So I'm trying to commit to this in order to better my writing skills. I figured the best way to keep track of it was through making a thread. Anyways, here's the first: (CnC welcome)






Edit: I decided to use this thread as an index.

I've commented on allll the stuff people post in the main thread. It would make things decently simpler to post your progress there, since it'll be complicated enough just making the charts. Idk, you can do what you want though :p

Sorry about that. -_-; I was trying to simplify it, not complicate it...

The Shower


Kelsey yawned. She and Harry had been waiting for about an hour for the meteor shower to start. Harry had heard that it would happen around 7:40 that night, and insisted on coming here early, in case of traffic. Fortunately (or unfortunately), traffic was surprisingly light, and they made it to the lookout spot a bit too early.

"Is it about time yet?" she called out to Harry. "Just a few more minutes," he replied, adjusting the angle of his tripod-mounted camera. "Oh man, this is going to be awesome!" He looked positively giddy with anticipation. "I heard that this was going to be the biggest meteor storm in history!" "Do you think any of them'll hit us?" Kelsey joked. "Nah. The odds of that happening are..." Harry paused for a moment. "One in... seven hundred thousand... Yeah," he confirmed, "One in seven hundred thousand. Those are your odds of getting hit by one." *If only the Powerball had odds that low.* Kelsey mused. *But then again,* she frowned. *I probably wouldn't win much either. Maybe.*

A brief flash lit up the sky, snapping Kelsey out of her musings. "It's starting!" Harry cried out. He quickly turned on the camera and double checked to see if it was positioned correctly. "Ohboyohboyohboy..." Satisfied that it was finished, he stepped back and sat down next to Kelsey to enjoy the show. At first, there were only a few barely noticable strands of light that came and went at almost the blink of an eye. Then, as if someone suddenly twisted open a celestial faucet, hundreds, thousands of meteorites suddenly started streamed from the sky. Kelsey and Harry stared in awe. "Wow," Kelsey breathed. Never had she seen anything like this. "I know, right?" Harry answered, almost at a whisper. Kelsey didn't reply, too enraptured by the sight before her. They just sat there together, silently staring at the night sky. After a while, Harry spoke.

"Thanks again for taking the time to bring me here, Kelse." "It wasn't any problem, really," Kelsey replied. "Besides, I get to see a once-in-a-lifetime event." "Actually, meteor showers are a pretty common occurance," Harry corrected. "It's just that this one's more spectacular, is all." Kelsey chuckled. "Way to ruin the mood." Harry slumped a bit. "O-oh. S-sorry," he mumbled. "Oh, it's all right," Kelsey said, waving it off. "I know how much you love astronomy. I wish I had your level of dedication with my work." Harry didn't answer, but he seemed to straighten up and gave her a faint smile.

"Oh, look at that one!" He pointed to a particularly bright meteorite. "It looks like it's coming this way!" Kelsey squinted. "Yeah, it does look like that, doesn't it?"

KRA-KOOM

They jumped as the meteorite slammed into- and through- a nearby tree, toppling it. Harry hopped to his feet and ran towards the crash zone, Kelsey not too far behind. The meteor was a short distance away from the tree, in a relatively small crater. It was round, almost sperical, and looked to be about the size of a basketball. Surprisingly, Kelsey didn't see any fires, nor did she feel any excessive heat radiating from the meteorite.
"I thought that there would be more fire," Kelsey stated. "Oh, that's mostly Hollywood, making it fancy," Harry answered, approaching the meteorite. "In truth, a meteorite actually tends to be warm, or even cool upon impact." With a grunt, he picked it up. "Whoa," he groaned,"this thing's pretty heavy." He looked at it closely before handing it to Kelsey. "It looks to me like it's most likely a chondrite" Kelsey studied the round stone in her hands. It certainly was quite weighty. Possibly about thirty or so pounds, and it looked to be composed of hundreds of smaller sperical pebbles and stones.

Harry spoke as Kelsey set down the meteorite. "You know, an interesting thing about chondrites: they're known to contain small bits of organic matter." Kelsey snorted, "What, you mean like aliens?" "Yep," he replied. At that moment, the meteorite split open with a loud CRACK. "What the-!" Before Harry could finish, a cloud of smoke burst out of the meteorite and enveloped both of them.

Kelsey tried to hold her breath, but she had already inhaled a bit of the smoke, which began to severely irritate her lungs, and caused her to cough involuntarily. The pain was excruciating, making her collapse in a shuddering, coughing fit. Next to her, Harry was curled up in a ball, dry heaving next to a puddle of his own vomit. She tried to crawl away, to get a breath of fresh air, but before she could get very far, everything went dark.

It seems that I can't stay committed... :(

Anyways, here's an RHG character I designed.
Kooky

Age: ???

Appearance:
It's a rooster
It's a little bigger than the average rooster
Has black iridescent feathers
Other than that, looks just like a normal rooster

Personality:
It's a little smarter than the average rooster. You can almost *see* those gears whirring away inside that mad, chicken-y mind.
Loud, obnoxious, and really aggressive. Always picking fights.

Weaknesses:
You can cut its head off.
You can cage it, if you can catch it.

Abilities:

Fast- Kooky has been recorded running as fast as olympic sprinters.

Flappy Bird- Kooky can flap its wings fast enough to increase its jump height to about 10 meters.

Like an Octopus- Kooky can escape through gaps slightly bigger than his head.

Feather Flurry- If captured, Kooky can launch his feathers from his body in a huge feathery explosion in order to distract his captor, and possibly to allow him to slide out of their grip. His feathers completely grow back within a few minutes.

Unkillable- the only way to incapacitate Kooky is to decapitate him.

Defense Mechanism- Once decapitated, Kooky's body grows to about the size of an elephant and transforms into a wyvern-like creature known as a cockatrice.


Cockatrice:

Appearance:
Feathered from head to wing, followed by black serpentine scales.
Head is still that of a rooster, though significantly bigger.

Personality:
Still loud, less obnoxious, but mood is always in "Apocalype Mode".
Now with extra intelligence! Seriously though, as a cockatrice, Kooky is a lot more cunning.

Abilities:

Fast!- Able to run as fast as a cheetah.

Flappy-er Bird- Kooky can flap his wings, generating winds going up to 10 miles per hour.

Ironhide- Hide like leather, and has scales and feathers as tough as steel. Projectile/blasting/beam attacks seem to just bounce off at a certain strength.

Stunning Shriek- Makes an ear-splitting shriek, capable of temporarily stunning/disorienting a person.

Destructo-breath- Breathes out a rolling cloud of dark gas that starts dissolving anything caught within it.

Superjump- Able to leap about 20 meters in height.

Juggernaut- Keeps on fighting until dead, then you have to protect yourself from his death throes.

Revert- Upon death, Kooky transforms back into his rooster form.

Weaknesses:

Kooky is bad with sharp turns in this form.
Kooky can jump, but he can't fly, nor glide.
Though blades have a problem hurting him in this form, Kooky is more susceptible to piercing weapons.
Kooky *can* be killed in this form. Sort of.



Story:
No one really knows where Kooky came from, or where he goes after the battle. The only thing that anyone really knows, and all that matters, is that he is a chicken capable of going toe-to-toe with high-tier gladiators.


Demo:
[spoiler=]
"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for the main event?" the announcer boomed. The crowd roared back, cheering and whistling. "On this side," he stated, motioning to the side closest to him, "are the Elemental Siblings!"

"Prometheus!"
A young man with brilliant red hair suddenly appeared in a burst of flame, green eyes sparkling.

"Gaia!"
A figure formed out of the ground, the stone crumbling away to reveal a woman with brown hair and gray eyes.

"Triton!"
A pillar of water rose and coalesced into a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, not much older than twelve.

"And Zephyr!"
A whirlwind suddenly appeared, kicking up a cloud of dust. After a while, it suddenly dissipated, revealing a young girl with black hair and green eyes.

"And in this corner, we have the ridiculous, the unknown, the mighty, ladies and gentlemen, let's give a hearty welcome to our challenger- KOOKY!"

The crowd roared, and at that moment, at the other side of the arena, the floor opened up and ejected a large metal box. Every now and again it would rattle, as if something were trying to escape.

"This is going to be a match to remember! The battle begins in 3...!"

The siblings got into position: Gaia in the back, Prometheus up front, Triton right behind him, and Zephyr circling them.

"2...!"

Everyone went silent.

"1...!"

The box flew open, and a blur shot out with a puff of feathers and a loud "BUKAWWWWK!!"

"FIGHT!"

Prometheus snorted. "Really? A chicken?" He turned to face Gaia. "See sis? I told you our opponent was probably gonna be a real co-."

"Just kill the damned thing," Gaia interrupted.

Prometheus waved it off and took a step towards the rapidly apporaching fowl.

"Alright, alright. Anyways, looks like we'll be eatin' good tonight!" Prometheus whooped as he lobbed a fireball at Kooky, who quickly dodged it. Prometheus frowned.

"Zeffie! Get it off the ground!" he ordered.

"On it!"

Before the rooster reached them, Zephyr disappeared in a gust of wind, and Kooky was suddenly lifted into the air kicking and squawking.

"Alright, when I say 'now', drop him, alright?" Prometheus called out.

"Okay!"

"Aaaand... now!"

Zephyr released Kooky, and Prometheus quickly immolated him in a gout of intense fire. A moment later, Kooky's burnt corpse hit the ground with a meaty thud.

"Well, that was easy," Triton commented dryly. "You guys didn't even need me for this."

"And the winners are- wait! What's this?!" the announcer shouted.

Kooky's dead body was expanding, forming itself into what looked to be a massive, fleshy egg. The crowd roared with excitement. "It's not over yet, folks!" the announcer yelled excitedly. "It looks like our fried feathered friend still has a card up it's sleeve!"

"Fuck." Prometheus muttered, as he pelted the egg with fireballs. "Of course it had to have a final form." To his dismay, the fireballs seemed to just glance off or fizzle out. His siblings joined in on the assult, pummeling the egg with everything they had, to no avail. Fire fizzled out, water splashed off, earth spikes didn't even scratch it, and wind couldn't even rock it.

The egg soon started thrashing. "It's going to hatch!"

"Triton!" Prometheus called, "When it breaks open, I want you to hop into it's mouth and choke it to death, okay?"

"What makes you think it'll have a mouth?" Triton replied. "What if it's a ball of slime?"

"All gladiators have a theme, even the bestial ones." Prometheus shot back. "Look, I'll buy you something nice with my share after this, alright?"

Triton nodded, albeit a bit reluctantly. "Fine."

The egg split open, and a beaked head popped out.

"NOW!"

"Why couldn't it have been a giant slime?" Triton muttered as he leaped at the giant chicken head, flowing into it's mouth when it started to sqawk at them. Kooky started convulsing as he tried to force Triton out of his throat. After a moment, he went still. A gurgling sound was heard. Shortly after, Triton rocketed out of Kooky's mouth. Kooky shuddered and gasped. Triton, on the other hand, was rolling on the ground and screaming in pain, occasionally flashing between human and elemental form. The spectators collectively gasped. Gaia, Prometheus, and Zephyr ran over to him.

"What's wrong? What happened?" she cried out, trying to hold him still.

Triton managed to choke out,"A-cid...!" before screaming and turning into a puddle.

By now, Kooky had recovered somewhat, and started to unsteadily get back up on his feet.

"Zeffie, Pro, I need you to keep that thing busy while I get Triton out of here okay?" Not waiting for an answer, Gaia used her power to scoop up their baby brother and rushed off to the evacuation zone.

---

"Shit!" Prometheus leapt to the side again as Kooky charged past him. Things were not looking good. "I should've guessed that this battle seemed too easy for us." He took a brief moment to go over strategy. If he got too close, Zephyr wouldn't be able to protect him from Kooky's acid breath. If he was too far away, his own attacks would be too weak and just bounce off. If at the right distance, Kooky either rushed him or leaped into the air. Zephyr had tried to damage it then, or at least knock it off balance to no avail. He'd already tried making Kooky run into the walls with no success, and attacking an enemy that was about to crush you was definitely a bad idea. On the plus side, even though they couldn't land a hit on the cockatrice, the same thing could be said about Kooky.

*Where the hell is Gaia?* he thought.

Kooky charged at him again, which Prometheus dodged. A stone spike suddenly shot out of the ground where he was standing and speared the charging cockatrice through the chest. Kooky struggled and tried to dislodge itself from the spike. It tried to screech but it was cut short as its throat burst open, revealing a crimson-drenched fist. The spike shifted itself completely upright and started slowly receding back into the ground, tearing out all of Kooky's innards. Kooky laid there shuddering and twitching for a few moments before melting into a puddle of blood. All that remained was its pulsating brain, about the size of a football, which Prometheus promptly immolated into a charred lump.

"And we have a winner!" the announcer boomed. "Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a large round of applause to tonight's victors, the Elemental Siblings!"

---

As the spectators started clearing out, the custodian droids swooped in to prepare the arena for the next night's battle. One of the droids approached Kooky's scorched brain with a small metal box. With a quick movement, it swiftly flipped the brain into the box. Once it was secured, the rest of the droids began cleaning in earnest.

Inside the box, something stirred. The brain started twitching and jumping, until, with a screech, a feathered creature burst out from within. Almost immediately, it tried to escape its confines. It furiously kicked, scratched, and pecked at the interior of the box. Several powerful shocks later, it stopped trying to escape. Kooky calmly sat down and put its head under its wing. Planning, waiting for the next time it would be released.[/spoiler]

Wow, haven't been here in a while. Here's something new.

"I should have listened to you, Sister. Now I have fallen. There are others down here as well. Others who made the same mistake I did."

"It is so cold down here. I can barely see anything, but from what I have seen, this land is desolate and barren, Bats swoop in to prey on us at times, and the bodies... So many bodies... Dead, sick, and dying. I want to come home."

"It has been five days since I've fallen into the Abyss. The others tell me to give up my endeavors to escape, but I won't give up that easily. Today, I and a group of others who fell with me will begin our journey to leave this bleak land."

"Most of them are dead, eaten by the bats. Sister Chitirk is gone. I was one of the few fortunate enough to only get knocked back down. I am slightly injured, and it will take me a while to recover. It is disheartening to have lost all my progress, but I will persevere."

"Ten days. Ten days in the cold and darkness. Food is scarce, as usual. The others don't tell me what they've been feeding me, but it gives me enough energy to get around. Enough to plan another escape attempt. To whomever that is reading this, do not worry, you will escape from this place as well."

"I made it, Sister! I have made it to the mouth of the Abyss! Oh how glorious it is! After a night's rest, I will begin the Ascent."

"I hear their screams as they fall past me. It haunts me."

"Sister, they won't stop screaming."

"Is this purgatory? Is this hell?"

"Climbing up an endless chasm while hearing the lamentations of the damned?"

"This section that I am climbing seems to be quite unstable, but I think it will hold lon-"

"I have fallen yet again."

"..."

"The Darkness has claimed me, Sister."

For those wondering, I got inspiration from this article.

Quote from Munisylc

Wow, haven't been here in a while. Here's something new.


For those wondering, I got inspiration from this article.

Hm, nice! I enjoyed that :D keep up the good work

I enjoyed this as well. Simple, to the point meditation.

Good job.

I hope you stick around this time!