Well. Welcome aboard, folks! This RP was conceived and written by Sel and myself. It's meant to be a bit of a freeform, so don't worry too much about strict rules, or following some form of nonexistent plot. There's a vague idea of a story in my head, but we don't necessarily have to follow it.

With that said, the obvious: Don't overpower your characters, don't use other peoples' characters without speaking to them first, don't hog the spotlight, etc etc. Have fun. =]








Darkrock Prison

To the people living on the continent of Viatha in the world of Tyrea, the Darkrock Prison is one of the places that no person in their right mind would ever want to enter. Floating over Anginyu, one of Viatha's technologically robust cities, the prison was rumored to be so heavily guarded that a butterfly could not get in without alarming some sort of security, it housed thirty-eight of the world's most dangerous criminals in its maximum security cells.

Most of them were notorious throughout the world for the atrocity of their crimes, and their trials made international news when held. One such example was the year-long trial of 'Death Vampire', Ludwir Wen Schezarger, who committed a massacre of an entire town among other crimes and managed to escape detection for ten years. But due to a mysterious lack of evidence to give him a death sentence, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and unconditional contribution to the Tyrean Acquisition and Refinement Center (ARC) just like all the others in the prison.

Imagine the shock of the people living in that city when one night, they heard a great explosion originating from the prison. Stunned citizens could only watch as, the prison, horrifically decorated with flames and smoke, suddenly ceased to float and plummeted to the ground. The impact shook the entire city, not unlike being affected by an earthquake, and when the tremors finally stopped, a single shrill noise plunged everyone's mind into sheer fear and panic.

For the second time in history, the Darkrock Prison has been breached.

Tyrea

Tyrea is the fifth of twelve planet in its planetary system, with two moons, Enuin and Elna. There are four known continents, namely Astaroa, Ruciphir, Lirith and Viatha, and three oceans, Arberu, Elthasa and Albetos. Scientists have drawn parallels between Tyrea and Earth, the only planet detected to have life in the faraway Solar System, as both planets have only a single ruling humanoid species. It is believed that the two species evolved together, or are linked in some other way, as they are damn near identical. The only difference one can discern is the auras Tyreans possess, but that is due to the core and the core alone. Unlike Earth, Tyrea has two known pure natural energy sources, liquid Aether and gaseous Hemera, which were discovered within the last century and has been introduced to replaced more traditional (and expensive) fuels. Aether is the commonplace fuel, as Hemera is still a highly volatile and requires extreme precision for every step from extracting to actual energy generating.

Viatha

The country and continent of Viatha lies to the north, with an almost inhabitable cold climate that is shared (to a minor degree) by northern Ruciphir. The fairer skin Viathans used to be hunters and nomads, but they eventually settled down. Led by a monarch, King Eviatha Ceraia VII, the whole of Viatha is ruled in a strict but just manner, with its income coming for fish trade, Aether mining and refining, and most significantly, technological products. In the last five hundred years, the continent has advanced from being where, say, America is now to something more closely resembling Star Wars. The country has the harshest criminal laws of Tyrea, and is the first country to have a bounty hunting section in its law enforcement system, a trend that other countries eventually picked up. Its advancement in technology is also furthest among the other countries, and its capital of Addon showcases that keenly. It is a budding empire nearly ready to join the infinitely large group known as the Collective, an alliance between all the worlds in the known systems who have achieved regular interplanetary travel.

Technology

The edge of technology in Tyrea had been drastically pushed forward steadily since the use of Hemera as the main energy source for large scale electricity generation became common. Coupled with a much earlier invention of Aether batteries, that could last for decades with moderate usage before they require recharging, it meant that there will be no lack of energy for long time to come.

One of the most significant technological growth was the establishing of the Oversphere developed by the Yggdrasil Technologies to take the place of the Infoweb. Two hundred and eighty-six Overtowers, each with their own Hemera energy plant, and twenty-three satellites were the physical pillars of the high-speed wireless information highway, which makes accessing any public data only a few seconds' work.

In the last several hundred years, technology has increased exponentially every decade or so, to the point where Tyreans have now regularly enjoyed such commodities as personal robots, virtual reality, entry-level AI and nanobots to keep one's body in peak physical condition. These advances are not cheap, however, and are not often seen on the general public. Older models of all technology, though, are dirt cheap, falling into obscurity the instant a new version comes out. As such, you can expect to see endless modifications and hodgepodge creations in the hands of anyone from a highschool student to a down-on-his-luck businessman.

Some of the more recent technological advancement includes:

- Hover technology for most transportation, even for bullet trains.

- Budding laser technology (small-arms have not been realized yet, the only lasers in production being heavy, vehicle-mounted canons).

- Everyone has a microchip 'MiCell' (pronounced as 'my cell') implanted in them that serves as everything from a credit/travel/passport/information card to a database of personal information, criminal records and other such things. It also functions as a miniature computer, lightning-fast and capable of mostly any function you could require. It is able to interface with most any electronic device from within ten feet, and has a broad wireless range for communication purposes. This chip also allows people to 'interface' with the Oversphere, acquiring what can most closely be described as a HUD over their vision, where they can virtually navigate the web, or stand-alone programs they've placed in their chips themselves via thought. However, it has limited storage capacity which is not expandable.

- Watches with every communication function imaginable, from phone-like abilities to full-on virtual conversation capabilities, and most models also contains multimedia playing capabilities, primarily music, but also utilizing holographic technology to view text, images or videos stored within the hard-drive. A number of models are fully customizable, and additional functions includes but are not limited to radio waves transmitting and receiving, taking photos or videos, even area illumination.

- Miniature personal notebook computers, capable of being the size of a cell phone, that easily match today's supercomputers. These devices are capable of whatever technological functions you can dream up, from instantly searching and connecting with other designated computers to giving advice to the owner through an advanced, experimental form of AI that was made publicly available some years ago. Believe it or not, they were first developed with the purpose of replacing printed reading materials as the damage of turning trees into papers was globally recognized.

War

There is a steady alliance between the four continents, but tensions do mount and patience does wear thin from time to time. As opposed to an alliance of total peace, it sometimes seems that it is more of a 'I'm not going to attack you, but I am going to research weapons technology and stockpile in the event that I do.' The last war was several decades ago, and at the moment the only serious threats come from rogue terrorist cells and pulsed criminals.

Auras

Everyone on Tyrea is born with a specific color signature ingrained deep into their very being. This color makes itself apparent most commonly in the eyes, which will always be the color of one's aura. Depending on the strength of one's aura, their hair and/or blood may also take on that color, the vividness of the color denoting strength. In extreme cases, the aura may even be dimly visible in a dark setting.

The auras stem from the planet's core, which is in the shape of an irregular dodecahedron; it has twelve faces, though they are not all the same size. The core rotates opposite the planet, generating energy and warming the surface. The aura one is born with is determined which side of the core was facing their point on the surface when they were born. This leads some auras to be more common than others, with some occurring in less than .2% of the population. The core constantly builds and depletes it's own energy in an unknown process, and how much energy the core has at one's time of birth affects how strong their aura is. Every fifty years or so, the core reaches a critical level and 'pulses'. This is a thirty-second release of energy that literally bathes the planet in light from the inside. Those born within the time of the pulse are unnaturally powerful. Having roughly the same population of Earth, this means that nearly a hundred Tyreans are born in that timeframe. These individuals most often grow up as either infamous villains, powerful forces of good or choose to hide themselves from the general public.

The different auras are as follows:

Sepia (Common) - A defensive color, capable of forming energy shields and lessening the damage taken from blows. Those with a sepia aura can also manipulate the element of earth.

Viridian (Common) - A strong, gentle color, a viridian aura gives a Tyrean an affinity for all things living. Primarily used for healing, and the manipulation of nature.

Cerulean (Common) - The color blue has always had a 'flowing' feeling to it, and the same applies here. Cerulean auras can manipulate anything that flows, be it water, air or electrical currents.

Crimson (Common) - This is a fierce, passionate aura that gives a Tyrean control over fire and heat. These people are usually very charismatic; someone you will either love or hate. They can usually talk their way into or out of anything with more ease than a normal person.

Vermillion (Common) - A vermillion aura grants it's Tyrean enhanced control over their own body. These individuals are faster, stronger and more flexible than the normal person. Metabolism is also increased greatly; it can take barrels of alcohol to become inebriated, serious wounds heal in a matter of days, etc.

Amethyst (Common) - Psychic powers. Clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis... You get the idea. The more powerful this aura is, the more the range and potency of these abilities. Weak clairvoyance could lead to hazy messages, whereas a strong aura would allow one to perfectly grasp hidden details.

Saffron (Uncommon) - A strange, voodoo-like magic. Those with a saffron aura have an uncanny knack for blessing or cursing those they speak to when their emotions run high. These can either be long-term effects, or instantaneous mental commands that wrench control of the target's body from him/her.

Slate (Uncommon) - A slate aura allows the user to vanish without a trace, and pass unnoticed among others. A weak aura would allow someone to escape authorities easily, or hide when they wanted to. A powerful aura would let someone walk through walls, drop through floors, and literally walk right up to a target without them knowing it. Extremely powerful slate auras can simply disappear at will.

Ebony (Uncommon) - Technological control. Ebony auras are capable of instantly understanding and using any form of technology, and higher levels are capable of giving life to inanimate objects, moving and controlling them at will.

Ivory (Uncommon) - Ivory auras are capable of creating small rifts in space. The most common applications of this ability are teleportation, bringing objects to oneself from another place, or hiding in a small, dark pocket of the universe that no one else can get to.

Amber (Rare) - Raw data assimilation and manipulation. Amber auras are capable of reading the absolute history and truth of anything they focus on, and, in some cases can manipulate that data, changing it at their whim. Weaker ones can only read data, whereas powerful ones could literally change their own appearance or physical makeup through DNA manipulation. This applies to anything; computers, people or objects.

Platinum (Very Rare) - Platinum auras are unique, and incredibly powerful. They are only created during a core pulse, because the dodecahedron that makes up the core is shaped in such a way that the platinum surface isn't naturally facing out at Tyrea's surface. During a flash, however, a small section of the surface does see the platinum side of the core. Platinum auras are capable of physically manifesting their dreams, no matter what they are. They can bring monsters into existence, change the laws of physics and lay waste to an entire city with a single nightmare. Since the only platinum auras come from core pulses, there is no such thing as a weak one. There have, however, been documented cases of those that could enter a dream-state while still awake... Able to manipulate reality to their will, consciously. For the most part, though, Platinum auras end up destroying themselves before too long.

Amber and Platinum are not available for use. You may not create a pulsed character without asking nicely, and getting approval.

The Acquisition and Refinement Center (ARC)

Not the largest, but easily the most well-funded joint government organization on Tyrea, the ARC is centered in an unknown location somewhere on one of Tyrea's three oceans. It was created with an intensely simple purpose in mind - collect unwanted objects with negative characteristics from the planet, and convert them into something more useful for Tyreans to benefit from. So far, an incredible number of technological and biological advances have come from ARC. Though their methods are unknown, and none of their employees have ever been introduced publicly, the government tends to turn a bit of a blind eye to the organization, as long as they deliver results. Their goal is clearly the greater good, but they seem to fall into a morally gray area most of the time; probably the reason why their doings are never, ever made public. The Center seems to have an uncanny amount of leeway when it comes to the laws of the various countries, and usually moves and acts of it's own accord without reprisal.

All of the prisoners inside Darkrock have been sentenced with an unconditional contribution to ARC, which most likely means their abnormal powers and auras will be studied intensely in an effort to glean anything useful from them. Should any harm come to them over the course of these studies... They're criminals anyway, who would care?

ARC essentially owns Anginyu, the city Darkrock floated over and crashed into. They provided complete funding for the prison, and provided most of the research that made the anti-rift shields possible. Over the course of several decades, they purchased enough corporations and pieces of the city until they literally owned well over 95% of it. It is as close to an independent city-state as you will find in Viatha.

The Story (so far)

Anginyu has always had a shadow looming over it... Literally. With Darkrock Prison perpetually hanging in the sky overhead like some grotesque insect, all sharp corners and jutting spires, the general mood of the populace is never very high. There is a constant feeling of tension in the air, though some live there for that very feeling, claiming it makes them feel more alive, makes life just a little more exciting. Everyone in Anginyu does actually tend to live every day as if it could be there last. For many, this may just be the case.

Darkrock was placed over Anginyu for a specific reason. A new shielding technology was being developed in the city, one that would allow for an entire city to be covered in a near-inpenetrable shield, one that would block not only all physical attempts at entry (and exit), but also the rifting attempts of Ivory auras. This shield is merely a larger version of the ones found lining every cell in the prison, keeping the criminals secure in their cells with no chance of escape.

When the prison fell through the air, trailing smoke and belching fire from every conceivable opening, half of the civilians began panicking while the other half could only stare in mounting terror. The smart ones simply ran to their vehicles and departed the city as fast as they could, if they were close to the edge. They were the lucky ones. Darkrock Prison impacted the center of Anginyu, punching straight through the floating state buildings, malls, bars and raised highways of the upper section of the city, nestling itself nearly a mile underground in the city's sewer network and lower maintenance tunnels. Before the final shields around the prison failed, the shields around the city were activated by an unknown source, most likely the military or ARC. The entire city was effectively closed in, trapped in with the prison before any of the criminals could rift out, or be rifted out by potential rescuers. The city was thrown into chaos.

There were many criminals in the city to begin with, keeping their ways in check and biding their time for an event just such as this. They are all either fanatically loyal to one of the famous prisoners, or simply want to see mass anarchy spread over the city and, eventually, all of Viatha. Once the proverbial dust settles, they will all likely make their way to the crash site and form a rather formidable team. Their agenda is completely unknown.

Anarchy is inevitable, once people realize the magnitude of what has happened. These were the thirty-eight most dangerous individuals on Tyrea, at one point or another, most of them pulsed and all of them insanely dangerous, now joined by all their loyal followers from the city who have been waiting for this day. A large force of unknown military personnel was rifted into the outskirts of the city seconds before the shields went up, complete with several military vehicles and an entire mobile command post. Those civilians that don't simply panic will probably either throw themselves at the military for trapping them in the city, or go after the criminals themselves as vigilantes, hoping to stop the threat that will most likely destroy their home within several days' time.

Will you play the role of a normal citizen, thrust into an extraordinary situation? Will you play the role of one of the inserted military team sent to deal with the prisoners? Will you play the role of a criminal, attempting to overthrow control of the city amidst the chaos? Or will you play as a part of the shadowy organization ARC, whose agenda is always questionable?

Guidelines

Please try to keep your IC time in sync with everyone else's, if at all possible. My biggest pet peeve with RPs is when character A is in the middle of a heated battle in the dead of night, and *poof!*, character B decides to have a nap and drags the RP into the next day before events are resolved. As such, please be conscious of what's going on around you, and try not to mess up the flow of the story.

You may have high technology and an aura capable of superhuman feats, but please try to refrain from godmodding. Using their aura is tiring to a Tyrean, and the more they exert themselves in doing so, the further their powers slip from their grasp. Those who go too far over their limits risk damaging themselves or losing their aura altogether.

You cannot have a pulsed Aura, or belong to ARC without permission from Sel or myself.

Character Sheet Format

Name
Gender
Age
Height/Weight
Physical Appearance
Aura (and aura strength - list your abilities)
Organization (if applicable - Criminal, Military or ARC)
Occupation
Equipment
Personality
Biography

[Some edits/modifications/additions in the following sections: Technology, Tyrea]

EDIT: Added the a few little bits to his Aura section.

Name: (No longer remembers his name; identified only by the letter “T” on the patch sewn on the left sleeve of his jacket)

Gender: Male

Age: 23

Height/Weight: 175cm / 73 kg

Physical Appearance: This black-haired, dark blue-eyed young man stands tall in his olive drab field jacket, with a plain white shirt underneath and a pair of BDU trousers that match his jacket’s colour. Wears half-finger black gloves with Kevlar and padding for protection against cuts, heat and electric shocks. Also sports a pair of black military boots. Wears tactical leg gear strapped to his right thigh to carry his pistol and additional ammunition. Also dons a set of skeleton battle order, also in olive drab.

Aura (and aura strength - list your abilities): Moderately strong Cerulean aura
Able to control fluids such as water, and things that flow, such as electricity, to a certain extent. Able to forcefully stream fluids or smash them like high-pressure jets into anything he targets, subject to the laws of physics. Has excellent control of his ability; can get very creative with its uses. Does not restrict his ability to particular techniques of using his aura.

Organization: “Civilian”

Occupation: Vigilante peacekeeper

Equipment: Carries a pistol from his service days, with extra magazines. Also carries a knife strapped onto his skeleton battle order.

Personality: Cool as ice, he never jumps to conclusions, and wastes no time in ensuring that all threats to his life or those around him are eliminated. He is a man of few words, and is hardly shaken by the opinions and thoughts of others. Locks an unimaginable sorrow in his heart, only expressed through his eyes and his unchanging wooden facial expression. Exudes an aura of confidence and calmness that few are able to carry. Has an innate physical ability to hide his presence from others; he can sneak around quietly and stalk people almost effortlessly. However, he cannot hide from people with psychic abilities (Amethyst) or from conventional detection devices, such as heat detectors, motion sensors and the like.

Biography: Ostensibly, he was previously a soldier. He still carries the pistol he was issued, because of its sentimental value to him. He was once thrown into detention barracks for an offence against military law, which he committed in order to protect one of his platoon mates. In defending the man from a brutal assault, he unwittingly tore an officer apart from the inside by manipulating his blood and body fluids. He was hence locked in a cell where his powers were suppressed, and where he was brainwashed into forgetting most of his life, inclusive of the offence he had committed that had landed him inside in the first place. But still the strongest of thoughts and beliefs remained: Never allow the innocent to come to harm. Never allow wrongdoing to go unpunished before your eyes.

They believed that he had been sufficiently brainwashed after a year, and threw him back into active service, with a different unit full of people like him.

He left the service later on, much to the surprise of everyone who knew about him. He was supposed to slave on for the rest of his life at the hands of the military, but technically, he was free to go anytime he wanted. Nobody could stop him; the rules were the rules.

He found his identity as only “T”. With very fragmented memories of his past, he forged ahead a new path, on which he hoped to live doing what he did best – protecting others.

[EDIT: Abilities, Biography, and I took off the smilies.]

Name - Shi

Gender - Female

Age - 15

Height/Weight - 160cm ; 50kg

Physical Appearance
Eyes - Dark, often flash green but not always visible.
Body - Slim and very fragile. That's why she's so quick and light. Appears to have long legs and arms, but only because she's so thin.
Hair - Appears to be short but she makes a ponytail on top of her head using a spiky thing. THAT seems dangerous.
Clothes - Usually uses baggy brown trousers that come to her knees and a sepia "shirt", with sleeves that come to her elbow one side and to her wrist another. Black leather boots up to the middle of her legs, a wristband on her left arm [the one on which the sleeve comes to her elbow] and a belt with a large variety of things.

Aura - Viridian
Abilities - Shi enjoys the company of animals and trees, but doesn't know why she understands [more or less] what they say to her, but it couldn't be counted as an ability...

[Detect Weak Point] Shi can discover her foe's weak point, but it's more effective if the enemy has attacked or has been attacked. She can then shoot her target. This ability doesn't require any spiritual energy, since it was developed because she became a bounty hunter.
[Heal] Just heals, but depending on the wound, Shi uses more or less her energy. If she has to heal deep wounds for a whole day, she becomes tired too fast and her speed, strength and accuracy weaken as well.
[Heal Area] Shi heals a whole short-range area, but this can heal foes and can only be used two times a day.

I don't think cheering is a special ability, but Shi wants no one to be depressed and is often cheering her job partners and her dear people up, so they can always have a good time with her. Shi likes to play with everything she says "Mother Nature" has given Tyrea.

Organization - Individual~!

Occupation - Bounty Hunter and thief on free time

Equipment - A knife and a light star-wars-like gun [and if you want, her hair accessory xD]. No armor and some utility gadgets, which she carries on her belt, just like Batman.

Personality - Apparently calm and completely cute and defenseless, but one wouldn't dare to mess with her. Mostly peaceful but more or less easy to get pissed off, thinks for long minutes before giving an answer as long as it isn't stupid, but has a quick-witted mind. Always smiling, but rarely that smile turns to an evil grin, specially when people take her as a weakling or provoke her.

Biography - Shi is an almost normal girl despite her adoration for nature, but loves action -- that's why she became a bounty hunter, although she isn't very strong. But her agility makes it almost impossible to reach or to hit her hard. But a superficial cut hurts her as a full blade attack hurts a civilian, for instance. When she first had a row with a militar in a hunt she discovered that she could heal herself. After that, Shi wore only light clothes that didn't interfere her movements. The girl had had an almost normal childhood, but didn't know her father, and she didn't care, really. Born in Ruciphir but brought to Viatha as a baby, Shi didn't know there were other continents until she reached a level like 4th grade, when she asked that her mother... who didn't answer because she was dead. Shi isn't a rebel because of that, though. For her, death is a path everyone must take, no matter when... Since then she was alone in the cities, doing expensive jobs for her employers and enjoying life as it was, seeing it from the better angle possible, and playing with everything she could, being afraid of famous organizations such as ARC.

Thanks Dan for Typing such a long post for me. I hope my character is detailed enough and okay to be approved though.

Name - Tai

Gender - Male

Age - 19

Height/Weight - 6' 2" 75kg

Physical Appearance - Tai posses a very dirty long black hair tied up into a ponytail by filthy red cloth. he wears a light blue torn sleeveless shirt and brown 3/4 pants. He wears a very dirty torn sports shoes and always carries 0.5metre long silver flute and a large torn camping bag. Tai possess a pair of blue eyes and a rather good looking face and healthy, dirty looking tan skin. He always looks dirty no at anywhere everywhere.

Aura (and aura strength - list your abilities) - Cerulean (Common) - The color blue has always had a 'flowing' feeling to it, and the same applies here. Cerulean auras can manipulate anything that flows, be it water, air or electrical currents.

Tai abilities are in 10 different forms of skills. Using his flute as a medium, Tai converted his breath(air) into soundwaves which travels through water(hydrogen in air), by projecting the soundwaves, this allows Tai to subsiquently leads the sounds into the 10 of his abilities

The 10 abilities :

Note : Both of his hands will be occupied when playing.

When Tai is playing his flute, he must not be distrupted. Which leaves him very vulnarable when he is playing. The downside of his abilities is, he always could be heard, thus he cannot hide when he uses them.

Tai's abilities are not fully matured yet. His abilities are not design to kill nor harm others except for Requiem. His abilities are more often used to protect and help Tai instead. But he uses his flute to hit his opponents when there is a chance to, his flute is also used as a rod to defend himself.

Organization - Nil

Occupation - A travelling Flute artist

Equipment - "Nickel" Tai's 0.5 Metre Long Silver Flute, he named it nickel because he uses it to earn money.

Personality - Cheerful, fun loving and happy go lucky. Tai loves to play "Concerto" and Dance in his own little drizzle. Making the ground wet, he love to jump into mud puddles. He loves to make himself dirty and laughs at his own reflections when he washes himself up. He is always smiling most of the time.

Tai is always hungry as he travels on foot. Rather money minded because he always needs money for food. Though he might by money minded, he does not resort to evil deeds. He loves animals a lot and plays his flute for them and charges them "free" he would often say. He loves to joke and laugh at them even if the joke wasn't funny at all.

Biography - Tai's parents died when he was young and he was adopted by an orphanage in Lirith. He was told that Nickel was already with him when he was adopted. Since young he had learned to play with his flute. Slowly he learns about his abilities. During his 16th birthday, he decided to leave the orphanage and had been travelling ever since.

Lance.

Taliet, Bartender, you're both good to go. Nice work. =]

Kaze, I will approve your profile as is, but you may want to reconsider the choice of weapons. This isn't a fantasy RP; what would people in New York think of someone walking down the street with a bow, knife and a morning star? Furthermore, how effective would those weapons be against auras and technology? If you want to keep them, though, I won't stop you.

Neko... Gadzooks. Where to begin?

Ixnay on the semi-pulsed aura. If you want a supercharged aura, I expect a damn good biography explaining it both in application and how it has affected your character's life. That goes for anybody who wants a pulsed aura - I won't accept any profiles I don't have to scroll down to read all of.

- The sword. Why? Explain it, in full.

- Have you ever tried to hide a rifle under a coat?

- The MiCell is implanted in the upper arm, right side. It's not going to fry from a bolt of lightning. We have preventative measures for electrical overloads today, and that would only advance with time.

- Why would being more intelligent lead to madness? If anything, you would think that a greater intellect would lead to a greater understanding and a calmer disposition. If you want to keep this attribute, please go into more detail. Alot more.

- Supercomputers don't have an IQ. Your character is not going to have a brain more powerful than a supercomputer.

- If he was in a coma for ten years, his body would need intensive physical therapy before he could move again. Fix this.

- You haven't described his personality in the least. Nor his past, nor his family, nor anything to help us understand him as a character.

I suggest you rewrite your profile, from top to bottom. This time, instead of using obnoxious, clichèd anime as a base to work from, do try to use your head.

By the way, I put that Shi was born and brought to this continent because I have no idea what's the other ones like. Would the GM please describe'em? \o/

Thanks a lot ^^

EDIT: additions to the sections "Aura", "Personality" and "Biography".

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[are you still accepting entries? o/]

[love Tai! *o*]

Name: Plum

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Height/Weight: 164 cm, 58 kg

Physical Appearance: Long dark wavy hair, some purple patches, braided with colorful ribbons and feathers; liquid and dreamy purple eyes being one darker than the other. Plum has an aerial, romantic and kind of loony tone all over her, mingled with the traditional Anginyuan look. Her clothes are a mix of common greyish pieces with flashy and nonmatching ones, creating an overall weird result. And, most amazingly, it fits her well.

Aura: Amethyst, good potential but little control over it.
Plum isn't exactly a disciplined student and gets easily bored by long practice and study; thus, her power is almost only unleashed when under stress or strong emotions, and she has always had problems handling it. People would get dizzy from voices in their heads, expensive objects would fly around and hit walls or fall through windows, etc.
She has developed one technique which she calls "Dice", somehow focusing her psychic powers in one effect. It could randomly:
- create a kinetic "whirlwind", throwing everything in a small-medium range around in circles. Lasts for about three seconds, the heavier the objects are the harder it gets to sustain them ["Whirl"]
- throw everything out of a small-medium range with the strength of a small explosion. Can work as a shield to stop solid projectiles and physical assault, ceases immediately ["Blast"]
- send messages and images to everyone in a small-medium range, thus creating mental confusion. Lasts for a desired amount of time, from some seconds to a few minutes ["Chaos"]
"Dice" is totally random and can affect both allies and enemies within that range; I will ask the GM to draw one [Blast, Chaos or Whirl] whenever Plum tries to perform the technique. Also, she can only do so when stress or emotions aren't strong enough to be overwhelming, given it might escape her control again. Every time Plum releases her power she tends to get carried by the feeling and gradually release it more and more, resulting in greater effectiveness and extended range [and also more destruction and danger, which she would try to avoid].
There are downsides to each of them, most commonly heavy headaches from too much effort.
Her telepathy and clairvoyance are less developed than telekinesis; Plum is often too distracted delirating and dreaming around to pay attention to people's thoughts.

Organization: None, civilian

Occupation: Never had a job for too long; currently working as nurse

Equipment: A crystal pendant used to focus and concentrate, maybe a family treasure, Plum's had since she can remember. Can't use weapons and could hit her own foot with a gun instead of shooting a foe.

Personality: Plum is mild and sweet, almost submissive; it takes a lot to get her upset, and she does not normally approve of pain and war. Her mood is very unstable though, ranging easily from sweetness and kindness to burning hatred and violence. She does not really understand what goes between a man and a woman [or else], and is not prone to fall in love or feel lust.
Plum likes animals, nice children and gardens, and uses as little technological equipment and facilities as possible.

Biography: Daughter to a couple living in the streets of Anginyu and orphaned at a very young age, Plum [given name then] was taken into an orphanage and raised there. Perhaps it was her lack of a proper family, perhaps it was her being mistreated and bullied by other older kids because of her humble manners; but at some point in her childhood she lost a good portion of her reason and went insane. When older she was thrown into the streets and had to learn by practice what it means to lead an adult life. Having neither studied in a regular school nor learned a profession from a tutor, she started off working at small shops; because of her apparent lack of sanity she would be dismissed quickly and ended up having as many jobs as she could count on her four sets of fingers.
Plum doesn't often say reasonable things, nor act likewise; one could say she's perfectly mad. Sometimes, though, she seems to reach some kind of light and shows to be quite intelligent beyond her loony manners. In those rare moments she may faintly recall faces and names and facts, and remember having a normal life. Her first name or surname remains unknown.

Here's the first of my two characters. I know it's a freeform roleplay but I went a little overboard when making the profile, so sorry if it makes a very long read. It's very likely to happen as well for my second char, but let me see first, haha.

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Name: Ryni Syia Levnia

Gender: Female

Age: 32

Height/Weight: 5′4” ft tall, 121.3 lbs in weight

Physical Appearance: As a Crimson, her round feline eyes were blood red in color, and her auburn hair, kept short and neat at ear-length, has a just a bit of copper hue to it, not so much that it makes her a redhead, but enough to be seen under sunlight. Her facial features could be counted as average but pleasant to look at on her youthful heart-shaped face, and she has a light build and much to her disappointment, she is not very well-endowed. Though she is a Viathan, she has a very healthy tan from the amount of time she spend outside. One could probably use the word ‘sporty’ to describe her.

Aura: Crimson, relatively strong. She can do pretty much the usual, from creating flames on whim to making a room resemble a sauna in matter of minutes. But her strength is in her precise control of flames, refined with years of experience, able to lit a certain area, and only that area, on fire and of how high a temperature. Sure, she can probably blast fireballs if she wants, but she much prefers to use the abilities her aura grants her in more creative ways. Like how to fry a sunnyside up perfectly.

Organization: Civilian

Occupation: Bounty hunter, freelance fireworks designer and bomb expert.

Equipment: She is mostly found in sleeveless casual streetwear and jeans, all made from fireproof materials just in case. She wears a single earring with a metal piece of tribal design dangling from her right ear, that is actually a ear-piece synchronizing with her silver spiral bracelet watch and ‘Guardian Emerald Magic 3’ aka ‘GEM 3’, her personal notebook the size of printed paperback novels. She keeps GEM 3 in a sling-bag with a Gothic anime design, along with her modified airsoft pistol, a retractable metallic stun baton, secured packets of fire-powder and fireworks, and a variety of miscellaneous items such as sweets and girls’ stuff. Her main transportation is her beloved hoverbike ‘Azure Hummingbird’.

Personality: True to her aura, Ryni make friends and enemies easily, though mostly the former rather than the latter. Her brother often tells her to be more tactful, for she is a very straightforward person, sometimes on the verge on being brainlessly blunt. She offends easily, even though she probably did not mean to, most of the time. But other than that, she is generally easy to get along with, being friendly, enthusiastic and humorous. And will not hesitate to help anyone she cares about, or even those she has just met. However, timing is everything, for even though she is usually surprisingly difficult to offend, when she is having the ‘time of the month’ or had a terribly bad day, her temper runs very short and as explosive as what she expertises in. She loves shopping and playing games, is talkative and friendly, adores a type of exotic spicy ramen and absolutely hates eating beef. She is efficient and practical when on jobs, although she sees it as being either necessary or just plain fun. She despises criminals of all nature, especially those that hurt other peoples or endangers lives.

Biography: The eldest daughter of ‘Flaming General’ Jaymes Rui Levnia of the Viathan Military Forces and ARC researcher Eliza Shui Selanir, Ryni was the long awaited child after a five years marriage between these two loving but very busy couple. They both took time out to take care of her, and as a result of their having spend a lot more time together, Eliza got pregnant with a second child, Aerin Seun Levnia, and gave birth three years later.

Perhaps because of her good genes or the fact that her mother was a saffron, Ryni was a very bright child and excelled in a lot of things that she took up. And whenever both her parents had to be at work, she was charged with taking care of Aerin, and they became very close to each other. Life was as normal as can be for them, even after Ryni was sent overseas the reknown University of Andalph in Opholes, and came back to work as a pyrotechnics and explosives expert. That was, before Eliza was killed by a stray bullet in a bank robbery, sinking the Levnia family into weeks of despair.

They were badly affected by the tragedy, and Jaymes gradually became a workaholic, though one who would abandon anything to go to his children anytime. The siblings agreed that they cannot forgive those who endanger others for their own selfish purposes, and Ryni quitted her job to become a bounty hunter, while Aelin joined Viatha’s law enforcement. Bounty hunting was not a stable job, and although her father and brother would gladly provide for her, Ryni did not want to burden them and took up short-term jobs to have enough income. Because of her lifestyle, she did not have much chance of developing romantic relationships, and those that did get off the ground did not end up anywhere.

As a bounty hunter, she has a bit of a reputation, which was inevitable given her background. Those closer to her had given her the nickname ‘Firewitch’ because of her aura and expertise. Unlike many loner-type bounty hunters, she is alright with teaming up together with others, as long as they complete the hunt successfully. She had even co-operated with the various law enforcements on quite a few occasions, though mostly with her brother and ELITE, the special unit that he belonged to. Together, they were partially personally responsible for putting some of the Darkrock prisoners in jail.

I deleted my previous very sad attempt at a character, sorry about that, was half asleep when I made it.

Name: Tommy Groshong

Gender: Male

Age: 29

Height/weight: 6'3" 160lbs

Appearance: Tommy is skinny, with a thick bone structure and broad shoulders. He has an average muscle build, and curves like a woman. His legs are long, and bald, as are his arms. He has a small gotee, and mid-back length blue-black(hair-dye, it fade out eventually to a blonde) straight thick hair. He wears a simple torn pair of pants, and combat boots. He usualy doesn't wear a shirt, but when he does, it is usually a belly shirt. HE has scars all over his body from he was child, some small burn scars, and others deep cuts. His is a light blue color, the blue is almost unnoticable. His eyes are a dark ocean blue, with white dots in them. The supposed to be white of his eyes, are a storm cloud gray.

Aura: Pulsed Cerulean

Abilities: His main skilll, is using his body as a lighting rod. He calls it flow. He will create a flow of his aura to attract electricty, then he will run through his body, and force it out in a certain direction. This has caused a lot of damage to him though over time. He has received many burn scars trying to master this ability. Another of his skills, is he will force the water to evaporate, causing the clouds to grow. He will then begin to speed up the process of the clouds, causing it to rain on occasions. He has practiced at this skill most of his life, and can still rarely get it to work.

Organization: Vigilante

Occupation: Interior Designer

Equipment: He carries a long sword, which has two purposes. First, it is his main lighting rod. Second, a hobby to keep his stress down. He also carries a small pistol, with a lot of power to it.

Personality: Tommy is a kind hearted person. Or at least, he was. Now he is a loner, wandering on his own. He avoids people at all cost, and really doesn't them. He does make an exception for young cute girls though. He is a flirt, though he does avoid as much contact with people as he would like.

Biography: Tommy was born on a pulse. His mother was scarred of him because of this, and beat him as a child. His father as well was a very controlling person, and also beat Tommy. When Tommy was five, his parents died during a storm. He got very angry at his parents, and when they touched him, his rage caused his aura to build up a great amount of energy, which brought the lighting bolt right on top of him and his parents. He was then taken in to foster care for a about three years of his life. There he met a girl by the name of Aira. She was always a bit of an outcast because she was catching things on fire. Her aura was really strong, and caused her to sometimes create small flames. She was only seven then, and couldn't really control it. Tommy saw this, and was inspired to find a way to help her someday. He never got to. Her room went up in flames the night before Tommys' eigth birth day. Tommy was told she was killed in the fire. Tommy ran away from the home and became a student at a small time school. He moved in with a kind and loving fammily, whos' child was killed. They took him in like he was their own. He was always quite, unless he was with them. He began to come out of his shell finally by the age of fifteen. That didn't last long. He came home one day, and they were gone. They had left a note for him. It read, We loved you boy, and you betrayed us. Why? You see, he had never told them he was pulsed, because he didn't know how they would react. This made them angry, and made them feel as though he didn't love them. He stayed there on his own though. He made it home. There he lived until he graduated at the age of 17. He got into college at some high leveled university, and was one of the top students of his class. He studied many things there, his major was the study of the flow of energy. Of course he enjoyed this class, and used it to learn new abilities using his aura. When he graduated, he found a job as an interior designer. He loved design, and the way the colors molded. At the age of 26, he met his first love. To his dispair, it didn't last long. He found her with another man. He looked at them, shrugged and walked away. She took the house from him, because they had been married. He was left with nothing. Her new boyfriend was a magnificent lawyer. He moved out onto the streets for a short while when he was 29. He had just got a great job working for a the top Desingning company in the city, then the prison fell. His new found job was destroyed, as was his new home in the same building. When the prison landed, a few hours after everything had settled down, he saw his old friend Aira. He wasn't exactly sure it was her, but he was pretty sure.

Thanks dan for typing this post for me and thank him for editing the post for me.

I added 2 new abilities to Tai in his profile. "Symphony" and "Conssonance"

and an extra paragraph of his "personality"

Hope if its alright.

Lance.

Kaze, that looks good to me.

Tendresse, approved. I like it. =]

Neko, that's much better, even if his appearance still makes me chuckle somewhat. Approved.

Bartender, duly noted.

QUOTE (Myself)

You cannot have a pulsed Aura, or belong to ARC without permission from Sel or myself.

Fix this.

Catholicism does not exist on Tyrea. This is not Earth.

Please pay attention to the OOC when coming up with your character. I don't enjoy telling you to re-write your profile any more than you do the work itself.

[mih, glad you like it *o*]

Wow >< Never imagined I'd see the day I post back in RP forum, but Sel seduced me with this RP ><><

Anyways, hope this profile's alright. And forgive me while I try to pick back all my broken english =X



Name : Li Ai Wen / Li Ai Ling [Number 0568]

Gender : Female

Age : 29

Height/Weight : 5’5’’ tall, weighs 117 lbs

Physical Appearance : A very slim, but still slightly muscular, brunette, with almond-like bronze eyes. True to her Lirithian heritage, she has a round face with palm-sized facial features, untidy shoulder length hair tied into a stubby ponytail via a string, and small pursed lips. Haunted dark circles below her eyes and faint hints of wrinkles belies her age and mental burdens. Clad in a black singlet and slightly tattled navy jeans.

If one looked closely at her left hand, he or she might be able to notice a sixth finger just beside her little finger, just the same length and thickness of her pinky, but seems to be able to flex on its own.

Aura : Vermilion, semi-pulsed. Increased agility and flexibility (as proven by her occupation) are the main features of her aura, however she probably could (punch and) dislocate the jaw of another easily if she wanted to.

Organization : Criminal

Occupation : Ex-Circus Acrobat, Current Fugitive

Equipment : A switchblade of sorts, it actually holds 4 different types of small kitchen knifeblades which are detachable, a useful product originally developed for housewives. She had picked it up in a nice tacky kitchen in a thrashed low-rise flat that had been abandoned when the prison crashed.

Biography :

Ai Wen and Ai Ling are basically twins. Not in the physical sense however, seeing as both of them co-exist in a single body.

They are what doctors termed Parasitic Twins. Which meant that while Ai Wen, the dominant twin, developed a normal body system, Ai Ling did not. Instead, she depended on Ai Wen to survive.

During childbirth, Ai Ling was almost completely absorbed by Ai Wen, and since she did not cause any adverse effects to her twin’s mortality, except for the sixth finger on her left hand, they were left unseperated.

Unbeknownst to both her parents and doctors however, was that other than the sixth finger, another part of Ai Ling remained. Her ‘mind’.

Ever since she was a fetal, Ai Wen had recognised Ai Ling as a part of herself and vice versa. When her parents taught her her name, she gave Ai Ling hers. Their art of ‘switching around’ were mastered since childhood. And whenever Ai Wen had a problem doing anything, Ai Ling would ‘come out’ and do it for her.

As they gradually grew up, the personalities of the twins slowly deferred. Whilst Ai Wen grew to be the sweet, caring, studious and hardworking little girl that her parents wanted, Ai Ling was strong, athletic, and also more than a little over-protective of her ‘younger sister’.

When they were at the age of 16, Ai Wen forsook college and became joined the family business at the circus as an acrobat.

When they were 20, both their parents perished in an accident during a performance. Later that year, it was decided that an uncle, on their father’s side, became the circus leader.

With the change in chain of command came their downward spiral. Their uncle, the new circus leader, favoured his own blood much more than a mere relative, and promptly had them removed from their team of performers. They then replaced their less talented cousin as a backup.

Already suffering from the loss of her parents, Ai Wen struggled through the gruelling days that were to follow. Until the one day, when she was cornered by two of her cousins. They had long held desire for their cousin, but the fear of offending the circus leader had prevented them from taking any action. They feared not now.

As her clothing was quickly shredded into ragged pieces, and her protests held down by ones whom she had once called her relatives, Ai Wen retreated into her mind out of fear and panick, and Ai Ling, whose anger fueled by the second, took the reins. Crazed by her fury, she struck mercilessly. Within seconds, two bodies laid before her, one choking through his torn throat, and the other keeled over from ventricular fibrillation.

By the time the other members of the circus had arrived at the scene, Ai Wen had returned, incoherent and mumbling “What have we done..?” over and over again.

She was later sued, but filed valid for insanity defense due to Shizophrenia and was sent to an asylum. Two years later, it appeared that Ai Wen flipped out again. This time taking down not two but half a section of the patients and several bystanders within the vicinities of the asylum, which consisted of a grand total of twenty-two men, alongside four nurses. She was later found, tranquilized and captured by the law enforcement after following a trail of male corpses.

At age 26, Li Ai Wen was sentenced life imprisonment in Darkrock Prison.

(#Ventricular Fibrillation - Can happen when there's a very strong impact to the chest in which it causes shock to the ventricular(heart) muscles resulting in them being unable to contract(pump) in unison. Will lead to death.)

Personality : Honed by the three years she had been in Darkrock, Ai Ling is now more dominant then Ai Wen. Sharp, cautious, untrusting and much much more protective of her ‘sister’ than she’d used to be, she appears to be controlling their body most of the time. Ai Wen, on the other hand, seems to maintain her old personality, but is now more dependant on Ai Ling than ever. She surfaces once in a while, when Ai Ling deems the situation safe enough for her. They converse with each other on a day-to-day basis.

Notably, Ai Wen has a slight fear of males whereas Ai Ling carries a grudge against them. Any man who threatens Ai Wen in any way earns himself a first class seat with an upset Ai Ling and her trusty knife.

That's more like it, vamp. Approved.

My characters will be up shortly, along with a description of the other continents.

Yay! \o/ I'm so anxious to know what's the other continents like~

My, this is such an awesome idea. I just have to join!
But first a simple question for you, m'dear Penguin. Can a host have two auras (say, if they have two different eye colors)?

Well, this certainly caught my interest. I'll try and have a profile written in the next few days. I have an upcoming test and some work to take care of.

Jamesey, if you're on MSN much anymore, let me know when you're most likely to be on. I wouldn't mind discussing some stuff. Same with Sel. If I can snag you both, even better.

Sammy~! <3 I may come online a lot more now since I'm reaching the end of my temp job but I'm not sure what I'll do after that yet, so I hope to catch you on MSN soon! ^^ As for Peng... I haven't seen him online for a few days but it's probably because of our time difference.

Glad to know this interests you! XD

I'm still here, I'm just working 7-day weeks right now. I'm not quite sure how much time I'll be able to devote here, as this is probably going to continue for upwards of 10 months. Sel, it might be in everyone's best interests if you were to start the IC without me, and have me jump in when I can.

Don did say to hold off until he's back in Alaska, so give it a week or two. I'll see if I can find time to write up my profiles. =]


Edit: Vill - Certainly! Just throw in a fairly detailed bio, and RP responsibly. =]

I'm working on my profile currently, but there's just a few things about it I'd like to run past you two before I post it.

More details and shiz to follow.

I've just returned to being jobless but I've got a lot more things to do before I can settle down and start this (though I do already have a scene floating in me mind for it). So yeah, maybe I'll wait for Hugo (and you too Sammy, of course ^^) to start the IC. ^^ And feel free to toss questions my way, I'll try to get back to them ASAP.

OOC: still working out exactly I want to do with her personality. Errr, they maybe sometimes when I might be only be able to get down two paragraphs or be slow to respond. School >.<

Name: Myrise Tevlian
Gender: F
Age: 22
Height/Weight: 5'3" 110
Physical Appearance: A seductive woman with generous curves, Myrise has little trouble attracting males, but lacks physical strength. Her delicate features are generally considered pleasing. Most noticeable about this young woman is her intense gaze which is enhanced by her pale skin. Myrise's eyes are a hypnotic shade of dark sea green with flecks of deep blue. Her hair is darker shade of her eye color and falls to mid back.

Aura (and aura strength - list your abilities): Viridian
Myrise only has healing powers, but those are unusually strong. Well practiced in the art of healing she is capable of healing significant injuries in relatively brief amounts of time. However, the quicker she heals, the more it takes out of her. She can heal minor injuries (cuts and scratches) practically instantaneously.
She is also quite apt at assessing ailments.


Organization (if applicable - Criminal, Military or ARC): civilian

Occupation: Medic/healer

Equipment: Most of her healer goods are kept within her home/clinic. However if she were to travel she would carry some bandages, herbs, scissors, and sterile knives/scalpels. She does however always carry a handgun for personal protection, though it is used often more as a threat than as an actual weapon.

Personality: Despite her gentleness while handling patients' injuries and ailments, she has a tendency to give the rough edge of her tongue especially to those that repeatedly hurt themselves. Strong-willed and independent, she often gets herself in bad situations by speaking her mind. Myrise will heal anyone that comes to her doors no matter who they are. However, if a person poses significant risks to the health of others, she might put them into a deep sleep after healing then turn them in.


Biography:
Myrise had a rough start in life. Her mother was not exactly an upstanding citizen having been arrested and released multiple times. The lasting charge arrived when Myrise was but 6 months old when her mother attacked another woman over a love interest. After her rival was incapacitated, she set the building on fire. She watched triumphantly as the building blazed until law enforcement and fire containment team arrived. The charges stuck this time. Myrise was left to the care of her grandparents. Her grandparents were good though poverty stricken folk. They raised Myrise well. Myrise's skill could have easily gotten her into good schools and a practice where she could serve richer clientele. She chose to stay in the community in which she was raised and tend to those who lacked the funds for the better physicians. Her practice was established in small shop in the slums. Her clientele varied from honest, hard working citizens to members of the local gangs. She has managed to resist (with the assistance of local citizens) attempts from criminal organizations to recruit her, how much longer she will be able to is unknown. She has been prepared to flee with her assistant for the last several weeks.


OOC: do let me know if there is anything I need to change. I may do some editing of this later, my mind has been a slug today. Hi Seluna!

Hiya Sydra! *glomps* Approved, by the way. ^^

Kain Frost... no. NO.

1) As someone kindly pointed out to me, Kain is too light for somebody six feet tall.

2) A very strong Ivory or not, he will not be able to open rifts with just a little drain on his strength, with something as a medium or not. And the eyes have to be white in color, not silver. Platinum auras have silver eyes.

3) Equipment. Is your character the son of a millionaire (scratch that, make it multi-billionaire) who just so happens to know where to find a state-of-the-art Hyper Vibration Blade made of pure silver (which is not very suitable for making weapons with, by the way) that is able to cut through solid steel armor easily? Or the materials to make that practically invincible clothing that deflects everything? And gloves that would have to have titanium backing or something because only very damn hard metal can stop sharp objects, and usually these sharp objects are being propelled by certain strength, not a simple light tap? No, as I recall, his family lives in near poverty. Re-think it with real-world logic please. Read the other profiles, none of their equipment are one-tenth as strong as this set of god-like equipments you have.

4) Anginyu do have a lot of criminals... but get this, they are 'keeping their ways in check and bidding their time for an event just such as this'. And Viatha has the harshest criminal laws of Tyrea, and Anginyu is not exempted just because it's mainly owned by ARC. So no, Anginyu does not have crimes everywhere, even in the slums.

5) He will not use three years, learning from a book, to become a good swordsman. Even if he practices twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, he will not become that damn good as to create his own style (unless it doesn't work) in three years. If he's mediocre at it, I wouldn't mind as much. But what some people take thirty over years learning from actual very damn good people and doesn't even become an expert of, he learns from a book in three years? And he was seven went he started that?

6) And he, who is home-schooled, is profound in his usage of his aura at age ten. Are you kidding me?

7) He learns engineering from very brief knowledge that his parents taught him and a thousand books? So his parents taught him advanced mathematics, physics and just so happens to have the equipment for learning engineering with at home? Gee, those universities are so out of job nowadays.

8) And he masters everything at age nineteen? On his own? Even his aura that I doubt even the researchers dedicated to aura studies have a complete grasp about? Does he have an IQ higher than Einstein and Da Vinci put together?

9) He steals a thousand different engineering books and nobody notices? And besides, unless he lives near a lot of engineers, there aren't a thousand different engineering books to steal. Except maybe the library. But stealing from the library is even more noticeable, Ivory aura or not.

Kain, to put it simply, this character is too clever, too powerful, too young and has equipments that are so good they shouldn't even be able to exist yet. We call this godmodding.

So yeah, not approved.

XD Ouch, poor Kain. Don't worry though, Sel's given you some good pointers and I'm sure she's only trying to help. It's
tough putting deep thought into a profile, I know, but you can do it!

Name - Kain Frost

Gender - Male

Age - 35

Height/Weight - 6'1, 175lbs

Physical Appearance -A decently built, and tall pale skinned man. Short white spiked hair, spiked to the back.and a well rounded jawbone.. Bright white eyes and wears black square low-trim sunglasses to hide it, long black silk muscle shirt extending just to the thighs, and black silk pants with the backs of the ankles cut for easier movement. Sporting plain black leather gloves without fingertips, and plain black boots with the ankles cut off, leaving them pretty loose for comfort..He covers his entire being in a brown ragged cape with a hood with several large pockets on the inside extending from his shoulders to the floor.

Aura - Ivory
Ability - Uses his knife to cut open rifts in space to a distance of 700 feet. From 200 feet and below, it takes a decent blow at his stamina, like running for ten minutes straight but can be used consecutively at the most of three times. Any other distances should not be used in a row.. From 200 to 400 feet, it gets exhausting, in example on running a full hour straight at your fastest speed. 400 to 600 feet he can do only once and will drain every last drop of energy from his system, often leading him to be unable to move. From 600 to 700 feet. He attempted it once finding himself losing consciousness for two days straight. He is not adept to the usage of his aura for anything else.

Organization - Civilian

Occupation - Bounty Hunter / Rifleman

Equipment -His MiCell implanted on the back of his neck.His sunglasses act as thermal-vision sensors up to the range of 150ft, mainly for close-range pursuing. Carries a small 10inch switchblade for his medium, and his trusty partner Moonlight. Moonlight is a gray rifle, polished with a sheen. It runs with a 26" stainless steel barrel approximately 1.6" width with a simple plain hardwood stock. Holds a mounted 4-10x 40mm scope and a magazine of 6. Uses metal bullets. Higher class are liquid bullets such as mercury and nitrogen. Hilt and barrel are detachable, making it easy to hide in his pockets of his cloak with a few magazines. Other than that he just has his clothes, no armor.

Personality - Kain is usually always acting serious and has no time for jokes or sarcasm though he loves to use it.. He usually talks a lot about business or the topic at hand, but is a man of true to only his thoughts. His mind wanders almost all the time, thinking mostly about random stuff, as his brain is free to wander when hes acting serious and the like. He usually tries to hide his feelings through his expression but they are apparent whenever he speaks. To put it simply, he is appears serious on the outside, but a care-free lazy styled guy on the inside. He carries a deep grudge against criminals, his reason for becoming a bounty hunter, but does not have a strong sense of justice at all.

Biography - Kain has no recollection of his past further back than the age of 12. His earliest memory was when a criminal brutally broke into his house and murdered his parents that were trying to protect him. On instinct he used his aura and fled to a safe place, passing out for a few days until the authorities found him and his family. Kain was as depressed and furious as a child his age could get, and was determined to hunt down the criminal that destroyed his life using his power he discovered.

Throughout his teen years where he could gain what little respect from adults as he could get, he started street fighting in attempts to gain experience in combat and aura usage. Time after time he was beat down by even the weakest of fighters, proving to himself that he had no talent for close combat as didn't have the body and his experience failed in comparison to the others.. As he explored the ruins of his hometown, he came across a handgun with a half-full magazine. He took it back to the abandoned home he sheltered in, and set up a can. Doing as he had seen in the movies, he stood there very still, aiming at this can. For a long hour he waited, carefully aiming, trying to pull the trigger, but was scared. Anger dwelled inside him at his own helplessness, and pulled the trigger while in thought.The bullet flew from the barrel and hit the side of the count, barely skimming it. From a thirty foot distance, this was not an accomplishment, But Kain could not help but feel a bit of self-satisfaction. This what the start of his career and future.

Throughout the next few years he worked as a normal civilian should, although himself practicing his aura whenever he had the chance, and gaining barely enough money to feed himself. But as he saved what little extra he could muster from his job over the years, Kain finally had enough saved to buy a gun and enough ammunition for training. When he went to see what type of guns he could find, he ordered the cheapest rifle, as he wanted to test new things with the thought of him being further away from the enemy, the better. When his order came in, He made a stand and setup several cans this time,loading his rifle. When he looked through the scope he couldn't see anything, realizing just how far away he had to be. He stepped back as far as one hundred feet, fully across his house, and looked through the scope. This time he could see the entire stand easily, with the scope setting on 3x magnification. As he fired, he felt the kickback way different from a simple handgun. The bullet went straight through right side of the first can. He took aim on the second and fired, this time hitting the top of it. Kain felt alive whenever he fired it, blasting cans on his shelf.

He continued this style of life for a six long years, practicing rifle shooting and his teleportation with his aura, which seemed to be his only skill. Kain kept saving up spare money from the expenses on living and gun training during all that time. With the money he saved up, Kain finally custom-ordered a rifle to his liking, decently proficient at it now, able to shoot up to distances of at least five hundred and hit his mark decently. he quit his current job and went to apply to be a bounty hunter, vengeance still in his heart for his beloved murdered parents.

On his first mission as a bounty hunter, he at last found his target after searching for months. He set up his station for sniping, and waited for his target to come out of his building. Kain waited for two days straight, eating nothing but half-stale bread and water. During that night, his target at last peeked out of the building, and attempted to dash to another one using it for cover. As the criminal ran across the street, Kain kept the reticle on him slowly but surely. When he thought it was the right moment, he pulled the trigger. CRACK, a bullet was sent flying at the target. The bullet nailed him directly in the leg, but his target kept running, now aware he was being followed. Kain hissed as he failed to take the guy down, and started to fire rapidly, missing every bullet until the target fled behind a pillar. Kain utilized his aura powers, and created a rift in space to the next building that had a clear view of the pillar's side. As Kain jumped through it, he landed with a soft thud on the shingles, and set down his rifle. He could clearly see a long-black haired man looking toward the direction he had previously been. He set his scope on the target, calmed himself,and pulled the trigger, realizing he only had two bullets left in his magazine. The bullet flew towards the man and hit the dirt at his feet. The man turned around, and saw a glimmer of Kain's rifle scope. He pulled out a handgun a and carefully aimed at Kain. Meanwhile Kain was re-aiming at his target, aware he only had one bullet left, as he carelessly left his magazines at his other sniping point. The man ran towards Kain to close the distance, then stopped and aimed. As he pulled the trigger at Kain, one of the moons light blinded his eyes, and he fires, and hit Kain in the shoulder. Seizing the moment, Kain fired a bullet as he got hit and watched as the man dropped down, this bullet nailing his other leg. Realized his life had been saved by the moon and his rifle, he named his rifle Moonlight.

Many, many years had passed from this moment, and Kain was still a no-name bounty hunter. He went to Anginyu to live there as he liked the feeling it had hanging over it. In his current life, he gave up on searching for his parents killer and focused just on his job and protecting his own life. As he lied upon a rooftop, he heard a distance explosion and looked around the city, Horror and excitement struck him, as he watched the Darkrock Prison slowly fall from the sky.

Except for the lack of paragraphing for the biography (please do edit it to include paragraphing), very very nice. Approved. ^^

We have a bunch of bounty hunters... or do we?

I count three bounty hunters only. Not really a ton but what are you going to do. If I had to say I would not want to meet yours Seluna in a dark alley with a price on my head.

Maybe it's only my impression... but there are too many bounty hunters, too many people who don't have their parents [or the parents were killed, which comes to the same point] and my character is the youngest... xP~ Hey, I don't want her to be treated like a brat... TT_TT although she IS a brat if compared to others...

Hey, maybe I'll do a new profile, I'll make my character be... something like a 89-year old hag professional philosopher, just to be different... xD!

TT_TT talking seriously, maybe I'll delete Shi and make her another thing... a spoiled little girl who doesn't have any family problem... who screams a lot...

Yay, third page mine only. >D

Hahah, Kaze XD I was actually thinking of making an older character too, but like a mom or something...

Shame no one's from ARC yet. :/

Hm.

Bounty hunters are really interesting. Not my thing though. xD

Well my points, I'm not trying to argue \o but it's a rather interesting subject to discuss. Being an orphan or having family problems is an easy way to cut off some family-related problems [such as parents and siblings getting on the character's way] and / or explaining why your character is so independent, self-confident and emotionally strong [or else], as well as adding some extra flavour of emotional and/or psychological problems from a solitary or problematic childhood.

As for the average age. Being very young means that your character has a lot of potential [a teenager has a long, long way to go], whereas being older means that they're more experienced and probably wiser. When starting on a new campaign and specially in a world unknown to me, I tend to pick younger characters -- they're usually easier to conceive and play with and not less rich. I would normally choose an older char if more familiar with the environment. That way it becomes easier to incarnate an experienced person, and without worrying too much about my knowledge about the world I could give a better and richer interpretation. \o

I usually have character between late teens and early 40's simply because I put my characters through quite a bit. Getting older means slower recovery time physically. It's okay if there is a good number of bounty hunters, after all there are always NPCs and secondary characters.

Uh... on the count of the ARC, nobody is allowed to create anyone allied to it without Penguin's and my permission.

I don't really mind the number of bounty hunters, since with the number of criminal followers in the city, it is possible that the bounty hunters visit the city a lot more than is necessary. I'm even entertaining the idea of setting up a World Bounty Organization headquarters in Anginyu, but let me think about it for a bit.

Don't worry, you'll see ARC personnel. =]

On the subject of ARC, I need to speak to one of you personally about my character and her sheet. Once that's cleared up, I'll post it up.

I'm online a lot more lately, so don't hesitate to poke me, Sammy. ^^

Hello, everyone.

I hope that you are still accepting new characters, and although I must apologize for the lateness of my entry, I plan on submitting a character profile as soon as I get Penguin's approval, as my character is going to be rather... different.

Once that happens, I'll either edit this post to include a profile or... something.

Simon looks forward to meeting each of your characters. After all, it has been far too long since he has eaten...

*EDIT* I have completed my character profile, and await Penguin's approval before I post. Not to worry, Seluna, I have removed the time-traveling earthling knife-fighter almost completely. This guy will fit seamlessly into your world.

The main difference is that Simon will have no aura at all. But he may have had, at one time...

*EDIT* As I am not always available for constant RP, except on weekends, I have taken measures to insure that my character "Simon" will not interact very much with other characters, at least in the beginning. Rest assured, though, that I take this and all stories very seriously...

"It is the story, not he who tells it."
--Stephen King--

Again, welcome to Dreamers RP forum, Grim Jestor~! ^^ I hope to see your profile soon.

By the way, all of you who have pulsed characters or intends to make one, I forgot to note one thing of importance. All pulsed characters are to be of the same age and have the same birthday, because they are all born within a very short period of thirty seconds. So we'll have to settle on one year, one date. Me too, since my second character (to appear later) is going to be a pulsed.

If we're getting characters (main or secondary) from the previous pulse, some fifty years ago from the birthday of the current generation of pulsed people, then we'll have to work on that date as well.

Sorry for not having gotten this worked out earlier.

Thanks for the welcome, 'Luna. You should have already received a copy of my profile by private message, and I expect that you will inform me of any major problems you see therein.

I did have one question though, and this may not be the correct place to ask such a thing (but I am going to ask it anyway).

Once my profile has been completely accepted, approved, and posted... can I start writing as part of the actual story, or must I wait until one of the thread moderators or more experienced characters begins? I have Simon's entire story in my mind, at least in scattered parts, and am ready to begin, but it looks like this thread is... delayed somewhat, like it is waiting for someone before it starts. As I mentioned in my last post, I am usually only online on the weekends, and would like to get this started before I go back to work on Monday if at all possible. Of course, if it starts during the week and I am not there, I shall simply catch up the next time I can, but I was just looking for some kind of plan, some time I can expect this to get started, if there is anyone who knows and is willing to tell me (either by reply or PM), I would appreciate it.

"The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had"
--Gary Jules--

*EDIT* One more thing: I noticed that it was posted (by Penguin, I believe) that we should all try to be online at the same time each day, so... what is the best time (relative to GMT please) to be online for this thing? I am GMT-5/GMT+19, and on weekends am available at all hours.

Also, I was hoping that even though this is an "OOC" thread, once the story got going there would be no interruptions for conversation or questions, but that all of this would be taken care of on other threads or through PM. From my limited experience, I have found that breaking the flow of a story to ask a question right there in the thread tends to ruin what was going on at the time. Hopefully, this is not too much to ask.

*EDIT* At Seluna's suggestion, I have read the FAQ and now understand what an OOC thread is. Hopefully, there will be no more stupid questions from this direction.

That's nice to know Seluna. Let me know when the birthdate is settled for the Pulsed characters because otherwise, I'm at a stalement in my character's history.

Grim, the way roleplaying is done on this forum, we can post any time, so your schedule really shouldn't affect too much. I doubt the pace of the roleplay will progress so fast that only participating during weekends will lag too much. I really don't think Penguin said for all of us to come online at a certain time of the day. If I'm not wrong, I think what he said has to do with the time in the roleplay itself. Like how many hours or days passed for the characters of the roleplays, instead of us roleplayers.

And this OOC topic is where the questions and conversations take place. The IC topic, which will be posted by me or Penguin (if I can't make it) will be the one with the actual roleplay itself. It should start a week or two from now, because we are indeed waiting for a few things.

Oh, and I'm reading your PM and will reply soon. ^^

X-Legend! Welcome back! ^^ Is that Lucifer of Angel Sanctuary in your avatar? Damn hot. <3 And Itachi~! <3

Oh, I'm not going to be deciding it (yet). We sorta need to discuss it, since I'm not the only one affected by it. I propose somewhere between 25 to 30. Sounds like a reasonable age for most of our chars.

Thanks very much for the clarification, Seluna. You were correct in that I had no idea of the roleplaying style here, and the FAQ has been very helpful. I think I will like this style much more than others, and will keep an eye out for the actual beginning... assuming my character is approved, that is.

Your character is approved, by me at least. I don't see a problem with him; he should spice things up a bit. =]

Sel was right in regards to being online at the same time... You don't have to physically be online at the same time as any of us, I was just suggesting that we try to keep the RP time in consideration when posting, so our characters all stay on the same timeline.

I'm trying to find some time to write out my characters, really... But I'm not finding much of it. If I haven't gotten around to it in a few weeks, Sel will start the RP without me and I'll join in at a later date.

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From: "Detective Inspector Valley" <mackvalley@icu.gov>
To: "Dispatch" <arrest-total@icu.gov>
Subject: Update, project "Safety Net"

ES# 307S-1M0019-N047 sighted in Anginyu, shortly before breach of Darkrock Prison. In following chaos, Experimental Subject Number 307S-1M0019-N047 (hereafter referred to as "Simon") was lost, but is still assumed to be within city limits. The shield will keep him contained, and as I also find myself confined here for the duration of crisis, I shall continue to track, and if possible detain or neutralize, subject "Simon".

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From: "Dispatch" <arrest-total@icu.gov>
To: "Detective Inspector Valley" <mackvalley@icu.gov>
Subject: Re: Update, project "Safety Net"

Aware of situation in Anginyu, will focus all available resources on finding a way to get you out. Will keep in contact, as long as you have connection to the 'net, but require more information on subject "Simon". If possible attach all notes, as well as a brief description and synopsis for transmission to any other ICU agents in Anginyu at this time.

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From: "Detective Inspector Valley" <mackvalley@icu.gov>
To: "Dispatch" <arrest-total@icu.gov>
Subject: Re: Re: Update, project "Safety Net"

Thanks for the thought, but I would not leave this place without the subject "Simon" taken care of. Attached is a complete copy of my records on Simon, as well as a full bioscan which I will not go into details on acquisition of. This is definitely your man, if you can even call him that.

Vital statistics follow.

Gender: Male, as far as I know. Have never seen subject engage in sexual activity or even social interaction, and can understand why. Will provide details of physical appearance.

Age: Unknown. Older than a teenager, younger than a grandfather. Subject has not changed in appearance in the entire time I have been tracking him, and constantly appears to be in his late twenties or early thirties.

Height: 185cm

Weight: Approximately 81kg at this time, but has been known to fluctuate wildly depending on dietary habits. Details included in attached document "hungrycannibal.odt".

Eyes: Dark gray or dull blue, depending on the light or other factors. Lack sufficient information, but am fairly certain that this is not the result of any aura. As far as I know, subject "Simon" has no aura at all, as a result of the experiments done on him at a very young age. According to varying research and theory, Simon is either a completely different species as a result, or can be classified as disabled under current law. Either way, he is truly a monster and should evoke no sympathy, for he has done terrible things and is truly worthy of death if not for the tremendous wealth of information gained thus far. Subject "Simon" is first of our kind to have aura completely removed, as far as I know. See list of atrocities in attached document "hungrycannibal.odt".

Hair: Very light blond, to go with his unnaturally pale skin. He is completely hairless except for what grows very short on the top of his head, but it does not appear that he shaves. He simply cannot grow hair. I would think him an albino of some kind if not for the eyes. Can only attribute this once again to vast genetic experimentation, both legal and questionably legal, done by persons unknown very early in subject's life.

If this were all you had to go on, you could examine every strange and questionable inhabitant of the city beneath Darkrock Prison, or as it is now... the city of Darkrock Prison, and come up with several hundred people who could be this "Simon" whom I have been following for all this time. Fortunately for us all, he has certain characteristics which set him apart from any other in this place.

Simon, to define him most properly, belongs in some kind of freak show. All of his bones, as far as I can tell, are defined in such a way that no amount of muscle mass or fat could hide them. He appears to be nothing so much as a skeleton wrapped in skin and muscle, no matter if he has eaten well or not, and as far as this detective can say, he could almost be some kind of robot if he were not composed of flesh and blood like the rest of us. Like a machine, his body appears to be designed not ornamentally (at all) but for bare functionality, except that along with this he has some human instincts, for he hides his awkward-looking shape under anonymous clothing, to blend in with shadows, and stay out of direct line of sight.
Simon's face is a terrible sight, deep-sunken eyes and tightly-pulled skin, and everywhere there is not muscle, the shape of his skull can be clearly seen. He has no lips, but merely a slightly fleshy opening around his mouth-hole, which is filled with teeth that are far too sharp. His nose is barely there, nothing more than a slight ridge of cartilage above wide nostrils, and his ears are only holes in the sides of his head, although he seems to have a very good sense of hearing. From seeing his face, for this is really all I have ever seen, and that only in glimpses under his wide-brimmed hat, I have deduced that his entire body is freakishly misshapen, his ribs always showing even through fully-developed chest muscles and adequate strength, and an awkward-looking way of standing, due to the strange shape of his bones. He moves with uncanny silence, but I believe this to be something he has learned through the years, rather than some kind of innate ability, and takes great pains to avoid being seen by always walking in shadow when he can manage. During his time in Anginyu, Simon has not once left the lowest levels, making his hiding an easy thing. I do not know how he would fare in the main city, but also suspect that he somehow fears the light and crowds of the commercial sector. I do not know why he is here, or why he arrived so soon before the breach, but with your leave I shall discover what this strange figure is doing here. He is always wearing old, gray jeans and a ragged shirt of the same color under his flowing cloak which looks like it comes from centuries ago, and has on a wide leather belt into which he has tucked at least seven very sharp throwing knives. In lieu of both an aura and any understanding of modern technology or weapons, he must be reduced to mere physical weaponry, not much of a threat to anyone other than his many victims, detailed in the attached document "hungrycannibal.odt". He wears thin leather gloves, black, and old boots which appear to have seen a lot of walking. His appearance is such that a normal person would recoil in horror if he was seen in proper light, and I think he knows this. Therefore, he sticks to the shadows and the night, but why he is here and what he does I have no idea. Having lost him for now, I shall continue my search, and upon rediscovery shall observe until further orders are received.

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From: "Dispatch" <arrest-total@icu.gov>
To: "Detective Inspector Valley" <mackvalley@icu.gov>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Update, project "Safety Net"

Have reviewed synopsis and attached document "hungrycannibal.odt". Will search for and transmit to any other agents within Anginyu shield limits.
Question: you mention in your report that ES# 307S-1M0019-N047 "Simon" has in some cases eaten part or all of his victims. Why have you not destroyed subject based on observed actions? Under Viathan law, cannibalism is considered murder and treated as such with no mercy. Consider this a direct order.

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From: "Detective Inspector Valley" <mackvalley@icu.gov>
To: "Dispatch" <arrest-total@icu.gov>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Update, project "Safety Net"

In answer to your previous inquiries: Have been unable to catch subject "Simon". Have mentioned that subject is very capable at avoiding detection, and as this skill is not aura-based he is nearly impossible to find except by random chance.
Also...

He only eats when he is hungry.

Sorry to everyone, especially to Pen-san and selly. I've been thinking, I guess I want to withdraw from this RP if that is fine with all of you, sorry for the trouble, especially Pen-san and selly.

Its just that, I've lost the feeling of taking part. lots of things happened recently. I don't think I have the right mind set to take part of it. Sorry for wasting all of your time. I'll just leave tai's profile there. If anyone wishes to take over tai, feel free to do so.

Thanks Dan for typing this post for me.

My apologies.

Lance.

Aww shucks, Lance. I was looking forward to roleplaying with you... but I guess it can't be helped if you really don't want to. I hope things are fine on your end, since I haven't been talking much to you lately.

Oh, by the way, somebody requested for information on other continents, yes? I'll ask Penguin if I should post it since I've finished getting it into shape. Kinda.

Oh, and I updated the information so far of this roleplay in my Drache archive site, and here's the link: [link]

Ok, yah, I am going to have edit my characters history a little when you decide the age, I honestly think somewhere around 30 would work, because some of the prisoners are pulsed, and they have had enough to time to become great threats to the world.

True, that. Though there are bound to be some pulsed auras in Darkrock who are of the previous generation though. Frightfully old, but still, there is the technology to keep them functional and powerful.

30 or 29 then? I have to add the additional to my main character too, and I don't really want her to be an old spinster.

Yay, I will edit my characters history to fit the age role.