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Hello, travelers and welcome to The Rift! Rift Warriors is an isekai (other world) story about a group of gamers who find themselves sucked into a fighting game and are transformed into the fighters they play as. You can find the basic plot summary and world information down below. I've also attached a character sheet to the bottom of this post so you can apply and start making characters right away! Can't wait to get this started!



The Story

The year is 2045, and legendary video game developer Ryuichi Masada is set to announce his latest project. The world loses it's mind when he reveals Rift Warriors X - the latest entry in his trademark fighting game series Rift Warriors - only to be stunned in shock when Masada decalres that X will not only be the final entry in the series, but he's only produced FIVE copies of the game which will be distributed to the top five Rift Warriors IX players worldwide in a few months time. What followed was a mad dash by players across the globe to climb the competitive ladder in the hopes of reaching the top five and becoming a candidate for earning this new game.

When the digital dust settled, the five players were recognized and each received a copy of Rift Warriors X. However, when they started up the game, they discovered there were no fighters, only blank slates on the character selection screen. Suddenly, each of the players are sucked into their respective gaming consoles and wake up only to find themselves in the world of Rift Warriors! Somehow, the players have been turned into the five characters they mained when they battled in the ranks to win their copies of X. What has caused this to occur? How will they escape? What is the secret of Rift Warriors X? Apply to join and find out!

Rift Warriors

Ever wonder what it would be like if various characters from across history could battle it out? Well that's what Ryuichi Masada dreamed about ever since he was in grade school. Upon graduating and joining up with a fledgling game company, Okami Sun Games, Masada created the first ever Rift Warriors game. Rift Warriors was a beat'em-up fighting game where fictional characters from across time were sucked into a pocket dimension known only as The Rift. When inside, they were tasked by a strange Entity known as "The Messenger" to battle against the other summoned warriors and earn their way home. To make things more 'interesting' The Messenger granted each warrior summoned a unique set of superhuman abilities depending on the era in which they were summoned and attuned to their unique characteristics.

With each passing sequel, more warriors would find themselves being dragged into The Rift. As the series went on, the lore behind The world of The Rift as well as the enigmatic Messenger would grow as well. However, the lore that was revealed was rarely - if ever - enough to explain the plot of the games, often leaving FNAF-sized debates going on in various internet forums. With the announcement of Rift Warriors X, Masada claimed that "all will be revealed" which led many to believe this would be the game that finally gave a clear answer as to what the real story of Rift Warriors actually was. That made the limited release and subsequent competition all the more surprising when it happened.

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So for this rp you will be making two characters. The first will be your character. This is the player who became one of the top 5 Right Warriors IX players in the real world. In addition, you will be making a secind character who will serve as your player's 'main' in the game world. This character can be from any point in human history, and will have unique abilities based on their time period. (For example, a viking character may have the ability to manipulate ice and snow, or a Cold-War Russian soldier could manifest nuclear bombs or weaponize radiation). Ideally, the Rift Warriors character would be a fictional person from whatever time period you choose, BUT I'm open to the possibility of non-human characters so long as you check with me first before submitting it. Outside of that, you are free to develop the character's backstory and powers as much as you wish. Just don't make them overly broken or the players would be screaming at the devs for not fixing an unbalanced character.

As for posts, I'd ideally like at least two paragraphs per post on this one to keep the story moving since this one is going to be exposition heavy at the start, but that's just a guideline. With that being said, the character sheet outline is posted below. Let's have some fun, and I'll see you in The Rift!

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I might be interested. I’m in need of a new RP.
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I'm interested! I'm assuming that this is more like a one v one fighting game, such as Tekken/Street fighter, and not an open world-esque game?
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Interested.
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@Morgannis Think of like a cross between Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter and Smash Bros.
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Working on the IC, but if we can get possibly one more player we’re good.
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Interested!
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Oh lovely. Our cup runneth over!
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Here's my take on a character. I wasn't sure if you wanted a list of different abilities, or like, a general type of ability like control over water, etc. please let me know what I'd need to change! I also am currently at work, so I will be updating with images when I get home.



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Darn. I was gonna go female pirate lol. My character concept is a girl who's a vtuber (from either Europe or South East Asia) who ranks fifth. Trying to decide now whether I want her player character to be 'warrior' or 'assassin' and go from there.
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@Morgannis A good first entry. One thing I want to point out, Rift Warriors is a LONG running franchise in this universe. For references sake, think of it like Mortal Kombat or Pokémon in this universe. Most people who were there for the very first game are going to be a bit on the older side.

Other than that, individual moves are fine. However what I meant was the characters in the game are granted unique “super powers” that their move sets are based around. For example, Capt. Wickham could become the sea herself and can summon creatures, weapons, and “drowned sailors” from her body to attack.
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As far as Di's age is concerned, I was thinking that she would actually have gone back and played the original games when she got into the series. I can change it and mention that she started with one of the later ones and went on to play earlier games in the series? Unless they're no longer able to be obtained, for any reason?

That's exactly the kind of powers I wanted her to have too, haha. I should have asked what you wanted, but I'll go ahead and change her ability section when I get home! Looking forwards to the RP! :D
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@Morgannis That should be fine. I figured it was the case, but I realized too late - as a writer usually does - that I didn’t think of how a timeline would work for Rift Warriors as a franchise given that most major games spend years in development.
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I went ahead and changed Di's bio to reflect what we talked about! I used picrews for the face claims, let me know if that's alright of if you'd prefer some other form of media.
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IC should hopefully be up sometime tonight and we can get started!

@Morgannis Not a fan of the art style personally, but I’m not gonna judge. Art’s subjective so change it if you wish.
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