[OOC] |- Little Solace: Chapter One: Black Frost -|

[Sonnenschein]

Life up to this point has been good- or at least as well as it can be in the small town of Little Solace that had less than 3000 citizens to its name. It's a closed off mountain town, and only accessible by train that goes through the mountain tunnel. So how did you end up here? You don't seem to remember anything but your name and who you are. You know nothing about the events that have happened or how you saved the world from a great evil that befell Little Solace several months before you woke up from your deep sleep. The answer to that is really quite simple.

You're cursed- or blessed depending on how you look at it. You were given powers at a young age from making a bond with a Celestial creature that feeds off of your life-force. When the dark mage decided to create the evil creatures with his dark powers, you fought valiantly to defend your home from his creatures so that no one else was killed or hurt by them- knowing you were more or less siphoning your life away slowly to do so. When his magic became too great, the Celestials fought by your side- fusing their remaining power with your own. The result? The end of the dark mage as everyone knew him.

The saving of the world came at a great cost to the heroes themselves. They were left unconscious, wounded, and near death. The result of their fusion with their Celestial familiars was the only reason that they remained amongst the living, and the townspeople mourned the loss of their saviors. As time went on, they feared that they'd never awaken, but here YOU are. When you come to, they tell you tales of heroism and valor- of which you remember nothing about. You try to go about your life as an ordinary citizen, but there's something strange about this town. You just can't seem to put your finger on it.

You're given a free room in the boarding house on the edge of town, and given a job that caters to your skills as you try your hardest to fit in with the rest of the shaken town of Little Solace, but can a cursed being truly fit in with the mundane people for long?

Waking Up in Little Solace

You've been in a coma for a little over two months. When you come to, you remember very little. Perhaps your own name if nothing else. You just know that you're in a lot of pain, and there seems to be a burning reason for you to remain in this small town where the townsfolk seem to look at you with love and admiration. A letter sits on the table near the bed. It reads:

Dear __,

Thank you for your sacrifice and courage. There's little we can do to repay your kindness, but I hope when you awaken from whatever afflicts you, you'll allow us to grant you a studio of your own and a job that benefits your skills. We hope you recover quickly and continue to look out for us.

Rent free? It seems suspicious, but it's not like you really have room to complain.

Rules

➽➽➽ Our characters are essentially demi-humans that were gifted powers from Celestials. Please try to keep the powers unique and different enough from one another.
➽➽➽ Treat everyone how you wish to be treated- with respect and courtesy.
➽➽➽ This roleplay is somewhat based on the Harvest Moon/Rune Factory/Stardew Valley games. However, no knowledge of any of these games is necessary at all.
➽➽➽ I would like the pictures for this roleplay to be art, anime, illustrations, or semi realistic drawn art. I prefer high quality pictures over those that are too small or too blurry.
➽➽➽ All characters MUST be at least eighteen. There are no exceptions. This is to ensure an element of realism in the roleplay.
➽➽➽ No flowerpot characters. Please create characters that have a backbone and a story that fits the plot.
➽➽➽ This is a group effort. Everyone comes up with plot twists and ideas to further the story together.

Character Sheet

「 Your character's image here 」

「 ❤ (insert something your character would say here) 」

➽➽➽ Name- (first name, last name)
➽➽➽ Age- (please keep your character between the ages of 18 and 35)
➽➽➽ Alias- (should they have something else they'd rather be called)
➽➽➽ Sex/Gender-
➽➽➽ Sexual Orientation-
➽➽➽ Occupation-
➽➽➽ Birthday- (like in HM/RF/SV, there will be four seasons with thirty days apiece. So, your birthday should be something like Fall 1.)

➽➽➽ Abilities-
➽➽➽ Weaknesses-

➽➽➽ Loved Gifts- (either specific items or just general categories of things that your character would absolutely love if someone gave to them.)
➽➽➽ Liked Gifts- (specific items or general categories of things that your character likes).
➽➽➽ Disliked Gifts- (specific items or general categories of things that make your character go "meh").
➽➽➽ Hated Gifts- (specific items or general categories of things that your character hates).

➽➽➽ Personality-
Positive Trait 1 | Positive Two | Positive 3 | Negative Trait 1 | Negative 2 | Negative 3 |

Please have a small paragraph about their personality as well just to describe them a bit better.

➽➽➽ History- (Please have one solid paragraph about the history of your character.)

➽➽➽ Miscellaneous/Trivia-

[KatKook]

I'm interested! I'll make a sheet as soon as possible!

Edit: I was also thinking about making my character an oni, though they'd look more like a human with horns.

[Sonnenschein]

Well, they're not demons or anything. They're more like mutants or demi-humans. I'm not opposed to them having mutations that are physical like horns or different colored skin, though if that's what you're going for.

[KatKook]

@Sonnenschein

That is exactly what I'm going for, thank you!

[JrVader]

Can I join?

[Sonnenschein]

I dont see why not.

[Skwint]

How crazy can someone get with their powers? Are there certain kinds that are off-limits?

[Sonnenschein]

Did you have something in mind?

[Skwint]

Not yet. Not until I know what parameters I'm working with.

[Sonnenschein]

I dont want anything too crazy or groundbreaking. At least make it reasonable with the abilities.

[Bambluezled]

This speaks to me so much! I've made so many characters in the past based off of supernatural stuff, and I might be able to tweak one of them for a story like this! It sounds like a lot of fun.

[Sonnenschein]

do the thinggggg.

[JrVader]

A character I am submitting for consideration

Deryk

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「 ❤ (Trust me, my heterochromia is the least amazing thing about me...) 」

➽➽➽ Name- Deryk Eti
➽➽➽ Age- 21
➽➽➽ Alias- In the war, he went by "Two Eyes"
➽➽➽ Sex/Gender- Male
➽➽➽ Sexual Orientation- Straight
➽➽➽ Occupation- Martial Arts Teacher
➽➽➽ Birthday- Spring 11
➽➽➽ Abilities- Afluent in the martial arts known as Capoeira. Capoeira itself looks like a dance, with acrobatics and perfectly times strikes (Note: youtu.be/7qNs_pOc-Ek The man wearing the yellow and black pants in the first fight is using the Capoeria fighting style).
➽➽➽ Weaknesses- He has no ranged abilities to speak of. He cannot use a bow and does not know any magic.

➽➽➽ Loved Gifts- Ramen, melee weapons, compliments, and coins (he loves to collect coins)
➽➽➽ Liked Gifts- Salty foods, throwing knives, books, and flowers (especially blue ones)
➽➽➽ Disliked Gifts- Cake, ranged weapons, cards, and "junk"
➽➽➽ Hated Gifts- Spicy foods, Bows, and useless items

➽➽➽ Personality-
Affable | Adventurous | Trusting | Self-loathing | Resentful (only to some) | Critical |

Deryk has always been one for the people. He helps others, teaches others how to fight, and helps people build. That being said, some people may find his teaching methods to be, well, interesting. He is super critical when he teaches, but he never does it to bring down someone's self esteem. He is critical to help build them. When he says a criticism, he always shares steps to improve.

Interestingly enough, he has heterochromnia, meaning that he has two different colored eyes. He does not remember how he got them. Most likely he was born like it or it was apart of his blessing/curse.

➽➽➽ History-
Deryk, born Derician Eti, was a child of travelers. For his early life, he was apart of a caravan. One day, when he was about seven years old, he went into some wooded area to go retrieve a ball he threw too far. He never found his caravan again. Instead, he stumbled onto an old monastery, inhabited by monks who spoke a different language. They realized that Derician was a lost soul, so they took him into their monastic order. Slowly, but surely, he learned their language and became a fully fledged monk.

Trust me, that sounds less cool than it actually was. All the Monks his age looked down on him and outright bullied him for being a traveler and an outsider. At age ten, when he became a monk, he duties were limited to meditating (which all monks did) and cleaning. Though at age thirteen, he discovered a hidden stash of books. these tomes were old and dusty, but were still legible. The books, in detail, showed the reader an old, forgotten style of martial arts, Capoeira. This martial art differed from the one taught in the monastery, one called Hung Ga. Hung Ga focused on hand to hand combat and punches. Capoeria was more centered around acrobatics, kicks, and manipulation of kinetic energy. Under the guise that he was "learning to dance", Derician learned Capoeira.

At sixteen, Derician enrolled himself into a martial arts championship. The winner would be labeled the champion of the monastery. Needless to say, he won. This forced the monastery to accept him as who he was. It was shortly after the championship that Deryk got news that the lands were under assault by demonic forces. Knowing that he could not sit comfortably in the monastery while others were fighting in the name of the kingdom, he enrolled into the army.

He quickly gained infamy as a skilled battle master. In underground fight pits, where soldiers went to have some fun and bet their earnings away, Derician was the undisputed master of the ring. They gave him the nickname Deryk, or ruler. One fateful night, a cloaked figure came into the ring and asked to fight Deryk. It was a close match, but Deryk finally won. The cloaked figure revealed (only to Deryk) as Orphea, a celestial. She asked to make a bond with Deryk, so that they could finally drive back the demons. Deryk agreed. And, well, the rest is history.

[morbidity]

I'm interested ♡

[Sonnenschein]

@JrVader so he doesn't have any super powers?
@Morbidity I look forward to your character, my dear~

[KatKook]

Airi

_{A little different than expected}

_______________________________________________ Airi "Oniri" Okada | Lesbian | Fall 23 | #F5615C ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Twenty-six | Female ♀ | 5'11 | 152 lbs ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ + Reliable | Passionate | Loyal | Humility ⊹ Poor Planning/judgement (This can go either way) - Indecisive | Quiet | Intimidating ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ α p p є α r α n c є ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Airi is a person not afraid to stand tall yet soft-spoken when spoke to. A person who's standards have fluctuated from the highest to the lowest to the point where she sees everyone as equal at this point. As a growing swords-woman, she never cared for her appearance but how she trained. This meant she was quite athletic especially for being the only daughter amongst 7 brothers. She never wore make-up she was natural and naturally was a beauty without doing much, maybe those with a type for athletic women may like her. Growing with her heritage, she likes wearing traditional clothing when appropriate but would often be seen wearing quite fashionable clothing, but more on the Japanese everyday fashion side of things. This is the way she thinks she'll fit in and have her to be more approachable, but being quite intimidating and along with her horns, it never seems to work so well. ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧

s k í l l s & w є α k n є s s є s ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Strengths ➣➣➣ Demonic Speed ; Her speed comes second to none, blink and you'll miss her. Paired with her blade and wit, she often only uses her insurmountable speed when in combat or when fooling around. This was a gift that was simply amplified to the highest by a celestial, it is because of this speed that she is revered to as an Oni. ➣➣➣ The Silver Star ; A woman known for her skill with the blade, the name "Silver Star" was given to her after she became the greatest swords-woman in the town. Her speed along with this skill made her so fast that she was given a lot of nicknames, but the Silver Star was what stuck the most. ➣➣➣ Akuma Reflex ; This is basically just heightened reflexes, but it is only amplified during combat, in everyday life, it doesn't seem to show very well. ➣➣➣ Itamae 板前 ; Airi is a really really good cook. What? You thought it was all going to be serious? Being a cook is more of a secondary thing since she is a swords-woman. Her skill with the blade, is equal to her skill with her knife. She's methodical and delicate with her cooking, which is why the food she makes tastes so good. Weaknesses ➣➣➣ She is extremely indecisive, unless it is in combat, but sometimes she ends up not taking down those that need to be taken down. Her indecisiveness was what made some of her attempts in whatever she was doing fail. ➣➣➣ She gets easily confused pretty often, often staring into space during a conversation because she was trying to understand clearly what the person had just said. She's very wise, but it sometimes does not become clear to the other people because of her confusion. ➣➣➣ Insomniac; Airi forgets to sleep sometimes, the only few times she is guaranteed to sleep is if she is excited for what happens after she sleeps or if she is extremely fatigued. ➣➣➣ She is extremely scared of spiders; she once threw her sword at a daddy long legs while she was meditating. g í f t p r є f є r є n c є s ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ✧ Loved Gifts ♥ Liked Gifts ♠ Disliked Gifts ♦ Hated Gifts ✧ Cooking stuff, Handwritten things, musical instruments, spicy foods, rice, bladed weapons ♥ Arrows (She's learning how to use a bow), Books, Music Disks, chocolate, strong alcohol, Anything that resembles stars, ♠ puzzles, pineapple, rodents/gerbils, heels, blunt things. ♦ Hats (don't give someone with horns a hat), Sour things, anything that resembles spiders (yes, specifically those hairclips), scented candles, glasses, weak alcohol t r í v í α ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ➣➣➣ Hella scared of spiders. ➣➣➣ I wasn't able to find a picture that matched her description with the horns, but she had oni horns, they look like this: horns ➣➣➣ Really athletic, she's got abs which is pretty cool. ➣➣➣ An excellent cook. ➣➣➣ Struggles with Insomnia. ➣➣➣ She thinks that handwritten things are the best things a person can receive that comes from the heart. ➣➣➣ Loves rice way too much. ➣➣➣ Has named her blade "Okita" for some reason. ➣➣➣ Easily confused, like most optical illusions hurt her brain. ➣➣➣ Would rather die than wear heels; okay maybe not but she really doesn't like wearing heels. ➣➣➣ Give her a hat, and she will hate you forever. в í σ g r α p h ч ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Lookie here Before the dark mage. Airi is the eldest of 8 children and the only girl as well. Her father was a known warrior, one who was referred to as 'The blade saint.', and her mother was just a common woman with a big heart who cared for everyone. A weird dynamic of parents lead to Airi's care for everyone and skill with the blade. Such a dynamic was also shown on all of their children but not as prominent compared to Airi which is why she was chosen by a celestial to bond with. Speed had always been her strength, but it was amplified by the celestial to the point where nothing could beat it. The celestial that had bonded with her was something that she could relate with and bond easily with, it was like they were one and the same. With the stories her parents had told her and her siblings, it made celestials sound so mischievous and evil, but it was not the case for this one bonded with her, was she lied to? As she pondered in her thoughts on her way back from school, she had spotted a man on a ladder, painting the top of his store on the other side of the street, she knew this man, she bought a lot of things from this man's store. A young man came barrelling down the sidewalk in his bicycle, hitting the ladder and causing it to fall along with the man on top of it. In a flash she was stood right under the man who was falling, catching him in her arms but falling down as soon as she did since she could not handle the force of the fall as well as she thought, that's her poor judgement for you. This caused her arms to bruise but the man and Airi exchanged thanks since she was able to soften his fall. She came home with a lot of thank you gifts from his store that day to bring home to her mother. When the dark mage came, it was like the world plunged into darkness, her father and brothers who also trained under her rather prepared for battle. Airi was tasked to protect her mother, but the celestial had told her, in order to save the world, it was her that had to fight. It was there, Airi gripped her blade which was on her waste and turned to her mother, she told her mother everything and was told her that she was willing to risk her life as well. Her mother was proud of her but was scared for at the same time, it was also there where her small horns sprouted from her head, and her mother was surprised but this lead to her letting Airi to go fight, with her last words to Airi being "Go my oni, be our saviour." Airi then left, heading straight for the dark mage with no expectation to live. After waking up. When Airi awoke, she was greeted by the different room and a burning headache. Her body was sore and her sword leaned on the foot of the bed, it looked like it was in bad condition so it looked like it won't be of much use until she gets it repaired. The first thing she did was look at the mirror to see if something in her face was missing, but it would that something was added instead of missing. Her horns had grown much larger, but something was missing, and that was her the most of her memories. She only remembered the voice of her mother and her skill with her blade that was pretty much it. After awhile, she got her blade fixed and a job as a cook, and a part time job as a sword instructor. She has also realised her powers of speed had grown exponentially, to the point where she could tidy up her room in mere a blink of an eye. She knows very little at this point, she doesn't even if know that her family is no longer alive, nor do they even exist, but her name and her skills should be enough for her for now. She hopes to figure everything out soon.

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[JrVader]

@Sonnenschein Kinda. The Celestial gave him enhanced perception, speed, and cognitive speed. Sorry, I completely forgot to give him that

[Nyxira]

Very interested in this rp, if it's still open for joining.

[Sonnenschein]

It is still open

[JrVader]

@Sonnenschein is my character accepted?