[OOC] Strange Gospel: A Heavily Persona-Inspired Urban Fantasy RP

[The World]

@VitaVitaAR
I made an overhaul of my CS, now that I've had more time to think. Sorry for posting it too soon before.

[VitaVitaAR]

@The World: Alrighty, I'll take a look in a bit.

[DarckLeon]

Made some changes to the sheet, mainly fixing grammar mistakes and adding a little more personality and one extra tool in his inventory, as well as bringing him a little more in sync with the rest of the characters by limiting his social circle.

[VitaVitaAR]

@DarckLeon: No change, he's still on the list.

@The World: Still on the list too.

[Psyker Landshark]

Some small edits made, nothing too big, just clarifications.

[VitaVitaAR]

@The World: Actually, on second review of your bio, I'm a little concerned the backstory trends a bit too over-the-top? Multiple street gangs(and I'll admit the names are a bit on the nose) that kill multiple people and somehow escape justice the entire time is a bit much.

I'd try focusing in on a single tragic event and how its impact twisted her life around it. I want emotional baggage and trauma is definitely not bad for the purposes of narrative and character development, but it feels a bit like a conga line here.

[The World]

@VitaVitaAR
Fair enough, I'll fix that.

[The World]

@VitaVitaAR
So, I decided to take her in a totally different direction. Hopefully this is better, but let me know if I should rework it again.
As it happens, the theme still fits, just in an entirely different way :P

CS

Name:
Tsubomi Amano

Age:
17

Gender:
Female

Appearance:
Image | A red-haired girl who stands at 5 feet 8 inches (or 172.72 cm) and weighs approximately 137 pounds, (or 78.47 kg) bearing amber eyes. Tsubomi has notably above-average musculature and an athletic build.

Personality:
Tsubomi has a deep resentment for humanity which drives her to constantly try to improve in everything she does. It's in part due to this that she has trouble asking for help no matter how desperate the situation, as she feels that if she can't solve a problem herself, then she just has to try harder. In spite of this, she is overly trusting and gullible. She is quite competitive as she views it as a way to prove herself. She dislikes authority and self-righteous people. She also despises insects and insect-looking creatures with all her heart.

She is very quick to anger, but usually can control herself before doing something she shouldn't. Though that's not to say that she's above beating someone up for a deep enough cutting insult, or especially for attacking her physically. Still, Tsubomi usually dislikes fighting unless it's to protect someone weaker. She doesn't like weaklings, but recognizes that they still have room to grow, so she protects them from those who have squandered their potential by becoming the type to prey on them.

Skills:
- Knife fighting: Tsubomi has learned to use knives very effectively both in and out of combat.
- Use of a sword: While not formally trained, she practices using a wooden sword daily.
- Improvisation: Tsubomi is a quick thinker and is good at using things in unorthodox ways.
- Occult Knowledge: A fascination with the occult and mythology has led Tsubomi to be quite knowledgeable about the subject.
- Anatomical Knowledge: Ever since her broken arm, she's spent time learning the most effective ways to hurt, harm, break, and kill things.

Equipment:
A Bokken and a Courier Bag filled with the following items: Pocket Knife, Pocket Multitool, Flashlight, Cellphone, MP3 Player, Headphones, Waterproof Matches, Lighter, Compass.

Echo:
Name:
Samjok-o
Appearance:
A giant crow with three legs.
Abilities:
- Physical Reinforcement: This Echo can strengthen Tsubomi and her weapons to make them more effective in battle.
- Flames of Heaven: Being associated with the sun, Samjok-o can manifest flames to burn away its enemies.

Brief Backstory:
Tsubomi lived a fairly uninteresting life until she was 8 years old, when her elder sister disappeared. The police were unable to find any conclusive evidence, but it was an open secret that one of the local gangs, called the "Demons," were behind it. As such, nobody was arrested. Tsubomi misunderstood the situation and believed that it were an actual demon that took her sister away, drawing the young girl into the realm of the occult. Her older brother tried to explain the situation to her, but she couldn't accept that actual people could be so evil. As time went on, though, she learned that people often are worse than any supernatural force.

Unfettered access to the Internet let her quickly learn a lot of things. Unfortunately, this included a host of horrible things as well. Until she was a teenager, she had managed to avoid the worst even in the world of the occult. Things like ritualistic sacrifice were terrible, yes, but she never witnessed anything like it; it was just words and a scary idea. Stories. As a teenager, though, she accidently found her way to a less than reputable website, the contents of which slowly but steadily scarred and desensitized her to violence. Like most teenagers, she didn't grasp the danger of this situation until it was too late. She was fifteen, and had totally ruined her view of mortality. By this point, she was already working hard in athletics and terrified her parents with her blasé attitude when she broke her arm. Yes, it was painful, but she was already thinking of it in a twisted way. It was just bone, what was the big problem? It wasn't like she'd lose her arm or anything. If anything, she was more concerned with how others began treating her differently because of it. She didn't like being looked down on, and that's all she could see others doing from her point of view. It certainly didn't help that she was bullied by some for closing herself off during this time.

By the time she healed up, she had a new outlook on life. People were trash, willing to lord their minor superiority over others, wanting to cling so tightly to the status quo, only going out of their way to help when it made them look good. Willing to pick on the weakest for fun. Garbage, that's what they were. But she wouldn't be like everyone else, content to wallow in their worthlessness. She would grind away at herself until she was sharper than any blade, stronger than anyone else. She would surpass everyone. This line of thinking is what led her to begin attacking the members of the street gang that caused trouble in the area. She had completely forgotten that her sister's disappearance was blamed on them, yet things had come full circle anyway. The result of this war against them was her parents becoming scared for her safety and sending her to live with her uncle. He believed that a healthy outlet for her violent tendencies would help her let go of her history, and so he gave her a wooden sword that she now carries everywhere she can.

She now goes to Yamamura High School, where she quickly got caught up in the rumors of "Strange Gospel."

Theme:
youtu.be/rePFEUu7YZs

[Mistress Dizzy]

Poked through the thread. Since it looks like you're still in the CS gathering phase, I will try and get something down quick.

I had a setting question.

1. What's the size and general description of the main city in game? I just want to know if it's out in the country or Tokyo-lite. Is it a place where everyone knows each other? How "anonymous" my character is kinda plays into their backstory.

-What is the expected post rate for this game?

[VitaVitaAR]

@The World: Hmmm. To be honest I feel like the backstory is a bit of a mess, and her occult obsession doesn't figure into her later feelings at all. If you want to go with the occult interests I'd lean into that harder rather then the later elements.

@Mistress Dizzy: I'm going for a Tokyo-lite kind of approach.

As for expected post rate, I'm looking for at least once a week.

[Mistress Dizzy]

@VitaVitaAR got it. So anonymity is easier. I am finally done with work! Will see what I come up with.

[The World]

@VitaVitaAR
I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't be able to write an occult obsessed character as well as I would one who's only dabbled in it, and since I was using that just as a springboard anyway, I dropped it entirely.

Sorry to keep going off in different directions.

CS3

Name:
Tsubomi Amano

Age:
17

Gender:
Female

Appearance:
Image | A red-haired girl who stands at 5 feet 8 inches (or 172.72 cm) and weighs approximately 137 pounds, (or 78.47 kg) bearing amber eyes. Tsubomi has notably above-average musculature and an athletic build.

Personality:
Tsubomi has a deep resentment for humanity which drives her to constantly try to improve in everything she does. It's in part due to this that she has trouble asking for help no matter how desperate the situation, as she feels that if she can't solve a problem herself, then she just has to try harder. In spite of this, she is overly trusting and gullible. She is quite competitive as she views it as a way to prove herself. She dislikes authority and self-righteous people. She also despises insects and insect-looking creatures with all her heart.

She is very quick to anger, but usually can control herself before doing something she shouldn't. Though that's not to say that she's above beating someone up for a deep enough cutting insult, or especially for attacking her physically. Still, Tsubomi usually dislikes fighting unless it's to protect someone weaker. She doesn't like weaklings, but recognizes that they still have room to grow, so she protects them from those who have squandered their potential by becoming the type to prey on them.

Skills:
- Sword Fighting: While not formally trained, she practices using a wooden sword daily.
- Improvisation: Tsubomi is a quick thinker and is good at using things in unorthodox ways.
- Anatomical Knowledge: Due to her desire to become a doctor when she was younger, she knows the most effective ways to hurt, harm, break, and kill things.

Equipment:
A Bokken and a Courier Bag filled with the following items: Pocket Knife, Pocket Multitool, Flashlight, Cellphone, MP3 Player, Headphones, Waterproof Matches, Lighter, Compass.

Echo:
Name:
Samjok-o
Appearance:
A giant crow with three legs.
Abilities:
- Physical Reinforcement: This Echo can strengthen Tsubomi and her weapons to make them more effective in battle.
- Flames of Heaven: Being associated with the sun, Samjok-o can manifest flames to burn away its enemies.

Brief Backstory:
Tsubomi grew up in a very lax household. When she was young, her dream was to one day be a doctor, and her parents supported this. It all started with learning biology. She spent her free time online to learn as much as she could about the human body. This started with diagrams and text, and grew to videos. At first she was disgusted when she watched a minor surgery, but as time went on she became desensitized to it. Like most kids, she had a strong curiosity that fed into her watching more and more extreme videos. She still studied human biology but her interest became twisted, culminating in her losing focus on her goal and finding a certain website where she was able to watch disasters occur. Car crashes, derailed trains, houses burning down... The list went on, and she slowly found herself losing touch with her view of mortality. Unfortunately, by this time she was a young teenager, and like many teenagers she had totally flipped on what she wanted to do as an adult.

Her new fascination was not medicine, but politics. As she continued learning about the subject she became more and more convinced that there was too much wrong in the world. People put their trust in others, who inevitably would betray that trust. Power was consolidated through lies, and might made right. These were the truths of the world, she believed, and she hated it. She blamed the strong for abusing the weak, and the weak for allowing themselves to be abused. She eventually grew violent against the school bullies and was sent to live with her uncle after being nearly expelled from her school for a fight. He believed that a healthy outlet for her violent tendencies would help her, and so he gave her a wooden sword that she now carries everywhere she can.

She now goes to Yamamura High School, where she has gotten caught up in the rumors of "Strange Gospel."

Theme:
youtu.be/rePFEUu7YZs

[VitaVitaAR]

@The World: Added to the list.

[VitaVitaAR]

I will probably start looking through current signups and making some decisions after Christmas.

[Mistress Dizzy]

@VitaVitaAR Sorry. Backing out. Our apartment flooded this morning. Merry Christmas

[Dragonfly 9]

Also backing out. I don't think I have enough time for this.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Mistress Dizzy: I hope things work out for you okay, Merry Christmas.

@Dragonfly 9: Thanks for letting me know.

[Remram]

Are we not waiting for Rin or did they backout too?

[VitaVitaAR]

@hatakekuro: I am planning on giving her some more time, but I will probably make some selections after Christmas regardless.

[Remram]

Okay, that's good to know.