[OOC] Final Fantasy: The Dark Crystal

[Ogo]

I leave for a handful of hours and a free-rp starts up in me OOC. Never change, guild. Never change.

RIGHT! So, sorry for going AWOL there. Kiiiinnnndddaaa forgot my phone at the house when I left for work. Derp. ANYWAY, ONWARDS TO Q&A WITH PAPA OGO!

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@Ogobrogo would it be out of place to give my pint sized powerhouse a mount to ride into battle/pull along the party's provision wagon? A chocobo for the mog knight

@vietmyke

Honestly, I'd be insulted if he didn't have a Chocobo. By all means, go for it.

@RolePlayerRoxas
Nina is accepted. Somebody's gotta keep all these Moogles in line.

@Lugia
High Magic Defense would probably be preferable since it makes more sense to me. I'd imagine that classically trained mages would have learned some tricks to reduce the impact of magic against them...otherwise they'd probably fry themselves after the first miscast and our mage population would be significantly lower.

Though to be fair, I'm not using any sort of stat system here, so I wouldn't worry about it too much, mate. I'm goof-friendly :D

@Savo
I'll look over those in a bit.

ALSO!

Well, do it Rye, Ogo is encouraging some forms of world building and expanding the lore of the floating continent(s). I already posted up my four ideas (with more to come since I'm too lazy to write the rest down).

@Savo

Just wanted to confirm this in case anybody is skeptical. I've left a lot of locations pretty vague so that peeps could have the freedom to make whatever they wish. Aside from main plot-specific locations and events, pretty much everything is fair game. So feel free to work on worldbuilding as you wish, collaborate with each other, whatever you want. Just run it by me when you're done and we'll discuss it and make it so.

It's not required, but you guys and gals are a pretty creative bunch so you have the option. Who doesn't like a fleshy world?

@Ogobrogo What is the limit on the weapons? I wanted to give Alice the Artemis Bow because that would make the whole intrument is a support and her bow is the dps weapon thing. If not I can just figure something else out?????

@PetiteAmbivert

Generally, so long as something doesn't negatively affect the other writers' ability to have fun, I'll allow it. Within reason of course. So this sounds fine to me, since it sounds like you're just wanting to give her a unique weapon appearance. She may get weird looks from passerbys though. Not everyday somebody sees a catgirl shoot arrows from a harp at a giant mustached cactus man...

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Final Fantasy is weird, yo. Alice is accepted, welcome aboard.

@Ryuzaki
Hmm...I'm open to the idea. Go on.

[Ryuzaki]

@Ogobrogo Oh boy! This is going to be fun. Do you have a preferred location for Cid to live?

[Ogo]

@Ryuzaki
Not really, no. By all means, go wild.

[Utrax]

*Lounges in the tread.*
I'm here.
Watching.
Lurking.

Mostly amazed at how quick y'all post hahah.

[Lugia]

Arte

_{"Today's a good day, I only accidentally blew myself up twice, today."}

Name: Arte Firaga
Title: Walking Explosion
Race: Nu Mou
Job: Black Mage
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Warrior of Light: Yes

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_{Appearance Information}

Physical Features:

He stands at 4'3", rather short for his species, he is, however, of an average build for his kind, his skin color is a sort of brownish grey, almost annoyingly matching his fur color, at least, when said fur isn't covered in soot, He has blue eyes, and completely lacks facial hair. He doesn't have any ACTUAL scars, but there are plenty of burn marks on him that won't go away. He is often covered in soot and ash from failed attempts at casting fire magic... yes, he's aware of the irony, given his last name.

Clothing/Armor/Weapons:

Arte wears a rather simple set of blue robes (which cannot be caught on fire, but are not particularly RESISTANT to it.), as well as some usually hidden pants, and even a shirt underneath, he also wields a basic wooden staff... even if it looks special, since, like most of him, it's covered in soot. As he's a mage, he's not one for armor, so, thus, he wears his usual clothing into battle.

_{Psychological Information}

Personality Traits:

Calm | Cheerful | Usually tries everything at least once | Can be known to hold a grudge for a LONG time | Occasionally unaware of just how dangerous the enemy is

As he takes after his mad scientist of a father, he's obviously rather curious, prone to try any food, or thing once, if he thinks he can either get a laugh out of it, or actually like it. Arte is also normally calm, and slow to anger... but, if you DO anger him, expect him to hold a grudge against you for quite some time to come. He also has a nasty habit of underestimating his opponents... which might have him use his weaker (and less controlled) fire magic, as opposed to his lightning magic.

Likes:

Sweet and or Spicy food | Chocobos | Lightning magic

He absolutely LOVES the taste of anything sweet and or spicy, which makes one wonder why he isn't fat... in fact, he usually carries around a bag of candy, which he claims to be 'components for lightning spells'... despite the fact that he doesn't NEED components for lightning spells anymore. Like most people, he adores the piles of feathers known as chocobos, even if he cannot ride them... and he likes all forms of lightning, be it a storm, or just magic from someone (even himself), and when asked why, he shrugs, and says 'It looks nice'.

Dislikes:

He hates the taste of fish | He can't stand being cold | Bomb-type enemies | He also hates betrayal

If there's one kind of food he can't stand, it's fish. He tried it once, a while ago, and, thus far, it's been the only kind of food to actually make him puke... whether this was because it was poorly prepared, or not, he holds that against all fishy foods, and can't even stand smelling the stuff, anymore. He also despises the feeling of being cold, though, this might just be due to him being used to the heat from all of his failed fire spells... speaking of, he doesn't like bombs, either, due to the fact that he can't kill them in time, and they usually explode on him, and only HE can explode on him, dang it! Arte can't STAND it when someone pretends to be friendly towards him, and then either attacks him, or steals from him... the few who've successfully done it will most likely warn others to just LEAVE HIM BE, instead.

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_{Personal History}

Hometown: Dahlgren

Current Residence: Thorne

Occupation: Student. He also takes care of his elderly, 350 year old grandfather (we'll call him just a 'grandfather' for the sake of brevity), and makes sure that neither he, nor the city, blows up due to his grandpa's insane inventions.

Backstory:

Arte Firaga was fairly ordinary as a child, as he didn't do much outside of his own 'comfort zone', and thus, didn't try his hand at fire magic, or talk to his 'grandpa', yet, however, he also didn't have many, if any friends, and when he was really young, he used to always carry around a small plush chocobo... which got him regularly picked on by other children. A couple months after he turned ten, he met an odd man by the name of Cid, who drove a strange-looking, probably custom-made airship, and, much like the other kids at the time, once Cid landed, he asked him how he built that, and specifically, how he knew he was good at doing that. Cid just shrugged and said something along the lines of 'I didn't. I just tried to make an airship one day, and it worked' after that, Arte made the potentially fatal mistake of trying his hand at fire magic. He was JUST as good at not making it blow up back then, as he is to this very day, so, obviously, he's made a LOT of progress, right?

When Arte reached the age of eighteen, is 'grandfather's' caregiver gave up on the old coot, and they had to find a new caretaker... unfortunately, everyone else was already aware of exactly what this 'job' entailed, poor Arte was more or less forced into it, and forced to move to Thorne, where his grandfather's lab was. It took about two weeks before Arte figured out that he was supposed to STOP his grandfather from inventing things, and it took another couple of months before he came up with some guidelines for his grandfather, who he learned was a former warrior of light, himself, to follow, after which, he didn't have to stop EVERY invention from happening. Among said new inventions were the 'mechanical chocobo'... which doesn't move, has no seat other than the wrong side of a gear, but strangely enough made a good juicer, and the 'macro scope' which was supposed to allow you to see things much larger than yourself, which people can already do by using their eyes... oddly enough, the macro scope made for a decent enough mace.

Oddly enough, Arte met one of his first friends, a moogle by the name of Vincent, at around the time his grandfather invented the macro scope, and the two have worked to help 'Professor' Firaga ever since, with Arte trying to keep the two from making anything explosive, and Vincent actually helping the self-proclaimed professor make actually useful things... though, the two haven't made a single device together, as of yet.

Other:
From his near-constant failures, Arte has become quite resistant to spells hostile or otherwise, and his fire spells have a decent chance at failing, and literally blowing up in his face... however, he's actually extremely good at using lightning magic.

And finally, I've posted my character.

[Ryteb Pymeroce]

"So your name is Firaga, and you suck at fire magic? Bit of a misnomer I reckon."

[Lugia]

"Well, I only suck at it right NOW, watch, I'll cast the greatest fire spell you've ever seen,"
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*blows up self*
"Uh... maybe next time,"

[Ryteb Pymeroce]

*Ryteb proceeds to juggle fireballs*

"Fire is easy... You just have to outwit it."

[RolePlayerRoxas]

Fire magic, you say?

[Readies Self-Destruct]

[Utrax]

I can already tell my character is going to feel like the group's large scaly lizard-mom.

[Ryuzaki]

I can already tell my character is going to feel like the group's large scaly lizard-mom.

@Utrax

Cid is still gonna be the oldest. He can be like shotgun grandpa

[Ryteb Pymeroce]

I'm imagining Ryteb has a treasure vault that he swims in, Scrouge McDuck style.

Also pretty sure 75% of the party's problems are going to involve Ryteb's obsession with treasure...

[Evanist]

Let me guess.
"Hey look.. TREASURE!" *goes to grab it, suddenly a large boulder smash on the ground and the party needs to run Indiana Jones style*

[Ryteb Pymeroce]

Also getting chased out of town because Ryteb nicked an heirloom.

[PetiteAmbivert]

I feel like most of the crew will have to hold him back by the scruff everywhere they go

[Demous]

I've been busy for the past couple days should have my Sword Saint up pretty tomorrow.

[WXer]

Ersatz is just gonna stand over at a corner, playing tunes appropriate to the misadventures of the group.

As well, @Ogobrogo, I assume that there's some kind of anthem or hymn about Thorne or the Good-King Roderick? Perhaps easily playable by guitar and able to rally the spirits of the people after a tragedy?

[Savo]

I feel like most of the crew will have to hold him back by the scruff everywhere they go

@PetiteAmbivert

I wonder which Red Mage will drive the party nuts quicker...

[Ogo]

Explode away, @Lugia, Arte is accepted. Welcome aboard and please, PLEASE, stay far away from any and all explosive ammunition aboard the airships. Thank you!

@Demous
Feel free to take your time! There's no rush. I know that, at least here in the US, it is Memorial Day weekend, so I fully understand if people have family obligations or whatever. Thanks for keeping us posted though!

@WXer

"All around the Crystal Palace
The Mage-King chased King Roderick
The Mage-King thought 'twas all in fun
Pop! Goes King Roderick!

A gil piece for the Good King's head
A gil piece for a Crystal
That's the way the Mage-King goes
Pop -- goes King Roderick!"

Performed to the tune of Pop! Goes the Weasel. Probably best not to perform it around the Princess. _{kidding! Knock yourself out! Be more creative than my lazy ass.}

[Evanist]

After talking to Ogobrogo, I got my app ready and it is now in the character sheet... Kupo!