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Diarmi 'Dimi' Carlevaro

At 14 years old, 5'5", and maybe 130 pounds sopping wet, Dimi is the last person to intimidate anyone. Perhaps he's aware, as he's slow to anger and even then such anger quickly dissipates. He's quite chatty and quick to talk with strangers in hopes of striking up a friendship. It doesn't matter how often he's turned down, he'll bounce right back up in an instant. Perhaps that's fitting, as when his family performs for the streets, he does acrobatic tricks and parkour. [So of course he's fascinated when he's attached to this hulking, giant, quiet man who's apparently from centuries ago.] Considering how ragtag, ill-matching, and ill-fitting his attire is, it may come as no surprise that Dimi's 6-member family lives out of a small RV, which is an uprade from the van that pulls it around. If given a chance (his youngest sister is busy, there's no performance going on, and who really cares about school, right?), he could spend all day at a bookstore, library, or comic book store, reading graphic novels and comics.

Agmundr

What does one do after having been raised to fight, joining multiple battles as part of the berserker squad, and getting an arrow to the throat? Become attached to a teenager, apparently. It's a struggle to leave behind the mindset he lived with for so long. Contrary to what one might expect, Agmundr is not overwhelmed by the modern world, mostly because he's able to shut it out, only paying attention for possible threats and planning for battle. Oh, and when his kid calls, probably to show him something like 'ice cream'. Apparently.

When working together, Dimi is already granted the core powers of a mahou shoujo - increased strength and endurance, quicker healing - though Agmundr is able to supplement the first two to greater levels. In addition, Dimi is granted immunity from damage by fire or by any kind of metal weapon, as per the tradition of berserkers. Finally, Dimi is able to produce and release spores that can either put a person to sleep or leave them in a delirious state. Neither Agmundr nor Dimi know how to predict the spore's effects currently.

Clockwork Heart: Odyssesy of Steam

Skylar 'Snowy' Wheeler

Name: Skylar 'Snowy' Wheeler

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Appearance: At a glance, it's already clear something is 'off' with Skylar. He's rarely seen without his welding goggles and gloves when out in public, quite distasteful really; he typically wears a long canvas coat with a newsboy cap that's just a tad too large; and what can be seen of him looks sickly and pale, completely washed out. Find him in his workplace during down time, however, and the answer becomes clear: this young man has albinism. He lacks the more shocking traits, such as the pinkish-red eyes and white hair, but his pale blue eyes, platium blond hair, easily burnt pale skin, and occasional bouts of vision issues all mark his condition neatly.
Aside from his complexion, however, he still manages to be a tad eccentric. He's rather embraced the fashion of attaching gears and decorative jewelry chains to his vest, a deep blue fabric that manages to stand out against the silver metals, and he pins the cuffs of his white working shirt with modified bolt heads. His slacks and toolbelt are required to be secured by suspenders, something which may explain his slight slouch.

Personality: The first thing most people notice about Skylar is that he's quite knowledgeable and experienced for his age - half the time, he can just glance at a broken machine and accurately diagnose the problem. He's quite adept with Automatic Dolls, which leads to the second thing most people notice.
He must be flat-out bonkers.
No amount of talent and work can make up for the unease many feel when he claims the seradite core 'told' him what the problem was, and his claims that he is, in fact, being literal - that seradite speaks to him with its own voice, and he can hear it audibly. His dream, besides being a great engineer who revolutionizes the world the same way Engel Sera did, is to find the 'real source' of seradite so he can 'hear it speak in more than just fragments'.
Assuming you can get past that, what you're left with is a dedicated but meek young man who spends a lot of time drating ideas for inventions (including a transteleporter), tending to a small automaton in the shape of a snake, insect-watching, and studying swordfighting techniques (according to him, his brother's idea).

History: Honestly, at a glance, little about Skylar's history stands out. It is true that, at 15, he made a small automaton, but nothing else would have foreshadowed his entrance into the field of automaton engineering and repair a mere year later. He was often punished in school for 'frequent daydreaming' and 'choosing the hand of the Devil', and even the family's tutor confided to his parents that he was unlikely to get much further than a factory assembly line. As Skylar tells it, his older brother was the only one who seemed to have any faith in his abilities and the desire to encourage his 'silly doodling'. These days, he mostly feels his failures in childhood can be chalked up to the fact that his parents were raising him to be a merchant more than an engineer.
That all said, his apparent insanity had been present since he was 10 and met his first Automatic Doll ('his', as in it did not belong to the family and was merely one owned by someone else walking by), but it did not become prominent until his entry into the field. Were it not for his talent, he likely would have been completely ostracized. As it stood, though, the company that hired him was willing to look the other way. At 17, he and his older brother had an explosive argument that has left them out of contact ever since over the nature of his 'belief', as the company called it, and whether the aforementioned company was exploiting said 'belief'.
He's been over to the Danforth estate a few times for repairing Automatic Dolls, not enough to truly establish connections but enough to be familiar with the family. When the knowledge of the threats emerged, he volunteered to assist, arguing that someone would be necessary to ensure Elizabeth's protective Dolls would remain able to fight and watch out for sabotage of the train itself.

Equipment: Basic tool kit - torque wrench, socket wrench, screw wrench, spud wrench, tension wrench, dead blow hammer, engineer's hammer, chasing hammer, hex screwdriver, flat screwdriver, watchmaker screwdriver set, long nose plier, a portable welding torch, wire brush, mathematics compass, tape measure, half-round smooth file, you know. The basics. Frankly, in the right hands (not Skylar's), his "basic" tool kit could double as quite an effective bludgeon. (This started out as a bit and then I couldn't stop) There's also the life-sized (as in, just under two feet long) clockwork snake automaton that tends to stay hidden in his vest.

Skills: Repair and minor remodeling of Automatic Dolls, repair of smaller devices such as jewelry chains and watches, lockpicking, blueprint drafting/mapping

Character Type: Human

Digimon- [The Uncanny Frontier]

@The World There is! We're planning on tossing up a Discord server first, mostly for a place to iron out details/collaborate more easily and then shortly after tossing up the main thread.

Strawberry Romantic

Thanks c: Should I post them in the Characters tab, or do I need to do some editing first?

mahou shoujo

Bump because I refuse to believe I'm the only other person interested in a magical girl rp

Clockwork Heart: Odyssey of Steam, a Steampunk RP

I do like me some steampunk - might one of the builders/maintainers of the Automatic Dolls be an option?

Digimon- [The Uncanny Frontier]

@BenG85 Thanks a ton for the summary!

@Duthguy I do want to add one thing - Ben's right that Frontier sort of did away with the partner relationship, which wasviewed as a weak point for the show. We are reintroducing that in a limited capacity - the spirit will still hang around and is capable of talking to the human if the player so desires. We do recommend taking advantage of that.

And now tagging @JDubs Because are you three interested in a Discord server where we'd be able to hash out details and offer further info? We'd still be holding the rp onsite, but the Discord may allow for easier collaboration. If so, we can have it up within 24 hours.

Strawberry Romantic

(And last question butnot one I expect an answer to: surely I'm not the ONLY person here who's down for a magical girl rp, where is everyone)

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Diarmi 'Dimi' Carlevaro'

At 14 years old, 5'5", and maybe 130 pounds sopping wet, Dimi is the last person to intimidate anyone. Perhaps he's aware, as he's slow to anger and even then such anger quickly dissipates. He's quite chatty and quick to talk with strangers in hopes of striking up a friendship. It doesn't matter how often he's turned down, he'll bounce right back up in an instant. Perhaps that's fitting, as when his family performs for the streets, he does acrobatic tricks and parkour. [So of course he's fascinated when he's attached to this hulking, giant, quiet man who's apparently from centuries ago.] Considering how ragtag, ill-matching, and ill-fitting his attire is, it may come as no surprise that Dimi's 6-member family lives out of a small RV, which is an uprade from the van that pulls it around. If given a chance (his youngest sister is busy, there's no performance going on, and who really cares about school, right?), he could spend all day at a bookstore, library, or comic book store, reading graphic novels and comics.

Agmundr

What does one do after having been raised to fight, joining multiple battles as part of the berserker squad, and getting an arrow to the throat? Become attached to a teenager, apparently. It's a struggle to leave behind the mindset he lived with for so long. Contrary to what one might expect, Agmundr is not overwhelmed by the modern world, mostly because he's able to shut it out, only paying attention for possible threats and planning for battle. [Oh, and when his kid calls, probably to show him something like 'ice cream'. Apparently.]

[When working together, Dimi is already granted the core powers of a mahou shoujo - increased strength and endurance, quicker healing - though Agmundr is able to supplement the first two to greater levels. In addition, Dimi is granted immunity from damage by fire or by any kind of metal weapon, as per the tradition of berserkers. Finally, Dimi is able to produce and release spores that can either put a person to sleep or leave them in a delirious state. Neither Agmundr nor Dimi know how to predict the spore's effects currently.]

Digimon- [The Uncanny Frontier]

@JDubs I can confirm we are not. If you wanted to contract with, say, a Leomon's spirit, you'd be free to do so!

Strawberry Romantic

Awesome. Ok, I have a few more questions, but also I'll start jotting down my idea.

1) Do all the mahou shoujo share a common pool of powers? e.g. all can conjure a shield
2) Do the warrior spirits grant unique abilities?
3) I assume only the shoujo can hear their specific warrior spirit, and spirits can't communicate with each other. Is this accurate?

Idea:
-kid who moves around a lot, not by choice, looking for something cool he doesn't expect to still have this time next year
-friendly, chatty
-14 max
-family street performers, currently live out of a cheap RV attached to a van
-second-youngest in family out of 4 kids
-dreams of being a hero
-hypomanic phase at start of rp

Warrior spirit:
-traditional berseker (need to look up old Scandanavian names)
-bit twitchy, doesn't really know how to resolve things other than by violence
-even if not very interested in the modern world (it's too overwhelming), does appreciate the kid's attempt to explain it and show it off
-will be influenced by a theory I read about berserkers and PTSD