[OOC] Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

[Cu Chulainn]

Sad that my replies are forced to be few and far between :(

[Sodium]

Interesting how people immediately assume that Skyblue has an established history of being an alcoholic and this isn't just a one-night go-out-and-get-smashed deal.

Which it was.

And please, consult me before you start reminiscing about all the years your character has known Skyblue. He's been there a year, maybe two. He's surprised he's lasted even THAT long as a teacher.

Come on, guys. You don't need to rewrite my character's backstory. His antics tend to be fresh and exiting, not the same thing over and over. And just to clarify, I'm not mad about this, just mildly amused at the variety of interpretations.

[Azereiah]

Interesting how people immediately assume that Skyblue has an established history of being an alcoholic and this isn't just a one-night go-out-and-get-smashed deal.

Which it was.

And please, consult me before you start reminiscing about all the years your character has known Skyblue. He's been there a year, maybe two. He's surprised he's lasted even THAT long as a teacher.

Come on, guys. You don't need to rewrite my character's backstory. His antics tend to be fresh and exiting, not the same thing over and over. And just to clarify, I'm not mad about this, just mildly amused at the variety of interpretations.

@Sodium

Lightly edited. I've downgraded Jonathan's reaction from "a raging alcoholic" to "(probably) a raging alcoholic".

Good catch.

[tipssyCalibrator]

So, here's a thought that will likely be my next post. Beyond willfull suspension of disbelief for the sake of the story, what's stopping a crop of modern day teenagers from deciding that this whole situation is too good to be true and choosing to not enter the magically appearing castle? Just deciding this whole thing is too weird and strange and reads like the setup for a cult or something and choosing to walk off to try and reach civilization.

@Zero Hex

It's fine if you want to do that. One of the staff players are gonna have to help him out with accepting it though

I mean, I honestly kinda just feel totally lost. I'm not really sure what to do at this point and I feel a weird paradoxical feeling like this is somehow moving massively too fast and like everyone else seems to think we're crawling. Is it because I didn't really have anyone interested in interacting with my character because...I dunno, I didn't do much or he was obnoxious?

I dunno, I'm having trouble keeping up, I guess? The fact that we seem to get like 20 or so posts every time I have to do some daily stuff or go to sleep might not be helping for me. I know we haven't done anything plotwise, that's not my issue exactly. I just feel like I'm not getting any chance to interact with or react to things and people somehow, despite the fact that nobody else seems to be having a problem.

@Dblade26

From the way it sounds, it seems less like the RP is actually going fast and more like it looks like it is from your perspective cause you're not able to interact with it. If you're having that much trouble connecting with another player, I'd recommend finding a character who you're particularly interested in interacting with and talking to that player

[Silver Carrot]

@Sodium

I was deliberately trying to be as unspecific as possible, but he does seem like the kind of character Mako hangs around because she finds him amusing for the wrong reasons.

[tipssyCalibrator]

Alright, so for those of you who missed it, all of the first year students will have been told (offscreen) to meet up at the thicket of trees to take an assessment test with Asa, which will be a game of capture the flag. It will be done in order to assess how skilled and knowledgeable the students are at their powers. Non first year students are allowed to join, but they don't have to. I wanted to do this later after the students were given some time to explore the Institute building, but considering that not many people have been posting, I'm just gonna start it now to keep the RP from, well, dying. I'll also send a message to everyone who has a first year character about this as well

@VitaVitaAR @SaberClass4242 @Mercurial @Dragonsinc @Dblade26 @Cu Chulainn @blumenk @clanjos

[Azereiah]

Alright, so for those of you who missed it, all of the first year students will have been told (offscreen) to meet up at the thicket of trees to take an assessment test with Asa, which will be a game of capture the flag. It will be done in order to assess how skilled and knowledgeable the students are at their powers. Non first year students are allowed to join, but they don't have to. I wanted to do this later after the students were given some time to explore the Institute building, but considering that not many people have been posting, I'm just gonna start it now to keep the RP from, well, dying. I'll also send a message to everyone who has a first year character about this as well

@VitaVitaAR @SaberClass4242 @Mercurial @Dragonsinc @Dblade26 @Cu Chulainn @blumenk @clanjos

@tipssyCalibrator

Would students with other prior engagements or any sorts of disabilities be required to join in as well?

[VitaVitaAR]

I've still kind of hit a wall. ^^;

[tipssyCalibrator]

@Azereiah
From what I can remember, the only student who has anything like that would be Johnathan, who isn't a first year anyway. Is there anyone else I'm forgetting?

[Azereiah]

@Azereiah
From what I can remember, the only student who has anything like that would be Johnathan, who isn't a first year anyway. Is there anyone else I'm forgetting?

@tipssyCalibrator

Clarabelle comes to mind due to her extremely fragile nature, though she could fairly easily take part if she were to make full use of her dolls.

Also, I'll write up a CS for the Surgeon after I get a post up.

[tipssyCalibrator]

@Azereiah
Yes, the idea is that they're fully able to use anything that's available to them, including their powers

[Silver Carrot]

@tipssyCalibrator

This all sounds like a lot of fun, but Mina's a second year, and has no incentive to go. Hmmm...Who else won't be taking part?

[Western Robot]

I only just realized that my characters are named Shin and Shinichi, wow

[tipssyCalibrator]

@Silver Carrot
Yeah, any players who aren't going to be a part of it are free to do something with each other (which I would recommend)

[Silver Carrot]

@tipssyCalibrator

That's why I'm trying to find out who, out of the non-first year students, wants to meet Mina.

It's the first day, so Mako probably won't be teaching a class. Or should I have her teach the first years after they're finished with the assessment test?

[Azereiah]

@tipssyCalibrator

That's why I'm trying to find out who, out of the non-first year students, wants to meet Mina.

It's the first day, so Mako probably won't be teaching a class. Or should I have her teach the first years after they're finished with the assessment test?

@Silver Carrot

Jonathan would probably be interested in meeting up with her, assuming they'd met at all the previous year. At least, after get gets his nose fixed.

[Silver Carrot]

@Azereiah

Well, after his encounter with Akiko, they say that *ice* is good for burns...Jonathan and Mina could be fun.

[CondorTalon]

(Let's attempt to join an RP that's already well underway there's no way this could go wrong CondorTalon)

So, 3 questions:

1. Can I join still?
2. Hard cap on characters?
3. Has anything of note happened yet? If so, is there a short summary I could get?

[tipssyCalibrator]

1. Can I join still?

@CondorTalon

It's always accepting, so yep

2. Hard cap on characters?

Nope

3. Has anything of note happened yet? If so, is there a short summary I could get?

Honestly, not much (unfortunately). All the students and teachers waited out in a field for a pretty long time waiting for the Institute to be revealed, then it was finally revealed to be invisible and it opened up for everyone to explore immediately after that. Right now I'm trying to organize all the first year students to play a game of capture the flag, but since I just started doing that an hour ago, nothing has happened with that yet

[CondorTalon]

Ooh, actually, a few more questions before I write up characters:

4. Presumably, the years are sorted by how long they've had their powers? Like, a 17 year-old person who's just manifested their power would be a first-year, while a 15 year-old who's had their power since they were 13 would be a third-year.

5. If I make a first-year, can it be assumed that they were just there with the rest of the first-years, not interacting with anyone or only interacting with NPCs?

6. Are higher-year students assumed to already be in the school already?