Sword Art Online: Neon Colossus

[Experiment 249]

TO THE OOC!

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The year is 2022, November Sixth to be exact. The most anticipated game in a long while has finally launched and everyone who could get there hands on a copy rushed home and quickly plugged in. What greeted them was a wonderful new world. The world of Sword Art Online. It was, for most, their first taste of the virtual world. And this world is where you find yourself. Grassy plains, rivers whole villages! Everything is perfect until the Game Master calls everyone to the Town of Beginnings. The GM, Kayaba Akahiko, informs the 10,000 players that they are now trapped inside of this game. The log out feature has been removed. Your avatar updates, you no longer hide behind your virtual mask. You're trapped inside of this virtual world, and now it's more than a game now, when you die here, you die for real. The wonderful world of sword art online is has gone from a dream come true to a living nightmare. How will you survive?

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Welcome to this wonderful Sword Art Online RP. We're going to be playing as a group of players, in a guild of course, trying to beat the game, hanging out and (hopefully) not dying. We will be in a guild known as Neon Colossus, and we'll be one of the guilds on the strike team as well, but there will be some down time as well. We'll have fight scenes and chill scenes as well as some basic questing to do. I hope you'll have fun!

This happens in the Canon universe. So Kirito and the other major characters all exist, we just won't be hanging out or interacting with them too much, but there are a lot of time gass in the show so maybe they'll show up at some point.

To make things hopefully more fun, ,we're allowing everyone to have their own unique skill, like Kirito's dual wielding ability. Don't make it too OP like "Can insta kill anything 1/2 of the time" and make sure nobody already took it.

We're only looking for a few more, maybe 5 players to make up our small group.

Character sheets

Name:
In game name:
Age:
Gender:
Brief history:
Brief Personality:
Appearance:
Armor :
Weapon of Choice: (Ax, sword, dagger, rapier, hammer, spear, stuff like that)
Skill set: (Just mention some of your best skills, Here's a list!)
Unique Skill: (not too OP, you only get one and it can be anything you want as long as nobody else has it)
Approach: (stealthy, head on, berserker, guerrilla, tank, etc.)
Theme Song: (because this always helps me flesh out my characters more for myself but totally optional)

Accepted Characters

Pterrophos

Name: Guy Montaire
In game name: Pterrophos
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Brief history: Born into a semi-abusive family, Guy's upbringing wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. He wasn't beat by his parents, no, they were big on the non-physical kind of abuse. He was never good enough for them no matter how well he did. They'd hound him about how his grades were too low, or how he hadn't had a girlfriend, and when he had high grades and a girlfriend he spent too much time with her or studying and needed to help around the house more. Because of this he got out as soon as he could. He didn't run away but he definitely took to escaping in any way he could.
The nervegear was a dream come true for him, a way to live in a reality unlike the bleak one he came from. He couldn't buy one at launch but managed to save up enough after moving out jsut a few days before the release of SAO, for which he was third in line to buy. He plugged in on that fateful day and found himself now trapped in his supposed dreamland along with 9,999 others. He decided to band together with some strangers and created the guild Neon Colossus, of which he is leader. He led them from the bottom all the way up to the strike team.

Brief Personality: More often than not, Guy is off doing his own thing in a fairly non serious matter. The whole situation of being trapped in the videogame he found himself in was, to him at least, a blessing and not a curse. He's gone from a pessimist in reality to a full blown optimist in Aincrad. He took to his role as guild leader proudly, though he knows that he is not the most qualified. He stays in the position purely because he is the least likely to quit or give up because of something bad happening. He's the heart of the group, not the sword.
Appearance:

Pterrophos

Armor : Leather under a cloth cloak.
Weapon of Choice: Rapier
Skill set: Cooking, Parry, Leather Equipment, Acrobatics
Unique Skill: Superior Parry - Can parry any weapon as if it were half the weight (Boss' generally excluded)
Approach: Direct and flashy
Theme Song: Young volcanoes - Fall Out Boy

Mez

Real Name:
Rin Kanesaka

Avatar Name:
Mez

Age:
20

Gender:
Male

Type:
Swordsman

Beta-Tester:
Yes

Personality:
Mez is a staunch leader and devoted warrior. He fights for every good cause but holds no time for trivial matters. Although he may come across to others as extremely serious, he does have a softer side. Sharing a joke within a group or attempting to console close friends is generally proof of this. He is extremely courageous but doesn't allow his pride to get in the way when it comes to fighting. He knows when to retreat and when to press the attack. When it is time to rally together, Mez's voice can usually be heard above most of the others, leading a charge towards his enemies.

Brief Real Life Background:
In the real world, Rin is a hardcore gamer. His brother, Reivard, is one of the top MMO players in Japan and his parents own a successful Computer Electronics company; NTTF Gaming, that sells high-end computer peripherals and software. They also sponsor a number of eSport tournaments across the globe and were one of the top 5 distributors of the Nerve-Gear Headsets. Rin has never wanted for any game in his life, his whole school life was dedicated to business management and gaming, so that he may eventually take over the family business. In the meantime, however, Rin dedicated himself to surpassing his brother, who had already carved his career in the gaming industry and had outgrown the need to take on the company.

With the advent of virtual technology, Rin was determined to outshine his older sibling and prove to his parents that, for once, he was the better gamer. But alas, Reivard never joined SAO. His career had taken an unexpected turn towards Hollywood, where he would star in an upcoming movie remake of the successful 1995 film, Hackers. Rin didn't yet know any of this news about his brother and dived into SAO with eagerness, ready to prove he was the best.

Skills:
- Two-Handed Greatsword
- One-Handed Shortsword
- Light Leather Equipment
- Agility
- Cooking

Unique Skill
Ghoul's Grin: This Unique Skill affects all weapons held by Mez. This skill allows him to instantly equip any weapon within his inventory immediately during battle, even mid-swing. He uses this predominantly in conjunction with his Greatsword; Judgement and his Shortsword; Retribution. Switching between these two weapons grants him a temporary boost for a maximum of 15 seconds during battle. (1 post)

- Judgement to Retribution grants a 20% speed boost.
- Retribution to Judgement grants a 20% strength boost.

Equipment
- Judgement
- Retribution
- Light Leather Armour (Shown in image above)

Theme
Two Steps From Hell - Atlas

Repageroy

Name: Mika Alexander
In game name: Repageroy
Age: 17
Gender: Male

Brief history: Mika grew up on a farm in southern Russia before leaving home at 15 to go to a boarding school in eastern Germany, his parents believing he’d have a better opportunity to make something of his life there. He’s a complete loner, having not been around people very often while growing up and finds it hard to communicate with others due to the language barrier. It's due to his lack of interaction with other people growing up that he is relatively nervous when first encountering others.

Brief Personality: Mika is shy, more on the private side mostly because he's afraid of what others might think of him. Generally, he's quite anxious around people he's never met before and worries that he'll drive them away before he gets a chance to show him his real self. But when he’s gotten to know someone he can be loud, obnoxious, and overall a hell of a lot of fun. His hobbies include reading and trolling people on the internet.
Appearance:
Armor : A vest and way too many belts
Weapon of Choice: Throwing Knives
Skill set: He excels in ranged attacks, giving him an edge on most of the normal sword users. He’s very fast, and can easily steal things from an unsuspecting user.
Unique Skill: Long range attacks, Marksmanship
Approach: Rogue
Theme Song: Einsamkeit - APH Germany

[Eschatologist]

I think I'm interested. Despite my feelings on the show, I can get into the setting and would like to do something like this.

[caliban22]

I like it. I am gonna start on a CS now.

[Experiment 249]

I think I'm interested. Despite my feelings on the show, I can get into the setting and would like to do something like this.

@Eschatologist

My favorite part of the whole show wasn't the show either, but that concept and setting was so cool that I kept watching

spoilers

Especially through that awful incest plot like what the fuck and then that rapist guy who mad ALO? Just why?!

I like it. I am gonna start on a CS now.

@caliban22

Looking forward to it!

[Kalas]

Working on a CS now.

BTW, I'm so glad that you went with starting the RP midway through the events of the game. Honestly, the start of Every SAO/Trapped-In-A-Game RP always starts so boringly.

[Experiment 249]

Working on a CS now.

BTW, I'm so glad that you went with starting the RP midway through the events of the game. Honestly, the start of Every SAO/Trapped-In-A-Game RP always starts so boringly.

@Kalas

I figured having 5 pages of killing boars would get old fast.

[Kalas]

Done :D

Mez

Real Name:
Rin Kanesaka

Avatar Name:
Mez

Age:
20

Gender:
Male

Type:
Swordsman

Beta-Tester:
Yes

Personality:
Mez is a staunch leader and devoted warrior. He fights for every good cause but holds no time for trivial matters. Although he may come across to others as extremely serious, he does have a softer side. Sharing a joke within a group or attempting to console close friends is generally proof of this. He is extremely courageous but doesn't allow his pride to get in the way when it comes to fighting. He knows when to retreat and when to press the attack. When it is time to rally together, Mez's voice can usually be heard above most of the others, leading a charge towards his enemies.

Brief Real Life Background:
In the real world, Rin is a hardcore gamer. His brother, Reivard, is one of the top MMO players in Japan and his parents own a successful Computer Electronics company; NTTF Gaming, that sells high-end computer peripherals and software. They also sponsor a number of eSport tournaments across the globe and were one of the top 5 distributors of the Nerve-Gear Headsets. Rin has never wanted for any game in his life, his whole school life was dedicated to business management and gaming, so that he may eventually take over the family business. In the meantime, however, Rin dedicated himself to surpassing his brother, who had already carved his career in the gaming industry and had outgrown the need to take on the company.

With the advent of virtual technology, Rin was determined to outshine his older sibling and prove to his parents that, for once, he was the better gamer. But alas, Reivard never joined SAO. His career had taken an unexpected turn towards Hollywood, where he would star in an upcoming movie remake of the successful 1995 film, Hackers. Rin didn't yet know any of this news about his brother and dived into SAO with eagerness, ready to prove he was the best.

Skills:
- Two-Handed Greatsword
- One-Handed Shortsword
- Light Leather Equipment
- Agility
- Cooking

Unique Skill
Ghoul's Grin: This Unique Skill affects all weapons held by Mez. This skill allows him to instantly equip any weapon within his inventory immediately during battle, even mid-swing. He uses this predominantly in conjunction with his Greatsword; Judgement and his Shortsword; Retribution. Switching between these two weapons grants him a temporary boost for a maximum of 15 seconds during battle. (1 post)

- Judgement to Retribution grants a 20% speed boost.
- Retribution to Judgement grants a 20% strength boost.

Equipment
- Judgement
- Retribution
- Light Leather Armour (Shown in image above)

Theme
Two Steps From Hell - Atlas

[Experiment 249]

Accepted! that's 6 total people by the way, as two others have joined via PM

I'll get the OOC up when a few more apply, maybe 2 more

[caliban22]

Did some editing may end up doing more later(unless this is ok) but for now this is what I got.

Name: Alexander “Alex” Hayashi
In game name: Khârn the bloodied
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Brief history: Alexander was Born in San Francisco California. The son of a career Navy man and a Nurse. Alex is the Eldest of three children. His mother and two siblings lived in a small apartment in the mission district. Growing up Alex very rarely saw his father, and as time went on he grew to hate his father due to what he felt as him abandoning the family. Because of this he grew angry and at school would start fights, would hang out with bad people and would do nothing good. Though out it all Alexander's troubles was his mother, Eva the daughter or an immigrant and the young mother of three. She had met Alexander's father Benjamin while they both attended high school in San Francisco. At the age of seven Alex was sent to live with his father in Japan, after he had been kicked out his fourth high school. After several years with his father and both trying to work through their problems they finally reached an understanding. The key for this being his father teaching His son how to fight properly, and spending family time together. Prior to Starting to play SAO he worked as a martial arts assistant instructor.
Brief Personality: Khârn is a very friendly person most of the time, preferring to help his friends out and sparring in his free time with those who may not be as experienced as him in fighting. From time to time he will offer advice and counsel to player who may issues. For example he helps younger players who miss their lives outside of the game. Along with helping players in his guild cope, he runs PVP matches to settle issues is a non lethal environment under his careful watch. While he is friendly and nice most of the time He hates being told by people outside of his guild. When at the front lines he refuses to follow anyone outside his guild and any who try tend to later regretting it. As a warrior he believes in the concepts of glory,honor,brotherhood.
Appearance:

Appearance

Armor:

Armor

Weapon of Choice: Two handed sword

Weapon

Skill set: Heavy metal equipment, Battle healing
Unique Skill: Blood Rage (While in Combat he gains health& stamina from each kill. Once combat ends his health is halved for a period of time.)
Approach: berserker
Theme Song: Two steps from hell- To glory

[Ryu]

Interested

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Kagamine Taiki

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Age: 17

Gender: Male

History

Born in a small village in Japan, Taiki was raised by his aunt after his father had turned him away because of Taiki's mother having complications during his birth. For half of his life, he was raised in a rural village by both his aunt and uncle until at the age of nine, his father returned for him and brought him back to the city.

There, Taiki was sent to a private academy to catch up on his education (since his aunt and uncle didn't exactly teach him a whole lot in the village except for farming) and to make friends his own age. Taiki, although a rather quiet boy, was able to find friends of his own. Friends who accepted him, friends who liked him, friends who wanted to be around him. Taiki cherished his friends, and would do various activities with them such as club sports. One day, after waiting in line with his friends at a store for days on end, Taiki rushed home to play a game, a game that he and his friends were excited for. A game known as Sword Art Online.

Personality

Taiki is a quiet boy who is rather soft spoken. He isn't exactly a leader, but more or less a follower. He would often be with his friends and loved ones until the end of days rather than be alone.

Appearance

Taiki stands at around 5'8 and is rather slender. He has long, dark brown hair for a boy and has brown eyes.

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Attania

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History

Once in the game, Taiki and his friends formed a party together and began to actually play the game, with each one of them choosing a weapon to their liking. Taiki himself chose a curved blade (a scimitar) to fight with until eventually, he unlocked the Katana skill.

When the situation of being stuck in the game arose, Taiki's friends were quick to act to the situation that had just developed. The four of them -- Taiki included -- stuck together at nearly all times, and on more than one occasion, saved each other from near death situation such as when Taiki was nearly murdered in cold blood in an alleyway. The four had each others' back and wanted nothing more but to get out of the game and return to their normal lives -- although, they did confess that they preferred this over their lives.

Of course, this small little group did not last for long. Over the course of the game, his friends began to die off. Whether it be due to small mistakes that led to their death or dying due to PKers, eventually, in a dungeon with others, after a rather large scale fight where Taiki's katana broke in the middle of the fight, Taiki's friend died after succumbing to his wounds. For the first time, Taiki was finally alone.

Feeling guilty for his friend's death -- which was caused when Taiki's friend shielded Taiki from a monster's attack when Taiki's katana broke -- Taiki began to wander around in the game with his broken katana and a dagger that he had looted off of a mob.

Armor: Leather armor with plate armor covering vital parts of his body.

Weapon of Choice: Katana

Current Equipment: Dagger, Broken Katana & Sheath, Leather & Plate Armor (Low Durability)

Skill Set: Parry, Light Metal Equipment, Meditation

Unique Skill:

Approach: Head on

Theme Song

[Experiment 249]

One more and the OOC will go up. Remember to put your sheets in the Character's tab. I want you all to post them yourselves so anything you guys pick up on the way can be easily added to your own sheets so equipment/items are easy to keep track of.

[Cinderella Man]

Sassy sisters, dressed in nothing, but silk underwear.
Silly swingers
Get your feelings under spell

[ReaptheMusic]

NOOT NOOT

[Experiment 249]

TO THE OOC!

[caliban22]

did some updating on mine.

[Experiment 249]

Toss it up into the official thread'd characters section!

[Airalin]

Interested, let me know if there's still room for more.

[Experiment 249]

We're still accepting, by the way.

[Experiment 249]

3 slots open, apply in the thread linked in the OP!

[Experiment 249]

Last bump in this int check