[OOC] Bingo Fight- A Heroic Excursion

[clanjos]

Everyone has this sort of card. It's not a literal, physical thing, of course. It's a record of your past, of your personality, of every decision you've ever made. It's a metaphysical bingo card of everything that makes you you. But today, some of those things that make you you happened to line up in some metaphysical ball cage, and BINGO! A man with a briefcase stepped out of a door that wasn't there less than a moment before. He stands before you with a double-sided bingo sheet. One side shows a series of events and facts in your life lining up. The other is blank, save for a five-letter word in capital letters at the top.

He makes you an offer: If you can fill out the blank side of the sheet he has, you'll be granted a once-in-a-lifetime free zero-consequence chance to alter reality itself, no terms and conditions applied. In layman's terms- fill it out, get a wish. To help you fill it out, he's going to let you make that five-letter word your own... whatever that means. Of course, he's made the same offer to a lot of people. People who might stop you from filling out your card. Some of them might not even be entirely human anymore. As he hands you two more bingo cards- MORAL and CRIME- he wishes you luck and steps back through the door.

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Okay, so this RP inspired by three parts Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, two parts Legend Heroes, and a pinch of Ryuki. A bunch of everyday citizens, criminals, lawmen, and civil servants are given the opportunity to right something they think is wrong with the world. Maybe a lost love, maybe they want to rule the world, maybe they want to be legally immune to stop signs. The guy with the briefcase doesn't seem to care what. The important question is: just what are you willing to do to get that wish?

Please, highlight the two to five cliches that got you chosen.
Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Identity: The five-letter word you've claimed in ALL CAPS. It's also the source of any powers you have.
Personality:
Brief Backstory:
Your Wish: You don't have to fill out this part publicly if you don't want other players knowing your wish. Still, PM it to me.
Other:

The rules are simple:

Your Identity is a five letter word in all caps. This is so it can fit on your cosmic bingo card. One side of your card is a game representing your backstory- the two-to-five toku backstory cliches (or appearance or personality cliches) that got you a suit. The other is specific people you need to defeat, listed by their 5-letter word. Getting a total of 5 bingos on the fight side means you win the fight and get a wish.

The more you use your powers for good or evil, the more MORAL or CRIME cards you fill out, granting you new powers and equipment.

There are a few Identities that aren't open- mostly because I want to use them as villains or they might get a little broken. So far, these are:
GRUNT, TOADY, CHEAT, GENIE, MAGIC, CUPID, NAKED, YOUTH, JEWEL, JOUST, and STEAM.

And taken by players, we have:
BURST, DRIFT, CHESS, LATIN, LOSER, DEITY, MERCH.

[KOgaming]

DRIFT

Name: Lance Whittle

Age: 22

Appearance: A man standing at just a little over six feet tall. He has a skinny build which most would call athletic. Lance has fair skin with a tan on his face and hands, the rest of his body being noticeably paler. He has dirty blond hair which is cut short and clean shaven. Though he can grow massive amounts of facial hair in a short time, Lance chooses to shave himself clean. There is a tattoo on the left side of his chest which reads "VOX NIHILI". He has a good deal of chest hair. Lance is typically dressed in a shirt and jeans with a leather belt, a leather jacket, and leather boots. More often than not, he also has on a pair of sun glasses.

Personality: Calm, cool, collected, and with a knack for one-liners, Lance doesn't seem to speak in any other way. He behaves taciturnly, preferring to answer questions with a simple "yes" or "no", rarely ever asking questions of his own. He prefers keeping others away, preferring not to make friends. He handles things quickly and with urgency, sparing no time for feelings.

Brief Backstory: Lance comes from a family of fighter pilots going back to his great grandfather in the Second World War. His grandfather and father were themselves fighter pilots. As an only child, it was up to Lance to take after his family line and become himself a pilot. Lance had become an instrument rated pilot by the time he turned twenty. He was in ROTC at his school, studying hard for a degree in general education. He never finished his degree, however, and thus could not be commissioned. He left the school and he left the program. His parents and especially his father were ashamed of him. Lance took one of the many motorcycles in his garage and fled his home, never wanting to return again.

Identity: DRIFT

Your Wish: Being able to ride forever down an endless highway, seeing the sights, and meeting hot babes at every stop.

Other: MONEY, STEEL, DEEDS, ALIVE, FINAL

[Dragoknighte]

My five letter word's going to be THROW.

Sorry, I might have to overdo the CS to feel satisfied with it.

[clanjos]

DRIFT looks good, KO. I'll edit the OP for Drago's claim.

[Duthguy]

If possible I would like to claim Lunar

[Temporary]

So, I had an idea, but just then decided to scrap it. I'd like to claim CHESS, if I can ^-^

Now I just have to justify it with a character XD

[Blight Bug]

MERCH

Name: Hoshu Hoshi

Age: 17

Appearance: Hoshu Hoshi stands at a height of 5'8" and possesses a slender build. He has jet-black hair fashioned in the style of a long regular haircut. His facial features are youthful and androgynous. Thick, luscious, black eyelashes draw quite a bit of attention to his light brown eyes. All of his nails are a sparkling white and are manicured to perfection. Noticeably his teeth are bright white and they even twinkle when a good light is shining upon them. His lightly pale skin is soft and smooth and does not have a single blemish upon it. Hoshu has a ludicrously vast collection of outfits that he will switch into at a moments notice, but typically he wears a slightly lighter version of the standard school uniform with cuff-links that have a masked face on them.

Identity: MERCH

Personality: Hoshu Hoshi is a man molded by the treasured aspects of popular culture. He carefully examines for new trends and keeps a steady pulse on the markets. He is a pleasant individual who is driven to make others happy and like him.

Brief Backstory: Hoshu Hoshi does not recall much of his backstory; but he does get glimpses of it sometimes. When he does get a glimmer it is usually done in a sequence which regards some current event that has some relation back to his past. However from what he can currently recall, he knows that his parents died from some traumatic event which had explosions. Another memory he currently has was that he was kidnapped as a youth by strange men who wore grey suits, black sunglasses, and all had a earpiece in their right ear. Other than escaping from the compound of these men, he can't remember anything else about his past.

Your Wish: To forge a long-lasting and highly profitable franchise!

Other: "Licensing Fees for Heroic Deeds!" Popular among the 10-17 and 25-32 Demos! Don't forget to watch him during Saturday Mornings!

[tal0n]

@clanjos I would like to lay claim to the word POWER

[Dead Cruiser]

Out of curiosity, would you take a romanji word? I was thinking specifically GINGA.

Thinking of ominous five letter words is actually kind of fun. You've got my noodle going on this.

Just off the top of my head, some relevant ones would be DEATH, ANGEL, DEMON, MERCY, ARMOR, SWORD, FINAL, GHOST, RAVEN, LASER, EARTH, BLOOD, HEART, FLAME, WATER, STORM, TIGER, NIGHT, STARS... I think I'll stop there.

[MysteriousFrog]

DEITY

Name:
Mathis O'Reiley

Age:
26

Appearance:
At 6'4 and strong built; Mathis is a very imposing man. The kind of man who appears as though he could be a remarkable threat but chooses not to be. His eyes match his hair in a dark brown and he keeps his hair cut short with a well groomed beard. While Caucasian, Mathis' skin is well tanned from his majority of time spent outside. His typical garb is one of simplicity, one he would try to blend into the surrounding area with, usually a simple shirt and pants of fabric spun by a local resident of wherever he currently is.

Hider

Identity:
DEITY

Personality:
Mathis has always, even from his childhood been a calm and pious man. He was the sort to seek the wisdom of others and always grow more. He is inquisitive yet patient, always seeking to understand two sides of a conflict, and attempt to compromise a solution for the good of all. For most of his life you could best describe him as a man of god, though which god you could never quite be sure. The calm, gently and generous spirit even to his own expense sometimes causes trouble though as he overextends what he can do with his mere human hands to try and better the world he was born into. Mathis' greatest flaw is his excess of mercy and forgiveness. The belief that even the cruelest and darkest of people are capable of forgiveness and redemption. Even to the point of defending his opponents on occasion in his attempts to aid them. For this reason, he has been taken advantage of and exploited by the cunning on multiple occasions.

Brief Backstory:
Mathis was inquisitive from even his youth. The what of the world came easily to him with his sharp mind, but the why was always a hanging question. He developed an interest in philosophy and religion to try and explain away these questions of why people act the way they do, and how you can unite the world to a better way. Through much of his youth he prayed to, and sought wisdom from many different gods. However, every time he read through a holy book, every time he found a new religion, the greatest of disappointments struck. He found that the deity in question unworthy. A being that even if their claims to be the creator were true, they weren't worthy of worship due to arrogance, immorality or some other factor. Upon judging a god unworthy, Mathis moved on to seek another, more worthy god he could use to lead people away from this status quo of conflict.

While the search for knowledge is good, action was also important to Mathis. He worked primarily in an international human rights organisation. He rides across the world righting whatever wrongs he can see, but always feeling his power is not enough, his reach not far enough to truly save everyone.

Your Wish:
To lead the world into a new age of peace and cooperation.

Other:
Merciful, Pious, self-righteous, Trusted too much, Stood on every continent

[Hell Coos]

DEVIL

Name: Sebastian Cloudfield
Age: 25
Appearance: With a height of 5'9' and a thin but muscular body, his swiftly tanned skin, accompanied with his medium lengh smooth black hair give this Street dweller an air of being "Out of Place". But don't be fooled by his emerald eyes and pretty face, his dark colored clothing and black leather jacket hide more scars than one would imagine.
Identity: DEVIL
Personality: He's a honest man who lives the day to day, believing that living Freely is the way to find true happiness, even if he is currently suffering Amnesia. A man that will go beyond the law in order to help a friend, beyond the odds in order to save his crew, a man who will always give his all, even if only to make the people he cares for smile.
Brief Backstory: For him, this are currently but dreams that comes in flashes at night... He was the son of a Wealthy family, but one day he saw his father dealing with some shady characters, after calling himout in the middle of the meeting, this people decided he had to be silenced. He escaped the Family Estate on the bike he spent the past year building, sadly, it wasn't faster than a bullet. After an hour of chasing he was shot by this men, while taking a turn near the cliffside looking at the ocean. He crashed and fell into teh waters with his bike. He woke up later, remembering nothing about himself, stranded on a beach, with his now in need of heavy repairs bike. All he knew is he had to repair it. He spent the past 2 years working odd jobs, managed to repair his bike while living on small hotel rooms, even joined a small, but really friendly, biker gang. He is currently living happily.
Your Wish: To grant the World TRUE Freedom
Other: Cliches: Amnesia, Bike Fetish, Saw something he shouldn't had, Homeless Drifter

[Scrapula]

I decided to take a page from one of my other favorite live-action Japanese series and mix it with some Rider flair. Is it alright if I play as a villain?

Kamex Rider

Name: Diego Salazar de Paulo

Age: 21

Appearance

Identity: LATIN

Personality: Diego is defined by selfishness and hot-headed self-satisfaction. Diego treats only his friends as anything but a means to an end, and will not hesitate to attack or steal from others to get ahead in life.

Brief Backstory: Born into a family of migrant workers, Diego's childhood was fraught with bad experiences and improper life lessons. With few job prospects out of school and nowhere to go, Diego promptly fell in with the wrong crowd. The worst crowd, in fact. A roving band of Hispanic nationalists known only to the public as "Los Hombres Verdes" took Diego under their wing, and within only three years Diego was a full-fledged goon. Thanks to his boundless ambitions, Diego has managed to earn himself a prime spot some distance behind the boss's right-hand man. As a fast man with fast hands, Diego feels now is the time for him to start carving out his own niche. Preferably with one of the dozen knives he has on his person at all times.

Your Wish: To be the most famous man in the country.

Other: After a brief but enlightening meeting with the Guinness World Records Group, Diego was extremely upset to find out that he is the second-fastest guitarist, gunslinger, and knife-trick showman in the world.

Cliches: Uncomfortably Stereotypical, Hot-headed, Rough Childhood, Friends With Criminals, Broken Spanish, Obsession With Music and/or Dancing, Ridiculous Street Clothes

[tal0n]

@Scrapula I damned well hope it is, cause the character I am making is based around the concept of Megalomania itself, hence why I am building around the word POWER (if its allowed...). However, I hope to use that concept no matter which word i use, and someone that obsessed with power would not be a goody two shoes hero. therefor, villains r us, here i come

[Duthguy]

Name: Derek Wheeler

Age:25

Appearance: Derek stands at 6'1 and has a runners build. His short black has a streak of red dyed into it, resembling the head wound he got in a car crash. His gray eyes can be seen through the lenses of his glasses.

Identity:LUNAR

Personality: He can be bit of a skeptic, but he is willing to accept the impossible if given strong enough evidence. He has a strong desire to protect children which can make him reckless at times. Due to a childhood trauma he greatly prefers motorcycles to cars.

Brief Backstory: When Derek was fourteen years old he lost his parents, as well as his memory of life before the car crash. After a stay in the hospital it didn't take long for him to be adopted by a foster family. While the Johnsons were kind and patient it took quite a long time before Derek could get in a car without having a panic attack. Naturally because of his trauma he also spent some time in therapy which greatly helped him, so much in fact that he has decided to study and become a therapist himself.

Your Wish: To regain his memory of his parents

Other:orphan, amnesia, pre-existing motorcycle fetish

[Temporary]

Here ya go, I do believe mine to be finished.

CHESS

Name: Summer Hart

Age: 17

Appearance: Summer stands at around 5 foot and 6 inches, with dyed pink, hip length hair which is almost always adorned and tied with two dark purple ribbons. She's considered quite cute by a lot of the people she knows, most comments surprisingly centred on her feminine face. Her eyes are a greyish blue, and glisten in light as if she's constantly crying. She has a rather small frame, and isn't very athletic, with her greatest sport being swimming; not that she's even particularly good at that, either.

Her wardrobe is fairly casual, consisting of the usual - skirts, dresses, fleeces, jackets, etc. Most of it is fairly simple and plain as to not attract attention to herself, but her favourite colour by far is red; a common theme among most of all her outfits in one way another, be it socks, t-shirts, shoes, whatever.

Basically what she looks like

Identity: CHESS

Personality: Summer is a typically easy going, light hearted, tender character with a mild, unfunny sense of humour and a love for all things cute. Rabbits, cats, plushies; you name a cute thing, she'll love it to bits. She's also extremely intelligent, surpassing genius level IQ long before her 10th birthday. Though, she hates applying it to practical things, instead focusing her intellect on video and board games. Her reaction speeds are incredible, placing her as a top FPS and Sports gamer, and her ability to create strategies on the fly sets her on a whole other level from every other RTS player out there. However, her greatest strength is her favourite game; Chess. Defeating a Grandmaster at age 11, she has since dominated the game both IRL and virtually, becoming famous not only for her skill but for her signature catchphrase - "FINAL SCENE" - before taking her last move. She is also well known for pretending to be a male online.

Brief Backstory: As a child, Summer was always interested in games and the like. RTS, board games, even FPS, she enjoyed it. Her skill at such games was frightening, especially considering she wasn't even 6 years old when she started dominating her parents at Call of Duty, and other such games like Settlers of Catan. This led her family to get her IQ tested at the age of 8 (I wont tell you what she got >;D)

It was about then when her grandmother, the smartest member of their family, aged 91, started showing interest. She would often times take care of the girl, and while she was their her grandmother would play different types of games with her. In fact, it was her who taught Summer how to play Chess, which later went on to become her greatest strength.

Years later, a few months after her 11 birthday, she challenged a Grandmaster. It came from out of no where, her sudden interest to challenge one, but she insisted. And she came out as the winner. It was like it wasn't a challenge for the girl; especially with that relaxed look on her face as she took each of her turns. Her final move was the birth of her catchphrase, which she yelled as she placed one last piece, before calling checkmate.

Fast forward several years to her playing in a world championship. The time for one of her more important matches was coming up, and she was making her way back to the venue after getting some food and that for her grandmother. Except, she never came back. Instead, while taking a shortcut through an alley, Summer was attacked. She was simply walking, when she looked down the alley to the left and saw of group of men beating someone who appeared homeless. She shouted for them to stop, but they recognised her. They beat and raped her and left her to cry, said that a girl like her shouldn't be seen with such favour.

The homeless man she saved from being beaten to death, however, took her phone and called the police. It didn't take long for them to find and arrest the guys that had done it. However, when they asked her what happened, she claimed she didn't remember the incident at all. In fact, Summer said she didn't even know why she was there at the time.

It was only a couple days later that the man appeared with his briefcase and bingo cards, offering the chance to alter reality. For someone with her intellect, how could she not resist?!

Your Wish: To become the Game Master of the Game we call "Life".

Other: Genius, All-knowing Grandmother, Saw Something You Shouldn't Have, Catchphrase, Amnesia

[clanjos]

MERCH and LATIN look good, after some discussion about powers via PMs. Props for using cliches I didn't list as examples. If the rest of you wouldn't mind, could we discuss what you've chosen via PM?

[Temporary]

@clanjos Oh, I totally though we had to use the cliches you used as examples XD *Doh*

[Braigo]

BURST

Name: Ye-Jun Park

Age: 23

Appearance: Toned build 5’8 Korean male. Medium length hair dyed black that he styles in a somewhat spiked fashion whenever he decides to go outside. He has to wear contacts due to nearsightedness. Generally wears fashionable clothing that tends to be loose in case of an “impromptu tae-kwon-do demonstration”.

Personality: He acts like a theatrical over-the-top kind of way as a way to stand out. While he always comes by as a showoff, he generally has the best intentions and would want to be friends. People who are mean or aggressive really get on his bad side, which when pushed can lead to an uncharacteristically manic fury from repressed anger. He has a deep-seated shame for this side of his personality.

Backstory: Ye-Jun’s life at home wasn’t exactly great. His parents verbally abused & punished him for not meeting their almost unnatural expectations. His father especially was vocal in his disappointment. “Why can’t you be good at the sports here?! Why can’t you be a straight-A student?! You’re nothing to be proud of!” After earning an associate’s degree in college he told his parents that he’d be taking a break from school to save up for more advanced degrees. He then moved out and hasn’t talked to them in years, preferring to work and continue his Tae-Kwon-Do training.

Identity: BURST

Your Wish: Being a cool and beloved hero who is adored by everybody.

[Prostagma]

King of the Secondaries

Name: Yoshiro Yoshida
Age: 17

Appearance

Identity: LOSER
Personality: A hotblooded delinquent who lives on the edge, Yoshiro doesn't see friends- only temporary allies. He's also irrational, abrasive, prone to outbursts of violence, and spectacularly gullible. His most outstanding traits are his stubbornness and tough-guy attitude: He's the sort of guy who will take a finishing move to the face and, while coughing up blood, will ask his opponent if that's the best they can do.

Brief Backstory: The delinquent son of an ace detective who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, Yoshiro developed a hatred of authority figures as a way of expressing his resentment towards his father for never being around, and later abandoning both him and his amnesiac younger sister, currently confined to the hospital with a mysterious incurable illness and unable to remember his name. Even through the haze of medication and emotional trauma, his little sister is absolutely sure of one thing: The man known as LOSER was the one responsible for their father's disappearance. Can Yoshiro save his sister, discover the circumstances behind his father's disappearance, and clear his name? Only time will tell.

Your Wish: To cure his sister's illness.

Other: Cliches are Missing Family Member, Delinquent, Edgy Rival, Won't Stay Down, Misplaced Blame, Sick Younger Sibling, Framed, Siscon

[clanjos]

Out of curiosity, would you take a romanji word? I was thinking specifically GINGA.

@Dead Cruiser

I'd say just go with SPACE. Gets the message across.

Still waiting on PMs from @tal0n, @Duthguy, @MysteriousFrog, @Hell Coos, and @Dragoknighte.

LOSER looks good. Curious why someone's willing to play a secondary though- being a Secondary Rider is suffering.