
Even Evil Has Standards: Saren does not take kindly to anyone mocking Subaru's ability to fight.when they manage to stop fighting each other. Enemy Mine: Characters from all over the alignment scale forced to work together.And than Mal-Keshar slithers out of the shadows. Luckily Subaru makes a Saving Throw and convinces the troops that all the Challengers are special forces.

The challengers are pretty much treated as normal.

Outside of the challenges, however, death is very much permanent. Some players occasionally take advantage of this fact to get out of challenges they don't like by having their characters die easily or commit suicide. Death Is Cheap: Dying in the challenges simply boots A Champion back to the Common Room, leaving them no worse for the wear at the very worst, it is a mild inconvenience.Also crosses over with Mood Whiplash, as it takes place right after the Magical Girl challenge, which itself had darkness that predates Puella Magi Madoka Magica by a few months. Not a few minutes in, and already both Covenant and UNSC troops are brutally killing each other.

Darker and Edgier: The Halo: Reach challenge.Rey "match" is evident, but Rey manages to land a couple of hits before he's taken down. Curb-Stomp Cushion: The end result of a Ravage vs.Cerebus Syndrome: At first, it was all just fun and random, but then, as the challenges got Darker and Edgier, so did the tone of the entire RPG.Casual Danger Dialogue: Kimimaro explaining the mechanics behind his powers to Dr.It helps that Lambda is grief stricken with Echidna's death and everyone knows he's gonna snap at them for it.

A couple of challenges later, Lambda does it again, but Phi doesn't fall for it.
