Then one door slowly opened up, as large man in a longbow guardian suit walked out, because of the full body suit you couldn't really tell what his features were, other then his tanned skin. He looked down at the wet pavements, kicking at the open air. "Gah, paper work is all I've been freaking doing, don't they have some secretaries or some-" just then he noticed the animal-like woman and stopped dead still, and, just smiled, whispering to himself he said "Hmm, things are finally getting interesting. " Then a bit louder he said, "Well HEY there, how're you doin? Been fightin some villains? Gonna go out on patrol? If you are, want some help? Because if you need a master marksman I'm your guy! Huh? huh?!" The man seemed so excited he apparently forgot any sense of manners, even to outright skip introductions.
Gasping,the woman sat up with such a remarkable speed,that it seemed asif she was struck by lightning,obviously startled by the sudden sound of a loud male voice. With a soft rustle,numerous spines which appeared to be made out of a boney structure jolted out of her limbs,ripping and shredding little that was left of the allready tattered old cloak that she held wrapped about her body.
Her eyes widened,a faint pink hue creeping up her cheeks as she blushed out of obvious embarrassment,the bones steadily sinking back between the dark folds of cloth. The only sound that would escape her throath was a soft whimper.
The doors had OPENED (oh my god they opened..),the doors of the scary building that she would've rather avoided (i knew it all along! bad idea..BAAAD idea).And a man walked out and adressed her like an EQUAL! (has the world gone mad?)
The Guard leapt back upoon seeing her spines erupt all over her body, he yelled "Oh dear god I'm sorry I-!" untill he noticed she stopped and stuttered a bit of equal embarassment "Uh..uh, yea...umm...is there something wrong?"
Staring down at her hands her face flushed bright red while she whispered hoarsely "no..n-no..you just..s-startled me..thats all.." "it..it sometimes happens ..errr...uhm..well..it sometimes happens.."
She cleared her throath and tried to mask her awkwardness by semi nonchalantly running a hand through her hair. While doing so she now settled her gaze upon the man that appeared to be rather shocked by her little accident,perhaps even more than herself.
"i errr...i thought that they were closed",she continued,unable to cover up the fact her voice was sounding unnaturally tensed,nodding over towards the Freedom Corps building.
"not like i uhm..was interested in beeing a hero of course..ahum..not at all..i errr..i was just curious..and.."
She squinted her eyes abit,going silent as she took a better look at him,raising her brow asif she suddenly wondered who he WAS exactly.
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Staring down at her hands her face flushed bright red while she whispered hoarsely "no..n-no..you just..s-startled me..thats all.." "it..it sometimes happens ..errr...uhm..well..it sometimes happens.."
She cleared her throath and tried to mask her awkwardness by semi nonchalantly running a hand through her hair. While doing so she now settled her gaze upon the man that appeared to be rather shocked by her little accident,perhaps even more than herself.
"i errr...i thought that they were closed",she continued,unable to cover up the fact her voice was sounding unnaturally tensed,nodding over towards the Freedom Corps building.
"not like i uhm..was interested in beeing a hero of course..ahum..not at all..i errr..i was just curious..and.."
She squinted her eyes abit,going silent as she took a better look at him,raising her brow asif she suddenly wondered who he WAS exactly.
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The guardian listened intently, waiting for her to say "I could use some help." But it never came.
"Closed...? Oh...right, well, they are...I was just doing paperwork inside because now I'm an "official" employee of longbow...but apparently they don't need me beating down skulls or hellions... By the way...I don't think I caught your name, I'm Nick Lin...and you are...?" Just then he noticed the tag on her neck, "...Rami? Well, if you really want to be a hero...just don't look into longbow, you want to sign up as an independent....longbow hasn't done squat for me...
Blinking her eyes,Ramare listened carefully to the sudden flow of information,though her puzzled expression betrayed the fact that she obviously had no clue what Nick was talking about.
With a soft voice she replied simply with her name "r-rami..yes..i'm rami..",needlessly pointing at the collar around her neck. Though judging by her weak reaction,she would probably have agreed if he had called her Lucy or Sue. It wasn't her nature to doubt or even defy the will of those superiour to herself. Then again.. even if she DID possess the physical strenght to stand above said people,she probably would still serve them with the obedience of an abused puppy.
"errr..longbow?..." she tried,her voice slowly fading away as she cringed beforehand,asif she was expecting to be laughed at for her lack of knowledge about the going on's in galaxy city..or any city for that matter
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Blinking her eyes,Ramare listened carefully to the sudden flow of information,though her puzzled expression betrayed the fact that she obviously had no clue what Nick was talking about.
With a soft voice she replied simply with her name "r-rami..yes..i'm rami..",needlessly pointing at the collar around her neck. Though judging by her weak reaction,she would probably have agreed if he had called her Lucy or Sue.
"errr..longbow?..." she tried,her voice slowly fading away as she cringed beforehand,asif she was expecting to be laughed at for her lack of knowledge about the going on's in galaxy city..or any city for that matter
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Nick was confused by the fact she didn't know about longbow, didn't everybody? Nick new though this was a good chance to make him seem much tougher then he really was though. "Well, Longbow is a branch of Freedom Corps, this group is used to figth the dangerous villains of Arachnos, that plague this city, I've been workin with these guys for a while, but they just waste away my marksman talent, instead of having me take out Arachnos thugs, I'm filing reports and battle results..."
After a bit of Nick's ranting, as he more or less gave himself a pat on the back for being the lowest ranking in Longbow, he finally started to notice how meek and nervous Rami could be, when in Reality, she seemed to have much more physical prowess then he had (She does have a scrapper powerset after all...), since all he could do was shoot a gun. Nick moved closer and put a hand on her shoulder, sounding concerned, "Hey, uh, Rami? You don't seem to look so good, are you okay? Do you need to see the medbay?"
Michael Richardson, came around the corner in his street clothes figuring that he was going to be the only person coming to Freedom Corps Office at this hour. He saw the man in the longbow suit talking to the weird looking girl on the bench. Realizing he couldn't go in to talk to the Freedom Corps about the job offer he got in the mail addressed to his other identity, Iron American, with the people there to see him without his armor.
Michael and his grandfather whom he had lived with since his parents died, worked together as weapons designers and had built a armor suit that could emit plasma energy in various beams and other forms that could be used as a non lethal weapon. However his Grandfather passed away shortly before the project was finished and Michael decided that it didn't feel right to sell the armor after all the time and effort they had put into it, so since he wasn't going to be able to make any money without selling it he decided he would go into the hero business and earn rewards that way.
So Michael jumped back around the corner and put on his armor before heading around to the front of building.
"Hey there," said the Iron American as he approached the door. "Are you all here about a job too?" He grabbed at the handle of the door but found it was locked.
"Oh I guess they are closed. That's the weirdest thing, the letter I got said to come by around now. Should we just wait here?"
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"Hey there," said the Iron American as he approached the door. "Are you all here about a job too?" He grabbed at the handle of the door but found it was locked.
"Oh I guess they are closed. That's the weirdest thing, the letter I got said to come by around now. Should we just wait here?"
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Nick looked up at the armored hero, but he looked familiar to him, so he looked up and asked, "Wait...I know you from something...yea, wait, no, no, yes! You, you're the Iron American right?" What little of Nick's face you could see, had turned red with anger, "I HATE you! You're the freaking reason I've been STUCK IN THERE! YOU! They wanted me to process your request because apparently your just SO freaking special! I had to look in your profile, your age, your backround, my god! It took me so god long, and they had me come in, on a SUNDAY DAMN IT! Freedom Corps DOESNT PAY FOR EXTRA HOURS!" Nick was steaming, and looked like he was ready to try and punch a hole through the Iron American.
"Whoa pal, I didn't ask for the job, it was offered to me. So if your gonna get angry take it out on your boss. And as far as looking into my background you and I will have to have a chat later about what you found in there cause I don't want just anybody knowing the kinda stuff that may be in there." The Iron American paused for a second and then continued, "So are we cool or what, pal? I'm not looking for any more enemies at the moment."
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"Whoa pal, I didn't ask for the job, it was offered to me. So if your gonna get angry take it out on your boss. And as far as looking into my background you and I will have to have a chat later about what you found in there cause I don't want just anybody knowing the kinda stuff that may be in there." The Iron American paused for a second and then continued, "So are we cool or what, pal? I'm not looking for any more enemies at the moment."
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Nick smirked. "Chat later about the information? Ahaha, I'm afraid that's Freedom corps clasified buddy, take it up with the "boss". Nick's face turned serious again, "Fine, not TOTALLY your fault I guess, but I accept your apology, but remember, if you want to mess with me, my best pal Rami here will fill you with holes, just keep that in mind."
Nick looked around again, seeing if there was anything noticeable around, "Well, there's no point in waiting around here, my job is done for now, and I'm not allowed to go back in, maybe we should head to my place for now, I have a small apartment pretty close by, and I could go for some soda...unless you happen to want to go on 'patrol'."
Nick's eyes seemed to almost light up upon thinking about going on patrol, but seemed willing to take a break, apparently being part of his daily schedule of work.
((sorry guys i lost track of my topic for a bit there!))
Ramare sat frozen at the spot,staring from nick to the large man who had referred to himself as the iron american. She was glad that despite nick's obnoxious behaviour he remained diplomatic about the matter,not wanting to make the moody man (and possibly herself) his enemies. Slowly pushing herself up from the bench,asif she was affraid that sudden movements would scare both men,she whispered in a barely audible voice " h-hey now..dont fight..i-its allright..errr...nothing will uhm..will happen..i dont mean to interfere but..uhhh.."
She continued to think up every possible excuse she knew to try and soothe the situation whilst walking towards them,tail flicking nervously back and forth. Looking at the two of them she realized she lacked about everything a hero these days would need to survive this harsh dangerous scociety. They were both bold and possessed a strong personality so she could only imagine their powers to evenly match with their apparel. And then there was this woman,too tall for her own good,clumsy,fiersome appearance, and not in any way intimidating personality wise.
"uhm..uhh..i-i think that uh..i should just..i should just not be a herooOOOOOOOOO-" Clumsy like stated before,Ramare failed to notice a little gap between the street tiles,tripping over it. Wildly flailing her arms around she fell with her face flat against the ground,remaining motionless.
((I hope it isnt to late to join. Just so u no this is my first post, I have read a couple RPs and get the basics if I do anything wrong, tell me. Well here it goes))
Justin looked around. "It has been so long since Ive been out of costume just on the street" he said to himself. He happened to be in galaxy city to visit one of his longbow friends, Harold Jonson. He walked along the sidewalk till he reached freedom corps. He walked up to side steps to the doors in the front, where he saw some people gathered at the door talking. One of then by the look of him was a longbow operative of some sort, beside him was a hero dressed in costume, he looked familiar to justin but he could not remember where from, the final one looked like a wild beast, "hmmm, that one there isnt very hero-like at all, almost looks like a villain. Be at the ready, if they attack we dont want to get hurt." said a soft voice in justin's head. He was in fact one of the few people that was a peacebringer (a alien called a kheldian that needs a host, who has one). He got a little tenser because this voice seemed to have a great amount of wisdom and on most accounts and was ususaly correct when it talked, wich was rarly and let Justin stay incharge of his body and its luminous forms (bright nova, and white dwarf). He walked up the steps and said in a kind of squeaky voice, "hi everyone wassup?". He then put is hands in his pockets and relaxed a bit more although he was still ready for any 'unexpected' behavior from this trange looking creature.
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if the world was square, it wouldnt be round
glabal handle: lil ol'blue
on the freedom server
main hero: dark eagle-
main villain: Stealth - Srike
((its never to late to join and you do wonderful for your first time,alot better than i did when i first started! *waits for kaolin and lord_raymond*))
((I'm getting to it, just need to think it out first.))
((take your time. I hope more people will join too.))
Nick turned around after making his offer, to notice the ...woman... next to him mumbling something. Nick chuckled a bit at her timid nature, finding it almost cute. Still chuckling he said, "Eh? What'cha say Rami? You need to speak up!" Till....
Rami: "uhm..uhh..i-i think that uh..i should just..i should just not be a herooOOOOOOOOO-" As she fell, he had to hold back a laugh, but when she stopped moving, a look of fear went across his face Oh my god, did she break her nose? Did she just die?! Nick rushed to her, to check to see if she was still breathing. After a moment he noticed she was still moving, but possibly just too embarrassed to get up. Why do I even care....I don't get it. Moments later though, he heard foot steps.
As he spun around, hoping it was a rogue villain of some sort he whipped out his pistol, only to hear from some punk saying, "Hi everyone, wassup?" Nick sighed, just some guy. Nick half smiled, half frowned, it seemed to both amuse him, and annoy him at the same time, "Hey, where the heck do you people keep coming from? What is it? Come on I don't have all day, as you can see I'm having an important conversation with this nice woma-." once again he realized Rami was still on the floor, trying to pick up again he said, "n...on the floor...See, she' s just restin, y'know? Because...umm...y'know, she's tired, and she couldn't find a bed..isn't that right Rami?"
(( i laughed my butt off at your post kao XD ..lol.. ))
Groaning loudly,Ramare slowly but steadily pushed herself up from the floor,showing off an impressively large abrasion on her forehead. Allthough the fall had seemed rather spectecular,fortunatly the damage it caused was little,still...something appeared to be slightly different,a small change that didn't feel quite right. For one,the woman didn't seem to have the slightest clue of what had just happened. She also no longer haunched her shoulders,standing up straight,head proudly lifted upwards,a confident expression visible on her face. With this sudden change of posture one would notice her true beauty,a feral like elegance bestowed upon her movements.
Running a hand through her pale mane she looked left and right asif she had never been here before,quirking her brow as she got adressed by Nick.
"did ya say somethin' sugar?",she asked with a sultry voice,a sly smile playing upon her lips as she canted her head sidewards inquiringly.
Planting one hand in her waist she strutted closer towards the man she had adressed,hips swaying seductively,tail calmly moving about. Her deep crimson eyes she held locked upon his.
((Don't mind if I make one last post for tonight do ya? I'm finding this to be rather interesting. BTW, slight change my foot, more like a mind warp....))
As he noticed Rami get back up, he started to calm down a bit, but the sudden change in her facial expression, almost stunned him. What happened to the timid girl that I was with moments ago?. Now she looked truly beautiful, and it left Nick almost dumbstruck, he was left staring, but was awoken upon hearing,
Rami: Did ya say somethin' sugar?
Wait, what the hell? Did she just switch minds or something?! Nick was increasingly alarmed, though even HE wasn't sure if it was for Rami, or for himself. Nick put one foot back due to her sudden approach, he still could not seem to bridge the fact she changed oh so suddenly. Nick tried to keep cool, but was hardly doing so, "Uh, er, Rami? I was, y'know, checkin to see if you were okay, you are okay right? Nothing wrong with your head...eheh..heh...eh....is there?" There freaking must be unless your bipolar....
His eyes darted back and forth, looking almost like he was making way for an escape. It was not until his eyes met with Rami's did he stop, it was almost mesmerizing to him, he just couldn't seem to look away, even in attempting to do so, he failed miserably. Time had stopped for Nick, while everything else was moving around him, he was stuck.
(( *cackles* oh youll find out about it soon enough... ))
The woman let out a cold cackle upon hearing nick referring to her as 'Rami',eyes slightly squinted as she replied hoarsely "Rami? Dont be silly love..my name is Mare". She playfully twirled around nick,eyes intently gazing the man over till she was directly facing him. Placing her thumb and index finger lightly against his chin,she raised his head upwards,forcing him to look up at her as she moved in closer. With her face just inches away from his own,their lips nearly touching eachother she whispered in a low voice "or..did ya rather have Rami here.."
Releasing Nick from her grasp she now noticed the Iron American standing not too far away from them,eyes sparkling deviously. "oooo..i luvva big strong man...",she squeeled. Placing her hands upon the Iron American's chest she leaned in to whisper into his ear "or..dontcha like tall women..?",backing off with a small wink.
"ugh..i thought i'd never be released..its a miracle i still have all my limbs with that girl beeing so clumsy.." Ramare sighed,seeming quite happy with the way things were now,allthough it still wasn't quite clear what exactly had happened to her.
Allowing herself to scan the area she noticed the Freedom Corps building,laughing softly "she didn't honestly intended to..."
((srrry I didnt reply again last night, I threw up and my mom sent me to bed. But I feel better now and am gona post))
after hearing Nick's little freak out about him just talking to someone Justin's eye brows shot up "sorry man didnt mean to interupt you or anything just came to talk to a friend." Then he saw Rami fall to the ground and get back up again, and see taht was she was acting in a kind of devious manner, takeing note of this he steped back in alarm and became more tense. Wondering if he could just leave the scene and come back later when there were different people, perhaps ones who seemed a bit less strange.....
((kinda short, I no but I couldnt think of what else to write))
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if the earth was square it wouldnt be round......
global handle: lil ol'blue
main hero: dark eagle
main villain: stealth - strike
((I'm afraid...very afraid...))
Nick was practically hypnotized by Rami, though he found himself thrown once he heard the sudden change of her voice saying,
Rami: Rami? Don't be silly love...my name is Mare".
As she moved around though, he found himself, somehow constantly being distracted by her gaze, as she forced him to look directly in her eyes again, as she came in closer, that he became lost in her eyes, but, for some reason they seemed almost different. She seems a little different..but...
"Mare": Or did ya rather have Rami here?"
Wait, what?! Nick finally regained himself again, attempting to be demanding he said, "Wait, what do you mean "rather"?" As she moved towards the Iron American again, he went red again, this time, with a yell he said "OK then, someone's going to tell me WHAT'S GOING ON." Nick pulled out his pistol again, shouting at the Iron American he said, "Back away from her, now!" Nick aimed his pistol towards the woman's head, "Ok, what's going on Rami, er, Mare, er, Rami, gah, whoever the hell you are! I want to know what's going on now, an-and if I don't get some sort of explanation...I-I, I just might have to pull this trigger, because I'm pretty damn sure you're not just bipolar."
Nick was visibly shaking, he obviously had a quick temper, but seemed to almost hesitate, something he never did...back at the firing ranges anyway... I finally got what I wanted, something interesting...but this wasn't how I wanted it to happen...this is supposed to be easy, yet I can't help but hold back damn it, why now, of all times?!
(Sorry I went MIA, just had a busy last couple of days, and I should warn you now that in a couple of days I am leaving for Europe and will have limited internet access so I will come up with a way to remove myself for a while)
Iron American wasn't quite as thrown by the sudden change in Rami's attitude, he had been doing this job for to long to be surprised by crazy people.
"Look here, darlin', while I am flattered, I really don't think your my type. So why don't you do us a favor and explain what's up with you. Cause I think Captain Sassy-pants here is going to be shooting that pretty little face right off of you. So what do you say? Are you some kinda crazy?"
Although Michael sounded like he was keeping his cool, he was secretly charging his energy cannons in his fists, just in case Nick missed his shot. He hadn't even really taken notice yet of the other person who had come up on them.
Judicious Antagonism ( http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...8-21-35-44.jpg Sorry, not quite sure as how to blend the url with the text...) had been sitting on the steps of Galaxy City, lamenting the fact his hero name was off by one letter on his license. He had hoped to be Judicious Antagonist, but the lady typing was pretty tired by this time, so she accidentally had put an "m" at the end. "Ah well...Least she didn't put Judy Anty or something like that..."
While talking to himself he managed to hear a man yelling rather angrily across the way, he walked over to investigate the disturbance. "Action maybe?" He rubbed his hands together, hoping to take out some frustration. When he turned the corner, he saw a man, who appeared to be longbow, pointing a gun at another costumed man and animal-type-woman-person.
Setting his hand on the officer's shoulder near the base of the neck he said something to him. "Now maybe you should put down the gun and cool off. If not, there's a nifty little nerve right...around..." He shuffled his hand a bit "...Here." Making his grip a bit more tense he awaited a response.
((first of all i want to say that my main language isn't english,so please don't get too annoyed if you see a typo,i'll try to keep them to a limit
Also,this will be the second day i play city of heroes,so i'm not familiar yet with any places,hence the location of this play -galaxy city-))
-RULES-
Everybody is welcome to join,wether you are a hero or a villain (or something in between)
Please dont kill eachother unless you have permission,otherwise it will get very boring when everybody is dead in the end hehe
Most important,be active please! i absolutely hate to wait for a week or more for a reply. Sorry if this offends the buisy bees among us,but i think its rude to let someone you engaged a play in wait for that long
Heavy grey rainclouds slowly drifted through the night sky,acompanied by the sound of crashing thunder as the rain fell down upon the inky black street tiles in a neverending downpour.
Ramare managed to hold back a slight crude smile as a flash of lightning cleaved through the rain,enlighting the silhouette of a rather large building,the plain font of the logo above the entrance reading "Freedom Corps". She didn't found it very welcoming to the eyes,subconciously shuddering about the thought of setting foot inside.
Emitting a soft sigh she wrapped the heavy black cloth of a tattered cape more firmly about her tall form,shoulders haunched over alittle asif she was affraid to draw too much attention to herself (which was near impossible due to her rather peculiar appearance).That was also the exact reason why the young woman was hesitant of getting involved with the Freedom Corps. They were looking for new heroes to sign up and help keep Galaxy City,and possibly other cities aswell clean and free of villains and other scum. Problem was,she didn't quite possessed the stereotypical looks of a heroine with potential. More those of a villain on the loose,affraid to get caught by whomever would be chasing her.
She sighed deeply,wiping afew strands of wet pale mane from her eyes with an annoyed flick of her hand.To make matters worse the weather wasn't exactly cooperative.
"it can't possible get any worse than this.." she mumbled to herself,cautiously creeping up to the closed doors she rather would be avoiding.
Shading her crimson eyes with the palm of her flat hand she leaned forward to try and have a peek inside the building,though the glass turned out to be blinded from the inside. Frowning she crossed her arms on a displeased manner,a small white paper close to the handle of the doors catching her attention.
- CLOSED ON SUNDAYS -
Shaking her head,Ramare angrily stomped her hooves on the ground,cracking afew tiles in the process. Pacing back and forth she tried to open the doors once more,hoping that they'd suddenly open and a bunch of tv people would come running around the corner to tell her she had been taped for Paragon's Funniest Home video's. Alas..they remained shut and there was no sign of a film crew anywhere.
With lowered head the woman dragged herself towards the nearest bench,settling upon it whilst pulling up her knees towards her chin. Allthough she kept telling herself she wanted to lead a normal,boring life without any heroic deeds she had secretly hoped for something exciting once she had recieved the letter from Freedom Corps.
But now she sad there,a patethic bundle of dissapointment,soaked by the rain,lonely,clueless..
"oh master.." she whispered "why have you abandoned me..where are you hiding now..",fingering the heavy metal collar that was strapped around her neck. Some elegant engraved letters reading "Rami"