It's a jungle out there, poison in the very air we breathe

[lucetimods]

Okay, those details! Quick reference. Draft starts on Friday the 3rd and will last until the 6th. There, with that out of the way, let's look at our list.



ACCEPTED

Akimi Chouji - Dani
Albert Silverberg - Athena
Alexei Denoia - Taisa
Amelia - Tad
Ange Serena - Jena
Archie - Tori
Ayumu - Griff
Ayumu - tiassa
Batman - Triad
Buffy - Aly
Caroline Forbes - Rumi
Casey - Laenavesse
Cecil Harvey - Hecate
Ciel - Mori
Claude Kenny - Trap
Daisy SPARTAN-023 - Jaydee
Derek Bliss - Silverthorne
Dhaos - Northeastern Wind
Donatello - Ami
Draco - Ty
Duke Pantarei - Mandee
Fox Mulder - Lisa
Frederic Chopin - Umi
Freyjadour - Alisa
Ginko - Kat
Gold - Kyo
Haine Rammsteiner - Mika
Hakuren Oak - Dea
Haruhi Suzumiya - Zero
Hei - Mandee
Helios - Levy
Homura - Tad
Homura Akemi - Marion
Hope Estheim - Allie
Ian Treedude - Ashlee
Ion - another Sarah
Jack Sparrow - saralinda
Jacob Black - Shikki
Jade - Aza
Japan - Kaze
Jay - CrypticGirl
Kain Highwind - Lisa
Kaori - Alsenei
Karai - KJ
Kouki Wakahisa - Doji
Kurt Wagner - Masa
Kyouko Sakura - Kattu
Labrador - Namika
Leonard McCoy - Sarahdeux
Ling Yao - Masa
Luffy - Essem
Luke blah blah long name - Kukki
Mami Tomoe - Rift
Marica - Boba
Masomi Kida - Zero
Mewtwo - Holo
Mia - Vilya
Mikado Ryugamine - unkie
Mithos Yggdrasill - Kathleen
Naruto - Zane
Nataku - Sra
Nicky d. Wolfwood - Ashlee
Nox - Stormcrow
Paprika - Marion
Piers - Nadia
Raine Sage - Sapphire
Ranka - Zephy
Raven - Kazzi
Riku - Meega
Robo-oy - Zane
Ron Wesley - Janet
Roxas - Ty
Rupert Giles - hickumu
Rydia of Mist - Rydia
Ryoga - Aster
Saleh - CrypticGirl
Sanji - Marie
Saten - Kim
Selphi Tilmitt - Jay
Sheena - Vilya
Shikamaru - Pi
Shino - Essem
Shuri Oak - Shikki
Smellerbee - Dani
Smoker - Wolf / CC
Sora - Diane
Soul Eater Evans - Charlie
Spade Belforma - Jaclyn
Stahn - Kyo
Tear Grants - Alsenei
Terra - Athena
Tia Dalma - Sceadu
Uchiha Sasuke - mji
v-13 (Nu) - Misa
Valvalis - Zappa
Vash - Zigzag
Ventus - Mega
vivi - Jessie
Winry - Batty
Xion - Emily Ishkabibble-kun
Yellow 13 - Triad
Yuber - Nadia
Yuri Lowell - Kyio
Zack Fair - Akai
Zann'en - Aza
Zelgadis - hedi


DECLINED

Ceasar Silverberg - Trap
Joh Watson - Sarahdeux (swapped for Leonard McCoy)
Kirsikka - Ishka (swapped for Xion, then brutally dropped)
Link - Naomi
Raenef (swapped for Zelgadis)
Saber - Marion (swapped for Homura)
Sheik - Trippie
Sokka - Masa (swapped for Ling Yao)
Terra - Rydia


PENDING RESPONSE

Damon Salvatore - Sarah
Kamina - Rem
Leo - Dynast
Ramirez - Carmen
Rogue - Shira
Satoshi Joujou - Carmen
Uriko Nonomura - Zappa

What a list! If you haven't accepted yet, what are you doing here? Go to the PREVIOUS POST and sign up already!




Concerning the battle:

You know how these draft posts are always obnoxiously long, even without the lists? Well, all of the info you need it up at the Nitpicker's Guide.

DRAFT AND ENEMY DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE

• First and foremost, MOST -IF NOT ALL- OF THE FIGHTING WILL BE ASSUMED; in other words, without mods playing the NPCs. If you absolutely must -MUST- play out something of great importance, please let me know and I'll provide an NPC, we can set up a log, something. But please, unless you need it for a specific purpose, don't ask for NPC battles. It will be largely uneventful and full of your character kicking ass and taking names and knocking down buildings and enemies, etc etc. This is to give you guys some freedom as well as keep us from a) getting overloaded and/or b) holding you back.
  
  
  
  
• Hey now... that's not a map! Well this time, there isn't one. The battle will be taking place in a thick, steamy tropical rain forest that not even the Malnosso have ever mapped. It is massive and dangerous, being one of the natural habitat of weld Shift Hunters, familiar creatures from the previous AU Event. But even they are not the most dangerous creatures present. Wild animals include a variety of large jungle cats, massive snakes, poisonous bugs and frogs, crocodiles, piranhas, and all manner of horrible creatures. There might even be a few jungle-related monsters from other canons running around out there.
  
  
• The forest is quite massive, but there will be three drop off points, each five miles from each other, in a triangular deployment. Among the many sights will include massive waterfalls, dangerous rocky rivers, swampy marshlands, and at the center of it all (around which the deployment zones are) is one massive tree, with a diameter of about a hundred feet across its base and standing over a thousand feet in height. The roots from the tree extent outwards for hundred of feet all around. Several other large sequoia sized trees are also present, many tangled together from the overgrowth of branches and vines.
  
  
• Signs of civilization exist amongst the branches of these large trees, including the largest one. These include crude tree houses, connected by rope bridges. They seem to be abandoned, but only recently. Buried or covered under overgrowth are the ruins of a past civilization, though the stony surfaces are long since worn away. What little writing remains is reminiscent of that in the old desert temple. Unfortunately there is too little left to be of any use. Some of these ruins may prove to be adequate shelter, but little more than that.
  
  
• Oh yeah and the Third Party is here. There is no specified number for how many there are. Despite being deployed for four days, the draftees will not be able to wipe them all out. In fact, on the last day, the draftees will be withdrawn from the battlefield once the enemy begins to overwhelm them in strength and numbers. Amongst those included will be a large host of normal soldiers, more Elites than previous battles, plenty of Shifters, and trained Shift Hunters.
  
  
• The Third Party are well accustomed to combat in the rainforest and will make great use of it in their attacks. They may even use elements of geurilla warfare to attack, as well as crude traps (such as nets, pits, snares, and other such things) against the draftees. They will be as comfortable fighting on the ground as they are in the treetops and may attempt to lure draftees into dangerous areas, where wild animals or other natural dangers can endanger them. On the last day, the forest will be receiving a monsoon, which will result in a massive downpour and flooding and raining and... yes, quite miserable.
  
  
• As for the IC announcement, the actual draft announcement will be handled differently. Expect that post to be on Monday-Wednesday.
  
  
• ALL IS NOT LOST. Because of how dangerous this all is, Bil has arranged to provide our heroes with some help. Namely, he'll be enabling them to use Filial Magic outside the barrier. It will be twice as potent (due to the lack of a power cap), though it will run the risk of attracting Shift Hunters. There will be a Bil post about this where he will allude to it.
  
  That's about it, then. Questions, comments, plotting? All of it goes here.

Comments

... that's what I get for ignoring spellcheck

[first-darkness.livejournal.com]

Ohgod it's a forest.

A dense forest.

With shadows.

Lots and lots and lots of shadows.

I need to make some "watch me kill all the things" icons because Saten is going to have a fucking field day.

Who wants to watch an antsy being of darkness go into overdrive on a battlefield with an absolutely huge amount of the weapon she uses best? Alternatively who wants an awesome escort because Saten can sense changes in the darkness around her (insert Force joke here) and in a terrain covered in darkness that means pretty much only things that are flying, shadowless, too fast for her to track, or completely stationary (like traps) can sneak up on her. And even the flying part only applies to things small enough.

[endgames]

Another shadow-user? 8|a

[first-darkness.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the delete-edit thing there BUT YES. Saten is basically the origin of all darkness in her world and thus gets a lot of shiny bonuses whenever she's around/dealing with darkness. And she pretty much makes things out of darkness as that's how about half her world was formed 8|b

[endgames]

LOL No problem. And ooh, that's interesting.

Shikamaru's powers aren't so much darkness as they are straight up shadows - he can manipulate the shape his own shadow and any shadow he runs his through. Taking control of another person's shadow forces them to copy his movements. He can also make his shadow three-dimensional and use it to grab/choke/stab things too. I'm kinda curious if he'd be able to do anything with something she makes out of darkness.

BUT YEAH. This is basically just me throwing out ideas here. Not sure if you want to do anything or not, but it could be neat.

[first-darkness.livejournal.com]

They might as well meet. It might be cool. Actually come to think of it he might qualify for synchronizing (tl;dr here (http://first-darkness.livejournal.com/1426.html) but you don't have to read it if you don't want to bother) but that is up to you. It would mean she wouldn't "accidentally" hurt him in the fray, at any rate XD

I'd say it would depend on how "solid" she makes things. Some things would probably vanish the moment she let go of them, but I'd bet she can make stuff for him to use if she wanted to bother.

Re: ... that's what I get for ignoring spellcheck

[awakenedchaos]

Why hi there, not!daughter. Fancy seeing you here.

...in all seriousness, would you like to have these two meet at some point? I think that might be fun to play out, given their relationship in the AU event (even if they... didn't get to interact then, fff. I kind of... failed horribly during that event in regards to tagging around, thanks to being on hiatus. /headdesk) and the fact they haven't met since then. :|b They might actually make a fairly good team, I think, seeing as Nu might just be able to notice some of the things that could sneak up on Saten via her scanners as long as there's no Shifters around...

Re: ... that's what I get for ignoring spellcheck

[first-darkness.livejournal.com]

(That is okay I was on hiatus-in-everything-but-name so I wasn't any better XD)

I'd be really interested in that! We should see what happens, it would probably be really cool. And she probably wouldn't discard Nu as completely useless XD;;;

[awakenedchaos]

Yeah, I think it's bound to be interesting to see what happens. And hey, she is still a final boss. Even if the setting isn't... all that great for her, really.

Do you want them to meet on a specific day? Day 1 might not work too well, as there's already something planned regarding this girl for that day, but any other day should work just fine for her, I think. :|b

[first-darkness.livejournal.com]

I haven't really set out plans for specific days for Saten yet, so whenever works best for you is probably fine for me.

Though... looking at the days again, Day 1 is bad for me anyway because that's the day I graduate and my family is probably going to want all my time on Day 2 so that might not be good either. oh irl.

[awakenedchaos]

Hmm... If day 1's bad for both of us and day 2's troublesome for you, maybe we could have them meet on the 5th? The 6th probably isn't that great, considering the conditions that day, so I think that's likely our best option.

[first-darkness.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me!