[OOC] Digimon: Cyber Beasts

[DarkwolfX37]

So here's just a copy-paste of what I wrote 5 months ago for this. Tell me of any changes I need to make and I'll get on them. I didn't include a digimon partner in it because I need to know what digivolution system is used. Whether it's like V-Pets where digivolution is permanent, or semi-permanent like the Digimon World/Digimon Story games, (barring World Championship) or if it's all Blast Digivolution like in the anime where they stay in Rookie until a battle. I've got a partner picked for each system but I'll wait until I know which one is used before I put it up for approval.

My Hider

Name: Violet North
Nickname: "Metapsychical" (In business) "Gem" (Shorthand in TCG community) "Amethyst" (D-scanner alias)
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Nationality: American

Appearance:
img08.deviantart.net/bbf2/i/2013/174/…

Notable Talents/Skills:
- General knowledge
- Eidetic memory
- Coding in several languages
- Multilingual

Card Deck:
- Her Digi-Battle TCG circuit deck consists of cards revolving around the twin digimon Victorygreymon and Zeed Garururmon, with a strategy of shooting for a fast victory while preparing for a drawn out battle if her initial onslaught fails. This earned her the nickname of "Gemini" among her local TCG players, who quickly shortened it to simply "Gem," which later on inspired her online username.
- In contrast, her Digimon CCG circuit deck is built around using several Demon Lord and Royal Knight digimon, with support mostly consisting of debuffs for her opponents and digivolving as fast as possible to have an overwhelming and lightning-fast offense.
- However, the deck she uses for D-scanner battles is built around the idea of "no surprises," and has cards that hold no general theme as a result but allow for her to react to nearly any strategy temporarily. Despite the lack of cohesion, this approach combined with her perfect memory has allowed her to keep a loss ratio of under 3%, though her win ratio is in large part made up of connection failures from annoying her opponents into quitting.

Personality:

Due to her love of digimon and her respect for the accomplishments it's made, she dreams of one day working for D-Connect. While she'd prefer to do so in an official capacity, she'd be equally content working with them freelance. She considers her current work as a stepping stone toward that goal.
While she knows it isn't the case, and has been able to replicate the code from scratch in several languages, she pretends that her personal D-Scanner (and her previous generation V-pets) holds an actual living digimon in it and cares for it deeply. Even the replica digimon she makes she can't bring herself to do much experimenting on, as if she were confronted with the prospect of dissecting her own pet hamster.

Background:
Born to a father who works for a large electronics company and a college-professor mother, Violet has never wanted for anything. Being home-schooled by her high-expectation mother, she spent her days sleeping and finding entertainment in cartoons and anime while her nights were spent cramming an entire public school education in semester sized chunks at a time. Having a nearly perfect memory made the process quick and relatively painless, leading her to develop a detached personality, as if life were just something to do for the sake of doing. Her father got her interested in anime at a young age, and digimon quickly became one of her regular interests.
Coming from a family with money, she was able to experience nearly everything digimon as soon as it came out, and went so far as to teach herself several languages just to be able to enjoy the more obscure (often fan-made) material and the original versions of the shows and manga. It was this fascination with digimon that first sparked her desire to learn programming. Her dream of making real digimon became so all-encompassing that she began ignoring her studies entirely despite her mother's insistence.
At age 12, her mother made her a deal that she couldn't help but accept; if she could finish the rest of the schooling that her mother wanted from her in one year, her mother would use her position as a college professor to request an early taking of a GED test, allowing Violet to spend the entirety of her teenage years doing whatever she wanted. And so she consumed everything that she came across, getting not only the equivalent of a high school education, but quite a bit of a college education as well. The day after her thirteenth birthday, she completed the testing for a GED with a perfect score in four of the five categories. (Ironically, it was mathematics that wasn't up to snuff.) She's spent the months since then working under the alias "Metapsychical" as a "white hat hacker," working with companies to find weaknesses in their security for a fee in the hopes that she'll somehow find the inspiration and knowledge she needs to finally create an AI that could be considered truly "alive." All the while she's been alternating between very active and completely off the radar in the card game circuits and the D-Scanner game circuit, usually with an inverse relationship to her inspiration for her attempts at making digital life.

[Double]

@DarkwolfX37

We'll be using blast digivolution, heavily inspired by the Tamers anime.

[DarkwolfX37]

@DarkwolfX37

We'll be using blast digivolution, heavily inspired by the Tamers anime.

@Double

Alright, in that case if the character is okay, I'd like to go with either:
- Yuki Botamon - Moonmon - Lopmon - Black Gatomon - Andiramon - Valkyrimon
Or
- Bommon - Missimon - Dracmon - Sangloupmon - Matadormon - Grandracmon
Whichever is more acceptable. Or if serious screwing around with digivolution is allowed,

My Hider

Petitmon - Babydmon - Dracomon - Coredramon Blue (final)/Coredramon Green (conflict)/Dark Tyranomon/Flaredramon (Digiegg Courage)/Geo Greymon/Stingmon/Tuskmon/V-dramon - Groundramon (Gets degenerated)/Wingdramon (final)/AeroV-dramon(V-dramon)/Majiramon(V-dramon)/Metal Greymon[and virus](V-dramon)/Orochimon(V-dramon)/Rize Greymon(Geo Greymon) - Shine Greymon (Gets degenerated)/Slayerdramon

would be interesting.

[tobiax]

I will express that I'm pensive about the thirteen year old professional hacker thing, and GranDracmon as a player Digimon.

[DarkwolfX37]

I will express that I'm pensive about the thirteen year old professional hacker thing, and GranDracmon as a player Digimon.

@tobiax

I probably should have clarified that. In terms of hacking, she's pretty limited away from D-Connect code. Actually helpful to the plot hacking is beyond her, unless it's something like isolating a system from a computer that's part of it. I wouldn't even put her on Cyber Sleuth levels.
Though I totally get the Grandracmon apprehension. That's why I put it as a secondary just in case I could get away with it. Honestly I'd be fine with changing the Mega level if that's the only problem with the line, I just remember Matadormon was really useful in Dusk so I went for the official Dracmon line rather than a branch.

[tobiax]

@DarkwolfX37 It being D-Connect code, and that being with whom we're dealing, it kind of the kernel of the issue. It almost appears at an attempt at a power play from the outside is all. And I wanted to make sure Double didn't, say, skim the CS and not notice certain details. I apologize if that seems rude of me. It was not my intent.

[DarkwolfX37]

@DarkwolfX37 It being D-Connect code, and that being with whom we're dealing, it kind of the kernel of the issue. It almost appears at an attempt at a power play from the outside is all. And I wanted to make sure Double didn't, say, skim the CS and not notice certain details. I apologize if that seems rude of me. It was not my intent.

@tobiax

Oh no, it's fine. Momentai. I'm happy for any and all feedback at all times. I'll clarify that she's not really able to mess with D-Connect code very well on the CS before I put it in the character tab, assuming everything checks out.
I had this idea back when I was thinking her up that there would probably be fake cards out there and that she was slowly trying to learn from them, but she never really had access to anything other than her D-Scanner and she wouldn't have risked messing with it, especially since she pretends her digimon is real to begin with. I just sort of assumed that D-Connect used a custom language without any basis, now that I think about it.

[tobiax]

Momentai! Yeah, Double's going to have to confirm. No biggie.

[Double]

@DarkwolfX37@tobiax

If I recall, we had a previous applicant that also wanted to be a hacker, but their character was much more blatantly power playing (like the ability to make and distribute illegal cards) that we immediately said no to. That might be where Tobi's apprehension is coming from.

But yeah, Violet seems a lot more subdued by comparisons, so I'm willing yo give her the benefit of the doubt. Besides, it wouldn't be the first time Digimon had a child genius (Izumi Koushirou, anyone?). And a character that essentially idolizes D-Connect? It'll be interesting to see how she reacts when my future spoilerific-plans come to fruition.

As for the partner. I can understand the pensiveness about Grandracumon. Personally I like the idea of Valykrimon more, if only to avoid confusion since both the Grandracumon AND my own Commandramon line both include Bommon and Missimon and that could cause confusion. But that's just me.

I'll accept her, go ahead and transfer the sheet and I'll see about finally moving us forward.

PS: By the way, your introduction will be as a recipient who showed up late. Understandable, given that she was flown in from the States. Don't worry too much about language barriers. Kuroda speaks English, but even if he didn't Samantha obviously does.

[DarkwolfX37]

@DarkwolfX37@tobiax

If I recall, we had a previous applicant that also wanted to be a hacker, but their character was much more blatantly power playing (like the ability to make and distribute illegal cards) that we immediately said no to. That might be where Tobi's apprehension is coming from.

But yeah, Violet seems a lot more subdued by comparisons, so I'm willing yo give her the benefit of the doubt. Besides, it wouldn't be the first time Digimon had a child genius (Izumi Koushirou, anyone?). And a character that essentially idolizes D-Connect? It'll be interesting to see how she reacts when my future spoilerific-plans come to fruition.

As for the partner. I can understand the pensiveness about Grandracumon. Personally I like the idea of Valykrimon more, if only to avoid confusion since both the Grandracumon AND my own Commandramon line both include Bommon and Missimon and that could cause confusion. But that's just me.

I'll accept her, go ahead and transfer the sheet and I'll see about finally moving us forward.

PS: By the way, your introduction will be as a recipient who showed up late. Understandable, given that she was flown in from the States. Don't worry too much about language barriers. Kuroda speaks English, but even if he didn't Samantha obviously does.

@Double

Alright, I'll get on that then and use the Valkyrimon line.

[tobiax]

@DarkwolfX37 Coolio.

[DarkwolfX37]

Sorry I'm taking so long. I'm having trouble with the digimon's personality.

[tobiax]

@DarkwolfX37 That's fine, it can be tricky. I prefer foils myself, but that's just me. (Meaning they're opposite enough each other to bring out most of the other's personality, from the term for the fabric used in a display case to show off a gem.)

[DarkwolfX37]

So I've been stuck on this for days now, had a brilliant idea yesterday after a long day and forgot it, so would it be alright to just leave the digimon's personality blank and just have it speak for itself within the IC?
I've also tacked on some base ideas to the human's CS, but in a very shorthand style since I don't remember how I expanded on them yesterday.

Tamer

Name: Violet North
Nickname: "Metapsychical" (In business) "Gem" (Shorthand in TCG community) "Amethyst" (D-scanner alias)
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Nationality: American

Appearance:
img08.deviantart.net/bbf2/i/2013/174/…

Notable Talents/Skills:
- General knowledge
- Eidetic memory
- Coding in several languages
- Multilingual

Card Deck:
- Her Digi-Battle TCG circuit deck consists of cards revolving around the twin digimon Victorygreymon and Zeed Garururmon, with a strategy of shooting for a fast victory while preparing for a drawn out battle if her initial onslaught fails. This earned her the nickname of "Gemini" among her local TCG players, who quickly shortened it to simply "Gem," which later on inspired her online username.
- In contrast, her Digimon CCG circuit deck is built around using several Demon Lord and Royal Knight digimon, with support mostly consisting of debuffs for her opponents and digivolving as fast as possible to have an overwhelming and lightning-fast offense.
- However, the deck she uses for D-scanner battles is built around the idea of "no surprises," and has cards that hold no general theme as a result but allow for her to react to nearly any strategy temporarily. Despite the lack of cohesion, this approach combined with her perfect memory has allowed her to keep a loss ratio of under 3%, though her win ratio is in large part made up of connection failures from annoying her opponents into quitting.

Personality:

Due to her love of digimon and her respect for the accomplishments it's made, she dreams of one day working for D-Connect. While she'd prefer to do so in an official capacity, she'd be equally content working with them freelance. She considers her current work as a stepping stone toward that goal.
While she knows it isn't the case, and has been able to replicate the code from scratch in several languages, she pretends that her personal D-Scanner (and her previous generation V-pets) holds an actual living digimon in it and cares for it deeply. Even the replica digimon she makes she can't bring herself to do much experimenting on, as if she were confronted with the prospect of dissecting her own pet hamster.

Background:
Born to a father who works for a large electronics company and a college-professor mother, Violet has never wanted for anything. Being home-schooled by her high-expectation mother, she spent her days sleeping and finding entertainment in cartoons and anime while her nights were spent cramming an entire public school education in semester sized chunks at a time. Having a nearly perfect memory made the process quick and relatively painless, leading her to develop a detached personality, as if life were just something to do for the sake of doing. Her father got her interested in anime at a young age, and digimon quickly became one of her regular interests.
Coming from a family with money, she was able to experience nearly everything digimon as soon as it came out, and went so far as to teach herself several languages just to be able to enjoy the more obscure (often fan-made) material and the original versions of the shows and manga. It was this fascination with digimon that first sparked her desire to learn programming. Her dream of making real digimon became so all-encompassing that she began ignoring her studies entirely despite her mother's insistence.
At age 12, her mother made her a deal that she couldn't help but accept; if she could finish the rest of the schooling that her mother wanted from her in one year, her mother would use her position as a college professor to request an early taking of a GED test, allowing Violet to spend the entirety of her teenage years doing whatever she wanted. And so she consumed everything that she came across, getting not only the equivalent of a high school education, but quite a bit of a college education as well. The day after her thirteenth birthday, she completed the testing for a GED with a perfect score in four of the five categories. (Ironically, it was mathematics that wasn't up to snuff.) She's spent the months since then working under the alias "Metapsychical" as a "white hat hacker," working with companies to find weaknesses in their security for a fee in the hopes that she'll somehow find the inspiration and knowledge she needs to finally create an AI that could be considered truly "alive." All the while she's been alternating between very active and completely off the radar in the card game circuits and the D-Scanner game circuit, usually with an inverse relationship to her inspiration for her attempts at making digital life. She collects illegal D-Scanner cards in an attempt to learn D-Connect's programming language from them, but so far has been largely unsuccessful.

- Runs a Terriermon on her D-Scanner.
- Uses Viral Digivolution, Dark Digivolution, and Slide Digivolution cards in her strategy.
- Won a special non-region locked highest rarity version of the DigiMental of Hope card from a national CCG tournament that her strategies revolve around.
- Used to run a Bancholeomon on the most recent V-Pet before the D-Scanner's release.
- Keeps and continues caring for all her V-Pets since her very first.
- Specially retired Bancholeomon from battling to prevent egg-reversion after getting her first D-Scanner.
- Her first D-Scanner malfunctioned but she was able to transfer Terriermon to her second/current one.

Partner

Nickname: Kuro
Species: Lopmon
Appearance: YukiBotamon Moonmon Lopmon BlackGatomon Andiramon Valkyrimon
Gender: Female
Evolutionary Line: Yuki Botamon - Moonmon - Lopmon - Black Gatomon - Andiramon - Valkyrimon
Attacks:
YukiBotamon:
Diamond Dust - Fires a small bubble of freezing ice from its mouth.
Moonmon:
Dark Burst - Spits out a ball of dark energy.
Lopmon:

My Hider

Tiny Twister - Causes a tiny tornado by spinning its ears like propellers.
Blazing Ice - Fires shots of super-cool air from its mouth.
Lop Punch - Slaps the enemy with one of its ears.
Lop Rush - Repeatedly slaps the enemy with its ears.
Spinning Slap - Windmills its ears in midair to slap repeatedly.
Lop Balloon - Spreads its ears, enabling it to fall or glide slowly.
Dash Twister -Spins along the ground, slapping the foe.

BlackGatomon:

My Hider

Lightning Paw - Punches at the enemy with its powerful claws at lightning speed.
Lightning Kick - A super-fast flying kick attack.
Cat Tail - A tail whip attack.
Cat's Eye - Hypnotizes the enemy with mysterious power from its eyes.
Dangerous Love - Curses the enemy with a heart-like charm.

Andiramon:

My Hider

Asipatravana - Absorbs the enemy's data from a distance with its hands.
Treasure Axe - Its hands turn into axes to attack.
Bunny Blades - Spins like a tornado and slices at the enemies with its Treasure Axe.

Valkyrimon:

My Hider

Fenrir Sword - It uses its absolute zero demonic sword to freeze the opponent when slashing at it, completely ending their life activity.
Lightning Arrows - Fires arrows that always hit their targets.
Laser Javelin - Summons a javelin and launches an explosion from its tips.
Sanction Storm - Raises a tornado to chastise its foes.
Saint Lance
Hawk Inferno

Personality:

Random ideas for the plot later to be used as needed if they sound good

- The top five highest player count countries had special CCG and TCG tournaments that gave out special highest rarity non-region locked cards as prizes, possibly all the same card possibly each a single one of a kind card.
- The five prize cards were test cards for the eventual current generation of cards that can be used on real digimon rather than just running pre-programmed effects from the D-Scanner.
- D-Connect uses trinary code made into a special language that compiles backwards and upside down, is ciphered based on its rarity and uses DigiCode in place of human characters.
- Special cards like the non-region locked cards use the highest cipher and converts into a hieroglyphic-esque symbols that have to be cut in half and combined with the following line to form DigiCode symbols.

[Double]

@DarkwolfX37

It's all acceptable, but I need to clarify that the real Digimon are already compatible with all pre-existing cards. Or rather, our D-Scanners are. We didn't need a new generation of cards to work on our Digimon, the cards Kuroda gave us access to are simply part of the next line up to be released to the public in a couple of months. We just have early access to them as it were.

[DarkwolfX37]

@DarkwolfX37

It's all acceptable, but I need to clarify that the real Digimon are already compatible with all pre-existing cards. Or rather, our D-Scanners are. We didn't need a new generation of cards to work on our Digimon, the cards Kuroda gave us access to are simply part of the next line up to be released to the public in a couple of months. We just have early access to them as it were.

@Double

Alright, well I just wanted to put forward that idea. I figured that would give a way in if we got access to a D-Connect computer and a card scanner. Just stuff I thought up in case it could be helpful to you.
Should I post in IC or wait for a post from you to introduce her?

[Double]

@DarkwolfX37

I already did introduce her actually.

[DarkwolfX37]

@DarkwolfX37

I already did introduce her actually.

@Double

Kay~ I was waiting to read the IC until everything was confirmed fully.

[tobiax]

@DarkwolfX37 It's very much nothing against your character, it's just how Haruka is. He's over rationalized to the point where he's not accepting any of the Digimon stuff as real.

[DarkwolfX37]

@DarkwolfX37 It's very much nothing against your character, it's just how Haruka is. He's over rationalized to the point where he's not accepting any of the Digimon stuff as real.

@tobiax

Momentai.