Lol don't worry Ark. Also, you're allowed more than 1 character if you want more. :)

I lost my huge folder of characters when I lost my laptop so I'll probably be a short while making a CS from the ground up. I'll have one by tomorrow if not later tonight though, so it won't actually be that long.

*EDITED FOR COMPLETION.* Everything should be in place now. ---  **Name:** Reiko Sonata **Age:** 17 **Race:** Human **Appearance:** A small, lithe, dark haired girl who blends into the background of any scene as easily as a shadow. (Picture above) **Social Status:** Reiko has a reputation with those around her (mostly other students) for being a bit creepy, and showing up when people least expect it. It has alienated some of her peers, though a few seem to find it humorous. She is rumored to have the ability to teleport and disappear at will, though of course this is just because of her own lack of presence. **Relations:** Reiko left her father and mother behind before entering the academy, but hasn't made contact with them in a few years. As soon as she enrolled in the Academy, they stopped sending letters (she didn't respond to any of them in the first place.) She has no friends to speak of, though she gets along with most people, at least on the surface. There are some students who actively hate her for how 'creepy' she is, but she simply avoids these people. **General Activity:** As a student, Rei takes her studies exceptionally seriously, and is often found alone in her room reading or practicing with her instrument. On her down time, she likes to simply wander the academy halls, watching the interactions between all the people here. Occasionally she will leave the shadows and speak to people, but this is rare, and she usually needs a good reason to do so. **Abilities:** Reiko is not a magician and aside from her fragment abilities, cannot perform any extraordinary magics on her own. Her only 'ability' to speak of is her almost unnatural lack of presence, which allows her to sneak around mostly unfettered, even in plain sight. She makes no sound when she walks and her breathing is always slow and controlled, and the only people who seem to notice her are those who are actively looking. **Equipment:** As a minimalist, Reiko owns very little in the way of material posessions, mostly using the academy's facilities to suit her survival and entertainment needs. However, the looming possibility of combat has made her keep a wealth of small knives on her person at all times, hidden in her clothing, on her body, etc. It is unknown exactly how many she posesses, but she is skilled at throwing them and on a stealth mission, she can become a deadly hornet, or a whirling dervish of blades, when she needs to be. **Instrument:** A simple white-silver flute. Its tone is clear and wispy. **Fragment Abilities:** Reiko's flute is imbued with the essence of mist, and hidden intentions. When played, it can cover a large area (interior, windowless areas are especially susceptible because the mist forms from the instrument itself, rather than from outside, and it becomes trapped in the hallways or corridors.) With enough time and skilled play, the mist becomes thick enough that even your own legs would be obscured. Anyone caught within this mist becomes 'trapped.' While they can freely move within, they cannot leave the area until the effect dissipates. This includes Reiko herself, if she stands in the mist. However, if necessary, Reiko can play a different song to dispel the effect entirely, and the haze will disappear as though it were never there. It's important to note that when this effect becomes heavy enough, the moisture in the air would make it difficult to light a fire, and lights such as lasers or flashlights would refract and diffuse too quickly to be of any use. **Fragment Personality:** An introverted and haughty being who loves solitude and darkness. This nameless instrument hates crowds and will only work its magic when Reiko is out of sight (and preferably out of earshot) of any people. It whispers its feelings into her ears, expressing fear and hatred of others, and is repulsed by sounds that do not belong to it. **Fragment Influence:** Because of her instrument's constant, maddening whispers, Reiko often shuts herself in her own otherwise vacant room, but this is not the true influence of the essence fragment, merely a consequence. The flute's true influence on her is far darker. It is a tool for murder, it knows, and it demands to be played. Anxiety, neuroses, and caged feelings overwhelm her senses and make her remember that she is, ultimately, a reaper. Occasionally when she thinks nobody is watching, she will unleash her flute's ability, and fill her room or another secluded space with mist and simply sit inside of it, continuing to play, until the whispers recede and she returns to normal. **Personality:** On the surface, she seems to have absolutely no personality whatsoever. All too often she seems to have no personal stake in anything, simply being present in situations, wearing a blank face and never speaking up. However, those who have known her for long enough speak of bizarre phenomena occasionally floating to the surface of her psyche. Seemingly without cause, she will start to speak about the correlations between different things, and generally making no sense to anybody. On these rare occasions, her eyes will get furtive and she will start displaying emotions on her face that nobody would have believed she even possessed, once even going so far as to break into tears without visible cause. Still, apart from these episodes, Reiko is fairly easy to get along with and, at least on a surface level, easy to understand. She is not exactly a loner, and likes being around other people, though her actions speak otherwise. She has one other aspect that stands out, and only a few people know of it: Reiko has a secret love for causing mischief. She uses her bland nature to her advantage in playing pranks and stirring up trouble where nobody expects it, and, of course, it can seldom be traced back to her. From her position in the shadows, she will watch her work play out with a grin, though she never laughs. **Biography:** As far as anybody knows, Sonata Reiko was raised simply by an eastern family of no importance before she obtained her fragment and left for Master Melody's Academy. Untouched by war, by angels or demons, or any other strong factor. A plain background for a plain human. Unremarkable in every way save for her Essence fragment. However, even sedentary rocks have muddy undersides waiting to be exposed. Official records reveal that Reiko has synaesthesia, and that this affected her early life with her notably orthodox parents greatly. Nobody would say exactly how her condition has affected her life, though she was recorded as being an active and vocal child as a toddler. The records do not go into detail any further than that. In short, anyone in an official capacity would know the reason behind her 'outbursts,' but she is incredibly loathe to reveal this fact to anybody, so it has been kept quiet for her sake. She has been at Master Melody's Academy since it started accepting students, refining her abilities and seemingly enjoying just being around other people her age.

Working on CS now! :D

Ok Ark! Do us proud. :) Krauxis, Reiko is in the clear, it would just be useful to add the missing parts about her fragment. If you don't know them yet, don't worry - we can discuss them when you come up with anything. Also, to everyone, please vote on whether you prefer this to be more light-hearted or dark RP? Mostly talking about the Academy itself. Lastly, it would really help me if you add another thing about your characters: How the fragment influenced them. Thanks!

Light hearted. It makes the darker moments more bleak, but otherwise we do good work!

Im on board with dark, simply because my characters will reflect how the world currently is after the death of judas

DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK!!! Btw, this CS is hard lolol :33

I can go either way. I like the idea of a lighter RP with dark moments (nothing like a spot of murder and death in your life slices,) but I'll be happy to just cede to the majority on this one Also I'll fill out my fragment info shortly. Was still trying to think of a good power/persona for it, but I think I've hit on something I'm happy with, just gotta flesh it out.

Second double-post of the thread, yay~ I'm all brushed up and my fragment is added into my CS above, awaiting review.

Name: Vanipular Cas Donnatris Nickname/Alias: Cas, Donny, Van, Vanny, Cassy Pants (by enemies) (prefers Cas) Age: 79 Aparrent: 23 Race: Demon (Western Region of Hell) Appearance: With armour,  Without armour ,  Social Status: Cas is viewed as a powerful demon with limitless potential. This causes other people (or well... ya know) to view him with jealousy and/or respect. He holds Master Melody in high regard and loves her dearly. (In the most demonesk way possible. Demonesk?? Is that a proper description? YOLO <------- you obviously love oreos) He makes "friends" faster than he thinks up bad analogies... (see what I did there?? ;-D) Demons, humans, Demon Humans, and the occasional angel. None escape the onlookers of Cas' preying eyes!! (Speaking of friendship btw...) In all serious though he is a likable demon who surprisingly makes impressive friends and enemies alike. General Activity: Cas lives a relatively simple life a of now... His daily routine consists of his 30 minute workout followed by two cups of coffee (black) and some raw meat if any is on hand at the time ( which is always ). After that he goes out... flirts with unknowing humans... forcibly puts himself in situations where he has to fight and then hunts. Starting soon he will add teaching to the schedule. He has many, many plans and hell-willing at least half of them will happen... Personality: Cas is unbeknownst to demons generally likable. He has amazing prowess in the field of weaponry and is nothing short of a charmer. Almost never cocky... (fo real tho). He has an almost hypnotic approach to life. Once you see him you can't look away. He has a bright, bubbly,and adorable air to him. His dark sense of humour does have a habit of getting under CERTAIN peoples skin ( dang humans >:-/ ). Not afraid of confrontation (unless it involves pretty angels). Imagine tryin not to have bacon. Yeah thats Cas' problem but like 10x worse. Pretty angels = Beautiful Nerds IRL. Magic: Cas uses basic magic along with the abilty of Direction Manipulation. He uses mild forms of telekinesis to improve accuracy. *If OP, tell me... I have backup plans :3* Equipment: Cas' arsenal consists of a High- Quality demon scale Bow, a Stygian black knife throwing set, several Stygian throwing lances, and his Dragon-tooth shruikens. Cas' armour was an heirloom given to him by a demon by the name of Daken. It's well over a century old but he still uses it nonetheless. It connects him to his past in a way that no other item can...  This bow but Cas' is black.    Backstory: Cas grew up (like I said) in a particularly bad part of hell... the western region. Due to this he had a very dark humour with an almost creepy bright personality. His constant cheerfulness made him an outcast among fellow demons... up until they witnessed his physical prowess. His charm started to get him places as he moved out of hell and into the middle grounds as he liked to call it. After the whole shazam twenty years ago, lots of exciting thing have happened to him. The biggest being the opportunity to teach at Master Melody's academy. His plans for future are to get involved in the military in some way shape or form. It's been awhile since he's tasted the blood of his enemies... Again sorry for the short backstory... I usually like to reveal that in IC :33

Ark, Cas is fine overall but I have a few things you need to touch up a bit. I need more on his abilities for example. Also, why he uses armour and when (this is an urban fantasy so armour, while not completely out of the question, is peculiar.) Last but not least - how did he become a teacher. I can help you out with that but Master Melody's need a pretty good reason to let a demon (and a Hellion) teach. You mentioned hunting and that's already ringing alarm bells in my mind.

I'd love some help with why he is allowed to teach... and I will definitely touch up the abilities and cover the armour. It should be up by tonight. :33

Ok here's a link for clarifications and brainstorming. :) [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQo-UJO6R0qUTONrTWf_JM5axU8iRbRkl0n7eIMXmy0/edit?usp=sharing] (Link)

> Ark, Cas is fine overall but I have a few things you need to touch up a bit. > I need more on his abilities for example. > Also, why he uses armour and when (this is an urban fantasy so armour, while not completely out of the question, is peculiar.) > Last but not least - how did he become a teacher. I can help you out with that but Master Melody's need a pretty good reason to let a demon (and a Hellion) teach. You mentioned hunting and that's already ringing alarm bells in my mind. Would it not be conceivable that Melody was recruiting some....shadier characters after the war simply to give the students a better edge against everything out there? Just a thought obviously it will require more development than that. *stares in annoyance at CS* This is gonna happen one day.

I tried to click on th link and it gave me a page that said not found... :-/ lol

Btw... sorry if I'm making this hard on you guys... I'm a pain... :-//

Ok that's weird. Here you go for now, I'll figure out how to work links eventually. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQo-UJO6R0qUTONrTWf_JM5axU8iRbRkl0n7eIMXmy0/edit Merlin, it would in a sense but the principal is quite adamant on protecting her students the best she can so she'll be a bit picky. Still, that might be exactly why she chooses Cas as he seems like a mellow character.

Lucious, as expected Karnage is ok, just spotted something you have to edit. "with exact dates questionable due to how time flows in certain parts of the underworld, but definitely more than five hundred by mortal standard." You could say "with people unsure how time runs in Hell" or "with this part of Hell being rumoured for having a twisted time" but in Essence we have no time-altering magic (and very strict rules for space/matter changes too).

I changed it to "Difficult to track time in hell", if that's okay. While I didn't mean that some areas are affected by time magic or anything, I'd imagine some parts of Hell have constant night or constant day, so there isn't a "Day/night" cycle that isn't being measured by someone actually keeping count of time, or other abnormal factors.