Welcome to Skyline Institute, a boarding school that is said to fulfill dreams. At the very least, upon graduation the student would be free to choose whatever job or occupation they wished. However, just as things rarely are what they appear to be, Skyline is not your average high school. Any prospective students must be able to see the floating island in the sky in order to be enrolled. And within the school year, students must undergo many trials called ‘eclipses’ or ‘blights’. Many die, and it is not unheard of for no one to survive until the end. The students must try their best to persevere using their word power, a single word that each person chooses to rely on.
(Note: This is an Aphorism RP, but some things have been changed. Everyone is free to join, and reading through the entire manga isn’t necessary. It may help with understanding the RP more though.)
School:
The school is set in Springfield, Illnois and mimics Japan’s Naraka High School. Unlike Naraka, Skyline also accepts international students. The only requirement for getting accepted into the school is being able to see the floating island. Graduating from the school allows the student to pursue any job or career they want afterwards. The school and graduates are supported by the government, who is fully aware of what goes on. The school is only for one year, and students are split into eight classes of 25-30 people each. School colors are sky blue and white.
Standing at the front gate of Skyline, the school appears to be very far away. However, once a person walks through it, they are transported to another dimension containing the school. Students cannot leave due to a barrier that surrounds it, nor can the barrier be affected by word powers. The outside of buildings are indestructible and the inner walls regenerate after being destroyed.
On weekdays, students normally go to homeroom at 9:00 am, and then are free to attend to any lesson they so desire. Each day, teachers will teach the same subject every hour until 3:00 pm. So other students who go to class for another subject can still take the lesson they missed. Students are allowed to request other subjects that aren’t provided by the school. The school doesn't force their students to take any lessons since the only requirement for graduation is surviving until the end of the year.
Three meals are served each day, students can choose whether or not to go to all of them. But the food is high quality, a small reward for surviving each day.
There is an infirmary for people who are injured during blights. The staff there can help with normal injuries, but can’t regrow an arm or the like.
Dorms are separated into male and female. Each dorm room will be shared by two students.
The headmaster of the school enjoys watching the students struggle against the eclipses (and in general). It is rumored that the headmaster controls the blights, but he is protected by four powerful guards. Guards also double as enforcement of the school. While there isn’t a rule against killing other students, anyone that starts a massacre will be killed by the guards. The headmaster also has the ability to use all words.
There is no way to leave the school aside from graduating.
Transfer Students:
(Important if you are joining in the middle of the RP)
Transfer students would go through the following steps:
1) Getting accepted into Skyline Institute after they applied. Remember that one of the requirements into getting in is being able to see the floating island into the sky. Also note that most people do not know of the true nature of the school. Only those that have done very thorough, extensive research (a simple google search would not tell you) or know people that have graduated have a possibility of knowing.
2) Handing off luggage to security before entering through the school gates. Once in school, a guard will escort you to your teacher's office. (When I accept applications, they will include a class assignment that will be decided using a random number generator unless there is a lack of students in a particular class.)
3) In the teacher's office, the teacher will hand your character a piece of paper and ask them the question in a certain way (see the RP for their personalities and wordings) depending on the teacher.
4)Your character will then write down a word and be instructed to say the word out loud.
5) Once your character does, he or she will feel a burning or itching sensation for where the word appeared. That signifies the word ritual is complete. The teacher will then hand your character an envelope with their class assignment written on it, along with room information and key.
6) Have fun!
Important: Transfer students may only join the school in between blights. They may not transfer if a blight is currently going on.
Map:
1) Main building 2) Cafeteria 3) Headmaster's Office 4) Academic buildings <- Classes 1-4, Classes 5-8 -> *Classes 1-8 are located on the ground floor 5) Female dormitories (Dormitory C is bottom, D is top) *Room numbers with 100 are bottom floor, 200 is second floor, 300 is third floor 6) Male dormitories (Dormitory A is bottom, B is top) *Room numbers with 100 are bottom floor, 200 is second floor, 300 is third floor 7) Gymnasium 8) Hi-tech pool (can be indoor or outdoor) 9) Track and field 10) Garden 11) Library 12) Infirmary (the whole orange and yellow sections are this)
Words:
On the first day, all students are instructed by their teacher to write down one word that will help them fight or survive-- something they’ll rely on. When they are finished, the teacher checks all of them to make sure they are all one word each and appropriate. Then, the students are told to say the word they’ve written down out loud. Upon doing so, the paper disintegrates and the word appears somewhere on the body.
Words take the form of either a word picture
or in a fancy font. The word grants you certain powers related to it and marks you as a fighter during blights. If the student destroys the mark, the word will appear elsewhere on the body. It cannot be erased until you graduate.
If you wrote the word ‘sword’ then you will be able to create a sword based on your imagination, if you put ‘fire’ then you can manipulate fire. However, words are limited by their meaning, so if you have ‘sword’ and imagine a sword covered in fire, it wouldn’t work since ‘sword’ has nothing to do with fire.
Words can be used in different ways depending on all of its definitions. For example with the word ‘light’, a character could manipulate light or make him/herself lighter. For consistency’s sake, the definitions used will be from http://dictionary.reference.com/. Archaic and slang definitions are also allowed.
When using a word, one must understand its true meaning and have a clear picture of what they want it to do. Otherwise, it’ll backfire on the user. When a word backfires, it will either fail or harm the user with the word. Example: If ‘strength’ fails, the user will become weak. Utilizing a word naturally drains mental stamina, depending on the amount of concentration it takes to use it.
When manifesting a word, it must abide by the most common societal instances that the word’s language originates from. For example, ‘sword’ can only create a sword of some form of metal, foam, or plastic (and other typical materials). Society does not typically see swords made out of anti-matter, fire, lightning, or plasma. So words materialize at their normal temperatures (most likely room temperature) and he/she can control its movement afterwards. So ice cream would be created at a temperature below freezing and living creatures manifested would be at their normal body temperature. As for fictional constructs, it will function as intended but not gain any special abilities unrelated to the word. For fictional living creatures, the word will take liberties with the biology (such as a dragon with two hearts and one lung) but it will still be able move and live normally. Creatures that have a basis in reality will be created with normal biology. When the creator or summoner dies, all of his/her constructs disappear as well. In addition, characters cannot create an object or living being when the space is already being occupied. Example: If 'sword' tried to manifest a sword in someone's body, it would fail.
Word usage range is typically the radius of the person’s sight. When a person uses their power outside of that range, it has a higher chance of backfiring because of the imagination required. Usage is also limited by knowledge, because one cannot imagine something he/she doesn’t know of. Example: ‘Strength’ cannot strengthen something in another room over if the user does not know the thing exists.
There will be hard range limits on characters with powerful abilities (or instant effect abilities) such as, ‘kill’, ‘disappear’, etc.
Eclipse/Blight:
An eclipse happens when the floating island blocks the sun from the school. Eclipses happen randomly, excluding nighttime and cloudy/rainy weather. Words that create weather will stop eclipses inconsistently. When there isn’t an eclipse, students have classes like a normal high school student. Blights typically occur 2-3 times a week. A blight may last several days if not dealt with, and will sometimes grow stronger.
There are four different types: fixed, normal, isolation, and special.
Fixed blights - only happen on certain days Normal blights - can happen whenever it isn't raining Isolation blights - only happen when the number of students is divisible by three. The students will then be transported into a separate realm in groups of three. They must pass a test set by the guardian of the realm together in order to exit. If they don’t finish within the time limit, they will disappear with the realm. Special blights - happens randomly and continues until either all the students have died or it is cleared. They do not get cancelled by rain in most cases.
Eclipse Monsters: Enemies that spawn from the eclipse will only attack those with a word. The enemies will have different forms depending on the seal they're governed by.
Rules:
1) Be respectful 2) Listen to admin and mods 3) No godmodding, metagaming, or powerplaying 4) No Mary Sues (one dimensional, perfect, idealized characters) 5) Use correct grammar 6) RP in past or present tense 7) Avoid spelling mistakes. Unless you actually have dyslexia (In which case, send me a pm about it). 8) Avoid one liners if at all possible 9) Don’t double post 10) Keep any romance PG-13 11) Have fun (optional, but recommended)
FAQ:
Q: “What happens if I write more than one word?” A: The ritual will fail and your character will probably be eaten by monsters.
Q: “What if I write a word like ‘the’?” A: If your character somehow bypasses the teacher’s check and completes the ritual with that word, then congratulations. You now have a useless word.
Q: “What if I write something like ‘God’?” A: Pronouns don’t work and the ritual will fail. Have fun getting killed in the first blight.
Q: “Can I make multiple characters?” A: Feel free. Just make sure you actually use them.
Q: “What if I write on two slips of paper?” A: Whatever word you speak first will be the one your character is marked with. Unless you have two mouths or something.
Q: “Well, what if it’s the same word on two slips of paper?” A: Only one of them is used. The other just sits there as a normal piece of paper.
Q: “Can my character have multiple words if s/he has multiple personality disorder or bipolar disorder?” A: No. First, the proper name of multiple personality disorder is dissociative identity disorder (DID). Second, although people suffering from DID have multiple personalities (called alters), it is still all one mind and one body. The only way DID would affect the word power is if an alter is more creative, more imaginative, more aggressive, etc. In the case of bipolar disorder, that’s a mood disorder characterized by periods of mania and depression. There’s no reason why the person would get more than one word because of that.
Q: “Is there mana?” A: No.
Q: “Can I use a word from a different language?” A: No. Stick with English only.
Q: “What's stopping people from writing super broad words like object, structure, weapon, or energy?” A: Using some of the super broad words are fine, depending on what they can do. Me and the moderator(s) will also be checking the applications to make sure no one word is too insane. We will either suggest restrictions to the word or ban it entirely if it's too much.
Q: "Will you reject an application solely because of its grammatical errors?" A: Nope. I reject based on whether or not they meet the necessary requirements and if they simply make logical sense. That being said, I will reject an app if the grammar is horrendous enough. And if an app is rejected, I may ask you to polish the writing a bit more as well.
Q: Do you have room for more people? A: There is always room for more people. :) There are mechanisms in place for people to join at any time (transfer students). Depending on how far in the year we are by the time you join, your character may have to stay another year at Skyline in order to graduate.
Application:
Name: Age (only 14-18): Gender: Appearance: Personality: History: Nationality: Word (Include description of all of its powers, not just what you want it to do. Also make sure to justify their choice, such as through their personality/history, if they already knew what goes on, another student suggested it to them, copied it from someone else, wrote it down as a joke, etc.): Word Range (if applicable to character): Word Location: Abilities (optional): Other (optional):
(Note: When choosing a word, try to avoid using a word that has already been done by another person. I will put all accepted applications in the Characters section. Also, the RP will not start until there are 15 characters.)
(Class assignments were decided using a random number generator. However, newer characters will be added to the class that has the least characters or randomly assigned if they are all about equally full.)
Blight Compendium:
Day 1
Name: Blight Monster Attack Type: Fixed Word: Monster Description: Monsters attack the students in the classrooms. Disappears after a half hour. Their speed is on the faster side of jogging speed, and can put on fast bursts of speed when attacking or lunging. They can jump decently high (about 3-4 feet) but cannot fly. The word ‘monster’ can be seen on them.
Hello! It's your moderator Mattie here. This is my "Strength" app, the first of many.
Name: Marcus Rios Age (only 14-18): 18 Gender: Male Appearance: Marcus is extremely muscular as a result of intensive sports, training, and exercise. He weighs a whopping 250 pounds and is 6”8. Due to his thick beard and slightly receding hairline, he’s been mistaken for an adult more than once. He is barrel-chested, with a sturdy, powerful lower half and bulging, colossally muscular arms. He has dull blue eyes and unremarkable dark brown hair, complimented by tanned, roughed up skin. He’s a bit self-conscious about his thick neck. His body sports two tattoos, a tribal tattoo spiraling around his left shoulder and ending at his left forearm, and a skull tattoo on his ribs. Personality: Marcus is hot-headed, boisterous, and boastful at times. He loves opportunities to show off his strength and skill, but isn’t as simple-minded as one might expect. He dreams of reaching the pinnacle in something, be it professional sports, or an Olympic medal.
Inevitably, Marcus’s focus on athletics caused him to fall behind in academics. Marcus is unsure whether he he does poorly in school because of his focus on sports, or if he prefers sports because deep down he knows he’s inherently stupid. This inner conflict is a source of sudden and explosive anger when brought up by someone, inadvertently or not. History: Born to a an affluent and proud upper-middle-class family, Marcus’s parents, a retired NFL player and an NFL cheerleader, raised him to be the ultimate sports star from the moment he was born. Basically bred for sports, Marcus’s parents were even able to shenanigan growth hormones to administer to Marcus while he was in middle school. While normally used to boost stunted children, in this case it gave Marcus an edge against other students.
Although his parents pushed Marcus hard to achieve in athletics, Marcus himself enjoyed physical challenges and didn’t hold anything against his parents. He dominated in every area of every sports he applied himself to. His parents urged him to go to Skyline Institute for a year because while he had scholarships lined up for most every major college, the prestige from graduating Skyline would expedite the process of joining a professional sports team. Nationality: American Word (include description of its powers): Strength-Marcus can increase the toughness and strength of himself, objects, and materials. He can also strengthen “moral power, firmness, courage, mental power, force, and vigor." Word Location: Right bicep, facing outwards Abilities (optional): Excels at most physical activities, and is skilled at a large number of sports and martial-arts. Other (optional):
@Ether Welcome, Ether. That's why people have to submit an application for approval. There's nothing stopping people from writing those kinds of words in-universe though.
Name: Mia Marquez Age (only 14-18): 14 Gender: Female Appearance: http://imgur.com/ytyC4eD Personality: Quiet, Curious sort of a tech whiz and hates to be called short History: Mia was born in a relatively normal house hold, she had two siblings; One was a younger sister, another older brother. Both equally got on her nerves as they teased and taunted her about her short size, even more when her younger size grew to her height at only the age of eleven. She was relatively well off in school, didn't get any bad grades, always A's or B's and always joined Athletic's when ever she could. She was always open to doing something to better herself either athletically or educational wise. One day, she heard about this Skyline Institute from a flyer on her way back from school and looked up to test this theory and was shocked to find out she could SEE this floating island which she quickly went home to tell her parents and joined the school. Nationality: American Word (include description of its powers): Shadow - Ability to Fire a beam of solid darkness using the shadows around her Word Location: Upper small of back Abilities (optional): Took classes of boxing when younger for self defense and for three years took gymnastics frequently(First Gymnastics then boxing). (Boxing - 2 years) Other (optional):
@Angelic Rejected. 'Shadow' as a word is fine, but it wouldn't grant your character the ability to make it solid. Your character would instead be able to manipulate shadow/darkness, shelter and protect, conjure and manipulate ghosts and specters, suggest things to others, vaguely imitate things, create a reflected image of something, instill gloom or unhappiness in others, and follow others stealthily (derived all of these abilities from the definitions at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shadow?s=t). You can choose whether to keep 'shadow' with these adjustments or pick another word if it's not to your liking. In addition, it doesn't really make sense that your character was shocked to find that she could see the floating island. It's rather hard to miss, unless she coincidentally gained the ability to see it right then and there--which is fairly unlikely. Other than that, application is fine, but it could use some cleanup in terms of grammar (random capitalizations being the biggest culprit).
Name: Mia Marquez Age (only 14-18): 14 Gender: Female Appearance: http://imgur.com/ytyC4eD Personality: Quiet, curious, sort of a tech whiz and hates to be called short History: Mia was born in a relatively normal house hold, she had two siblings; one was a younger sister, another older brother. Both equally got on her nerves as they teased and taunted her about her short size, even more when her younger size grew to her height at only the age of eleven. She was relatively well off in school, didn't get any bad grades, always A's or B's and always joined Athletic's when ever she could. She was always open to doing something to better herself either athletically or educational wise. One day, she heard about this Skyline Institute from a flyer on her way back from school and went to talk to her parents about the floating island and the school. Later on she joined the institute after some more thinking. Nationality: American Word (include description of its powers): Shadow - be able to manipulate shadow/darkness, shelter and protect, conjure and manipulate ghosts and specters, suggest things to others, vaguely imitate things, create a reflected image of something, instill gloom or unhappiness in others, and follow others stealthily Word Location: Upper small of back Abilities (optional): Took classes of boxing when younger for self defense and for three years took gymnastics frequently(First Gymnastics then boxing). (Boxing - 2 years) Other (optional):
Personality: A calm and open-minded young woman, Reina prides herself over the fact that she is quite adaptable to new situations, people, and activities. Her secret lies within her love for knitting. Leading a tranquil lifestyle, Reina is able to maintain a relatively optimistic outlook on life and a somewhat clear mind even in the midst of chaos. However, she isn’t the type of girl to take up any kind of leadership role. She tends to take the backseat when it comes to important decision making, contributing only when necessary. In fact, Reina isn’t much of a social butterfly. Preferring idle chitchat over long narratives, she manages to multitask her knitting along with other activities, such as chatting, simultaneously. History: Reina was born as the second child, or middle child, to two loving parents. Growing up in the shadow of her elder sister, while also competing for the attention and affection of her parents with her younger sister, Reina received the short end of both sticks. Stuck in the rut between needing to achieve more, yet less in order to fit within the distribution hierarchy of love and affection, Reina struggled to retain her position. As a result of compiled years of pent of stress and fear, Reina’s academic and social careers suffered, dropping so drastically that her middle school’s guidance counselors were forced to intervene and recommend a new path for the floundering adolescent. Swiftly diagnosing the issue and its source, the middle school counselors determined that the most effective remedy that they could offer to the young girl was the comforting advice to find a soothing hobby or activity to placate her nerves. With no better options, Reina gladly took up the suggestion, taking up knitting and related diversions; she practiced her new-found interests so much that they practically turned into compulsive hobbies. A problem, as it may seem, such as this could easily be overlooked, since Reina did proceed to show a positive change in her academics (the social aspect, as the counselors predicted, would take a bit more time). After resting on her rekindled laurels and regaining her self-confidence bit by bit throughout her remaining years of middle school and first few years of high school, Reina finally decided that she should challenge herself a bit more. Her elder sister had already been accepted to many prestigious colleges across the country, setting the bar for her siblings very high. Aiming to shoot just as high and hopefully land high, like her sister, Reina jumped at the opportunity presented by the flyer to attend Skyline Institute. Having heard of the many great accolades achieved by the graduates of the school, Reina itched at the chance to prove herself once more. At first a bit bemused by the requirement of having to be able to see the floating island in the sky, Reina didn’t think much of it, seeing as she could view as clear as day for as long as she could remember, and eagerly persuaded her parents into letting her attend the promising school. Nationality: American with a faint, almost nonexistent trace of Native American blood Word : Thread - upon seal activation, a spool of thread materializes and can be manipulated at will. Thread can be controlled up to 5 meters and can be influenced to coil, grasp, entwine, tie, pull, throw, protect, deflect, and/or attack any object, living or nonliving, within the associated range. Thread can be cut, burned, and destroyed by any means; however, lost thread is regained after each new materialization (each spool containing about 10m of moderately thick thread). Also, thread from other objects, such as clothing, can be manipulated too; however, not necessary when Reina can simply materialize more thread via her seal. Word Location: Palm of left hand Abilities: Not really abilities, more like hobbies; Reina loves to knit, crochet, weave, draw, read, and hum in her spare time. It brings her solace, even when facing great adversities. Other: Theme
History: As the only child, Milayou was showered with love and attention. Her father worked as an army engineer overseas, but whenever he came home, he did everything he could for his daughter to make up for his time away. Milayou's mother was a civil worker, working part-time at the local job training center, and often volunteering at the homeless shelter. Growing up, Milayou embraced the blended ideal of “Work hard, and be considerate of others,” passed down from her parents. Following her mother, she volunteered in for many school projects, earning many wonderful remarks from her teachers and peers. Then one day, while her father was overseas, Milayou received a letter in the mail. Her father and his squad were surveying a damaged bridge near a warzone. Unbeknownst to them, a terrorist truck, full of IEDs, attempted to cross the bridge during their inspection. The supports of the bridge gave away, and the truck crashed, setting off the entire load of IEDs. The army was only able to identify the missing squad from the damaged surveying equipment littered nearby. Several months later, Milayou's mother was stabbed by a strung-out newcomer at the homeless shelter. Despite all this, her mother tried her best to maintain a cheerful and optimistic view on life. “Good things will always come to those good at heart,” her mother would always say. Milayou, however, was not so sure.
“Why is that... when we only want to help others, but bad things still happen to us? Did we do something wrong... to deserve this?”
This question would slowly gnaw away at her.
In middle school, Milayou continued with her devoted work ethic. However, her reputation for being a hard worker followed her as well. The same tasks that she was once praised for doing, now almost seemed expected of her.
“How is could this... be fair? Did I... do something wrong?”
But it never felt like she could ask this question to anyone. Or if anyone had an answer at all.
“Did I not do a good enough job...? Was I... not considerate enough?”
Coming back from a field trip (a trip that she nonetheless helped plan), Milayou noticed a peculiar sight in the sky; a floating island.
“Skyline Institute...! Maybe if I go there... I'll know if what I'm doing is enough!”
Nationality:American
Word:“A word... to help me through the year. Ah, well... I'm always pondering, reflecting on things. Maybe... reflect?” Reflect – Milayou can reflect, or redirect entities. Uses can range from redirecting heat from a target, either heating or chilling it, to reflecting light into others’ eyes in such a way to create illusions. She is also able to create copies of existing things.
Word Range: 5m.
Word Location: On the back, left shoulderblade.
Abilities: Likes to watch, and is very adept at analyzing things.
Name: Lauren Zavala Age (only 14-18): 16 Gender: Female Appearance:
(Source: Unknown) Personality: Reserved and distant, but Lauren opens up once you get to know her. She doesn’t like to be seen acting close or affectionate with others, since she thinks it is embarrassing. She often takes herself too seriously, and will look down on others for not being just as serious. Incompetency will also incur her scorn, as she finds it hard to believe anyone could be incompetent if they just took things seriously. She gets her serious nature from her parents. History: Raised a single child to two severe, if caring parents, Lauren’s personality became somewhat severe as well. Although her parents are both Egyptian, Lauren cannot speak and only barely understands Arabic, gleaned from the infrequent occasions her parents would converse in the language. Lauren did very well in school, pushed by her parents to succeed until her expectations of success became her own. Before her junior year in highschool, after confirming Lauren could see the floating island, Lauren’s parents enrolled her in Skyline. Lauren went along with their decision without arguing, as in her mind, the potential benefits far outweighed what she’d be missing. She tries not to think about her high school friends, or she starts to miss them more and more. Lauren just wants to get the year over with so she can go back to her “real friends.” Nationality: Egyptian Word (include description of its powers): Transmit - Lauren can transmit objects, others, sounds, light, and forces distances. She can also transmit obligations, rights, thoughts, and feelings from one to another. Like with other Words, she cannot Transmit a Word or otherwise affect one. Word Location: Left thigh Word Range: 7.1 meters. Abilities (optional): Finds the art of judo, ju-jitsu, and other such throwing and pinning arts to be incredibly graceful and elegant. After begging her parents, Lauren was able to take classes, but the classes never progressed up to the techniques Lauren obsessively studied over and over on her own time. Other (optional): She wouldn’t be caught dead being seen actually doing judo or the like. Far too embarrassing. Her parents gave her the last name of Zavala to sound more American.
Name:Nicolas “Nico” Bolivar Age (only 14-18): 17 Gender: Male Appearance: 5 foot 11 inches, thick and somewhat unkempt brown hair, piercing green eyes, hispanic Personality: Short temper, minor superiority complex, Intelligent to a fault History: Born in Denver, Colorado, Nicolas quickly discovered that his unnaturally green eyes made it hard for people to look him in the eye. Paired with his intelligence, he began to develop a minor superiority complex and viewed everyone around him as not worth the time or effort to know. By age 14, Nicolas, left his family and started to work odd jobs so that he could leave his childhood home behind and find something to do that he deemed worth his effort to take part in. A few months after he turned 16, Nico found his way to Mt. Saint Helens and started to teach himself geology and aerospace physics. He began to study UFO sightings in his free time a few weeks before he turned 17. The day after he turned 17, Nico spotted a floating island in the air near the mountain and decided that either he was hallucinating, or he had found the doorway to a place where he could be surrounded by people he would consider his equals. Nationality: American Word (include description of its powers): Dragon: can summon any kind of dragon he can think of, usually summoned dragons are no larger than the average arm at first. When Nicolas begins to refine his power, he can create larger dragons. If under enough stress, blights, he can transform into a personification of any variation of dragon at immense cost based on the relative power of the dragon when he returns to human form, if Nico remains in dragon form more than 3 days, he will gradually lose himself in the dragon he has taken the form of. Can also summon serpents and crocodiles. Word Range (2-7.5 meters): can be self-cast under circumstances stated above, max range of dragon summoning: approx 3.5 meters. Word Location:where the spine meets the skull Abilities (optional): Other (optional): -Semi-avid Magic The Gathering player, decent at the game, knows a good deal of the lore behind the game -Mythology Buff, currently going though far east myths and legends -quick to violence
@Mattie_ Accepted. Watch your usage of commas and your word choice though.
@Lone_Eagle21 Rejected. Dragon doesn't just mean the mythical beast dragon. It's my fault for not making it clear that I want all of the word's abilities to be stated (so that other RPers know what they are capable of doing, to help those that have characters that control others, and to make sure the RPer him/herself understands the full extent of the character's ability). But add those other usages, clean up some of the capitalizations (or lack thereof), and be careful with your comma usage (in the Word section) and your application should be good.
History: Ryika was born as an only child to a middle class family of elitist track stars. Her parents raised her under a lifestyle of track and field athletics, aiming for her to follow her parents footsteps, eventually the Olympics. Ryika enrolled in Skyline Institute by order of her parents, who were successful graduates of the school. Her enrollment was planned the moment her parents confirmed she was able to see the island, and was eligible to attend.
Personality: Ryika is used to being successful and receiving praise from others, and her parents have raised her to act confidently. As a result, she is easily frustrated when she isn’t in such a position and things don’t go her way. She is extremely sheltered by her parents and is rather gullible.
Nationality: American
Word: Bolt - Ryika can summon various forms of bolts (bolt locks, screws, crossbow bolts, and bolts of lightning, a jet of water, molten glass. She can also use the word to quickly increase her movement speed, and to launch herself and projectiles. Another application is forcing individuals out into the open (bolting). (range of 6.5 meters)
Word Location: Inside of right shin, just above the ankle.
