Hiss13 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Hiss here with his first ever attempt at hosting an RP. So, if you've been paying attention to my status updates, you might have noticed that I have been working on creating a ToAru-verse RP. At this point, I have fleshed it out enough to be ready to warrant an Interest Check.The following will be the premise that will be put up on the OOC thread (if I gather enough interest) along with what the sign-up template would look like.If you have any questions, feel free to ask.--------------------------Welcome to Academy City…well, seeing as you are an Esper, you likely have lived in Academy City for a good portion of your life, I guess the better thing to say would be welcome to the underbelly of Academy City. Granted, I doubt that you would need a welcome. After all, you all are nothing more than lab rats who do our odd jobs for us.Now, then. Let me introduce myself so I can finally get straight down to business. I am Kihara Yuiitsu, your employer.Ahh, does that name, Kihara, sound familiar? That's good. Seeing as you're part of the dark side, I'm sure you've heard the name dropped a couple of times in your line of work. That should help us to get straight to the point. As you have seen from your own experiences in the Dark Side of Academy City, scientific progress is not something that Academy City attains through what one would call ethical methodology.In fact, we tend to find that ethics and morality restrain the human pursuit of knowledge. But that's where the term Kihara comes in. Kihara is the name given to people like me who forgo all pretenses of ethics and humanity for the sake of acquiring knowledge through experimentation. In a sense, though, we are like a family. Even if most Kiharas share a bloodline, though, it's hard to say that there is a sense of camaraderie between us. In the end, the only real tie between the Kiharas is the desire to pursue science.As a result, all of the Kiharas reside here in Academy City where the technology and knowledge gap between here and the rest of the world is…about thirty years. We don't like to talk to the outside world about that.So, here is where the problem lies. As a result of the tension between Academy City and Russia that escalated into the start of World War III two days ago, the illusion that the Academy City's monopoly on scientific development may not last has begun to ripple throughout. As such, we have Kiharas making preparations for exodus from the city.The job is quite simple in concept. You are to eliminate these rogue Kiharas before they can complete their flights from Academy City.Will you take this job?Sign-up Template: Name: (Should be a Japanese name due to Academy City being located in Tokyo and the fact that there were only ever two foreigners out of the entire cast of Espers in the canon so far. I will be pretty ironclad on this rule.)Age: (between 13 and 21)Gender:Appearance:Backstory: (All your characters are going to be characters who for some reason or another have ended up becoming a part of the dark underbelly of Academy City. Please to give a believable reason as to how your PC ended up there. For example, Musujime Awaki is being blackmailed with her comrades' lives or Tsuchimikado who was a double agent.)Personality:Ability Name: (Esper Abilities in this verse tend to have some eccentric names such as Agitate Halation, Move Point, AIM Stalker, or Violence Doughnut. Have a little fun with this and try to be creative.)Ability: (This is the part I am going to evaluate the most. Due to the nature of the verse, I will need to evaluate the ability to make sure it falls consistent with the verse itself and will give you feedback so we can refine it into something that works in the RP. Once the ability is refined enough, I will give it a Level from 0-5. Do not expect to get a Level 5, however, as there are only seven level 5s within the canon of the verse and I really do not want to alter that. Do remember that just because your characters ability may not be high leveled, it does not also mean that it will not have its uses.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted October 1, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted October 1, 2015 Does the Age absolutely, positively have to be young? I kinda wanna explore with older characters more nowadays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 I do want to stick within that age range as much as possible. The main problem is that, at least in the verse, we have not seen any adults who are Espers. All of the Espers which we have seen are students, which is the main reason why I made the highest age 21 (or 22 would be fine too). There are plenty of adults in the Dark Side, but I would have to be more careful when approving character sheets for adult characters and there is a lot more in-verse knowledge that does need to go into them. At least, as this is my first time hosting an RP, I kinda don't want to go too wide with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyon Pyon Kyuu!~ Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'd join if I knew the first thing about touhou but I don't... Disregard derp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'd join if I knew the first thing about touhou but I don't... Not sure how that would help since this isn't about that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Any uh, background for those who haven't seen any of the series yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted October 1, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted October 1, 2015 Any uh, background for those who haven't seen any of the series yet? In a world where literally every anomalous mystery is real. Psychics, magicians, Gods, demons, there is one man whose right/left hand is so normal he breaks anything weird. When this guy isn't around though the world is essentially one huge clusterfuck between science people, Gods and magicians amongst a few other factions, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Not sure how that would help since this isn't about that.... Beat me to the punch on that one, Huk. XD Any uh, background for those who haven't seen any of the series yet? Hmm…the idea is that 1/3 of Tokyo was cordoned off and made into its own independent city-state called Academy City. As indicated by the name, it is a city where the majority (80% iirc) of the population is students. Within this city, a large amount of scientific research is done to the point where the technology and knowledge in the city is about thirty years ahead of the remainder of the world. One of the things that is being researched is the development of Esper abilities through what is known as the Power Curriculum Program. A majority of students in AC go through this program and gain Esper abilities of varying strength. That's the basics of the setting. I am planning to give more of a background on the OOC if I get enough interest in the RP, though. In a world where literally every anomalous mystery is real. Psychics, magicians, Gods, demons, there is one man whose right/left hand is so normal he breaks anything weird. When this guy isn't around though the world is essentially one huge clusterfuck between science people, Gods and magicians amongst a few other factions, I think. That is also a good way to put it, though a bit simplified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted October 1, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted October 1, 2015 Yup, simple, thass me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I think I mentioned before, but lemme reiterate: If I have the time I will join this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 I think I mentioned before, but lemme reiterate: If I have the time I will join this That's fine~ I read you loud and clear~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyon Pyon Kyuu!~ Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Can we get examples of the common powers and shit? Are there any other important events we should be aware of? Will the main plot of the show be important to the RP? Will there be a Subway at the Academy city where my character can eat a Meatball Sub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 Can we get examples of the common powers and shit? Are there any other important events we should be aware of? Will the main plot of the show be important to the RP? Will there be a Subway at the Academy city where my character can eat a Meatball Sub? Here is a list of powers from the canon: http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Esper#List_of_Espers If need be, I can also show a list of powers created for OCs in an external ToAru RP I am a part of. As for important events, I will be putting a list of any important events that you need to be aware of in a Background section in the OOC. But, there should not be much for you to worry about. Aside from the fact that there is a war going on in the background in which the City is one of the parties, the main plot will not be affecting the RP. I actually made sure to pick a time in which none of the main protagonists would be able to intervene as they are all in...other places... That being said, some characters from the canon will show up but you do not need to worry about any of their backgrounds unless I provide them. That and some plot elements from the canon will show up but again, you will not need to worry about background knowledge for that. As for a Subway...I don't think so, but we do have not-Denny's (aka Joseph's). Would that suffice? That being said, I think I have a yes from Dobby, a conditional yes from KosherKitten, and a possible yes (I can't really tell) from Murdoc... I kinda would like to have 4 definite yes before I make an OOC/Sign-up, though... As that would be the necessary minimum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted October 2, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted October 2, 2015 You have a maybe from me. If I come up with an interesting character I'll sign up. Otherwise I won't want to make any time for the RP, something harder than the actual act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 *Thinks it's gonna be another magical Girl RP... restrains from looking. Eventually gets too curious and actually reads the damn thing.* Wait...so we're pretty much playing as hitmen then? Hell yeah, count me in! I don't even care that I know nothing about this verse... I've always got some type of research that needs doing for my writing anyway, might as well pile it on top. Hell, I got just the character to dust off and bring back...he'd be perfectly suited for the setting and the player mission... (Seeing as how he was kinda a hitman to begin with when I first made him anyway... and a Hitman who relied mostly on magic at that.) You have a yes from me, kiddo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 >ToAru >>Magical Girls Pls. ToAru is about SCIENCE (and sorcery, mostly sorcery TBH) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyon Pyon Kyuu!~ Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Well since I don't really want to join any othe RP I might as well join this one. But I think it would be more fun to play an incredibly weak powered character than a strong one. Character relief anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I have an idea for a power, not really a whole character yet. How does changing the reflective and refractive properties of objects sound? (this is a yes btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 >ToAru >>Magical Girls Pls. ToAru is about SCIENCE (and sorcery, mostly sorcery TBH) Oh god... that's even better for me XD. Science-fiction is my JAM. EDIT: Oh dear god... just did some research and this verse seems far more complicated and confusing than Dobby made it sound... Eh, I'll still give this a shot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) *Thinks it's gonna be another magical Girl RP... restrains from looking. Eventually gets too curious and actually reads the damn thing.* Wait...so we're pretty much playing as hitmen then? Hell yeah, count me in! I don't even care that I know nothing about this verse... I've always got some type of research that needs doing for my writing anyway, might as well pile it on top. Hell, I got just the character to dust off and bring back...he'd be perfectly suited for the setting and the player mission... (Seeing as how he was kinda a hitman to begin with when I first made him anyway... and a Hitman who relied mostly on magic at that.) You have a yes from me, kiddo. Esper hit men but yay~ Well since I don't really want to join any othe RP I might as well join this one. But I think it would be more fun to play an incredibly weak powered character than a strong one. Character relief anyone? Go right ahead. It would definitely be interesting to see that. I have an idea for a power, not really a whole character yet. How does changing the reflective and refractive properties of objects sound? (this is a yes btw) You might need to be more detailed about it but that definitely sounds like a viable power. There was something similar to that in the actual canon called Trick Art so it should work. Oh god... that's even better for me XD. Science-fiction is my JAM. EDIT: Oh dear god... just did some research and this verse seems far more complicated and confusing than Dobby made it sound... Eh, I'll still give this a shot though. Yeah, the universe is very complicated. Heck, there is a point where science can seem indistinguishable from magic and vice-versa but we'll be sticking to the science side (as much as I do love the series's magic side). Edited October 2, 2015 by Hiss13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Oh god... that's even better for me XD. Science-fiction is my JAM. EDIT: Oh dear god... just did some research and this verse seems far more complicated and confusing than Dobby made it sound... Eh, I'll still give this a shot though. Oh yeah, it's complex AF if you try to understand it all You might need to be more detailed about it but that definitely sounds like a viable power. There was something similar to that in the actual canon called Trick Art so it should work. Totally didn't come up with that power for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustytengo Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hmm not sure if i should say yes given my very inconstant ability to be here but i will do a little research and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Oh yeah, it's complex AF if you try to understand it all Totally didn't come up with that power for him Hey, me saying "light control" and you saying "it'd have to be something with changing refraction and stuff" doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Alright, so I've done my research and watched some of the anime and I think I have the ground work of the ability I'm thinking of down (After considering the character I'll be reusing from an old work and what his alias was and the things he did...) I'll pm you about it soon, Hiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Well, seeing as I've gathered enough interest, I should have an OOC/Sign-up Thread up either by the end of the week or some time next week. Until then, look forward to it and please don't hesitate to ask me any questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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