[OOC] Gimme a Beat!

[LadyTale]

There's more to the music of this world then meets the eye... or ear, rather. All truly successful musicians have one thing in common: sonomancy. The magic of song. They can infuse their songs with magic, and the effects can be subtle or glaringly obvious. Well, obvious to other sonomancers.

Who am I? My name is Kara, and I'm a sonomancer. I'm also the founder of the Academy for the Musically Gifted, a school for sonomancers to learn to use their gifts and learn how to hide them from normal humans. Not everyone is tolerant of magic. Just look at what happened to the shifters. The humans found out about them, and now they're all gone; retreated so deep into an animal form that they've forgotten how to shift. We have no such escape.

It's my job to ensure that young sonomancers survive in this magic-hating world. Graduates of the AMG are confident and ready to take on the world and make their mark. Every one of them goes on to be a famous musician, some more so than others. Each and every one of them are brilliant, and I couldn't be prouder.

The above is taken from an article published in secret by Headmistress Nightingale of the Academy for the Musically Gifted.

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Congratulations, you have been accepted into the Academy for the Musically Gifted! Here are a few things you need to know before you arrive:

Orientation is two days before the official start of school, to give new students a chance to explore the campus and get to know their teachers.
Students are expected to live in on-campus dorms, which can be furnished however the student likes. Due to the number of students enrolled, students will have to share dorms. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Uniforms are not required; however, we do require that students dress modestly. This is for the benefit of your fellow students, as well as your teachers.
Enclosed with this letter you will find your dorm assignment and a packet of teacher information. This packet includes names, photos, and contact information, as well as a few details about the teachers.

We hope to see you at orientation, on August the 10th!
Sincerely,
Dr. Phillip Smith, Choir Director and organist.

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Rules

No OP characters. Your character can specialize in one aspect of sonomancy, but they may not be perfect.
Characters may fight; authors may not.
You can be a student or a teacher. Headmistress Kara Nightingale, however, is an NPC, and will remain so. I will play her when needed.

Sonomancy Info

Sonomancers are those who can harness magic through music. Highly trained sonomancers can create music out of nowhere, while sonomancers with less training must have instruments or sound systems nearby to broadcast the music through. Sonomancers usually specialize in one aspect of sonomancy; Empathic, Combat, Healing, Influence, and Calming are the most well known, although there are others.
Empathic sonomancers can use their music to subtly manipulate emotions. They can also feel other people's emotions. Empathic sonomancers are usually manipulative in some way, but can also be incredibly caring.
Combat sonomancers can use their music to attack and defend. They can send people into battle rages. Combat sonomancers are usually calm, serious people who keep their heads in crises, although they can work themselves into a towering rage.
Healing sonomancers can use their music to heal wounds and diseases physical and mental. They can sense when someone is hurt. Healing sonomancers are usually calm and compassionate, although they often become too emotionally invested in their patients.
Influence sonomancers can use their music to sway others to their side. They can also subtly influence future events, up to a point. Influence sonomancers are usually silver-tongued people with ambiguous morals, but they can be passionate defenders of their cause.
Calming sonomancers can use their music to cool hot heads and give aid to the depressed. They can also dissipate nightmares. Calming sonomancers are usually level-headed, kind people, although they can become tired of working only for others and not themselves.

Character form

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Specialization:
Background:
Other:

[BytheSpleen]

Dropped.

[Urbanliner]

Dropping an app soon.

[Ghost Queen]

Name:
Decker White

Age:
20

Gender:
Male

Appearance:
Decker stands at 6'2 and could be considered intimidating if he had bulging muscles and a scowl that curdles milk. Fortunately he has neither and instead has slim, wiry muscles built up from a focus on personal health rather than bulk and it would be difficult not to see him without a genuine smile on his face. Decker's choice of attire are simple things like graphic tees and worn out jeans, however it isn't unheard of for him to wear the school uniform in a unorganized mess.

Specialization:
Combat

Background:
Decker's parents had a very hands off approach to raising him, something that lead to many ups and just as many downs. However the past is what it is and in the end, Decker turned out all right. Growing up in a rock household did much in forming his tastes, Dio AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Motley Crüe, Black Label Society, and Iron Maiden just to scratch the surface. As a child of rock and sonomancers the guitar came easily to Decker, the energy of it just completing a part of him that he had never look to complete. Feeding this passion was his idol, Jeffrey Wielandt A.K.A. Zakk Wylde. As Decker grew and learned he was eventually invited to AMG and has been a student for several years now, picking up not only the acoustic guitar but also the drums and the didgeridoo after spending some time in Australia.

Other:
Decker is deeply spiritual, beliving that people must walk their own path to find any semblance of peace in this crazy, chaotic world.

[WaddleDaisy]

Kristi Noro - Vocals

NAME
Kristi Noro
AGE
16
GENDER
Female
APPEARANCE

SPECIALIZATION
Empathic
BACKGROUND
Kristi always had the ability to sing ever since she was a child, but didn't notice her Sonomancer abilities until she was around ten years old. She didn't take much note of it until she started to sense the emotions of everybody around her. Happiness, Sadness, Joy, Anger, Fear and even Sickness! To get her mind off singing, she started to become a massive nerd by watching anime and manga, even playing video games at some points. She always loved the music and the drama in each series that she watched/read/played. Kristi thought that there was something wrong with herself due to her ability to manipulate emotions and sense them, but when she was sixteen she heard about the academy of musically gifted. Maybe it had something to do with her ability to manipulate emotions? But nonetheless Kristi then applied for the academy, and eventually got the letter of acceptance.

Kristi then got really eager to go into this academy, and showcase her vocals to the entire school.
"Think positive, think Kristi."

OTHER
Interests
Anime, manga, video games and singing.
Sexuality
Bisexual
Personality
Kristi has a really happy and joyful personality, and she is extremely cheeky to all of the people around her.
Description of Voice
Kristi's voice can be very powerful, depending on what kind of song that she will be singing. If it's sad it will be slow and beautiful, but if it's angry she will be fast and powerful to the audience. She tends to do lots of rock/pop covers that are fast.
Theme Song

[LadyTale]

@Ghost Queen @WaddleDaisy Accepted~ please move your characters to the character page.

@Urbanliner Okay, I'll be waiting.~

[Urbanliner]

Name: Aoki Akira
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Specialization: Healing
Background: Aoki always had a taste for fast music since he was young, apparently because she was exposed to such music from their parents, mostly unintentional in their defense. The taste wasn't blatant until he was around 13.
However, his ability subtly manifested itself when he was 12, as was recovering from minor bone fractures which didn't take a long time to recover, he could feel the other's pain, slowly depressing himself as he sensed the suffering of others, trying to think of something to do for them but eventually giving up, as he believed miracles doesn't exist.
However, his definition of "miracle" got changed after a year, when he was told a slightly wounded friend of his recovered unnaturally quickly while the friend was listening to Aoki playing a song, which made the player apply the word "miracle" to the situation, with the "miracles" happening when he was playing songs. Although he could sense his songs and the "miracles" might be related to each other, he did not know how it did until he got a letter, apparently from "the Academy for the Musically Gifted". He initially dismissed the letters as a prank, but the letters kept coming in, with each letters attempting to prove it isn't a joke. Soon, he gave in, with his parents agreeing soon after their child did.
Others:

• Source of his appearance: mtrl.tokyo/column/1617
• He apparently doesn't like it when someone requests a slow-paced song, although the definition can be flexible depending on how he is feeling.
• Somewhat surprisingly, he is stereotypically calm, attempting to help others within his limits once he thinks it is definitely possible.

[LadyTale]

@Urbanliner Accepted~ please move Aoki to the character page.

I think that's enough people to start with, right?

[LadyTale]

By the way, if anyone wants to claim the Combat teacher, I can change his name and gender to suit.

Also, a bit of info about the teachers. There are teachers for each of the most well-known specializations, and teachers for information that's common to all specializations. Benedict, my character, teaches beginning Influence sonomancy; there are also teachers for intermediate, expert, and advanced difficulties in all well-known specializations.

(Bit of misc. info, Janet just graduated from intermediate into expert Combat sonomancy, and can only occasionally create music without something to channel it through.)

[Natsu]

Dropped

[LadyTale]

@Natsu Accepted~ please move Akira to the character page. I get the feeling she might get along well with Janet.

[Natsu]

That moment when you spell your own characters name wrong.
Akira guys, not Akiro.

[Teddiplier]

NAME
Naito Obshika
AGE
17
SEX
Female
APPEARANCE

SPECIALIZATION
Calming
BACKGROUND
Naito grew up in a peaceful town, with her little brother and her parents. Her little brother (Hizachi) is three years younger than her. She started taking violin lessons when she was six. When she was seven, she started playing her violin to calm her little brother to sleep. Three years later, she realized that her music could actually calm him. Her brother would have anxiety attacks whenever their parents were yelling at each other. Her parents yelled at each other so constantly, and Naito was playing her violin almost 24/7 for her brother. She began to teach him the language of music, and one day he told her that she could feel how angry their parents were when they were fighting, and how sad she was when she heard them.
Five years later, their parents got a divorce. It got even worse when a three weeks after the divorce, their mother was killed in a fire at work. Hizachi told Naito about the feelings that were radiating off of their father. He sat near the window, looking out at the flower garden that their mother had always tended to.
Naito found out a year later about the academy, and she and her brother fled to the school.
OTHER
SEXUALITY
Bisexual
GENDER
She's genderfluid.
INSTRUMENTS
She plays mostly electronic violin, but she plays classic violin to sooth her brother.

[LadyTale]

@Teddiplier Accepted~ please move Naito to the character page.

[WaddleDaisy]

We have two Akira's o-o

[Natsu]

I realized that, XD. I'll try to only call mine Aki.

[Urbanliner]

I'm calling mine as "the male Akira".