[OOC] Grimoiric Heart

[Villamvihar]

That is quote a good point, especially with her being less experienced. I will revamp her accordingly.

[Villamvihar]

Aaaand done with the edit! I reworded some sections, finished her backstory, decreased the amount of her powers and hopefully made them more in theme with the Legend itself. Have at it!

[TheWendil]

@Villamvihar

I like the fact she's connected to @Izurich's Lumiére. Her powers are also much better structured, placing her more as a support Magical Girl with room to grow on those abilities. Overall, she's accepted by me. Await @KoL's opinion.

On another note to everyone, I've finished my own character. She can be found in the first post in the Character Tab.

[Izurich]

@Villamvihar

I like the fact she's connected to @Izurich's Lumiére. Her powers are also much better structured, placing her more as a support Magical Girl with room to grow on those abilities. Overall, she's accepted by me. Await @KoL's opinion.

On another note to everyone, I've finished my own character. She can be found in the first post in the Character Tab.

@TheWendil

Yeah~ we decided that it'd be neat if an angel rescued Wilhelmina just like how an angel rescued the Flying Dutchman's Captain, and just as coincidence would have it, Lumiere is an 'angel', or the closest thing we have to one, close enough tho!

And nice, going to read your CS now.

[Izurich]

Read about Ozma~

Hmmm... considering the original Wizard of Oz novel was published at 17th May 1900, that'd mean at her oldest, Charlotte is logically 2 decades older than Lucette at most. However, whatever the truth is, don't tell me, the reason being related to my following point below.

I won't lie that I'm mighty curious about what her abilities actually are, however, to respect her theme as the Wizard of Oz, I'll not even ask. The most exciting part about this particular figure is not knowing what actually went on behind the scenes after all.

and lastly, I'm just going to drop this here, for her:

[TheWendil]

@Izurich

Rumor has it you can gain all answers and more if you wish upon a crimson star.

[Izurich]

@Izurich

Rumor has it you can gain all answers and more if you wish upon a crimson star.

@TheWendil

But I don't wanna, that'd destroy the magic via self-spoiling like an idiot.

[KoL]

@Villamvihar
Your character is fine now on my end as well. You know what to do.

[The 42nd Gecko]

Alright, settled on God Shattering Star and adding a Story beat about her worrying about her name. Can't go wrong with final boss music.

[TheWendil]

I think I'll start the RP proper within the next coming week, probably towards the end of it. That said, this is probably a good time for anyone to discuss your character relations with one another. I don't expect you all to be part of the same team but if you want to do that, it's fine by me.

[Izurich]

Great! Looking forward to it.

Hmmm, now that you put it like that, I might as well say what has been on my mind in regards to @The 42nd Gecko’s Lilac.

The way I see it, Lucette - being a veteran senpai figure - can help Bonnie with three of her Story Beats, particularly:
-The Grand Ministry
-Two Worlds
-The King’s Court

And as far as teams go, my vision of Lumiere is that she’s a Jack of All Trades sort of magical girl, representing her Grimoire the embodies the various types of Malakhim (Guardian, Warrior, and Messenger). She can attack, defend, and support in equal measure, however, a specialized magical girl will be more effective at their specialization than her, even if they possess lower-ranked Grimoires.

Combined with Lucette’s mentor archetype, she can be trusted to fit with any sort of party, supporting where they lack the most and filling in any role should a member goes down or unavailable for whatever reason.

[Lonewolf685]

Well Roma, henceforth known under the Magical name Moonlight Tsubasa, is obviously an antagonistic character whose ultimate goal is a most desirable conclusion to the careers of active Magical Girls. But she’s less Stain from MHA and more Hellgirl, cultivating them from afar to the peak of heroism before devouring them. Metaphorically.

And given she’s someone they want forgotten she’s not known on sight as a threat. So she or an intermediary would be found spending a long time watching girls at the food court in the hopes one peeks her interest.

While she doesn’t outright hunt the Pageless she’s liable to follow magical girls out on missions and intervene to help them to establish a rapport as she gets to know them.

Currently her eye is on Lucette as the Sempai energy is super strong with her.

[Izurich]

Well Roma, henceforth known under the Magical name Moonlight Tsubasa, is obviously an antagonistic character whose ultimate goal is a most desirable conclusion to the careers of active Magical Girls. But she’s less Stain from MHA and more Hellgirl, cultivating them from afar to the peak of heroism before devouring them. Metaphorically.

And given she’s someone they want forgotten she’s not known on sight as a threat. So she or an intermediary would be found spending a long time watching girls at the food court in the hopes one peeks her interest.

While she doesn’t outright hunt the Pageless she’s liable to follow magical girls out on missions and intervene to help them to establish a rapport as she gets to know them.

Currently her eye is on Lucette as the Sempai energy is super strong with her.

@Lonewolf685

Ooooh, another good parallel to her would be PMMM’s Kyuubey. I propose “Tsuki Tsubasa” for a full Japanese nickname and neat alliteration.

Hey, paws off the sempai, Kitsune Kyuubey. >:[

[Lonewolf685]

@Izurich

Ah, good idea.

There’s no point struggling away from your fated encounter, as all Magical Sempai must go. But take heart and know that not all who fall into their clutches disappear off the face of the earth. She just might come back from a long weekend and refuse to talk about her new interests.

But thanks to Atsugi Tsubasa’s powers, at least she will be well compensated for her troubles. She isn’t going to be too alarmed if she finds a solid gold egg in her purse each day? It’s Grimoire accurate that she pays people fairly for their service to her :3

[KoL]

A new piece has been added to the CS tab. Anyone who cares, can check it there on the 0th post.

[Izurich]

A new piece has been added to the CS tab. Anyone who cares, can check it there on the 0th post.

@KoL

And here I thought Ozma, Lucette, and maybe Roma(?) will be old hags, looks like they’ll be spared from that title.

No one can out-baba Merlin unless someone apps a Himiko, Cleopatra, or Ishtar, for better or worse.

[BrokenPromise]

Stripes

Stripes

Name: Silvia O'Sullivan • Age: 17 • Nationality: USA

Appearance: Silvia appears listless most of the time. Despite this, she keeps up good hygiene and makes sure she looked her best wherever she goes. Did the wind just blow? She'll brush her red hair. Did she just eat? She'll look in her pocket mirror to clean her teeth, which are by far the best among all magical girls.

Barring her outfit, the only notable difference between her magical girl and true forms is that her eyes are green instead of orange, and her hair is a bit less dynamic out of costume. Silvia likes to keep up with trends, and sometimes even sets them. She never wears anything too outlandish, but she's something of a fashionista. Normal clothes paired with the right accessories make her look pop.

Description: "Apathetic" is probably the first word that comes to mind when people see Silvia O'Sullivan. She's not an excitable person, and doesn't go out of her way to get to know people or engage in small talk. There are no people, magical girls or otherwise, that she reveres. What few times she does choose to talk to people is out of pure necessity. Furthering her studies is more important than any human interaction. But even then, she does not seem to get excited when she gets a good grade, nor does she seem disappointed when she scores low on a test. She only displays emotions in extreme cases, like that time a student punched her in the face, or when she caught a whiff of someone's hallucination spell.

Ever since she was very young, her parents had always told her what she should be doing. At least, in terms of her school learning. She was an average kid with average grades, but her parents were determined to make sure she studied hard and got perfect grades on everything. They were going to make sure their little girl went to the best school, entered the best collage, and became more successful than all her peers. They would comb out all of her weaknesses to prepare her for the "real world."

That didn't leave much room for her own interests, but she was respected by many and had a lot of people who considered her their friends. She honestly didn't care for most of them. But she did have a friend in Japan that she would write to from time to time. The internet was an amazing place, and it was nice to talk about her problems with someone who was removed from her immediate circle of acquaintances. She enjoyed her friends company so much that she would go visit her one day. Her parents offered to take Silvia to Japan if she did well on her end of year tests, which of course, she did.

But when Silvia met with her friend, she could see that she hadn't been entirely honest during their talks. Silvia had been told that they had a perfect life with a nice home and lots of friends, but when she met face to face with her friend she was working impossible hours in some dead end job. Her colleagues didn't respect her, she had no friends, and she had been trying to pretend she was something she wasn't online in an attempt to reach out to someone. The deception didn't bother Silvia, as she had undersold many of the positive parts of her own life. Her friend gave her a book with tears in her eyes, calling it a memento for her visit. Once she got back to the states, her friend clarified that she handed the book to her because it was cursed, and she needed to get it out of her life. This was kind of strange to Silvia. She she also felt a bit betrayed, because her friend had essentially tried to pass all of her misfortunes onto her with this book. She would never write to her friend again.

Though a foreign school in London seemed to be interested in taking in a transfer student like Silvia. Her parents had been trying to get her into Marrywell Academy for a while, and were quite pleased that they were finally able to get through. Had her former friend's book passed what was left of her good luck to Silvia? Even after a few years she can't say.

It's hard to gauge what Silvia's likes and dislikes are. She does seem to have an interest in culinary arts, as eating is one of the few things she expresses joy in. She's almost always studying, and will join just about any sport she can. The more competitive a sport is, the better. Physical activity isn't something she's shy about engaging in. Her dislikes are also hard to pin down, but she doesn't like talkative people. Especially talkative people that can't tell she's trying to concentrate on something else.

She hasn't really been impressed with the Grand Ministry. Silvia has observed a reverence towards members with stronger grimoires, some of which look down on those with weaker stories. She feels that people should be respected based on the power of their character rather than some book they got by chance. Where she to hold the Book of Omen in her own hands, would people treat her any differently?

Grimoire's Title: Hyakumankai Ikita Neko • Classification: Fable

Description: "The Cat Who Lived a Million Times" is a folk/children's story written in 1977 by Sano Yoko. The book is mostly watercolor pictures, but does of course feature a story. It tells the tale of a tiger striped tabby who lived a million times, always getting reborn to an owner they don't care for. Every time they die, their owner cries, but the tabby never does. But on their millionth life, they have no owner. They are wild, and thus free to go wherever they please. He eventually meets a white cat who he falls in love with, and for once. Though over time, the white cat grows old and dies. Then the tabby cries a million tears before dyeing themselves. This time, the tabby does not return to life.

The story is believed to be Buddhist allegory for enlightenment, as they believe that we are reincarnated several times in earthly bodies before we reach enlightenment. Because the tabby was never able to love anyone other than themselves, they were unable to achieve enlightenment and were forced to live as an effectively immortal cat for 999,999 of its lives. Though the story does not outright spell this out for the reader. Some could easily come away with a different moral. Maybe what the story was actually illustrating was that the tabby was invincible until it decided to start caring for someone other than itself. You can read the story here.

The story is not especially well known, and is also relatively new as far as fables go. However the story has been referenced in other media. In cowboy Bebop, one of the main characters recalls the story of the "tiger striped tabby," which is a summery of "The Cat Who Lived a Million Times." Regardless, it is pretty weak, even by a fable's standards. Though it does possess the power to make Silvia very strong in the right situation.

Abilities: This grimoire enables its holder to take on the features of the tiger striped tabby in the story.

• While this tome doesn't offer immortality, Silvia becomes stronger in proportion to how outnumbered she is, relative to the power of said opponents. This effects all of her spells and arcane abilities, but has no effect on mundane skills granted by the grimoire.

• However, her power is divided among any allies who are in the vicinity. That is to say that they get stronger while her own power wanes. This effects all of her spells and arcane abilities, but has no effect on mundane skills granted by the grimoire.

• The tabby in the story had several lifetimes to acquire skills, but Silvia is still on her first. Regardless, she can learn abilities from opponents that she fights. This can be anything from a martial arts styles, a spell, to some monstrous ability, but she needs to witness them using it while she's trying to fight them. Anything she learns is relative in power to her grimoire rather than her opponent. Her learned powers so far are:

• Greater Than the Greatest of Tigers: This ability came with her grimoire. When she's alone, she can turn into a giant tiger that can rip most pageless apart in just a few swipes. Though as more allies join her in combat, the transformation becomes weaker. She can maybe muster a tail and some ears, and her finger nails become as tough as tiger claws. Not quite as menacing, nor as effective in combat.

• Magic Missile: Something she picked up sparring with a magical girl who fought with a D&D scenario as their grimoire. Silvia can conjure eight magic missiles that home in on her target. Every ally who fights along side her cuts the number of projectiles she fires in half until she can only fire a single missile at a time.

• Performer's Balance: Another find during a sparing match, this time against a trained circus performer on a precarious arena. Silvia has incredible balance and can maintain her footing almost anywhere. She can even do some stylish flips, but typically won't because that's a good way to get hurt. Skills of this nature typically will not weaken when Silvia is among allies.

Misc:

Lone Tiger

Enlightenment

• As tidy as Silvia tries to dress, her witch hat in magical form has a patchwork point on it. She believes that is because she was not the first person to use this grimoire, and is actually the tip of her former friends hat sewn onto her own. She hasn't done anything to try and fix it.

Note: made a small edit to her abilities to clarify how her power exchange works with allies.

[Villamvihar]

I figure that Lucette, Bonnie and Wilhelmina would make for a good team! Or at least that is how I planned it in my mind. Come to think of it, do Magical Girls prefer to work alone or in teams? Because Wilhelmina is best when she is a part of one, due to her lack of offensive abilities.

[TheWendil]

@BrokenPromise

The only question I have is whether the abilities she accumulates are temporary or permanently kept. Either way, the actual abilities themselves are fine by me. Just clarify that and she's good to go on my end. Await @KoL's opinion.

Come to think of it, do Magical Girls prefer to work alone or in teams?

@Villamvihar

Most Magical Girls work in teams as it's outright encouraged by the Grand Ministry. Only the truly stubborn ones like Alters tend to work alone, though also with Ministry observation.

[BrokenPromise]

@TheWendil I was thinking permanent. It seemed like you planned on having the magical girls grow in strength over time, and I thought that tied in nicely with the tiger stripped tabby's many lives containing skills from all walks of life. Silvia is sort of like the "blue mage" of the group. Only her roll is dependent largely on how many people she's fighting along side. I figure we can workshop more specific conditions to allow Silvia to acquire new abilities when the time comes, or whatever works best for you. There's probably going to be abilities that are too powerful for her to use even if she does see them.