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Postby SPWOOF » Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:37 pm

    [ ] xD A N I E L
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    ( gender: male ) x ( age: twenty ) x ( nn: shortie; dan; danny ) x ( mood: alert; defensive ) x ( tags: ezekiel ) x ( © )
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    (My apologies that this took a little longer than usual. I've been on a bit of writer's block. I'll end up bringing in Dylan when someone wants to have an interaction with him, or Daniel wants him.)

    Racing always had been a thrill to the youthful male. Adrenaline draws through his veins at a swiftness that was definitely troublesome to comprehend to the usual citizen who hadn't participated in any. Though Daniel usually would have strived in it himself, he had recently pulled a muscle in his calf that prevented him from operating in races. He couldn't punch the brake sudden enough, so it was a hazard to him and the other drivers throughout the competition. Currently, the male leaned upon his modified two-thousand-three Chevrolet Corvette in its recently spread layer of black. The boy wore a hoodie that pairs his car as well as a pair of jeans while the bottom half of his leg bulged out because of the wrap he was quite literally forced to wear by his older brother, Wesley. Daniel would remove it shortly. It had become such a bother to the male. Besides, he and medical devices just did not mix well.

    As the young male gaped around at the old - and some distinct - faces, he spotted the other 'king'. Suddenly, his orbs narrowed as he gave the other a harsh scowl before he averted his stare toward another. As soon as he could recognize the other advancing forward instead of elsewhere, Dan tensed up before turning his stare back toward Ezekiel and running a hand through the thick hair atop his head. He had witnessed the other racing and competing, and sincerely, Daniel knew he would undoubtedly be able to come out as the vanquisher in a race with him.

    Daniel neglects him, his gaze turned away from the man up until the point where he had suggested his car. Instantly, his eyes flashed and his stare whipped over and up toward the other. "I suppose another man's trash is another man's treasure. After all, didn't you discover yours in a dump?" He growled out as his head tilted ever so insignificantly toward the right side of him, almost unnoticeable. As he peered up at the other male, he could clearly notice the height difference, and it rather irked Danny a bit. He was almost always lower than other's his age, and even most high school students were much bigger than him, though the boy couldn't seem to overcome this. He'd been living with it his entire life, but he was continually reminded by others that he was shorter. After all, they were like skyscrapers to him. Daniel lifted his limbs from his sides as they found his way spanning over his chest, his cranium tilted upward to view Ezekiel with his icy blue optics. As he glanced over, he could spot his best friend - Dylan - watching aimlessly at the others around the road. The male knew that his loyal friend avoided cars, and Daniel had had to beg on his knees for Dylan to show up. Yes, he went that far. The twenty-year-old was a bit dramatic and he rarely noticed.
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Postby notwearingsocks » Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:57 pm

[ 𝕃 𝕌 ℂ 𝔸 𝕊xℙ 𝔸 ℝ 𝕂 𝔼 ℝ ]

[ male ;; twenty-four ;; prince of the road ;; bisexual ;; tagged - ezekiel, daniel ]


lucas let out a slight grunt as he finally pulled his arm out of the hood of his car. up to his forearm was coated in a slick layer of grease, the black fluid sticky and residual. moscow lay underfoot, his tongue lolling and a grease smear across his forehead. peru, on the other hand, was stretched out along the front seats, his head hanging out of the mazda. luke yanked a once-white rag from his back pocket, wiping his hands on the already stained cloth. he'd just been fine-tuning his car, making sure that everything was in order before he began racing. he dragged his arm across his forehead, a slight sheen of sweat breaking out.

his eyes travelled across the people gathered around, voices chattering around him. the music was turned up much too loud, the bass pounding in luke's eardrums. his gaze finally skipped around to land on ezekiel and daniel, two other racers - he knew that ezekiel could be quite... snarky. he sauntered over, moscow bouncing to his paws to follow. the malamute loved being beside lucas, whereas the ridgeback much preferred guarding the car.

"ladies, ladies," he hummed brightly, a smirk playing at the edge of his lips. "keep your catfights for the road, yeah?" moscow chose that moment to shake, the tags on his plain leather collar jingling. "and, as we're all aware, neither of you stand a chance." lucas winked, his massive ego evident in his body language and words.
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Postby Consulting_Angel » Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:03 pm

Theodore Locke
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The walk to the street where the racers met up at was a relatively short one from Theo's apartment, though knowing of it's location from several previous visits and following the loud music as he got nearer certainly helped. Indeed, it was one that he knew well. He didn't often go there this early, but he had been bored with very little else to do. He had been coming, being part of the audience, for around six months now - the same amount of time that he had been living in his own apartment. Sometimes, he'd stay after the races, usually talking with other watchers, or he'd observe whatever happened afterwards. He loved seeing the cars getting fixed up as well, but that was a more rare thing for him to do, mostly because he didn't want to feel as though he was in the way, even though he stayed a good distance away. It was the sort of thing that he would genuinely like to learn a bit about.

Upon reaching the street, Theo smiled to himself and he walked down it, looking around carefully. It was nothing new to him, though, of course. Admittedly, though, he did sometimes feel a little out-of-place. He knew very little about the cars (except a few of the models and a little bit about different engines), and didn't 'look the part'. Or perhaps, he thought, it was just because of the way his parents talked down to him about street racing that he felt like that. Still, that wasn't going to stop him, and he wasn't about to complain to anyone - no doubt he would be told not to bother turning up. Pushing those thoughts away, he focused on the vibe that was in the air, and looking forward to the upcoming race.
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Postby . nash . » Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:42 pm

Jughead Jones Ⅲ wrote:
[ ] roden egley
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[ bro twenty four outfit watcher location : out his garage tagged : open ]

loud music was something he should really be used to. he lived literally on the street where racer meant up at. loud music was a part of his life and it wasn't like he could do much to stop it. he doubted half the racers would turn down the thumping songs down at his request. but when said music was coming from his garage, at least he had a bit of say on what was playing. that helped a bit honestly. broden was setting up shop, the large metal door that allowed cars to come and go wide open. he'd recently been booked with racing cars for the alannah's race. he was quite surprised as the mass of people turning up who actually was going to race. he only had a few years under his belt with this crowd but it seemed in the recent years, months actually, the crowd seemed to be growing by the minute. it was a bit worrying, rats could possible squirm their ways in but to reject a racer, and possible money opportunities, would never fly with half these racers. broden just knew he was lucky that he wasn't exactly doing illegal things, at least not out right like the racers. what he would give though to be back behind the wheel of a real fast car getting money.

broden wasn't much of a dreamer, he knew he would never be able to race in a serious race. he was lucky he could walk with a cane let alone drive a car. he was thankful just a bit wistful and a tad bit bitter. the tall male sighed softly, stepping out of the warm building into the cooler air. it was just getting to be the time when everyone showed up with the cars and for things to be even louder than before. there were already a few racers lined up, a 'dj' setting up to play some over used but somehow underground version of some pop song. oh boy, he could already feel the head ache coming on.


[ ] ooney uire
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[ roo nineteen outfit princess of the road location : broden's garage tagged : open ]

tag her if you'd like...i just don't know what to write for her yet.


[ ] liver ldens
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[ rhi/rhino/olu twenty three outfit trying to get to the top location : street tagged : amaya ]

oliver pulled his jacket closer to himself. he had to say, new york was cold and he had no clue why he left georgia and it's forever warm weather. oli leaned his body onto the car, eyes glancing up and down the rows of people with their cars. he let out a slow breath, noting all the nice cars he would just love to have. not that he didn't have a good car, it was amazing and he was surprised his parents even allowed him to get it. his fingers tapped on the glossy green car, really looking for one person in particular; amaya eide. he wasn't obsessed with her or something, he just really liked her company. she was really the first nice person he encountered here in new york. oli frowned slightly when he didn't notice her and he quickly pulled out his phone to send her a quick text : 'hey. are you coming to the races tonight? i was thinking we could race? see who's better? haha'. of course he knew very well who would win. he was a great driver but she was even better.


[ ] zekiel adters
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[wringer / zek twenty five outfit king of the roads location : streets tagged : daniel ]

daniel's reactions were to live for. zek thought it was just the greatest thing to watch the younger king get all riled up over something stupid. though he did stand by he words; he really did think daniel could drive a better car...an older car. there was something about older cars. daniel was right, he did find he shelby in a junk yard. but that only brought him closer to the car and zek had always been taught that you could win any race so long as you know how to work you car and by god if he didn't know his car. "oh shortie, at east i know where my car came from, who made it." he huffed out, stressing the obviously mocking nick name people called the other king. "what you got is a plastic cover on a tin foil frame. it just waiting to fall apart." he continued, eyeing the car like it was the most disgusting thing he'd ever seen in his life. "i'm so surprised it's lasted this long. your mechanic maybe be real good with duck tape and super glue." he said, chuckling lightly at that.

ezekiel's gaze switched to the new voice; lucas parker. the long haired male couldn't stop the bark of laughter from leaving his lips, shaking his head. "the two of you drive the same thing. foreign made cars with no integrity. please. neither of your cars could hold a lighter to a real car." zek huffed out, waving both of them. ezekiel then stuck up his hands and shrugged. "all i am saying is at least i know my car. i didn't buy it off some show-floor pre-made and way to easy to drive." he concluded taking a step back.


[ ] arson ass
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[ cars / dass eighteen outfit trying to get to the top. kinda. location : streets tagged : rebecca ]

like most cases, he was completely baffled at what she was even saying to him. he watched her confused for a few moments, the only thing he really got was that she had something that might help him actually not wreck his car when he turned so hard. he had a small smile on his face and nodded slowly. "if i understood any of that, i think that's what i want?" he said slowly, furrowing his brows. "i mean..you are helping me with the whole turning thing?" he asked, tilting his head slightly. "i mean, i don't know if you seen last week but i had to pay a lot to fix my car and my parents were not happy about it and i just need to do something to help. i've been practicing like crazy after school and i still can't do it and so i thought maybe--" he stopped, realizing he was rambling and probably boring this women. his cheers flared red, gaze falling to the ground. "sorry, i just..i really need help and you were the first person i thought of to help me." he said, slowly looking back up at her with a sheepish smile on his lips.
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Postby querencia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:46 pm

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If anyone could name anything she loved more than the streets, she'd give them one of her cars. the sights, the smell, the sound, it all lit bellona's blood aflame. she smiled to herself as she leaned over her car, it was quite expensive but nothing her pension didn't cover. it was the least they could do for what happened overseas. but that was a thought for another time, and she breathed in the smell of grease to push it out.
the queen traced her hand along her car's smooth surface, satisfied with how it came out and gave a low whistle as she surveyed the rest of the cars. she had never been a daredevil as a girl, but that had been years ago. the trouble she used to get into was far different, but she preferred this. being considered one of the best and racing against the other best? she loved it, the challenge only encouraged her to go harder, faster, more.. savage. it was vain of her, but she did enjoy winning, and being admired was something she missed. as she checked her car, she looked to the crowd, eyes studying the competition.
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Postby RavenshadowRose » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:04 pm

Fatality Crystal Rose | 21 | 2017 Dodge Challenger Hellcat | Crush: none | tags: Carson (indirectly/directly)

Fatality's Hellcat's loud engine reved up as she parked beside a beautiful Porche 911. She got out of the car and walked over to the Porche, gazing at the amazing paint job. She looked around to see a young boy who seemed to be the one whom owned it, so she decided to stay by the car. She then looked over at her car and seemed to remember something, so she went over to the front of her car and popped the hood. Pulling the dipstick, she looked at the level. "Hmm, oil change today." she told herself and placed the stick back in and closed the hood. She leaned against her car and waited. Suddenly her sister, Morrigan, pulling up beside her car and get out. When Morri began to growl at her, Fate just burst out laughing. "Morri, you know you ain't got nothin' on me. I'm sure you could use some teachin' though, but you gotta get your attitue straight." she said finally.

Morrigan Raven Rose | 19 | 1978 Corvette | crush: open | tags: Fatality

Morrigan parked right beside the big black and red Hellcat. She got out and walked over to her sister with a very angry look on her face. "Did you REALLY have to make me look like a snail compaired to your 'precious' Hellcat!?" she growled at Fate and looked like she was getting madder when Fatality burst out laughing. After Fate said what she had to say, Morrigan just sighed and got in her car, but didn't leave.
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Postby SPWOOF » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:13 pm

    [ ] xD A N I E L
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    ( gender: male ) x ( age: twenty ) x ( nn: shortie; dan; danny ) x ( mood: alert; defensive ) x ( tags: ezekiel; lucas; dylan ) x ( © )
    ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────






    Daniel's eyes narrowed at the nickname. He despised it, but other's continuously decided to deem him as it. Letting out a soft growl, Danny whipped open the door of his car and got into it. "I'll show you how this can drive. All it has is the outer shell of its model." He grumbled before igniting its engine. In the back of his mind, he vaguely was aware he definitely wasn't supposed to be driving. He was alright on the streets, but certainly not with what he was about to do. "Time me." He yelled out as he floored the gas pedal and the car instantly shot forward and down the street. Almost immediately, the same adrenalin rush he received when racing ran through his entire frame. He let out a small laugh and sped up, taking a couple of turns and running along a few streets before he made a sharp turn - causing him to spin out. He hit the brake too late, as his leg began to cause him immense, unbearable pain, and he collided with another car on the other side of the street.

    After a couple minutes when the smoke had cleared, Daniel was able to crawl out of his car. He collapsed onto the ground coughing. The first face he saw was Dylan's, who glared down at Daniel with such a glare it was quite literally petrifying the young male. "I know, I know. I wasn't supposed to be driving." The male grumbled before rolling onto his spine and letting out a couple more coughs from the amount of smoke he'd caused.

    As he finally looked over at the car he had hit, it was Dylan's, which caused the male to let out a large groan and sat up. He was fine, but his car and Dylan's definitely weren't. All he was glad for was that his dog hadn't been in the car with him, or Bruno would have most definitely passed away upon impact. His passenger side was completely destroyed. "Why do I have to be so god darn competitive?" The boy complained loudly.

    (Thought I'd cause some mayhem :D)
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Postby statue, » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:45 pm

Rebecca Gorin-Artemesia | Watcher | Tagged: Carson
    "I can help. Though it depends on what? Work on the car? Work on your technique?" She asked putting the usual thick yellow rubber gloves. "First I am going to need a car to work on and you need help with driving. I know just the man to help with driving. My nephew." She said walking to the car and pulling out three of the nuclear rods and stored them in a large freezer. She came back out and threw him keys, pointing to a Ferrari she built herself. "Nuclear power. Scientifically fast."
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Postby Kumoko » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:59 pm

Jonathan Artemesia Grey/Male/31/Prince of The Streets/Tags; Open, at Street Works/x

Jonas sat, or really, he lay on a creeper under his Murcielago. He always did this. Checking his car for anything unusual. Mainly because he didn't want to ask his parents for more money for a new one but mostly because he didn't want to part with the black beauty, which is what he called her. It was the car that he used to crawl from the bottom so he couldn't help but feel an attachment to it. 'I should probably change the oil soon' thought the man as he checked all the areas of the car for the third time in case he missed anything. Being the workshop was such a small and unknown place, he always had the time to upgrade and or fix his car. Though it was sometimes bad for business.
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Postby . nash . » Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:40 pm

Jughead Jones Ⅲ wrote:
[ ] roden egley
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[ bro twenty four outfit watcher location : out his garage tagged : open ]

loud music was something he should really be used to. he lived literally on the street where racer meant up at. loud music was a part of his life and it wasn't like he could do much to stop it. he doubted half the racers would turn down the thumping songs down at his request. but when said music was coming from his garage, at least he had a bit of say on what was playing. that helped a bit honestly. broden was setting up shop, the large metal door that allowed cars to come and go wide open. he'd recently been booked with racing cars for the alannah's race. he was quite surprised as the mass of people turning up who actually was going to race. he only had a few years under his belt with this crowd but it seemed in the recent years, months actually, the crowd seemed to be growing by the minute. it was a bit worrying, rats could possible squirm their ways in but to reject a racer, and possible money opportunities, would never fly with half these racers. broden just knew he was lucky that he wasn't exactly doing illegal things, at least not out right like the racers. what he would give though to be back behind the wheel of a real fast car getting money.

broden wasn't much of a dreamer, he knew he would never be able to race in a serious race. he was lucky he could walk with a cane let alone drive a car. he was thankful just a bit wistful and a tad bit bitter. the tall male sighed softly, stepping out of the warm building into the cooler air. it was just getting to be the time when everyone showed up with the cars and for things to be even louder than before. there were already a few racers lined up, a 'dj' setting up to play some over used but somehow underground version of some pop song. oh boy, he could already feel the head ache coming on.


[ ] ooney uire
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[ roo nineteen outfit princess of the road location : broden's garage tagged : open ]

tag her if you'd like...i just don't know what to write for her yet.


[ ] liver ldens
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[ rhi/rhino/olu twenty three outfit trying to get to the top location : street tagged : amaya ]

oliver pulled his jacket closer to himself. he had to say, new york was cold and he had no clue why he left georgia and it's forever warm weather. oli leaned his body onto the car, eyes glancing up and down the rows of people with their cars. he let out a slow breath, noting all the nice cars he would just love to have. not that he didn't have a good car, it was amazing and he was surprised his parents even allowed him to get it. his fingers tapped on the glossy green car, really looking for one person in particular; amaya eide. he wasn't obsessed with her or something, he just really liked her company. she was really the first nice person he encountered here in new york. oli frowned slightly when he didn't notice her and he quickly pulled out his phone to send her a quick text : 'hey. are you coming to the races tonight? i was thinking we could race? see who's better? haha'. of course he knew very well who would win. he was a great driver but she was even better.


[ ] zekiel adters
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[wringer / zek twenty five outfit king of the roads location : streets tagged : daniel ]

ezekiel hadn't meant the make the other actually get in the car and drive. though he couldn't say he was surprised. from what he really knew of daniel, he seemed to do things with out thinking. of course this observation could be wrong but the few times the other was always doing something to get into trouble. zek shrugged his shoulders but nodded, pulling out the old flip phone that honestly just had the basics. the hawaiian clicked the button as soon as the other had shot out from the spot, quicker than he really thought the car could go at that pace. the 'showing off' didn't seem to last all that long before the male seemed to crash the car into someone else's. by the looks from the couple of blocks away, it was a serious crash. thoughts quickly ran through his mind, was anyone hurt, was daniel stuck in the car, were the cars going to blow up from a gas leak? the tall burly man pushed the thoughts aside before jogging towards where daniel had spun into another car.

as soon as he figured out daniel was okay and no one else was hurt, he began to fume at the recklessness of the younger king. he wasn't sure he'd ever been this mad at someone. "are you a special kind of stupid? jesus you could have killed someone. you could have killed yourself." ezekiel shouted, eyes harsh on the younger male. "all this over something as stupid as someone calling your car a piece of crap-- which it really is now. if you and people like you are the future of the streets, i pray to whatever gods there are that they make you become less stupid and impulsive." zek hissed out, glancing at his friends quickly before turning to return to his own car. zek realized his little outburst what really needed but he couldn't really stop the words from spewing from his mouth like that. zek just couldn't believe daniel would be so stupid; whither it was something he did or it was the car...either way he should have been more careful. zek didn't even have a clue about the pulled muscle in his leg or he really would have stopped the other before something like that could have happened. ezekiel let out a slow breath as he pulled up his hair into a rather messy bun, popping the hood of his shelby to look for something to mess with to calm himself down.


[ ] arson ass
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[ cars / dass eighteen outfit trying to get to the top. kinda. location : streets tagged : rebecca ]

rebecca seemed to move at a much faster pace than carson ever moved at. it was still baffling to him. "i think i need both but i was just hoping for you to help me make my car faster." carson replied back, chewing his bottom lip with thought. "i have a porche 911 gt3 rs and i wouldn't want to bother your nephew ms. gorin. i..i can find someone--i'm sure." he commented, watching the female walk into the back room before returning and throwing a pair of keys at him. fumbling to catch the keys that were thrown at him. carson's eyes drifted towards the ferrari she pointed at an almost drooled. he looked back at his teacher in awe. "You drive that? god that's a beautiful car." he hummed out, blinking at the car before looking at rebecca with curiosity. "you really aren't like a normal professor are you? are you like one of those undercover people for some gang or the cops?" he asked, very serious but it was a rather funny accusation.
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