Yeah; as I said last entry, I won't be entering RPG Contest 18 due to a lack of time to finish my entry. In the meantime, I will be entering the next contest, and there are several things you can expect from it. As compensation for that sad news, here's what I will share with you:

 

Returning from Night Ride

-Several characters -- Illuxio, Elithes (both possible; haven't decided,) Kerid and Ehjoras.

-Mechas and vehicles in general.

-A tournament, though not as big as the Night Run was. Most aspects of the Night Run are included in this, such as teams, arena matches and races.

-Team Crests.

 

New additions

-New characters -- Lyxek, Lurinost and Zanth, to name a few.

-An all new location: Kai-Nam.

-The Day Run -- the new tournament that was mentioned before, managed by Kerid and Ehjoras.

-The Ring, a gang on Kai-Nam led by Lyxek.

-An as-yet unnamed law enforcement group led by Lurinost.

-New teams in the Day Run -- mostly player based, though Zanth is the leader of one such team.

-A new, easier-to-keep-track-of points system for the Day Run.

 

Not returning from Night Ride

-A lot of my characters from Night Ride -- Kovian, Jaeda/Daeja, Tox, Sepcret, Dagaeris, Existence, Gallum, Ilun, Therapon, the Makuta who helped defeat the Feranaki.

-Gynel.

-The Night Run.

-Separate race track and arena -- all Day Run events will be held in the Day Run arena.

-The Day/Night system, as it will not be needed for the events in this RPG.

 

That's all I can think of for now, though I'm bound to be missing something. If you've got a question about if something will be returning or not, then ask me via comment -- I'll see if I can answer it. Keep in mind that certain things I won't be able to give a definitive answer to, as I either do not want to spoil it or I am not sure yet.

...Whispers spoken in a language long forgotten emanated from nothingness. The sounds reverberated off of the walls, uncaught, unheard by living ears. Something fell from the nearest wall, landing softly on the ground. It shuffled slowly towards the vine; all around the cavern, more creatures were falling, landing without a sound, moving as one towards the center of the room. They whispered, though they did not speak to one another; one word escaped their tainted lips. They breathed it out, chanting softly at first, though gradually growing in intensity.

...“Rhashahk…”

...An orb of darkness appeared in the center of the coiled creature. Laces of shadow broke off now and then as it started to spin; as it continued to grow in size, the orb became more stable, until nothing broke away from it.

...“Rhashahk!”

...The orb swirled, stretching upward. It solidified moments later, transforming into a flower not yet bloomed…

...“Rhashahk! Rhashahk!”

...As the creatures edged nearer, the flower blossomed. Its petals were a bright red, shining through the darkness despite the lack of light. A much smaller ring of red hovered above it. The plant gave a shudder, two leaves growing from its stem.

...“RHASHAHK! RASHAHK!”

...The leaves turned, revealing their bottoms to be that same, eerie red color. They seemed to glow; a hiss sounded from the flower, and the creatures were silenced. The leaves, now very much like a pair of eyes, blinked, weariness evident in them. They closed, and the cavern was thrown back into darkness...

...“All right; I’ll make one last offer, Kerid: Forty thousand, plus information on how to get into the Kai-Nam labs,” the Toa of Sonics offered, standing up so quickly that his chair toppled over. The Steltian he addressed paid no heed, instead simply continuing to watch the events below. “Come on – that’s more than enough to compensate you for what it took to build this dump, and you could do so much more with it, too!”

...“They’re quite skilled, aren’t they?” Kerid asked, as far below Zanth’s mecha dodged an energy blast from a member of the opposing team, only to retaliate with a shot of electricity to their front wheel. It was obvious that she was ignoring him. “I’ve always admired the effort they put into making a performance entertaining; yet even with a job like yours and mine, you never get used to watching it…”

...“You’re stalling; knock it off before I really get mad,” the Toa said spitefully. “I’ve offered you so much more than this place is worth – why won’t you take it?”

Kerid shifted in her seat, barely turning her armored head to look at the Toa. Despite her glare, he did not back off, though uncertainty was evident in his face. The Day Run organizer considered the Toa for a moment. Ever since the relocation and rechristening of the Day Run (formerly the Night Run while it had been under the control of Makuta Jaeda) on Kai-Nam, this particular crime lord had attempted to get Kerid to sell it to him – for what purpose she could not guess, though she assumed that it had to do with her interference of his trading operations as well as the fact that they had essentially stolen ground from his gang. While she could see why he was angry, she was not going to back down – if anything, she loved it here, considering that the Day Run had done nothing but help the local authorities apprehend dozens of criminals since its formation.

...“If you had been on Gynel a year ago, Lyxek, and witnessed the horrors of that place, then you would understand,” she said simply, turning her attention back to the battle below. “Unfortunately you weren’t. A shame if ever there was one – you would have been a perfect host for the Feranaki – they loved greed…”

Lyxek fumed at this. “This is your last chance, Kerid.”

...“And you have my answer. Now get out of my sight before I decide to include you in this match.”

The Toa growled, swiping his cape and hat out of his seat. He covered his face with the rim of the latter as he clipped the former onto himself. “You’re going to regret that decision soon enough...” With a menacing flash of his eyes, he left, his cape swirling behind him as a cloud of foreboding passed unheeded over the Day Run organizer.