Yoshi's Island: A New Tale (Sign Up here first.)

[Not-Garr]

It's a nice, calm, sunny day on Yoshi's Island. Much like any other, but..cheerier. For it's the annual Fruit Harvest Festival, a fun week where the residents of the island gather spare fruit hanging from the trees, and throw a massive party! It also commemorates the day three years ago that a young human washed up ashore, and saved the island's hero, Yoshi from a mysterious illness! The boy has since left for home with the help of the inhabitants, but ever since, the Yoshies of the island have opened the festival for outsiders to come and have fun with them, and the event has turned into an all-out fair!

You are all coming to enjoy this fair, unaware of what may or may not happen...

Just to make sure everyone reading this knows... SIGN-UPS ARE NOW CLOSED. If you want to sign-up still, contact me through PM and we'll talk.

Rules:
-You start out with ONE special ability unless you are a Yoshi. If you ARE a Yoshi, you have all of the abilities Yoshies normally have. Said special ability can be ONE magic spell, or any other skill. It cannot be very powerful.
-You cannot be a dragon.
-You cannot be a Koopa. (Being a Koopa Troopa, Paratroopa, or any of them is fine, by Koopa I mean you cannot be related to Bowser in any way, the Yoshies would simply refuse you entry.)
-You cannot start out with any weapons. If you do, this counts as your special ability. (Your special ability can be linked to your weapon.) You cannot have a weapon if you are a Yoshi. I mean, after all, you have exploding eggs and such.
-You cannot be a hybrid at all. No mixes, I will just decline you.
-Please note, during the RP at any time, there is a chance you may gain a new ability.
-An RP sample is to be given with your sign-up post. You can always PM me another sample if you're rejected.
-I will accept late sign-ups, and we can work out in PM how you will come in.
-The RP will begin after 4 people have signed up. The sign-ups will close after a certain event in the story.

NEW! Role-Playing Rules: These rules are to be followed during the RP. I've decided to post them now. Every time you violate one of these rules(including violating them in the past) you will recieve an X next to your name. The more X's you have, the more likely you are to be killed/removed from the RP. If you have three X's, I will notify you and ask you to please re-read the rules. An X may be removed by editing the post you believe violated the rules, then PMing me about it. If you reach four X's, you are officially out of the RP, I will come up with a plot device to use to remove your character, and any further posts will be ignored and/or deleted by Strangie. (I checked with him about this, he gave me the green light, you have been warned.)
-Please make your posts at least 4 sentences long, and one paragraph in length. If they include dialogue, an extra paragraph is greatly appreciated, this is to keep too many short posts from flooding the RP.
-No Godmoding.
-Any narrative is acceptable, BUT WE MUST BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ACTIONS
-Do not assume what the other character is doing, if they don't state it in their post, they are not doing it.
-If you die in the RP, you're out. I'll PM you concerning details of what may cause you to return.
-My posts are final. What I say happens, happens, I won't be a nazi about enforcing this rule, as certain actions can be stopped/reversed, but anything concerning a fight is left to my final decision.
-Don't post repeatedly with actions your character does themselves; this only applies to times when you COULD be doing other things such as trying to interact with another character. If you absolutely MUST treat us to these pointless solo actions, try to condense them ALL into one post instead of posting multiple times about your, say, meals at the Inn, or your exploits at a game, try to keep the RP smooth, people. You're only allowed such solo actions when there's no other possible way you could interact with the group; in such cases, do your best to get back to them, if you're in a place where you HAVE to solo RP, I will PM you and we will work it out there. (This rule does not apply to intro posts.)
-Please type in clear English, if I cannot understand what you're doing because of your grammar and/or spelling, you will recieve an X and I will PM you about it.
-Please keep your posts concise. If a post exceeds 4 paragraphs, it will be labelled TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read) by most people, we don't want this. You will recieve a PM asking you to shorten the post. If you don't, then an X for you.(This rule also fails to apply to intro posts.)
-Any questions about these rules are to be routed to me via PM.
New Rule: YOU MUST POST AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. If you are unable to post that frequently, your character's action will be dictated by me, and an X will be given. If you simply were unable, PM me and I will remove the X. Please note! This rule only applies while the RP is active. If you're going away and will be gone for a while, PM me and I'll see what I can do about it.
I'll be lenient about enforcing these rules until the Sign-Ups close, then you guys better behave or I'll start handing out X's.


Sign-up sheet:
Name:
Age:
Race:
Special Ability/Weapon: (Inapplicable as a Yoshi.)
Brief Background:
RP Sample: (Make it your intro, coming off of the ferry, or waking up from your house, depending on wether you're a Yoshi of the island or not. This is just to make things easier to start. This is also to prevent copy/pasting.)

EDIT: The RP has begun, but the Sign Ups are still Open. So come right up!

Accepted Players(In no specific order, will be updated as needed):
Boomeister - X
Yoshee
Enrique
Twi
BloodYoshi
Midnight - X
Master Doshi - XXXX
moot
Strangie
Gem - X
Toshi
Jay
Teo - X

NOTE: If I missed you, PM me about it, and I'll quickly resolve it.

[Lord of the Dance]

How many characters can we have, now?
I just would like to put two in, haha.

[Enrique]

Name: Enrique Rzlowieszczyk
Age: 17
Race: Yoshi
Special Ability/Weapon: N/A
Brief Background: A citizen of Yoshi's Island, he is an avid researcher of the physical world around him, particularly the effect on oceanic phenomena on the climate. He is a pacifist, and only fights in the case of an extreme emergency; even if he had to, he is a horrible fighter, only relying on natural instinct for survival. However, he does make an attempt to help with tactics for his comrades whether they fight.

RP Sample:
It was another calm, warm day on the island; a slight breeze filled the air; the morning temperature roughly about seventy-five or so. It was nine and a half hours past midnight, and a young Yoshi by the name of Enrique was already awake. He had already had a small breakfast of a handful of grapes a half hour ago, but he felt that this was all that he would need for the day ahead. Analyzing a scientific paper on a climate-dominating phenomenon in the world's oceans known as the thermohaline circulation, Enrique shut out the world for an hour until he got tired of reading, and decided to get some fresh air.

After throwing his copy of the paper he was reading on the kitchen table, he promptly exited his house from the front door. The morning air was refreshing as soon as he gained contact with it. He had not a care in the world at that moment as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath of air. After several seconds of his relaxation, he opened his eyes again and started gazing at the sky in the distance, walking toward the center area of town.

[Not-Garr]

Only one character please. It makes it easier for everyone. LEVEL UP ! !

[Lord of the Dance]

Name: Yoshee
Age: Almost 14
Race: Yoshi
Brief background: She's pretty smart when it comes to solving a problem of any difficulty, but her intelligence is compromized by her utter gullibility.
RP Sample:
I woke up and yawned. Just another ordinary day... I felt like I was forgetting something, and my gaze drifted over to the calendar.
Today was the Fruit Harvest Festival; I should have known. I growled at my stupidity and jumped out of bed, hurriedly attempting to grab a few jumbled, colorful items for the first day of the partying. I was supposed to be helping other Yoshis make some varied tablecloths for fruit to sit on.
I glanced at the clock to see how late I was and noticed I was quite early. I peeked out my window and found it was but sunrise, and I almost laughed with relief. I would be on time, after all.
I whistled a merry tune as I kicked the door shut behind me, supplies carefully held under both arms. I would join my fellow islanders in making the table covers, and I wouldn't be late.
Or at least, I hoped I wouldn't.

[Midnight]

Name: Midnight
Age: 12
Race: Yoshi
Special Ability/Weapon: N/A
Brief Background: Although a pretty decent fighter when it comes down to it,Midnight has always been known to 'lose her cool' in most situations,bombarding opponents with physical,as well as verbal,attacks.Although often on the side of evil,Midnight is on the side of 'the good guys' for this one.
RP Sample:
It is a very unusual thing that I've always been pondering over.When I was younger,I could never get to sleep,always excited on Christmas Eve.And anyone who felt a little strange waking up at 6:30 would have to deal with it.But,recently,the joy of the holiday has just sort of faded a little.Maybe I'm less selfish now.Maybe I'm more.I don't know.But,whichever it is,I still continue to get that 'Christmas Eve' feeling on the night before the island festival.It hasn't deteriorated from me at all.And I don't even like fruit.If you're hip to the old rumors of black and white Yoshies wanting to eat everything in sight,including peppers,quickly chuck those aside,and flail them (HARD) with a shovel.Because that's not neccesarily the case.I myself choose only apple,pears,and the occasional watermelon,but as long as it keeps me alive,I might as well keep eating it.Speaking of black Yoshi's a little while back,if you really care about my personal appearance,I'm just a black yoshi in a white dress,with a nice silver rat's nest between the backs of my eyes,which just so happen to be brown.The little bat wings are always convenient for,you guessed it,flying.Which is what I needed to do if I wanted to make it to that festival!Heck,I'm done talkin' to you! I've gotta get out of here!

[Twi]

What the hell, this sounds pretty interesting.

Name: Twi

Age: 27

Race: Yoshi

Special Ability/Weapon: N/A

Brief Background: Twi is a creation of an ancient order over 6000 years ago. Twi escaped and ruled the world he was created in untill a great war wiped out anything living on that planet. He escaped to earth where he now lives. He is travelling to Yoshi's island for reasons unknown.

RP Sample: (My old sample RP sucked noodles thus I'm changing it)

Twi stood quietly on the top deck of the ferry, looking towards the ever nearing Yoshi's island. As the wind blew he held his cape clased around his mutated claw as thus it couldn't be seen. Quietly he watched, secluding himself from the other passengers whilst he pondered on what he would do, all manner of thoughts running through his head as he watched the sea quietly roll along.

"This is your captain speaking, we are approuching Yoshi's Island, please may all passengers assemble by the exits. Thank you"

Twi paused and waited untill the passengers had all left the deck before following along. He walked slowly down the carpetted stairs and waited untill the ferry stopped and the doors opened. As the doors slowly opened the sun started shining through into the ferry. Twi squinted at the brightness and stepped out of the light. As the passengers started to leave, he pulled his cape over his claw again and held it has he walked out of the ferry onto the dock.

[Moot]

Hoorah for more RPs and whatnot!

Name: Moot (Reference, sans eyepatch)

Age: ... this is a detail-in-progress. I'll ballpark it around 20 for now.

Race: Moot (hurrr)

Special Ability/Weapon: Moot uses a Scythe primarily. I'm not sure if I can call his ability to de-materialise his Scythe at will for easier transport a special ability, because all Moots can do this with objects anyway.

Background: Moot is fairly intelligent, can handle himself in a fight, and usually goes into most situations with a cool head. This is always useful, as his "career" mostly consists of taking care of unsavoury types that lurk around in his own region. Usually finds that his fast mouth and sarcasm can get people annoyed quite quickly, but his calm demeanor works to his advantage against his opponent who is likely to be angry with his choice of conversation. Also, everyone loves a fuzzy thing like Moot :B

RP Sample: Currently taking a holiday from his duties in his own Region, Moot decides to spend some time on Yoshi's Island while the Fair is going on. Hopefully the residents wouldn't be too cold towards a floating foreigner.

The Ferry trip thankfully wasn't too unbearable, mainly considering Yoshi's Island is only a couple of hours away from his own Island. "I don't see why they couldn't book air travel, I could be there in no time whatsoever... Better luck next time I guess."

Yoshi's Island seemed to be the perfect place to spend his holiday time, the residents there are well known for their laid back attitude which would nicely coincide with Moots own need to relax around the place for the duration. The Fruit Harvest Festival would likely be a good place to waste a few days, in addition to touring around the general area for the rest of his stay. He figured he can bring a lot of stuff back, seeing as he was travelling light.

That is, he didn't bring anything at all apart from his Scythe with him and a wallet with the credit card he didn't max out booking this trip in the first place. His weapon never leaves his side at the best of times, because he can store it indefinitely its no trouble to bring it along. Loading up a suitcase with gear for the return journey and lugging that around would be more of a challenge considering his bulk, or rather lack of it.

An hour or so later, the ferry arrived in port after a trip that was pretty much a total non-event. The only interesting happenings were when a man who obviously wasn't use to the sea threw up spectacularly, and when that same man almost fell overboard. "Shame it was almost...""

Finally disembarking, Moot was greeted by the sight opf banners and whatnot everywhere celebrating the Festival. Not especially knowing what to do next, and considering a room was already taken care of, he set off in direction of the festival itself. "Lets hope I don't stick out toomuch."

[Master Doshi]

Name:Doshi
Age:12
Race:Yoshi
Brief Background:Doshi, a rather smarter than usual Yoshi child, is quickly bored. He amuses himself by learning martial arts and different forms of meditaion, when not planing Global Domination.(his first plan, involving a rat, a toaster, and a calculator, didn't go well; he burned his house down.)

RP Sample: Doshi sighed and cleared his mind. With a soft exhale, he let his emotions free, slowly, until they grew in power. When he open his eyes, he found himslef kissing and destroying his teddy bear at the same time. he blushed, and got up and put his teddy bear on his desk, where he would fix it later. He made his bed, and zoomed down. He noticed a note from his mother on his napkicn as he started to eat his cereal.

Hi, dear, i went to drop your dad off at work. Next time please don't turn your father's car into a Warmachine bent on destruction.
Love,
-Mom

Doshi rolled his eyes. He hadn't even turned his machine on. Finishing his cereal, he grabbed his bookbag and ran out to get his bike and ride to the fair.

[Not-Garr]

Sweet. Moot, you're in, same with Midnight, Doshi, Twi and Enrique. (Yoshee, you were rejected because you failed to read the rules completely and comply as such. Twi, no offense, but you were borderline accepted, your claw could be counted as a weapon. I'm sure we can work around it, though, I'm not THAT strict. =P)

The RP proper will begin in a few hours, as I have some things I've gotta do in the meantime.

[Twi]

The claw is covered by his cape and it's that for a good reason, hence you assume you can't see the claw, hope that's ok, it's all part of my great scheme and...something.

[Lord of the Dance]

You changed them after I signed up. I'll get rid of my weapon, then.

[Not-Garr]

I did not change them after you signed up. I bolded them so you would notice.

[Rackinac]

Name: Gem
Age: 13
Race: Chameleon Double-scoop ice cream
Weapon: Her fist and feet. Nothing special but her tongue which is all long and sticky...
Background: Just a normal chameleon (Which is a close cousin of the Yoshi) on Yoshi Island. Never did anything special or cool. >.>
Sample: ... RINGRINGRING!!! "Omigosh!" Gem flailed her arms and fell onto the floor, surprised by the alarm clock. She moaned and threw the stupid thing out of her window, resulting in a cat screaming in pain. She went downstairs and made a quick cup of coffee. "Why did I set the alarm clock? I could of got at least 5 more hours of sleep. WHY!?!" Gem then reached over to one of the many remotes in the house and turned on the TV.

Yes, today will be a beautiful 85 degrees, a little cloudy with a small breeze which is perfect for the annual Yoshi Festival!

Gem clicked the TV off. "WHAAAAAT!?!" Gem slammed her coffee against the wall and ran upstairs to get ready. "Stupid Gem, stupid Gem, stupid Gem!" She kept on repeating to her self. One last look in the mirror and the she went running out the door to the festival...

[Strangie]

(Nick)Name: Strangie (Real name is... well, you'll have to ask him in character. )
Age: 19
Race: Ice Climber (technically human)
Special Ability/Weapon: Martial Artist (unarmed strikes)
Brief Background: Strangie is a self-taught fighter, hailing from the far northern region of Ice Land. Outside of the battlefield, he seems to be of normal intelligence and is relatively friendly (until you make him mad, which is pretty hard to do). During the heat of battle, he is unusually brave and serious and is quick on his feet, and his true intelligence starts to show - he is a good combat tactician and likes to work with his comrades to get the upper hand on his enemies.

RP Sample:
Strangie stood at the back of the ferry, looking at the land he left behind while he takes his brief vacation. So far away from his cold, winter homeland... the change in atmosphere would be a refreshing experience. Travelling wasn't a foriegn concept to him, but his days as a drifter ended shortly after he finally ended his high school education. Still, he liked the idea of adventuring to lands far away, such as Yoshi's Island.

He held onto a tan backpack strap with one hand, and adjusted his visor a little with the other, as he looked out over the vast sea. "Finally, some time to relax..." he thought to himself. "What better way to relax than with a festival full of creatures who don't do anything BUT relax?" The fact that he was physically different from most creatures of the land did not seem to bother him.

When the captain of the ferry declared over the loudspeaker that it was time to depart the ship, Strangie turned his head to see the beautiful island before him. "Yoshi's Island, here I come."

With that, he exited the ferry, and stepped onto the dock. He looked around him, taking in the scenery. After a brief moment of idle sight-seeing, he stepped forward, head held up high as he looked forward to the fun times ahead of him.

[boomiester]

Name: Boomeister (though he sometimes introduces himself under different names)
Age: N/A
Race: Ghost?
Special Ability/Weapon: Invisibility at will

Brief Background: For the most part, Boomeister is cool and quiet and prefers to keep to himself; However, if he sees something interesting going on, he will usually try to get involved just for his own entertainment. While not a fighter at all, he does claim that he can defend himself if necessary. He doesn't normally talk about his past unless someone asks, in that case it is likely that some of what he says will be inaccurate even though he tries to be honest. Although he usually spends time close to home, the fair sounded like something more fun and different.

Sample RP: Boomeister carefully folded down the visor of his hat to keep the bright sunlight out of his eyes. Just ahead were the fairgrounds, or as Boo saw it, something that was way more fun than hanging around at home. Ignoring the first of several stares he expected to get on this excursion, he continued on, planning what to do first when he got there.

(I hope the sample RP isn't too short, I couldn't really think of anything.)

[Not-Garr]

Strangie, Gem, Yoshee, you're all good to go. THough I'm keeping an eye on you, Yoshee.

Due to mental anguish, I'll start it sometime tomorrow, I'm too tired today..

EDIT: Boo, you're good too.

[Lord of the Dance]

bathroomrage said:

I did not change them after you signed up. I bolded them so you would notice.

Oh, then that's my fault, then. Sorry...
I have problems like that sometimes. My apologies.

[Chilaquiles]

Name: Blood
Age: 15
Race: Yoshi
Brief background: A yoshi who roams about the island, sleeping wherever he wishes to and appearing in town only occasionally. He almost never walks, always jogging or dashing to his destination, as a result of this he is very fit, and a good fighter if ever put in the position where he needs to defend himself. Other than this he is a yoshi of average intelligence, peace loving, and friendly.

RP Sample:

"Give me back my hat you stupid beast!" Blood growled angrily, he had chosen the wrong place to nap. The monkeys had made off with his boots and hat while he slept. He paced around, his eyes locked on the creatures up in the tree, who were teasing him and making some rather rude gestures.

Blood looked at a boulder on the ground, it was about the size of his head, give or take a bit. He bent over a sniffed it up, before nodding his approval and swallowing it whole. He shut his eyes and clenched his fists, struggling to digest the hard boulder.

"Grah!" An egg popped out from behind him. He picked it up and looked back at the monkeys, they were occupied with his equipment and weren't paying attention to him. He grinned, turned his body sideways, his right arm loaded for a throw, and took aim.

"Okay...Keep it tight...Uhn!" Blood let the egg fly, it shot through the air as quick as a dart and cracked itself square on the jaw of the monkey who had taken his boots. The beast was knocked unconscious instantly and fell over and out of the tree, Blood's boots along with it. The other monkeys were now aware of his presence, yet they were confident that they were safe and stayed put.

Blood strapped on his boots again, and shot a challenging glare at the monkey wearing his hat. The beast took off the instant they locked eyes, and Blood followed, now that he had his shoes, his abilities to run and jump swiftly were full power. Blood ran through the trees at ground level, his eyes fixed overhead on the monkey swinging through the vines.

Okay you little bugger...I'd like that back... He increased his speed to a full blown dash, and sprang up into the air trying to grab hold of the monkey's tail. He missed on his first jump and sprang up a second time, as he gripped for the tail, he caught hold of something else; a vine. Blood felt all his momentum shove forward as he cut through the air, instinct kicked in as the vine reached the end of its swing, Blood let go of the vine and flew through the air. He felt around for another one, hoping he would find one before he hit the cold, hard forest ground.

And he didn't. He fell back down, the soles of his boots hit the mud not so gracefully, and he continued on dashing for the monkey who was now very close. Blood sprang up a final time and snatched the monkey straight out of the air by its tail. He landed again, the monkey was staring at him innocently, Blood's hat perched on his furry head. He snatched the hat off the monkey's head, and roughly tossed the beast aside by its tail.

"Humph!" Blood walked away.

[Not-Garr]

Very nice, Blood, you're in. ^^; I'll just assume where you walked away to happens to be the middle of the festival, just for convienence sake.