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[mastahcheese]

The Downtown Game

What is this?
This is a RTD that I'm trying out where a group of players will be running through a downtown area while solving puzzles and fighting monsters. Mostly fighting monsters.

That said, since I'm running this from a DS, I can't track a lot of stuff, so I will need the players to keep track of their character sheets, and post them with their actions.
Otherwise, I can't do this, so if simply quoting yourself and making edits to your stats as necessary is too much hassle for you, please don't concern yourself with this.
This game will be as RP heavy as you want it to be, but it is based around working with your allies, so keep that in mind.

As for backstory, or a map, that's going to be one of your challenges. It will take place in a sprawling city, but you'll have to learn the rest on your own.

The characters you play as will be teenagers around late highschool age.

If this sounds interesting, let's begin.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: This is your character's name. You can just put this in the spoiler title if you want.
Background: A short summary of your character's life. Keep in mind they're highschoolers in a modern setting, so nobody will have had chances to slay dragons or tame the giant olms of the underworld.

Yep, that's it. Your stats, abilities, powers, or anything else will all be decided after you enter... the downtown game.

[mastahcheese]

Living Players:

Joe Joseph - Highmax28
Donny DiBorgo - DolosusDoleus
Ted Thompson - Beirus
Ross Roosevelt - Yottawhat
Dylan Daehler - Shadowclaw777
Lily LaBlanc - Fabulous death bringer
Roésse Radde - OceanSoul
Sara Sarowski - Elvish Miner

Erased Players:

The game is still afoot...

Spoiler: Noise Report (click to show/hide)

Frog Noise: Green
25 Health
5 Attack (Positive)
5 Hit
1/1 Speed
20 Yen

[highmax28]

Spoiler: Joe Joseph (click to show/hide)

Background: Wannabe greaser kid. Not much of a fighter but he's quite the swindler when he needs money. Courageous, but rash, and loyal to those close to him. Believes he has fantastic hair and gets VERY angry when someone even mildly insults it. Lives with only his mother and his grandfather, and he does not know who his father is.

Health: 50/50

Sync Rate:
Donny - 0%

Positive Energy: 40/50

Psychs:

Vulcan Uppercut: Positive
Damage: 15
Hit: 7
Speed: 1/1
Energy: 10
Reload: 15
Special: Sends the target Airborne until the start of their next turn. Airborne enemies take x1.5 damage from ranged attacks.

One Unmanifested Sync

Yen: 0

[DolosusDoleus]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Donny DiBorgo
Background: Donny has led a hard life. His family, Italian immigrants, are neither wealthy nor influential, but they are proud, honest people. He lives in the seedier part of the city, and has learned to stay quick on his feet in order to avoid the druggies and pushers as he makes his way to school. Life has taught him that the only things he can rely on are his family and himself.

He is generally distrustful, cautious, and reserved around others. He isn't paranoid, just careful.

[Beirus]

Spoiler: Ted Thompson (click to show/hide)

 Name: Ted Thompson
Background: Ted was a pretty normal high schooler. He came from a nuclear family with one younger sibling. Perhaps his greatest attribute was his intelligence, something he nurtured by spending hours in the school library reading various books. Instead of joining clubs or participating in school activities, Ted would stay in the library and read, or play video games when at home. He is a polite and jovial person, although he isn't above being sarcastic or acting like a smartass when he is bored., His introverted nature usually kept him from displaying this outside of the small group of friends he felt comfortable around. He didn't have negative relations with his fellow students, however, since he often tutored those who asked for his help.
 

[Yottawhat]

Spoiler: Ross Roosevelt (click to show/hide)

Name: Ross Roosevelt
Background: A teen with an ego the size of small building. Ross considers himself to be a social butterfly able to scrum right on to his peer's antics and games.

[Shadowclaw777]

Spoiler: Dylan Daehler (click to show/hide)

Dylan Daehler: A socially reserved teenager who always had difficulty making friends. He always was the most happiest when he was socially isolated from other people and always had a difficulty with "finding a place" in this world. He has become a quite morbid, yet cunning fellow as he spend most of his time on reading and entertaining himself with technology, whether it be the casual video game or the more intensive art of programming. He has become quite an intellectual as his introverted nature led him have fewer, yet more deeper relationships with his friends. His main flaw is that he his very self-conscious and self-aware and that forces him to make a lot of subtle movements and changes of appearance so that his anxiety doesn't become unbearable for him.

[mastahcheese]

I'm seeing a theme with the names there.

I've lowered the player requirement to 6 since this seems to have a low turnout, but I still need an even number of players for this to work.

So hopefully I get one more.

[Fabulous death bringer]

Spoiler: Lily LaBlanc (click to show/hide)

Lily LaBlanc: a gamer and a bookworm. She always has either a controller/console or a book in her hands. She is used to being silent but will speak up. Lives with 3 brothers.

[DolosusDoleus]

Crap, I have to maintain the pattern!

Name changed.

[mastahcheese]

Crap, I have to maintain the pattern!

Name changed.

That's not a requirement, you know.

In any case, I have a satisfactory amount of people now, so I should hopefully be able to start this later tonight, once I take care of some other things.

[mastahcheese]

Day 1

A day like any other. Bustling streets filled with hurried crowds, elbowing past the few strange folk that somehow seem to have found a way to stop running, and relax in the chaos around them.
And unknown to them all, a subtle change in the wind that alters the fate of six wayward souls.

Section VI
Joe Joseph opens his eyes. He's standing in the middle of a street he doesn't recognize. He's never been to this part of town before. Nobody seems to notice him.

Section VII
Donny DiBorgo steps out of the subway station and onto the sidewalk. But as he looks around, this isn't his stop. In fact, he has no idea what part of town he's in.

Section VIII
Ted Thompson looks up from his phone and finds himself in a store he doesn't recognize. It's filled with black clothing and offensive accessories. Some kind of emo store? He steps outside. Wasn't he in his home neighborhood just a second ago? The hell?

Section X
Ross Roosevelt wakes up from being face down in the street. When did he fall? As he gets up, he looks around and realizes that he must have hit his head pretty hard, because he has no clue where he is.

Section XI
Dylan Daehler sprints out of the subway station, hoping that he's not going to be late getting to his friend's house. Suddenly, he stops and turns around. This is not the stop he got off on. Definitely not. He double-checked to make sure, and he does not recognize this place.

Section XII
Lily LaBlanc slowly pulls herself out of bed to start the day, and... the covers are gone. The covers are gone, and she's laying on a bench in front of a coffee house. She blinks a few times to be sure. She doesn't even know what coffee house this is, or where the hell she wound up at.

Unknown location
"You ready for this week?"
"Oh, fuck off."
"Oh, don't be like that. We finished last week in three days and got a four day weekend. Wake up, you lazy slug."
"Ugh, fine. I remember back when we didn't do this every week, though. Like, twice a month. Hate this new guy."
"It's good for you. Besides, it'll be over before you know it."


ALL PLAYERS
Add "Health 50/50" to your stat sheets when posting. (This is your only stat right now.)

[OceanSoul]

I meant to put up an application sooner. Mind squeezing me in?

Spoiler: Roésse Radde (click to show/hide)

Female

A geeky 11th grader that has always loved worlds of fantasy. She's playedXxxxxh all sorts of games (from Mtg and the Pokémon TGC to TLOZ and FF), and imagined all sorts of worlds for her to be a part of. The immersion of being the hero of a medieval world, a rising master of monsters, especially a being that crosses entire worlds and turns her experiences into her power, all give her a feeling that nothing else can provide. She works for a bookstore after school, and she'll occasionally volunteer for the animal shelter. Long red hair, light skin, blue eyes, green shirt, jeans, red sneakers.

[Elvish Miner]

Room for moar (or at least to get onto the waitlist)?

Spoiler: Sara Sarowski (click to show/hide)

Bio: A 17 year old girl who only recently moved here from a faraway country. While her English is decent, her accent gives her away. She loves math and sports,
specifically soccer, though her height makes her a great basketball player as well.

[highmax28]

Spoiler: Joe Joseph (click to show/hide)

Background: Wannabe greaser kid. Not much of a fighter but he's quite the swindler when he needs money. Courageous, but rash, and loyal to those close to him. Believes he has fantastic hair and gets VERY angry when someone even mildly insults it. Lives with only his mother and his grandfather, and he does not know who his father is

Health: 50/50

Wander around looking for anything familiar