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Right on! I'll try to post something by the end of the day.

Breakfast University Of Magic

Ah, what room will Paz be staying in?

Breakfast University Of Magic

Paz Flores

Name: Paz Monserrat García Flores

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Appearance: Paz stands at 5 feet, and has dark brown wavy hair reaching to her mid-back, which she often wears in a ponytail. She has green eyes and tanned skin. She’s a little scrappy, but not unhealthy looking, and her face can best be described as “cheeky”.

Year: 1st

Rank: Novice

Room No.: 17-A

Personality: If one word can describe Paz, it would be curious- or, depending on your temperament, nosy. Paz has spent most of her life at home, and while she loves home, it didn’t provide much in the way of exploration and learning about the world. Now having a chance to do so, she’s rambunctious- she doesn’t quite yet understand the idea of “off-limits” or “privacy”. However, if she can tell she’s hurt someone by going too far, she stops pushing on that front- and instead goes to push on another.

Paz is also a bit simple. She doesn’t know much about struggle, and complicated matters are difficult for her to sort through. While she wants to be helpful, sometimes she just doesn’t know what to do. Despite this, Paz has a strong sense of justice, and acts on it fast. Whether she’s entirely justified is a bit up in the air, however, especially at times when she’s forming a strong opinion about something she doesn’t get.

Paz is generally fun-loving and kind. She enjoys going wherever the wind takes her, and enjoy it even more if others want to come along with her. More than anything, she believes in doing what’s right for people, and does whatever she can on that front.

Magic Discipline: Paz uses a form of magical quipo (look in biography for more on that) that gives her some time manipulation abilities. She’s not fully capable of using it do to having little practice (despite claiming she’s “totally got this”), but she does have some abilities currently and will likely gain more with practice.

Currently, she is capable of doing two things with this quipo. The first is creating pockets of time- if standing near the quipo, she can create a pocket of time linked to her hometown Tiempara. In this pocket (about 10 feet in diameter), she can stop or double the passing of time time for up to fifteen seconds while the rest of the world moves at a normal pace (she can try to use it passed that amount, but the longer she does the higher the chance of it going out of her control).

The second thing she can do is hold moments in time. If she ties a knot for a certain moment in time, she can revisit that moment from exactly where she’s standing at the time she chooses to revisit it. This ability has one major limitation- timing. Her ability to experience and affect the moment she captured depends on the amount of time between the event was and when she tied the knot. If she tied the knot right when the event she wants to tie the knot for happens, it effectively serves as a means of time travel (though if she does this, she can’t return back to where she previously was in time). One second off, however, and it becomes more of a vivid dream instead. If she ties the knot within a day of the event, she can see it in full for up to thirty minutes after the point she tied for. Within three days, it’s more blurred and she can only last up to 20 min minutes. Within five days, she can barely see and can only last up to 10 minutes. Within a week, she can only hear muffled audio and can only last up to five minutes. Any further out and she simply can’t sense anything.

Additionally, due to the environment of her home town, she can sense when time magic is being used near her, but can't do anything to stop it, unless she can directly counteract it with her own spells.

Equipment: Her quipo, and materials to make more- after all, she can’t cast anything without it! Along with standard schooling equipment, she has a book on how to properly tie and use magic quipo, including a bunch of spells and techniques she hasn’t tried or isn’t well practiced in.

Biography: Paz is from Tiempara, a small town on top of a mountain in northern Chile where time exists independently from the rest of the world. It's small, with only a few dozen people living there, and pretty much unheard of. However, it's notable in that the town is absolutely surrounded by quipo, and everyone there has learned to use it to some degree or another. The town was founded centuries ago by several archeological mages, who had discovered how to use quipo (an Incan system of rope tying use to keep track of numbers, dates, and potentially even stories) as a form of time magic. They used the quipo to make Tiempara into a space where time is nonexistent, and yet still passes in ways that aren't entirely comprehensible. In fact, children are often taught classes in how time normally passes, which inspires disbelief, frustration, and headaches. Paz was one of the few kids who actually did well in the class- because she was going to explore the outside world and learn everything there was to know (that’s not to say linear time is something she completely gets, however).

Paz was raised by her mother and father along with her three siblings, and her family has been living within Tiempara for generations, and they were content. However, Paz was always curious, and quickly grew out of the confines of Tiempara. She had snuck out of town more than once, and though she never got far, just about everyone in town could agree that she needed to see the world for herself. Thus, she was given the opportunity to apply to any magic school of her choice, and she chose B.U.M.

Master: Alejandra Reyes, a teacher at Paz’s school in Tiempara. She's professional and insightful, and the first one to suggest that Paz be given the chance to go out of town. Since Paz is leaving, she thinks it's better for Paz to move on to a new mentor.

If Paz was forced to sacrifice something important in order to move forward, it would be: Paz doesn't know much about sacrifice, but if there was something worth sacrificing anything for, then what wouldn't she give?

If Paz was offered to have a single wish fulfilled, it would be: To be able to explore the world to the fullest extent she can- perhaps even to discover something new.

Breakfast University Of Magic

Sup, peeps? GM was looking for new players in the interest check so I'm throwing my hat in!

Paz Flores

Name: Paz Monserrat García Flores

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Appearance: Paz stands at 5 feet, and has dark brown wavy hair reaching to her mid-back, which she often wears in a ponytail. She has green eyes and tanned skin. She’s a little scrappy, but not unhealthy looking, and her face can best be described as “cheeky”.

Year: 1st

Rank: Novice

Room No.:

Personality: If one word can describe Paz, it would be curious- or, depending on your temperament, nosy. Paz has spent most of her life at home, and while she loves home, it didn’t provide much in the way of exploration and learning about the world. Now having a chance to do so, she’s rambunctious- she doesn’t quite yet understand the idea of “off-limits” or “privacy”. However, if she can tell she’s hurt someone by going too far, she stops pushing on that front- and instead goes to push on another.

Paz is also a bit simple. She doesn’t know much about struggle, and complicated matters are difficult for her to sort through. While she wants to be helpful, sometimes she just doesn’t know what to do. Despite this, Paz has a strong sense of justice, and acts on it fast. Whether she’s entirely justified is a bit up in the air, however, especially at times when she’s forming a strong opinion about something she doesn’t get.

Paz is generally fun-loving and kind. She enjoys going wherever the wind takes her, and enjoy it even more if others want to come along with her. More than anything, she believes in doing what’s right for people, and does whatever she can on that front.

Magic Discipline: Paz uses a form of magical quipo (look in biography for more on that) that gives her some time manipulation abilities. She’s not fully capable of using it do to having little practice (despite claiming she’s “totally got this”), but she does have some abilities currently and will likely gain more with practice.

Currently, she is capable of doing two things with this quipo. The first is creating pockets of time- if standing near the quipo, she can create a pocket of time linked to her hometown Tiempara. In this pocket (about 10 feet in diameter), she can stop or double the passing of time time for up to fifteen seconds while the rest of the world moves at a normal pace (she can try to use it passed that amount, but the longer she does the higher the chance of it going out of her control).

The second thing she can do is hold moments in time. If she ties a knot for a certain moment in time, she can revisit that moment from exactly where she’s standing at the time she chooses to revisit it. This ability has one major limitation- timing. Her ability to experience and affect the moment she captured depends on the amount of time between the event was and when she tied the knot. If she tied the knot right when the event she wants to tie the knot for happens, it effectively serves as a means of time travel (though if she does this, she can’t return back to where she previously was in time). One second off, however, and it becomes more of a vivid dream instead. If she ties the knot within a day of the event, she can see it in full for up to thirty minutes after the point she tied for. Within three days, it’s more blurred and she can only last up to 20 min minutes. Within five days, she can barely see and can only last up to 10 minutes. Within a week, she can only hear muffled audio and can only last up to five minutes. Any further out and she simply can’t sense anything.

Additionally, due to the environment of her home town, she can sense when time magic is being used near her, but can't do anything to stop it, unless she can directly counteract it with her own spells.

Equipment: Her quipo, and materials to make more- after all, she can’t cast anything without it! Along with standard schooling equipment, she has a book on how to properly tie and use magic quipo, including a bunch of spells and techniques she hasn’t tried or isn’t well practiced in.

Biography: Paz is from Tiempara, a small town on top of a mountain in northern Chile where time exists independently from the rest of the world. It's small, with only a few dozen people living there, and pretty much unheard of. However, it's notable in that the town is absolutely surrounded by quipo, and everyone there has learned to use it to some degree or another. The town was founded centuries ago by several archeological mages, who had discovered how to use quipo (an Incan system of rope tying use to keep track of numbers, dates, and potentially even stories) as a form of time magic. They used the quipo to make Tiempara into a space where time is nonexistent, and yet still passes in ways that aren't entirely comprehensible. In fact, children are often taught classes in how time normally passes, which inspires disbelief, frustration, and headaches. Paz was one of the few kids who actually did well in the class- because she was going to explore the outside world and learn everything there was to know (that’s not to say linear time is something she completely gets, however).

Paz was raised by her mother and father along with her three siblings, and her family has been living within Tiempara for generations, and they were content. However, Paz was always curious, and quickly grew out of the confines of Tiempara. She had snuck out of town more than once, and though she never got far, just about everyone in town could agree that she needed to see the world for herself. Thus, she was given the opportunity to apply to any magic school of her choice, and she chose B.U.M.

Master: Alejandra Reyes, a teacher at Paz’s school in Tiempara. She's professional and insightful, and the first one to suggest that Paz be given the chance to go out of town. Since Paz is leaving, she thinks it's better for Paz to move on to a new mentor.

If Paz was forced to sacrifice something important in order to move forward, it would be: Paz doesn't know much about sacrifice, but if there was something worth sacrificing anything for, then what wouldn't she give?

If Paz was offered to have a single wish fulfilled, it would be: To be able to explore the world to the fullest extent she can- perhaps even to discover something new.

Let me know if I need to make any changes. Excited to join!

Breakfast University Of Magic

Hey if you're looking for fresh blood, I'm interested. I'll have to read through everything but I've got a concept I like going. I might even post a character sheet later today.

Ouran Host Club Second Generation (Closed and Deleted)

I'm still here!

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"I, uh, suppose that's fine, yes." It was a little weird being referred to as sama, but he supposed she must think it justifiable. It occurred to him that she might understand that sama is a bit formal, but by the time he realized that the moment had gone by too quickly for correcting her not to seem weird, and he certainly didn't want to seem rude by correcting her, especially if he was wrong, so instead he just let it go and sat down, ready to get to business.

She seems to be the wistful type, as it took her a few moments to respond to him, but that didn't bother him so much. He grabbed the paper on the coffee table and began making notes as they talked, first adding a note next to his note about the flowers that the discussion of budget in general should be had (though with the school's wealth it's less a topic of need and more a topic of "What are we gonna spend all this on?").

"Advertising is a good idea. I doubt we'll get anything worth posting out by tomorrow, but certainly by the end of the week. We could probably get an announcement out to the school somehow- I'm sure there's some way for clubs to do that. I'll get on that once we close up the meeting." He added that in his notes, looking up once he saw that Azura had produced a piece of paper. He listened to her explain the contents, he nodded and gave a quiet "Ah, thank you", knowing that it'd be helpful. He started to read the list before he heard Azura start to express her own doubts.

It wasn't something Sasaki was exactly prepared for, but it wasn't something he wanted to leave awkwardly out in the air, so he said, "I wouldn't sell yourself short so quickly, Azura-sempai. After all, you've been the president for all of five minutes. Give yourself time to find comfort in your place. And just because I'm quick to get ready to organize doesn't make me more suitable to be a president. You were picked to be president for a reason, after all."

He went to look over all the names, and found he recognized none of them. It wasn't particularly surprising, since he was new to the school, but he figured it didn't matter, as he'd get familiar with them soon enough. As he looked it over, the sound of the door opening alerted him to the presence of a new host.

As Azura and the man introduced themselves to one another, Sasaki got a good look at him. He seemed pretty serious, from what he could tell, but not cold, exactly. And it seemed he carried a superfluously expensive bag. Not that half the things in this school weren't superfluously expensive, of course, but it stood to be noted.

Once Azura was done talking, Sasaki stood and bowed once more, "I'm Sasaki Yuuki, and I'll be the vice-president this year. Pleasure to meet you." As he sat back down, he took a note about discussing club events, since Azura mentioned it.

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Well, in most Western countries we typically order our names with our given name first and our family name last. In most Eastern countries, such as Japan, they instead give their family name first and their given name last. For example, my character's given name is Yuuki and his family name is Sasaki, and since he's Japanese I ordered it in Eastern style, so that'd be Sasaki Yuuki, with his last name first and his first name last. However if I were to put it in Western order it'd be Yuuki Sasaki.

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Oh, just as a question, does everyone have their character's names in Western or Eastern order? I put mine in Eastern because I'm Slightly Pretentious ^TM like that, but I don't know what everyone else did.

Ten versus hundreds - The miracle at Strogult Strait

Name: Haneul Bak

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Appearance: Skin tanned and speckled from the sun, Captain Bak has spent many years on the sea. Her brown hair is cut short for convenience, and her rather simple face is completed with a smile and a pair of warm brown eyes. She has a relatively fit build, and stands at 5’5”, but she’s a bit of a slouch in comparison to other commanders. Assuming she’s given a uniform, she wears that, but otherwise she’ll often wear something simple and comfortable- though if at sea she’ll sacrifice her comfort for practicality, wearing boots, gloves, and thicker, more protective clothing. However, she still wears clothes that makes maneuverability easy, believing that she can dodge a hit better than she can take one.

Personality: Haneul is, admittedly, a bit aloof. She’s often in her own head, or her head is in a book. Even intellectually, she doesn’t have a whole lot of interest in military affairs (though she studied up anyway, as she has a strong sense of responsibility), but despite her disinterest she puts all her energy into the work day, and with the recent war has been spending a lot more pouring over strategy, and invests her everything into the war effort.
Haneul is both caring and honest, and spends a lot of time talking to and learning about her crew, as she considers creating a strong bond with and among her crew to be the most important part of the job, and just might be the thing to ensure their survival. However, this often leaves her seeming soft, at times, but while lenient, she’s no pushover, and will get angry if she believes that she is not given the amount of respect she deserves as a leader- after all, she wasn’t given this position for nothing. She might not be the best captain ever- she’ll admit to her own shortcomings any day- but she’s intelligent and damn well dedicated to her job, and will fight for her people until she has nothing left to fight with.

Background: Haneul was born to a farming family in Tawai to her loving mother and father. Though she proved to be a poor farmer, her six other siblings (3 older, 3 younger) were sufficient in carrying the family and their business- as such, Haneul was able to pursue other interests. She studied a lot- mostly through books, never having enough money for schooling- especially in the areas of math, literary analysis, and language acquisition. However, as she was making no money, but still wanted to be able to spend a lot of time studying, she eventually joined the navy, under the impression that she wouldn’t see war before she retired and would be able to live her life comfortably.
What she lacked in genuine interest she made up for in a can-do attitude, competence, and a blatant refusal to slack off. She gained notice for being able to do her job well and without complaining. Eventually, she started to go up the ranks as she gained experience in her profession, leaving her in command of one of the last remaining ships. Now having to truly be a commanding leader, Captain Bak will admit that she was kind of ignorant thinking she could spend her life in the navy and not see combat. However, she also understands that she simply can’t back down now, especially with a whole crew counting on her. She put herself in this mess, and rather than finding a way out, she intends on sticking through the war until the very end. Besides, she’s still incredibly experienced, and that experience can be put to good use.

Equipment: She carries a sword and a pistol, though she doesn’t use them until necessary.

Ship Name: The Unwavering Courage

Type of ship: Medium sized war frigate

Armaments:

2 front long ranged cannons, 8 side cannons (4 on each sides), 6 short ranged mortars using fire bombs

The front of the ship is covered with reinforced steel, allowing the ship to ram the enemy ships if necessary.

Beneath the ship is storage and crew resting area, containing spare ammunition and gunpowder.

20 pikes and naginata which can be used by soldiers in case of the ship being boarded.

Crew:

60 rowers, 30 each sides. 1 main rudder operator.

54 soldiers, including 32 marksmen and 22 bowmen. Each soldier is equipped with either a one-handed double blade sword, small axes or maces for close quarter combat situation.

23 sailors to assist in manning sails and repairing damages.

1 weapon officer, 1 lieutenant to handle the soldiers

Ship captain

Appearance: