Hazmats vs Shepherds

[youhearthebells]

Who: Hazmat crew, Shepherds of racing justice, and the Red Eyes (NPC crew)
Where: at sea, and then on Safario Island
When: 7/6 through 7/31 ALL MONTH, ALL RACE
What: the entirety of the racing shenanigans for these two crews plus their NPC foes. First sailing to Safario, then to Ebony & Ivory, and then a final climactic showdown on Dnalsi.
Warnings: let me know if any besides shounen violence
Style: anything you want
Status: closed to members of Hazmat and Shepherd crews

Considering that the Friend Ship set out safely and securely after the race's start, the U.S.S. Booyakasha II had a bit of a head start at first, but between Scurvey Dog's delightful gift of chickens and the ensuing vegetable rain, they slowed down after the first day. Will it be for long, considering they have an Avatar on board? Let's find out!

The first token is located on Safario, in the East, a place of bizarre animals and sandy beaches and not a hell of a lot else. Who will have to fight who in order to safely land their ships and find the jerk with the token clue? Can they brave the Red Eyes with their poisoned sabers as well as vicious winged bears? The Shepherds take it, but can they keep it?

From there it's on to the strange island of Ebony & Ivory, where the island itself may not look dangerous but the culture has surprises in store for them. There's a week of strange rainbows and anglerfish to battle on the way to it.

The final stop is the cloud island Dnalsi, where everything is upside down and the laws of physics don't apply. What kind of place is this for a final battle, and who's going to end up with all the tokens? What if it's the Red Eye crew?


[ooc: information on our adversaries and route is here. Make your own starter threads for any time/location during the entirety of the race: Safario, E&I, Dnalsi, or any of the strange phenomenon and sailing times in between.]

Comments

[mostattitude]

[Forgets everything else she says as soon as that last thing leaves her mouth.]

..........A flaming monkey?

[His eyes light up.]

That is SO COOL.

[anelegantmyth]

Yeah, Infernape. It's basically this giant monkey pokemon, about your height, with a flaming head. I think the last time I had to battle that thing. He was able to do thunder punch and...this attack called flame blitz where it charges at you with this gigantic cyclone of fire.

[ She chuckles at the thought of that last battle. ]

Man...that battle was one for the books.

[mostattitude]

[Flame blitz...gigantic cyclone of fire...ooooohhh.]

These pokemon things are kinda cool, huh? We don't really have anything like that in my world. Unless you wanna play 'collect the mutants' or something.

[anelegantmyth]

Well we have about 700 species of pokemon to date, and arceus knows how many more we'll find. I remember Mikey flipped when I told him about the one that looks like a turtle but with giant water canons coming out of it's back.

[mostattitude]

[Snorts.]

He would. Surprised he didn't try to strap a cannon to his own shell. Heck, it might not be a bad idea.

[anelegantmyth]

Blastoise is about twice your size. Heck, it's twice my size. You'd have to strap on some pretty massive canons to have the same power as one.

[mostattitude]

Which would be so awesome, come on, you gotta admit it would be!

[anelegantmyth]

Oh most definitely! But I wasn't blessed with a shell so it wouldn't work with me. You on the other hand...why don't you ask Hiccup to try and make something? He's not Donnie, but he DID make Toothless' tail.

Raphael the Blastoise, I can see it.

[mostattitude]

Maybe.

[Looks like he's actually thinking about it.]

Wouldn't really work for the whole ninja gig, you know, giant massive guns would be pretty freaking hard to hide. But maybe just for kicks!

[anelegantmyth]

Well, my world has other turtle pokemon. There's Torterra, a MASSIVE grass pokemon that literally has a tree and grass growing from its back, and spikes that look like rocks. Smaller pokemon tend to build nests on them. There's also Torkoal, a fire type with a volcano for a shell.

Then there's Carracosta. To get one, you'd have to resurrect it from a fossil...come to think of it. They have these rocky structures on their faces that kind of look like masks too.

[mostattitude]

See, turtles are awesome. That's why there's so many turtle pokemon.

[Yep.]

[anelegantmyth]

Like I said, 700 pokemon. Oh! But there's another one that might interest you. It's not a native to my region, but there's a pokemon called a Greninja. From the name itself, I'm pretty sure you could guess what it is.

[mostattitude]

[Barks out a laugh.]

Ha! A pokemon with ninja skills?

[anelegantmyth]

Mhmm! We have quite a few actually. Heck, I have one right now.