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| Nemo★Ma:
===NEVER EXISTED=== Name: Satsuki Rin |
| Gappy:
YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE Everyone, I would like to make a very sincere apology. I realize this issue is my fault and my fault alone for not setting this out at the very beginning of the game. At first I had conceived it as an informal RPG, something casual to pass the time. As I said before, I hadn't organized it as well as I normally organize my usual RPGs. But now that we've come so far, I think it's best that I raise these concerns now before the game is ruined for everyone. Which is why after the reset I decided to add a proper profile thread which is usually standard practice BEFORE beginning an RPG. Now that I've reviewed a good few of your profiles, I have a few concerns to raise. I won't point any fingers, not yet anyway. I'm sure you'll be able to review your own profiles by yourselves and see if this applies to you or not. These are the concerns: This RPG is freeform. It gives you a lot of freedom of choice and room for character development and I always urge players to take full advantage of that freedom and power. But with great power comes great responsability. Do not abuse it. Do NOT GODMOD. How does one godmod? By empowering oneself out of proportion. By making it such that every battle, every problem, becomes a breeze for yourself, cheating yourself and other players of the great challenge, the sweetness of victory when you snatch it out of the jaws of death. Remember, we always enjoy hearing stories about underdogs, weaklings, who are oppressed at first and go through many sufferings and hardships, crawling along, climbing, yet falling back down time after time, yet gritting his teeth and climbing once more to finally grasp sweet victory. We love seeing the lowly weakling who was beaten into the ground unfairly in the beginning slowly rise up against all the odds before finally showing it up in the face of the opposition who had kicked his ass in the beginning. Is that not so? So don't cheat yourself and others. Make your battle a hard one. Make your challenges difficult and interesting. Pile up obstacles and opposition in your own path. Persevere! Endure! Fight against all the odds! It makes the victory at the end so, so much sweeter. However, when you have the strength of a god, where's the challenge? Where's the sweet victory? You end up the big bully on the playground, toying mercilessly with your enemy. It doesn't matter if you're good or bad, you're still crushing your enemies underfoot like they are ants. Where's the fun in that? Or things like giving yourself tons of money, wealth, everything else. Have you ever heard the saying, 'bread won through blood and sweat tastes richer than the feasts of kings?'. Earning every cent, bit by bit, building your cottage into a castle, that's where all the fun is. If you spring into existence with an invincible fortress, where's the fun in that? The fun part about RPGs is the character development element. Your characters can grow, develop, turn into better or worse people as the story goes, as circumstance tamper and twists them around. They go up from humble beginnings to become victors at the end. Isn't that the sort of story we like watching? Don't we enjoy seeing Simon rise up from his hole in the ground up to become the pilot of the mecha that drills into the very Heavens themselves? Don't we enjoy seeing Naruto get beaten into the dirt again and again, only to finally rise and defeat his opponent? Isn't this the sort of story you want to be a part of? So, I implore you, everyone, please review your characters now. Step back and look at them. Will it be fun playing with these characters? Will it be fun to WIN with these characters? I'm not asking you to lower your strength for others. I'm asking you to do it for yourself, so that your victory, your achievements, your glory, can be so much greater at the end. I may go so far as to use my own character as an example. I'm not saying I'm an expert at creating characters or roleplaying, but I think my character is somewhat passable. He is an average human, clumsy, rather simple-minded. When he created his contracts, he was so weakened that he almost died. However, he's striving to become better. He wants to overcome his weaknesses. He'd swallow his pride and learn from others if he had to. But he will grow stronger, for his own sake, and for others. It'll be a slippery slope, with many defeats, lots of stumbling along the way, lots of false starts, lose hope and despair again and again, but he will rise out of it a better, stronger man (one hopes) There are a few other characters that are even better than mine. Well written with great personal challenges. I wont' point them out. But you might know who for yourself if you've been reading so far. Once again I'd like to reiterate, we're all outsider humans. We may have a few quirks up our sleeves, but we're not Goku from dragonball Z. We're not aliens from planet Saiya with the power to blow up planets. Thank you. Sorry for the rant, and thank you for reading. Again, this is nobody's fault but my own. I apologize very sincerely. |
| Rabbit:
So I heard the signups were still open~ I read some of the other profiles and some of them are really good. Way to make me feel like a lazy bastard >_< Name: Ben ("Rabbit") Gender: Male Age: 21 Strength: His soul is a 'void'. In practical terms people just do not notice him unless he addresses them directly or is in their line of sight. However he knows that this 'blessing' has not yet completely manifested and he has no idea what kind of consequences this will have in the future. Possesses university-level analytical skills (but didn't learn anything else during those three years!). Weakness: See above. But he's not really the Unfavorite, since most random acquaintances have no opinion of him. Home: Occupation: Visual Description: Brown hair and green eyes. Fair-skinned. Has some chinese features. Is somewhat shorter than the average male human. Personality: Craves recognition but knows that he will never get it, and is indecisive, constantly worried about the consequences of his actions. Other than that his personality is very malleable and is shaped by his experiences. Vengeful in the extreme, his one concrete belief is that people should get exactly what they deserve. Partners: Yumemi History/Background: A lazy American student who ended up studying in the UK, something he doesn't enjoy talking about or explaining. Because no one ever noticed him he had to go out of his way to talk to people and make friends, but he was very rarely successful. He just didn't leave a lasting impression on anybody. This also made it difficult for him to find any sort of work, which compounded his problem of not knowing what he wanted to do with his life. In fact the only reason he was even transferred to RAI Force 1 in the first place was due to a bureaucratic oversight; one of his job applications was somehow switched with some unlucky fool and ended up in the hands of an organisation that transcends all aspects of customary international law. He was also recruited due to a lack of available personnel, and is grateful to be employed, let alone have a superior who will tell him what to do. Fun Facts (optional): Wishes magic were real. Wishes he knew magic. Despite his soul being blank, still has a childlike heart filled with dreams and ambitions. Additional Information/Background/History: |
| E-Nazrin:
Name: Jeremy Nezu Gender: Male Age: Early 20s Picture: N/A Visual description: A baby-faced, black-haired Caucasian shrimp, fairly thin and with minimal muscle. Pretty much always wears a t-shirt and some sort of casual pants (other than jeans). Strengths: Witty, SPIRAL POWER!!!, bends over backwards for close friends, creative at finding loopholes/alternatives/third options, strong reasoning skills, highly knowledgeable about Gensokyo via Touhou, intact and working laptop with many Touhou images and several games for internet abuse, a decent schemer, tries to be neutral about issues and listen to his 'enemies.' Weakness: Easily irritated, can be very hostile, spoiled, foul-mouthed, addicted to the Internet, slow to trust, gives up easily, below-average human strength on his own, overly idealistic, pessimistic (sometimes), may fall into despair (this is especially dangerous; see Spiral Power), long-term NEET and hikkikomori, poor with names, not a great fighter, little inherent motivation, skeptical of his own worth. Mixed Blessings: Fairly paranoid, Dangerously Genre Savvy to the point of being genre savvy about being dangerously genre savvy, somewhat overdeveloped sense of drama, anarchistic streak, overly fond of spouting references, obsessive. Home: (will update once I catch up some more - hoo boy) Occupation: (ditto) Personality: A cynical and irritable fanboy, with a habit of making wisecracks and challenging assumptions. Can be sweet-hearted if you get to know him well, but tends to be very slow to trust. Loves his otaku references. Strongly believes more in the value of sentience and thought over race, species, or faction. Partners: Yukari Yakumo, Ran Yakumo, and Chen. Faction: Gensokyo Refugees History/Background: Token American Touhou fanboy, transported to Gensokyo either out of despair or the whims of Yukari. Spent his days in Gensokyo as basically a hikkikomori, trying to learn basic magic to sustain himself and abusing the kappatech electricity and wireless to the fullest. Adopted a Japanese-sounding last name primarily to stop getting annoyed when people mispronounced his last name. Now, he's Yukari's manaslave, and is trying to plan ways to restore Gensokyo and deal with Kikuri. He's taken a strong interest in figuring out what, exactly, is going on with the whole thing. Fun Facts: Gives people he doesn't know well unusual (and often cruel) nicknames, though he tries not to call them by it to their face. Loves strawberries and fuzzy animals. Additional Information/Background/History: Significant plotline participation: Basically turned around the final battle to escape Gensokyo with the help of Kaguya, Nitori, and somehow unleashing the Spiral Power of the Gurren Lagann series. He has no idea how. He followed this up by freeing Yukari, Ran, and Chen from the small prison Kikuri trapped her in, and brought her out of Gensokyo alive. Now he acts as their mana source, and tends to be pretty drained from doing so. He's pretty sure the main reason he can survive this is funneling Spiral power through to them. Can barely sustain Yukari, and Ran and Chen are essentially stuck remaining in their original fox and cat forms. Discovered Kikuri's government position early, with a highly portable cellphone satellite connection. He's not entirely sure how that still worked. Attempted to incite a rebellion/uncertainty/questioning among RAI Force 1 during their initial raid on Gensokyo's refugees, but doesn't know how well that turned out. Kept Rika's tank going with lol spirals. Assisted in the interrogation of the sniper that appeared the morning of Day 2, and pointed out that Satori could do it to anyone. Got an explanation of Maribel's background/origins from Yukari. Suggested Ran and Chen disguising themselves as plush toys to help avoid suspicion, and can manage sustaining both in that form with some difficulty. Sought out Renko on Day 2..... but have yet to fully expand on the events. (To be continued...) Relationships: Harem Masters: - Mitaka: "Poor guy. I mean, FUBAR? That's harsh. He needs some help. I wish I could remember his name properly... 'Deodorant' is amusing, but he's being treated harshly enough already." - Alex: "Capable fighter, easy-to-remember name, quite practical... you have my respect, sir." - Sho: "A pretty good idea-bouncer, and a likable guy on his own. Maybe I should try to talk with him sometimes." - Gpop: "I don't know how he does it, but he provides for the most powerful supernatural ability we have available. I should really learn his name." - (Most of the other harem masters: Respective primary Touhou-girl partners' boyfriend, not especially familiar with the specifics yet.) Gensokyo Natives (personal experience): - Satori: "Easily the most useful person here. Ah, but all the demands I have... I can't ask her for too much. Just thinking about how much I'd like to exploit her ability is probably making her uncomfortable enough." - Maribel: "Where are you, what are you, and are you okay...?" - Yuyuko: "Okay, I know she's just trying to be annoying, but she does such a damn good job of it." - Kogasa: "I can't believe she....." - Patchouli: "Well-informed. Worth talking to. Maybe she can explain the Drill..." - Kaguya: "Need to thank her for that bolt. And ask her what the hell happened with it." - Nitori: "I owe her. And if I get strong enough....." - Mokou: "Sheesh, she's being rash. Does she even understand what our situation is?" - Yumemi: "Artificial mana sources, huh? So, she's on the other side. Damn." - Cirno: "Confirmed kidnapped... I hope she's okay." - Reimu: "Hasn't seemed as bitchy as she could have been..." - Marisa: "Perfectly true to character. Lovable thief, as can be expected." - Suika: "Poor girl. She's taking this really hard. Deodorant..." - Alice: "She's being practical. That's good. She's being cynical. That has its ups and downs..." - Ruukoto: "Another maid? I wonder what we can get away with from 'android...'" Gensokyo Natives (Touhou experience): - Sakuya: "Timestop... knives... hints of murders... blood in tea... even now, I'm scared of her." - Remilia: "Selfish little bitch. Don't like her much, but I'll try not to piss her off." - Flandre: "I wonder if there's a way to just teach her how to control her powers... and impulses, for that matter. She's just dangerous because she's immature. But BOY is she dangerous... when her powers work. Perhaps now is a good time...?" - Eirin: "I'm wary of her... I mean, I know I'm a schemer, too, but it's tough to tell what side she's on... I guess the drugs could be useful, if we can get the materials for them out here." - (Others: Either not relevant, no strongly-felt opinion about them, or haven't considered them significantly.) Personal harem: - Chen: "Holy shit, she IS as cute as fanon portrays her!" - Ran: "I don't think she likes me much..." - Yukari: "A wonderful mischievous bastard. Bitch. Whichever. Just as long as she keeps the pranks relatively harmless... well, the banter is fun. And she's pretty hot..... no, stop that. She isn't going to care that much..." Opponents: - RAI forces: "Poor manipulated sheep... I wonder how many would do this given a proper explanation and a choice...?" - Yagi: "Sounds like a real asshole. If he lives up to the rumor, I'm not going to cut him any slack." - Kikuri: "Spiteful bitch. I WILL kill you. ... unless you have a goddamn good reason for this." Other: Core Drill: "What are you? How did you work? What have I gotten myself into...? And can I be strong enough to fill Simon's shoes?" Spiral Power: (Note: Includes some TTGL spoilers.) As many here probably already know, Spiral Power is the basically-magical power source of the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann series. It essentially converts Hot Bloodedness into matter and energy via the Rule of Cool, often based on actions of manliness. Heavily themed with drills, true to the name, and based on the many spirals in nature, such as DNA. "Spirals do not only go downwards." Somehow, Jeremy managed to tap into this power thanks to chipping together a faux Core Drill in the last minutes of Gensokyo, combined with a bolt provided by Kaguya. It didn't work until the bolt was added, and Jeremy's not sure why. Hell, he's not sure why it worked in the first place. The most likely explanation is the bolt itself being a magical artifact, or imbued with as such between its presence in Gensokyo and the fervent fan-person hopes of Kaguya and himself. Anyway. Due to the nature of Spiral Power, Jeremy's been able to gain substantial power through it ever since unleashing its ability. However, he's also been rather psychotically rash, which is generally unlike him. It HAS happened before, but it tends to be followed by a terrible crash into depression and abject laziness. Problem is, if that happens, it's likely that his Spiral output/input/whatever would plummet; Simon's bout of despair really adds weight to this. Since he's providing for the Yakumos, this would probably be fatal to all of them. A small part of his mind is well aware of this, but he's trying very hard not to worry about it, since it'd just make it more difficult to prevent. He's hoping to maintain his mania by doing some of the insane things his idealism had always, distantly, hoped for, even though they're incredibly risky, likely to fail, and may be dangerous to Gensokyo's restoration - perhaps? Jeremy keeps the "core drill" he made close to him at all times, and believes that he needs to have it with him to maintain any Spiral output i.e. survive. He distantly suspects it might just be a psychological crutch, considering "The drill is my spirit," but he isn't about to risk it if he can help it. v2 as of May 5th: up to Clothes Shopping review. |
| Demonlord Pichu:
Something a bit Type Moon centric, but the usage of Mana and establishing of 'contracts' with supernatrual beings has me thinking of Fate/Stay Night. So in away a character of that calibur shouldn't be too off topic. Anywho a guy for the 'other side'...or so he says. Name: Shinjiro Kuroyama Gender: Male Age: 29 Strength: Skilled in the usage of Mana and Magecraft. His left eye (while appearing lazy at first glance) is actually his Mystic Eye of Abraxas which allows him to 'stone' things by looking at them...although it's not always as efficent as it sounds (see below) Weakness: Shinjiro is 'thin-blooded' and thus cannot tolerate cold tempretures, heat however doesn't bother him. Because only his left eye houses the 'Mystic Eye' Shinjiro cannot fully control the power that the eye grants him (meaning the victim will only be somewhat stunned (or numbed) by his gaze, however it's full power will materilize if Shinjiro pushes the eye to it's limits). If he runs low on magic then he's practically worthless in a fight. Home: No one seems to know, aside from Tewi. Occupation: Freelance Writer, (Self-proclaimed) Magus Visual Description: Rather tall individual, wavy medium length brown hair, his left eye is an empty greyish color while his right is its normal brown color. Attire consists of a black, longcoat, a set of matching pants and a white shirt. Has a cut like scar on his left eye proof that he might have resorted to surgery to implant the eye into his body. Personality: An 'Arrogant Bastard' type of character has a huge ego that is only fueled by his supposed 'Greatness as a Magus'. He has very little regard for the lives of others, and will basically treat you like shit if he sees you as worthless. Has the hidden potential to become the 'Complete Monster' if (or when) he's driven off his high horse. Is also mercilessly selfish too. If you have a tough time thinking on how he operates, then think of him like as something of a Kotomine meets Gilgamesh. Partners -Tewi Inaba (Good Luck charm) -Yuugi Hoshiguma (Muscle to balance out his high magic) History/Background: A freelance novelist who's views on humanity is less than perfect. Shinjiro spent most of his days in college studying Magic, his grandfather's books and notes on the matter also seemed to help the aspiring Magus grow stronger in Magecraft. After college he spent most (if not all) of his time perfecting his magecraft and expanding his mana reserves via training, however he still retained his occupation of writing various novels which was able to provide money for daily needs. Due to his vast well of Mana, he was a perfect candidate to be selected by Rai Force to combat the supernatrual beings by forming a pact with several other beings, although disdained by the fact he must work with another (he already has Tewi to deal with), Shinjiro sees an oppurtunity in this...what this oppurtunity is for he won't say... Fun Facts -It is believed that the Mystic Eye he possess is not his own...but is infact someone elses. -He is somewhat of an 'Extreme Omnivore' and sometimes develops a taste for unusual foods. -Shinjiro's last name translates to 'Black Mountain'. -His left eye will occasionally 'wander' making him look as if he has 'Googly Eyes'. -Beneath his arrogance he's actually somewhat paranoid and constantly believes his luck is running out, so maybe this mentality is what compelled him to form a life-bind contract with Tewi (e.g. Rabbits bring good luck). Additional Information/Background/History: Somewhere between the time of training and his recruitment into Rai Force, Shinjiro found one Tewi Inaba passed out and apparently on the verge of wasting away from existance. Having read that supernatrual beings usually need mana to survive, Shinjiro linked his vast supply of mana to her thus saving the rabbit youkai's life in the process, however he seems to have something else in mind for keeping her around as he's stated that he did NOT save her out of kindness (that part of him died years ago). Not sure if he's overpowered, lemme know and I'll fix it ASAP. |
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