Sutoratosu

Wow, time flies, doesn't it... anyways, not much I can do for seacrest right now, but Sparky, I'll get you moving on soon and finish up the day for Tempest.

Hmmm. I do beleive I shall have his object of obsession be... Internet memes and various refrences to movies and TV shows. oh yeah, I can tell I'm gonna have a lot of fun with him in the future... and now I'm suddenly reminded of snake wood again...

Looking at it's page, it seems that the extent of it's abilities are taking possession of an appliances motor and causing havoc with it (Basically how it changes it's forms) and terrorizing folks. Java's evo family is more focused less on actually possesing electronics, but instead being able to freely enter and exit out of them while hiding in the background of the system and more of being able to manipulate things related to computers and networks. As for a rivalry, I don't know, Java's gonna be one wild and crazy guy one day, so chances are if it happens, he won't even acknowledge it as a competition... And I think I'll swap out the Flash Cannon for Air Slash...

Well seeing as how in the games you almost always find it hanging out in a computer or tv set or whatever when you find it, I'm pretty certain that would go without saying. I don't know exactly about whether it would be able to integrate itself into actual cyberspace or large electronic networks like the porygon line can, but the appliance thing is a pretty obvious indication. Speaking of Java, I've been working lately on the move sets for the triumpharant members once they're fully evolved. Here's what I'm thinking of for Erce's set as a scizor: @ Erce (scizor) -Bullet Punch -Vacuum Wave -Flash Cannon -Night Slash -Sand Storm -Agility With this right here, I can do a whole lot of fun little tid bits on the battle field, I won't go into very much detail, but gliding, control of winds, and checks for the fire weakness are all very big things with this... I'm a bit saddened that Scizor has no access to any rock or ground moves though, but I think I can substitute well enough with a few combos involving sandstorm... *Chuckles* in fact, there's a lot I can do with Sandstorm... still a bit iffy about the flash cannon though. now to get working on Nemo's and Java's eventual full evo sets...

Flip a coin, compadre. That's what I'd say.

"Eh... sure," Mareek said, mind drifting to his own clothing and hair. The dampness from earlier had more or less gone away, though he could still feel a bit of it, he honestly found he wasn't bothered by it so much... Amazing how the fires of anger can work so well for raising the core temperature and making you stop caring whether you're hot or cold, isn't it? And the same apparently went for Nemo too, given that from as far as he could tell, his fur was dry as well after attempting to murder Java... And the kid also refused to listen to any of them, arms crossed as he kept his eyes fixed on the tiled ground, a few things being muttered under his breath... "Hey java," He said, choosing a chair not far from Danielle, whirling it around to sit in it reverse-wise, arms leaning on the backrest as he glanced over. "What exactly did you say to him...?" Java hesitated for a while... then finally "I may have... said something in regards to the supposed promiscuity of his mother..." Nemo glared up at the Strategist... as did Mareek. "That's low man..." He said, shaking his head. "That's real low...just... damn, even if you're going through something right now..." He turned his attention back over to Danielle as the little Jedi kept staring daggers at the Polygon, Erce shaking her head and sighing all the while as Java again attempted to apologize. "Anyways, from the fact that you're here now and not in the stadium with everyone else, I'm guessing that either we've gone through some sort of Celebi Induced time-fuckery and the first round has started over again from the beginning, or the second round's gotten started already and everyone's forgotten about this break or whatever we were supposed to be having right now.." He trailed off as Nemo gave a few angry swipes of his bone at the air towards Java before storming off and plopping down at his feet, sitting back against the chair leg as he stewed... "eh, whatever, he'll let it go eventually. And besides, better than having another fight break out between them..." "So, how'd it go?" He asked, returning his attention to Danielle while they waited. "You were supposed to go up against Baldwin this round, right?"

Kaz "Caucasian Female, mid twenties or so" The bouncer began, arms crossed and revolver still poking out. "About 5"9, Hazel eyes, Long Blonde hair with blue highlights at the tips, she'll be the one wearing the red uniform top with a golden lion's head emblazoned on the back... oh yeah, and one more thing- She also have a freaking name tag on her chest that says nice and clear in gold lettering on a black background- Jenny." He scoffed sarcastically, shaking his head in annoyance. "Now get inside and stop wasting my time, bucko." He lifted the Velvet Robe once more, looking at Kaz expectantly. "Oh, and one more thing for that one more thing- There's a serving girl who you'll probably notice fits the description really well aside from the scarlet uniform and the fact that she's a bit shorter and so is her hair. That's Kate, her little sister- and let me tell you here and now, you ain't allowed to approach or talk to Kate 'bout any of this, ya got me? And I'm not the only hulking dog standing guard around this joint, so you'd best watch yourself... now get going." (( the turn order within the club is now as follows: Yash, Typhlosion, Exlink)) Big Mac (Big Macmillan) Macmillan sat not too far from the new comer asking around for Jenny, legs up on the low table and a holo-display with the day's news in-front of his face, casting a hard blue glow on the dark chocolate skin of his chiseled face and shades. How interesting, how this kid here had just waltz on in and started talking to Kate about that, of all things... Eh, screw it, from what he could tell not too much had been said yet. But still, might as well get ready to be a hard-ass...he didn't get paid for nothing, afterall. With a swipe of the finger across the glossy surface the Hologlass's display dimmed before finally dying out, leaving nothing but the veiw of the bar on the other side of the transparent device as Mac tossed it on the table. A few moments later he swiveled his feet over to the ground... John Kate stood there for a moment, an obvious look of suspicion on her face as she looked John in the eye. Eventually though, she let out a sigh, pointing over towards the Bar area. "Over there..." She said. "The one with the red shirt directing the newbies, blonde hair like mine. It's honestly hard to miss her..." John could see what she meant- over behind the counter two young men and a woman in black uniforms tops like her own were blitzing around, bottles in hand as they rushed to prepare orders, handing some to those sitting in the high stools while placing others on silver platters stationed at one end of the mahogany desktop. Standing to the back of the Chaos was a woman in her mid twenties, a face like Kate's and longer blonde hair to match, a Red Shirt with her arms crossed as she made glances at each of the underlings throughout their task, eyes watching like a hawk, but never saying anything, only shaking her head when a mistake was made and nodding when it was fixed immediately... A dark skinned bouncer was walking over to the table from behind meanwhile, just as big as the one who'd been guarding the door outside...

"Don't be, Danielle" Mareek said, still slouching in the doorway. "It's not your fault you just so happened to already be here when a few of my team members decided to act like fools." With that said, he turned his sights on the transgressors in question. Nemo's gaze lowered to the floor, as did Java's. "Now, I don't know what the hell might've been said here, but Java, Nemo was just trying to help because you're apart of the team and we're trying to get you through whatever's bothering you, so whatever you spouted off against him with, there's no reason to be that way just because he cares enough to try." He turned his sights on the Cubone next. "And you, what have I told you time and time again while we were training? Anger doesn't make your blade strong when you let it control you, it only makes you weaker" Nemo looked up for a moment, shame in his eyes as he nodded. Mareek barely acknowledged it, going on. "Now here's what's gonna happen here and now since I'm tired of this mess- Java, either you can accept the fact that the three of us care about you enough to be worried and just open up so that you don't have to deal with this upgrade thing on your own... or you can keep acting like a hermit who thinks he has no friends, and we'll all eat a spartan dinner tonight before going out and running 2 country miles around the academy grounds afterwards till we all drop; if you don't want to talk your troubles away, then maybe a bit of exertion will clear them from your mind instead." He pushed himself up off the wall, walking over with his arms crossed and looking right at the co-strategist. "The choice is yours, Java. What will it be now?" A few moments passed. There was no response as the porygon2 hovered there. "Fine, two country miles-" "Fine... I'll talk..." Chimed in one of Mareek's earbuds, then quickly following it "But didn't we come in here to find someone...?" "Oh... that's right..." Mareek said, only just now recalling why the hell he was here in the first place. He looked over at Danielle, not even noticing Kenny nearby getting his team healed. "Sorry you uh... had to see all this drama, Danielle. Anyway, you didn't happen to see Lana around here, have you?"

Lucas and Kaz "Tch, that explains it." The bouncer said, lifting the velvet rope once more. "Find Jenny, head bartender." He lowered the barrier after Lucas walked through and entered beyond the doorway. The guard turned his attention to the only man left standing there. "So what about you? you got some business here, or are you just another one of the trouble making types who think they have some entitlement to get inside?" ((Lucas has now entered the night club (which has already been described.))) John "Oh, okay... yeah, sure." Kate said, a bit put off by the request "Though, to tell the truth, we really only have one here who's not a rookie- my sister Jenny." she puased, taking a moment to really examine the man, his hair, his face, what he wore, his stature... everything. "Um, hey... the bouncer outside, Abe- what did you say to him to let you in? As you can see, we're a bit strict on membership..." ((The turn order is now as follows within the club: Yash, Typhlosion. Kenny, you are free from the turn order for now.))

Like I said, you and typhlosion are not bound by any turn order right now in your scene, so you can go ahead and post. The turn order only applies for once you go inside the club.

John "Hey there!" A young server called cheerfully to the future Rebel as she made her way over, tray held under her arms. She greeted John with a pleasant smile that didn't look like she had had to rehearse it just for the sake of customer service. 'Kate' was impressed in elegant gold leaf lettering on the small and glossy black badge on her shirt. "Welcome to the Lion's Roar, best night club in this side of the city." She paused, studying his face breifly. "I can see you're a new one around here, can I get you anything to drink?"

I'll make some type of PSA/ bring attention to it in a secret club if I notice the problem happening somewhere else again. anyways, I'd like to point out that right now is our first instance of the game mechanics coming into play. Yay! Milestones! believe it or not, this is an unofficial mission- find the bartender named Jenny. That's your objective if your inside the club so... how you guys gonna go about trying to locate her?

oh... he actually has a point. Well, it depends what incarnation of red you're going off of though, if it's the Manga one, then it actually isn't that bad to be talking, but if it's the one from the games... yeah, he like never talks. at all. to anyone. Surge was the Game Incarnation since Stratos hated the Anime's and the overall Manga's portrayals. speaking of which, both of em are MIA... probably ain't coming back, ah well. That just leaves me to have more fun with the stuff they were working on... they really shouldn't have left the door wide open, what with an eternal wanderer...wandering the area. Anyways, back to what I was saying before that there tangent- yeah, I'd advise sticking to the Manga incarnation of Red's portrayal since he doesn't even exist in the anime and he has virtually no hint of a personality in the games at all (Being mute and everything...)

No need to get angry, compadre, my main issue wasn't having Kenny in the med center in and of itself, it was just with the sudden self insertion into the ongoing scene involving mareek and Danielle. Anyways, I thank you for complying, my good man, it is very much appreciated.

((I hate ninjas...)) ~~~Several Minutes after John has disappeared inside...~~~ James James received much the same reaction as the unseen man who'd come before him not too long ago. The bouncer simply stared at him from this pitch black shades, towering over him. Then the velvet rope was lifted, and with it the pathway to revolution opened. "Talk to Jenny, Head Bartender" The man said cryptically, gesturing within. James got the same reaction from the crowd too, many of them getting even more disagreeable than before, shouts and cursing dominating the air. What the hell made these two shits better than them, what, did they own the god damn club? ~~~Several Minutes after James has disappeared inside...~~~ Kaz A young woman scoffed as she saw Kaz walk to the back of the line. At least some people around here knew how things were, bunch of assholes, walking right in when the rest of them had been waiting and waiting in this hell... but it seemed something was happening at the front... again. Lucas "Well that's easy man..." The young civilian- a college upper classman by the looks of the cocky grin on his face and lack of actual clubbing attire. "This place has got like, a dope reputation about it from what I heard. The babes are always fine, the liquor flows free, and-" The mans gushing was cut off by a bout of shouting from further up the line. Before long a silver gun was being pointed up towards the sky, some type of ultimatum being snarled by it's owner... At the front... Things at the front of the line were reaching a fever pitch as the argument with a few well dressed gentleman and the bouncer took a turn down the rabbit hole that was so commonly known as gangland. Before long Lucas's and Kaz's attention was drawn away by the gleam of a silver revolver held high in the air. "I fire a single shot, and PPKs will come running, damn it!" A gruff voice declared. "Unless you want to start anymore shit and run the risk of getting arrested right with me for disturbing the peace- you'd best get the hell out of this damn line and take yourselves somewhere else!" Many of those standing began mumuring. If there was anything that could ruin a good-ass night on the town, it was being arrested and fined... "Five!" The Bouncer shouted, finger on the trigger as he kept his weapon pointed to the black heavens above. "Four! Three!" "Oh god, screw this," one of the night goers said, leaving her place in line and walking away briskly. "Last thing I need is to lose my whole damn Full-ride over some stupid arrest incident." "Yeah..." Another one agreed, getting out himself. "ya know what, being arrested would be a... shitty excuse to give to my boss as to why I can't make it to work in the morning." And like that, one by one, the rowdy line gradually ebbed and flowed as more and more got cold feet with the confrontation and ultimatum and scurried away into the other areas night life of the streets. Soon it was only Kaz and Lucas standing there. The bouncer eyed them curiously, lowering his firearm, though not quite putting it away. "You two, why the hell you still here? What, you looking to start trouble?" ~~~Meanwhile, for those who have entered the club~~~ ((Kenny and Yash, In that EXACT order)) As you enter through the doorway, you begin to descend down a short flight of stairs, the lights beginning to change and lower as you go further and further. Before long you finally reach the bottom and enter through a wide arch way, laying eyes upon the interior of the Lion's Roar... The vintage music blares in the background as a few minglers sit around on lounges around the rather small room and high stools at the bar. Several young men and women are walking around with trays in hand, identical uniforms on each of them as the clear tables and deliver drinks. As you walk further inside, you can not help but wonder how this place can stay open, given that there's less than forty people or so inside... either way, that's not whats important. If memory serves correct from not long ago, you've a bartender named Jenny to find... ((Regarding the current situation: You arrive at different times and do not see each other in the line or after walking inside. At this moment all PCs besides Typhlosion's and Exlink's are still separate. Please respect the turn order, in that Kenny Posts first right now, and Yash afterwards. Typhlosion and Exlink however are not bound by one in their situation.))

ohp, commander caught me. I admit, that was more or less the underlying implied sentiment at the time of the request's writing. while it's better than it was before... still feels to me like something that's too conveniently done just having Kenny enter now with no actual prior reason to prompt him to go there...

hmm.... I don't know, we really don't have too many character slots to allow people to go dual running around here... what did you have in mind, exactly? EDIT: @Kenny, don't think that if Surge ain't here, no ones keeping a competent hand on the wheel. I can see that crap about how you edited your first post, compadre. That's not gonna fly around here, I'm afraid, you can't just edit willy nilly after a hosts reaction to your characters action has already been posted, because that just completely breaks up the sensible flow of events if the host has a characters react a certain way to a certain thing you did and you edit it to have your PC having done something completely different entirely. in fact, that honestly counts as Meta-Gaming in a way. Ergo, I must require that you edit thine first post back to the way it originally was EDIT 2: Wait a minute... what the hell, are these edit dates even right? they can't be, I know because I checked after 9:22AM for the IC and that post was different from how it is now... EDIT 3:Alright, alright, just forget about all of that, the forums seem to have decided to be a deceptive bastard when I was typing up that response. Don't know WHY it doesn't alert you when people freaking make edits while youre typing. looks like I'll have to edit that update. EDIT 4: Alright, it's been fixed.I'll also update for everyone whose entered.

@Kenny: I'm sorry, compadre, but I've a few qualms with you just popping into that there scene with Mareek and his team and Danielle in the med center. It honestly bothers me a great deal how much it feels like something that was far too convenient and just done to insert your character into an event that had no relevance to them and that they honestly had no real logical reason to enter into or witness in the first place other than to simply try to start more drama there than there already is. ergo, I would very much appreciate it if you could be so kind as to edit your latest post in question.

If Surge were still here and hadn't gone Awol a day or two ago, he'd shake your hand for choosing that there Raichu.

I honestly can't help but feel sad for Danielle in a way, being a bit caught up in the middle of the intervention for Java and everything... remember everyone, drugs are just bad, M'kay?

Java Again he regarded the girl's kindness with silence, eyes furrowed and glaring at the little Jedi Knight. A harsh stream of noises reminiscent of a hardrive crashing and a game system glitching out all at once, dragging on for a good few seconds. It was one thing for Nemo to be sent by Mareek, his own damn partner in crime, to intercept and try to talk to him, but for the little homeless bastard to go and DARE pull in an outsider to this matter? Oh hellllls no! Java already had his laundry poking out in the wind within their little quartet, and the last thing he wanted, nor needed at this moment was for things to spread beyond the nuclear arrangement... and yet here the little idiot had gone, blabbing to Danielle here... Nemo The little swordsman took a step back as the merciless bout of curses and swearing hit him like a wall. His expression of prior concern transformed into one of startling ferocity, eyes piercing the polygon as he brought around his club, firing up a Bone Rush and holding it out in a fighting stance. How dare this glorified pile of computer code... speaking of his mother in such ways, calling her those things- oh no no no no no.... shit had just gotten very real, no man, absolutely, positively, no man, nor pokeman, ever born nor who will be born, may dare feign to call his dear deceased mother that word without getting a good can of whoop-ass as part of the combo. "Cube...Cue." He snarled, actually, genuinely snarled. Java back up a bit... then fired back with a few words of his own. So now he was gonna try to pin it on Nemo, tell him that nothing would've been said if he'd just left him alone, eh? "Cue!!" He shouted, charging forward and preparing to come down with hard vertical strike to the head... Java meanwhile seemed to be preparing that special beam attack of his or whatever it was... ... ... ... Wait, what the hell? how in Arcues' name did he get up in the air like this? Were these...scythes holding him? Oh dear lord... "Cube?" he asked cautiously, putting on his best face of innocence... but it didn't fool the stone cold glare of the mantis restraining him under her arm. Erce Enough was enough, she couldn't just sit there invisible and watch this crap fest any longer. like a bolt from the blue, Erce burst forward in a blur and snatched up the little Apprentice before he could finish his little "War Charge" just now. A hard glare was passed back and forth between both the participants in the would be brawl as a harsh couple of hisses and guttural growling escaped her maw, their gazes drifting down to the floor as she went on, neither daring to look up. The Mantis shook her head and sighed in disgust when she got no explanation from either of them for this behavior. She turned her attention back down to Nemo, growling a few terms at him before doing the same to Java. This would be simple- Java would apologize for the Arceus aweful shit he'd said to Nemo about his dead mother, and Nemo would apologize for damn near knocking Java's brains out... and if they didn't want to cooperate, she'd haul off and start puttin' both these here scythes of hers to good use... the choice was theirs. ... ... ... Silence. All right, fine by her- time to start parring up! unfortunately though, she didn't get the chance. Java finally looked up and gave a few softer sounding hardrive crash, slow dial-up noises. And after a stern look and a bit of squeezing from Erce, the kid reluctantly muttered a few cries to the something of the same effect, though there were a few other choice things in there that She just let slide... And with that out of the way, she dropped him flat on his backside on the cold hard floor, crossing her arms...erm, scythes, as she stared at the run away. Time to start working her silver tongue and end this mess... She opened her mouth, and then closed it when she spotted Mareek leaning in the doorway. "Well, glad to see you two found him..." The boy said, walking over before noticing Danielle there for the first time, letting a sigh as he shook his head. "Tch, and an audience too, I guess... yeah, I'm sure that's just what Java here wants for his troubles right now, guys. way to go...no really, both of you..."

So yeah, recently I've noticed that a common question that's been asked around these here parts by a few people is why certain things have slowed up a bit compared to previous progress made in ICs, etc... so I figured, Why_Not help to stem the wondering by offering what I feel is an appropriate explanation for these types of questions. Now, my friends, please direct your attention to figure A. As you can clearly see, this is, more or less, a simplified diagram of wave mechanics. We can see it has ampitude, troughs, crests, all that good jazz. Now, as to how this relates to the matter at hand- You see, around here things fall into rhythmic cycles that ebb and flow over time- it's just how it is, near regardless of what roleplay is in question. Hence our diagram above. It's like a wave more or less; this RP forum has a "Wave length" of sorts, which tends to either lengthen or shorten as it so pleases and as various outside influences and circumstances dictate that it shall. There are times when it rises to it's Crest, the cresendo of overall general activity, and then like any wave, said activity falls gradually and eventually it will enter it's trough period in which overall general activity will be at a low once more. For example, During times such as summer holiday the wave length generally shortens overall, and the frequency of crest and the rate of rise from trough periods is much more than, say, during the general schooling year or during times such as winter break and the holidays, in which the wave length tends to elongate and the rate of overall rise is much less. And it keeps going like that, my good fellows, high and low, rising and falling, the times in between the crests changing somewhat predictably though not consistently enough for a scientifically exact figure of measurement. That's the time cycle Reborn RP forum in a nutshell. So you see, if things get a bit slow in a particular RP you are a part of, do not fret over it, for it is simply the natural cycle of things here. This does not however, by any means that there are not instances that are exceptions to this cycle; for example, an RP started during the school calender that generates enough hype might be on a roll for a while in terms of posts, when statistics show it should be slow like it's peers. And then there is also the inverse exception of things; in which an RP functioning during the summer months for one reason or another suddenly falls quiet when the cycle dictates that logically it's activity should be at a crest. In these instances, such as a week passing with nothing going on either IC or OOC, it is more than alright to poke your head in and just check around to see if everything's still alright around there or somethings come up with someone, but do recall, my fellow roleplayers, there is a fine line between checking in when things are quiet, and simply bugging about something. I'd also like to take this time to apprise everyone that we do have a CW forum here, and If you're ever bored waiting or anything, you could always try going out to the CW forum and writing up something while you wait, etc. Anyways, I have seen through my purpose here, and so I am done. if anyone has any improvements they feel could be made to this PSA, feel free to shoot me a PM regarding it, and edits shall be made to this as deemed necessary. Overall though, the important thing to take away from this Public Service Announcement is this: Other people have lives too. And in those lives, they have things to do, and occasionally those things might prevent them from being able to come on for a time, and we must be aware of, and respect, this simple fact, and not overly gripe over it. Afterall, treat others how one would want to be treated, no? Now, if you'll excuse me, I shall go off and wander eternally whence more. Ta-da, my good roleplayers.

John The magnificently bald headed man glared down at john as he stashed his revolver again, shaded eyes boring deep into his soul. After a few seconds of deadlocked staring, the massive man's hand moved to the velvet line devider hanging before the door, gesturing inside. "Show it to Jenny. Head Bartender." Was all john was met with. A good deal of the other night-goers had a far different sentiment to the upstart, shouting and yelling a few choice things at the kid who thought he could just give them what was the equivalent of the bird and waltz right up to the front like he owned the joint... Perhaps he should get inside and get clubbin' before this crowd decided to do more than just hurl choice words at him...