Horrific Melodies

**Horrific Melodies** is a TBO arc directed by @ETHGRE1 which ran from March 22nd to March 24th, 2023. It centers around Speaker, a monster who takes the form of GF's speakers & uses a copy of her body as a lure for its prey. In this arc, BF dies & Dimentio and co. must unravel the mystery of his death before more lives are claimed.

## Story

The arc begins when BF organises a fan club for *Super Mario Advance 4*. Soon enough, the club grows exponentially, and eventually GF is invited. BF notices a suspicious-looking rope attached to her speakers, but she shrugs it off. She then takes BF to the top floor under the pretense of wanting to speak to him in private. However, Mighty grows bored & goes to check on BF, only to discover his corpse. In a panic, he rushes off to inform everyone, & Dimentio calls GF as she stands as the sole suspect. She mentions she wasn't ever at the fan club, giving Dimentio the realisation that BF's killer was a fake GF. Before they can investigate, the Health Inspector shows up & kicks everyone out of the fan club before shutting it down for being unsanitary, citing BF's corpse. Dimentio points out that he noticed the rope from "GF's" speakers seemed to connect to her, & they begin the search.

They stop by Bean's lab for help, & after some begging for help & a reintroduction to OG SMG4, Dimentio gets a phone call from GF instructing him to head to her parents' house, saying both of them have been murdered. When they arrive, sure enough, Daddy Dearest & Mommy Mearest are both dead. The cause, while ambigious, Knuckles eventually links it back to the fake GF who murdered BF. Dimentio deduces that the victims are being killed in order of appearance in Friday Night Funkin, which leads them to the conclusion that Skid & Pump are next. Dimentio summons Sniper & his truck & tells him to drive to Skid's house. Everyone leaves, apart from GF, who opts to remain with her parents. "GF" arrives before them & meets Lila at the door. She requests to take the children out back, to which Lila refuses. To get past her, "GF" hypnotises Lila, and she allows the girl through. Upon the gang's arrival, Lila snaps out of it &, once informed of the mysterious girl's true intentions, joins them in chasing "GF". They arrive, & see Skid & Pump are already dead. They suspect "GF" is headed for Philly next to find Pico, so they give chase.

Upon arrival in Philly, they split up to look for Pico, using walkie-talkies to communicate. Mario spots Yuri on his path, & it's not long before Fami sees Pico, perfectly fine. However, they see someone in an alleyway & go towards it. The gang arrive & find Fami & Pico missing, but hear gunshots & loud crunching noises from the alleyway. They find Pico & Fami's corpses, however two items remain at the scene. Pico's Uzis are still there, & while one is broken, the other works & has ammo. Also, the speaker set seems to have been damaged in the scuffle, however it just sits there pulsating. Fami, however, comes back, revealing he merely lost a life. Dimentio points out Monster should be next, however since no one cares about him, the actual next target is Senpai. "GF" walks into the arcade & simply unplugs the Hating Simulator cabinet, killing Senpai long before the gang arrive. They immediately set their sights on Tankman.

Sniper transcends space & time to beat "GF" to the battlefield, & on the way they run into OG SMG3. They arrive in the middle of a war before meeting Soldier. They find the Tankmen fighting off "GF" before Soldier runs in with his shovel & begins beating down the Tankmen. Tankman prepares to shoot him before Dimentio intervenes, however "GF" gets away, She then stabs Soldier, taking host of his body. Soldier, in possessed rage, begins tearing into the Tankmen, forcing a retreat. Before he can catch them, Yuri, now in a state of insanity, knocks him back & onto Tankman, thus freeing Soldier. However, the speaker soon blows Tankman's head off, before leaving to find & kill the "original body", GF. They give chase, before it's revealed they were chasing a mirage & the speaker is away. Sniper begins breaking the sound barrier & ends up at the Dearest residence.

GF is already fighting off the speaker as she retreats upstairs. Since she isn't responding, the gang break in &, upon hearing the scuffle, run upstairs. "GF's" head breaks through the door, & Yuri, in a panic, throws her knife at it. The knife hits the speaker, causing it to drop its facade, revealing a giant mouth with many tentacles. One of them grabs OG SMG3, before the gang prepare to fight. Yuri tries removing the knife, before she too is grabbed. Rex quickly suggests outplaying it through music, & Dimentio, Mario, Mighty & Fami try their luck - only for it to fail. With no options left, they embrace defeat, before Fami finds a book which happens to hold the key - the speaker's one weakness is intense heat. OG SMG4 saves OG SMG3 & Mario, Bowser & Pyro attempt fire attacks which don't kill it, however they relinquish its grip on Yuri. Rex then suggests another idea - using the Propane Classics Collection to burn the house down & kill it for good. They try it, & the house explodes, killing the speaker. Vreen Guy very nearly dies, before realising he can't. Everyone who was killed is revived off-screen.

## Cast

@ETHGRE1 - BF, Rex Mohs, Fami, Speaker, GF, Alternate Timeline BF #23, Bean, Lila, Pico, Senpai, Tankman

@S\_i\_guess - Dimentio, Bob, Vreen Guy, Health Inspector, Sniper, Skid, Yuri, Soldier, Pyro

@Plush2nd - Mario, Classic Sonic, Classic Knuckles, X, FM, Bowser, OG SMG4, OG SMG3

@FlamingHotBunny - Mighty, Classic Mighty, Cinderace, Jack, Wartortle, Ivysaur, Charmeleon

@mikeyswag256 - Noibat, Flare, Koko, River

## Trivia

* This arc marks the debut of Speaker, OG SMG4, OG SMG3, & Lila.
* This is the first time Pyro has ever spoken proper English, as when he runs out of ammo he says, *"really mf"*.
* This arc marks the first appearance of Pico & Tankman since 2021, & Senpai since the cancelled February 2022 arc *Mod Madness 2*.