[OOC] Imaginary District: Youkai, Magic, and Youth, An Urban Fantasy RP

[VitaVitaAR]

If you left him as is, he'd have to be a separate type of being, who was mistaken for a vampire in terms of how they'd be considered mythologically. ^^;

[VitaVitaAR]

@Rin: Accepted.

[Azereiah]

@VitaVitaAR

That would work too :P

What are your views on necromancy and other similar forms of magic, and on ghosts, for that matter?

[VitaVitaAR]

They're not currently updated in the thread, but... necromancy is totally a thing, at least. Pretty typically does not result in sapient undead, but it does exist.

Ghosts also exist, and can even take a solid state. The mechanics of ghosts are a little complicated due to how the soul works in-setting but it's not anything to be concerned about at the moment.

[Azereiah]

@VitaVitaAR

Ah, thanks. I'll go ahead and edit it a bit to reflect some of this stuff. :D

[VitaVitaAR]

Alrighty.

[Azereiah]

Aaand edited for differentiation. We now have a hopping zombie leech rather than a true vampire. Perhaps I should've asked for clarification on undead before writing it in the first place ^^'

[VitaVitaAR]

Well hey, we worked it out. Accepted.

[Natsu]

Writing mine up right now, noticed we have somebody with a short range teleport. Do you care if I make a character with a more long range teleport, that can also teleport other people, or do you want more variety?

[VitaVitaAR]

Hmm. Variety would probably be better.

[Natsu]

No problem, just gotta come up with a new power set now.

[KoL]

@VitaVitaAR I was wondering if I should join this or not, but with certain other RPs ending because of the new semester of school/college killing them, I'll have the time. So, here's a CS:

Harumi

✨Harumi Shizuka✨

✨Name: Harumi Shizuka.
✨Age: 16 years.
✨Gender: Female.
✨Race: Human.

✨Appearance: Harumi is around 156 centimeters tall, with an average silhouette for a girl of her age with nothing in either excess or lack. Her long dark hair and blue eyes that seem to sparkle with an inner light are the Harumi's most eye catching features. Harumi's own personal mark is the hair bow that she wears on pretty much any occasion, and cherishes like an invaluable treasure. It's almost impossible to see her wearing anything other than her school uniform however, they seem to take a rather whimsical form when she's using her powers. One could say that it's almost like a magical girl's transformation, but that would be stupid... right?

✨Personality: Current Harumi is a simple, some would say... happy go lucky, or even daydreamer girl, a stark contrast to her old brooding self. Above all, Harumi likes to meet new people and know new places, taking like as a ride on a bullet train. Everyday is a new adventure, every person a potential source of amusement. Harumi is like a ten gigawatts light bulb, you either like her, or you turn away because she's too bright.

The one thing that can make Harumi stop are aliens, not any made up stories coming from random youkai, demons and other supernatural but still mundane beings. The girl would actually do pretty much anything to meet and befriend a bonafide visitor from beyond the stars.

✨Abilities: Affinity: Space.

Harumi's magic is called "Starlight Manipulation", she can use it to produce starlight that can be shot as beams, magical binds and other creative uses. To cast it, Harumi has to recite a short verse describing whatever celestial object she's drawing power upon, like "Shining in the sky, twin sparkles companions of one another, Spica!" She can do this for entire constellations, but the more powerful the spell, the longer she needs to do it (Zodiacs are particularly nasty to do, but totally worth it if she does). Harumi tends to improvise said incantations, so it's unlikely that she'll do the same one more than once for the bigger constellations.

Aside from her magic, Harumi was also born with a Magic Trait called Boundary Layer, a derivative of her affinity for the otherworldly, it allows Harumi to interact with all kinds of boundaries, real or imaginary. She can at the very least "touch" and see any kind of boundary. Currently her uses for such power limit to perceiving invisible things and interacting with usually intangible and formless object. Effectively this makes Harumi a decent medium and exorcist without the need to rely on religious based magic, like Onmyoudo and Church rituals.

✨Skills: Outside the skills that any mage or school student of her age would have, Harumi has no special training whatsoever. Like she would have time for that... Well, actually she know a bit of self defense and is a pretty good swimmer, but nothing of this would help her against supernatural threats. Aside from that, Harumi is also very knowledgeable about Astronomy and the Physics required to understand it in first place, to the point that she's able to name all the most important stars of the sky from memory alone.

✨Equipment: Likewise, Harumi has nothing that a student shouldn't have, her most prized possessions being a brand new smartphone with a few star charms attached to it and a telescope that she got on her last birthday. Harumi has actually being working on ways of magically enhancing this last one, to help on her search for extraterrestrial life.

✨Brief Backstory: Little is known about Harumi's past from the previous four years. It's presumed that she had quite a terrible life and was completely unaware of the existence of magic and supernatural stuff. It all changed when she was saved from an attack by an enraged youkai that had lost its sanity, by a reclusive mage that saw Harumi's hidden potential and took the girl under her wing. Now, after being properly trained and developing her own style of doing things, Harumi is working her proxy for her master, paying up for the lessons she receives by serving as the main agent of their supernatural detective agency.

There's just one thing out of order, or better huge quirk with Harumi. Somehow, she developed a fixation with aliens (the real deal, not fakes) and, no matter what people tell her about it, Harumi swears that not only they exist, but that she'll find them and become their friend. Once could say that she literally has her head on the stars. However, not all of this obsession is bad as ushered Harumi to join the Astronomy club of her school and become quite knowledgeable about the subject. She has been scouted to join the MYO, because youthful spirit is pretty much the best way to describe Harumi as a person.

✨Theme✨

If there's any issue let me know, but I think she goes very well with most of your lore.

[Natsu]

It's like one in the morning here, so forgive me if it's crap. Give me some criticism if there's anything you see that's horrible or needs fixing.

Akio Haritama

Name: Akio Haritama
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance:

Personality: Akio doesn’t care for school, but absolutely loves learning. In his free time, he’s either watching T.V, reading, or running. He reads a lot of classical fiction, and is one of those weirdos who actually likes documentaries. He enjoys thinking about the nature of the world, and is planning on moving on to study philosophy in college.
Abilities:
Magical Trait -Creation: He can create items from nothing, be it a block of stone to a blade. Things can only materialize right in from of him, within an arm’s length, and the more complex the item, the harder and longer it takes to synthesize it. In order to make something, he needs to have an idea of it's layout and design. For instance, it'd be easy for him to create a hunk of rock, and could probably make it in a span of around five seconds, but it'd be near impossible for him to make a gun, as he doesn't understand the component parts and how it works.
Affinity- Electricity: He has an affinity for electricity based magic, such as lightning summoning, or channeling electricity through his weapon.
Magic potential: Being a mage, he can potentially cast any spell, but those have to be learned and studied as opposed to his affinity, which is much more inborn.
Skills: He’s good at logical thought and puzzle solving, and is in decent shape. Outside of that, he doesn’t anything particularly special about him.
Equipment: He normally has a book on him, along with his phone.
Brief Backstory: He was adopted by an upper class family at the age of two, so he doesn’t remember much of any kind of life outside his adoptive parents. Akio started off attending a private school, but soon his parents realized that he didn’t care for the formality that that entailed, and after the first grade was sent into the public school system. He found that to be much more relaxed, even if it still wasn’t something he enjoyed.

High school’s going fine for Akio, but it’s also boring. Not much goes on for him, and even though he’s by no means a perfect student, he’s in the top ten percent of his class. He study’s what he wants, and learns about things that interest him. He hasn't made many friends in High School, and he doesn't feel particularly close to anybody, but he's hardly feels lonely.

[VitaVitaAR]

• Name: Aoyama Makiko
• Age: 16
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human
• Appearance: "There's no way you'll get away with this."(She wears a red scarf, as well).
• Personality: A girl who takes herself seriously. Makiko founded the Miura Youth Organization because she truly believes that it's something that the children of the Imaginary District, human or otherwise, can do to help keep this peaceful. She is dedicated and serious about this purpose, but is not constantly stonefaced. She can, at times, loosen up. She's not unfriendly, but when she's trying to deal with something she can come off that way. For all her seriousness and attempts to keep herself focused, Makiko has a remarkably sharp temper that can come out in a fight. Hurting someone she cares about can make her fly into a murderous rage, even though she tries to restrain herself from killing unless it's absolutely necessary. Hurting innocent people will also deeply anger her. In the end, Makiko is simply very protective of the Imaginary District.
• Abilities: Makiko is, technically, an onmyouji. However, her family does not focus on spellwork, instead incorporating the use of spells into swordplay. Makiko's affinity is for fire, and therefore she applies fire in a fight. Utilizing ofuda(including several built into her katana) she can produce different fiery effects, one an enormous serpentine coil cast up through an object, such as a sword, known as the Fire Dragon. Indeed, many of Makiko's spells take on a rather draconic theme. She has ofuda that buff her physically pinned on the inside of her clothing, including her school uniform. This allows her to run faster, use more strength, and take more dangerous hits.
• Skills: Makiko is remarkably skilled in swordplay for someone of her age, due to her family's focus on the subject. She is a toxically bad cook, however. She's mildly athletic, but more agile then strong without the aid of her ofuda.
• Equipment: Makiko wields Enryu, a sword of her family with ofuda used in its construction, placed inside the hilt. This hilt "bleeds" mana when active, typically colored red. The blade trails flames and can project fire and even expand itself with fire. At its highest output level, Enryu trails butterflies made of fire. This is a state she has not yet accessed. Makiko carries paper slips on her to make ofuda, and pins several inside her clothing to buff herself.
• Brief Backstory: Makiko was born into an onmyouji family that has been dwelling in the Imaginary District ever since its inception. As a child, she was swiftly trained in both onmyodo and in swordplay, to hone her abilities as a child of the Aoyama family. Through it all, while her training was harsh, her family treated her warmly. At only eight years old, however, she watched her father die at the hands of a long-possessed man, inhabited by a formless youkai without thought or intent, simply with mindless violence and endless power. The possessed man was destroyed in the process, and in the years after recovering from the death of her father, Makiko chose to take a stance. She did not wish for the Imaginary District to suffer something like that again. She didn't want anyone else to lose their parents. Working with the police department, given that she was a member of a well-respected onmyouji family, she devised the Miura Youth Organization only a year ago, a place for those her age to meet one another, socialize, and help keep the Imaginary District safe.

@Natsu: Affinity and magic trait are two different things. ^^;

@KoL: She does fit well with the setting lore, but I'm a little worried about the boundary stuff.

[Rin]

Also, me and @VitaVitaAR seem to have decided that Yuina is Makiko's "normal" friend. XD

[Natsu]

Would you like to explain the difference quickly, or how I could remedy my sheet please?

[VitaVitaAR]

Affinity dictates what you're best at. Magic Trait is a special ability related to your bloodline.

"Creation" as listed sounds more like a Magic Trait then an affinity.

[Natsu]

Ok, could I make a mage with a magic trait like that, but no affinity? I'm just scared of getting him to learn stuff in the roleplay, because I don't know how well it'll be able to be implemented. Or do you think discovery of his magical abilities will be easy to work in?

[VitaVitaAR]

Anyone with magic would have an affinity, it's not possible not to have one. So if he has a Magic Trait, he has an affinity.

I think it wouldn't be hard to work learning stuff in though.

[Natsu]

Oh, so he would have a magical trait, and an affinity? So really, I just have to come up with some type of magic for him to excel at?