[OOC] A Certain Scientific Apocrypha

To aru Kagaku no Geten

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AGENDA

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<sub>Posting Expectations: Casual - Advanced
Genre(s): Fantasy, Action Fiction, Sci-fi, Fandom, Anime

Server: TBA

Players: 18</sub>

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ESTABLISHMENT

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Kaigunsaka Academy, the forerunner of project HYBRID is accredited as Academy City's most recommended power curriculum program institute for hybrids in Japan and the world. Situated in the bustling School District 7, where everything happens, this school is perceived with ancestral prejudice, stereotypes, conspiracy theories, strict adherence to schedule, and hybridization programs; true to its reputation. Beneath its promising image, Kaigunsaka hosts GROUP, established the Board Chairman and former #1 Level 5, Accelerator, this information is obscured from the public. The school is privileged to be Accelerator's private task force and propaganda against the Dark Side of Academy City.

The School Uniform takes after the monotony of Accelerator's clothing, white-grey gakuran for boys and white coat seifuku for girls; these uniforms are engineered to be impervious to stain and tear-resistant. Students are free to customize their uniforms, the badge of the school is printed and inspired by the v-striped symbols of Accelerator's former outfit in his youth. In summer, the school uniforms are the conventional shortened versions and during Blacklist Missions, students are restricted from wearing their school attire and may wear casual clothing to be discreet.

The majority enrolled in Kaigunsaka are those who are conscious of the dark world; victims of Academy City's Dark Side and have guaranteed potential for hybridization. Proper orientation is also briefed about the assignments they are to partake, as there is just one-way street to accomplish them. Highly tailored to never sold out their compatriots, under missions, students are addressed as GROUP to cleanse the Dark Side.

CORE

This is a theoretical roleplay set within Accelerator's reign as the Board Chairman of Academy City, a continuum where hybridization of Espers and Magicians continuously flourish.

The Playerbase will be equipped with characters strongly possessing qualities for hybridization or are already hybrids from the power curriculum. The edginess is strong as they are the candles of light that walk in the shadows of Academy City, apprehending the Dark Side.

Esper

They are Artificial Gemstones who got their power straight out from the Power Curriculum Program, with the use of their Personal Reality — they internally influence reality as their own, bringing forth abilities requiring calculations.

Magician

Through the use of the belief system, Idol Theory; they influence reality, outward. TL;DR, #f@ck_logic.

Gemstone

The most complex beings that are natural Espers whose abilities are unnatural, they can utilize magic with no consequences.

Hybrid

Considered to be prejudiced geniuses, Hybrids are Espers or Magicians who have developed the use of their differing powerset but with initially high consequences.

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EXPECTATIONS

Spoiled: All of you have been warned and have agreed about the roleplay being full of spoilers. Do me, yourselves and everyone a favor and find reliable resources than bitch about being spoiled as this RP is heavy in Light Novel citations.

I am willing to help you out, nevertheless.

I am Indra: As you get to know me, I'm one zany person who can be borderline creepy and I'm just that eccentrically cool degenerate yo!

Civility and Fictional Civility: My #0 rule is to respect each other and opinions, do not ever open sensitive topics that often lead to baiting each other onto toxic needless discussions. This extends to fictional characters and fandom, don't ever lump it with IRL and if all of you are gonna bring up how triggered you are or just arguing for the sake of argument, I will give warning strikes. We rather have positive vibes than negative ones, don't be a dick to our crew nor discourage our applicants during your app stage, anything you say will be considered as an evaluation.

Hate-boners are toxic !

Don't take fictional characters too seriously too, they don't exist. We don't and I don't ever wanna argue why Sasuke is bad, why Vegeta is a prideful prick, why Endeavor cannot be redeemed, etc. Take your hate-boner somewhere else!

Communication: Be sure to cooperate and communicate. This is self-explanatory.

Characterization:
Your characters should be around 12-15 years old, this is Academy City we are talking about, we got kids who look like kids but with the mind of an adult. I expect your characters to be scarred and traumatized from the power curriculum program, pre-IC because it's not an easy task to earn an ability unless you're a Mage or Gemstone then you might as well feel the edgelordness.

Flow: IRL can be a bitch, we all know that. Expect a slow-pace from time to time. This also plays with communication.

Acceptance:
"The better the quality, the higher chances of acceptance."/Evaluation is made by my GM Staff and me. We call the shots on who gets evicted or in.

Useful Resources

The Wiki is your Bible
More about Esper and Magician
Hybrid

[Floch]

CS

[H3][b]Databook[/b][/H3]

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[sub][b]Name[/b][/sub]
[indent]For Japanese, Last, First but for Gaijin, the standard.[/indent]

[sub][b]Codename[/b][/sub]
[Indent]Latin with numbers for Magicians, Cliche Superhero Comic Book names for Espers.[/indent]

[sub][b]Root[/b][/sub]
[indent]Where do you come from?[/indent]

[sub][b]Physical Elaboration[/b][/sub]
[indent]What age, gender and how does your character look like?[/indent]

[H3][b]Legend[/b][/h3]

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[sub][b]Characterization[/b][/sub]
[indent]Show how's it in the IC, just give me word by bullet, traits about your character.[/indent]

[sub][b]Past[/b][/sub]
[indent]I don't wanna know much.
What I wanna know is your story from Power Curriculum Program and how did it affected you and why Kaigunsaka? Other than that feel free to express other stuff.[/indent]

[sub][b]Vision[/b][/sub]
[indent]What do you see for your character's conceptualized development?[/indent]

[H3][b]Competencies[/b][/H3]

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[sub][b]Ability/Magic[/b][/sub]
[indent]Your pick. Unless you are a Hybrid already.[/indent]

[sub][b]Mechanics[/b][/sub]
[indent]What does it do?[/indent]

The aforesaid facts can be edited in essay form if you are a Level 0 or Normie.

[sub][b]Other Talents and Traits[/b][/sub]
[indent]what[/indent]

P.S Black for Esper, Red for Magician, White for Gemstone, Gray for Normal peeps.

[Floch]

Save

[Floch]

NO

Level 5s, Saints, Imagine Breaker, World Rejector, Magic God and anything that eclipses those Level 0-4 peeps/Magicians/Hybrids.

NO

making yourselves related to canon characters excluding the Kihara.

[Stern Algorithm]

How many characters can I apply? As you probably know, I have two characters in mind, a Muslim magician, and a sound Esper, but for the sake of fairness, I will only apply with one if that is the character limit per player.

[Floch]

Do what you want.

discord.gg/n8nvEfX

[Floch]

Bump

[Stern Algorithm]

Here are my two character concepts:

Otonashi Shizuka

Databook on Otonashi Shizuka

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_Name

Otonashi Shizuka

_Codename

Cricket

_Root

Japanese

_{Physical Elaboration}

Shizuka has short green hair and green eyes behind thick glasses. Some say she looks a bit boyish. Shizuka is on the short side. Shizuka generally wears her uniform or more modest, old-fashioned clothing when she's outside. At home she typically wears sweatshirt and sweatpants (totally an otaku)

Legend

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_{Characterization}

Despite her ambition, Shizuka is actually kind of a coward and just wants to get along with everyone. She puts too much value on what other people think of her, giving her a desire to please others, which makes her susceptible to being bullied and exploited. She tries to find someone who she thinks will be nice to her and gives her attention to whoever she latches onto, becoming something of a lackey. She can come off as serious but is easily flustered. She is afraid that her love of computers will make people think she's an otaku (she really is).

_Past

Shizuka grew up as a low-level Esper in Academy City, having been sent there by her parents at a young age, along with her older brother. When her brother was in high school, and herself in elementary school, her brother started using the notorious Level Upper performance enhancing audio file. He shared it with Shizuka and both of them noticed a boost in their ability in using their Esper powers. When Kiyama Harumi, the creator of Level Upper used the Level Upper AIM network to hijack the powers of all the Espers using the network, both Shizuka and her brother went into a coma and after they were brought out of the coma by the Level Upper treatment program, they were apprehended as Level Upper users, in effect, they were branded as criminals. Due to her young age and due to having been influenced by her brother, Shizuka was acquitted, whereas her brother had to go through a long and arduous process to be released. He was also sent away from Academy City since he had lost his powers as a result of Level Upper.

Though Shizuka resents what Kiyama Harumi and Level Upper (and by extension, Academy City) did to her brother, the pressure, shame and powerlessness of being a low-level Esper combined with an insatiable curiosity for the level of power she had experienced when younger has pushed her to experiment on herself with synesthesia; as a manipulator of sound, she attempted over and over again to recreate and modify the original audio of Level Upper. It is perhaps this daring to break past her limits through unconventional (and potentially dangerous) means that has gained her acceptance to Kaigunsaka Academy.

_Vision

Ideally, Shizuka unlocks Level Upper and not only power trips pretty hard, but becomes helpful to those around her. She has never been popular or well-liked, so this could cause her to fall in with the wrong crowd who might try to prey on her desire to be useful in order exploit her ability. Either she'll meet people who appreciate her regardless of her ability or shy nature, or she goes down a dark and abusive path.

Competencies

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_Ability

Lonely Orchestra (獨單樂隊 - Tandoku Gakutai) (Acoustokinesis): Level 2 (Level 4 when under the influence of Level Upper)

_Mechanics

Detection and emission of audible and inaudible frequencies and amplitudes of sound. This includes being able to figure out the resonant frequencies of various objects and materials by listening to the sound it makes when struck, and imitating voices. Shizuka's ultimate goal is to recreate Level Upper for herself, which she calls, "Level Upper Private Server". This will push her to Level 4 when she is actively using Level Upper on herself. Depending on what the GM allows, this may be a buff to herself only, or an area-of-effect buff to all Espers within range of hearing her, which may or may not come with the advantages and disadvantages that having a small AIM field network brings. The details of how this particular skill manifests can be tweaked since Shizuka may not actually end up making an exact copy of the original audio.

_{Other Talents and Traits}

Skills:

• Wave Theory
• Perfect Pitch
• Harmonics
• Electrical engineering (hobby)
• Piezoelectric circuit design

Likes:

• Computers
• Video games
• "Cool" things like tokusatsu
• Classical Music
• Pure sounds (electronic tones), or natural sounds (waterfalls and thunder)

Dislikes:

• Noise, sudden noise (gunfire, screaming), the sound of too many people talking (crowds)
• Conflict, quarreling
• Being ignored
• Being asked about music
• Feeling exposed

Hamza Hazmat

Databook on Hamza Hazmat

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_Name

Hamza Hazmat

_Codename

Hasidin619

_Root

Syrian

_{Physical Elaboration}

Hamza has dark skin, dull, red eyes, and short, white hair that he puts no effort into maintaining. Hamza often wears a tired, expressionless visage; an impenetrable poker face to those who don't know him. Most of the time, he is seen wearing a loose, baggy t-shirt and similarly loose jeans, with slightly worn out tennis shoes. Hamza tends to pick comfort and familiarity, and likes how loose clothing obscures his physique. Hamza often keeps his hands in his pockets.

Legend

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_{Characterization}

Hamza is focused and cautious. Disciplined and serious, he acts older than his age. His mind is filled with memories of the oppression of his people, and to end it is his chief motivator. He is suspicious and distrustful, but is himself not a great schemer. Hamza has a tendency to fly into fits of rage when encountering an insurmountable obstacle, and will often unreasonably demand more from himself and his body in an attempt to overcome said obstacle. He trusts only in his own mind, and wishes his body and emotions could be a perfect vessel, a perfect slave for his mind, but the more he wishes this were so, the more he denies the control his needs and desires have over his psyche.

_Past

Hamza was born in war-torn Syria. Orphaned at a young age, he was picked up by a group of individuals whom he believed followed a deviant Muslim sect that dabbled in witchcraft. However, over time, he realized that mysticism had always been an integral part of Islam, no matter what the sheikhs and scholars wrote in their rulings. Over time, he learned that magic was not mutually exclusive from faith, and practiced both his religion and his mystical techniques. Of course, their intention was to train him as part of the next generation of Islamic mystics, but he often heard them lamenting the dominance of Christian magic, and the overwhelming power of science. He saw these two colonizing powers as the reason that Muslim lands were in such a bad state. Some of his teachers preached that this was simply their destiny, and part of Allah's plan, while others preached that this was a test from Allah to see who could rise to the occasion and take down the oppressors once and for all.

Hamza turned his ear towards those who sought to enact change, but kept his non-violent teachings close to heart, lest he turn to violent extremism. He heard out his elders and discussed strategies with them. He heard rumors about ancient Egyptian sites being desecrated by an individual, and signs pointed to Academy City, the Capitol of Science. Hamza infiltrated the city to find out as much as he could about the inner workings of the city, but soon the allure of Kaigunsaka, and the promise of hybrids drew Hamza towards the academy. After all, science had flourished during the Golden Age of Islam, ultimately leading to the European Renaissance, and by extension, the Industrial Revolution, so Hamza saw the unification of science, magic, and faith as his true calling.

_Vision

Hamza is a fish out of water, not only because he is a magician in a city of espers, but also because people in Japan generally only recognize Christian (or Christianity-derived) magic and Shinto magic. He strives to become a hybrid in the hopes of showing that magic and science are not incompatible, and by extension, that Islam and modernity are also not incompatible. He believes that the world is intolerant of his beliefs so learning that there are open-minded and compassionate people in the world from all walks of life will do a lot to help him open up.

Competencies

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_Magic

Islamic Mysticism, primarily relying on Hasad (The Evil Eye of Envy), the Khamsah (symbol of an eye in a hand to ward against the Evil Eye), Sihr (belomancy, ie. divination by arrows), and the earned title of Hafiz (Protector)

_Mechanics

• Hasad -
  Hamza can curse someone with the Evil Eye by looking at the target and coveting the target's abilities, talents, and/or possessions. The coveted 'thing' is weakened or diminished. Practicing the Evil Eye is considered a grave sin in Islam, so Hamza justifies its use by restricting himself to only using it in combat against assailants and not against civilians. For example, he could look at a billionaire and curse the billionaire's wealth to diminish, curse a healthy person to become sick, or curse someone's nice car to get damaged, but he doesn't. In combat, and in Academy City in particular, Hamza uses the Evil Eye on his enemy's physical or mental traits, the caveat being that he has to perceive them as being greater than his own because the curse works on the concept of envy. This can have various effects such as reducing someone's strength, making them feel fatigued, reducing their coordination and causing them to trip, blurring their vision or otherwise reducing their senses, making it hard for them to concentrate or focus on calculations, etc. The curse lasts for approximately ten minutes. For those who are unaware, it might feel and seem like a bout of bad luck, or not being 'in the zone', making it difficult to pinpoint the source of their misfortune. The curse can only be caused by establishing line-of-sight.
• Khamsah -
  Khamsah symbol and khamsah beads

  
  

  
  Hamza has Khamsah wards tattooed on his palm, embroidered on the face-mask, front, back, and shoulders of his combat robe, and wears khamsah beads all along the belt of his combat robe. This wards off harmful 'intent' directed towards him, making direct-targeted attacks miss him uncannily. The khamsah on his combat robe wards off the Evil Eye, so Hamza cannot be the target of the Evil Eye in the case that someone copies his spell. It has the added effect of making him 'untargetable' by line-of-sight attacks direct-target attacks or other 'harmful vectors'. This does not prevent him from being harmed indirectly by spells, abilities, or attacks with splash damage or area of effect which are targeted in his vicinity. By holding out his palms, Hamza can increase the untargetable radius around himself by six feet.
• Sihr -
  Hamza can perform belomancy; by throwing an arrow up into the air and seeing the direction it points when it lands, Hamza can dowse or divine, imploring Allah to point him in the right direction. This is most effective for finding his way through a maze, finding out the direction a target went, or asking simple yes or no questions (by writing 'yes' and 'no' on the ground and seeing where the arrow points, like a simplified Ouija Board). He can also use it to choose, for example, which barrel someone is hiding in, or which cup has poison in it. He could ask questions about the future, but those almost never work, and it's hard getting at the truth with just yes or no questions.
• Hafiz -
  By memorizing the entire Qur'an, Hamza has acquired the scholarly title of "Hafiz". By reciting verses from the Qur'an, Hamza can cast a protective golden shield of light on others. In Islam, one common scholarly practice is to memorize the Qur'an. Anyone who completes this is granted the title of Hafiz, which means 'protector'. This is because Islam actually takes the concept of data preservation into account, and promotes data redundancy through memorization, so the Qur'an can exist in both physical texts, and in memory. So what the Hafiz is actually protecting is the data of the Qur'an, and by extension, the continued existence of the faith itself. Hamza uses the title and extends the implied meaning, granting the ability to project a weak shield on others whom he wishes to protect as long as he is reciting verses from the Qur'an. The shield is not very strong, at most able to slow or deflect a bullet.

_{Other Talents and Traits}

Skills:

• Multilingual (Arabic, English, Japanese)
• Tactical
• Physically fit, capable of freerunning
• Intense concentration
• Improvising tools and weapons

Likes:

• Spicy food
• Animals
• Clean spaces
• Books
• Trains

Dislikes:

• Secularism/Anti-theism
• The British
• Junk food
• Unclean spaces
• Other forms of magic that involve idols