City that Never Sleeps

[TheSmartOne]

Character Guide

Subway Tunnels
Donatello – TheSmartOne
Raphael - Jester
Leatherhead - Leatherhead (2012)
April & Karai - 19thCenturyGhost

The Lair
Leo & Splinter - BubblyShell22
Mystery fish things with red lights >D
Army o' Foot Ninjas - NPC's. Free for everyone to control.

Missin' in Action (For now)
Michelangelo - Snakeweed101

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Post Order:

TheSmartOne
Jester
Leatherhead
19thCenturyGhost
BubblyShell22

Snakeweed101 (To be given a place on the Post Order when the intro's up, so post whenever you're ready)

This is to keep things moving along and to give everyone a chance to get a post down without the roleplay moving too far ahead of them. It'll go in order of posted intros. When your turn rolls around, you'll have two days to get in your reply. If you don't have a chance, the next person can go ahead and post. I figure that's about enough time to keep things moving relatively quickly, while still accounting for the work/school etc. If you guys don't like the idea of a post order, then feel free to PM me. This thing isn't set in stone I just thought it would be an ideal way to give everyone a turn, without going 1984 on you all XD
Bold and red means it's that person's turn. I might not always have a chance to update that, so the board wins over me.

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The Low Down

That title is terrible and has nothing to do with anything, but oh well....
It's been a while since I've done some good old fashioned roleplaying, and I got to admit, the RPG board has been lookin' preeeetty good for a while. Since most of the other boards seem to be set in the 87' universe, I thought I'd do things a little different and make this based on the 2012 version, because this is how bad my geeking out has gotten and why the hell not xD.
So, some quick rules:

1- Know how to English (HAHAHAA, yeah I'm not funny.) Typo's happen and grammar can be tricky sometimes, but they shouldn't litter your posts. Remember, there's a big difference between someone getting hit with a Bug, and someone getting hit with a Bus

2- Follow the three N's. No Godmodin', No Powerplayin' and No Complainin' I'm not a mean gal. On a scale of one to ten, I'm rate about a 1.3, right there between pencil eraser and marshmellow. So let's keep things cool and have fun 8D

3- Ask to join and list the character you want. I'm stealing Donnie >__> not that that's a surprise *COUGHHack*

4- No originals, for now. I know the 2012 cast is kind of limited, but I'm usually kind of hesitant about allowing original characters when roleplaying fandoms. Those who decide to jump on this boat and take up a canon character miiiiiight get the option to use an original character later on. Maybe...we'll see.


Setting
The Sewers, maybe a good ten minute walk from the lair. New York's been getting some major rain for the last few days, disrupting daily life in the lair. There have been multiple power outages, some damaged electronics and even a few flash floods. The only one who seems happy with all the extra water is the tree in the training dojo.

[Jester]

A RPG with only a canon cast! Yea!

Can I be Sean Astin...er....Raphael?

[TheSmartOne]

(8D Hell yeah, How can I say no to Raph? I'll get an intro in the works and update it to this post when I'm done. It's not going to be long, but I've got a few errands to run here and there, so that's going to keep me from being prompt >_>)

[snake]

Can I be Mikey?

[TheSmartOne]

(xD But of course. And nfahefa I got distracted today. I'll get something going tomorrow when I get home from my art class. My bad, guys)

[Lethal Lullaby]

Oooh. Could I be April?

[LH]

If you need a Leatherhead, I'm your gator!

[TheSmartOne]

(Hahha, Donnie would kill me if I said no to April. He'd also kill me if I said yes to Leatherhead, but Leatherhead gets so many points of awesome, so he's overruled XDDD. ALSO, I HAVE INTRO FOR YOU GUYS! It turned out a little longer then I expected. My bad. Um, I figure that the Impromptu Flood Control Team will probably be Mikey, Raph and April. We'll say that Leo's helping Splinter salvage stuff in the lair. Leatherhead can jump in from anywhere >_> I have no direct cause for the flood as of yet, so it could be innocent or it could be sinister >D We'll seeeeee~
For obvious reasons, this will be pre-TCRI. Unless you have a good way of getting Leatherhead back, in which case, it would be interesting .)


There was no better way to judge the quality of your day, then by calculating the amount of time you spent standing in sewage. You could take his word as a scientist on that one. You just take the number of inches of sewer water, multiplied by the number of hours spent standing in said sewer water, add in the optional morning wake up call (an unpleasant 4 AM bath of, you guessed it, sewer water) and divide the entire equation by 3.5. The results should give you a number on a scale of one to ten. Donatello had a 21.7.
The facts were in, the data was solid:
Today officially sucked.

Not that it should have come as a surprise. It was the third such day of suck, out of what was so far proving to be a week of bad turtle luck. Someone up there seemed intent on drowning the Big Apple in a deluge of rain, and while life on the surface braved the storm with all the apathetic tenacity of your standard New Yorker, life in the sewer was made all the more difficult. Three black outs, one mini flood and lots of damaged and waterlogged furniture had Donnie working overtime to keep the lair from becoming a....well, a sewer. But while Donnie could handle electrical malfunctions and rebuilding the old television with ease, there was one thing he was honestly at a loss at. And that was the water. 12 inches of water to be exact, currently swirling around his knees and turning a simple walk down the old subway maintenance tunnels into an olympic sport. Along he trudged, pulling a bizarre balancing act with a map in one hand and a flashlight in the other, the sulpher yellow beam dancing about in the pitch dark of the tunnel. Every so often, he studied the swirling water between his feet, watching it as if its mere presence puzzled him.
It was more water then Donnie had expected to see, even with the bad weather raging on above their heads. The abandoned subway tunnels where they made their home should have been equipped against flooding, with runoff's and storm drains redirecting the worst of the storm away from the lair. But with the water rising every so slowly (albeit, at a snail's pace), Donnie was starting to suspect some clog in the system.

“Alright, we should be close. Keep an eye out for any signs that say 'Maintenance'.” Donnie said, checking on his impromptu flood control crew. “If something's keeping the water from draining out, that's probably the place we're going to find it.”


(Alright guys, let's get this party on the road! Get your posts up whenever you have them.)

[Jester]

Raphael wearily rubbed his eyes. His cold water wake up call at 4 A.M. left him feeling spent and well....cold.

"Couldn't we just...you know...move, Donnie? I mean New York is a big city, there are tons of abandoned subway tunnels. We could move to higher ground or something."

Raph's flashlight danced across the walls of the tunnel. He was able to make out "AINTEN" in it's glow.

"...but if you're intent on being all 'Mr. Fix-it,' we should go this way."

As Raph took the point, leading the way toward the maintenance tunnel, he noticed that the water level was continuing to rise.

"Looks like we gotta swim from here, Donnie. I hope you got us covered, because we may be turtles, but I'm betting it's gonna be one heck of a swim."

[LH]

Leatherhead was quickly swimming through the sewers. He was awakened at around 4 A.M. by a rush of water that struck him while he was sleeping. After thrashing around his home, he had calmed down enough to gather his thoughts.

"Something is wrong.. these tunnels are never this flooded"

Leatherhead continued to swim through the flooded tunnels. He went up for air and continued to survey the area.

"I recognize this area. These tunnels are used by humans for maintnence."

Suddenly, Leatherhead heard some familiar voices coming from nearby...

"My friends!"

Leatherhead quickly swam towards the voices of his friends, the turtles.

[TheSmartOne]

( just so you know, the water isn't quite deep. It's only about a foot, so roughly knee level for the turtles and April. My bad. Though Raph raised a good point about the block being underwater, so we shall keep that actually, I have an idea for what's causing the block, if you guys are up for some foot Ninja action a little later on >D
I can double as either Dogpound or Fishface. Anyone want a second char? Pick your favourite, I'll go with the second. We won't need them right away, but I got a plan to write them in when the time comes)

[BubblyShell22]

(I'd love to be on board for this. I'd like to play Leo and Splinter. You can't leave them out, you know.)

[DonatelloNinja82]

Do you have a Leo yet? I will be him if you need one!

Oops, just saw bubbly's post, sorry! Nevermind!

[TheSmartOne]

(Yes! The boys would probably be in serious trouble without their fearless leader XD Leo can join in, get a post down whenever you have a chance and if you want to work Splinter in, all the better!

D: and sorry Donattelloninja. You're welcome to jump in as anyone else? I could use some evil minions. We got Dogpound, Fishface or Mr. king of evil Shredder open for play. Otherwise we could always use an army of foot ninjas >D I was going to npc those, but if your up for causing mayhem, that honor can be yours!)

[Lethal Lullaby]

April followed behind them in the foot deep water. She decided to take off her boots so she could walk through the water with a little more ease. She knew she could have stayed up on the surface, but there was no way she was going to let the turtles have all the excitement by themselves.

She crossed her arms when she heard they had to swim to get to the block. "Easy for you to say. You guys are part turtle. I can only hold my breathe for so long." April noted.

"Does this mean I have to go back?" April asked, though she wished she could help her friends in some way.

(That look okay for now? Oh and do we need a Karai? )

[TheSmartOne]

(Karai would be awesome *_*anyways, don't worry about the doubling just yet. I realized that I sort of wrote myself into a corner, so the foot attack won't happen immediately. We'll have the characters interact for a little and when we get there we get there I'm at work now, but I'll update our player list when I get home.
Btw you guys are awesome, I'm so excited for this )

[BubblyShell22]

(I have a question before I start my posting. Is the flood in the Lair itself, too, or just outside in the sewers?)

[TheSmartOne]

(lair and most of the surrounding subway tunnels. When I say flooded, it's probably a little worse (We'll go ahead and give it a concrete measurement and say it's about a foot and a half of water) in the lair, then the tunnel that everyone's in now. But it's no immediate danger. It's just cold, the powers out, lots of stuff has been ruined and if the weather stays bad for another week, they'd probably find themselves flooded out.
Because miserable circumstances are fun xD. To borrow a line from Leo, I'm sort of just making this up as I go along ^^; )

[BubblyShell22]

(Ah, I see. Thanks.)

Leonardo sighed as he shone his flashlight around the Lair. He was helping Splinter to salvage anything that they could find to save from the terrible flood. If it had been anything else, Leo would have been able to fix it, but this was Nature's fault and not something that could be helped.

"Sensei, have you found anything else?" he asked.

"I think the best thing we can do is take what we can carry," Splinter replied. "I do not know if we will have to relocate or not."

"There has to be a way to get rid of this water," Leo replied.

"I am afraid there is no way we can," Splinter told him. "We will just have to continue scavenging."

"Well, we definitely need to take the TV," Leo declared. There was no way he was going to miss Space Heroes.

"We will take what we can," Splinter said firmly. "If we cannot take the television, then we can replace it."

[TheSmartOne]

(I went a little OCD on the rule post and rearranged things for better clarity. From now on I'll use the first post for any really important stuff I feel you guys should know. Since it's right there and the first thing that loads on the page. The post order thing is to be implemented as of now. Aaand this will hopefully be the last time I interrupt everything to give out of character info. Anyways, don't worry about the fact that we got two different locations. I got a plan to get everyone together relatively quickly. Speaking of plans, if anyone has ideas or plots or doesn't like something, as always, feel free to let me know )