[OOC] Akasha Agency

[RoflsMazoy]

@Cu Chulainn I suppose this is just something that I think maybe has 1 line in the OOC post (or maybe not mentioned at all, I might've forgotten), but there were already human techniques incorporated into Arts while it was being developed. Because I wanted to leave the line open for actual real world mysticism and occultism schools/sects or whatever you might want to call it. So assume that those did exist, and are real in the setting, but eventually all of that type of magic became unified in Arts.

[TheMushroomLord]

I'll probably want to change some things when it isn't 4 am and I'm fully awake, but this is mostly done.

Genichiro Kirigaya

Genichiro Kirigaya

Age: 20 | Gender: Male | Class: Specialist, Rank 1

"Wh̵͇̀at doȇ̷̳s all t̷̤̾h̷̛̭at ma̷͋ͅṫ̷͕t̷͍͋er? Yö̶̭u're haṟ̸͝d̷̘̅ly a pe̶͈̚rson anyw̴̺͌ay."

Appearance:

Genichiro is a man of rather unassuming appearance, both in terms of physical characteristics and presentation. Scrawny, with dark hair and eyes, and a slightly bad posture, there’s nothing about Genichiro that really stands out in a crowd. Even in terms of clothing he’s dull, tending towards plain clothing and muted colours.
"Ug̵̡̒l̷̹̊y.̴̖̈́" "I ̴͚̈t̴̜̎hi̵̳̔n̷̡͋k yo̸̦̐u're p̵̢̿retty..̶̫̇." "Wh̵̳̑ỳ̴̡ cą̷͑ń̶͉'t you j̷͇͆ust̶̹͐ lo̵̦̍o̸̻͑k lik̴̟̕e sö̴͕mḛ̴̈́o̵̯̔ne el̸̺͝s̶̱̏e?̶̬͑"

Personality:

Genichiro is very curious, the kind of person who desires to understand every new thing he sees, though nowadays he’s a little more cautious about that sort of thing than he used to be.
"Ï̶͔ ș̵̿aid Ị̸̍ wa̸͈͝s̵͍̕ sor̷̪̓r̴̦͋y...̷̡̎"
He could be described as being quite nerdy and certainly, he tends towards shyness when meeting new people, but he tries to be at least a little outgoing and gets over his shyness with new people quickly enough for it to be more of a barrier to entry than an ongoing hindrance when interacting with him. Hooking him with an interesting topic, particularly one rooted in science or philosophy is the most surefire way to break past his barriers.
"F̸̤̌u̸̦̎ckin̵̝̍g̶͙͊ nerd̸̫̆!" "Lǫ̴͆ser̸͚̓!" "Doñ̷̦'̵̧͑t list̷̘͋e̵͖̿n ̴͚̿t̶̜̓o the̶̞̽m̶̘̈́, yó̴̬u̴̜͐ tasṱ̸͠e grȅ̶̹ả̷̻t tḣ̸̗e w̸̖̃ay̸̲̿ you̴̖͊ ̴͇̓arĕ̸͉."
At times Genichiro can come across as a bit of a know it all, between being well studied and his tendency to correct people on minor technical details. He doesn’t really mean any harm by this, more that his own curiosity sees him wanting to know as much as possible himself and he assumes that others would also feel the same way and want to be corrected when they make mistakes.
"You̴̥̿ thin̶̡͠k̵̹̎ you'̶͚̊ṟ̴͠e smar̵̪͊t? Ju̶̝̔s̵͔̀t wȃ̸̫ḯ̷̳t tiḽ̶̕l̴̜̀ yoů̷̮ get̵̬̍ a loà̴̙d̴̫̑ of us̸̛͉!"
Genichiro expresses a strong sense of empathy and desire to do what he can to help others. He wishes to be able to use his aspect as a tool to further that goal and fully believes that he could use its knowledge to solve all manner of problems on a global scale and even improve living standards beyond that. Unfortunately, experience has led him to largely avoid the use of his aspect to any great extent, in service to that goal or otherwise, at least until he can get a better grip on his power.
"Do̸͙̚n̶̰͑'̷͚̋t b̸̬͂e likê̸͎ ̵̫̊thȧ̷͕ṱ̷͛. Bĕ̵͉ ̴̧͐like̷͋ͅ ú̴͜s! We̴͉͐'̴͋͜re gre̶̛̹a̸̟͠t rol̸͈͊e mode̴̘͊l̵̲͆s!"
In addition to his actual personality, tend to lead people into thinking he’s anywhere from weird to downright insane. His reactions to his aspects commentary, tendency to talk to himself, a habit of doing several things at once, and depending on how many questions he’s asked recently, sudden and erratic changes in personality, all tend to arouse suspicion in those around Genichiro, especially considering that without any physical manifestation to his aspect, as is common in most specialists, his behaviors are somewhat harder to dismiss as supernatural bullshit to outside observers.
"I̷̭͠ ̶̗͂AM Á̸̺ FU̵̫͠C̶͚̆KING̴̔ͅ ̴̛̟DḬ̵̚N̸͚͂OSÃ̵͓Ù̵͎R!!̷̧̊ MO̶̹̓O̷̥̍!" "Sh̴̙̃ù̸͕t up̴̘̄ alre̴̳͑a̷̞̽dy.̴̱͆"

History:

History

As far as most people that care to ask are concerned, up until the accident and even a while beyond it, Genichiro led a pretty normal life as a student, academically gifted and from a family on the poorer side of things, but otherwise perfectly normal. When he was 17 however, Genichiro got into a traffic accident and from there, things went downhill pretty quickly. While the injuries themselves weren’t anything that he wasn’t able to recover from, it certainly didn’t help with the rough patch his family was going through financially, and worse still, proceeding the event Genichiro gradually began to hear whispers, ones that seemed to grow in variety and intensity as time went on.
"Plë̸͕a̵͕̾se sto̶͘ͅṕ̸͚, it'̵̞̓s em̷̞̔b̸̛̰arr̷̽͜aṡ̸̢s̵̡̃ing wĥ̶̥e̵̡͝n yȏ̴̫ṳ̶͒ tal̷̩̎k̷͇̑ ab̶̠̐o̷̜̚ut ̴̹̃us̴̥͂!̸̣̃"
Not wanting to further burden his family, Genichiro had kept quiet about his problem. He found he could, at least a first, ignore the voices if he tried hard enough. It was hard at times to ignore some of the nastier comments the voices made, especially as they grew more numerous, but Genichiro figured that it would have to stop getting worse eventually and when that happened, he could simply learn to live with it.
"He̶̯̋h̴̖́e" "Gö̷̻o̸͉͗d i̴̞͐d̵̡̾ea tḫ̴̉a̷̜̓t.̷̜̀"
When the voices started telling him things that he himself didn’t already know Genichiro responded with denial, reasoning away any possibility of the supernatural. Knowing things about people he shouldn’t? Must have overheard someone gossiping. Knowledge of events halfway around the world? Probably heard it on TV. Things he was certain he hadn’t learned anywhere? It was probably like deja vu and his brain was simply drawing connections that didn’t actually exist. Genichiro likes to tell people that it wasn’t until the day he said he’d believe it if he were given the winning lotto numbers and he actually was, that he began to believe that there might be something more to the voices than simple head trauma.
"N̷̡̈ō̷͔thiň̴̻' t̵̼͘o̶͔̕ sȩ̴̎e he̴̪̊r̷͉̕e..̴̒ͅ."
Things moved quickly after he realised that he could just speak to the voices and for the most part they seemed eager to talk, especially if that entailed Genichiro asking them questions, though some answers were seemingly off-limits. He had a plan now, he’d finish off his schooling with flying colours and move on to pursue higher education, making a tonne of money on the side while did so, he certainly wouldn’t be a burden if he could pull that off, and with the voices doing so would be trivial. After that maybe he could revolutionise medicine or something.
"Is̸̳̐ t̸͎̉hat leg̷͍͂ã̴͍l?" "Sh̷̘͆u̴̟͛t up, w̷̥̏e go̸̼̿n̸̡̋na b̴̻̑e lo̷̯̿a̸̹͐ded̵̥̾!"
Genichiro's plan at first went off without a hitch, and though those close to him noticed a gradual change in his personality as he became more reliant on the voices for guidance, becoming more erratic and distractible as he went along, no one really wanted to comment on it. While he’d been good at academics before, now he was actively thriving. It wasn’t until he’d finished with secondary education that his occupants decided they were done with the waiting game and things took a turn for the worse.
"Th̴͍̎ĩ̷̩ngs a̵̩̅b̷̠̋out t̴̨̽o̶̠̐ ge̸̛̜t goȍ̵͇d̶̘̽!"
What happened next isn’t exactly something that Genichiro is willing to talk about and the specifics have been kept pretty much confidential by the agency. What is know is that Genichiro asked his aspect too many questions in a short period of time and without knowledge of what price to doing so was and that as a result, Genichiro ended up causing quite a bit of damage before the agency was able to detain him.
"Yȍ̴̜u̸̢͆ cut̵͉͋ of̵̳̒f̶̪̄ tẖ̸͒e be̵̖͌s̷̗̈t pa̴̘͌rṫ̵̤!" "T̸͈̈́h̸̛̻at wa̸̙͝s fu̶̻͝n̸͎̍!" "I̶̖̓ w̴͔͆antę̶̈́d̵̟̈ tǒ̵̻ ̸̼̇keep̴̠̄ play̴̝̿i̷̯͂ng.̴͖͗.̸̺͗."
In the almost two years since then the growth of his aspect has slowed down significantly and Genichiro has spent his time split between his studies and gaining better control over his aspect. While he’s had very limited success thus far with resisting the drawbacks to his aspect, he has picked up a couple of tricks to prevent himself from going too far.

Relationships

"You̶͉͂ ̷͉̿havë̴̩́ ̸̜̋nȏ̷͙ frien̸̞͠d̴͍̅s!"

Class Details:

Aspect

Myriad of Voices: Genichiro’s mind is inhabited by a multitude of voices in various states of insanity and disrepair ranging from psychopathy to addiction to raving lunacy. The voices have concrete personalities, at least as much as their insanity will allow for, and often speak in ways that would suggest histories outside of Genichiro’s head, but even then their stories are riddled with enough holes, contradictions and downright impossibilities, to make it doubtful as to whether anything they are saying is true. It doesn’t help that the voices universally refuse to answer questions as to their nature.
"Gu̶ỳ̴͜s! Thä̴̩́t̵̺͋'s us̶̫̚!"
It isn’t exactly clear exactly how many voices there are living in Genichiro’s head, save for the fact that it is an incredibly large number and occasionally new voices will manifest seemingly out of the blue. The number of voices actually active at any given time is far lower, varying from half a dozen or so to an overwhelming amount, dependent on how interesting things are outside for the voices.

Multitasking

Multitasking: A side effect of his aspect, Genichiro is able to focus on multiple things at once as long as he concentrates. Notably, it is incredibly easy for Genichiro to keep track of a large number of conversations at once, though with some difficulty he is able to direct this multitasking ability in other directions.

"w̴̝̕E kN̴͔̏Ȯ̸͔W y̷̺̍OU̵͙͠ cÄ̸̡́N hE̴̛̘Ä̷̡́R u̵͖̽S?!̴̙̑"

Limited Omniscience

Limited Omniscience: While they probably aren’t actually omniscient the voices definitely know a hell of a lot more than they should be able to, collectively possessing a seemingly bottomless wealth of information both general and personal even when there should be no possible way for them to have learned something.
"Wè̵̩ ̵̹͗s̸̲̈́ee yo̶̠̊u̵͚͛!" "C̵̦͛an't̵͖̿ ̶̰̃hid̸̘̏ĕ̸̮ fró̷͓m̴̟͠ uș̴̓!" "Yo̸̲̽u ġ̶͇u̶̡͗y's arë̸ͅ cre̴͇͝e̸̠̅py.̵̫͗"
The voices are more than happy to answer Genichiro’s questions, actively encouraging it in fact, and will generally answer him truthfully or at the very least make it very obvious when they aren’t. While this means Genichiro technically has access to expert level knowledge on pretty much any subject including secrets or otherwise unknown information, accessing it doesn’t come without a cost. Each question he asks is paid in a loss of sanity depending on the scope of the question asked and while time will see his mind recover the traded sanity Genichiro progressively becomes more easily influenced by the voices as he loses the plot and cannot tell at any moment how much of his normal mind he retains. It also becomes easier for Genichiro to interpret and carry out his aspects instructions as his sanity crumbles.

"Dö̴͚́n't wo̷̪͊r̷̨͝ry, evẽ̴͖r̵̨̔ythi̴̬͒ng's finê̸͇.̸̯̇" "As̵̺̿k us̷̬͆ any̷̪͋ṱ̷̿hin̵̬̄g!"

Commentary

Commentary: Unlike many specialists Genichiro doesn’t have any enhanced senses of his own, save for an enhanced ability to process the chatter of the voices, however, having spent so long listening to the constant commentary on pretty much everything relates to himself, his surroundings or any major external events that draw the voices interest, Genichiro has learned how to extrapolate the commentary into a useful if often, cryptic source of information as to what’s going on.
"Oh̶̨͒,̵̥̌ shḭ̸̏n̸͉͐y!" "Ar̷̖̀ẹ̸́ we̴͚̓ al̶͙͆l ju̸̡͠st ign̵̪͐o̶̠͘ring̸͈͗ th̶͈̾e ̶̳̚d̸̛̳rag̴̱͆ō̶̘n?"
The exact amount of information Genichiro can gain from this fluctuates depending on the stimulus, with the voices being far more willing to talk about some things than others and the amount of interest generated amongst the voices having an effect on just how many speak. Generally, at least the broad strokes of things are pretty easy to pick up on with more specific details being increasingly hard to pick up on unless Genichiro starts asking questions.
"Let̸͍͐'̸̨̒s adḓ̶̈́r̵̦̓es̷̙̿s̴͕̽ the elep̵̞͆h̷͈̐ant in̵͖̂ th̵̩̾ḙ̸́ ro̶̺̕ò̸̖m...̶̫͐ halfw̶̧͠a̷͔̽y acrõ̴͖ṣ̷̉s th̵͉́e w̸̖͛orld̴̼̋."
Occasionally, the voices give away pieces of information for free, primarily snippets of information in excruciating detail, though sometimes with key details missing. They tend only to do this when doing so would cause something interesting to happen and pretty much never if they think they could get Genichiro to ask them about it himself.

"4̷̢͆ Si̶̩̊mult̸͖͌ane̷̳͝o̵̜̕us Da̵̡̛y̶̜̐s Sā̸̡me̵̩̽ Ea̸̝̐r̸͖̍th Rot̵̙́a̵̢̛tion̸̤͌.̶̠͊" "Tį̵̍m̴̢̄e cu̸̮̒b̶̫̓e?̸̞͒"

Psychic Protection

Psychic Protection: The voices are highly possessive of Genichiro’s mind, any attempts at mind-reading, telepathic communication or other connections are met with vicious hostility from the voices, resulting in the offending subjects being quickly shunted out, usually suffering from short term migraines and confusion. Other attempts at divination have also been known to occasionally show incorrect or downright nonsensical information where Genichiro is involved.

"W̴̬͆ẻ̶̳ don'̵̰̎t ṱ̷͝a̷͇͒ke to̴̼̾ō̴̟ k̶̰̒indļ̸̾y to ̸̩̍yo̴̧̿ur kin̴̙͒d̶̹͆ arouņ̵͝d̷̗̿ heṟ̸͝e̸͔̒."

Other Notes:

[Vega7285]

Those are some good suggestions. I'll see what I can do on those sort of lines, although it's probably going to take me a while. I'll update the posted sheet when it's done.

Making Mizuki as a proper sub-character could be a fun way to go. I know I can dig up something for a human form if i want to go that route, too. Though I probably shouldn't.

[Cu Chulainn]

@RoflsMazoy Oh, in that case, I've got an idea for a bumbling Christian exorcist who remains at a low rank purely because he cannot read/write Japanese well and has failed the Arts progression exams because of it, if that's fine. The idea was he has a unique condition that makes him properly fit to deal with the Akashic Scourge, although I have to ask if having a specialized body that resists things like the scourge is something that would classify one as a Specialist or not since what I have in mind is essentially the inverse of a Mutation.

[RoflsMazoy]

@Cu Chulainn I don't think that's particularly one which would be a Specialist as a class. Because Specialists as a class is more for those who have difficulty controlling their aspect/mutation. If they're not really having trouble with it at all or it's not their primary way of fighting then they'd belong to the other classes more or less. I'm not entirely sure what you mean about the 'inverse' of a mutation though. If you mean they're incorruptible then that's fine, but if you mean something like they can reverse a mutation... I think that's likely not fine. But if it's not that then it's probably ok.

[Cu Chulainn]

@RoflsMazoy Just someone who essentially has resistance to corrupting forces, yeah. Idea was they were spiritually healed by someone or something powerful, and that plus their faith resulted in them having a "pure body and spirit" as a result.

EDIT: Actually, I'll just make a more traditional Artsist.

[Theyra]

Looks like I will not be able to join this, take care.

[RoflsMazoy]

Sorry for being nowhere lads, lots of stuff has really come up. Right now the next thing on the agenda will be writing the first IC post since I am basically done to my admittedly spotty memory. I am more or less just waiting for character sheets to finish, otherwise and for the life stuff to be done. I had the fantastic foresight to stay up to 4 am yesterday so nothing will get done today I don't think. Realistically I should be done around next week sometime if everything goes alright.

[Vega7285]

Updated Homura's sheet with a few changes.

[Crowvette]

I'm like 95% done? Doneish? I'm actually stuck on the drawing I was doing for her design too, but that's less important than the sheet.

I kind of couldn't think of many fighter talents/techniques with her, but that might be fine since she's the type to not have a well-developed style as is. I figure as is she is a type of character that has lots of options for a fight and can fight for a while, but lacks in raw power and technique. Over time she could work on those last two.

Actually looking back I'm not even sure if I should have used Arts for her abilities? She could have been a Specialist? Well screw it I'll see what you think.

Karine

Name
Karine [needsalastname] (most people just call her Karin)

Age
18

Appearance
Karin usually wears warm clothes at all times, the lightest clothing she commonly wears being a tracksuit. When utilizing her abilities, ice crystals form all around her, frosting her skin, clothing, and lingering around her in a way that looks like her hair is lengthened.

Personality
Karine tempers a burning heart with her cool (pardon the pun) exterior. She loves physical activity and hates standing still. She'll likely try any activity she can just to keep things moving. This has lead to her having a somewhat short attention span: She often does whatever she thinks is fun at the time, and often will be doing something different the next day. This has let her have a shallow knowledge of plenty of things, but she never really focuses long enough to master something.

She enjoys healthy competition regardless of winning or losing, but despises foul play. She generally dislikes dishonesty; she will often bluntly call out things she considers to be false or lies.

With friends she is energetic and somewhat exhausting (if left unchecked). At times she has to be reminded that not everyone shares her innate desire to keep moving. It's in her nature to go for physical contact with people she knows; she is said to be an aggressive hugger.

She becomes lazy (or rather, overly content) when given a supply of heat. Oftentimes the only way to get her to do anything is to remove the source. On the counter side, if she is forced to sit still for too long, or in a generally cold area, she tends to get abrasive. Some friends may note that she acts differently as the seasons change, though her wardrobe of extremely warm clothes helps keep her from being eternal cranky during the cold months.

History
Karine is the daughter of a man and yuki-onna. Her father is from Russia, but Karine was more or less raised in Sentouji. She grew up fairly separated from others, though whether that was due to a solitary spirit or her status as a half-youkai is up to debate. Despite being a quiet child in elementary school, she came out of her shell more in high school, most notably when she went through a trial run of almost every single sports club in her school.

Class Name
Ice Hand (Fighter-Arts) Rank 2

Trained School: Snowfall
Karine has a natural affinity with cold and ice manipulation. This school is a focused variant of Sonshou. Actually, it basically is just Sonshou, but Karine's mother insisted that it be given its own name to respect Karine's heritage.

Talents:
-Woman-At-Arms: Karine has not opted for studying any particular style of combat, but instead has learned to fight with her ability to shape ice into weaponry. She can adapt her style and weapons to match the circumstances of a fight, but she is not as strong with any individual weapon as someone who has trained for a single fighting style.
-Cold Immunity: Karine is nearly unaffected by extreme cold or icy terrain.

Signature Spells:
-Crystal Arms: Karine can form ice into weapons and items. These weapons/items are not particularly strong, but she has excellent control over them and if broken can be re-created quickly.
-Blizzard: Lowers ambient temperature around Karine considerably; within a small amount of time the area around her will begin to freeze and become difficult to navigate by others. If sustained further, the area will become cold enough to be a danger to other living things.
-Heat Sense: When focusing, Karine can use her innate sense for warmth to discern anything that gives off heat within the area, as well as recent paths heat sources have taken.

Fighter Techniques:
-Feint: Karine can use her control over the shape of her weapons to attack in ways that can avoid or break guards. For example, swinging with a light sword and suddenly changing it to a heavy club, twisting the shape of a spear to strike even if deflected, and lengthening a weapon to hit at an unexpected range.

Relationships
~~She does need a warmth source friend if anyone wants to help out with that~~

[Hyyde322]

I'm going to have to drop this I'm not going to have as much time as I thought I would

[RoflsMazoy]

:( understandable

[RoflsMazoy]

Finally feeling ok so I will look through the character sheets submitted since last time at some point today. Should have the time in about 2-3 hours or so.

[RoflsMazoy]

@Vega7285 The changes are good, except now I think Homura should likely be bumped up to about a rank 3 as a Fighter. She does have too many abilities but she is sharing space with Mizuki which is fine, but I think the Agency would register her initially as a level 3 with Mizuki included in the equation just because they won't really be separate entities in practical terms (as in on missions and stuff). That's about the only other thing I really have to say, you can go ahead and put her in the character tab if you feel like you're done.

@Crowvette Karine looks pretty good, ain't got nothing to complain about. Go ahead and put her in the character tab if you think you're finished.

[Cu Chulainn]

Tried writing a pure Artsist but wasn't satisfied with the final product. Might do an Arts/Fighter hybrid, but with a focus on Arts, as I'm considering some sort of spiritual detective.

[Vega7285]

I kind of thought I might need to bump Homura's rank up, so no big deal. I'll do that and toss her in the character tab.

[RoflsMazoy]

Well, I think we only have 2 sheets left to go. @Dog quick check since I ain't heard from you in a while, how're you going with that?

[Cu Chulainn]

Feel free to start without me. A bit slow on my end.

[Dog]

Well, I think we only have 2 sheets left to go. @Dog quick check since I ain't heard from you in a while, how're you going with that?

@RoflsMazoy

U.S soldier will be here. Exams are just murdering me.

[Dog]

For Techniques, do I just note that I just shoot bullets?