[OOC] Re:Unison

[Lugubrious]

Here is my concept for Hume's human partner. I hope you enjoy.

Whipped Worrier

Name:
Suzuki Hugo

Age:
20

Appearance:


Personality:
Regrettably, Hugo has not been able to prevent his most notable trait from defining him, which is his anxiety. Possessed of a anxious disorder, he is irritable and prone to worrying, tires easily, and is near-constantly on edge. Stressful situations can escalate this anxiety to panic, causing sweating, heart pounding, difficulty breathing, shaking, and crushing feelings of imminent doom. Naturally, he tries to avoid situations where his anxiety will come to a head, giving him an impression of aloofness, shyness, strictness, and superstition, the latter of which stems from his own personal tendency to see things as omens. Missing or failing things sets him on edge, but landing difficult attacks or other achievements provide him great relief, as does hugging things and the sensation of cool water.

However, this is not ultimately who Hugo is. Without his disorder's clutches, he's a genial and compassionate fellow, never particularly outgoing but always considerate and polite. While he doesn't have an artistic bone in his body, he likes drama and music, and is a staple figure at whatever concerts or plays crop up every now and again. A certain sense of pride in his ability to live for himself despite his disorder gives him an independent streak, prevents him from asking for help or really working well with others. This is only compounded by his tendency to cut people off that he deems unhealthy for him, leaving him a friendly if cautious loner. His aspirations are, in a roundabout way, heroic. He does, after everything, want to relieve suffering and better humanity's condition.

Background:
While he believes more in nature than nurture, looking back on his early life, Hugo can pin down a solid explanation for his anxiety. His parents were, in a way, visionaries—they thought they understood the problems with the world and how to fix them. Hailing from a line blessed with extremely healthy genetics and distinctive physiological traits, they maintained the belief that their genes were best suited for the world. As such, they continued in the tradition of having lots of kids, and among all of his brothers and sisters, Hugo was simply one of many faces given from birth the purpose of strengthening humanity.

Every sibling suffered from their parents' negligence and high expectations, given punishment and correction instead of attention and encouragement as they were made to work with constructs from an early age. This sort of treatment evoked Hugo's anxiety early, and with the pressure on, he disappointed his family severely. Many of his siblings, eager to escape their elders' wrath themselves, tormented him also. A few showed him kindness, and eventually, it was with them that Hugo ran away. With nobody to turn to and the everpresent threat of their family, the siblings found that freedom presented its own hardships, and were forced to part ways. Without a construct of his own, Hugo remained alone and endangered, living each day just to survive.

Eventually, however, a stroke of luck found its way to him. He came across another loner, a construct named Hume, and soon realized they needed one another in more ways than one. Hume, lost and heartbroken following the demise of his beloved family, found someone to love and protect. Hugo, meanwhile, found strength and reassurance, a friend who could take away his pain. The pair ended up at Geiru institute, taking advantage of its interest in duos like theirs to find a home at last.

Magic:
Hugo has the ability to create magical cords, white in color, somewhat translucent, and glowing just a little. He can alter their length and manipulate them to a slight degree as long as he's touching them. While a strange magic, it's one that comes in handy, whether for binding, sealing, repair, or fighting. Specifically, he uses it with a metal hook in order to create a sort of chain-hook that he lashes out with from afar to cut or capture. Because it's a difficult weapon to use that requires a lot of finesse, he gets a great amount of satisfaction and courage from its successful application, but is quick to stress if he misses or fumbles it. He also often uses it to make bolas with rocks or or whatever else is lying around.

[Hammerman]

@Ammokkx
Laaame.

_{Pretty much suspected that from the start}

[Ammokkx]

The way I understand it, what humans perceive is sound is a result of a pressure wave - whether audible or not to the human ear. That pressure wave then creates vibrations as it travels through a medium, thus disturbing it and creating those vibrations. Those vibrations are then translated as 'Sound'. As an example, a Sonic Boom travels at different speeds and sounds vastly different in air than it would in water, which is the result of the pressure wave moving through a different medium.

If that's not how it works then welp, everything I know is a lie and that's how I've always been using this sort of power in my like, ten plus years of RPing and boy do I feel silly.

That said, to make things a bit easier and less confusing, I'll just come up with something a bit more appropriate after I get some food in me.

@Rune_Alchemist

Yes, sound is a type of pressure wave, but sound is the result of something, not the causation factor. You could say "She has the ability to cause vibrations that manifest itself as sound" but not say "She has the ability to create waves of sound that manifest themselves as something like an earthquake"

Sound is the result from the earthquake, not the thing that causes it. I think that's where the confusion lies for me. Your power shouldn't be to manipulate those waves, it should be to create those waves. The method you use to create those could then manifest itself as a sound.

I got caught up in the wording where you implied you could change sounds somehow, while in actuality, you're just creating general shockwaves. To call it sound is a bit of a misnomer, in my opinion.

I think laying out the exact science behind a power is the exact wrong way to go about it, though, because if we go into the technicality of how it physically happens, then it becomes a bit too grounded in reality for my taste. Try tweaking it a bit so it's not so scienc-ey.

(Also I might be off-base on some of this- if I'm wrong, apologies. Also apologies if I missed the point entirely. I am not smart cookie.)

[Ammokkx]

Here is my concept for Hume's human partner. I hope you enjoy.

Whipped Worrier

Name:
Hugo

Age:
20

Appearance:


Personality:
Regrettably, Hugo has not been able to prevent his most notable trait from defining him, which is his anxiety. Possessed of a anxious disorder, he is irritable and prone to worrying, tires easily, and is near-constantly on edge. Stressful situations can escalate this anxiety to panic, causing sweating, heart pounding, difficulty breathing, shaking, and crushing feelings of imminent doom. Naturally, he tries to avoid situations where his anxiety will come to a head, giving him an impression of aloofness, shyness, strictness, and superstition, the latter of which stems from his own personal tendency to see things as omens. Missing or failing things sets him on edge, but landing difficult attacks or other achievements provide him great relief, as does hugging things and the sensation of cool water.

However, this is not ultimately who Hugo is. Without his disorder's clutches, he's a genial and compassionate fellow, never particularly outgoing but always considerate and polite. While he doesn't have an artistic bone in his body, he likes drama and music, and is a staple figure at whatever concerts or plays crop up every now and again. A certain sense of pride in his ability to live for himself despite his disorder gives him an independent streak, prevents him from asking for help or really working well with others. This is only compounded by his tendency to cut people off that he deems unhealthy for him, leaving him a friendly if cautious loner. His aspirations are, in a roundabout way, heroic. He does, after everything, want to relieve suffering and better humanity's condition.

Background:
While he believes more in nature than nurture, looking back on his early life, Hugo can pin down a solid explanation for his anxiety. His parents were, in a way, visionaries—they thought they understood the problems with the world and how to fix them. Hailing from a line blessed with extremely healthy genetics, an extra-large portion of life force that made multi-construct partnerships commonplace, and distinctive physiological traits, they maintained the belief that their genes were best suited for the world. As such, they continued in the tradition of having lots of kids, and among all of his brothers and sisters, Hugo was simply one of many faces given from birth the purpose of strengthening humanity.

Every sibling suffered from their parents' negligence and high expectations, given punishment and correction instead of attention and encouragement as they were made to work with constructs from an early age. This sort of treatment evoked Hugo's anxiety early, and with the pressure on, he disappointed his family severely. Many of his siblings, eager to escape their elders' wrath themselves, tormented him also. A few showed him kindness, and eventually, it was with them that Hugo ran away. With nobody to turn to and the everpresent threat of their family, the whole bunch found refuge at long last with Geiru institute. Hugo's compatriots retained their respective constructs, but he remained alone until he happened to meet a construct by the name of Hume, forlorn and in need of someone to love. Hugo and Hume found one another, needed one another, and became an inseparable pair.

Years later, the runaways remain attendants of Geiru, collectively claiming the honor of its longest-enrolled students. There's Ken, stern but self-conscious about his height, with his noble constructs Falx and Spetum; there's the free-spirited but short-tempered younger sister Mari and her monstrous construct Smoky; there's the oldest, Rita, sharp-witted and authoritative, with her loyal construct Bellagusta. And of course, there's Hugo and Hume. Altogether, they make a potent if slightly dysfunctional bunch, with nothing if not each other.

Magic:
Hugo has the ability to create magical cords, white in color, somewhat translucent, and glowing just a little. He can alter their length and manipulate them to a slight degree as long as he's touching them. While a strange magic, it's one that comes in handy, whether for binding, sealing, repair, or fighting. Specifically, he uses it with a metal hook in order to create a sort of chain-hook that he lashes out with from afar to cut or capture. Because it's a difficult weapon to use that requires a lot of finesse, he gets a great amount of satisfaction and courage from its successful application, but is quick to stress if he misses or fumbles it. He also often uses it to make bolas with rocks or or whatever else is lying around.

@Lugubrious

Years later, the runaways remain attendants of Geiru, collectively claiming the honor of its longest-enrolled students. There's Ken, stern but self-conscious about his height, with his noble constructs Falx and Spetum; there's the free-spirited but short-tempered younger sister Mari and her monstrous construct Smoky; there's the oldest, Rita, sharp-witted and authoritative, with her loyal construct Bellagusta. And of course, there's Hugo and Hume. Altogether, they make a potent if slightly dysfunctional bunch, with nothing if not each other.

@Lugubrious

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh no

Luge, I feel bad for you, but I'm not going to allow you to just casually decide what NPC's are around without asking me beforehand. While I suppose it's my fault for not saying this, I was going to use that reserved post in the characters tab as a log of any NPC's you guys encountered. Further, I was going to have last-years too. While I'd maybe be fine if you'd asked me ahead of time with one of those running around, and me writing it in to the best of my ability, I'm not really okay with you casually dropping 3 NPC's(7, if counting constructs) on me like this.

I'm especially not okay with creating this particular dual-wielding construct user either, as while they'd come into play, I very much have an idea of my own for them. You're right in assuming they'd be a last year, and of course you'd be privy to the surface-level information required to make interacting with them not a nightmare, but it's very much not this character. Making multi-partnerships 'commonplace' also really stings for me, as it should be an extremely rare trait. Technically any human could do it, but the amount of stress you'd be putting on your body would be akin to exercising beyond your limits every day. At some point, you just break, which is why it takes both a trained and talented mind to be able to pull this off. I really wish you'd asked me this beforehand, because it feels so awkward to have to casually dismiss a big crux of your backstory.

As it stands, I really can't accept this character, I'm sorry.

[Rune_Alchemist]

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I got caught up in the wording where you implied you could change sounds somehow, while in actuality, you're just creating general shockwaves. To call it sound is a bit of a misnomer, in my opinion.

I think laying out the exact science behind a power is the exact wrong way to go about it, though, because if we go into the technicality of how it physically happens, then it becomes a bit too grounded in reality for my taste. Try tweaking it a bit so it's not so scienc-ey.

(Also I might be off-base on some of this- if I'm wrong, apologies. Also apologies if I missed the point entirely. I am not smart cookie.)

@Ammokkx

Nah, I think you got it right. Now that I had a chance to think about it, I think that sounds pretty much what I was going for in a general sense. Sorry about the science thing. I do have a tendency to do that with stuff, hah.

I'll get to rewording it soon with that in mind, and if that still don't work I'll think about doing something else.

[Lugubrious]

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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh no

Luge, I feel bad for you, but I'm not going to allow you to just casually decide what NPC's are around without asking me beforehand. While I suppose it's my fault for not saying this, I was going to use that reserved post in the characters tab as a log of any NPC's you guys encountered. Further, I was going to have last-years too. While I'd maybe be fine if you'd asked me ahead of time with one of those running around, and me writing it in to the best of my ability, I'm not really okay with you casually dropping 3 NPC's(7, if counting constructs) on me like this.

I'm especially not okay with creating this particular dual-wielding construct user either, as while they'd come into play, I very much have an idea of my own for them. You're right in assuming they'd be a last year, and of course you'd be privy to the surface-level information required to make interacting with them not a nightmare, but it's very much not this character. Making multi-partnerships 'commonplace' also really stings for me, as it should be an extremely rare trait. Technically any human could do it, but the amount of stress you'd be putting on your body would be akin to exercising beyond your limits every day. At some point, you just break, which is why it takes both a trained and talented mind to be able to pull this off. I really wish you'd asked me this beforehand, because it feels so awkward to have to casually dismiss a big crux of your backstory.

As it stands, I really can't accept this character, I'm sorry.

@Ammokkx

Whoa, I didn't realize I was treading such dangerous water. I had no idea that we weren't supposed to make NPCs. You might consider adding that to the rules. Anyway, it's no problem for me to just eliminate the whole last paragraph.

[Ammokkx]

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Whoa, I didn't realize I was treading such dangerous water. I had no idea that we weren't supposed to make NPCs. You might consider adding that to the rules. Anyway, it's no problem for me to just eliminate the whole last paragraph.

@Lugubrious

It's pretty common etiquette, my man. I've never ran into a situation before where someone just casually drops 3 NPC's on a GM without asking. I also said "no more than two characters" per person- I didn't want people creating more populace in my world than I could be reasonably asked to handle.

Either way, removing the last paragraph doesn't really get rid of the crux of the issue. The backstory is still implied as having a lot of them flee together. I should apologise again, though, because there's a few more issues I failed to touch upon in my last review because I was taken aback by the suddenness of the issue I described above.

Firstly, the name "hugh" isn't all that commonly Japanese. Is he someone born in the American area, fled by boat and transferring? Because that would make an amount of sense, as long as you could also justify him knowing the language. Ayesha gets away with it because she was named by a hermit and doesn't even have a last name, and the constructs get away with it even more because they're not humans. Speaking of which, you're also missing a last name.

And I'm also going to go more in-depth as to why I'm not accepting the genetics idea. Simply put, genetics are not an absolute given. While it's possible to have a controlling set of parents who might have those traits, it doesn't necessarily grant their children the same. Even if we ignore how incredibly unlikely it is that two people being able to handle multiple constructs meeting and breeding is, their offspring would have no guarantee of being able to hold the same traits. Genetics are a construct of many, many generations, including ones with lesser or more diluted genes that are still present. You also have to keep in mind that life force is akin to stamina, and closely linked to it, but not entirely the whole cake. It's also intrinsically tied to your magical ability- something inherently supernatural. It's an almost uncontrollable force.

It'd be more accurate to say that with a mix of intense training, the right genes and a much higher-than-average magical affinity, you'd have a shot at wielding two constructs and an exceedingly rare chance at 3. This isn't something you can achieve via simple aggressive breeding. While it could be that his parents were very abusive and tried their best to get this as a result, and be delusional enough to think it works, I wouldn't count on it working with any certainty. It'd give him enough reason to flee, but I don't feel comfortable in using it as a justification for why we have a multi-construct user running around.

It also seems like a weird goal in general to set, because the ability to wield two, while extraordinary, is not exactly a world-shaking event by itself. It wouldn't suddenly make them some kind of messiah, and the person in question would still need to have two constructs willing to follow them. While people like this would obviously be valued in peace-keeping scenarios, there's very little utility it would give outside of that. It's more akin to an abusive parent who never got the chance to be the best pianist in the world specifically raising their child to be just that. Just having lots of kids doesn't make for the best pianist though, you have to nurture it carefully and methodically with purpose.

[Lugubrious]

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It's pretty common etiquette, my man. I've never ran into a situation before where someone just casually drops 3 NPC's on a GM without asking. I also said "no more than two characters" per person- I didn't want people creating more populace in my world than I could be reasonably asked to handle.

Either way, removing the last paragraph doesn't really get rid of the crux of the issue. The backstory is still implied as having a lot of them flee together. I should apologise again, though, because there's a few more issues I failed to touch upon in my last review because I was taken aback by the suddenness of the issue I described above.

@Ammokkx

I wasn't planning to play them or even really have them involved, just off in the background somewhere. I do apologize for overreaching in that regard, and I'm sorry that the issue was so severe as to take you aback. Had I known what I was doing was such an affront, I never would have done so. In addition to removing the last paragraph I have edited the backstory so that they separate not long after fleeing.

Firstly, the name "hugh" isn't all that commonly Japanese. Is he someone born in the American area, fled by boat and transferring? Because that would make an amount of sense, as long as you could also justify him knowing the language. Ayesha gets away with it because she was named by a hermit and doesn't even have a last name, and the constructs get away with it even more because they're not humans. Speaking of which, you're also missing a last name.

The name is 'Hugo', which is at least formed of syllables that exist in Japanese. I'd reason that somewhat crazed, supremacist characters might choose names for their kids that set them apart, and also that a kid who explicitly wants to get away from his family might disavow his last name, but I can certainly add one in, and if you do really want a normal Japanese name, I can do that too.

And I'm also going to go more in-depth as to why I'm not accepting the genetics idea. Simply put, genetics are not an absolute given. While it's possible to have a controlling set of parents who might have those traits, it doesn't necessarily grant their children the same. Even if we ignore how incredibly unlikely it is that two people being able to handle multiple constructs meeting and breeding is, their offspring would have no guarantee of being able to hold the same traits. Genetics are a construct of many, many generations, including ones with lesser or more diluted genes that are still present. You also have to keep in mind that life force is akin to stamina, and closely linked to it, but not entirely the whole cake. It's also intrinsically tied to your magical ability- something inherently supernatural. It's an almost uncontrollable force.

It'd be more accurate to say that with a mix of intense training, the right genes and a much higher-than-average magical affinity, you'd have a shot at wielding two constructs and an exceedingly rare chance at 3. This isn't something you can achieve via simple aggressive breeding. While it could be that his parents were very abusive and tried their best to get this as a result, and be delusional enough to think it works, I wouldn't count on it working with any certainty. It'd give him enough reason to flee, but I don't feel comfortable in using it as a justification for why we have a multi-construct user running around.

It also seems like a weird goal in general to set, because the ability to wield two, while extraordinary, is not exactly a world-shaking event by itself. It wouldn't suddenly make them some kind of messiah, and the person in question would still need to have two constructs willing to follow them. While people like this would obviously be valued in peace-keeping scenarios, there's very little utility it would give outside of that. It's more akin to an abusive parent who never got the chance to be the best pianist in the world specifically raising their child to be just that. Just having lots of kids doesn't make for the best pianist though, you have to nurture it carefully and methodically with purpose.

I'll admit that I overreached in the multi-constructs thing. I knew that it was supposed to be an extraordinary phenomenon, but I hadn't quite comprehended the degree. I can strike the whole thing from the record. Are those all the issues you have?

[Ammokkx]

The name is 'Hugo', which is at least formed of syllables that exist in Japanese. I'd reason that somewhat crazed, supremacist characters might choose names for their kids that set them apart, and also that a kid who explicitly wants to get away from his family might disavow his last name, but I can certainly add one in, and if you do really want a normal Japanese name, I can do that too.

@Lugubrious

alright so

I admit my wording was super fucky on this one because I'm writing at midnight and my brain is running out of juice. What I meant to say is that it's not a very common name. Even then, the syllables you're describing are "Hi" "Yu" and "Go" since "Hu" is actually more a "Hyu," a mix of the "Hi" and "Yu" sounds. "Hu" does not quite exist on its own in ye olde nihongo. It's "fu". If I want to be anal about it, technically his name should be "Hyugo" and I think a general "Yugo" works much better in that regard, but I'm not going to be on your ass about it. The lack of a surname + the fact he fled made me think of a westener, though. It was just unclear in that regard, I'm fine wit the name.

I'll admit that I overreached in the multi-constructs thing. I knew that it was supposed to be an extraordinary phenomenon, but I hadn't quite comprehended the degree. I can strike the whole thing from the record. Are those all the issues you have?

@Lugubrious

Yeah, pretty much. Sorry for being on your ass about it; there's just certain factors I'm much more hesitant on allowing you guys to play around with than others.

[Lugubrious]

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alright so

I admit my wording was super fucky on this one because I'm writing at midnight and my brain is running out of juice. What I meant to say is that it's not a very common name. Even then, the syllables you're describing are "Hi" "Yu" and "Go" since "Hu" is actually more a "Hyu," a mix of the "Hi" and "Yu" sounds. "Hu" does not quite exist on its own in ye olde nihongo. It's "fu". If I want to be anal about it, technically his name should be "Hyugo" and I think a general "Yugo" works much better in that regard, but I'm not going to be on your ass about it. The lack of a surname + the fact he fled made me think of a westener, though. It was just unclear in that regard, I'm fine wit the name.

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Yeah, pretty much. Sorry for being on your ass about it; there's just certain factors I'm much more hesitant on allowing you guys to play around with than others.

@Ammokkx

No worries. I knew it was unconventional going in, and actually that if I wanted to get a real name with as close a pronunciation as possible that I should go with 'Yugo', and that 'Hugo' with Japanese pronunciation -to my understanding- would be more like 'hoogo'. Anyway, since things are fine, I'll go ahead and put the modified sheet along with Hume's into the Characters tab.

[Ammokkx]

alright with that situation out of the way I'm gonna go zonk out now. I was going to drop an update of some kind today of what I'd be doing, but it fell flat because I got sidetracked with a million other things. I'll tell y'all the deets tomorrow(or, technically, later today) if I don't forget again.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Ammokkx

Alright welp, made the edits. Hopefully this explains things much clearer. If not, well then I dunno what to say other than RIP me, time to go come up with something else a bit simpler.

Noise Birb's abilities

Abilities:
Shockwave Blasts - Aside from her acrobatic prowess and agility, Nehla possess the ability to generate destructive blasts of force. This can manifest a number of ways, either physically striking something to deliver a close range blast of force, or at a range by building up force within her wings and sending a devastating blast over a large radius. Even the smallest of her movements can generate enough force to shatter and crumble steel, only needing to amplify the force generated by the wave.

Such blasts deals considerable amount of concussive force to whatever hits it. At maximum power such force can even decimate buildings and crumble even the strongest of objects, and shake the very earth itself. As long as there is a medium for the force to move through and a starting point from her body, she can use her ability.

Generally speaking, the force can't be easily directed. Once loosed, it travels outward in all directions until the wave runs out of energy, destroying everything in its wake. The only limiting factor on the size, is obviously the energy required to pull something on such a large scale off.

[Ammokkx]

@Ammokkx

Alright welp, made the edits. Hopefully this explains things much clearer. If not, well then I dunno what to say other than RIP me, time to go come up with something else a bit simpler.

Noise Birb's abilities

Abilities:
Shockwave Blasts - Aside from her acrobatic prowess and agility, Nehla possess the ability to generate destructive blasts of force. This can manifest a number of ways, either physically striking something to deliver a close range blast of force, or at a range by building up force within her wings and sending a devastating blast over a large radius. Even the smallest of her movements can generate enough force to shatter and crumble steel, only needing to amplify the force generated by the wave.

Such blasts deals considerable amount of concussive force to whatever hits it. At maximum power such force can even decimate buildings and crumble even the strongest of objects, and shake the very earth itself. As long as there is a medium for the force to move through and a starting point from her body, she can use her ability.

Generally speaking, the force can't be easily directed. Once loosed, it travels outward in all directions until the wave runs out of energy, destroying everything in its wake. The only limiting factor on the size, is obviously the energy required to pull something on such a large scale off.

@Rune_Alchemist

This all looks fine to me. I'd say you even went into more detail than needed, though that's not really a bad thing. Consider your duo accepted now.

Anyway, @Rabidporcupine@BurningCold, you two are the last ones I know of that wanted to get a sheet out. I don't really want to wait too long, though, so I'm going to say y'all have about 3 days from when this goes up to get those finished for review if you're still intent on that.

For everyone else, I'll try to get the RP started within a similar timeframe. Admittedly, despite my abundant free time, stuff's still been just a mite hard to keep up with, so I might not be done right away. I'll still do my best to throw all you into the thicket of things sooner rather than later, though. Mostly just need to go asset hunting for now so I don't have to magically conjure up characters about 10 minutes before they show up in the story proper -w-

[ERode]

Damn, coulda made Adamas a motorcycle instead.

[Rabidporcupine]

Sorry about taking so long for my character, I was working on a post, but had to take a break for a few days due to being sick enough that I think I might literally have thrown up my appendix. Don't ask how, because I don't know.

Anyway, I have a very important question. Say my construct was a shapeshifting scarf that can morph into a katana or a humanoid costume form for the cool magical boy-esque transformation scenes. Aside from 'edgy weebs wet dream', what do you think would be most accurate to put in for type? Like, do you think he would fit better as an Abomination, some other kind like Costume? Or just Scarf, maybe. Just having a bit of trouble figuring out what would be most suitable.

[Ammokkx]

Sorry about taking so long for my character, I was working on a post, but had to take a break for a few days due to being sick enough that I think I might literally have thrown up my appendix. Don't ask how, because I don't know.

Anyway, I have a very important question. Say my construct was a shapeshifting scarf that can morph into a katana or a humanoid costume form for the cool magical boy-esque transformation scenes. Aside from 'weebs wet dream', what do you think would be most accurate to put in for type? Like, do you think he would fit better as an Abomination, some other kind like Costume? Or just Scarf, maybe. Just having a bit of trouble figuring out what would be most suitable.

@Rabidporcupine

"Living object" maybe? Iunno dude, just use an adjective that describes it.

[Rabidporcupine]

@Ammokkx
Probably a bad idea to give an idiot like me so much freedom, but hey, as long as you don't regret it...

[Rabidporcupine]

Alright, here I am swooping in at the last possible second with my two brand new original characters, Shyboy and Edge! Let me know how much they suck, and if that much is too much.

Igarashi Renzo

Name:
Igarashi Renzo

Age:
17

Appearance:


Personality:
Shy and nervous. Two concepts that pretty much define Ren's entire existence. All in all, he thinks he's kind of useless, and prefers to stay as far away from being the center of attention as physically possible. He doesn't even really believe in his own abilities all that much, and the idea that others might depend on him is something that terrifies him to his core. However, he also knows that as someone who actually does have some level of power, he has to at least try, even if he thinks he'll fail to make a difference.

Background:
Ren has had a fairly ordinary life given the current state of the world. Never knowing his parents, Ren grew up in an orphanage surrounded along with over fifty other children, and while some may find this quite a healthy place to grow up, others know one of the defining facts of life to a young person who has fallen behind in some way.

Children are cruel.

For Ren, who was visibly shorter than most of the others, this couldn't have been clearer. Between the ages of four and fifteen, he was molded by bullying and teasing, becoming a ball of nerves and self-doubt. Sure, the caretakers did what they could to prevent it, and there were plenty of kids who tried to stick up for him, but the bullies always seemed to find a way around these obstacles, getting him where they couldn't see. Eventually, this did mellow out, as his tormentors finally matured enough to realize how needlessly cruel they were being and left him alone. Some even apologized to him. It didn't matter though, the damage had been done. He already had little to no faith in himself. Even if the bullying had stopped, the mere fact that he had never been able to stand up for himself when it took place only proved that what they had said was true. He was weak. Too weak to do anything, for himself or for others. All he could do was drift through life and wait for the next reminder of his own uselessness.

And then, on his seventeenth birthday, he received a package from with no clue as to who sent it. Inside was a black scarf with a red pattern that, if stared at in a certain way, almost seemed to move.

And speak.

The scarf spoke to him.

It asked him his name, and he told it. It introduced itself as Diz, and asked him to put it on, thus forming a contract between them. Ren took a glance around the room and noticed that quite a few of the other orphans were staring at him. After a moment of thought, he realized that he'd finally gone insane from the nerves, and deciding that he was probably in for a new wave of torment anyway, decided to just go along with it and put the scarf on. Almost immediately, he felt a surge of... something. For a moment, Diz rippled, and almost seemed to grow, before finally returning to it's old form.

And that was how Igarashi Renzo first met Dizarach, which would simultaneously go down in his memories as the best and worst day of his life.

Magic:
Ren has a limited control over air and wind. It usually isn't particularly powerful, mostly being used to build upon his own mobility and give him a boost to his speed and agility. However, when paired with Diz, it can also be used to create limited blasts of concentrated wind, although at this point, this wind is hardly strong enough to blow out a candle, let alone do any damage.

Diz

Name:
Dizarach

Type:
Fibrous

Appearance:
Default Form:


Sword Form:


Humanoid Form:


Personality:
Diz is kind of an ass, actually. Lazy, yet still fairly outgoing, and a hedonist to the core. Wants to enjoy life to the fullest, but as his humanoid form takes too much energy, this usually means trying to convince Ren to do everything he wishes he could do, and then absorb what he can through Ren's life force.

However, he does care about Ren's well being too, and even if it is in large part due to his own boredom, Diz also pushes the boy to break out of his shell for his own good. He is the kind of person who will loudly insult anyone he doesn't like, and tease the people he does. In the end though, he will also be very protective of the ones he cares about, making it clear that only he can tease them. Not that he'd admit to caring about them, of course. He'd figure out some excuse to make sure they know he doesn't, and anyone who thinks he does is stupid.

He doesn't understand why people call him edgy.

Core:
Flexibility

Background:
Diz is quite young compared to many constructs, having only been created a little under eighteen years ago by a man who wanted wealth and power. The man was weak, too weak to achieve much of anything, but he knew he had to find some way to gain these things. After all, he had a son on the way, and there was no way he could provide for himself, his wife and an infant as poor as they were now. The only thing he could do was use the knowledge he had gathered over the last ten years to make a construct of his own, which would help him achieve his goals through whatever means necessary.

Despite what the man had expected, he wound up with a scarf. However, this scarf turned out to be exactly what he needed, as it quickly proved to be capable of altering it's forms to better fulfill their shared ambitions. Despite his initial plans to use his construct to make money through... less than lawful means... he quickly realised that, with Diz's versatility, he could perform any number of different tasks. Over the next few months, he took on various odd jobs, experimenting with the different forms Diz could take to optimize each one. Despite how bleak the situation had looked before, it seemed like things were actually looking up.

And then his wife died during childbirth.

The man was devastated. While his son had survived the ordeal, he could barely bring himself to look at the infant, only being reminded of his wife when he tried. Eventually, he made a choice he would never truly stop regretting, and brought the boy to an orphanage. His reasons weren't entirely selfish. He would never have been able to take care of the child on his own, especially while working. Then, he could send the money he didn't need to survive to an account that the child could access when he turned eighteen.

Eventually, his path led him to take on one of the most dangerous, but well paying jobs he could, becoming a hunter of renegade constructs. He held this position for fifteen years, until he was fatally injured by a construct taking the form of a great white wolf. In the end, the wolf escaped, and he was brought back to Yoake on the verge of death. Knowing that he wouldn't make it much longer, he asked his companions to have his construct sent to his son, knowing that even if the boy didn't use him to become a hunter, it would still help him get through life, as well as give the construct a safe host. After a surprisingly heartfelt goodbye from the construct, he was taken away and mailed to Shinchi in his scarf form.

A couple of weeks later, the construct saw light again for the first time in a while, only for it to be blocked out by the most nervous looking human he'd ever witnessed, after a brief conversation where he seemed to accidentally convince the boy he was insane, the boy put him on, thus forging the contract.

And while the day would go down as one of the worst decisions of the boys young life, the construct knew that it was only the first of many.

And he had a front row seat to all of it...

Abilities:
ALong with his shapeshifting abilities, Diz can absorb threads from other fabric objects to increase his own size. Other than these, he doesn't really have any powers. While he will generally stick to his scarf, sword or humanoid forms, he can actually take on any number of forms to fit the situation, as long as he has enough thread to reach that size and shape.

[ERode]

Out of curiousity, what happens to the scarf if it becomes a bomb?

[Rabidporcupine]

@ERode
I can't see that happening unless something else somehow makes him one. It's not like he has gunpowder or any other kind of explosive elements. Also, he's pretty durable, so it probably wouldn't work even if he was wrapped around gunpowder. But... if for whatever reason he was turned into a bomb and it did explode him, he'd probably just turn back to dead fabric.