[OOC] Re:CREATORS - A Story Of Fiction [ENDED]

[PaulHaynek]

"Humanity has always been fond of telling stories.

Be it a story based off real events. Be it a story inspired by real events. Stories of allegory. Stories of symbolism. Some stories go beyond, limited only by the creator's imagination like grand, epic journeys across the world or new, original worlds that have as much stories as we do. Some stories are a mixture. Like a story that is a fantastical allegory based off real events.

From Beowulf's adventures to Frodo's journey. From Achilles' exploits to Usagi's trials. From the tales of King Arthur and the Round Table to the stories of Twilight Sparkle and the Mane Six. The world has always been teeming with stories, tales and chronicles. And as writing and reading became widespread and the people grew more literate. It should not come as a surprise that the world of stories expanded more and more. Even today it expands still, with no sign of stopping.

And that's not counting reimaginings and retellings. Old stories recycled and given twists. Deconstructing them and reconstructing them. Breathing new life to archaic, ancient stories by using a new way to tell it. Of course, humanity's capacity for imagination is boundless. Original stories still, and will, come out, giving no end to creation.

But not all stories are received equally. Some stories are praised worldly, vindicated, immortalized in history. Some are ridiculed, laughed at, pointed as examples of the worst works to have ever entered the world. Some simply... fade away into obscurity. Only read by a few and then... nothing, forgotten.

...I find it interesting that even these stories have stories to tell themselves... Don't you?"

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Hey all! Paul here and I know I'm neck deep in GMing RPs but I've got a Re:Creators itch that needs scratching and thus, this thang.

So this is going to be a Re: Creators RP. If you're not aware of what Re: Creators is, it's an anime where a bunch fictional characters get transported into the real world and have hijinks (both the funny and the non-funny kind). As to why or how is spoiler territory so go watch if you're interested in the premise.

This RP will be following the premise as well as a similar plot. Players are able to play as either the fictional characters or their creators or related people. However, if you're going to be playing as a creator, it is recommended that you make sure that your character be present in the RP either by playing them yourselves or having another person play them.

Characters from real franchises (like say, Saber from Fate/stay night) are allowed to be played but the creation history of that character and its franchise must be different.

Oh and, the main setting will be locked in Japan in the fictional coastal city of Akamagaseki and maybe some adjacent towns/cities as that location and the events there is kind of central to the main plot.

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Rules

1) Standard Roleplayer Guild rules. No godmodding and stuff.
2) As GM, I reserve the right to have my word to be law within the boundaries of this RP.
3) If there are problems with the RP or with other players, you can take it to me (so I can take it to someone who could deal with it lol!).
4) Do not post your character in the Characters Tab. Only I have dominion there.
5) Only post once when you are interacting with an NPC or doing an action. You can post as many as you want when you are talking to another player.
6) Updates (i.e. My posts to move the story along) will generally occur once a week or when everybody has posted. However, if you do not post, I will still update without affecting your character as much as possible. Worst case scenario, I will assume your character did nothing.
7) Please post something in the OOC if you are still interested just unavailable at the moment. If you do not post within two or three weeks still without any post given, I will be forced to drop you from this RP.
8) If you have read the rules, you will write your favorite location in Japan at the bottom of the character sheet. (Helping others in this rule is discouraged unless you are vouching for that person)

REGARDING PVP COMBAT
During a fight between two players, I will be the one to decide which attacks hit and which maneuvers fail.

Character Sheet (Creation)

Appearance: (Please refrain from using real-life pictures)
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Background: (Their in-universe history)
Creation History: (Like when they were created and stuff. You may include what inspired the character, etc.)
Other: (put here things like if he/she is a different race than human and stuff like that)

Character Sheet (Creator)

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Don't hesitate to ask any questions you have~!

P.S. To those who joined during the interest check, I have modified the character sheet so please keep that in mind. It's just a minor change though.

[Genni]

Sadako Yamamura (Creation)

Appearance: Standing at 5' with a slim, petite frame, Sadako wouldn't seem all that imposing if she didn't constantly wear what appears to be the same stained white dress while letting her long black hair cover most of her face.
Name: Sadako Yamamura
Personality: Sadako is actually quite a friendly girl who likes doing things to help people whenever she can. Unfortunately she's also mute, creepy looking and has a tendency of sneaking up on people when they're distracted, giving most people she meets the totally wrong idea about her intentions.
Equipment: A dirty white dress and hair long enough to make a swing out of.
Abilities: A powerful psychic, Sadako can teleport herself around using any device with a display screen, although she prefers to use televisions and computers since climbing out of smartphones can be a little tricky at times. She can form an emotional connection with someone after spending enough time in their presence, and once she has she can always find them, no matter where they go. While in physical form Sadako makes no sound while moving, often seeming to appear behind someone without warning. Although at times this appears to be another form of teleportation, really it's just that people tend not to notice the quiet girl approaching until she's right behind them. When angered Sadako's malevolent side emerges, turning her skin pale white, her eyes solid black and causing water to drip from her body wherever she goes. While in this state Sadako can cause water to form inside a person's lungs simply by touching them, causing them to drown even when nowhere near a water supply.
Universe of Origin: Hideki Toyama's Band book and film series.
Background: Once a happy young high school girl, Sadako Yamamura suffered a mental breakdown in her late teenaged years which drove her to murder almost everyone in her school. When she was down to the final classmate, a young boy named Hideki Toyama, Sadako couldn't bring herself to kill him and instead tried to drown herself in the school swimming pool. It was only when Hideki managed to pull her out of the water at the last minute that Sadako realised she was in love with him and pledged to never leave her boyfriend ever, ever, ever. At least, that's what happened in the short story which was eventually made into the first of a long running series of films starring the character. Each new film follows a similar plot, with Hideki being insulted or harmed by someone driving Sadako into a homicidal rage culminating in several deaths before finally Hideki manages to bring her back from the edge once more. By the fifth film in the series people were beginning to tire of the formula, and so Sadako finally managed to accidentally kill Hideki during her bloodbath rampage, leading the character to kill herself in grief over her loss. For a while that was the end of the film franchise, but with fans unhappy with the finale, and clamouring for a better end to Sadako's story, her creator took the series in a new direction with Sadako returning from the afterlife as a spirit capable of jumping through display screens to strike at the people she blamed for the loss of her lover. While some of the die-hard fans felt the new direction was too extgreme for their beloved character, the box office takings on the new film made the production company very happy, and so the 'new' Sadako was born.
Other:

Hideki Toyama (Creator)

Appearance: Over the last few years Hideki has been able to afford the best personal trainers and fitness instructors, turing his once feeble 5"2' body into... well not asd much of a wimpy wreck as it had once been. He still prefers to wear casual fitting clothing whenever possible, and has enough money to afford to choose.
Name: Hideki Toyama
Personality: Over time Hideki has gone from being a shy and nervous geek to a successful playboy before being reduced to a nervous wreck by visits from his creation Sadako. While still trying to carry on with his high class lifestyle, the stress of constantly dealing with Sadako's intrusions into his life is beginning to drive him to the breaking point, with several professional and romantic relationships having been ruined by her unwelcome appearance at inopportune times.
Skills: Skilled novelist and screenwriter. Talented ping pong player and trombonist. Experienced negotiator and card shark.
Background: While in high school, Hideki Toyama became obsessed with a girl in his class with a very similar appearance to the girl who would eventually become his creation. At the time he was far too shy to ever approach the girl and never even talked to her, instead he simply observed her from afar. In his obsession Hideki wrote a short story about the girl, but without any idea of who she really was, and his fertile imagination running wild, the story ended up as a slasher horror where the girl ended up murdering all her friends before drowning herself in grief over what she'd done, only to be saved by the last survivor of her school who she then fell in love with. In hindsight the story was an awful, cliched mess, but it became popularly enopugh online for Hideki to be appraoched several years later by an American production company who were interested in making the story into a feature film. Struggling with his college tuition fees at the time, Hideki leapt at the chance to make some money and solve all his problems in one go. Moving to America he spent several months working on a screenplay which was eventually used to make the new film, which became an overnight success. Impressed with his first outing the production company sunk funds into several more films based off of the character Sadako, making her into a cult favoruite with the small but loyal group of followers clamouring for each new movie, comic book and computer game she appeared in. The fame and fortune this brought Hideki was very well received, and he soon found himself living a jetsetting, playboy lifestyle he'd only ever dreamt of back in high school. Unfortunately just as he was preparing to marry a Playboy cover model Hideki began seeing Sadako following him at a distance. At first he dismissed the sightings as his imagination, but soon the girl was appearing more and more frequently, until finally Hideki woke late one night to find his creation standing over his bed. Sadako's appearance ruined Hideki's life from that moment on. His engagement fell apart, and his work and social life began unravelling as Sadako started to pop in at the most unfortunate times, usually staying just out of sight of anyone other than Hideki. With his world tunbling down around him Hideki has set out to try and uncover exactly what's going on with the drowned girl, and hopefully get rid of her before his life is totally destroyed.
Other: Although he has made some money from his film productions, Hideki isn't as wealthy as he'd like people to think. His lifestyle is entirely based off of the constant income he gets from new films, and Sadako's appearance is threatening to bring that all crashing down.

[ReusableSword]

this looks fun.

[Duthguy]

Creation

Appearance: Normal In armor
Name: Angus
Personality: Angus tends to act arrogant however this is to cover that since all of his succes in combat is due to his magic weapon and/or armor he actually isn't sure if an accomplish warrior couldn't use them better. That said he is willing to risk his life for others and while he doesn't show it has great respect for anyone brave enough to fight without the aid of magic.
Equipment:Angus wields the not entirely appropriately named Terra Sling Mace which he can use to summon his Mystic Armor. It also allows him to heave massive rocks and boulders from the earth through the air at an enemy and create powerful earthquakes. Naturally he can just bludgeon people with it as well.
Abilities: He doesn't have any special abilities of his own as it comes all from the equipment.
Universe of Origin: Mystic Knights of Tir na Nog
Background: As the third son of a minor noble family it was no surprise that Angus ended up in the army. What was surprising was that not long after, monsters from another world started invading the country. Seeing how desperate things were he and three others decided to place their faith in the ancient legends about Tir na Nog and the little people.As a result they each proved themselves worthy of both a Mystic Weapon and Armor, which allowed them to slowly turn the tide of battle.
Creation History: In the early 2010s a group of Power Rangers/Super Sentai and Kamen Riders fans worked together to make an indie videogame placed in a semi-medieval setting with references to multiple European myths and legends. Despite it being nothing special it was pretty well received in the community.
Other: (put here things like if he/she is a different race than human and stuff like that)
Just about all my knowledge about Japan is from anime/manga so I really can't pick a favorite location

[PaulHaynek]

@Genni

Please update your character sheets to match the format of the given character sheet skeleton.

And there's also one problem that you need to figure out yourself.

@Duthguy

Alright. Looks good.

[Nerevarine]

-removed-

[Burning Kitty]

Remove

[Seirei No Hai]

Nightmare

Appearance

I want his power. I want to make him mine and become one with him.

Name: Kurumi Tokisaki

Personality: Kurumi is a person whose character is difficult to read. She possesses a dislike of humanity that borders on mistrust, which is something that she shares with most of the other Spirits in her debut. She is a skilled actress, capable of putting on the facade of an innocent, curious young girl when she needs to. This skill of hers is shown when she registered as a student at Raizen High School and spoke in a polite manner. However, under that mask lies a mad woman, prone to fits of insane laughter and possessing no regard for human life, viewing them as a food source to restore her own time, and thus, a disposable commodity.

There is a twisted justice behind her methods, however, as the people that she brutally murdered were would-be rapists and animal abusers. Also, a good sign of her sense of justice lies in her ultimate objective: to go back in time, kill the First Spirit, prevent the spacequakes from ever happening and saving millions of lives in the process. This goal made <Phantom> call her a kind person, albeit sarcastically.

In hindsight, Kurumi possesses some degree of innocence that her psychotic behavior has not entirely ruined; she has a soft spot for small animals and other creatures. She once slaughtered four humans not because she needed to replenish her time, but because they were trying to kill a kitten. She also appeared to have some desire for a normal life, a chance at redemption, as Shido was able to speak with one of her many timelines and nearly convinced her before the true Kurumi interrupted.

However, despite the fact she doesn't kill without a reason and her redeeming qualities, Kurumi doesn't seem to think of herself as a great person and even appears to hate being called one. When Shido stated that he would not give up on her despite her being a murderer, she responded by using her City of Devouring Time on the students of Raizen High School. She even summoned a spacequake which could have killed them all, in an attempt to make him give up on her. Also, when <Phantom> called her a kind person, Kurumi's initial response was to try to shoot her.

Her ability to summon shadow clones of herself from other timelines adds, even more, complexity to her character. The clones are essentially herself, which means they have the same personality, but they also have free will to an extent, even if they share memories, goals, fears, and obsessions. It is also hinted that the experiences each clone possesses affect the main one since, after helping Shido locate Tohka (so that Kurumi could track the Second Spirit) and parting ways, Kurumi was shown talking to her clones and was happy because she had received a pat on the head from Shido. Some of her clones also slightly reflect what her former personality was; the clone that Shido faced on the school rooftop nearly agreed to let Shido save her, and the clone from Kurumi Star Festival (the very same clone Shido reasoned with on the school roof) was very cheerful and became slightly emotional when saddened.

Kurumi appears to have a particular liking for cats, as shown by her brutally murdering a group of men who were shooting at one with pellet guns. In an Omake, it is shown that she can be quite embarrassed about this. When Shido and Tohka caught her, she ended up going so far as to have one of her clones pretend to be the real her and "dispose" of her so that she could get out of the situation without ruining her reputation.

Before becoming a Spirit, Kurumi had a strong sense of justice. While lamenting about the inequality in the world, she always possessed a strong desire to help those in need. This trait was considered both pure and naive, the latter of which Mio took advantage of to trick her into becoming a Spirit that hunted down other Spirits that were incompatible with their Sephira Crystals.

As a verbal tic, Kurumi often has a habit of saying "Well, well" when particularly amused by something.

Equipment: Astral Dress (Elohim), Clock (Angel Zaphkiel), Flintlock Pistol, Musket

Abilities:
Time Bullet (Time and Space Manipulation) - Her flintlock pistol and musket both possess special bullets that can cause different effects on the subject's time depending on the number of the bullet.
I. First Bullet Aleph - Accelerates time on a target object or subject.

II. Second Bullet Bet - Slows down the time on a target object or subject.

III. Third Bullet Gimmel - Causes a target object or subject to age.

IV. Fourth Bullet Dalet - Rewinds time on a target object or subject. However, it has no effect on those who are already deceased.

V. Fifth Bullet Hei - Allows Kurumi to see a glimpse of the future.

VI. Sixth Bullet Vav - Sends the consciousness of its target into the body of a past version of themselves. However, unlike the Twelfth Bullet, the user is only able to travel back to a few days at maximum regardless of how much time is used.

VII. Seventh Bullet Zayin - Temporarily freezes time on a target object or subject.

VIII. Eighth Bullet Het - Creates a clone of a target object or subject.

IX. Ninth Bullet Tet - Allows Kurumi to share her senses with someone in a different time or dimension.

X. Tenth Bullet Yud - Peeks into the past of a target object or subject.

XI. Eleventh Bullet Yud Aleph - Allows Kurumi to directly devour a Spirit's power.

XII. Twelfth Bullet Yud Bet - Sends its target subject or object through time.

Shadow Manipulation - Kurumi is able to manipulate her own shadow as a shield or puppet she can use to do the attack for her.

Angel Zaphkiel - A material object or personification that deals with Time and Space. The Emperor of Time. Her Angel is very powerful. Each time she uses its abilities, it consumes a bit of her time (life force). In order to replenish her life force, Kurumi possesses the ability to absorb the time of anyone who steps into the boundary of her shadow. In order to target a large crowd, she can summon a red barrier that serves a similar function, which she calls the City of Devouring Time

The clock in her eye moves clockwise when she has to use life force to power her angel. She utilizes two intricately designed guns as weapons which resemble the hands of a clock: the musket (long weapon) for the minute hand and the flintlock (short weapon) for the hour hand. To activate any power she needs, she first needs to call her Angel (regardless of whether the Angel has been summoned already or not) and position her flintlock at the number of the bullet on the Angel. Next, she needs to shoot the bullet at the target with the gun. In the event that she needs to use the power on herself, then she is required to shoot herself.

Space Quake Creation - Kurumi has the ability to summon her spacequakes at will. So it isn't entirely necessary for her to be summoned to another world of which they create spacequakes.

Universe of Origin: Date A Live

Background: Kurumi was once an ordinary human before becoming a Spirit. She grew up as the daughter of a rich family and was beloved by her parents. However, one day while returning home she was attacked by a monster. She was saved when a girl wearing a dress made of light killed the monster. The girl introduced herself as Mio Takamiya and claimed herself to be an "ally of justice". She told Kurumi that the monster was called a Spirit and asked her if she wanted a power like hers to help her fight them. Wanting to protect her family and friends, Kurumi accepted and was given the Sephira Crystal containing Zafkiel. Afterwards, she bonded with it, unknowingly turning herself into a Spirit.

Working together with Mio, Kurumi began hunting down Spirits, with her killing at least over 50 Spirits during that time. However, one day after killing a Spirit, Kurumi left Mio with the usual task of cleaning up the body. However, after leaving like usual, this time she decided to turn back and invite Mio to come with her to her friend Sawa's house, hoping that an adorable cat could defrost Mio usual melancholic demeanor. However, to Kurumi's horror, instead of a monster lying on the ground, she found her best friend Sawa lying dead as Mio was holding a red Sephira Crystal. Realizing Sawa was the Spirit and she had killed her, Kurumi started to inverse. However, before she completely transformed, she used her fourth bullet and reversed time and prevented the transformation by returning to a moment before being overwhelmed by despair.

Mio then revealed the truth: both her identity as the First Spirit and how she was having the Sephira Crystals bond with humans, turning them into monsters, and then killing the host in order to slowly refine the Crystals. Mio claimed that she intended to entrust the Sephira Crystals to those chosen among humanity, but hesitated when she was asked about her motives. Then, Mio thanked Kurumi for all her work so far before causing Kurumi to blackout. After some unknown amount of time had passed, Kurumi woke up in a giant crater after causing a spacequake, with no recollection of anything except how the powers of her angel worked. Just as an AST team was preparing to attack her, Kurumi fled the scene by escaping into her shadow. While deliberately her current situation, she eventually resolved to use the tenth bullet on herself to regain her memories. Afterwards, Kurumi swore no matter what it takes to use her twelfth bullet to travel back in time in order to kill Mio and prevent the existence of Spirits from ever happening.

At some point, using her ability to make clones of herself, Kurumi had created a massive information network. In order to gain enough time to use the Twelfth Bullet, she and her clones began to prey on humans, taking many lives in the process. However, the many lives she had taken attracted the attention of DEM, who sent Mana Takamiya after her. They fought many battles, during which Mana had always killed her. However, unbeknownst to Mana, she was just killing Kurumi's clones. Much later, <Phantom> appeared before Kurumi at some unknown point in time and told her about Shido Itsuka, along with the Spirit mana sealed inside his body. Having nothing to lose, Kurumi infiltrated Raizen High School through unknown means to confirm if this story was true.

Creation History: A character that was supposed to be the main character of a small-running franchise which had its own anime adaptation from the light novels and their own original game story. Plans change and her role had switched to that of an anti-heroine and an antagonist of certain arcs.

Other: N/A

[PaulHaynek]

@Burning Kitty

Please elaborate on your characters' abilities.

And please condense your background. Iz long, man!

@Seirei No Hai

Awright, accepted. Yay Date A Live!

[Seirei No Hai]

Do I put it in the Characters Tab?

[PaulHaynek]

@Seirei No Hai

No. Only I have dominion there.

[Seirei No Hai]

@Seirei No Hai

No. Only I have dominion there.

@PaulHaynek

Alright then.

[Burning Kitty]

@Seirei No Hai

No. Only I have dominion there.

@PaulHaynek

Rescinding interest.

[PaulHaynek]

@Seirei No Hai @Duthguy

Hey there. Since there's not much of us here, I'll see if I can get more players aboard.

Meanwhile, are you two fine with just starting with only the two of you?

[Seirei No Hai]

@Seirei No Hai @Duthguy

Hey there. Since there's not much of us here, I'll see if I can get more players aboard.

Meanwhile, are you two fine with just starting with only the two of you?

@PaulHaynek

Maybe, can you do an opening post?

[PaulHaynek]

@Seirei No Hai

Yeah. It'll be on soon.

[PaulHaynek]

@Seirei No Hai

Sorry for the delay. I had exams and problems with the new game that we bought.

Anyway, the IC's up if you're still interested.