BleachITP Reborn: Discussion & Setup Thread 7

[riccaru]

That's....maybe getting a bit complicated. Too many characters, and one stops to wonder why Elder doesn't soul suck the radius, and why Soul Society doesn't send a Captain.

I suggested Vicente first and foremost because he's very good at stealth work. Maybe he was testing his latest model of cloak, and had been stalking the group for a bit.

Is Vincente an espada or a fraccion? If he's an espada and needed some help Sereg could pop in for a bit. He may not be stealthy but he can sure as heck outrun them all.

[Draken]

Fraccion. And why would an espada need help to kill a Vice-captain?

[KnightDisciple]

Is Vincente an espada or a fraccion? If he's an espada and needed some help Sereg could pop in for a bit. He may not be stealthy but he can sure as heck outrun them all.

Vicente is the Fraccion to Alejandro.

And the idea was more that Vicent could pick them off one at a time and vanish back into the shadows. Hence why they didn't get even heavier backup soon enough, and why it was so successful. *Shrugs*

There are other ideas being tossed around, I think. We'll see what happens.

[riccaru]

Fraccion. And why would an espada need help to kill a Vice-captain?

Uhm... A VC and more. Plus, some of those VC's are MEAN! Didn't ukitake fight an espada?

[Frozen_Feet]

That's....maybe getting a bit complicated. Too many characters, and one stops to wonder why Elder doesn't soul suck the radius, and why Soul Society doesn't send a Captain.

Oh, that's easy to answer: Elder didn't have to, because it could just run away, courtesy of Vincente holding the pursuers down. It's canny like that.

If it feels too complicated for Tacky's purposes, then just forget about it. I brought it up because Von Geister want Elder's head, and Draken has mentioned multiple times he could send some Arrancars to hunt it.

[KnightDisciple]

Uhm... A VC and more. Plus, some of those VC's are MEAN! Didn't ukitake fight an espada?

...Ukitake is one of the 4 oldest Captains in Soul Society.

And he was first holding off the Fraccion of the Primera Espada with almost no effort, then helping Shunsui fight said Espada. While he only had Shikai out.

[KnightDisciple]

Oh, that's easy to answer: Elder didn't have to, because it could just run away, courtesy of Vincente holding the pursuers down. It's canny like that.

If it feels too complicated for Tacky's purposes, then just forget about it. I brought it up because Von Geister want Elder's head, and Draken has mentioned multiple times he could send some Arrancars to hunt it.

Well, Vicente could be one of the ones who's gone hunting for Elder. Perhaps they've tangled in the past, in other instances.

I was just trying to keep Tacky's little side-story from getting too complex.

[Frozen_Feet]

Well, Vicente could be one of the ones who's gone hunting for Elder. Perhaps they've tangled in the past, in other instances.

I was just trying to keep Tacky's little side-story from getting too complex.

I think it could've been rather simple. Like this:

*Vincente exits Garganta*

"Your time has come."

"Neener-Neener!"

*Elder flips Vincente the finger, then flees*

"Don't think you can outrun..."

*Shinigami warband arrives*

"Look, evil Hollow! Kill!"

" . . . "

[riccaru]

...Ukitake is one of the 4 oldest Captains in Soul Society.

And he was first holding off the Fraccion of the Primera Espada with almost no effort, then helping Shunsui fight said Espada. While he only had Shikai out.

Oh yeah. I meant Ikkaku. Sorry

[Innis Cabal]

Fraccion. And why would an espada need help to kill a Vice-captain?

Same reason a Captain might need help killing a Fraccion. Plot.

[Draken]

Oh yeah. I meant Ikkaku. Sorry

Ikkaku fought two fraccion but no espadas.

[Kasanip]

Izumi didn't say anything in that comic. Erima did though.

Erima didn't say anything. Sayaka is the only one who spoke with dialogue.

My middle semester examinations are finished (now). So until I have more class, it maybe is a time I can post again.

[InyutheBeatIs]

@Frozen_Feet, Yeah, the tension between Mei and Pico would be...interesting to say the least.

@horngeek, (in response to the IC comment by Mei), "Lady, I'm not stuffy, I just don't give a crap right now, aright?"

@Kuroimaken and Knight Disciple, I wasn't exactly going for the bird-theme so much as this thing.

Anyways, I edited the character sheet. I organized the descriptions and tweaked the power descriptions. So, here is draft two!

Quick question, where are we going with the game plot-wise? Like, who is fighting who, who is the bad guy etc.?

Pico Kaosutaron, Arrancar

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Name: Pico Kaosutaron
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown (around 500-600, looks about 18)
Height: 6'0"
Hair: Black, a few inches in length.
Eyes: Yellow
Aspect of Death: Rejection
Reiatsu/Speech: Green

Appearance:

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Pale, quite thin, but not bare bones thin due to a fairly athletic build. Somewhat sharp and hawk-like in appearance. Quite handsome looking. Generally an uncaring look in his eyes most of the time, but sometimes can look more than a bit smug. A little bit bent in posture, adding to the whole "don't give a crap" feeling. His hair is wild, but not in a deranged sense, more wind-tossed, and it seems to keep out of his face. Has straight but otherwise untrimmed sideburns reaching down to his earlobes.

Where the sideburns stop, his Hollow mask fragments begin, leading down across his jawbone, stopping just before they reach the corners of his mouth. They start off about the same width as his sideburns, remaining the same width until they reach the bottom of the jaw, then they widen just slightly, tapering off suddenly at the end. The top of the fragments have an upside-down "U" shape in black painted on them, the rest being white and smooth until the part along the bottom jaw, after which it becomes somewhat bumpy on the side and jagged along the bottom.

He wears a mostly form-fitting long white coat reaching down to his ankles. The coat looks like a cross between a typical Arrancar uniform and a biker jacket. It is outlined in dark green trim and has squared shoulders. It has a black fur trim in a similar fashion to this. The sleeves are wrist length and plain white. Both along the wrists of the sleeve and the bottom of the coat, the coat has black and dark green circuitry-esque designs.

The coat is open enough to show his mostly bare chest. His Hollow hole is on the left side of his chest, right next to his shoulder. If he ends up being an Espada, his number would be next to the Hollow hole. He wears a black scarf wrapped around his waist almost like bandages, and a fairly wide piece of black cloth wrapped across the middle of his throat. Wears white biker pants with a simple straight design on the sides in black that forks into two lines at the knee. Wears white biker boots with black trim.

Personality:

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He does what he wants, when he wants, where he wants, how he wants, and up yours if you don’t like it sums him up pretty well. Generally a loner unless he feels like it, which is very rarely. Very informal, borderline rude towards those he considers his equals or inferiors. Much more polite towards his superiors or strangers who haven’t ticked him off very badly, but still quite informal in mannerisms. Somewhat of a sadist in combat, particularly if he is fighting someone who his is angry towards or hates for whatever reason. Generally, his attitude towards people and events vary with how he is feeling. If he is happy, he generally is more tolerant and accepting of people and events and whatever stuff might otherwise annoy or tick him off. If he is mad though, he has a much, much shorter tolerance for things, and tends to get very cross. What he wants and likes also seems to vary, and sometimes even seems contradictory. Reacts stiffly to things and traits he dislikes, as well as most all attempts at any kind of affection directed towards him. Generally, he dislikes being forced to do something he doesn’t want to do. Often does a thing because he feels justified in doing that thing for whatever reason. However, that doesn’t mean that he is stupid. He can restrain himself if a particular thing that he would do would cause unnecessary problems or create a situation he doesn’t want to be in.

Sealed Abilities:

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Bala and Cero: Both are below average strength-wise. He tends to fire multiple Bala in a scatter effect, but both are neglected due to focus on close combat.

Hierro: Below average. He can block an average Shikai barehanded, but his hands will be bleeding.

Sonído: He is the most proficient with this skill. He can step multiple times in rapid succession without tiring, covering several hundred yards with each step. He can keep stepping for long periods of time without tiring.

Garganta: Competent enough to use it by himself.

Pesquisa: Fairly powerful. Can faintly detect particularly powerful Spirit signatures at about a half a mile. Mostly focused on close range.

Imitate Metal: Has a limited ability in sealed form to change the density of his body and any part of his Zanpakuto to that of metal. He can also sharpen any of these things to that of a sword.

Separate from the Herd: Singles out a target and generates a field that prevents his/her/its allies from helping him out in any way. It doesn’t matter what kind of help it would be, whether it be verbal, healing, or assistance in attacking Pico. Any attempts to help the target would cause the ally attempting to help to be forcefully pushed away from the target (or away from Pico, if the attempt to help was attacking him). The target appears to anyone other than Pico and the target itself as black and white monotone with cracks all over it, the cracks getting larger as the target gets weaker. The target cannot communicate with any of his/her/its allies, and vice-versa.

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Sealed Form: Two khopeshes made of an obsidian-like material. Both khopeshes are unusual in that both sides are sharp. The guards look like fossilized feathers. At the bottom of the handles are attached long white bandages that wrap around the swords when not in use. The bandages wrap around the sleeves when they are active. Pico uses these swords in a Kratos-esque fashion. Any time the bandages are cut, they immediately return to their original length.

Ressureción: Ranbuoni furai, Garra Errática! (Fly wildly, Erratic Talon)
Just before release, Pico folds his arms in front of him, with the khopeshes flat against his arms. The bandages turn into two wings that wrap around Pico and form into a cocoon. After a second, the wings shatter into a flock of feathers, revealing the newly unsealed Pico. The feathers themselves are black, with dark green tips and golden-yellow eye-like markings.

Appearance:

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His hair is now down to his shoulder blades, even more wild looking than before. It almost looks feather-like. The hair also has dark green highlights now. It is all kept behind him.

Hollow mask fragments now cover the sideburns. The parts of said mask fragments that are above the jaw hinge are slightly wider than they were before. Afterwards though, they are much thicker and more jagged along the bottom. They also have several bony bud-like protrusions similar to budding horns coming out along the sides, with one very small horn coming out near the middle on both sides that curves forward. Along the top of the bottom part of the fragments are small rows of sharp looking teeth. The upside down “U” shape is now a rectangular double helix reaching down to the jaw hinge, one branch black, and the other dark green.

The coat is gone, replaced by a vest of bony white armor that stops at the waist. The vest has a propped up collar that almost surrounds his neck, and has a strip of armor around the collarbone. There is a strip down the middle that exposes some of his chest. Now his Hollow hole is where his heart would be, with spidery lines radiating from it, giving the appearance of cracks. Also, scaly black skin seems to be curving inwards from the sides of his chest towards the center, leaving a fair amount of original skin left. The same scaly skin is also on Pico’s neck, reaching down across his collarbone and extending all the way down his arms.

On the upper arms are pauldrons that are squared at the shoulders and cover only the sides of the upper arm. Also, the pauldrons reach to about halfway down the upper arm. A little to the sides of the back of his forearms are several bony feather-like protrusions curving upwards. His forearms are covered in feathers, the feathers also forming a fringe along the bottom of the forearms in a similar fashion to this. The feathers are black with dark green tips and golden-yellow markings. His hands are covered in a bony gauntlet-like armor, his fingers now thick, sharp bony claws.

He has long feathers for a tail and along his waist, giving the impression, along with the armor vest, of a long coat similar to the one Pico wore in his sealed state. The feathers are white along the waist, fading into black, and finally into dark green by the time it reaches his ankles, also possessing golden-yellow markings and eye like markings near the end.

His legs are now digitigrade, with the same scaly skin that is on his chest, but also is partially armored with sleek, white, skeletal armor. His feet are now reptilian and slightly covered in bony armor, with 4 toes that end in retractable claws that are about 3 feet long, and a spur where his heel would be that is also retractable and about 2 1/2 feet long. The claws that are where the big toes would be on a human foot are larger and more sickle-shaped than the others when retracted, but are surprisingly straight when fully extended.

Ressureción abilities: The same as the sealed abilities, except for what is mentioned below.
Improvement: During Ressureción, his Hierro is improved slightly (like 15%), his Sonída is improved about 30%, his Bala and Cero are improved about 30%, and his strength is improved about 50%.

Imitate Metal: The ability can now also extend to his feathers (see below) instead of his Zanpakuto, as well as anything Pico is touching. Also, the feathers can take on the shielding properties of metal as well as sharpness and density.

Separate from the Herd: The field now also attacks any allies who attempt to help or get near the target as well as push them away from the target. The attack is a blast that is similar in form to a lightning bolt and similar in power to Pico’s Cero blast.

Feather Control: The feathers that are generated from his release count to about 55, 55 also being the limit as to how many feathers Pico can have at any given time. All of these feathers can be about 40 feet away from Pico maximum at any given time. These feathers can be formed into weapons and objects up to the size of about an 8-foot high 4-foot wide block, but the feathers themselves can be used as weapons. Pico can fire Bala and Cero from 8 of these feathers (the feathers that can fire Bala are slightly larger and look like they are covered in amber) as well as his usual places. Any of these feathers can be destroyed, and Pico can reform them using his Reiatsu.

Battle Stats:

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Offense: Quite powerful. He is proficient in most forms of unarmed combat as well as armed. He might not be bench-pressing the moon anytime soon, but he is still quite strong.

Defense: Thanks to his speed, he has quite the defense. However, chances are if you can land a hit on him, he will bleed, so physical defense is quite weak.

Mobility: Without out a doubt his strongest aspect. In addition to his proficiency with Sonído, he is very agile and dexterous, allowing him to dodge attacks easily and make attacks quickly.

Intelligence: Not genius level, but he isn’t as dumb as a sack of hammers either. Mostly though, what would be mistaken for intelligence is probably more cunning and common sense than actual intelligence.

Cero/Reiatsu: His Cero and Bala are below average in strength. But, he is proficient in Reiatsu control as shown by his other capabilities.

[Moon Wolf]

Bad guys: arrancar, definitely.

Good guys: shinigami, mortals.

Other than that, not really sure.

[Draken]

Do consider, that right now I see the most likely division being the mortal world crew busying themselves with Las Noches while the Seireitei gets tangled up with Kujo (shinigami outlaw) and his followers (cultists). With the shinigami and Las Noches getting in skirmishes but nothing serious and the mortal worlders having to deal with some of the cultist's more deranged actions.

[nothingclever]

Quick question, where are we going with the game plot-wise? Like, who is fighting who, who is the bad guy etc.?

I'd try to explain things but it's probably best if you just read some of the faction descriptions in the first post in this thread since it'll answer your questions to a degree.

I guess I'll mention that the story will start with Las Noches and Soul Society having a truce that both sides want to break as soon they gain a substantial upper hand on the other since I don't remember it being in the first post. Ooh, that gives me a thought! Maybe I should add that in!

[Tackyhillbillu]

I'd say that they not 'all die'. Possibly your VC, and a few other members.

Horn, actually, can it be all of them? There is a reason. An evil reason! BWAHAHAHA!

Yeah, anyways, it is rather important. I can PM you if you want the OOC justification.

[horngeek]

Pm, please.

[Krazddndfreek]

Erima didn't say anything. Sayaka is the only one who spoke with dialogue.

My middle semester examinations are finished (now). So until I have more class, it maybe is a time I can post again.

I knew I was going to get wrong. Curse me for not reading your characters.

[InyutheBeatIs]

Alright, so a couple more questions. One, I'm guessing that everyone is okay with Pico as is? Two, do you think it would be more appropriate for Pico to be a Fraccion or an Espada, and if Fraccion, which Espada would he be under?

[Tackyhillbillu]

Pm, please.

PM sent!.!.!

[KnightDisciple]

Alright, so a couple more questions. One, I'm guessing that everyone is okay with Pico as is? Two, do you think it would be more appropriate for Pico to be a Fraccion or an Espada, and if Fraccion, which Espada would he be under?

I think we've maybe got the Decima Espada slot open.

If that one has someone who's applied for it, and just isn't listed, then go through the various espada and look at their personality.

This post, "Las Noches" section, has all the Espada (and Fraccion) so far. Give it a gander, and think it over. Then feel free to ask more detailed questions to any/all Espada players.

[Tackyhillbillu]

Alright guys, whether the 4th gets a VC or not (since Kuroi might be making one) the plotline will go foward, because of mentioned evil plans. Here they are.

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Reene (and perhaps other Arrancar) are behind it. Reene wants to turn the Shinigami into drones, in order to use them to further her evil plans. The VC is a troublesome, but valuable bonus target. Reene wipes out the patrol, turning them all into drones. The stronger ones are sent to Las Noches, for study and what not, and Reene keeps the weaker ones. She uses them to harass the Mortal Worlders, creating a rift between them and the Shinigami that can be healed only though the power of friendship or what not.

The Shinigami Drones that are taken back to LN will be reintroduced later on, with hopefully Ude being forced into fighting his former VC in a tearful battle.

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This is pretty much another arc for the Mortal Worlders, with some character development for Ude thrown in for good measure at some point in the distant future. I put it post Michiko and Kasanip's plot. We might want it to be in front of the Samsara, since some of the Shinigami might get involved in that. Also, I wouldn't object to some of the weaker Shinigami PC's getting involved with it.

Anybody have ideas, questions, complaints?

[tgva8889]

Sounds..."good" is the wrong word to use, since the death of a VC isn't really "good" in a sense. But it works for me.

I think it'd be interesting for some characters to be involved in something like that. Fighting your friends, and stuff like that. Definitely emotional for the Shinigami. Plus it creates a chance to show off Von Geister's abilities first hand.

[KnightDisciple]

Might even be able to throw Yoshi in there. *Ponders different angles*

[Tackyhillbillu]

Sounds..."good" is the wrong word to use, since the death of a VC isn't really "good" in a sense. But it works for me.

I think it'd be interesting for some characters to be involved in something like that. Fighting your friends, and stuff like that. Definitely emotional for the Shinigami. Plus it creates a chance to show off Von Geister's abilities first hand.

Reene, not Von Geister. At least from what Draken and I spoke about, Von Geister isn't really getting involved, except going 'Kekeke, well done my Queen' (not really... I hope.)

But yeah, has chances for emotional stuff. Izumi could end up being in a place where she has to decide between being human, and a Shinigami, even if the choice is false (and probably would result in a 'I CHOOSE BOTH!' moment.) The Quincy have to deal with having their suspicions confirmed, and then summarily dealt with. The rest of the Mortal World crew gets to have their emotions played with, as they decide who to believe. And the weaker Shinigami get to be bewildered by their comrades actions, and deal with a group of evermore hostile mediums.

So yes, I believe the plot has serious potential.

[tgva8889]

Brainfart. But technically, Renee is Von Geister, because she's Renee Von Geister...right? (attempt to save face: success )

And, wait, what Quincy suspicions?

[Tackyhillbillu]

I thought we agreed way back in Quincy discussion that Quincy A) are aware that the Shinigami are around, and B) have decided to not get involved with them since they are pretty sure that the supposedly invisible Soul Reapers who use magic may not be all in favor of their existence.

Or am I wrong on that count.

(And nice 20 on your reflex roll to save face.)

[tgva8889]

Well...we haven't decided whether the Shinigami are in favor of or against the Quincy existence, did we?

[horngeek]

The Quincy destroy souls.