“Who the fuck cares that there’s a curfew on!? It’s the Running Dogs against the Dirt Kings tonight and hell’s gonna pay if I miss even a second!” - Overheard at a Taco Jim’s stall.

"Tonight is what it means to be young." - Streets of Fire, Tagline

Guns and Gangs and Gods

Welcome to Vale by Sundown! A RWBY Spin-Off RP set in the violent backdrop of the Vale gang scene. None of that stuffy Hunter crap! Only youth in its full violent flower. Blu Beri Pi cracks the whip. KR_Vandal, aids and abets. Ferg runs the cops. And due to legacy rules, Taco runs the Dragon of the East. We have also taken the keys to Monty's nice and shiny world and made too many duplicates.

As stated, you are all the youth living in the city of Vale. Gang-aligned or independent, athletes, artists, shitkickers, pissants, nerds, all the stuff on record down in Vale's monolithic educational system. The Man has begun a crackdown. The Beasts that lead you are close to each others' throats, along with all their little flaws and wants. And the one who coulda kept them in line is missing…

There is some established lore here already, and some already established figures. Familiarize yourself with the setting here.

Note that this is a Spin-off of another TV Tropes based RWBY RP - Welcome to Beacon Next 2.0. It shares a setting and continuity with that RP, and some characters from over there might cross over to here from time to time (at the GMs’ discretion).

The rules as set by our Forum Moderator (and the Wylde Stallyns) apply. No godmodding, no auto-hitting, be excellent, you're all here. You know these rules.

Character Profile

• Name:

• Gender:

• Age: Playing it loose here. Limit's 15 - 19, but if you have an idea, let’s hash it out.

• Birthday: Remnant Calendar, of course. Not sure where it is but it’s somewhere in the forums. (If yer not sure, don’t worry.)

• Race: Human or Faunus.

• Appearance:

• Weapons and Equipment: Get creative, but only guys who lead gangs get the nicer stuff like Hei Xiong's rocket launcher bat. Take a good hard think about the amount of work and money that has been sunk into Crescent Rose. Because while you may rival her know-how, you only got an eighth of Ruby’s resources. Times are tough, especially now. You're essentially the Malachites, Team ABRN or BRNZ. This also includes vehicles. Anything smaller than a car is in all likelihood good. Bigger, and we can hash it out.

• Semblance: Definitely optional at this point. At the very least, you are Awakened as the Beast of your sector is obligated to keep you in one piece. But if you do have a Semblance, please keep it balanced. Also, since Semblance is tied to Aura, you really should not have something that'll drain your soul the first time you use it...

• Personality:

• Bio:

• Gang Affiliations: Your crew, your familia, your pack. If you’re a loner, then you better be able to walk the walk. You can join pre-existing factions, or start your own - but if you start your own, then you better be ready to fight for every scrap of turf. The pre-established gangs, while kinda uneasy, are still pretty well established. Any up and comers will have to make a name for themselves fast. That is to say - if you start out as the leader of your own gang, you don't get any mooks to start. You have to earn them over the course of the RP. You're a self-proclaimed gang boss, not a real one. Not yet. Add any thing special about your gang here, whether their Modus Operandi, where they’re based, or even anything particular about their membership. NOTE: If you make your own gang, they MUST be loyal to one of the four Beasts. Only GM's can make truly unaffiliated gangs.

That should about wrap it up! We're gonna accept anywhere from 15 to 20 people, hard limit of 24.

Accepted Characters:

• 1. [GM] Beri as Kin Onihime, Leader of the Oni.
• 2. [GM] taco as Georgia, Dragon of the East.
• 3. [GM] Ferg as Froggy, of the Crunch.
• 4. Wren as "Hypnos", of the Senkenbutai.
• 5. Grim as Artemis, the Moonlight Nurse in the North.
• 6. Bitters as "Amy", of the Noble Riders.
• 7. Zetsubou as Roche, of the Wheel Wolves.
• 8. Sven as Adrian, the Courier.
• 9. Sergey as Eleanora, of the Golden Privateers. (SUSPENDED)
• 10. Aqua as Harold, of the Louell Street Irregulars.
• 11. Nerf as Jean, the Dragon's spy in the South.
• 12. Rom as Boden, fighter of the West.
• 13. Imca as Amaya, the Dragon's hacker.
• 14. Daydre as Maggie, handywoman for the Oni.
• 15. Shane as Vanessa, of the Razorgrrls.
• 16. VSnake as "Obi", of the Wheel Wolves.
• 17 Secretsuper as Malia, of the Cubs.
• 18 Stormer as Mika the Hatter, of the Daughters of Scylla.
• 19 Insano as Blaze, drug dealer of the West.
• 20 Each as Elise, captain of the Golden Privateers.
• 21 Lupus as Onyx, bodyguard to the Nurse.
• 22 Pent as Millot, of the Wheel Wolves.

edited 7th Nov '16 2:35:57 PM by BluBeriPi

Not required, but just stuff that was constantly going on in my head. Recommended Media for the RP:

Tabletop Games: That new Werewolf game for Chronicles of Darkness, Blades in the Dark

TV Shows: Treme, Friday Night Lights for the softer side. The feeling of community and of living Downtown and the slim hopes people cling to.

Movies: Gangs of New York, Streets of Fire, Rock'n'Rolla, The Warriors. Lotta Guy Ritchie stuff, really.

Anime: Cromartie High School, Beelzebub, Wolf's Rain, Mob Psycho, the current Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Iron Blooded Orphans.

Video Games: Rival Schools, Shenmue, Punch Club, Hotline Miami 2, the Final Fight series.

Other Stuff: Girls of the Wild's, anything by Dave Simon.

edited 6th Nov '16 2:16:05 AM by KR_Vandal

"w2b was a mistake" -me, 2016

potentially reserving a spot for one of two characters i have to choose between. does this run concurrently with the events of w2b next?

edited 4th Nov '16 10:42:58 PM by opnerf

Yes, this is indeed happening at the same time, as the missing Asura is one Gage.

So here's my good ole GMPC.

• Name: Kin Onihime
• Gender: Female
• Age: 18
• Birthday: Even I don't understand the calendar.
• Race: Ambiguous - no one knows if the horns are real or fake.
• Appearance: LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!
• Weapons and Equipment:
  • Kanabo Cannon: Mostly a massive, elongated, spiked lump of steel, this weapon does technically have a crude cannon set in its tip. However, she never really uses it.
  • Gourd of the Gods: A massive gourd of whatever her drink of choice is for the night.
• Semblance:
  • Drunken Master: Mixing aura and alcohol, the drunker she gets, the stronger she gets. Already having an inherent surplus of aura, and a staggering capacity for alcohol, an angry Kin is something to fear indeed.
• Personality: Rough, rude, and a lover of fun, Kin is a hell of partier, fighter - and lover. All three qualities one needs to lead the Oni. That being said, stay on her good side (i.e. don't interrupt her party) and she'll give you the benefit of the doubt. She's just a layer of fluffy fun wrapped around a core of burning, furious steel.
• Bio: Kin is somewhat of a mystery. Four years ago she came howling into the Kingdom, upsetting all kinds of power structures until she settled on her clan of party people - the Oni. It's rumored, though no one can seem to confirm it, that she dueled the now missing Asura to a stand still, over the course of four days and four nights. Whatever the truth of the Oni Princess, she is here and a fact of life, now.
• Gang Affiliation: The Oni. See reference doc.

edited 5th Nov '16 1:03:14 AM by BluBeriPi

As the man who essentially blew dust into this particular iteration of the world, I also call on the players to help with the flavor.

Be it rival gangs with their own quirks, urban legends, competitions, holidays or even how you believe the trains work, don't be afraid to let me or any of the other G Ms know.

I know some of you reading might feel shy about getting on. But we will do all we can to make sure everyone who posts a profile gets a fair shot.

I. Hate. You. So. Much.

Fulfilling my obligation and reserving.

• Name: Noam "Hypnos" Gale.
• Gender: Male. Yeah.
• Age: 18
• Birthday: I'll add this later. It's not really that important. He doesn't care. Every day is sleep-in day.
• Race: Falcon Faunus.

• Appearance: ...One of the rare moments of him being awake AND being in a good mood. And no, that's hair, not fluffy feline ears.

• Weapons and Equipment: Slicey-Dicey Death Dealers: Retractable claws located in the ends of his large baggy sleeves which are easily attached to any outfit Noam chooses to wear, these are practically thrice the length of his arms meaning if those claws don't hit their mark, an opponent could still get slapped in the face which smarts and if they got on the business end of his claws...well, it'll definitely hurt all the more.
  • His fighting style usually involves a lot of...unsteady spinning and flailing which makes it hard to predict how exactly he'll move to throw people off. This is all an act, mind, as he's quite aware of everything going on around him. ...Most of the time.

• Semblance: Dreamland Express. While nothing incredible considering how it only works when he's asleep, the fact it allows him to fight, interact with other people or basic every day tasks with the same effectiveness an awake person could manage. Even if he can't see the physical waking world around him, everything still exists in the dream and because of his drowsy state, he's a little resilient to physical pain. ...Being awake and forced to fight is...not good for Noam, to put it lightly.

• Personality: Lazy, apathetic and a bit sarcastic...there are moments he's a charming and friendly guy along with being aware he is part of a gang, so he avoid beating up civilians and people who can't fight. ...Oh. And don't try to see what's beneath those sleeves on his arms.

• Bio: Despite having a doting father and a mother that's rarely brought up, Noam was always a slacker. Content to take the easier alternatives whenever life presented him a challenge despite being urged by teachers and friends to be more energetic and outgoing, his lazy habits only continued to get worse before he was eventually diagnosed with a crippling case of narcolepsy, leaving him in a state of sleep 90% of the time.
  • While he couldn't care less if people didn't take him seriously, some poor schmuck thought it would be a good idea to try and mug the drowsy youth, only to be sent into a slap-induced stupor and drawing the attention of the gang he belonged too. Somehow making his way up the chain and showing a startling amount of competency, his general laziness and lack of a drive prevents him from climbing further up the ladder, content with his current position.

  • "Mmm...? I guess I used to play online games with some guy called Micheal or Mic or Mike or...whatever his name was...haven't heard from him for ages, but *yawn* ...it's not that big of a deal. ...Zzzzz..."

• Gang Affiliations: Senkenbutai. ...Not exactly interested in fashion himself. Well, not that he'll openly admit.

edited 5th Nov '16 9:21:26 AM by TheRealWren

Interested, and reserving if possible. Will work on a char sheet later after work.

Intereseted. Will put up a sheet when not on mobile.

Interested too... although I have no plan of the calendar

You can fill that up later. It ain't no big thang. I remember Grim saying we're looking at fixing that.

Anyway, Kin and Hypnos are accepted.

Please note, everyone, if it was not already clear - with the pre existing gangs in the info doc, if they don't already have a stated leader, you can write up that leader and play a Gang Boss.

However, you cannot control any of the Beasts, or the Oni or the Black Hands.

Still, this does leave you folks a way to "buy in" to the power structure.

Food for thought.

Say, if I had some characters prepared already (albeit in need of adjusting for the sake of the setting), could I sign up with two that were already intended to be partners?

Meeep.

• Name: Elaine Vivianne Blanc
• Gender: Female
• Age: 22
• Birthday: Cor 29 (Leap Year Baby, yay.)
• Race: Human
• Height: 6'0
• Appearance: Note: Her eyes are red.◊
• Weapons and Equipment:
  • Usually wields a steel baseball bat.
  • When serious, busts out her real weapon Silverfrost, that shiny sword up there. Ice Dust Cartridge attached to the hilt, allowing it to discharge ice.
• Semblance: Reinforce: Strengthens any object that Elaine touches. Not only makes it tougher, but enhances its aspects. A sword becomes sharper, a shield becomes harder to breach, food becomes tastier, a lightbulb becomes brighter. This Semblance can only be used on one object at a time....the object that Elaine is holding, to be exact. Elaine needs to let go of that object and pick up another one if she wants to Reinforce another object. Does not work on Humans or Faunus.
• Personality: Free-spirited and rebellious, Elaine likes living life on her own terms. She doesn't like being in one place for long, and so she goes on all kinds of journeys, adventures and roadtrips. A packrat who keeps lots of souvenirs. Regarding her family, her feelings about her mother are...complex and messy, but she really does love the old hag. She gets on better with her old man, but she's still kinda miffed about her weird family situation. The girl is a troll. Watch her tease and annoy everyone who talks to her, all for the lolz. Still, at heart, she's the playful onee-chan type who cares deeply about everyone around her. Very deeply anti-authority and will flip out in rage if someone tries to force her to do something she'd rather not.
• Bio: A wanderer who never stays in one place, Elaine appeared in the city of Vale just a few months ago. Within those months, she carved up a reputation for herself as someone who didn't play by the rules. She beat up who she wanted, allied with whoever held her attention at the time and generally caused havoc. Strangely enough, Elaine drew the line at actual crime. Robbery? She'd stop it. Mugging? Nope. Elaine intervened whenever, whoever, and the gangs sort of just accepted her as a wildcard that you could hire if you think someone is getting a wee bit too ambitious. As for where she came from? Elaine says her Dad was a Huntsman, that she has about two dozen siblings (?!) and that her maternal family serves the Crown of Vale. She also says that she graduated Beacon a year ago and that she was having fun travelling the world and seeing the sights. And that's all she's saying.
• Gang Affiliation: Independent

edited 5th Nov '16 7:45:24 AM by GrimHelm

As a Co-GM, I think it would be better to focus on one of the two. You can most likely have the other as an NPC.

I did Elaine. Couldn't make Lena fit. Sorry Raggy, she's still in limbo.

Yeah, sorry Bitters, while the gangs are a thing, this isn't really a Team based RP, in the traditional RWBY sense.

Elaine looks pretty good. Accepted.

HOWEVER I'm just saying this now - if you folks keep making independent characters, the first arc is gonna be me forcing you all to form a gang together. So please, I know we all like having our special snowflake be on their own, but consider buying into the power structure. No matter how strong your independent character is, they're not gonna make it far on their own.

edited 5th Nov '16 8:36:01 AM by BluBeriPi

I shall humbly present my character

• Name: Roche Clerval
• Gender: Male
• Age: 15
• Birthday: I believe your guess is as good as mine.
• Race: Human.
• Appearance: He is fifteen, despite what you may assume.
• Weapons & Equipment: A Simple Monkey Wrench - Fear Its Awesome Power.
• Semblance: Machine Talk. It is a relatively simple ability to understand the basic composition of any complicated machinery by transmitting a weak pulse of aura through the device of interest, working quite similar to echo-location. It may be nothing special, but certainly is effective for someone who works a lot with various pieces of tech.
• Personality: If this kid were to be described in words, those would be insensitive, sarcastic, obnoxious and a bit cowardly, though he prefers to call the latter trait a basic sense of self-preservations that seems to be scarce these days. In short, he is one smart brat and he knows it. He had lived most of his life on the streets, and as some sort of protective mechanism, often tries to establish himself as the smartest person in the room - even when there's no room. He also likes working with machine and intensely dislikes working with humans. In seldom times, he acts like a kid he is, but gets rather shy with such outbursts - like how he tries to hide the fact he loves sweets since this is, in his eyes, very childish. In other words, he is "cold outside and sweet inside" kind of a person.
• Bio: It's unfortunately not uncommon for children borne in the slums not to know their birth parents, often ending up as street urchins, most of which then progress into random thugs, murderers and other unsavory citizens. And yet, there was a difference between those who decided to quietly accept an outcome like this and an orphan with a knack for machines - known simple as Roche at first. In short, he had a good pair of hands and even better head on his shoulders, which allowed him to make some rather important acquaintances and - god forbid - friends. And so, one beautiful day, he was adopted by one of such powerful patrons and accepted into a gang. Now, he sells his services for a fair prices as long as no questions are asked and no miniscule shrimps are ever mentioned.
• Gang: The Wheel Wolves

edited 5th Nov '16 8:55:14 AM by Zetsubou

I'm of two minds here. Off the bat, everything looks good and I am VERY happy that at least someone is buying in. However, at the same time the Black Hands are kind of a weird group to join right off the bat. They're pretty much just an alliance of black market merchants.

I would suggest instead joining the Wheel Wolves, under the Turtle of the North. They're a bunch of mechanically inclined folks, and more likely to "take someone in". If your heart is set on the Black Hands, I guess I won't outright veto, but I strongly instead encourage joining one of the Beasts' gangs.

edited 5th Nov '16 8:48:06 AM by BluBeriPi

It's merely that I also want to work from "technically independent" angle. It seems to me that those Wheel Wolves are already affiliated with one of the major gangs, which isn't so good for business. If that's not okay, I can change that, though.

Hmm. That's a fair argument, but I would appreciate it if you did change it.

As a more general note, now is not a good time to be independent. Everyone's jumpy, and every two bit kid with a gun thinks they can get ahead by bumping off the lone wolves.

If you guys DO commit to going solo, I will be throwing a lot more random encounters at you, and you will have a LOT less resources to call on.

edited 5th Nov '16 8:57:33 AM by BluBeriPi

Fair enough; I'll work the other into the story eventually, but for now, they've gone separate ways.

Anyway!

Character Profile

• Name: Amarone "Amy" Tyrian
• Gender: Female
• Age: 19
• Birthday: Not familiar with the calendar, unfortunately Folium 15
• Race: Human
• Height: 5'6
• Appearance: Image courtesy◊ of Audrey Greenhalgh, although the emblem is my design.
• Weapons and Equipment: Ambrosia — Twin-Headed Claw Staff, as seen in the above image. The two clawheads can be opened and closed by pulling on the handles of each respective cup, just below the head. Each cup can be filled with Dust and sealed off, and pulling the trigger on the handle in the center of the staff fires off this Dust whichever way it's facing; the handle can rotate to switch which end it activates. While the clawhead is open, it fires a standard bullet-esque Dust projectile; however, while it is closed, it creates a more localized cloud, which ignites around the claw. If filled with ice Dust, the end freezes over; if she uses fire Dust instead, it creates a small explosion, followed by a steady stream of fire if she continues to hold the trigger. Of course, it's much harder for her to get ahold of Dust nowadays...
• Semblance: Aura Drain. As long as she is making contact with an opponent that has an Aura, she can very slowly but surely drain their strength, while simultaneously recovering her own. If she can manage to drain long enough for it to matter, it can also leave the opponent with dulled senses and a feeling of dizziness. Normally, she would need direct contact to make it work, but due to some modifications an old teammate made to Ambrosia, she's capable of focusing it through that as well.
• Personality: Once a hard party girl and perpetual drunk, Amy has sobered up considerably since she ended up getting involved with the Noble Riders. Her former cheerful, giddy demeanor is now masked by a cold, distant attitude. She always seems to be searching for something, or rather, someone. However, on the occasion that she does manage to get her hands on some booze, her old, brighter personality starts to shine through again.
• Bio: In her past, she was once the leader of team AETR, a team of huntsmen-and-huntresses-in-training at Beacon Academy. However, due to unfortunate circumstances she would much rather not talk about, she and the rest of her teammates were forced to drop out. While connections with the E and R members of the team were severed by sheer distance, she doesn't know what happened to her old partner and long-time friend, Tanya Delphi, who taught her how to ride a motorcycle with Tanya's own custom-made combination-motorcycle-and-transforming-ballista. In hopes of finding her, Amy joined up with the Noble Riders, but so far, she has not found any sign of her.
• Gang: The Noble Riders

Anything I should adjust?

edited 5th Nov '16 2:01:58 PM by BittersweetNSour

I like it. The complexity of the weapon is justified by the former Huntress status. (BTW guys don't all start doing that so you can have a cooler weapon.)

Approved.

However, of course, now that Amy's on her own, Dust is gonna be hella expensive, but I trust you to write story constraints around that.

I am not particularly concerned about this point. I might as well go ahead and become a member of the gang. In any case, this won't necessarily mean that my clientele will be limited to my gang only, right? I kind of wanted to establish my workshop as a neutral haven of sorts.