[CENTER][h1][color=EB054D][b]RICO[/b][/color][/h1][/center]
[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/dWBQdD6.png[/img][/center]
[COLOR=7ad70c][B][SUP][SUB][H3]CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/COLOR]
[CENTER][color=EB054D][b]“Yeah, it’s stupid. It’ll probably get me killed. But even if I take my licks, get knocked down...it’s when you get back up where life’s at it’s most fun.”[/b][/color][/center]
[indent]Growing up on an island predominately populated by the elderly, though he loved them and knew he was loved, in the corner of his soul he told himself ‘I never want to be like that’. Sitting around mourning what was lost, longing for the past, no longer reaching for something. Rico knew the present was the most fun and interesting. Whether it was playing pranks, enjoying games, or causing trouble, he did what he wanted to, and that was that. His ideals are something he carries with him into the outside world. Though more typically he’s chased away as a menace, like an exploding firework, he tends to leave an impression. It is hard to forget his proclamation of reaching the top of the pirate world as ‘King’, whether it’s recalled as an absurd joke or something more than that. But Rico knows there are cinders yet in the world, waiting to blaze into a mighty inferno.[/indent]
[COLOR=7ad70c][B][SUP][SUB][H3]CHARACTER GOALS:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/COLOR]
[indent]Dreams and ambitions are a key component of the characters in One Piece. Luffy in particular has a tendency to push those who have them to strike out and finally achieve them after sitting still for so long. But what of those who try, only to fail? Sometimes they give up completely, and other times they manage to pick themselves back up.

Rico deliberately doesn’t want his life to simply burn away to nothing, and there isn’t anything sadder to him than a dream gone unfulfilled. Purposefully aiming to inspire people, Rico clicks best with those who believe they’ve already met the end of their ambition, as he would aim to relight their flame. In the original story I planned for him, I wanted his crew to be made up entirely of people who’d already tried to realize their dream, in contrast to the Straw Hats who had yet to take their first step. I won’t be that stringent with any other PCs interested in joining the Inferno Pirates, but as long as members fit the idea of ‘passion being ignited’ then they’ll be more than a good fit for his crew! In the long term he aims for the title of Pirate King, but in the more mid term, I foresee a conflict with the Tianyan Empire...[/indent]
[COLOR=7ad70c][B][SUP][SUB][H3]CHARACTER NOTES:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/COLOR]
[indent][color=EB054D][b]Organization:[/b][/color] The Inferno Pirates
[color=EB054D][b]Position:[/b][/color] Captain
[color=EB054D][b]Starting Sea:[/b][/color] West Blue
[COLOR=EB054D][B]Devil Fruit:[/B][/COLOR] Rico has eaten the Spark-Spark Fruit, a special Paramythia type. He is a firework human, able to create sparks, rockets, and explosions in a procession of colors. Shooting off rockets from his finger tips, turning his arm into a Roman Candle, or spinning to achieve the effect of Catherine Wheel are all example applications of his power. His body is immune to typical blades or bullets, strikes against him leaving traces of lit of gunpowder like a sparkler. He doesn’t take well to either fire or water. Water keeps him from igniting, making him vulnerable to normal attacks and preventing his typical ones. Fire, on the other hand, makes him detonate prematurely, keeping his powers from being controllable and risking any near him, even himself. In his nightmares, he becomes fully immolated and explodes into nothing, but that wouldn’t really happen...right?[/indent]
[COLOR=7ad70c][B][SUP][SUB][H3]RELATIONS:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/COLOR]
[hider=Andou][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/m3MyL0S.jpg[/img]
A gambler with a notorious bad luck streak. Though he was scouted for the Inferno Pirates, he’s parted ways with Rico to take care of some unfinished business.
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[COLOR=7ad70c][B][SUP][SUB][H3]SAMPLE POST:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]POPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPP

“Get down!” “Where is it coming from!?”

Marines scrambled about the downtown road, ducking behind corners and under short stairwells. Once the noise calmed down they peeked their heads out, desperately trying to find the gunman aiming for their life. The nearby restaurants and shops were packed, the once busy street made deathly silent with the whole street hiding away. Despite the supposed hail of gunfire, no one was harmed...yet.

“Oi!” The Marines jumped at the noise, as though it were a flintlock pistol. Bushy mustache bristling, arm covered with tattoos raised, Commander Lindsay called, “Heeeeey! You guys need to chill out. It’s not like one bullet would kill you, probably. They seem pretty small.”

The Marines complied, spreading out their search area with trepidation. One civilian whispered to another, “Wait, those gunshots didn’t really-”

POPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPP

Another burst of noise rang out, the common folk ducking their heads, while the Marines started to get bolder, instead charging forward. “I saw someone!” came a cry. The squad of Marines charged the building, surrounding it, only for both groups to meet on the other side, no one else in sight. “Where did-”

“Hey, is that someone on the roof?” Lindsay noted.

[COLOR=EB054D]“Whoops!”[/color] squeaked a red haired man in a black coat with red fluff trim as he ducked. [COLOR=EB054D]“Tch, guess I got cocky…”[/color] Turning about, he crouched at the edge of the building, reaching his hands out and flexing his fingers like writhing spiders. Tiny white snap caps, no larger than a finger tip, fell about, hitting the ground and exploding in overly loud pops. The Marines hopped about, avoiding the non-existent gunfire, before realizing the nature of their foe. Meeting their glares head on, he said, [COLOR=EB054D]“Yup! It was meeeeee!”[/color] Sticking out his tongue and pulling his eyelid down a bit, he explained, [COLOR=EB054D]“Y’all looked bored as hell! Now you’ve got a story to take to your wives and kids back home when they asked how your day went. No need to thank me~ Man, I’m so smart.”[/color] Rico paused, looking up as the roof shook underneath him, turning to see Marines clambering up to meet him. [COLOR=EB054D]“O.”[/color]

Rico looked around for an escape route as the group on the roof charged him. Trying to leap to the next building over, Rico lost his footing, instead plummeting down. Unceremoniously, the Marines parted, Rico crashing onto the ground. As he tried to scramble up, they jumped him, dog-piling the miscreant, hands reaching to keep him pinned. [COLOR=EB054D]“Hey! Get off! Bastards, I’ll…”[/color] Rico’s hands gripped the ground and pulled himself forward, the motion accompanied with a sizzling noise, sparks flying as his body parted to slip through the crowd. There were shrieks of pain from the light flames, no more dangerous than touching a cigarette, but making up for it in surprise. Rico, the firework Human, hopped to his feet and broke into a run, leaving a mystified military behind him.

“What the heck just happened?” “Witch! He’s a witch! Burn him!” The Marines sputtered as they gave chase. “I don’t think we could burn him if we tried.” “He ain’t no witch, he’s one of those Fruit gobblers!”

[COLOR=EB054D]“Don’t say Fruit gobblers!”[/color] Rico cried out, rockets firing off from his shoes with an unsubtle ‘pssshhhhhh’  as he made a leap over a small river, the bridge a block away, a trail of smoke left in the wake. [COLOR=EB054D]“That makes it seem weird!”[/color]

“YOU’RE PLENTY WEIRD YOURSELF!” the Marines called out, their pursuit staggered.

Increasing the distance between them as he made for the docks, Rico admitted, [COLOR=EB054D]“I mean, they got me there…”[/color] Hurtling himself around the crowds, he ignored the shouts and screams aimed his way as he charged at the Marine battleship, just as the other squads were starting to get a bead on him. Reaching the edge of the dock as they closed in, he placed his hand against the hull, turning to proudly proclaim, [COLOR=EB054D]“Safe!”[/color]

The Marines stopped dead, looking at each other in confusion. [COLOR=EB054D]“I’m shafe...dat means…”[/color] Rico began, vision going lopsided as his speech slurred. His energy leaving him, he slipped from the dock, plummeting straight into the sea.

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When Rico came to, he was sopping wet, facedown on the wooden planks of Tolsom Fold’s harbor, the feet of Marines walking about as they cleared away spectators. Jostling his wrists, they were bound by a pair of handcuffs, and Rico still felt rather tired. [COLOR=EB054D]“Huh? Why can’t I get out?”[/color] Rico mumbled as he was dragged to his feet, Commander Lindsay facing him.

“Sea Prism Stone, kid. Messes with you Fruit users.”

[COLOR=EB054D]“See-what!? I didn’t see nothin’!”[/color] Rico gasped, before being pulled away. His only partner on his trip to the brig was a blank expression. Left in his cell, he growled, [COLOR=EB054D]“Come on! You guys are no fun.”[/color][/indent]
[COLOR=7ad70c][B][SUP][SUB][H3]POST ARCHIVE:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/COLOR]
[indent][b][COLOR=EB054D]Rico's Battleship Escape[/color][/b]
[indent][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5430747]Stage 1[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5432236]Stage 2[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5433828]Stage 3[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5434675]Stage 4[/url][/indent][b][COLOR=EB054D]Ko'Bo'Ka'Na Festival[/color][/b]
[indent][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5437371]Stage 1[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5439885]Stage 2[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5442046]Stage 3[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5443583]Stage 4[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5446274]Stage 5[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5448268]Stage 6[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5449918]Stage 7[/url][/indent][b][COLOR=EB054D]The Sunstrider 'Whack Job'[/color][/b]
[indent][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5451223]Stage 1[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5452529]Stage 2[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5455423]Stage 3[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5470979]Stage 4[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5472220]Stage 5[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5473995]Stage 6[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5477787]Stage 7[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5480265]Stage 8[/url][/indent]
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