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Lore Magus

Creator and Bearer of Worlds
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Posting Speed
  1. 1-3 posts per week
  2. One post per week
Writing Levels
  1. Give-No-Fucks
  2. Beginner
  3. Elementary
  4. Intermediate
  5. Adept
  6. Advanced
  7. Adaptable
Preferred Character Gender
  1. Male
  2. Female
Genres
Romance is a big plus for me, but I can be pretty adaptable
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  • Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
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    About
    This is an RP loosely based on the anime "Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai". I say loosely because it recycles similar themes and setting, but with all original characters. No canon characters will show up in this RP, and only characters approved in the CS thread for this RP should be posting in the IC. If someone is interested in joining they can post here in the OOC about their interest as well as infer as to where the plot is moving, and then fill out a CS, which should only be posted in the CS thread (linked above soon). The rules for this RP are as follows:
    • 1. First and foremost you need to adhere to the standard rules of RPing: no powerplaying or meta-gaming, but mild godmoding or auto-hitting is allowed as long as it's to the point of, say, occasionally having a perfect counter, flicking someone too close on the forehead, or sneaking up behind someone who is distracted and tickling them or the likes, but anything beyond is forbidden. That said, many acts of light auto-hitting like the tickling will still need to be discussed between players in the OOC for permission.
    • 2. The next thing I can't stress enough is that characters don't necessarily need to get along, but players should still show respect to each other in the OOC and retain a positive environment here.
    • 3. Players are not allowed to post in the IC unless their character has been approved and it is that character's turn to post.
    • 4. The IC will be conducted in an orderly manner with an episodic style where character posting order will be determined prior to each episode. Depending on how things turn out it may be possible that some posting orders will be reused, but that is to be determined. Players may also use a posting profile to spruce up their posts should they wish to use one.
    • 5. Even though this is based on the Chuunibyou series, one does not need to have actually seen or read the series to join as long as they can match the setting, though it is nonetheless highly recommended as the series is great!
    • 6. Like in the series there will be delusion battles on occasion. Make sure that all actions performed in the realm of fantasy during such events are justifiable within the constructs of the realm of reality.
    • 7. Despite this RP focusing around the concept of chuunibyou, it does not mean you can't have a character like Kumin or Isshiki from the anime: one who's either completely oblivious to chuunibyou or doesn't quite have it but is mildly interested in the idea.
    • 8. On the subject of characters: there will be a max cap of 2 per player to begin with. This being said, both characters do not need to be submitted or enter the fray at the beginning. In other words, you could go ahead and submit a CS for 2 different characters if you want, and have one enter in later on in the RP, and you could also submit just one in the beginning and then submit another one at a later date when inspiration strikes you. This goes without saying that you can also submit 2 characters and start RPing as both right from the get-go. If the latter is done then, when character posting order is chosen, you may have influence over which of your two characters you'd like to post as before the other, but they will still adhere to the randomly generated order and they can not switch places after the order has been set. One more thing to note is that although the initial character limit is 2 per person, if, later on down the road, anyone feels that they want to have another character they are free to submit a third as long as they can still keep up.
    • 9. Bear in mind while you are creating your character that since this RP is anime-based all FCs need be in anime style and of decent quality; whether they are official anime/manga art, anime-style game art, or fan art/commission. Sources won't need to be cited, however, so no need to stress there.
    • 10. Another point to note is that, similar to the original series, there will be a dedicated junior high school connected to the high school where most of the setting takes place, so the possibility for making a junior high character like Dekomori is open as long as they have relevance to the setting. Despite this, characters at the high school are not barred from having attended a different junior high school.
    • 11. Touching up from earlier on character limitations; family members and random NPCs can be used independent of your character limit, as long as they are not used as frequently as a PC would be; the occasional one liner from a random person or RPing as a character's family when around them at home or whatever is acceptable.
    • 12. Oh, romance? Sure, there can be an element of romance to this RP between characters; just remember that if one or both parties are patients of chuunibyou it will be a long and bumpy road before they can officially be called an item as those suffering from the affliction typically aren't well versed in such deep, complex relationships and will frequently cause problems or misunderstandings. Granted some characters can already be in a relationship upon RP launch, as long as it is specified by both parties in the CS and at least briefly explained in their bio. if players would like to discuss various inner plots such as this among each other they may do so in the OOC.
    • 13. Lastly, this RP will be taking place in modern Japan (specifically: the Minato ward in Tokyo, a.k.a. Minato City), and as such it will be following typical Japanese customs. High school and junior high school each have only 3 years, and classes will begin in April; typically when cherry blossoms begin or are close to blooming. Also, there are no dedicated school buses to pick up students; they will commute to school by either train, public bus, and/or foot depending on the distance between their home and the school. Classes will take place Monday-Saturday, with Saturday being a half day. Also don't forget that all students have foot lockers at the entrance of the school where they switch between their indoor and outdoor shoes which are provided by the student's family. Lastly on the subject is that while there is a cafeteria within the school where students can buy lunches via purchasing vouchers at a machine and then bringing them to the service area, a large percentage of students typically tend to have packed lunches (bentou! XD) brought from home often consisting of leftovers or a small, balanced lunch prepared by family alongside white rice, so make sure to keep these factors in mind.

    That's it for rules and the like! More information on the current events and direction of the IC can be found on the Summary tab, but if you have any questions not answered feel free to ask away! Let's all have fun alright?!​
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    Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
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    Characters of Note
    A quick look at the characters that are in the IC

    Active Characters

    • Bass Magus as:
      • Aria Sakai
    • chaosheart13 as:
      • Kazami Ueda
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      • Nariko Hideyoshi
    • Banana-senpai as:
      • Meiko Tanaka
      • Satoshi Saruyama
    • Amayan as:
      • Akemi Kurokawa
  • Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
    [btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-ic.149827/]IC[/btn][btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-cs.149323/]CS[/btn]
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    The Story Thus Far...

    Week one of school has come and gone, and some of our rambunctious new students have begun meeting new faces. The energetic second year Kazami Ueda has tried and failed to find any new members for her rather unique club that got reduced to just her at the end of the previous year, but her drive to rebuild the club burns hotter than ever! Meanwhile a small group of third years are becoming aware of and interested by each other, but due to complications one Miyako Mitsuoka has given her cousin Satoshi Maruyama the task of investigating the happenings around the school, as well as the intentions behind their classmate, Meiko Tanaka.

    We now enter the second week of school, and club recruitment has officially begun! The first years end their Monday with an assembly where a selection of clubs are showcasing to the students in an attempt to gain fresh new members, however everything gets thrown off balance when Kazami causes a scene at the gym where the assembly is being held. With teachers hot on her tail, Kazami flees the scene, dragging along with her a hapless, unsuspecting first year student named Akemi Kurokawa who happened to be in her path. Will Kazami manage to find enough members to revive her club? Only time (and your participation) will tell!
  • Currently Under Maintenance
    Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
    [btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-ic.149827/]IC[/btn][btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-cs.149323/]CS[/btn]
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    Past Characters of Note
    A quick look at the characters that were in the IC

    Inactive Characters

    • DANAsaur as:
      • Miyako Mitsuoka
    • Jesse Knight as:
      • Sagu Jackson
 
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@Banana-senpai I keep forgetting to mention how I find your guys' cousin characters interesting because they seem to be affectionate of each other and chaos mentioned them teaming up, yet one is of light and the other is of darkness which would normally mean that they'd be arch enemies, especially in the chuunibyou mindset XD
"Phoenix" cares about Miyako more than her Chuuni self. This is because "Phoenix" knows his meatsuit Satoshi cares about Miyako very deeply. And Princess Charm is running away from her evil mother so Phoenix thinks she's also a victim of evil doings.
btw @DANAsaur, the club itself is affiliated with darkness (I mean, the club president is known as the "Empress of Darkness" after all) so I don't see why she couldn't be a member. Speaking of which... @Banana-senpai wouldn't that be cause for complication with Satoshi being a member? Or is he going to be one of those "is technically a member because he filled out the application form but doesn't quite fit with the other club members due to opposing affiliation" types? Also, how do you feel about Satoshi and Miyako having opposing affiliations DANA?
Yeah, this makes things complicated. I thought the club would be neutral.

But I thought of something. Phoenix is a benevolent god and affiliated with all things good, yes. He does believe that darkness should exist in the world too. As day needs night. So he's in to make sure they don't do anything stupid and to make sure Miyako/Charm is safe. Kind of a "keep your enemies closer" gig, so he's not going to join them doing evil things. Specially since him and Nyx are perfect opposites as deities.

Satoshi's logic on this is because Miyako is there, he'll look after her. And of course, Meiko followed them both.

He may have joined after Miyako did, when Meiko convinced him (and Phoenix) to (face the darkness for the sake of Miyako/Charm). Yeah, it would all be part of Meiko's plan... XD

Yep, Meiko. Meiko is the reason.
 
"Phoenix" cares about Miyako more than her Chuuni self. This is because "Phoenix" knows his meatsuit Satoshi cares about Miyako very deeply. And Princess Charm is running away from her evil mother so Phoenix thinks she's also a victim of evil doings.

Yeah, this makes things complicated. I thought the club would be neutral.

But I thought of something. Phoenix is a benevolent god and affiliated with all things good, yes. He does believe that darkness should exist in the world too. As day needs night. So he's in to make sure they don't do anything stupid and to make sure Miyako/Charm is safe. Kind of a "keep your enemies closer" gig, so he's not going to join them doing evil things. Specially since him and Nyx are perfect opposites as deities.

Satoshi's logic on this is because Miyako is there, he'll look after her. And of course, Meiko followed them both.

He may have joined after Miyako did, when Meiko convinced him (and Phoenix) to (face the darkness for the sake of Miyako/Charm). Yeah, it would all be part of Meiko's plan... XD

Yep, Meiko. Meiko is the reason.
I thought his motivation was going to be something along those lines, and you have a very good point on the subject of Pheonix and Nyx being polar opposite gods; on definitely can't sustain itself without the presence of the other I guess. That Meiko master plan though XD
 
I thought his motivation was going to be something along those lines, and you have a very good point on the subject of Pheonix and Nyx being polar opposite gods; on definitely can't sustain itself without the presence of the other I guess. That Meiko master plan though XD
Meiko would just like to put the Chuuni kids together and see what happens...and write about it as a story. 8'D
 
Meiko would just like to put the Chuuni kids together and see what happens...and write about it as a story. 8'D

Yes, and I find it funny XD It's almost as if she is the mastermind behind everything... muwahahahaha! XD
 
Yes, and I find it funny XD It's almost as if she is the mastermind behind everything... muwahahahaha! XD
And yet half the time, she's babysitting them too, and explaining their behavior to startled civilians. :'D
She maybe also a wacko fujoushi, but she's probably the most normal of them.
 
btw @chaosheart13, I just remembered to mention that the memory loss wasn't publicly released yet IC, just that Ryuu had been severely injured and was brought to a hospital. I was thinking something along the lines that Kazami with her chuunibyou assumed that the angel that was their sworn enemy had died during the battle after leaving "psychological curses" or something on her senpai to seal away their magic or something, so when she realizes that he is, in fact, alive, it surprises her like crazy. I imagined she would doubt the credibility that he had memory loss due to her chuunibyou making her think the angel was trying to trick her in order to get close enough to seal her powers as well, which I feel that how you set up her persona supports that thought process perfectly. I was also thinking that on the day he actually integrates back into school Kazami wouldn't be paying attention at all, and when he approaches her during lunch break is the first time she actually notices him there and that'd be when she freaks out; what do you think?
ah, more posts came up while I was typing O_O so in response: @chaosheart13 okay, I see what you mean. Essentially a situation where as long as they pledge undying loyalty to her they can serve her kind of thing right? Even so, do you think she could still hold some kind of friction towards Ryuu given that as an archangel his goal was to purify her and her club-mates?
Oh, so they don't know about the memory loss thing. Okay then, I changed it on the CS so can you please edit it? Oooh, I like that idea of her thinking the angel died in the fight and then her freaking out when he suddenly appears again. I'm all for it!

Well, she just assumes that they are her royal followers when they make a "pact" of sorts with her. ...I think I just worded it differently but it's still the same thing whoops. But yeah, she doesn't really care about alignments, she just cares about getting more followers so that she can be a goddess again. I think she would still have that friction towards Ryuu though, but I think later down the line she tries to recruit him as well.
 
Oh, so they don't know about the memory loss thing. Okay then, I changed it on the CS so can you please edit it? Oooh, I like that idea of her thinking the angel died in the fight and then her freaking out when he suddenly appears again. I'm all for it!

Well, she just assumes that they are her royal followers when they make a "pact" of sorts with her. ...I think I just worded it differently but it's still the same thing whoops. But yeah, she doesn't really care about alignments, she just cares about getting more followers so that she can be a goddess again. I think she would still have that friction towards Ryuu though, but I think later down the line she tries to recruit him as well.
yeah, when he gets reintegrated into the class is when he announces that he has memory loss, and I was thinking that Kazami would be spacing out or something and not paying attention, then when lunch comes around and he approaches her she freaks out and whenever he tries to explain to her that he has memory loss she has a hard time believing him. I kinda want to make him work for her trust and that'll involve the creation of a new chuunibyou persona tailored to her theme of darkness; though I already have a broad idea of what it's going to be like :) I want him to try to join her club himself only to find strong opposition until he can prove himself loyal to her or something
 
yeah, when he gets reintegrated into the class is when he announces that he has memory loss, and I was thinking that Kazami would be spacing out or something and not paying attention, then when lunch comes around and he approaches her she freaks out and whenever he tries to explain to her that he has memory loss she has a hard time believing him. I kinda want to make him work for her trust and that'll involve the creation of a new chuunibyou persona tailored to her theme of darkness; though I already have a broad idea of what it's going to be like :) I want him to try to join her club himself only to find strong opposition until he can prove himself loyal to her or something
Can I add to this?
Is the incident with Ryuu known in the school? I mean, word travels fast, Meiko might know about Ryuu. Just clearing that up.
Whatever she picks up about chuunibyou she tells Satoshi and Miyako after all and to begin with, Satoshi is on an opposing side from the darkness.
 
Can I add to this?
Is the incident with Ryuu known in the school? I mean, word travels fast, Meiko might know about Ryuu. Just clearing that up.
Whatever she picks up about chuunibyou she tells Satoshi and Miyako after all and to begin with, Satoshi is on an opposing side from the darkness.
The incident itself is indeed known around by word of mouth, and all of the students that shared the same class as him in first year are aware that he was chuunibyou, though everyone who knows about the accident doesn't quite know he had chuunibyou, and until he returns to school and announces it himself no one is aware that he got amnesia nor does anyone know when and if he's coming back. By the way, on the subject of classes this school will be using the system where students change homeroom teachers, and thus classmates as well, from their first to their second year, but third years will retain their homeroom teachers and classmates from second year
 
@Takumi so I see you've taken a look at everything now, do you have an ETA for your first CS?

Speaking of which, how are yours coming along @Crow?
 
I'm having a hard time imagining Kazami having a sort of vendetta against Ryuu, since I made her so accepting. Maybe because of his past with her she feels uneasy around him, thinking the angel fled? Idk
 
I have an idea what kind of character I want to make, I'll start to making my cs now.
 
I'm having a hard time imagining Kazami having a sort of vendetta against Ryuu, since I made her so accepting. Maybe because of his past with her she feels uneasy around him, thinking the angel fled? Idk
I didn't necessarily mean a vendetta, more like just generally assuming that he's still playing the part and that he might be scheming to tear down her club "like he did last time" until he somehow proves his situation or something to her. I wanted it to be a challenge that he overcomes and thus the new persona her creates becomes a real part of him like the old archangel one was, then at some point he regains all the memories of his archangel days and becomes internally conflicted for a while.
Essentially less of a vendetta and more of a personal grudge that takes a while for her to shake for fear of the incident happening again but somehow actually affecting her this time around.
I have an idea what kind of character I want to make, I'll start to making my cs now.
Awesome! :D can't wait to see it when it's finished
 
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I didn't necessarily mean a vendetta, more like just generally assuming that he's still playing the part and that he might be scheming to tear down her club "like he did last time" until he somehow proves his situation or something to her. I wanted it to be a challenge that he overcomes and thus the new persona her creates becomes a real part of him like the old archangel one was, then at some point he regains all the memories of his archangel days and becomes internally conflicted for a while.
Essentially less of a vendetta and more of a personal grudge that takes a while for her to shake for fear of the incident happening again but somehow actually affecting her this time around.
Ah, that makes sense. I think I can work with that, her being resentful he sort of disbanded the club.
 
@Bass Magus

Also, question, was all the members of the Acolytes of the Vanishing World/Followers of Darkness there when Ryuu got hit by the beams or was it only the older members?
 
@chaosheart13 it was just the older members that were graduating at the time (I pictured around 3 of them) since it was like a final battle for them being that they were graduating and all
 
I just realized Kazami and Ryuu were in different classes, I guess she won't have to see him being reintroduced. :'D On that note, she could be on her way to get lunch from the service area with a voucher when she bumps into him and then freaks out.
 
@chaosheart13 Actually, I had planned for them to be in the same class, so since Ryuu's profile is technically still a WIP I plan to change his classroom to match Kazami's. The reason I'm insistent on this is because I wanted the whole class to sort of reject him and when he notices the one person who doesn't visually avoid him (Kazami whom he sits next to but who is off in her own world and not paying attention) he decides to talk to her during their lunch break since he's curious why everyone is avoiding him but gets the feeling that none of them would be willing to fill him in except for her. This would be when she freaks out because she didn't expect anyone to talk to her, especially not the presumably defeated archangel that had torn her home away from home apart. Not to mention back in the day they'd engage in combat any time they ran into each other or would at least exchange chuuni taunts, so the realization that her old foe is back would cause her to assemble her club members and put them on high alert, and maybe even try to get the former members to rejoin the battle, which will be easier to get through since we're just going to treat them as NPCs now. Since she's acknowledging him, though, he'd be too curious to just back away and would end up trying to talk to her more and more. I planned for the shared homeroom in order to increase interaction periods as well as initiate that beginning scene, though now that I think about it a chance encounter wouldn't be bad either. He could be on his way to the cafeteria completely suffocated by the atmosphere of his own classroom when he runs into Kazami. She freak out, toss out a chuuni taunt, and then flee to put her club on alert and etc. what I said earlier, and then, curious, he'd continue to attempt communication with her, even go as far as to visit her classroom daily until he eventually discovers her clubroom and other club members and things would take off from there. Both of these ideas sound awesome, so now I don't know which one to do. What do you guys think?

Same Class or Different Class?

oh, btw; I just finished Aria's character profile and will be adding her to the head post in the CS now

also, @Takumi I saw the WIP for your character and she looks good so far :)

EDIT: also, can't believe we just hit 100 responses already! XD
 
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