It's the beginning of another typical day at Tamagawa High School, especially with for the Paranormal Activity club, who at this point in time is either still on their way to school, or are already at the clubhouse for the morning meeting.
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It's the beginning of another typical day at Tamagawa High School, especially with for the Paranormal Activity club, who at this point in time is either still on their way to school, or are already at the clubhouse for the morning meeting.
Keita is at the moment in the club room, brewing a cup of tea as he awaits the other members arival... most of all, he's awaiting Kobayashi senpai to arrive.
SpoilerCrap, it's been so long I forgot my character's name.... uh....
A girl walks through the slowly more occupied corridors of the school. A very odd girl. Her vermillion hair is oddly perhaps teh last thing you would notice, as she quit esuspiciously wears a scarf that wraps all around her head - as in, ALL around her head, showing only her dark eyes and some of her hair. Following suit, she wears thick gloves and kneesocks, and a shirt that reaches her ankles in what one can only assume is some sort of uniform violation. In short, every inch of her shin was covered, and you wouldn't even know it was pale, her suspiciosu appearance earning her a few titters from passing early students.
Okay, newly enrolled in this earthling school. You can do this, you were trained every day to infiltrate. Despite such training, she doesn't seem to mind speaking out loud; the silent voice of reason calls out from the multiverse that she may just be what teh Paranormal Activity club needed. They said she was here... She swings the door open, entering and bowing deeply, not even looking at the club contents at first - it could be a janitor's closet for all she knew with the lack of peripheral vision her scarf-headgear-thing left her with. Excuse me, I would like to join this club.
"Splendid!" sang the perky blonde from besides the newcomer. "Please, please come in" she added merrily as she gestured towards the club. Smiling widely as reached out to place her hand on the girls back and usher her inside.
Upon spotting Orita, Amaya beamed. "Good morning dearest Keita! I am ever so glad to see you." she greeted as she noticed Keita brewing tea, " Keita, please serve our honorable guest something to drink," she politely requested as she turned to their guest.
"Please, take a seat," she offered with a slight bow.
''Ah, um... yes, right away s-s-senpai'' Keita, flustered by Amaya's rather affectionate greeting looks through the box of teabags, picking at random, hoping it's something the newcomer likes.
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Luck roll to pick the right tea.
[roll0]x2=2....-_-
with the finished tea, he heads over to the overly dressed, girl? oh so she's a girl, huh, anyways, he hands her the tea and tells her ''Blow on it a bit first, it's a little hot'' he adds with a quick sweet smile, he then returns to his chair and his own cup of tea.
Knox takes a seat courteously as the tea is handed to her. She goes to grab it at first, but then becomes suddenly aware that her mouth is veiled. I suppose it is a bit dimmer in this room, at least.... With that odd comment, she grabs her scarf, fidgeting with it for a moment as she loosens and removes it from the lower part of her face, revealing an always pursed mouth and skin as pale and white as the driven snow. She sips the tea out of courtesy, not entirely sure if it is supposed to be good or not. With a bit more certainty, she pulls up her scarf, revealing more of her face, it now covering just her eyebrows and up. I am Knox. It seems I just enrolled. This is the Paranormal Activity Club, isn't it? To confirm, who is the club president? she asks in odd anticipation.
A bustle akin to an incoming train roars through the hall adjacent to the club. Suddenly, the door opens and Yuri Nakatomi, the club president, appears. She seems rather excited, her indigo hair quivering, her green eyes sparkling. She opens her handbag and takes a magazine, looks for an article and shows it to all in the room to see.
"Isn't this awesome!? I've got proof real proof that there were real vampires responsible for the kidnappings in Kobe! See, that's my sister in the picture, she's in in the paranormal world so, I'm sure this was for real!"
In truth, the picture is not only beset by dark shadows, but blurry as well. You can't even be certain there's a person in it. Puzzled, Yuri takes a second look at the photo.
"What? I could've sworn it was clearer this morning.... that's odd." Her spirits flattened, she moves on to the tea Keita's prepared and helps herself, putting a generous amount of sugar in it. Now that she's had some tea, she fully acknowledges everyone else in the room.
Approaching Knox, she leans towards her so she can make eye contact. "Oh, you must be new here, I'm Nakatomi Yuri, club president. Welcome to the Great Paranormal Activity Investigation Club!"
"Thank you Keita, she says graciously before sipping the tea, pausing upon hearing the incoming freight train and smiling. "My how fortuitous, here she comes now," she says before turning to face the door.
"Our condolences Taichou. We would have loved to have encountered these beings. Perhaps thou could beseech thyne sibling, and see if she perchance provide thee with the original or a copy," she suggests gesturing for her to take a seat.Quote:
"What? I could've sworn it was clearer this morning.... that's odd."
"Oh how rude of me." she begins abashed before turning to Knox. "Pardon our rudeness; we are known as Kobayashi Amaya. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintances," he added courtly before turning to Yuri smiling. "Mrs. Knox desires to become one of our number." she comments with a smile.
Knox fumbles with the scarf, retying it around her face just as her white skin gives way to red with the approach of this boisterous Yuri. With the greeeting, she bows her head in response. "I'm, ah... Knox." She shakes herself; worst infiltrator ever. "Pleased to meet you," she greets, shifting gears. "I, ah, took an interest in joining this club. So it's pretty much what it says on the tin then, I'll take it?"
Know looks at Amaya in momentary confusion, her piercing eyes quite visible even through her faux mask. "You talk funny," she remarks. "Sorry, that was rude of me..." she says, snapping back at herself.
Amaya shakes her head and smiles, "Do not fret, we do not mind. Thou art amongst comrades here after all, and are free to speak from thyne heart here. We do not judge," she explained, allowing their leader to explain things to Knox.
"You bet! If there's any trace of paranormal activity, we'll investigate it, if there's any witnesses, we'll interrogate them, if there's any aliens, vampires, demons, witches or what not, WE'LL FIND THEM!" By the point she was shouting she had her feet on a nearby chair and her index finger pointing at somewhere in the far distant horizon. "Now, just sit tight, we're just waiting for the rest of the club so we can get this meeting started.". Coming down from her buzz, she leans towards the club's table, crosses her legs and starts paging through the occult magazine she brought with herself.
She interrupts her reading for a moment to address Amaya in a lower voice: "Well done, Kobayashi-san! We don't want any recruits scared off before their first meeting, right?"
First now realizing that he forgot to introduce himself, he litterally jumps out of his chair and hurriedly stammer a hello.
''Greetings, m-m-my n-name is K-Keita Ar-rima. I'm t-the Junior c-c-clubmember here.'' He follows his stream of words with a lightning fast and deep bow.... a too deep bow, which causes Keita to smack his forehead right down on the table infront of him.
''OUCHIE!... owowowow...'' He yells out as he lands on his behind, gently rubbing his sore forehead.
Amaya simply nodded and smiled at Yuri as she took another sip of her tea before turning to Knox. "If we may, have thou perchance ever had an encounter with anything strange or beyond the norm, or perhaps experienced something others might not readily accept or believe?"
"Keita dear, are thou well?" she inquiered, worry clear on her face. "Let us examine thee closely," she said standing from her chance to inspect Keita's forehead.
With a small yawn, a voice coming from the open window in the club spoke "Morning, Taichou. Smacked into any more glass door again, Magpie-chan?"
Since his arrival at the school, Danny had taken the habit of sunning himself in the window. Today was no different, having arrived silently through the window. his crimson eyes were closed as he listened to the conversation.
" Well, Fresh meat, are you interested in joining?" said Daniel to the possible new member.
"By the way, the name's Daniel."
With tear-filled eyes and cheeks burning with shame, keita just answers his senpai with a nod.
''Yes... I'm alright...'' He's too ashamed to look at Amaya.
Amaya smiled as she placed a hand on Keita's shoulder; resisting the urge to lick her lips, "Cheer up Keita; join us at the..." she began tenderly before being interrupted by Daniel's entrance.
She turned and narrowed her eyes at him, "We must inquiere; why dost thou insist upon entering in such a manner each day? Surely thou could have utilized the door, and please try to be polite with our guest,"
"I'm hardly offended," Knox says in reassurance. "Is there anything I have to do to join? Some kind of ritual of inauguration?"
"Hey, Silver" Since Yuri found the pronunciation of Danny's name frustrating 'kanasumizu?' she had taken to call him 'silver' for the color of his hair.
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"Nope, you just attend the meetings and do your research, that's about it. Although there's a rule Silver-kun here should know... " Yuri rolls her magazine and baps Danny on the head with it. "No flirting with club members!"
There wasn't really a rule against flirting, but that was just the way Nakatomi-san was. She'd make up rules on a whim.
Knox nods in agreement with the conditions
SpoilerOOC: Bed now. An official OOC thread would serve us well.
Knox sits quietly returning to her tea as she observes everyone, particularly Yuri, trying to get a handle on things.
((If everyone could bold their character names at the top of their post, it would go a long way towards tracking who is who, haha. I'm so lost. I'll be using aisaku's title for Remi, since I thought it was cute.))
Remi Sugiura, star-crossed lover
"Relax, Keita. No one here is going to hurt you more than yourself." Remi's serene voice would enter the room from the doorway with a touch of sarcasm. She entered, giving everyone a smile as she did so. "Hope everyone is enjoying themselves. And Yuri-chan, of course there's a ritual that the new girl has to go through." She grinned, reaching into her school bag to pull out a deck of cards. "I'll divine your fortune, Knox-chan." Always overly familiar with others, especially girls, it was no surprise that she went straight to -chan with a girl that she had just met.
Taking a seat at the table, she showed everyone who cared to look the cards. "It's just a deck of regular playing cards, with the jokers removed. I've done this for a few of you before, of course." Remi's fortunes could be surprisingly accurate if she really wanted them to be, but... it was usually more amusing to just BS them. Shuffling the deck with her nimble fingers, she spread the entire deck out for Knox to draw from. "Pick five cards in any order you want and put them face up on the table."
Spoiler1 - Spades
2 - Clubs
3 - Diamonds
4 - Hearts
Knox picks 5 without looking, remarking "Aw, there's only 4 'Ah's."
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2 of spades
7 of hearts
4 of hearts
4 of spades
2 of clubs
"Did I do good?"
"Bah! Taichou, you of all people should now that i don't flirt. Tease sure, but not flirt. If it sounded like that, then chalk it up to cultural differences."
Remi Sugiura, star-crossed lover
Taking the cards and laying them out on the table in front of her, Remi would look them over, silent for a moment. Finally she'd grin. "Well, if we were playing poker, you'd have two pair. Not bad for a starting hand."
Thinking for a moment, she'd continue, her voice a bit more serious. "This is a very balanced draw, which represents the steadiness of your future. You can look forward to things working out much as you expect them to over the next few days. However, the odd card out in your draw-" And she pushed forward the Seven of Hearts slightly, "Is a lucky seven, and not any seven, but that of the heart. The hearts represent empathy, human connection, and to be lucky in such a thing, well... perhaps you'll meet your one true love soon." She grinned. "Finally, we have what may be the unknown factor, something you might never see coming." And she closed her eyes, drawing the top card from the deck.
A Joker. Those who could sense magic would feel a slight tingle as she laid the card down on the table, face up, slightly beneath the others. Her eyes opened again. "Aah, how strange. I removed those from this deck. The Joker is the odd one out, the wild card, the thing that no one expects." Remi would peer at Knox for a moment, an amused half-smile on her lips. "It represents the most unexpected of events. If I were to guess, given that I'm reading this fortune for you in our clubroom, I would suspect that in the near future, you may have an encounter with the supernatural. If you aren't already." And she scooped the cards up, returning them to the deck just like that.
And she grinned. "But don't take it too seriously, Knox-chan. It's all just for fun. Even if some of it is true."
Nakatomi Yuri, class president
"That's your excuse for everything, Silver!" Yuri says in mock derision.
Yuri shied away from tall girl and resumed her reading. No matter for how long had he known her, there was something about Sugiura's forward, a bit too honeyed demeanor that made her aware of her own shyness when it didn't concern the occult. Remi was the one who spoke up and went her own way so it really surprised Yuri that when she took a stand and ran for president of the occult club, her childhood friend joined right away. Still, she knew she was a valuable club member. She made it a lot easier to get into places they weren't supposed to be in. Which was kinda telling, even if Yuri didn't quite see it.
Knox McDonald
Knox nods obligingly, like a child having the sky explained to them the first time, though doesn't seem QUITE as lost at the interpretation of the cards. "These cards have the power of precognition!" she whispers harshly as the reading comes to an end, seeing herself in the odd mechanism. "To think, something so simple had..." And then with that last disclaimer of it all being for fun, she is left oddly confused, and falls silent for a moment.
"...So. I'm in then, at least?"
Kobayashi Amaya, Timeless Yokai
Amaya placed a hand over mouth and grinned softly at the prediction; she could at least be sure that the last one was most certainly true. Once the ritual was done she approached Knox and nodded slightly,"Let us be the first to formally welcome thee Mrs.Knox," she said with a pleasant smile. "May our fellowship be a grand one,"
Yuri Nakatomi, club president.
Looking up from her magazine, Yuri gives Knox a wide grin "Of course you're in! Remi-san and Kobayashi-san vouch for you, and I'm sure the rest won't mind. Speaking of which, where are they? It's about time we got this meeting started..."
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I guess we should leave some grace time for the other players to join and if they don't just move along, taking in consideration they're otherwise detained?
I remember Soapy saying something about creating a vice-president character so I don't know if we should wait for that too.
Anyway as a preventive measure, I'm posting the characters from the recruitment thread.
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Yuri Nakatomi, club president, unwitting heiress of monster hunters, living among them
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Sheet:
SpoilerName: Yuri Nakatomi
Age: 17
Prefered Student Type: Hero/Heroine
Stress Explosion
Complaining
Atributes
Athletics: 2
Affection: 2
Skill: 1
Cunning: 1
Luck: 1
Will: 2
Spirit 20
Special Qualities
Otaku - The Paranormal
Sibling Inferiority Complex
Green Eyes
Indigo Hair
Background
SpoilerThe Nakatomi clan possesses a reputation amongst the oldest families in the world as one of the longest standing genealogy of monster hunters. Nowadays they spend less time tracking the unheard horrors of beyond and more trying to broker a peaceful coexistence between mortals and the less hostile denizens of the deep. Circles of magi, vampire covens, werewolf clans alike have come to rely on the services of the former monster hunting families. That is the reason why, instead of being trained to hunt by the time she was six, the younger sibling Yumi was left out completely from the family tradition.
Still the Nakatomi blood flows within her, and her senses are as keen as any member of her clan. She is aware there is something out there, even if she can't exactly say what it is. She suspects there's something suspicious about her older sister declining to enter the prestigious college she worked so hard to get into. About Yumi getting hired by a foreign company she never heard of to travel around the world on 'business'. It nearly confirmed her suspicions when her older sister objected when she started collecting occult magazines and paraphernalia. And still, try as she might looking into her family history there was nothing of note save a number of odd legends which could or could not be traced back to her family. Imponderable, just like her older sister's refined, steely gaze.
Yuri Nakatomi appears to be an ordinary school girl. She is a bit of an underachiever, often caught daydreaming, sometimes in the most inconvenient times. Nevertheless she is not without passion. Whenever the occult is brought into the conversation she suffers a visible transformation: Her vibrant green eyes gleam, her waist length indigo hair flows freely as she raves on and on about her favorite subject.This doesn't happen often, as those interested in the Occult from her previous schools are few and that she has little patience for 'amateurs'. Amateurs, those who research the occult as a curiosity, rather than a tangible reality. Everything else, like her looks, and personal relationships are eclipsed by her one driving passion.
When she introduced herself at the beginning of this school year, she said something like: "My name is Nakatomi Yuri, 17 years old. I like the occult. I read about it every day. I want to be an occult investigator when I grow up. I believe in my heart that it's all real, even if proof is near impossible to find. I plan on running for president of the schools paranormal activity investigation group, I hope we have a better turnout this year. Thank you, that is all."
Keita Arima, angelic love-struck underclassman by Hemmon
Kobayashi Amaya, gentle timeless yokai by Regalus
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Her name is Kobayashi Amaya appears as a normal 16 years old girl; if a bit exuberant at times. She seems like a gentle, fun loving soul and a bit quirky; like her tendency of using old fashioned terms and words, or her love for antiques, museums and old fashioned things. She loves being near where the action is, and loves being around people; always seeming to be exactly where she needs to be or just up an vanishing while no one is looking. Amaya's a bit accident prone, but things always seemed to mysteriously her way; and every once in a while has been known to play pranks on others when stressed. Her silver eyes the only obvious hint most people get to her true nature.
In truth Amaya is actually a centuries old Raven yokai who feeds off the life force of the living. Her great magical powers has allowed her to gather many followers over the years. Though once a she-devil that threatened the land she was eventually reigned in through the actions of a young monk, and has since been in the service of the Monks family. During her many years in their service she managed to refine her magic through her arts, and their training has served to curve some of her more...dangerous tendencies. Though after a particularly dangerous battle against a band of Oni which threatened to open a gate into the demon world, she was forced to go into a deep sleep to heal.
Nearly a millenia later, she was awakened before her sleep could be completed by one of the monks descendant who was being attack by a rogue Oni. After the rest of the family found out about her, and her still diminished power, she was taken in and eventually sent to school to learn about what she's missed over the centuries and a climate to the world once more. As a Lady of the Night she's not too fond of being out and about during the day, especially given the effects it has on her powers, but is willing to tolerate it for the time being.
She is currently living under the guise of one of the teacher's niece from the country, and is staying at the family home; the renovated temple in which layed the shrine where she had been resting. Currently Mr. Kobayashi works as the schools English teacher, and is keeping an eye on Amaya. She might seem sweet now, but his family was told the legends; and while they might not be as skilled at demon hunting as they used to be, the family knows enough to handle Amaya in her weakened state should it be needed.
She has joined the Occult club as its one of her few interests which is still relevant in the modern day world; and it fills her with a sense of comfort in this strange world she lives in.
Athletics: 2, Affection: 3, Skill: 1, Cunning: 3, Luck: 3, Will: 2
Spirit: 20 Favor: 6
Special Abilities: Chi Drain, Ritual Magic, Holy Weapon Combat, Raven/Monster Raven to Human Transformation, and Teleportation.
Knox, tomboyish vampire from outer space by TraceyHyde
SpoilerAthletics: 2
Affection: 3
Skill: 1
Cunning: 1
Luck: 2
Will: 3
Favor: 6
Stress Explosion: Complaining
Spirit: 30
Stress: 0
Maid types: Heroine, Boyish (accounted for)
Maid Hair Color: Vermillion
Maid Eye Color: Navy
Special Qualities:
Albino: pale complexion and sun vulnerable
Vampiric: bloodsucker!
Absurd (ALIEN): From outer space
Perversion (exhibitionism): likes to get nekkid
Maid Roots: Sent by God/Unrequited Love (accidentally rolled twice, couldn't decide which to take)
Maid Weapon: Scythe
Maid Powers: World for Two
Background
SpoilerNamed after what the alien armada perceived as the dominant affiliation of the earthlings, perceiving their grand, golden arches as a fairly religious symbol, the MacDonald unit was dispatched as an ambassador unit to planet Earth some 10-odd years ago, in varying time and places for individual members. One particular alien ambassador sent out was a young 'girl' (sexual and aging traits of aliens not specifically known at this time) alien ended up crashing her pod slap dab in the middle of Tokyo. She sustained too many damages to return and had to make to wandering around until an ally noticed her absence and investigated, which could take weeks. As such, she ended up banging heads, as she wandered the city and was dazzled by the bright lights, with our club leader, one Yuri, and introduced herself on the spot as Knox. A little thing you shoudl know about the aliens and the MacDonald unit; they blended in fairly well with society by adapting their bodies to human biology - to this end abducting people and cloning much of their traits. Unfortunately, Knox was pumped full of the blood fo a vampire in one of the weirder twists of fate when the med ship she was spawned in flew over Romania. Because of all that, she was left with vampiric traits, including a vulnerability to sunlight - not enough to kill her by any means, but certainly to cause nausea. As such, no sooner had the words 'my name is Knox' has left her mouth than the glare of sunlight caused her to collapse into the other girl's arms.
After being given a place to stay, Knox found herself becoming awfully fond of young Yuri and her quirks, the two becoming a sort of pair of friends rather quickly - Yuri finding her often awkward intonation yet almost dutiful dedication to peace and conversation to be a sort of curiousity, and Knox feeling oddly completed by the other's overriding pep and *amazing* knowledge of the workings of electric payphones and pens. It was something to be admired, and she felt she would have a good report to return to the fleet with. However, when her allies found her, she at first reluctant to leave due to the suddenness. Allowed one last favour, she pecked Yuri on the cheeck before blushing and running halfway to the mothership. Of course, that's when the memory ray kicked in and wiped memory of Knox from everyone's minds. Quite distressing reallly, their freidnship having grown to something of an Unrequited Love already in Knox's eyes, but perhaps it is not to be was all she thought as she returned to the fleet. Her report got her demoted, being mostly just several finger paintings and an occassional subtitle explaining why wiping the memories of people they are trying to make peace with seems counter-productive and how Yuri is her bestest friend ever.
Unfortunately, the bad Romanian blood ended up being used on several other Macdonald units, many of whom were not so nice as Knox, leading to the entire ship being overun by intergalactic vampires inexplicably hellbent on dominating the earth and eating the inhabitants. Of course, most of this is unbeknownst to Knox who, after growing up in many ways has been on earth for sometime, travelling from place to place as field work and blending in fairly well using a mixture of minor shapeshifting and extremely padded clothes that protect her pale as the driven snow skin from the sun. After being just aboit everywhere in the last decade, she has finally returned to Japan, having just learned how to read a map and where one called Yuri would be likely to live. She tricked a few officials into thinking she was always enrolled in the school, slipping into the student body, just waiting to introduce herself once more to her first love.
note: due to her constant wandering, her failure to find intimacy and wearing of constrictive clothing are linked in her mind, leading to sexual-tinged excitement the less she wears.
THERE - I explained all my weird-ass traits, read'em and weep.
Mira Rone, gynoid infiltrator-assasin by Syless
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Alright, finally got around to rolling up the new character. And I got Yuki, basically- though I haven't actually watched/read any Haruhi, so I won't be copying anything, this is just an amusing coincidence.
Name: Mira Rone
Crunch-
SpoilerAthletics: 3
Affection: 3
Skill: 2
Cunning: 1
Luck: 0
Will: 1
Favor: 6
Spirit: 10
Uniform Color: green
Hair Color: yellow
Eye Color: red
Maid Types: Boyish & Cool
Special Qualities: Yin-Yang, Glasses, Android/Gynoid
Favored Attribute: Athletics
Maid Power: Super Evasion
Maid Roots: Infiltrator
Maid Weapon: Ray Gun
Stress Explosion: Sleep
Generated Fluff-
SpoilerYour name is Mira. You are 16 years old. You have red eyes and yellow hair, and wear a green maid uniform. You are boyish and cool; others describe you as energetic, a tomboy and expressionless.
Your maid outfit prominently features a yin-yang symbol. You wear glasses; you can't use contact lenses, but at least they compliment your maid uniform. You are not human, but rather a human-looking robot, with a number of overtly artificial features.
You are a member of an organization that opposes the master, and you have been sent to spy on or even possibly assassinate him. In combat, you pack a working ray gun that looks like a prop out of a 50s sci-fi B movie. When you are extremely upset, you spend all day sleeping. Due to your notable Athletics, you have the ability Super Evasion. In exchange for 1d6 Stress, you can completely avoid a single attack.
Nongenerated Fluff-
SpoilerMira was created by... well, a skeptic isn't the right word to use. Rather than not believing in the supernatural, he just would rather make sure it stays hidden. Mira's purpose was to try and keep the supernatural concealed, and to that end she was dispatched to a high school that had a penchant for strange happenings and infiltrated it as a student.
If anyone were to look closely enough, they would notice that Mira's pupils, rather than being purely black, are instead small yin-yang symbols. To try and keep people from noticing she wears thick-framed glasses to conceal her eyes. This isn't helped by the fact that her pupils are surrounded by a ring of red that seems to glow in the dark.
Remi Sugiura, star-crossed lover, child of angel and demon by Nyna
Daniel Connors Smith feline android assasin by Assuruau
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Hey guys. Sorry for the disappearing act from the pony maid game. Personal issues got in the way. Still This is me throwing my hat in for the high school game.
Name: Daniel Connors Smith
Age: 16
Statistics
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Athletics: 2
Affection: 2
Skill: 4
Cunning: 2
Luck: 2
Will: 3
Favor: 4
Spirit: 30
Uniform Color: navy
Hair Color: metallic
Eye Color: red
Maid Types: Cool & Heroine
Special Qualities: Tiger/Lion, Android, Political Organization
Favored Attribute: Skill
Maid Power: 4-D Uniform
Maid Roots: Infiltrator
Maid Weapon: Internal Weapons
Stress Explosion: Violence
Generated Fluff:
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Your name is Daniel Connors Smith. You are 16 years old. You have red eyes and metallic hair, and wear a navy maid uniform. You are cool and heroic; others describe you as maidenly, vigorous and energetic.
You are actually a large predatory cat, and can display or hide the ears, tail, claws and teeth at will. You are not human, but rather a human-looking robot, with a number of overtly artificial features.
You are a member of an organization that opposes the master, and you have been sent to spy on or even possibly assassinate him. In combat, you have some kind of weapons installed in your body which you use to attack. When you are extremely upset, you unleash violence on the other maids and the master. Due to your notable Skill, you have the ability 4-D Dress. You can produce anything in the mansion from within your maid uniform.
Nongenerated Fluff:
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Daniel Connors Smith was a normal house cat belonging to one Professor James Connors Smith. Professor Connors was an expert on ooparts under the employ of International Bureau of Paranormal Affairs (IBPA). While analyzing a device from the Amadam culture, its crystal core activated and latched on to Danny. In a panic, he fled wildly as IBPA agents chased the cat in order to remove the device. He ended up in the Vault, where other ooparts resonated with the amadam core. Tendrils of energy launched from the core, connecting with the ooparts and pulling them in. Each one smashed into each other until the only thing left in the Vault was a large metallic blue ball. Immediately the IBPA studied and scanned the ball, trying to piece together what had happened to Danny and the Vault. After a several days, they still had no real understanding of what had happened. Then the orb cracked open to reveal a panther-like beast made out of a composite material.
Initially the beast was treated as a hostile as it leaped forward in search of something. It became evident what had been the fate of the contents of the vault as the beast used many of their effect in its hunt. Eventually it was discovered that the beast was Danny as it displayed many of the habits the cat had possessed, the most damning being its near possessive attachment to professor Connors. With Connors's assistance, Danny was put through a intensive battery of tests, which would reveal that recovering the ooparts or restoring Danny to normal was impossible. The way the Amadam core altered both cat and ooparts rendered them indistinguishable. Additionally, the core was still active, making changes, adapting and evolving the new entity.
After awhile the first of the changes became apparent as Danny developed the ability to speak and above average human intelligence. Then came the discovery of his ability to coax his body into human and small feline forms. As time went on, Danny became more and more bored until he applied for agent status. After much negotiating and Danny's participation in defense of the IBPA HQ, Agent status was granted.
After 8 years of active duty, Daniel has been considered a valued asset to the IBPA. However due to the amount of stress accrued in recent missions, He asked to be transfer to a new assignment and team. The reason given for this request was the bad combat compatibility between him and Agents Stewart and Flint, citing that in several occasions he has received more damage from friendly fire than from hostile forces. After some consideration, Daniel was asigned with the duty of investigating the large paranormal activity in a school and report his findings, though he will be allowed to act based on his own discretion.
Leah Valderri, aka Akira Takeda, a girl marked by her arcane gift by Nagato 434
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Name of character: Leah Valderri (however, goes by the name "Akira Takeda" while in Japan)
Gender: Female
Age: 16 (looks twelve, with basic, ill-defined sex characteristics)
Appearance:
-Hair: Navy-blue
-Eyes: Green
-Height: 4'9" (the same height she was when she was twelve)
-Other notes: Leah is blind has burn scars that cover most of her body and about a quarter of her face.
History: Leah was born in a very Catholic family residing in Venice, Italy. She spent twelve years trying to be a normal girl, despite knowing she was 'different' from the people she was raised with; then her (consciously-suppressed) magical ability manifested itself in a catastrophic explosion, leaving her blind and covered in horrific burn scars.
After that accident, she discovered that the abilities she suppressed throughout her childhood had grown far stronger, and uncontrollable, than she wanted them to. Eventually, she found a mentor (by the name of Cedric) who trained her in the ways of witchcraft so that she could control the powers she didn't want to have in the first place.
The incident caused her body to stop growing. Secondary sex characteristics (like breasts and ovaries) developed, but were also limited by her diminutive size; this causes her to look, at best, like a more-developed version of the twelve-year-old girl she was when the accident changed her life. She spent three years going in and out of hospitals, first getting treatment for her burns (and plastic surgeries to lessen the impact of them), then to numerous endocrinologists (who could find nothing hormonally wrong with her). After that, she spent six months in a boarding school specifically intended for disabled kids, which allowed her to develop her skills.
Her witchcraft was first discovered by her brother while she was home for Christmas, who told his parents. They immediately pulled her out of school and kept her secluded in their house, apparently thinking to 'save' her by eliminating her (admittedly tenuous) contact with the outside world. This was when she realized that Cedric was actually the god Cernunnos, who had chosen to guard her knowing that she was destined to become a powerful mage. He reveals that he is not actually a God during this conversation, though also does not deign to reveal the nature of his ability to her at the time.
Cernunnos eventually sees that the seclusion she is undergoing has no foreseeable end so long as she remains a witch; so he tells her to go to Japan and enter the school the RP is set at (a/n: it's 5 AM here, so I'll figure out the school's name later). He somehow manages to get her to Japan with her body and sanity intact, and then helps her find a job at a restaurant that has an apartment above it (after she spends all her savings on a hotel during the interim). She has little to no contact with Cernunnos after this, who feels that extended contact with him will only serve to further isolate her from her peers.
Leah adopts the name Akira Takeda (which is coincidentally the name on the fake passport Cernunnos manages to procure for her) and enrolls in the school. Afterwards, she joins the Occult Club, feeling that Cernunnos probably picked the school so she could find someone to relate to.
Stats
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Akira Takeda (Leah Valderri)
Attributes-
Athletics- 3-2 = 1
Affection- 2
Skill- 3
Cunning- 4
Luck- 2+2= 4
Will- 4
Type Lolita, Lolita (Luck +2 Athletics -2)
Hair Color- Green
Eye Color- Navy
Special Qualities- Injury: Blind (No particular penalties for this: See the classic Zatoichi movies for reference), Injury :Burns, Magic :Western Magician
Stress Explosion- Praying
Roots- Sent by a God (Cernunnos)
Weapon- Throwing weapons (Kunai, throwing knifes)
Power- (1d6)[6] Cunning, Luck and Will are tied for highest attribute so it's either:
Cunning: Mockery: When someone is taking Stress points, you can mock them and cause them to gain 2 adittional stress points (this has to be roleplayed).
Luck: Chance Meeting: By taking 2 points of Stress, you can have an NPC that's just showing up for the first time to be an acquaintance from some time before. (?)
Will: Absolute Maid: You are the epitome of a maid, and you take no penalties when not in full uniform. (?)
Spirit:40 Starting Favor:4
Mira Rone
Mira slams open the clubhouse's door, then winces at the noise before stumbling in, looking somewhat disheveled. "Sorry, I overslept. Stayed up too late watching the- um, news." She glances over at the newcomer, pushing her almost comically oversized glasses up her bridge. "A new recruit? Hello." Mira closes the door behind her, much more quietly this time, then takes a seat and props her head up with her arm.
SpoilerI've decided to not make a vice president character. If you need me, just give me a PM
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...0#post13445310
Also, OOC thread ^
Knox, ET-vamp
knox nods her head in recognition of the newcomer as she continues to mull over her prophecy. "Um, so, Miss President... tell me about yourself, won't you?"
Yuri Nakatomi, club president
"Oh... Me?" Yuri looks at Knox with a raised eyebrow. Being asked about her wasn't something that happened often. People were often happy enough with labeling her as 'that odd occult girl' and move on. She was used to that, she didn't really care. Taking a deep breath, Yuri says:"Well I'm 17 years old. I like the occult. I read about it every day. I want to be an occult investigator when I grow up, my sister says that no job for a Nakatomi but still... That's what I want. I just can feel it... I believe it in my heart." her green eyes gleam slightly as she says that last bit. "Oh, and by the way..." Suddenly, Yuri's expression changes, giving Knox a stern look, looking straight into her concealed eyes. " "I really hope you're not one of those 'amateurs' who join a club like ours just to waste time and don't really believe in the supernatural. Tell me Knox-kun, do you truly believe in your heart there's something out there?" Yuri holds Knox's hands in hers, her eyes shining.
Knox recoils upon physical contact, though doesn't dare break it as Yuri holds her hands. "Um, I...." her eyes dart around in evasion as Yuri's gaze seems to drill through her. While the slightest section of her nose was barely visible through her makeshift balaclava, that pale skin seemed to flush all too clearly. Don't disappoint... She gives a deep breath, then frees one of her hands, finally yanks her entire scarf off, discarding it. Looking ponderously at the floor for a moment, her face seems all the paler in this light - corpse-like even, with only that exaggerated blush to add colour to her features. Another deep breath and she meets Yuri's gaze, trying her best to seem serious and sincere. "I think there's lots of things out there... You just need to never stop looking..." She seems oddly entranced by Yuri, her dark eyes not blinking yet seemed half-asleep as if daydreaming, her hands seeming to unconsciously dance at the straps of skirt. She opens her lips, perhaps to say something as she tips slightly closer to Yuri, when you suddenly hear a sizzling sound. Knox's eyes widen and she throws herself away from Yuri, jumping under a table and she fumbles for her scarf to cover her face once more. A small, pink mark like a bruise is on the side of her face as she clutches her cheek in shock from her shady cover. "Ah, ah! That was dumb... Sorry. I suffer albinism. It's why my eyes tend to twitch when I don't wear these contacts and my skin burns real easy... sorry, but I'm just going to be down here for a while..."
At Knox's assurances Yuri beams in joy "Exactly! You must have an unending passion, a burning heart!" Yuri looks down, closing her eyes and shaking her right fist, imitating some anime hero, no doubt. Oblivious to Knox's predicament, she just grins, happy as happy can be, returning to her reading.
SpoilerOOC: I feel it's not my place to inquire about Knox right now... but to the rest of the club. I've got to keep the Haruhi Blinders, at least for the time being XD.
Kobayashi Amaya
Amaya smiled as she watched the exchange; reminded of one of the many reasons for which she joined this club. SHe was truly blessed to have stumbled upon a font of such rich pathos; then again, it also made her day a greater ordeal still. She trully hated her restraint some times.
Amaya sighed before walking towards the windows, shielding her own eyes from the annoying glare as she did so, "Thou should have spoken of thyne bane sooner," she began as she pulled the curtains close; blocking the sun's light from entering the room. "Is this more to thyne satisfaction?" she inquired smiling, as she lowered herself slightly to try and meet Knox's gaze.
Leah poked her head into the club room, trying to gain enough courage to walk in.
It hadn't been easy, coming all the way there; she almost felt like she wasn't, like someone else had taken over her body and willed her there. That may have been true, knowing her luck. She shook her head and tried to catch her breath. Three, no four, other students had already arrived, and were talking amongst one another in a way that seemed almost absurdly normal. Her uniform fit loosely around her abnormally-small frame, making her feel more like a mutant than she already did.
She wondered, briefly, how they'd react to her scars... then decided that their reactions didn't matter to her. She pulled her uniform collar over her face and walked into the club room.
"Is this the occult club?" she asked quietly. She clutched her ID and walked into the room, bumping into a few desks and tables as she did.
Knox McDonald
Knox nods, and drones weakly "Thank you, Miss Amaya..." She gathers her strength and regains footing, venturing from the confines of the dreaded land of 'under the table' to retrieve her scarf. She didn't completely wrap it around herself like usual, instead wearing it more like her hat, her hands fidgeting with it as she reteated to the far corner of teh room adjacent to the window to better shade herself in case teh curtains are one again opened. "I hate to be a bother, so go ahead and open them now that I've found a cove for myself here. So, um, how did you end up joining, Miss Amaya? Hmm, I think there was an honorific they use in this country, what was it? '-San', '-kun', '-chan'...?"
Knox waves at Leah. "Hello, newcomer. Paranormal Activity Club, actually. Are you hear to join today too?"
Seeing that a new possible member have arrived, Keita started to boil some more water for tea.
''Hi there... um, wellcome to the Paranormal investigation club... My name is Keita, junior member. Would you like some tea, and what flavor do you prefer?
Keita shyly and quietly asked Leah, as he looked towards her.
She smiled, hoping it looked natural enough; then she thought about it, realized that she probably looked a little strange, and relaxed her face. "I do plan on joining today. It's nice to meet you," she replied, addressing Knox. Then she turned in Keita's presumed direction and resumed smiling, hoping she wasn't smiling at a wall. "What types of tea do you have, Keita-san? I'm fond of Darjeeling, but I'll take anything."
Kobayashi Amaya, Timeless Yokai
"Worry not Knox, 'tis no burden for us. The curtains shall remain closed for the time being," she explained cordially with a smile; she had finally found an excuse to keep the curtains closed at the clubroom and would do her best to keep them like that for as long as possible.
"It was not that long ago that we too newly arrived to this place," she began as she sat in her chair once more. "We were some-what out of place, and had difficulty adapting. It was then that we encountered Lady Yuri; she accepted us with open arms, and with her burning passion only a fool would not see her fit to lead." she explained exchaning a pleasant smile with Yuri before sipping her tea. "Once we discovered that both of us cheered a common passion, the choice to join her was obvious," she added sipping more of her tea, she mused about revealing herself to Yuri. Repaying her good deeds by revealing her life's goal achieved, but with Mr. Kobayashi's ever vigilant eye; she knew it was all too likely she'd have her feathers plucked before she'd be able to enjoy her new confidant.
Amaya sighed, taking solace in the absence of sun light for the moment before turning to face the newcomer; her eyes widening upon seeing her for a moment. Some might have thought that perhaps she was stared at her scars, or perhaps it was her ill-fitting uniform; but they'd be wrong. Even in her weakened state, Amaya could still pick up the magical aura coming off the girl. In truth, it gave her goosebumps to be near someone this spiritually sensitive; the feeling reminding her of a time best left forgotten. Instinctively she further concealed her already weakened and diminish aura, as she swiftly regained her pleasant demeanor.
"H-How may we be of service?"
Keita took his usual slow time brewing a pot of Darjeeling tea, humming what sounded like a lullaby and it didn't even sound half-bad either.
After filling a cup of the freshly brewed drink, he heads over to the newly arrived girl. It's first now that he realizes her burn-scarring which stops him short a few feet from her for 2 or 3 seconds. After the initial shock, he just shook his head and continued forward.
''Here you go, would you mind if i asked your name, miss?'' He said and handed the cup forward, not yet realizing that Leah was blind.
"My name..." She paused for a minute, then sat down at the nearest desk she could find. Her knee banged against the side of a chair. "My name is Akira Takeda. Do you mind putting the teacup on my desk? I need to readjust my uniform."
She then turned to Kobayashi-san, whose aura she felt from the moment she walked in the room. How odd, she thought, wrinkling her nose. Her aura... it's very different from mine, but also rather similar. It's hard to explain, but... I don't know if I should let my guard down around her. She isn't like most people.
She shuddered and shoved her arms into her jacket. "Is something wrong, Kobayashi-san? You seem distressed."
Kobayashi Amaya, Timeless Yokai
"Not at all Takeda-san; merely contemplating past events," she explained politely with a smile as she put down her tea on the table. Amaya eyed the newcomer carefully, for a moment, watching her as she moved about. She couldn't help, but notice her eyes didn't quite always match the movements of her body; reminding her of an old fool she had almost forgotten. Deciding to test her theory she raises her left hand a, her index finger straight up for a moment; watching to see whether or not the girls eyes drifted for a moment towards it, as most people would.
"What made thou decide to join our fellowship?Dost thou bare some interest in the hidden mysteries and forces of the world?" she inquired politely, swiftly lowering her hand back to the table and tapping it, as she watch for any other reactions.
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I will hereby refer to leah as Akira, since that's her cover name
''It's very nice to meet you, Akira-san'' Keita said with a smile, as he placed the teacup on the table.
Knox
Knox nods at the newcomer again before realising she seems to have even worse sight than she herself has. "Well, hello and such... why don't you get your fortune done? I was told that's how you're supposed to join. At least, that's how I joined just now."
Leah closed her eyes and sighed, not reacting to any of the external stimuli around her. "I decided to join this club because it seemed interesting. Thought it'd help me make friends."
Good enough reasoning, I guess, she thought with a slight shrug. She slid her hand over to the cup Keita put on her desk and took a sip of tea. "Where should I go to get my fortune told?"
Almost as though prodded to get the story moving along, there's a soft knocking at the door, which opens to reveal a very shy looking girl.
"Um..is this the paranormal activity club?" she asks.
Yuki peers from her magazine to the newcomer and approaches her, boasting:
"Of course it is! This is the Paranomal Activity Investigation Club and I'm the club president, Nakatomi Yuri. How can we help you?"
After having her test trumped by Akira's sudden decision to close her eyes and focus, Amaya turned to face the timid girl at their door step. "How fortuitous, another guest. This is indeed the place which you seek. How may we be of service? Thou would not perchance be interested in joining our fellowship as well would thee?" she asked curiously. It was a powerful enough omen to have had both Knox and Akira join them within minutes of one another; were a third to join their number now as well it would point to something truly ominous in there near future.
Danny had been lost in thought when Rumi had done the reading for Knox. It had reminded him of his reading a year ago. While most of the reading had been standard fare, Danny's sensory artifacts had gone off during the drawing of the last card, the jack of hearts. Rumi had surprised him with her insight during her readings, but mentioning that he had cheated death many times had astounded him. She may well possess a talent for divination, but Danny hadn't broached the subject; in order to avoid her discovering more about him.
It was in this remembrance that he heard the footsteps approaching the door. After waiting for the student to open the door," So what can we do for you, miss...?" said Danny, hoping that their new guest would introduce herself.
The girl enters the room and bows nervously.
"Um.. my name is Yoru Sakura, and I have... A problem."
The girl looks very frightened about something.
"And this problem has to do in some way with the... Occult?" Yuri took a closer look at the girl. She seemed sincere, but it wasn't the first time someone from the other clubs had tried to make fun of them. She decided it was best to hear what the girl had to say, and then decide if it was worth the club's time.
"I think it's best you tell us everything, Yoru-san" she says, grabbing a chair for the girl to sit and sitting opposite from her on the table, as if it were on a detective drama. "Start from the beginning.Spare no details however small or unimportant they may seem."
"Well...I hope you can." The girl says, looking at her feet. "I was in one of the storage rooms last night, getting some books for the literature club, when I felt... a presence."
"A presence you say? Any other signs? Flashes of light? Changes in temperature? Sounds? Any objects moving, or shaking? Please, try to remember as much as you can."
Yuri makes a gesture to the club members so she can speak to them without the girl hearing them: "I'm not sure if she's for real or just a plant from the other clubs. If you have any questions you'd like to ask her, do it. I won't let the club be made fun of again!"
At the mention of a presence in the storeroom, Danny's mind shifted from a student's mindset to that of a paranormal investigator. Still he acknowledged Yuri's cautiousness towards Miss Yoru, given both his personal experiences in the field of paranormal affairs with the IBPA as well as his time in the club.
"Well miss Yoru, in addition to Taichou's questions, i would like to add my own. How long has it been going on? Have others felt the presence? Which storeroom has it been detected? At what hour was the presence detected? Also could you give us means to contact you in the event further questions arise at a later time."
"Anything else you want to add, guys?"
Knox watches them go to work on the girl quietly at first. Yuri seems worried about this. I wonder how I can help... She sticks to her corner as she rebinds her scarf, leaving her eyes a little more free as she approaches this Yoru girl. She didn't really have anything to add after Danny, but stood beside Yuri all the same, trying to think of a way to offer some support.
"How did you feel when you felt the presence? Pained, scared, sleepy. aroused?" she suddenly thinks to ask. "If it's a spirit, it would likely affect your emotional state..."
Remi Sugiura, star-crossed lover
Remi would remain silent for awhile, simply watching the proceedings around her, though she began shuffling her cards as another fortune reading was mentioned. Before she got a chance to say anything, though, this Yoru Sakura would show up, distracting everyone. With a shrug, she put the cards away, turning her chair to face the girl.
"Yoru Sakura, is it...?" She would close her eyes, trying to recall if she knew who that was. She made it her business to know things about most people in the school. It made life a lot easier in case they tried to do something dumb.
SpoilerCunning Roll to see if Remi knows anything about this Sakura girl. [roll0] * 4 = 4.
+1 added to roll for 2 Favor, roll is here.
2 * 4 = 8. 2 Favor spent, 6 remaining.
"Ar..aroused?" Yoru says, looking confused at Knox, "I didn't feel anything like that, but I felt a strange presence. It got very cold, and when books and other things started falling off the shelves, I left as quickly as I could!"
Yuri Nakatomi, club president.
"Really!? A decline in temperature... Spontaneous telekinesis? That sounds like...a ghost" Yuri can't hide her enthusiasm, balling her hands into fists and making happy faces to he club members. After Yuri comes down from her giddy high she gets a resolute look on her face and banging her hands on the table she says "Alright Club, get your equipment ready. We've got a GHOST to find!"
"How fortuitous for thee; it appears that ye both shall witness first hand what awaits thee in this club...hopefully at least," Amaya comments to Knox and Akira, seemingly unfazed by Yuri's trembling. Turning just in time to face her outburst, and taking all the pathos in; she truly did enjoy being around her. "Excuse us," she said courtly as she stood from the table, as she began to gather her gear in her bag from one of the nearby cabinets she couldn't help but be bothered by the timing of it all; though her heart of hearts still hopped that an encounter might just occur.