[OOC] Bleach, the outcasts (always open)

[Jangel13]

Is alright I understand I hooks nothing against you just thinking I should bump the interest check and see what I get

[Halvtand]

Bleach rps are a bitch.
Personally I can't agree to what blackbeard says, but regrettably I must admit that he seems to voice the general opinion of bleach-players.
Frankly I enjoy smaller groups, it gives the characters a better chance to interact with everyone and you can build better relationships. Also, the story is easier to follow because there isn't 20 posts of useless shit about a group in the other end of the world between the posts about you/your group.

However, many players seem to love the large/huge groups, so there must be something about it that works. For one, the drop of a player gets hardly noticable while it may end a game with few players.

With that said, I must also criticise the way Blackbeard thinks. Throwing the game away because of group size and presence of fringe "races". It's what I like to call conservative gaming and it is the reason why some genres stay the way they are, and others doesn't stand a chance. The pure thought that "It should be like it was the last time I played because that's the way it's done".

In my mind rping is about discovering new things, putting yourself into situations where you yourself could never be and do stuff that you could never do.
If you only join and play games that are exactly what you like every time you'll end up stuck. Suddenly everything is predictable and homogeneous. Playing games that take you out of your comfort zone every now and then is a great way to keep your mind and preferences opend and loose. Sometimes an unfamiliar setting can be the most fun, because you can't fall back on "solution #57", everything must be done from scratch.

And to give the GM something to think about. While you had the world pretty much set in the op, you didn't give players much to base their first posts on, which is a huge turnoff for many players. Personally I try to set a situation which the players can react to and base their first post on. Pulling a post out of almost nothing can be very hard and may take quite some time. Not something you want right at the beginning of your game.

Those are my two cents... I'm still around if people want to play.

[Jangel13]

Thank you I appreciate it, honestly I'm still bumping up the interest check looking for another person to keep us going. Small groups are able to have better interactions then a large one

[Ciphra]

Hey hope I'm not too late when I put this up seeing as the time gap but I saw that there was a bleach rp created here when I had just left for my trip I just got back from, I'm checking out the info now but I enjoy small groups (Only read the last couple of posts in the OOC so far) and will read more of this after I post this! Then I'll just edit in that I am or am not interested but since I haven't been in a Bleach RP in some time an I'd really like to I most likely will be! So yeah! Also I'm a slow reader due to an eyesight impairment I have so it will take me a bit to read around and see where things are!

Edit!: So I read the OOC stuff for rules and the CS's that were up so I'm in if you all are still wanting to continue! Though if so should I go with a Soul Reaper or Visored? I'm up for making either so whichever is more wanted or needed for the sake of the story!

[Halvtand]

Can't speak for the GM, but I'm still around.

Also, if you make a reaper we'll be much more likely to meet and interact I think.

[Jangel13]

Actually I've been bumping my interest check for this so yah go ahead and join

[Ciphra]

Alright cool! Any specific level this reaper should be at? I'm thinking I'm going to try the same character at different levels from another RP I'm joining with some close friends and see how I like them at the different levels!

[Jangel13]

If soul reaper then you should be at a vice captain level, I can accept captain but that's only with my approval. If visor then you should have you hollow defeated and are learning how to use your mask

[Ciphra]

Alright sounds good! I'll try and get it up by tomorrow or whatever (My timeline is messed up cause I've been up for over 24 hours haha)

[Jangel13]

Well now I think we can get back on track :)

[Ciphra]

Modifying the sheet to work for this RP now, but ummmm Who wants a lieutenant? That way I have a squad to place her in haha

[Jangel13]

No real specific spot just keep in mind that their are some captains that will end up being the enemy

[Ciphra]

Alright, and just realized that I didn't have a history for this RP so I kinda through one together so if it's a little iffy sorry about that!

[Ciphra]

Sunōfurēku Tatasuko

Allias/Nicknames: Rēku

Gender: Female

Appearance Age: 13

Age: 15 Dead, 10 Alive

Race: Shinigami

Rank: Lieutenant

Division: 9th

History: Sunōfurēku Tatasuko, a girl known by her peers as Rēku, hasn't had a very long history, and in fact is one of, if not, the youngest lieutenant to date. Dieing at such an early age not maney had hope for the child, but she showed high promise to at least one shinigami who adopted her and sent her to the academy, which she graduated from quite quickly and achieving her shikai not long after. Making lieutenant only a year later Rēku was easily on the fast track to success and most expect her bankai to appear not long from now, some even suspect she's hiding one that she already has.

Personality: Rēku acts exactly how she looks, a child. She giggles, smiles, plays around, everything you'd expect of a normal little girl. Who could blame her? After all she is a being less than the age of thirty. She's very kind, though jokes around a lot, curious, eccentric, and nothing close to serious, becaues of course that would be nothing short of boring. Now a side of her that is never shown is her serious side. The one that finds everyone else beneath her ability pathetic. This mostly portrays to those older than her that refuse to acknowledge her ability in combat. She is smarter than she lets on, smarter than a great majority of people in existence, and whether or not she shows it, she knows it.

Notable Traits:
Agile: Is one of the most flexible in soul society, and when it comes to normal speed is quite fast, though her flash step is by no means the fastest, though don't count her out of the race just yet!

Playful: Whether it's the battlefield, a lieutenants meeting, or even talking with a captain, Rēku means no disrespect, she just likes to have fun and be overly casual and friendly with everyone.

Prodigy: Maybe not brilliant when it comes to book smarts like some people, and you definitely don't want her being a doctor, but yet Rēku his a genius. Her thought patterns allow her to comprehend more than she should, and also allows her more skill and finesse in combat than someone far beyond her years. It's predicted she will become one of the youngest captains in history.

Zanpakuto:

Shikai

Name & Release: Ryūshi Tōzoku (Particle Thief)

"Devour and create...Ryūshi Tōzoku..."

Power: The power of Ryūshi Tōzoku is definitely an intricate one, though fairly simple, and still very complex. While the blade may shorten once released into shikai, it becomes double edged and it also glows a pink-purple hue and the blade itself changes to a light purple. The glow hides it, but the blade is also segmented in one inch intervals. This means there is a total of twenty-seven blade bits. Each of these blade bits are capable of detaching and becoming their own free flying entity that is always constantly moving. They do this by devouring anything within a milometer of the blade bit. This means that these bits don't actually cut, but rip away and take in whatever it appears to strike.

After taking in new material the blade bits then exert a new particle out of the back almost like a jet. These sparkles of purple and pink light are a new energy source exclusively created by Ryūshi Tōzoku. Since these particles are constantly being created out of whatever is brought into the blade bits and being an energy particle the blade bits act like a conduit almost. Thus the blade bits are all superheated. If one were to somehow actually physically touch the blade itself they would quickly regret it as whatever they touched it with would be severely burned and possibly even melted. The one exception to this seems to be zanpakuto themselves. The blade bits are unable to devour them and thus they are capable of deflecting them away without harm.

Some things that should be noted about this shikai is that she controls the blade bits personally, that is until the blades have taken in the blood of her victims she no longer needs Rēku to guide the blade bits. Ryūshi Tōzoku once it has tasted the blood likes to hunt on her own, and as long as Rēku doesn't need her help she will enjoy the hunt. Another fun fact is that opponents' zanpakuto abilities that are absorbed depending on what they are have a possibility to create an additional particle that Ryūshi Tōzoku is unable to create on her own.

(Wasn't sure how you'd feel about her having a bankai yet so I took it out for now)

[Jangel13]

Explain to me how your shikai works in a nutshell cause it seems to me at least that it gives a hit then it detaches and attacks the target again. Correct me if I'm wrong

[Ciphra]

Basically Free flying missiles that tear away instead of cut to where you don't even feel the blade cut because it has a pulling affect that rips anything within 1 milometer into it which then comes out the back as particles, this includes air.

[Jangel13]

Interesting that's for sure, the personality and history kind of remind me of yachiru :)
Approved go ahead and move her to the character tab and make your post

[Ciphra]

Yeah a bit, though she's a lot more independent than her lol

[Ciphra]

And there we go! My post is complete! Would've posted earlier but I had a lunch to go to!

[Jangel13]

It's alright, but now I need to figure out how me and archmage are getting into the soul society