Air Gear AU - The sky is vast - Sign up - OOC

[Jun]

Tokyo 2017. The streets are overflowing with life and action. The newest trend, called Air Treck has captured the hearts of many young Teenagers, who use these electrical Inliners to do risky tricks and fight alone or in teams for higher ranks.
These so called Storm Riders try to get closer and closer to the sky, flying through the air like they were born with a pair of wings. For many of them, just this enough, for others it's their goal to reach the highest rank and become a so-called 'King', someone who's atop of most other riders.
A lot of young riders try to get there, but it's a long way until one reaches that level and even harder to achieve it at all.

Plot​

Currently, the world of AT is on the brink of chaos.
An unknown person or Team has started to kill high ranking Storm Riders, mostly kings. The only sign they leave is their emblem on the dead body, a typical theater mask, half of the face smiling, half of it frowning. Their first victim was the Sky King, followed by the Fang Queen, the Thunder Queen and the Flame King.
From what were originally 9 kings only 5 are left and Riders all over Japan start to get concerned about their safety and what is about to happen next.
Then again, not all are like this, and there are several Teams who abuse this shift in power by trying to take the open spaces for themselves.
And this is where our journey to the sky starts. We are a new founded Team called 'Armageddon', most of us pretty new in the scene and met through an internet forum post or a flyer in the city:

Current Kings​

Sonia Road Gaia Road Ring Road Lather Road Over Road

• [fieldbox="Sonia Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]
  
  Thorn King Flash
  

  
  Former Thunder King, Flash declared himself the current boss of the kings, due to recent events, gaining a lot of hate but equally as much of support. He gives himself usually calm on the outside and tries to find the ones who murdered his friends. His real name's unknown.
  His Team is called 'Thunderwave', their emblem is a yellow fox running on a wave which writes out the Teams name.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Gaia Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]
  
  Stone King Aaron
  

  
  Aaron, more often called 'Forest' is known as the biggest asshole in Japan. He tends to say out exactly what he thinks in a way that makes a lot of people hate him. No one knows his actual face, since he's always hiding it under a black hood. Also, he has a thing for sweets, he got lots of them on him pretty much at all times. He's often seen with his best friend, 'Joker', who wears the same coat, just in white. Aaron helps out Volkner currently, and after the Fang Queen was murdered he joined his Team to pose a bigger threat.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Ring Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]
  
  Pledge Queen Jamie
  

  
  Not much is known about Jamie, since she isn't actively riding anymore. She has a big shop selling AT's in Tokyo, even though it's pretty hidden and looks shady, most Riders know of its whereabouts. She doesn't tune for a single person anymore, but instead decided on doing it for everyone. Back in the days, people used to call her 'Flying Sea' due to her white and blue hair.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Lather Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]
  
  Water King Deep Sea
  

  
  His real name unknown, Deep Sea has a mostly cold personality. He usually kills all of his challengers if they battle for his Regalia. The only person he ever left alive during such a battle was Jamie when he took the Regalia from her, reasons unknown. He's very infamous for his behaviour, but he doesn't really care. His Team's called 'Deep Sea' too, his Emblem's a Sea Devil, the name of the team is part of its body.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Over Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]
  
  Rumble Queen Cynthia
  

  
  Mostly known as 'Mystic'. Since these accidents started to occur, Mystic left her Team, trying to find the culprit solo. She doesn't really care about Flash much less listens to him. She is very impulsive but kind at heart and always listens to others problems.[/fieldbox]

Deceased Kings/Open Roads
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[tabs]
[tab Flame Road][fieldbox="Flame Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]Flame King/Queen
-Open-[/fieldbox][/tab]

[tab Rising Road][fieldbox="Rising Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]Thunder King/Queen
-Open-[/fieldbox][/tab]

[tab Bloody Road][fieldbox="Bloody Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]Fang King/Queen
-Open-[/fieldbox][/tab]

[tab Wing Road][fieldbox="Wing Road, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]Sky King/Queen
-Open-[/fieldbox] [/tab][/tabs]

Explanations for the ones new to this series
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Air Trecks Storm Riders/Kings/Roads/Regalias Link Tuner Classes Parts War

• [fieldbox="Air Trecks, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]Air Trecks are a variation of Inliners, working with high end technology that is used all over the world. They have motors build in them so that far jumps and high speed are easily possible. Even driving up on buildings, jumping from one to another is possible. In later fights of the original manga, people could go so far as to jump from one jet to another. AT's have inbuilt cards that save the data of a rider, saving their progress for example for later analysis.
  AT's are made out ofvery different parts or rare so that it is possible to have very unique ones. ATs most commonly have 2 wheels, but there are also some built with 3 or 4 whels on each AT.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Storm Riders/Kings/Roads/Regalias, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]Storm Riders are the people who use AT's in contests for different goals. They fight to get better, gain parts or even the so called Regalias. Most Riders develop a unique driving technique, their own 'Road' to drive on.
  Each Road usually has a king, a really skilled Rider equipped with a regalia.
  
  A Regalia is a piece of machinery built in an AT that lets its user do unique Tricks, sometimes even things close to supernatural stuff as producing flames, controlling parts of the earth or sea. The possibilities differ from each Regalia, but are always incredibly strong.
  If a Regalia is won in a Parts War, that doesn't automatically mean, that a member could just use it and become a king, because to activate a Regalia, special tricks are needed, which are usually learned by the Storm Riders of the same road.
  A road may also produce subroads or even an evolution of said road, there are no real 'rules' to it.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Link Tuner, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]In high class riding, Storm Riders start to need a Link Tuner, someone who can repair their AT's and tune them to a level that surpasses even A-Class. A high ranking team may need such a Tuner to keep their AT's in good condition and even improve them personally for a member. Most kings have their very own Link Tuner for their Regalias.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Classes, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]The class system helps riders to teach them the basic knowledges of driving Air Treck. To progress to a higher class, either you have to win 3 Parts Wars in the same class or one in a higher ranking.
  
  The basic classes are F-C, while the advanced are B and A. The usual disciplines for these classes are:
  
  F-Class
  The normal dash is this class' discipline. These sprints are usually done 1-on-1 on a flat ground
  
  
  E-Class
  Class E's challenge is called 'Hurdle'. It's a lot like class F, just with bigger structures like buildings and such in the way.
  
  
  D-Class
  Class C is called 'Cube'. This Parts War is a 1-on-1 fight in a closed room. The size of the room isn't set specifically, it can be small or as big as a school gym for example. The first person to be K.O. looses.
  
  
  C-Class
  The C-Class Parts War is 'Air'. This is a Teamfight on 10 platforms of unspecified size. The platforms are taken down one after another by time and the last team to stand atop wins.
  
  
  B-Class
  The B-Class fight is called 'Disc'. The goal of this Class' fight is to get a set amount of points in 3 different sets. The disc has to be transported to a specific ares to gain a point. If one holds the disc, they may attack any person of the enemy team, while the enemy team may only attack the holder of the disc. Of course one can pass it on to a team member. If anyone breaks the attacking rule, the enemy team gets a point.
  
  
  A-Class
  The hardest class, it's called 'Balloon'. This fight is usually a 5-on-5 in which each member tries to capture the balloon in which each teams emblem is stuck. Before the start of the battle, different roles are set for each member, though not all roles have to be set:
  
  -Panther--> Only the Panther of a team may touch the balloon, if anyone else does, said team will be disquallified. It's best to keep the role of the panther hidden from the enemy Team.
  
  -Decoy--> Pretending to be the panther to get the enemy teams' attention.
  
  -Ultimate--> The attacker, fighting the enemy teammembers
  
  -Middle--> Support for Panther, Decoy and Ultimate
  
  -Keeper--> Tanking the enemies attacks, or blocking them. The shield of the team.[/fieldbox]
• [fieldbox="Parts War, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]A so called Parts War is a contest between single Storm Riders or Teams between each other. They fight for different prizes, mostly for AT Parts, but there are also fights over the different Emblems of a Team. Loosing your Emblem means being instantly disbanded.[/fieldbox]

Charactersheet!
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Charactersheet

Appearance:
Describe their looks or link a picture.

Name:
Whatever floats your boat.

Storm Rider Alias:
Your nickname, if you got one :D

Age:
Something between 13-18, if you'd like to be older or younger, please leave me a message why.

Personality:
Tell me about what your character is like!

Talents:
What are you good at? Are you the strategist of the group? Are just strong or fast or a quick learner? What would you like to be your position in the Team?

Background:
Why and when did your character decide to become a Storm Rider? Were they in a Team before? Do they know about the things that are going on in the AT-world right now? Do they want to stop it? What's their goal as a Rider? What are they doing besides being a storm Rider? Build something with these questions in mind. :>

[fieldbox="Rules and other notes, goldenrod, dashed, 10"]
- First of all, this RP will probably contain a bit of fighting, but I won't stop you from writing anything as long as it sounds reasonable and you're not godmodding.

- The second thing is that I took out ALL of the canon characters, pretty much because I don't want to interefere with the original world.

- I'm looking for about 4-5 more players here.

- If we don't get the needed amount of players, you may also have a second character.

- I'd also love to have either a Co-GM or people willing to design Parts Wars with different Teams, because I will also play a character in this RPG myself and it would be easier for me this way. Of course I will still lead the story progression, for example important fights or events, but if you want to start a subplot, just leave me a message and you can have the lead until then!

- That said, I don't mind if you make up subplots or NPCs or whole Teams, as long as you guys don't start 3 different things at once, if you know what I mean.

- I don't expect perfect or huge posts, since I myself am pretty new to writing long texts in english, but I do expect more than 3 sentences per post. I am native German, so excuse me if I make mistakes, if I do some really bad errors please feel free to correct me, I want to get better at this. :>[/fieldbox]



If there are any questions, don't hesitate to ask or if I didn't explain something properly, just say so.
If there are questions about character creations, leave me a message too :>
I hope that, whoever read this far is still in this with me! If you are, feel free to post a character sheet and lets enjoy the skies together!



Characters:
Ayato/Drop, by rechonq

Hiro/Spector, by Kurogane86

Jun/Dragon by Jun

Tilde/Dip, by Snowball

-Open-

 

[Kurogane86]

Yes, there are openings. Join the team, or whatever our gaggle is.

Posted, for some reason I didn't think it was my turn.

Go ahead and create a cs and once it's approved well catch you up on the story thus far

 

[Tempest]

Any chance of there still being an opening?

Yeah, I'm k with that.

@rechonq @Kurogane86 @Alpha @Robo27

Probably consider concluding Day 1, skip forward to the next part of the story and we can bring people in better?

 

[rechonq]

Yeah, I'm k with that.

@rechonq @Kurogane86 @Alpha @Robo27

Probably consider concluding Day 1, skip forward to the next part of the story and we can bring people in better?

That sounds good. This should definitely be a wrap up to this night. First night and Spector's already a king.

 

[Tempest]

 

[Kurogane86]

That sounds good. This should definitely be a wrap up to this night. First night and Spector's already a king.

He has the regalia but not a king yet. Right now he's more like a prince.

Does anyone mind if I do the wrap up to the next day?

 

[Tempest]

Don't mind at all.

 

[Robo27]

Ok so quick question before I start this, which roads are already being pursued by someone? Because I am thinking of going for the wing road/sky king.

 

[Tempest]

I think, of the "core roads" the only one that we've established anyone being on is Fang.

From the descriptions Kuro and Rechonq have provides of theirs, I think the Wing Road and its variations are wide open. o.o

 

[Robo27]

Ah sweet, that works out perfectly.

 

[rechonq]

Yeah, Drop is going to make a new road, it's going to be called meteor road, and Spector is becoming an assassin king.

 

[Robo27]

Alright so I will have a CS up soon just been busy with some school stuff.

 

[Robo27]

Appearance:

Name:
Kei Demura

Storm Rider Alias:
Rai

Age:
18

Personality:
Kei is someone that can be described as being unpredictable. One minute he will be as quiet as can be, and the next he could be bursting out ready to tear down the whole world. Depending on his state of mind or mood it really can become a fifty fifty toss up of what he will be like. When he is quiet he is kind and relaxed and super caring for those around him, even strangers, but when he feels like destroying the foundations of the world, he can be unrelenting and ruthless, all while smiling happily. When it comes down to it people have called him happy devil's incarnate. While he does seem a little antisocial, he is in fact the opposite, he loves interacting with people and tries his best to make friends and be social overall, despite his lone wolf mentality.

Talents:
Kei can really be described as the jack of all trades, master of all. From his perspective that is. While he does excel in all different fields, he is not the greatest person to try and strategize with, reason being is that he likes to find his own solutions instead of relying on others, and while that is a trait of a great leader, he also hates leading and refuses to do it. He is neither a follower or a leader. He can be a part of team but there is no gurantee of him working together with fellow team members. If it really came down to it though he'd take being the ace of the team, not the captain or anything but the ace the one to use when absolutely needed, like a sleeper cell.

In terms of his raw skill, as said before he is a jack of all trades, master of all. Despite him being at the lowest class there is, F-Class, his skills are that of a C-Class rider. The reason he was so easily able to adapt to AT was because before he even knew the existence of AT he was a parkour runner and as such a lot of the skills he learned from parkour transferred excellently to his AT skills. The only thing he really had to work on was his speed, which did not take him long to figure out the method to the madness. In terms of his class rating, the only reason he is at the lowest there is because he doesn't really care much for it, he really enjoys AT for the freedom he gains from being able to go anywhere and be anywhere at any given moment as such it is his hobby, and he is passionate about his hobby, making him adept at learning more and more about his hobby and putting it into practice.

Background:
Ever since Kei was a baby he was always a trouble maker, he caused trouble for everyone in his family, whether it be his mom, dad, or sister, he always had to find a way to cause trouble. A majority of the time it was always harmless trouble and as such there really were no issues. Despite being such a trouble maker he did his best to be diligent in his studies so that no one could call him a no good delinquent in his later years. Basically he was smart. Nothing to really complain about throughout his earlier years in life.

Right around the end of middle school and the start of high school Kei got into parkour, he wanted freedom and wanted to be able to get wherever he wanted whether it be on top of a roof or on top of a tower, he wanted to get anywhere and everywhere. While parkouring itched that scratch slightly he still felt restricted and not free enough. That's when he discovered Air Trecks. This was his rise into becoming a Storm Rider. He gained the feeling of freedom he always sought after. That's all he simply wanted, he didn't care for the teams, the parts, or the classes. He just wanted to fly through the sky without a single care in the world.

Aside from being a Storm Rider, Kei is in the process of getting into university, the only thing he is really waiting on his his acceptance letter. Aside from that Kei is free to do whatever he feels on his free time, which most of the time is riding.

 

[Tempest]

@Kurogane86 do you want me to post first, or you good just doing the transition post?

@Robo27 i see no issues myself. If @Kurogane86 and @rechonq are okay with it too, i guess thats clear to hop in.

 

[Kurogane86]

Guys, so sorry I haven't been getting notifications. Go ahead and post @Snowball I'll do the wrap up after

 

[Tempest]

All good, Kuro.

I'll get a post up sometime tonite i think.

 

[Robo27]

Alright guess I shall wait for them to give my CS an ok!

 

[Kurogane86]

@Robo27 looks good.
@Snowball ok i'll throw up a post after you so we can transition to the next day

 

[Robo27]

Alright just have to wait for one more Ok then!

 

[rechonq]

I'm good with it too. Skills are a little high, but I guess Spector will have someone to keep up with him.

 

[Kurogane86]

ok i posted lets transition to the next day