The Art of Magic OOC [High Casual]

[★LunaLight★]

The Art of Magic IC

Accepting new characters: Yes
Max PCs per player: 2
Rounds completed: 2
Who's Posted: Agent, LunaLight, Fearless, aqua regis, ERode
Who Needs To Post: Zata

Fearless: Anton Mikael ♂
Agent: Lira Tahlia ♀
Kris: Shirgesh Oakblood ♀
aqua regis: Zaknayaf Banris ♂
LunaLight: Mayumi Zenki ♀
Zata: Jack Roman ♂
ERode: Pink ♂

Magic lays dorment within us all. It lies in the air, earth, and mind. To learn magic is to learn what it means to live, and to live for magic. That is the slogan of this magic school, the belief that anything that lives can learn to use magic. This belief, at the time, is highly controversial. The majority believe that only desendants of the original magi were able to effectively use magic. There was a general agreement that it was possible to use magic without being a part of the bloodline, however they could never be accepted into any form of learning. Magi were in a word 'superior' to all others.

This will be the first year the school is in operation, and tensions around it are higher than ever. The continuation of this school, is entirely dependant on the preformance of its graduates. Letters have been sent across the corners of the globe. Asking for students of any skill level or age to enroll. Here is the letter you recieve.

Dear Potential Incoming Student,

We here at Red Star Acadamy gladly extend to you an invitation to enroll at our school. Here you can learn all kinds of magic, ranging from the basics, to the most advanced applications of magic, alongside the magical senary surrounding the school. We have a large staff of very capible teachers sharing the dream of a world where anyone can use magic. *attached to the letter is a packet containing a wealth of information*

Should you enroll, you will first need to come to our gates, and follow our helpful staff to the auditorium. There we will assign all the students to their homeroom teachers, who will also serve as your fundamentals of magic instructor. In this class you will learn to increase control of your own mana, as well as recieve various need to know information for all wizards such as: forbidden magics, great wizards of the past, laws conserning magic use, and much more.

After a week of basic studies, you will be allowed to take elective studies, to further extend your focus into the many fields of study. Our curriculum is quite vast, so we trust that you will be able to find a class for just about anything that you could need. All of the teachers are able to help you for an hour before class starts, regardless of if you have them as a teacher.

Lunch is provided on campus in the cafateria located right in the middle of the school. Lunch begins at noon, and lasts an hour and a half. During this time students may roam about the campus, but are not permited to leave except by obtaining special permission. Also the training fields located at the west side of the school are allowed for use during lunch, provided that you have an instructor's supervison.

The main office is located just a bit north of the lunch area, and contains the headmaster's office. The main office has a wealth of information about the school, and deals with all disipline problems as well as legal conserns. You should come here if you have trouble locating things within the school, or if sent here from another source. All permission forms to leave the campus should be taken up here.

All students will be roomed in dorms with a roommate. Students caught outside of dorms between 11 and 4 without permission, or a teacher will have disiplinary action taken apon them. Student dorms will be provided with different amendities depending on the classes each student is taking, and may be moved to other rooms should there be insufficent funds to provide students with their own equipment. All rooms however, will contain two beds, a small fridge, two desks, and a closet.

We hope that you will be able to attend.

Sincerely
Gabriel Scar- Headmaster of Red Star Academy

Magic is using mana from your surroundings to cast a spell. What types of spells you are able to cast is vastly dependant on what form mana is stored in your body. You body acts somewhat like a battery with reverse memory. It stores a certain amount of energy in one form, which can be converted to a different form when needed. Also the more you use magic, the more mana can be stored in your body. Although the body is not the only medium for magic, it is the most fundamental form of control.

Mana is a form of energy generated from everything that exists with very few exceptions. Without mana you can not cast spells. Also using mana has a physical impact on your body, so using too much of it will exaust a wizard. It is highly dangerous to use all your mana, because your mana pool will expand at a dangerous rate. The consequence to rapidly expanding mana pools is blacking out, and not always waking up.

Whenever I refer to this, it means what type of mana flows in your veins. Is it ice, fire, electricity, bugs, microscopic ninjas? Your mana can be stored in just about any form, however this nature remains the same throughout the course of life. When casting a spell, you mana needs to be the same type as the spell cast. So casting something that requires you to change your mana will be harder in the sense that it will require you to: use extra mana to convert the type, take extended consentration, and have less control over the spell. It is recommended to first learn control over your own nature before attempting trying another.

Mana control is quite simply, having control of your magic. Mana is easiest to control when you are yourself. Large changes in mood, telling a lie, and related events are all things that can have an effect on magic control. Mana control is easier: preformed close to your body, cast from a dominant part of the body(like a right hand), and with less volatile mana natures.

Over the years, certain types of magic have had laws placed against them. Necromancy, has become entirely illegal. Illusion magic has a vast number of restrictions placed apon use, and its users are generally frowned apon. Summoning anything that can maintain its own existance must be able to be killed should you lose control of it. The caster(s) is legally responsible for anything the summon does.

A ward is seperated into two types, preventative, and protectionary. This is only for the wards everyone can use, ward specific casters have special circumstances.

A preventative ward is often nature specific, and prevents a certain type of magic from having an effect. These wards can protect better as the nature of what it protects is narrowed.(An element ward is not as strong as a fire ward) To get an idea, a preventative ward protecting all magics can defend 25% of the mana used to cast it. It is not worth using preventative wards in combat, but it is dumb to not go in with one. This ward lasts until it breaks without disipating, however you can only have one ward. Using multiple preventative wards causes the second one to block your own spells.

A protectionary ward is a ward made by ramming your mana into the opponets spell. Protectionary wards are highly effective at deflecting a weak spell, because the mana is easier to seperate. Protective wards require good timing, practice, and should not be used on powerful spells. Remember, this works by discharging your own mana, so using the protectionary ward for more than an instant will cause you to rapidly lose mana.

A dispell is a last ditch technique, and you really should avoid using it if at all possible. A dispell is cast by casting the exact opposite of your opponets spell, completely canceling it out. A dispell always costs 1.5 times the mana cost of the spell cast. The reason a dispell costs this much, is because you have to do everything your opponet did, and then invert it. The only good thing about a dispell, is that it can counter absolutely any spell(except curses) instantly.

Name:
Race: (try to stick with more well know races. I am willing to review anything though)
Age: (lower age usually means lower skill level)
Gender:
Bio: (show me you can write up to standards)[see guidelines]
Appearance: (anything will do)[see guidelines]
Mana Nature:
Other: (Special items and anything else not mentioned)

The school has a volcano 5 miles up, is 10 miles north from the beach, contains a small lake on the east side, the training fields on the west, and is set up in a grid system. Feel free to say more about it in the IC, as I don't want to get caught up in little details.

1. Not meeting posting standards consistantly, or refusing to modify a post when requested will get you booted from the RP. This will be especially true for the first few posts to ensure players can post at the level they say they can.

2. When introducing a magic item, you must get it approved. Note that this world does not have many magic boosting items.

3. Everyone in the roleplay must post or pass once before anyone can post again

4. I will determine a minimum posting limit after the roleplay has been started.

5. Be aware of your character's ability. They will not always do magic correctly the first time, and they cannot dream of tricking a teacher.(however they can try)

6. Zata knows everything, listen to him even if I said otherwise.

7. People will be allowed up to two characters, but must post minimum length for each character.

8. Luna can make up rules as we go. Just because it isn't listed, doesn't mean you can do it. Use common sense.

9. Read the guidelines at least once

10. If you join and quit without telling me, I will blacklist you to everyone I know. If you are going to quit, you need to tell me in a polite manner.

1. I expect your bio to reflect how much you are willing to post. A good size would be 3 paragraphs(400 words), but more importantly, tie your character's past to their present.

2. All sexualitys are welcome, however you should probibly mention them in the CS.

3. Pictures are encouraged for appearance, but if you choose to write out the appearance, you should include: eye color, complexion, height, hair length, hair color, muscle tone, appearal preferences, any noticible marks, and anything else you come up with.

4. Younger mages have smaller mana pools, because they have had less time to grow. Remember that if someone regularly uses magic, they will have a larger mana pool, but being a young mage means having a less developed body system as a whole.

5. Most mages hit their prime around their late 30's, have a growth spurt around 16, and begin to decline in their late 60's. This will change for nonhumans, proportional to their maxium lifespan.

6. The OOC is a good place to chat, but remember that I look through every post, so don't talk unless you are saying something. It is ok to be off topic, but not to spam.

7. Please ensure you have at least acceptable grammar at all times. To attract new RPers, we need to display a good grasp of mechanics. If you aren't the best at english, then please run your post through spell check, and read the post aloud before submiting.

[Andastra]

Name: Andastra
Race: Half human and Half high elvish. She hide's her ears and admits only to being full human.
Age: 22
Gender:Female
Bio:
Andastra was born in a small town far towards the east coast. She was daughter to a human slave owner and his high elven slave. Her father was a greedy and terrible human who would buy and trade different races to black market clients. This normally resulted in the death or the rape of women he sold, giving him a mean name on the streets. Many people called him Snake, and just like a snake he treated his women just the same. He had a high elven slave whom he treasured until fatefully she got pregnant. Due to her weaken state he sold her off to a friend of his who was a farmer.

Growing up Andastra knew very little of her mother as she had died giving birth to her. All she knew about her mother was that she was high elfish and very powerful with magic, sadly her magic in the end was not able to save her. Andastra's mother fell ill when she was 8 months pregnant due to neglect and being malnourished. Luckily for Andastra she gained her mothers features and skills and did not gain anything of her fathers. She proudly was her mothers daughter, and anyone who spoke ill of her mother ended up in a body bag.

Having a human step father made it hard of Andastra to learn her calling with magic. She tried to teach herself but ended up on many occasions harming herself and many others around her. She had to come up with a plan to leave her current situation before her 22nd birthday.

In order to leave the hands of her step father, she begged him to sell her off to another owner, which eventually he did. She was sold back to a trader who kept her close to his side due to her appearance, lucky it kept her safe enough from harm for the time being.Nearing her 22nd birthday Andastra caught word of an academy for Magically gifted people. As soon as she was able she applied into the school and finally received a letter of acceptance.
Extremely thrilled by the windows that this school could open for her she quickly tried to pull herself from slavery. Sadly, she wasn't freed. She was only able to convince her owner that going to this school would help his business. Her owner finally agreed to let her go on the condition she returned to him when she graduated. Now, with her newly granted freedom in tow, Andastra heads off to the Red star academy in hopes of learning and controlling her abilities so she can make her mother proud.

Appearance:



Mana Nature: Shadow

Other:

She keeps a lot of secrets as to how her magic had effected the people around her. Being surrounded by many slave traders and people she loathed her magic sometimes took control of itself, she has a death toll above her head. she is not proud of who she had killed along the way but if asked she would say she had no regrets.

[Fearless]

Name: Anton Mikael
Race: Human
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Anton had lived with a rich family as a small child. Despite his families wealth, he lived like any other human child with friends and a mother and father. He, however displayed an unnatural love for all that was fire, heat and smoke. Even before his magic kicked in, he would mix things and ingredients to see how he could make explosions and fire.

It was fine at first, not causing harm to anyone. That all changed though when he made fire without the assistance of ingredients, matches or lighters. He had used magic for the very first time. He didn't know it, but his parents did. Unfortunately though, his parents did not tolerate anyone with magic, much less their own child. Again.

They hated magic. He didn't know why, but it was a simple fact. They hated him the moment they learned he could use it. His father even hated him so much that he attacked the small child, leaving a constant reminder in the form of a scar across the bridge of his nose.

Afterwards, he was kicked out and forced to live with his older sister, Lana, who also had the ability to use magic. This evett enraged him deeply, as did anyone dumb enough to ask questions about the event. It was a deadly combination when mixed with his already short temper.

In school, this caused a lot of problems. Kids would constantly ask why he lived with his sister instead of his wealthy parents. He would, time after time, convince them to leae the subject alone physically. With his hands, most of the time. While he did not mind talking about a lot of things, he made it clear that his parents were an off limits subject.

Fortunately, his sister taught him how to keep a lid on his temper in addition to controlling his powers without causing harm to himself or others. Though he had calmed down considerably, he never forgot or forgave his parents. The thought was always in the back of his mind. Likewise, although he had learned a little about magic, he wished to know and learn to control magic to a larger extent.

There was only so much she could do to help him, and they both knew it. It was for that reason that after a few years, when they received a letter from the academy, Lana nearly forced Anton to enroll. She loved her brother, as he loved her, but it was too large an opportunity to pass up. It was too late for her to go to the school, but Anton still had a chance.

As a parting gift and good luck charm, she gave him his most prized possession; The necklace around his neck that he wore everywhere, at all times.

Appearance:

Mana Nature: Fire
Other: It is common knowledge that Anton loves to cause trouble and considers rules merely as suggestions. Though he causes trouble, he is not the type to pick on others or make many enemies. He is not, however, above staying out past curfew, though more often than not is sneaky and smart enough to not get caught.

He is not the smartest person, but he is quick witted and unique in nearly everything he does. The normal bores him so he tries to do things in his own way, from class work to practicing with his magic to travel. His favorite saying among many is: "Life is just a game."

[Agent]

Oh geez...if I'm going to be seeing that face in Andastra'a signature everytime I come here, I don't think I could survive the laughter...or the weirdness...

I want to try something I've never done: play a female character. I'm certain that I can do it, at least decently, but if you would rather I not do it in your RP, I can make a new character.

Name: Lira Tahlia

Race: Wood Elf

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Bio: Tahlia was born and grew up with an elfin gypsy and notorious thief Vinazie Tahlia, who already had a wife and son. Tahlia's mother abandoned her to her father, and was happily taken in by Marganita, Vinazie's wife, although her adoptive mother harbored a special resentment towards her husband until his death fourteen years later. Marganita lived by the belief that it was Vinazie who had done wrong and it would be unfair to take it out on the child. Four years before his death, Vinazie taught Lira everything he knew, using small amounts of magic to aid in his, and later her, jobs. Lira came to idolize the thief and soaked in his every word. The day before his death, Lira had her first successful job, as sloppy and bloody - she got cut on broken glass - as it was. After her father's death, Lira would continue stealing, to keep the "family business", as Vinazie often referred to it as, alive. Marganita knew where the extra money was coming from and constantly tried to get Lira to quit, but she could not, as Lira did not resent Vinazie and she did.

Lira was always aware that Marganita was not her real mother and so always treated her as an older sister or older friend. After his father's death; her half brother David (who was seven years older than her) became increasingly rebellious and would constantly speak of running away, until one day, he made good on the threat. When Marganita became ill because of her distress Lira followed him, determined to get him back. When she came to the city she was set upon by bandits who she attempted to defend herself against, but they outnumbered her six to one, and she would have been assaulted, robbed, raped and left for dead had Levi Roth not fortuitously been passing and saved her. They became friends and she viewed him with an almost childlike adoration. Lira found her brother a little over a year later but this discovery was seeing him being chased and then beaten to death by a band of mercenaries in broad daylight.

She went into a kind of shock for three years. She became reckless, taking dangerous jobs and intentionally messing up, sometimes even waiting for guards to spot her before attempt, half-heartedly, to escape. Levi Roth saved her more times than can be counted, but her suicidal actions took their toll on him, and he got caught saving her for the final time. He resisted capture, trying to give her enough time to escape, ending in his death. Lira never understood why he protected her so ardently, but his death woke her up, and subsequently began to eat at her conscious. She returned home, guilt-ridden and tired. She came home to a recently empty house and a letter from her adoptive mother asking her to apply to an academy that would allow her to use her magic for something other than stealing.

Lira still tends to either go overboard with whatever she is doing, or deliberately puts herself into a perilous and potentially dangerous situation. She is constantly getting into trouble and getting herself injured, and consequently has a very high pain threshold. As a teenager she almost constantly required rescuing - usually Levi was doing the rescuing - of some kind, however as she grew older and learned more skills this happened increasingly less and less until she arrived at the point where she would only require a rescue whenever she got really carried away. Her attitude is at times boyish however she is very fond of playing the female, and in certain company, will play the damsel. It is one of her favorite tricks to pretend to be delicate and helpless and then violently disprove the stereotype. Lira is still a thief at heart, so shiny trinkets are always in danger when she happens to spot them.

Appearance: Lira is very slim and very fit, with light and evenly tanned skin and very dark brown hair that is almost long enough to reach her waist. As Lira is very fidgety she uses her hair as an outlet, taking locks and braiding them so that the end result is elaborate and complicated and usually pulled into an either larger braid or side ponytail. She has many, many small and thin ribbons that are all tied together into one long strand that she wraps around her arms and uses in her hair. She has a scar that stretches from her wrist to her outside elbow on her left arm from one of her early years where she was slashed by a piece of glass. She has a spiral birthmark on the underside of her right foot and a black tattoo of a crescent moon on her back over her right shoulder blade. She often wears shirts that leave her arms bare and show off this tattoo as well as the tattoo of a ring of flowering rose thorns around her upper right arm. She also likes to wear slightly loose pants, as they are easier to move around in and full pockets are nearly as noticeable. Her eyes are dark brown, so dark that in some lights they look almost black.

Mana Nature: Glass

Other: Lira is very fast, and although she seems unsteady on her feet, she is very nimble and has never lost her balance. To challenge herself she often climbs unassisted from the ground to the roof of a building, trying to get faster every time, and she challenges herself often.

[Kris]

Name: Shirgesh Oakblood, calls herself "Sergie" for simplicity's sake.
Race: Human, used to be one of the Life nomads of the Altadorian Peninsula.
Age: 21
Gender: Female (Bisexual)
Bio: Shirgesh was born as the daughter of the chief of a very strict and restricted tribe of people known as the Life Nomads where customs and tradition were of utmost importance. The life nomads are people of pride, well known and respected by the population and among the best human healers one could hope to encounter. The lifestyle they lead is one of dedication, ripe with endless hours of meditation and philosophical sittings. The nomads tend to be ultra-proficient at life manipulation but very slow at grasping mana conversions into other forms. This is attributed to the fact that they come from a long line of pure-bred life manipulating ancestors like themselves and mana conversion is forbidden to them.

A fully fledged life summoner; summoning a racoon

Her childhood life was a strict one, with lots of hardships and intensive healer training which consisted of various rituals which sought to deepen the intensity at which one could let out a burst of mana as well as heightening the control of the said mana. Letting your mana run out of control was one of the forbidden acts of an adult Life Nomad, along with mating with a non-Nomadic person and several others.

She had always been a curious and energetic one at heart, and when she started to find out that her mana form could be used for other purposes other than healing wounds and mending fractures. Shirgesh quickly started to note that some of the warriors of the tribe actually drained the life-force out of enemies and that several tribe-men had found their own creative ways in which living objects could be manipulated; including but not limited to blood-bending, muscle enhancement, summoning live creatures and the very much dreaded necromancy. Of course, each person tended to branch out in one specialty of the art, with necromancy being a taboo. The tribe chose the person's specialty upon birth; with hers being that of a healer, easily distinguishable by the permanent markings on her face, inlaid magically by the tribe's chieftain- her own father.

Eventually Sergie began meddling into summoning and trying to enhance the muscles of her pet monkey, Abe to give him a brief boost of strength. However this obviously failed since she had no proper instruction and training in doing so. The mana ran out of control and scorched the palms of her hand, as well as setting a part of the forest on fire. Word quickly got out among her people that she was meddling where she shouldn't be and she was exiled in shame from the tribe, having spared the death sentence only because she was the chieftain's daughter.

Having nowhere to go, and looking to explore the world of possibilities that her mana provided, she decided to join the red star academy and deepen her knowledge of the art of magic.

Appearance: Shirgesh has a very oriental and exotic appearance around her; her skin is olive coloured and her eyes shine with a warm rosy gold, the same golden colour of the healer's mark which runs across her face, a blessing to many of the nomadic people sharing what used to be her beliefs.

She has long straight hazel hair which reaches to the small of her back, although she tends to keep this covered up in her healer's garb, which is essentially a coloured hooded robe which the healers used as a uniform.

Sergie is obviously physically unfit, she's never trained physically and although being lean and slim, her body lacks the muscle which people her age seem to accumulate.

Mana Nature: Life

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[Kimchi]

Sheba Astrinald

Eye Color:Cyan
Height: 5'11" = 180cm
Weight:63kg = 138 pounds
Muscle Tone:Quite slim with noticeable muscle on both arms and stomach
Hair Color:Pallid White
Hair Length: Just below the shoulders and slightly wavy

Race: Neko

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Bio

Having been born in a place where everything he asked for was granted, he had the life that many dreamed of having. Servants bustling around at command, doing as he pleases with no consequences, but behind all this, there was one thing that Sheba was disapproved from doing; leaving the mansion. The poor boy was utterly and completely separated from civilization and did not have knowledge of what lay beyond the golden gates of his home.

Growing up with people older than him and being an only child, Sheba soon became lonely though he could have all the toys in the world. He'd ask his parents constantly if he was allowed to leave the premises, but the answer was always the same, 'No'.

There was only one place that he'd be able to even grasp outside the limits of this so called home that he now saw as nothing but a cage, and that was his backyard. If he was out of sight, then that's mostly likely where he's hiding. Perched up on his favorite branch, on his favorite tree. Eyes closed, a dreamy aura surrounding him completely, and the most gorgeous grin playing across his female looking face. He'd dream of one day escaping this miserable life he'd lead for so long and go on epic adventures without thinking about the risks of death.

Sheba thought that he'd be stuck in this 'perfect' existence forever. Never leaving, never knowing, never meeting, but that very day it was proven wrong. When a suspicious letter was delivered to his door, little did he know that what he held in his hand was a ticket to freedom!

Without any hesitation, he secretively sent an application to enroll himself into Red Star Academy. Barely containing his excitement he tried not to raise suspicions of workers in his household while he waited impatiently to receive a letter, constantly asking if he'd gotten any mail.

Finally, it came. Tearing open the envelope cautiously, he wondered if he was accepted and to his surprise, like the gods had answered his wishes, Sheba was indeed admitted into the academy.

Packing up his belongings that very night, he mustered up the courage to leave his beloved parents behind, the couple who thought that their son was happy with being locked in. Now they would wake up in the morning with no idea why their only child had left, that very thought haunting them to the end of their days.
Without faltering or hesitation, he journeyed to the very place that had freed him from a miserable childhood, Red Star Academy.

Mana Nature:Azure Flames

Other:
Since he was born a neko, Sheba has the abilities alike to a cat. Heightened senses, night-vision, and skilled with great balance, this is something that gives him a definite boost compared to normal beings.
Though having such qualities also have there downs. Though quite disgusting, Sheba still gets the occasional hairball and sensitive hearing causes him to have sleepless nights and insomnia. Not to mention he has hydrophobia, otherwise known as, fear of water.

Oddly enough, his female like structure and facial features has also bestowed upon him many comments saying that he is in fact, a girl.

OOC: If you want anything to be fixed up or added, please feel free to tell me, via PM
Hope you like it xD

[★LunaLight★]

Race: Human
Age: 17
Gender: Female

Mayumi comes from a mid class family who works at runic mines, collecting various gemstones and runes used by the richer magi. Although this isn't the easiest job, and doesn't have the friendliest community around it, Mayumi was too playful as a child to notice anyway. She was a known figure amoung the friendlier folk such as shopkeeps and innkeepers. Even at age three, Mayumi would be found running about the town and through the mines, paying no particular attention to the danger of doing so alone. She just loved looking around, and exploring. In particular, she loved to go out at night, and tap a few stellar runes with mana to make them go of like sparklers in the night. Mayumi would go as far to gather certain types of runes to make her own firework show once a year.

It was on her sixth birthday that a strange man saw her set off her annual fireworks show. Impressed, the strange man approached her as soon as her parents and other stragglers seperated from her. Because of the relitive danger she puts herself in daily, nobody ever thinks to look out for her safety. He said that talents like hers were wasted on such displays, and gave her a star shaped crystal. Just as Mayumi touched the crystal however, it burst into a viberant white eruption, and created the star shaped mark on her right shoulder.

Ever since recieving the mark, Mayumi suddenly was able to cast minor magic that was never taught to her. She began to try using her newfound power daily, but because she didn't know what she was doing, there were a few mishaps. The worst of which, was when she tried to make a large crystal star appear, then launch it at a target board. She dropped the spell before the star launched, causing her to break a leg under the impact, and kill her pet bird who was with her at the time. Despite this, her legs did heal, and Mayumi promised not to practice magic alone anymore.

Since then, Mayumi caused her parents quite a bit of unneeded stress while supervising her. Between the property damage, and the occational physical injuries, Mayumi became a financial burden. One night, Mayumi's parent's had kept the discussions about what they were going to do just a bit too loudly. Mayumi woke up to their yelling. "Ever since her first birthday, that child has been nothing but trouble. Before she always self managed so well, I was just tricked into thinking kids were easy. Now the damned brat is going to ruin us. I wish we could just ship her off somewhere to get fixed." "Just complaining about it won't fix anything. That is our daughter, and if she hurts someone we are legally responsible for her actions. For right now lets just keep her happy till we find some other sucker to take her".

It was after this conversation that Mayumi came to realize she was a bother to others. She didn't blame herself, but she also didn't want to make anyone unhappy because of her. She grew up fairly independant of her parents, so no trust issues developed as far as friends go. However she began to feel more uncomfortable when around new people, something that doesn't go well with an exploration instinct. Even despite the newfound shyness, Mayumi was tenderhearted and adorable enough to recieve help from many travelers. This was fortunate, because she was still only seven, and never knew what dangers to prepare for. Without the kindness of passersby, she likely would likely not be around anymore.

But her luck doesn't end there, after many years on the road: taking up odd jobs, making friends, and searching for 'treasures'; a certain letter carried by the wind smacked her dead in the face. And I think we all know what happened next.

Appearance: Mayumi is a happy healthy girl with pink eyes, brown hair, and white complexion. She is 5'7'', and keeps her hair in a pony tail that when let down reaches to her shoulders. She has a purple star shaped mark across her right shoulder. She is well built for her age, especially in the legs and abs, appearently from running around a lot. She prefers to wear loose clothing that allows her to move with minimal restriction, and tends to wear lite green, lite blue, lite purple, or pink.

Much like this, with the bangs pulled back, hair shorter, bow replaced with a pink cloth hairtie.
Mana Nature: Star Mana
Other: Bisexual(leaning towards girls), Mayumi is easily taken advantage of, Mayumi's purple star mark interferes with many different types of mana when they make contact.

Btw Zata, this totally isn't Mikuru.

[Zata]

Hello everyone. My name is Zata, and I am the one who will be going over your character sheets and post history. Think of me as... your lord and master. That about sums me up.

Anyway, here is my verdict on your submissions:

Ms. Andastra, Ms. Kimchi — I'm afraid that I cannot accept either of you. For the former, you have less than two hundred posts, and your history shows that you aren't very reliable: you tend to be active for about a week, then vanish for several months. This was not an isolated occurrence. As for the latter, I'm sorry, but with you having only around twenty-five posts to you name, you do not have enough of a history for me to judge.

Mr. Fearless, you are accepted on the grounds that you can keep up a bare minimum of four hundred words per post. I have gone through your IC history, and discovered that you have an average of about two hundred and seventy-five words. I think that it is well within your power to produce a mere fifty-percent more.

Mr. Agent, you are accepted on the same four hundred word requirement. While I am afraid of your less than preferred post count, you have been fairly steady in your post rate for at least three weeks. Please don't make me regret my decision.

Ms. Kris, you are accepted on the same four hundred word requirement. You have a decent post count, and reliable posting rate.

[Fearless]

Sweet ;o

i don't count my words though >.>

My Advanced RP's take place in PM's xD

[Zata]

My Advanced RP's take place in PM's xD

So, should I double, if not triple your word minimum, then?