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Topic Started: Nov 26 2010, 09:02 PM (26,966 Views)
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The Crazy One

[Slums]

Alice paused, rubbing the back of her neck once more. It was a habit of her's that usually meant trouble was nearby.

“... We do have to eliminate the poverty... and their goals WERE right... but at the same time, what they were doing was wrong. Nothing will change by shedding more blood. What we have to do is change things through non-violent means... if we just continue killing each other, all that happens is we end up with more corpses, and more people seeking revenge.”

She shook her head. “We should...”

“It's not that simple.”

Alice froze, and whirled around. There was a man leaning next to a building, with only one half of his face towards them. His suit seemed a bit tattered.

“... Nothing will change until you pass judgment on the scum sucking aristocrats who hold these slums down. Don't you agree, Lieutenants?”

[Trainyard]

Sama nodded a bit, rubbing the back of his neck. He looked over to Crystal and frowned a bit.

“That was the second bomb today... are you okay?”

He really wished they could have had a normal bit of time without bombs and dangerous things.
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When Alice began to speak, Didymus listened intently, but soon found himself wanting to interrupt and clarify.

Suddenly, another man appeared, and Didymus whirled, his hand on his pistol.

“... Nothing will change until you pass judgment on the scum sucking aristocrats who hold these slums down. Don't you agree, Lieutenants?”


Didymus hesitated.

"The fact is, I don't mind the aristocracy as an institution...just the practices said institution has adopted. It seems they're more interested in attending parties, conspiring against each other, playing games of politics than serving the people."

Lord willing, Alice can offset that a bit...

"...but YOU'RE sounding like a revolutionary. Take down the aristocracy and all who support them, and in its place, set up..." he paused.

"...set up something that will not work. Set up something even worse. Who are you and what do you want?"

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-Shimera's Mansion-

“Well...” Cess said, “It's not exactly flashy as in shiny...it's...”

Cess frowned a little, thinking, then grinned. “You know what...let's just go there!”

-Train Yard-

“Are you okay?” Jimi asked, turning to Kxs, then paused, blushing slightly. She was kinda cute...

He recalled his brother picking on him, and that with a better job, he could afford to find a girlfriend now...

“Errr...What were you doing here anyways?”

-Slum Streets-

“I thought you didn't want to go to a tavern...” Maize said, still grinning at him, “You know, with your sister and all...”

She then paused, glancing down, “And my dress is ripped...I shouldn't be out in public like this...We should find somewhere private...”

-Hawkins House-

“Well I've never wore a skirt or a dress before,” Galv said to Melanie, laughing softly, “But you look great!”

Melanie could be wearing a potato sack and he'd say that too.

-Nicer Streets-

Giving candy to a little kid at night? Brilliant! /sarcasm.

Unfortunately Hammah did not think that was a bad idea, and grinned. “Ohhh, yah, let's get some candy!”

He walked over to a vendor, looking at their selection.

“What do you want?” Hammah asked, “Hmmm, wonder if they have Kinder Eggs...”
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[Slums]

The man frowned a bit, still looking at the wall, and not revealing himself to them. Only the one half of his body was visible in the shadows.

“... Hey, shut your mouth. Who are you? Some dumb kid who comes from just enough money to make it to an officer... but not enough to be more than just a pawn? Pft. You're worse scum than what lives on these streets... at least the degenerate and the unwanted have their self-respect, police-dog.”

Alice narrowed her eyes. “That is enough! The military-police force in this city exist for the people... true, the laws may be made by the Council, and our funding may come from the aristocrats, but we have a responsibility to every person! To serve and protect everyone from the lowliest person of the slums all the way up to the corporate heads!”


The man laughed. “Hah... what a ditz. You don't deserve your blue blood... heh, I was a aristocrat once. A big shot... I used to work directly with the Commissioner, your boss... but he's just a pathetic excuse... I learned the only way to really change things is with blood in the streets...”

The man stepped out of the shadows. The left half of his face seemed perfectly normal, handsome even. The right half looked like it had been burned beyond all recognition. No hair, hardly any skin, and no eyelids.

[Train Yard]

Not too far away, as Crystal and Sama spoke, and Jimi checked on Kxs and Nevex, someone was waiting and watching.

He put down his binoculars and sighed. He hoped that Nine would get the message... he didn't want the Technicians throwing their meddling noses into his affairs.

“... I'll have to keep an eye on those engineers too... all of them...”
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“... Hey, shut your mouth. Who are you? Some dumb kid who comes from just enough money to make it to an officer... but not enough to be more than just a pawn? Pft. You're worse scum than what lives on these streets... at least the degenerate and the unwanted have their self-respect, police-dog.”


Didymus...was taken aback, and speechless. Whether or not he showed it, he had been hit right where it hurt, as if something that tore at his existence every day, or at least weighed on it, had just been pierced by this stranger's words.

Then, Alice gave her speech, one he could expect from her...idealistic, passionate, dutiful...

“Hah... what a ditz. You don't deserve your blue blood... heh, I was a aristocrat once. A big shot... I used to work directly with the Commissioner, your boss... but he's just a pathetic excuse... I learned the only way to really change things is with blood in the streets...”

"That's enough, indeed!" Didymus said, clearly agitated and stepping in front of Alice.

"Maybe I AM a pawn-but the most foolish of pawns are those that do not realize they stand upon a chessboard! I may be a pawn, but not ultimately to the chessmasters you perceive-even if they all play some part. Just who do you think you are, anyway-and DON'T come any closer! What do you even want?!"

The sight of this man's face had caused Didymus to recoil slightly at first, but he had quickly regained an assertive, even aggressive, attitude.
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Alice paused, taken aback, not by the man's words, but his face...

“Y-You! You're... Harvey Dent?”

It was all over the news last year. Harvey Dent was the prosecutor for Hydron City. He and James Gordon, the military commissioner, worked together on a campaign to finally clean up the slums once and for all.

It ended as badly as anything could end. Dent was kidnapped by unknown forces, and when he was found, half of his body had been burnt with fire. Somehow, he had survived, but he disappeared from the hospital.

He was listed as dead.

“Ding ding, the lady wins a prize... a bullet!” Dent drew a gun in each hand, and started shooting!
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"You...?" Didymus asked, as Dent was identified.

But when he drew his weapons, Didymus thought he saw a choice-try to beat him to the draw, or grab Alice and get into cover?

Alice MUST be safeguarded...

He chose the latter option, throwing an arm around Alice and shoving her behind a corner, jumping back behind it himself!

"He just brought a couple pea-shooters to a MAN'S gunfight..." he remarked under his breath, and drew his combat shotgun.

"This'll clear the other end of his half-pretty face off..." he muttered again, and Alice probably heard both remarks...

"Malvin, I'm engaging." he remarked matter-of-factly.



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Shimera smiled brightly. "Okay!"


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KxS' blush started to get a little more visible. "Oh, um...I was walking and I followed that guy who found the bomb. I, um...heh, I was curious," she answered.

"Stop acting like a blubbering fool! Speak to him like you're not socially awkward!" she shouted in her head.

She scratched the back of her head and adjusted her glasses. "I didn't know this was private property."
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Nevex looked at KxS...then Jimi. I sense attraction...what to do, what to do...I don't wanna start a fight...

His eyes shifted to KxS. "I'll walk you home if you'd like assistance."
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"Oh...no, I don't want to go home..." KxS told Nevex.

"Master Avenger not happy with me right now."
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Hawkins House

Melanie giggled, grinning brightly. "Why thank you!" she said as they headed out. She then looked around curiously. "Do you think we can explore a bit before we head back to Jason? I've never seen this side of town before."

Probably because this side of town was full of people who hated nobles of any sort. It was a surprise the two hadn't been attacked already.

"It's not too often I get to go exploring!"

Slum Streets

If it was possible Jason's face turned even redder....He wasn't sure if he wanted to go anywhere private with Maize....Not that he wasn't attracted to her....Actually she was REALLY attracted to her....It was just...

"I don't want you to get into any trouble for this"

He also didn't want to be killed by Kanna.

Nicer Streets

"Gummies!" Colette exclaimed happily, pointing at a large tray of colorful candies. She patted the boy's head. "Lemme down! I want to do it!"

Trainyard

"Im fine" Crystal said, letting out a breath of relief... "As long as we dont have to deal with more bombs..."
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Two-Face ducked down behind a dumpster in the alley when Didymus fired with his shotgun. The man just chuckled a bit, and aimed his guns beneath the trash can shooting – trying to hit the two soldiers in their ankles to bring them down!

[Trainyard]

Sama rubbed the back of his neck and let out a small sigh. This entire day just seemed one big ball of crazy. The airship had crashed, they'd almost died, they ended up with a new apartment building and jobs, and now they'd gone back to almost dying.

“What a day...” The boy shook his head. “Maybe we ought to just head back...”
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Though Two-Face was outgunned, rushing him would be a bad idea. True, Didymus was sporting a weapon that could quickly unify his facial condition by blowing all that remained off with a direct hit (combat shotguns worked that way), but this involved being able to get that hit in the first place.

As he occassionally leaned out from cover and fired back, he spoke, without turning to look at her, to Alice.

"Malvin, listen. I...hate to do this, but maybe we should flank him. He's one man. We're two people. I have some smoke grenades here, I can toss one out and through that smoke, one of us can see if we can get around him...he'll have a harder time taking cover when being fired on from two angles..."
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“Oh...” Jimi said, pausing, “Well, it's okay! I doubt you were planning anything nefarious.”

He paused again, glancing to Nevex, then to Kxs.

“Who is this?” Jimi wondered, “Your brother...?”

He sounded a little hopeful...

-Fancy Streets-

“It might not be at it's best tonight, but it's a fun place,” Cess said, “Live music, lots of dancing, and always something a little surprising...Sound like a place you'd like to go?”

-Nice Streets-

“Alright, alright,” Hammah said, letting Colette down, “I recommend gummy cherries...dad always loved those!”

Hammah paused, then smiled, seeing Kinder Eggs! He knew what he was getting.

-Slum Streets-

“I'm sure we have plenty of time,” Galv told Melanie, “But I don't know what else there is to see...”


Across the street, some other punks eyed the two.

“Hey, look, fresh meat...” one grinned, then stepped forward. His shoulder was grabbed by a slightly older punk, who's arm was in a sling, shaking his head.

“Nuh uh. That red haired kid is Samuel's brat,” the punk said, “Believe me, nothing those two could have would be worth him finding us...”

Samuel would eff anyone up who hurt his son...



Maize paused, then shrugged.

“I don't really care...” Maize answered, after a moment, “Most aristocrats don't like me since I'm technically a commoner...Don't like that I'm the heir to one of the big companies...Besides...You're the heir to your mother's company too...We could do a lot of...good, together...”
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"My name's Nevex. Gunslinger, store owner and mechanic. Not her brother, though." He gently ruffled KxS' hair playfully, a smile on his face.

"Say, if both of you need a place to stay, you can stay over at my place. It's not very roomy, but it's better than the streets. Whaddya say?" Nevex's crimson eyes glanced at Jimi for a short while.
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