[BitPR2] Renewed Revolution OOCV

[Draken]

Ok guys probably going to show how green i am, but i was wondering how i go about joining the rp, am i to jump in or should i wait to be mentioned etc, sorry for the question but am new to this type of rp

Make a character (wherever you prefer), and then introduce him in the IC, if needed we will give pointers as to what said character could start doing.

By the way, punctuation.

was the arrancar chaperoning assignment a go?

Hmm... Not sure what this means. Further detailing: I don't know what event this refers to. Who was the player involved in this matter?

[Average_Joe]

Ok thanks for answering my question. Apologies about the bad punctuation in my last post as well

[Draken]

We've all been there with the punctuation thing. The secret is to keep dotting.

Also. Since Dorizzit curbed the mandatory rescue arc on the Las Noches side (and Kuroi and I did the same for Seireitei). I feel like I must fulfill that on a separate angle!

Fortuitously, I have the means and the motive to put such a classical arc into motion!

[AnimeKid]

So, how much can I assume of this project does Nicole already know? Can I assume she was told the entire plan (which, I assume, is probably slightly more than I know), or that she was just told that she needs to go there with a superior officer? Or, more likely, something in between?

I could have Naijeru brief her on it. After all it is going to be taking place in her home district so she might have some insight to offer as to what the people are like and what crimes are most prevalent and such.

[Kuroimaken]

Which reminds me:

Draken, waiting on you to answer Setsurou's last question.

AK, I'm going to timey-wimey Setsurou looking for Naijeru while that particular thread is untangled.

[Mabn]

Hmm... Not sure what this means. Further detailing: I don't know what event this refers to. Who was the player involved in this matter?

I have no idea, I don't see them in the character registry, but frozen feat mentioned something about low ranking arrancar and I was wondering if it became elaborated.

[Frozen_Feet]

I do recall saying that leading a bunch of mortal tourists around Las Noches sounds like something Jehoel could assign to a low-ranking Arrancar. Doesn't look like Dorizzit's picked up on the idea.

[KnightDisciple]

So Frozen, was there a point to that bit between you and Draken in the MW beyond being a stand-in for whipping it out and measuring it, and showing us how super-special-double-awesome Mikael totally is guys because he's awesome and special and awesome and has all the powers plus some?

Because from what you're writing it sounds like Mikael's manifesting a physical presence in the Void while sleeping. Because....actually, I'm curious to know the justification for such a totally unique power on top of him being, already, somewhere in the power range of "Vasto Lorde Arrancar".

[Draken]

We kind of already stated that he has an astral projection power.

Going to admit that I did not associate this with Mikael.

[Dorizzit]

I have no idea, I don't see them in the character registry, but frozen feat mentioned something about low ranking arrancar and I was wondering if it became elaborated.

I do recall saying that leading a bunch of mortal tourists around Las Noches sounds like something Jehoel could assign to a low-ranking Arrancar. Doesn't look like Dorizzit's picked up on the idea.

This actually seems like it could work well, if your up to it, Mabn. I just need a response from AnimeKid before that scene can move forward.

[Frozen_Feet]

KD, as I noted after the first post in that sequence, I actually intended this to be an excercise for Tariq, and by extension, Thomas and Sora. So it's a bone thrown at the Cult players, to give testing ground to their abilities and involvement to the plot besides looking for their King. I just didn't expect Argos take such a hands-on approach. So for me, the point from second post on has been simply to reply to Draken. No planning has gone to this beyond that. Well... no planning save for me trying to solve an integral equation on how much force this phenomenom would exert on a 200 kilometer line. (I'll note that I didn't actually finish it, because that would've required me to ask Draken the exact density, dimensions and tensile strenght of Argos's probe. Since we're not writing hard sci-fi here, I decided it's just an arbitrary weight with a single defined quality: "too much for Argos".)

[KnightDisciple]

Except now that Tariq's online, there's nothing further for Thomas to do with him. He can't cast the necessary Kido, so it's not really an excercise for Thomas, just Sora.

[Frozen_Feet]

What Thomas will or won't do in reaction to either Sora or information Tariq provides is up to you, not me.

[Kuroimaken]

Imp: I'd actually like to know exactly how and in what mood Satoshi is while he's training. If it looks like he's getting too frustrated about it, then Urameshi will have to intervene.

[TherianTheorist]

Going to try and become more active around here, side effects of this new activity may include character subplots, strange update patterns, or a trace amount of temporal displacement.

Wish me luck.

[ImpSyndrome]

Imp: I'd actually like to know exactly how and in what mood Satoshi is while he's training. If it looks like he's getting too frustrated about it, then Urameshi will have to intervene.

I'll edit my most recent post with a detailed description, but suffice it to say that he's kind of cheesed off at the fact that everything he's done for the last two weeks seems to have been a waste of time and energy.

[Kuroimaken]

His perspective could definitely use some adjusting.

[ImpSyndrome]

Oh, I'm not contesting that. Unfortunately, he's a bit paranoid and impatient; since no one really expected him to amount to much, he's on a mission to prove them wrong now that he's a Shinigami. Now that he's over the first-week jitters (or whatever you want to call his nervous disposition when he first started), that part of him has started to take over, and ironically enough, it's probably what's holding him back. Judging by your tone, though, it sounds like this is a deal-breaker for Urameshi, so something's got to give on the newbie's end if things are going to advance...I'm just not sure how to play it out realistically.

[Kuroimaken]

Personally, I'm tempted to apply the standard anime solution for this.

[Dorizzit]

So we're clear, Kuroimaken, the jump down is pretty long. Naito actually snapped his ankle when he landed. If Shinji has some way to protect himself, that's fine, but I don't want to miscommunicate.

[Kuroimaken]

He does, and that's actually what I figured. The "gestures" were a quick incantation to prevent said fall from hurting.

[Dorizzit]

Great. Just confirming.

[Frozen_Feet]

Tsubame's idea is basically doing to Hollows what Ishida Uruyy did to Cirucci Thunderwitch. I have no idea of whether you were thinking of that at all, Dorizzit, but I like it.

[KnightDisciple]

Tsubame's idea is basically doing to Hollows what Ishida Uruyy did to Cirucci Thunderwitch. I have no idea of whether you were thinking of that at all, Dorizzit, but I like it.

...Not really?

I mean, you say that's what it's like, but it's not.

Tsubame is saying that her proposal may be able to essentially "strip away" the "Hollow nature" and return it to the state of being a Plus, albeit with a guarantee of a memory wipe.

Basically the difference I see between Quincy Purification and Shinigami Purification is that:
-Quincies would leave the target 100% guaranteed mindwiped (rather than the iffy chance Shinigami give).
-Quincy arrows would guarantee it's a regular Plus with no chance of powers, rather than the chance Shinigami purification would leave the target with powers.
-Quincy arrows may leave the Plus with less overall time in Soul Society before it needs to "refresh itself" (aka die in Soul Society) and re-enter the cycle.

This is what I, a Quincy player would prefer.

Honestly? I'm a bit annoyed there wasn't discussion over the matter, and I'm more annoyed that you seem to be dictating matters rather than trying to build a consensus.

[Frozen_Feet]

I'm not dictating anything. I'm noting the similarity to a canon event. I'm pretty shocked if you can't see it.

As for "discussing the matter", I want you to realize one thing: I'm winging Orchid's dialogue. All of it. I've not planned this one second with Dorizzit. Tsubame is the expert there, Orchid merely does educated guessing. Tsubame might agree, or she might shoot Orchid down just like she did in her last post. It's all the same to me, I have no stake in it. If you want to kick up OOC discussion of what you'd prefer the arrows to do, don't talk to me, talk to Dorizzit.

[Dorizzit]

Like Frozen_Feet, I'm improvising most of this. If anyone has a problem with what Tsubame is saying, please let me know.

[Terry576]

Basically the difference I see between Quincy Purification and Shinigami Purification is that:
-Quincies would leave the target 100% guaranteed mindwiped (rather than the iffy chance Shinigami give).
-Quincy arrows would guarantee it's a regular Plus with no chance of powers, rather than the chance Shinigami purification would leave the target with powers.
-Quincy arrows may leave the Plus with less overall time in Soul Society before it needs to "refresh itself" (aka die in Soul Society) and re-enter the cycle.:

That sounds an awful lot like making Quincies better at purification then Shinigami, not an alternative.

[Frozen_Feet]

Depends on how you look at it. We know Reene wouldn't consider losing her memories and powers "better".

[Draken]

Renee would grind half the world to dust before so much as giving someone a chance to try to do that to her.

[KnightDisciple]

That sounds an awful lot like making Quincies better at purification then Shinigami, not an alternative.

Assuming what I proposed holds vaguely true:
Shinigami purification a.) has at least a chance of leaving the person with powers that then manifest as Shinigami powers, giving a chance to replenish or increase ranks, b.) gives the person purified a chance to keep memories and personality and reunite on the other side, and c.) lets the soul stay in Soul Society for a century or more.

Quincy purification should accomplish the same general goal (no more Hollow but soul purified), but "rougher". Thus, that soul will take multiple cycles (without outside intervention) to have a chance of gaining any shred of real power (thus possibly reducing recruits if used in large quantities), it is guaranteed to be a "blank slate" (some potential trauma, plus lots of tears for family there), and likely only have, let's say, 20-40 years in Soul Society, no matter the original age of the person when they died.

Or we could have it work the exact same, I guess?
Or not work at all.

Basically, I'm extrapolating the end result of what Dorizzit's character is presenting. To me it sounds like you get a functional Plus, but there's no chance for power, there's little chance for memory, and they probably need to re-enter the cycle notably sooner (which might still make balance wobbly, and would make workforce in the Rukon less stable, from a strictly pragmatic view).