Zapdos

Rise of the New Heroes

Thundercloud

Before Thundercloud executed his electrical execution, he noticed the shadow girl he kicked disappear. Whatever, that wasn’t surprising; the darkie was just being useless like all black people were. More importantly, the Otaku’s girlfriend and grunge guy were working on some kind of plan, which was to apparently throw the spear his way while getting hit by lightning! Thundercloud supposed this shouldn’t be that surprising; emos enjoy killing themselves, after all.

The spear was easy enough to counter; thanks to the electricity it had absorbed, Thundercloud could simply move it in mid-air away from him. Interestingly, the spear dissolved shortly after that. Maybe that was part of the girl’s power?

More difficult to counter, however, would be the tire charging at him again. He had to assume the rubber had protected it from too much damage. This was just tedious now; it’s not like he’d fall for the same trick twice. Thundercloud created small “cotton balls” in his palms and the bottom of his feet, allowing him to catch the tire head-on even as he was pushed back a bit.

Though the “cotton balls” had disappeared, the fat man had the tire thing right where he wanted it. Taking a deep breath, he used all his strength to toss it towards one of the now glassless windows, then shot a beam of electricity at it, sending it blasting off in the sky like Team Rocket after they failed to steal Pikachu. Whoever or whatever was controlling the tire would not be helping these wannabe super heroes again any time soon.

Robin

Thundercloud was more serious than ever, unlike Narumi. Didn’t she see that people were in danger here? Still, there was no use dwelling on it, not when the racist electric user was charging up an attack. And whatever attack this was, it was going to hurt. Robin was even more alarmed to discover that he didn’t have enough barrier talismans to protect everyone.

He was determined to do what he could, though. Deciding to repay the favor for the protection earlier, Robin used all of his talismans to create a shield around Kestrel, protecting her from Thundercloud’s front and rear strikes. He then hid behind Narumi, hoping she would protect them both, at least out of self-interest. Instead, said one word and disappeared, leaving Robin to be killed by Thundercloud’s attack.

The last thing Robin heard before dying was the word “fish.”

Thundercloud

The villain examined the results of his lightning strike as the rain started to clear. The results were more mixed than he’d have liked; while the Jap was dead and one girl in the fetal position was going to be dead, the Chinaman’s girlfriend was still alive and-

"Alright. No more fucking around. Let's get sparkly."

“How the fuck is he still alive? He took a lightning bolt to the back,” Thundercloud thought.

And was there another girl near the lobby? That’d have to be something to deal with later though; right now the fat man had a very colorful target to destroy.

“Okay, you fruity knock-off Super Saiyan,” he declared, breathing heavily as he did so “as the dead gook would tell you, imitating Asians won’t help you win.” Thundercloud then started charging another attack. Though there was no real lightning to accompany this one, the villain was able to send another burst of electricity towards Kain and Kestrel.

This would hopefully kill those two. Then he could finish off the rest of them and have a nice meal from the vending machine. He deserved a nice break after working so hard to kill these retards.

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

Guccicorn has posted, so @Stuzzie you are the next writer!

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

It was a warm, sunny day today. That much was obvious to the man lying face-down on the sandy beach. Everything else, however, was a mystery. Where was he? Why was he there in the first place? And who was he, anyway? All he knew about himself is what he could see, and that he was wearing a simple white shirt with khaki pants that smelled like salt water. If he had a mirror, he’d also learn he had brown hair and black eyes, but that was information he'd have to gain later.

As the man got up, he felt something in one of his pockets. He grabbed the object and examined the item; it was a key. Immediately, the man knew this was no ordinary key. It was the size of a quill pen, it had a luster that made it look like it was made of gold, and there was a pearl where the hole for a key ring normally was. He also knew that keeping it was vitally important. Why this was the case, he did not know; one more mystery to add to the list, he supposed.

The man tried to think of what he should do next, but he saw something else in the distance that attracted his attention instead. What he saw was...

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

@Stuzzie no problem! Your post is accepted. It doesn't matter much for the sample, but in the story itself I'd just be more careful about proper grammar. I'm not looking to be the grammar police, but it just makes writing look much nicer without much effort.

With that said, I will send you a PM with a link to the Discord!

Thornwood Asylum For The Criminal Insane- A Villain Roleplay.

For whatever my opinion is worth @Eviledd1984 as a lurker here I can vouch for @Blazion's skill as a writer. Whatever you decide with regards to their idea, I know they will make a quality CS.

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

@threetoads you are accepted, of course. You're already in the Discord, so I can't think of anything you need to do!

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

@Guccicorn glad to have you here! You could've saved some time though, as you only really needed to copy paste one of your posts from the hero RP :P

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

I like it already! I'm so in!

@Stuzzie

Outstanding! Please post an application per the directions in my original post (they're near the bottom). Thank you!

Collaborative Writing Interest Check

@Guccicorn @threetoads @BingTheWing and @Stuzzie I appreciate the interest! I just made an OOC thread, which is located here: roleplayerguild.com/topics/187004-mys…

Mystery of the Key - a Collaborative Writing Story

Edit: if you're reading this, we're still open. Please read what we've written so far to get a feel for the story. If the ideas and tone look like something that interests you, read the rest of this post. Thank you!

Hi there! I am Zapdos and I write on this website here and there. I’m currently GMing a roleplay about Superheroes, but I still want to write more than I am now, so I made this! If you're here from the IC, you can skip down to the section titled "New Information" and read from there.

The writing style of this is a little different than a traditional roleplay on this site. Normally, each person will roleplay a character and they will interact within a setting guided by the GM. In this, all the writers take turn writing the story. Each poster will take turns writing; in the end what will result is cohesive and interesting story. All of the characters, settings and plot are made by all of the writers, each one building upon the work of the people who wrote before them. Here is a short example (obviously the posts would be longer in the actual story):

Poster A:

"Frank was walking down the street on his way to work. It was his last day on the job; he was proud of his 43 years at the Wonderful Wheel Company, but he was looking forward to retirement. He arrived at the old factory, same as ever, except he was surprised to see..."

Poster B:

"that it was decorated with banners! The old factory worker saw banners, balloons and homemade posters celebrating his last day and wishing him well. A hint of a smile showed on the man's face. But the biggest surprise was when he walked into the place..."

Poster C:

"a huge array of tires spelling out "BEST WISHES FRANK" right on the factory floor! What was previously a hint evolved into a full-on grin; the man never expected his coworkers to go through all this trouble. Honestly, he thought they didn't even like him. However..."

And so on. Again, this would be longer if we were actually writing. I'm not looking for big essays here; just at least two or three quality paragraphs per post. If you want to and it makes sense to write longer, cool, but it isn’t necessary. A few advantages of writing this way include:

-If someone loses interest or gets busy with life, the whole story won't grind to a halt.
-Multiple authors can provide multiple perspectives, fleshing out characters in a way one person wouldn’t do and making the story more interesting
-Writing with other people is (at least for me) a good motivator to push yourself to improve your writing. I’ve learned a lot just by reading other people’s work

New Information:

I thought of an idea, and after talking about it with a few people who gave their approval, I decided it would be a good starting point for the story. You can read it below:

The main character wakes up in a small port town in a fantasy setting, with no idea who he is or why he is there. All he has on him are the clothes on his back and a key. He knows the key is important, but remembers nothing besides that. What will he do next?

Of course, I will expand upon this in the first post I make for the story; this is just a good starting point.

Also, here are some rules that will make this more fun for everyone. I'm not looking to micromanage all of you here and if you've ever been in one of my RPs before, this should look familiar.

-We use a Discord server for communication. When your "application" is accepted, I will send you a link to it. You don't need to be online all the time, but it is a great way to get to know the other writers and communicate ideas with them, so I am requiring that you at least join the server.
-This story is in a typical medieval/magical fantasy setting. While we as a group haven't really defined much of the specifics of this, that does mean that someone isn't coming out of a portal from the future shooting lasers from their spaceship.
-Your posts should be consistent with what other people have written. If it has been established that the protagonist’s best friend has been his friend for 30 years, the next post shouldn’t be that person killing the protagonist. Plot twists can be done in an interesting way, of course, just use common sense. If it’s something big, please discuss it with the group first.
-No smut, extremely graphic torture, or gore please. A common-sense PG-13 rating is what I’m going for. If people have sex or something, fade to black. I’m not looking to write an episode of Teletubbies, just use common sense.
-No politics please. This isn’t even taking place on Earth, plus politics is dreary and based on my experience nobody is going to convince anyone else of their views anyway.
-This is an original story; keep people from the real world and pre-existing IP out of this please. George Washington shouldn’t save the day by riding in on a Transformer.
-Writing will take place here on RP Guild.
-Please use proper spelling and grammar. I’m not the grammar police, but it makes writing look so much nicer.
-I'm not looking for big essays here; just two or three quality paragraphs per post. If you want to write longer, cool, but don’t monopolize the story.
-This story will be written by and contributed to by everyone who writes. That being said, please don’t monopolize it. For example: if the story is of a brave knight slaying a dragon and Poster 1 makes a post about the knight starting his journey, the next post shouldn’t be a huge thing involving the knight slaying the dragon, marrying the Princess and becoming king of the realm. As the GM, I will probably set the direction and thus build on the structure of the story more than others, but that is from the perspective of running the game, not running the story.
-I am not a mind reader and I am not perfect. If there's an issue, please let me know!
-Use common sense. I can’t think of every possible scenario here. And if you’re in doubt, please ask a question about it.
-Most importantly: have fun!

Posting Order:

We will decide on posting order by discussion on the Discord server. I will write the first post, but after that it’s up to you guys. After the first post, the next writer will have 48 hours to make their post or say something. E.g if you know you're going to be busy the next two days, but want to write something on the third day, just let us know. As long as everyone is informed (and we aren't waiting like two weeks for your post), it's a fairly flexible process. The writer after that will have 48 hours from when the previous writer posted for the same thing, and so on. Of course, you can post earlier than that.

“Application”:

Since we’re not making character sheets like in most roleplays, the application will simply be a writing sample. At least 2-3 good paragraphs displaying how you write. You can take it from a roleplay you are or were in, a personal story you are writing, or whatever else you can think of that makes sense in this context. Just keep it PG-13 like this story please. I would not be surprised if you all are better writers than I am; I just want to see that you are capable of writing well enough to contribute to the story. E.g. good spelling and grammar, writing that makes sense, etc. I’m not looking to be a control freak here. If you’ve read all of this post and want to join, please write the phrase “Electric Pokemon” somewhere in your post with the writing sample. (It doesn't have to be in the writing sample though :P)

I look forward to writing with all of you and hope you enjoy the experience!