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RPG - Waking Up From the Dream (Registration/Profile Thread)
Moerin:
This sounded like it could be fun, so I decided to give it a go. However, as my favourite Nightbug seems to already be taken (as well as pretty much all my other favourites), I've decided to go for a bunch of characters I just know won't be taken from under my nose.
Name: Nathanial Theodore Wrist (Nate for short)
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Strength: Highly intelligent, especially when it comes to folklore, mythology and the occult (he would be seen as the local authority on such matters were it not for the fact that relatively few people take him seriously). Due to his research into the occult, he is also a self-taught mage, but his abilities are very limited at the moment (although he does have a lot of untapped potential).
Weakness: Rather shortsighted without his glasses, and not exactly the paragon of physical ability either.
Home: A small apartment situated above "Lair of the Mishaguji".
Occupation: Owner of "Lair of the Mishaguji", a bookstore specialising in occult reference books and sci-fi/fantasy novels. Not many people visit, but it somehow does enough business to allow Nate to survive and, more importantly, pay the rent.
Visual Description: Tall (over 6') yet very thin and pale, brown-blond hair which reaches halfway down his back and curls up at the end, dark blue eyes. Wears a pair of glasses with small rectangular lenses. Most often wears jeans, a long sleeved black t-shirt and a sleeveless navy blue jacket which appears to be almost completely comprised of pockets.
Personality: Cheerful and polite to everyone he meets. Usually rather quiet, but once he gets started talking it's very difficult to get him to stop. Is very eccentric and has some incredibly strange ideas (he's believed in the existence of magic, youkai, Gensokyo and the Lunar Capital for a long time), which tends to put a lot of people off him and has garnered him a reputation as the town nutcase. Pacifistic, and will only fight either in self defence or if something/one he cares about is being threatened and/or hurt. If such a thing happens, he will do whatever it takes to make the culprit suffer (woe betide the person who tries to hurt Reisen in front of him).
Partners: Reisen II, Watatsuki no Yorihime, Watatsuki no Toyohime
History/Background: Originally from Britain, Nate transferred to Karuisuwa sometime during high school and has lived there ever since. Quickly became rather infamous for his rather eccentric behaviour and ideas (most notably, his belief that there existed a secret hidden city on the moon populated by rabbits), to the point that few people would associate with him for fear of looking crazy. Upon graduation, he began working in the Lair of the Mishaguji bookstore. Not much happened for a few years until the store owner mysteriously disappeared, leaving the store (and the apartment) in Nate's hands.
A few days ago, whilst out walking, Nate ran into a strange, rabbit-eared girl who seemed in a panic for some reason. She begged Nate to help her hide from the people chasing her and, not being one to refuse the request of a girl (especially one as cute as this), he complied and took her back to his apartment. After she had calmed down, she told him that her name was Reisen, and that she was from a secret hidden moon city ("Insane theories one, regular theories a billion!"), which had somehow suddenly been destroyed. She went on to explain that, whilst evacuating, she not only became seperated from her moon princess masters, but she was suddenly attacked upon arriving on Earth, and would most likely have been captured where it not for Nate's timely intervention.
After explaining this, Reisen suddenly remembered that she had to make a mana contract with someone in this world or she would die. This left Nate incredibly flustered and embarrased before Reisen explained that, contrary to what he'd read, making a mana contract does not involve sex. Half relieved and half disappointed, Nate agreed to the contract. It was only afterwards that Reisen told him that she had to stay close by him as long as the contract was in place, leaving him slightly annoyed, although he still allowed her to stay at his place for the time being (well, it was either that or let her die, and he couldn't do that, could he?). A few days passed, mostly uneventful save for Reisen helping out at the store, but she was still worried about her mistresses Yorihime and Toyohime. She eventually worked up the nerve to ask Nate to help her look for them, and by this point he couldn't really refuse a request from her. Who knows, he might actually get to save some alien princesses, become a hero, and, most importantly of all, rub it in the face of everyone that he was right all along.
Fun Facts (optional):
* Despite only knowing each other for a few days, Nate and Reisen have already developed romantic feelings for each other, although neither has confessed yet and any attempt to do so from either results in several minutes of unintelligible muttering and awkward silence before one of them abruptly changes the subject.
* The seemingly infinite amount of pockets on Nate's jacket contain various items, including sellotape, scissors, craft knifes, random assortments of candy, various lengths of string, a notepad and pens, among other things.
* Among the books kept in Lair of the Mishaguji is one of the very few published copies of "The Non-Unified Magic World" by Prof. Y. Okazaki. How such a rare volume managed to find it's way there is unknown, but Nate refuses to sell it to anyone.
* Reisen has in her possession her rifle and bayonet, but no ammo, and so will only use it as a spear for the time being.
Additional Information/Background/History: (add history and other details as you go along)
untitled servent:
This looks pretty interesting but would I be able to join this late?
Gpop:
--- Quote from: khinsu on May 27, 2009, 03:12:01 PM ---This looks pretty interesting but would I be able to join this late?
--- End quote ---
Definitely. Just set yourself to do so.
Just remember that right now we're against any kind of weapons and military transportation =/.
E-Nazrin:
For further detail, see this post
untitled servent:
K thanks
Name: Khinsu
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Strength: trained martial artist (to the point of being able to reliably deal with weapons) specializing in weapon use and countering, high intellect and quick thinking, large amount of mana and good inner control, reserve energy, large reservoir of random knowledge, and good night vision
Weakness: Poor mana control outside of his body, significantly reduced mana share range, sleeping problems, not yet completely learned the language, and limited vision in light areas.
Home: A guest house
Occupation: Currently looking for a job
Visual Description: 5'11", thin but heavy due to muscle (~200 lb.), short black hair with hints of dark red (natural), brown eyes, white skin with slightly freckled arms, usually wearing jeans and a tee-shirt with a wind-breaker on.
Personality: Changing with degree of energy (corresponds with mana). high energy (rare) cause him to be optimistic and overly curious, medium energy puts him in a state of ennui, low energy cause him to not care, extremely low energy makes him a hostile, annoyed pessimist and when reaching into reserve energy (such as having not slept at all) he becomes hyper and slightly psychotic
Partners: Shikieiki I guess (not many people left)
History/Background: Originally from Canada he was born in a desert, raised in a rain forest then thrown into the prairies for a bit before returning to the aforementioned rain forest. His schooling went fairly well usually never having to try in any subject but eventually got bored and stopped trying even more. After a long process he became a semi-otaku watching almost anything he could get his hands on until they bored him, which they often did. He also constantly looked up random things and assimilated a lot of random information like this. He went to japan looking for a change of scenery and was able to stay at a local guest house in Karuisuwa for next to nothing by using some of his family connections. Has stayed there for the past 6 months changing jobs occasionally.
Fun Facts:
*He considers himself nocturnal due to his eye and sleep problems.
*Tends to internalize what he's trying to say without realizing it.
*Currently armed with a rattan stick of about arm length and a small stick that sticks out about 5cm from both sides of his hand when wielding.
Additional Information: His family is fairly wealthy in the upper middle class. None of his family have similar jobs making it easier to get information on different fields of study.
Khinsu always liked religious sites, in fact that was one of he decided to visit Japan, so upon hearing of an abandoned shrine naturally decided to check it out. Upon approaching at the shrine he noticed a commotion and decided to watch. What he saw surprised him quite a bit, men in black running after a group of what looked to him like cosplayers of a series he happened to do extensive research on named touhou. It was then he witnessed a girl with freen hair, shikieiki if memory served, running in his direction oblivious of his presences. She wound up tripping over the branches and hitting their heads together, knocking them both out.
After awakening he was surprised to find that shikieiki as he decided to refer to her as was still unconscious. Having no means of communication and realizing that whoever was after this girl could likely find her if she went to such a public place like a hospital he attempted to bring her back to the guest house he was staying at.
Upon return he dressed her wounds which were quite minor and placed her in an extra futon and let her rest. The next day she had yet to awaken. Worried he decided to check her temperature. When he placed his hand on her head he immediately felt a bit of his energy going through his arms and into the girl, then she started snoring. After a few attempts he managed to wake her and get the story out of her. Taking the new information in stride, especially after having dealt with much more insane theory for the better half of his life he finally decided that a search for the other members of gensokyo might just be interesting.
I'm not too sure on what I'm suppose to do at this point (trying and to find it and failing). Could someone please explain to me how I am suppose to proceed, it would be appreciated.