♚ The Summoning ♛
You wake up in a room. It's dark, but soon the lights begin to glow brighter and brighter until you realize that you are locked in place by heavy chains that hang from your wrists. Individuals, familiar and unfamiliar, of enemy and ally alike surround you, some of them trying to break free. Others, like you, are only now waking up to this nightmare.
Your supernatural strength is gone. Your psychic prowess, gone. You are just a man or a woman captured in what you'll come to know is a strange world. There is a palpable sense of dread in the air between you and the others that increases as the the area in front of you opens up, revealing a blue-skinned individual looking down at you from behind a heavy layer of glass.
"They have arrived, the great heroes and villains from afar, the protectors of the fragile blue planet called Earth! I know, I know, if I were you I'd have some immediate questions, like, 'Who is this handsome blue picture of perfection in front of me?' and'When will I finally get to copulate with him?'"
"To answer your second question, NEVER. I find you humans repulsive. To answer the first...Standing before you is the Marss Olek. Many in the Raxus Nebula know me as 'THE EXECUTIVE.' I know, sounds cool right?"
"I'm in charge of the greatest holo netwotk that the galaxy has ever seen, and lately, weeell...viewership is down. 'Real Housewives of Glador VII' just concluded and our flagship drama 'Game of Systems: Revenge of the Mad Titan' just ended it's 30 year run. Hooray for them, but that's no good for me. Do you know how difficult it is to provide entertainment for 96 billion people over 35 distinct planets? It's not easy!"
"Which brings me to you. What is one thing that all races in this big, beautiful galaxy seem to love? The one constant anywhere you go? I'll tell you! It's VIOLENCE, GLORIOUS VIOLENCE! And when it's a bunch of superpowered guys and gals in spandex being violent with each other? Even better!"
"So, here's the plan. The eight of you will fight in a single elimination tournament to determine which among you is truly the best of the best. You will fight until you are unable to continue fighting. Whether that means death or merely a broken bone or two, that's up to you and your opponent."
"'But Maaaaarrs!' you must be saying in your tiny little human heads. 'I care about some of these people. I would, never, ever hurt them, and I'd never ever kill, either.' Well, here on Raxus Prime, let's just say that we're good at getting people to do what they don't want to do. I have taken the liberty of installing chips in your brain. These chips can alter your perception, memories, or make you do things you never thought you would. Mark my words, when the time comes you will do all that is necessary to advance to the next round, I will see to that personally."
"After the tournament ends, you will all be returned to Earth. If you were injured, or even killed during the tournament, we will heal you. We're not monsters, we just like a good fight. The chips inside your head will dissolve the moment you are back on your planet, taking with them the memories that this ever even happened...maybe."
A pair of taller beings stand at the Executive's side, one tapping him on the shoulder and whispering into his ear.
"The arrangements are made. The opening ceremony is about to begin. All that's left to say is good luck, and thanks for the ratings!"
The solid slab of metal rises up once more to cover the glass. The sounds of trumpets and roaring crowds emanate from two small speakers on the ceiling.
Welcome to the First Annual We Are Legend Invitational
♚ Rules ♛
- Standard RPG rules apply. No god-modding. No auto-hitting. You know the drill.
- All participating characters must have a comprehensive list of their powers/abilities/weapons in either their bio or in a blog by July 6th at 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
- Each battle will have a one week (7 days) time limit and a limit of 10 posts per battle, this is including the OP.
- Be courteous to your fellow competitors.
- If anyone is found using performance enhancing drugs, they will be forced to share.
- Have fun! (This will be enforced harshly.)
♚ The Judges ♛
When a battle does not come to a definitive decision in the confines of the IC interaction, a panel of three judges will be invoked.
1. Surkit
2. Arquitenens
3. Pyrogram
Judging Criteria (Taken from the last KOV):
Judging will be based on the following three categories: Fighting Technique, Wordsmanship, and Progression.
Fighting technique is a combination of how you attack, counter and sell. Basically the battling part of the battle.
Wordsmanship is basic grammar and spelling. This also includes the overall enjoyability of your posts.
Progression is the story you tell. Did you move things forward? Did you develop your character, the setting, the tournament, anything? Has anything changed since the beginning of the match? Did we learn anything about your character, or how they think?
♚ The Superstars ♛
Ziccarra Liafador - The Goddess
Prince Aizen - The Arcanian
Feral Nova - The Fire Goddess of Awesomness
Last Guardian - The Lightforce Warrior
Cellphone Girl - Niña Lechuga
Alexander Apex - The False God
Clara Mass - The Mistress of Mayhem
Cassius Knightfall - Winter's Warrior
Alternates:
If one of these writers fails to show to their respective matches or drops out early on in an interaction (1-2 posts), it will be up to the discretion of the judges whether his/her opponent gets an automatic win or if an alternate/replacement is to be inserted.
If you are interested in becoming an alternate, please PM @last_guardian.
@feral_nova@ziccarra_liafador@shanana@alexander_apex@cassius_knightfall@pyrogram@arquitenens@surkit@_alistar_@prince_aizen@cellphonegirl@clara_mass
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