[OOC] Gobigakure no Sato - A Naruto Roleplay

[Sathanas Rex]

halp guys this is a lot of ooc

[Pasta Sentient]

@Sathanas

Here you go

[The Mad Hatter]

Sathanas Rex said
halp guys this is a lot of ooc

It's nothing important, really.

It's mostly just about ChibiYuki's character ^_^

@Everyone;
I've begun my work on the first IC post (Warning, my first posts are all crap).
I'm planning on slapping it up on monday, if not before.

I was thinking about the placement and appearance of the village and I imagine the village itself looking sort of like these images;

Images

For the terrain around it, I imagine it would be mostly mountains, cliffs and forests, as that is the terrain we have seen from the countries around it.
I'll add this information to the OP once I get the will to live back (it's really hot (f*cking heat), okay?)

.:EDIT:.
I want you guys to start thinking about some Places of Notice for the village as well. Like, if you want your characters to have a special place, you will need to make a describtion of the place and I will find a suitable spot for it in/close to the village (like Icharaku Ramen for Naruto in Konoha (Haruka had a small forest clearing that she liked to go to and think in one of the RPs she was part of)). Pasta, you might want to add that brothel...
I already have a few that I am working on (Such as the Ninja Academy, Administration Building, Village Entrance and stuff like that).

.:ANOTHER EDIT:.
Added "Places of Notice" and "People of Notice" hiders to the OP.

Also, I have removed my invisibility; it just makes things easier.

[Sathanas Rex]

aw yiss le cinque terre

[Sathanas Rex]

edit: never mind me, double post. guild derped.

[The Mad Hatter]

... Five lands?

[Sathanas Rex]

that is the pictures, right? I've been there, I'm pretty sure.

[Pasta Sentient]

@Hatter, CURSE YOU!!!! Places/People of Note added stuff to Ryuu's story. *Sigh* Anyways, here is what I've got.

Gobi Red Light District

As a Village of 'Relaxation,' Gobigakure's brothels have an integral part in the economy of the Village. The Red Walk, as many call it, is a mile long road of brothels on either side. These brothels cater to every sort of deviancy. Numerous alley-ways abound where women not bound to a brothel might ply their trade, but these women are a dangerous sort...cheaper and more prone to disease than those found in the brothels. Every building in this Red Light District is for the making of money through the flesh trade. Save for one..



To most it is a rundown building, but to the children of Gobigakure's Red Walk it is called simply "Haven." Myubi Ryuu discovered the building as a young child and it was here that he would eventually flee to when he found the strength to fight back against his 'owners.' Ryuu would live on his own for a bit, studying the Ninja arts...but soon found other children in the area who had fled. Slowly, these children learned from Ryuu basic self-defense, how to steal to survive, how to avoid stealing from ninja, begging, and numerous other skills that would allow them to survive. These children and friends are the only ones Ryuu holds loyalty too. He has saved several of them from the brothels and they look up to him greatly.

Ryuu

Myuumi

-Myuumi was the first person Ryuu saved from the Red Walk. She is the same age as Ryuu but suffered greater abuse due to being female. Nonetheless, the girl holds a somewhat positive and wise outlook on life. If Ryuu is viewed as the 'patriarch' of Haven's children, she is viewed as the 'matriarch.' She has a caring demeanor, but none of the children want to cross her.


Dari

-Dari is the youngest and most recent of the children Ryuu has saved. Unlike the majority of the children who were born to the women of the Red Walk, Dari was captured and sold to slavers who eventually sold the boy to a brothel. Ryuu managed to kill Dari's captors and brought the boy to Haven. Dari is nine years old and follows Ryuu everywhere when he is not on missions.

Also, here are two ideas for the Head band. Omega is the first one. With what I believe is "End" in arabic, but blame google translate if it isn't. I considered Japanese/chinese, but way too many characters.

Headbands

[The Mad Hatter]

@Rex;
It might be. I don't know the name of the place; I just know it's in Italy...

@Pasta;
I'm actually happy that you did this; now I have one less thing to do ;-)

Postin' from ma phone, since I've technically already gone to bed

[Sathanas Rex]

yeah Hatter, it's definitely the cinque terre. Almost definitely. Liguria for sure. Probably.

and hey I might as well pitch in with some places.

the tranquil spring

That's probably not its name, but nobody really named it, so that's just what Daiken refers to it as (or just 'the spring'). It is located some distance away from the village, in an otherwise unassuming crag. You'd probably miss it if you didn't know it was there in the first place. Surrounded by trees and low-hanging vegetation, it is a place of absolute peace. Daiken uses it to practice his chakra control, and also meditates there when troubled. He finds the water excellent for this purpose.

[Halvtand]

Shou

To the south of the village lies a massive wall of great big rocks that were once torn from the earth itself to shield the tiny village from harm. Somewhere within these rocks lies a path that leads to what Shou fondly thinks of as "his quiet place". In line with his balance philosophy, it is no easy place to get to. After you leave the village you travel for a while on the road, but you'll leave it before long. There is a near invisible path that leads through the forest all the way up to the big rocks. From there you start to climb, at the start it's no harder than going up a hill, but before long the rock face if almost vertical. 20 or so meters up there is a plateau, but this is not the place. From here you squeeze through a narrow gap and continue along a path on the outside of the big rock. A missed step means falling down and that would hurt a lot. After walking almost all the way around the rock you jump over to the rock next to it and continue along the path. You'll reach a sort of balcony, around 4-5 square meters. From there you can see the whole village and as the balcony faces north, the great endless ocean. The view is amazing. Shou has built a small fireplace and usually carries a load of firewood with him when he goes there, along with water and tea leaves. A small teapot is stashed up there, but he'll bring his own cup. This is a place for meditation and deep thought, not for training.
Shou likes to make one trip per week, but if something has happened he might go there more often.

[The Mad Hatter]

@Pasta;
When I was making a headband, I actually considered using the Omega sign, but decided against it due to cultural difference. It's the same with the Arabic symbol. I considered a few other symbols as well, but it all made the same cultural cliff. The symbol I have now is a bit, well, futuristic, but, yeah...
I also considered simply making a dot on the hetai-ate, or a Full Stop as the name actually is in english (weird). The reason for that train of thought was the fact that Gobi is actually a term used for the end of a sentence, but is also used as a way to say "The End" for various things, such as a blind road, the end of a movie and stuff like that.

@Rex;
*googling*
Yup, it is ^_^
I really couldn't remember the name of the place, I just remembered how beautiful it was :p

I added "The Trainquil Spring" to a hider in the OP called "Character Hideouts/Special Places".
For Daiken's Trainquild Spring, I found this image

The Tranquil Spring

Is that all right, or will I need to search for another?

@Halvtand;
I added "Cliffside Balcony" to a hider in the OP called "Character Hideouts/Special Places".
For Shou's Cliffside Balcony, I found this image

Cliffside Balcony

Is that all right, or will I need to find another?

[Pasta Sentient]

Looking good! Also! I finally found Ryuu's themesong! Took me ages because the only songs I could find that really fit lyrically sucked musically. So in the end I decided on this. It fits more his fighting style than personality, but does a good job of capturing both I believe.

[The Mad Hatter]

This is the shit for Haruka;


Almost all songs I have/will find for Haruka will likely be metal, due to the strong aggression that comes with the genre and Haruka's quite... well, brutal fighting style.

I usually don't use songs for Themes. I just use instrumental music that I steal from people on Newgrounds. Or something by Two Steps From Hell.

Such as this shit.

Also, if y'all wanna learn some more about danes (and swedes, though Halvtand would probably not agree on this), there is an internet comic called Scandinavia and the World, or SatW for short which is made by a dane. It touches upmon most stereotypes that danes have and lots of the scandinavian culture, in a humorous way.

[Sathanas Rex]

Hatter, that is a functional image. I looked for one myself, but to no avail. Thanks for that.

As for theme songs, I feel embarrassed because I technically know how to music, but never have the inspiration to finish a track. Perfectionism is a blight.

[The Mad Hatter]

@Rex;
I've got them mad 1337 image-finding skillz.

I used to play the guitar, many years ago, in my teenage years (like, five years ago) and I took piano classes when I was a kid, so I know how music too, but I just never do.

[Halvtand]

Hatter:
That pic is fine. It's not perfect, but i tried to find a better one myself with no luck. No big deal really.
Also, why would I have anything against SatW? It's awesome. But Scania is portrayed a little bit strange in it. he keeps jumping from liking Sweden (wanting to be a part of it) to disliking it (wanting to get away). I guess it shows the bipolar state of the Scanian people ("real" scanians want to get away, "technically" scanians want to belong), but it's not very clear, it might as well be the writer who can't make up his/her mind. Anyway, it's a good read and will amuse anyone. I just love how America is portrayed.

[The Mad Hatter]

@Halvtand;
Yeah, I wasn't really happt with it either, but I couldn't find anything better...

I've got nothing. SatW is awesome. Everyone has to agree on this. Stereotypes are fun.
(humon - as the wirter's online name is - is a girl/woman. She's pretty awesome, actually)

[Sathanas Rex]

I do electronic music actually ^-^

[The Mad Hatter]

@Rex;
... Yeah, I can't do that.

For shits and giggles (as well as to show how horrible I am), I give you;

The Evolution of Haruka *insert epic disco-gameshow-music*!

Original design - Age 12

Post Timeskip Design - Age 16

Adult Jounin Design - Age 21

New Design - Age 13

Previous Design - Age 15

Current Design - Age 15

And as an extra treat, her weapon collection

Weapons