DAY 1
Active Events: Blood Pit Arena (Qualifying Round), Dread Metal Destruction Derby (Qualyfing Round)
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OOC: Strikeout means D.E.A.D. by the way. And yes, totally do not fall too much in love with your NPCs. It's Open Season for all. >:3
If you kill an NPC, mark it in bold the same way I have done. Same goes if you make an attack attempt on another player (and include them in mentions). Easy breezy, just be fair. This post, I'm going pretty mild and I'm just warming up to give you all a chance to respond and strike Black Lotus first, but next post, WATCH OUT!
BLOOD PIT ARENA SCOREBOARD
A.K.A. Who's surviving and who's dead.
BLACK LOTUS EMPIRE
Phoebe - Charizard
Vekker - Ursaring
Grec - Gengar
Vurden - Volcarona
Unloc - Luxray
Janos - Breloom
Shandal - Passimian
STEEL SCAVENGERS
Grand Lady - Tsareena
Gloria - Goodra
Kaytoo the Toxapex
Iolande - Gastrodon
Unnamed - Manectric
Ioseph - Beheeyem
Durkon - Clefable
THE GRACIDEA ORDER
Athena - Decidueye
Perceval - Serperior
Axiom - Hakamo-o
Shiva - Medicham
Saber - Lurantis
Jackson - Alolan Ninetales
Masamune - Braviary
THE PRANKSTER PLATOON
Laura - Umbreon
Xavier - Luxray
Kirrun - Claydol
Aria - Mismagius
THUNDERCRASH GANG
Dycee - Alolan Raichu
Cartaka - Sylveon
Modkus - Hydreigon
Vink - Watchog
Voris - Alakazam
Ryke - Swellow
Soland - Excadrill
SENTINEL CORPORATON
Vesh - Tyranitar
Lotec - Mawile
Marsha - Salazzle
Decca - Torracat
Swill - Glaceon
Eki - Lampent
Julver - Kommo-o
THE SHADOW MASK
Muno - Swampert
Burrin - Accelgor
Zill - Mimikyu
INDEPENDENTS
Bax - Togedemaru
Goreg - Nidoking
Zengar - Noivern
Jabis - Vikavolt
Phoebe Helsden the Charizard
Black Lotus - Onyx Circle
Blood Pit Arena, Lytala City
Affected RPers: @Death's Spook, @Noblejanobii, @LKWayvern
Recommended Listening: Max Payne 3 - Tears
It was time.
Blood Pit Arena was filled to the brim with spectators watching from the elevated protected cage to avoid having massive amounts of spectator causalities. The cage was strong and would absorb most of the mayhem that happened to stray away from the center of the arena. Meanwhile, it gave everyone a decent view of the brutality that was to unfold. With the scoreboard lit up with its massive list of entrants on display on the televisions throughout the stadium, the crowd was extremely feverish and the cameras were rolling with many excited and sadistic spectators just waiting for what promised to be the most savage, deadly, and brutal Blood Pit of all time. All across the world, Pokémon were watching on television, listening to the radio, steaming online, and tuning in however they could to the brutality that was about to unfold.
Never before in the history of Blood Pit were there this many entrants, already making good on promise that the 50th Tempest Festival would be the most brutal and monumental of all time. Because of size of roster, the "Pillager" version had to be put into play to avoid extreme and unclimatic opening death tolls. Stone walls, junk piles, shanties, and many other obstacles and obstructions had been put into place once the officials were informed there would be more than twenty entrants. Meanwhile, additional weapons, combat drugs, and even traps were hidden throughout the wasteland-themed arena pit. The death toll was guaranteed to be higher than ever before.
As per standard, competing teams were gathered beyond massive steel cage doors just behind the walls of the arena that would lead into the arena itself once they were opened with the event's start. In only minutes, they would all be opened at once and it would become a total savage free for all between teams, save for the independents that were allied with no one but themselves alone.
As Phoebe rallied her squad, she was more than ready to kill, kill, and kill until the round was done and she and whoever was left on her squad prevailed. No Black Lotus operative ever had to deal with this level of competition before, but she wasn't intimidated by it. She and her team were deadly and were willing to stop at nothing to ensure Black Lotus would prevail in every possible round.
"Remember your training," Phoebe told her squad, knowing this was more about preparation and not the myth that many called luck, "and we'll all get through this just fine."
Her squad members nodded and grinned, more than ready to give the crowds something to celebrate. The arena sand was thirsty for blood, and Black Lotus had every intention to quench it.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" the announcer voice boomed throughout the stadium. "I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!"
The stands erupted into a wild ecstasy of cheers, screaming, and feverish whistling. The final countdown was on, and behind all the arena cage doors, weapons were loaded, hearts were racing, and blood was pumping.
"WE PROMISED YOU THE MOST SAVAGE BLOOD PIT ARENA MATCH EVER, AND HERE IT IS!" the announcer shouted with excitement, causing the anticipation to spread like wildfire as the cheers got louder. "WE PROMISED YOU COMBAT. WE PROMISED YOU EXCITEMENT. AND WE PROMISED YOU BLOOD. AND NOW...
LET
THERE
BE
BLOOD!!!
The cage doors fell. The opening siren was wailing. And all hope for ethics and morality in this place of combat and death was snuffed out like a candle instantly crushed in a hydraulic press.
Immediately, Phoebe the Charizard and her team charged into action through the doors and stepped onto the wasteland sand, knowing they had a lot of targets to take down. While Phoebe took flight with her draconic wings and protected her squad from above, her team kept a ground-based tactical defensive position that relied on close teamwork to stay alive and strike down any targets that were sighted.
Already, gunfire was lashing out and the engagements were fierce. A sudden inferno erupted in a building shell a far distance away from the flying fire lizard, and Phoebe had witnessed Decca the Torracat ambushing Bax the Togedemaru from her vantage point. Though Bax had tried to retaliate, he was too late and Decca had no problem smothering the hedgehog Pokémon with a constant Flamethrower assault that incinerated Bax alive.
Bax the Togedemaru (Independent) has been eliminated.
Already, the crowd was growing wild as combat and fatal engagements were taking place in just about every direction. Phoebe aimed her Death Spitter rocket launcher at Decca, but she knew the chances of it hitting the Torracat was unlikely. She had nothing to lose in her attempt, but she took the lack of Decca's name being crossed off that she hadn't been killed after the rocket struck the inside of the building shell.
To the side, she noticed Sentinel Corporation's squad was making their way toward her squad's position. If the two met up, it would be a serious slaughter between both sides and Phoebe didn't want to have half her team dead when there were so many other competitors still alive and fresh to the fight.
"Heads up, incoming from the left at four o' clock, fifty vilmarks distance" Phoebe informed her team via her headset radio. "I'll try to draw their fire and lay down suppressing reprisal, but I need two flankers to strike from the right side. Vekker and Unloc, you're up."
"Heh, copy that, boss," Vekker sneered.
"I'm all over that," Unlock agreed.
Phoebe knew if this worked according to plan, everyone on the Sentinel Corporation team would be wiped out and it would knock off a good chunk of the competition. But it wasn't going to be easy...
DREAD METAL DESTRUCTION DERBY SCOREBOARD
BLACK LOTUS EMPIRE
RIPFIRE [Armored Truck]
Jaze - Conkeldurr (Driver)
Jucden - Raticate (Gunner)
PEACESLAYER [Monster Truck]
Vorkot - Scrafty (Driver)
Xed - Arcanine (Gunner)
BLACKOUT [Armored Hearse]
Sevren - Dusknoir (Driver)
Mevvan - Krookodile (Gunner)
PRANKSTER PLATOON
SCREAMING TALON [Lightweight Zippy Vehicle]
Jones - Heliolisk (Driver)
Tony - Incineroar (Main Gunner)
Cheshire - Meowstic (Support Gunner)
STEEL SCAVENGERS
THE IRON GIANT [Armored Tank Car]
Julia - Weavile (Driver/Gunner)
THE HORNET [Armored Motorcycle]
Juan - Furret (Driver/Gunner)
THUNDERCRASH GANG
LIGHTNING STRIDER [Nitro Roadster]
Sorton - Eelektross (Driver)
Latchy - Pachirisu (Gunner)
ELECTRIC WILD [Assault Motorcycle]
Rash - Whimsicott (Driver/Gunner)
SENTINEL CORPORATION
THE BRIGADER [Armored Military APC]
Koya - Cacturne (Driver)
Yandali - Infernape (Main Turret Gunner)
Vunder - Delphox (Support Gunner)
Kolm - Blastoise (Support Gunner)
THE NIGHTMARCH
ENIGMA ZERO [Armored Bulldozer]
Baladax - Beartic (Driver)
Olock - Aggron (Main Gunner)
Jugnul - Tyrantrum (Support Gunner)
ZOMBIE SQUAD
THE RECKONING [Armored Junkyard Hulk]
Fazi - Cofagrigus (Driver)
Slugz - Snorlax (Main Gunner)
Vulk - Skuntank (Support Gunner)
INDEPENDENTS
SLAYER'S RIDE [Armored Buggy]
Khilter - Dragalge (Driver/Gunner)
DESTINY'S END [Speed Motorcycle]
Kikel - Pancham
LOCKDOWN [Armored Pick-up Truck]
Rudy - Rampardos (Driver)
Gile - Sandslash (Gunner)
DEVIL'S HEADHUNTER [Armored Semi Truck]
Durakan - Alolan Marowak (Driver/Gunner)
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Jucden Tarblack the Raticate
Black Lotus - Onyx Circle
Aboard the Ripfire, Lotus Den Slums, outside Lytala City
Affected RPers: @Velocity, @Morzone
Recommended Listening: The Book of Eli - The Convoy
Jucden had been waiting for this day for ages. No one had granted his wish more than Black Lotus when it came to wanting to blow up as many Pokémon as possible. And today the frenzied Ratticate was like a rich kid on Christmas morning about to be royally spoiled to death.
The slum sector that had been zoned off for Dread Metal was ready, and a larger than normal sector had been prepared due to the larger number of entrants and the heftier vehicles that were entering. Some of the largest, heaviest, and most ruthless vehicles ever prepared were ready to unleash carnage. After they had been put into their starting positions, all that was left was to wait for the opening horn that would be played throughout the slum sector on expendable speakers. Meanwhile, cameras scattered throughout the slums would capture the live carnage and mayhem for everyone watching.
"Let's git ta killin' already!" Jaze complained, slamming his hands on the steering rod in his disgruntled impatience. "I ain't growin' any yunger 'ere!"
"AHHHH HA HA HA, any moment now!" Jucden laughed with glee as he jumped up and down with his grenade launcher. "YES YES YES YES YES!"
"ARE ALL YOU MAGGOTS READY!?" the announcer shouted, his voice carrying throughout the slums. "IF YOU'RE NOT, GET PISSED ON, KAKÓS! BE READY TO FLY OR BE READY TO DIE!!!"
YOUR
DAYS
END
HERE!!!
The starting horn had blared loudly after the announcer's voice had ripped through the streets, and the roars of many raging engines had ravaged the silence of the slums. Almost immediately, the largest and most deadly junkyard hulks and assault vehicles had begun their onslaught and ripped and tore their way through the slums, smashing down shanties and blasting their way through the rickety houses and marketplaces. The arena was larger than before, and the competition this year was mindlessly ferocious.
Jucden's eyes were lit up in feverish, blood-drunken excitement as dark adrenaline raged through his body. Both of them were lit up with an excited mania, just itching to slaughter more than anyone has ever done before in a Dread Metal competition. Everyone else was nothing more than prey in his feverish vehicular madness.
"HURRY!" Jucden shouted, jumping up and down from the back of the Ripfire. "GET IN THERE BEFORE EVERYONE'S DEAD ALREADY!!!"
The Ripfire tore its way through several shanties, throwing wood, metal, and stone pieces in all directions as the raging truck mercilessly plowed its way through the slums. Up ahead, it spotted the Lockdown, and Jucden's eyes lit up with murderous frenzy as he readied his grenade launcher.
"HAVE A NICE DAY!!" Jucden laughed, taking aim and launching a barrage of grenades at the Lockdown.
Gile opened fire in retaliation using the mounted Jozar-X Machine Gun, trying to lay as much punishment on the Ripfire as possible. Jucden quickly took cover in the armored truck, just as one of his launched grenades flew into Rudy's horrified face and instantly turned the whole upper half of his body into bloody paste that was thrown about in all directions. Meanwhile, the entire cabin of the pickup truck was decimated into pieces, leaving Gile the Sandslash completely stranded without a driver or a functioning vehicle.
Rudy the Rampardos (Independent) has been eliminated.
"RUDY!!" Gile shouted at his deceased comrade before gritting his teeth in anger and turning back to Jucden, "I'll murder you, you piss-drinking kakó!"
More gunfire was laid down on the Ripfire, but most of it had only struck off the armor and did minimal damage. Meanwhile, Jucden had the stranded Sandslash in his sights, ready to make him nothing more than a pasty aftermath of yet another brutal Dread Metal competition.
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