Cardinal Sky [OoC/Limited Acceptance/Not Started]

[Aix]

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~ IC ~

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Roleplay by Aix

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[spoiler=Plot]It was a normal day, and then glowing Chinese symbols started swirling around you, some also floated out to touch objects around you. You realize time seemed to have stopped around you. A few seconds later, there is a flash and you find yourself in some sort of Chinese courtyard. There are a few others with you there who look as they are in the same situation and one person there dressed in ancient Chinese clothing, looking completely in place with the surroundings.

 

As it turns out, you've been Summoned to another world and must defeat the Great Demon King to get home. Along the way, you will be entrenched in the politics, the magic, and the culture of this world, forcing you to adapt and grow as a person to face the struggles ahead.

 

[spoiler=Interest Check information]We're going with a "summoned to a fantasy world" plot here, you're a person from our world who was summoned and you have to beat the Big Bad in order to go home while simultaneously fighting against political power struggles. You will be transported with a few belongings from our modern world and be given a mythical themed ESP power not entirely used for combat; I will have some suggestions for powers based on theme, but you are also free to make your own. There are three paths that we may go that I have in mind (as in 3 main ways to succeed), and each path has countless ways it can play out, we may even go with hybrid paths or paths I've altogether not thought of yet. Morality is not black and white either.

 

You will know nothing of the world, and will be slowly learning about it and the local culture; you may even experience culture shock on top of the normal shock of being transported to another world. I can only tell you the world will be primarily based on ancient, mythical China, and use a few wuxia and xianxia tropes; something that should be rather new and fresh to you, but should still have familiar elements to the fantasy genre such as gods, magic, and monsters.

 

Despite having unique powers, you're not at all ready for combat. Martial artists in this world have to undergo strict training from an early age, and you're just some normal person from our world; even if you have martial arts or military training, you won't stand a chance against a fighter using qi (you probably know this better as "chi"). Your character may choose to try to learn to use qi, but you'll be only a beginner, so you'll suffer repercussions if you overuse it, and you might stand a chance against a real martial artist if you supplement your skills with your powers and keep your wits about you. For the most part, you won't be able to do anything through brute power. That is not an option.

 

 

I encourage you to watch and listen to this video which gives you a glimpse of the aesthetic and culture of this world. In addition to the ancient China theme, there will also be many supernatural elements and monsters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZGNFiKX30

 

Side Note: The above is from a highly popular and critically acclaimed Chinese TV series and serves a great deal of inspiration for this RP. If you want to go the extra step to try watching it, it's a great political thriller and epic revenge story very similar to the Count of Monte Cristo. You can find it for free and subbed on Viki here: https://www.viki.com/tv/22943c-nirvana-in-fire

 

They also offer a one week free trial to watch it in HD without ads.

 

Another great movie that would serve as an excellent introduction to wuxia and the time period, although not as much of the culture, is the movie Hero. I'd recommend finding it in HD as it has Makoto Shinkai level of visual beauty and amazing martial arts choreography.

 

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[spoiler=Rules]Please read these rules regardless of if you are a veteran to roleplaying or not.

• All YCM Rules apply. No godmodding, powerplaying, or metagaming.
• For the sake of maintaining the quality of this roleplay, I shall make this Limited Acceptance, with five unique slots. If there is competition for a slot, I will choose the character that is more interesting and better suited to the RP. You may only make one app, so make it your best. I will do my best to accommodate you if you want to do something outside of the slots.
• Always play your characters realistically and true to their nature and values. Don't try to force your character into things. You must be comfortable and capable of writing your character this way.
• There will be times without action where you will be expected to post with your character simply acting naturally in the environment, making small talk, exploring the world, grabbing food, etc.
• Learn not only to love your character, but also the characters of the other players. Familiarize yourself with them, learn their virtues, their quirks, and their flaws.
• Actively participate in this roleplay. Encourage yourself to post as much as you can. That said, try not to hog too much attention or take up too much of this roleplay in a back and forth between you and one other person. I will step in to advise you to take it down a notch if necessary, but I find that unlikely. To make sure you've read all of these rules, make one word in your app red.
• Every 5 days, I will make a GM post, wrapping things up best I can, regardless of whether everyone has posted or not. At the very earliest, I will make a GM post on the third day, although I may make interaction posts in between. Please talk to me regarding any difficulties while posting, including stuff like not knowing what to write or a writer's block. Extensions may be made based on my discretion. I am allowed to control your character if necessary, but I will try to work it out with you first.
• Discussing things about the roleplay is encouraged. Asking me questions is encouraged. To make sure you've read all these rules, make one word in your app blue. Asking me for teasers and spoilers is encouraged. Telling me whether you're enjoying this RP so far or not is encouraged. Telling me what you think would be cool to happen is very much encouraged.
• Let's have fun challenging the dangers and struggles of this world. Let's have fun as writers to create a wonderful adventure!

 

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[spoiler=Characters]There will be 5 unique slots open for transported characters, based on five beasts in Chinese mythology and astronomy. You may apply for any of the available slots, but because we have more than 5 applicants, any of these slots may be contested. You may apply for more than one slot with your app, and a slot may simply go empty if no one is interested in it. You may also talk to me about the idea of a character outside of these slots.I will try my best to accommodate you somehow into this roleplay.

 

No slot is more important than the others. The exact nature of each slot is very much open for interpretation, I have merely laid out possible suggestions and you should just very loosely fit your character to the slot. The powers I suggest are merely optional, you may make up your own to suit your character and theme.

 

IMPORTANT: Do not make a character too much outside of your comfort zone or a character that relies on some gimmick. You will probably get bored of writing them if you do this. Also, always give a character room to grow and develop.

 

Azure Dragon of the East: Represents the element of Wood and the season of Spring. The character may be very morally upright, maybe even strict and diligent in some way. Potential powers:

• The power to activate and make life accelerate. It can be used to make plants grow by taking a toil on the land. The power takes no toll on the user, but the land can become too ruined to grow at a certain point. The user can control how the plants can grow by using great concentration. Can also be used to accelerate healing by using the body's energy.
• The ability to cure diseases, poisons, curses, and wounds. There will be special conditions.

Vermillion Bird of the South: Represents the element of Fire and the season of Summer. The character may be brilliant, colorful, clever, bizarre, unique, beautiful, feminine, elegant, and potentially pampered or delicate. Potential powers:

• The unlimited ability to shapeshift into any person, animal, or plant. There's a limit to size and you still don't have chi so you won't win fights against real martial artists.
• The ability to create a copy of an object with the same properties and everything. There is a mass limit to how much you can copy per day. A magical object getting copied completely exhausts this ability for a day. Attempting to copy extremely powerful magical objects creates a massively inferior copy.

White Tiger of the West: Represents the element of Metal and the season of Autumn. The character may embody force, power, and protection, and will probably be strong-willed in some way. Potential powers:

• The power to make anything bigger. The power takes no toll on the user. There is some limit for how large the object or person can get and also some limit to how many things can be changed in size at a time. The change may or may not be permanent.
• The power to create an unstoppable force. It's like an invisible wall that moves rather slowly, but cannot be stopped no matter what. There is a limit to the size of this wall.

Black Turtle of the North: Represents the element of Water and the season of Winter. The character may be quiet or serene, and probably a good listener and a somewhat wise person. Potential powers:

• Visions of the future or clairvoyance. Note that if you have such a power, I will control what you see and will give you random visions at times.
• Psychometry, or the ability to see into the past of objects and people.

Yellow Dragon of the Center: Represents the element of Earth and the changing of seasons. The character may be very flexible and open-minded. Potential powers:

• The power to change the property of inanimate objects in terms of hardness, brittleness, elasticity, malleability, conductivity.
• The ability to use any of the other's abilities one at a time for a limited time.

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[spoiler=Application]You may adapt this app skeleton as you wish, or just copy and paste the application code.

 

Name: Something realistic for our modern world.

Age: Try not to go too young or too old.

Gender: I'd prefer nothing weird going on here.

Occupation: What was your character's place in life before they got transported?

Appearance: Either two paragraphs or a picture with lines of text detailing their height and physique. I'd rather you use something animesque so we are more consistent. Use a spoiler please.

Personality: How interesting and well-written your character's personality will be my main point of judgement for who makes it into this roleplay in case of competition. You must also detail your character's motivations in life, morals and values, and what tends to set them off, if any. Use a spoiler please.

Biography: Your back story shapes who you are. You do not have to write too much here, nor do you have to write something hugely interesting, after all, it's after the IC starts that your character's story really starts. Use a spoiler please.

Inventory: What did your character bring with them into this world? Usually things important to them in some way or things they use a lot. Nothing bigger than a backpack please. Use a spoiler please.

Skills: What sort of skill set does your character have? Are they an engineer or biologist maybe? A good cook? Use a spoiler please.

Power: What is the special power your character received upon entering the world? You can ask for help or advice from me on this one. The exact balance of these abilities is yet to be decided. Use a spoiler please.

Miscellaneous: Any random trivia or other things about your character go here. For example, character theme songs and such. Use a spoiler please.

 

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[spoiler=Application Code]Copy and paste this while in BBCode Mode in the YCM Editor. I'd actually advise editing elsewhere in a Google Doc or something before posting.

[spoiler=Application]
[hr][b]Personal Information[/b]
[hr]Name: Something realistic for our modern world.
Age: Try not to go too young or too old.
Gender: I'd prefer nothing weird going on here.
Occupation: What was your character's place in life before they got transported?
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[spoiler=Appearance]Either two paragraphs or a picture with lines of text detailing their height and physique. I'd rather you use something animesque so we are more consistent.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Personality]How interesting and well-written your character's personality will be my main point of judgement for who makes it into this roleplay in case of competition. You must also detail your character's motivations in life, morals and values, and what tends to set them off, if any.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Biography]Your back story shapes who you are. You do not have to write too much here, nor do you have to write something hugely interesting, after all, it's after the IC starts that your character's story really starts.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Inventory]What did your character bring with them into this world? Usually the magic will attract things important to your character in some way or things your character uses a lot. Nothing bigger than a backpack please.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Skills]What sort of skill set does your character have? Are they an engineer or biologist maybe? A good cook?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Power]What is the special power your character received upon entering the world? You can ask for help or advice from me on this one. The exact balance of these abilities is yet to be decided.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Miscellaneous]Any random trivia or other things about your character go here. For example, character theme songs and such.[/spoiler][/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Roster]

• Prince of Jin - Yuè Mínghuān (Aix)
• Azure Dragon
• Vermillion Bird
• White Tiger
• Black Turtle - Chiara Triggiani (Raine)
• Yellow Dragon

 

 

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[spoiler=Database]There is nothing here yet. It will be updated as you learn more about the world.

 

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World Inspiration Gallery: http://imgur.com/a/pVUF2

[Dova]

Interested, although willing to step aside. Would try to post regularly, as this sounds like a great idea, even if it is just a twist.

[Asriel Dreemurr]

I am curious to see what comes of this.

[towitori]

[spoiler=Yellow Dragon]

Name: Sheldon Skye
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Occupation: Various art-related jobs. Mainly Graphic Designer
Appearance: [spoiler=]

Height: 5'9

Wears a gas mask when doing graffiti art.

Personality: [spoiler=]Sheldon is a soft-spoken young man. As an artist, he values his work really well. Often gets inspiration from his surroundings and the people he sees and meets. He's not afraid to try and is also very willing to take risks for the sake of getting his work done right. He's somewhat a perfectionist, especially towards in his art, makes sure its appealing to his audience. He values the idea of freedom, as in freedom of speech and information. And he shows this idea through his art, which he does a lot whenever he makes graffiti art. He takes the Renaissance painters as his influence both in art and life, which he believes that humans have not reached their full capabilities and their development is yet to finish.

Biography: [spoiler=]Born from a middle class family in America. Sheldon lived normally throughout his life. He took interest in art after taking a lot of visits in art museums, inspiring him many works like Mona Lisa and The Creation of Adam. He was however unable to finish his art major due to financial problems with his father being unemployed after being fired as a factory worker. So he decided to start making a living as an artist, doing and selling some of his original art pieces and doing other art-related jobs like a graphic designer and character designer for video games. He casually often goes do graffiti near at the back of the apartment his living on, which the landowner agreed with because she took a liking on Sheldon's art.

Inventory: [spoiler=]He carries a whole bag of art materials such as pencils, coloring materials, a couple of spray cans and at least 3 sketchbooks. He carries a small notebook for note-taking, so that he doesn't run of ideas or whenever he needs to remember something. Other than that, he's pretty much broke with a couple of cash in his wallet.

Skills: [spoiler=]Skilled Artist: From drawing sketches to painting murals.

Good with Technology: Taking from his job once as a Graphic Designer, he's pretty knowledgeable with computers and gadgetry.

Power: [spoiler=]Summon: Has the ability to summon any kind of beasts through his drawings. He can only summon 1 beast at a time but he can summon beasts from any form of drawings. The open-mindedness/flexibility comes to play as he can get ideas from his teammates or address the situation through his summon.

Miscellaneous: red

[mitchermitcher]

[spoiler=Vermillion Bird of the South WIP]

Profile

Name: Takatsuki Natsume
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: University student (physics major)

[spoiler=Appearance]

Stands at 172cm and 69kg. He's slightly below average height and isn't very fit either.

[spoiler=Personality]

[spoiler=Biography]A Kyoto citizen from birth. He moves to Tokyo during middle school and has stayed there to present day. Has a family of three, with a younger sister who he shares a friendly but unfruitful relationship.

 

[spoiler=Inventory]A six-month old smartphone he was just about to replace

A small notebook and a pen

A basic science textbook

 

[spoiler=Skills]Elementary understanding of the natural sciences - Due to his major.

High sociability - Due to below skill

High acting talent - Something he's born with

[spoiler=Power - Clown Perception]As long as his face is covered, Clown Perception can alter how others perceive him. The ability extends to his entire body, therefore he can choose to appear as anyone he could imagine, as well as any animal or item smaller than he is. Invisibility is possible, but the ability only works visually and does not erase his presence. The ability works on anyone who lays eyes at him and he can choose to visually appear as absolutely anything, given the size constraint, and if he is aware of who's looking at him, he can also choose to appear different to each observer he is aware of.

 

The ability does not work on eye contact or visual confirmation of Natsume's face, but rather Natsume's own realization that he is consciously covering his face. Therefore, his hair, no matter how long he leaves them, would not trigger this ability because his hair would naturally cover his face. Likewise, simply wearing a mask would not work, as a mask works through some hanging mechanism. The simplest way to trigger Clown Perception is to simply cover his face with his hand. Approximately a third of the face is the minimum that must be covered before the ability can activate.

 

[spoiler=Miscellaneous][spoiler=Theme]

 

He frequents an online fashion board under the handle 'Taka(田夏)'

 

 

 

[Blade Mistress]

interested

[cr47t]

Count my interest.

 

[spoiler=Application for Vermillion Bird of the South (Re-Revised Version WIP)]

Profile

Name: Seraphina Spark

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Occupation: Biologist

 

[spoiler=Appearance]

 

Height: 5' 4" (5 Feet, 4 Inches)

Physique: Athletic

 

 

[spoiler=Personality]

Seraphina is a detail-oriented and curious person who early on in her career set off to travel the world, to study all kinds of life. She often joins expeditions and enjoys being a leader when called upon to do so, and will usually share an idea of what to do after thinking about a decision, but will often ask others for other ideas if her own are met with disagreement. (ex. One one expedition, when the original leader sprained their ankle, Seraphina was able to lead the group to a village for medical help; at first, she just told everyone to follow her, but they were reluctant, so she listened into the other's ideas, and they decided together to travel by river instead of on foot.) She takes her studies very seriously and when studying organisms always tries to reason through any decisions she makes, but in other aspects of life she will tend to go with her gut. Seraphina is almost always open to making new friends when in a good mood, but if continuously annoyed will gradually lose her patience and grow hostile. She tends to be talkative, and has a good sense of humor that tends to resonate with those of her colleagues.

 

Seraphina’s passion for nature and biology studies comes from a desire to live mostly free from the tyranny of human civilization, and from her heartfelt belief that humans should live more in harmony with nature, rather than in competition with it. This originated from her parents, who also worked in biology. She is also a passionate believer in fairness among humans and is set off when she catches a colleague hoarding things from other humans, or unneccesarily stealing from the environment. However, when set off, she tends to lose her temper until the situation is resolved.

 

 

[spoiler=Biography]

Seraphina has been interested in biology and life, from the microscopic realm of cells to the well-known creatures that can be touched and seen, ever since she had learned of the subject from her parents, who also had a profession in biology. Of course, biology was what she majored in, but would often either miss class or be late because she would tend to go out and observe nature directly. After graduating from college, Seraphina began traveling through every corner and country of the world she could access, exploring some of the less tracked areas of the environments in every continent. Driven by her quest for new knowledge, no challenge would deter her, and no risk could bring her a scare, for she always had a plan B in mind. 

 

Across her journeys, however, Seraphina had some quite interesting experiences with the wildlife she has studied; sometimes she would begin to behave in a way that mirrored the behavior of organisms she was studying, even those lower on the chain. For example, she might find herself trying to climb trees while observing tree dwellers. Other times, she would either be able to approach a classified predator without being threatened, or be spared when attacked. (She usually doesn't even realize she's behanving differently until much later. It's a mystery to her why this happens, but she does have to admit she does it consistently.) Seraphina would often continue to feel and act in a way she thought was similar to the animal she had just recently encountered for a short period of time (usually no more than a few days). Then, the new habits and attitude would fade, but could resurface briefly when Seraphina felt a particularly extreme emotion. (ex. would begin to seem act like a explorer animal if extremely curious, or like a predator if extremely angry.) On the rare occasions she opens up on the subject to others, they usually brush it off and call it a coincidence or a misconception, but she continues to feel like there's a connection. 

 

Over time, as these brief shifts intensified, Seraphina became more invested in her studies and in the habitats she observed. Despite this, Seraphina regularly enters humanity-built towns and cities, mainly when traveling over long distances, when looking for an expedition to join, or when looking for a temporarily job to make enough money to be able to join new adventures.

 

 

[spoiler=Inventory]

Swiss army knife

Camera with strap

Water bottle

Smartphone (w/ music) and headphones (Mainly for when in humanity areas)

 

 

[spoiler=Skills]

Extensive knowledge of biology (as much as the average biologist)

Able to do parkour (A side hobby for Seraphina when in towns/cities)

 

 

[spoiler=Power]

Seraphina has the unlimited ability to shapeshift into any person, animal, or plant, and back again at will. However, the size of said organism can not exceed a certain size (ex. Seraphina could use a size ranging from that of a flower to of a jaquar to of a sapling, but not the size of, say, an elephant or a full-grown tree.) However, she cannot stay in a form other than her real one for more than 24 hours.

 

 

[spoiler=Miscellaneous]

[spoiler=Favorite song/theme music]

 

 

Seraphina tends to have a fondness for fruit. She always tries to make sure to get some when visiting humanity areas.

 

 

 

 

[Tesability Black]

This looks potentially amusing, interest has been piqued.

[Aix]

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[spoiler=紹王殿下]

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Personal Information

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Name: 岳明欢 (Yuè Mínghuān)

Epithet: 紹王 (Prince Shào)

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Occupation: Prince, Polymath

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[spoiler=Appearance]Picture: http://safebooru.org//images/1587/59f38a4da54452fb0341cd6aba3f5d7d8e691743.png?1662337

A timid-looking and effeminate young man with long silky hair that noble ladies envy, usually tied into a ponytail. Despite his meek impression, he is slightly on the tall side for his people at 178 cm (5'10"). He has some faintly visible musculature, but is very slender overall.

 

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[spoiler=Personality]Mínghuān lacks the noble bearing of a prince. He is shy and reserved when it comes to dealing with others, and he does not have much self-confidence, partly stemming from his inability to fit into society. As Mínghuān has become more aware of his shortcomings, he often attempts to instill confidence and determination in himself, but he easily falls back into indecision and lets others pressure him.

 

If there is anything he stands strongly behind, it is his naive idealism. Mínghuān has come to greatly detest the royal capital, full of schemes and corruption. He is repulsed by the horrors and nature of war, and disagrees with wars waged for economic gain or imperialism. Although he holds the same patriotic pride of all Jin citizens, he is also sympathetic to those of other nations and even ethnicities, including the Yao people.

 

Much of this is due to Mínghuān's child-like nature. His mentor noted that he was still able to see the world through a child's eyes and he brims with curiosity, which drove him to various scholarly and Taoist pursuits. Although he has recently come of age, he is still very immature and has no little practical life experience. He is still very impressionable and prone to taking on the mannerisms of those he frequently associates with.

 

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[spoiler=Biography]

 

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[spoiler=Skills]Photographic Memory: Mínghuān is able to recall things he has seen with photographic precision. His memory is geared mostly towards images, and he is thus able to recall a book despite not really absorbing the content.

 

Expansive Knowledge: Under his teacher, Mínghuān is educated in a great number of subjects, and has studied much more in his own time.

 

Martial Arts: Although he is far from proficient, he has received standard martial arts training as a child and then practiced with the martial artists of Jianghu on occasion.

 

 

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[ÆƵ–]

Gotdamn this looks like it'll be fun. I might just need to come out of my RP-retirement to try and do this. Interest checked

Edit: meow meow kitty picnic Imma try fir west white tiger.

 

[spoiler=Woopsies I'm WIPing]

Attempted Role: White Tiger

Name: Beckum Frech (BECK-um FREHc [in the back of the throat on the last part])

Age: 27

Gender: Male (he/him)

Occupation: Beckum worked in the IT business. More specifically, he was a Cloud architect, meaning he designed and organized the way companies stored their data in the cloud system.

 

[spoiler=Appearance:]

http://www.dolldivine.com/tattooed-character-creator.php

 

Height: 5' 7"

Weight: 176 lbs

Blood type: B-

 

 

Personality: How interesting and well-written your character's personality will be my main point of judgement for who makes it into this roleplay in case of competition. You must also detail your character's motivations in life, morals and values, and what tends to set them off, if any. Use a spoiler please.

Biography: Your back story shapes who you are. You do not have to write too much here, nor do you have to write something hugely interesting, after all, it's after the IC starts that your character's story really starts. Use a spoiler please.

Inventory: What did your character bring with them into this world? Usually things important to them in some way or things they use a lot. Nothing bigger than a backpack please. Use a spoiler please.

Skills: What sort of skill set does your character have? Are they an engineer or biologist maybe? A good cook? Use a spoiler please.

[spoiler=Power]

Magnetic Personality- Is able to magnetize any two things at once, as long as their combined sizes doesn't exceed about 24 meters in volume 

 

Miscellaneous: Beckum is a pre-op post-hrt transman, meaning he has all the biological parts that a biological woman would have, yet has the voice and other hormone-affected things that a biological man would have.

 

 

[Tesability Black]

ARCEUS-DAMMIT, you have me torn between North and South. I may do one for each direction and let you pick which one goes through...if allowed. I seriously wound up with a scheme for both at the same bloody time. x.x

[ÆƵ–]

Oh hey I thought I should let you know that the plot part kinda seems unfinished? like "you there who look as they are in the same situation and one person there who." one person who what? what they doin? Who are they? Gatdangit I wanna know! /half-

[Aix]

ARCEUS-DAMMIT, you have me torn between North and South. I may do one for each direction and let you pick which one goes through...if allowed. I seriously wound up with a scheme for both at the same bloody time. x.x

Alright, I'll make an exception.

Oh hey I thought I should let you know that the plot part kinda seems unfinished? like "you there who look as they are in the same situation and one person there who." one person who what? what they doin? Who are they? Gatdangit I wanna know! /half-

Woops. Fixing that.

[cr47t]

Question; Do we get to choose what slot our character goes in? Also, if yes, where in the app do I put it? (I don't see a place to type it anywhere in the application.)

[Aix]

Question; Do we get to choose what slot our character goes in? Also, if yes, where in the app do I put it? (I don't see a place to type it anywhere in the application.)

Yes, you choose your slot. Edit your first post and put your app there.

[cr47t]

Yes, you choose your slot. Edit your first post and put your app there.

Ok. (Except by the 2nd question, I meant; where in the application do I list the slot I wish to take up? ex. Biography, Personality, etc.)

[Aix]

Ok. (Except by the 2nd question, I meant; where in the application do I list the slot I wish to take up? ex. Biography, Personality, etc.)

You can modify the app as you please. I'd put it in the spoiler name for your app.

[bury the year]

Just stopping by to say this looks pretty cool. Don't think I'd be up to steal a slot from someone when I can't promise commitment at the moment, but if this ever gets expanded into a larger RP or dies and does the same, lemme know.

[Aix]

Gotdamn this looks like it'll be fun. I might just need to come out of my RP-retirement to try and do this. Interest checked

 

Edit: meow meow kitty picnic Imma try fir west white tiger.

 

[spoiler=Woopsies I'm WIPing]

Attempted Role: White Tiger

Name: Beckum Frech (BECK-um FREHc [in the back of the throat on the last part])

Age: 27

Gender: Male (he/him)

Occupation: Beckum worked in the IT business. More specifically, he was a Cloud architect, meaning he designed and organized the way companies stored their data in the cloud system.

 

Appearance: Either two paragraphs or a picture with lines of text detailing their height and physique. I'd rather you use something animesque so we are more consistent. Use a spoiler please.

Personality: How interesting and well-written your character's personality will be my main point of judgement for who makes it into this roleplay in case of competition. You must also detail your character's motivations in life, morals and values, and what tends to set them off, if any. Use a spoiler please.

Biography: Your back story shapes who you are. You do not have to write too much here, nor do you have to write something hugely interesting, after all, it's after the IC starts that your character's story really starts. Use a spoiler please.

Inventory: What did your character bring with them into this world? Usually things important to them in some way or things they use a lot. Nothing bigger than a backpack please. Use a spoiler please.

Skills: What sort of skill set does your character have? Are they an engineer or biologist maybe? A good cook? Use a spoiler please.

[spoiler=Power]

Magnetic Personality- Beckum has the ability to magnetize any completely metal thing he makes contact with. However, he is limited to how many objects become magnetic at a time, based upon the size of each object. If he were to try and magnetize, say, a 10 ft tall door that is roughly 1 ft thick and 4 ft wide, he wouldn't be able to magnetize anything else while still keeping the door magnetized. 

 

 

Miscellaneous: Beckum is a pre-op post-hrt transman, meaning he has all the biological parts that a biological woman would have, yet has the voice and other hormone-affected things that a biological man would have.

 

 

Not really seeing much use in this magnetism power. Could you explain how you might use it?

 

Otherwise, I'd suggest something like magnetising any inanimate object. To make it interesting, you could have it like magnetising anything you imagine in your head, so it could be even used to try to find objects.

 

As for the rest of us, it'd be cool to see the apps to start coming in the next few days.

[Raine]

I'll file this under my reunion tour!

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[spoiler=Application]

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Personal Information

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Name: Chiara Triggiani
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Occupation: Import/Export Logistics Coordinator for Menezes Steel and Subsidiaries

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[spoiler=Appearance]

Height: 5' 4' (and a half)

Build: Thin limbs and body with the exception of a bit amount of chub around her mid-section from her relatively recent change to a richer, nutritious diet coming out of poverty. 

 

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[spoiler=Personality]Chiara’s faith in people extends about as far as she sees herself in their shoes, which is surprising distant especially concerning good business. Chiara individualist nature seeps into her dealings with people, she’s unabashed in her questions and opportunistic to turn unfavorable situations onto others when there’s little expense to herself. The exception to this rule regarding empathetic bonds where she’ll counter-intuitively be truthful and straight-forward in her method to pose herself in the minds of others as unbiased and trustworthy when it matters. In conversation and small talk, she’s sharp tongued and sarcastic, bordering on witty. While Chiara is financially-minded and usually plays her cards close to her chest, she’s liberal with her own knowledge and shares relevant information. Chiara’s quoted as saying that keeping the competition knowledgeable ensures an even board, and no one enjoys a cheated game… plus, she gets a kick out of showing off.

Whatever remained of Chiara’s shattered moral compass by her childhood’s end, has since been refined into her infallible north star of navigating human relationships. Chiara acknowledges the existence of good and reprehensible decision making, and she never fails to take it into account when her pros and cons list gets too muddled for her liking. That said, her ultimate goal is always the greatest benefit for her and whoever was wise enough to be alongside her. The previously mentioned allies predominantly occupy the group groups of mutually beneficial allies and extremely rare friend who earns both her admiration and respect. Those in the latter group number only 3 at this point in her life with 2 of those individuals already having passed away. Outright committing acts of evil, following her parents’ example; these are far from her mind but she wouldn’t consider it grotesque if her path followed parallel from time to time, it’s all a means to an end. Chiara’s soft spot ultimately is for children to whom she will act altruistically, contracting her normal persona. She writes off her behavior as a side of her humanity she hasn’t tempered quite as finely, but hasn’t actively tried to eliminate that said of herself. She’s quoted as saying that it makes her seem cuter.

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[spoiler=Biography]Much to the conceited delight of dead philosophers, Chiara cannot deny that human beings are complex creatures with virtually unlimited potential but she also can state with absolute certainty they never live up to that reputation. Humans can, in most cases, be labeled and predicted fairly accurately from the circumstances they were born into. No number of scalding showers can wash that taint from her, as she’s struggled to live differently from the ‘parents’ that raised her. Her father was simple man of lust and money and no brain, he was a low-level human trafficker in southern Italy working for a boss he didn’t know for pay that lower than his competitors. Her mother was a relatively normal girl with moderate beauty which faded quickly with time and she didn’t have any other skills to compensate. She found her father in a diner on rebound from another boyfriend, seeking more lov- no, it was probably just attention at that point in her life.

The two were peas in a pod, aside from the odd drunken fight. In terms of domestic life, for a moderately drug-addled scum and desperate shell of a women, they weren’t so bad. They resented Chiara though. Like a conduit to channel their own disgust at what they were, it was channeled to blame their child claiming that she handicapped them. This led to light abuse, nothing as abhorrent as what her father must have witness for work but perhaps there was light in the man. Her father disappeared one day, her mother wasn’t surprised. Chiara guessed they knew it was coming because her mother moved back to north the day after. She never asked any questions about that. After that day, the two lived in modest poverty as her mother worked enough to feed them. Chiara went to school. Her mother worked. They ate meals together in silence. They went to bed in silence. It was around this time, Chiara became aware of how dismal her life. She learned from it, her mother sometimes stole sparingly, she learned from that too. She was able to recall her father’s dealings at home as a child, conversations about navigating around government bureaucracies; she learned. She began to hate her memories of her father, and soon her mother. But she never said anything to them. On her 18th birthday, her mother opened to the door as if to dismiss her from the house forever. Chiara obliged.

Chiara was homeless for a while, but was smart enough to get money to survive long enough to work and soon that knowledge of hers came to use. She manipulated, lied, stole sometimes, but she also competed, excelled, and defeated other times. She was subservient to a voice in her head telling her to move beyond something in her life. Until she finally found power, financial power inside a European super-conglomerate. That wisdom, is jaded but true in Chiara’s eyes and blessed her with success and mutual allies in her short time climbing ladder both fairly and underhandedly. Today, Chiara works modestly while finding herself stuck running from the same notion that drove her here, but now with no answer to it.

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[spoiler=Inventory]Chiara has no notable mementos but she would’ve liked to bring a cell phone carrying a text copy of Wikipedia but she didn’t get much of a heads up. Otherwise, just the clothes on her back, a decent watch, and her wallet… and her house keys, or some receipts for coffee.

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[spoiler=Skills]Math-magics: Chiara is a number whiz, and very good at mental calculations and remembering numbers.

Negotiation Skills / Truthseer: Chiara has the poker face of a Greek drama mask. As well as the ability to leverage situations, lie convincingly, or call bluffs on worse liars than herself. She can also generally sense when being told a lie in most situations with modest accuracy.

Language-Expert: While she’s currently not learned in any oriental languages, she has a few under her belt and finds herself with an aptitude to learning them quickly.

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[spoiler=Power]Shift Clairvoyance: The ability to see into parallel worlds where the characters made different choices. The ability is pseudo-random, working better under high periods of stress and allows Chiara to gain insight into other people, places, plans, or motives, as well as potential consequences.

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[spoiler=Miscellaneous]Chiara is a neat freak, and is unable to live with mess and disorder in most aspects of her life.

Her favorite food is any meat from a land-animal, primarily due to her disgust with fish eating nearly-spoiled catch everyday as a child.

She's got a delicate taste for bitter liquids and self-identifies as a coffee and tea connoisseur

 

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[a bad post]

[spoiler=Aster P'an]

Name: Sun Mi "Aster" P'an
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Occupation: Night Club Owner

[spoiler=Appearance]

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 121

Blood Type: AB+

 

 

[spoiler=Personality]Aster's personality is similar to how one might describe a storm. A lifestyle of risky behavior and living on according to her own rules has lead to the person Aster P'an has become today. A bold and social animal most of Aster's dialogue is simple and humorous, and carries the tone of someone who doesn't regret much and lives as though every day is her last. Aster has little patience for theory or philosophies viewing such intangible concepts as pretentious, and while she has the intelligence to understand them, prefers to focus on the tangible and real things.

 

However as a sufferer of manic depressive episodes many of Aster's energetic highs are often followed by moody lows in which Aster's personality becomes combative and volatile. During these times Aster's already risk-prone behavior is turned up to 11, and she has at times hit lows so bad that she becomes borderline suicidal. As someone who struggles to properly deal with her own emotions Aster's ability to sensitively deal with emotionally charged situations, and will hit someone with a can of blunt of truth rather than try and spare their feelings.

 

As one might expect from someone of Aster's circumstances, she is not terribly sympathetic of others and there own circumstances. She views others entirely on a merit based ideology, believing people who can't help themselves deserve to be left behind. This Darwinist ideology applies to both social and emotional situations, so despite her keen perception of others emotions she has little concern for them, or the emotional baggage other maybe carrying.

 

[spoiler=Biography]The second generation child of poor South Korean parents Aster, as the first born son, had almost crushingly high expectations placed on her head. As the first son Aster was afforded many privileges from her parents, however she was also expected to perform well in school as well as assist in housework and in her parent's tailor's. Aster's father encouraged her to become involved in sports, however Aster often quickly quit any sports she participated preferring to help her mother mend clothes. While she was young these behaviors were although not preferable, they were tolerated, however as Aster aged into her teens these "feminine" behaviors became unacceptable in the first born son.

 

At school Aster often felt isolated from her predominantly white classmates, who tended to much more affluent than she was, which often lead to their mocking of her. This along with the fact that Aster herself was beginning to realize that she was quite different from other boys her age, lead to the divide between Aster and those in her life to become larger. Slowly her grades began to slip, and Aster began to slip in with a bad crowd slowly building tensions between Aster and her parents. The last straw came when Aster came out to her parents as gay, and finally the couple pushed to their limits threw their first born son out of the house.

 

With nowhere to go and nobody to turn to Aster to sink into a life of hard substance abuse and prostitution to support herself. While Aster had thought that coming out would finally free her, she still felt that something about her was wrong. Thinking perhaps her pathetic state was the cause of her depression the young woman began to try building a better life, and after several years and plenty of underhanded deals Aster became the owner of her own club. By this time Aster had finally figured out exactly what had always made her feel so wrong, and it was the fact she was born into a body that was not her own. Using the money she had acquired from her now thriving club.

 

[spoiler=Inventory]Handbag - A simple black strapless handbag is the only thing Aster was transported to the other world with. Within are several items that at this point are likely pretty useless.

• Signalless Cell Phone - At this point really nothing more than a glorified flashlight, and one that likely won't last that long anyway considering it's only got about 46% battery left anyway.
• Various Make-up Products - As a trans woman Aster's femininity is very important to her, and so she carries make-up products with her to re-apply throughout the day.
• Anti-Depressants - Most of the time the only way Aster is able to get out of the bed in morning, and at only about a half a prescription left it's only a matter of time until she hits a brick wall.
• Pepper Spray - As a trans woman living a rather dangerous part of town this is her way of defending herself against any men, or women who might get any want to pick a fight.

[spoiler=Skills]Good Cook - Scraping by a living on the streets Aster quickly learned practical skills. Over the years however her cooking skills have improved, and she could probably rival professionals at this point. Aster can also whip up a mean drink given the right materials.

 

Bilingual - Aster is able to speak English as well as Korean

 

Seamstress - Skills acquired from working in her parents tailor's. Give Aster a piece of ripped clothing and she'll have it looking as good as new. She also enjoys using this skills to pass time as an artistic hobby making her own clothing or full pictures using just a thread and needle.

 

[spoiler=Power]Psychometric Empathy - Aster is able to experience the memories of others through touch. This ability can also activate should Aster touch an object or be in an area that has a long history or powerful memories associated with it. However when experiencing a memory all 5 of Aster's senses are heightened, and Aster experiences the emotions associated with the memories she experiences as if she were feeling the emotions themselves. So, if Aster were to say, die, in the memory she would feel as though she herself had died, or if the person who's memory she is experiencing becomes very sad Aster may begin to cry. The ability can activate without warning, and Aster is not given much sense as to what sort of objects contain memories. Also when trying to perform this ability on another person if they are unwilling Aster will have a much more difficult time viewing that person's memories. It should be noted that when using this ability with a person the ability can work in reverse allowing the other person to see Aster's memories as well, however Aster must allow this to happen first.

 

 

 

[Aix]

I suppose if none of you are going to start moving, I will.

 

Please respond to this thread within 48 hours or I will assume you have lost interest in this roleplay. Just a restatement of interest is all I want. That, and a completed application.

 

I'll file this under my reunion tour!
 
[spoiler=Chiara_Triggiani]

 

First of all, I'd like to accept Raine's character as the Turtle. If there is someone else aiming for the Turtle, I'm sure we can stretch another role so that your character counts as them.

 

Raine, since you asked, I'll shed my thoughts on your character.

 

I do like your interpretation of the wisdom and intelligence needed to be the Turtle, her ruthless practicality and experience will prove invaluable. There's a weird bit in the personality section that I'd like clarified: "she’s liberal with her own knowledge and sparingly shares relevant information." She's liberal and yet sparing? What does that mean exactly?

 

Her mundane, realistic, and depressing background is nice; it's something you won't find often on YCM and it does well to explain her character. Her inventory only further solidifies this sense of realism from her character which will come to a fun contrast with the idealistic fantasy of the setting.

 

It's definitely good that she has some competence. Her ability for negotiation will be quite crucial. Her power is a fun one for me as a host to be able to display the other options that we had. It's certainly useful though. Any sort of information gathering ability is very useful in this roleplay and I will accept it if anyone makes an information-related ability for a slot other than Turtle.

[cr47t]

Hi Aix. I'm still interested.

 

My app is almost done; I just have to work on the Miscellaneous part. I can skip that if it's optional, however that is not clear to me, so it would be great if you cleared that up for me.

 

I would like to know what you think of my app and what I can do to improve it before considering it finished. I am trying to gain the Vermillion Bird's slot, and have been putting my best into this app. This is only the 2nd time I've tried this (the first was for a RP that got closed before it started), so I would like some constructive criticism/feedback so I can improve myself and the app before calling it done.

 

(My app is on my first post in the thread for those looking for it.)

 

EDIT: My app is done.

 

EDIT #2: Currently revising it.

[a bad post]

I suppose if none of you are going to start moving, I will.

 

Please respond to this thread within 48 hours or I will assume you have lost interest in this roleplay. Just a restatement of interest is all I want. That, and a completed application.

 

First of all, I'd like to accept Raine's character as the Turtle. If there is someone else aiming for the Turtle, I'm sure we can stretch another role so that your character counts as them.

 

Raine, since you asked, I'll shed my thoughts on your character.

 

I do like your interpretation of the wisdom and intelligence needed to be the Turtle, her ruthless practicality and experience will prove invaluable. There's a weird bit in the personality section that I'd like clarified: "she’s liberal with her own knowledge and sparingly shares relevant information." She's liberal and yet sparing? What does that mean exactly?

 

Her mundane, realistic, and depressing background is nice; it's something you won't find often on YCM and it does well to explain her character. Her inventory only further solidifies this sense of realism from her character which will come to a fun contrast with the idealistic fantasy of the setting.

 

It's definitely good that she has some competence. Her ability for negotiation will be quite crucial. Her power is a fun one for me as a host to be able to display the other options that we had. It's certainly useful though. Any sort of information gathering ability is very useful in this roleplay and I will accept it if anyone makes an information-related ability for a slot other than Turtle.

I'm still interested. My app should be done tonight.

[Aix]

Count my interest.

 

[spoiler=Application for Vermillion Bird of the South (Finished)]

 

The picture for her appearance is way too young for a 27 year old, unless you purposely wish to make her appear like to be in her early teens, which would be kind of weird.

 

"She enjoys being a leader, but is not bossy when leading." At this moment, this seems tacked on and needs elaboration.

 

I'm not too sure why you said "when she's not studying an organism". I think you mean when she needs to make any sort of judgement, she tends to go with her instincts, but then you would imply that studying biology does not require judgement.

 

"Seraphina is almost always open to making new friends when in a good mood, but if agitated will grow hostile to strangers."

 

I'd like a little more elaboration on this. Is the hostility due to some primal, bestial instinct or something else?

 

And now to the main feature of your character, her fixation with biology and her attunement with nature that borders on the supernatural. The concept itself could be done very interestingly, but I feel very unconvinced by what you've written. I understand she is just born with a strong relationship with nature, but there is little there that gives her any complexity and the most notable thing there are her ability to take on animal personalities. You failed to convey the possibility of any human depth and made her quite unrealistic as a character. For the simplest solution, I suggest writing more about her human side.

 

If this were my normal roleplays, I might have more or less handwaved it, except for the special nature powers which you'd have to give me a good reason for me to accept. But here, I am rather unsatisfied.

 

As for the latter portion of the app, the animal powers are too far-fetched, I'd rather you not have them. The vegetarian part seems tacked on with the simple train of thought of "she likes nature so she won't eat animals", but I feel unconvinced since she easily takes on animal personalities, including that of predators. You'd have to explain more on that.