MAHOU SHOUJO ★ EVERYBODY DIES
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✪ Introduction ✪
Hi there! This will be a little aside for now to explain in simplicity what this roleplay will be about, and how it will transpire. I don't run roleplays in quite the same way as most other GM's out there, so be forewarned if you were expecting this to progress in a manner you're used to. Unlike in other roleplays, I prefer for players (and thus, characters) to be as interactive as possible. This means that instead of post-by-post progression, collaborative posts utilizing Google Documents, Piratepad, Titanpad, or some other such real-time public writing application will be used primarily (though not necessarily initially!).
Collaborative posts allow for a much greater depth to be created especially in terms of dialogue and combat; instead of supposing your character might do something to another (in the case of combat) and awaiting their decision, in a collaborative post you can immediately receive a reply and have your own character react accordingly. It's much more fluid and realistic, I believe. That being said, it will mean a bit more attentiveness is required for posts to actually be made and posted. I advise only players with relatively free schedules (at the very least, multiple moments per day to hop into a collab and throw down a quick reply) to join this roleplay, and at that, players who can dedicate themselves to checking an off-site link regularly.
I will also mention that, as a GM, I will have a serious hand in the plot and progression; to a degree. Well... what does this mean then? It means I'll be creating events utilizing either temporary or important NPC's which will direct your character's to take some sort of action, either ignoring it or interacting with it for whatever reason that makes logical sense to your character. Based on their decisions and actions, the next event I had planned ('planned' being the keyword here, I never force players to go in a certain direction) may or may not be altered or made completely null.
I know a lot of GM's say their roleplays will be "character driven", but I really mean it when I say the very same thing. Your character's actions will have definitive consequences both in short-term and long-term ways depending on the severity of the event. I will be doing my best to create situations that are not completely black-and-white, and will force your characters to come to tough conclusions, the ramifications of which will be seen eventually. Given this, I stress the understanding that this roleplay will have a 'serious' tone, but not in the sense that your character's are forbidden from doing or saying silly things; if they would do such a thing, go ahead. By all means!
Many things will be kept purposefully ambiguous and hidden -I greatly enjoy GM'ing settings in which there is an aspect to the world that seems 'normal' to the characters, but have underlying lies or misunderstandings to them. Expect to ask me questions about the setting, and be summarily told, "Nobody knows." I have the right to withhold answering any questions to you that your character themselves would not have access to. As time goes on, and if characters trip the right wires, the fog will dissipate and more and more knowledge about the truth of the setting will be revealed. These facts will not be petty reveals of who the big bad is, or why someone is doing something, but will be of how the very world around them actually works. It will hopefully change the way your characters actually think, and hopefully in the process get a few 'wows' from you players as well. I hope.
So without further ado, I present to you Mahou Shoujo EVERYBODY DIES.
✪ The Setting ✪
Since time immemorial, the existence of magical girls has graced our civilization with the one thing it needed; hope. Hope against a tide of enemies too deep to see the bottom of, and whose waves are too strong for our mortal bodies. Before written history itself, the endless army known as the "Infinites" has plagued our home with mindless, aimless destruction. They cannot be reasoned with, and they cannot be eradicated fully. The only method throughout time has been the continued destruction of their sporadic appearances through the help of so-called "Magical Girls". These women young and old have shown the only capacity for power great enough to destroy the many Infinites, whose bodies are composed of technologies far greater than our own.
They number in the tends of thousands, but are but a fraction of The City's population, serving as the innocent and weak's guardian angels. When the duty calls, they are on the scene where they can be, vanquishing the Infinites that poured forth from an unknown dimension into the streets. Managed by the near-omnipresent Arcane Women's Foundation (AWF), they are directed where they are needed most when the danger is there. Every magical girl is legally required to register themselves, either by legal guardian or by themselves (if they had forgone doing so for some time). Given their small numbers amidst the immense city and the frequency of Infinite attack, every magical girl is needed in service. There is no exception.
As new magical girls are born and die (they are not invincible!) the AWF continue to mete out defense against the Infinites. But as time draws nearer to the world's destined moment, mysteries and darkness begin to take hold within the very organization the girls serve. You will play as one of these magical girls, working to eliminate the Infinites wherever they may show their cruel heads, all the while uncovering the secrets of the very world you live in.
the key meets the lock
and cements the flow
many days in the past
of mankind's repeating tears
Well that's that for now. I'll be adding things like character sheets, rules, and other things once I put up the OOC. Looking for interest for now. If you've got any questions, feel free to ask!
