[OOC] Masks

[pyroman]

Outstanding character, Traitor! Accepted, and move her to the CS page.

[Traitor]

Why thank you! Done and done.

[Major Ursa]

Damn, I was planning to go gas mask with this...back to the drawing board!

[Major Ursa]

Meh, scrapped the pug idea, went a different route. ----- CS

Appearance

Mask

Name: Isaiah Foster Age: 28 Gender: Male Mask Abilities: The power of illusions, making those the wearer targets see, hear, smell, taste, or feel whatever they pleases. The mask seems to awaken the more negative aspects of his personality, and give it new life. Neither his physical condition nor appearance seems to have changed, and he need only have the mask in his possession for it to work. Personality: Working as a photography teacher, he is often seen as the first person to go to for good, non-prejudiced advice. Still, he is a worrier of a man who often tries to hide his feeling of anxiety and doubt with humour and friendliness, and avoids thinking too deeply of his own personal problems by working on his photography and writing. This man seems thoughtful, compassionate, forgiving…and a darker side to him loathes how pitifully he feels himself to be, and mores so loathes the pity of others. Deep down, he knows himself a coward, and doesn't want to burden others, but is ultimately afraid of being abandoned. Even deeper down, since he first touched the mask, a tiny voice is telling him he doesn't even really need anyone in his world. Quick Biography: Him and his young fraternal twin were both failed abortions, though unfortunately Isaiah was the only one coming out of it not quite healthy. Both being adopted by a doctor couple who took care of them for the longest time, both fully able to help him along in his youth with paraplegia and chronic pain. They wanted to treat both their new sons equally…which somehow ended up not having expectations of them at all. Twenty plus years later, somehow his healthy brother ends up being the irresponsible rehab dwelling drunk-druggie, leeching off of their adoptive parent’s saved money…while Isaiah became a well-known enough photographer and artist, able to support himself. Finally proposing to his long-time girlfriend, it was a photography student of his that revealed evidence of his fiancé’s affair…with his brother. It sort of…broke the small confidence he had, as it seemed more and more like the world was rewarding his brother more for nothing, and that his wife to be was staying with him due to pity. Still, afraid of becoming alone by revealing what he knew, antagonising his own brother and fiancé with the truth…he decided to just pretend he didn’t know of any of this, and marry her anyway. Any sweetness from her was becoming more and more obvious pity, to him, long stretches of time becoming more…their honeymoon was spent acting happy about being newlywed, and the sights of Venice. It was his wife that bought him the Jester mask, joking about how it was ‘fitting’. Fitting? How? Was she calling him a fool? A jester in medieval eras was mentally handicapped, not physically; she had to be calling him a fool for apparently not knowing about the affair. The mask in hand, he cast his first ever illusion on himself as he held it up to his face.

[Traitor]

Added tidbits of mask history to my CS. Also, since you asked Gisk wether you could use their mask, I'm assuming a possible consideration of masked NPCs within this story. In that case, I could PM you the mask concept I had for Majora's Mask in case you want to draw inspiration from it. The Mask concept itself is quite alright I think, it just doesn't live up to the name - that, and I started hating the character tied to it.

[pyroman]

Ursa, awesome character, he's in. Traitor, feel free to PM me your ideas!

[Major Ursa]

So...any of or characters know of each other, or are connected in some way? Or, we going complete strangers? 3: <( ? )

[pyroman]

that's all up to you guys.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Posted.

[pyroman]

Aweosme, and updated the first post.

[Major Ursa]

Uh, sorry, got distracted on other things. How does this start, all the characters going about regular life? Or, converging onto the meeting point?

[Revans Exile]

Name: Kimiko Lin Age: 24 Appearance: Pretty young thing Gender: Female Personality: Submissive Biography: Kimiko was hired by Dite to officially fill the role of personal assistant.

[pyroman]

Uh, sorry, got distracted on other things. How does this start, all the characters going about regular life? Or, converging onto the meeting point?

@Major Ursa

Once again, up to you guys to decide if you want them to be new to a facility, of someone who lives there. Exile, your secondary character is good to go.

[Major Ursa]

Eh...sorry, I'll have something up tonight.

[Major Ursa]

Woot, posted. Isaiah makes a student drink sand in a flashback-ish initial portion of the post, and then snaps back to the present at a middle of nowhere diner.

[pyroman]

Awesome post Ursa! Anyone else before I post again?

[pyroman]

Oh, I should also note that I don't plan on having a set posting cycle, just as long as people don't get carried away with their conversations with other characters. So you guys can post whenever you want to.

[twave]

Alright, I'll give this a shot. ----- Name: Robert Hayshen Age: 18 Gender: Male Appearance: Personality: Fairly reserved in most aspects. Most would probably pin him as boring because he does not go out and "have fun" like everyone else. While we will go to the occasional party he is usually the quiet one in the corner. Not because he's overly shy, he just doesn't like a lot of attention. He can still be a goof ball though at what seems to be random times. Abilities: Plays soccer, some outdoor living knowledge from Boy Scouts. --- Name: Koharu Saito Age: 18 Gender: Female Appearance: Personality: Generally outgoing with most people. She won't always share everything with people she's just met though. If you want to see her more serious side you'll have to get to know her or catch her with her friends. Abilities: Can ice skates, a strong sense of focus. ----- Mask: Masked appearance: Varies, but whenever they merge they initially become Robert or Koharu at random. Masked Abilities: Shapeshifting. Masked Personality: The personality of the mask is heavily dependant on what they transform into. Taking the form of another human is usually fairly benign but sides more on the mischievous when unchecked. Turning into a monster may make them more aggressive. Mask history: One of what used to be many. The mask was originally created as a way to scare away or fight off attackers centuries ago. As time went on these masks dispersed and undoubtedly what spawned many myths and legends. What the wearer could turn into was dependant on their imagination. Some used this power to steal and destroy. Others used it as a tool to help and bring people together. Whatever the case those that possessed the masks were hunted and killed. Over the years most were destroyed entirely. The one that did survive only did so because it had been split in two. Each piece alone would not change the wearer, but once both found they would stop at nothing to become one again. One of those halves found it's way to Japan and carelessly tossed into a bin with other masks. The other was taken and locked away, passed down from generation to generation but never worn. Biography: Robert and Koharu grew up completely unaware of one another. Nothing unusual or particularly Earth shattering went on in their lives. They were students, reality was supposed to smack them in the face afterwards. They lived on opposite ends of the world and likely would never have even met were it not for the mask. Their adventure started six months before. Robert was your average teen. He was almost done with high school and, as one would expect, couldn't wait for it to be over. A group of the kids from the school were planning to do something big when they graduated, a trip to Japan. Not one for the eccentric or travelling Rob turned it down outright. The weekend rolled around and one of his friends invited him and a couple of other buddies over for a game night. As it got later and most of them crashed for the night it was just three left. Having played their fill of video games they get bored and start trying to find things to do. Apparently there was a bunch of old stuff from the friend's great grandfather in the garage. Might be something worth looking at in there. Rob actually found quite a few pieces that were interesting. Pieces of history here and there but also a lot of junk. One thing they found was a locked box. Fishing around for the key they got it opened and found the mask. The other two were instantly disappointed by the contents, a boring old mask. Who locks that kind of thing up? But Rob often found odd trinkets pretty interesting so he picked it up and placed it on his face briefly. "Hey guys, when were you planning to go to Japan?" Across the Pacific Saturday was only half over. Koharu was out and about with her mom and a friend. They planned to pick out some clothes for the season and had already gotten most of that out of the way. They stopped an had lunch before moving on. Now they were just killing some time and the girls wanted to see the little knick knacks that were at the nearby shops. A lot of novelty items. Things you talk about but never buy because you don't really need them. Happening across the bin of masks they began to pick up various ones and act out what they were or ask the other what they thought it looked like. It was all just fun and games. Having gotten to the point of just grabbing a mask and throwing it on Koharu snatched the half piece and put it on. It only took a second for her to realize it looked broken and she glanced at the bin for the other half. It wasn't there but now for some reason she thought the one in her hand was pretty neat. With her own money she purchased it and brought it home. They had put the halves on at the same time and from that moment they were fated to meet. Working it's will through them Koharu kept the mask and Robert brought the rest with him on the trip. Neither had put on the mask since, but five days after Rob's arrival they both absent mindedly took it with them. Koharu made a short trip to the city Rob was at for some errands. Coming ever closed together the two probably passed each other multiple times before the moment finally arrived. It was getting late, somehow they had lost track of time. Heading for the subway system in a rush they ran into each other as Rob rounded a corner. Koharu's bad dropped to the ground and the contents spilled out. "Oh god. I'm sorry. Are you alright?" Rob might as well have been speaking Greek because the girl didn't seem to understand him, or at least not very well. Finding himself at fault Rob began to help pick things up. He spotted the mask and was about to reach for it when Koharu snatched it up and held it close. He recognized it and without saying a word pulled out the other half and held it out. By the looks of the pieces they appeared to fit and they put them together. The mask fused together to become one and likewise Rob and Koharu fused together. For this first time they took Roberts form Both minds were still independent but working together to control the one body. Obviously both freaked out and reached up where the mask would be. Removing it they split back apart and each held a half again. Needless to say they both took off away from each other but there was no way they were going to be apart for long.

[pyroman]

interesting character/s. they're in, so put the CS in the correct page, and put up an intro post!

[twave]

Yay. I'll be posting later on in the day.