Yuuta

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

@CondorTalon My bad! I fixed it. Don't know why I swapped it like that. Haha.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

<Snipped quote by Yuuta>

Do I have permission to get philosophical in defense of the accused, your Honor?

@DarkwolfX37

Haha. Go ahead. But, bear in mind, I think it's a really cool power too. It's just really freakin' powerful.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

<Snipped quote by CondorTalon>

If it means anything, I really liked it. At least you didn't go full Bleach and make it so that they take on the traits of each other in reality. The way I read it, all the power was is just a mass illusion, right?

@DarkwolfX37

Well, it's a bit more than an illusion. With an illusion, a smart character can go, "Wait, this doesn't make sense. It can't be real." They can then try to figure out a way to see through it. However, by altering the semantic identity of an object, you are forcing every character to think X = Y. They will think and act as though the illusion is real regardless of how little it makes sense.

For example, she could switch the semantic identity of her team's flag and a leaf. Now, the entire team will be trying to capture the leaf and ignore the flag.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

@CondorTalon That is some incredibly powerful reality warping right there...

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

Ryuuto Koriyama

"Ah... sorry Kasuke." It seemed as though Mina intended to stay as distant as possible. But, that was fine. At least she agreed to join him in surveying the new students. And, another person decided to join them as well. He was a few years older,
but Ryuuto still had more time at the academy. He was yet another person that could be described as "smart as hell." Frankly, if the three of them were willing to pool their intellect, they could probably dominate any competition. However, as Sang-Jun pointed out, the tree of them seemed to have different priorities. Still, Ryuuto was more than happy to take advantage of this cosmic alignment.

Ryuuto gave Jun-Sang a nod. He wasn't going to argue about the benefits of know the other students' abilities, as the assessment was probably going to start soon, so he decided to get right down to business. "Well, since there's three of us, I think the best way to go about this is split up and collect data on as many of the new students as possible. We can reconvene here after the assessment and trade information. And, let's make a pact right now. No withholding data from each other. This works best for all of us if we're open about our findings. Sound good?" He looked from Mina over to Sang-Jun to see if they were both on-board. He hoped nobody would waste time arguing while the assessment was about to begin.

@Silver Carrot@CondorTalon

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

Ryuuto Koriyama

It was amusing seeing all the new students marvel at the spectacle of the Institute appearing out of thin air. Three years ago, the same sight had turned Ryuuto's world upside-down. He was certain their must have been some physiological reason that strings were coming out of his hands, but seeing the school appear before him like that... It became rather hard to argue that there wasn't something to all of this. And he was glad his parents had decided to send him to the Institute. It was beginning to feel like more of a home to him than the fancy house he lived in. Once they called all the new students into the woods for the first assessment, Ryuuto gave Terri a pat on the back. "Whelp, good luck. If you want a little snippet of advice, don't flaunt you powers unnecessarily. The less people know about you, the stronger you are." With that he gave her a wave and walked off, letting her answer the professor's call.

However, Ryuuto had no intention of settling in just yet. As he said, the he knew about people, the stronger they were. He was going to see if he could make them all a bit weaker. On his way over to the exodus of new students, though, he caught a familiar face: Kasuke Mina. She had joined the Institute last year and Ryuuto thought pretty highly of her for her excellent grades and work ethic. However, she wasn't the most approachable person, so they were at best acquaintances. Still, he figured a pragmatic girl like her would at least hear out what he had in mind.

"Hey, Mina!" He said, giving a wave as he walked over to her. "I'm about to go collect some data on the new students. I figure a second set of eyes would be helpful. We can swap notes and try to figure out all of their powers by watching the assessment. Are you interested?" He half expected her to just shrug him off and go off on her own like she usually did, but he had nothing to lose in asking her.

@Silver Carrot@clanjos

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

@Silver Carrot I'm about to have Ryuuto make a proposition to Mina. Don't panic! Give me a sec.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

@Zero Hex You're free to have your character react however you want. I just think that if a character is going to be skeptical about such things, they'd have shooed away the weirdos when they came knocking at the door. I don't think that seeing claims actualized and a large group of similar individual would raise reasonable doubts in most people.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

So, here's a thought that will likely be my next post. Beyond willfull suspension of disbelief for the sake of the story, what's stopping a crop of modern day teenagers from deciding that this whole situation is too good to be true and choosing to not enter the magically appearing castle? Just deciding this whole thing is too weird and strange and reads like the setup for a cult or something and choosing to walk off to try and reach civilization.

@Zero Hex

Well, to be fair, they've already been told about the institute, why they're going there, and agreed to go. So, I'd say these teenagers are here either because they want to be, or because they want to be.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

@tipssyCalibrator I'm okay with starting the event. Ryuuto would love the opportunity to collect data on all the newcomers.