I dunno I'd prefer them not be 12, it's just weird for them to be thrust with such responsibility when say they haven't even hit puberty yet. I dunno is it a deal breaker? Nah but it'll just be a downer. *shrugs* I'm 12 year olds are generally okay but I mean they're young and people often write them as if they're much older, as younger mindset is really hard to keep. I mean vocab wise, mannerisms, it's all different even just due to two or three years of skipping. Like I said, if the majority wants them to be youngins, fine. I can't really argue when I've made my point as clear as I can. ^^; We can't agree on everything right?

It doesn't really matter to me because we've established that they'll still be the same as their kid versions, so that just means Hinata's still who she is in Part 1 only with bigger tits if she's older. I can't really do anything with her differently if she's older, she's just ...older. If we can't do changes, I don't see why it matters that much. They're still taught to kill and still have their issues.

The reason it matters I believe according what Genkai is stating is that it is easier to write characters who are older than kids who are twelve or thirteen. There is a different kind of thought process that occurs in the mind due to age. Are there any huge major changes? Not really. But it is easier to write older characters is what I believe Genkai is saying. An older Sasuke is different from a younger Sasuke by the very nature of being more mature. I'm fully in support of changing their maturity and such if we go for older characters, but I would prefer we keep the relationships as similar to possible to canon just in order that we can all start from the same worldview.

But either way, it seems this is causing an issue. So we will just go with the 12-13 year old ages as if starting in canon. Sorry about that Genkai. I will say that I won't be calling anyone out too much on if they seem slightly more mature or older in the writing due to differing vocabulary or what not.

Alright, you're GM. I respect your final say.

Work in progress, obviously.

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General
Name – Ino Yamanaka
Age – 12
Gender – Female
Sexual Orientation – Determinant
Blood Type – B
Birthday – September 23rd
Traits – Ino is admittedly arrogant and brazen despite her relatively cheerful nature, though at times it seems she uses her playfulness to justify antagonistic behaviors to people who she feels are either rivals or enemies. Ino favors herself in an outspoken leadership role despite being easily compromised by her emotions which makes her an impractical shinobi for a team leader. Ino is also rather obsessed with her appearance which lends to a good diet though adds on to an anxiety-driven psychosis.
Hobbies – Herbalism, Studies, etc.
Personal Quote – “There's no meaning to a flower unless it blooms.”
History – As with her clan, her birth was associated with a flower and in Ino's case it was the bush clover—something that her father, Inoichi Yamanaka, intended for her to symbolize as she was raised to treasure the bonds that she has with her friends. As was the expectations of a Yamanaka she was taught very early the values of herbalism and what it was worth to Konohagakure, which instilled at first a cautious responsibility but eventually a hobby that took her mind off her days at the academy when things seemed to get particularly rough for her; though she never showed such distress. As she studied more fervently through this period she found knowledge coming to her easily and sticking with her, though she did have distractions through the social aspects of the academy which did affect her studies plenty; but given her father’s oddly carefree parentage there was never an instance where this became a problem.

Clan Info
Clan Name – Yamanaka
Symbol –
History – The Yamanaka Clan is as old as any when it comes to the history of Konohagakure with a long account of members skilled in herbalism, espionage, and interrogation. Ranging from sensory types to medical-nin, the Yamanaka Clan are not simply a clan that relies on one skillset entirely and their spies and interrogation experts tend to become great assets to the village’s ANBU division. The clan’s secret techniques are ones of great pride as they allow for several mind-centred techniques that include transferring consciousness, reading minds, and communicating telepathically. Several herbalists owing their lineage to the clan are spread throughout the Land of Fire, which in times of war secretly become spy networks for Konoha itself through the Yamanaka’s ability for telepathic communication.
Kekkei Genkai – n/a

Looks and Appearance


Ninja Information
Village – Konohagakure
Academy Graduation Age – 12
Rank – Genin
Chakra Element – Water, Earth

Databook Stats
Ninjutsu – 2.5
Taijutsu – 1.5
Genjutsu – 1.5
Intelligence – 2
Strength – 0.5
Speed – 2.5
Stamina – 2
Handseals – 2.5
Total – 15

Jutsu
Name – Mind Body Switch
Rank – C
Type – Ninjutsu
Effect – The user transfers their mind using spiritual energy into a target’s body thus giving the user complete control of the target for a defined period of time. Whilst active the user is cut off of their own body thus rendering it incapable.

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Ino in the early chapters of the series had a lot of dynamics that were particularly well-done and to this day I’m not quite sure why the author decided to relegate her to a third-rate character whose only real purpose later on in the series was to be a lovesick fool who by the epilogue was demoted to being “oh hey she had a use after all, she had a kid!” which was definitely not kosher for me personally. So the idea is much like others in this regard to make characters more than “cardboard cutrouts”, “third-rate supporting cast”, and “breeding devices”. What I really appreciated about Ino early on was her high level of dedication (or natural aptitude for things) and simply personality traits when she stood against some of the one-note bullies of the genin graduating class.

I suppose the best way to explain the direction is that we’re going with her canon traits and letting it run. As would be obvious with a different author picking up another’s work there will be direction differences and characterization shifts and my idea whilst keeping the fact she’s twelve, there is the fact that this is an anime world and there is a lot of wiggle room for what we call suspension of belief as well as creative liberties especially considering Konoha is more “militarized” hence kids would be growing up faster and more rigid so they can support their clan and their village through the responsibilities placed upon their shoulders.

Ino is going to keep on her dedication to the ninja way, use her wits when her emotions put her in bad situations, learn from her mistakes, and see where her path goes from there.

DID YOU READ THE RULES?
17?

Were we going to try to start tomorrow or Saturday after Genkai gets her template up? I don't think the odds of getting one more person are that great.

SoleAccord said
Were we going to try to start tomorrow or Saturday after Genkai gets her template up? I don't think the odds of getting one more person are that great.

I might be able to convince a friend or two, but that's a big "maybe" at that. I'm excited for this, though.

I'd prefer this be a small group, as does Piercing Light, so if you can reach out to someone about playing who's left that would be cool.

Gowi said
I might be able to convince a friend or two, but that's a big "maybe" at that. I'm excited for this, though.

SoleAccord said
I'd prefer this be a small group, as does Piercing Light, so if you can reach out to someone about playing who's left that would be cool.

Sup? I'm aforementioned friend. I think. Maybe. I might throw together a Kiba or Shikamaru later on today if I can find the time and motivation. Since all the good characters are taken.

Though it seems like you guys were planning on rolling pretty quickly, and I don't want to hold anything up.

Creator hasn't been on for the past couple days as far as I know - for all we know he may never come back (DunDunDunnnn). I guess just get something up when you can? I don't think waiting for every template is necessary, as those who already did theirs could already get to work if an OP was created. So even if this got started before you finished a template, won't necessarily mean you're too late to be part of it - there are some excuses like 'being late' or a 'mix up' to give IC.

It's not up to me though.

Yeah, we just have to see if the ol' GM is going to pop on today. Assuming the weekend gives them ample opportunity to do so, we could benefit from some communication here. I'll get the last two bits of the CS done by tonight or tomorrow, but I have things around the house to take care of.

I'd love a Shikamaru!

And I'm getting my CS up right now so this post will be edited over the course of the evening to accommodate that. Sorry for the eff'ing delay but hey it was my first week back to college so I don't have that much to feel sorry for since I can't really change real life to allow for hours of free time online but so far things aren't too heavy, it's just the long days of reading/writing/commuting. Well I have to head out for a bit but I'll be back tonight to finish this. >__>

General
Name: Sakura Haruno
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Blood Type: O
Birthday: March 28
Good Trait(s): Caring, Smart, Energetic and Honest.
Bad Trait(s): Stubborn, Sensitive, Uncertain and Anxious.
Hobby(ies):
Personal Quote:

History:

Clan Info: Not a very high standing clan
Clan Name: Haruno
Symbol:



History:

Kekkei Genkai:

Looks and Appearance

Ninja Information[/FONT]
Village:
Academy Graduation Age:
Rank:
Chakra Element:
Databook Stats
-Ninjutsu: 1.5
-Taijutsu: 1
-Genjutsu: 3
-Intelligence: 3.5
- Strength: .5
-Speed: 1
-Stamina: 1
-Handseals: 4
-Total: 15.5

Jutsu's

Name:
Rank:
Type:
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This is essentially where do you want to take this character? How do you wish to differentiate them from Canon going forward?

DID YOU READ THE RULES?
18, yo.

I figured I should put something up to show that I'm around and absorb some peer comments. Obviously it's still a heavy work in progress and what I did put down is a bit bare-bones by my standards, but hey.

General
Name: Shikamaru Nara
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Can't be bothered (considered Asexual)
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: September 22nd
Good Traits: Analytical, Perceptive, Independent thinker (Which are pretty much the same thing, I'm terrible)
Bad Traits: Extremely Lazy, Apathetic, Dismissive (I used synonyms, I'm terrible.)
Hobbies: Shogi, Sleeping, Cloud-Watching, Generally faffing about
Personal Quote: "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow." or something equally apathetic.

History: He like, had a childhood and crap. Was generally a chill dude, developed this weird habit with his hands that nobody quite understands. (Expect me to have a legitimate history up some time this weekend.)

Clan Info
Clan Name: Nara
Symbol:

History: Shit man, they like, take care of deer, for some reason? Also Shikamaru's dad is this really important guy that teamed up with an Akimichi and a Yamanaka in his childhood and got called the Ino-Shika-Cho trio (Assuming that isn't as historical a thing in this due to obvious reasons.) (See character history in regards to when I'll actually write something serious here.)

Kekkei Genkai: N/A

Looks and Appearance:


Ninja Information
Village: Konohagakure
Academy Graduation Age: 12
Ninja Registration No: 012611
Rank: Genin
Chakra Element: Yin
Databook Stats:
-Ninjutsu: 2.5
-Taijutsu: 1.5
-Genjutsu: 2.5
-Intelligence: 5
- Strength: 1.5
-Speed: 2
-Stamina: 1.5
-Handseals: 2.5
-Total: 19 (Apparently)

Jutsu's

Name: Shadow Imitation Technique
Rank: Hiden
Type: Yin
Effect:

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The main direction I have for making Shikamaru different isn't so much as a drastic shift in personality as it is changing where he ends up once the Rookie Nine start to find their respective roles in the ninja world.

One thing I'd personally like to avoid doing is elevating supporting characters to a sort of main cast role, if that makes any sense at all. Granted, more screen-time is always good. The main idea I have is Shikamaru ending up as an ANBU (or heaven forbid, Root) agent, whhere his prodigial intellect can be utilized to its full extent while also giving him important plot stuff to do without making him heavily involved with the conflicts of the main characters; think as if he'd be gathering intelligence on the Akatsuki or some-such that ends up helping Naruto or some-such not get killed. Dunno', it honestly depends on how the RP goes.

I think it should come as no surprise that his ANBU mask/code-name would be Deer. Because I'm hilarious and understand naming conventions.

DID YOU READ THE RULES?
Seventeen

"One thing I'd personally like to avoid doing is elevating supporting characters to a sort of main cast role."

Is that strictly for you, or are you trying to tell everyone else not to have their characters be of some importance as this goes on? No one's going to be the level of 'special' that Naruto and Sasuke are because 'loljinchuuriki' and 'lollastoftheuchiha', but it sounds like you just want those two to take the lead in everything. I hope I'm wrong, because if that's the case there's almost no point doing this if we're all still going to be second to those two characters when it comes to plotlines.

SoleAccord said
"One thing I'd personally like to avoid doing is elevating supporting characters to a sort of main cast role."Is that strictly for you, or are you trying to tell everyone else not to have their characters be of some importance as this goes on? No one's going to be the level of 'special' that Naruto and Sasuke are because 'loljinchuuriki' and 'lollastoftheuchiha', but it sounds like you just want those two to take the lead in everything. I hope I'm wrong, because if that's the case there's almost no point doing this if we're all still going to be second to those two characters when it comes to plotlines.

Nah, I dunno, I just wrote crap down at like 3 AM and had no filter. If, say, you wanted to make Hinata more pronounced and stuff, that's perfectly fine with me. I just personally don't see how Shikamaru could be rolled around to be crazy important, which I know is weird considering how much attention he's been given. Forgive me if it sounded like I was making some sort of commentary about the entire RP/player base. I should probably reword it later to something like "Give him a decent supporting role but nothing too extravagant."

My bad. Tired brain and all.

Oh, so you meant put directly in the headlights of a significant plot point? If so, then I understand what you're saying a little more; it's difficult to imagine a guy like Shikamaru in his own arc centered around his importance. It's cool, I just got a little concerned that you might have believed no one but Naruto or Sasuke has the opportunity to have any focus and be more than simply supports. This rp is an ample opportunity to let these characters be a lot more than the author allowed, and I intend to take complete advantage of it. Development baby, I likes dat.

Sorry if I come off a little aggressive, I've been in a pretty irritable mood due to a sore throat and a mixture of anxiety with classes starting once again. I'm pretty excited to start though, and hope we can all have fun ...if JD comes back ...*grumbles*

I'm sure the others will post more frequently in the OOC by tomorrow... I hope. We can discuss things back and forth until then, though I still need to finish that sample.

Yeah you're really taking your time on that thing - what's wrong?