The first one of the seven to act in the battle is the agricultural engineer, Professor Max Ringelmann, who tightens his tie and stiffens his lip before wiping a bit of sweat off his brow. It's 75°F, not terribly hot for the summertime, but not as cool as he'd like it. Scowling slightly, he elects to ignore the War, and instead focus on the contract he was given: Jason Portman, former CEO of Quantum Leap and MuchTalk, two Silicon Valley startups. Without drawing much more attention to himself, he opens the driver's side door of his Toyota truck, here emblazoned with the logo of the Minhatsu automobile company, and shuts the door. [Spot: 6] With keys in the ignition and the purr of the engine, he opens the glovebox to find a map of the park already inside, showing that the nearest and largest rest camp would be Twee Rivieren, the essential first place anyone visits if they come up through Upington, South Africa. With a nod, Max begins his drive, heading onto the road closeby and heading due South towards the camp. As he drives, he opens the window and summons a smokebomb in his hand, tossing it back to try and cover his tracks.
With an easy smirk on his face and the feeling of his kunai in his hand as he twirls it between his fingers, the Shinobi Rinji chooses to ignore the fleeing Warrior, instead focusing his attention on the government stooges standing by that swanky looking automobile. As a member of the "Village Hidden in Sound", he was already on the wrong side of the natural and legal side of the world, but actual agents of a foreign force coming out to get him? They had to be part of this world's Village Spy Forces, an Earthling ANBU. He sighs, and turns his attention to his new robot friend, Chitti. "
Follow me," he whispers, before turning around and bolting back towards a nearby field of tall grass, followed by the automaton. [Stealth: 2] Despite the two of them diving back into the grass, a quick glance back shows that they have, indeed, gotten the attention of the spies. "
Damn it!" Rinji mutters, before raising his fingers to his temple to show the agents what-for. [5 v 4] [4 v 6] The man of the duo, fortunately, seems to develop a searing headache just as he's about to raise his firearm, but aside from a grimace and a quick opening of the driver's side door for him, the woman seems poised to fire on their position.
Flexing his fingers, and hearing the slight purr of the rotors within them, the archeologist Josef Szombathy realizes fairly quickly that this silly Wiki-War can wait. Imagine all the discoveries that cave system could hold? Rare minerals, ancient civilizations, new forms of life, and what could possibly be thousands of years worth of knowledge. He reaches to the thermos on his belt, opens it, and takes a swig from the full container of rich coffee. Immediately, he feels the rush of energy in his veins, and his feet begin tapping restlessly and without rhythm, and without waiting much longer, he bolts down South into the desert to try and be the first to enter the chasm.
Scrambling into the driver's seat of the deluxe (or, quite literally, De Luxe) Chevrolet, Agent William H. Moran's psychic headache causes his vision to waver slightly, and yet he remembers clearly where that Shinobi ran off to. Same as his partner, Agent Mathilda Agencourt, who pulls out her MP5 and sprays a burst-fire at the ninja in question. [2 v 6] The three rounds go off-course above his head, fitting for someone in the tall-grass, as she, too, scrambles into the car at the passenger side. "
Follow the roadrunner, sir!" she yells, rolling her window down to keep firing at anyone willing to attack them. William steps on the gas pedal, heading towards the same cave system as Josef. [Speed: 2+2 (Caffeine High) v 4-2 (Rough Terrain)] While the Chevrolet is actually a little faster than Josef's speed under the caffeine high, the bumps of Kgalagadi's red sand dunes send them slowing down to avoid crashing. The cave is not near any roads, forcing this bumpy road, and thus leaving them lagging behind the speeding archeologist.
The talk show host Terry Helmut flinches at the sound on the gunfire and crouches down slightly to survey the scene. Secret Service men, animals, Ninja, men of science. It's almost too much! Yet, his eye is drawn to the curious set of creatures just over there; a dog of bones, a machine man with flexible hands, and a car with an eye and tongue coming out the engine. Yeah, that's a danger. Flexing his hands, he conjures up a swirling mass of acid up from his body, and runs towards the Pokemon in an attempt to spray the Houndoom. [2 v 7] Houndoom notices and barks at Terry, who sprays out the acid towards her. However, it misses, as Houndoom rolls away from the spray and watches as it bubbles and burns against the red sand. Snarling, Houndoom barks again.
Finally, the Cel-Shaded Soldier returns to the world! Beryl stands up straight on his cartoon-shoed tippy-toes, puts his gloved hand flat with its thumb-side to his forehead as though to shield his eyes from the sun, and sweeps his head left and right as he exaggeratedly looks over the battle field once, then twice. It looks like chaos has already erupted; a suit's shooting at a patch of grass, a dog is snarling at a television-broadcaster, and folks are running every which way. "
Well, hot dog!" The toon
mouserodent proclaims as he slaps his knee. "
I haven't seen a fracas like this since The War!" He hefts up his violin and keyboard and scurries over to his trusty steed with his arms lagging behind like rubber hoses. He chucks them into the passenger seat, before hopping into the pilot's seat himself. Then, he
reeeeeaaaches over the dashboard, grabbing one blade of the propeller with his hand, before letting himself snap back into place, whipping the propeller into motion. While all of these maroons were busy fighting each other or diving into some hole, there was a CEO out here and a Garand with somewhere from one to twenty-four bullets with his name on them at Beryl's side. The plane begins to lift-off into the air, away from the conflict. [Knowledge: 1] Unfortunately, Beryl doesn't quite seem to know the area too well. He charts his plane due west, not exactly knowing what's over there, but hoping it contains a techbro who needs to die.
Howling back, sounding as though Death was on the horizon, Houndoom (the Dark Pokemon) growls at Terry Helmut before scrambling on top of the Navi Starmobile and staring down at him with fire in her eyes. Having no trainer, Houndoom elects to follow her instincts and instead go after the target, one Jason Portman. Before she does, however, her partner in the form of the legendary Registeel approaches Terry and attempts to utilize Metal Claw to take the clear danger out quick. [8 v 10] Synthesizing sharp iron talons from it's metal hands, Registeel swipes towards Terry, who manages to duck down just in time to avoid the swipe, before scrambling away. Registeel dulls its hands and points at him, making a series of strange, robotic noises (sounding eerily similar to a Transformer morphing), before it jumps up, onto the Navi Starmobile's platform. With a bark as a common, the Starmobile starts up. [Spot: 7] Despite a lack of knowledge of the area, the tiny little rest camp called Kielie Krankie just up North seems like a fine idea. Sure, it's not expensive or fancy like Twee Rivieren to the South or !Xaus Lodge to the West, but it's the area requiring the least legwork, so it especially wouldn't hurt to check. The Starmobile begins to carefully drive up North towards Kielie Krankie.
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'Ello, 'ello, hola! Ciao and bonjour! I'm ever so slightly late, I apologize. It was a weird day, and I had to start late. But I got it done and dusted! Hope you enjoyed!
Name: Terry Helmut
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Chemical Imbalance Charge: None
https://manhunt.fandom.com/wiki/The_Terry_Helmut_Show: +2 Charisma, +Lapel Mic
https://manhunt.fandom.com/wiki/Carcer_City_Police_Officer_1: +Nightstick, +S&W Model 686
https://manhunt.fandom.com/wiki/Pirso%27s_Bar: +Beer Bottle, +2 Stealth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_property: +Ability: Chemical Imbalance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Monti: +Sailboat
Assets: Lapel Mic (useless as a weapon, good for recording), Nightstick, S&W Model 686 (short/medium-reload double-action 357. or 38. Special Revolver, 6/6. Six Shots of 357. and Six Shots of 38. Special in Reserve), Beer Bottle, Sailboat (off the coast of South Africa, a long ways away)
Abilities: Chemical Imbalance (your body is a reservoir for chemicals and their reactions. You are immune to fire, acid, and poison, and can fire those elements out as attacks. However, you must absorb those elements from the environment or enemy attacks to use them; you do not naturally produce any flames, acids, or toxins from your body that can be useful in a fight.)
Name: Rinji
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: Otagakure/Hidden Sound Village
Chakra: 25/100
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Rinji: +Ability: Jutsu: Bat Controlling, +Kunai, +Ally: Bat
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Sand: +Ability: Iron Sand Control, +Small Gourd of Iron Sand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthiran_(soundtrack): +Ally: Chitti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malusha: +Additional: The Prophetess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_You_Know: +Ability: The Cost of Living
Assets: Kunai, Small Gourd of Iron Sand
Abilities: Jutsu: Bat Controlling (by spending your Chakra, you can communicate with your bat companion and give it orders.)
Iron Sand Control (through manipulation of Chakra, you are able to mold the iron sand into offensive and defensive shapes and use it however you see personally fit)
The Cost of Living (your anger over society is transcendent and unyielding, even surpassing your physical body. You are able to psychically attack anyone or anything, as long as they are with the government or it's a piece of government infrastructure.)
Allies: Bat (It's a normal Bat.)
Chitti (a lifelike Android capable of feeling and expressing emotion. +2 Attack from Hand-to-Hand blows)
Additional: The Prophetess (allegedly, the mother of Saint Vladimir was a hundred-year old seer. At a random point in the match, an old woman will approach a random player and gift them with a Vision. That player will get a banked 10 that they can use on any single action of their choice.)
Name: Houndoom
Species: Houndoom
Gender: Female
Nationality: Johtonian
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Houndoom_(Crimson_Invasion_59): +Ability: Moveset (Bite, Fire Fang, Foul Play, Flamethrower)
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Registeel_(Pok%C3%A9mon)/Generation_III_learnset: +Ability: Moveset (Metal Claw, Flash Cannon, Iron Defense, Heavy Slam)
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Roxanne: +Potion x2
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Battle_VIP_Pass_(Fusion_Strike_225): +2 Lockpicking (somehow, you don't have thumbs. It's a bonus, tho)
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Atticus: +TM: Gunk Shot, +Ally/Asset: Navi Starmobile (Spin Out, Noxious Torque, Smog, Flame Charge)
Assets: Potion x2 (a dual set of healing potions that restore wounds), TM: Gunk Shot (a single-use disc that can swap out a single move with Gunk Shot, a projectile of noxious garbage. Can only be used with Navi Starmobile)
Abilities: Moveset (your moves as a Pokemon, inscribed here as four special abilities you can play in addition to striking hand-to-hand. Bite is a Dark-type move that has a rare chance to make opponents flinch, dealing a -2 penalty to their current action. Fire Fang is a Fire-type bite that burns the opponent in addition to puncturing them. Foul Play is a Dark-type move that gains a buff based on the opponent's Attack buffs. And Flamethrower is a Fire-type move, and is an actual flamethrower.)
Allies: Registeel (a legendary Pure Steel-type made of a flexible and hardy metal either engineered by Regigigas, found deep in the Earth's mantle, or having fallen from Space. It can synthesize sharp blades from it's hands with Metal Claw, release a beam of light energy with Flash Cannon, gain a +2 to Defense for three turns with Iron Defense, and jump up and slam onto opponents with Heavy Slam.)
Navi Starmobile (a living car formed from combining a normal automobile with an engine used in tandem with the Pokemon Revavroom. It can bowl opponents over with Spin Out, release a cloud of toxic gas with it's signature move Noxious Torque, spew out a cloud of poison with Smog, and cloak itself in flames and charge with Flame Charge)
Name: Beryl Brushmouse
Species: Cartoon Character
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MockyMouse: +Ability: Squash 'n' Stretch
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicIsEighthNotes: +Piano, +Violin, +Additional: Eighth Note Vocals
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherMove: +Ability: Uppercut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_State_Airport: +Propeller Plane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_(film): +M1 Garand
Assets: Piano (portable keyboard form), Violin, Propeller Plane, M1 Garand (short-reload semi-automatic 30.06 rifle, 8/8. Two En Bloc Clips in Reserve)
Abilities: Squash 'n' Stretch (you're a cartoon! Your body can take real blows now, sure, but it's not like physics ever meant anythin' to you! You take no fall damage and your limbs can stretch further than normal.)
Uppercut (you may have been created before the advent of such classics as Street Fighter and Tekken, but you know a good bopper when you see one! Using Uppercut, you can knock an opponent into the air for a single turn. They only take the damage a normal punch would for the roll's result, but they are fully susceptible to the full range of damage the fall after gives. And of course, you can combo into other blows while they're airborne.)
Additional: Eighth Note Vocals (all sound effects you make create physical Eighth Notes. All of them. They don't really do much besides pop up for a second. -2 Stealth)
Name: Maximilien Ringelmann
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringelmann_scale: +Ability: Opaque Smokecloud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeselager: +Sword, +Shield
https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Coin: +Dime x3
https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Minhatsu: +"Minhatsu" Toyota Hilux
https://hitman.fandom.com/wiki/Fresh_Faced: +Additional: Just Get Rid of Him
Assets: Sword, Shield, Dime x3, "Minhatsu" Toyota Hilux
Abilities: Opaque Smokecloud (you are a master of identifying the opacity of smoke and it's nature, and now, you can harness it. You can throw a Smokebomb and produce a thick smokecloud that is near-impossible to see through. You are not immune to this, so it is recommended solely as an escape tool or distraction.)
Additional: Just Get Rid of Him (in addition to winning the Wiki-War, it has been discovered that a visitor to the park is one Jason Portman, a tech-bro CEO. Killing him will ensure you earn an Article, same as killing a Wiki-Warrior. But be warned: the contract is an open one, and any Wiki-Warrior who kills Portman will receive the same reward.)
Name: Josef Szombathy
Species: Cyborg
Gender: Male
Nationality: Austro-Hungarian
Augmentations: None
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Szombathy: +2 Exploration and Archeology, +Chisel, +Hammer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shady_Grove,_Coffee_County,_Tennessee: +Coffee Thermos, +Bag of Coffee Beans, +Ability: Caffeine High
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotripsy: +Ability: Lithotripsy
https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Cave: +Additional: Cave System
https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Mods/Installing_mods: +Ability: Augmentation
Assets: Chisel, Hammer, Coffee Thermos, Bag of Coffee Beans
Abilities: Caffeine High (like a late-night office worker or a creative with ADHD, it's caffeine that fuels the body above all else. When drinking coffee or soda, you gain +2 to your Speed, used for running away from or towards something)
Lithotripsy (the medical act of destroying kidney stones through shockwaves or lasers rather than surgery or natural passing, now passed itself on as an ability. By striking a surface with your hammer, you can create a shockwave that can damage anything on the other side of that surface.)
Augementation (you are no longer fully human, or at least, you won't be. You become a cyborg, able to augment yourself with extra components and chips for new abilities. Right now, you don't have any. But through crafting, purchase, or scavenging, you can find new limbs or modifications.)
Additional: Cave System (a chasm has opened, revealing a scenic cave full of interesting biomes, structures, resources, and hostile monsters. But be warned: dig too deep, and you will find yourself assaulted by the guardian of a hostile place, one slowly encroaching on the rest of the world...)
Name: William H. Moran
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Injuries:
Psychic Headache (will pass, -2 Spot Checks: Visual)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Moran: +Collapsible Baton, +FN P90, +SIG-Sauer P229, +Ally: Secret-Service Agent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(book): +Poison, +Apple
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Chevrolet_Styleline_De_Luxe: +1952 Chevrolet Styleline De Luxe
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Trevor%27s_Bagpipes: +Bagpipes
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Fountain_Pen: +Acid Pen
Assets: Collapsible Baton, FN P90 (medium-reload fully-automatic 5.7x28mm SMG, 50/50. Two Box Magazines in Reserve), SIG-Sauer P229 (short-reload semi-automatic 9mm handgun, 10/10. Two Box Magazines in Reserve), Poison, Apple, 1952 Chevrolet Styleline De Lux, Bagpipes, Acid Pen (a fountain pen containing Nitric and Hydrochloric Acid, perfect for dissolving metal.)
Allies: Secret-Service Agent (Mathilda Agencourt, a skilled agent. Carries the H&K MP5 and a Glock 19. The MP5 is a short-reload fully-automatic 9mm SMG, 27/30. The Glock 19 is a short-reload semi-automatic 9mm Pistol, 15/15. Both guns have Two Box Magazines in Reserve)
Win the Wiki-War! (Mandatory): You know the drill.
Reward: Victory
Just Get Rid of Him (Optional): Eliminate Jason Portman
Reward: Article
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