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[font=arial]Heh, thanks. I wasn't really aiming for dark, though, more like orange. If that makes sense. Eh, more like a kind of life is drag, I'm bored, I'm losing perspective, there's nothing to do type of thing. Heh, it rhymed! I still can't get over that...[/font]

[font=arial]"Please address me as Mr. Marksman, class." *beats metal ruler in palm of hand* [b]Name:[/b] Alex Marksman (teacher) [b]Age:[/b] 29 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Appearance:[/b] [img]http://www.kocica.com/anime/saitoh4.jpg[/img] [b]Subject You Teach:[/b] Biology [b]Weapons:[/b] x1 Hunter Knife, with sheath, x1 .44 magnum, with holster [b]Race/Nationality:[/b] Japanese [b]Attitude:[/b] Witty and sarcastic, he is usually unpopular with the students. Small things, like a kid being late for class, will make him angry and violent. He usually throws things like dictionaries and pens, but when he gets really angry, he beats the kids over the head with the side of his handgun. Sometimes, he pulls a knife on kids that are constantly acting up. [b]Bio:[/b] Born in Japan, he moved to the U.S. with his parents when he was 7. His parents were searching for fortune and happiness in America, but recieved rascism and violence. Both of his parents were killed in a driveby shooting when he was 10. After that, he became violently protective, and isolated himself from the world. He eventually returned to a social life, but was never that same. He would become violently angry at little things, and was cruelly sarcastic. This followed up to his teaching career, which he is not very happy about, adding to his violence. He would much rather be a real biologist.[/font]

[font=arial]Hey, it rhymes! Yea, I haven't done a rhyming poem in a while, or... [i]A poem[/i], but I thought it was good enough to post. Enjoy. Oh, I'd also like some comments.[/font] --------------- [color=gray][size=1][font=century]Holding On All you, staring at me Tell me, how can you see? I'm really not that different anymore Tell me, how can you tell That I'm such an angel? I'm not so full of life anymore What happened that day, The day I gave my life away? To save the others from the fall I can no longer see the difference between you and me I just can't stay here anymore So, I've done some good things, Why do I feel so bad? The darkness in my heart is beating strong, Ever since that day, when I gave my life away How, can you see into me I'm not that simple, you'll find, I'm not that different anymore This darkness in my heart may be beating strong, But I've got to hold on You may think you've got me, And that you understand Well it's really not as simple as that I've been poisoned since that day The day my soul gave way And I am still holding strong The quavering darkness may be near, And my heart will have to find a place to take hold I may be fighting a war Against the one who tore my soul apart But I've still been here all along I'm still here, through it all[/color][/font][/size]

[font=arial]Yes, like Mitch and Baron Samedi said, simply put, "Let's get back to the topic of this thread, shall we?" I also agree with Mitch. Overpopulation has [b]nothing[/b] to do with it. China is(correct me if I'm wrong) the most populated country on earth, and to my knowledge, they have not even begun to experiment with nuclear devices, for either weapons or for energy. Another thing: This human extinction thing is getting out of hand. I meant for it to be one little example. Human extinction, if I am correct, is not the topic of this thread. I'd rather talk about relevant things, like what humans have done or not done to deserve such a title as "monster." If you, like me, want to make this relevant, then lets talk about how the wars explain or don't explain why humans as a group, are "monsters." Like I said, a monster, by definition and inference, is something that looks or acts in a way that is distasteful to that particular being. That, I believe makes for an incorrect title. I believe it has been said on this thread before, and I believe it too. "Humans aren't simply evil, they're simply stupid." This may have no relevance, but PheonixFlame, like countless people have said, I suggest that you take a look at you post's grammar.[/font]

[font=arial]Humans always find a way to survive. Yes, that is partly true. Another instinct. The extremely potent will to live. Although that won't save us from toxins, it possibly could save us from my whole war scenario. Through the fact that what I said could happen, we may decide that it is in our best interest to hold back. However, saying humans always find a way to survive is, in my opinion, flawed. Humans always [b]try[/b] to survive is what I think makes more sense.[/font]

[font=arial]Humans are not monsters, no. "Monster," however is a generalization. Moster describes appearance and/or personality, and is in fact, usually something that looks groutesque to [b]humans[/b]. So, I simply do not believe monster is the correct term. I think the correct phrase is a sentence: [i]The race that struggles against itself.[/i] For example, look at how different PoisonTounge and DeathBug's beliefs are. You can probably put that to a larger, more extreme scale, and figure out my label yourself. I also admit humans cannot control certain instincts. for instance, need of ownership. A human feels good when it owns something. This is merely an evolutionary procaution, and ensures safety. The same is with terror at the sight of a "monster," or something that looks grotesque to humans. It is the very reason we fear things like spiders, and not kittens. Kittens are the same classification as we are, so we do not fear them. However, things like spiders are very different from us. More than four limbs, more than two eyed, very different body structure, and their webs. Our insincts, for our safety, tell us to fear them. So, we go to war with people who threaten us, we destroy rainforests to help our economy, and we crush beetles under our foot, because we instinctively fear them. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Humans will end themselves. I'm not talking about a bunch of suicidal world leaders pushing a big red button, I'm talking about a war that gets out of hand. Another world war perhaps, except that resorts nuclear weapons. Humans will bomb the crap out of each other, and the remaining humans will not live long, because of the radioactive waste. I'm not being pessimistic, I'm stating my beliefs. My beliefs may seem that way, but it is the way I see it. So am I a doomsayer? Maybe, but I still think that the human race has hope to pull their act together.[/font]

[font=arial]Eh, forgive me for not being even in further detail. Since "The World" is a video game, you can have only one weapon equipped. Also, weapon refers to an item, like a sword. And again, don't bother with names if you don't know any. And wavemaster can only use rods, blademasters; short swords, Heavy Blades; large swords, twin blades; two daggers, and heavy axeman; large axes. Once again, I apologize. Also, It has been brought to my attention that there are too many Wavemasters! If anyone would consider changing their class, it would be appreciated. On a smaller note, welcome to otakuboards, Avogadro522. A mod will probably tell you, but double posting isn't allowed. There's an edit button at the bottom of you post if you look. Sorry again![/font] Edit: We will post in the Adventure Arena once everything is set.

Quite well put, DeathBug. Of course humans aren't pure evil, but then again, what is? We have some hope if we pull our act together. But, if we don't, I believe there will be a war, in which humans resort to nuclear weapons, leading to a nuclear holocaust. Joyful, eh? Then again, according to my science teacher, in the past, every single creature on earth so far has gone extinct, and according to scientific theory, so will we. Well actually not scientific theory, it's more inferential. I know we have all this technology, but as my teacher put it, if a giant meteor was heading towards earth, by the time you could see it will your naked eye, in one second we'd be gone. Heh, I seem to have gone off topic. Oh well, don't mind that part then.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B][size=1] Yes, humans are such stupid atrocities. I'm just lamenting being one. We're just monsters. Look at all we've done. We've burned large forests, built a Big Boy where there once was so many animals, not to mention McDonald's shoots cows and gives them drugs. What are we coming to ? The only good thing in this world is God. We're sheep. We live to die for God and to do nothing. We're such monsters. We've taken this habitable planet and marred it and feralized it to where it doesn't even look like what it used to look like in all its glory. I mean we eat fake pieces of bread to cure our sins, and drink fake wine to get a buzz and feel more intune with God. We're such monsters. We've taken what nature gave us and made it into a circus where we're the elephants eating all the peanuts. How could we do this? Oh my God. How? Jesus Christ Bananas Yellow Fatty Beans. We should just kill all ourselves. We're such monsters.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE] [font=arial]My thoughts exactly, except you forgot genocide, pollution, descrimination against our own species, using oceans full of life for nuclear and atomic testing, slaughtering animals for no reason... Oh dear. I said animals. Humans are animals too. We have no right to call ourselves any different. That's all we are. Big, vicious, oblivious mammals, that think we aren't even animals. Back to the list, tearing down forest to make yards look "better," testing things first on animals, oh I could go on for hours, but I don't believe that posts can be that long. Anyway, on the end of the list is the nuclear holocaust that I'm almost posotive is going to happen. How dare we do such things? I am also no big fan of humanity, but I believe that God will choose when our time is up. Another thing is, we are a danger to the universe. If we get off this planet, on to other ones, we could do the same thing. Oh, and say there is life on another planet. We would probably make them slaves, or put them in zoo. And yes, we are all like sheep. Unfortunately, we stray too often.[/font]

[font=arial]You may have the items without realizing it. If you check your inventory(it would be in the treasure section) The description of such items tells you it would be good for trade. It's not normal treasure, mind you, because normal treasure also says it's good for selling, which the special items are not. These items, like Black_Pheonix said, are found in Gott Statue treasure chests. If you look, certain people in root towns have only three items, and won't give them up, seemingly no matter what. This is what the special items are for. If you choose the 'talk' command, then they tell you what they want for their items.(you have to do this three times to see what they want for each item) The items your looking for usually have strange names, like Scent of Gero and Ice Bar.[/font]

[font=arial][b]7/10[/b] This episode was okay, but it was kind of boring. In my opinion, it only existed to introduce .hack//SIGN. I think it's funny how Tsukasa was so high-strung back then too. It does deserve a decent rating, however, simply because it's .hack//SIGN. [/font]

"Aha! I knew it!" Kilo shouted. "Shut up!" Jackel yelled. Kilo looked slightly taken back. "What did they say?" Charlie whispered to him. "Charlotte is dead, apparently." Kilo said. "Oh, then it was a bad time to say that." Charlie whispered. "Right. Hmm... why didn't we notice the blood smell before?" Kilo asked. "Maybe something triggered it..." Charlie said under her breath. Meanwhile, several yards away, "What do you mean you were murdered?" Jackel asked. "I-I" Charelotte muttered. Kilo noticed the sillouette of a man in the far distance. He zoomed his vision in, and he saw what it really was. "A man..." Kilo muttered, then fell out of the car. "Not another joke!" Charlie yelled, then she noticed the man on the horizon. "Who's that?" She asked. "Massacre." Kilo said in a monotone voice. "No! Umm.... You're only an android!" She yelled. "Massacre..." Kilo muttered. "Jeez, what? Do we have to kill that guy this time?" Charlie asked herself. "What's wrong?" Jackel asked. "See that guy on the horizon? He's making Kilo do the psycho-bot thing." She said. "Psycho-bot thing?" Jackel asked. "Nevermind." Charlie muttered. Charlotte was still crying. "The man's gone!" Charlie yelled. "Massacre." Kilo muttered, and unsheathed his katana. "Oh, shut up!" Jackel yelled. He knocked Kilo out with the side of his machine gun, which he had just revealed. "Why didn't I think of that?" Charlie muttered to herself.

OOC: Eh? Right... I have absolutely no idea how that happened. Ah! Now I know! I only read to the bottom of the android part, and I skipped the next paragraph. Now wonder the last paragraph made no sense to me!:drunk:

"Ow..." Kilo muttered. "What is it?" Charlie asked. "I think I'm getting electronic interference." He said. "Hahaha." She mocked. "I'm serious. It has to have a really strong electronic feild, though." He said, rubbing his head. "Alright... What does it mean?" She asked. "No idea. Could be an Electro Magnetic Pulse." He sadi. "An EMP! Aren't those generated from nuclear bombs!?" she shreiked. "The government has also developed weapons that can make them." He said. He realized what he had said. "Do you think they're on to us?" she asked. "No time for thinking." Kilo said. He put the knuckles on his hands, then unstheathed the katana and tanto. "Hmm... Maybe I'm paranoid... But do you smell blood? I mean, alot of blood." Kilo asked. "Is it the murder?" It didn't even smell this strong... Lets go to the others." he said. They both jumped up and blushed. "Were you too busy to notice that there is a stagnant odor in this retched house?" He asked. Charlotte sniffed. "Blood?" she asked. "Correct. Lot's of it. Or..." he grinned. "Or what?" Jackel asked. "Or... A ghost." Kilo said. "A ghost? That's rediculous." She said. "Something of that nature." said Kilo. He looked behind him, and glared. "I think the police are coming but... Maybe I'm getting paranoid..." He trailed of. He then walked into the other room, and started yelling various appaling insults at whoever he thought was there.

"Right, adult moment... leaving now." Kilo said. He walked quickly out of the room. "Maybe I should go too?" Charlie asked. She also walked out of the room. "Such a boring place..." Kilo said. "What's so boring? We're fugatives." Charlie asked. "I've been a fugative for over two years. Nothing new..." He said. Kilo flopped down on an old couch, of which clouds of dust came. "There's no TV." he said. "So?" Charlie asked. "We don't know if they have any leads. What if they know where we are?" He asked. "We will run." She said. "I don't like running." he said. "You should be used to it." She said. "No.. I mean... I'm gonna go find a TV." He said. He smashed down the dorr to the basement, and walked down. Charlie heard Kilo retch, and he walked back up. "I know why it's condemned. Apparently a murder took place here." Kilo said. "There's a body?!" Charlie screamed. "No, they took it away obviously, but blodd is spattered in nasty ways, and it smells like a rotting corpse." Kilo said. "Maybe the murder took place after it was condemned!" She said, and took out her weapon. "I doubt it, but it's possible. Nothing to worry about. Even if it did..." Kilo began. He went over to the door, and locked it. "We don't need to know." He finished. "We could be blamed for it!" She whispered franickly. "Maybe. It's just another crime for my file." He said. She stared at him. "Maybe the other guys are done now." He said. She kept on staring, amazed that he just forgot about a murder like that.

Sorry! By 'originals only' I meant [b]your[/b] originals only. I'll go change that. What I meant was you can't be people like Balmung or Blackrose.

[font=arial]Sorry it's so long! I just don't want any confusion. I strongly advise knowing alot about the .hack series before participating in this RP. Of course, it's not required, seeing how that would be mean.(and against the rules) This story takes place in the two year period between .hack//QUARENTINE and .hack//DUSK. Corbenik was destroyed by Kite, but Morganna survived. She seeks to find a way to awaken the tainted version of Calibur, the male version of Aura. She has learned from her mistakes involving Aura and Tsukasa. She plans to succeed in fully corrupting the MMORPG, "The World," as well as the real world's electronics. She plans to do this by tricking the player character Kaiho(my character) into believing that she is his sister, who passed away years earlier. She plans to use Kaiho's negative emotions to wake up the tainted Calibur, the same fate that was supposed to befall Aura and Tsukasa. She does not succeed in trapping Kaiho inside "The World", but plans on tempting him in other ways. Her main objective, turning him against the other players inside "The World." There is currently a rumor on the message boards about a strange boy floating around in Area Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground. Your character's decide to check it out. By the way, If you are not familiar with .hack, Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground kind of looks like a church in the middle of a mountain. Here is the sign up sheet: Only your original characters please.(No Blackrose, Balmung, etc.) Name: Age: Apearance: Class: If you are unfamiliar with .hack, the classes are Blademaster, Twin Blade, Longarm, Wavemaster, Heavy Blade, and Heavy Axeman. They are pretty self-explanitory, except that Wavemasters are like mage's and Twin Blade's are very blaenced characters. Level: Somewhere between 50-60. You could be lower I suppose, but not higher. My character is a small exception. I hope that's not a problem. Weapon: Rather Irrelevent, except for skills. If you don't know any weapons form .hack, them simply put staff, or sword. If you know the names of spells or skills, you can have your character say them, but if you don't simply say you cast either a level 1, 2, or 3 spell of a certain element.(fire, wood, earth, water, lightning, dark, healing) Personality: Only so we don't have people make each others characters do things they wouldn't. Here's mine: Name: Kaiho Age: 13 Appearance:5 feet and three inches tall. Blue cape, and four small, white bird wings on his back. Blue marble-colored breastplate, armguards, and shin guards. White gloves without fingers. The sheath to his sword is on his left hip, attached to the white belt, that has a silver buckle. A second belt, more loose, and brown, is tilted, and hanging at an angle. Under is armor are baggy white pants and a white shirt that is tucked into his first belt. White, tossled hair that falls at his shoulders. Sea Blue eyes.Each cheek has a short, blue horozontal stripe. Class: Blademaster Level: 69 Weapon: Pheonix's Fire Personality: Imaginative, passive, and caring, but he is spiteful and vengeful when angry.[/font]

[font=arial]My favorite is, and has been since the first episode, .hack//SIGN. I love the story. It's really deep and mysterious, and pieces itself together as it advances. I love the characters' different personalities, and how they change throughout the series. It is truly amazing how ingenious some people can be. This series also has amazing music, which I have been listening to for the past month. I also like Rurouni Kenshin second. The animation is very fluid, and you almost feel bad for the 'bad guys' because you can watch from their point of veiw. It changes the entire story.[/font]

[font=arial]This thread gives me the creeps. Well anyway, Inuluvur1, you could need medication, and you could not. It's possible you are tired. Also, you could be being watched. By an animal. I can tell if a bird is staring at me. It's annoying. Also, I need more info. Where do you see the light? Does it simply block out your vision, or do you see it in shadows? Your true mental health could be determined a little from that. Another thing, I had to sleep in my brother's room one time, because he was sleeping in my room, since he was a scaredy cat. Anyway, I had to leave my own room, because my brother was snoring. I mean LOUD. I went half crazy, but I finnaly went to his room. I woke up in the middle of the night, and forgot where I was, and got scared. I thought I saw two men bowing to each other over and over again. I finally summoned enough courage to run to the lightswitch, and they turned out to be a combination of my brother's posters, and that I was tired. Well, good luck, Inuluvur1. Talk about seeing things, I came back to edit and the font had bolded certain parts of itself... Oh well I scrolled up then back and it went away... Maybe it's the site? [/font]

[font=arial]Excersize. Yea, it sounds corny, but it helps me. Excersize till you drop.(don't push yourself too hard, though, it's bad for your health)You work so hard, you almost forget. Then you remember, and it's not so bad. Well, other than that, you can try to 'center yourself.' Another corny thing, right? Well, no. A nice steamy shower does the trick. Also, try listening to some nice music. Something really nice and calm. It always helps me to listen to music in a different language, because you make up the words yourself. Hope I helped.[/font]

[font=arial]"Angels now. This is too much." Kilo mumbled as he was looking for ice. "Wait... where are we supposed to get ice?" Charlie asked. "Oh yea... Wow, look the fridge is still running." Kilo said, as he opened the door. "Right. anyway, lets get the ice..." She said. Kilo unplugged the fridge, then lifted it over his head, which looked rather funny. Charlie giggled. "Thats enough." Kilo said. When they got into the room, Kilo plugged the refrigerator in again. "Hey, why do you think the electricity in this house is running?" Charlotte asked. "Power lines..." Kilo muttered. "What?" Charlotte asked. "Are there any power lines outside this house?" Kilo asked. "Yes, your right there are... I found that odd too." She said. "If they want to use electricity anywhere for miles... Then they would need those lines. Either the police know where we are, and need electricity, or there is a house nearby." He said. "Either way it's bad." Charelotte said.[/font]

[font=arial]It was early morning, and the sun was just beggining to rise. "Numnumnum..." Kilo mumbled in his sleep. "Aww, he's just like a baby!" Charlie giggled. "Huh? What?" Kilo sat up. "Isn't he cute?" Charlie said to Charlotte, who was trying to make the old stove work. "Yea...OW!" She burned herself. "No I'm not!" Kilo yelled. He jumped onto an old, dusty chandelier, and went back to sleep. "Hey, is that other guy up?" Charlie asked. "No, still sleeping. At least we didn't have any visits from his little demon people last night..." Charlotte said. She burned herself again. "Grrrr..." Kilo moaned. He fell of the chandelier, hitting the ground with a loud thud. "Ah! Is he okay?!" Charlotte yelled. Kilo got up. "Ow..." He mumbled. He walked over to the stove. "What's for breakfast?" He asked. "Nothing until I figure out how this stupid stove works." She said. "Why don't you use me as a solar oven?" He asked, with a grin. She gave him a strange look. "It was a joke..." He mumbled. He walked into the bathroom. He walked out. "Why did I excpect the toilet here to work?" He asked himself, then walked outside.[/font]

It was okay I guess, but like DaggerIX1 said, check your spelling. Also check the punctuation. The way you used commas made the poem feel rushed. The way the first two lines are written is repetative, and the last line is completely unexpected, and has almost nothing to do with the rest. Also, yes, try to use words instead of smilies.

[font=arial].I really liked some parts of the poem, like: Was it after of before? I'm really not sure, After or before, The dreaded Death? Just for the sake of critiqueing, it should be: In a few days, maybe seven, not: In a few days maybe seven. Yea, it's small, and for all I know it was simply a typing error, but this was basically to give my post body. ^_^ By the way, in the stanza, The dreaded Death, did you mean to capitalize Death? I think it could work either way. Keep up the good work. I'd like to see more.[/font]

[font=arial]I write best in the evening, usually when there is music playing. Music from .hack helps me write the best, since it can apply to almost anything. I [i]always[/i] write best when I don't have to. If I have to, then I simply can't think of anything. That applies to almost anything I do.[/font]