Kazooie

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Rika clambered around the ceiling slowly, she was intent on not making too much noise, and her outfit, although a similar color, didn't mesh perfectly with the inside of the building. If she was too obvious, she might get spotted before she had a chance to do anything. With Tsubasa lunging towards their target, it gave her a chance to sneak around the back of the panda, her eyes focusing on the target as she tried to imagine what the best course of action here really was.

One: They could just try to wear her down, that seemed like a bad plan. Professional Hero, clearly ready for this, went straight for Sun at the start of the fight, this wasn't going to be a battle of attrition.

Two: Restrain her. She could only bind one part of the Panda herself at a time really. Ben could potentially tie her down with spiders, and she still had the little friends riding along with her. This was doable, though hard.

Three: Get the briefcase. She was probably the only one who had an 'easy' way to dislodge it from a distance.

"Honestly I heard just the opposite, that it really puts pounds on ya. I gotta stay fit and look my best for swimsuit season!" 

Rika stifled a small laugh, instead just smiling as she started to plan her own attack plan. Ben was repositioning around the same time, which hopefully would mean... Xiónglǎohǔ wouldn't be looking for her, instead focused on the spiderboy. She watched as Tsubasa was promptly kicked right out of her flight path with a wince, but that validated her decision to stay as grounded as possible. With the rush of spiders starting to run towards the panda, she felt as if this was a suitable moment...

She took a deep breath, tilting her head back as her tongue lashed out towards the back of the Pro Hero. But instead of aiming to strike her, she angled it just off enough to hit against the tape wrapped around her upper body. It might take some time, especially in hitting the same spots over and over, but if she could...  A thick, mucus-like substance latched onto the tape as she started to tug at it, it might not remove it right away... And once that tugging slowed down, her tongue would dislodge from the tape. Hopefully before the panda noticed. If she could wear down the adhesiveness, then that suitcase would be a viable win condition...

She prepared to lash out her tongue again, aiming for the same spot of tape she had just hit. Thanks to that mucus marking the spot, it wouldn't be easy for her to lost track of where she aimed. If Xiónglǎohǔ started to target her, then maybe Sun or Tsubasa could get in from there. Either way, she had no way to tell them that, she had to hope they would see an opening themselves.

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i failed to get character off the ground

1 minute ago, Blake said:

i have been told i'd be the professor

realistically i'd be the one living with the crazy bird lady

you being the professor is why i get to have so many birds though

i'm the person with a house full of birds, probably just a shitton of oricorio

think of the lady who lives on the route to Fortree in Gen 3. Then multiply the number of wingull by like, 500. that's the number of birds i want

i sell chaos and discord

that low-key threat to enguin's modship at the end there, woo

18 minutes ago, worK said:

Just a heads up, I'm going to be considering this kind of content spam moving forward. I just want to be fair and let you know ahead of time. If you'd like to make a case for why I should or should not operate the forum in a panopticonic manner, please send me a PM and we'll talk.

This is a quick forewarning but this particular brand of chatter is going to be considered unnecessary chattel in the near future and onwards. I wanted to be kind and courteous and give this warning so you would not be caught off guard. If you would care to make an rebuttal for why I should or should not continue to operate in this fashion onwards, please contant me via the means of private conversations and we can continue this dialogue then.

B3%

easy

gigadrillbreaker has come to make an announcement

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As they approached the testing ground, Rika took a quick breath and closed her eyes. It was sorta nerve inducing, she hadn't had that much time to prepare for something like this. A week, in the grand scheme of things, wasn't much time to adapt to fighting a much more established hero. Teacher. Panda. Before they reached the destination, Rika kicked off her shoes behind her, they were an old pair, not important, she needed full access to her claws for this. She had some trouble figuring out the best way to hide the spiders on her person for the time being, ultimately deciding to have them around her back, hidden by her hair, was probably the best. This would keep them hidden from Xiónglǎohǔ for now, hopefully.

With them entering the building, they were met by the stretching Hero in front of them... And then a sudden jump forward. Rika immediately jumped back as she watched the panda hero lunge towards the largest member of their group. Maybe she picked him to avoid getting a sucker punch off on someone more fragile. Like her face... Rika's eyes still narrowed though, that wasn't the plan. Sun was supposed to keep her occupied, that wasn't good, so... Instead with a sudden lurch forward, Rika's maw opened up and her tongue attempted to curl around the panda's arm midsentence.

"On your toes, kids! A villain's not gonna wait, and neither am I! I'd say you either had to beat me in a fight or find the case and input the code... But they're one and the same for this exam. Maybe I'll be nice and drop it if you can show me a good fight, hm?"

She didn't expect this to actually work, but she needed to do something. She couldn't let the teacher think, even for a moment, she wasn't going to put up the damnedest fight she had in her. With that tongue lashing forward, she lowered her body down to the ground, her fingertips mashed against the floor below her suddenly. The tiny claws began to burrow their way into it, locking her in place... At least, sorta locking her in place.

But as the tongue would have made impact, the panda dodged deftly and grabbed it, grinning as she yanked it. Rika narrowed her eyes from the quick grab to the tongue as it lashed out, her fingers sinking down against the ground a little more firmly. She kept herself lowered down, waiting to see what would happen from there. Unfortunately for her, it was claws digging into her tongue. Rika gave a wince as the claws dug into it, but her grip on the floor tightened as her tongue seemed to go slack… And then a tug in the panda’s grip started, the muscle attempting to retract. Xiónglǎohǔ’s response was to let go, letting the tongue snap back to its owner.

With that, it quickly pulled right back to her maw, Rika’s grip on the ground letting go as she stood back up and narrowed her eyes. She had expected more of a retaliation. The claws hurt, but it wasn’t a very proactive move in that situation. 

"So...any chance I could request that you come up here and fight like a spider?" 

“Nah, you should try bamboo instead. Pretty good for ya!”

While the panda had responded, her focus hadn’t shifted from the ones on the ground. The only solution to this matter was obvious, Rika immediately turned and dug her claws into the wall behind her, scrambling her way up it and across the ceiling. As she moved, her skin began to shift hues to match the material behind her. Her outfit might not be a perfect match, but it did mean the panda would have to put a bit more focus into spotting her. Potentially that would give the others an opening somewhere. If she stayed observing the others... Maybe she could get the jump on Xiónglǎohǔ herself.

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Rika had probably come overprepared. Unlike everyone else, she didn't have a chance to submit costume ideas, she had plenty of time to refine her costume as a result, but... This did mean she wasn't really going to be able to use it in time for this particular assignment. That meant... She was back to her old reliable strategy. She dragged a small trunk behind her as she glanced around the environment they were going to be working with, it all looked... Modern.

 "I was told to promise you all that there won't be any robots in this exam. I am not really sure what that means, but Glory said it would make more sense to you all."

That didn't make sense to her. But, that was probably a good thing. As long as whoever they were up against couldn't read heat signatures then, she should be totally fine to crawl around without having to worry about being spotted. Even if it would be a bit... Well, she would have to be careful either way. She had been expecting something a little more... Nature-y. Though maybe that wasn't the right way to say it. She had been hoping for something a little more green. It was easier to camouflage yourself in bushes, in grass, in trees. With this, she would have to use colors that just... Sorta matched. Grays, whites... And any building that wasn't a color like that, she would have to pray she didn't get spotted crossing. Hopefully her teammates could handle that. She dug through the trunk rapidly, sorting through the obvious non-matching colors, her skin cycling through shades of white and gray as she compared the clothing to it, mumbling as she did.

"Mom always said to pay attention to her about color theory, but I thought 'Hey! They have costumes for that now, I'll just get one of those made!' Well, look where you are now, Rika. Caught without the tool you need and a mom who's definitely gonna make a point of it later if she ever hears of this..." Her voice trailed off as her skin started to turn a shade of green and red, swirled about as she worked to pull out some colors that could, at least, blend in with the cityscape they were going to be in... It would require some distraction on the teacher's part, but... Well, hopefully that would work out alright.

It took a bit, swapping her clothes around without taking things off in front of the others wasn't a quick skill, but it was something she had worked on streamlining to make sure there were no slip ups over time. It didn't take long and she had on a fairly minimal outfit that could blend in with the city. She took a deep breath, closing up the trunk as she stood up. 

"So, do any of you have questions before this starts?"

Rika's thoughts started to race as she considered any questions she might have. She couldn't ask anything too specific, honestly. It's not likely they would give any real hints on how to handle their teacher here. No... But... Her hand was in the air anyway, the red and green swirls there seeming to become more chaotic, squiggly as she spoke, "Uh... Yeah, what's the alternate 'win' condition, exactly? Since we haven't really been able to plan around it, I'm just... Curious on if it's even realistic to think about achieving it."

"I'm glad you asked! If i didn't cover this i might have gotten in some trouble!" The substitute teacher pulled out some crumpled notes from his pocket, "So... Basically... Each teacher will have a briefcase near their person as the exam starts. Inside the briefcase is a keypad, and if you enter 4 3 7 6, your team sill automatically win!"

Rika paused as she heard him speak up, that... That could be something very easy for them to accomplish. Ben's spiders... Maybe they'd be strong enough to input that? She didn't know if they were capable of putting enough force on the keypad. That left her. If she could sneak her way to the briefcase and she acted quick enough, maybe she could get it open and... Right.

"Do... Can I ask a follow up question?" She paused there, before continuing, "I'm asking anyway. Is the briefcase locked? Do we need to, like, fish a key away from the enemy or is it already unlocked? Is that too much info?" She bit her tongue there, she was gonna follow that up with 'Do you know the answer to that?', but she had a strange feeling that might not get a positive response.

"I mean... it doesn't say here that it is. It is probably just one of those little clicky latches. You what I mean?" He made an awkward motion as if operating the latch on a briefcase, "CLICK. Yeah, like one of those ones."

Oh. Well, that solved part of her problem, maybe. Hopefully it was just one of those clicky latches, as he put it. If the case was locked, that was a whole different matter... And things would get a lot more difficult.

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i'm watching

On 12/19/2020 at 8:00 PM, LordCowCow said:

Odd question but rank from favorite to least favorite to use between

Sorcery, Instant, Enchantment, Artifact, Land, Planeswalker and Creature

Creatures are definitely at the top. Haha big creature go brr and all that. I love creatures more than any other type.

Then Lands. Because they let me summon BIG CREATURE.

Instants are next, because I really like decks that use them well. Kalamax is the main one, and the only commander deck I plan on building IRL right now other than Atla.

Then Artifact, just cause they're something I see as a constant.

Sorcery is after that, they're usually pretty handy and I like them, but I don't see making a deck around them, you know?

Enchantment are underneath that, they're just kinda... There? They're cool, I have a couple I really like, but... Eh. I kinda forget them.

Then last if Planeswalker. I just, uh... Get bored of them really quickly, I guess? I don't find them super fun to mess around with, generally.

On 10/2/2019 at 1:44 AM, LordCowCow said:

Do you like any other fighting games besides Smash?

I'm not gonna do this often, but I'm revisiting this one because I'm actually pretty fucking hyped for Fraymakers.

It's basically just Indie Smash which I mean, I see as an absolute win, but like, one of the main fighters if The Watcher from Slay the Spire and I think that's just sick. Definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't and are interested in platform fighters, it looks like it has some real potential.

10 hours ago, (‽) said:

Top 5 favorite commander's?

In no particular order cause I don't really play enough to say which ones I had the most fun with really.

Azusa, Lost but Seeking. I like lands.

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer. It's one of the few 'secret' mechanics I actually kinda like playing with. I bet I would hate playing against it though.

Ramos, Dragon Engine. I love him as my commander, he's my friend. It's the only rainbow deck I really played.

Kalamax, the Stormsire. Duplicating spells is fun.

Atla Palani, Nest Tender. E G G D E C K. I think it might be my favorite deck, but I really don't know. I love the E G G S. More Egg Support please. Blake doesn't like Atla Palani though. Also, shoutout to it for being Green, White and Red. My favorite color, Green, and the two colors I am the least excited about generally.

9 hours ago, LordCowCow said:

Do you ever have a moment where you regret being known as "the bird" because you get so much bird related content from others?

absolutely not

Birds are my favorite animal by an absolute longshot. Any bird-related content is an absolute win with one exception that won't be named.

3 hours ago, (‽) said:

Oh my list is old as hell. Pretty strong, though. I'll see about getting it down tomorrow.

sick

gitrog is neat and I like the deck

3 hours ago, yui said:

You've received a lot of questions about birds, but what's your favorite animal that doesn't have wings?

Earlier in the thread this came up. After birds? It's usually stuff like sheep, cows, or cats.

Generally sheep though. My cats are enough of assholes to keep them from being the second favorite consistantly.

On 12/1/2020 at 1:41 AM, (‽) said:

Would you be interested in my gitrog list?

yeah, actually

my gitrog list is a couple sets old at this point i think, i haven't really updated it and i would like to see a list from someone who knows the game better than my limited knowledge of blake's niv-mizzet

49 minutes ago, LordCowCow said:

Steel Ghost that isn't a "possessed metal object/weapon"

Chraith

The Chained Spirit Pokemon

Single Stage Pokemon

Description
A being of shadows that's littered with iron chains across its body. It seems to almost be a blob at first glance, but as it starts to stir, it stands to a height of roughly 7'10, those chains causing to be hunched over even at the large size. The actual shape of the creature is relatively humanoid, imagine Grimsnarl though with less tendrils and more along the lines of Spiritomb, pure energy that, if it wasn't for the chains holding it down, might not have any sort of solid form at all. Pulsing black shadows, with swirls of purple and red, mixed with the vague appearance of a face near where the head should be, make it hard to tell what you're really looking at. 

Ghost/Steel

Genderless

Egg Group
Amorphous

Ability
Metallic Corrosion

This Pokemon takes Super Effective Damage from Steel Type Moves and deals extra (50%) damage with Steel Type moves.

Dex Entry 1: A being who was held down by the many chains littering its body. Over time, the iron rusted and the purity degraded... Leaving this spirit free to slowly wander the world.

Dex Entry 2: A being from a time long past, the fearful townspeople nearby sprung a trap on it to bind it down. As the chains degraded, it became capable of swinging them as a weapon, albeit slowly.

Stats

HP: 100
Attack: 100
Defense: 120
Sp. Attack: 40
Sp. Defense: 80
Speed: 45

Total: 485

Level Up Moveset

TM and TR Moveset

I'm not doing egg moves. >:c

Honestly? I think I'm done, maybe I'm forgetting something. This being the first one I've done, it's kinda... Rough around the edges. I had a hard time picturing what this thing might look like because honestly...? I was running with the idea of pure iron being used as a deterrent for hostile spirits in folklore and stuff. So these townspeople ages ago deal with a spirit, spring a trap on it, and the iron chains keep it from hurting them, it's kinda kept away for a long time, and as the chains oxidize, the ghostly creature is able to start kinda... Manipulating them, moving them around. To the point where the chains are effectively a weapon for it. It still hurts, in fact, that's why the ability makes it take super effective damage from Steel type moves used against it, but the chains that hold it down aren't "Pure" enough anymore to restrain it and it can sorta whip them around.

The level up moveset is kinda set to accentuate that. It starts off with just small, weak Ghost moves, learns a stronger one... Then Autotomize, representing it 'shedding' some of the chains that hold it down. Then it learns some Steel moves, things that it can use to move the metal around.

I imagine this as kinda a mid-late game Pokemon, definitely not something you get access to early, hence no early Steel-type moves. Also the fact that Steel has like, one early Steel move.

The ability is a bit out there, but I figure... We have Fluffy which essentially makes a pokemon weak to Fire and we have stuff like Dhelmise getting STAB off Steel Attacks, so combining the two into something different could work. 

Honestly. First thing, I'm not sure how I like it. A Steel/Ghost without possession is a tough one. The concept is fine, but not being able to come up with an 'appearance' I was super happy with was frustrating. I like the concept though, a spirit held down by chains that has eventually learned how to manipulate the chains into helping itself.

So, these aren't gonna be done in batches cause it takes a fair bit of time to get these kinda things sorted out. I'm honestly not sure if this is something people care enough to see, but... I dunno, I like the idea of making up fake Pokemon designs, this sorta thing can be fun to fuck around with.

Fair warning to everyone, THESE NAMES WILL SUCK. I am awful with names.

Don't post music here. You won't get music rated.

instead give me a prompt and i'll make a fake pokemon up for it.

i'm also posting the RP question i gave () here cause i'm curious

Are there any RP characters you've had that you really liked at first, but now just kinda feel neutral on? Or even just outright dislike them? I dunno if the guest host can answer this, so if not.

How are you today?

Keeping in theme with the RP questions... Are there any characters you made that you've kinda... Soured on at first. Any characters that you particularly liked at first, but just kinda are meh or even dislike now?

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"Oh, oh, do not worry!" Sun said excitedly. "I, Sun, have a great plan!" 

Rika paused for a moment as she heard that, she really, really did not want to have to be the one to break any of his spirit with how eager he sounded. She hoped that his plan was actually great, if only for his own sake.

"So, we're gonna have you all stand behind me so I can protect you all, and then, I'm going to throw a rock at the bear! It's going to be a very big rock."

She paused for a moment at that, a little cough escaping her as she did, "Yeaaah, okay, uh... So, we'll put down rock throwing as an option later, yeah? But we can't just stand behind you, it has to be a team effort, otherwise..." She shrugged her shoulders a bit, "I don't think one of us can hold up against the teacher on our own, you know?"

She tapped her fingers against her desk, hopefully that wasn't too... Brutal for the big guy. She didn't want to crush him, but... She had to make sure she held her own here, so the others knew she actually deserved to be here. Even if she wasn't that far behind in the entry exam, it still felt like she was trailing leagues behind now. She hummed for a moment, before listening in as Ben started to talk about the other two and their Quirks. Agility was good to know. "You think they can keep her busy enough?" She started to perk up a bit as she listened to him talk, there was an idea there.

But then he turned to her, and she took a moment to tap her cheek gently as she spoke, "My Quirk is... Awkward to use sorta. Doesn't mean I won't use it fully, but it does mean I'm not sure how much it'll work in the long run... But I'm more than prepared... " She didn't really go into detail what that meant at all, but she started speaking again before it would matter. "As for range, my tongue can kiiinda hit from a distance, but it's more like a whip with a club instead of, like, a gun."

She heard Ben talk about his own Quirk, she raised an eyebrow, her eyes shifting in color, turning a bright red as she grinned and leaned forward, "...How far away can they be from you? The spiders, I mean... Obviously. If they can go far enough away, I can smuggle them around, you'd never even know that I have one or two on me if I'm careful about how I move, I can sneak them around the field to try and give them good spots to set traps. I can even hide them from sight while they do it. A capture could be possible."

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29 minutes ago, Saikazo said:

 

Why are you a cannibal?

there are actually a lot of birds that prey on other species of birds

in particular it tends to be falcons, but I remember there's another fairly large family of birds that do it as well. falcons tend to be the most well known though. it's really not that uncommon at all!

6 hours ago, Comrade Duck said:

You can only keep one. Which do you choose?

 

--dogs

--cats

--birds

--anime

i mean, if i get rid of birds, i stop existing so i gotta pick them.