Ammokkx

Summoners of Babel

Lionae looked uncomfortable as Okami tried to pet her, shaking her head in response to his hand touching her head. The small cub had less luck getting away from Lupa, who rubbed its own head against one of her furry legs. Lionae jumped a little distance backwards, still on all fours. Okami started to talk about how she was fun to play with, something which the small cub nodded in response to. She cocked her head sideways at the mention of music, but her ears visibly perked up when Okami mentioned a training course. The little girl nodded to Okami, crawling over to the edge of the stage to scout for her summoner.

Said summoner nodded in response to Kiara, who affirmed she was climbing the tower as well. The comment about perverts, though, made him raise an eyebrow. Rolle straightened his posture and crossed his arms, then gave a short "Ah, I zee." as his response. The brown haired beauty seemed like a no-nonsense type, but Rolle had hoped for someone a little less... uptight.

Rolle wanted to excuse himself from the scene, but he didn't get the chance before Roma decided to throw in her bout. The girl had been eyeing him as some sort of pest earlier, but he didn't mind that part. His stare was blank as he took in the young maiden's words, the implications clear as day. Not only that, but before long the purple-haired maiden chimed in as well. She had a lot more energy compared to her two companions, making it clear she was another of Kiara's spirits. Just as he thought she shifted the conversation back to a normal topic, the girl went on to sweet talk her summoner and feel up their body, matched by a look of discomfort upon said summoner's face.

And Rolle's face distorted soon after. His lips curved up into a grin, his eyes started to close and his nose became wider as it inhaled a good lungful of ear. "GAHAHAHA! GHOUHAHA!" The man had burst out in boisterous laughter, bashing his fist against his chest repeatedly. It took a solid minute for Rolle to calm down, but that grin did not fade from his face.

"Gahaha! Little lazz, I like the boldnezz of your two companionz! It iz good to have zome character, and theze two are full of character! It feelz az if thiz old man iz ten yearz younger again!" The man would have given the young girl a pat on her back, had Artemis not coiled herself neatly around Kiara.

"I'll be looking forward to travelling with you three! Zay, why are- Oof!" Rolle started his sentence, but got interrupted by a tackle from his very own little spirit and landed on the ground, left side first. Lionae worked quickly in pushing herself off of Rolle and pulling on him to get up, trying to drag the man away from the trio of young beauties.

"Calm, little cub, calm! What iz the matter?" Rolle got up voluntarily, though Lionae refused to let go. She kept tugging at his arm, only briefly stopping to point towards the portal. The old man sighed, but still threw a hearty grin in the direction of the three he wa just chatting with.

"It zeemz my own companion wizhez me to leave, no? I apologize to cut it zo zhort, but there will be of plenty time to catch up, yez? Well, that iz if you don't mind me zticking around! Gaha- Oof!" Rolle was interrupted by Lionae again, who gave him a good punch in the gut. The man shook his head and decided to let himself get dragged, since he did not feel like suffering any more physical abuse that day. Before he left, however, he gave Kiara a brief kiss on the hand to show respect.

"A cuztom and zign of rezpect from where I come from! I hope thiz doez not anger your little loverz, becauze it'd be bezt for me to remain in their good grazez!"

With that final line, Rolle disappeared through the portal, to be dragged to wherever Lionae felt like it. The little cub seemed to forget that she was supposed to go together with Okami, but it seemed like she had other things on her mind at the time. The duo met up with Okami sometime later anyway, to be guided to the tavern.

Summoners of Babel

Hm. I've got a bit of time left, so I'll try working on a post right now. I probably won't get it done until tomorrow, but I'll try to do it today.

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

and you are all not certain they are not all just anime cards?

@Satoshi Kyou

Yes.

EDIT: Heck, I'd much rather have the reverse be true. Not having them show up in the anime would at least soften the blow.

Summoners of Babel

@Ammokkx

You'll be waiting to at least Wednesday then.

@TheWindel

I'm well aware of that.

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

Well, they already used up all the summoning methods, so how are they gonna get a "boss monster" out of all of them now?

@Scarifar

Zarc's a fusion monster, evidenced by Chronograph and Astrograph magician. Not all that surprising, considering they fused together and all.

The issue I have, however, is that these four magicians make it too easy to get Zarc out. Banishing from grave was iffy enough as is (you don't need to get all four on the field, basically) but making these four effect monsters basically gimps any real power this card could've had.

Summoners of Babel

I'm going to wait on @KoL to get a chance to post, because I want to have Artemis' reaction before having Lionae pull Rolle away from the scene.

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

You want to see an absolute travesty in terms of card story telling?

These four Zarc Magicians.

Instead of making an incredibly hard to get out boss monster using all four Dimensional Dragons, Konami took the easy way out and gimped any ludicrous effect Zarc could have had by making the dragons into four main deck monsters. Heck, in the anime, we see him fusing using the dragon cards themselves. How does this make any sense, aside from being absolutely lazily designed?

Professor Oak Asks: Boy or Girl?

Okay, this interests me.

First off, what does it mean to me? I'll preface this with that I only play characters that either identify as female or male, though gender doesn't need to relate to sex in that regard. To me, when I pick a sex I pick a certain amount of expectations with that character... y'know, stereotypes. Whether I adhere to those or not happens later down the line, but they're always in the back of my mind. It's not something I think about too hard, however, as it mostly aligns with whatever whims I feel like playing. In a sense, sex is something I more often than not decide on before anything else of the character.

At the core, every human is different. There's differences between everyone and there's always an exception to every rule. In terms of creative writing this means there are no real differences between male and female besides genitalia, even if it's not always explored. Despite me saying that, I still think there's notable differences in males and females, mostly down to how they think. Now, I'm no mind reader nor am I a psychologist so I can't exactly tell you what goes on in someone else's mind, but I'm sure we've all had experiences where we just don't get something about the opposite sex. I play with this sometimes, though not always. I'll never 'think' the same with my male and female characters, even if they're of the same age.

Speaking of my males and females... I'll admit, I have a subconscious bias for playing females over males. I think this comes down to me being a male in real life, which makes me automatically relate more to another male. I'm the kind of writer that likes to feel as detached from their characters' personality as possible to delve deep in how another person might act, even if that goal is more far fetched than a Farfetch'd. That's why I'll always have a bias to those females, I want to craft a human being that's different from me down to the most major of body changes.

And when we get around to the balance... eh, this one's simple. It's down to the roleplay. Some settings are more interesting with a varied cast, others do well with one sex. Something like Magical girl wouldn't throw a guy in there, likewise, if there's a guy-heavy setting you wouldn't toss a girl in there. Then there's things like... say, a locked room mystery. A certain number of people are trapped and need to get out. I think these do well with a somewhat equal balance, simply because it opens up for more drama in my opinion.

And the final question, are certain roles better suited to one sex? My answer: Yes. Of course there's an exception to every rule, but knights in the medieval times would more often than not be male over female for example. Or, if we take a fandom example, Pegasus Knights in Fire Emblem are always female. An assassin that's meant to seduce powerful warriors could be a male, but the easier option is a female. Things like these favor one sex over another. Could the other sex fill that role? Yes, but not as effectively in-universe. If we're talking on how interesting subversions of these kinds are, well, we're having a different discussion.

Well, that's that I suppose. There's me being overly analytical of something that gets decided in like, five seconds and I never look back on it.

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

It's a play on the word Zefras. Some people pronounce them 'Zeb'Rahs instead of Ze-f-ra

@vancexentan

Ah. And here I thought it was going to be some weird BA/Zefra hybrid deck.

...Would that even work?

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

@1Charak2Holy shit. I'd never thought I'd see the day. But in all honesty I'm more hype for the new zefra card. Been trying "zebras" lately and they're pretty solid if they don't brick like a mofo. Dudes crack out horus, and nirvana high paladin so easily. Ultimiya is also great.

@vancexentan

Zebras?