Group commission made in celebration of Deltarune Chapters 3-4, with  OccPixTFs (who also made the VHS effects for the alt versions) presenting a bit more 'Tenna-y' for a deltarune snatch game for those dressed as, or rather, as Darkeners and visiting lighteners alike.
Made for Pix,  AxiomTF (who also made the story below),  TFedworld, myself,  Saharan-Transformer,  Goldenlugia, @Monkeyspunk.bsky.social, @nyasiamesestar.bsky.social,  Tf-Sential,  DragonQuestPi,  Clowitty,  eweyearnewme, stolenpixels.bsky.social and  multirper (so many people, so many forms!)

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So... this whole thing was supposed to be a costume party - it was, at least until about few minutes ago. Zeydaan had gotten her friends from all over the show together at their place to celebrate the release of Deltarune's latest chapters. Character impressions, theorising, fangirling out, and not to mention actually playing the game together were all to be expected over the coming hours.
A fresh Dark Fountain, however, was not.
The lights went out, partygoers plunged into total darkness... stumbling against what felt like... counters? Podiums? It was tricky to decern. This awkward bumbling about continued until a large spotlight shone down out of the darkness, then another, and then another... fanfare growing as the new lights centred on a tall silhouette, a booming voice breaking the quiet murmuring.
"Coming straight from YOUR HOUSE!!"
"coming straight from YOUR HOUSE!!"
"Mx.-a Pix-TENN-A's— T! V! TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME~!!"
With a thunderous applause, the host strutted onto the main stage, bowing and posing at unnatural speeds. A few minutes ago, this was Pix, a mildly theatrical nonbinary artist... but they had since become the spitting image of Tenna; the Darkner gameshow host! Really, the only things still left over was a more androgynous voice (albeit now bit-crunched), gender-neutral pronouns, and the hair poking out of the monitor's screen.
"Loving the intro, Mike!! You folks are in for an AMAZING show tonight! We've been renewed for a season thanks to the combined PASSION of our CONTESTANTs, and our main sponsor, the DARK FOUNTAIN!!" With a fancy flourish of their gloved fingers, Pix-Tenna's set was suddenly lit with a flash from the new overhead spotlights, revealing a large layered stage containing their friends! All of them were equally confused, still wearing the outfits they'd been at the party in... some seemingly with a slight improvement into authenticity? Were they always such high quality?
"Speaking of, tonight's STARS are quite fond of some Dark World Celebrities, and you know what they say... imitation is the highest form of flattery!" (I've personally gone on dates with Me, Myself and I~)
Canned laughter filled the room - the origin of this audio remaining unclear as the contests look around the sea of Shadowmen in the audience ahead of them, the crowd seemingly stretching on out into darkness.







"But before we get to any of that, how about we all give these lovely folks a hand... and a NAMETAG!"
The contestants, all beginning to shift and morph under the spotlight, watch as a three-character display appears on each of their podiums, already set to a pre-determined name. They squirm as their individual transformations progress, some growing fur, some losing it, and everything in between. "First up, we've got one of my most loyal viewers here, so please give a hand for TORIEL! The most prolific baker in HOMETOWN and mother to..."
"KRIS! They're looking a little more BLUE these days, but hey! What's good TV without a little palette change every now and then?"
"Coming from CASTLE TOWN, it's the one and only prince-from-the-dark and three time accidently fluffiest pet contest winner, RALSEI!"
"To his right, it's the monster maniac herself! The ax attacker, chalk connoisseur, and rudest buster around, SUSIE!"
"But what's this? It seems as if she's only got eyes for MISS HOLIDAY? Could these lovemonsters prove to be a mighty DYNAMIC DUO tonight folks? Let's find out!!!"
"This guy just showed up! Despite not being asked! I don't know how he got on here!"
After rattling off names, Tenna spins around in place, pointing at a large screen off to the side of the podiums as it flickers to life, presenting the contests with a question.
"Now it's time CONTESTANTS... for the WARM-UP round! Test out those buzzers and fire up your neurons!!"
(if you've got any to spare, of course)
"Now then, for a nice easy query to get this SHOW ON THE ROAD!!! How many HUMANS do we have here with us TONIGHT? We'll give our LOVELY CONTESTANTS some time to think on this one - BUT DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL! We're only getting started here gentlemen and gentleladies! We'll be right back after a short moment with tonight's sponsors!"


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"Aaaaaand that moment is OVER! Mike, get our sponsors OUT OF HERE NOW! YES NOW! We're getting right back into the action folks - just check out the FUN-O-METER! We just couldn't keep you LOVELY people in suspense any longer!"
"Taking a look at our CONTESTANTS answers... WOW!!! Most of you were wrong! That's... rather concerning! Don't you know what you even are? Maybe look in a mirror every now and then???"
"BUT HEY! Back to our INTRODUCTIONS, we go LIVE the second row! We've got MIZZLE making their debut splashdown all the way from DARK SANCTUARY!!!"
"Next is whhoooOOOAH MAMA WE'RE NOT GOING THERE FOLKS NOTHING TO SEE HERE WOAH BABY MAMA MIA LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON HEY HEY NOW"
HEY WHAT'S THE [[BIG DEAL]]
"YES MOVING RIGHT ALONG THERE'S MISS MANAGER COMING ALL THE WAY FROM QUEEN'S PALACE FOLKS!!! NOW THERE'S A CONTESTANT WHO CAN KEEP THINGS IN ORDER!!! SUCH AS WHO'S ALLOWED ON THE SHOW??? HUH MIKE???"
"Ahem...aaaanyhow, I'm not sure who this next fellow is, but this CLOWN is sure to bring the party to the show! He's giving me the creeps!!!"
"Speaking of CLOWNS, it seems this one's getting a SOFTWARE UPDATE! Careful not to overdo the ACID there Q5U4EX7YY2E9N!!!"
"ELINA is taking a break from the WEATHER CHANNEL to play with us tonight folks! As soon as she stops crying! Please, it's making things UNCOMFORTABLE HAHA!!!"
"NEXT UP is CLOVER coming all the way from CARD KINGDOM!"
(they say two heads are better than one, but three is just being greedy now!)
... "Erm... ah-heh... I t-think that's all of us folks! Don't mind our... erm, STAGE TECHNICIAN at the back there!!! Armour shrouded in darkness is absolutely normal staff uniform on the MARVOLOUS MYSTERY BOARD!"
"Now that we're all properly INTRODCUED and REORIENTATED, I think we're ready to start ROUND 1 with-- WOAH NOW the SPONSORS have gotten back into the STUDIO!!! That is NOT part of tonight's scheduled programming folks!!! Our SPONSORS are on a WARPATH folks!!! I don't think they're happy with their shortened SPONSOR TIME folks!!!"
"We'll be right back cadettes and cadoos! Right! Back! Soon! M-MIKE CUT TH--"
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