Rin

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

Huh, first arc went by surprisingly quickly. Hopefully my, uh, slower posting rate won't make things grind to a halt when Taimi joins. ^^;

@ZapdosHit me up with a link, I guess.

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

If anyone's worried, @Blackstripe let me have a look at their character's CS (apparently people think I am trustworthy for some bizarre reason) and it looked pretty cool to me.

Thankfully I know better than to use out of character knowledge, really. XD

Fate/esoterica

@Crusader LordIt's fine, we kind of screwed up anyways so... Yeah. ^^; Again, sorry about that.

Fate/esoterica

@Crusader LordOr as I more succintly put it when Vita brought it up to me, "we done fucked up".

We'll... Try and figure out some way to fix this I guess. Apologies for the inconvenience.

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

Bethany Fridumar

Whew!

Bethany sighed in satisfaction as she removed the last batch of cookies from the oven. She'd been baking all day, just to make sure there were enough for everyone... And she'd had to make more than usual thanks to her Servant.

She'd honestly been surprised that she had managed to pull Saber of all classes. The fact that her Saber was not only King Arthur himself, but also King Arthur herself was even more of a surprise really, but she wasn't too phased by it. After all, Arturia (she refused to just call her "Saber", since that was just her class name and really she'd rather be friends with her Servant than treat her like some kind of tool) was a wonderful young woman, polite and well-mannered, and... And to be honest, exceptionally pretty. That was the first thing that ran through her mind when she summoned her really, how pretty her Servant was. It was to the point that she kept half-forgetting that she was supposed to be a legendary hero.

What really surprised her, however, was Arturia's appetite. The first thing Bethany did after they had introduced each other... Well, the first thing she'd done was insist that Arturia call her "Bethany" rather than "Master". From someone like Arturia, "Master" just sounded so... So... Aaaah, her cheeks turned red just thinking about it and that wouldn't do at all! But after that, she'd decided to cook a meal for her. It had always been her plan no matter what Servant she had drawn, really, to help strengthen their bonds and really to just start off on the right foot, and since Arturia was the King Arthur she figured something British was in order. So her first day with the Servant was spent preparing a good old Sunday roast; crowned with a succulent, juicy rolled sirloin joint, the flesh so pink and soft that each bite seemed to melt in the mouth, surrounded by golden Yorkshire puddings that were nice and crispy on the outside but so wonderfully fluffy on the inside... Added to that, some baby carrots roasted in honey, their stickiness glistening as they were layed next to pillowy mounds of mashed potato, and to top it all off a rich, thick gravy... She'd worried a bit that she'd overdone it, but Arturia seemed fine with it. In fact, she ate enough to feed an army, something that confused Bethany greatly. After all, the two of them were around the same height, but Arturia was... Was a lot slimmer, to put it simply, and yet with the amount she ate... Maybe it was a Servant thing? They needed a lot of mana, after all, so maybe that was how they acquired it?

The fact that her Servant seemed to work a bit... Differently from others was a bit less confounding, really. But it seemed as though she couldn't dismiss Arturia into her spiritual form, which led to the problem of what she was going to wear when she wasn't in battle; after all, the armour wasn't exactly practical for everyday life. And despite being the same height as her, it was clear that her clothes would probably be a bit baggy on the Servant, especially in the chest and hip departments. They eventually figured something out, but still, it was a bit concerning for a while.

And so here she was, a few days later, baking cookies. She'd never really made such a large amount of cookies before, but she knew she had to compensate a bit for Arturia's appetite. Besides, if she really wanted to open a bakery she'd probably have to get used to making such large batches, so Arturia really was a boon to her.

"Arturia! The cookies are ready!" She called on her Servant as she hung up her apron for the time being, before placing some of the cooler cookies on a plate. "Want to try th-"

She was cut off as the call to action came. Aw, and she was so looking forward to Arturia's reactions! She was clearly going to be so cute as she practically inhaled her cookies... Sighing again, this time in slight exasperation, she began to bag the rest of the cookies.

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Berserker - Frankenstein's Monster

For a "Berserker", she had seemed oddly quiet. Some would have went as far to say she was acting rather shy, but that would have just been ridiculous, right? But there she was, sitting quietly in the corner of the room, breaking another Berserker stereotype by how engrossed she'd been whilst reading.

Her Master, this Yumi girl, had come off as rather abrasive, but two points made Berserker tolerate her: she was nowhere near as bad as her creator in that department, and she had books. Lots and lots of books. It seemed so many had been written since she'd last been around, and whilst the first thing she looked up was her old favourite, Paradise Lost, after quickly rereading that she had moved onto other, more modern tales. Whilst there seemed to be so many different genres now, she had found herself almost instinctively drawn to the fantasy and science fiction genres, reading tales of hobbits and dragons, boy wizards, sentient automata, great ships that sailed the stars themselves rather than the seas...

She also read something by a woman named Shelley. She didn't like that one very much.

And currently... Well, after that one, Yumi had shoved a more lighthearted book into her hands whilst in a huff about how "mopey" her Servant was. Whilst she enjoyed this current book, she didn't quite understand the main characters' obsessions with tea and towels. She emphasized somewhat with the mechanical man, though.

As the call rang out, she quietly closed the book whilst silently pondering the significance of the number forty-two. Yumi was being so serious right now, though and she knew she'd call her "stupid" for asking about such a thing, so she kept her lips shut. Her Master could be rather inconsiderate at times, really, especially when Berserker was just trying to save electricity. Did she not realize that energy was a precious resource? That wasting even a tiny amount was akin to atrocity? Once more, she kept quiet about this, since her Master... She didn't seem to understand. She was like all the rest of them, really. Humans were so inconsiderate, so selfish...

Stiffly, she got to her feet, and in silence followed closely after Yumi. Almost too close, really. "Personal space" seemed to be a concept Berserker had difficulty grasping, really.
@VitaVitaAR

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

Yeah, going to agree that X the Nameless Medic is probably the best one to start with. Taimi is not exactly grounded enough to be the first recruit after all. XD

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

Shipwright

• Name: Taimi Taitale
• Gender: Female
• Age: 12
• Height: 134cm
• Weight: 33kg
• Appearance: Something like this.
• Devil Fruit: N/A
• Abilities:
  • Super-Genius: A prodigy when it comes to science and engineering, Taimi is capable of producing almost unbelievable results even with limited or unconventional materials. She has little problem grasping new scientific concepts and can easily read through complicated manuals, blueprints and documents that many would assume would be far above a girl of her age, and it doesn't take her very long to figure out how to use newly encountered machines and technology.
  • Shipwright: Maintaining and repairing ships are things Taimi would find incredibly easy, especially since she seems to like drawing up wild designs for the ship of her dreams in her spare time. Now if only she had the time, money and materials to make it happen...
  • M-A-R-K: Mechanical Assisted 'Recking Kit! Due to her age and size, Taimi isn't exactly well suited towards going toe-to-toe with enemies (even those without superpowers bestowed by magical fruits), Taimi has modified a reclaimed barrel to not only keep her safe when a fight breaks out but to also help her carry heavy loads and work on larger projects. In essence, it is just a barrel filled with levers and buttons, and sporting a set of bolted-on arms and legs (Taimi keeps meaning to install a canopy, but for now her head just pokes out the top). Whilst she's constantly coming up with ideas on how to improve M-A-R-K, for the time being the only "weapons" it possesses are the arms, which (as one would expect from a mecha, even a rather small one such as this) are exceptionally strong and allow her to not only lug about heavy materials but punch enemies really hard. The speed and maneuverability still require a bit of work, however, as the current M-A-R-K is rather slow and ponderous.
• Background: To Taimi, the likes of Gold Roger, Monkey D. Luffy and Blackbeard are little more than tales she read about in books. She was simply born too late to witness such titans of piracy herself, to a mother who unfortunately passed away early in her life and a father who went a bit... Eccentric afterwards. Driven mad by grief, the formerly esteemed scientist Daedalus Taitale lost himself in his work, his experiments and designs becoming crazier and more extreme with each passing year. Despite his growing insanity, however, he still cared deeply for his daughter, who only saw his peculiarities as something endearing even as he was kindly asked to move his lab to a somewhat more remote island. Unfortunately, this only led to his experiments growing even more absurd, eventually resulting in a freak accident ending his life and leaving Taimi all alone with just her father's books and notes and the occasional travellers from the nearby larger island he'd been exiled from. And like father, like daughter, she went a bit... Eccentric. She'd always shown understanding beyond her age for her father's work, but something about the madness made it so much easier to work with. And in her mind, new, more ambitious and brilliant ideas began to spin themselves into being, ones that if she had the proper funding for would no doubt completely change the world and show everyone who called her father a madman how wrong they were. But of course, there weren't many ways for a pre-teen girl to acquire the necessary funds, and so her mind turned to piracy. After all, pirates were all like that Luffy guy she'd heard about, and he seemed pretty cool, right? And if the legends were true and the One Piece really existed, that would provide more than enough treasure to fund her dream project...

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

@BlackstripeI was just being weird and thinking that the captain should be the first in the list, but looks like someone's thrown a Spanner into that plan. >.> <.<

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

And because I am dumb and forgot the mention it in my last post, this is basically a good example of what M-A-R-K's basic structure is like. Or, y'know, Lagann, but yeah.

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

I just thought the idea of a pre-teen mad scientist was amusing, really. Speaking of... Admittedly the background's a bit of a mess and probably needs some fixing up but hopefully it gives a good general idea of what I'm aiming for here. ^^;

Shipwright

• Name: Taimi Taitale
• Gender: Female
• Age: 12
• Height: 134cm
• Weight: 33kg
• Appearance: Something like this.
• Devil Fruit: N/A
• Abilities:
  • Super-Genius: A prodigy when it comes to science and engineering, Taimi is capable of producing almost unbelievable results even with limited or unconventional materials. She has little problem grasping new scientific concepts and can easily read through complicated manuals, blueprints and documents that many would assume would be far above a girl of her age, and it doesn't take her very long to figure out how to use newly encountered machines and technology.
  • Shipwright: Maintaining and repairing ships are things Taimi would find incredibly easy, especially since she seems to like drawing up wild designs for the ship of her dreams in her spare time. Now if only she had the time, money and materials to make it happen...
  • M-A-R-K: Mechanical Assisted 'Recking Kit! Due to her age and size, Taimi isn't exactly well suited towards going toe-to-toe with enemies (even those without superpowers bestowed by magical fruits), Taimi has modified a reclaimed barrel to not only keep her safe when a fight breaks out but to also help her carry heavy loads and work on larger projects. In essence, it is just a barrel filled with levers and buttons, and sporting a set of bolted-on arms and legs (Taimi keeps meaning to install a canopy, but for now her head just pokes out the top). Whilst she's constantly coming up with ideas on how to improve M-A-R-K, for the time being the only "weapons" it possesses are the arms, which (as one would expect from a mecha, even a rather small one such as this) are exceptionally strong and allow her to not only lug about heavy materials but punch enemies really hard. The speed and maneuverability still require a bit of work, however, as the current M-A-R-K is rather slow and ponderous.
• Background: To Taimi, the likes of Gold Roger, Monkey D. Luffy and Blackbeard are little more than tales she read about in books. She was simply born too late to witness such titans of piracy herself, to a mother who unfortunately passed away early in her life and a father who went a bit... Eccentric afterwards. Driven mad by grief, the formerly esteemed scientist Daedalus Taitale lost himself in his work, his experiments and designs becoming crazier and more extreme with each passing year. Despite his growing insanity, however, he still cared deeply for his daughter, who only saw his peculiarities as something endearing even as he was kindly asked to move his lab to a somewhat more remote island. Unfortunately, this only led to his experiments growing even more absurd, eventually resulting in a freak accident ending his life and leaving Taimi all alone with just her father's books and notes and the occasional travellers from the nearby larger island he'd been exiled from. And like father, like daughter, she went a bit... Eccentric. She'd always shown understanding beyond her age for her father's work, but something about the madness made it so much easier to work with. And in her mind, new, more ambitious and brilliant ideas began to spin themselves into being, ones that if she had the proper funding for would no doubt completely change the world and show everyone who called her father a madman how wrong they were. But of course, there weren't many ways for a pre-teen girl to acquire the necessary funds, and so her mind turned to piracy. After all, pirates were all like that Luffy guy she'd heard about, and he seemed pretty cool, right? And if the legends were true and the One Piece really existed, that would provide more than enough treasure to fund her dream project...