Symphogear

[Draconilian]

For anybody not versed on the amount of sheer AWESOMENESS this RP will entail, I recommend you visit crunchyroll and watch the first seven minutes or so of Symphogear GX Episode one, there's no real spoilers involved. I'll be here waiting.

Ready to launch into space, surf on a missile, punch through a mountain and Suplex a space shuttle? Cause this is an RP about over the top sci-fi magical girls who get their powers from music!

This is going to be a purely fandom take on the series, but using only canon gears. But before I get into those, here's some general information

The Symphogears are ancient magical/alchemical relics that, when exposed to singing of a certain frequency, generate massive amounts of energy to summon powered armor and weapons. The relics take the form of crystal pendants which are really only shards of the original full relics, but are powerful in their own right. Each Relic has it's own Song that continues to play while it is in use, and while in canon the wielders must sing the song to keep them functioning, for the sake of this RP you don't have to come up with lyrics or put them in the posts. Songs reflect the wielder, so having one picked out (from any source, and it need not even be lyrical, can be instrumental if the character can play said instrument and manifest it with their gear) for the character sheet will be a necessity.

Gear wielders are by necessity female, because the original anime is a magical girl show and I'm not changing that.

All characters will be attendants at a Musical Arts College in Europe, whether out of country students or otherwise, and will therefore be selected to be gear wielders by the faculty.

Gear users fight against two main things, The Noise, an extra-dimensional breed of monster that instantly kill humans on touch (not if they are using a gear of course) and other gear wielders, as well as some other magical and ancient threats.

So that was all rather disjointed, but here's all of the gears that can be used!

Gungnir

Activation Verse "Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron"

Gungnir is a brute strength gear that manifests powerful rocket fists and boots for the wielder, as well as removing the gauntlets to turn into a lance

Ame No Habakiri

Activation Verse "Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron"

Ame No Habakiri makes use of more swords and blades than you can shake a stick at, by default it brings a Katana, as well as a ton of throwing knives, swords that double as rocket boosters on the boots, and can change the size of the sword up to a claymore the size of a skyscraper

Ichaival

Activation Verse "Killiter Ichaival tron"

Guns, Ichaival brings guns. Also seeking missiles, laser crossbows, machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, cluster missiles and generally enough ordinance to level a small country. It's also reserved for my character at the moment\

Shul Shagana

Activation Verse "Fallian Shul Shagana tron"

Spinning blades are Shul Shagana's thing, the rabbit like ears unfold into massive buzzsaw arms, and the feet are equipped with rocket skates, that probably also are buzz saws, and razor yo-yo's(probably)

Igalima

Activation Verse "Zeios Igalima raizen tron"

Igalima wields a massive scythe, sickle blades, and other large curved blades. the shoulder pads can fire missiles or grappling hooks

Airgetlam

Activation Verse "Seilien coffin Airgetlam Tron"

Airgetlam is similar to Gungnir at first glance, but instead of a lance, it wields a short sword that can extend into a massive bladed whip, as well as a large amount of knives, similar to Ame No Habakiri

There are two other gears I could potentially bring in, ShenShouJing, and DuDaBla, But I will likely save those for villains

I'll have a character sheet format up later!

[Raineh Daze]

1) The Daurdabla isn't a Gear. It's not even the same sort of relic. It's even said when it comes up. <.<

2) Canon stuff only? Aww... that's just lazy. :T

And it's Symphogear without the strangely close relationships. D:

[Draconilian]

2) Canon stuff only? Aww... that's just lazy. :T

@Raineh Daze

I just like reference pics, and the durdooblydoo functions like a gear so I may as well mention it

[ERode]

I also dislike usage of canon Gears only. Sucks the fun out of making our own silly phrases.

And banning Shen Shou Jing is odd. It's not like it's any more villainous than Ichaival, which is mass destruction, or Igalima, which is soul-reaping.

[Rin]

I just like reference pics

@Draconilian

Not entirely sure if I'll join, but I do see a loophole here... -twiddles pen- Might try and draw up a Gloryhammer Mjolnir Symphogear or something later maybe, since hammers and all.

Also man, so much Chris love in this thread... I mean it makes sense since she is best girl and all but still. XD

[Raineh Daze]

I also dislike usage of canon Gears only. Sucks the fun out of making our own silly phrases.

And banning Shen Shou Jing is odd. It's not like it's any more villainous than Ichaival, which is mass destruction, or Igalima, which is soul-reaping.

@ERode

Conceptually very OP? Even more than all the world's guns.

[VitaVitaAR]

I have to agree with everyone else on the matter of using canon gears only, since part of the fun of things like this is making our own gears. ^^;

If it helps reference image wise, I'd totally be drawing mine.

[Draconilian]

I'm more than fine with OC relics if you can get art for them, I just didn't expect quite so many people to be able to draw 0.0

EDIT: Also I'm keeping SSJ and DDD out because I have plot plans for them both

[HereComesTheSnow]

oh no

[Draconilian]

Character Sheet

Name:
Appearance:
Bio:
Musical Specialty: (Singer, instrumentalist, composer, whatever)
Personality:
Gear:
Battle Song:

OC Gear Sheet

Name:
Relic Appearance:
Gear Appearance:
Description:
Mythological Background: (optional)

[DracoLunaris]

I have been meaning to watch this show, and now am due to this post, so consider me interested.

[Polaris North]

I'm going for this. Found an appreciation for the anime.

Since I can't draw to save my life, I'm probably just going to get a cannon symphogear.

Edit: still deciding on which one to take since you already claimed Ichaival.
@Draconilian

[DracoLunaris]

if we are reserving I will either take Gungnir or try and make/find one as well

[Lost Cause]

Don't have any ideas for designs, but I think I might preemptively claim using Carnwennan.

[Polaris North]

@Draconilian
I'm just gonna drop this here so you can tell me in advance if you find anything wrong with it.

Himeko Harusashi

Himeko Harusashi

Bio: Himeko always had a talent for music along with her older brother. He would often take up the guitar and then have her sing on a regular basis. The siblings would often have this kind of opening concert in their house that would just turn into some sort of family bonding time. As they grew up, though, singing just became an occasional hobby when she doesn’t have anything else to do. She never really thought much about it after she entered middle school where she had promptly joined an Iaido dojo her father had suggested to her – which she greatly appreciated. She figured that it wouldn’t really matter much in the future.

The love for bass stemmed from a horrible accident. The area they were living in were invaded by Noise. They had to quickly evacuate. Himeko, in the chaos, had been separated from her entire family. Fear gripped her heart, and despite having a pretty rational brain, she panicked but she did follow the crowd. She was cut off by the Noise and separated from the people. Her instincts kicked in and they told her to run. Run as fast as she could. She had been cornered by only one Noise but she had no means of escape. Just as she was expecting her doom, her brother came from behind and then body slammed the Noise – transmuting him and the Noise into carbon.

She had spiraled into depression as she was very close to her brother and seeing said brother die in front of you for you, it is understandable why she fell. The amount of stress in her mind had almost driven her to suicide. However, she had found her brother’s guitar hidden in one of the boxes while she was sifting through the objects inside their small warehouse. As memories of her brother came to surface, her love for music had come up as well. She remembered how fun it actually was. So, she took up the guitar at first and then it evolved to bass.

It wasn’t soon after that when her father was relocated to England for a job. Himeko, being quite good in English, didn’t have much of a problem with it though did have to hone her English speaking skills. It’s really hard to have a thick accent in another country and the Japanese typically have them. Though, thankfully, she had managed to minimize this certain aspect of her speech.

The first year at England was quite tough for her. Everything was… well, different. She wasn’t used to that kind of life. Culture shock, some people would call it. Adjusting had been really hard for her, especially in her new school. It took a toll on her social life and academic studies. Though after the initial year of just shock and adjustment, she was able to pick herself up and do what she wants to do. Her grades went up, she made new friends and even got into a band as their bass player and back-up singer. These had been the best years of her life. It should be noted that she has actively searched for an Iaido dojo in England as to continue honing her strength with a sword. While for her, it was also training in the act of self-defense; it also did help her put her mind at ease whenever she’s tense. She had found one, though small and only had a small amount of students (because Kendo was more famous than Iaido), but the masters of the dojo were skilled in the art and so she was able to continue studying the art.

Once given the choice to either go to a Veterinarian Med School or the Musical Arts College, she hesitantly chose the latter. She wasn’t too sure about the choice as graduating wouldn’t automatically place her into a stable lifestyle but she had to take risks. While she is mostly playing bass and singing because of her wants, she secretly does still dedicate it to her brother.

Musical Specialty: Instrumentalist – Bass / Singer

Personality: Himeko’s a pretty silent person who is typically labeled as ‘cool’ by most people. While she does tend to comment every now and then, she would usually just sit by silently and just listen to them converse unless spoken to directly. It makes her a pretty good listener if you have any problems you want to let out. She is also considered tomboyish in movement and isn’t as refined as some other ladies. She tends to trust guys easier than girls – though she is equally wary of everyone at first. She has a very strong sense of justice, which had developed after her brother’s death, and so she has the bright idea of sacrificing herself whenever she needs to. It tends to put her in many hairy situations.

She usually adapts a passive tone of voice whenever she speaks which leads to most people not getting if she was either really angry, trying to be funny or just happy. This confuses a lot of people. Though this doesn’t mean that she uses it all the time. When she is overcome with extreme emotions, her passive tone of voice (and face) would change though the most used are a smile or a look of annoyance. When she is singing and/or playing in her band, her emotions usually carry over and she looks legitimately having fun.

What most people don’t really see is that Himeko is a liar. A damn good one too. She can lie through almost everything and she wouldn’t even feel nervous. Given that she has been doing it for so many years, it shouldn’t really come off as a surprise. There are a lot of things that she lies about – though her feelings are the ones she lies about the most. Around most people, she only has a positive look on her face. She doesn’t let anyone see her problems. She doesn’t want to worry after all. She puts everyone else in front of her. She never wants anyone to worry about her. She never wants anyone to sacrifice themselves for her. Never again.

Gear: Ame no Habakiri

Battle Song

Skip to 00:13 if you don't want to listen to thirteen seconds of dead-air

[Vega7285]

Oh, hey, I could use my "totally not a Symphogear OC, I swear" character for...what she's totally not for. Neat.

Except she ended up not really following proper Gear stuff in terms of overall theme, and I have no clue if having a second dark persona is even a good idea or not (though it would involve fun things like her actual songs changing...). Also, canon gears stole my weapon types.

Hm, I must think about this.

[ERode]

@Vega7285Probably better off not thinking about this.

GM's been gone for 8 days and all.