Sadie Rockin’s RP
The Date is July 16th, 2017, the time is
7:30 p.m. and the sun has just recently set, blanketing Vague City under a cover of darkness. The night is warm, it being summer, and the atmosphere is alive with excitement.
Tonight, hosted in a large building on the outskirts of the city, a slightly formal, mostly informal dance is being held by the RHG organization to, surprisingly, give the fans of the RHG a chance to meet their heroes in person and even dance with them.
Fans of the gladiator system have gathered from all over the world to get a chance to meet and even party with their heroes. Asides from the fans themselves, News Networks have also arrived to try and get a scoop on the highly safeguarded inner-workings of the RHG, hoping to get some answers from the fighters themselves.[/spoiler]
1) Express interest
It should go without
saying that the first step in joining this (besides reading up on the rules) is admitting you might want to join this.
2) Double up
But as the saying goes, it takes two to tango. Once we get a good amount of writers in this, what we’ll want you to do by the 19th is pick one of the other players you want to start off with. Note that while there will be room for (temporary and permanent) partner switches later on, you want to choose wisely here, and make sure you’re a wise choice yourself.
3) Declare character / Role
Part of choosing a dance partner means knowing which of you is playing the lead and which is playing the follow. In this context, that means one of you is going to be playing the role of a gladiator that was invited to the dance by one of their fans, and the other will be playing a fan of that particular gladiator who’s here to dance with them. Work with your writing buddy to figure out which role best suits each of you, and create / post a set of characters that both you and your partner are willing to work with by the the 23rd of July.
4) Settle in
When everyone has their partners and profiles ready, we’ll give you a few days to a week to read up on all of the other characters you may wind up dancing with as the roleplay progresses, as well as handle any partner disputes and last minute additions if there are any.
5) Write
Once we’re all settled in and everything’s ready to go, we’ll let you know when it’s time to write and where you’ll be starting.
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First off, there is no rule on the qualities and traits of the fan / gladiator. Despite it being a “Sadie Hawkins” dance, the gladiator does not have to be male, nor the fan female, and in fact neither is required to be human. That said, it is important that you cater to your partner, and that your partner caters to you. If your partner’s gladiator is an amorphous animatronic changeling with a strange fascination with cats, your option as a fan would be to either appeal to this writer’s gladiator, possibly by having your character be an orange tabby cat named Charles XIII, or alternatively, find a more reasonable dance partner.
Secondly, if there were a rule on the qualities and traits of the fan / gladiator, it would be that you do give detailed descriptions so that your roleplay partners can definitively say whether or not their dance partner Ralph is or isn’t an 8ft tall homophobic salamander that smells like a butt.
Thirdly, the basics of playing an RP, don’t control another person’s character. Allow other players to respond to your character’s questions or react to your character’s action, just basic role-playing etiquette.
Fourthly, a quick suggestion more than a rule for creating your character for this RP. If you don’t wish to use your wRHG as your active character in the RP, you may use another OC who you wish to develop as a character instead of having to create an entirely new one. Totally optional, but a good thing to know anyway.
Fifth, a rule simply to help manage posting, I must ask that you, if your character is having a one on one conversation with another character, try to limit yourself to posting in response until at least one other person has posted, besides your dancing partner or whoever your character is talking to. This will help the problem of coming back from a day of inactivity to participate in the RP and finding out there’s 5 new pages of context you’ll have to scroll through. Rather irritating, right? So yeah, this rule is in place simply to help the flow of things. You don’t have to always follow it, I just ask you try to. Also, please try not to post 1 line replies and what not, as that’s extremely lame and lazy.
Now, to make sure you guys read through all the rules and are still interested, when you post in response to wanting to participate in this, write: “IggyBarns sucks at making RP’s”. Once you’ve done so, if you want to (I’d highly recommend doing so), I’ll invite you to the RP’s Discord Server. If you don’t have an account, I’d highly encourage getting one, as it will highly improve how you can communicate with your fellow RP participants and partners.
Lastly, don’t forget to have fun. ;)
The building this event is taking place
in is a massive, ballroom esque structure, with high, vaulted ceilings and tiled floors. The entrance is a large foyer comprised of marble columns lining both the left and right walls, with a ton of benches and seating areas in between for waiting guests. Every piece of the place is in top quality condition, not a scratch or blemish in the entire building. At least, until tonight. Three sets of double, wooden doors mark the entrance to the main hall. The dance floor inside is huge, around two hundred feet square and made of a slick black plating, ideal for busting some killer dance moves out on.
The dance floor is slightly raised off the ground, around four inches to give it special prominence, as the event is a dance, and is located dead center in the hall. Behind it stands a massive booth meant for the DJ to play songs and whatever else a DJ does.
A large set of metal girders, arranged in a square formation, hang over the dance floor, around forty feet up, with various lights and gadgets to enhance the experience.
While not on the dance floor, visitors can enjoy hundreds of different types of foods on various tables strewn outside the main area to dance. These tables are primarily lined up to the right of the dance floor, and any food you can think of, it’ll be on one of them.
Tucked into the back left corner and guarded by burly bodyguards is a set of premium quality leather couches reserved as an of sanctuary for the RHG attendees. Any Fighters who are not wanting to dance or simply want to relax may dwell in this section, free of pestering from their adoring public.
Other than the previously mentioned places within the building itself, the rest of the hall is primarily open space for visitors and fighters alike to mill around and talk, get autographs, etc.[/spoiler]
Lionel Kingsman: The head of security for the night, Lionel was hired simply for his reputation and size. He is of African descent, as such possessing dark skin, and stands at an imposing six foot seven. He’s quite muscular as well, keeping his body in pristine condition for his job as a security worker. He stands guard just inside the foyer’s doors, waiting for any sign of a disturbance to take action. His head is shaven bald, and his uniform consists of black slacks and a tight-fitting black shirt.
DJ Happy: The DJ for the dance. He’s a laid back guy, standing average height with curly red hair partially covered by a blue beanie cap. He wears a loose fitting white tank-top and jeans. He’ll almost always be seen inside the soundbooth, cranking out all sorts of fun songs to play for the dance. He does take requests, though he kindly asks for people to let the previous song finish before he starts another.
Name:
Age:
Height:
Appearance: (See Rule
s)
Role: (Fan or Fighter)
Clothes: (You can list this in appearance if you like, otherwise just put it here.)[/spoiler]
Q: Who will you be participating as Ignus?
A: Simple, my current wRHG Al-Abbas min Filastin. While Riley and Levi may or may not take appear in here at some point, (probably not) Abbas is currently my active character and I want to further his character in any way I can. He will be taking part in the dance too, as he’s an RHG fighter.
Q: Who’s actually running this RP?
A: Me primarily. Though I will say that if the occasion should arise, and if he’s willing, I might pass that responsibility to Chromium7, as he, being a cool guy, has agreed to do so if I need him to. Though for now, I am your overlord dictating what happens in this RP! MWHAHAHA!
Q: How many people are allowed in this RP?
A: As many as I deem okay. An even number would be best, as partners are going to be chosen here soon enough. Though, if an odd number of participants were to occur, I can make adjustments for such an occasion, such as bringing in one other of my characters to fulfill that role.
Abbas isn't imposing, nor is he totally
capable of looking welcoming as well, constantly having a bored and slightly irritated look plastered on his face. He stands 6'1", weighs a rather regular 174 pounds, and usually dresses in simple articles, such as shorts and a t-shirt. Tonight however, he has upped his game, tying his normally unkempt black hair into a neat ponytail that falls to his mid-neck. He's freshly shaved and wears a classy black and white suit, with a pair of recently polished, black, shin high boots underneath.
Abbas has toffee colored skin and vibrant, golden eyes. His smile, when he does smile, is dazzlingly white, and his nose has a single, rather subtle white scar running over the bridge, the one blemish on his otherwise handsome face.
Role: Fighter
Partners With: Sarah Cassady (Urako)
Eric is a 5'11" (184cm) tall Caucasian.
he's wearing his normal clothes, minus his gloves, and replacing his combat boots for a pair of normal black dance shoes. he also has brown cargo pants, a black medium sleeved t-shirt, and his trade-mark tattered, hooded overcoat. (any upper-body clothing can be assumed to have sits for his wings)
As for actual physiology: he has a fairly slim build, and his wings have a span of roughly 6.5m, when fully extended. Seeing as how its a dance, he'll probably just keep them folded on his shoulders the entire time.
Facial features; short, unkept blonde hair, golden eyes, and nothing particularly special apart from that.
Role: Fighter
Partners With: Ana Collete (Oster)
Name: Clive
Age: n/a
Height: 6 ft
Appea
rance: Clive looks like your standard Grim Reaper, with a skeletal body and a sickle weapon. The sickle's handle is made of an ebony-black material similar in appearance to obsidian, and its blade color can only be described as “liquid cosmos”. In terms of clothing, he's wearing a black silken hooded cloak with shiny gold trim and silver lining. The hood hides Clive’s face, shrouding all features aside from his glowing eyes. His left eye is green, and his right eye is blue. If anyone were to pull his hood off (not recommended), his head is actually a night-black flaming sphere hovering above his skeletal chest.
Role: Supposedly a fighter; he mainly joined just because he heard about the event and found it interesting.
Clothes: As stated in appearance; a black hooded cloak with shiny gold trim and silver lining.
Extra Info: Lacking the organs required for speech, Clive communicates using body and sign language. The special thing about this is…even if someone doesn’t know sign language, they will understand Clive when he does it. If he ever leaves his sickle unattended, it hangs in the air as if held by invisible hands.[/spoiler]
Name:Cynthia Roseann Glass
Age: 22
Gende
r: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Weight: 115 lbs
Height: 5'6
Appearance: A refined and pretty woman, she is a flaxen blond with fine but soft features and eyes the color of Appalachian stream water (amber with tones of faded meadow green). She keeps how long hair loose most of the time, pulling it back into a carefree ponytail when she’s doing sports or painting. Not the most grabbing person in a crowd, perhaps -- more of a subtle beauty. Her taste in clothes is typically a bit more reserved than popular tastes (aka, no shorty-shorts and tight yoga pants), but still up-to-date with styles, and typically a bit playful.
Role: Fighter[/spoiler]
Name: Light (Real name unknown), he has
however adopted a more modern name, that name being Mr L.
Age: Unknown, but anyone can guess he's way past he's expire date. Doesn't smell of corpse though, so thats a plus
Height: Circa 8 foot (Circa 250 cm)
Appearance: He wears a long dark red robe that covers most of his body, with a long purple scarf like cloth thats hangs from his neck and reaches down to this feet. The robe is made of soft silk, so it gently waves through the air as he moves around, however, the main part of the robe is slightly heavier, so it does not show the body underneath. Most of his face is covered in the same cloth, not tightly, but enough for his undead face underneath to be hidden. His face, and in fact his body too, is nothing a gray dried husk of a humans body. Despite how dead and skinny his body is, he's still wide shouldered, with enough of his muscle left making him still have a bit of a hulking form that is outline with the robe. The only thing that seems remotely alive about his body is his eyes, which have blue flames within the center of the sockets in replacement of eyes. Said fire glows through the scarf, giving the purple scarf a strange darker and bluer color where his face is. He wears sandals beneath his robes, but unfortunately for him, heavy movement makes a lot of skin on his body simply flake off, so dancing will inevitably leave the floor with dead gray skin. Lucky for him however, its not a lot, but its still noticeable.
Role: Fighter
Clothes: Up there
Weight: Dude weighs around 200 kilos, so he has some hella heavy steps. But he is able to be light-foot when he needs to be, with a lot of effort of course.
Partners With: Halle Mackinson (Chromium7)[/spoiler]
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Name: Ana Collete
Age:18
Height: around
5'4''
Appearance: She has light straw colored hair cut short save for two locks that frame her face, reaching her shoulders, light emerald rebellious eyes and a hundred watt smile. Her most defining feature is her powerful pair of starry feathered wings, mostly a solid, glossy black but are dotted by many spots that appear as pinpricks of white during the day but in low light glow softly like stars on a clear night. She can retract her wings enough to rest against her back when needed but her natural state is with them on full display.
Role: "Fan"
Clothes: Lithe and thin. She loves to wear specially designed button-up blouses, has two slits in her back that allow her to retract her wings if necessary, and dark pants.
Partners With: Eric Kassaran (GenericAnon)
Name: Sarah Cassady
Age: 22
Height: 5
6”
Appearance: First off, Cassady is a human. Caucasian skin. She has fairly long braided brown hair that goes down to her shoulder. Her eyes are a dark shade of blue. She has clear white teeth and well taken care of smile. Her form is average for that of her height and weight. Otherwise she is fairly normal apart from a few freckles.
Role: Fan
Clothes: She doesn’t have a lot of money in her
