BleachITP Reborn: Discussion & Setup Thread 2

[Tackyhillbillu]

Aki will be in on the scene, though, like Horn's character, she will have encountered Hollow's before. She might actually try to act like she doesn't know what is going on, until it becomes obvious that such isn't going to work.

"*eeeek* Whatever could that horrible crea... you guys aren't buying this, are you? Well... shoot."

[Dorizzit]

Also, does anyone mind if her father runs the local hospital?

That could work really well, since Nakahiro's father is a doctor at a local hospital.

Additionally, on the talk about recreating Kasanip's scene...I approve.

[Frozen_Feet]

(how do you think she's going to get her Shinigami powers, a bunch of drunk 11thers?)

Drunk Sato Hachirou?

Also, I volunteer to play the obligatory villains in the school scene.

[Terry576]

Aki will be in on the scene, though, like Horn's character, she will have encountered Hollow's before. She might actually try to act like she doesn't know what is going on, until it becomes obvious that such isn't going to work.

"*eeeek* Whatever could that horrible crea... you guys aren't buying this, are you? Well... shoot."

Meanwhile, Taiki will pretend not to notice, and fail miserably. Seeing as it's kinda hard to pretend you can't see the giant monster trying to eat everyone.

[Edge]

On the subject of the mortal world student characters:

Imagine what it'd be like for them come across (later, of course) a Hollow they cannot defeat together and have their weird new English teacher show up and save them by 'shooting' himself in the head.

[Kasanip]

On the subject of the mortal world student characters:

Imagine what it'd be like for them come across (later, of course) a Hollow they cannot defeat together and have their weird new English teacher show up and save them by 'shooting' himself in the head.

That sounds a lot like one character overshadowing the rest. =\

[Dorizzit]

On the subject of the mortal world student characters:

Imagine what it'd be like for them come across (later, of course) a Hollow they cannot defeat together and have their weird new English teacher show up and save them by 'shooting' himself in the head.

That sounds a bit excessive.

There are, however, definitely ways he could pull off a big damn heroes moment without overshadowing everyone else.

[Edge]

I meant a big damn heroes moment. Just put it poorly. >_>

[Frozen_Feet]

On the subject of the mortal world student characters:

Imagine what it'd be like for them come across (later, of course) a Hollow they cannot defeat together and have their weird new English teacher show up and save them by 'shooting' himself in the head.

If said hollow was Elder, his "WTF?" moment towards Sören doing something so seemingly idiotic would probably be enought to turn the tide against it >_>

Also, to people withdrawing characters from play: remember to erase them from the registry and petition someone to delete them from the wiki so we don't have abandoned character concepts haunting everywhere.

[CMOTDibbler]

...Is your name REALLY CMOTDibbler? You sir, win an internet, solely for being a character from my favorite book series.

And now I'm thinking of Higuri walking onto campus and getting called a pedophile for following Taiki's inability to hide his reiatsu...

Of course. Terry Pratchett is a great author. And thankies for the internet, mind if I sig this?

[Lorolar]

So the character concept I've had brewing is a (very) unstable vizard, the problem lies in trying to find a way to have him there from the start and actualy having powers at that point without overshadowing anyone.

Essentialy his intended powerset is healing which when he flips (and looses control entirely until way later in the story) changes to damage equal to the healing he did ala Hanataro's Zanpukto. Obviously he wouldnt start off with any vizardness, like Ichigo really, and would start with weak healing powers. Next power jump would be completely uncontrolled masking which is a danger to others and thus prompts him to learn to at least prevent it appearing. After that comes learning to dismiss it when active, and then to turn it on. Non shinigami whose healing comes from weird gloves (either made of energy of hollowesque bone havent decided yet) and I was hoping for advice on how to go about balancing and developing through that power set. And if thats okay with everyone of course.

[CMOTDibbler]

I believe there was talk of 10th division teaching somewhere. Is that actually happening, or am I misinformed?

This got lost in the shuffle, so I repost.

[The Librarian]

I am now extremely tempted after seeing CMOT"s character to create a spiritually-aware human that also plays DND just so I can make post of our two characters playing DND in the middle of BleachITP.

[Draken]

Preposterous. All this talk of the students meeting hollows and I am not even present to pipe in.

[Prime32]

I am now extremely tempted after seeing CMOT"s character to create a spiritually-aware human that also plays DND just so I can make post of our two characters playing DND in the middle of BleachITP.

The next ?ITP world shall be set in an MMO.

Or better yet, we shall play a PbP game about players of a PbP game.

[tgva8889]

Meanwhile, Taiki will pretend not to notice, and fail miserably. Seeing as it's kinda hard to pretend you can't see the giant monster trying to eat everyone.

I just realized, something you should know. Takahashi Taiki is a character I posted, and even if he's not a Captain I plan on using him. Just so you know in case we maybe run into naming issues.

The way I see it our characters are practically destined to befriend each other since they're both somewhat shy and kind of sad. Ken might at first appear menacing but he'd act like a bit of a gentle giant and get along fine with her.

That depends, is Ken a mortal? I find it unlikely they'd get the chance to spend a huge amount of time if Ken's gonna be in Sereitei a lot and Kina would be in the Mortal World, but hey, it's a possibility. I'm all for it.

My intended Kina development was for her to initially seem like the "damsel in distress" with few abilities but an apparent spiritual awareness (she can see Hollows/Shinigami), then she cr0wns a Hollow in a surprise scene where she reveals she's a Quincy, then she gains power and becomes more open about it.

[Frozen_Feet]

The next ?ITP world shall be set in an MMO.

Or better yet, we shall play a PbP game about players of a PbP game.

Serial Experiment Lain in the Playgrounds? Or perhaps Paprika...?

@Tgva: Nothingclever redid Ken's character. He's a mortal boxer now. It caused me a headache when I noticed it in the registry.

[strawberryman]

Hm, I wonder if I should make Val a bit younger (a senior?) so she can get in on the fun.

[Innis Cabal]

The next ?ITP world shall be set in an MMO.

Or better yet, we shall play a PbP game about players of a PbP game.

.hack//ITP would be epic. That is all.

[Prime32]

.hack//ITP would be epic. That is all.

YurekaITP would be cool, but I doubt many have heard of it (it's also known as iD_eNTITY).

...Ooh, what about SlayersITP?

[nothingclever]

That depends, is Ken a mortal? I find it unlikely they'd get the chance to spend a huge amount of time if Ken's gonna be in Sereitei a lot and Kina would be in the Mortal World, but hey, it's a possibility. I'm all for it.

My intended Kina development was for her to initially seem like the "damsel in distress" with few abilities but an apparent spiritual awareness (she can see Hollows/Shinigami), then she cr0wns a Hollow in a surprise scene where she reveals she's a Quincy, then she gains power and becomes more open about it.

He's been redesigned for this setting for a while now, not that I had expected anyone to notice or anything.
I'd be up for a playing a rescue scene or anything mortal related for that matter when stuff starts up.

[Innis Cabal]

...Ooh, what about SlayersITP?

Its called Freeform D&D


And, it seems most of the discussion has moved on to how the game will start. Should we get to voting for the Central 46 so we can get everything else squared away?

[Frozen_Feet]

He's been redesigned for this setting for a while now, not that I had expected anyone to notice or anything.
I'd be up for a playing a rescue scene or anything mortal related for that matter when stuff starts up.

Hey, *I* noticed!

[Goblin Music]

reposting
are there any applications for the 13th division captain?
if there are not i think that i will nab said division for Ryoichi

Masamune Ryoichi (last first)
work in progress

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Gender: Male
Age: 442
Height: 5’ 3”
Weight: 120
Reiatsu: Dull gold
Division and Rank: working on that
Appearance: mid twenties, short, not very muscular. He wears the usual outfit with his sword slung at his back (like Hitsugaya).
Personality: serious but forgiving. Ryoichi loves to fight but dislikes using his sword.
Zanpakuto: Hold fast and prevail, Yamaban!

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Spirit: a tall man garbed in a light armor made out of stone. Yamaban also has a short cat like tail also made of stone.
Sword:

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from top to bottom: Sealed, Shikai, bankai.

Sealed: Yamaban takes the form of a standard ōdachi with a piece if quarts as the guard
Inner world: Sand. Almost like a beach if there was no lake or sea. There are also some stones and plant life in the ‘middle’ there is a tall mountain with smooth slopes, situated on the top is a small hut.
Shikai:

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Yamaban rapidly grows into a huge stone sword the same size as Ichigo’s Zangetzu.
Yamaban is sharp enough to cut anything it touches, except resilient shikai and normal bankai (Ikkaku’s bankai could be cut for instance). Yamaban’s only other ability is when Ryoichi buries the tip into the ground (or similar substance) and while touching the sword, he can create shapes out of stone sprouting from the ground. All shapes must be of the most basic geometrical designs (Prism, Pyramid, Sphere, Cone, Cylinder, ect) which can be hollow. Ryoichi can also shoot these into the air to deal with aerial opponents. The maximin volume that can be shaped at once is about 5 cubic meters

Bankai:

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Yamaban shatters and reforms in a bladed staff, in general this staff acts like Ikkaku’s shikai (three section staff) it’s blades are no sharper than a normal katana. At the same time thin segmented stone armor with a huge stone tail with a blade on the end (much like the ones on the staff but as sharp as the shikai blade) forms on Ryoichi. By planting his tail in the ground Ryoichi can use the same stone formation ability with increased volume shape-able.

General Abilities:

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Kido:

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Terrible; Ryoichi cannot use any kido without incantation and even then he cannot perform anything above level 5

Hoho:

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Good; about the level of the average cannon VC

Zanjutsu:

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Master; Ryoichi practices daily during every free moment.

Hakuda:

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Very good, Ryoichi prefers hand to hand more than his using his overly large sword.

Backstory:
Ever since he came to the Rukongai Ryoichi had never remembered his past life. He grew up in some of the poorer districts of the Rukongai moving between them as he grew tired of the area. He spent a good while roughing up the more violent characters in hopes that they would improve their attitude on life. Eventually he made it to the academy by means of some highly fortunate events. There he studied the ways of the shinigami and their reason for existing. He quite enjoyed using his superior skill in swordplay to distinguish himself in class, thoroughly thrashing his classmates then helping them understand why they would not be looking foreword to the next day, and in turn grudgingly accepting help with his Kido, never quite getting the hang of it. After he graduated from the academy Ruoichi headed into the 11th division and worked his way up, leaving bruised and beaten comrades in his wake.
Possible connections: pretty much anyone.

[KnightDisciple]

And, it seems most of the discussion has moved on to how the game will start. Should we get to voting for the Central 46 so we can get everything else squared away?

I'd say that's not a bad idea.

Back when it was discussed, it seemed like "3" was the most popular number.

Offhand, I'd suggest that we do a couple of things. First, I nominate Draken to "moderate" the process. He has stated he will not be a member of the 46 due to his position as King of Hollows. He can make sure we don't get to tangled up, and be the vote-counter. If he doesn't want this, I would suggest someone who is absolutely not going to be a 46'er. In other words, someone who has explicitly refused such a position.

As for voting itself...*Shrugs* I say everyone posts the 3 people they think should be 46'ers. Then, the 3 with the most votes become "finalists", with all of us able to raise any serious objection, as well as giving said people time to contemplate if they wish to hold said position.

Then, if everyone's happy with the choices, these 3 become the "Central 46".

Anyone have any thoughts on that process?

Oh, and it should probably have an "official date range" or something, so we're not trundling along, and someone votes 3 months down the road or something.

[Innis Cabal]

INNIS'S THREE PICKS!

Callos
Sucrose
Frozen Feet

[Tackyhillbillu]

Can we get a list of those who have taken themselves out of consideration for the 46, as well?

[Draken]

Well. I can tally the votes. And will ask you people to do it like Innis did.

[Frozen_Feet]

Suggestion for vote cut-off: April 25th

My votes:

Callos
Zarah
KnightDisciple

[KnightDisciple]

Can we get a list of those who have taken themselves out of consideration for the 46, as well?

I don't know if there's a formal list. I know strawberryman and Draken, as leaders of the 2 main factions, specifically withdrew themselves. Not sure about any others. Of course, the proposed "finalist period" allows for people to withdraw.

I suppose the "time frame" is "now until we say we're done".

Knight's Three Picks
Callos
Sucrose
Zarah