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I know that title is kinda clickbatey (even for a thread title), but i wanted to ask you guys something. My dream in life is to become a comedian. The thing is i can't seem to find outlets for it. I've tried looking for open mics in my area to no avail, and i can talk to myself in the mirror when i'm home alone all i want, but its not gonna do me any good. So my question is two-fold. If i made a video of a stand up routine, would you guys watch it? All im looking for here is honest feedback that i cant seem find elsewhere. And if you guys would watch it, how should i do it? ive got a couple ideas, but since i want people to watch and respond honestly i dont want the video to come seem douchey. Anyways, thats what im asking. I'd appreciate some feedback on this stuff because i really want to get better at it. Thanks guys.

Damian - He took a moment to decide how to respond to Osric's volley of questions. "Well, As far as what happens next, I want you all together in one place so you can meet each other and i can fully explain the circumstances. I'll tell you exactly what is happening on our planet, pay attention ash this concerns you as well, and what i think should be the course of action. You can decide what to do with this information. And i will of course mentor you all on your budding powers, if you want to maintain a low profile you'll need to experiment in a controlled environment so you dont do anything stupid like Nick." He peeled the paper off the bottom of his muffin to get another bite. "I suppose i'll just tell you now that i think you should return to Akia, but i cant make you do anything you dont want to do. If you really want to say, you can, but youll have to keep your powers under wraps. Regardless, i'll want you to be fully informed on who you are and where you come from, but your life is yours to do with what you will. " Nick - Nick ran. He ran until he was clear of the scene he just created. He ducked into an alley once he was far enough away so he could catch his breath. He was already bent over huffing before he noticed Kai. "Oh hey man, uhh, i, uhh" He stuttered "I just needed to catch my breath." He sat down near Kai. "Im Nick. Whats your name?"

(nah man youre cool) Damian - He looked over at Osric once he sat down next to him. "Glad to see you've come around. I wouldn't say he's with me, but he's like us and i needed to talk to him. " He looked back to ash. "This is Osric. He's like us." He took a bite of his muffin. He sighed. "I take it nick has caused a scene out there?"

Well, the timelines arent gonna line up *perfectly* here, becuase FF7 SPOILERS AHEAD (sorry i dont know how to do the cool spoiler thing) Sephiroth infuses himself with something called the lifestream and gets crazy powers and forms, so were just gonna say this is sephiroth before that happened.

Ken sighed. He was gonna have to do this sooner or later. "Alright, im glad youre okay." He paused. Sadness hung in the air. "CAn you tell me what happened to your parents?"

Evo Player Name: Ky Shuntaro Age: 20 Gender: Male Partner: Sephiroth (someone had to do it) Occupation: Government Empolyee (Employed under the non-public EVO division) Appearance: Personality: Somewhat cold-hearted. Believes entirely in EVO and its ability to rid the world of violence. He believes what he is doing is noble, but is not opposed to doing some evil things to accomplish his goal. Bio: Ky was always good at doing what he was told. As a young kid, he got excellent grades in school because he took instructions very well and executed impeccably. Shortly after high school, before Ky could look into colleges, he was contacted and offered a well-paying position in the government. The government told him about Evo, its purpose, and what he would have to do. It didnt take them long to convince him. He could see what video games were doing, and that if they were eradicated, how quickly society would advance. Soon, he was tasked with undermining and destroying the hubs, and this so called "Final Clash" battleground and its "Betas". When hes not fighting, he is hunting down hubs and destroying them with Evo. Evo Partner Name: Sephiroth Age: 27 Gender: Male Game Series: Final Fantasy Status: Evo Player: Ky Appearance: Jeez thats a big image srry guise chibi cause its cute and i like it we all know what actual badass sephiroth looks like. Weapon: Masamune Abilities: (were gonna keep this reasonable. No lifestream-infused shenanigans.) - Master Swordsman - Incredible Physical Prowess (the extent of his magical powers for the RPs purposes are) - The ability to fire beams from Masamune - Some select move from the final fantasy/kh universe, i.e. Zantetsuken and Octaslash Personality: (copied from the ff7 wiki to save me time cause I GOT THINGS TO DO YO) Sephiroth maintains an outwardly professional demeanor during his time at Shinra. While his cold exterior and professional attitude turn people away, he is not anti-social, as he values his friendship with his only friends Angeal Hewley and Genesis Rhapsodos, and willingly tells Zack and Tifa about Mako and Materia on Mt. Nibel. At times, Sephiroth acts more humane and caring than his reputation would suggest, disobeying orders due to conflict of interest if it would impact his friends, and offering his blood for a transfusion to help Genesis when he was injured. Bio: During his quest to destroy Jenova, sephiroth was contacted by Ky via synth. Ky told him about Evo, the state of his world, the betas, and that he needed help. he attempted to convince Sephiroth to join him, but initially, sephiroth declined. After some deliberation, Ky was able to convince Sephiroth to join his cause and submit himself to Evo so that he and Ky could work together, on the terms that once it was over, he would be released and return to jenova to finally destroy it.

Nick - Nick was deep in thought. He was staring at his hands. When Osric commented on Damians sanity, he looked up at him to acknowledge the comment, and then back down at his hands. He looked back up once more, and said "Lets find out." He focused on the palms of his hands and intensely as he could, and then thrust them forward facing away from him. There was an strong gust of wind from behind him, and across the street some mailboxes and trashcans were thrashed against the brick. He felt an emotion he couldnt quite describe wash over him. Pride? Excitement? Power? Maybe none of them, maybe all, but whatever, it felt good. "WOOOOOOO!" after he exclaimed, he looked around for the first time. Cars were stopped, people were staring, and he started to worry. Would they know it was him? He freaked a little bit. He turned to Osric, said "Run", and bolted. Damian - Damian took another bite of his muffin and looked around at the people staring with an expression on his face that said "I dunno what just happened". He looked over to the line and saw ash. Oh shoot, he almost forgot ash. He stood and walked over to him in line. "Hey, i know you probably dont know me, but i have something you need to hear. Come sit with me once youve got your order." Damian sat down and hoped Ash would come sit. He did, thank christ. "Okay. ive gotta make this fast. Your special, and you know it. So do i. Its because you arent human. you are from a planet called Akia, just like me." He paused and tried to come up with something to demonstrate his powers with, he realized he probably should have gotten a coffee if for no other reason than this one. In the pause, he heard a crash outside and suddenly fear washed over him. He could already tell Nick did something. He cursed under his breath and ran outside with the a lot of the other cafe patrons, and saw the broken mailbox and trashcans all thrown against the wall. He put his head in his hands. Son of a......

nah your fine

go ahead and make your first post in the actual RP thundaga and ill write you into the thing and well go from there.

Damian - as he finished talking to Osric and Nick, damian saw Vera walk into the cafe. Man, this really was the place to be today. As he approached the building, two thoughts occured to him. First, the thought of a third cup of coffee in less than an hour made him sudder. Second, going in and sitting down to talk with another kid might look suspicious. He paused on the sidewalk for a moment to consider it. After some short deliberation, he decided to push his luck and go in to speak with vera. What was the worst that could happen? He reentered the cafe and got a muffin, because another cup of coffee so soon would make his heart stop. He took a bite of the fresh muffin and sat across from vera. "Hi. I know you dont know me, but i have something i need to tell you. You are special. I know you know there is something different you. Im too wired to try and ease you into this, so ill just say it. You are from a distant planet called Akia, where we all command an element. You command the wind right? i control water. Here, ill show you." He made the coffee swish around in her cup so she could feel it move, and then made some come out of the top. It threaded the small hole in the lid and swirled it up into a ball. He quickly willed it back into her cup before anyone could see. "And there you have it. What do you say?"

nah your cool

nah, everything looks okay. I mean, ash wont know anything about his real family, but thats the only thing i could see being an issue. Other than that you should be good!

hey no worries man

id definitely love to have you in the RP, but it looks like you misunderstood the premise. Read it over once more, and let me know if you have any questions, and well get you in!

OH SHIIIIIIIIT ITS THE SUPER SECRET PROJECT ill post a sheet tomorrow

GOD DAMMIT im so jealous of your writing vaude im not trying to make it weird by repeatedly complementing you on your writing after you've already acknowledged the compliment, but i am just sincerely taken aback by the quality of your posts.

Damian - Damian noticed Osric appear next to him, and an immense wave of relief washed over him, though he tried not to let on. "Right behind us. Seems he got hungry, so hes in the cafe getting some food. Hopefully he just gets something small and walks out with it; we can catch him on the way out if he does. Otherwise we wait. I cant go back in there and do the same thing i just did with you or someone is sure to call the cops." He took another sip of his coffee. Come on nick he thought. I dont know how long osric will stick around. Nick - Nick stood in line for a few minutes, deciding how to curb his hunger. He decided just to get a muffin and bail, getting home early would let him get a jump on some school work. He took the bag from the cashier, smiled and said thanks, and left. When he walked out the door, he saw the man was still there. Seemingly waiting. There was someone with him this time too. Huh. Nick decided not to get paranoid about it and go home. Damain - Nick walked path. Show time. he leaned into osric and whispered "There he is. his name is Nick." with that he took off after nick. He caught up and began "Hi, Nick?" once he had his attention, he got right into it. "Hey, im Damian, and this is Osric. Listen, what im about to say is going to sound crazy, but i need you to listen. You arent human. You are from a planet called Akia, same as me and osric. We can control elements. I know you can. That dumpster fiasco was you right? got a little angry and suddenly the bin was gone? Thats because you control the wind. I know you know this about yourself. You are on earth because our planet is at war, and some young were sent here as a precaution. It's time you all knew the truth." Damian took a breath. He needed to show nick his powers. he checked to make sure the coast was clear, and then dropped his coffee. The cup fell, but the lid popped off and the liquid hung in the air. He let it hang a bit longer this time, so both nick and osric could get a good look at it before tossing it off to the side far enough away that no one got hot coffee on them. "Look i know its not my best pitch, but im on the spot here. I didnt expect to see you at the cafe." He waited for nick to say something. Nick - Nick's brow furrowed. This guy, of all guys, stops him on the street and starts spouting all this crazy stuff? But then, the coffee thing. It was all very confusing. He was just a crazy guy with delusions of an alien race, but then he pulls that off. And how did he know about his powers? and that the dumpster thing was him? There could be some validity to this, because Nick was at least smart enough to know that his wind powers weren't normal. But an alien planet? He had questions. HE pulled out his phone. He had some time. "Alright, if thats all true, i have some questions. One, if not, why not tell me sooner? Two, why shold i believe this?" The second one was mostly to try and catch him off guard. Damian - "Okay, i suppose thats fair. I never told you sooner because we, we being the akian governmental figures that set all this up and myself, decided it would be better to have as few people know of your powers as possible to mitigate the risk that the Targans discovered that you were sent here and chased after you. Telling you outright sooner would increase the risk. At least now your all old enough to know what it would mean if you spoke of this to anyone but me and the others. As far as why you should believe me, it would explain your abilities. You've seen me manipulate water. Well coffee, but same difference. And because its the truth. You know it is." Nick - He crossed his arms and exhaled heavily. He did fell it. There was just something about the things damian said, it just made sense to nick. "Okay, so say i believe you. What now?" Damian - "Good question." He stepped back and faced both boys. "I'm in the process of talking to all of you right now, theres just two more, the fourth, a girl named Vera, and the fifth a guy named Ash. and i need to confirm with Kai. hopefully he'll call soon. Anyway, once ive touched base with all of you, ill have you guys over to my place one day soon, and ill answer all your questions, and we'll decide where to go next." He pulled two more pieces of paper out of his pocket and handed them to Osric and Nick. "Thats my phone number. call me once you thought through all this." That was mostly all he had to say. "Well, thanks for humoring me and listening to all this a second time Osric. Hopefully your more convinced this time. And nick, i get this is a lot. Take whatever time you need and then give me a call. thanks for not freaking out on me. I better go talk to Vera, so ill see you two later." (Sorry that post was so goddamn long. Mystic, im comin for you! )

Man vaude, you write really well. Its impressive.

Damian - Dang. Damian supposed they couldnt all be as receptive to it as kai was. He pondered for a second. "Look, i understand this might be tough to believe, so how bout this. You eat your pancakes. Im sorry i interrupted your breakfast. Ill go stand outside and sip my coffee, once youre done, come meet me. You can come with me to meet another person like us. he controls the wind. Maybe that'll help make this a little bit more believable. And you'll get to see some more of my powers. Of course, you could decide this is all bullshit and just go about your day. I cant stop you. Its your decision." Damian stood to walk out. "Thanks for not freaking out too bad. Saves me a lot of trouble." he went out to the sidewalk and checked his phone. Nick would be out of class soon. Hopefully they could catch him on his walk home. That was, if Osric came with him. Nick - Nick grabbed his bag and tossed it over his shoulder. AS he walked out of the building his class was in, he thought, as he often did, about his future. He was going to school for engineering, even though that isnt really what he wants to do. He liked building things, so he figured civil engeneering was an okay fit, but what he really wanted to do was perform. Was he wasting his time in school? Or was he being unrealistic in thinking he could make it as a comedian. Nick was not a hundred percent sure where his life was headed, and it worried him. But he had to press on, hoping things would work out. Stopping to mull it over wouldnt do him any good. He walked home at a leisurely pace. He had plenty of time before his taekwondo lesson. He passed all of the usual buildings, lost in thought. As he passed the cafe, he suddenly felt his stomach growl. He broke from his practiced route home and crossed the street and walked into the cafe. As he walked though the door, he noticed someone. It was that guy. He had noticed that man before, always in the background of whatever the situation was. the man didnt look like he noticed nick, so he simply walked past, letting the though go. Damian - As Nick walked past, damain cursed under his breath. That messed up his plan, now he had to figure out how to swing this situation. he decided to wait and see who came out first, make his decision at that point.

He could see the distress in Kais face. "Look buddy. I know this is alot. take your time, process it however you need to. When your ready to learn more, give me a call. Theres alot more to talk about." He handed kai a slip of paper with his phone number on it. "I need to go talk to the others like us. everyones powers are starting to show up, and its gonna cause trouble." Damian started to take his leave. but he had one last thing to mention. "Now that you know, dont be afraid of your parents. Theres nothing wrong with you. Let them come to you. But be careful, dont let anyone know. Ill talk to you later." and with that, he walked out of the alley. Damian strolled up to the cafe everyone in town liked to frequent. He figured he would find either Osric or Nick here. He walked in and ordered another coffee. He scanned the cafe, and found Osric. He strolled over and sat across from him. "Hey, my name is damian. I know you dont know me, but i need you to listen to me. You're special. I know you know that, and i know that. Its because you arent human. Your like me. We are akians, from a planet called Akia. Everyone there are just like you and me, in control of an element." He paused for a moment to sip his coffee and look around. No one was looking, so he took the lid off of his coffee and pulled a blob out with his powers. He let it hang in the air long enough for osric to see it, and then let it fall back into the cup as he raised it to his lips to make sure no one saw. "You were sent here when you were very young because our planet is at war. There are more like us here." he sipped his coffee. "I know you may not believe this, but its the truth. you saw the coffee, and i know youve done it yourself. With earth right?" He sat back to get a response to all of this.

ill post to everyone, but ive gotta wait until damian is done talking to one kid before he moves on. feel free to keep posting while damian is talking to someone else.

Damian sipped the last of his coffee and stood up to go. He tossed his windbreaker on and set out. He pulled out his phone. He should probably talk to kai first, kai didnt cause much trouble, but his powers were pretty obvious. Damian walked through the city, peering down back alleys looking for kai. Eventually he found him, dripping with gutter water. Thank god he didnt wait any longer. He approached him. "Hey, my names Damain" he held out a hand for kai to shake. "So, ive got some stuff to tell you. I know you dont know me, but trust me, i only want whats best here. this is gonna be alot to take in, so just let me talk. I know that you know you're special. I can see you just broke that gutter. You can manipulate water right? Thats because your not human. You are from a planet named Akia, just like me." Damian pulled the water pooling around kai into a ball and played around with it, suspended above his hand before tossing it off to the side with splash. "You were sent here as a baby because we are at war. Our leaders decided to send some young here to be safe. I have been watching over you and the others ever since." He sat back. "I suppose you dont have to believe me, but this is all the truth. You saw what i did. You and i are the same." Damian took a breath. "Ill let you think for a second."

"Oh christ oh jeez oh man" Nick ran home as fast as he could. He didnt know what just happened. He wasnt having a great day sure, but why this? Earlier that day, he was at an open mic. He didnt do great today, not many laughs. He left out the back after his set, and got a little upset. He got kinda angry, but he didnt touch anything. Just let off some steam, yelled a little bit. All of a sudden, there was a loud noise and the street lights all went out. The dumpster that was behind the comedy club was gone. Nick could put two and two together, so he started running. He was getting the hell out. He didnt know how to control it. Stuff like this just happened, he didnt want it to, but it did. it was gonna get him in trouble one of these days. (damain's talking to the kids post INC)

finally my own charachter. took me long enough Name: Nick Taiken Band: Wind Appearance: Short spiky brown hair with green eyes. Age(18-22 plz): 19 Bio: Nick has been all about others since he was young. He was friends with everyone when he was young, and even thought he wasnt very popular in high school, he kept many of his friends from when he was young. He had a passion for making other people happy, and his favorite medium was comedy. He started watching and listening to stand up all the time from his junior year of high school, and by the time he had graduated, he had decided to forgo college to pursue his dream of stand up comedy. He got a job at a local store, and takes any chance he gets to preform. He still lives with his adopted parents. Personality: A very caring person, but not very gentle. He loves seeing others happy, but prefers joking around and general sillyness to serious talks and advice giving. Can be very loud and over the top without knowing it.

After a few minutes of catching his breath, Dev stood back up and dusted himself off. he checked his phone. Nothing. Fantsatic. He thought. he checked to see if he even had service. No reception either. Dev shoved the phone back in his pocket disgruntled. "Great. guess im walking all the way back on my own." he said out loud, to no one in particular. It didnt occur to him to keep his voice down to avoid attracting attention.He trudged on for what felt like days, until he finally came on the other end of the forest. He started down the street towards his house. A car passed every now and then, but for the most part he didnt see any other life, not even infected. As he got close to his house, his phone picked up some service. He could tell because it started to vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out and looked at it. There was a message from his father! He listened to the message. "Hey buddy, uhhh, sorry about this, but the police evacuated the city about 7 hours before you called. your mother and i are about four counties north of town by now. we tried turning around when we got your call but the police wont let us. sorry bud. Be safe. give us a call when you get somewhere safe. Love you." He sighed and slipped the phone back into his pocket. Once he got home, he layed down on his couch. it had been about a month since he had been home. He put his hands on his face. It seemed like nothing was going his way today.