OCC/OC thread: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/50688-endless-blade-waltz/

 Once long ago, a plague wiped out most of the Earth's population, and out of the ashes, the remaining members of society created the world we live in. The Virus that nearly wiped us out long ago allowed no record of its devastation, nor samples of it in order to try to make sure something of this magnitude never started again. Three-hundred years after the Reconstruction, a school for people to learn the skills the most handy on the Earth as it is now formed, only taking one class per year. In this school, Dancing and Fighting are the focus, Dancing because it was a highly loved form of entertainment, and Fingthing because even with the reconstruction, many people were still feral, still willing to fight over the smallest things because the world lacked having these things. So they fight. So they Kill. So this school exist. It has been approximately fifty-five years since the ned or the Reconstruction. the year is 3825 AR. The world is a drastically different place from what we know, so, let us delve into its mystics and become the people this world would have had us become had we been born in this universe.

Day One: The DNA of a Heart

"And so class, that is the end of today's lecture on your fighting form. Thank you, Mr. Absolon for your demonstration of your highly advanced skills. As for you, class, take note of this presentation of skill. We all saw how much an inch of ground can affect your power and strength in blows." Derik sighed as he placed the practice wooden sword into its holster and into Mrs. Casada's outstretched hand and sat back down. Mrs. Casada's snow-white neck skin began to bounce around with vigor with each incoming word. Every syllable uttered from her mouth (Which looked like someone had smacked a ancient lady with a frying pan) had her wrinkled, deformed, spotted skin jumping like a kid on a sugar high. Her meager dark blue curved neckline dress that cascaded onto the floor ill-suited her, as she had a wider figure and she was short. Her high, very girly voice suited her the same as her dress. "Now onto tonight's training assignment! Every one of you at mid-night exactly will file down to the gymnasium with your weapon, there you will each place your ID card into the machine in the center of the floor and stand back after each student has done so. Weather you use this time in-between to get practice, talk, rest, or goof off will be your choice, but if you do not attend, you will be kicked out of the AADBT immediately, and all of the skills you gained here will be drained from your memory. This harsh treatment is because you are all to pass on soon, and you need to show us your DEDICATION!" She had screamed at the corner full of sleeping students, which aroused them all quickly. "But until the next time I see you, please, stay safe. And do not fight! Remember, only form of physical contact that is dealt to someone can only be in a supervised sparring match, any fighting outside of this will result in the same previously mentioned punishment. Dismissed!"

All Fighter-Classes are now free to move about the School. The school is larger than half the now abandoned city of Las Vegas' size, Sitting atop a cliff top, the school is surrounded by an Ocean and on the other side is a thick wooded area. The Mess Hall is where you can eat and obtain food, but you are not restricted to this area. Evey person has their own room, so do not worry about that.

 

Arissia was hardly breaking a sweat with her gymnastics dance routine, as she fluttered through the air. Often people would call her the Humming Bird, as she floated through the air with grace and speed. She double-back-flipped into a one fingered hand-stand, then falling into a half fished cart wheel and she bowed, then her music stopped. The class applauded at the routine, praising it and giving cheer. The red-haired teacher, whom they called Mr. Reaper, clapped loudly, his face drenched in sweat with an extreme level of content on his face. Arissia though "Perv. I can tell you were looking up my dress. I've never liked having a male teacher for a dance instructor."  She scoffed at him and gave him a glare of discontent and annoyance. Mr Reaper didn't see this though, and he walked over to the front of the room, cleared his throat, and spoke into the microphone "Wonderful! Wonderful! I knew the best routine would be last. Your lucky Arissia pulled your sorry toes out of the fire this week, your routines were mostly bad, and if Arissia wasn't among you, a good chunk of you would be running drills right now. Our only other real dancer in here right now is Ms.Sakurako. Which by the way, Ren, great job! You competed close to Arissia's level of skill. Keep it up. Now, for your nightly drill... Tonight, in the main gym, you will go and place your ID card into the machine in the center of the room. Failure to do this or any fighting results in expulsion and skill removal. I hope to see you all come back tomorrow well. Dismissed."

 

You are now free to RP.

ITEM RECEIVED: ID card- Allows you to gain access to certain parts of the school and revive things like food or books. Proves you are a student of the AADBT.

FIGHTERS ONLY: RECEIVED ITEM: {Your Starting Weapon}- As name describes. Starting weapon.

DANCERS ONLY: RECEIVED ITEM: {Your Starting Dress}- As name describes. Dress for preformances

Decide what you will do until its time to go to the Gym.

Akito stepped out of the building and walked around. He sighed. "What should I do now..." He rested his hands behind his head, I wonder what they'd think if I looked for her..." He pulled out his sword, being left handed, but also having his sword hang at his left side made it so he could quickly block an attack, or launch the blade at the end with a backhand grip. The latter which we did into a cherry tree not too far away, pulling the blade back, he now had an unscathed cherry blossom. "It's not likely, but..." He let it blow away in the wind. "... Maybe you'll find your mark."

Edited March 24, 201312 yr by Sikota Urinakano

Ren was out of the class room rather quickly, and in a matter of three minutes, she was running down the looong pathway of Cherry Blossom trees. Catching her eye, Ren smiled.

"Akitooo!!" she called, running over to him.

"Akito!" she said, giving him a really really random hug.

"We have to go to the gym tonight....I am going to be tierd....you will have to keep me awake..." she complained.

Ren and Akito were nice to each other unlike other fighters and dancers act.

"Oh! I got this dress...can you come with me to put it up...?" she asked innocently.

Ren was rather afraid of being by herself and it tormented her when she was alone with people she didn't know that well...so pretty much ever day is terrible if she doesn't get to see Akito.

"You look tierd..." she stated bluntly, tilting her head a bit.

 

(Gosh...what is wrong with me and my bipolar characters...more manic....)

"Not tired, just thinking." He said. He smiled and turned toward his friend. "Let's go take care of this dress for you." He expertly sheathed his sword and removed the sheath from his side, spinning it around several time before holding it at the end over his shoulder so that the handle pointed towards the sky. He began walking down the path but paused and turned around to look at Ren. "Which way again?"

"Straight foward and then to the right..." Ren said seriously.

"Thank you Akito. Usually boys get caught and yelled at for being near the girls dorm. However, boys get in most of the time. Teachers are too lazy to stop people." she sighed ash they turned.

"What were you thinking about? Anything you'd like to share?" she asked a bit mothery, heading up the stairs in the dorm since it was a two-story dorm.

Ren opened a door titled

'Sakurako Ren'.

She quickly opened her closet, setting the dress on a hanger before shooting to Akito's side again.

Derik walked outside of the Crescent Room. "I figure it would be best to go ahead and grab lunch for me and Arissia... I hope her routine went well. I hope Mr. Reaper didn't go total creeper status on her." Derik ran through the halls, only pausing to take small intervals of breath. "Man.. Huff huff... I gotta get use to wearing this heavy thing..." Derik raised his arms and gestured to the jacket on him. He was told to wear it to make him ever stronger, but its uncomfortable and a bit larger than what he needed it to be. "Well, I gotta get there... Lets go!" Derik Ran through the corridors and halls, just making it in time to see Arissia standing at the place she always did when I was late. "Well, nice to see you weren't about to leave me alone today."

"Your sarcasm bites as much as it is obvious." Derik remarked, taking the plate Arissia got for him today. "I was suppose to buy today!"

"You did. I swiped your card today. Here." She handed Derik his card back, and the Derik did the same. They sat in the normal spot, the empty Teacher Housing Room on the fifth floor.

"So, where are you headed tonight?" Derik inquired

"Gym. As usual at midnight probably. What is odd is that we're heading to the main gym instead tonight."

"Same here. Maybe it will be a Co-Ed class?"

"Maybe. But for now lets just relax."

For the rest of the time, Derik and Arissia just walked around and talked to each other, and time flew by. THey headed to the Gym together.

 

You all may continue as per your event set up. Time flashed forward for me but not for the rest of the students, but when you are fished please state your characters heading to the Gym.

(I'll just be in the gym then.)

 

Ri-an walked gracefully towards the gym. It was quite close to midnight, the appointed meeting time for the dancers, maybe the fighters as well. She was still a little upset from the scorn of today's lesson. She wasn't doing that bad... Until she tripped and fell. Public embarrassment was never a happy thing to achieve. Ri-an quickly walked to the center of the room and slid her ID card into the machine. The card slid back out, and Ri-an took it back. She looked around the gym area. Not many people were here yet, specifically not her partner. It was then that she realized that she was not in her new dress yet. Mentally slapping herself for her stupidity, Ri-an walked rapidly towards the dressing/locker rooms.

After slipping on her dress, Ryu looked at herself in the mirror that was in the dressing/locker room. Hmm not bad I guess, she thought to herself as she sat down and slipped on her shoes. She felt that she was getting better at her lessons each day and less scolding from the teacher and more graceful. "Okay then i guess i should get going." Ryu said to herself and started out the door and headed towards the gym. 

Zach stood silently, in thought. He often did this, just thinking of his "family" and Rosalina. Rosalina, ah how he missed her. A single tear slid down his face as he remembered the last thing he had said to her before setting out on his journey; "i'll be back in a week". And how wrong i was, it's been over a year since i left he thought to himself. Pulling himself together, Zach's attention snapped back to where he was and what was before him. His mind was in a tormented state, wishing he remembered how to Half-Shift, something very few shapeshifters that he knew had been able to do, yet not being able to remember the technique. He had done it when he'd taken down his brother, all those years ago, but hadn't been able to since. In his mind, it was the only thing he would be able to do to protect his family, and to do that he needed to be stronger.

 

His mind set firmly on the task ahead, Zach walked to the gym.

Shaun

I sat tiredly on my bed and gazed out the window, watching the waves slowly move throughout the ocean. It was so peaceful looking, but it could turn very violent when you least expected it... Kind of like that young man... I shook my head quickly, trying to push those thoughts away and stood up. That was the past, and this was now. I stood up, got dressed, pocketed my ID card, gave one last look out the window, and then left my room. I started walking down towards the gym and down an empty corridor. It was empty for some reason, as people were usually in it no matter what time of the day. Just then I realized it must have been because we were supposed to go to the gym, duh.... but still it felt odd. My pace of walking increased, the sooner I got out of here the better. I was at the end of the hallway and as I turned down another, I gave a quick glance back at the creepy one. The young man smirking with cold eyes was staring me down. I stopped dead in my tracks and growled, "What do you want with me? Why are you here?" I turned back and started walking towards him, and he walked towards me. When we were about six feet away from each other, we stopped. This was the closest I had ever been to the young man. He continued looking at me then spoke, "Oh, I've just been wondering something is all." Just then, I noticed he had a dagger in his hand and I jumped back, ready to fight. "Hmmmm..." the young man murmured. He turned around and put the dagger away in a sheathe on his side. "You better get going, Shaun." he said, then walked a few steps and vanished. I just stood there in silence. He knew my name.... There was no way anyone would believe me if I told this story, so I just decided to keep it to myself. This young man... Why was he following me? I didn't know, but I'd have to figure it out later because I had to get to the gym. I quickly jogged down the hallways and entered the gym doors, then sat down on a set of bleachers and put my head down. I needed to take a nap.

Edited March 24, 201312 yr by Master Juan

Luke, despite his friendly-appearance -even though he wielded a hefty sword, and heavy armor- didn't have (or care) all to many friends, so it was straight to the gym for him. He looked over the ID Card he was given, flipping it from side to side, observing it's contents.

So, here I am. He thought, passing by several students on his way. Interesting how it's come to this.

He smirked once, putting the card away. He continued to pass by other students, but he didn't truly care that some of them simply skirted around him, as if he held some sort of dark aura.

Luke smiled at that thought: having a dark aura about him, the kind that would make many kneel before him. He shook his head though. There are some thoughts best thrown away.

"So..." Akito started. "Are you up for anything before we head for the gym."

 

(Short post... Dang)

"No...." Ren sighed, staring at Akito for about ten seconds she began walking out of her dorm. 

"Let's go." she said, grabbing the small I.D card out of her bag before leaving.

(Just gonna speed this up)

Slowly but surely, each student walked into the gym, chatting, laughing, enjoying a grand time. Most of the men on either side started to flirt and act stupid, messing around in a without teachers watching.at about 11:48, the machine blasted out "All surviving Students have checked into the gymnasium, but not all present. When all are present, or the time on this counter-" And the card intake slot flipped back, showing a timer "-runs out. At that point, any student who has not returned will be Exec-c-c-cBanshedcubz-bzz-zz-bzzt. Please, disregard the automated messaging system voice reading glitch. Please, take your weapons, and dancers ready yourselves, prepare for a quick training drill as you wait."

So all of the Fighters brandished their weapons, the dancers stood on ready feet.

Derik took his stance, his left foot in front in a stance that somewhat resembled a squat, but with legs spread out, the blade in his right with the moon crossed over his stomach, his larger ridiculous buster-sword style blade out to the front in his left hand, arm bent at the elbow slightly and the blade held in the reverse style protecting his entire upper body from attack.

Arissia took her opening form, the form she took whenever she started a dance, by standing on the balls of her feet, raising her heels well into the air, she put her feet together and stood as up-right and strait as she could, placing her hands together like someone wound in prier.

They looked at each other, with a look of concern. "A drill?" They both though "With the other students from the opposite Class? Whatever it could be, this drill is going to be one thing: Tough."

The panels along the top of the bleachers opened, and the bleachers themselves slid out, but in a more stair-case like manor, lowering the height of the seats and raising the actual stares up to make them more reasonable for use as stairs. Slowly, machine-like-things of many varying sizes walked, or more like trudged out of the holes. They all had some sort of weapon on them, some using scythes and claws, some using a meager throwing pick set. They trudged down to the bottom floor. The clock said 11:55 PM. "Begin." Was the last word that could be made out before the cacophony of millions of screams filled the hall, many young fighters and dancers, in that second were struck down in cold blood. The machines made a clicking sound with each one kill that mirrored a sickening, disturbing, laughing. As they walked in the blood of the fallen, it seemed to be absorbed by them, and they would get stronger.

 

DAY ONE: Mission, Defeat as many of these robots as you can and save as many students as possible until 6 turns is up.

Tutorial Time: Fighting and combat, and fighting an impossible number till time is out, as well as protection missions.

 

Battles are fought in turns, every RPer will post their action sequence, and then I will post the next enemy movement. You all have the same base HP and MP stats, but for right now all you must be concerned with is your HP. All current HP is at 25, but depending on your sub-class will increase this to a certain point in the first level up. Please notice, all enemy's are Lv.I, and will give 15-35 EXP right now, but it will be stated what level they are if not Lv. I. Right now there are an infinite amount of enemy's, so the best strategy is to conserve your energy, but if you are smart enough to figure out how to stop the infinite army of them, it will make this easy. Large, endless swarms are uncommon, but difficult to handle because attacks come from all sides. Your other option is to Level Boost. You all right now require 200 EXP to level up. If you want, you may start Level Boosting now, but please note that the less people you have after the battle ends will affect the next day's start. Protection Mission's are very few, but difficult. Normally, if all your to be protected were to die, you would fail. Sometimes, though it will just affect the next days outcome. After each battle, everyone's HP and current status will be updated.

 

Please enjoy this. The hero's of this story get the first move, so RP to your heart's content.

-Itnevergetsbetterthanthis, your GM

 

Derik heard the screams of horror, and instantly looked over to Arissia. Glad to see she was safe, he handed her a gift he had for her after the graduation would normally have switched their Classes. "Arissia, take this blade and hold out. I know you don't know how to fight well, but I want you to at least be armed." It was a one handed long sword, similar to a Rapiure. "Thanks, Derik. Now just don't die on me yet, okay?" Arissia kidded, but then managed to parrie a incoming attack fom her back, quickly countering the attack with a flurry of slashes and stabs, tearing off the arm of the machine. She looked at the blade, confused on how she was able to do that. Derik only said to that "Nice work, I hope that new-found skill helps us out. Now lets go!" Derik slashed through two of the beastly creatures with a loud grunt. "These tin cans have metal besides tin in 'em, ittl be hard, but do what you can to protect everyone, its possible that our swords may not be strong enough to hack through them all. Be careful." Derik blocked a group of three's next incoming attack, and knocked them back and took a blow to the leg by a hammer strike to stop one of them from smashing a little girl to pieces, abruptly countering by cutting the armed hand off of it.

 

Ability {Weapon's Hold} (Dancer) Unlocked!

 

When a dancer first uses a weapon, their prior knowledge of dance aids them, giving them some natural skill with a weapon

Dancers now may be armed

Edited March 24, 201312 yr by Guest

"Alrighty then..." Akito replied. He checked his pocket to make sure had his ID card. All good. He wondered if there were going to be any training dummies... Or someone he could spar with. He usually keeps his blade to himself around Ren but both him and his sword were starting to get restless. "Race ya!" Akito declared as he made a dash down the pathway.

 

<><><><><><><><>SOME TIME LATER<><><><><><><><>

 

"Dang!" Akito spat. "Some drill. Stay close," he said to Ren. With one swoop, he unsheathed his sword, cutting through one of the robots and clicking his blade back into place.

<>Action End<>

Edited March 24, 201312 yr by silver3drago

Luke looked about the gym. Automatons. Automatons everywhere.

"I see." He muttered, clutching his sheathed blade. "So our first drill is elimination, and saving those in need. I see where they are coming from in this." Luke said to himself, getting into a guard-like stance, ready to unsheathe his blade as needed.

"Now, who needs saving first?" He said aloud, looking around. Luke was remaining calm -an advantage of his-, but it was clear few shared the same will. Even worse: The automatons were closing in.

My sleep was cut short when I saw the robot-like machines attacking everyone. I leaped off the bleachers and unsheathed the sword, then tossed my hood up and a face-plate instantly protruded from it and connected to the chest piece. "Let's go." I charged towards one coming at me and did a jump slash attack. <Action End>

"I've got you're back, okay?" Ren said with a determined smile.

'Now....how to attack these...um...' Ren thought then a smile came to her face.

"Perfect." she said quietly, just as one of the robot things approached her, ready to attack.

"Here I go..." Ren whispered.

She jumped up, kicking the robot pretty hard, breaking a rather large part of metal off of it. The thing seemed to short circuit, before falling defeated to the ground.

"Whoa! I can't believe that worked!" she smiled.

 

~Action Ended~

Ryu finally made it into the gym and saw a whole bunch of machine-like creatures. "What the.." she slowly muttered and saw  whole bunch of dancers and fighters trying to attack these monsters. She saw one with a dark scythe come at her and Ryu leaped out of the way in a spit second before getting hit by the scythe. The monster's scythe got stuck into the ground and Ryu gracefully drove her heel into the monster's side, knocking it back away from the weapon. Ryu looked over at the scythe and pulled it out of the ground and staggered back a bit. She didnt have time to admire the weapon because the robot she just kicked back was getting back on its feet coming back after her. I guess it want it's scythe back, she thought and readied herself. When the robot was about to lunge at her, Ryu gripped the scythe hard on her hands and swinged it upward, leaving a deep gash straight through the robot. It feel to the ground with a hard thud, with some sparks of light coming from the inside of it. ~Action Ended~

(Do the enemies get a formal turn like us and if so should we control them?)

They do, but you have minor control over them. The most you can do is what they normally do anyway with the NPC's

(Alright I see)

Zach looked at the robots around the place. He shrugged his shoulders soundlessly, how hard can it be? he wondered. He unsheathed the blade that he carried with him, and approached one of the robots. "Well, this is...different" he said. He eyed the robot carefully, wondering just how much he would have to use his blade before he lost his patience and used his shifting. Quickly, he struck at the robot with his weapon.

(Ugh this turn based thing is kind of hard). The machine charged at me and i ducked as it swung a blade. I slid to the ground and delivered a forceful kick with both my feet right into the center of the robot. My feet pierced right through its center, and as I pulled them out the robot fell to the ground and deactivated, then blew up. I turned to another robot that was facing a different direction and rammed my sword right through its body. I used my other hand to push the robot off the sword and it fell to the ground. As I turned to scout my next target, a pair of cold claws grasped my neck and started choking me. I must not have destroyed it! I started flailing and trying to kick the robot, but it didn't work. I brought up my sword, twirled it around so that the blade was pointing at me (so I could stab myself and the robot), and pleaded to anyone. "Help!" I managed. If I was going to be choked to death, I'd make sure this bastard would go down with me.

Its not, you just need to remember that everyone must post first!

Anyway...

Enemy Turn

Shaun's Special Class Ability: Quick Phasing. Allows you to phase through an attack

 

Special Class Ability's occur at random, and are unique to each class, this is your Classing Ability, and will only occur if you are that Class. and will aid a person in dire situations. Normally, your Luck and Skill will decide if the ability will take place, so I will post when a Special Class ability (and its effect) are activated

The enemy continues to attack relentlessly, but with no order or sense.

Statuses:

HP: All at 25/25, except Shaun, who is at 18/25

EXP:

Derik: 34/200

Arissia: 18/200

Akito:17/200

Ren:19/200

Ryu:17/200

Shaun:16/200

Enemy count: Infinit-respawn until 5 more turns are up, or someone is able to stop the flow of them and the remaining are destroyed.

Enemy turn end!

Player Turn!

As Shaun phased from the robot, Derik went from behind and mowed it down. "Be careful, never let your guard down in close quarters, large enemy combat, thy come from all directions. And as a side-note, you have got to teach me how to get out of a death-grip like that sometime." Derik again blocked an incoming strike from the robot with the overly sized hammer. "Enough of you!" He chopped the other arm off of the automaton, then ran it though. On the opposite side of the room, Arissia blocked and protected as many of the unarmed and non fighting able Dancers as she could, but with lack of strong Fighters, the number on her side drastically diminished. "Damn, too many of them, what on Earth was Mr. Reaper thinking? Giving us this task? I doubt the robots and the large number of them would enjoy a good dance, so why the heck are we even here!?" Arissia ran through three enemy's, although not successful destroying one of them, which hastily launched a counter with its Kunai set and stabbed her in the arm. "You'll bleed twice as much as I just did!" The next incoming blow sliced the bot's head off, as well as chopped off the arms and legs of the machine, causing it to explode. "Ha, take that one!" Arissia gloated. "Not too shabby for a new sword fighter, eh?" She laughed for a moment before returning to the fight, as she knocked the next opposing robot's axe in the air, then jabbing through its head and body, it was not defeated, but the lack of motor skills it had now made it impossible to function normally, walking into and damaging other bots till it was destroyed by its own brothers.

The automatons were continually closing in, leaving Luke no choice but to unsheathe his blade.

"You all are unlucky. Only those few fools who get to see my blade die shortly." Luke murmured, fully bringing out his sword: A glimmering, steel blade. "Now, die the lot of you." He smirked, slashing the area around him with concise attacks. Even though he didn't doubt his fighting skill, a speck of doubt flickered in the back of his mind. But he quickly shook it off.[Action End]

 

(Gah! Sorry for putting my own action so late...hope it's no trouble to you.)