That was also my main concern. It could also just be an athletic school, or perhaps just a regular ol' school and martial arts is just one of their talents (and then, if we have musicians in the group, then another talent of the school would be superior music classes) or something of that sorts.

World builder+character interaction is easy. We all go to a boarding school that allows its students to leave campus on a regular basis. This puts us in a closed environment most of the time, but allows us to explore and create the world as the opportunity presents itself.

As for the Gang Wars idea I don't really like it, nor does it truly fit with the theme of the Zodiacs. Many of the Zodiacs work well together most of the time. I would think that starting out without knowing each other, and all of us ending up in the same club somehow would be much more interesting, with each of us falling into our natural friendships and rivals.

As for the inclusion of Cat, we could create and include a group of lesser Zodiacs based on animals not part of the normal set, each somehow connected to the main group. That would allow for a much wider verity of characters, including your cat.

As for the Martial Arts, our characters could instinctively know the art but not use it and we can create the missing ones by looking at the animal in question. Same with the elemental magics.

@Zardoric Thank you for the input! The setting of the boarding school with the inclusion of a town everyone could build and explore was what I was leaning towards for the setting. The whole gang wars thing was just an idea being tossed around, and while I did say that the zodiacs could form "gangs" based on their rotation and/or fixed element, I use the term loosely. It would be interesting to see if all the winter zodiacs got along well together, or say, all the yin fire elements, but it certainly wouldn't turn into an all out gang-war scenario.

I think the idea of our characters not knowing eachother beforehand and joining a club is also nice (an astrology club, perhaps?). I wanted to add in the Cat because of the lore with the Cat/Rat feud, and while I don't want the cat to be left out, I don't want to add in too many animals and have it get so busy and out of control. Although at the same time, having a lot of people would mean a lot of interaction, and as long as people behaved and made sure to make it clear who they interacted with, I see no issues.

Whilst the idea of creating the missing martial arts is interesting and gives a lot of room for creativity, I'm afraid I don't know enough about it myself to comment (I only know taekwondo, I'm a sucker for astrology but not for sport). Perhaps someone with more knowledge could weigh in on this a little better.

@Buddha It could be! A very plausible idea indeed.

Since a lot of ideas are getting tossed around, once a few more people show interest I'll ask what everyone would prefer and see if we can incorporate the ideas and come up with someone everyone will enjoy. I myself am quite enjoying the idea development ;u;.

@aeuternus If we make it so that the twelve main Zodiacs must be taken before any other animals are used, or add only a couple of others, then you can prevent the overcrowding easily. As a host You have the power.

I think martial arts should be individual based. I'd like to have my character do mixed martial arts, but I think it should be based on their zodiac. I think only some such as the tiger, ox, and maybe boar (Maybe dragon?) could do a form of martial arts. But other zodiacs could find their own niche. Like fencing for the snake, or ballet for rabbit. It doesn't even have to be physical (Such as singing or art), just a hobby that maybe makes that character feel closer to their zodiac symbol.

@Knight of Doom This is also a good idea! I really like that, so then it isn't a requirement but still gives a character a hobby to be closer to their zodiac. I think this will be one of the ideas I bring up before making the OOC, because I like it a lot.

I think regardless of what option you pick I will be satisfied. It's not a tremendously big issue to me, I just wanna RP at this point.

interested!

@Emma Glad to see interest!

I'll start working on the OOC, but I have questions for everyone;

1. For the location, America or Asia?

2. What kind of faceclaims do you prefer or does it not matter?

3. Regarding martial arts, should it be for everyone or just a hobby for a few? Personally I'm really liking the idea of each character having a hobby or two that can make them feel closer to the zodiac.

@aeuternus I'd say either China (for authenticity) or America (for familiarity and relative ease of understanding American culture and such).

Faceclaims, well, it depends on what you want. However I think that if we start mixing it too much it'd be weird (i.e. we need to have a uniform set of rules on faceclaims.) If you get 4 people with a real photo and 8 with anime faceclaims, it'll be weird.

Hobby.

1. I'm leaning towards America simply because the culture in Asia is quite a bit different from Western culture, and I'm not entirely familiar with it, plus I don't know how many people are familiar with it.

2. I don't mind, as long as it's consistent. (Though I personally like it when people use images, not just descriptions)

3. Hobbies

1.) I'd say America, as it is more familiar. Though maybe it could have some Chinese influences.

2.) I'm cool with any sort of FC.

3.) Hobbits.

1. America. As with the others I don't know much about Chinese culture, and I'm one of those people that don't like misrepresenting other cultures. (Ran an RP based in Japan once. Did around 40-50 hours of research on the school system and basics of culture alone. Not fun.)

2. I prefer using Anime images myself, but I’m comfortable with any form.

3. I like Hobbies/skills better then MAs now that I think about it. Allows for more verity and closer representations of each character.

Having it be a hobby also means that we can give it a more slice of life approach, which I guess is beneficial for interaction.

The OOC is up! Shengxiao.

If you want to reserve an animal for real then post there and I'll reserve it for you! Sorry it took so long, my internet hated my guts the last couple days. Although the OOC is up ideas are still welcomed, but post there instead of here ^^.