SOCC (Soc Out Contestants Club)

S.O.C.C. episode 1 is the 6th SOC short to be released. It features the first 2 eliminated characters from the comic, Diode and Strawberry Soda. The original short was released in between Cuptastrophe and Fashionably Late.

Despite the original short being written by Moralitea, the second short in the series of SOCC was written by Tygreenie, carrying on the SOC tradition of having different authors for different episodes.

## Plot

### S.O.C.C. Episode 1

The episode starts with Diode walking around after being eliminated. Strawberry Soda notices them, and asks if they were eliminated. Most of their conversation at this point is one sided, Strawberry Soda responding before Diode can talk. Soda explains her idea for a "Soc Out Contestants Club", where they can hang out and do cool things, and make fun of contestants who aren't eliminated. He asks Diode if they want in, to which they respond no thanks. Strawberry seems dumbfounded, but digs around in a box labelled "SOCC Supplies", and finds a tub of mint ice cream. She offers it in exchange for Diode's membership, and they accept.

#### S.O.C.C. Episode 2 Part 1

Diode is relaxing and enjoying their day, only to run into Strawberry Soda, holding a box labeled "SOCC 2 Supplies". Diode seems unenthusiastic about Soda's attempts to restart SOCC again, but she's adamant that more peple will want to join, now that more of them are eliminated.

First, Soda asks Backwards Hat, but Diode is unimpressed, because BH would accept pretty much anything. In response to this, Strawberry asks BH if he wants to die, a proposal that BH rejects, proving that Diode was wrong. Soda then goes to ask Plasma Ball and Rusty Pipe to join, only for Diode to note that they're still in the competition. Strawberry Soda tells them to get out, but Plasma Ball is angered by this, leaving on a "To Be Continued..."

#### S.O.C.C. Episode 2 Part 2

We start off seeing Plasma Ball in front of a chalkboard. It seems she's hatched a revenge plot to make Soda cry, and then kick him while he's down. Rusty seems reluctant to go along with it, but follows her anyway as she goes to enact the plan. While walking towards Strawberry's location, PB steps on Pretzel's bag of chips, causing him to be sad.

Meanwhile, Diode suggests that Soda may have been a bit rude about asking them to leave, but she justifies this by saying it's only the rules of SOCC. Of course, those were rules Soda made himself, so he didn't actually have to do that. Their conversation is interrupted by Plasma Ball and Rusty walking over, which Strawberry correctly assumes is for revenge. Plasma Ball kicks the box (as per her plan) and dies. Everyone seems confused, but Strawberry Soda states in the final panel "there were bricks in there."

#### S.O.C.C. Episode 3

Strawberry Soda is dragging another box around, getting prepared for recruiting more SOCC members, since having debuters means there's many more potential SOCC members. Curious, Diode looks into the box and finds a can of tea that looks like the kind they like from where they're from, but it's a different brand. They start to monologue about the fact that it's one of the only non-expired food items from their place, and Strawberry Soda immediately gets excited hearing about Diode's backstory for the first time.

Soda tries to convince them to write about their life story, but Diode responds that they're not really interested in that sort of thing. Despite this, they are willing to talk about it, if Strawberry is really interested in it. She very much is, so Diode picks up the box and they start walking and talking together.

## Triva

* This is one of three multi-part shorts, the others being A Typical Day for Team 5 and App Downloads Something.
	+ This is the 2nd multi-part short made by 2 different authors.
* This is one of two shorts to feature Strawberry Soda, the other being Stories, by Flower.
	+ Coincidentally, Diode has also only appeared in one other short.