Utterly Lost

[Rainbow Dash]

If this were a normal day, people would be out on the streets, buying and selling as they pleased. If this were a normal day, streets would be jammed with traffic. If this were a normal day, some pervert would be buying himself some pleasure.

This is not a normal day. Far from it. Far from it indeed.

Nobody knows how or why the planet changed so rapidly, why their cities vanished, and why that whore's skin so quickly began to rot. No bombs were set off. Religous people believe that the end is here at last. Riots were commonplace of course, for the nature of humans is to riot whenever possible, even after watching a game, for some reason. If only there was something to be looted.

But on this day, the largest cities vanished from the planet, the land cracked and reshaped beneath them, trees became petrified while rocks became animated. Billions drowned or died in the rioting.

This is absoloute chaos.

Why did this happen? Who did this? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

[night sk8r]

yea im utterly lost 2

[Zelphiel]

Character: Dalton
Age: 25
Sex: Male
Height: 6'
Hair: Very long black hair
Eyes: Red
Skills: Adept in unarmed combat and most martial arts weapons. He also has the ability to control electricity in small ammounts... typically used to enhance his strikes when he fights.

How long am I going to have to put up with this bullshit, Dalton thought to himself. Why this had to happen in my lifetime is beyond me. Maybe this is some cosmic joke the gods are pulling on me. Dalton was walking on a broken paved road on what used to be the outskirts of a great city. Now... most of it is in ruin. He had been alone for several days. Nearly everyone he knew died in the armageddon. He was searching for a place that hadn't been totally destroyed in the apocalypse... some place where he could try to wait out the chaos. He was still walking and thinking... it was almost all he could do. He started to see a lone figure bleeding out of the horizon. "Am I imagining things or is that just another mirage like all the other things I've been seeing." Dalton kept walking towards the figure. The closer he got to it the more he realized that it was another survivor. "Someone else actually lived through that... and I was thinking that I was the only one lucky enough to escape with my life." Dalton called out to the person in the distance and hastened his pace to catch up with him. "Hey! You there. Who are you? Where are you comming from? Did anyone else survive?"

[Twilight Sparkle]

Extremely short description

Name: Bowman / Serena

Sex: Male / Female

Age: 28 / Appears 17 or 18

Height: 5'10 / 5'4

Hair: Bowman- Dark brown hair. Short and mussed in front, with a long tail tied behind
Serena- Bright blonde, almost a greenish sheen. Waistlength and tightly curled

Eyes: Bowman- Dark, liquid blue
Serena- Bright, haunting green

Short description: When a person is born, they are surrounded with a kind of "cosmic energy" that defines their 'place' within the cosmic balance of the world. This energy, virtually invisible to the naked eye and unknown to most everyone, is a kind of "placement" for a person that lets the balance of the world know of their exsistant, so to speak. Bowman, out of an extreme chance of fate, happens to share his "place" with another person. During every full moon and new moon, his "cosmic energies" are reversed, replacing his worldly body with that of a completely different person. In this case, the young woman Serena. Neither of these two people have any knowledge of this 'switch'. However, because Serena only appears rarely, she is very innocent and naive about the world around her.
Bowman, however, is a very laid back and lazy indevidual. Despite being extremely intellegent and a powerful martial artist, he'd rather lounge around and smoke a cigarette than do anything too strenuous.

Skills: Bowman, as I mentioned, is a powerful martial artist. Strong, agile, intellegent and skilled. He is able to harness his inner energy, his "ki" to create special techniques and enhance his abilities when needed (no, nothing DBZ-like, or even close to that)
Serena has little to no fighting skills whatsoever and only moderate survival skills. She is a normal human with a normal physique (albeit she's a rather busty, healthy young woman) and little knowledge about the outside world due to her only "exsisting" in this cosmic plane during every full moon and new moon.

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Before I make a post, I was wondering something. Does this take place directly after all this worldwide chaos began, or several years after?

[Rainbow Dash]

Ulrix
Age: 23
Height: 5'5"
Hair: Blonde w/ ponytail, very clean-kept.
Skills: None! o.o
Personality: Quite a thinker, but could never have forseen something as unpredictable as this.

[Zelphiel]

Before I make a post, I was wondering something. Does this take place directly after all this worldwide chaos began, or several years after?

(I was thinking it was happening within a few days of it)

[Rainbow Dash]

(I was thinking it was happening within a few days of it)
(Yes, exactly. Kimiko, were you planning to be the person Dalton stopped in the streets?)

[Twilight Sparkle]

((Okay, cool. That's what I thought. I'll make a post sometime tonight or tomorrow morning once I think of something to do. Oh, yes.. in case there's any confusion on my character(s) they AREN'T the same person. Bowman doesn't transform into Serena, they're two completely different people. They just don't exsist at the same time, only the same place. Or.. something. x.x;; Oh, and no, I wasn't planning to be the person Dalton stopped.. Truthfully, I hadn't read his post yet. I was going to read it once I was ready to make my post))

[night sk8r]

im confused wat r these characters for....r we playin a game or somethin?

[Zelphiel]

(they're characters that we're going to roleplay as in a story that'll be somewhat made up as we go.

you can join if you want to... it isn't all that hard to do if you like writing.)

[night sk8r]

k well then

Zanter
Male
Age: 21
Height: 5'11
Hair: Semi Long Black Hair
Eyes: Green
Skills: Unknown as of now

[Rainbow Dash]

(You may want to read the RP Basics thread if you are new to this. Its not so much a game as it is a creative challenge.)

Hearing Dalton, Ulrix turned and showed his multi-colored eyes. They were filled with despair. "How the hell am I supposed to know... How should I know anything..." He continued to stumble foward in a daze. "How the hell did this happen...?"

[Twilight Sparkle]

"Gone. It really IS gone..." He just couldn't beleive it. It was mind boggling. Just this morning, his life was damn near perfect. He'd teach his martial arts class, then go out for a smoke once the sessions were completed. After that, he was free to lounge about and do whatever he pleased. All his students would remain here for several more hours, practicing many martial formations and stances, testing their resolve.
"Gone..." he repeated again, his voice barely a whisper as he gazed out in disbelief over the smoldering ruins that was once his livelihood. Slowly sinking to his knees, his dazed gaze never leaving the rubble, the fact that everything he had ever known was no more began to finally settle into his mind.
"I just can't beleive it.." he mutters, reaching down and weakly grabbing a handful of black, ash-ridden dirt. "Three hundred students.. Oh God! The students!" Leaping to his feet, tossing the dirt asside, he rushes into the midst of the ruins, eyes darting about the rubble frantically.
"Is anyone there!?" he calls out, throat tight and voice straining from the worry. "Hello!? Please, someone.. anyone.. ANSWER ME!" Bending down and moving aside debris after debris, he digs throughout the devistation frantically, searching for any survivors. Hoping beyond hope that he hadn't failed the only people whom he cared about in this world.
"Oh God, no.." he mutters, tossing aside a large, charred plank of wood. "This can't be happening.." Staring back at him, eyes dull and lifeless, were the faces of a small handful of young men and women, bodies nearly unidentifiable due to the massive damage the surrounding chaos inflicted upon them. He could only assume the rest of his students were also underneath this rubble, somewhere, in the very same state.
'Everyone.. I'm sorry.. I'm so... I.." consumed by sorrow and the feeling that he had failed everyone he ever cared about, he lets out a ferocious primal scream, tears streaming down his face as he comes to terms with the reality of the situation. "I promise you all.." he starts, after calming down and wiping his tear-stained face, " I'll make amends. I'll find out what caused the world to travel down this chaotic path, and I'll make it right." clenching his fists, hands shaking in anger and frusteration, he turns his gaze up towards the heavens. "I swear it.."

One Week Later

Patting the last mound of dirt into place, the man gives a long, drawn out sigh as he pushes himself to his feet.
"That's the least I can do for you all.." he say to himself, reaching into his shirt pocket and pulling out a single cigarette. Glancing over the three hundred grave mounds he had spent the last week digging, and over the rubble of his life with which he had located all of his students, he gives off a small, slightly crooked smile despite what he was feeling inside.
"I guess it's time to say goodbye for now. I promise I'll return here, one day." reaching into his shirt pocket again, he pulls out a small book of matches, places the cigarette in his mouth, and strikes a match. "When I do, I'll have done what I set out to do. I'll have a hell of a lot of stories to tell you all, I'm sure." Bringing the lit match up to his cigarette, he takes a long draw, breathing in deeply. Turning his back to the graves, he gives them a short backward wave as he bretahs out, the long snake of smoke spiraling about his head.
"Don't forget, everyone.. I'll be back. I promise you." With that being said, he heads off, starting his trek down the road into the chaotic world around him, not knowing what lies ahead.


(( Finally, a SHORT POST! I'm not very happy with this at all since the formatt is way off, but that's what I get for solely concentrating on making a short post. It's good enough for an intro post, anyway. So, there ya go. ))

[Rainbow Dash]

(Kimiko, that was beautiful. Stop friggin criticizing yourself. Its a pet peeve of mine, people who think they suck when they don't.)

[Twilight Sparkle]

(( I can't help it when I honestly feel that way. I'll stop critisising myself once I get used to doing short posts and feel good about the format they're in ))

[Miles]

(Ooh! Can I join in?
I'm asking...Cos...I'm too polite for my own good.)

[Zelphiel]

(you know us Holly. we don't care if you butt in. :P

and yes it was good Kimiko. none of us are pros or anything so you don't have to stress over your rp posts.)

[Miles]

(Yay! It's all done! It's not exactly wonderful but I did do it in an hour o.o so I'm quite proud of myself..)

Name: Lillia
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Hieght: 5'2
Hair: Very light orange, shoulder length pigtails.
Eyes: Brown, wide and child-like.

Skills: Lillia is quite fast on her feet but her thinking doesn't always
match. She has the ability to wield a bow and can swing a small sword if
needed. She isn't really a natural fighter but can handle a tough situation
if she really has to. She likes to find ways around violence which often
means...Running away!




"Oh..." Lillia couldn't help but moan when she opened her eyes. Her head was aching and all she could taste was dirt..Dry, crunchy dirt. She was laying on the floor, her arms wrapped tightly under her, clinging to something that was digging in her stomach. She slowly sat up and looked around her..Something big had happened and she had a feeling that she had missed the whole thing. There was total silence and nothing to be seen. All the grass that should have been there was missing. Lillia had no idea what was going on, she began to wonder if she was lost. She couldn't remember coming to this place before, where she lived there were always pink flowers, as far as the eye could see. Beautiful, bright
pink that used to shine in the sunlight. "Where am I?" She got to her feet and looked down at the item she was still holding. It was a glass jar, she just placed it on hand and used the other to check herself over. She couldn't feel anything out
of place and her clothes were still in one piece. Her cute yellow dress was slightly dusty from being on the ground and her green scarf was pretty much the same but apart from that, she was pretty sure that everything was fine. "Good. That's one less thing to worry about...But I do wonder where I am..." She looked down to her boots, noticing a patch of grass before them and a small flower staring up at her, as if to say hello. She got to her knees and smiled down at it. "Oh, you're all lonely...Poor lil flower.." Suddenly she began to dig around it with her hands and after a few minutes the flower was sat ontop a jar full of dirt. "Yay! Now you're safe and happy! Don't worry lil flower..I'll look after you." With that, Lillia jumped to her feet clinging to the jar
that held her new friend. She was thinking that North would be a good direction to head..If only she knew which way North was..She decided to head off in the way she was facing and hope that she would find someone who knew what was going on.

Lillia had now seen two suns and two moons and she was starting to get bored of all the walking. She had barely gotten any sleep and her flower looked really thirsty. "Hello!" She yelled out, hoping that someone would hear her. "Oh!! I said..HELLO!!" This time she sounded slightly more ticked off. "This is so-Ugh!" She fell flat on her face, getting another taste of the dirt. That was it, she couldn't take it anymore, she sat herself up and placed her flower beside her. "I'm hungry...Tired...And so thirsty...And..And..I'm scared~" With that her eyes filled with tears and the water she had left in her body began to escape and she just sat there..Crying.

[Rainbow Dash]

(we may have a special guest appearance in this RP... still waiting for my opportunity to post)

[Twilight Sparkle]

(( You can post now, can't you? We're still in the introduction phase, so it's unlikely any of our characters are going to meet up with one another just yet. I'm waiting until all (or most) of the characters are introduced before I make my next post. Though if nothing progresses by, say.. Friday -plenty of time-, I'll go ahead and post something ))

[Rainbow Dash]

(( You can post now, can't you? We're still in the introduction phase, so it's unlikely any of our characters are going to meet up with one another just yet. I'm waiting until all (or most) of the characters are introduced before I make my next post. Though if nothing progresses by, say.. Friday -plenty of time-, I'll go ahead and post something ))
(I'm already interacting with Dalton. Dunno if he's just going to let me stumble foward depressed or if he's going to squeeze more info out of me.)

[Twilight Sparkle]

((Strange, I can't find your post anywhere. I guess that's why I thought you haven't posted yet o.o;; ))

[Zelphiel]

(lol... I missed it too.)

Dalton was overcome with relief. At least he wasn't the only person in the world. Even though he loved being alone sometime... he didn't like being that alone. He hastened his pace toward the figure in the distance. He finally made it to where the person is... he had collapsed but he wasn't unconcious. "Looks like I made it just in time." Dalton gave him some of the water he had in a canteen. "What's your name? Where did you come from? Were there any more survivors there?"

[Rainbow Dash]

(lol... I missed it too.)

(as did I when I was checking for it)

He took a small sip from the canteen. "Thanks for the water... I...I'm Ulrix...My home does not matter, since its gone now...along with all its citizens... What about you? How many have you lost?"

[Zelphiel]

"Everything... the only reason I survived is because I was in the cavern under my dojo. I was trying to perfect the final technique I needed to become a master. When things started to not feel right... I returned to the surface... and everyone was dead." Dalton lowered his hand to help Ulrix stand up. "I don't even know exactly what happened... who did it... or why." Dalton chuckled to himself. "I thought the apocalypse was supposed to be little more grandiose than this."

[Rainbow Dash]

"hmm... and what kinds of matrial arts do you in fact train in?" A fighter, he thought, could be an immense asset in these times...

(EDIT: Alright, who's in now? If anyone wants out... you have no idea how ridiculously easy it is for me to kill off your characters in this story, just give me permission.)

[Zelphiel]

"Ansatsuken is the discipline I'm trained in. It was generally looked down upon because of it's brutal nature. Some refered to it as a 'killing art'." Dalton leaned up against a tree that somehow survived. It provided a comforting shade from the red dusk of the setting sun. He looked at his new companion, "So what do you plan on doing?"


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Ansatsuken is the martial art Ryu, Ken, and Akuma of the street fighter series use. As far as I know it isn't a real martial art. His fighting ability is similar to theirs. It's what I'm basing it on anyway.

[Rainbow Dash]

" I want to know... why did this happen? There must be an explanation for this. but for now, it will be difficult to just survive. There will be anarchy for quite some time, due to the borders being rearranged so drastically. We have no way of even knowing what fragment of a country we are standing on right now."

Gunshots exploded on all sides.

"We should find somewhere to take shelter in, and avoid crowds when possible."

[Hiren]

(am I still able to jump in? If so can I be like an ex-soldier guy or something with a gun? lol)

[Rainbow Dash]

(Hopefully that's not all there is to him, but sure, use your own judgement when it would be not awkward to jump in.)

[Miles]

(( Here I came to save the day~ I may as well do the reviving since I assume we all want to continue! If not then I'm not bothered, at least I'm trying ^-^ ))


Lillia was back on her feet and stumbling along quite well. She was trying her best not to let her thirst and hunger get to her but it was very difficult. She still held the jarred flower close to her, refusing to let go of it. She had seen no sight of anyone and was starting to cry again. She shut her eyes and let out the loudest scream she could. It echoed all across the empty land she was in and could hopefully be heard miles off. Maybe someone would come? Maybe someone would help her..She was only a child..Being alone was never something to be cheerful about at her age.
Her legs took off and she ran and ran...And ran. Her eyes still shut, she had no idea where she was going or if she would end up hitting something with the lack of vision she was putting upon herself.
Her flower bounced in her arms as she hit a hill, her body tilting causing the flower to droop down, as it were sad. At the top of the hill Lillia came to a stop, looking down she thought she could see something..Maybe someone? Or a group of people? She couldn't make it out from where she was but she was praying that someone was down there. "I need a drink.." She sighed, staying still and continuing to stare at the figures in the distance.


(( Uh...That was awful, I need to get back into the mood. So, until I do, you'll have to put up with me being lame~ ))

[Rainbow Dash]

(For the record, I'm waiting for Lathan or Hiren to post)

[Zelphiel]

Dalton and Ulrix were both standing there, since they haven't rested at all since the catastrophy. While they were trying to soak in everything that had happened to the world Dalton heard something. "Ulrix, I don't think we're alone. It's probably just another survivor like us but we should be cautious. There's no telling who or what it could be."

[Zelphiel]

don't spam. post on topic in here or don't post at all.

[Miles]

(( Hey! You better not be insulting me? THAT THING at the top, is me...And that thing makes sense when you read what I originally wrote and would make more sense if I had carried on a day or two after, rather than who-knows-how many months later. If that wasn't aimed at me...Then what are you talking about? We're busy so place...Talk in (( )) cos you'll confuzzle us all...))


*Ish scanning and shall post after dee Yvl? *

(( Oh! And Yvl, Lath, I'm really sorry IF my post makes no actual sense. You'll have to put up with it for now...If it is really wrong and out of it, please let me know and I'll try and edit it to make more sense. Thankies. ))

[Rainbow Dash]

(( Hey! You better not be insulting me? THAT THING at the top, is me...And that thing makes sense when you read what I originally wrote and would make more sense if I had carried on a day or two after, rather than who-knows-how many months later. If that wasn't aimed at me...Then what are you talking about? We're busy so place...Talk in (( )) cos you'll confuzzle us all...))


*Ish scanning and shall post after dee Yvl? *

(( Oh! And Yvl, Lath, I'm really sorry IF my post makes no actual sense. You'll have to put up with it for now...If it is really wrong and out of it, please let me know and I'll try and edit it to make more sense. Thankies. ))
That guy was a noob spammer, you don't need to pay attention to him. And he wasnt even referring to anything in particular.

[Miles]

(( That's good...I don't like it when people tell me something I already know o.o;; ))

(( Are you...Waiting for me? I'm not holding us up am I? ))