Vega7285

Kingdom Hearts: A new Kingdom

I like you. We've got some very similar thoughts on Kingdom Hearts. The first game was great, and it's a solid idea and then...things happened. Terrible things. I enjoy the games in the series, but I'm all too happy to rag on its bad points because I love it.

And it's an interesting idea for a RP, too. Kingdom Hearts rolepaly is one of those "always wanted to try, never attempted" things for me.

Lovecraftian mythos magical girls and other things

I was recently reminded of old characters and games I was in, and kind of felt like trying to do something similar as an RP. Given that the old idea was a tabletop RPG, things may change from there, as needed. The system used was...not very good, anyway, so it's not a huge loss, to be honest. Totally stealing some of the setting though.

Lovecraftian magical girls

May really be more "magical girls," if I hew close to the original concept. It is the near future. Humanity has advanced, and part of its advancements are due to the development of technology influenced by what some might consider ancient magic. See, some of those ancient tomes and magical practices had hint of greater cosmic truths within them, and a few enterprising scientists managed to connect them to actual scientific theory. The result: whole new branches of science and technological development. Also, a broader acceptance that magic is real, that the universe is even bigger than we know, and mythos critters and magical rituals actually exist.

So yeah, magic is real. The Old Gods are real. And so-on. Player characters would be what amounts to eldritch horror versions of the Guyver, right down to fighting a megacorporation controlled by monsters who can take human form (and an entire cult dedicated to Nyarlathotep). Or, at least that's the usual expectation. The magical girl part would come in by just making the player characters young women who were accidentally dragged into a secret war by a ritual gone wrong. This wouldn't change what they are, though. Unless everyone would prefer an even sillier treatment.

Whatever the case, the premise is roughly thus: in a cyberpunk future version of the world according to Lovecraft, humanity's learned just enough to be dangerous. A group of young women end up joining in a secret war between a megacorporation that has been corrupted from within by a dark cult, and those who know this. Enjoy a slow descent into madness, while trying one's best to right wrongs and triumph over evil while also going to school.

An alternative to a scifi future would be to set things more in the present, and possibly go for a lot of 1920s style, where it makes sense.

General influences: Deus Machina Demonbane,The Guyver, various darker magical girl series

Most of my other ideas are smaller in overall scope, so they might work better as 1x1 things.

Cyberpunk and transhuman...stuff

Much less thought here, but I like cyberpunk settings and particularly exploration of themes like what it means to be human in a transhumanist world. Cybernetics, AI, and so-on are commonplace, but people are still people, even if their bodies are no longer flesh and blood. Could just be character study things, Shadowrun style criminals, or something else. Really, I just have some characters I'd like to play who are AI or cyborgs and not much to do with them. Some of my influences in the genre would be Eclipse Phase, Blame! and Tsutomu Nihei's other manga, Expelled from Paradise, and Battle Angel.

I've got a couple weird superhero-ish character ideas touching on some of these things would could use a home, but that's about it from me for now.

And that's probably about it for now. Pretty much any of these could go into adult territory, if one would be interested in such. Though beyond some things like love and sex for full-body cyborgs, nothing would inherently be 18+ either.

Cosmic Tale: An RP With Robot Girls and Mecha Musumes

This sort of thing appeals to my interests, so I might check it out.

Q - FLUX

Diva nodded. "I'm, uh, going to step out for a bit..." She didn't look too good, as she staggered out of the van and away from prying eyes. The sounds of vomiting could be heard from her hiding place, and she returned a few moments later, looking even more ashen. "Ah...sorry. I'm doing better now." She climbed back into the van.

She started stripping off her bloodied clothes, not caring about anyone else in the van. She re-dressed in her "usual" stage outfit after pulling it out of a gym bag she'd stashed under her seat. Nice, clean clothes free of blood, at least. It did have an overall calming effect for her. She took a few more deep breaths. "Ok, that's better." She pauses. "More or less."

She looked a little nervous about the slums. "Go to the slums, huh? I...try to stay out of those parts of town." She was too much of a good girl to actually frequent the nastier areas in the city. There was a whole entire world in Neo Babylon that Honoka remained quite intentionally unaware of. A young lady wandering around without several well-armed chaperones probably wouldn't last very long, especially in such an outfit. As it was, she'd do well enough. Because she had those armed chaperones, and was armed (if not well) herself. She checked her taser, just to be careful.

Edged Horizon

The crash of breaking trees resounded through the forest as...something approached the party of archeologists. Otherwise,the forest would be deathly quiet, but whatever had arrived was clearly on the move, and judging by the sound, only getting closer. Trees in front of Lillet were thrown aside with terrible force, causing her to pull hard on the reins and bring her horse to a sudden stop.

In the next moment, as the rift beast itself came into view, it was all she could do to keep the horse from bolting out from under her. "We've got trouble," she shouted behind to the others. There was no way they could miss what was happening, so it was little more than a formality. She didn't seem particularly frightened by the monstrosity bearing down on her, even if there was a chance her own crazy plan may not work. The next thing Lillet did was shout again, at the top of her lungs, a single word: "Aeon!"

For a brief moment, blue radiance etched itself into a magical circle across the sky, and like a bolt of lightning from the clouds above, the Duchamps family's God of War descended. In the mother of all flying kicks, Azure Aeon aimed to slam extended foot first right into the Rift Beast, taking it head-on. Meanwhile, there was no doubt a small panic back at the manor's hangar for their giant robot, as there was every time Lillet pulled this sort of stunt.

Q - FLUX

As far as Diva was concerned, the retreat was going just fine, until the impact of a bullet sent more horrible reverberations in the cabin of the van. And the next few instants were sheer terror, as Zer0's chest bloomed into a spray of red, and the girl fell into her lap. She was already screaming in panic, to the point that warm wetness beginning to soak her lap almost didn't register. It was her first encounter with the truly ugly side of this sort of clandestine work, and not something she was in the least mentally prepared for, so the panic was perhaps quite understandable.

Any magical tricks she could otherwise maintain were quite forgotten. "Ohgod, ohgod..." It took quite a bit of effort to stop herself from freezing or choking up, but after a few deep breaths, Honoka had managed to at least get herself under some semblance of control. "We've got someone hurt back here." She tentatively tried to at least roll Zer0 over, before looking near-helplessly at Advent. "You're a doctor, right?"

She'd probably be game to try and help, but it was all she could do not to start shaking or worse. Certainly, she was in no condition to report in beyond to announce someone was hurt. And probably start panicking again soon after, spouting too much information about getting covered in someone else's blood.

Edged Horizon

Lillet's horse reared up and whinnied in fright at the roar which pierced the silence of the forest, but the young lady managed to remain in her saddle and in control of the beast. "Well, then," she said, sounding confident. "Whatever that is, it can't be good. But, no reason not to check it out, particularly if it's in the ruins. Just...got to be careful not to wreck the place."

At this point, there was definitely no turning back, nor dissuading the black sheep of the Duchamps family. Her curiosity had been thoroughly piqued, and her warrior's blood began to stir at the promise of...some sort of thrilling conflict. She wouldn't just run away, whatever her baser instincts told her. It was Man's strength and folly to be able to ignore such things and press on anyway.

"I say we do more than just scout it. Besides, I've got a few cards up my sleeve." She coaxed her reluctant horse to rush further onward, no longer taking a cautious pace. "It's not often an adventure like this presents itself! Got to seize it by the horns while you can!"

Q - FLUX

"Cover...uh, got it." It was something she could do, although indirectly. Everyone would know where the van was, but actually being able to easily spot and hit it would be another matter. Apparently, nobody at that fancy Thremont school had bothered to tell her that visual concealment spells should be subtle, or involve mist or darkness.

She started singing again, renewing PRISM_RIOT, this time with a new target. Instead of centering on her, she now anchored the effect to Warthog's van. Otherwise, it was identical to before. A real, pretty light show with no real rhyme or reason, beyond to be visually dazzling and make it difficult to keep track of anything in the area due to shifting light and shadow. I really hope those things don't track with means outside of vision, Diva thought.

Edged Horizon

The thought occurs to me that other than finding herself essentially idle, Lillet's interest in antiquity is probably spurred in part by her adopted sibling rivalry. Gotta find that ancient secret to give gods of war a new edge, and all that.

Edged Horizon

"Onward, then!" Lillet shouted, spurring her horse to a quicker trot along their barely-visible path through the forest. Reckless as she was, she couldn't bring herself to a fully incautious pace; the loss of her mount would be a worse setback than simply being careful enough to avoid it happening in the first place.

They likely still wouldn't reach the ruins by nightfall, but putting more distance behind them would still be better than not. Whatever had caused that premonition might be gone by the time they arrived, anyway. Lillet could only speculate as to what it was, but it better be important. Didn't seem like a God, or anything of that nature. Definitely something magical...but didn't feel like a spell going off, either.

She did keep an eye out for potential danger they were probably rushing toward. Certainly, part of her confidence was simple-minded bravado. But part of it was that she could also drop an 18-meter tall war machine on top of things in a moment's notice. It had been a while since Aeon had gotten any proper exercise.