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Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Interest Check, Take 2!

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Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Take 2!

Prologue

On an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, far off from anything resembling a nation or any semblance of authority, lies a single building made of steel and stone. A heavy contrast to the lush tropical scenery around it, the building stands tall. Before long, a pair of figures begin to approach the building from a road paved with stone. The boat docked at the coast is enough to tell how they got here, but that in and of itself is unimportant.

"Mr. Zelretch, sir, thank you so much for coming to help us with this. As you know, there have been a lot of issues with the quantum mechanics of the device you've helped draft for us, and—" one man, cloaked in a long lab coat that nearly reaches his feet, began to say before being cut off by the older man to his side.

"No need to say any more. I had expected as much, so just show me what you have so far and I should be able to resolve the issue," the older man responded, a somewhat ambiguous expression on his face as the two near the building. Having stopped his rambling, the former knelt down near a small terminal and pressed a sequence of numbers into the device. A few moments later, and the door slid to the side, revealing not the interior of a building, but a solitary stairwell leading deeper into the island.

"After you, sir."

No more words were exchanged as the two slowly made their way down into the building, which was now more apparently a research facility. The area itself was impeccably clean, with only the occasional scientist or worker passing them by. The two continued farther and farther into the base, until they arrive at a hallway with naught but a door emblazoned with a series of magical sigils. Without another word, the man with the lab coat quickly dispelled the seals on the door, which proceeded to slide upwards and out of sight. Before them is what seems to be a large reactor of some sort, and in the center of it all is a small steel circle with a magic circle carved into it.

The older man, Zelretch, nodded without another word and stepped forth, his coat flowing behind him as he looked around—not at the device itself, but around the room. With a sigh, Zelretch massaged his forehead and turned towards the man in the lab coat, who was nervously waiting for the appraisal to come forth.

"The circle is positioned slightly off-center from the leyline that runs through here. I would've thought that you wouldn't have overlooked something so simple," he noted, berating the man beside him before walking forward and shifting the device slightly to the right. Immediately, the circle began to shine, and the man in the lab coat covered his eyes as the light began to cover the entire room. Above that circle, a few more magic circles become visible, showing that the device was constructed from a massive array of magic circles, all layered on top of one another.

"The preparation is complete. Send for the potential Masters now, because I CERTAINLY hope you have been scouting for them across the globe; if we are to have any chance at resolving the crisis ahead of us, we must act quickly."

With an embarrassed face and a hasty "Yes, Mr. Zelretch, sir!", the other man quickly exited the room, leaving only Zelretch and the device. The old man's face, which had been up until then a frown, could now be described as a faint grin.

"Hmhm... I wonder how long it'll take them to finish all of this. If I was in my prime, I could be done in a week—no, less."
With a laugh, Zelretch exited the reactor, leaving the device to continue whirring away.

---

Plot

This facility, while mostly unassuming, is the location of a device that accurately mimics the abilities of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's Second Magic. Built under his supervision, the device itself was built to seek out various singularities that have been appearing in the timeline. The device itself cannot act upon or resolve those singularities, though; it can only create a method by which to reach them.

This is where the Masters come in. While there is no explicit 'Grail War' at the root of the singularities, each one does have a Grail at its core. These Masters are to use the mana present at their current location and summon Servants to aid in retrieving each Grail, at whatever cost necessary. By what means are the Masters chosen?
...
Well, that's Zelretch's secret screening process.

---

Notes

• Each player must submit both a Servant and a Master form; this information is NOT hidden, given the nature of the RP.
• The pairings for Masters and Servants are up to you (the players) to decide on. You can opt to play both halves of the duo, or not. Your choice.
• In regards to alternate classes or versions of a Servant: Only one version of a given Servant may exist at any given point in the timeline, unless stated otherwise (basically NPCs that may or may not appear in the future). No classes outside of the basic 7 are allowed (so no Ruler/Avenger/Saver/Shielder/Etc;). No Alter versions of a character (so sorry all you JAlter fans out there).
• Be reasonable about Servant abilities. Like... Seriously.
• Not all Servants have to be pulled from existing Nasuverse lore. They can be, but they don't HAVE to be.
• No Gil/Karna/etc;-level Servants. Just... Putting that out there.
• Servants have a very basic knowledge of the situation at hand when summoned to minimize the amount of exposition. They may need clarification or a summary of recent events, but that should be all.

Changes from Iteration 1

• One Servant and one Master per player, unless I have given permission otherwise. This is to minimize pairing clutter. On that note...
• Player cap. I feel that running two arcs at once ultimately slowed down the process of both (partially due to my own habit of wanting everyone to post before I did), and so I'm going to try to keep the number of players in the RP lower this time. I think I'll limit the number to... 5 entrants, myself not included. This also means that I'll have a total of six pairs in the RP, which is a reasonable amount to get an arc done in a feasible amount of time (aka not 6 goddamn months to barely get into the first set of arcs)... I think. That leads me to...
• An actual screening process. I'm not going to be running this as a first-come, first-serve sort of thing; quite the opposite, actually. While I may open slots in between arcs if people drop or spontaneously disappear, I shall not do so otherwise. With that in mind, I want at least the following from anyone aiming to join:
  
  • Reasonable posting schedule. I'm not asking of anything absurd, like a post every day or something stupid like that (though I expect the posting schedule will be something like that the first few days of rerelease). I AM, however, hoping that something comes out at least once or twice weekly. If something comes up in life that prevents that, let me know and we can work something out. Last time I ran this, there was a giant delay between posts, so I'm hardcapping delays at a week, maximum. Any more than that and I'm going to keep moving, come hell or high water. Writer's block is a thing, and we all hate it, so if a bout of it kicks in, let me know. If you're already in the RP, I can figure out a way to keep your characters in without necessarily removing them. I'll be jumping a few hoops, but I'm here for you just as you are for me... Right?
  • Ability to write coherent posts. Now, I'm not asking that we all be Shakespeare or Hemingway or what have you when writing a post, but I AM asking for posts that make sense within context of the scene, and then in context of the characters in said scene. This should be a non-issue, but let me say that I find no problem in people wanting to write long posts nor do I find fault in short ones. My problem lies in lack of meaning. Take that as you will.
  • Willingness to bring up concerns/ideas/etc;. I'm in this for enjoyment just as much as you are, and I'm learning every time I try something like this. If something seems interesting or I may be limiting people too much, let me know. I may have reason behind my actions, but because that information may not always be conveyed up front, I may seem like I'm deliberately making things unfun. That is never the intent behind my actions. So speak up! OoC, PMs, what have you; don't feel afraid to speak your mind.
  • Commitment. Yes, I know burnout is a thing, but I'd really like if the people who join intend to stick around for... Well, ideally, the entire RP. I don't mind the fact that people drop RPs, but if you are going to, at least give some warning to the people who are still in it. Morale always takes a hit when people leave, and if their status remains a permanent "?", then matters are made even worse.
• More things to do. I guess my biggest mistake last time was denying players agency at times, or making their stuff feel ineffective. I aim to address that with the arcs in mind (and with things moving faster, maybe it'll feel like less of a slog if that IS the case).

Forms

Master

Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Personality:
Abilities:
History:
Other:

Servant

Name:
Class:
Appearance:
Abilities:
Noble Phantasms:
Personality:
Other:

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Let the forms roll in.

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Interest Check, Take 2!

@Riegal: >recently started playing
>CCC Event
But the CCC event was only available to those who cleared Solomon. owo;;

But yeah, cool. Interest. Nice.
I'll toss an OoC up... After I wake up lol.

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Interest Check, Take 2!

@CrimsonCastle: The word "based" is very important here. While I will say that the more you know about Fate as a whole (including Apocrypha/Extra/hollow ataraxia/etc;) the better, I think that only a grasp of how GO works (and really, only a grasp is necessary) is what you need. Arcs will be different from how they are within the game, considering that I'm working with multiple people here and need to chagne things accordingly. Not like I'm lifting the stories straight off the game itself anyhow (god no Orleans and Septem please).

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Interest Check, Take 2!

Nice to see you two back! 's been a while, huh?

Anyways... I'll wait a while longer before I push an OoC up. With the English GO release coming... Soon... Ish... I'd assume that people are starting to at least look into the game now, if they haven't already.

Which means kinda more interest here? Maybe?

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP) — Interest Check, Take 2!

Prologue

On an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, far off from anything resembling a nation or any semblance of authority, lies a single building made of steel and stone. A heavy contrast to the lush tropical scenery around it, the building stands tall. Before long, a pair of figures begin to approach the building from a road paved with stone. The boat docked at the coast is enough to tell how they got here, but that in and of itself is unimportant.

"Mr. Zelretch, sir, thank you so much for coming to help us with this. As you know, there have been a lot of issues with the quantum mechanics of the device you've helped draft for us, and--" one man, cloaked in a long lab coat that nearly reaches his feet, began to say before being cut off by the older man to his side.

"No need to say any more. I had expected as much, so just show me what you have so far and I should be able to resolve the issue," the older man responded, a somewhat ambiguous expression on his face as the two near the building. Having stopped his rambling, the former knelt down near a small terminal and pressed a sequence of numbers into the device. A few moments later, and the door slid to the side, revealing not the interior of a building, but a solitary stairwell leading deeper into the island.

"After you, sir."

No more words were exchanged as the two slowly made their way down into the building, which was now more apparently a research facility. The area itself was impeccably clean, with only the occasional scientist or worker passing them by. The two continued farther and farther into the base, until they arrive at a hallway with naught but a door emblazoned with a series of magical sigils. Without another word, the man with the lab coat quickly dispelled the seals on the door, which proceeded to slide upwards and out of sight. Before them is what seems to be a large reactor of some sort, and in the center of it all is a small steel circle with a magic circle carved into it.

The older man, Zelretch, nodded without another word and stepped forth, his coat flowing behind him as he looked around--not at the device itself, but around the room. With a sigh, Zelretch massaged his forehead and turned towards the man in the lab coat, who was nervously waiting for the appraisal to come forth.

"The circle is positioned slightly off-center from the leyline that runs through here. I would've thought that you wouldn't have overlooked something so simple," he noted, berating the man beside him before walking forward and shifting the device slightly to the right. Immediately, the circle began to shine, and the man in the lab coat covered his eyes as the light began to cover the entire room. Above that circle, a few more magic circles become visible, showing that the device was constructed from a massive array of magic circles, all layered on top of one another.

"The preparation is complete. Send for the potential Masters now, because I CERTAINLY hope you have been scouting for them across the globe; if we are to have any chance at resolving the crisis ahead of us, we must act quickly."

With an embarrassed face and a hasty "Yes, Mr. Zelretch, sir!", the other man quickly exited the room, leaving only Zelretch and the device. The old man's face, which had been up until then a frown, could now be described as a faint grin.

"Hmhm... I wonder how long it'll take them to finish all of this. If I was in my prime, I could be done in a week--no, less."
With a laugh, Zelretch exited the reactor, leaving the device to continue whirring away.

---

Plot

This facility, while mostly unassuming, is the location of a device that accurately mimics the abilities of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's Second Magic. Built under his supervision, the device itself was built to seek out various singularities that have been appearing in the timeline. The device itself cannot act upon or resolve those singularities, though; it can only create a method by which to reach them.

This is where the Masters come in. While there is no explicit 'Grail War' at the root of the singularities, each one does have a Grail at its core. These Masters are to use the mana present at their current location and summon Servants to aid in retrieving each Grail, at whatever cost necessary. By what means are the Masters chosen?
...
Well, that's Zelretch's secret screening process.

---

Notes

• Each player must submit both a Servant and a Master form; this information is NOT hidden, given the nature of the RP.
• The pairings for Masters and Servants are up to you (the players) to decide on. You can opt to play both halves of the duo, or not. Your choice.
• In regards to alternate classes or versions of a Servant: Only one version of a given Servant may exist at any given point in the timeline, unless stated otherwise (basically NPCs that may or may not appear in the future). No classes outside of the basic 7 are allowed (so no Ruler/Avenger/Saver/Shielder/Etc;). No Alter versions of a character (so sorry all you JAlter fans out there).
• Be reasonable about Servant abilities. Like... Seriously.
• Not all Servants have to be pulled from existing Nasuverse lore. They can be, but they don't HAVE to be.
• No Gil/Karna/etc;-level Servants. Just... Putting that out there.
• Servants have a very basic knowledge of the situation at hand when summoned to minimize the amount of exposition. They may need clarification or a summary of recent events, but that should be all.

Changes from Iteration 1

• One Servant and one Master per player, unless I have given permission otherwise. This is to minimize pairing clutter. On that note...
• Player cap. I feel that running two arcs at once ultimately slowed down the process of both (partially due to my own habit of wanting everyone to post before I did), and so I'm going to try to keep the number of players in the RP lower this time. I think I'll limit the number to... 5 entrants, myself not included. This also means that I'll have a total of six pairs in the RP, which is a reasonable amount to get an arc done in a feasible amount of time (aka not 6 goddamn months to barely get into the first set of arcs)... I think. That leads me to...
• An actual screening process. I'm not going to be running this as a first-come, first-serve sort of thing; quite the opposite, actually. While I may open slots in between arcs if people drop or spontaneously disappear, I shall not do so otherwise. With that in mind, I want at least the following from anyone aiming to join:
  
  • Reasonable posting schedule. I'm not asking of anything absurd, like a post every day or something stupid like that (though I expect the posting schedule will be something like that the first few days of rerelease). I AM, however, hoping that something comes out at least once or twice weekly. If something comes up in life that prevents that, let me know and we can work something out. Last time I ran this, there was a giant delay between posts, so I'm hardcapping delays at a week, maximum. Any more than that and I'm going to keep moving, come hell or high water. Writer's block is a thing, and we all hate it, so if a bout of it kicks in, let me know. If you're already in the RP, I can figure out a way to keep your characters in without necessarily removing them. I'll be jumping a few hoops, but I'm here for you just as you are for me... Right?
  • Ability to write coherent posts. Now, I'm not asking that we all be Shakespeare or Hemingway or what have you when writing a post, but I AM asking for posts that make sense within context of the scene, and then in context of the characters in said scene. This should be a non-issue, but let me say that I find no problem in people wanting to write long posts nor do I find fault in short ones. My problem lies in lack of meaning. Take that as you will.
  • Willingness to bring up concerns/ideas/etc;. I'm in this for enjoyment just as much as you are, and I'm learning every time I try something like this. If something seems interesting or I may be limiting people too much, let me know. I may have reason behind my actions, but because that information may not always be conveyed up front, I may seem like I'm deliberately making things unfun. That is never the intent behind my actions. So speak up! OoC, PMs, what have you; don't feel afraid to speak your mind.
  • Commitment. Yes, I know burnout is a thing, but I'd really like if the people who join intend to stick around for... Well, ideally, the entire RP. I don't mind the fact that people drop RPs, but if you are going to, at least give some warning to the people who are still in it. Morale always takes a hit when people leave, and if their status remains a permanent "?", then matters are made even worse.
• More things to do. I guess my biggest mistake last time was denying players agency at times, or making their stuff feel ineffective. I aim to address that with the arcs in mind (and with things moving faster, maybe it'll feel like less of a slog if that IS the case).

Forms

Master

Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Personality:
Abilities:
History:
Other:

Servant

Name:
Class:
Appearance:
Abilities:
Noble Phantasms:
Personality:
Other:

---

So... Yeah! Let's try this again, see if I can't get better results now or not.

Multiverse Chronicles: A Crossover RP

Kamijou Touma and Komeiji Satori

Satori stood off to the side as Goldibanne managed to scare off the "assailant" (who, as it turned out, was actually far less competent than any of them had assumed). Sighing, the youkai shook her head and pulled her focus away from that problem, and now instead focusing on the one whose bag was stolen. She didn't quite understand the context of the situation, but this was...

"Oi, what'd you just say just now? A dungeon? This some kinda game world or something?" Touma interjected, breaking Satori's train of thought as he stepped forward to try and take control of the conversation. "I mean, I don't really like the idea of stealing anyways, but, like... Is this one of those weird places that runs off of those rules? I only really played the really old classic RPGs as a kid, but, uh... What was it called again? 'Grinding' or something? I'm not saying you're in the right or whatever, but... Y'know, there's a difference between that and stealing. Can you... I dunno, explain what's going on here a bit more? Like, objectively speaking or whatever."

With a nervous smile, the young man rubbed the back of his neck with his right hand, waiting for a response from the young girl in front of them. Different worlds worked off of different rules, or so he had assumed... But even with all the context that he had just been given, to think that there would be one that worked off of game mechanics...

And so soon, too. That was just strange...

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

Ah...

Hrm.

Well, I finally managed to axe my way through my giant workload, and I come back to see that this RP is... In it's death throes. Dang.

It's been nice trying to keep this alive while it lasted, I guess. With the current numbers, I'm not sure if I can keep this afloat for the moment.

Maybe in the future I'll try this again, with the lessons learned from what I failed on in here. Until then, though, I guess we're closing up shop here.

Life happens, I guess.

Dragons Beneath the Firmament (A Wuxia/Xianxia RP)

Haha holy crap that was a suffocating workload. But I'm alive now! And have a form. Yes.

Yang

Name: Chen Yang
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Appearance: "I shall not waver."
Personality: Yang is a rather stubborn person, in part due to the way he has cultivated himself over the last few decades. While he may not be apt to jump straight into the heat of battle, there is nothing saying that he will not enter the fray regardless. In terms of more mundane relations, though, Yang often acts the straight man rather than the fool. While he does like the idea of slacking off and joking around every once in a while, the nature of a cultivator means that sort of thing isn't always within the realm of possibility. Even so, he is willing to lend his strength to those who he has grown close to, but seldom any other without reasonable benefit to himself in turn.
Stage: Foundation Establishment
Abilities:

• Flowering Gale Style: The Flowering Gale Style is a unique way of handling the blade (swords in particular, though they do dabble in the usage of weapons such as daggers and the like) wherein qi is used to project and control other blades that derive their movement from the user's own independent of any physical contact. These new blades are themselves projections of the user's will and powered and maintained by their qi in turn, and their control is limited only by their finesse and precision. As he is right now, Yang is able to create a maximum of three qi blades that can be used to either deflect attacks at either him or his allies or attack in tandem with his own swings. The style itself functions off of a great deal of redirection and countering of enemy movements, as well as slipping in between holes in his opponent's defenses. It is, though, a style more suited towards combating multiple foes at once, and his dueling potential suffers as a result.
• Frozen Embers Technique: Yang's cultivation technique is one that harnesses the extremes of nature, and the potential that is possesses in turn. As another style centered around balance, the control required to maintain both the yin (cold) and yang (heat) has thus required Yang to consume no small amount of time tempering his mind and body. Luckily, the peaks of the mountains and the fires stoked by the masters therein were the perfect places to do so. The technique does not openly manifest upon his body, though, as it requires a far higher level of proficiency to make use of it than Yang is currently capable of to be invoked in that manner. As it stands, it allows Yang to resist extreme heat (or lack thereof) and manipulate small amounts of fire or ice to his benefit.

Items:

• Lotus Fang Sword: Yang's primary weapon, and also his blade of choice. Forged from the tooth of a great jade tiger, Yang's blade is uncannily sharp to the touch... Or, well, it would be if not for the essence infused within the weapon itself. As it stands, the blade is naturally dull, and can cut flesh less easily than a wooden sword might. However, if Yang feeds his qi into this sword, then its prior sharpness emerges once more (along with a small flurry of lotus flower petals). The weapon can hardly be damaged by ordinary means, but whether or not he wants to find out what those are is another story entirely.
• Thread of Eternity: A long string of red silk, usually wound around Yang's wrist as a bracelet of sorts. Its main function is one of fashion, but the thread itself is unnaturally resilient to the point of never breaking even when placed under extreme stress.

History: Yang's life was not one of any particular note; his parents were simply average people who happened to be living in the temple where he began to train. They were not cultivators themselves, and were strange in that they seemed to have no ambition for the lifestlye (which was strange in his eyes). There was never any need or want within the temple grounds, but there was a distinct lack of things to do when many tasks had already been handled by those aspiring to become cultivators themselves. Seeing as how that was better than doing much of nothing at all, Yang joined them in turn. His parents, while concerned about the entire ordeal, seemed to have nothing to say for or against the matter, which once again confused the young child, and it would only become clear to him as to why they acted as such as he grew older.
In time, the young Yang came to learn that his parents had not chosen their current lives, but instead had it forced onto them. An opponent of their had hired assassins to block their qi meridians with poison, and had come here to seek a cure (or, at the very least, ease the pain it induced upon them both). The news didn't deter him, but it gave him a new sense of understanding, and thus new resolve to continue down this path. It had not been laid out for him by his parents; no, he had chosen this for himself. But when faced with the possibility of what could have been, Yang cursed that sad fate that had befallen his predecessors.
It was not a story of vengeance by any means, but instead one of pure possibility.
Other: People annoy him on cold winter days or hot summer days just because of his cultivation, even is he has made clear multiple times that it doesn't necessarily do what they want it to do. Likes rice and fish, but fish is hard to come by in the mountains where he trains.

Anyways... Let's see what else I can't get in the next few days. I'll kick things off then.

Dragons Beneath the Firmament (A Wuxia/Xianxia RP)

*reserved*