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The Search and Rescue Reclaim...

Your colony has been living under the floor boards for as long as there's been a history among your people, and when the big water came your kind faced a new hardship. You never before realized how much you relied on the humans; even if they were a mortal enemy.

They provided new resources nearly daily, and without them your stockpiles are crumbling.

At first it wasn't much of an issue. With all of those lost in the flood, there wasn't so many mouths to feed and no one could foresee how the lack of food would effect the whole colony down the line.

But now it's to that point, isn't it? Your numbers are rebounding, and the lack of food is becoming obvious. There is talk of going topside, of claiming what the humans abandoned. Surely there's an abundance of food there, there must be. After all, there's all of those useless 'pets' making out just fine. Perhaps there's enough to provide a cushy lifestyle, if they could just figure out a way to claim the store.

....

The colony has paw-picked a team of rats to investigate the layout of the store and to gather whatever information they can that might aid in an invasion.

It just so happens that an exile has been seen living rather close to the Tame, even painting herself like him. It's agreed that she must know more about these rats, and how best they could be chased away or killed.

But first you must catch her.



The Captain...

The Name of the Game
is 'capture the flag' if you're paying attention

What's going to happen?

There will be a sign-up period, and once all the slots are filled, the game will begin.

The teams will encounter each other, and these encounters will be roleplayed out. You will earn points for your team based on performance and your actions.

The team with the most points at the end will 'win', and to them will go the white rat. She will be given to the person with the highest point tally at the end of the game.

Some RPs will started for you, as a prompt base.
Others you are free to initiate on your own in the Roleplay sections of the guild, BUT PLEASE USE THIS TAG: [EventRP]
So I know which ones to check, rate, and give points to. (or even drop in on ninja )

Is that All?

No, you'll get to keep the rat you signed up for.
BUT
The reason there's rats being given out in the first place, is that they might die.

At any point a staff member might interject into a roleplay with an event for the rats to overcome or benefit from.

IF your rat does die, he or she will no longer be able to participate in the event at all, and you will be given a free semi-custom for your participation and troubles.

How do I sign up?

Sign ups will be in pairs, where at least one member of the team MUST be a newbie.

For the purpose of this event, a newbie is anyone who has one rat, or less. (In other words, to qualify as a newbie, you can only have one rat from this shop at all, or have none at all.)

The team is free to pick from any rat that HAS NOT been signed up for yet, but there's another catch, they must pick rats on opposing teams.

This person will be your partner in encounters, and you're encouraged to plot with them. In fact, there's big points to be gained by coming up with interesting plots and rping them out during the event.

Be it a death, or a Romeo and Juliet type love, a bitter rivalry, there's a ton of ideas you could bring to the table for this one.

POST THE FORM FOUND IN THE TEAM SECTION WITH THE RAT YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR, AND POST IT IN THIS THREAD!

It will make my life SO much easier!

Rules?

YOU MAY NOT PLAY OR USE THE WHITE RAT
That will be the staff's job until she finds a home.

At random points, she might appear, and the first one to respond to seeing her will be given points.

But at no point may you claim to see her or interact with her unless there's a staff member there playing her part.

Do not god mod, and make sure you discuss any plots with all of those involved.

Please, please do not whine or get angry. I personally hope that all of the rats survive, but death is a natural part of this shop and the threat of it adds some tension to the rp. If your rat dies, believe me I'm just as sorry as you. I work hard to color each one, and I don't want to see them die anymore than I want to see them collect dust.
But that's the way life goes.

Everything else should be pretty self-explanatory.

THE GAME WILL BEGIN ONCE ALL SLOTS ARE FILLED

FREEBIES



Any cool extras will go here~

Expect free edits for your RP troubles, and perhaps a free rat from time to time~

I AM ENTERING FOR THE CLEVER ON TEAM NEZUMI

And my partner is: Parasitic Candii
And they are entering for: The Culled

I own: 2

I will name this rat: Viper

Anything additional?:

Viper was born outside of the pet store, born as a pinkie to a hoarder of rats. It was bad, the conditions were horrible, not that she knew that of course. Her eyes weren’t even open at the time. She was moved to the pet store after that and placed in the care of one of the staff there. She worked, with the other staff, to save the babies that had been handed to them far too early in life. Viper was lucky in that one of the female rats had just had a litter and didn’t reject her. Took her in and raised her as her own. The female that had helped bring her in was always watching after her, though at this time she didn’t have a name.

Her name would come later when a man would be hired on as new staff. He would be asked to clean the cages and in his ignorance he would take her and move her from her cage into that with a few young bucks. What would ensue would be chaos; she would take the eye of one of the males and tear into his face. She wouldn’t come out unharmed though, but it was surprising for such a small female to be able to hold her own against a male of that size.

The female that had taken care of her as a pup would take her again and bandage her up. Help nurse her back to health and dub her Viper. Though Viper had no idea what it meant she took great pride in the name. The term ‘fought like a viper cornered’ was something she would come to hear quite often before the great flood.

She became one who was careful and perhaps a bit full of herself. The woman would never know how fitting the name was. For as Viper grew she learned that despite her size she could defend herself but it was best to do so with words; she learned that rats were easy to manipulate if she chose her words carefully. She became one that was observing and careful, one that learned to read other rats and their little habits.

This is how she is now. A doe that can defend herself if it comes down to it but one that prefers to use words as her sword and shield. One that is about surviving, she wants to live and her survival is something she places above everyone else’s. She is a manipulator to get her way and finds it easy to slip into the fake sweet skin.

But… perhaps this mission will be a turning point in her life. Perhaps this mission will teach her a few lessons. This mission just might be the best thing that ever happened to her… maybe…

I AM ENTERING FOR THE CORRUPT ON TEAM NEZUMI

And my partner is: DarkHeartedSorrows
And they are entering for: The Captain

I own: This many

I will name this rat: Sathe ("Much running in fear")

Anything additional?: Outwardly, Sathe is calm, polite, respectful. Does as he's told, and does it to the best of his ability. Doesn't nitpick over trivial details, but isn't opposed to guiding someone to a better decision if he feels they are mistaken. Inwardly, he looks down at everyone, and is surprised at how so many rats seem to stay alive long enough to spread their low intelligence to a new batch of meat with skin and fur. He has never killed another rat, but is that simply because he prefers not to, or because he has never had the chance to tear out someone's spine?

Sathe wasn't always like this though, and any rat that knew him prior would be surprised at how he has changed. He was always kind, compassionate to others, overlooked any flaws in order to become friends, unquestionably loving to his mate and children...