other examples, usually going for flowery, romantic language.
* [[Dare to Be Badass]] / [[World of Cardboard Speech]] - When Qwerty questions Bobu on why they have to go out of their way to save complete strangers in the Book, Bobu goes all contemplative and gives this speech:
* [[Dare to Be Badass]] / [[World of Cardboard Speech]] - When Qwerty questions Bobu on why they have to go out of their way to save complete strangers in the Book, Bobu goes all contemplative and gives this speech:
{{quote| '''Bobu''': "...because true heroes never want to live with regrets, mistakes they could have avoided if they had been more vigilant. That's what the Book of Stories wants out of us, I think. And I can bet it has a good reason for making us go through all this insanity and that it would be totally worth it that we gave our all to tell the best story we possibly can."}}
{{quote|'''Bobu''': "...because true heroes never want to live with regrets, mistakes they could have avoided if they had been more vigilant. That's what the Book of Stories wants out of us, I think. And I can bet it has a good reason for making us go through all this insanity and that it would be totally worth it that we gave our all to tell the best story we possibly can."}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Bobu.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Bobu.
* [[Defrosting the Ice Queen]] - Ricco hopes to do this with Bobu. {{spoiler|It works, but not the way Ricco wanted.}}
* [[Defrosting the Ice Queen]] - Ricco hopes to do this with Bobu. {{spoiler|It works, but not the way Ricco wanted.}}
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* [[Distressed Dude]] - Ricco plays this hard in Round 2.
* [[Distressed Dude]] - Ricco plays this hard in Round 2.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - The [[Big Bad]] of Round 2 reprimands one of his minions in this manner:
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - The [[Big Bad]] of Round 2 reprimands one of his minions in this manner:
{{quote| "Wish I could've taught you not to hold small, round objects so tight; otherwise you'd be a perfect match for her."}}
{{quote|"Wish I could've taught you not to hold small, round objects so tight; otherwise you'd be a perfect match for her."}}
* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]] - This happens to Ricco during the prison breakout.
* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]] - This happens to Ricco during the prison breakout.
* [[Dream Spying]] - Played with in Round 2, where Bobu ends up watching scenes of other people when she's not pushing the plot forward, particularly Qwerty, and Anna and Ygsthrall in the climax.
* [[Dream Spying]] - Played with in Round 2, where Bobu ends up watching scenes of other people when she's not pushing the plot forward, particularly Qwerty, and Anna and Ygsthrall in the climax.
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* [[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''.
* [[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:
* [[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?"}}
{{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.
** 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.
* [[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.
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* [[Organic Technology]] - Featured a bit in Round 2, where the guns are more like hybrids of animals and actual guns and are generally treated like pets and partners.
* [[Organic Technology]] - Featured a bit in Round 2, where the guns are more like hybrids of animals and actual guns and are generally treated like pets and partners.
* [[Ow, My Body Part]] - Ricco tends to say this early on when Bobu hurts him.
* [[Ow, My Body Part]] - Ricco tends to say this early on when Bobu hurts him.
{{quote| '''Ricco''': "Ow! My large obtuse chark face! Again!"}}
{{quote|'''Ricco''': "Ow! My large obtuse chark face! Again!"}}
* [[Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females]] - Painfully inverted with Bobu wearing only boxing gloves, while Ricco is fully dressed in women's clothing.
* [[Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females]] - Painfully inverted with Bobu wearing only boxing gloves, while Ricco is fully dressed in women's clothing.
* [[Pensieve Flashback]] - Notably Bobu gets one in Round 2 amidst her [[Dream Spying]], from the perspective of the ''Book of Stories''.
* [[Pensieve Flashback]] - Notably Bobu gets one in Round 2 amidst her [[Dream Spying]], from the perspective of the ''Book of Stories''.
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* [[Rule of Cool]] - As the artist said herself in the first part of the audition:
* [[Rule of Cool]] - As the artist said herself in the first part of the audition:
{{quote| ''"A Gypsy Vanner horse would, in reality, have no business being in Ireland in 1740, but I couldn't help myself."''}}
{{quote|''"A Gypsy Vanner horse would, in reality, have no business being in Ireland in 1740, but I couldn't help myself."''}}
* [[The Archer]]
* [[The Archer]]


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