"Like People, all worlds die. However, the problem isn't that they are dying - it's that they are now dying unnaturally. Their timelines are being disrupted, which in turn disrupts the life upon the planet."
Vital Spark
is a Original Character Tournament. It is hosted by Uno along with two other judges - Ed and Eva. The story begins with Lord Drakonius Agememnon Fortunidia Dionsian Servantilius The Third, Lord of Darkness, Master of Blood, and Emperor of Charred Souls, noticing a most unsettling event: Worlds are dying. In a most peculiar and unnatural way - leaving only a tiny spark of life. If it was only a single planet, it would be of much less dire importance. In his usual nonchalant way, Drakonius chooses a tournament as the most viable option to return the missing energy to the individual worlds - and save time and energy on his part. As seen in the Prologue, Drakonius and his colleagues Raymond, Ciro and Fiona, then take off to find contestants from worlds all across The Multiverse.
The plot then follows that if a character (or set of two characters) decide to enter the tournament, they will be granted their deepest desire - whether it be simply having extreme luck or money, to ruling a world or possibly bringing the dead back to life. Each contestant was given a Spark Gem in which to insert their powers and then promptly wisked away to the Rest House where they must remain until the end of the tournament. The only way out is through Paintings around the buildings.
Auditions Closed the 23rd of December in 2011.
This OCT provices examples of:
- Interdimensional Travel Device - The Rest House's paintings that all lead to another world, it could also be considered the Inn Between the Worlds.
- Portal Picture - The aforementioned pictures all over the Rest House.
- Running Gag - Duck Pyjamas
"NPC" / Judge Tropes
Drakonius
- All Work vs. All Play - All Play
- Dark Is Not Evil: Or maybe Ambiguously Evil. Either way, he is actually a decent guy.
- Deity of Human Origin: The son of a priest. Became Lord of Darkness when he died in a war.
- Everything's Better with Rainbows: If his rainbow eye beams aren't enough to convince you, what about a rainbow smoothie? Or toast?
Raymond
- All Work vs. All Play: The other half of the trope with Drakonius. All Work, obviously.
- Schedule Fanatic: "I thought I would schedule my recruiting a bit due to including tours in the Rest House. And, of course, it wouldn't be a problem, but now I don't have 'scheduling things' in my schedule..."
- Son of a Whore: Bonus points because Raymond's father - the king of that world - was her customer. He is none too embarrassed over this, but still opts out of talking about his life Before Drakonius.
Fiona
- Humanshifting: Fiona has the ability to change her physical appearance. EG: Transforming into a cheerleader.
Ciro
- Hair-Trigger Temper: One wrong word, and he'll beat your ass through a portal. Or rip your face off. Or break all your fingers. Or... you get the idea.
Contestant Tropes
These Contestants are listed in no particular order.
Amirabelle and Keegan
- Our Sirens Are Different: While not a full blooded Siren herself, Amirabelle is at least descended from them and possesses many of their qualities
Winter
- Action Mom: Winter has a daughter and still manages to open a can of whoop ass.
- Artificial Human: Winter is a homunculus.
- Curtains Match the Window: Blue eyes and blue hair.
- An Ice Person: Possesses Cryomancy powers and a chilling personality.
Somewhere
- Friend to All Children: Even if they aren't friendly back.
- I Will Find You: Somewhere is looking for his little sister.
Evil
- The Bad Guy Wins: Evil WILL be winning.
- Battle Aura: Time to run.
- Evil Gloating: Evil is not above giving a grand speech about how great he is and how little his opponent means to existence.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: A real fighter uses his fists.
- Healing Factor: Just when you think he’s down, he comes right back.
- Ki Manipulation: Evil's main source of power.
- The Napoleon: He’s small and he’s vicious.
- Shirtless Scene: There had to be one good thing to come from him.
Howl
- The Trickster: Everything is an act with Howl. Whether he is smiling or frowning, there is always more to it than one may think.
Conrad Lehrer
- Power Incontinence: Conrad suffers from painful migraines, and when that happens, he looses control of his mental powers.
- Psychic Powers: A chip implanted in his brain opened Conrad's mind and allows him to access a plethora of psychic abilities.
- Religious Bruiser: Not only did he pray to his God at the end of his audition, but he also got his Spark Gem attached to a rosary.
- Younger Than They Look: The operations performed on him to enhance his mental prowess aged him significantly in a short amount of time.
Lucky
- …And That Little Girl Was Me: Implied in the narration of her audition.
- The Artful Dodger: Subverted; although she uses tricks and stealth to survive, this trope is also characterized by a happy-go-lucky personality, a trait which Lucky does not possess.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Vaguely mentioned in her audition.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: Her motivation for joining the tournament.
- Invisibility: Lucky can only be seen when she speaks (i.e. when her vocal chords vibrate.)
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Her Ironic Nickname inspired by her alleged good luck, no less.
Zasha Louis
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Nice collar.
- Beware of Vicious Dog: Only in her "cursed" state.
- Expressive Ears: Only in Doberman form.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Her father was a shape-shifting hellhound, while her mother was human.
- Reluctant Monster: Despite being a demon hybrid, she's usually very kind. Usually.
- Talking Animal: Averted. In Doberman form, she cannot speak to anything but other dogs.
Sazial
- Child Prodigy: Which latter turned Badass Bookworm; Sazial has a high intelligence level that sometimes leaves him feeling like he's the only sane one.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Momentarily mentioned in-audition.
- Deadpan Snarker: Or maybe just a general Jerkass.
- Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Or maybe he just doesn't want to say it.
- Got Volunteered: Subverted when Sazial joins the tournament on his own terms, instead of being forced to by his mentor.
- Hates Being Touched: Well, not unless it's on his own terms, anyways.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He actually cares about the welfare of his friends, deep down.
- You Need to Get Laid: Undermined by a Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality.
Hssk and Brumbu
- Bond Creatures: Plays straight with Brumbu, as her species was bonded to Hssk's years before the two met.
- Intellectual Animal: Hssk's species, the Krassk, is the dominant species on his planet, capable of rational thought and problem-solving… tempered nicely with natural instincts and irrational ideas.
Vritt
- Good Parents: She's Happily Married, along with Cool Big Sis and Cool Uncle
- Lovable Jock: Who's turned grumpy.
- Swiss-Army Gun: Vritt's weapon has many uses, mainly due to the multipurpose ammo it is equipped with, which is used to engage in Non-Lethal Warfare
Snipe
- Trigger-Happy: To a phenomenal degree.
