Madani

Mundane Adventure

Caught on something, Dodger speak up. Indeed, this man and the kids appear to be under some kind of misunderstanding. However, they pay no heed to Dodger's words. The kids still throwing and shooting rocks and the man is preparing to do another swing. Meanwhile, Erva who already jumped out off the carriage had her bow and arrows ready, and already incapacitate one of the kids, making others stop their motion.

In panic, maybe, the man still doesn't give up. After confirming the safety of his little companions his gaze return to his enemies. Her face is hardly intimidating but his huge build cover it up. This man strongest attack would certainly able to break any bone, no, killing is nothing but easy task for his strength. Arl prepared his fist, ready to fight back. Now that the kids stop giving hindrance, nothing will able to stop this group of adventurers.

"WAIT! AIAN... STOP!"

It was coming from the opposite side, from the direction where the adventurer were trying to go to. Seconds after the voice was heard, a adult man emerged. The man's hair is silver, and he appears to be wearing a rather tidy clothing. On his breast pocket is a silver pen just like the color of his hair. Maybe because he's running all the way here, it seems he's running out of breath. Clear enough, he was in a hurry.

Gin

"NO, RUN! HURRY!!!"

Running away from what? One would ask. But in an instant, another figure of a person emerge from his behind. Whatever it was, it's fast. The silver man was actually pretty fast himself, but whatever was behind him is on another level. In merely a second it cut off several meters of distance, and as if teleporting, stops in front of the armored man.

"A-I-A-N, HOW MANY TIMES I TOLD YOU NEVER CAUSE RUCKUS WITH THE KIDS!!!"

The armored man, Aian, that big fella just... flew. It all happened in an instant, no one able to understand what just happened. The man who've cracked the ground with sheer strength alone, are being blown off by...

"Agh, that big idiot never learn"

The culprit tap her skirt, trying to get rid of the dust that got stuck on it. Purple hair and golden eyes, in a glance she appears to be a beauty, but something about her reeks danger. Just by looking at her eyes, it feels like your body being sucked into it. Tied up, unable to run away. Just like... a serpent.

Arte

"Oh, pardon my rudeness. Greetings travelers, no, from the looks of it... adventurers I presume. My name is Arte, chief waitress of Demon-Den Restaurant, if you like would you mind to visit our place? We will give you some service"

With a bright business smile, the waitress, Arte, gracefully bowed in an etiquette you would find in a fancy dancing hall. Demon-Den restaurant, what a odd choice for a name of an eating place. Even Arl were taken back by all of things happening so suddenly, but the temptation of food never fail to draw him in. Several seconds later the man from earlier finally catch up. He stopped for a moment to regulate his breath. After surveying the surrounding he finally speak up.

"Ahh... too late huh."

The man can only sigh before the sight in front of him.

Madou: Vivid World

In prior of executing a magic with a Madou, the Madou will coat/surround the user with [Pure Energy]. In order, it goes like this: Mage activate Madou -> Trigger Magic to execute -> Madou coats/surround the user with [Pure Energy] -> Magic is executed. The third step is called channeling, in order to have the Magic to fully be under control of its user, the mage's body will have to remember the energy flowing and control it as if it's their own. It's like having an extra limb. This also why using magic wearing the user out. If this is a gun, it's like moving the bullet from magazine into the barrel before being shot. As stated earlier, Esper emits [GPE] like a body heat. This why using Madou will harm them as two different energies will be mixed together right above their skin. Theoretically Esper are able to use Madou, but only if that Madou is designed for them. ----------------------- Add: Now that I think about it, all my attention and concern about the whole Madou and ESP concept is instead making this RP non-user friendly. I suppose inconsistency is nice once a while, letting more creative freedom runs wild.

Madou: Vivid World

*Checking whatever there is any inconsistency in all my statements* If any please tell me...

Mundane Adventure

The man were startled by the thief's intimidation and start shaking even stronger. Seeing this Arl couldn't help but to wonder who the real bad guy here. If that man didn't wear such heavy armor, they might able to see his sweats flowing endlessly through his skin. However, despite being clearly haunted by fear, the man still refuse to let go his sword or even plead for mercy. "No, for the sake of justice, I mustn't back off now!" The man shouted, taking sturdier pose. Something the man said caught Arl's attention, but before he able to react properly. *SWOOSH* *BUMP* A rock.. pebbles? are being shot at them rapidly. Arl manage to glance at the direction of where the rock was shot from. It's those kids again, shooting with slingshots and throwing rocks at them. "Hei, didn't your mother told you to never shot others with those things!" Arl had completely lost his composer and yelled at them. However the rain of attack doesn't stop. Arl quickly took refuges behind the carriage. "Go Aian, get rid of those bandits!" "Yeah, for justice!" "Take down those meanie people!" "Don't stop! Keep shooting!" cheered the children. "Nnn! I will, I WILL PROTECT THIS LAND! HYAAAAAAH!!!" the man, encouraged by the cheers, march forth and swung his giant sword. What a tear jerking scene, Arl thought for a moment. But the man's power were not as expected. From the looks of it, the man are just a sissy guy with a huge body, but turned out his power are far beyond that. Just by one hit, the ground shakes. The shock from the impact causes dust to fly around, hindering their vision. Few seconds later, the dusts start to fade away, revealing the cracked ground, all accomplished by the man's sheer power alone. "Oi, Erva, do something about the kids with your arrows!" shouted Arl. The man sure is strong, but it's highly doubtful that he can win against four of them. The problem is the kids who were hindering them with all those puny rocks. If they didn't do anything about them, then it's over.

Madou: Vivid World

Speaking of insane Lovecraftian stuff, @Madani is it possible we can get more info on demons and their homedimension?

@Grey

Positive, however although it's not much, it's still part of story, so I will do so if @Masaki Haruna respond with a yes.

Madou: Vivid World

@Raijinslayer Madou's "magic" works differently from normal magic. It simply adding "type of energy" to the desired spot, object, or subject. Kinetic energy, heat, electricity, forces, and such. It cannot directly interfere with other person's senses perception. Naturally, cause hallucinations and parnoia would be impossible. Basically, you cannot do anything that directly affect a person state of mind, like mind reading. However, causing headaches, blocking fregrance, lowering movement speed, all can be executed by lowering air pressure. To sum it out, think of a power/magic that instead, create the environment that would affect the target into the desired state. Like if you want someone to faint, sweep away the air.

Madou: Vivid World

I'll explain about Magic later. I'll just state the obvious for now.

@Madani

A week had passed since the day I said that. Since I had nothing to do, here is it:

Fundamental of Madou

There are two types of Madou, one used by Mages and another for domestic use. Madou, in a sense, is a device that convert [Pure Energy] into other form of energy. Madou consisted of three inner-devices, these are [Pure Energy Bank] (PEB), [Pure Energy Converter] (PEC), and [Pure Energy Absorber] (PEA). There are two types of [PEB], one is called [Internal Pure Energy Bank] (IPEB) and [External Pure Energy Bank] (EPEB). [IPEB] are [PEB] that equipped directly into the Madou whilst [EPEB] are not, which is similar to power-bank for cellphone. To put it in perspective, [IPEB] are primary memory (RAM) and [EPEB] are secondary memory (HDD) for computer. [EPEB] also has [PEA] on it to refill energy similar to a Madou but without a [PEC]. [PEA] work as a brake or stopping mechanism. When told so, it will re-convert and dissolve the produced magic or energy back into [Pure Energy]. In case of the Madou is running out of energy, [PEA] will passively refill the [PEB] by absorbing nearby [Pure Energy] in the air. [PEC] are the mechanism that produce magic or energy. [PEC] on domenstic-use Madou is preset and only able to convert [Pure Energy] into determined energy such as wind force, electricity, fire, etc. Meanwhile, mage-use Madou will convert [Pure Energy] into form of Magic. Every action of mage-use Madou are controlled by the user's will and mental state. Madou detect this through the user brainwave. The user's brainwave pattern and data are registered in advance upon equipping, making other people unable to use it. If the user are mentally weak, the less powerful/complex magic can be produced as the user's mind will be the core of the magic mechanism. Madou shapes and size varies. Old types tent to be bigger, akin to generations of computer. As time advance, smaller and stronger Madou are produced. Trivia: The name Madou comes from the Japanese word 魔導 which consist of the word [Ma (Magic)] and [Shirube (Guide or Guidance)]. This actually meant as placeholder until we (Me, and Haruna) come out with better name, but eventually used as official name instead. Incidentally, same happens with the term [Pure Energy] as it also start as a placeholder.

Man, I'm starting to forget what else to say about Madou. Any question?

Non-direct interaction RP

If that is the word, then I guess a yes is the answer.

Non-direct interaction RP

So I've been thinking of what kind of RP would be amusing to make/participate in. One idea that pass my mind is "An RP where characters don't interact directly to each other". Think of it as something like [Durarara] or any other work by the same writer. It features story about people in the same city, doing stuff that may or may not related to each other. For example Player A control/write story about a detective investigating a mass murderer case. Meanwhile, Player B control/write story about a high school graduate working in a bar. So there is no case of "waiting for others' respond" giving us freedom to make post at our leisure. However, there will be the case where both stories clashed to each other. Like the detective will meet the high school boy at the bar and have random talk with him. There will also be indirect interaction like A, who is a famous idol, release a song and B, who's the fan of A, buy and listen to it. I assume RP like this will require a lot of side-characters. So character we're playing as are roughly "The main character of his/her story". ----- So here is the question, will this work? Demerit: - The lack of interaction makes it feels as we're just writing alone, wondering why it's a group activity to begin with. - Not knowing when to stop writing or how to continue. - The freedom instead makes it harder to write, since not knowing what to write, what okay and what not. - Higher chance of quitter aka people who quit because losing their interest and get bored. - Chance of no direct or indirect interaction will happen.

Mundane Adventure

The boulder rolled pass the hill. The party would've became flat corpses if they were taken off guard. Thankfully, the party realize that and managed to run in time. Arl and Erva managed to escape the horrible fate along with the carriage, as well as all remaining rations they had left in it. If it were to be crushed Arl won't able to stand a chance to contain his hunger. Iwa and Dodger should've been fine as the boulder only goes in one direction. "Okay, now this is it!" Arl was furious. He quickly jumped out of the carriage once more, this time while clenching his fist. But before he able to chase after the kids, a shout was heard from the other side. "Oi, your opponent is me!" Right above, where the boulder was coming from, there stood a sturdy-looking man wearing a black steel armor with a giant sword tacked on his back. With a yell, the man slide to their direction. "Hmph, I won't let you harm them!" said the man, holding tight his sword. However, despite his intimidating posture and face... the man was trembling.