Sutoratosu

Occult and mysticism aside though- behold! A new power hath emerged from my research! Ability Name: "Sonic Screwdriver" Ability Function: Yuu's AIM Dispersion Field and Personal Reality grant him an extrasensory perception of Sound Waves and subsequently allows him to alter the Decibel Level, Frequency, and Direction of any Sound Energy that comes into contact with his AIM Field by recalculating their formulas. This essentially allows him to amplify or dampen a sound, reflect/ focus or redirect it, or alter it's pitch. The maximum degree alteration his AIM field can manifest from the sound Energy's base level for any particular value however (The level at which it actually made contact with the field) is that of approximately 3 times (Meaning he basically can make a sound's decibel level up to, but not exceeding, 3 times higher or 3 times lower, or alter the pitch by up to 3 times what it originally was, etc.) There. Simple. Simple yet very effective... Now... I must still work on the actual backstory...and everything else.

This is why I'm a man of magic and the occult, not science... Don't thank me, I'd just rather not have something stupid and not even directly related to the major point of the RP end up snowballing and causing a bigger scene than it should... cause I know from experience... that the end results aren't pretty when someone (usually the host) eventually snaps from frustration. It's just a power- if it's going to cause an issue and needless conflict and back and forth even though it's already been discussed before hand, then oh well, obviously I'll just have to draft a new one. It is what it is. Anyway, Guess it's time to start researching for replacements then. I'll probably just go ahead and make a completely new sheet once I find one and work it out, rather than simply edit the already existing one (Seeing as how alot of things in the backstory and personality will probably change as a result to accommodate the alterations...)

alright, look, enough damn it. The entire reason I even went to the trouble of running the ability by hiss first in the first place was to try to make sure it would be alright and avoid this type of debating and subtracting from the actual point of things. Seeing as how that's honestly failed though, I'd much rather just scrap the power altogether and start over from scratch if it will mean this whole pointless back and forth that's starting will end.

Eh...guess you're right, sorry XD I forget others don't share my innate immunity. but dear god...god help us all... if he even would XD

just for the record, me and hiss already discussed it at length before the profile was even made. In fact the ability was the first thing I worked on for this, the character was simply refubrished... And just to give some context, there are far more powerful Espers alive within the cannon universe of this thing... just a few examples: http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Accelerator http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Kakine_Teitoku http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Shokuhou_Misaki And that's just a few... without even dwelving into the type of power magicians and such can wield, which can arguably far exceed an esper in potential...the power levels of this whole thing go far beyond it. As for the point of it having no basis in any scientific principle... http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Kakine_Teitoku This particular canon fellow's power can literally just say "Fuck off" to the laws of physics in entirety, just to give a bit of perspective. Literally anything he can think of, he can theoretically do... and the basic premise of his and Yuu's abilties are more or less the same- the capability to create an unknown matter... The type that yuu creates is simply subject to more laws than Teitoku's is, given that well... teitoku's gives no damns... but yet Yuu must still adhere to things such as density, states of matter, etc... yeah... the power I have created is really nothing compared to the grander scheme of how far the authors themselves have taken things in their story. the possible power levels of this world are by their very nature are going to seem a bit ridiculous to anyone looking from the outside in... it strangely starts to make more sense as one actually sees how everything fits together though, at least it did for me... but still, yeah, shit gets pretty crazy man... Alrighty then, will do.

((Note that all names given are listed in the traditional Surname, First Name Format)) Name: Miura Yuu Age: 20 Gender: Male Appearance: Approximately 5'7. Has a head full of Disheveled, pitch black hair and bears cold, dark blue eyes that have a way of making most of those who make contact with them tend to feel uncomfortable, almost as if he's glimpsing into their soul. Has a fair complexion, and aside from the unsettling nature of his eyes, most of his other physical features are average to that of a typical Japanese man and as such are rather forgettable at a glance as a result. His normal attire consists of mainly dark colors and clothing that offers little restriction to movement. His outfit of choice while carrying out jobs for clients however, consists of pure black Duster over-top a Tactical Vest of the same coloration. He also dons form-fitting gloves and dark cargo pants the same color as his vest and coats, bloused into the pair of black Combat Boots on his feet. Backstory: Personality: Ability Name: "Anti-Matter" Ability: Extra Skills: Is highly knowledgeable in Chemistry for obvious reasons (Ex, knowing the density and properties of substances to use as reference points). Has also developed adept stealth and tracking skills out of sheer necessity for discretion. Also posses a degree of knowledge pertaining to Forensics and and Intelligence Gathering. Hot damn... took me four damn hours to get this up right like I wanted... so there. This is my shot in the dark for the backstory at least, since we've talked and you've already oked the powers. I've tried to stay as true to the internal conflict and personality of his original form of old Gilwyn as I could... have to do an old character some type of justice afterall, I kinda owe it to all those I have sitting around. So yeah... tell me if anything needs changing or editing or fine tuning, what have you...

Indeed it was... Ya know, it's all fun and games until someone's PC is left in desperate need of a Burn Heal and a Skin Graft...

Basic introduction: Eh, so... I was bored yesterday and was typing up a few responses for my RP Sins of Avalon during a bus ride from the technical center to my homeschool, and I figured, why the hell not make a few short stories for this world? So I kinda did that. and I kinda liked getting into the swing of short stories again (for any who don't know, the first and last thing I ever wrote outside of roleplays was a short story about 5 years ago...) I've come a long way since my first days as a 12 year old struggling to come up with a coherent plot, learned quite a bit, done a few shenanigans... all this time though, I was holding myself back from trying to write a completely independent story again... until now. The following stories that will be hosted in this thread are collections and series of related short stories that all take place within the same world as the last RP I intend to ever host- Sins of Avalon. You can go and look at the OOC to try to get some information on the world- but the basic gist is this: It's the same basic world of pokemon, but re-imagined and with altered events and timeline, as well as several changed aspects (For example: Modern Militaries under the commands of each individual region, Ten year olds are not allowed to go on journeys with super powered animals, gotta be eighteen. The pokemon league is held in a tourney style. There is a global religion centered around Arceus and the other major legendaries, etc...). It is basically pokemon after I've gone through and changed things to how I feel they would make more sense (and make a better anime series from...). Many of these stories will take place away from the main plot of the RP itself as it's still in the very early stages, and most of them will be taking place either at the same time as the plot or will be set before it. These stories are intended to give more context and information about the world and let me flesh out things that I know I likely won't get a chance to in the actual RP. My procedure for updating this will be to draft up a story or chapter in my own independent word processor whenever something hits me, then once I've done all the editing on that platform, I'll copy and past the final results into a Google doc and share the links on here (I do it this way so that even if the drive glitches or something gets deleted, I will still have an easily accessible offline copy to replace it). I'm going to say right now though- don't expect regular updates, but when they do arrive, I'll be sure to make it known that they've been added to this post. And people are free to comment on the stories in this thread if they want... doesn't really matter to me since I'll be hosting everything on my drive account anyway. currently I have but one story started... more will likely come soon though. Sins of Avalon: Anthologies "Surge of Vermilion" "The Legend of Charlemagne"

Just for clarification- Legendaries are pokemon like darkrai, creselia, the lake trio, the bird trio, the justice trio, etc. The gods of the parthenon are not counted because they're... well, they're freaking gods and are on a whole other level. And as Khan says- there is only one member of each legendary species... And I've also decided on the status of the Yin-yang trio and their role in the story. They're not exactly gods, hence why they aren't present in the Parthenon, but at the same time, they're not included as legendaries here either... that's all I'll say on that particular matter though.

Yuzuki Khan had to take a moment to gather himself from he'd just witnessed, rubbing his temples. He kept his eyes on the scene before him as he tried to forumlate something suitable for the Girl's questions. "No," He began... "No, the two women and one man who attacked us were definitely apart of the Brotherhood... The only other faction even existing in any of this is the very one whose boat you're standing on belongs to. As for reinforcements...there won't be any. Not if she's here." Khan loosely waved a hand in the direction of the loading ramp. Yuzuki could've seen a young woman helping the same mute giant they'd seen earlier up to his feet, trying to get him onboard from where he had fallen in battle. How she could even manage to wrestle that much weight was anyone's guess... "This unit that attacked... they're known as a Shadow Force. The Brotherhood's elite units- Their trump cards.They're Black Ops, typically lead teams 21 men strong whenever one of them is deployed in full force. one commander, two captains, and 18 subordinate members." He put his shades back on, hiding this ice blue eyes as he finally turned back to Yuzuki. "That woman though... she's one of the most dangerous trainers alive. if she managed to intercept them- which she likely did judging by the fact that only the big three made in to the target -then the rest of the squad is surely already dead...but all that... all that is mute compared to the matter of the beast. To the matter of just what you people have managed to do here..." He paused a moment, pushing the specs back up the bridge of his nose as he took a deep breath and shook his head. "Tell me, girl, you have never heard of a legendary pokemon dying, have you? No, no, of course not... for eons they have existed, for eons they have lived and breathed... but yet unlike normal pokemon, you hear nothing of a Legend ever dying- and nor do you hear of them breeding or reproducing; But yet, despite these two facts, for so long, they have always been present. Just why do you think that is, girl? Why do you think there are so few of them, and of those few species, why there are always only one of each kind- only one darkrai, only one cresselia, only one zapdos, articuno, moltres, etcetera? Why do you think that they, above all other species, have neither perished nor faded from the earth, except for Volcanion just now; How it is that they alone have endured extinction events after extinction events? never evolved over time or even changed that radically if at all? Why is that? Why have they remained the same beings since the day they were wrought?" Khan honestly hoped the girl would be smart enough to piece at least the beginning of it all together...

And yet, for some reason, I already am far more fond of this one than I ever was of Alvin... though, perhaps it has to do with the fact that My own PC has yet to have the assumed displeasure of interacting for any extended period of time or discussion with her... unlike poor Mareek. But yeah, she'd probably still end up annoying the hell outta Maya XD EDIT: also... Oswald: Apparent Resident Ghost Buster XD

*Sigh* gotta both address the causes and do the work of laying out the steps and possible ways to pave the road to fixing it myself @ Players -Try to think more openly about things. If you get into a situation where you don't see something that's immediately obvious for you to do, just take a second to step back and think. Re-evaluate what's going on, look for details that you can use to build your response off of. Don't just immediately give up and don't just immediately assume that you're completely blocked by a wall and there's no way through it- cause that's honestly what life is like; Sometimes we are faced with obstacles and situations where we think we have no power and absolutely nothing we can do in them, but if we take a mere second to think outside the box, analyze things, then often times a great number of ways pop up that we can get past the wall. Perhaps not by going through some neat and nice door that's been pre-crafted for us, but maybe under it instead, or possibly above it, or hell, even around it, the metaphor can go on and on. Point is, in the initial frustration of thinking that there's no way to progress, people often times fail to see things they would've if they had just calmed down and taken a closer look. If you get in a free style situation and you don't know what to do and don't feel like you know your own direction, then again, think abstractly, outside the box. Hell, even if you still can't come up with something, maybe wait for a few other people to post to give you an idea or see how things develop a bit. Or you could put yourself directly in your character's shoes- consider what to do according to how they would act and their own interests at the moment. I mean, Christ, there's so much shit that's possible whenever a host gives a free period in the storyline- you could use the time to elaborate abit more on your pcs backstory, spend it interacting with and forming relations to other Players and their characters, haggle a few NPCs unfortunate enough to be present just for the hell of it. The only thing that holds you back are the rules of the world as set out by the host, and your own mind's capabilities of thinking up ways to play within those rules creatively. Now... to my bigger target. @Hosts - Try to be more communicative in the future about what are the limits of what Players can do and try in the RP. Don't just settle for handwaving your policies as the standard "No metaing, no powerplaying, etc" Be specific. Those are friggin' cookie cutter rules that apply virtually anywhere around here and are nothing more but the standard. So, for example, let's say you say players aren't allowed to Metagame...pretty standard thing right? It all ends there on the matter right? No, wrong, at least as far as I see it. Wrong because of one issue; what the hell exactly counts as metagaming within your setting and your specific policy for that specific RP? What situations are acceptable for players to glean a bit of extra information from the details given by being clever and in the right place at the right time, and what situations count as actual breaks in the rules. Can people listen in on conversations that are held out in the open with no thought of privacy given by the occupants? are they free to see something discreet and shady happening out of the nearby window if they're in a reasonable area. You need to decide when to draw the line between actual metagaming, and non-issues. Now, some of you may go "Well it's based on common sense so there's no real need." Yeah, well, guess what... that leads to my next point. -Try to stop assuming things when you make your rules on limitations. Don't be lazy, and don't hand wave things and leave them as the simple cookie cutter rulesets everyone is accustomed to. Take the time to sit down and think in-depth on what players will be allowed to do and how far they can go, because rules like powerplaying and metaing get a bit harder to enforce when there's no clear cut examples of what exactly you mean, and needless headaches, I can assure you, will eventually abound as a result of the confusion. And in general, try to give a bit of explanation of the parameters of each rule. If you want an example, here- Ripped from the old OOC of Surge Story: The Rules on this RP: Now, given that the thing is what... over a year old and is no longer functioning and is the first thing I ever made on here- it kinda lacks just a little bit in the detail I'm trying to get at, as most of them outline the punishments of commiting the offenses rather than what the offense would constitute; but it still does a decent enough job of illustrating my overall point. I didn't leave the rules as simple bullet points with- Don't Meta Don't Powerplay No Sues 4 moves only No. I went indepth on that shit. I didn't want any type of misunderstanding that could've been easily avoided, and I didn't want trouble to start right out of the damn gate. So I took the time and wrote it all out. Finally, as I alreayd stated- if people complain that their stuck, don't just bend. Make them think, make them work out the possibilities they haven't consider yet- don't just baby em and edit that scene so they have something that's obvious and prescribed to do, because you're only hurting them in the end by doing that. As commander said, give them advice, list examples of various paths that would be acceptable, but don't tell them exactly which one of said paths to take. let them evaluate and decide themselves. Now then- in closing, I'm not singling anyone out here or any RP out here- I am merely stating the raw and general facts of the argument. If you're a host whose already done all this and put the thought into being more specfic with things, then great for you, patt yourself on the back. But if you have a feeling you might need to do more... maybe your subconscious is telling you something then. Because again, I'm not doing this to shame people or call someone individually out. I'm listing what I feel needs to be said in order to help this community better itself. And that's all I got.

The brutally honest answer as far as I see it: No Probably not, seeing as how the conversation kinda went full circle after it's first initial phases. Talking is one thing, Doing is another matter entirely. I completely stand by everything I said in the beginning of this discussion and my follow up statement abit after it: Nothing around here is going to change unless people actively make an effort to try to change themselves, and from enough of those concentrated efforts, the community itself will also change as a direct result. The situation is very much akin to the Principle that If you want to fix society, you have to start at improving and fixing the smallest unit and working your way up, not simply cast a wide, overarching plan and expect the system to correct itself overnight without any active input or contribution towards the change from those who make up it's very components. Going the Latter of the two paths is like just putting a new coat of paint over a wall that is suffering from a bad case of mildew- yeah, it may technically be like a quick fix cause you can't see the issue anymore, but even if it's hidden from sight, the root of the overall problem will still be present. It is the same exact reason why medical researchers and practitioners put so much effort into understanding the causes of disease and trying to develop cures for them, rather than simply stopping at the stage of being able to treat the patient's symptoms.

So, I am going to take a wild guess and assume the loud mouthed red head is the Fire Monotype NPC chim mentioned... EDIT: and after quite a few revisions and re-evaluations I've finally finished planning out the final product of Maya's team: Medicham is the Ace... Unlike last time with Mareek, I actually went in with a consistent character theme in mind, so... this is probably not going to change at all after this unless there's some glaring coverage issue I find that I didn't see before... but considering I've done the final move sets and strategies as well, that too is unlikely in and of itself.

Maya & Helene (Rm. 002)... also, whoever is shouting about house parties in the hall needs to shut up "yes, actually," Maya said as she glanced at the door. Someone seemed to be shouting something out in the hall- though, not like it wasn't anything she wouldn't expect on the first day. Some people were just naturally excitable. Or simply lacked self-control. Or both. Almost like a certain spinda she knew. Probably wasn't anything more than some girl getting a bit emotional with her good byes...or maybe outright giddy over the idea of finally being on her own. Folie meanwhile only gave yet another muffled groan of frustration in response to the other panda. He had the feeling... that his time here was gonna be a looong one. Long and dull. He would've just given up and knocked himself out if it wasn't from some loud kid shouting something about...wait, wait... whaaaaat?! "Spind?!" Instantly the normal type's head shot upright as he processed what he heard one more time. Maya and the girl might not have been able to make out the muffled words, but when you had ears like his kind did... Folie grinned. Maya glared. She knew that look... "I grew up in Shalour City, in fact." She continued, smiling at Helene as she preemptively grabbed a fistful of beige neck fur for the second time that day. Folie gave a few indignant cries as he struggled fiercely, practically standing bolt upright on the couch as he attempted to fight his way for the door, only to be held vainly in place by the Iron Clad Clamp that was Mayanna's hand. Maya simply kept smiling. Like nothing was out of the ordinary. Nothing at all. "So, what about you? You from anywhere interesting?"

Damn the hectic scheduling of my senior year... I still got some catching up to do, but I've finally got a response up... And it just occured to me that given his background, family legacy, personal history, and all the shit he's gone through and done to get here and type of abilities he's packing... it wouldn't actually be politically incorrect to call Ethic a legit wizard by now XD... even reminds me a little bit of harry dresden... just a little Though I still like "Lord of Arcana" more...

Ethic, a wizard on the edge... He examined the hall as it slowly began to revert to the closest thing that could pass for normal around here; the architecture, dark and deceptive as it was, again slumbering like an attack dog under the shade of the porch, rather than straining against it's chain, foaming at the mouth as teeth like razors hungrily snapped at even the slightest sign of motion. The tall man's illusion was gone now. The maze may have the power to fuck with his area of dominion, but by no means did it have the force to change their fundamental properties. Not even Mr.Psuedo-Slender had not been immune to the impact his right fist. "Yes..." He said simply, eyes fixed on the statues now. They had to be the focal point, no doubt about it- They were the only mechanisms he'd seen any trace of during the whole Shabang. "This thing most likely runs off of indiscriminate sight. Meaning that it's probably a more generalized type of trap that would either kill or force to halt anyone who managed to got caught... any form of visible motion at all is probably enough for it to sign a death warrant." He turned his back to the blonde, again calling forth the Magician from the back of his psyche and launching into full operation. Within moments, he had successfully crafted two more veils and managed to instill the mental thoughtforms that would give them their function and properties. It was never so much of having to do hard calculation to account for how he wanted them to bend the light spectrum, as it was simply using a combination of Will Power and Visualization- like raising power and preforming a spell or ritual, someone versed in the occult and esoteric might say... and when you grew up surrounded with as much source material and exposure to Esoteric ideas and concepts as Ethic, versed is something you just become naturally. "Try it now." He said, glancing back at the woman as he gave one of the veils it's final order- to shroud. The air rippled around her like a heat wave... then there it stopped, and Annie was gone from his sight, simply vanished like a wraith. But Ethic could sense it there, the veil. Could sense it running. He still could tell exactly where she was. "Look down at your hands. They shouldn't be there now. Give the hall another try."