Long Beach has always been known for its beach, shopping district, and overall sunny weather. Many events, such as the annual Long Beach Grand Prix, are held in this skyscraper city. It has also been known for its rampant gang activity, with new and old gangs merging and fighting, creating more trouble than the police can handle. Many people believe the police have been persuaded by money and drugs to let many of these crimes slip right under their noses.

Citizens have been getting fed up with the treatments from these thugs, but their Neighborhood Watch programs do nothing but put targets on people just wanting to help out. This is where our characters come into play. Our characters are all victims of crimes done by these gangsters and thieves. One day, while all of them are relaxing and hanging out together, one mentions a crime that happened to them recently. They all describe petty, or big, crimes that have been enacted upon them. The group decides that they've had enough of this and vow to protect the streets of Long Beach at whatever costs!

The problem is...



Our heroes will dawn masks and capes, attempting to protect the city with whatever weapons, skills, or knowledge they can bring to the table. As they patrol the big city and stop crimes, they learn what it means to become a hero, how to balance their own moral with each others, and how the sacrifices can take a toll on their physical and emotional lives.

The beginning of the plot will establish our characters as a close group of friends (ages 18-22, all out of high school) who have all been affected by the rising crime rate. It can be as simple as having a wallet pick-pocketed, to going Batman and having their parents killed right in front of them, to having their car stolen! They all express their anger and after discussion, come to the conclusion that because half of the police don't do much and the other half are crooked, they have to take manners into their own hands and become the force of good the city needs!

Their first patrol will have them clumsily through the streets at 1 AM in little more than exercise clothes and masks. They will encounter their first crime and learn that being vigilantes is not a joke!

Name:
Alias:
Gender:
Age(18-22 Please):
Looks:
Occupation:
Personality:
Backstory:
Skills/Weapons:
Other:

As for looks, picture or description is fine, even both is okay.

All I ask is that we keep along the lines of realism. If your character works at PetCo and is able to afford this super mega computer and crazy weapons and gadgets, well they better have inherited a crazy huge fortune from a distant relative. XD

1. Please respect each other. If there's a problem please let me know so it can all be smoothed over.
2. Try not to stray from the layout of the thread. If the group is going out on patrol, try not to separate (unless part of the plot or discussed with me) because this could cause your character to become isolated from the plot and that would suuuuck.
3. This is not a romance-focused thread. If romances pop up, cool! Just please no sex scenes on this thread. Making out- okay! Hugging- okay! Just no sex. Please fade out or go to PM. Other than that have all the romance you want! XD
4. Please use decent grammar, or at least make your posts understandable. This is casual, not free.
5. If you say your character knows a certain style of fighting, please make it realistic. I don't want to see a boxer who has mastered every triangle hold, or a BJJ master who can perform every kick perfectly, or a Tae Kwon Do practitioner who can keep up with Muhammad Ali. If you have picked a style for your character that you do not know personally (ex. Knowing Kendo involves swords but not using proper terminology or believable movements in a post), you can always ask me for pointers! Actually, I think I'll add a fighting style tab so everyone can understand each other's strengths and weaknesses. Yeah, check that out when I get it up! XD
6. There's no specific posting order, but I'll try to let everyone get a post or two in before moving the plot along. However, if you don't post within a timely manner (usually 2-3 days depending on everyone's activity) the plot will still move forward. You can always hop back in though!
7. Please have fun! If it's boring let me know! I won't cry over it, trust me. XD

In this thread there will be little PvP fighting, unless two characters are sparring or get into some sort of argument. If that happens, please discuss the fight and the results of the fight with the other roleplayer.

For the most part, this will be a PvE thread, where the enemies can be controlled by anyone (unless stated otherwise). In these fights against thieves, murderers, and gang members, I want there to be realism. Unless your character has amazing genes and strength, they probably can't throw a fully grown man from one block to another. XD

I would like the fighting styles to stay pretty accurate, though you don't need to spell out every single move. For example, if performing a near-side cradle (a bit hard to pull off in a fight, but let's go for it XD), you don't have to spell out each step, from aligning the hips, to putting one arm behind the knee and the other over the neck, to locking your hands into a butterfly lock, finally ending with rolling over and putting them on their shoulders. You can simplify the move, saying something like, "Jones grabbed the thug, locked his hands together, and rolled his enemy over into a cradle, holding him there until his teammates arrived." This goes for any move, especially ground-fighting because... well, it can get quite complicated. As long as it's described to others can get the message, we're all good. XD

Here are some fighting styles, which categories they fit in, and their strengths and weaknesses:

Groundwork- hand-to-hand combat that usually takes place on the ground and involves grappling (wrestling) at an extremely close range. Usually involves throws, joint-locks, transitions, and chokes.


Stand-Up- hand-to-hand combat which utilizes striking, typically by the fist, elbow, knee, shin, or even foot, and can be implicated at either a close or a medium range. These techniques are usually performed while standing.

(As of 12/04/2019) Our group is sitting around in Long Beach's Pike, a little outlet area of the city. They are each recounting their stories of injustice due to the rising crime and lack of police interference. This is where they decide to become vigilantes.

Name: Aleissa Gavron

Alias: Mercury

Gender: Female

Age: 22

Occupation: Gymnastics Instructor / Editor

Personality: Word around school and her work place is that Aleissa is rather hard to approach. With confidence that nearly borders arrogance, people have often mistaken her to be stuck up and has been through rough times because of this. Aleissa, as a result, became far too guarded to let people in easily. Most of her relationships, whether platonic or romantic, end up being superficial. Her only focus is doing her best in what she's good at and try her best on those she's bad at. Aleissa has mastered the art of brushing people's opinion of her off. While it still does hurt, she knows how to keep her head up high and keep moving forward. She is highly competitive in her craft and failure often leads her to train more regardless of how tired she becomes.

Past the guarded exterior is a caring and vulnerable girl. In need of emotional support from people she could risk to trust. To her friends, she is as kind as she can be. She is still rather hesitant in letting them see her in her more vulnerable state but she's working on that. Aleissa is generally a helpful person if people allow her, but sometimes she can be a bit too blunt about it. Even when she's instructing aspiring gymnasts, she can be strict but people don't deny that she knows the most effective way to teach people.

Backstory: Ever since she was a child, Aleissa has always been a gymnast. Her mother wanted for her child to do something with her life and had forced the hobby into the young girl - but she appreciated it anyway because she began to love the art quickly. And she was talented, her teachers told her as much. But as much as she was talented, she lacked the proper social skills to befriend children her age. This has led her to be practically friendless for a majority of her childhood, among other factors.

She generally kept to herself for the majority of her life. She tried to keep out of trouble. She tried to keep up with her studies. And yet, as much as Aleissa had grown a cold exterior, there were still people who would approach her. Befriend her. Sometimes even rope her into a relationship. And she allowed them. She got into superficial friend groups and even more superficial relationships. But when she had entered highschool, she fell into a group that was actually decent. They were all different in their own way but that was what made it genuine.

When she was nineteen years old, she was involved in a hostage situation at a local bank. The older man who was behind her in the line had taken it upon himself to keep her safe and she was thankful for it. When they were forced to the side and sit down, he kept himself close to her side. However, when one of the robbers had turned to her in an attempt to use her as the hostage to get out, the man had jumped to stop him. He hadn't made it out. The police soon managed to outsmart and bring the criminals to justice but that stuck with Aleissa. That man was a good man. She started to train in parkour as well after that, after one of her fellow gymnasts had suggested taking it up.

Skills/Weapons: Among her mundane skills of ballet and gymnastics, Aleissa has been learning parkour for the past three years and has gotten good at it. Her teachers have brought her to more advanced courses and they've been trying for rooftop courses. Lately, she has started to take up Tae Kwon Do when the group decided to go vigilante. She typically carries a pepper spray can and a taser with her.

Other: Aleissa is a rather well-known gymnastics competitor and has advanced to nationals multiple times.

Name: Scott Dermott

Alias: Paladin

Gender: Male

Age: 21



Occupation: Student

Personality: Scott is one of life’s drifters, always interested in something new each month, maybe week. It depends on how long it takes him to get bored of whatever he was doing last. That is for everything apart from his studies and friends, both of them he has stuck to, ensuring that he’s got some consistency in life. In social situations he’s always the first to try and make a joke out of the situation, seemingly practically carefree. Saying that he’s not above butting in and throwing out some advice, be it wanted or not, especially with regards to people’s studies.

Backstory:
Scott grew up a pretty isolated kid, not that it actually bothered him much, his parents were very rich, or at least that’s all he understood as a kid. What it meant is that whenever he decided that he wanted something it tended to be given to him whenever he wanted. All the latest gadgets, bits of tech, phones, whatever, it was his.

It was his own choice to go to a “normal” high-school, though this did come with the additional promise of extra classes after the main ones. Despite all this he threw himself into school life, joining whatever local club or group he could, trying something new almost every week. (Though he always stayed longer in non-sporty things) Even so he managed to somehow settle down in one aspect - his group of friends.

Even though he wasn’t around as much as many of the others could be, he’d always be around whenever he could, just hanging out with them. As he graduated high school and moved off to college to study a business major he’d still always find some time to stick around and meet up with their lil group of friends,

Skills/Weapons: Very few combat skills to speak of. When he made the decision to become a vigilante he grabs himself a shield and baton

Other:
His family own large shares in a merchant banking company with large offices in the center of Long Beach.
He’s a trained scuba diver
Compared to most of his other friends, the crime he experiances was relatively trivial, his account was hacked and some money stolen.

Name: Casper Martins

Alias: Cardnial

Gender: Male

Age(18-22 Please): 22

Looks: stuff not in the pic:

Occupation: Motocross racer

Personality: Casper is somewhat socially awkward around people he does not know. He can't seem to ever gather the courage to speak to them, but once he is on the motocross track though he seems to have a personality change. Becoming more alive and vibrant during the hours leading up to the race and the hours after. Even if he losses he is still just stoked to race, with his friends he is very much the same as before a race , vibrant , talkative etc. If someone does break through or get along with his awkwardness and befriend him then Casper is fairly loyal and will usually try to help his friends if he can and usually doesn't hold anything against them for very long.

Backstory: Born and raised in Long beach Casper grew up on " better " side of town. Living in a fairly well off middle class family Casper's home life and childhood was fairly normal . He went to the local high school ,but while all of his friends played sports or competed in academic triathlons Casper watched the motocross races sometimes even ditching school to see them. When he was at school Casper took the mechanics and automotive classes they had available. Taking the classes sort of allowed him to earn his start as a racer as he volunteered to work on the bikes of some local racers. Once he turned sixteen and got his licence and even a bit before then Casper started to practice racing.

Casper lied about his age to race which was a very difficult task for him . Once he turned eighteen Casper decided to leave long beach to the dismay of his parents. Racing in a few other states and even at a international contest Casper decided to come back to longbeach once he was halfway through his twentieth year. Racing professionally at long beach for two years Casper reconnected with old friends and made new ones and so far has been living a pretty normal life though that's about to change.

Skills/Weapons: Caspers main skill is riding dirtbikes and other motorcycles but he is the best with dirtbikes. He is able to jump , flip and all of that fancy stuff. Casper is also a semi decent mechanic as he works on his bikes in his spare time so he can fix up most motor vehicles . Other than that Casper is fairly normal not having a significant amount of fighting knowledge or anything like that though he does carry a pocket knife for protection.

Other:
Casper almost always wears his jersey over his shirt

The crime Casper experiences is fairly simple , his favorite bike was stolen along with a couple of tools as well as a radio.

Name: Matthew Cole Sykes

Alias: Home Run

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Looks: Cole stand at a respectable 5' 9", with a lean, bordering on a wiry frame. But the toned muscle in his arms and legs are evidence of his strength. He maintains a head of frizzy brown hair and his skin is a deep, dark chocolate brown, just like his eyes. Cole's normal clothing choices are (almost always) a varsity jacket (black torso, white sleeves and accents) over a simple t-shirt, usually plain in design or emblazoned with any manner of "gangster"-type logos and designs, with denim jeans and sneakers. If his varsity jacket isn't available, he usually has a sleeveless baseball jersey that he wears underneath a generic hoodie of some form and design. There is always a faux gold chain around his neck, not the low-hanging variety but an actual necklace on which hangs a small locket and a small pendant in the shape of a baseball. If he's going out for a day to skate or hang out with friends, he almost always has a backpack with his skateboard strapped to the front, which hangs loosely from his shoulders.

His eventual costume is very similar to his civilian gear, except with a clear baseball theme: a proper baseball jersey or one of his varsity jackets, gloves, cleats and pants, along with a balaclava that he wears underneath a catcher's mask to conceal his identity. He also wears elbow and knee pads to help him with sliding or protecting his joints.

Occupation: Cashier at a 7/11.

Personality: Cole was brought up as a loyal young man who was taught to respect his elders and pay attention in class. Things he promptly forgot when he broke through into his late teens, instead developing a rather storied hatred for authority and a disdain for adult figures in general. But the lessons he learned about loyalty still remained, and as such, he is very loyal to those he considers as friends. The cliques he was a part of in high school and the few friends he has at the skate parks and batting cages of Long Beach all tell the same story: that Cole was always there whenever friends gathered to eat or to hang out, and that he was an integral part of their friendships and lives. He cares about his friends and sometimes goes to absurd lengths to check on them or to make sure they're okay, often flexing what street cred he has to ensure his buddies don't get harassed by the wrong people.

Backstory: Unlike many of his friends, Cole wasn't raised in the better districts of Long Beach. Rather, he grew up in near-poverty, scrimping and saving with his two brothers and two sisters to get by while his mom and dad raised their big family as best as they could. When he was growing up and attending school with his siblings, he was often picked on for being small in size compared to his elder brothers who towered over him in his teens. But he got by, learning how to fight and how to be tough in order to stand up to any would-be bullies, impressing his brothers and infuriating his teachers and parents.

But things wouldn't always be smooth for young Cole. One of his brothers, disillusioned with the lack of promise that his life had, decided to drop out of school and become a gangster. A criminal. He would often be gone from home for extended periods of time, and the times that he did return was to beg for money from his parents or to sleep off whatever drug-induced hangover he was recovering from that day. It stressed out his mother, angered his father, and made his other siblings worried for his safety. But Cole was also an impressionable youth; he saw his brother's acts as being "tough" and becoming the man he always wanted to be, and the young boy followed in his elder brother's footsteps as soon as he could, embroiling himself in the same gang and becoming a delinquent. By the time he was 17, he was a local legend in his school, having almost been arrested by cops several times for noise disturbances and defacing public property. All while maintaining healthy friendships in school and a good interest in track and field and sports. With ill-gotten gains that were never discovered by his parents, gotten through stealing and fencing minor goods, he got his own skateboard and a second-hand baseball bat to further fuel his legitimate hobbies.

However, there was one event that turned his life around for the better, a tragedy that shaped the rest of his school days forever. His elder brother, a full fledged gangbanger, was gunned down by a rival gang in retaliation for a territory grab and dissing their leader. He died before he could even reach the hospital. Distraught and traumatised, Cole could only watch as his family struggled not to fall apart, bearing the wrath of his father for having followed in his dead brother's footsteps. That was when he swore off the gang business, threw in all his cards and tried to turn his life around. He cut ties with whatever criminal elements he was in contact with and attempted to focus on his studies, with some measure of success. He graduated, at the very least, and kept up with his skateboarding and baseball hobbies, but his prospects were...limited. But Cole had one goal in mind: baseball. He loved the sport and saw himself, one day, as being a player in a Major League team, representing his team and playing in the big leagues. That goal, however, was still far away, but he didn't care. The young man got a job as a cashier to help pay for batting cage practice and saving up to, just maybe, get membership in a smaller league to play for his city and not be the former delinquent he used to be.

Skills/Weapons:

• Agility and Speed; having hobbies that involved athletics meant that Cole was always on top form, physically. Running track, playing baseball and keeping up with the latest skate tricks all required him to maintain himself physically and that has carried over to his new adult life.
• Street Smarts; Cole's been there, on those dirty streets, being a juvenile delinquent in high school and mixing with the wrong crowd. Sure, he's learned his lesson and doesn't hang out in those places any more, but that doesn't mean he's lost his touch in identifying places where criminals like to roam.
• Skateboarder; Cole loves to skateboard and it is one of his favourite past times, right up there with playing baseball.
• Batting Strength; physically training himself to one day become a professional baseball players meant hours of practice spent in indoor batting cages in Long Beach, or playing pick-up games with other locals in small diamonds. But he's trained himself to hit one hell of a home run, even though he isn't at the professional level yet.
• Weapons - Louisville P72 Slugger/Element Calavera Skateboard; his two prized possessions. An aluminium baseball bat adorned with stickers of various baseball teams, and a skateboard from Element with his own custom design on the bottom.

Other: Cole loves music and listens to it almost constantly on his phone on a pair of off-white, Apple earbud knock-offs.