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Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

I am going to the edit, do it Japanese. Since I studied Japanese in College, language and know bit about their culture and customs. I'm going to remain as authentic to Japanese customs as I can.

@AngelofOctober

I mean, I'd like a crash course on how honorifics are generally used to not fuck it up myself if we're doing that. I only have a very rough idea of what to use in which context.

Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

So I just posted the small intro to set the stage, but when you all do your opening posts, it will be during school time at lunch break. All of you already have your Mythic Rings and decks, with the innate ability on how to use them in battle, even if your character hasn't consciously acknowledged it, they have some sense of the Battlemage inside of their psyche.

@Dynamo Frokane

Wait, so we start off with the rings? How did we get them? Have the characters battled before? How long have the characters had them?

I thought we'd be getting them inside of the RP- not start off with them.

EDIT: Oh, also, how's the formalities going to play into this? Are we going to englishify Japan and call everyone by first name, or will be somewhat true to form and use mostly last names? And should we weeb the heck out and use honorifics?

Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

If you put it in a paragraph I'll add it to Saito's Bio.

@Dynamo Frokane

As someone who helped make the CS, I feel obliged to point this line from his bio out:

"Saito Saihara is infamous for being unlucky even from a young age. His bad luck is legendary as his luck goes from losing his most important possessions, to even something as simple as tripping into the pool when he can’t swim."

Also, in case anyone's curious, I got this link sent to me via VM from Frokane on how combat will roughly look.

Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

@Dynamo Frokane

Got some questions.

First, can you give me a more clear picture of how battles will happen? The rules we have now are really vague and don't really explain how the game is played, or even how we know what cards are currently available (if not everything at once).

Second, because of the 14-18 range I don't think everyone would be in the same year. Characters like Kyogi and Akira would be upperclassmen to Saito and Yamada, yeah?

Third, once taken the profile of your battlemage, does the player adapt some of their mannerisms or speaking patters?

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@Apollosarcher My point is, there's things you can chalk it up to without jumping to the conclusion the frame is alive. From a cynical perspective, like Devors, it'd make more sense.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

I don't think stress makes Ariin live inside a werk... Or explain why his electronic eye is no longer fully under his control and seems to spew whatever Paladin's view on things would be in rather creative fashion

@Apollosarcher

I can chalk it up to Split personality Disorder.

Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

On the other end, with me things fit together quite nicely considering I gambled on everything.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

Hey I was wondering about that bit about pilots hearing voices sometimes in their frame when their synchro is high. Is that an acknowledged thing? Or is it chalked up to stress or something?

@redbaron1234

I mean, that's the whole discussion right now. What is a frame? Are some of the stranger symptoms stress or real?

Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

Kyogi Genjitsu

Name
Kyogi Genjitsu

Age
17

Time in Shibuya
9 months

Nationality
Japanese

Personality
Kyogi is lying and manipulative, but puts up a kind front. He'll always answer anyone with a smile and speak in a very polite manner, but underneath he's always plotting on how to weave his web of deceit. The boy is incredibly selfish and very goal-driven, so he would stop at very little to get what he wants. That said, he's not an outright terrible person. He wouldn't hurt or step over someone just because he could, he'll only start backstabbing once there's something of great value in it for him. Kyogi's very composed and hard to get a good read on, but his eyes are always scanning for the body language of whoever he's talking to.

Hobbies & Interests
Reading, solving puzzles, debates, watching theater, cats.

Bio
Kyogi has always been someone that kept to himself. His father worked a tiring office job, causing him to almost never be home and his mother never paid much attention to the boy either. She was always too busy with something, be it chores or being glued to the phone. Even at school Kyogi didn't have any friends, though that's not to say he was bullied. It just seemed like everyone always ignored him, since he didn't do anything to stand out. When breaks rolled over, Kyogi didn't run around and play with the other kids. He always sat on the side, either reading or watching the others. Whenever the teachers tried to reach out to him, Kyogi didn't say much.

Naturally, this behavior raised some concerns with the school staff. They often called Kyogi's parents, causing the few times Kyogi saw his father to turn into lectures on how he should 'be more normal'. His mother didn't do anything about the situation either, so all Kyogi could do was take his father's words to heart. After every lecture, Kyogi would open up more and more to his classmates. The lectures got less harsh, less calls were being made and it looked like the kid was making some friends for the first time.

Only, Kyogi wasn't really making friends. He was just pretending to be friends with the other kids so his parents wouldn't yell at him. When he saw success, he tried to distance himself again, but nobody would leave him alone anymore. People always gathered around Kyogi, wanting to play and talk. It was annoying to him, so he started to ask for things to get rid of them for a short time. Small things, really. Sometimes it would just be asking for a prank to be pulled on someone, or daring them to do something. The surprising thing was that the kids actually listened to Kyogi every time he made a request, and this pattern of getting close and then asking other kids to do things continued until he was out of grade school.

Moving into middle school, Kyogi didn't hide in his shell anymore. He made sure to befriend some of the tougher kids, carefully tip-toeing around bullying. He asked favors to rig tests, make homework and always promised to do something for them in return later; not that he ever did. Kyogi's parents were proud of his grades and the boy breezed through the rest of his school life, all the way up until he moved into Shibuya halfway through his second year of highschool. His father got moved to a new office, so Kyogi couldn't stay in his hometown any longer. Not that he cared, the people there were starting to get wary of him anyway. The only thing he needed to adapt to while moving was the popularity of the card game 'Mythic Legends: Battle!', which was a smash hit in this town. He owns some cards and knows the basics of the game's rules, but only to blend in with the rest of the crowd.

Ring
Fossil gray

Deck
Hell on Earth.

Ranking
F

Catalyst: The Trading Card Game RP

While I did make my character with Hell on Earth in mind, It's my fault for being slow on the draw. If you claim it first I can not object, @heroicsociopath

EDIT: speaking of which, I am home in about 2:30. I will post the CS then.