Inner Worlds: Das Reich der Träume

[Draconilian]

There are two character slots left, I may be open to more players later though

IC Thread

This RP is inspired by the Shin Megami Tensei series, and is something of my own take on the Persona sub-series, though many other elements are present as well.

There exists a plane mirroring our own, known as Purgomorta, that never interacts with the ordinary world. This plane is a warped version of Earth, constructed out of human subconscious. Fears on Earth give rise to demons here, dreams are represented physically here. Demons war with each other and with docile constructions. It is a warzone.
Humans have never traveled here, indeed, 99.9% are unaware of it's existence. There is a way in though. Rarely, individuals who are dreaming may instead enter their subconscious. This most often happens to lucid dreamers and those with minor psychic abilities. Visiting the subconscious mind, sometimes called an “inner world” doesn't guarantee entrance to Purgomorta though. When someone who is dreaming their inner world realizes what they are seeing, that everything reflects them personally, they may gain control. Within everybody's inner world is a door, this door leads to Purgomorta. When the door is opened within an inner world however, the plane of mind begins to affect reality. Demons may surface, and it is a sign of the end times.

Within the this place, human beings are changed. Within an ordinary dream, the dreamer's form varies, and in an inner world, the dreamer is always exactly like on earth, but in Purgomorta, they take a different form. They become a representation of their entire being, a form almost indistinguishable from the Demons that wander. Inner forms vary, but they are rarely human like. They are also all powerful, capable of magics and fighting Demons. Of course they need to fight the Demons, because even though they don't appear human, the Demons recognize them as a source of power to be consumed.

If a human were to survive long enough within Purgomorta to return to Earth, they will find no time has passed, but also, Magic starts to manifest in reality. Those who return will have a trinket on their person back on Earth. It is similarly a part of their subconscious. The trinket can open a direct portal to Purgomorta or the owner's inner world, and ultimately, should the holder gain understanding of their self and be in a time of great need, will allow access to magic on Earth.

Will you open your door?

So that's the gist, this is still rough and some things may change. But things will begin with our characters first experiences within the plane of mind, and return to reality. Note that they will not meet up immediately. Instead, circumstances will drag them back to Purgomorta a little bit later and they will meet up there, then return to Earth which will be under significant supernatural attack by that point.

Please read all the other characters and information before you begin yours.

Credit to Celestial for the name!

Purgomorta is an alternate dimension that is shaped by the minds of those in our dimension. It is populated by Demons, creations of the human mind, and is accessed through Doors, and later, Portals on Earth. The dimension is populated by Demons, though Demons probably isn't the best word for them. Some, naturally, act like how you would expect Demons to act, violent, destructive, evil, and so on. But those are Demons created from negative thoughts and emotions. A serial killer's thoughts, for instance, would create a very large number of evil Demons. While a more ordinary person would probably give rise to equal numbers of good and bad. Unfortunately, Evil Demons far outnumber neutral and good ones. Evil Demons and other negative creations make up most of Purgomorta. Constantly battling each other and shaping the dimension.

Creativity is also powerful in Purgomorta, for every work of fiction, vaguely relevant creations appear in Purgomorta. Ordinary dreams also sometimes play out here. Nightmares though, give rise to the strongest of the Demons, those born of pure fear.

The neutral and good creations typically carve out their own areas of Purgomorta to live in. A Human traveler would find comfort in one of these regions.

Upon entering Purgomorta, a human will be forcibly transformed into their inner form. Should they survive long enough to find another door, randomly located in the world, they would return to their dream, and then Earth. When this happens though, the stability of Purgomorta and Earth will shatter, and portals will open up allowing Demons to Earth.

An Inner Form is Not a Demon. An Inner Form is a representation of the individual who traveled to Purgomorta and not their random thoughts. While they may be slightly difficult to discern, basically, Demons are all created, while Inner Forms simply are. Inner Forms will instantly be recognized by the Demons as a Human. And most Demons will try to consume the Human, taking their power. While the kinder Demons will either be ambivalent or interested in the Human.

Name: First, Last, Nicknames. Middle name is optional.
Gender: If you really want to, put sexuality here too.
Age: I don't particularly care, just no mix of really old guys and preteens or anything please. I like 15-25 as a rough range personally.
Appearance: Use both a picture and words if you can, pictures can't say everything. I understand you may not have a picture you want to use and that's alright.
Biography: Some detail please. 3-4 paragraphs at least.
Personality: You can be really detailed here or be really vague and explain more through IC posts, I don't mind.
Interests: What he/she likes to do, hobbies and such.
Skills: some overlap with interests, but just because you are good at something doesn't mean you like to do that.
Possessions: Things the character keeps with them. Think cellphones, wallet, etc.

Inner World Sheet.
Name: The character names their own inner world.
Description: what is it like, is it based on something from Earth? Is it completely empty or do subconscious beings inhabit it? Can it change a little bit? And where is the door?

Inner Form sheet
Name: Named by the character, again
Appearance: Can be monstrous, should contain a lot of the character's personality in subtle ways. Keep away from being too close to human. An anthropomorphic creature is fine but an eternally armored knight isn't.
Themes: What does it represent?
Abilities: What can it do? Remember both physical and magical abilities.
Personality: An inner form doesn't necessarily act like the person it represents. Think of it like how you act different around certain people or circumstances. Remember that it is also a gift of power and that may influence the personality too
Trinket: Appearance and traits. Also what it comes from.

Name: Daniel "Danny," Alexander, York

Gender: Male, Hetero

Age: 19

Appearance:

Spoiler

Behind in the image is a portal to the plane of mind, being swarmed by demons.
He has short brown hair (though for a boy it's more medium length) but in most lighting conditions it appears black. His eyes are a slightly bluish grey. (though I guess technically it should be a very greyish blue) His preferred clothing is T-shirts and cargo shorts. He rarely gets cold enough to need additional layers or long sleeves/pants. He has somewhat pale skin, due to burning rather than tanning in the sun.

Biography: Born to a middle class family in the United States, specifically Oregon. They moved when he was 6 to Canada. He discovered video gaming in elementary school, forming bonds of friendship with kids that had the same hobby. Throughout his early years, he typically wound up the class "Show-off," finishing work first, answering a lot of questions and things like that. Some people liked him for his intelligence, and the teachers thought he was a great student.

Going into middle and high school, where advanced classes are offered, he found himself challenged for the first time in his life. And other's entered his school who could rival him in intelligence. Having breezed through the early education with absolutely zero effort, having to actually study and put forth work disrupted him slightly, and no longer being the absolute top of the heap academically was something unusual for him. By the last years of high school he got the hang of it and brought his grades back up to high A levels.

By then, he realized he never really found out what he wanted to do with his life, he wasn't quite prepared to leave his parents yet, and he didn't know what to major in when he got to college. He decided to work for two years, get some "real world experience" as his father called it. His knowledge in video games and technology landed him an easy retail job at an electronics store, and Danny has been a valued employee for the past year.

He is definitely no closer to knowing what he wants to do with his life though. Preferring to just keep working and living with his parents, he knows he needs to get out and find a college education, but he just can't. In some ways, he hasn't grown up yet. For several years now, Danny has had a few psychic experiences, prophetic dreams and mind reading mostly. They are entirely out of his control, working only when they want to, but he has seen them right often enough to know to trust them.

Personality: Lazy, and a little self centered. Those are the easiest ways to describe him. That isn't all Danny is of course, he values his friends and family extremely highly. More importantly though, he wants to be an influence on the world. He just has no idea how to go about this, the world is vastly bigger than he realizes. This is exemplified through his video gaming habit, each video game allows him to experience things that never occur in the real world and experience them consequence free. The real world is of course not like a game. Though the Plane of Mind may change that based on his influence sometimes...

Interests: Danny is an avid video gamer and a bit of a musician on the side. He's had several years of classical piano teaching and is currently self taught. His gaming extends to nearly all genres and he picks up new ones quickly. He enjoys being challenged in games, both by the system and other players. Chess, Risk, and other games that require thought are also favored, but somewhat rarely played by him. That doesn't mean he should be underestimated though. In music, Danny likes fast tempos and major scale melodies, "happy" music basically. But also complex music, with lots of overlapping rhythms and different instruments. His skill with gaming also has an interesting side effect. Danny has a high level of control over his dreams. Very often "Waking Up" and taking full control. Thus he knows about his inner world and it's nature, but as of the story beginning, has not found the door yet.

Skills: Very good at strategy and mind games, he is also fairly observant, able to figure out card tricks and the like rapidly when he focuses. Memory of details is also good, but sort of random, sometimes he can instantly recall the details and sometimes not. It mostly depends on if he is interested by the subject in question. When bored, he is unlikely to be of much help. Danny is good with video games and can imitate music he hears fairly well. His inner form grants him instinctual skills with flight and some with claw-to-claw combat.

Possessions: Smartphone, and a watch. His watch was an old gift from his father, and his phone reflects his technically knowledged side.

Inner World Sheet.

Name: The Mall

Description: It's a shopping mall. It is for the most part entirely empty of other beings, but occasionally there will be random people there. After seeing it in more than a few dreams, Danny came to realize it as a reflection of his mind. Since then, it started developing a few consistent details. Normally an infinite space with endless unlabeled shops that he never focuses on and a few he does. There are two permanent fixtures now. First off is a room he calls the "Tavern," a restaurant that generally serves whatever he wishes, and fashioned after a fantasy tavern. It's location is identical to the location of the video game store in the actual mall he visits at times. Since he rarely goes to the mall in the real world, he often wonders why his mind shows it as such. The other permanent fixture is the pretzel stand. Always serving giant pretzels of course, a favorite of his. More than once, he has encountered "projections" in the mall, usually at the tavern. Taking the form of family and friends usually. They give him some advice on his life.

The door is located outside The Mall. Because the Mall apparently stretches on forever. He has never actually thought of going outside of it. If he did, he would find an empty grassland and his door to the Plane of Mind.


Inner Form sheet

Name: Draco, or Dragon.

Appearance:

Spoiler

His scales are colored in blues and light greys, rather than the bronze and black shown in the image. Size wise his inner form translates to roughly eight feet tall. Small for a Dragon, but also a happy medium between total power and not being thrown off balance by a significant size change.

Themes: First off, Danny is self centered, and Dragons are the definition of ego. He has power, power to change things around him. But he also appears dangerous, a creature you wouldn't want to mess with, as a sort of way to shut others out. The most important thing though, is Wings. The essence of freedom in his mind. Able to go anywhere and not bound by gravity. Freedom to do absolutely whatever he wants. Fire is consuming, a destructive force but also a useful one. It's other applications represent his strong mind and how it can be used either for his benefit or to benefit all.

Abilities: First of all, the physical. He is extremely strong, capable of flying with little effort, and practically covered in weapons. His scales overlap in a feather-like pattern, but are extremely sharp, like little razor blades. Like a shark, they are smooth in the direction they flow, but sharp in the opposite direction. His teeth are sharp too, as well as claws, his claws aren't too big and mostly merge with the digit, allowing him to use his hands as normal. On the feet, a single, raptor-like talon grows, larger and sharper than the others.

Magically, he can breathe fire, but that is it. He has magical potential, but it doesn't come easy to him and must be learned.

Personality: Given the ability to basically do whatever he wants. He is brave, reckless, and arrogant. The other significant change is that he has the mind of a Dragon, with a different set of instincts and other changed qualities. On the whole, he isn't changed all that much, besides amplifying his current flaws even more.

Trinket: A new watch, with a cellphone like interface. Like all trinkets, it has a basic set of capabilities, opening portals to the Plane and detecting portals. But it has a technological bent to them. Based on menus and such.

Rules! They exist to be followed!
I. Please, please, PLEASE use spellcheck and proper grammar. I know this is Advanced and I shouldn't need to say this, but it grinds my gears to see rampant typos and poor grammar.
II. Be as gory, dark, and explicit as you damned well like, I trust everyone not to take this to an excess though.
III. Please be nice OOC, I greatly enjoy socializing in the OOC thread, but somebody being rude makes it a chore.
IV. If you need to disappear for some time, Give warning. After one whole day of unexplained absence, I'll send a PM, after 3 and no PM response, we will take over your character until you return.
V. Hold me to rule 4 yourselves guys, If I disappear, drag me back.
VI. Have fun! if you aren't having fun, be sure to speak up and we'll see what we can do.


Constructive criticism is welcomed!

[Draconilian]

Aw dammit, my laptop battery died and now I need to redo the first half of my Ic post

[Rtron]

...erm....LOL? XD

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Character Template.

Name: Richard Matthews

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Appearance: Richard stands at 5ft 9in, and weighs 225lbs. He has dark brown hair, and bright green eyes. If you could ever see them. He's muscled, and athletic. And he wears this mask always. Why? That will be explained in his bio.

Biography: Richard served in the military for many years, before a horrible accident put him in retirement. He was with his squad, heading out to relive another squad off patrol duty. They met and were about to go their separate ways, when they were ambushed. Most of the squads died immediately, in a hail of gun fire. Richard managed to dive behind a rock, and was in the midst of calling in back up, when the ambushers brought out a flame thrower.

Luckily and unluckily for Richard, they didn't quite know how to properly use it, and ended up turning their backs to one of the squad still alive. He took the shot. An explosion followed, apparently they had other explosives with them for the explosion was much bigger than it should have been, and Richard was thrown from his hiding spot. The last thing he remembers is searing heat, intense pain, screaming, then everything went black.

When he awoke, he was in the military emergency room, swathed in bandages. A doctor came in and told him to get some more rest, he needed it, after what he had been through. After that, Richard faded in and out of consciousness for the next few days. When he awoke and was lucid, the doctors broke it to him. He was the only survivor of the ambush, and the flames from the explosion left him horribly scarred, with the mask he had been wearing that day melded with his skin. Removing it would cost money. Money Richard didn't have. So, he opted to leave it.

After being discharged, Richard moved into seclusion, rarely going out. He made enough money from investments he had made before going into service to not have to leave the house much. To occupy himself, he largely read , crafted objects, and played chess either against himself, or online. His fascination with flames, the very thing that left him like this, began with his dreams.

Strangely prophetic dreams, always outlined in flames, or with the sound of flames crackling in the background. These are largely out of his control and have happened rarely. But, he trusts them, and for some reason has a fascination with flames as a direct result of that. He became adept at manipulating fire through little gizmos he built. He has begun feeling a restlessness, a need to do something though he doesn't know what, recently. It's a nagging feeling at the back of his mind, an itch he can't scratch.

Personality: Richard is calm, and views things with a realist's views. He is neither optimistic, or pessimistic, but takes the situation at face value and tries to figure out a way to deal with it. In his soldier years, he was friendly, cheerful, and loyal, though it remains to be seen if those traits still exist in the man today..

Interests: Largely reading, though he enjoys crafting gizmos from whatever he has on hand, and playing chess.

Skills: He can create something useful out of almost any material given to him, has some proficient skill in CQC, retains information fairly well. His inner form grants him instinctual....open formness, and being extremely accurate with anything that needs to be aimed.

Possessions: A swiss army knife a simple one, just some blades, a nail filer, a can opener, a screwdriver, and a few other things he added on over the years, a box of matches, his combat knife, and a pendant he wears around his neck that is a small ruby, the back worn smooth by an unconscious and incessant thumb rubbing it.


Inner World Sheet.

Name: Base Camp

Description: It is exactly like Richard's base camp before the ambush. Indistinct barracks and other buildings orderly arranged, soldiers marching here and there, orders being shouted, vehicles and supplies being moved, with some minor changes. There is a large library and work shop in the same place, a huge crackling bonfire in the middle of the camp, and the outer edges are surrounded by a wall of flames. The flames are an unending, with no breaks in them. Except for one place. Where they turn into a hall, that leads to Richard's door. Richard has never thought to explore the flames because, he has been kept largely occupied and happy at the main camp

Inner Form sheet

Name: Pyro

Appearance: Pyro is literally living flame. It can take any form it wishes, but will always be flames.

Themes: It represent's Richard before the ambush as well, it's friendly, cheerful, loyal and is rather hard anger, which is funny if you think about it. And of course, Pyro is a direct representation of Richard's fascination with flames. And as for the form shaping it represents both Richard's desire for freedom and his wish. His wish is to be free of the mask, to 'change' his form some how, and well freedom to him is tied directly into that.

Abilities: Pyro's physical abilities are...lacking. At most it's fast. It's living flame after all. Most of what it touches burns. Though with concentration, it can create a minor barrier to actually hold items. It's magical abilities, however, are supreme. It can fire fiery projectiles of any size and shape at will with extreme accuracy, it can make anything, other than itself, out of flames. Flaming sword? You betcha. Flaming ball of fire that goes ahead? Yup. Another Pyro? Don't tempt it.

Personality: Pyro is largely the opposite of Richard today. He is calm, Pyro is easily excitable. He views things as a realist, Pyro is a permanent optimist. It's friendly, cheerful, loyal and is rather hard anger.

Trinket: A pendant that stays on Pyro no matter what form it takes. It is a ruby, in the shape of flames, and is the only thing solid about Pyro. It does all the basic set of things Trinkets do, but is largely thought based. You think what you wish it to do, it does it. It can absorb a fair amount of heat as well.




REPOST OF PYRO

[Draconilian]

so my first post, summarised, so far features....
my character in his inner world, circumstances to get to his door, landing in Purgomorta, having to watch his body change painfully before his eyes, getting confronted with demons, fleeing, landing in the mountains, falling unconscious, meeting a friendly demon and getting some exposition. I'm still not done and its at least 1600 words now.

[Draconilian]

A good amount of stuff in Purgomorta will be sort of Rpg style, towns, shops, items, friendly demons and the like. I'll have a ton more detail about the world later when I get home and I'm gunna change my Cs slightly. Also putting something up for vote, creating demons as characters to play as.

[Terminal]

Name: Hirune Erskine
Gender: Female
Age: 16

Hirune stands at around 173 centimeters or 68 inches in height, and weighs approximately 54 kilograms or 120 pounds. Her growth is in its final stages and her height is beginning to taper off, so she will not be getting much taller if at all. She often wears long, flowing skirts and plain, long-sleeved shirts. She does not wear makeup, and the less we say about the mess that is her hair, the better.

Hirune was born to an unremarkable couple living in a big city - and her presence was not wanted. Her mother's pregnancy had not been forseen, and neither of her parents wanted to take care of her - and so once she was born, she was sent to live with her 'weird and eccentric' mother-in-law who lived in some secluded wood.

Hirune's mother-in-law was fairly busy herself, only intermittently having time to care for Hirune in her infancy. As an infant, she spent long hours by herself in the silent and empty house in the woods. This was not to say that her mother-in-law was apathetic or bad at raising her - she made a dedicated effort to raise Hirune as properly as could be hoped given the circumstances. Hirune has been homeschooled for her entire life as a result, having never left the confines of the forest proper, and having never once lain eyes on another human being with the exception of her mother-in-law and in photos. Hirune grew up with several maladaptive and irrational behaviors - when she was eight, she developed an immense fear of windows, causing her to have panic attacks and to collapse or cower in corners and under her bed, forcing her mother-in-law to plaster every window in the house over. And because that wasn't quite enough, around the same time, Hirune developed a similar fear of mirrors - being in their presence was fine, it was looking into them that she feared, and so this was rectified simply by covering every reflective surface in the home. When she was younger, Hirune had no social contact with others whatsoever beyond hat of her mother-in-law, and although the woman did her best, Hirune still grew to be introverted to an almost unhealthy degree and exhibited an extreme aversion to the prospect of social contact with other people.

Her mother-in-law, naturally, taught Hirune a number of skills and talents as part of her regular education and in order to give her sometime extra to do while she was away from the house. It is from her that Hirune learned how to read and write, perform basic arithmetic, the basics of gardening, how to knit, weave, sew and sculpt, how to cook and how to play the flute as well as dance. Her Mother-in-Law nearly spoiled her with all of the things she would acquire for Hirune - books, toys and various curios, resulting in Hirune's fascination with gemstones and her collecting them as a hobby. Inspired by fantasy literature and her mother-in-law's own eccentricities, Hirune also developed an interest in the occult and mysticism, delving into as much knowledge of the genre as she could convince her mother-in-law to acquire.

When Hirune turned fourteen, her mother-in-law made the terrible mistake of introducing her to the internet, giving Hirune access to as much information as she wanted. It was there, on various forums, chat clients and sites that Hirune encountered the rest of the world and slowly began to interact with others, gradually coming out of her shell and becoming less shy and anxious about the prospect of social contact. It was her where Hirune's obsession with the occult kicked itself into overdrive and where she first began to wonder about the world outside of the forest - only her immense anxiety and fear of being rejected and judged by others kept her from venturing out.

Sixteenth birthdays are special for a reason - that was the day Hirune's magical talents began to stir, though at the time this did not manifest beyond her dreams. It was also the day both her parents died under mysterious and highly suspicious circumstances - as she had never known them, and since her mother-in-law was unsure how she might react to the news, she didn't inform Hirune of this. In their will, her parents had left only one thing to Hirune: a curious hand-mirror, which was given to her under the pretext of it being both a gift and a way of working her down from her irrational fear of mirrors. In the following months, Hirune has begun to have lucid dreams, and recently she has been able to reach high enough levels of coherency in her dreams to discover her Inner World.

Hirune is an extreme social recluse and pariah, having an immense aversion to social contact and a fear of being harshly judged and rejected by others, leading to her being tremulous, hesitant, worrisome and apologetic with others, seeking to avoid any sort of conflict where possible. Hirune is very soft-spoken, reserved, introverted and shy. She has a profound fear of social contact and, while she does not go out of her way to avoid the company of others, does not go out of her way to engage with others either. Because of her reclusive lifestyle, Hirune is largely ignorant and naive in regards to most things that are considered common knowledge to others. She is prone to anxiety attacks while talking to others. She does, however, become much more confident and assertive when speaking of anything she has knowledge of, particularly in regards to the occult. She has an irrational fear of windows and reflective surfaces, being prone to nervous breakdowns when observing either - it has been noted that merely keeping window curtains or blinds drawn is sufficient to prevent this from happening, and Hirune herself is typically very good at avoiding any surfaces that might be reflective. However, if she suffers a breakdown it typically requires intervention from another person to remedy.

Hirune is a proficient sculpter, weaver, knitter, sewer, dancer and gardener and cook - but despite attempting to do for for years on end she is downright awful at drawing. She also enjoys reading fantasy novels (Terry Pratchett in particularly) and is enthused with the supernatural. She can play the flute well, but has done so less and less often as the years have passed. She enjoys collecting precious gems, with opal being her favorite gemstone, and as of late she has acquired another hobby in the form of assembling Effigies.

The Sanguine Mirror: It boasts a frame made of crafted obsidian and volcanic rock with a perfectly reflective face. The back of the frame is inlaid with the etched design of a pulsing heart, with veins and arteries spearing outwards to form the handle and rim. Hirune, despite being terrified of it, feels a strange nigh-compulsive urge to keep it near her at all times, and usually keeps it wrapped in cloth so that she can't see its face. How her parents came to acquire it or why they left it to her in their will is unknown.

The Effigy: Or rather, 'a' effigy, since Hirune makes the things as a hobby. She has only taken it up within the past year, but finds it an interesting way to pass the time. She usually makes effigis from twigs, sticks, bits of plant matter and rope or twine supplied by her mother-in-law. They usually have precious gemstones as eyes, since Hirune feels that simply leaving collected gemstones to collect dust is somewhat of a waste. She usually always carries an Effigy around on her person for whenever she has a moment or two to kill.

Gemstone Collecting Pouch: A pouch for collecting gemstones, what else? Hirune isn't entirely against stuffing other things in here if she has room, particularly supplies from the wilderness that she can use to build effigies...

Inner World
Name: The Den of Sathanas

The Den is a vast, derelict mansion that looks to have been abandoned and condemned for decades, with the halls and chambers warped and twisted by spatial anomalies. Each hallway is a cavernous expanse, each room is as large as an entire building. While there are windows, each one is shuttered from the outside, with no apparent means of opening them. The only light that exists in the Den comes from jagged holes in the ceiling where the roof has been damaged, with faint beams of light shining through to illuminate each area of the Manse. Each room and hallway is filled with decrepit, broken and aging furniture and decor - tattered rugs, faded oil paintings, shattered vases, broken chairs with torn upholstery, tables of fine wood split down the middle and stone edifices left crumbling and sundered. Here and there is the occasional intact item, but these never remain intact for long, with other items being mysteriously repaired in turn - almost as if someone was going through the Manse and systematically repairing some things and breaking others.

The Manse, despite its state of perpetual disrepair, always has unusual curios and objects of interest lying around in dusty, cobwebbed corners, and forbidden knowledge hidden away in ancient tomes trapped beneath fallen bookshelves. The Manse is a depository of treasure and information for the inquisitive and curious soul willing to brave the twisted halls.

Five denizens occupy the Manse, all of whom have kept their distance from Hirune whenever she has dreamt of the place, only occasionally glimpsed as lurking forms in the darkness with indistinct features overcast by shadow. One is a hunched figure, the second looks to be a normal person, the third is a tall, looming thing, the fourth is an unseen clattering noise of wood scraping on wood, and the fifth is a monstrous figure of dimensions that defy description.

The Manse is laid out in a similar fashion to a normal dwelling. There are libraries, studies, bedrooms, dayrooms, etcetera - Hirune's door is simply the set of double doors serving as the entrance and exit of the Manse, being located in the foyer. Hirune has never ventured into the foyer, for the fourth denizen lurks there, and whenever she approaches she feels an overwhelming sense of fear and is forced to turn away.

Inner Form
Name: Hecate

Hecate is a pillar of flesh with three evenly divided regions, each resembling a woman from the front and from above the torso - below that, the forms simply turn to an indistinct mass of skin that seemingly oozes across the ground. The creature therefore has three 'bodies,' three faces, and three sets of arms.

The first body is that of a young woman with fair features, damp turquoise eyes and long, raven hair, and who is bare. She wields an ornate silver hand-mirror with her right hand and wields a thick, burnt tome in her left.

The second body is that of an old and wizened woman with starlit hair tied into serpentine coils, with amber eyes and wearing a long black gown along with a cloak and hood. She wields a large, leaden torch burning with a turquoise flame that emits a thick violet and amber smoke in her right hand and wields a human skull without a jawbone and with a large circular hole in the forehead in her left hand.

The third body is that of a monstrous thing that can only be vaguely recognized as female, with features shrouded in animal pelts and furs, coated in rotted viscera and dried blood and paints, with brambly and thorn-laden vines entwining its features. There is no clear point where creature ends and garment begins - in some places it has fur and bark, and in others it has skin and bone. Its eyes are pits in space and time that lash out at anything who looks into them, being ineffable and alien, impossible to perceive and hurtful to glimpse. Its mouth is a maw filled with blood and fangs, and it has long, writhing and thrashing strands of centipedes for hair. It wields a crude blade wrought from the talon of a giant beast in its right hand, and wields a staff of wood adorned with hanging bone chimes, feathers and precious stones in its left.

Hecate is, in essence, an amalgamation of all the things the Hirune currently is, and all of the things Hirune could eventually become. It represents a crossroads, irreversible choices that must be made, and of an inherent fate and destiny entwined within Hirune's core essence that she must either embrace or defy.

The significance of the various appearances of each woman and the artifacts they wield are too lengthy to go into sufficient detail about without giving away certain spoilers, so that's not happening. Needless to say, it's all a bunch of magical occult symbolism, ouuuOOOOOOeuuuuuuOOOOOOOOOweeeeeeOOOOOOUUUUeeeeee~

Hecate possesses a large number of magical powers of varying potency and use, most being derived from the artifacts it carries.

The mirror is essentially indestructible, being capable of halting physical forces dead in their tracts without effort and of reflecting certain other forces that hit its reflective face. It can also be used to distort and manipulate the minds of those who look into its depths.

The burnt tome is an encyclopedic font of helpful advice and facts about the surrounding area and its inhabitants...but it has been burnt beyond coherency, and so each page only provides fragmented and obscure half-hints and vague, potentially meaningless segues.

The leaden torch can create hypnotic and nauseating lights, and also emits thick smoke that can cover and obscure wide areas, and can irritate the skin and eyes. The flame cannot actually burn anything it touches, and generates no heat.

The skull emits whispered Truths through the hole in its forehead, generally about whatever it happens to be facing. These tend to be single words and, like the tome, can be vague and unhelpful.

The talon blade causes anything it touches to rot or corrode slightly. Prolonged contact is inimical. The blade itself is highly resistant to damage and wear, but is no sharper than any other blade. The thing that wields it has considerable and inhuman strength, but this strength does not approach incredulous amounts.

The staff lays a curse on a target. Only one target can be maintained at a time. Curses are multiform and vary immensely in scope and impact. A target might never suffer the effects of a curse at all, depending on the circumstances.

Fragmented, to say the least. Each of the three women acts as an independent being, but in general the whole entity acts in a manner consistent with Hirune's current desires, thoughts and impulses. Each woman is aware of the other two, and they seem to either firmly ignore each other at all times, and in the rare occasions when they interact they speak to and of each other as though they weren't in the same room. Despite this, they exhibit an unprecedented amount of coordination and cooperation with each other almost unconsciously without any need for conversing.

The young woman is driven and has a pleasant demeanor coupled with an inquisitive disposition. She asks many questions of others and is quick to elaborate upon her own opinions and thoughts on just about anything. Of the three, she is the most similar to Hirune as-is, albeit displaying a significantly more mature and forward personality, not being as shy or troubled. She is friendly, hopeful, flirtatious, sensitive, whimsical, imaginative and thoughtful. However, she also lacks tact and is very direct in her dealings with others, and can sometimes be uncaring or dismissive of the consequences of her actions, words and thoughts.

The old woman is a stern and reserved, if not unkindly figure with a softspoken and weary disposition. She can quickly become irritated or annoyed with those around her, and can snap at people unexpectedly sometimes. She does not often indulge in deep thought, and will chastise others for overthinking things. She is a wellspring of information and knowledge, and possesses a keen intuition and insight into the inner workings and relationships between all things in the world around her. This can make her very useful as either a mentor-figure or tactician, but she comes across as a know-it-all and may occasionally appear indolent of viewpoints that differ from her own, and she is often seen as being overly morose and short with others. Most of the time she is reserved, and when she thinks nobody is watching she loses her tall posture and hunches over, appearing exhausted and fatigued.

The thing is not much of a conversationalist. While it will not necessarily go out of its way to hurt others, paying too much attention to it will aggravate and antagonize it significantly. Wandering within arms reach WILL result in altercation. Left to its own devices, it performs a number of innocuous activities and rituals of esoteric and unknown use and helpfulness. Its centipedal hair will occasionally reach out and attempt to strangle one of the other two women, who usually just brush the creature away in an absent fashion. It can occasionally 'help' others by leaving various assembled artifacts on the floor after having made and then lost interest in them.

Trinket: SURPRISE, her trinket is The Sanguine Mirror, which is currently inert until Hirune can open the door in her Inner World. What a coincidence.

[Celestial]

Name: Cordelia fon Rustenford

Gender: Female, Bisexual

Age: 20

Appearance:

Cordelia has blonde hair with blue eyes. She’s measured in at 5’ 8”. She normally wears a white sleeveless blouse with a black skirt. Her skin is a mild tan.

Biography:

Born into a normal everyday family, Cordelia coasted through high school as she pursued her passion, which she had found at an early age. She was drawn to the alluring trade of graphic designs and music as she filled her evenings with numerous drawings and composing with her family’s piano that sat in their living room.

Continuing to improve upon her trades, she enrolled into University and continued to build her portfolio of artwork and sketches. She met many friends who shared the same passion as her as they all began to embark on the journey of becoming game developers. Every night she would continue to draw and tap against the keys of her synthesizer as the group continued to meet up in their spare time outside of class to collaborate and build the world.

On the side, she took up a part time job at a café and composed music for small production jobs, which paid her a decent amount. As her portfolio began to grow, the caliber of her works began to progress from no name amateur films to modest gaming companies and more known film directors. Her art also began to grow in popularity as she received a various array of commissions. Surprised at her sudden burst of reputation, her attention had deviated from her intended major and switched to the arts where she finally found contentment in what she was doing.

It was at this turning point that Cordelia had begun to feel something supernatural. When she went to sleep at night, unlike previous years, it felt like she was stepping into another world. She couldn’t remember what exactly happened, but she remembered seeing a snow-white creature always staring at her with golden rim eyes. At first she thought a series of night terrors had overcome her due to the added stress onto her life, but after each episode, she somehow felt sparks of inspiration and an increased affinity to draw and compose, as if the words were just begging to spill onto fresh sheets of canvas paper or onto the screen of her computer.

Regardless of what she saw, she knew something peculiar had occurred. Though she didn’t know what it was, she embraced it and thought of it as nothing but her sub-consciousness mind speaking to her.

Personality:

I’d honestly like to develop this in IC. However, if you’d like something, I can most definitely provide ^^!

Interests: Cordelia enjoys going out to local concerts with friends, drawing whatever she feels like, composing whenever she has the muse, and enjoys going to various campus events. She also enjoys the occasional prank with her friends. She’s a sucker for movies.

Skills: Cordelia is very good with regards to picking out subtle melodies within music and matching it with a harmony. She can also replicate almost whatever she sees on paper through the careful sight given to her from her inner form.

Possessions:

iPhone, watch, small sketch pad in case of any unannounced hints of inspiration, and a small MP3 player.

Inner World Sheet.

Name: Farplane of the Eternal Moon

Description: Where the moon resides high in the night sky, Cordelia finds solace in this place where her dreams always end up bring her to. The fields are all rounded by rows of green ferns that create a circular enclosing on the sacred Farplane. Within the circular enclosing, there is a natural spring and a small campsite that holds various instruments – old traditional instruments and modern alike – and art supplies that Cordelia has access to. There is also a small garden that provides any kind of fruit and a particular sweet nectar that Cordelia can receive whenever she wishes.

Her inner world is usually populated with her image of the perfect human – be it boy or girl – that seems to appear on and off. It is through this realistic phantom that Cordelia finds many inspirations that she remembers when she wakes from her sleep. Another being that is there when the phantom is not is Cana, her inner form though she does not know it. Instead of realizing that it is her inner form, she thinks of it as the pet she could never have at home.

Her door lies through the narrow opening that exits into the endless plains beyond. She dares not venture out, for she doesn’t her visit into her inner world to end.

Inner Form sheet
Name: Cana

Appearance:

Themes:

Cana, the great wolf, represents the master of the hunt. The wolf is patient in her observations and astute within the senses. Everything comes together to see a world where the eyes are only but a factor within the whole entire picture. This translates over to Cordelia’s ability to listen and to perceive things with her sight. Cana’s ability to track also strengthens Cordelia’s ability to study things with her eyes.

Abilities:

Physical: The great wolf quick and violent when she’s on the hunt or besting a rival spirit that tries to overpower her. She can also track down her prey because of her heighten senses.

Magical: Cana’s wail, only to be used under extreme circumstance because of the strain it puts on the wolf, will summon a pair of guardian spirit wolves to aid the great wolf in her time of need. After a time, or when the danger has passed, the guardian wolves will disappear back into the groove’s spring where they rest until called forth again.

Personality:

Cana is patient, as every hunter needs to be, as she studies her surroundings and plans accordingly. She can be forceful at times when a decision needs to be made regardless of what other beings may think. Her demeanor may sometimes convey a sense of superiority over others, as she believes that her way is always correct. Cana is impersonation of the Alpha of the pack.

Trinket: The inner wolf has a red downward arrow marking between her eyes, which represent the signature that Cordelia puts on all of her art works that she publishes to her commissions and other projects.

Thought I'd join in on this repost party ^^!

[Draconilian]

What do you guys think about making demons as characters later?

[Terminal]

I was under the impression we already had demons as characters in the lieu of inner forms? They aren't explicitly called such, but there was a strong parallel drawn between them and demons in your OP.

[Rtron]

HELL YA I GET TO BE EVIL!!

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Also, how free are we on our first posts? Like can we say, have our own mini events? Make friendly demons then murder them and do what not with them? etc.

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I was under the impression we already had demons as characters in the lieu of inner forms? They aren't explicitly called such, but there was a strong parallel drawn between them and demons in your OP.

I think he means the demons fucking over the world our physical bodies are in...