Riley

Riley
Pronouns	she/her
Occupation	Assistant Manager

Riley is a Major NPC in Beastieball. She is the player’s childhood best friend, spending much time with them in the Rutile Nature Preserve. Riley supports the player on their journey with the goal of saving the preserve and the Beasties in it.

Favors

Through the Contacts menu, you can ask Riley favors to teach to any Beastie of your team one Play in exchange for 1 Social Battery, as long as the Beastie can learn the Play either via level or friendship.

Friendship level 1
Play	Type	Power	Description
Shield	Defense	--	Feel 1TOUGH (shielded) +2ANGRY (only attacks).
Cover	Volley	--	VOLLEY. SHIFTs self to back row.
Net Rush	Volley	--	VOLLEY. SHIFTs self to front row.
Steal	Support	--	Ball goes to self. SHIFTs self to front row.

Story

(we should prolly have a template thing here that says this is unfinished bc we only have playtest)

The player stumbles into Riley in the Rutile Nature Preserve as a child, where she teaches them how to play Beastieball using the two remaining Beasties of Axolati, Kichik, and Bildit that the player did not choose. After their game ends, the Beasties wander back off into the preserve, and Riley asks the player if they want to watch videos with her. She shows the player footage of Marlin’s victory in the championship match.

Many years later, Riley and the player are relaxing in the preserve when a loud crash startles them. They find that the League has begun construction of a stadium in the Preserve, despite it being an important habitat for many endangered Beasties. She and the player agree that something must be done about this, and she tells the player to talk to Marlin. When Marlin says that Rutile has poor standing and little influence in the League, Riley appears with the other citizens of Rutile to chastise Marlin for giving up on Beastieball. Riley suggests that the player become the new Coach of Rutile instead.

Once the player becomes the official Ranked Coach of Rutile, Riley supports their efforts to defeat other Ranked Teams and becomes their Assistant Manager. She visits the player in their locker room after every Ranked Match victory and is persistent in trying to get the League’s attention to stop construction in the preserve.

After their second Ranked victory, the player and Riley are visited by the Sports King. When Riley insists that he stop the project, the Sports King is immediately interested in the great story that the player’s mission would make for this season of Beastieball. He promises to cancel the stadium if the player makes top 100 rank, competes in the Crown Series, and defeats the reigning champion, Valerie Stride. After this encounter, while Marlin doesn’t trust the King, Riley says that they should simply play along with him for now, as they’ve managed to get the League’s attention and the King’s offer is the best opportunity they have to secure the preserve.

Before their third Ranked match, Riley informs the player that there is an additional requirement other than top 100 rank to enter the crown series - a Platinum-level sponsorship. Riley says she had gotten them an interview to maybe get eyes on them from high-level sponsors, giving them the option to take it now or later.

At the interview, the player and Riley realize the interview would feature both the player and Valerie Stride, with the interviewer asking Valerie how she feels about the up-and-comer going for her title. After the interview, Riley remarks that Stride had slightly stepped on her, but says that she was in her right to, finishing with “we stan the Sports Queen.”

Hangouts

The player can call Riley and ask if she’d like to hang out.

For her first hangout, she takes the player to her house to play Legend of Office, a favorite childhood game of hers, and plays through the first chapter with them. After this, the player will unlock her first set of favors.

For her second hangout, she takes the player to watch a Ranked Beastieball match between The Radical Queens, ranked #1, and the Crimson Racers, ranked #3. She explains how Beastieball has been her love all her life, but now, because of the player, she has a new understanding of the stresses and pressure one would experience on the court. She says she hopes she can continue loving Beastieball, even now that it’s different, and says it’s all she really has.

Trivia

• Riley is transgender.