Roleplaying

The world was slow to come. I felt as if submerged by water, and ever muscle in my body scream in agony. Fatigue was pronounced above all, but as a lay with my eyes closed, I began to recall the capture. The strange creatures on their hornless unicorns, and running through the forest, as well as the constricting vines. I shot up from the cold hard ground. Electric pain shot through me, and light blinded me. My throat was parched, and hunger gnawed at my backbone. I was surrounded by shiny branches. I touched one, curious, and found it hard and cold. And odd creature came into view. It walked on two legs and was pink. I backed up and hissed, angry and scared. The creature made a laughing sound and pushed the container up against a solid wall and dumped me into the sunlight. As my eyes adjusted, I saw a basilisk, glaring at me from behind a purple force field, his eyes set to kill.

I opened my eyes. Everything was so blurry. I could make out very little of the shapes past the thing that held me. I had tryed my hardest to break free when they were bringing me to this place. I couldnt belive I fell for their trap. Traped like a bear I was. My vison cleared and I saw the pink's infront of me. I slamed my tail down and tried to break free. No use. They had my mouth wraped up and my wings. This cage was to small so I could claw the bindings off. All I could move was my tail. I slamed it down again andshook my head back and forth banging on the walls of my cage. I heared a weird clicking noise and my cage started to fall ever so slowly back. I jerked my head up and sunck my claws in the wood as I started to fall backward. It didnt help, I fell with a thud on the dirt covered ground. I realized quickly that I could moved and ripped my bonds clear. Just then, I heared a lound angry hiss and I looked up. Another dragon, proably just captured like I was, stood on the otherside of this barrier, mouth dripping with saliva and eyes posied on me.

A loud voiced boomed from some where unseen. I whipped around to see the creaures who had caught me surrounding me. Walls atleast ten feet high towered all around. I turned back to the basilisk, just to see the purple force field vanish.

The basilisk rushed at me, slamming into my chest full-force, knocking the breath clear out of me. Pain seared through me as I dug my claws into the dirt to prevent from being pinned to the wall. I slashed out, barely catching his snout. He lurched back, and we circled each other. Our deadly tango didn't last long. As he struk at me, I leaded to the side, sending another wave of bright pain through my body.

"I don't want to hurt you!" I roared, dodging another strike.

He hissed, low and evil. "You don't understand do you? We must kill each other, or they will kill us." he nodded at the two legs. He lunged again, his eyes filled with bitterness and anger. The eyes of a madman.

I dodged once more. I couldn't keep this up, the fatigue was shutting my system down, and I was sure he would kill me. We circled again, and i searched for a weakness. I found it. Each time he struck, there was a brief moment when he recovered that exposed his throat. He struck at me one more time, and I seized the chance. i lunged, my claws sinking into his throat. I felt the blood well in the wound, and i quickly wrenched my claws free. The basilisk withered on the floor for a moment. He hissed, his eyes turned normal. "Do not let the get to you..." his body shuddered. the last of life fading.

Slowly the world came back into focus. I remembered the strange creatures grabbing me, the feeling of those plain paws, and the wierd rock they'd thrown me into. I jumped as I realised the floor was made of the same material. Looking around, I saw partially transparent purple walls surrounding me, and seperating me from a creature that looked like a snake, sleeping in the middle of the purple cage next to me. I heard a pained roar not too far away, like a creature was dying. Where was I?

Eventually the snake-creature woke up. It didn't look right - it was covered in scars and burns, and its eyes were blank, but covered in, well, some horrible emotion. The snake-thing tensed - and lunged at me. I thought for sure I was dead, but I heard a strangled sort of hiss and a zap, and saw the snake recoiling, twiching in pain. Again I wondered where was I?

I shook my head free of what I figured was a strange venom. That fire dragon was rubbing my flank and his body temperature was not very pleasant to me. I flat out hissed at him and he backed off. I started to explore carefully. Why I hadn't tried to talk to that male? Now I remember Fire dragons thought ice dragons were smooth talkers and liars. Then again asking a question might work better than silence. "Fire dragon why are you following me?" That infernal male had the gall to chuckle, "You don't recognize when a male is interested in you? I take it you are young and have not known of the process of producing a brood." I backed away "But you are a fire dragon. You should have killed me while I was down." "You are a pretty female why kill you when I could be doing other things to you?" I bared my teeth in disgust. "There are reasons why fire and ice do not mix well." The fire dragon grinned and said "You will see things my way eventually."

The dragon had a long snake-like body. One eye was missing and it looked like his face was half clawed off. His wings were ripped and ragged and I knew he could not fly. He hoped his mouth to his and two crule snake like fangs stretched downward then folded neatly when he closed his mouth. I Snarled and roared loudly and backed away. Something wasnt right, nothing here is right. I kept the first target spots the snake dragon would target hidden and pretected and I kept my bladed tail up by my side. I knew by an isntent on this things body languge this would be a fight to the death.

I didnt know exactly what happened all I know is that thing coiled and leapted forward. Its body force collided with myown and we tumbled to the floor. I was pinned. I snarled and knew I needed to right my self and get up high. This small room would allow a flight attack. I snarled and pushed up with my wings and used the  Snake Dragon as a ladder to climb up. Finally I managed to rip myself away with out to many bad injures but I was scratched. I was lucky, this thing had to be old or really torn up do to loss teeth and claws. It was in no shape of a pure hard on fight. I Snarled and unfurled my wings and leaped into the air. Dust flew in all derections as I rose higher in the small room. I knew one thing to do and it might just win this battle.

I stared at the basalisk's cold, dead body. I looked down at my emerald claws, and reality hit me. I had killed. Out of self-defense perhaps, but I had killed.

Cheers erupted around me. I looked up to see the two-legged creatures standing, and cheering as loud as the could. They we're glad I killed! Anger rushed through me, coming out in an ear-splitting roar of defiance and anger. The people cheered louder.

A voice boomed once more from somewhere unseen. The purple force-field rushed between me and the basilisk's body. Anger surged trough, adding gas to a now raging fire. I leaped, and slammed into the force-field. An electric current ran through my body, and forced me sliding across the dirt in a field of dust.

I backed away from the field, not daring to touch it again. I backed into a dark hole, where a door slammed down, trapping me. I turned, and saw the same two-leg that had captured me. I hissed and pressed my-self as far away as possible. He bent down and put something in his ear, that had a small piece in front of his mouth. It was some sort of translator.

"Your going to be a good one arn't you?" he said strokeing the cage. I backed up further.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You will last long in the ring, and become my little champion. I'll let you in on a little secret. I'm a human, and we need entertainment. You primordial creatures are our source. Anyone can enter a creature into the arena, and recently mine died. Not many creatures meet, let alone talk, to their owners, but I believe you will do better if you understand the danger your in." His voice was low and threatening, causing me to shrink further. "You will fight to the death in many battles and you will listen to me or else. Do you understand?

I aswered with a hiss. He took of the transleter and told anoth human something I didn't understand. The girl walked up and inserted a needle into my neck. The next thing I knew, was blackness once more.

I Snarled as I hovered over the half blind un able to fly Snake dragon. It hissed with anger that it could not get into the sky but deep in that one cold blue eye I could see he knew his coming fate. Deep inside I felt the gas combinded into the of deadly force. A Power great that the Dragon's have mastered. The raging fire within. I took in a deep breath and the flamed poured from my mouth. It covered the Snake Dragon and his surondings. His crys of anger to pain sounded and I landed ontop of him. I would not just let him suffer. I was on his back and his wings shifted and flaped as he shuffled trying to over throw me.

I felt the head wash over me but I had one goal on my mind. I defensivly ripped into him as he rolled. Blood spilled onto my scales and I was lost in the black red color. I could taste it in my own mouth....my own blood. But my opponent's blood was more.

I woke up to feel cold metal underneath me. Looking at the bars in front of me, it seemed that they were made to slide open from the top. I tried to lift them up but they were dug deeply into the ground. Sighing, I looked around the clearing on the other side of the bars. The ground seemed solid and sandy, and there was a force field in the middle of the ring. On the other side of the clearing was another cage with a dark colored fire dragon. He seemed asleep at first glance, but his eyes were open only a tiny slit, scanning everything around him. He lifted his head towards me and let out a low growl. "What are you looking at youngling?".

I flattened the fins on my head down to my shoulders. "What's going on here? What do the two legged creatures want from us?" I asked shakely.

The male dragon just snorted and snarled, "They want myths to fight to the death for entertainment! They don't care what happens to the creatures that die!".

Suddenly the cage doors are pulled up and I crawled out of the cage to see many pink creatures in the stands shouting and cheering. The male dragon, already out of his cage, stands on the other side of the force field. A voice booms into the arena and the force field drops. The dragon roars and lunges at me full-force without warning. I let out a screech out pain as he claws my side. "I'm sorry little one, but we have to fight to survive here." He whispers softly.

I kick him away with my back legs and get up quickly. Taking a deep breath, I unleash a jet of water towards him. The force of the water slams him into the wall and he collapses on to the ground. Growling, he gets back up and runs towards me. I dodge out of the way to see a weak spot on his left side. I turn swiftly and rammed my head into his side. He falls to the ground, breathing heavy. "Finish... me off... please." He whispers.

I speak quietly, "May the spirits guide you." Then I bite his throat to give him an almost painless death. The creatures in the stand cheer loudly and I snap my head upwards toward them. I let out a roar of fury and lunge toward them, only to be knocked backward by the force field. I get thrusted back into my cage and a pink creature walks up, smiling cruelly. He chatters something I don't understand, but I know that it's nothing good. Suddenly exhaustion sweeps over me and and I black out.

Suddenly I heard a noise - hundreds of roaring noises. I saw more of the weird creatures that had captured me. Two of them came up to the snake-thing and me. The snake-thing stared at the twoleg and its eyes partially cleared. It turned to me and hissed as the purple wall shimmered, flickered and vanished.

I took to the air out of reach of the snake. "What - what are you?" I managed.      "Well, I was a basilisk. The humans took away my abilities, so now I don't care what I am," the snake said. "And you are a phoenix, one of the legendary enemies of my old kind. There is no way I can kill you, so I will teach you how."

"How to do what?" I screeched.

"How to stay alive . . . and kill your enemies." the snake replied.

Only one word really got through to me. " . . . kill?"

The cheering broke around all around. It thundered in my ears and vibrated the crushed bloody earth around me. I Snarled and looked around at the stands. The pink ones were jumping around. I snarled and was about to rush them when the force feild returned and crackled infront of me. I snarled and backed up and it kept comeing closer. I hissed again and wanted to attack it but something deep down told me not to.

As I backed away I felt the cold metallic feel of my cage. I didnt know what to do but I just kept backing up. Soon I was in my cage fully. The back shut and the front was bared. I curled up and laid down and watched the shadows dance on the wall.

"That was a good fight."

I lifted my head and let my tounge flicker out of my mouth.

"Well...respond you over large lizard!"

I hissed at the shadow infront of my cage. It was one of those pink ones."Who are you to call a Dragon an over large lizard you pinky flesh rat!"

The Human chuckled and taped the side of the bar with a finger."I see you have a smart mouth as well. We might just get along."

"We...get along. If you want to live to see the next sunset you better..."

"I better what. You are in there...I am out here...and you just get to fight to the death to win....We need the intertainment...so you my lovely little pet get to give it to us. My last Fighter was killed. I want you to show them how good of a fighter you really are."

"I will not play in your games!"

"Then you will die." The Pink One said and took off the translater and said something in his own words. Another voice sounded and a cold feeling swept through my body and again it was black.

I was hit by another of the 'sleep venom feather creatures' and fell asleep again only to awake in a cage (my mother used to make one of ice for a time out when I got a little too energetic) Little pink brown and tan creatures and all in white coverings white coverings over their bodies, were yammering in their own language at eachother gesturing at me. I was curious about them so I watched them and their scurrying about. One of them looked at me and I tilted my head to the side still a bit drowsy. Another one made a scratching noise holding two items that were a mystery to me. The one that had made the noise looked pleased. The creatures didn't seem dangerous and did not look or smell like food so I figured I'd leave them be the cage had to melt sometime... A long time later I figured the cage wasn't going to melt, so I was trying to figure my way out. I gnawed on the bars and nothing happened, clawed them same result. The creatures did something to the cage and it swung open and I walked out and started cleaning myself which I'd failed to do earlier. One of the creatures poked me with something and I snorted in annoyance and put my wings out of their reach. I did not like my wings touched.

I woke up. The humans surronded him. Pokeing and prodeing. I snarled and was about to open my jaws and rost them when my jaws wouldnt open. I corssed my eyes and looked down trying to fiugure out what happened to my mouth. Nothing it was just shut tight with a metal clamp. I weird collor lay around my neck which made a weird crack sound if I moved to harm a human. It was like that force feild but around my neck instead.

The moved me out into a large cave like area. Others were there. I snorted and the collor and the clamp were losened and I opened my jaw. Was this another pitting for fights? Noone moved to challenge or fight. I sat were I stood and looked around. It seemed sorta like a home for the fight creatures. "What are they doing with us..."I asked out to the air not respecting a response from anyone.

I lurched awake and sprang to my feet, ready to fight. Bright light blinded me for a moment, but after standing there, I slowly adjusted. I was in a cave, close to the entrance. A large meadow stretched out before me, and my heart leaped with joy. It had been a dream, nothing more. How could it be real? But something inside me knew it was no dream. My musicals were to sore, and there were cuts on my hide. I burst into the open, looking for something, any thing, anyone who could prove it was a dream. Reality hit me like a brick. Creature were scattered in the meadow, all scared from battle. None made a move to attack me, but a few eyed we warily. I noticed a collier on every single one of the creatures, and the was one on me as well. 

Fear welled inside of me, and i lurched forward tring to escape. I dashed actoss the meadow, surely it would end and I would be free? This hope was quickly extinguished, when a wall rose before me. I came up short of hitting it. I frustration, I ran back to the cave, and dashed down it. It began to grow hot, and the heat prevented me from going further. The was magma there, i was sure of it.  "What is this place! Why am I here!" I roared, hearing my voice reverberate of the walls, and echo out the cave, and further down the cavern.

I could hear the faint cry of another creautre. Like myself it was lost and confused. But I had reality hit me like falling to the ground for first flight. I was trapped. These creatures were trapped. And I feared there would be much MUCH more blood shed before I either died or managed to break free. I looked up and saw that this meadow area let dragon's fly(If they even could anymore). I wanted to strech my wings badly in flight but something kept me on the ground. So I merrily got up stratched my sore limbs and walked into the soft grass. I stayed somewhat far away from the others but I knew this was a place were everyone could get along. Something just itched at me that nothing would hurt you in the cave, but if it was in the pits...you were considered dead until one won.

I served my head around and looked around for a safe place to just sit down and rest. Finally I settled for a nice rockey ledge and layed down. If one just let his mind wounder from the pits and the capture..it would feel like you were home...

A massive Colosseum, with massive arenas. These have built in generators that create force fields. The fields send and heavy electric shock the sends you backwards if touched. Many of these are placed everywhere.

The Holding area

(For all creatures)

This was created to hold all captive mythicals. It allows the creatures to roam around in this massive meadow, and interact with each other. This is used for studying the lives of mythicals, and is also a time for them to rest and recover for their next fight.

The Stables

(Reserved for serving Pegasus, Unicorns, and other horse-like Mythicals)

This is where the hold all mounting animals. Some horse-like mythicals are tamed and trained to help the humans capture more creatures.

The Forge

(Reserved for Dragons, Phoenix, and other fire elementals)

This humongous cave was built to house magma-core mythicals. Its heat sooths their restless hearts and keeps them relaxed. This is essential so that other creatures have a chance before facing these seemingly invincible beasts.

The Forested Mountains

(For all creatures)

Your original home. This is where you lived before the capture. It is filled with snowy mountain tops, rocky cliffs, and dense forest.

Myths of all types walk the earth, from unicorns to Pegasuses, demons to dragons, basilisks to mutants. All lived in relative harmony, until the humans that is. Now, the humans have built a massive Colosseum, used to pit mythical creatures against one another. To fight to the death.

You are a creature of myth, captured alive to be fought against all types of species. As you struggle to stay alive, you must plot with others to escape, and wreak your vengeance. But not is all that it seems. You are under constant surveillance, make escape that much more difficult.

After you pass the initial test battle, you will be assigned a 'trainer.' The are members of you species who's DNA has been enhanced, so that the may speak English, and train you for better fighting. Some of these are cruel and harsh, others soft and kind.

All you can truly trust is a single phrase. Kill, or be killed.

This will be added to as the RP moves along.

The RP is in First person! (I, me, etc) You must make separate posts for each individual character! (so we don't have slackers who put 3 characters in 1 post >>)

First, I would like for this to be a complex plot ECT. I love detail, and would 'prefer' for it to be descriptive. I feel the current and higher word minimums will help from slack.

 

Any mythical creature is allowed. If I forget one, please message me and I'll be sure to add it. (With the accepting of humanoids like trolls, ogres, and giants. not sure if I want to have them)

Many updates/ warnings/ future plans/ etc will be posted in the occ chat, so be sure to check it often. ^^

MILD gore is allowed. You can do a bit of blood and such, but nothing like 'the guys intestines spilled out everywhere,' that is slightly disturbing.

So, I want to know you RPing ability before I accept, so please write a short RP-like post on how he/she got captured and put it in the extras section. (see my character Nightmare for an example once i add her) IF you can prove to me in the description that your OK (good description EXC) I MAY be lenient on this rule.

Make up the creatures you face, and do NOT kill others unless they give you permission!

Images are welcomed

Also, surgery is performed on basilisks so that they cannot freeze creatures in place or turn the to stone.

More my be added at other times.