EchoWolff

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Now Accepting)

To your first question, I chose post-Maderame Joker for the simple reason that I haven't actually played past that story arc, yet have read the majority of the manga series. I decided that it would be a good place to take him from as it would be a good place of reference so as to not have to struggle with that much of the past storyline of the Palaces, making for more room for growth without past experiences getting in the way of decisionmaking. In my opinion, the manga iteration portrays Joker with a more concrete personality along with a slightly altered frame of storyline, which I thought would be more fit for an RP setting. Of course, it also doesn't portray him as a one-man army as the Wild Card could give off.

An interesting thing about the Wild Card actually that in the manga iteration of Persona 5, Akira doesn't actually show any reference or capability of the Wild Card, and the only Persona used by him is Arsene, used as an actual aid in battle as opposed to the game using the persona as a skillset.

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Now Accepting)

Akira Kurusu, Joker

Name: Akira Kurusu or "Joker"

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Akira Kurusu appears as a tall young man of slim to athletic build. He has a pale complexion with unkempt, wavy black hair that falls over his eyes. His eyes are gray and he has long eyelashes. Despite his messy hair and slouched posture, he wears all of his clothes primly and properly.

His outfit consists of a black ankle-length tailcoat, a high-necked waistcoat with gold accents, cinched black pants, brown-black winklepickers boots with taller heels, and a pair of red gloves. Over his eyes is a white, birdlike domino mask with black designs around the eyes reminiscent of full eyeliner and sharp lashes, as he was left in his Joker outfit when he crossed over.

Personality: Akira Kurusu comes off as initially quiet and awkward, though Akira is usually quiet most of the time, those who know him well are able to see his kind heart and how he is always there for them, however, he can be quite the socialite when he needs to be.

Brief History: After collapsing the Palace of Distorted Desire within the famed artist Ichiryusai Madarame, the twisted master of the arts exploiting his pupils and passing off their works as his own, The Phantom Thieves were lying low. They were waiting for a change of heart and for their quarry to admit to his crimes and turn himself in, the result of their last bout of this business with Kamoshida. After a successful heist, Akira was on his way back to Leblanc to get a well-earned rest, that is before a light came from an alleyway behind the coffee shop. Curiosity leading him, he approached the alley seeing a glowing rift of sorts. It felt unfamiliar, not at all like what he had done before with his dives into the Metaverse, but he couldn't help himself from reaching out to it. A force pulled on his arm violently, sending him tumbling into the extradimensional portal, the gateway closing behind him. The alley was left in eerie silence, his new journey was only just beginning, another world needed him before he could save his own from ruin.

Universe of Origin: Persona 5 (Manga)

Equipment: Rebel Knife, Joker outfit, Phone (Useless after crossover)

Abilities:

Arséne - As per his ability as a Persona-user, he can summon the pure manifestation of his rebellious spirit, named "Arséne", to his aid in battle. His Persona gives him instructions and tips on how to fight while lending Akira his power to use in the form of Skills. The skills available to Akira are as follows:
- Eiha, Fires a bolt of 'Curse' energy toward Akira's target and tires Akira when used.
- Cleave, Augments Akira's strength temporarily for a powerful physical attack and harms Akira when used.
- Sukunda, Hinders a target's movement for approximately 15-20 seconds and tires Akira when used.
- Dream Needles, Augments Akira's speed to swiftly attack a target 1-4 times (via dice roll), and Harms Akira when used.

Self-Betterment - Through making connections with others and growing himself as a person, Akira can gain small amounts of power through his Persona as his relationships grow.

Thieves Eye - Akira has the uncanny ability to discern if an object has any kind of monetary value.

Tools of the Trade - If in possession of the correct materials, an ample workspace, and plenty of free time, Akira can make basic tools that tend to be useful for burglary. Such devices include lockpicks and smokescreens, as well as a few other knick-knacks.

Other:

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Now Accepting)

Gotcha, I'll keep that in mind.

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Now Accepting)

Quick question; For the genre of a crossover RP, are we allowed to use OC's that are based in such universes, for example a RWBY OC or Genshin OC?

A City Called Labyrinth

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So generally, would these Quirks tend to benefit the runners in some way?

@Wayward

Benefit, hinder, maybe even both. Its all up to the player.

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Interest Check)

Sounds interesting! I wouldn't mind joining in on this.

A City Called Labyrinth

What is the nature of the Runners? Are they physically different from other people?

@Wayward

So, the Runners are technically human, what sets them apart is the Soul Gears that mysteriously surfaced when the Teras did. My main plan for this is that all the Runners were previously a Teras before coming into contact with a Soul Gear, which forced a reverse transformation back to a human-ish form. All Runners have some sort of odd feature that they had as a Teras, that wasn't fully cleansed but isint really a problem, so they have a weird quirk or whatever that no normal human has. For example, a Runner might have an animal tail, or maybe a portion of their skin is replaced by scales or an amorphous substance, whatever the player can come up with that isint blatantly interfering with the Runner's performance or sanity could be implemented. At least, as long as it's not interfering to the point where it's pointless to play that character.

A City Called Labyrinth

@Wayward Good to potentially have you! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about Labrynth.

Dreams of the Old World (Post apocalyptic adventure with dream based powers)

Echo

Echo was sitting against the shoddy walls of the cage, a black eye as a result of the rather rough mercenaries that had collected him. His eyes open when the door creaks open, a loose bar falling to the ground. If he wasn't so careless and didn't get tangled up while using his weavings, he wouldn't be in this mess. Maybe.

“Just great. All I needed today was a gladiator pit…”

He groaned as he stood, he wanted to get out of here of course but he wasn't sure if fighting his way out was the right option here. After all, he had no idea what kind of power those other Dreamers possessed. All things considered, he was safer in the cage. While the insomulite was annoying as hell and blocking out his dream, that meant that any other dreamer that came to him would have their dream suppressed as well, making them at least a bit more manageable.

“Hello metal pole, you’re going to be my smacking stick.”

He grabs the fallen piece of the cage, brandishing it like a staff, the tarnished metal rubbing traces of rust onto his palms as he repositions himself into a crouching position, ready to strike someone upside the head if they got to close. He was simply watching the others for now, trying to get a gauge on the other dreamer's abilities, and behaviors… Hopefully one or two of them would be willing to make a truce and get out of here in any way possible. He could care less about the shard, the damn things have already caused him enough trouble as it is, all he wanted was to get out of there.

A City Called Labyrinth

~The Soul Gears~

A strange yet intricate clockwork cuff forged over a Runner's dominant forearm, a type of Ether Tech that surfaced after The Fall and is the most crucial to a Runner's arsenal. There are various types of Soul Gears, which adapt to the Runner it is bound to, a blade that sharpens as it is used if you will. The Soul Gear is set to a Runner's ideal weapon and grows in strength the more it is used. The Soul Gears are powered by an infinite Ether Battery and directly combat the effects of Black Ether on its Runner. No one knows who created them, or how to remove them, but no one is really complaining about it.