[OOC] Midnight Illusion Agency: An Urban Fantasy RP

[Eisenhorn]

Working on a post now, expect it to be done within the next few hours, at the absolute latest.

[VitaVitaAR]

I'll have a post up later today or tomorrow!

[Raineh Daze]

Yeah, don't worry about Fake or myself, we're out of the way. xD

[ZekariVoblis]

~Ghooooosties~!!~Spoooooky!!~

Name: Alesandro Silva (Raisha “Nagi” Shanagi)
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Human (Haunted By A Gashadokuro)
Appearance:

Alesandro

Good, Desktop Version

Slightly Bad, Mobile Version

He is 5’9’’ in height and, despite the picture, does not carry a sniper rifle. It’s only a regular rifle. He doesn’t got that sorta money. He also has a few scars on his back.

Nagi

Ghost Form

Good, Desktop Version

Slightly Shitty, Mobile Version

She is 5’1’’ and, like Alesandro, doesn’t have the gun posted. She does float around constantly if it’s any compensation.

Gashadokuro

The height can vary overall depending on how much power is put into the summon. Sometimes it can only be 15’’, other times it can be as large as 25’’.

Possessed

Obviously not the same outfit and instead Alesandro’s outfit, but still fairly accurate.

Personality: Alesandro can be a rather serious man at times, but despite this, he is generally a very polite and reasonable guy. Morality for him, while definitely important, tends to be rather flexible and bendable depending on the circumstances. His attitude towards life is more “where the wind takes me” than anything and has a love for adventure and adrenaline. In fact, someone could even call him a tad bit of an adrenaline junkie, though not to insane levels. Boredom just isn’t something he particular likes is all. He has quite the “seen it all, cool with learning more” demeanor and actually is casual with interacting with the abnormal world around him.

Nagi, on the other hand, is one of the most playful ghosts a person could ever come across. Playing pranks on others, teasing people for a bit of comedy, and seeing how “x makes y do z” are some of her favorite pastimes. However, she isn’t a sadist and does understand that there’s limits to what she should do to others. That being said, the careful line between “prank” and “annoying” can be tricky for her at times. Ironically, despite her jokey personality, annoying her isn’t all that hard either if you know her buttons. She’s on to keep quite the grudge, however, and will only really drop it if the situation is too important for her to keep holding onto it. She’s also quite the history buff due to the souls within her.

Abilities: Alesandro, by himself, doesn’t exactly have a lot of magical prowess. While he does know a few spells and can cast average-level incantations, he can’t do anything really big or powerful like most could, let alone for as long. To compensate, he goes with more down-to-earth methods and external magical tools to assist him, such as natural magical staves and literal spellswords. Instead, any real “abilities” come from Nagi. Unpossessed, he can summon her large skeletal body parts to assist him and, if they’re the arms, can even swing large flaming weaponry when using it. To expand a bit more energy, he can even summon the entire top half of the gashadokuro, but he remains in place and the skeleton itself is rather slow moving overall. He also can’t keep the spirit’s powers going for very long when the whole skeleton is summoned. Limbs, on the other hand, can more quickly come out, for surprise blows or even blocking. However, if they are too severely damaged or severed, he can’t summon them again for a time and even feels the pain in the corresponding limb.

When possessed, that’s when Alesandro becomes a more magical danger. Since Nagi is in control at that time, she gains abilities that either she or the other dead had. Her swordsmanship is downright terrifyingly good and she’s able to turn average sharp tools into sharp Japanese weapons, such as making knives into katanas. They’re also can be ignited with a blue spiritual flame that increases their attack range, though it only allows it to cut or pierce better instead of really burning anything. Weapons can even be made with just the fire, but it will dissipate a few minutes after being made. Her reaction time is also superb and she’s surprisingly agile, though not necessarily fast. Keep in mind though. Nagi is in control she’s only able to do things she knows. Also, Alesandro can speak a variety of languages, including Japanese, due to Nagi being a somewhat “mental translator,” at least for the languages she knows.

Skills: If a person can’t really use magic when they’re meddling in the business of the supernatural, what do they do? For this man, it means using whatever they can get their hands on and use their wits on. This includes knives, daggers, and guns to help himself out, usually preferring lightweight stuff so he can still move quickly. He’s also rather good at parkour due to his different bouts in life and, surprisingly, is good at blacksmithing. Resourcefulness is something he prides himself on, too. He can take a beating, but remember that he is still human and overall is still limited like a human would be.

Equipment: Alesandro has an assortment of weapons at his disposable. In terms of regular weaponry, he brought a pistol, a rifle, 2 knives, and about 3 flashbangs. Obviously, he doesn’t carry all of these things at the same time, mostly not to shatter his spine, and usually has to choose what to bring with him. He also has a decently sized assortment of supernatural tools, such as a functional Ouija board, a low power wand that spews out fire spells, a mid power wand that uses water spells, and healing potions. Rope is also something he tends to carry cause, well, there isn’t many situations he knows of where he doesn’t need rope.

Brief Backstory:Remember that one kid that would always go on adventures when they were left alone for as much as twenty seconds, going all Rugrats? That one that could give an babysitter the worst near-heart attack of their life. Well, that would sum up Alesandro’s childhood pretty well. He constantly looked for things to do and had his imagination make the fun parts for him. When it turned out those tales of magic and tomb exploring could actually be real, of course he was going to pursue it. By the time he was 17, the world of magic became his reality and exploring it was his life. Despite parental fear, ironically the people who made him aware in the first place, he couldn’t be stopped. Time and time again, he swung from ropes, stealing ancient riches from criminals and learning magical knowledge in the depths of danger. Of course, here and there he had to get dirty but good God the ruins and rhymes he learned were worth the pain.

If people knew who he was, they remembered and feared or awed at the “Elegant Splunker.” He always hated that people called him that, but hey, good to be remembered? Some wish they could be remembered after all, as he soon learned. As he tried getting a treasure that was believed to be from the Japanese Feudal Period, or some closeby era, he found himself cornered. A wall and approaching gunsmen down the long hallway. With how low on equipment the man was, it seemed like this was the final journey. He looked at the treasure, covered in robes, as he decided to unwrap it, the one action he was warned not to do. It was a red skeletal arm. In seconds, a red haired see-through girl popped out from the arm. And not long after, the gunsmen came. With a twist of her head, 180 degrees to be exact, all of them shrieked as they ran off, yelling “Gashadokuro! She has come!” the whole way. They both shrugged as he carried the arm back to the exit, grumbling that that was way less satisfying a rescue than he was hoping.

The two soon tried getting acquainted with each other, though it was a bit one-sided. Alesandro was an easy enough explanation, but the girl, Raisha Shinagi, or simply Nagi, was more complicated. Mostly because she had not one past, but multiple. As it turned out, her existence as a gashadokuro infused the past of the dead, most unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave or killed on the battlefield, in her memories. Yet, she knew that she had her own life previously, not just existing as the fused will of the deceased. The problem was figuring out which one she was as none of them looked like her. But she knew her name and it was proof she was alive. That there was a Raisha Shinagi. Surprisingly though, Alesandro was enough of a distraction to not make her too soul-searchy about it. The adventures the two had were always some bizarre fun, especially as they found it she could give him a boost. But curiosity soon came to a head after an old friend of Alesandro’s said he may have a lead on this “Raisha Shinagi” case he asked him a few years back. A small town they called “Minazawa” that might have the answers they were looking for. It was pretty much an immediate decision that they needed to check this out, whether it was her birth town in life or her final resting spot in death. Of course, first came having to stash most of his weapons away due to Japan’s laws towards weaponry. He already had to go through that hassle once, going through it again was not on his plate. With that headache prevented, it was off to Minazawa they would go.

Okay, here's it for now. I still have to finish the backstory(which I'm working on as we speak), but wanted to see how the rest of it was first. If I need to nerf anything in terms of powers of the Gashadokuro, fine. I'm 50/50 on exactly the strength of the abilities, so that is just fine. Outside of that, hope you like. I'll let you know when I'm finished with the backstory and when I'll paste it in here from Google docs. Also, let me know if the pics work or don't work.

[VitaVitaAR]

@ZekariVoblis: Okay, have to veto that many weapons. It would be way too hard to smuggle that massive illegal arsenal through Japan. Maybe like a couple he can hide really well.

[ZekariVoblis]

@ZekariVoblis: Okay, have to veto that many weapons. It would be way too hard to smuggle that massive illegal arsenal through Japan. Maybe like a couple he can hide really well.

@VitaVitaAR

Oh yeah. Forgot Japan has a thing against artillery. Fair enough.

[VitaVitaAR]

@ZekariVoblis: Yeah, otherwise I don't think I saw anything out of line?

[Raineh Daze]

@ZekariVoblis ... is there a non-wartorn country on Earth that wouldn't find it problematic if you own machine guns and live grenades? XD

[ZekariVoblis]

@ZekariVoblis ... is there a non-wartorn country on Earth that wouldn't find it problematic if you own machine guns and live grenades? XD

@Raineh Daze

Only if they knew he had them. Lol

[ZekariVoblis]

Donezo with the behemoth. Judge away. Also changed his age slightly.

[VitaVitaAR]

@ZekariVoblis: Hmmm... how does he hide all those weapons? That's still an awful lot even if he has them stashed somewhere.

[Raineh Daze]

I'm just confused why he has guns in the first place.

[ZekariVoblis]

@ZekariVoblis: Hmmm... how does he hide all those weapons? That's still an awful lot even if he has them stashed somewhere.

@VitaVitaAR

Well, ask yourself this question. How does a person who's been adventuring and crusading for years figure out how to hide his valuables?

Experience and repeated failures till he figured out how to do it right.

I'm just confused why he has guns in the first place.

@Raineh Daze

You need em when you're an adventurer of the magical and mystic...when one of your best spells is literally a huge fireball. And by huge I mean....maybe 6 feet tall? Maybe 6 foot circumference? Traveling 10mph if you're lucky?

[ZekariVoblis]

@VitaVitaAr

So, do you want me to edit the weaponry some more? Everything solid and the synonyms for solid?

[VitaVitaAR]

@ZekariVoblis: I think the weapons are still excessive. I'd cut it down to a few easily-hidden things.

[ZekariVoblis]

@ZekariVoblis: I think the weapons are still excessive. I'd cut it down to a few easily-hidden things.

@VitaVitaAR

Alright. Brought it down to just a pistol, rifle, 2 knives, and some flashbangs, not counting the magical items. The only reason I didn't edit those out is because, well, I figured the Japanese wouldn't be too concerned with some "trinkets" in their eyes. And the rifle I rational by him just taking it apart and putting the pieces as covertly as possible in all his luggage(gotta do multiple bags so it's easier to hide all the parts). Also it's partially cause if I get rid of that too, he's kinda boned against most magical people if he can't use Nagi for whatever reason. Cause they're main character magic as opposed to mook magic.

[VitaVitaAR]

@ZekariVoblis: The magic items were fine, it was the guns that were the issue. Anyway I think that's a lot more plausible now.

Anyway I'll try and post again soon, I was hoping a few more people would post before I did again. ^^;

[Feyblue]

Well, since I was asked not to continue for Weeb, we're basically just waiting out the ban. Still here, though. @VitaVitaAR

[VitaVitaAR]

@Feyblue: Okay, good you checked in at least. ^^;

[ERode]

Sorta in a void myself cause theres no reason for new posts in my end, but hey, I'm still following the thread.