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If you read nothing else from this text wall read this part: Rule Number One: Be Cool Like The Fonz. This is a heavily Arena affiliated Casual roleplay set in the Sky Is Over Setting whose lore will be scattered about the place and will probably be more easily found after some revision of the OOC on my part. The setting doesn’t have to be read whatsoever to follow along with the roleplay, so long as you are aware that the world ended a hundred or so years ago, all the trees in a large geographical region known as the Wastes which is where we are all burned away at that time, and an apparently worldwide cloud of ash has blocked out the sun because of the massive forest fires, the problem being it still hasn’t gone away. Weapons are mostly made out of bronze, there is no such thing as wood or trees, and snakes, reptiles, and insects are the primary food sources as well as clothing/armor options when combined with old world junk or bronze scales/plates. Besides humans the only predators we share the world with are cave lions (mountain lions/pumas) and if you listen to the superstitious the Outsiders, vague creatures who may or may not be real but are talked about a lot.

The narrative itself focuses on the relationship between the Doctora, or Professor/Instructor of a gladiatorial school and the various NPCs and, most importantly, the player characters (namely Silver Carrot’s lovely Rags though if this is fun and enjoyable I would be happy to keep it going and bring in more people in the future) as students at the camp. As of right now I’m not putting out any set rules or character sheet formats as I’m not actively recruiting until I have a better grasp of what this is going to become in the future, but the primary goal is to have a fun narrative and to in slightly meta ways do some basic instruction in fight theory/combat roleplay etiquette while having a good time casually roleplaying in a more general sense. I expect the flow of the roleplay to focus primarily on the development of both player and character into an arena competitor through both mock battle and thoughts on fight theory as a general concept, with the occasional foray into soft-combat and as much general character development and decision making as seems appropriate given the eventually accepted flow of the story into the future. It could last a week or for years depending on the level of interest on the part of myself, Silver Carrot and potential recruits in the future.

So if you are a casual roleplayer who has been curious about the arena section for a while but hasn’t wanted to make the full plunge into it without an easier stepping stone into the format in the form of a half casual/half arena story to get into first let me know here or via PM and I’ll talk it over with Silver Carrot. Silver is my primary concern at the moment as we’ve already mutually agreed to this narrative but I have been talking with @Doc Doctor for a year now as to how it might go over trying to get some roleplayers from the Casual section involved, or at least curious, about the Arena section so if this drums up interest on that front I would certainly be willing to work something out with you be it separate from this thread here with Silver or, if it was mutually agreed upon, in this same shared narrative at Australos. If it goes really well I would be more than willing to ask some of our illustrious Arena champions to drop in for a week or so and do lessons of their own, share some of the knowledge acquired over years of consistent practice in the format.
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Your post's a bit hard to decipher. Did Devlin do anything wrong besides show up at the gates?
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Devlin is just some guy working for the camp as private security. He's watching the road leading up to the camp, and notices some soldiers approaching so he alerts the boss, who in surprise accidentally ruins the painting she was working on. When the troops show up one of them makes an offhanded comment towards Devlin to which he insults the offending party, before the boss asks the troopers what they're doing here. I wanted to give you a chance to explore Rags feelings on all of this as she's being hauled off towards the camp and if you wanted fill in her views on the troops escorting her, who may or may not be the same as captured her and killed her people in the first place, before just assuming that she (Rags) is just in the camp as a student. If you want you could just skip to that point with your post, of course.
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Ah, okay. most of what you just explained to me, I did not pick up from your post at all XD

I'll make a reply now
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Spoiler: I wrote that post while half asleep. It's almost certainly my bad, but I'm getting the reply up now.
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@Silver Carrot Sorry about the delay, got caught up in an irl thing for a bit. It's up now.
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@Silver Carrot Post is up. If you're enjoying the dialogue and want to roleplay out the meal then by all means, I'd be happy to. If the dialogue is getting in the way of fighting though feel free to time skip to the mock combat or let me know where you want to pick it up, I'm good either way. So far as the mock fight with the student I can swap in Aibhilin if you'd rather, I only threw in a student because it seemed more lore appropriate but isn't necessary by any means, and take it however you want. For the purpose of the narrative Rags could win, lose, some of both, doesn't matter, and from an Arena/Fight Theory perspective I'm just going to introduce the basic idea that a student would realistically have, so it's meant more as educational fun then anything competitive at all with the fallback of it not mattering to the narrative whether or not she wins or loses. Basically just trying to keep it all cool as a cucumber and stress free.

EDIT: If however you want to win feel free to go at it with everything you got, and we can do it that way. Whatever you want to do with it.
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No, this is fine, and I'll play it by ear whether Rags wins or loses, though she won't go down easy in two seconds. I do want the fight, win oor lose, to showcase that Rags has promise.
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@Silver Carrot Sorry about the delay, it was a busy day irl.
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No problem! I'll post later today. Also by having the small one offer her food with a smile, she is going to smile back, and obviously they're now going to be the ones who beat each other. Besides, Rags will pick the smallest of them given the choice.
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Um, is my next post her picking her opponent, or just eating?

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@Silver Carrot It's totally whatever you want to do. Time skip to the fight if you'd like, or take the bowl and find somewhere to eat if you're interested in exploring Rags feelings on the camp and it's occupants further. The students probably wouldn't talk to you, or eat with you until Rags is accepted, but there's plenty of material there to work with in developing her understanding and view of Australos, or if you want to skip to the fight Rags would be given a practice blade and her choice of the three opponents.
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@Silver Carrot Post is up.
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@Silver Carrot Post is up.
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And this is the part where I start learning!

Tell me if I (not the character, but me, the user) ever make arena rp mistakes, taboos, etc.
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@Silver Carrot Oops, sorry, forgot to tag you earlier again. Post's up, and you're doing great. I can find and post a picture of an armlock from guard (what Aighrit would attempt to do if he got his legs locked around Rag's waist and she threw a left handed punch at him while he was on his back) if you want some visual clarity.
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I should be alright. I'll make a reply tonight. i'm going out soon.
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@Liliya

Really sorry. Just got back and I need to sleep
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@Silver Carrot Sure thing, post whenever it's convenient to you/you're not sleep deprived.
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