[OOC] Ignite Heart! A Magical Girl RP

[Crimmy]

@VitaVitaAR Makes sense.

Say, are transformations unique to each magical girl, or is there a general theme for them?

[VitaVitaAR]

@Crimmy: They're typically "lots of light, girl floats around, her clothing somehow goes away and gets replaced with her magical girl outfit" but they vary a lot within those bounds. Like what causes the clothing to go away(fire is an example of something that Akane's probably going to have) and that kind of stuff.

They do all also share the startup for their transformation phrase, which is "Ignite Heart!", but after that it can be anything. Like... "Ignite Heart! Let's go, blazing!" or something.

[HereComesTheSnow]

how secret are these identities

up to the girl's discretion?

[VitaVitaAR]

Pretty much, yes. Usually pretty secret.

[HereComesTheSnow]

Lots of weird strobing in the local alleyways then

[VitaVitaAR]

Probably.

It helps that most magical girls time their patrols for later in the day or at night, so unless there's a Negari attack during the day there's less of a chance of being seen transforming.

[BrokenPromise]

you mentioned that magical girls compete for territory.

Is there a reason they do this besides fame/vanity?

[VitaVitaAR]

@BrokenPromise: Not all magical girls do. Some do, not all of them.

The ones that do have a few different reasons. One is the fame, for sure. Another reason is pride. One might just be two magical girls getting mad at each other and not wanting to be around one another.

Of course, other magical girls might want to work with their fellow magical girls as well.

The competition over territory isn't universal but it does happen.

[BrokenPromise]

@VitaVitaARJuuuuuust curious if we had a Magi Madoka Magica situation.

Also, do faeries have any responsibilities other than finding and tending to magical girls? last question I promise. <3

[HereComesTheSnow]

What are the source of the Magical Girl names, by the way? Made up during the contract?

Would notoriety increase the chance of new epithets being bestowed upon them, or are they set?

[VitaVitaAR]

@BrokenPromise: Definitely not in this case. ^^; There will be a very serious plot, but not like that.

After fairies get a magical girl, they pretty much stick to those duties of tending to their magical girls. They likely have to report on how they're doing, of course.

@HereComesTheSnow: They get made up on contracting with a fairy. Sometimes by the girl, sometimes by the fairy. There's a case of a NET(since she is a student still) becoming a magical girl and her fairy becoming so frustrated she calls her "Magical Girl Shut-In Chie".

They're pretty set unless the magical girl wants to change it.

[HereComesTheSnow]

Being a working magical girl from one's room is pretty impressive honestly

[VitaVitaAR]

Hahahaha, "working".

In any case, I'm going to probably aim for the end of this week at the latest to start.

[AtomicNut]

• Name: Yamato Karin
• Magical Girl Title: Paperbag Mask/ Heart Dove II
• Age: 10
• Gender: Female(MAGICAL GIRLS MUST BE GIRLS!!!)
• Appearance: I have a cat, your argument is invalid.
• Magical Girl Appearance: As Paperbag Mask, her magical outfit is ... a magical paperbag of incredible durability with two hole cuts for her eyes. That's it. The rest of her clothes are everyday wear clothes, albeit reinforced with magic. She also possesses a long red scarf. As Heart Dove II,however...
• Personality: Rin is what you could ascertain a child spoiled rotten. She has been given everything in a silver platter, and as such she is whimsical and self-centered... or at least it seems so at face value. Kin is more mature than her age implies, and she has a rather keen mind. As such, she craves for social affection regardless of her richborn status, and loathes how everything in her life was easy while for others it wasn't. Her magical outfit as Paperbag Mask is a sort of self-deprecation taken to the extreme. She doesn't wish to be that special. She doesn't wish to be that famous. She wants to help the world because she feels she has to. Her heart is definitely in the right place.
  
  Karin likes computers and videogames, a byproduct of her sheltered life which has caused her to become somewhat of a shut in. She also finds her own mother's antics pretty embarassing, give that she was a former magical girl. Karin had thus knowledge of magical girls from a close, trusted source, and as such, she is savvy with some things magical girls her age aren't aware of. She also finds the whole sweet and nice speeches really trite and boring (not to mention nerve grating) and as such her attitude towards others even as a magical girl is rather blunt and cynical, sparing no callous remarks when it suits so.
  
  She however, acts as a bubbly, optimistic magical girl when under her Heart Dove II guise, in order to not break the image the original Heart Dove, her own mother, had among the community.
• Skills: Karin is good at using computers and software appliances in general. She also knows how to tinker some hardware aswell. She is also good at videogames. She's for the most part a normal 10 year old girl, except that she is loaded with money. She does however possess a rather good grasp of intellectual abilities and rational thought, and she can even formulate plans to a degree. As a second generation, she is also more knowledgeable about magical girls world than the average.
• Abilities: Karin possesses an ability which is called Covenant Link. With this, she may form bonds with other magical girls, granting a series of boons and effects. A prerequisite to form a bond with another magical girl is skin-to skin touch or (ew) fluid exchange. The bond may be cut off by any of the sides at any given time should they wish to, and likewise to deepen the bond, both sides must concentrate at the same time. Karin can maintain multiple bonds active.
  
  • Level 1: This level of bond allows for shared perceptions, telepathy, as well as magical power transfer, which can work in both ways, but it is usually by Karin to energize other magical girls.
  • Level 2: A deeper bond, this allows Karin to borrow powers from other magical girls and deploy them in battle. The power cost comes at the expense of the other magical girl rather than Karin.
  • Level 3: An even deeper level, Karin herself becomes a copy of the other magical girl, although by doing so she is subservient to the other girl's will. In this case, the magical consumption of the copied powers incurs on Karin, not the other side. Karin can only maintain a Level 3 bond at once, and cannot take benefits of level 2 bonds whilst doing so.
  • Level 4: Level 4 is a bond that goes deeper than any, and it has special requisites. This level is known as the Contract Inheritance, and allows her to claim a copy of the other magical girl's contract and powers as her own. However, to do so Karin must have spent an entire life in skin contact with the other magical girl, and share her blood and genes. So, only one level 4 bond can ever be achieved, that of Karin and her own mother. This bond is what allows her to become Heart Dove. While using this level, she may not benefit of the other contract.
  
  
  As Heart Dove II, she inherits the same powers as the original Heart Dove, which was an all-rounder magical girl with enhaced strength and speed, as well as the ability to fly rather graciously. Like the original Heart Dove, she could use the Love Spear of Heart Piercing quite adeptly, whether as melee weapon or a thrown homing projectile.
  
  • Dove Kick!: Self explanatory. A flying kick in which she swoops down to clobber a target.
  • Dove Peck!: A fast energetic series of thrusts with her spear.
  • Heart Shield!: Heart Dove twirls her spear in front of her, creating a heart shaped magical shield to mitigate an enemy's attack.
  • Piercing Spear of Love!: Heart Dove charges her spear with magical energies, and aims at the heart of a target. Heart Dove's most iconic move and finisher.
• Weapon(s): Paperbag Mask does not have weapons on her own, unless she uses a Level 3 link, in which case she summons a replica of another magical girl's weapon. As Heart Dove II she can summon the Love Spear of Heart Piercing, a magical spear, that despite her name, is actually harmless to humans and other magical girls. While it is a magical homing weapon that always targets hearts or cores, it passess through most normal beings causing only mild comfort and fuzzy feelings. When it is thrown or used against a Negari target, it hits with the force of a mythical Gungnir or Gae Bolg, obliterating or severely damaging the target. However this kind of thrown shot mean she has to recover the spear manually should she fail, and she can do so many throws (namely one or two) before she runs out of energy. It is meant to be a finisher weapon, after all.
• Brief History:
  Karin was born from the fairytale (hah!) union of a successful businessman called Yamato Renji and his longtime admirer and crush, a girl called Nodoka. Nodoka was once an average girl who dreamed of marrying a millionarie, and she also had a secret life as Heart Dove, a very successful and popular magical girl. Suffice to say, that she used said success to woo the wealthy man's heart and start a family together with him.
  
  Karin is the child that was product of said union, and she was showered with all kinds of care and love. She was after all, a modern world's princess of a modern world fairytale. And the actual fairies did show at some point. A year ago, when Karin witnessed a particular bad discussion between her parents, she spotted a small glittery thing next to her mother. Surprised, she stumbled down the door she was spying and discovered the truth. Her mother did not hide the fact she had been a magical girl, much to her father's displeasure, and how she wanted to go active again much despite her parents protests.
  
  It was when Karin made a decision. If new magical girls needed to be recruited, there was no reason why she couldn't become one. After all, she had been given so much in return, it was about time she stopped being a brat and gave something of those back. The fairy, known as Reno, pondered her offer, telling she would arrange something about that. Her father was livid, but didn't say much as he took a beeline for the liquor cabinet, mumbling that Karin was the spitting image of her foolish mother. He did not, however deny her whim. He loved her daughter and wife too much to interfere.
  
  Of course, Karin wanted to try something different to her mother this time around...
  
  
  • Fairy Name: Depardieu
  • Fairy Appearance: Depardieu is Reno's younger, irresponsible and lazy sister. She's actually somewhat pudgy and marshmellow-like for a fairy, and wears a single piece red and teal dress. She doesn't wear any shoes. She has a mop of brown hair that covers her sleepy-shaped blue eyes.
  • Fairy Personality:Depardieu is a slob who believes in the law of minimal effort. Sloth-like and uncharacteristically slow, it takes some prodding, and in some cases, even physical abuse to get her to show a response to anything. The only thing that she actively pursues is eating foodstuffs and finding cozy places to sleep. While she is usually doing nothing most of the time, Depardieu possesses some kind of lazy zen wisdom and can make very down to earth philosophical encouraging remarks (so long as she doesn't run out of food). She is also more keen than most people and fairies give her credit for, and she respects her sister Reno's wishes even if they go against her lazy nature.
• Theme Song:

[VitaVitaAR]

Since everything aside from theme is posted, I'll go ahead and give you the go-ahead.

Accepted.

[Raineh Daze]

• Name: Yukimura Noriko
• Magical Girl Title: The Ripper. As it turns out, you attract a rather strange following when your fighting ability involves lots of knives and even the most innocent person is prone to a disturbing alias. Further not helped by the lack of anything flashier to go by... but at least she's not named for her hair or something, right?
• Age: 18
• Gender: Female
• Appearance: A traditional girl and an old art.
• Magical Girl Appearance: Is the hair shorter or just tied implausibly well? With a magical girl, it's hard to tell.
• Personality: Being raised without much interaction with those of your own age and a certain set of standards to uphold has downsides. In Noriko's case, it means that her approach to friendly association, even with her fellow magical girls, is distant politeness. When in her magical girl persona and not recognised, she's far more expressive. Particularly with her appreciation for magical girls, their physiques, their beauty...
  If someone connects her exuberant magical girl persona to Noriko, it's much easier to work out that the admiration and interest is always there behind the layers of politeness.
• Skills: Noriko is perhaps unusual for a magical girl in that her ability to handle herself in a fight has nothing to do with her newly gained transformations. The style itself might be completely derived from her magical abilities, but her instincts for these things and her reflexes were honed through martial arts, armed and unarmed both. Following in her ancestors' footsteps, this extends to having learned the techniques of their old but unremarkable sword school. Outside of this, her abilities lie in polite society and such things as flower arrangement or tea ceremonies. Her more practical, and particularly modern, skills are significantly below average.
• Abilities: There are exactly two abilities that come with Noriko's transformation (three, counting the weapon itself): abnormal speed and an uncanny ability to locate vulnerable points on enemies or objects. On the plus side, this is a transformation with a nearly infinite amount of stamina provided that she can avoid getting injured herself, since it requires simply thrusting into weaknesses when available and taking full advantage of her surroundings to whittle enemies down through dozens of cuts. On the other hand, it lacks any specific means to end a fight other than repeatedly going for the weakest point. However, she can point it out (in general terms) to other magical girls if she can't land a finishing blow.
  It's strange to be a magical girl without a specific finishing attack.
• Weapon(s): Knives. It might be traditional for magical girls to name their weapons but when you seem to have an infinite supply of plain and unremarkable (definitely not double-bladed) knives to take on the enemy with, thrown or not, then it's hard to consider naming them.
• Brief History: Noriko's childhood was unfortunately marked by poor health. Her family, desiring a strong heir for their wealth, attempted to improve this through two avenues: the most advanced medicine money could buy and the most traditional lifestyle that could be arranged, with as much instruction in their art as she could handle. This instruction came at a social price, as Noriko's attendance to any sort of school was marred for years and, even when her health improved substantially, her ability to involve herself with her peers was limited.
  It was in her second year of high school that a fairy approached her, offering to solve her health problems entirely if she would become a magical girl. The icing on the cake, however, was the opportunity to get to know other magical girls without her former lack of presence or, Noriko hoped, her limited technological experience casting a shadow over things. More than a year later, she's let to make any strong friends this way but holds out hope nonetheless.
  
  • Fairy Name: Butterscotch
  • Fairy Appearance: Fancy.
  • Fairy Personality: Butterscotch is a worrier. If prevented with any indication that things are going wrong, she will take it to the worst possible conclusion. A shining example of this is her attempts to find a magical girl: the first two had neither the inclination nor the time to devote to it... and she concluded that she must be worthless. It was good for her that a third person was around to ask why she was so upset.
• Theme Song:

I can't theme song D:

[VitaVitaAR]

Since we were discussing this earlier, accepted.

Theme song can wait.

[Pudding]

@Pudding: Accepted.

@VitaVitaAR

Moved her on over in the Chara tab.

[VitaVitaAR]

List should be completely up to date.

[VitaVitaAR]

By the way I lied about waiting until the end of the week.