[OOC] Gunryo Academy (what genre does this even belong in?)

[UnendingEmpire]

RBYDark said
Um, pardon, I hope I might be allowed to join?

Absolutely. To address all the other questions I managed to see:

Fighting without a weapon is the current ideal, but we already seem to have a couple sword-wielding young ladies.
Setting aside Makoto's Featherfoot, no Battle Chip is owned. However, the ones in the main post are merely examples, and may already have owners that simply weren't revealed yet :P

[RBYDark]

Welp, long as I'm around.

Iwai Maki

Source

Name: Iwai Maki

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Personality: The first thing anyone notices about Maki is how jumpy she is. It takes only a sudden loud noise, or jumping out from behind a corner, or anything as mild as that, to leave her jittery for the rest of the day and clutching her bag to her chest. She doesn't cry easily, in all fairness, nor does she hold grudges against those who test her limits. In fact, aside from her jumpiness, it's hard to say much about her. She intentionally tries to avoid being the center of attention and keeps her head down. If she does talk, it's mostly because the teacher called on her to answer a question. She's clearly smart - her grades are good and she's never been unable to answer a question or repeat what the teacher said if asked - but she keeps to herself.

Unfortunately, as the stereotype seems to go, she's also troubled by difficulties in social interaction. She can't seem to keep a conversation going or even start one up. As a general rule, Maki seems to keep herself isolated, and it would be considered very strange if she approached anyone of her own volition. She does want friends, and would fight to the death to defend them, but it just cannot be.

Bio: Not unlike many students, Maki started up in the higher tiers of the society. It was said she had spent many nights at galas, once petted a tamed lion, and even had an A-level battle chip to play with at age 5. Of course, these are all likely exaggerated rumors reflecting what people think the elite life is like, but it can be confirmed the Iwai family used to be among their numbers, and Maki certainly had no objections to the system.

It can also be confirmed that, by the time Maki was to enter the local academy, the Iwais were down to the dredges of society, barely an infraction away from being deemed threats to society and arrested one and all. Her parents were miserable, of course. After all, what's it like to know the satisfaction of riches only to have them wretched away overnight and threatened with exile or worse? It's unknown what happened to her father, though an accepted explanation was that he left in the middle of the night to go court a younger, richer woman. Maki's mother ended up securing work as a seamstress. And Maki? Well, riches or not, she had to attend the academy and hopefully pull her mother back up into their former elite lifestyle.

Maki has no interest beyond avoiding her former neighbors though so what can you do. Really, the only evidence that the story is true is that she has a Battle Deck despite not doing anything noteworthy during her education.

Grade: Second-year

Battle Chip: F-level - enhancement of the ability to heal. A wound may stop bleeding more quickly, or a fractured bone may heal faster, but the chip cannot block infection or pain.

Anything Else: She's fond of chocolate pie.

May or may not add theme/VA later.

[UnendingEmpire]

aaaaaaand accepted. Adding to main hider now.

[VitaVitaAR]

Um, well, um...

Things

1: My username comes from a very awesome hammer-wielding rageloli who is one of the best characters in the series she comes from.
2: I like a lot of stuff. Um, magical girl, mecha, urban fantasy, slice of life, comedies of all kinds, action, some mystery, um... a lot of stuff. ^^;
3: I love drawing characters and I draw a whole lot of characters, but I can't draw guys at all. ^^; The one time I tried he just slowly transformed into a girl.
4: I am a huge fan of the Nasuverse and Saber is my favorite character in the Nasuverse. Other specific things I like are Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Touhou, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann, Toaru Majutsu no Index and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Kill la Kill, Kara no Kyoukai, Cardcaptor Sakura, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
5: One of my favorite desserts is cheesecake, I really like cheesecake.

[TheyMostlyComeAtNight]

Nasuvese includes Fate/Zero right?

[Rin]

Amongst many other things, yes.

...Fate/zero was an awesome novel and it was great to see it animated. ^_^ Also I am hoping that this new Fate/stay night anime they're making adapts the Heaven's Feel route, since we've already had adaptations of Fate and Unlimited Blade Works and it's about time the best route got animated.

[Raineh Daze]

I would rather it was UBW again than HF. :<

[TheyMostlyComeAtNight]

I've only seen the animated Fate/Zero, I tried watching F/SN but the animation jarred with me :P I think either Assasin or Saber were my favourite.

[Rin]

Don't watch the F/SN anime, read the original VN. It's a lot better.

And the less said about the Tsukihime anime the better. >.> <.< ...Also the best Nasuverse anime is Carnival Phantasm.

[TheyMostlyComeAtNight]

I'll have to have a look into it :)

[RBYDark]

Awesome c: Well, I'll post tomorrow, ok? This computer's not too stable.

[Slamurai]

Howdy; I stumbled here and thought the RP was an interesting one. Never really tried an academy setting, and the chip premise is neat. I saw you had six accepted char's on the roster and unless you've got another pending, I'd like to hop in.
In the meantime, I'll play along:

Five little things

1: "Aristo" is a shortened version of "Aristocrap," which was the first internet moniker I started to go by regularly. I thought it was witty at the time, then it made me feel dumb and I dropped the ending.

2: Mecha is likely my favorite genre; I adore Gundam (mostly just the Universal Century era), Patlabor, VOTOMS, Macross and so on. I'm more of a real robot fan than a super robot fan, but I like to dabble in Getter Robo, Magizer Z, Super Robot Wars, etc. I have a little collection of mecha figures that dot my room; mostly Gundam, but with other series thrown in here and there. I've got a few Gunpla kits that need to be worked on. I'm in the middle of a Zaku II, but I need to get my hands on paint, Gundam markers and weathering material.
I'm a Muv-Luv fan as well; got into it for the mecha and stayed for the story. I'm still working my way through Alternative, but have Extra and Unlimited out of the way. I've been reading a bit of the expanded Alternative material, like Schwarzesmarken. I haven't dabbled in any other VNs besides Muv-Luv, however.

3: I have a love-hate affair when it comes to anime; I enjoy the art and animation, but I'm partial to more thought-provoking titles geared towards older audiences, like Ghost in the Shell: SAC and the like. I usually shy away from the mainstream crowds and the bright, carefree atmosphere of anime-cons (especially some of the otakus who frequent them). However, I'm opening up more to less serious series and I've always had a bit of a guilty pleasure in ecchi.

4: I've played FPS games competitively on the PC; mainly the Battlefield series. Now I'm focusing on Ghost Recon Phantoms. I still play older anime titles on the PS2 for nostalgia.

5: I listen to many kinds of music, but have been centered around metal for a long time. I listen to power-, black-, death, thrash-, doom-, and heavy- subgenres. Other genres of music include classical, folk/traditional (Middle Eastern world, Japanese, Chinese, European, etc.), and a hint of Korean and Japanese rock/pop.

[UnendingEmpire]

I remember you, primarily because I remember the username Aristocrap always made me grin since it was like "aristocrat" but with a P instead of a T, like you're mocking them.

And fortunately for you, we do indeed have an open seventh slot. Try to avoid a KLK expy, though; we seem to be getting a lot of those =w=

[VitaVitaAR]

But Minako has no connection to Kill la Kill at all clearly she is totally not inspired by the main character.

[Slamurai]

Coolio! Just to be clear; in the 'grade' section of the CS, are we referring to junior or senior high? In Japan, Junior high covers seventh, eighth and ninth grades, while senior high covers tenth, eleventh and twelfth. Both span three years, so I was curious as to how old we could expect out chars to be.
All good; I sorta figured it out by reading the other CS's.

[UnendingEmpire]

Senior high

[Slamurai]

Name: Kazuki Tanaka (Western), Tanaka Kazuki (Japanese)

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Personality: Kazuki is soft-spoken and more reserved than many of his classmates. He's not one to speak without having first thought about what it is he's going to say, and for this reason he often ends up over-analyzing conversations and not talking at all. That's not to say he doesn't enjoy being social; he's just not as vocal around others, and when he is, he's either with good friends or expressing a strongly-rooted opinion. Kazuki maintains a calm, even-tempered disposition. If he's angry, the average person is likely not to notice at a glance. For the most part, it's difficult to throw him off-balance.

Despite his quiet personality, Kazuki is not without passion. He has a silent disdain for the status quo; the disparity between the rich and poor as dictated by the ruling elite. While he believes in making do with what one has, he does not believe the chips should have the strong impression on social class that it does. However, just because that is what his gut tells him, it is unlikely that he would expend the effort and go out of his way to make a change in the system. When it comes to his friends and those he keeps close, he's much more open and talkative than usual. Kazuki enjoys company and amusement, and is usually willing to listen to others, even if he does not explicitly say so.

Kazuki is an admirer of music and aesthetics, and has a particular love for food in general. In his spare time, its not uncommon to find him reading historical non-fiction, scifi or fantasy books, or typing away at his computer. He frequents comic book and hobby stores, as well as arcades to pass the time. Within Kazuki's reserved nature is a bustling imagination, always thinking on-the-go.

Bio: Kazuki's family is relatively well-off. It may not be at the top of the food chain, but sits comfortably at the upper-middle. His father works in the investment business and his mother co-runs a local food mart operation. For the most part, the Tanaka family has largely been able to stay out of the struggle between the impoverished and the wealthy, free to concentrate on its own interests. From childhood to his present age of seventeen, Kazuki has not had to worry about the clothes on his back or where his next meal will come from, and for that, he is thankful.

Kazuki has a Battle Deck, a gift from his father after pulling some strings within his company circle, however, he does not have a Chip to use with it. Rather than obtain a Chip for their son, Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka would rather see their son obtain one with his own hands than give him an easy ticket to prosperity. Another reason for withholding a Chip from Kazuki is they feel he should be the one to choose which style of powers he uses, seeing it as an important feature of one's character. Kazuki finds it a little superstitious, but honoring his parents' wishes, he strives to find a Chip to call his own.

Grade: Second-year

Battle Chip: N/A

Anything Else:
Theme

[UnendingEmpire]

Kudos on this one. Adding to the hider now, then watching another episode of KLK, then going to bed.

EDIT: When I wake up tomorrow, I'll try to get the plot officially moving. In the meantime, anybody who hasn't posted in the IC yet is strongly encouraged to.

[VitaVitaAR]

I am looking forward to writing Minako's first fight, really. Because whacking your enemy in the face with the case your weapon is kept in is pretty fantastic really.

... Also people keep telling me this RP I wrote up is like Black Rock Shooter and I looked it up and listened to the original song and now I keep listening to it a bunch.

[RBYDark]

That sounds like fun. Both things :D