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The luxury skyliner Queen Titania was a marvel of Formulization and engineering, a brass juggernaut of an airship that had all the amenities one needed to enjoy a thirty-day trip around the world. Gorgeous greenhouses full of exotic flora and avians served as wonderful areas to enjoy fresh fruit and well-brewed teas. Indoor sports gyms bedecked with equipment for all games of athleticism made friends and rivals out of the growing number of erudite youths who entered the ship at each stop on its global tour. Even the library, though it paled in comparison to Alexandra’s vastness, was a soothing marvel, all mahogany and leather as crystal players resonated classic music at astounding clarity. And even the dining rooms, both private and public, looked to be places that one ought only to go when dressed to the nines, the on-board chefs managing to delight with their crosscultural culinary creations every evening. There were no shortage of distractions onboard the Queen Titania, no shortage of entertainments and pleasures to partake for the two thousand prodigies within its spacious bowels.

But today was the thirtieth day, and the clear skies encouraged all to crowd around the concave windows of the foremost atrium to witness the one thing that the Queen Titania could not offer:

The Academic City of Bermuda, an artificial island on the equator made of brass and steel, its many towers jutting out as if to scrape at the underbelly of the airship.

Fifty years has passed since a tenuous truce rose from the ashes of the Futile War, and the crystallization of that peace now stood below the two thousand students. It was a lasting symbol of peace and cooperation, a cloistered space away that served as a neutral ground, where no individual government could profess power and where the youths who would shape the future of the world could learn to build a unified future.

But you were different.

For you were here for a specific purpose, a purpose determined by the government agency, by the secret society, that sponsored your admission to this prestigious academy. Through subterfuge and subversion, your goals will be accomplished with all the sophistication of an expert spy, all while you maintain the disguise of just another erudite student.

Those naïve fools, those sheltered academics, none would be any the wiser as you execute your schemes and machinations with precision and tact.



What you didn’t know, however, was that every other freshman aboard was also a spy.







TL;DR? Don't worry, I gotcha.

Qualia is a Steampunk Academy RP, where everyone is a budding Polymath (an individual who was trained in the manipulation of reality through writing) and where everyone is also associated with a different shady government agency/secret society, initially for the purpose of gaining an advantage in the future war. The world itself is just a litttttttle bit eldritch too, and that'll definitely play into a larger plot to encourage more cooperation and diplomacy than just straight up unga bunga combat PvP. As a general note to dissuade people from making spies that are too perfect, the age range for characters goes from 13 to 18, and as such, they're still teenagers. Expertly trained, exceedingly intelligent teenagers at best, but caught in the throes of puberty all the same.

I've left most of the specifics of the world vague, so feel free to come up with your own interpretations of your character's home country. Just consult with me ahead of time so things don't end up getting too off-color. If you're interested, pitch me questions about the world and character ideas!

And as for inspiration vibes...Princess Principal, Shinobigami, Yuuki Yuuna, Link Click, and Reverse 1999 were my jams for this particular RP~!

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Me here, CS skeleton when
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Sure, let's go.
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And hopping on the bandwagon. Because why the hell not?
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Yesss. Finally, my math degree became of use. Tremble before my splendid calculus equations!!!!

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@ShovelI'll see your maths and raise you physics.

100% serious question out of curiosity: nastiest math class you've dealt with?
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Calculus 2. Fuck chain rules, I will only recognized implicit rules as the only way to properly solve multi variables.
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Calc 2 was my worst by far, too. Failed it the first time, not even ashamed of it.

Though the craziest/highest level stuff I've messed with is probably differential geometry. Very glad I mostly need to deal with ordinary differential equations at best.
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Calc 2 destroyed my GPA in college. I didn't fail it, but I would have been better off if I did...
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I feel like it's always one of the calc classes that just wrecks people. Not always the same one, but any time this discussion comes up, it's often one of the three that each participant did terribly.
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I don’t have a math or physics degree, calculus also destroyed me back in high school.

But fuck it, we all can’t be Einsteins, right?

I’m pitching my interest. I got @Vega7285 the physics doctor to carry me.
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What are the strongest things the body enhancers can do? Do they do stuff like go furry mode or get a Parasyte hand pal or plain ol' superstrength/speed?
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The idea is that as Egoists gain more physical power, their body transforms into something that less and less resembles a human being. It's a permanent and gradual transformation that basically makes it impossible for them to reproduce, unless they're a weirdo Egoist who specced their body specifically for that shit. As for the wildest stuff...

At the highest levels, and at the risk of fatal Abstraction, Egoists can take on the form of building-sized kaiju temporarily (if they were martial-focused Egoists). Their regular form would just be a smaller, perhaps more humanoid variation of their kaiju form. Even in those regular forms though, battle between two Egoists would basically have them pinballing all over the place and cause copious amounts of environmental damage with each exchange...but thankfully, those that make it to the highest levels are also mature enough not to unleash their full power, especially during peacetime.

During the start of the Futile War between the Occident and the Orient, the Occident was forced to acknowledge that the concept of infantry was absolutely worthless in this 'new' era, as mere mortals were basically like pieces of paper caught within a storm when Egoists took the stage. Literal Dynasty Warriors shit, except the Dynasty Warriors also have speed cheats on.

Your average martial-focused Egoist could pull off this shit in their 'fuck yea' moments. Sending elephants flying n all.

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I have a rough character concept in mind, but no harm clarifying first before going further.

Is the idea of a Technologist with a summonable mobile platform weapon viable? A great example would be Azur Lane/Kancolle shipgirls summoning their rigging.
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I'll put my interest hat in here. I'll read up more on the world. The very fact that Princess Principal is here as an inspiration makes me want to consider this seriously.
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@IzurichGenerally speaking, it's possible for a Technologist to come up with a weapon deployment system where that weapon is propelled remotely to where they currently are. It won't be as fast or as certain as the magical summoning hijinks from Shipgirls(TM) though. It'd also be very loud and very obvious.

Also, here's the CS template y'all. Example in the hider.

[anime appearance]
NAME
Age | Gender | Height | Weight
Nation | Major | Specialization

Their Story
As little and as much as you need to explain the general bits and pieces that made who your character is, how they became recognized as one of the world’s best and brightest, and why they’ve decided to fall in with shady organizations and become a spy.

Organization: Only the name, please.
Current Mission: I'll fill this out in a PM.
Secret: I'll fill this out in a PM.

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@IzurichGenerally speaking, it's possible for a Technologist to come up with a weapon deployment system where that weapon is propelled remotely to where they currently are. It won't be as fast or as certain as the magical summoning hijinks from Shipgirls(TM) though. It'd also be very loud and very obvious.


Great~ that’s good enough. So basically Ironman Mk3’s remote-controlled armor instead of shipgirl rigging summoning out of thin air. Perfect.

Also that example CS made me chuckle like an idiot for minutes on end.

I’ll likely spruce up my own CS format a bit, maybe separate the biography and specialization section instead of lumping it into one.

Also just in case since I’m a dense motherfucker, I’ll verbally confirm that the Current Mission and Secrets section are omitted from the CS and just exclusively PMed to you?
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No, I’ll PM them to YOU. They’re basically interaction hooks and stuff that clues your character in to specific puzzle pieces of the plot.
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See that’s why assuming is disastrous, better look dumb and ask dumb questions rather than assuming things and ended up looking even dumber.

Nice, clarified, thanks!
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