~Little Tokyo High~ 6:00 AM (Creators Corner 2)

[Mechadon]

In this story you start your character's day at 6:00 AM. They are either getting ready for school, still in bed or in Panzer's case, already at school. Let's just see where this goes.

[Mechadon]

Leon: It's 6:00 AM and even the sun isn't out of bed yet. All is quiet on the street in front of Little Tokyo High. That is, until the silence is broken by rumbling motor of a city bus from downtown. On that bus is my client’s son, Panzer. He’s in the most cheerful of moods while going to school three hours before class time. Don’t ask me why. He’s just weird that way.

*Panzer passes by the bus driver on his way off*

Panzer: Thanks for driving me to school. I hope you have a wonderful day!
Bus Driver: No problem kid.

*Music starts playing*

Leon: Woah! Where did that tune come from?

*Panzer starts signing as soon as his foot touches the pavement*
(Leon: Feel free to sign along if you know this one folks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xrpwH1Uuns

Panzer: Everybody lives on a street in a city
Or a village or a town for what it's worth.
And they're all inside a country which is part of a continent
That sits upon a planet known as Earth.

And the Earth is a ball full of oceans and some mountains
Which is out there spinning silently in space.
And living on that Earth are the plants and the animals
And also the entire, um…, animaloid race!

It's a great big universe
And we're all really puny
We're just tiny little specks
About the size of Mickey Rooney.
It's big and black and inky
And we are small and dinky
It's a big!
Universe!
And we're NOOOT!

*Panzer continues to hum and whistle the song when he finally enters Little Tokyo High.
He walks to his locker and opens it.*

Leon: PANZER! BEHIND YOU!

BAAAAM! CRASH! SLAM!   …click.

Panzer: Aw! Son of a...
Leon: I bet NOW you wish hadn’t come to school so early.

Panzer: If I ever find whoever keeps doing this to me, I’m GONNA KILL THEM!

Leon: Now, Panzer, we promised this story wouldn’t become violent. Remember?

[DashStPierre]

Meanwhile...

Its 6 AM and the sun hasn't come up yet. We focus in on a little house just outside of Little Tokyo. Its very quiet...but not for long...


Grams: DASH JEAN LUC ST PIERRE YOU BETTER HAUL YOUR BUTT OUT OF THAT BED RIGHT NOW!
Dash: Alright, alright...you can put the frying pan away Grams Im already up. I was just practicing my martial arts some in my room

So Dash came down the steps, grabbed the two garbage bags by the door and took them out to the dumpster by the street.

Grams: I made sure that you had what you needed to make your favorite, hon, just make sure you don't overwork the toaster this time.
Dash: Hey, I was hungry that morning...

With that, Dash made 3 toasted peanut butter and jelly (grape of course) sandwiches. After finishing his breakfast, Dash strapped on his skates and headed out the door.

Grams: DASH! YOU FORGOT YOUR HELMET AGAIN!
Dash: Sorry...

So he hurried back, got his helmet, strapped it on and headed for school.

[SteC]

On the other side of Little Tokyo...

Loud noises can be heard from a colourful ramshackle house down the street. If we listen closely, someone is approaching the front door.
WHAM!

Bouncer: "Bye, Mom! Bye, big bro!" (while ignoring the fact that the rest of his family are still asleep.)

Meet Bouncer, a bright young mouse who woke up earlier than usual this morning. Look at him, all ready to go to school after a fresh breakfast. Well, we could get a better look at his cheerful expression if it wasn't for his long bleached hair covering his face since he forgot to tidy it up. And if his pointed ears are a couple of feet longer, they would be dragging along the ground. But I digress...

Anyway, by the time he reached the end of the street, he finally fixed his hair up and wore a big fat, grin on his face. Now that's better...

[Mechadon]

The sun was shining bright and hot overhead, the sky displaying a vibrant blue colour, and the clouds were extra white and fluffy. Panzer couldn’t have asked for a better day to go swimming. He had taken off his shell and left it with his towel on the side of the pool. Panzer stood on the pool’s edge wearing nothing but his blue swim-trunks. He closed his eyes for a moment to better feel the warmth of the sun on his bare chest. He then tested the water with his foot. Warm. Just the way he liked it. The armadillo lowered himself into the water and proceeded to walk out toward the deep end. When his feet could no longer touch the bottom, he launched off into a dog-paddle. He continued to swim this way, back and forth from one end of the pool to the other, occasionally diving under.

Panzer resurfaced a final time. A funny feeling washed over him. He felt that he wasn’t alone. Panzer turned to the pool's edge and, to his surprise, there was a girl sitting on one of the lounge-chairs. Oddly, he had never noticed her entering the pool area. She was an ant-eater and appeared to be a year older than Panzer. She wore a bright red two-piece bikini. Panzer observed in silence as she ran a brush through her sandy brown hair. She stopped, set the brush down on the seat beside her, stood up, and walked over to the deep end of the pool. The girl stepped up onto the diving board. All the while, she didn’t seem to notice Panzer. Gracefully, she dove into the water and continued to swim in a strait line under the surface, right toward Panzer! She finally surfaced five feet in front of Panzer. Panzer was paralyzed. She smiled.

Girl: Hi!
Panzer: …hi.
She swam closer, closing the distance between them. Panzer could now see every feature of her face. She was beautiful. He could not take his gaze off her sapphire eyes.
Girl: What’s your name?
Panzer: My name? My name is …is. My name is Panzy. No! Panzer!
She giggles.
Girl: Hi Panzer. Wanna swim with me?
Panzer: Sure.
She takes Panzer by both his arms and pulls him toward the deep end.
Girl: Come on now! Kick with your legs!
Panzer snaps out of it.
Panzer: Sorry.
They continued to swim together. The whole time, the girl never let go of Panzer’s arms. Panzer’s mind was racing. He wanted to do more than just swim with this girl. The moment he thought this, the girl stopped and then helped Panzer swim to the shallow end of the pool. They finally found the edge where they could both stand. Though she didn’t say anything, Panzer could tell what the girl was thinking. And he liked it. She pulled him closer to her (if, at all, that was possible). The girl put her right hand on his bare chest and placed her left on the back of his head, pulling him into a kiss. Panzer did the same by putting his right hand on the back of her head and his left on her chest. Her chest felt cold metallic and flat. And her mouth tasted …cardboardy. It turned out Panzer wasn’t in a pool kissing a hot girl. He was still trapped inside his locker, making-out with his History text-book.

Panzer: What the? Darn, I didn’t even get her number.

Panzer must have fallen asleep. An undeterminable amount of time had passed. For all he knew, he could have slept through the whole day.

[Blackcat]

(Ok, I dunno if this is going to work, but from now on, Jack is going to have a bad attitude)

A Black cat with green eyes, named Jack, woke up; he was at home, in his bedroom.  He looked himself in the mirror, his fur was a mess, he looked at the clock 6: AM?. He decided to take a shower, and we are going to skip that part because it evolves a nude “Funny animal” taking a shower…

Later, he dries his fur, puts some clothes on, remembers he lost his chance to talk to his father, and cursed in a low voice. What the heck was going with his life? The latest thing he knew was that he had a Wild side and a girl inside his head, at least that what happened in his dream. Who freaking cares, he prepared himself some coffee, and then he remembers he lost the premier of that Swat Kats movie, and cursed again…

School? That place was a mess; he had started to think his life was better when he only had to worry about those ninjas that for some reason wanted to kidnap him.

“Ninjas, who want to kidnap me, what the strawberries is wrong with me?” he thought, maybe it was that wild side with red eyes, the one he saw in his dream. Maybe they wanted to use him, Jack Daniel Black, to create an army of ninjas that could change into some kind of super ninjas.

He looked at a cool green and black armor that was next to his closet, how the honey he got that?. Suddenly, his eyes turned red, and he trashed the thing, then his eyes turned back to the normal color, green, and he heard some Neighbors complain about the noise he made. This time he remembered, he remembered what he did while having red eyes. Maybe, just maybe, Jack needed professional help, or just turn into one of those villains who never conquer the world but try a lot to.

[Mechadon]

An undeterminable amount of time later...

Panzer (still inside his locker):

Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So! Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Oh Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks!

...

Leon: I can't take this anymore! He's been singing every song he knows!
And what happens when he runs out of songs to sing?
Someone please come to his rescue!

[SteC]

It is now 6:04 AM, and SteC, the funky jerboa*, has been walking on the way to Little Tokyo High for at least a couple of minutes now. As each minute passed, one fellow student after another started to take the same path as him, although he didn't recognise anyone he knew yet. They all took different grades. Some of the younger pupils would group together to decide how they would bunk off school today;

"Let's eat a lotta candy, and then we'll be sick for the whole day!"
"Can't. I only got 20 yen after playing marbles."

Even though he loves sweets for a passion, SteC couldn't care less about ditching a day off school as he walked on to LTH. The thought about it made him reach for his stitched-up pocket on his green kimono uniform. And good gosh, he felt something in his hand and pulled a face...

("Awww. My choco-berry creams've melted!")

He thought about washing his sticky mess down by the riverside just beside the path to Lil' Tokyo High, but he thought it would be a good laugh to talk all about this to his best pal around the corner...



* Jerboa is a type of mouse, the long-eared, long-tailed kind. If you've seen my anthro character at deviantart, then you'll get the picture. Seems like there're related!! 

[KyoZaber]

(I'm considering this one of the "Creators Corner" sides of the Little Tokyo High series. You folks are in control of everything you see and hear. Except for Kyo.

You folks decide what you wish for rules in the "Creators Corner" threads. I'm not going to interfere unless I get reports from you guys saying there are problems.

Enjoy~  )

[Blackcat]

(Is your fault for going to school at 6:00 AM, that’s like, one or two hours too early...)

While Panzer sings like a madman, making crazy a personal narrator HE SHOULDN’T HAVE in the first place. Jack turns on his PC and plays Tetris, over and over again. Tired of losing he thinks what else to do; is too early to go to Little Tokyo High and he hates the place anyway. Suddenly a lady in white appears in from of him, is like a ghost...

Lady in white: Panzer is in danger!, you must rescue him!

Jack: Who the heck is Panzer?

Lady in white: UH? SORRY WRONG PLACE!

*And the lady disappears, Jack decides he was just daydreaming decides to try his luck with a car racing game...

Meanwhile, in another place, more precisely inside a closet…In Little Tokyo High

Fox girl: HEY! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!

And Panzer just happens to hear the girl...

[Mechadon]

Leon: “Look, Panzer. We need to talk.”
Panzer: “About what?”
Leon: “I believe this situation you’re in could have easily been avoided.”
Panzer: “How so?”
Leon: “On your first day, you know, the Shnikies incident. You never said anything about being pushed into the locker to anyone.”
Panzer: “A lot more happened that day, Leon.”
Leon: “That’s no excuse Panzer! I’m sure if you had told someone, something would have been done about it. Another thing I don’t get is why you act the way you do. Why did you come to school at six o’ clock?”
Panzer: “Carpe Diem.”
Leon: “What?”
Panzer: “Carpe Diem. It means “seize the day”. That what my father always says. Don’t you know Latin?”
Leon: “That’s exactly what I mean! Why do you care about Latin? I’m sure if your father didn’t have to go to work so early and could see just how early you leave for school, he would disapprove. Its okay to plan ahead and to want an early start on your day, but what you’re doing is so awkward and nerdy.”

Panzer: “Oh my god.”
Leon: “What?”
Panzer: “Why didn’t I think of this before? The locker door, It hasn’t been fixed yet. I bet if I push hard enough I can force this open.”

Panzer braces his back onto the door and pushes his feet against the back of the locker. After a minute of pushing, the metal around the lock begins to bend and the screws begin to loosen. Panzer stops, pushes himself as far back into the locker as he can, and rams the door with his shoulder.

BAM! The entire door falls of it’s hinges and Panzer stumbles out.

Panzer: “HA HA! I’m free!”
Leon: “Good job kid! Wait, where are you going?”
Panzer: “To the school lab. Leon, you’re forgetting that there is still a locker-pushing bandit on the loose. There’s an hour and a half left until school starts. I’m gonna find him. And I have a plan.”

[SteC]

Meanwhile...
6:12am, and SteC is accompanied by his school buddy, Nash. The simple dormouse stifled a frown during their talk over school:

Nash: "Don't you feel too smart for school?"
SteC looks surprised.
SteC: "Funny question. You've been in a funny mood since I called at your place. You're not thinking of..." (yeah, he dished out some light sarcasm there!)
Nash: "No, I'm not. But I did find something cool to do while I was in hospital..."
SteC: "I dunno. Sampled hospital food?"
Nash: "That wasn't so bad!! Sure I got given too much horsereadish with my fish, but while I got treated for my broken *ahem*, I... read my... dad's books. Surprised they haven't become sawdust by now."
SteC: "And THAT explains why you're not going to school today?" (ooooh, he's scowling!)
Nash: "Hey, quit looking at me like that! Of course I'm going to LTH today - I just don't have long left before I leave, that's all. (thinking) Are you gonna wash your clothes after finding that chocolate this morning?"
SteC: "Nah. I just hope someone will come up to me and ask me to look after their lunch money. Heh heh heh!"

So what did happen to Nash when he was in hospital? SteC knows for sure, but his friend does seem to act differently from before the accident. The poor guy couldn't speak for weeks...

[DashStPierre]

Dash skated along occasionally stopping to practice a few tricks on a stairwell or handrail. When he arrived at LTH it was 7:25. HIs first block class started in 5 minutes. So with that he took a speedskater's position just inside the door, and bolted down the hallway like he was shot out of a cannon. He whizzed down the hallway, past his locker and arrived in the classroom just as the bell to begin class started ringing. He rolled to his desk, dropped off his backpack and went up to the teacher to ask if he coudl go back to his locker and put his skates and helmet away.

[Mechadon]

6:25

Leon: “Panzer, I don’t think the school will appreciate you disassembling their laboratory electronics.”
Panzer: “Relax, I’ll put everything back when I’m done.”
Leon: “Uh… right and what exactly do you think you’re building?”
Panzer *getting annoyed*: “Leon, I know what I’m doing. I’m building a motion tracker.”
Leon: “Ah! I see! And if this motion tracker works, you’re going to use it to find your Locker-Pusher Bandit.”
Panzer: “It’s gonna work. I watched my father assemble hundreds of these when he used to work in the hardware branch of NeuraDyne. Those ones were way more complex than the one I’m building now and much smaller. The ones my dad used to build were meant to be installed on reconnaissance drones for the US army.”
Leon: “Ok then so how does it work? What does it key on?”
Panzer: “Micro-changes in air density.”
Leon: “Fabulous”
Panzer: “That makes me wonder. Little Tokyo’s army doesn’t use any automations; they prefer to do things the old-fashion way, I mean, the really old-fashion way. So what does Little Tokyo need NeuraDyne for? The only robots we ever see in this town are the ones the Karakara Clan use. NeuraDyne would never do business with criminals like them. Besides, I think the Government would easily find out about such a partnership. Unless there was someone very rotten within the Government.”

Panzer: “Alright. I’m finished.”
Leon: “Okay so this thing supposedly senses movement. But how does it indicate that it senses something? It looks like a grey lunch-box with red bulb on it.”
Panzer: “Good observation. It’s simple really. When the source of movement comes closer, this red light flashes more frequently. Now, come Leon, follow me!”
Leon: “I can’t. I’m a narrator.”
Panzer: “Oh. Okay then …keep on narrating me.”

[Blackcat]

6:30 AM

"What the heck I’m doing here?" Jack thought, he was in front of a bar, at a time when Bars where closed. And he was just too young to legally drink alcohol anyway.  The door opened, a bunny boy exited and then closed the door with a key. Then he looked at Jack, he was surprised.

-What are you doing here?-  the bunny boy asked, then Jack noticed the dude was dressed as a Samurai and had a sword, Uh OH…

-¡Nothing!…I’m just looking for a part-time job- Jack said, and then he noticed the bunny boy was about his age-. Hey, you don’t look much older than me, what are you doing working in a bar?.

-Mind your own business kid, or my sword may met your throat.- the bunny said, and Jack just walked away…for a few meters, the he ran like da Devil was chasing him..

[SteC]

6:40am

SteC is still chatting with Nash for like, the past 20 minutes. To pass the time, they both stopped by a store that had just opened its doors and windows meaning that it's open for the day. The groceries were put out and the smell of coffee is flowing from the back end of the shop. Breakfast, Nash and SteC both muttered in unison. They noticed that the shopkeeper hasn't stepped outside yet to greet the early-morning customers.

Nash: "Well, let's give it a coupla minutes before we can get our brekkie."
SteC: "Hold on. You mean to say you forgot breakfast this morning?" *starts rummaging his school bag as he talks" "You know, if you had just said when we met up, I could get you some slices of buttered..."

Just as they spoke, the shopkeeper finally came out the front door, greeting the two kids in front of him. (I used the same word twice in one sentence, but I think I got away with it...) Anyway, he is a moose who had just polished his waffly antlers.

Moosey shopkeeper: "Welcome, boys! Headin' off to school I see?"
Nash: "Oh you said it, mister." *smiles* "But we're stopping to get some candy first."
SteC: (candy for breakfast?! That's what I used to have until I was 10!) *snaps out of his daydream* "Huh? No rice wine for me, mister. I'll have some apples, please. *grins*

The shopkeeper and Nash looked at SteC as if he just said something corny, which he did...


(Note to Kyo - hope you don't mind me roleplaying two characters at once. SteC and Nash, they're both mine  )

[Blackcat]

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1) Mechadon  is the one running THIS rpg, Kyo is the moderator

2) Even if this is supposed to be a more "Free" roleplay than the ones ruled by Kyo, could you please try to not abuse?. Don’t do stuff like having personal narrators, roleplaying two characters at the same time, using a Mary Sue and do a “big time jump”.  This are only suggestions, I dont run this thing^_-

 3) In my personal opinion it would be more interesting if Panzer was crazy and had an imaginary friend, instead of a narrator. If you need to use more than one character to advance the plot, don’t use the “ non regular” characters all the time, is ok to do funny stuff or create some kind of conflict, but roleplaying two characters at the same time? I don’t think is fair.

4) Have a nice day!, and remember, this are only ideas, do what you want…
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[Mechadon]

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Okay Blackcat. You just gave me a great idea.
From now on Leon isn't a narrator. He can be Panzer's personal AI system on a wrist-band computer.
Why didn't I think of this before? It works perfectly. Panzer's father is a software programmer at NeuraDyne.

If your original intention was to make me get rid of Leon entirely, then you have failed miserably. Instead you have helped me re-imagine this character.
Thank you.
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[Blackcat]

(I wanted to avoid the use of personal narrators; I can’t really make you kill Leon when Jack has three personalities inside his head)

6:40 AM

Jack stopped running, panting, he was tired, alone and hungry. So he decided to return home, the bad thing was, he was lost!. This wasn’t his neighborhood, and the fact it was a bit dark didn’t help at all. Suddenly, he started to sniff the air, an aroma attracted him intensely, when he looked to the place the aroma came from he saw a beautiful pink haired cat woman with blue eyes, unfortunately dating with women was never Jack strong point. Besides the woman was older than him…so he decided to walk way and avoid possible humiliation…when his others two personalities took over and made him unable to move!.

Jack: Ahh! I cant move! help!

[KyoZaber]

(Just a reminder, Creators Corner series is meant to be a collaboration by everyone.
Mechadon did make the thread, so his ideas should, in respect, be given a little more consideration while this storyline is still going.
Otherwise all is fair in love & war. ... Cept privates kicking.)