Ammokkx

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

Rio stuck around the back of the group, keeping everyone an arm's length away from herself. She wanted to get everything over with quickly. Even though Bill didn't show any interest in checking out the others' GEARs, he still wanted his teammates to look at his. Figures, men did like to boast and grandstand. Rio wondered why, though. From what she remembered, his GEAR was nothing special. Just a standard melee skirmisher with average performances.

Then the first red flag happened: The crowd of people. At first it looked innocent enough, but when her new team leader got into the mix she felt things weren't quite what she remembered. The GEAR was out of Rio's sight, but even though the woman couldn't see it, she still figured it couldn't have been the same one she fought last year. That one was too middle-of-the-road. The crowd started to disperse, but she hadn't paid attention as to why. It gave Rio the opportunity to get a little closer, getting her a good look at the GEAR.

Well, no wonder people flocked to it like mad. Rio's eyes narrowed as she intensely stared at the red-and-black machine. Even without knowing the first thing about it, the GEAR looked like an impressive piece of work. It didn't sit well with the woman, however. Her eyes darted over to Gurevich, who had just asked a question about the GEAR's functionality. Bill responded to the best of his abilities and planted a seed of doubt in Rio's mind.

" 'A GEAR is only as good as its pilot'? Atlas, I sincerely hope you're joking. If the team leader doesn't have any faith in their skill, then how are we supposed to have faith in them? For someone who doesn't want to waste time getting familiar with each other's machines, you sure seem to be wasting ours." Rio sneered back. She leaned against a nearby wall, looking severely unimpressed.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Guardians (Title Pending)

@GarlandDaHero
I was thinking maybe it would be a good idea if we put some limits on cards? Most decks now a days are so aggressive, even with randomly generating numbers a lot of the duels could be finished in three or four posts.

@jynmi88

Not necessarily. My RP operates on a banlist and 4000k LP, and I've had duels last upwards of twenty.

...Granted I made people start out with structure decks, but as long as you keep some regulation the duels should last a while. In fact, you can have pretty long duels even in the modern game if both players aren't playing the current meta. (Duelist Alliance was both famed an notorious for being a slugfest in turn count)

Just my two cents on the matter. I'm keeping up with this interest check because I'm curious to see this RP develop.

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

I'll try to post tomorrow.

@vancexentan

Don't feel rushed- I'm quite busy myself between a certain new roleplay and my school work =P

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

@Ammokkx Oh, I'm probably misreading your post, but I should mention that facing CPUs is done through a simulation, our actual GEARs aren't at any risk.

@Heckno12

I've never read the VN, so I assumed the simulations are replicas of the actual GEARs.

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Rio was starting to regret the entire situation more by the second, seeing as her new team leader had made a fool of himself in public. She honestly wondered if she was better off cancelling this entire idea, but her pride wouldn't allow it. She wasn't planning on turning tail and running just because she felt slightly uncomfortable. Rio still didn't pay any mind to Gurevich and instead watched Laudat walk over the bar to grab himself a cup of coffee. It was something she regretted, as it was an incredibly dull sight.

"I suppose I can shave off a bit of time," Rio spoke. Her head was still turned away when she said it, but it whipped back towards them as soon as she was finished.

"Shouldn't we get at least a little acquainted with each other's GEARs and form a general strategy, however? Jumping straight into combat, even against a machine, seems a little... reckless." she chimed in. Considering how aggressive the team is, going in blind would be the mechanical equivalent of suicide. Or at least that's how Rio sees it. For all she knows their all-mighty 'leader' might be intent on ranking last this year.

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

Look I just said I'm fine with making five man teams however I just view it as a rather uneven and bizarre number to have but since it's what you all want that's fine. I'd be fine with side lining Bill if he wasn't team captain he's kind of required to be in most matches.

@vancexentan

B-But... a five-man band... I can even fill out the roles!

The leader: Bill, duh.

The Lancer: Idk, Ian or Rio

The Smart Guy: Glasses McGee

The Big Guy: Whichever one got the short end of the stick on lancer

The chick: Sara by process of elimination. Alternatively Sara is the Big Guy and Rio is the chick, but Rio doesn't exactly scream 'peace-keeping role'.

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

@vietmykeWe're going to stick to four man squads. Players will rotate per round. If a player really wants to play a round they can ask Bill too let them into that round. If you guys really want to we can go into a five man thing.

@vancexentan

Depends on if more players intend on joining. If we had like, three more players, then it'd probably be best to stick with the rotation, but considering it's a five-man band we might as well slot in the extra pilot.

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

@Ammokkx Poor Rio, if this keeps up disgust is going to be her default look.

@Heckno12

To be fair, most of this is her own fault.

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Short post, oops.

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

Rio flinched when the light hit her straight in the eyes, averting her gaze for just a second. Once her pupils recovered a little she looked back, seeing a lanky boy on the other end of the room. He hurried through the crowd, which creeped her slightly more out than Yasumi did.

"Gurevich Kiril. I am here to join the Celestial Star."

Rio's face twisted and contorted into a mix of confusion and disgust as she heard this line, scanning the third foreigner joining this team. She had a hard enough time accepting Atlas and Laudat, but now this overgrown snake too? The only normal person in her general vicinity was... someone who's name Rio didn't know. She glanced down at the clipboard, which had it written out. "Sara Hayakawa," it read. Finally, a traditionally Japanese name. She'd have preferred if the team only consisted of those of Japanese origin, but beggars can't be choosers.

"If you don't mind," Rio suddenly spoke up as she picked up the clipboard. She wrote down her info and handed it back to Bill instead of Kiril. She wanted nothing to do with him. The general way he carried himself reeked of a silver, poison-dipped tongue. Rio brushed a few strands of hair out of her eyes, cast another glance at her new team and then spoke again, directly addressing Bill.

"Atlas, what else do you want me to do before I take my leave?"