[OOC] The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

[Letter Bee]

Won't be joining the game if my own KH RP gets traction, sorry about this.

[Double]

@Bright_Ops@Spectral

Should we keep waiting for players or go ahead and start? Note that when we start the application period will be closed and we will no longer be taking new players for the foreseeable future. Thoughts? Input? Opinions?

[Spectral]

If your wanting more players, perhaps it may be a good to make an update on the casual interest post so that it’s refreshed to the top and shown to still be active and opened?

[Stylobilly]

I am interested, I just need some time to mull over a character.

Would anyone be averse to my playing a younger sister of their character?

[Spectral]

I’d have no qualms about it.

[Stylobilly]

I’d have no qualms about it.

@Spectral

Cool! Is there anything I ought to know about the family? The bio already mentioned sisters, so that's easy enough to slip in at least.

[Bright_Ops]

@Double

It's your call.

[Spectral]

@Stylobilly

I left it pretty vague and open. If there’s anything I can say, they would be a pretty well off middle class family, where both parents work.

If you think of something to add as a detail, go ahead I’ll say. Though not anything SUPER crazy, of course.

[Stylobilly]

Name: Julia "Juls" Banks
Age: 14
Gender: Female

Personality: Excitable and sociable, Juls has a zest for life and likes to think she's friends with everyone. She can laugh easily at herself, and it is hard to hurt her feelings because she is so slow to believe anyone is being deliberately mean. Her boundless confidence extends to those around her, and she has a knack for making others believe in themselves.
A middle child at heart, she likes to keep the peace, and will never be the one to escalate a situation. Julia glides easily between friend groups, and makes a natural intermediary.

Bio: Julia lives a privileged life in a comfortable family. Typically, she loves her brother Jacob dearly, and will joyfully tag along with him, even when she's not wanted. She tries to drag their other sister along, but she is too much of a quiet soul to get into much trouble.

In school she does well in quizzes and tests and the like, but is known for missing homework, especially writing assignments.

Appearance:

Weapon: (Everyone will be able to become a Keyblade Wielder when the plot gets rolling. So go ahead and leave this blank until then.)

Spells: (Similar to the Keyblade. You'll be learning these after the plot picks up, so feel free to leave this blank for now.)

Abilities: (Attacks like Strike Raid or Sonic Blade can go in here, in addition to more passive abilities. But like with spells, leave it blank for now.)

[Double]

@Stylobilly Neat. Accepted.

[Double]

@Bright_Ops@Stylobilly@Spectral

Okay, I think we've waited long enough. IC incoming.

[Double]

@Bright_Ops@Stylobilly@Spectral

And here we... go!

So if it wasn't obvious. We're kicking this off with Dives Into The Heart. Just write out your character's various responses and choices in the dream sequence and then you're free to have them start doing whatever after they wake up.

[Little Bird]

Hoping I'm making it here in time to join up. A return to roleplaying is sorely needed, and I've been sitting on this character for a few years. lol

Name: Erik Z. Osteriecher Jr. | “Zacharius Eckert” (‘Zack’)
Age: 16
Gender: Male

Appearance:

Hider

Bio: Erik, or “Zack” as he’s grown preferable to, has been subject to what has at best been a checkered upbringing. He was raised, for the greater part of his life, by a single father, never knowing his mother as she died due to pregnancy complications upon his birth. Yet the father-son bond that might have been expected between the two was nearly non-existent; though maintaining financial stability, a steady housing arrangement, and proper nutrition for his son, Erik Sr. was generally divested from his son's early life. The rare moments of connection between the two frequently came when Jr. would seek to train in swordplay with his father, who had been a rising star in the town’s annual Struggle Tournament.

Even so, the sessions were far from supportive development of a father teaching a son. Zack’s dad employed a relentlessly ‘Spartan’ philosophy of sink or swim. Zack often found himself trailing far behind his father on morning runs, and left to stagger himself to his feet after practice matches even after Erik Sr. had returned to their house to rest.

Despite this, or perhaps in spite of it, the son persisted in following his father. Zack was determined to find an even keel with his father, even as the parent seemed set on ignoring him when not roughing him in training. The young boy was perpetually at the ringside during the man’s Struggle matches, never missing a single one; he was confident that the pursuit of this competition was the path to manifesting the bond he saw with his sole caretaker. It was in this that he would bear witness to Erik Sr. winning two consecutive Struggle Championships. Elated by his father’s accomplishments, Zack attempted to offer his praise, only to be crowded and pushed away by a swath of fans and press writers.

It was in the aftermath of Erik Sr.’s second Struggle victory that Erik Jr.’s life took it’s biggest hit: the departure of his father, leaving him little more than a note saying “I’m leaving; important business.” and some spending money to get him by for a while.

Unable to fully support himself, the young Erik spent the next several years floating between the homes of friends and schoolmates. Though finally in the midst of more loving and morally supportive caregivers, the boy’s aspirations towards a meaningful relationship with his missing father stuck with him. After much time dedicated to his own training, he began competing for the Struggle Tournament, in the hopes that a good showing in the event would bring his father back. Facing initial difficulties, he was, in his first attempts, unable to make it past the preliminaries. It was also in this time that Erik Z. Ostereicher Jr. found himself living deep within his father’s shadow, prompting him to adopt his new moniker of Zacharius “Zack” Eckert, a name crafted from his middle name and what he knew to have been his mother’s maiden name. Like a shot in the arm, this newer sense of self propelled Zack into making a run to Struggle Finals, and a chance to win a championship for himself.

Personality: Zack stands within the intersection of several psychological crossroads, and amid his share of unresolved conflict. He outwardly presents a genuine confidence, which in itself comes from an honest sense of self-worth; yet he’s obscenely driven to continue working even after the work is done, never truly seeing himself as having arrived anywhere or achieved anything of note, and only seeing the next level without fully appreciating whatever one he may be at in a given time. He’s earnestly skilled and well-honed for his age, yet makes brash decisions in his endeavors, often taking on challenges that may (and typically do) best him in the end. Deep down, he remains single-minded in his effort to connect with the father who abandoned him for unknown purposes, yet openly despises that he has ultimately been perceived by others as a carbon copy of that father.

In many ways he takes after Erik Sr., chiefly in a manner of shortsightedness when it comes to those around him, frequently moving along with things even as they would stop to rest; it’s not uncommon for his friends and classmates to usher him back from his insistence on the “constant grind.” Though fully carrying a friendlier disposition than his absent parent, he maintains a similar drill sergeant mentality, being one to push those around him, sometimes to their own displeasure, as he easily gets carried away in the belief that he is merely pushing others to achieve their best. This behavior is not beyond reproach or control, though the manic nature in which it manifests requires a firm hand and a strong personality to corral him back to his better senses.

Weapon: (Everyone will be able to become a Keyblade Wielder when the plot gets rolling. So go ahead and leave this blank until then.)

Spells: (Similar to the Keyblade. You'll be learning these after the plot picks up, so feel free to leave this blank for now.)

Abilities: (Attacks like Strike Raid or Sonic Blade can go in here, in addition to more passive abilities. But like with spells, leave it blank for now.)

[Double]

@Wayward I'll accept it, but I'm also officially closing applications after this. So you'll be the last player I'm allowing.

[Little Bird]

@Wayward I'll accept it, but I'm also officially closing applications after this. So you'll be the last player I'm allowing.

@Double

Thank you.

[Double]

@Spectral The Struggle Tournament is still 4 days away in-universe. It's not "today".

[Bright_Ops]

@Double

I'm just going to say... the bedtime story that Droka's grandmother told him... Well, Droka and his family have something of a different view of the old myths. Namely the order of events: To them, Darkness came first and everything was great... then Light appeared and people started to fight over it.

[Spectral]

@Double

Ah. My mistake. I’ll fix that when I get a minute.

[Spectral]

Alright, should be straight now.

[Little Bird]

@Double

How will the Struggle battles work? Will it implement the orb-collecting as per the games?