The Last City

[supermufin]

It has been about a year since the third world war caused the destruction of almost all life on Earth. Almost all traces of civilization were destroyed, but one city was left standing. It was located in the middle of no where, having only one road that lead out out of the city. It is named Nozbov City, and many of the survivors were lucky enough to find it. The buildings are in fairly decent shape, but the inhabitants are much less so. Many of the survivors are constantly fighting over who is in control, sending assassins after their opposition and anyone else who gets in their way. As if that were not bad enough an entirely new species has emerged and threatens to slaughter all who do not follow their will. They call themselves Roizles, and are essentially giant mutated komodo dragons. Their size ranges from three feet at birth to twenty feet when fully grown. Some are capable of using powers and thinking logically, but most of them are just mindless killing machines. They are located on the outskirts of the south end of Nozbov. So far they have not done much more than gain followers and threaten everyone else, but they still seem to be quite a force to be reckoned with.



Rules:

1. Follow all of Midorea's rules

2. PM me your profile.

3. No god moding.

4. Multiple characters are allowed, but only a maximum of three.

5. There is a minimum of four lines per post, and I expect all words will be spelled correctly.

6. Do not read rule seven.

7. Disobey rule six.



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Username:
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Profiles:

Username: supermufin
RP name: Nick
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Power(s): Teleportation via exploding into a bunch of confetti and he can generate silver.
Appearance: Blond hair, blue eyes, beige pants, orange shirt, reflective sunglasses, six feet tall. He also wears a gray scarf with silver four leaf clover pin on it.
Personality: He usually acts random, but really he is almost always thinking about strategy. Nick is fairly violent and talks a big game, but with a fairly low amount of strength, he can never back up what he says. He is also quite loyal and never goes back on his word.
Affiliation: Roizles
Bio: When the bombs started dropping near the end of the war, Nick started running. He apparently did not run fast enough, because he soon found himself trapped under some rubble. He was stuck for several days until some giant reptilian creature found him. It was a roizl that had found him. Nick was fascinated when it began to talk to him, and fairly confused at the same time. It offered Nick food, shelter, and most of all: safety. In return, Nick would need to help the roizles with any task they needed his help with. He accepted, seeing as there was not much of a choice.


Username: supermufin
RP name: Steth
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Power(s): Control over mercury.
Appearance: Black hair, gray eyes, he is six foot three. He wears a long sleeve shirt, jeans, steel toed boots, and gloves, all of them are black. He has a katana at his side and mercury is always following him around because he does not have full control of his power.
Personality: Steth is almost always calm and collected. He has a habit of giving assistance to anyone who needs it. Despite this, he still likes to be alone most of the time. Unfortunately, the solitude has made him a little crazy, as he usually talks to the mercury that floats around him.
Affiliation: Civilian
Bio: Steth was obsessed with mercury ever since he was young. Usually he would get in trouble for smashing thermometers in order to get the mercury that was inside of it. When he found that he could manipulate mercury by thought, he was only further amazed with the metal. Steth has also always lived in Nozbov, and when survivors began to show up, he was one of the first to help them find shelter, usually he lead them to a hotel.


Username:arononkorr
RP name:Sharidan Korr
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Age:27
Power(s): Pyrokinesis
Appearance:Black hair. kept long, tied back into a pony tale. pale skin, brown eyes. He's fairly built, and has a decent physical body. but he also possesses a keen intellect
Personality: Fairly calm, never looses his cool in a situation. He's kind and personable. He cares for people, and often uses what he finds to help others as best he can.
Affiliation:Civilian
Bio:Sheridan was born outside of town. in a place that now no longer exists. he has little memory of where it was, and doesn't really care. He spends much of his time out of town, however. Hunting the blasted landscape for treasures of the past. This isn't easy work, even for someone who controls the flames of war as he does. He has a few friends in the city he has helped in his years hunting outside the city

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Nick was hanging out with some roizles, talking about how they should all have some cool code names. "You know, I think we should all do some sort of spy mission. Like, hide in the shadows and switch metal briefcases with some random person we don't know." Nick said. The roizles were silent for a moment. "You...do realize that we can't exactly blend in to crowds, or even hide anywhere...right? Twenty foot reptiles do not seem to be much of a normal thing to see." One of the roizles said. Nick looked at them for a moment, then he looked over at a one story house. "Nah, you could just pretend to be a building. Paint yourself so it looks like you're made of bricks...and then you could be called Brick Danger!" Nick exclaimed.

Steth was wandering about in the small park located near the center of the city. His mercury was floating around the height of his shoulders. It was a nice quiet day, as far as he knew. He was not entirely up to date on the politics. There was a slight breeze, causing a few red leaves to fall from a nearby maple. "We should come here more often, it is so beautiful." Steth said, smiling at his mercury. He continued walking down the path until he found that a corpse covered in blood was blocking the path. Steth's smile faded and he turned around. "This must be why we do not come here so often..." He said, walking away from the body.

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"Honestly, I do not think that Would work out. As you can see, I am not in the shape of a house." The roizl said. Nick looked at it for a moment. "...eh. I guess you're right. But you know that the name i-" Nick stopped, suddenly a voice popped into his head. 'Go into the city and learn what those people are doing. Mainly find the names of the most powerful people.' "Ah-ha! Now I can go use my amazing ability of not being a roizl and blend into crowds. See you guys later." Nick said, and then he exploded into a bunch of confetti.

Steth increased his pace a bit, hearing voices not too far behind him. He had a feeling that it was either the murderer, or some concerned citizens that were looking for the killer. His mercury was now floating low to the ground. "Of course I'm innocent, and there isn't much evidence against me...but it is better to be safe than sorry." He mumbled to the mercury. As soon as he couldn't hear the voices, he slowed his pace a bit and took a quick glance back to make sure no one was there. "At least I can try to put that out of my mind now." He said. Such unpleasant events seemed so much more common these days.

[arononkorr]

Sharidan came back into town after a grueling 5 day hunt out in the wastes. It was a bit rough, as he had got ambushed by a small band of creatures outside. he wound up having to torch them. He still made a decent haul though. this should fetch a pretty penny or three.

"hmm....I wonder how everyone around here has been....lately..." he trailed off as he saw a pair of corpses pinned to a wall with long projectiles. Strange symbols were carved into their flesh.

Sharidan merely shook his head. "Looks like someone got on the wrong side of the crones again..." he said as he continued on.

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Nick reappeared in an alley that was in between a cafe and a convenience store in a burst of confetti. This should be a good place to start. I should see how much I can overhear before I start asking questions. Maybe I'll try the cafe first, I can probably hear a good few things there. He thought, walking out of the alley and into the cafe. It was fairly warm inside, with the place about half full. Nick was seated by a window and he ordered some coffee. He probably wouldn't even drink it, but he needed to at least look like he had a reason to be there.

Assured that today was not such a great day to take a stroll around the park, Steth had gone into a hardware store. He needed to buy a box of nails to keep his windows shut. He was not usually very paranoid, but last night he was almost certain he saw someone peering into his window. It would not keep them from smashing the window, but it was just for a some peace of mind. He picked up a box of about fifty nails, assuming that he could probably use a few more just in case and brought them to the register. As soon as he had payed for the nails, he set off from the store to go back home.

[arononkorr]

Sharidan walked along through the city street. He was looking for his usual contact. He hoped he was still alive. this part of the neighborhood could get a bit lawless at times. especially with usurpers trying to get in charge of the local gangs. it wasn't pretty, but they left him alone for the most part.

That was fine. he often bought and sold goods through them. and he used those to help the less fortunate. Someone had to.

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The conversations were all pretty normal, but no information that Nick needed. It was all just things about how someone's day was going, or what they would be ordering. Maybe I need to look around the city more. There doesn't seem to be much use in staying here too long. He thought. The waitress gave Nick some coffee. "Thanks." He muttered. He then heard the end of some sentence. Someone was talking about a body that was found. Apparently some gang, it sounds something like The Lincolns or something, was going after some other gang, who's name was whispered. Hm. I should try to seek out these "Lincolns" later...what a strange name... He thought.

Steth was walking down the street, his mercury was carrying the box of nails. He spotted several people standing by a bar, they were each wearing a blue shirt and bright green gloves. "The Lincolns...I heard they're pretty dangerous. We should probably be walking in the opposite direction. Although, we have nothing to do with them, so they should just ignore us." Steth said to his mercury, which was now floating low to the ground. He kept his gaze away from the members and walked by. He felt as if he was in the clear when one of them shouted, "Hey! You! Come over here!"

[arononkorr]

Sharidan couldn't find the guy he usually sold things too. this wasn't good. He looked about for him, but couldn't see him. It was then a pair of 'Lincolns' gang members walking by. "Yeah, i heard there wasn't much left....poor sod." said a short human with Grey eyes. He was with one of those Roizles.

"Yeah....he got done good. its too bad, i always heard he had the best stuff around. Had people hunting outside the city for goods." he said. as the walked out of earshot, he pondered. 'could that be him....' he thought as he made his way to the park where he usually met with him.

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Steth stopped moving. He knew he could either comply with the gang, or he could run and hope they didn't catch him. "...I know that I'm not that fast..." He said, slowly turning around. He took a few steps towards the gang. "We're cosplaying as The Lincolns. Do you think we look enough like them?" One of the apparently not members asked. Steth stared at them for a moment. "...What do you mean 'cosplaying'? Is that a word?" He asked. One in the group suddenly took out a gun and shot all of the fake Lincolns in the head. He looked over at Steth. "I think you didn't see anything. Go home." He said. "You're right, nothing even happened..." Steth said, quickly turning around and walking away. "Today isn't all that great of a day to be outside." Steth said to his mercury.

Nick took a sip of his coffee, waiting to hear if there was anything else going on. He glanced over at the people who were discussing the gang, but one of them looked over at him and he quickly looked away. "What are you looking at?" One of the people asked. Nick didn't respond, he just looked out the window and pretended to not hear them. "Hey! I said what are you looking at?!" The same person demanded. Now Nick looked over. Apparently, it was some fairly tall muscular guy who was bald. Somehow, the baldness made him look more intimidating. "What do you care what I look at? It's none of your business." Nick said. The man stood up. "I'm gonna make it my business!" He shouted, taking out a knife. Nick laughed a bit. "That's no knife. This is a knife." He said, standing up and creating a silver claymore.

[arononkorr]

Sharidan made it to the park several minutes later, and didn't see his contact there. Something was wrong. he could smell it in the air. Something bad was going down around here. and he didn't want to be apart of it. he beet feet out of the park, and decided to go to his home. he would search tomorrow. he needed some rest and a shower anyway.

"Looks like I may need a new contact for my goods." he said quietly to himself. He continued back towards his home in the middle class district.

[supermufin]

The tall guy ran towards Nick, who found that he could barely pick up the claymore, let alone fight with it. He dropped the sword and created a spear instead. The man did not stop in time and Nick stabbed him through the chest. "Crazy people all over the place." He said to no one in particular. Nick left a few dollars on the table and walked out. Maybe I should try somewhere else now...at least I have a name. He thought. Nick looked around at the buildings. He was sure that it was probably better to make sure no one followed him, so a complete change in scenery was probably better. He exploded into a bunch of confetti and appeared by a bar. "Maybe I can get more information about those gangs in here..." He said.

[arononkorr]

After about 25 minutes, Sharidan finally reached home. it was a small place in a decent quarter of the city. Well, as decent as this city could get anyway. He unlocked all the locks on his door, and went back up into his room, which was on the third floor. He went up in an elevator, and put his gear and goods in the room. He then proceeded to gather a change of clothing and get in the shower. After 5 days in the wastes, he needed a bath.

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Nick was about to walk into the bar, but he was sure that even though the whole world pretty much had no laws anymore, they would throw him out for being underage. Eh...not like I'm trying to get something to drink. I can always just lie. He thought, opening the door and walking in. "Hey, does anyone know about some gang called 'The Lincolns' or something?" He asked without even thinking. The room full of people dressed in blue shirts and bright green gloves stopped what they were doing. "...are you kidding me?" One of the people asked. "What if I am?" He asked, looking over to the source of the voice. "No one walks in here without our permission." Someone else said. This time it was a voice behind Nick, he turned around to see a gun pointed at his face. Maybe this was a bad choice... He thought.

Steth walked up to the door to his house and picked it up, as it had apparently been torn off its hinges. "...I guess I was right then. At least we weren't home when the place was robbed. That could have lead to some...unfortunate stains on the carpet. We better go check to see what is left." He said to his mercury, propping the door up next to the doorway. It was mostly the obvious things that would be stolen: money and food. "Maybe later we can try and get some food." He said, cleaning up a few things. He was not about to express how angry he was in front of the mercury, but he knew that if he found those robbers, he wouldn't hesitate in killing them.