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City life was never simple, but it was never like this either.


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  • Cops and Robbers with superpowers.
  • Pill-popping for Great Justice.
  • The real world suddenly turned on its head.
  • Gritty, modern, urban street-drama.
  • Moderate overarching, character-based plot.
  • The kind of shit you get on your TV.
  • Please post characters in hiders below until approved.


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So Dave's dead.

...yeah. That happened.

I'm not going to lie to you guys, this is pretty fucked. I know things weren't always great but at least we had us. We had...I don't know. The team, or whatever. The crew. I'm not going to stand up here like a bitch and call you all family--now is not the goddamn time, Mike, shut the fuck up--but I am going to say you're the closest thing I have to one. I see a lot of nodding heads out there, and that's good. That's real good. He'd have liked that, only he won't anymore because he's fucking dead.

Sorry. On point.

Dave had a saying I really liked, how sometimes when you can't make do with a scalpel you gotta reach for the axe. Yeah, I see you smiling over there Alex--some tongue-in-cheek shit--but he wasn't wrong. We've been playing this whole thing small, easy and safe, pretending if we just keep our heads down this will all blow over us. We've never been out for the big time, you guys know that. You feel me, you know where I'm coming from.

Only now the big time's out for us. Used to be a fucking suicide mission, walking in here and talking that shit, but neon's back and it's here to stay, boys--shut up, Jackie, Jesus, now with the feminist shit? You know what I mean. You all heard him. The Breaker boys are popping it like fucking pez and setting up shop, and that means knuckling down and kissing ass. They want us out. They want us out bad enough to walk in here and fucking... just waltz on in and...

Yeah. Sorry. On point.

Anyway, enough talk. That's the point of this whole spiel, enough talk. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready to grab the goddamn axe, and thanks to egg-head over there we've got one. Yeah, that's right. He goddamn did it. Dunno how long this first batch is going to last us, but I sure as hell know who I'm gonna use it on.

To Dave, ladies and gentlemen. To Dave and to Hell, 'cause that's the only place we're sending those motherfuckers.

Now someone get me a damn drink. If I don't wake up in the morning wishing they'd put me down instead, one of you assholes will.


Out of Character Info

Life might not have been great in Brighton--named ironically for the way the Piper Way Viaduct and the surrounding hills almost completely block out the sky--but at least it was life. 43rd and Hoxton wasn't exactly the best place to grow up, but it had its people. Most knew them as the H10 Crew, after the Hoxton Tenements they lived in, and they had their reputation same as anyone else. Didn't take shit, didn't talk shit, didn't bring shit. It had its hoods and its assholes same as anyone else--they ran game, had their girls, turned their bricks--but if you looked around it was a whole lot better than the alternative. Hell, when David King started running the show they were damn near respectable. The kind of guys that would spot you if you were short rent (and not take your kneecaps for it) and make sure your kid got on the bus instead of chasing greens down at Sanchez' place (that fuckin' guy...).

Then neon came along and changed the game.

The first round, some six months ago or so, was a trial run. Anyone with street sense could see that. Some H10 Crew tried it, but they were the lucky ones--even if things went sideways for them they kept it together, didn't level the block like that shit that went down on Walkins Boulevard. It ran its course like they did for everyone else and they figured it had done just that--run its course. Over and past, moved on and sold out to the military or something. Who the hell know with kind of heat.

It wasn't until recently, when it hit the street again, that shit got real. 'Real' as in 'deadly'. 'Real' as in two members of the Breakers, a neighboring gang with ties to some real thugs, walking in to the warehouse the H10 Crew had 'appropriated' and telling them they had a week to sign up or fuck off. When more than a few members opposed, with more than a few firearms raised and names called, the Breakers made good on their name. While one of them managed to stop every last damn bullet with his fucking brain, the other walked up to David King and put his hand through his chest. They repeated the offer and walked out.

That was last week.

Yesterday, local whizkid Verge Hanson cracked the code. After testing it out himself (and damn near blowing every circuit in the building), he came to Dave King's best friend and functioning-lieutenant Dante and told him the good news before the pair headed off to Dave's wake, where Dante promptly declared war and drank himself shitfaced in memoriam, as did most of the rest of the assembled. That was day six.

Today is one week to the day of David King's death. Your characters, members of the H10 Crew (or distraught neighbors, friends, etc.) are suiting up. They know full well that the Breakers are doing the same and getting ready, but they're not going to be ready for this. Dante plans to hit them first and hit them hard, rocking Verge's neon and anyone who's willing to hold a gun or bust out some sick powers.

So yeah, today'll be quite the day for your ladies and gentlemen. And tomorrow, well...

Let's just say it's gonna be a hell of a week.
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Updated on June 1st

{Please just totally ignore this while I attempt to get my shit together.}
Hidden 9 yrs ago 9 yrs ago Post by Zorogami
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Done with my CS, here it is for review. Let me know if i need to modify anything.



Also, i wanted to add that i absolutely loved your in-character intro, good stuff
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I'll work on my CS later today
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I'm gonna have time to work on my CS tomorrow. In the mean time I have two questions.

1: General info on Dave? How old was he and what was he generally like. My character will have grown up in Hoxton so I'm curious if they would have been childhood friends with Dave.

2: Would you be cool with my character being an Ex (dirty) Cop? I'm planning for them to have watched out for the h10 crew. Cover up stuff so they didn't get thrown in jail or tip them when they were under threat from the police or another gang. Generally for some cash but occasionally for free. I'm just curious if Dave and Dante would've been cool with them moving back into Hoxton. And later Dante with letting them come along to avenge Dave.
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Less WIP-y
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Looks dope Howler, I'll have something up shortly
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Well good lord, they do just pop out of the woodwork don't they.

I was a bit busier today than expected, but let's see if I can't get a few things done...

@NorthernGR
1: Some info will be provided about Dave when I can get it up, but in general he was a good guy with a knack for leadership and a talent at making friends. More even-keel than Dante, he was the one that really believed the H10 Crew should stand for the Hoxton community instead of just being another hood gang and he was actually able to make it happen. He was kind of 'that guy', the one that was everybody's friend, lead by example, and did what he could to make things better. Hope that helps!

2: Would be totally cool with that, sure. Definitely they'd have been way into being able to pay off the cops to get their boys back instead of having them wind up in juvie or jail, and not just so they could go back to dealing or whatever they were doing. If he was on Team Hoxton's side then he was brother enough as far as Dave was concerned, and in general the sentiment was shared. Dante certainly would welcome him back and haul him along if he was up for revenge.

@Zorogami

Approved, Sarah looks good! Feel free to post her on over in the Characters tab.

For everyone else, I'm excited to see so many people getting involved in this! When your characters are done, if you could please tag me in your post (or a different post, or whatever) just so I don't miss giving it a look over.
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Hidden 9 yrs ago 9 yrs ago Post by vietmyke
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@Howler For your perusing

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@Vietmyke
Diggin' it, was wondering if anyone would pull the walking boom-box angle. Approved, throw him up in the character thread!
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@Howler
I think it's done? Maybe? I'm tired as hell though, so I might've missed something. Let me know
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@Howler I think I fucked up my mention in the last post. Maybe? IDK. Mieux que gardir que prevenir, I guess
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@HowlerThank you! Will post her in the CHAR section. This RP should turn out fun with all the people popping in :D
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@R31GN
Nope, you tagged me correctly! Ramsay is approved, we have our getaway driver.
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Ah, God the Everlurk. Always a pleasure. Svetlana's approved, get her up there.

So many Archer references just flashed through my head. This is gonna be a hoot.
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@Howler Hey, I finally got this thing finished up. Give it a once over and let me know what edits you'd like to see, please! ^.^

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