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So, here's the int check if you want to check that out.

For those viewing this for the first time and not coming from the int check, this RP is going to take something from all the final fantasy games that we all know, the summons. Whether they're called Espers, Aeons, or w/e else they've been named throughout the series, this is the big thing that always seems to come back to give us some familiarity among the new faces and story that we uncover throughout our play through of each game. So the next question is, what does that have to do with this rp?

Well, this is the thing. For this RP, our characters will each be incarnations of one of the many summons made available to us throughout the entire FF franchise. So, while our characters are going to be actual people going on a journey, the things that make them special is that they'll be attuned to a spirit that grants them special skills and such.

For example, if someone were to make a character who's spiritual affinity was attuned to Shiva, they would probably have the ability to manipulate Ice. If someone was attuned to Bahamut, they could probably fly and use a variety of spells, etc.

So, I haven't worked out an actual story, but I do know I want to pursue this as a concept at least, and I need people that would be interested in doing. I'll be pulling in a CO-GM to help me develop a plot and run the rp.

Anyways, here's the CS format for you guys if you're interested in joining, but be warned. This isn't first come first served. I will be choosing a limited number of CS's from those that are turned in, and the ones I choose are accepted into the rp. I find this useful cause this lets me choose better CS's that might take a little longer to write up instead of just choosing the first 5, cause we might miss out on some truly great characters to work with.

CS Format:

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race: (Preferably human, but seeing as the FF series has a number of races, you can choose something different)
Appearance: (This can be either a pic or text description. I'm fine with either, or even both, using a pic as the base and then description to describe details)
Summon Soul:
Personality:
Skills: (are you handy with weapons? Do you have pre-existing skills with magic?etc)
Gear: (If you have an weapons, special items, etc.)
Background:

It's not exactly a giant CS, but I feel this is adequate to developing a strong, interesting character, while still leaving room for development of certain aspects in the RP itself :). I tend to go for a more advance feeling in the IC posts, not the CS's.

and of course, my own CS

Name: Jubei

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Appearance:

Summon Soul: Alexander

Personality: Jubei is a very defensive and closed off person most of the time, but she isn't a bad or mean person. She's actually quite nice and kind to her allies, and enjoys helping people when she can. Her defensive attitude is usually busy fighting off other people either verbally or physically as she defends her friends or herself, and her closed off attitude shows up when she tends to push others away from her problems. She prefers to handle everything alone, or bear the burden while she lets her friends relax and enjoy life. She's a like a fortress to her allies and enemies, keeping her friends safe and everyone else away.

Skills: Jubei is a very strong fighter, and excels in fist fighting. Anything from striking, grappling, and movement, she excels in everything in close quarters combat, and even feels comfortable testing her fists against beasts and small monsters, but she understands her limits and rarely tests herself against anything that can attack her from afar. She's also very tough. After years of training, her body is tough and she can take a lot of abuse and survive.

Gear: Jubei has her special gloves with metal knuckles in them to help her fight, and her regular clothing, but other than that she rarely carries much on her. She prefers to carry light so incase she gets into a scrap, she isn't weighed down by anything.

Background: Jubei has always been a little closed off to most people, but she wasn't always so "fortress" like. She used to be more open with people and had a wide variety of friends, but she also used to be weaker and less defensive of her friends. Until he was about 16, she was pretty much your average girl, just growing up and trying to become a normal, good and kind person.

However after her 16th birthday, there was an incident. Her family was attacked, and both her parents were killed. Instead of going to into a depressive state or years of training for vengeance/honor (not a batman story here), she went berserk on the spot, and once the authorities arrived, they found 3 bodies. They found Jubei's parents, and then the crushed in head of the man that had murdered her parents.

After this, she began to train her strength. People distanced themselves from her, but she didn't mind. The few friends that remained, in her mind, were her only true friends, and the only people worth being with and protecting. She vowed that she'd never lose another loved one as long as it was within her power. Currently she's working in construction, doing heavy lifting and various other jobs.
Alright, so now there are a few things I need to establish.

While we don't have an established plot, there definitely needs to be some established background and setting elements. For the setting itself, I think that using a a city like the city in the beginning of Final Fantasy X would probably be the best place to establish this rp. So, imagine basically a slightly more futuristic NYC, with magic and science working together to make things possible. The government is a democratic government that runs a country roughly the size of the North America, and currently it's in peace times, 5 years prior reaching an agreement with the neighboring country for a cease fire and shortly after a peace treaty. These two countries are the major super powers of the world, so having them working in peace is beneficial to the entire world.

One other thing, our characters are going to be acquaintances, meaning that we don't ahve to be friends, but we have to at least all know each other (just makes establishing things in the rp a little easier to have this pre-determined).

Finally, the characters don't know about the summons yet. I do have an idea of where to go with this, so it's essential that the characters finding out about their summon spirits happens at a later point (not much later, it's just not a prior knowledge thing lol).

If you're interested in being a CO-GM, please say so at the end of your CS so I know who wants to help me :)
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Very, very brief bio as I prefer revealing stuff IC, but it's a start. I was trying to think of the elemental properties of Ifrit as well while writing it. Also, if we're going with an urban setting I imagine it as some kind of authoritarian dystopian. Maybe that's overdone though.

Name: Serafina
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Appearance:
Summon Soul: Ifrit
Personality: As expected from somebody with a soul of fire, Serafina tends to be short-tempered. She also tends to be cocky and a bit of a show off. This is also manifested in her desires to excel at every single skill she tries; if she doesn't get it right the first time then she will not touch it again. Naturally, she also possesses quite a fighting spirit so when faced with the option of using brains or brawn, she almost always choses brawn. This isn't to say she isn't intelligent, however. In fact, she has a high intelligence level that allows her to exceed in magic and spellcasting, her main discipline.
Skills: Serafina is gifted in the arcane arts, particularly spells pertaining to the element of fire. She is yet to discover why this is, but she feels naturally attuned to it and learns to cast such spells with relative ease. However, ice spells she has extreme difficulty trying to cast and actually has an ingrained fear of them. They also run a risk of seriously harming her, being an element she's extremely susceptible to. To counter this, she does have a natural resistance to fire.
Gear: Being mostly a magic user, Serafina carries very little. Her main item of interest is a small extendable staff used to aid her in her spellcasting. Aside from this she also carries a small set of healing items.
Background: Serafina is what one could consider to be a problem child. Due to her fiery personality she had a hard time making friends and often got into trouble by her peers. She was the one who always wanted to show off and get ahead of others. Realizing that this was only causing trouble for the young Serafina, her parents decided to keep her at home. This was where she eventually began developing her interest in magic.

One day a fire of unknown origins ravaged through Serafina's neighbourhood. While most residents had managed to evacuate a few had been left behind. Realizing they were trapped, they thought they were going to die. However, subconsciously Serafina found herself drawn to this fire. Much to the dismay of her parents she began walking straight for it. Upon reaching it she walked inside, realizing for the first time it affected her very little. Using her newfound ability, Serafina managed to retrieve those who had been trapped.

Serafina became somewhat of a hero seemingly overnight and with her parents realizing what sort of abilities their daughter had, they initially vowed to keep her hidden, fearing the government would gain interest in it. However, this didn't stop the ambitious Serafina. Her interest in magic continued and despite being under their watch her did continue her studies. Not being able to cast ice elemental spells did bring about frustration, but this was quickly overcome by her skills elsewhere.
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What's the plot about and where will this take place?

P.S. Would someone like Yojimbo be allowed?
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FiroIV said
What's the plot about and where will this take place?P.S. Would someone like Yojimbo be allowed?


"While we don't have an established plot, there definitely needs to be some established background and setting elements. For the setting itself, I think that using a a city like the city in the beginning of Final Fantasy X would probably be the best place to establish this rp. So, imagine basically a slightly more futuristic NYC, with magic and science working together to make things possible. The government is a democratic government that runs a country roughly the size of the North America, and currently it's in peace times, 5 years prior reaching an agreement with the neighboring country for a cease fire and shortly after a peace treaty. These two countries are the major super powers of the world, so having them working in peace is beneficial to the entire world."

As this paragraph states, there isn't a specific story as of yet, just that something evil is most likely going to be after those with summon spirits, and it's up to our characters to do what they can to stop said evil, and it will be taking place in the major city of the nation described here. Besides this basic main plot, there will probably be side plots involving the straining tensions between said nations, and maybe even a whole war story arc going on. In other words, there is nothing set in stone, but a lot of possible stories to write within the RP. So, having a CO-GM would be nice to help me direct everything.

And depending on how you write your character, yojimbo may or may not work. See, a theme I was hoping for (which Jannah got) was that the characters would act in a way that would make them more like their summons. Alexander is often depicted as a fortress, so the closed/defensive personality goes to my character. Ifrit is a fire summon, so Jannah's character has a short temper/fiery personality. So basically, a character with Yojimbo as their spirit would probably need to be driven by money more than anything else
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Give me a little while to get my CS up, I've become abnormally busy and it's kind of difficult x___x
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Well I'm starting off with a bad first impression. Thank for that O initially thought that was part of the CS so i skimmed it. Sorry about that.

Anyway still interested. And I don't mind using Yojimbo. I can spin him that way. If not I can always find someone else.
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Well I'm starting off with a bad first impression. Thank for that O initially thought that was part of the CS so i skimmed it. Sorry about that.


My fault there, edited it up so that I've separated what's the CS and what isn't :)
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I'll work on a C.S. when I can.
And I hope if it's allowed I can help world building.

And by city you do mean Zanarkand right?
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I thought zanarkand was the country not the city? W/e you know what I mean lol.
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I thought zanarkand was the country not the city? W/e you know what I mean lol.


Zanarkand is the city...
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