#meme alliance

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The Meme Alliance

Introduced here

A union of Character-Level servers (mostly the SMG servers) who have become aware of the Digital Multiverse, and have pooled their resources to be able to stand alongside the other powers-that-be instead of constantly getting knocked around by Code-Level threats and authority figures they didn't know about or agree to follow.

(Note: Due to their Avatar, Tune Dark, being a notorious criminal, as well as the severe government corruption that led to that status, the SMG Outgunned Server is currently being kept unaware of the Digital Multiverse, and as such is the only active SMG Server to not officially be part of the Meme Alliance despite several of its inhabitants being members. It is, however, under their protection)

Known Member Servers

(I say known because the Alliance is exploring the Digital Multiverse and forging bonds with other servers (they didn't build all those Codeships for nothing), these are just the ones we've actually mentioned in posts)

SMG Super Mario 64

Primary Representatives: Emulator, Princess Peach Toadstool

SMG Kirby Series

Primary Representatives: King Dedede (Game Dreamland), Mayor Len Blustergas (Anime Dreamland)

SMG The Cloud's Songbird

Primary Representative: Queen Melody

SMG Tulip's Road Trip

Primary Representative: Prime Minister Aite Tyron

SMG Kingdom Hearts 3

Primary Representative: King Mickey Mouse

SMG Puyo Puyo Series

Primary Representative: Miss Accord

SMG Disgaea

Primary Representatives: Archangel Flonne, whichever good-aligned Overlord happens to be in the mood for playing nice

SMG Shantae Series

Primary Representative: The Sultana of Sequin Land (formerly Mayor Scuttlebutt, but he's... Mayor Scuttlebutt, and Risky Revolution gave us a better option)

SMG Pokemon Anime

Primary Representative: Champion Cynthia

SMG Pikmin 4

Primary Representative: President of Hocotate Freight (due to lack of alternatives)

Veggietales Online

Primary Representative: Bob the Tomato

SMG Frenzy the Chupacabra

Primary Representative: Unknown

SMG Angry Birds

Primary Representative: probably Red

SMG Diamind 6: Stars Go Out/Sally's Outstanding Adventure!

Primary Representative: Unknown

SMG Winding Rest

Primary Representative: Unknown

MLP Media Collection

Primary Representative: Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria

Meme Ben 10 Series

Primary Representative: Magister Maxwell Tennyson

LEGO Multiverse

Primary Representative: Unknown

SMG Crypt of the Necrodancer/Ranma 1/2/Vendor Quest!

Primary Representative: Unknown

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(So as much as I want to actually write out the events of Project Thunder as ficlets like I did with the Wonder Arc, at this point it's pretty clear that if we want this done this year I'm gonna have to just summarize events. Also, I'll be doing it in sections, each in a different post, so that the tag limit doesn't screw me over.

Project Thunder: Intro

The fleet arrives at the edge of the CCC's system, the physical Firewalls and an army of Twilight and various Brobot models before them. The fleet itself is massive, made up of both the airship-based Codeships and a whole bunch of different ships from different media (mostly Nintendo Properties, of course), as well as Fairy World's military led by Jorgen von Strangle (since Fairies are inherently Codeproof), the Admins (including both our main crew and all the SMG Server Admins we haven't been properly introduced to yet), The Firewall Twins and Supervisors, their other Code-level allies, and any character-levels who can fight at that kind of power (with most needing code stabilizer harnesses and others, namely Ecolo, not) and aren't on one of the infiltration teams.

The Jubilation is also revealed to be a massive space station designed to look like a cupcake with a blue base and pink frosting, and also like a Powerup Mushroom thanks to the frosting section's shape and a pair of "eyes" on the front of the base. While it's the largest ship by a lot, easily Death Star sized, it isn't actually built for direct combat. Instead, it's actually a massive mobile hospital, with nearly all the external weapon systems geared towards defense... and also using cake, confetti, and other party-related foods and supplies as ammunition, because along with Phineas and Ferb, Pinkie Pie also had a hand in its creation and decided to include her own brand of Advanced Partylery in the mix. She's also the ship's captain, because why not. Still, while it's Pinkie's ship, it's Kelsie's House. Pinkie and her crew are in charge if keeping the Jubilation safe and functional, while Kelsie is the one in charge of the massive number of doctors, field medics and the like who staff the place, and it's their job to keep the rest of the fleet safe and functioning to the best of their ability.

On the other side we have the mentioned army of mooks, as mentioned, but also every Code-Level Program the CCC has access to shows up when the alert is sounded... except for Comedy and Tragedy, who were tasked by Mr. L with guarding the Purchase Keys in case of a potential rescue attempt, because he is by far the best villain in the AU at understanding when celebrating a victory would be premature.

Anyway, Peach hails Jayin (via Zoom Call because of course) for a shot at actually negotiating for their friends' release (and potentially having the three dangerous criminals she's harboring be transferred to Alliance Custody, but that one's open for discussion, hence why it's a negotiation and not an ultimatum). Jayin, of course, sees absolutely no value in giving the demands of some video game character, especially Princess Peach of all things, and no reason to hand over her intellectual property. She even points out that she can just take legal action against Glitch Productions and the Grid for hacking into her company like this... except Peach corrects her, pointing out that to do that she'd have to explain how it was even possible, and either the world won't believe her and she'll be seen as a nutcase, or they will believe her, the Digital Multiverse will be revealed, and in the process she'll end up airing all her dirty laundry for everyone to see. She can either lose her games (because even if the fleet falls there will still be others who will rise up. It's not a matter of if the CCC loses, it's a matter of when) or lose her reputation (the one thing that matters most to her). There is no version of this where she wins.

Obviously Jayin doesn't take this well, hanging up on Peach and ordering her forces to attack, and the battle is on.

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Okay, so...you know how we had to give Mr. Puzzles anti-Program tech so he could handle the Hologram Trio? And how it became a plot point that he had it thanks to Mr. L doing stuff with it?

Well, obviously the Admins aren't about to let him run around with that stuff now that he's confirmed to still be alive... but as much as she'd love to see that bastard get dumped in the deepest, darkest hole they can find, Emmy's admittedly curious to see where this plot thread is going. So, she instead proposes that they take away all his anti-program stuff, and then -because he is one of her NPCs and she has a lot of control over them even if she prefers not to use it- she removes all his memories of how to make said tech, and embeds a special Marker in his code that allows any Admin to check where he is. Usually it's a passive thing and they have to actively decide to check, but it sends out a signal whenever he leaves or enters a server, so the Admin of whichever server he's trying to enter can decide for themselves whether they want him there or not. She's not outright banning him from ever leaving SM64 because it'd be more trouble than he's worth to enforce it, especially with the Meme Alliance's Hyperlink Network fairly close to completion.

Also, Everyone in-the-know about the Digital Multiverse has been informed of exactly who he is and what he's done, so he's not exactly popular right now.

So yeah, he's been brought down to his canon power level and is technically on a very loose form of parole and house arrest. And was informed of this in the most threatening way possible so now he's rightfully terrified of Emulator.