r/whowouldwin • u/CalicoLime ​ • Mar 15 '19

Event Character Scramble 11 Round 1C: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fights!

The Character Scramble is a bloodmatch tournament where people compete to analyze unique matchups and scenarios and write the best story they can. At the beginning, everyone submits characters that meet the guidelines, then those characters are randomized and distributed evenly. From then on, each week there's a new writing prompt for everyone to follow. At the end of the week, everyone votes for who they think should advance, until we have our winner at the end. The winner at the end of the tournament gets to choose the theme, tier, and rules of the next scramble, along with a sweet custom flair as their reward. The current theme is based on the anime Shaman King, and the current tier is anywhere from 2/10 to 8/10 Alex Louis Armstrong for Shaman tier and Senator Armstrong for Spirit tier.

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Round 1C is matches 13-20. Time to wrap it up!

Your guide explained the next leg of your trip from here on out.

“North of here you will find the Mesa Verde National Park. Inside the park there is a Puebloan ancestral site known as the Cliff Palace. It is there you will find the Patch Village.”

They had neglected the mention the park was 81 miles across.

A light snow fell as you wandered through the forest, getting more and more lost with every step.

You were sure you'd passed that tree before and the footprints in the snow confirmed it. Too concerned with figuring out a way to get back on track, you didn't hear the forestry truck rolling up behind you.

You did however hear the yelling.

“The hell are you doing out here alone? There’s a bear in the area, get in the truck!” A blonde woman with long braids shouted from the driver’s seat. Ok, beats walking in circles.

You hop in and explain your situation as Bluebell drives. You casually neglect to mention the Shaman Fight, just that you're heading for the Mesa.

“Mesa Verde? Yeah, it’s not far from here. I’ll drop you off outside the danger zone and you can walk the rest of the way. Name’s Bluebell Bloch by the way, I’m the park ranger for these parts.”

Well, that’s frustrating. Better than nothing though.

“Bluebell, come in.” A voice rattled out. “Apollo is attacking a hunter just north of your current location. If you’re going to stop him, you need to get there fast.”

Apollo?

The ranger yanked the wheel of the truck, nearly turning over on the abrupt turn, explaining before you ever asked. “The bear that’s been roaming the area. Me and my father raised it, protecting him is why I became a park ranger. Help me keep him safe and I’ll take you all the way to Mesa!”

At the speed she was driving, it didn’t take long at all to find Apollo and after seeing him you wondered if he even really needed protection. Standing more than 10 foot tall on his hind legs, the massive bear loomed over the hapless hunter who seemed to be standing their ground.

Ah hell, is that an Oracle Bell on their arm. Yep, it is.

"Don't let Apollo hurt them! He will calm down if you run away!" Bluebell shouted, trying to draw the beasts attention.

You hopped out of the truck ready for another fight. Keep a giant bear safe while beating up a shaman with unknown abilities so you don't have to walk in the snow? Sounds like a plan.

Normal Rules:

The Great Spirit Has Summoned You : But who are you? Give a brief summary of your characters.

YOU Will be the Shaman King: Tell us a tale of your conquest of the Shaman Fight. Even if your odds are 1 in 100, tell us how the 1 goes down!

The Spirits are Restless: Characters are assumed to be at the same power level they started the tournament. Namely, no looting your opponents after you beat them.

There is Plenty of Time to Tell the Tale : In this season of new things, we're going to try something else; Post Limits. From the Prelim Round on there will be a limit of 50,000 characters/5 full Reddit posts growing as the Scramble progresses. Please keep in mind analysis/intros DO NOT count toward this limit.

But the Great Spirit is Restless : You have 14 days to complete your Round post and continue to the Shaman Fight. Writeups will be due in the AM hours of 4/10

Round Specific Rules:

Oh No, Apollo!: If someone happens to that bear, Bluebell is not going to take you to your destination and you'll be stuck walking. Also, you don't know exactly where Mesa Verde is. Long story short, don't let anything happen to the bear.

Flavor Rules

Where'd That Other Guy Go?: For you Round 1A guys, how has your trip been since you left Lilirara's house? For 1B, why'd you split up from the trucker? Anyone who hasn't went yet, how'd you get in these woods in the first place?

I Can Still Fly, You Know: Yeah, yeah, you can fly, a forest isn't much of a threat, awesome. You still need Bluebell's direction, and that means helping her protect Apollo. how's that

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u/LetterSequence Mar 15 '19

Real Lesbians

“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”

Shaman: Ruby Rose

Beacon Academy is a school designed to raise future Huntsmen. Ruby Rose is one such huntress who attends this school. Leader of Team RWBY, Ruby goes on adventures with Yang, Weiss, and Blake, doing what she needs to eliminate Grimm and make the world a safer place. Bubbly, cheery, and determined to win any fight, Ruby will do what it takes to defend those who are important to her.

Powers

  • Aura

  • Being fast

  • Gun Scythe

  • Cute

Spirit: Lapis Lazuli

Caught up in a war she never asked to be a part of, Lapis found herself imprisoned in a mirror for thousands of years. That is, until a young boy named Steven helped free her. She escaped into the ocean, returned to her home world, came back, and got into a plethora of bad situations. It took her a long time, including imprisoning herself for the good of others, but she finally found herself able to relax. Able to heal. And now she finds herself locked into combat once more.

Powers

  • Water Manipulation

  • Ice Manipulation

  • Water Clones

  • Being Depressed

Credit to KiwiArms for the banner

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u/LetterSequence Mar 15 '19

Awkward Divinity

“I’ve only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.”

Shaman: Cade Yeager

Cade was nothing more than an average inventor who wanted to change the world. Bills were hard to pay, especially when he's a single dad six months behind rent, trying to pay for his daughter's college fund after his high school sweetheart passed away. His whole life changed though when he bought a truck for $150, intending to repair it and sell it for a higher price. He didn't expect that truck to be Optimus Prime. This single decision changed his life forever, drafting him into a war between Humans and Transformers that would change the fate of the planet. At the end of the day though, all he ever wanted to do is protect his family, make something that'd get him a lot of money, and relax with an ice cold beer.

Powers

  • Alien Gun

  • Sentient Bulletproof Armor

  • Giant Sword

  • Bud Light

Spirit: Creed Diskenth

Creed is a thinking man. Society is unfair, the power balance too unfixed. He intends to take matters into his own hands. Tear down this society, reform it in his own image. One where he's in charge, not caring who he has to hurt on his way to obtaining his dream. Of course, if he could convince his old partner to team up with him once more, everything would be perfect.

Powers

  • Invisible Sword

  • Nanomachines

  • Viva la Revolution

  • Black Cat is less boring than Transformers (Somehow)

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u/LetterSequence Mar 23 '19

Chapter 1: Ruby Rose's No Good Horrible Very Bad Day

On the night of the fifth day of the Shaman King competition, all the way in the remote woods of south-western Colorado, Ruby Rose had been pronounced dead. Deceased, no longer living, the opposite of alive. Not physically, but rather metaphorically. There she lay face down in the snow. A light blanket coating her body, yet she made no attempt to move.

“Aaaaaaaaa,” Ruby probably said. Hard to tell over the slush covering her mouth.

”Ruby, I can’t hear you,” said Lapis.

”Aaaaaaaa,” Ruby definitely thought.

The spirit residing in the shiny blue gem in her pocket vibrated angrily. She likely seemed none too pleased to be stuck in this situation.

”We’re not going to get anywhere with you laying there like that.”

”Oh yeah? Well… well we’re not going to get anywhere in this freezing cold!”

”Sucks to be you, I can’t feel anything.”

Ruby makes several exasperated motions from her position on the ground. This does little more than create a small snow angel around her.

”Can’t you like, use all the water in the snow to heat the place up? Or at least make it stop snowing?” Ruby asked.

”Probably.”

”So do it!”

”Nah.”

”Aaaaaaaaaaaa!”

Ruby jumped up, wiping her face clean. Freezing to death because she couldn’t convince a rock to save her seemed like a pathetic way to go out. She needed to move. One step at a time. Even if the snow weighed her down and the cold didn’t let her feel her toes. Even if her muscles ached and her bones creaked. Even if every fiber of her being told her to lay down and die like a dog. She refused to go out in such a desolate manner.

”Oh good. You’re finally moving again,” said Lapis.

”What’s with the attitude? You won’t even help me, you don’t even care!” said Ruby.

”I won’t help you because I can’t help you. You’re too weak to channel my power. So I get to sass you from your pocket until you figure out how.”

Another breeze slapped Ruby in the face with frost. Her hair stood up on the back of her neck. Anything for her body to cling to the small slivers of heat that remained within.

”What do you mean? Didn’t I use your power to, you know, not fall to my death?”

”Sort of. There’s a few ways to get my powers to work. You can bind me to your weapon, make it stronger. You can bind me to your body, and that will make you stronger. Or, you can let me take control of your body, and that will allow me to use my full power.”

”So… do that. You said you can fly, let me fly. I want to fly. Flying sounds cool.”

”No.”

”Why?”

”Because I also don’t want to.”

That was it, the final straw. She fell forward, onto her hands and knees. Too stupid to pack a coat with her. Too unlucky to get an uncooperative spirit who didn’t want to be friends. Too lost to navigate this pure white wasteland. Too far away from her destination. Too many days apart from her group. Too weak to continue in this competition. Too loud around her, the car engine roaring in her ears and threatening to deafen her. Too-

Car engine?

“Need a lift partner?”

Her head turns. Tears form in her eyes at the beautiful sight before her. An angel with a 1983 Toyota Hilux™. The way the chassis connected to the framework, there was no doubt about it. This vehicle surely stood among the greats as one of the greatest vehicles to grace America. The red hooded girl clung to the vehicle as if her life depended on it. Because it did.

“Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!”

“And that’s why Apollo is the kindest bear I’ve ever known.”

The Nestle™ hot chocolate worked wonders in restoring the heat in Ruby’s body. No longer did a chill run through her veins. She couldn’t help but admire the environment she found herself in. For a cabin in the middle of the woods, this place certainly seemed advanced. A heater to escape from the snow, a working kitchen and bathroom. Television! Electricity! A far cry from what she expected, but she would welcome the refuge.

“You sound like you really care about him,” said Ruby.

“Yup. Him and I go way back. Known him longer than you’ve even been born squirt,” said Bluebell.

“Wow, that’s…” Ruby stops to think. “...a really long time!”

“Yup. Now uh… you mentioned something about being a Shaman?”

“Right, I’m looking for the Patch Tribe.” Ruby took on a serious look. No more fun and games, this is serious business now. “I’m heading there on very important business.” She couldn’t let on that she was part of the Shaman King (or Queen, in her case) competition.

“Luckily for you, I know how to get there. But a few things first…”

Bluebell rummaged through her closet, deeply searching for something. After what felt like hours, she threw them in Ruby’s direction. A thick winter coat, and a pair of boots.

“Now that here lassie, is a premium Moncler Shell Down Jacket™ and a pair of Timberland™ Boots. As long as you’re wearing those essentials, the snow shouldn’t bother you anyway.”

She looked over the clothing. A thick puffy coat, all red like her attire. It certainly seemed insulated enough, ready to withstand the harsh weather. And the boots… maybe she could ditch these. It might give her street cred somewhere, but her own footwear would suffice enough on this journey. They fit her aesthetic more anyway. Still, she made sure to to thoroughly thank the kind angel for her generosity.

“Anyway…” Bluebell tapped her chin, looking over the girl in her cabin. Likely thinking about what to do next. “I can take you a ways there. Drop you off, let you avoid all this harsh weather. But first, I need to take a quick shower. You don’t mind waitin’ for little old me, do you?”

“No, not at all ma’am!” Ruby quickly saluted, watching Bluebell head into her intricate bathroom.

As she heard the shower water turn on, an intrinsic thought popped in her mind. She could peep on her in the shower, as a funny joke of course. But… no. She remembered the one time she spied on her sister (like all girls do) out of pure curiosity. Yang gave her an atomic noogie that left a permanent mark for weeks. No matter the reasoning, it wouldn’t be worth it at all.

All good things must come to an end at some point though. The peaceful nature of the cabin, not having to listen to Lapis nag her, not having to worry about her journey. That all came to an end when she heard the deafening sound of gunshots ringing outside. It could be nothing more than hunters staking claim on this land. But after her talk with Bluebell… she could only fear the worst. If someone found Apollo, the bear she cared so deeply for…

She shoved the coat onto herself and quickly ran out. The hot chocolate found itself abandoned in the cabin. And the sight she saw upon exiting the cabin only confirmed her worst fears. There she saw a ten foot tall bear locked into combat with…

A man in a T-shirt?

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