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Obviously it's flirting to abuse me.


That's better xD And well... I don't know how my character will flirt, if he ends up doing it at all. My disclaimer was purely about the Zanpauto skills, since with what has happened an' all xD

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And then things got real uncomfortable real quick.


Lol, I rarely get uncomfortable personally :P
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Open for relationships, @GMs, The bio should be done over the weekend, but i remember I was accepted through PM. Currently catching up with IC posts--and i'm also open to relationships. @Brink I remember you tagged me to establish some sort of relationship between our characters, just wanted to note that I did see your post from before about this and i'm open to ideas :)
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Ha. Eel-san. I love that nickname. I happily and readily accept.
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Hey Yosh. Remember you saying have fun before I left for work? Well I got my shift extended by seven hours XD
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So hey I'm back. Saw Hail, Caesar! with the familia. It's okay if not the Coens' best, takes some background on Hollywood in the early 50s to get a lot of the jokes and references but it works both as a tribute and pisstake to those old movies and Hollywood culture in general, plays around a ton with the Red Scare as well. Worth a watch but hardly can't miss material, since a lot of it feels flat and like it winds up going nowhere. Given the themes it's probably on purpose but it still feels like it's missing some oomph. Anyway.

I think it's unfair Zobozun got banned from the RP when yeah he's been involved in discussions but it all stems from him being unjustly called a troll and ganged up on for defending his character concept from other players, by disproving arguments made against his character that had no ground to stand on to boot. Would you not be upset if you were accused of trolling for defending your character from undue criticism? What's done is done, but it still feels like punishing someone for being singled out. Moving on...

If I wanted that, I'd describe his reiatsu as average, but state it was spread out over a larger distance. Not only would this actually make his presence more faint, but it would also allow him to better detect the movement of other people through the reiatsu allowing him to better track people's actions even without being able to see them. It gives you your 360 degree field of perception (not vision), and something akin to "danger sense," without making it a zanpakuto ability, or sounding more powerful than it is.


See, the way I thought about was that someone with less to use and his very physical, down to earth focus while being at a disadvantage would just concentrate everything he can within himself. Since reiatsu is pretty much do-anything energy that serves to fuel every power under the sun, focusing inwardly to strengthen attributes felt logical, and has in fact been done by other characters. Except rather than boost durability and strength, where he'd get fairly meh returns, he sharpens his senses to better apply his skills and fighting style.

I also put all of these abilities under the zanpakuto's because a release comes with a considerable boost in power and abilities. Rather than gain wide scale applications and overt super attacks, I figured further illustrating what my character would be doing by detailing it there and his limited physical focus by having them all be centered on self actualization would also be sensical. He didn't even have a 360 degree field of perception, as I already explained to apparently no avail.

Like, IDK what the GMs think here, would love to have their input, but your ability would actually be more powerful than what I had written down. Yours is a legitimate 360 field of perception that gives me a form of spider sense while before I had enhanced senses that let him rely on more than his eyesight and then stuff about reflexes and ability to gauge distance and whatnot that could've just gone into his style of swordsmanship, yet I spent a powerslot for. You're going from highly trained to having an actual superpower. See how I might feel like I've been judged too harshly?

It's the same with the 4th ability. Somehow, being prepared to fight at the drop of a hat on a variety of situations like any shinigami, except somewhat played up so I spent a powerslot on it, and having grit turned into...the ability to completely ignore damage? Can you see how things have been exagerated way beyond their actual scope and the explanations for their much, much more tame use apparently ignored?

So you want to not get one shot/totally wrecked by people's various abilities? This is a slightly more difficult issue, as you've brought up, but making yourself basically immune to those abilities, while it does make people have to fight Toshiro with less ranged/elemental/energy-based means, also happens to take away a lot of agency in regards to everyone else's characters--which is why (If I understand Axel properly) you got called out for it by a GM.


It's not that I want to not get one-shot, in fact him being so frail that it becomes a sort of "strike or be struck" thing works thematically and was already something I wanted to do. It's that I don't want to be rendered entirely moot, there's a difference. I can live without immunity to poison and I dig that application of internal energy to purge one's system. But mind control, super illusions and arbitrarily establishing limitations are the kinds of powers that actually take away agency. Put it this way, Toshiro isn't actually preventing them from doing their things. He's immune, but the abilities would remain in play and usable in any other capacity. Of course, that is fairly solid boon.

But you know what's more powerful? Abilities that actually take control of a character away from a player, which are the type I don't particularly enjoy. That, my friend, is truly messing with agency. Hell, Bleach itself recognizes the value of these things and uses them as plot devices. Aizen's complete hypnosis rendered him essentially untouchable by taking away any and all ability to react or do anything. Shunsui's bankai ability as it has been used was a complete "I win" button. Shinji Hirako's would've essentially been unstoppable against most everyone other than "I should've been the final boss" Aizen and it was used in that way to illustrate just how powerful Keikaku Master had become.

Considering my character has a number of ingrained disadvantages over others and that the types of characters I've listed would all have the capacity to engage my character through other means (having Kido, better Hakuda, they still also have their own spirit weapons, potentially Cero type energy blasts etc) or simply choose to flee and he would be unable to catch them and force them to fight, I feel being able to not be indirectly brushed aside and have my character rendered 100% irrelevant while already being disadvantaged in other ways to be reasonable. At least actually fight him.

So, an idea for balancing those things, taking your idea of internal purification and tying into the character's archetype: Once Toshiro recognizes that he is under such an effect, a situation most vile for a samurai and one who has spent his life struggling to rise above the chains imposed by others, he can proceed to meditate to clear his mind and purge himself of unwanted intrusions by further focusing his own energy inward with the purpose of purification and self actualization, an extreme application of his focus towards personal betterment.

Mechanically, it wouldn't be an automatic immunity but something he has to actively engage in after identifying the issue, at risk to life and limb. Thematically, it ties to both his martial nature and a spiritual outlook as well as the actual kendo expression/concept of meikyo-shisui, which loosely translated means "clear mirror, still water" and refers to a serene state of mind idealized in the practice.
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My character is also open for relationships, just incase anyone wants to be in a form of relationship with him already o3o
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You have anything to add to that? xD
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@AbigailTenshiby default, your captain should dislike mine since my squad usually just get hurt over the smallest things XD. Also, my captain drinks like a fish XD
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@AbigailTenshiby default, your captain should dislike mine since my squad usually just get hurt over the smallest things XD. Also, my captain drinks like a fish XD


Kenshin and Unagi.

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@KillBox if you want a gay relationship with Abi's character that's fine. Don't need to beat around the bush
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@Kurisa Oi, Kurisa where's ma Captain at?!
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@Kurisa Oi, Kurisa where's ma Captain at?!


In the Obelisk Blue dorms, where Slifer slackers like you aren't good enough to go. >:[

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In the Obelisk Blue dorms, where Slifer slackers like you aren't good enough to go. >:[



Get your game on! = COME AT ME BRO!
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@ProProThumbs up X 1000

@KurisaBeat around the bush eh?
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@Yvain I'm reluctant to think of relationship ideas until I see your CS so I'll hold off for now. We can sort something out later on, I'm happy to wait for my IC berth.
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@AbigailTenshiby default, your captain should dislike mine since my squad usually just get hurt over the smallest things XD. Also, my captain drinks like a fish XD


Well I actually think he'd really like your squad, they'll always need help and give him a chance to use his abilities often, as well as a chance to praise his squad members when they do a good job xD And my guy isn't afraid of a good time! Although he's not an alcholic, he'll still drink with yours if that's what Kenshin feels like doing xD
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@Kurisa@AbigailTenshi@Phobos
Couple of questions.
1. I know my character hasn't been approved, but I think I saw a post that said captains could post, if their Zanpakuto was still being worked on so long as they weren't used, and was wondering if my character was alright aside from that detail?

2. I redid my character's Zanpakuto, and was wondering if anyone wouldn't mind critiquing what I have so far? I'm pretty sure there's going to be some nerfing needed, but for the life of me I can't figure out what. I blame waking up at five, but who knows.

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3. Would anyone be interested in having some kind of relationship with Jynmi?
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Also if anyway wants to know my guy Mitsunari, just pm me an idea on what you think they should be. Friend, Rivals, etc
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