a) Everyone in the city, with the exception of certain vendors, store-owners, and other people with actual jobs would have a point band. That isn't unusual. And last I checked, everyone present just witnessed someone who was possibly Etranger one-shotting a monster they had trouble fighting as a group. That's kind of big and distracting.
b) If you're trying to needle me for taking too long, have the decency to remember I have jobs (multiple, yes), projects, relationships, and other demands on my time that do not allow me to magically insta-post at any given moment if I want to have the free time to do other things I enjoy and which are equally important- some of them moreso, including games I run on other forums. I won't leave players hanging if I can help it, but I will have slower days, and slower parts of 'fast' days. I'm not going to move the RP along at a pace I'm not comfortable with. If you don't feel like dealing with that, I'll be sorry to see you go but there's really nothing else I can do.
Re: Rai Ryuzaki on a lighter note, your Rider design is pretty good and while your history seems a little... over the top in some ways, I have to admit it's well within Rider standards and we don't have a repeat-entry in the cast right now, so it's all good. That said, the Motivation of most players is to keep their Gear, what sets them apart is how they plan to win the game. Would you mind clarifying that?