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Post by JW% on Feb 4, 2013 20:11:04 GMT -8
In the near future humanity comes under attack from an alien force. The first attack is made almost completely in secret, as a biological agent is released in a major transportation hub. The pandemic sweeps the world, causing massive death toll. Nations of the world declare martial law and begin to block transportation centers, trying to stop the spread of the disease.
Humanity however was not homogenous enough for one disease to eliminate. Pockets of resistance survived and lived on as horrible twisted reminders of what once was.
This is the story of the generation after the fall of man kind. This is the story of the children sold into bondage, to be turned into guardians to protect humanity from the brink of destruction and despair.
((Adlai Stevenson has volunteered to play as a villain, if anyone else wants to play as one, you'll have to submit your character. What I'm looking for are the heroes who are to be tormented and most likely killed horribly in this "Power Rangers as Grimdark as we can make it" RP))
[b]Name:[/b] [b]Gender:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] (must be around puberty) [b]Appearance:[/b] (Prior to being chosen, you don't get to pick your uniform and will suffer physical changes) [b]Close Relatives:[/b] (include at least one parent with whom the relationship will be... strained) [b]Ranger Color:[/b] [b]Weapon of Choice:[/b] [b]Fears:[/b] (You will face them) [b]Hopes/Dreams:[/b] (They will be ground to dust)
RP will start with your characters being abducted by your new mentor figure and given your Ranger Powers.
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Feb 4, 2013 20:51:36 GMT -8
Name: Lyra Olivia Harrison Gender: Female Age: (must be around puberty) 13 Appearance: (Prior to being chosen, you don't get to pick your uniform and will suffer physical changes) Close Relatives: (include at least one parent with whom the relationship will be... strained) Lyra has both of her parents, though she is on horrible terms with her father. Her father has suffered the loss of both his first wife and his 20 year old son, during the initial attacks. He eventually got into a relationship with a much younger woman that produced Lyra. Lyra's older half brother Griffith had been one of those kids that was just perfect, and Lyra could not live up to his example, causing her father to become resentful of her, to the point he sold her into bondage. Lyra had been on good terms with her mother, but she was powerless to stop anything in the end. Ranger Color: Yellow Weapon of Choice: Knife Fears: (You will face them) Blood, Snakes, Spiders, creepy crawly things in general, Pregnancy and Childbirth Hopes/Dreams: (They will be ground to dust) Become a writer/journalist and live to be able to record her experiences for future generations.
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Post by Penny Royals on Feb 4, 2013 21:01:57 GMT -8
Name: Ryan James Stark Gender: Male Age: 14 Appearance: s.cdn.gaiaonline.com/images/publishing/manga/984135295/4635286c283f8f3f25de3ac4f37a9634.jpg?v=24Close Relatives: Ryan lives only with his 'Grandmother Florence', a wizened, wispy old bird. She's been taking care of him since he was a baby, when she'd found him alongside one of the many trenches of bodies, one of the many children abandoned there with their parents. Her own children, adults by that time, had died from the disease, so she took the child in, deluding herself that he could perhaps be a lost grandson she didn't know she had. While she's always been... catering, and rather loving, towards him, their relationship as nonetheless always been strained, to the point where outsiders can't help but wonder if things went on under the scenes. However, as Ryan has begun to become a teenager, what relationship they had is totally shattered, a shell of the past. Undoubtedly, Grandmother Florence had her reasons for selling him into... this. Ranger Color: Red Weapon of Choice: A short spear. Fears: Besides the obvious ones, like pain, insanity and disease? Ryan has a debilitating phobia of dismemberment (or really a loss of ANY part of his body) and paralysis. He also has a strange fear of the fog, and bright lights. Hopes/Dreams: To become a doctor, and thus able to find a cure for the disease.
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Post by Alastor on Feb 5, 2013 20:30:48 GMT -8
Name: Austin David Lee Gender: Male Age: 16 Appearance: See attachment. From Penny. Close Relatives: Austin's living family is his stepfather and his younger half siblings, who are five and three. His mother died of illness about two or three years ago. His stepfather, who always resented the boy- feeling Austin was better at every thing he did, and that he diverted the attention of his wife from him- recently sold the boy into the project to rid of him. Ranger Color: Green Weapon of Choice: Sword Fears: Rather intense phobia of clowns, a fear of failure, a fear of lizards, and a fear of acid. Hopes/Dreams: The boy's hope- his only hope, at this point, really- is to be able to protect humanity from these evil forces. And not to die and see his family again, but I think this is a given. Attachments:
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Post by mekasoundwave on Feb 10, 2013 17:49:58 GMT -8
Name:Zephyrine Jackson (Z for short) Gender: F Age: 15 Appearance: Close Relatives: Zephyrine has no relatives she knows of. She's an orphan who was just recently forced into an orphanage by Social Services. However, she has...befriended, I guess?... her case worker from Social Services, as he recommended her for the program and gave her the offer, which she was more than happy to accept. Ranger Color: Black Weapon of Choice: Warhammer Fears: Dependence, Lightning, Earthquakes Hopes/Dreams: Her only current ambition is to help the human race and protect humanity.
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Post by lovely corte on Feb 11, 2013 1:49:55 GMT -8
Name: Benjamin 'Booboo' Miles. Gender: Male. Age: 16. Appearance: Close Relatives: His father. His father is a close-knit, hardcore military man whom wish to bestow his idealistic interpretations upon a disappointing son, whom has to juggle education, work, military and family. Ranger Color: Light Blue. Weapon of Choice: Rifle. Fears: His father, claustrophobic, heights, choking, death, disease. Hopes/Dreams: To become a soldier, and a writer.
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Post by JW% on Feb 13, 2013 2:36:02 GMT -8
Just like to point out, I'm seriously hoping to be done with the wall texts once you all get your "ranger morphers"...
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Post by mekasoundwave on Feb 13, 2013 12:32:30 GMT -8
Just like to point out, I'm seriously hoping to be done with the wall texts once you all get your "ranger morphers"... So are we! ;D
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Post by JW% on Feb 17, 2013 1:21:22 GMT -8
Walltexts have kinda died down. Yay! We still haven't introduced the villains yet, but I was thinking they'd be introduced slowly, minions first...
Also, page two, and we have our first team fatality. I would like to see a "Grimdark-o-meter" here in the OOC, so we can measure just how dark and grim this is getting. What's everyone else think?
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Post by mekasoundwave on Feb 17, 2013 1:25:08 GMT -8
Also, page two, and we have our first team fatality. I would like to see a "Grimdark-o-meter" here in the OOC, so we can measure just how dark and grim this is getting. What's everyone else think? Well, a character we never learned the name of and have no established connection to is the one who died...so, I'd say we're still at a neutral level now. I'm not depressed....but I'm not exactly super happy. ...you'll probably fix that, won't you?
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Post by JW% on Feb 17, 2013 15:36:40 GMT -8
Right then, Pinks death we'll measure as a 1 on the Grimdark'o'meter.
I'll do my best to make sure this doesn't go below a 1. Let's see how high we can make it.
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Post by Penny Royals on Feb 20, 2013 16:32:42 GMT -8
Pretty sure this is what the 'brass man' is by the way.
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Post by JW% on Feb 20, 2013 20:57:20 GMT -8
Yes, and about that dusty and dirty too. Though as I said, a few modifications. And some dents.
Oh yeah, we currently have the following colors:
Red Yellow Blue Green Black White
... I was just wondering what everyone would think about the following elemental powers:
Red: Fire Yellow: Electrical Blue: Water Green: Wind Black: Earth White: Light
Seem to match up?
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Post by lovely corte on Feb 20, 2013 21:04:13 GMT -8
I'm okay with that, I don't mind Ben being water. xDs.
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Feb 20, 2013 21:09:29 GMT -8
...The girl Lyra is based off of had electrical powers...
...Strange. But I'm down for it!
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Post by Penny Royals on Feb 20, 2013 22:20:22 GMT -8
Totes up for it.
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Post by Alastor on Feb 20, 2013 22:23:57 GMT -8
Awwww yeah, bitches, I'm a fuckin' airbender.
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Post by JW% on Feb 20, 2013 23:12:57 GMT -8
"It's Morphing Time! Blazing Red!" "Thundering Yellow!" "Rushing Blue!" "Whirling Green!" "Rumbling Black!" "Shining White!"
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Post by Penny Royals on Feb 20, 2013 23:27:32 GMT -8
I just imagined that in like, a magical girl style opening with them flying around and posing.
Why do you torment me so?
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Post by Alastor on Feb 23, 2013 22:17:15 GMT -8
Okay, yeah, I'm not really able to get into this for reasons I'd rather not bring up.
Anyone up for taking up Austin? His personality is rather basic- he's an optimist who does his best to always look on the bright side, no matter how bad it gets. Basically someone extremely out of place of the setting. Probably more than a bit jock-ish if given the chance.
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Post by JW% on Feb 26, 2013 16:12:55 GMT -8
Yes, you pilot your zords with this: And yes, THESE are(among your choice for) your zords: Pick your favorite now, since it will help theme your helmet. Don't expect to actually see your giant robots any time soon though.
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Post by JW% on Feb 26, 2013 17:09:20 GMT -8
Grimdark counter for Brian having his eyes clawed out(and face almost chewed off)? Is that equal to, or greater than, 'Pink' being killed before you knew her name?
Oh, and of note, if Ryan and Ben hadn't helped out, Brian would be dead here. He was supposed to sacrifice himself to save you guys from the Vahzilok.
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Post by lovely corte on Feb 26, 2013 20:13:44 GMT -8
Broteamgo.
Is it alright if I dibs on the front, blue one with the giant cannon back because I'm just that badass and balling?
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Post by mekasoundwave on Feb 26, 2013 20:37:58 GMT -8
Broteamgo. Is it alright if I dibs on the front, blue one with the giant cannon back because I'm just that badass and balling? You mean the turtle? ....wait a minute >Blue >Turtle >with cannons
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Feb 26, 2013 20:44:04 GMT -8
THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO WHEN I SAW IT, MEKA
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Post by JW% on Feb 26, 2013 21:30:55 GMT -8
"Guardians of the Brink! Guardian Red! Blazing Red Fire! Flame wrapped Spear! Whale smashing tail!" "Guardian Yellow! Thundering Yellow Lightning! Electrical charged Dagger! Narwhal lancing horn!" "Guardian Blue! Rushing Blue Water! Water powered Rifle! Squirtle shell cannons!" "Guardian Green! Whirling Green Wind! Air cutting Sword! Lobster claw hurricane!" "Guardian Black! Rumbling Black Stone! Earth shattering Warhammer! Orca shattering torpedo!"
... one of our team has a Pokémon for a mecha. Oi...
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Post by lovely corte on Feb 26, 2013 22:08:51 GMT -8
Somebody is really fucking jealous right now. xDs.
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Feb 26, 2013 22:12:39 GMT -8
Huh I was talking to Per and I was like, "Corte's has a Pokemon? I'm so jealous!"
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Post by lovely corte on Feb 26, 2013 22:15:12 GMT -8
I'm on you, bitch.
On you like a hawk.
You ain't got shit.
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Post by JW% on Mar 8, 2013 23:19:46 GMT -8
I was being silly here, and found some old Mighty Morphing Power Rangers 8 bit(ish) sprites in my collection(I got them from Bobandgeorge.com's forums I believe). So I thought to myself, why couldn't I do that for the Guardians of the Brink? I might make little animations or something, and at the very least I can give a bit better of a visual for how I envision the outfits to look. So, once more like in TwilightSucks8bits, why not pick your characters avatar? I tried to convert all the baseline models(which I admit many of them are ALREADY armored so they have lumpy shoulders... bah) into what the kids looked like, fresh out of their pods. Bandaged(grey instead of color coded), hairless, nude, and covered in a sunburn(which in story was much worse, but here it's just sorta tanned. It was that, or color them all red). The image is scaled 200x so easily viewable, but otherwise the sprites would mesh with a Megaman style game for the NES or Gameboy. Attachments:
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