Riley Firewall
Riley Firewall is a pitcher for the Breckenridge Jazz Hands, and has been with the team since Season 18, Day 6. Firewall has played for the Miami Dale.
Official League Records
Firewall joined the ILB as a lineup player for the Miami Dale on Season 13, Day 43 after the incineration of Raúl Leal.
During the Season 17 elections, Firewall became a pitcher due to the Dale's Move will.
On Season 18, Day 6, Firewall was exchanged to the Breckenridge Jazz Hands due to Feedback. Firewall was replaced by Howell Rocha.
During the Season 19 earlsiesta, Firewall was given the Undertaker modification as part of the seasonal reading.
Over the course of Season 23, Firewall entered and exited the Jazz Hands' Shadows two times as a result of Breckenridge Community Field Fax Machine events, ending the Season on the pitching rotation.
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Testimony on Riley Firewall's Background
- Stories swirl about Riley Firewall in the Interdimensional Rumor Mill. Wiki archivists have dutifully recorded some of them in a Rumor Registry, summarized for easy research. These are the notes for one story from IF-90.749...
Item #: MAO-305
Party Class: ¡DALE!
Miami Anomalous Object Procedures: MAO-305 when spotted on security cameras is to be monitored for as long as possible. Disappearances and reappearances of MAO-305 are to be reported to Dr. Wide. Instances of MAO-305-A are to be given accommodations, invited to team parties, and no more than 4 and no less than 1 should be present in the dugout at any given time. We ask Miami Dale personnel and MAO-agents to not ask them questions along the lines of “What were you named before you joined the team?” and “Do you remember before?”. Instances of MAO-305-A who ask to retire are allowed to do so, nobody is forcing them to play blaseball, as long as at least one instance remains.
Description: MAO-305 refers to a temporal anomaly located within the confines of the Miami International Arena. It has been known to change locations on an unpredictable time period. It has been noted to occupy the same location for as short as 37 seconds, and as long as 38 days. Entrances to the room have appeared in the parking lot, near the hot dog vendor, and in one case appeared as the 6th stall in a bathroom with 5 stalls. Most visitors and employees of the park feel no curiosity or desire to enter MAO-305. Those who do however, henceforth become instances of MAO-305-A if allowed access into MAO-305.
After entering and subsequently exiting MAO-305, it's cognitohazardous and reality warping effects become apparent on MAO-305-a instances. The changes can vary wildly but some are shared between many MAO-305-A, and the changes are both behavioral and physical.
Possible Behavioral Changes Include but are not limited to:
- An urge to avenge Raúl Leal
- A sudden interest in hacking
- Adamantly claiming they are related to Raúl Leal, despite not sharing any known familial ties
- Becoming “Edgy”
Possible Physical Changes Include but are not limited to:
- Flaming Hair
- Purple Skin
- Mohawk
- Robotic augmentations
Despite wide variances of changes in subjects who have become part of MAO-305, all MAO-305-A instances claim to be named “Riley Firewall”. When asked about what is inside of MAO-305 by Miami Dale Personnel and MAO-Agents, the answers vary, but 59%(███ out of ███) of inquired instances claim it is “My Bedroom” or “The Riley Room”. This lines up with reports of instances heading into the room during bedtime hours.
Several Notable Instances include
| Instance Designation | Description of Instance |
| MAO-305-A-3 | Shortly after Riley Firewall was given accommodations in the form of a stereo system to play music on, this instance came out of MAO-305. It appears to be made from soundwaves much like Raúl Leal. While they seem to make many tire screeching sound effects due to their intrinsic nature as a soundwave, they also appear to be incapable of speech or have made a vow to silence. |
| MAO-305-A-7 | Another soundwave based Riley, although this one does not seem linked to the sound system installed in the room. The music tastes of Riley Firewall seem to have integrated themselves into this instance, giving them speech capabilities but also a personality physically based on grunge and nu gaze music. |
| MAO-305-A-9 | A Saint Bernard breed of dog with purple fur, with a red flaming tail. Instance was first seen after Qais Dogwalker let Riley Firewall take one of their dogs on a walk. Riley Firewall and Riley Firewall subsequently came back from the walk. MAO-305-A-█ was asked by Qais “What happened to ████” which prompted MAO-305-A-9 to speak out “Rim Riley Rirewall”[sic] and run around Miami International Arena barking and howling for an hour and 15 minutes while being chased by the Miami Dale team. Current questioning procedures were put into place after this incident. They are occasionally allowed to play fetch professionally on defense but should not be put into batting rotation unless no other Rileys are available. |
| MAO-305-A-13 | An instance of Riley Firewall that seems to be more comedic and less edgy than most. Has an aesthetic fitting the features defined by the occupation and performing art known as “Clowning”. Tries to cheer everyone up |
Due to the extreme difficulty of containing this anomaly it has been decided that “Riley Firewall” be left on the batting schedule, especially since instances seem to be 3-Star-Class batting entities as well as 3-Star-Class Defensive entities. Because the first occurrence of this anomaly lines up with a unexpected ██████ that occurred during █/█/███ in the Thirteenth Season of the ILB, and because this anomaly itself is regarded as a batter and therefore capable of being caught up in a ██████ event, Feedback event, and to being ██████ by peanut weather, Dr.Wide has decided not to lower the party class rating from ‘¡DALE!’ to ‘dale’ due to the dangers it poses to the stadium.
Breckenridge Jazz Hands
Riley Firewall joined the Breckenridge Jazz Hands in Season 18 after a Feedback swap with Howell Rocha. Firewall handled the Feedback well, taking it as an opportunity to get away from Miami and the ghosts they left behind there. Firewall was sent off to Breckenridge by Rocha, who manifested to Firewall as Raúl Leal during and after the swap.
In Breckenridge, Firewall participates in local outdoor activities that generally involve disappearing periodically into the mountains, such as snowboarding and nature walks. They also try to participate in the theatre culture of The Pocket by helping run door for tragedy productions that they pretend not to have interest in. Despite generally pretending to not care or have interest in their teammates or their activities, Firewall still partakes in team activities such as the regular team jam sessions where they play guitar and sing. Firewall even recruited Steph Weeks into their band to play drums. They also have been learning more ASL from Weeks and Mikan Hammer.
The Firewall
While playing for the Jazz Hands, Firewall became known by fans as just “The Firewall.” On Day 54 of Season 18, then-new to the team Firewall watched the incineration of Bauer Zimmerman from their spot on the mound, a second incineration in one season for the still-mourning Jazz Hands. From that point, fans and players noticed that Firewall was unusually focused during Solar Eclipse weather. It also became clear that Jazz Hands players were coming out the other side alive. Firewall became known amongst fans as a good luck charm in an otherwise harrowing situation.
Firewall truly became The Firewall on Day 23 of Season 21 when they faced the Debt-having Silvaire Roadhouse in a game versus the Boston Flowers. Firewall pitched a shutout until the eighth inning when Roadhouse stepped up to the plate. Teammates reported seeing Firewall pause on the mound as if listening for something, before walking Roadhouse. When asked about their performance in a postgame interview, Firewall said “I could hear Them, feel Them around me. I thought I heard Raúl, and then another voice. It told me to let Silvaire walk, so I did.”
Firewall upheld their reputation in Season 23 when the Day 14 eclipse against the Hellmouth Sunbeams went by without an Incineration, breaking what fans call the “JazzBeams Double Incineration Curse.” The curse became something fans feared after the double incineration of Combs Estes and Sutton Bishop occurred ten seasons after the double incineration of Ogden Mendoza and Velasquez Meadows. Ultimately, with Firewall on the mound, a third double incineration did not come to pass, and the curse was broken.
Fan Works
Punk Riley by @CHURGALAX
Rogue Riley by @MEGATRUCK
Angsty Riley by @tywyso
Riley by @tigrishades
Riley by @camcato
Riley by @styx_is_god
Riley celebrating the Dale's postseason by Tigrishades
Riley post-feedback, by Tigrishades
Riley and Raúl Leal, by Tigrishades
Riley Firewall on the Dale, icon by @dessxericas
Riley Firewall on the Jazz Hands, by @VoxiSour
Riley Firewall in an eclipse, by @VoxiSour
Riley Firewall's Jazz Hands ID, by @VoxiSour
Riley Firewall's ID portrait, by @VoxiSour
A Tlopps card of Riley Firewall, by @VoxiSour, border by Rocketknife
A Mini-Blaseballer of Riley Firewall, by @HetreaSky
Riley Firewall and Raúl Leal by Cori
Riley by Cori
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