themantarays

omg koalas are so ugly

Why the fuck do you people think I'll enjoy dead fish and furry erotica? 2hot and Merel are banned from this competition.

One post per day. Should have had this rule from the beginning.

You had the best post so far, but since, if i'm interpreting their post right, they were trying to post "nothing" but couldn't figure out how to make it more nothingful, they hardly deserve to win. I mean, how do you post nothingness, and manage to half-ass it?

Done.

And I'm being lenient with post lengths again, as they are not near ten lines on my zoomed out screen.

=3

You people... Bhavati Kubera and Bhavati Vayu just wasn't good enough for you. XD

The island you've landed on is about the size of Great Britain. It can have any features you want, but it is mostly tropical. I guess you guys can post some more if you want, but don't explore the island too much, or look at your packs too closely. Also, if you tried to do something that wouldn't actually work, prepare to take some damage.

Also, "

But, what if I need all 53 today? I shouldn't waste it on them... Oh, that's it! I'll catch them with Bhavati Vayu if it really looks bad. As long as I save at least one more, I don't have to feel guilty about letting others die~

" What kind of BS is this? XD You should be ashamed!

First post is up! (It's 7:30 pacific time, i didn't lie. ) https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/21330-rp-cataclysmic/

Next GM post will come in the next couple days. (Most posts will give you much more time than that, but this one is special.) It's not critical that you post in this time period, but if you don't I will consider you to have been taken by surprise. 

After you read the post, look here for a description of what to post about (I think I will make this the norm).

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Try to end your post not too long after you land wherever you want. If you want to make sure you are with a particular other person, now is the time to make sure of that by PMing them or discussing here. (But remember you don't have long and I won't allow you to edit posts.) Finally, I said there were 30+ people in the ship; if you want to use some for your own purposes that's fine to an extent, but don't get too emotionally attached to them. Also, they haven't taken any backpacks and aren't particularly helpful in a fight. 

In the beginning, there was chaos.

The transport was shivering strangely as it struggled between two orbits, as if the husk of the Ananta Rakshasa it was carved from was as afraid of tumbling into the moon below as its pilot was. The thought of a dead Superior Sura being afraid of death made Itzal giggle as he addressed his passengers - fellow elite magicians and fighters from his home planet - the best rescue team Willarv had to offer - his dear friends - for what was probably going to be the final time in his life.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. If you look to your left, you will see our nice, big, round destination." The mostly aqueous planet Carte loomed bright and blue. At this close distance, it was so large it could be mistaken for the sky.

The loud banging outside the cabin stopped momentarily as the people attacking the barricaded door suddenly realized their captain was not, in fact, dead. Yet. Hahaha.

"I-If you look to your right, you will see the giant comet, um... which, ahahaha, I forgot the name of, which it is said orbits this solar system once every one million years, 8 days, two hours, and sixteen seconds. And I'm pretty sure those shadows you can see on it-"

Itzal took his finger off the intercom button just in time to prevent the cabin from hearing his hysterical, desperate laughter. "Um, those shadows you can see, why that would be our other transport ship and several Rakshasa fighting to the death.

"And if you pay, really, re-he-he-heally close attention, you may notice that all of our equipment and all of the supplies and things that were located in, what I think used to be, aha, the spleen? Um, they're all floating away right now.

"It's kind of like the spleen is bleeding. Ahahaha-" hahahahaha oh Gods we're going to die.

Unlike his passengers, Itzal had a third view: The view dead ahead. And that was filled with a swirling mass of purple haze. The fact that the moon was supposed to be a different color was not the most pressing issue on his mind. He didn’t even particularly mind that there weren't supposed to be Rakshasa flying around it earlier. What was causing him the most concern – what had caused this mess in the first place – was the fact that it was also supposed to be about 100,000 miles farther away.

Itzal really, really hoped that he estimated things properly. Not that I have many options right now. He adjusted the snaking ship so that it slowly reformed into a straight line.

“Ahem. Anyway, the point is, in the interests of not getting killed by several different things, you guys should probably follow my explicit instructions.”

Itzal decoupled the “engines” from the tail of the ship. A loud shudder reverberated chillingly.

“First, if you have enough time, run to the back of the passenger decks and grab whatever pre-packed bags are back there; I’d definitely recommend taking a blue one, but as you know there should be 4 types.”

Itzal readied more commands to be simultaneously executed on his command.

“Secondly, it would probably be best if everyone got into groups of 4 or 5. And whatever you do, make sure there’s a Vayu or Kubera magician among you.”

Someone started banging on the door again.

“And last, well I’m not completely sure about this one, since I can’t really get a good view of Carte, and even if I could it appears to be covered by an unnatural amount of weather systems, but if – if – if we’re where I think we are, and I’m sorry if we’re not because my calculations tend to get a little iffy during high stress situations even though it would be really really nice to get a good idea of what I’m doing before I do it–“

Itzal took his hand off the intercom and breathed. The outer layers of the ship decoupled with the inner passageways. Itzal readied his final message.

“But if we are there, then – and I’m talking to you Vayu and Kubera magicians – do try to aim for the island, and not drown.”

The panicked attacks on his barricaded door suddenly resumed with a renewed fury. Itzal giggled as he moved to press the big red button once and for all. My friends will probably die. I will probably die. My wife-

Itzal hesitated. His wife was in there. She was going to give him a picture she drew for their anniversary. It was his idea to spend their anniversary doing this instead of something normal. “Oh, it won’t be dangerous,” he had said. “It’s just lost contact,” he had said. “They probably need their equipment fixed, since they lost so many magicians during the Cataclysm. It’s basically just community service in a cool exotic land,” he had said. Now his wife was in danger because of him. She’d never call him by his pet name “Manta” ever again. She-

“I’M GOING TO KILL YOU MANTAAAAAAAAAA!!” someone yelled beyond the door.

…

She’ll be fine.

Itzal pressed the big red button.

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Three things happened:

Explosions sent the cockpit spiraling off in a hopeless trajectory towards the moon.

The same explosions slowly rotated the body of the ship, nudging the tail to point directly at the planet.

The rear maintenance doors flew open, ejecting thirty-odd magicians and fighters at a ridiculous speed straight into the cold, swirling upper atmosphere of Carte.

THE 22nd GUYS, I"LL START IT ON THE 22nd.

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(No really, that's the quote. XD http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amy_Lee)

I just finished finals today, but I'm also studying for an actuarial exam on the 20th. That shouldn't take up all my time though. Yeah schools are weird, I have 3 terms/year, I start in september and end in june, with most of december off.

I'll start the RP as soon as I finish writing up the first two posts; expect it sometime next week.

Last call to join~ ...well not really since I can add characters in later.

@socrates - If you have something specific in mind, anything is fine as long as it's 750 or below. But if you really want me to reroll for you, here's a nice 710 for you.

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I've been a long-time fan of Kubera, but resisted getting an account here until I saw this. Right before finals too (How could you?)... Anyway, I hope you'll let me join in this; my experience with roleplaying is slight, but I've always enjoyed it. Let's get down to business...

 

Name: Ritsu Hanatz

Appearance: Male, 36 (looks 18). Short, with short, dark hair. Almost always looks mischievous.

Race: Yaksha Quarter

Birth Attributes: Kubera/Chandra/Brahma

Divine Affinity: RNG? (pls be good)

Transcendental Value: 748 (to troll him)

Strength: 48

Constitution: 548

Daily usages:

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Hoti Kubera: 1 (x3 = 3)

Hoti Chandra: 2 (x3 = 6)

Hoti Brahma: 1 (x3 = 3)

Hoti Vayu: 2

Hoti Indra: 2

Transcendental:

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Illusion: 2 (no base damage)

Creates an image within sight of the caster (but does not have to remain in sight after initial casting). The better the picture in the caster's head, the more realistic the illusion. If the caster loses their mental picture of the image, the illusion disappears. For a Transcendental value of above 500, the caster can create a human-sized illusion and slightly animate it (eg, extremely small movements). For a value of above 750, the caster can create larger images, up to 2. For a value of 1500, the caster can have the created images move like a normal, corporeal being.

Weapon: 2 long-ish, single-bladed knives are Ritsu's weapon of choice.

Bio:

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Ritsu Hanatz, the son of a Yaksha-half mother and a well-to-do pureblood father, lived, in his opinion, a boring and restrictive early life. When his parents learned that he was magically gifted, they sent him to university. While he was a good student, his grades did not reflect it, since he spent more of his time looking for adventure. When he graduated at age 28, having repeated several years, he earned a(n) __ rank*. He uses his skills as a bounty-hunter, of sorts; he kills and sells low-level sura for their body parts. He always loves a good fight and adventure, so when he heard of the expedition, he signed up immediately. He prefers to fight with stealth and trickery.

*Magician rank to be determined by RNGed Divine Affinity: A if greater than or equal to 815, BB if less than 815.

Welcome! I was a lurker here for the better part of a year too. Posting on batoto tends to grow on you.

Your character sheet looks good; your divine affinity is: 775.

The gods of randomness have been generous lately.

Ah okay. After the 12 hour delay, if they normally die at the age of 80, they'd look 80 years old. But for the sake of the RP, we'll assume they have the same abilities and everything.

Name: Itzal "Manta" Zeretxea

Appearance: Light skin and shaggy dark gray hair. Thin, but with life behind his eyes.

Race: Pureblood human

Birthday Attributes: Yama (death) - Surya (light) - Chandra (darkness)

Divine Affinity: 750

Transcendental Value: 750

Strength: 5

Constitution: 76

Daily usages:

Bio: A volunteer for piloting the dangerous mission. At the age of 21, is rather young; this is his first taste of combat. In his free time, he likes to experiment with fun, dangerous new forms of fusion magic. Married to Vanda, they are celebrating their anniversary tomorrow in traditional magician fashion: fighting for their lives in the middle of nowhere.

Lots of RPs just have people delineate their own powers/moves and cost of them. I think this is the way to go with transcendentals after we set some basic guidelines, since the more predefined we make this stuff, the less we get the fun of making our own characters, which is why RPs are so fun in the first place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right

Some more info.