#ISB RP Event

[lawain-dimensional-heroes]

Goku, Kiana vs only Maroon....Or is it?

(@starredvisions | @ancicntforged)

Maroon had been worried like all hell for this fight, not that he was concerned about losing-- no, he did not care if he wins or loses. It's the fact that without his teammate it would be unnecessarily difficult. The fact that he had to face both Goku and Kiana and now without the limits would make this match harder. Worst of all, he had no one to be his assist.

But he had at least a couple of skills that allows him to try and turn the tides, but even then he would have a challenge ahead of him.

Maroon, already in his god form, walked to the stage, a small floating rocky platform floating under storm clouds as well as above an island. And as he arrived...There they are-- his two opponents he'll be facing today: Kiana Kaslana and Son Goku.

"..."

He was in a fighting stance. Has his Sol Nova state not had a calming effect on his soul he'd be internally praying to at least last for a few minutes. With a soft sight, Maroon spoke up.

"...Just because you two are both powerful doesn't mean I am not planning to win this. Let's hope for a good match--"

But...Maroon could sense a powerful energy signature coming towards them...A rather familiar one he's only recently gotten used to. It made him pause, turning to look around.

"...Don't tell me--"

He turned to look at the direction of the source. Something-- or someone was coming...

[askrockandfriends]

"So, yer our next opponent? Fair warning: since Kiryu doesn't like to fight women, I, Goro Majima, will be your opponent!"

(@musekaiplex)

[thesafaribaggirl-returns]

ISB Fight Thread

@cutetubers @musekaiplex

"So you're the two UMAs we're fighting today. A Shinigami and a Phoenix huh? Please don't take us lightly." Brown Bear said entering the arena. From the looks of it this Arena would give humans an advantage but only the host was a human, so they seemed to be on equal ground for the moment.

"That's right we're ready to fight, so as soon as the host gives the okay we'll fight with everything we've got." Wild Dog adds, she knew they were out matched so they'd need to show off their team work to get votes here.

[thebreakfastmuses]

Interdimensional Smash Brawl : Round 1

@lawain-dimensional-heroes

"Attention spectators and onlookers, Sir Baldwin's first two victims have appeared before us! Can the blonde twink take one cleave from his sword, or two? It doesn't strike me that this brash youth is remotely prepared for how hard our dear Leper hits!"

(Cue Music)

The ailing knight had just finished rolling up a new set of bandages as he drew his sword from the ground, approaching his assailants.

"Sir Nanaka, Prince Vegeta, ...steel yourself."

"Whenever you're ready. You may begin."

[bxd-kxrma]

Sorry to hear about your loss! Good luck in the redemption bracket!

“Bleh.”

[worldofwaifus]

"So, we're fighting in Treasure Chamber, huh? Interesting... hopefully, with some of the restrictions lifted, I can use my Materia now and Limit Breaks now."

"And Ms. Lockhart... I don't know what gimmicks exactly they're going to throw at us here, but I'm certain I can use them to our advantage."

[lawain-dimensional-heroes]

@bxd-kxrma | @starredvisions

As the arena was ready for it's next contestants, Vegeta was already in the assist arena, but on stage, before the fight started, Maroon decided to spice things up a little knowing who he's up against. One flash of light later and where Maroon was now looked like a completely different person. He transformed-- or rather, she now technically. The rules did allow for transformations that doesn't give massive power boosts if any, so she decided why not go the Magical Girl route?

With a chuckle Maroon spoke up once more.

"Let me spice things up a little, shall we?"

Meanwhile, Vegeta was... Well...

He was taken aback seeing what had happened now. "...You have got to be joking..." Well...Hopefully Maroon knows what he's-- er, she was doing.

[askrockandfriends]

@bxd-kxrma

"It would appear our fight is upon us, Ms. Karma. From one fighter to another, let me sincerely say, may the best fighter win!"

"Hey, Cap, don't leave me out of the fun! Far as I'm concerned, going against a Gear and the master of the Falcon Punch, you two better say your prayers now, because you don't got a chance in hell of beating us!"

"If you disagree, than I implore you. Please, step up if you think you can beat us. Now, without further ado... SHOW ME YA MOVES!"

[thesafaribaggirl-returns]

"Wait a minute! Even though the poll show's Kuwabara and Kazuya winning in terms of votes Kuwarbara just collapsed on stage. I mean he was literally mauled by a bear but still this is total surprise! Miss Main Host what does this mean?" Nana was both amazed and also totally saw this coming honestly.

[thebreakfastmuses]

Redemption Bracket - Round 4 - Match 1

Thus it was decreed that for the third time, Baldwin and Sarmenti would venture into woodlands tainted by foul magic. But there was no fungal witchcraft nor overgrown dead to be found here. The magic that haunted this place was... different.

"Aww, I knew I should've put in that request with the hosts. We could've had this bout in the Tangle instead of... whatever this cheap imitation is."

But Baldwin was ignoring his partner's banter. More than usual, I should say. His level of concentration was deep enough to take a swan dive in.

He waited for their opponents to arrive. And once they stood before them, he spoke.

"...When I first swore fealty to the beauty of the world, part of my oath was that I would not draw blood in the name of sport. Mine blade would be shattered, but righteous."

A light chuckle seeped out of his mask as he pulled his sword out of the ground and hoisted it over his shoulder.

"But confound it... I'm starting to enjoy this. The test of my limits. The expansion of my knowledge. The many new parts of the world I've traveled to since this all has begun. And now? I want to push myself harder than ever. I heard the two performers forfeited. That means the winner of this battle will face Lady Kiana and Sir Goku in the next round. I would very much like to test myself against them. But before that..."

"You're in my way."

@thesafaribaggirl-returns @starredvisions @team-vlts

[bxd-kxrma]

"If you have anything up your sleeve for this next fight. I really need to know. I'm... Almost going to beg to take this fight for you."

"Man, not you too. Hey, I am pretty strong. Maybe I can't break planets or consume stars but I have verses where I've been pretty goddamn powerful. I'm not a normal girl you know...."

"Now where's that sword I had...."

[coruscantholonet]

Year in review; 3272 LY(5 BBY)

(This article is a partly OOC one.  I’ve denoted common IC knowledge with *,  and things that would only be rumored with ** and things that you’d have to learn through RP with ***)

On Coruscant;

New strand of spice known as "Roulette" seems to be growing in popularity. It's name originates in the seemingly random effects it can cause on the user.*

Terrorism has been a major issue on Coruscant from sliced broadcasts to the bombing on level 1313 as well as the assassination of the SuperIntendent Jenkins Leyor.   In response the Empire has authorized the dispatching of Imperial Stormtrooper to the 1300 levels.*

Woman by the name of "Lyn" manages to win this years Coruscant arena fighting championship. "Alissa" is named the winner of the annual Pazaak crown.*

In the Galaxy at large;

Terrorist activity was on the rise, the planet of Lothal in particular has become a hotbed of insurgent activity.  Though there were also notable events on Coruscant, and Stygeon Prime.*

Captian Soontir Fel receives several promotions of note within the Empire.*

A man by the name of Lando Calrissian is said to have won a ship, a Corellian light freighter in the Cloud City Sabacc Tournament.**

The planet of Tund suffered disaster as all life was reportedly wiped out by a weapon of mass destruction.  It is not known who is responsible or how.   Travelers are warned to steer clear as the surface radiation is said to be at fatal levels.**

The construction of the Imperial Hall of Heroes monument on Coruscant when an Imperial Lieutenant interfered with the wookie workforce.   Commander Pter Nykles quickly condemned this now dishonorably discharged Lieutenant who was said to have fled with one of the wookies.**

War continues being waged between the Weequay and Houk, engulfing Sriluur in a constant state of warfare that has been going on for six years now.  Some neighboring planets have requested the Empire intervene in fear it will spread.   The Empire so far shows little interest in getting involved in the distant conflict.*

The Death Star remains under construction on Scarif. ***

Battles of note;

Battle of Yag'Dhul ;  The Empire crushed insurgents on Yag'Dhul, destroying the space station they had been using as a base.*

Battle of Montellian Serat ; This battle was fought on Devaron as the local Army forces crushed seven hundred Devaronians who sought to rebel against the Empire. Any who survived the battle are said to have been executed by local army captain  Kardue'sai'Malloc. Some locals would dub him "The Butcher of Motellian Serat".  Some rumors indicate he resigned following the evens.**

Deaths of note;

Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was executed for ‘treason’ at an unknown date post Order 66, her death was discovered on Spire as her pseudo presence was used in a trap to lure rebels in.***

Angrigo was a Duros assassin of note was killed by Bounty Hunter Bossk on Lothal.**

Lieutenant Herdringer of the ISB was killed on Lothal by an unknown assailant.**

Lieutnenat Jenkes of the ISB was executed on Lothal.  It was rumored the Bounty Hunter Bossk was involved in some context.**

The Sorcerers of Tund, were reportedly wiped out along with all life on the planet.**

Brigadier Gideon Tarkin, killed by terrorist insurgents in the Erhynradd Mutiny, survived by his brother Grand Moff Wilhuf Tarkin and young daughter Rivoche.*

Sonopo Bomoor / Gaar Supoon, a rival of Jabba Deslijic Tiure was killed by Pantoran explosives expert Kosh Kurp.  Kurp had been a consultant for the Empire on explosives but rumor is that he took over Supoon's criminal syndicate.**

Nampi of Orrooturoo.  Tragedy truck when Princess Nampi was killed by an explosion shortly after taking an associate of Jabba Deslijic Tiure's as a mate.  In accordance with her species mating rituals she consumed the associate Scuppa.  It's unknown where the explosive had come from but it's said Jabba then sold her ship to Sha Cabrool Nuum of Smarteel.*

Cabrool Nuum, a rather known ship salesman suspected of being involved in more nefarious affairs.. He was smothered to death by a pillow by unknown assailants.  The case remains unsolved.*

Norba Nuum, the daughter of Cabrool is believed to have been killed too, but her body has never been recovered.  Some believe she may have been eaten.*

Rusk Nuum, like his other family members was killed by an unknown assailant.  In this case the body was crushed to death,  forensics experts believed whatever crushed him must hae been the size of a Bantha or larger.*

Vu Chusker, a business associate of Carbrool Nuum.  In the last death of a chain that could be related, like Rusk he was also crushed to death by an unknown attacker but by less significant force.*

Nivek, an associate of Jabba Desilijic Tiure.   Was killed in an attack by freckers, oddly the cause of death seemed to be blaster fire.   This was likely a case of friendly fire.**

Gru'um Ropple, an associate of Jabba Desilijic Tiure.  Cause of death is unknown, but it occured around the same time as Nivek's death and the attack of freckers at Jabba's Palace on Tatooine.**

Jenkins Leyor ,the Imperial Superintendent for level 1313.  Cause of death was assassination by ‘terrorists. *

Jedi Knight Ulrim Jinn Dawn, executed by the Empire on Coruscant after having evaded capture in the years following Order 66.*

[ginnyzero]

Bikers in Relation to My Books

The second large core foundation for my novels were bikers. I like to describe my novel as Sons of Anarchy meets The Expendables meets The Wolfman. I’m not entirely sure it’s 100% accurate but motorcycle club, mercenary unit and werewolves with the tone leaning more towards Expendables humor rather than Sons of Anarchy/The Wolf Man drama llama angsting.

The idea of a werewolf biker had been bouncing around in my head since college. I didn’t really have anything or anyone to go anywhere with it. I wasn’t part of a werewolf RP group. Old WoD was making way for New WoD. I didn’t know any actual bikers. I didn’t have any ideas for plots. It was just sitting there in my head as “oh, that’s amusing.” Motorcycles and motorcycling are something that is very American. Apparently if there is one thing we’ve exported from America other than fast food, it’s motorcycle clubs and everything that goes with it. Sure, there is motorcycling in Europe. When you hear Harley Davidson, Indian, and Victory motorcycles, you think America.

Later I met some actual bikers, worked with them and got to know them a little. I’m not talking about 3 patch OMC members. I’m talking about guys who just liked motorcycles. They liked the speed. These were hard working blue collar guys. One was a veteran of both the army and the navy. One coached football. They had kids. They were normal everyday guys who enjoyed motorcycles.

You don’t hear about that a lot in the media. The media doesn’t like to report about bikers when they’re good folks who follow the laws and drive safely on the roads. Bikers who are part of Clubs and some who aren’t part of Clubs but do group rides together, pride themselves on their riding skill and following the laws of the road. What you hear about in the media is when there is a shooting at Sturgis, or in the parking lot of an AMA meeting over a parking dispute or when a group of idiots on rice rockets harass a family in an SUV and then when they get scared, follow them and do dangerous things and then when it goes wrong, beat the guy up for it, when it wasn’t the guy’s fault.

Bikers get a bad rap. Most people don’t know about what good they do. There are Bikers for Jesus and Bikers Against Child Abuse (thankfully most biker groups keep their names simple.) Bikers are willing to help other motorists out when they get in a jam. Even most 1% bikers of the big OMCs do not want their names in the news. They don’t want that type of attention. Gun fights, murders, explosions and other things, only hurt motorcycle clubs and motorcycling as a whole. When most bikers just want to ride their bikes on the open road and have a few beers while they listen to music. Just like they do at every biker event that I’ve ever found advertising for. And really that’s what happens here at Daytona Beach during Biketober Fest and Bike Week. Vendors show up that cater to bikers in leather, jewelry and jeans and all the t-shirts one could ever want. Motorcycle companies show their latest models and have test rides set up for attendees. And on stages on Main Street there are bands and the bars are open selling alcohol. And honestly, the bikers drive up Main Street and either go up and down A1A or they go over to ISB and drive around in circles, for hours, from about 11AM to 1AM nonstop. (Yes, that's 14 hours of constant engine noise.)

It’s crazy. It’s loud and you either like it or you don’t.

There are family clubs. There are military clubs. There are clubs for cops, clubs for firemen, clubs for veterans. Then there are the three patch clubs (which have to put their colors away for bike week events.) And like I said earlier, there are clubs for Jesus and Clubs against Child Abuse. Bikers are just ordinary everyday people and bikers such as Sons of Anarchy types and Gangland Undercover types are few and far between. And even then, most of those are genuinely nice folks who are willing to help out their fellow men and women.

OMC/Gs are secretive though. They do claim territory and they do have rules. Just because there are a bunch of nice guys mixed up in there, doesn’t mean they’re all nice guys. So, there is a mystique about them because they are so secretive and because bikers wear leather and jeans and cut off vest type things and they ride around on what are essentially death traps on wheels if not handled right. (Hey, I own a coffin on wheels Mini Cooper. I cannot and will not judge.)

These were the type of people I wanted to write about. I wanted to write about the contradiction of these big tough guys in leather who ride motorcycles but give out toys to children in hospitals. I wanted to write about the type of people who work with the cops on actual sex child abuse cases and protect the victims so they feel safe. I wanted to write about the type of people who have done event security work, such as the Hell’s Angels have done in the past. I wanted to play with this concept that a biker club is like a family, a concept that was touched upon in Sons of Anarchy but was shown to be a dysfunctional family.

My thinking was thus: Wolf packs are families. Wolves claim territory. Biker Clubs are families. Biker Clubs claim territory. Werewolves are secretive hiding among humanity. Bikers Clubs are secretive, not expressly hiding but not welcoming outside intrusion. So, what better way for a big group of werewolves to hide from society and be able to ride vehicles where they can smell everything.

That, and I just might have a teeny tiny weakness for the biker look. Just a tiny one. Really!

[lawain-dimensional-heroes]

"Wow, Baldwin sounds just like Sirin right now even if he won the tournament by default. Way to make everyone who lost against you feel proud right now."

"Congratulations on winning against a dragon, against two idols, winning against the strongest fighter who forfeited the match after you actually lost to him, ya dick."

[thesafaribaggirl-returns]

"Go Brown Bear! You've got to showcase our pride as hunters to the whole multiverse! Go go!" Wild Dog for the moment was less of an assist and more of a cheerleader of course before the fighting started that was all she could do.

"Well my name is Brown Bear. Are you by any chance a human? I know not to underestimate your kind." Brown Bear hefts her weapon a pole arm whose head was a stylized bear paw over her shoulder. It seemed she was pretty relaxed in this fight. However she was hear representing the hunters so she needed to give her all.

"Yes let's start this fight. I'm looking forward to see what people from the outside world can do." Brown Bear says and without skipping a beat raises up the pole arm to strike it down hard on Carl's head.

@thesafaribaggirl-returns

It may be all of a sudden for him and his partner to be dragged in the arena at once. Not that the Maestro had any complaints on that. He was even more surprised that his current partner, who was once known as the Hydro Archon by her people, even agreed to be in this tournament as well. Was it because she won't be the one fighting? That's his strong guess.

Trivial thoughts aside, neither of them knew anything about their first opponents. Carl could only assume that those girls are some sort of human-beast hybrids. Whether through experiment, unnatural occurrences or otherwise, that didn't matter for now.

"Greetings, Miss... Brown Bear, I believe?" His greeting was accompanied with a courteous bow. "If it's not the appropriate way to address you, I'd like to apologize in advance. Nevertheless, it's a pleasure to be your opponent in this match."

On the other hand, Furina had to stand by at the corner, outside of the arena itself. As the battle is yet to start, she couldn't do much except watch. Though she's intrigued by what kind of beings their opponents are.

"Now, shall we begin?" Back to the fighters, the Maestro held on his weapon that seems to be a sword-rifle hybrid. He adjusted its ammunition so its bullets won't have explosive effects, in accordance with the rules of this round.

[askrockandfriends]

@starredvisions

Rock concert! Raisuke and Smash Brothers take the stage and perform the hits to liven up the tournament-weary crowd! "S.M.A.S.H", "Shout It Out"... they even play some stuff from their new album, like "Letters to Kei", "Worlds", and "Everyone, Everywhere, From All Walks of Life".

A roaring rock concert from Raisuke "Rock" Fukumoto and Smash Brothers!