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Hello, hello! And welcome to another firekin mini-ICRP game! This time we've got a couple of nice prizes, and hope to see you all check it out!

First of all- what is a IC RP game?

An in character game functions almost exactly like an out of character one... except that instead of you taking part, your character does! Any events that happen over the course of the game effect your character. There are two parts to the game- first, the actual game portion for which your writing skills and overall characterization play no part. Second is the RP contest- where your reactions to the prompt are judged and a winner is determined.

Sweet- who can participate?

All firekin members may participate in the search party, except cubs. If you are NOT a member, you can join with a dueling rogue so long as their application has been accepted. If you do not have either, you may alternatively use a predator-familiar character to 'discover' the lioness.*

*If you use a familiar however, it will be assumed by the pride that the Rogue found her own way home.
** New rule for cubs! Cubs will be searching with Ea- and may claim a spot on the map for their 'cub group' to search!

THE PLOT:



This lovely lioness recently won her duel into the pride. Eager to start settling in to her new home, the Rogue immediately took to exploring and challenging other members of the pride to skirmishes. However... one day, a particularly wiseass firekin decided it would be funny to give the new recruit some bad directions during a hunting trip. It's been two days now... and the Rogue is no where to be found!

Exasperated that another member of the pride has managed to injure themselves [or worse], Ea has decided to organize a search party... and its up to your lion to figure out where this Rogue has gone off to!

THE PRIZES:

There are several! The lion who choses the correct [or nearest to the correct] spot on the map wins the lioness. You may keep them or gift them away. She does not need a duel to be certed, but will however need one completed pride RP.

Secondly, the player with the best/most creative response will win 350k towards whatever you want. However, if you chose to use it to custom a new firekin, you may also bypass the duel system. [However, you'll still need the one general pride RP to be certed.]

Finally, just for taking part in this event you may 'unlock' the rank “tracker” for your character. You do NOT have to use it- for instance, if your character is a soldier and you don't want them to change jobs. But if you ARE looking for a new rank for a hard to place character, or just thinking playing a tracker might be cool, then you are free to have any participant of the game recerted under the title “tracker.” Trackers may only be acquired through special events like this.

SAMPLE:



Area being claimed: 0,0
Character: Ea
Response:

Ea was not pleased.

Ever since she had the role of doctor more or less thrown onto her lap thanks to Vlam, it seemed her parents had come under the false assumption that she was maturing into a capable individual. A capable individual who had the mind to do such things as organize a search party. Even thinking it didn't sound like her!

But there she was, sitting on a rock in front of a bunch of volunteers, trying her best not to vomit. The only pratical reasoning for doing this, Ea had reasoned, was to save herself the pain of having to doctor the little loss lioness when she no doubt found her way home. At least that, seemed logical. But then again...

"Alright everyone," Ea cleared her throat, her wild eyes scanning over the small group. On her left sat Vlam, who was as silent and bitter looking as usual. At least it made her appear to be someone important. "You know the drill. We've got a little lost baby out in the woods. And while it's awfully tempting to just let the Motoujamii claim what it wishes, this rogue proved herself a member of the pride when she won her duel."

She crinkled her snout. "We ALSO have information that it was one of our own members that might have deliberately given her misdirections as a joke. Names will not be named. But you can rest assured, the parties involved will be punished." To this, she made sure to look as menancing as possible, in case the guilty party was present.

"Thanks to some cooperation with the guard regiment, we're going to be fanning out and searching the outlying areas. I don't want anyone else to get lost- so please, stay within shouting distance of the nearest tracker." She straightened. "Should you become lost, you will be laughed at. No question."

With that, Ea hopped down from her stone, and looked out towards the desert. "If you come across the rogue and find her injured, please do not move her. Stay where you are and call for help. You're more likely to do more damage if you try to drag her home. Otherwise, lead her back to the mainland and we'll talk about giving you a little medal of heroism. Or something."

"Any questions? No? I hope not because I don't really care to answer them! Don't get lost. Find the rogue. Come back home. Alright? Sounds good. You are dismissed! Start looking!"

Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? No

((I think I read the rules correct, I can enter with a meat-eating familiar?))



Area being claimed: 4/4
Character: Moyo'Mkali
Response: He had been sleeping, comfortably dozing on the warm sand when an unknown scent drifted past on the sultry breeze. Or rather, it was of a type that he knew and that made his fur prickle. The musty scent of an over heated lioness. Sniffing he wrinkled his nose but the scent remained.

"Damn.."

It seemed his nice little vacation in the heat had been interrupted. And as he lay there, it became clear that the scent would not go away... Had they died close by? Yuck... such an unpleasant idea. Lifting his head he shook the sand from his fur, rolling onto his tummy.

"I guess I have to go see... if they are alive I can at least go back to sleep..." He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep with the idea of a lioness slowly dieing anywhere close by, so with a huff and a snort, he rose onto his paws and looked around, tail flicking behind him. He knew where a pool of water was and maybe that would be enough enticement to get her moving along.

So with a plan of action the bright pink serval set off, following his nose.

Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? For the lioness prize if I win, if possible. (Since my participating character is a familiar)

Form:

Area being claimed: 4,3 ( in case I get that wrong, haha, the one with the skeleton)
Character:
Response:
Pepea'moto was focused on his task; the weight of the responsibility presumed to have been bestowed upon him was heavy for his youth, but he shouldered it resolutely and went as he was bid. Whether or not he desired the return of the rogue personally was beside the point - it was best for the pride that she returned, or at least, that was what he had convinced himself of. Ea wouldn't be wasting their time for naught, after all, and a member lost meant the pride's population went down and even a cub counted so it made plenty of sense to go off in search of this new member.

Of course he had his doubts. The member had been new. What if she'd just decided to move on and that the Motoujamii was not for her? He thought that was crazy, but you never knew. There were crazy lions out there after all. Maybe some crazy lions didn't like his homeland. He pulled a face at that, but Ea was talking so he quickly reined in his young features in order to appear as attentive as possible. Ea was right. The rogue had won her duel, that made her part of the pride no matter what anyone else thought - including whoever had sent her out on this fool's errand with misdirections. He turned his head as Ea did to look at those gathered, his expression as menacing as he could make it. That wasn't very nice of them, whoever it had been. He wondered what sort of punishment they would get...

Laughed at? Oh, he didn't want to get laughed at. Cub or no, he had no intention of getting lost if he'd be laughed at in the end. How could he ever live something like that down? His insides hardened with determination as his muscles tensed - so here they went. Off into the desert; Ea hadn't a need to worry about him dragging the rogue home, though he supposed he'd try. Yes, he'd do whatever he had to to get her back. A medal of heroism, little or not, was better than being laughed at. What if they laughed at him for coming back empty-handed anyway?

Casting a glance around at the others gathered for the search, her set his lips in a grim line and nodded, ignorant of the comedy some might find in his stubborn cubness as he took the task so seriously. Unfolding his hind legs, he flicked his little tail once and then set off at a slow jog, wary of the heat but also aware that his little legs would not carry him quite so far as quickly as the others --- and he wanted to find her first!
Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? Sure! When he's old enough. smile

Claiming 2/5!



Area being claimed: 2,5
Character: Kosuke
Response:

The male let out a bit of a huff, glaring at Ea. How could they let such a directional failure in? Regardless of her passing the duel, the little idiot had gotten lost! Not that bad directions wasn't the major factor... But still!

With the dismissal of everybody, Kosuke stalked off to search. When he found her, he'd give her a good talking-too. Even if she was injured... Which he hoped she was, or he'd make SURE she was injured. Then he'd find whoever gave her the crap directions...

So lost in his musings, Kosuke managed to not notice when he got to the river. He looked around, before backtracking. Gold eyes narrowed as he looked around, trying to locate her. Okay, maybe LOOKING with his EYES wasn't such a great idea out here... Especially a blindingly white lion. It was like trying to find Savitri in the desert... So he used his nose.

As he stalked the ground, he used the skill of a hunter, soon catching a scent. He wasn't sure if it was HER scent or not, but it was at least A scent. Finding a small cluster of bushes, he hunkered down, ears back. "Okay... One... Two... THREE!" He jumped through the bushes, landed on the other side, and stared in surprise at what he found.

Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? Y

Area being claimed: 2,6
Character:
Response:

Mpeko had taken the news with both horror and sadness. While her half-sister Hana was glad, Mpeko was not. So, bidding her sibling a good day hunting, Mpeko moved out. The newbie had to be frightened and sher certainly didn't relish hearing the lioness was in pain, or worse! No, today, she sought to help, as only the 'huggiest Firekin' could, and set out hunting for the newbie. What jerk misled another Firekin anyhow? It made her so mad, she could... She could... BAH! One paw swatted a pile of sand and sulked, sitting. This.... Well, she just had to move, and help. After all-- it was i8mportant!

Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? Yes please! :>

Area being claimed: 5, 2
Character: Miale'ku'Majivu
Response: Miale, most would think, wasn't the sort to get worried about a new member that had gotten lost. Most would think wrong. Miale was the sort who WOULD worry. She just wasn't going to show it to anyone who didn't know her well. After all, new blood meant new strength. And that was what the pride was about, right? Strength. Of course, that train of thought led her to getting annoyed with whoever had sent the new girl the wrong way. THAT was all sorts of underhanded. The annoyance in her could be seen in the way her tail twitched back and forth as she listened to Ea, and the way her hackles were ever-so-slightly raised.

And there was certainly no way she was getting lost. She didn't care about others laughing at her. But if one of her siblings did...Well, she'd never be able to live that down. She started after Ea, staying with the older lioness and the other cubs. She hoped the lioness wasn't injured.
Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? When she's older, yes.

Area being claimed: 1,5
Character: Atesh
Response:

This was it.

Lately, Atesh had been feeling as though something was amiss, as though... he didn't stand out enough, that he wasn't special enough to be his father's son. And all he wanted--all he had ever wanted--was to make his parents proud.

This was it.

This was his chance to prove, as much to himself as to Azarax, that he was worthy of lineage, that his parent's courage and greatness had not been lost in him. He was going to find that lioness.

Getting lost was not particularly an area of concern for the striped lion. This was his home; these were his lands, and he had been wandering them almost since birth. He knew every dip and dune in the desert instinctively, and the mere idea of getting lost within the pride's lands was entirely foreign to him. Of course, that didn't apply for new lions. But that was okay. He would be there.

Are you claiming the Tracker rank for this character? Methinks yes cool