Ammokkx

Character Sheets: Where do you stand?

Not sure how much I'll be adding to the conversation that hasn't been said already, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A CS, to me, is an integral part to RPing on forums- public Rps, anyway. A private invite-only thing is a free-for-all where the rules are made up and the points don't matter. However, when you're dealing with potential strangers, you need some way to test them and see if they're not pulling a fast one on you. I suppose you could do something janky like having 5 hour philosophical discussions in private with each potential applicant to gauge their worth, but most normal people would prefer something easier to fill in; some kind of test like you'd get in school.

'cause, really, that's what a CS is in the end. You get this sheet of paper with a few questions on it that you're free to write down anything in, and depending on how well the one judging your hand-in likes it, they give you either a passing or failing score, usually with red markers pointing to where you went wrong in the case you didn't pass the test.

How much detail has to go into this is pure personal preference and up to the GM of an individual RP. Personally, I wouldn't go much further beyond a Name/Age/Appearance/Personality/Background slam-dunk, with the addition of any magic, inventory and/or combat prowess depending on the kind of RP you're running. Any other detail comes across as excess to me, especially as I sincerely doubt the use of the name of your third cat, but I can see why others would want to go all Oliver Twist on us and ask if they can have some more. Of course most would then go "MOOOORE?!" back and promptly move on to a new check, but that's the kinda player the inquiring party was trying to avoid, innit?

so yeah, a CS is pree subjective as all hell. Either way, I think it's a great way to gauge both the skill and priorities of any given person. I've found that they work best as a description of the core concept, and most other stuff gets built on as the RP progresses- kind of like a voice actor sounding weird for the first three-ish episodes as they try to work out their definitive voice (and boy do VA's sound weird for the first few episodes compared to the last in whatever the hell I watch). Prolly doesn't help I half-ass any and every CS I can nowadays, as some of the ones where I put the most effort in also belong to RPs that never even got to the IC ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Oh, and a thing that also works for me is to PM your GM some details you don't want other players to know, just in case there's some mystery element you want to explore together with everyone. I tend to do this a lot.

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

Poor Hanako tbh. Constant bullying from everyone.

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

~~Nico~~

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"Mhm. Your number would be nice," Nico answered Hanako. She quickly exchanged contact info and turned back to the two girls. It was amusing to see the both of them confuse her shy friend for someone around their age, but Himeko's safety was top priority right now. The two of them didn't want to stay without someone older than them around, so Nico had to quickly set the record straight.

"Hanako-san actually goes to my school... she's the same age as me. Just stick with her while I go look for Himeko-san, okay? She shouldn't have gone too far, so I'll be back soon."

With that, Nico jogged down the stairway of the shrine and left the three others by themselves. Checking behind her confirmed nobody had followed, so now all she had to do was find a spot to transform. Luckily, this side of town wasn't very busy, so she was easily able to find a not-so-busy street. One of the apartment complexes there had an open garage, a spot with no windows and limited visibility from the outside. It was perfect for Nico. A bright flash of pink light burst from within it as Nico softly touched her chest.

A small gust formed around Nico, carrying sparkles with it as her pigtails sprung loose in the wind. While her hair fluttered freely, Nico's clothes glowed around her body and slowly morphed into something else. The school uniform's top turned into a sleeveless, teal jacket over a puffy cream-coloured shirt as its skirt turned into a pair of skin-tight pants. Her hair coiled back around itself while the hairbands that previously kept it together became a duo of pink-and-blue ribbons. They tied around her new duet of braids which neatly fell in front of Nico's face. A long, pink tail shot out from behind her and waved side-to-side. A pair of whiskers, two on each side, got drawn on Nico's cheeks right as she opened her eyes, showing a heterochromatic pair in the same colours as her new ribbons, but mirrored in placement.

"Transformation... complete!"

✫✫ Nico ✫✫

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Nico breathed out a sigh of relief as she finished her transformation, then looked down at her feet. Standing there was the same cat she fed some treats not too long ago, who must've stumbled into Nico doing her thing. The girl crouched down and scratched behind the animal's ears, smiling as is let out a meow in delight.

"Geez, stop finding me when I transform... you scared me half to death the first time you showed up out of the blue like this!"

The magical girl pat the cat on the head and dashed out of the garage, not wanting to stick around to get caught if one of the residents decided to pop their head out for a look-see. Little pink claws formed on the girl's hands as she ran on all four, in preparation for when she leaped up on one of the walls. Like a bolt of lightning Nico scaled it, about ninety percent sure she hadn't been seen by anyone. Her feline form made the girl pretty quick, so she positively blitzed across the rooftops towards the park she'd felt the shade's presence earlier. Oddly enough, despite her getting closer, Nico couldn't feel the shade's aura at all.

The reason why became obvious as soon as Nico arrived.

"...Oh, hi there!"

Nico cheerfully greeted the two other magical girls she saw at the park, having leapt down from one of the rooftops into a tree. Her tail was swaying side-to-side without a care in the world as Nico looked at the fading shadows from below.

"Guess I was a bit late, huh? Well, I kinda figured one magical girl was gonna show up n'd all, but two? Feels like I kinda came here for nothing, ahaha...!"

Nico's laugh was awkward, but not the least bit nervous as she scratched the back of her head. The girl was blissfully unaware of how powerful either of them were. She also didn't recognise Himeko, but there was this familiar aura coming off her... or maybe it was in response to the sheer pressure emanating off the purple-haired one.

"I'm, uh, not interrupting something, am I?" Nico asked with a tilt of her head.

Danganronpa Alternate: Apologies to Hope (Reboot) [Deader than Disco]

Momoe Mizuno

"Is that all?"

Momoe stepped out of the crowd after Monokuma's oh-so important message with a flick of her long, tangled locks. The smuggler stopped a short distance away from the stage, one hand on her hip as she lazily stared up at Monokuma. "Let me get this straight: you want us to murder each-other to get out of here, and the motive you give to make us want to do that, is to make it easy for us to get out, right?" she confirmed. Momoe looked back over her shoulder to the rest of the pack, paused, then turned her head back normally.

"Pff... aha... Ahaha!"

The girl burst into laughter, holding both her hands over her stomach to keep herself standing. "Oh, that's great, that's too great!" she mustered out between her fits. It took her a moment to regain her composure, but she did eventually stop to look back at Monokuma again, after wiping a tear from her eye. "C-come on, I've never heard something so pathetic... do you even know what you're doing? I can't believe I took you seriously for a moment!"

Momoe turned away from Monokuma, a bemused smile still on her face. She intended to walk away from the stage, but stopped herself when she saw Ayu staring at her from the crowd. Something must've been bothering the pipsqueak, she figured, considering the small one had already shown not to be afraid of the smuggler. Whatever though; Momoe was still far enough from the crowd that nobody else would've bother her. It didn't hurt to stick around a little longer.

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

🦀TREE IS DEAD🦀

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

~~Nico~~

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Considering the shrine had looked like a barren wasteland when Nico had seen it only a little while ago, it surprised her to see two really young girls hanging around near it. Nico didn't recognise them, nor was this the kind of place kids usually hung around. She slowed down her pace when nearing the two of them and let go of Hanako's hand, temporarily forgetting the other high-schooler was even there.

"Uhm..." Nico murmured as she thought of how to answer the duo's question of where the shrine maiden had gone. If she answered honestly, these two might go after Himeko, but that would mean potentially running into harm's way. If it wasn't for the shade, she might've helped the duo to look for the shrine maiden. Right now though, she couldn't risk putting more people in danger than she had to.

"Ah, well, Himeko-san went out for errands not too long ago. I think... I think if you wait on her here for a little while, she'll back. I could go looking for her. You don't mind, right, Hanako-san?" Nico asked while turning back to her white-haired junior. If she could squeeze away now while Hanako stayed with these two, she'd be able to keep everyone safe while dealing with the shade!

Viscious Virtue (Dark Magical Girls)

Tenative interest depending on how much I think I can juggle this with other stuff

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

~~Nico~~

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"Eh?! Me?"

Nico was taken aback from the sudden responsibility of guiding Hanako to the shrine being shoved onto her. What made matters worse is that it couldn't have come at a worse time. Nico felt what Himeko also had- a sudden throbbing in her chest signifying some sort of malicious aura in the area. It was stronger than the regular influx of negative emotions she could feel emanate off the people around her. They were piled up and forming together into a shadowy monster, lurking in the area. Nico thought they normally only showed up at night, but the feeling was unmistakable. To make matters worse, Himeko might run into trouble if she left now! There were plenty of magical girls in the area that could protect the shrine maiden if worse came to worst, of course, but the girl didn't want to endanger her new friend. Being left with Hanako made things so much more troubling, however...

"Ah... okay. Let's go then, Hanako-san."

If Nico hurried to the shrine and then went back, she might still make it in time. With that thought in mind she grabbed Hanako's hand and tugged her along, back from where Nico and Himeko had departed. The shrine wasn't too far, so if they hurried...!

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

@Ammokkx@Raineh Daze: When you get back to the shrine, you won't be alone. :D

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Sorry, sorry, stuff's been a little hectic for me. Prolly should've mentioned that sooner; looking to get a post up by the weekend.

EDIT: again, apologies this took so long.

Danganronpa Alternate: Apologies to Hope (Reboot) [Deader than Disco]

A scruffy figure trailed along the circular pathway of the killing game’s camping grounds, smoke trailing behind them from a lit cigarette in their hands. Momoe spent the day investigating the surroundings again, going alone as she wanted nothing to do with her ‘classmates’ after the disastrous morning gathering. The smuggler had only one location left to scout out. She hadn’t yet been to the docks and its boathouse.

By the time Momoe reached it her cigarette was but a smoldering stump, one which she swiftly flicked into the dirt and left to fizzle out by itself. The girl wasn’t in the mood to bring out another one either; something else had already caught her attention. Standing on one of the piers was a certain Hamazura Ginshi. He was looking out at the still body of water. Momoe observed him as he grabbed something out of the palm of one hand and tossed it onto the surface of the water. The smuggler heard several small splashes, the distance she stood from Ginshi not factoring in due to the lack of any other sound in the area. As she raised the eyebrow of her closed eye, Momoe called out to the judo practitioner.

“What the hell are you doing?”

Even as the string of words entered his ears, that didn’t stop Ginshi from tossing a pebble that bounced gracefully along the water’s surface. Five times it bounced before finally splashing and sinking into the bottom. “Just doing a bit of rock skipping,” He turned to look at Momoe while playing with another pebble between his fingers. He didn’t mind her sudden assertion at all. In fact, the smile he gave was a welcoming one.

“While it’s a way to pass time, it’s also a way to see your own state of heart,” accompanying his words with action, Ginshi turned his forearm backwards before immediately hurling it forward. The pebble in his grasp being let loose to once again scratch at the liquid surface. “Being able to skip rocks has a certain amount of focus to it. There’s precision, strength, speed, delicacy,..all need to be in balance. Well I can talk like it’s something special, but it’s pretty common to see kids do it,” while he was speaking, the pebble continued it’s motion, before striking the water and bouncing off in an arc motion. That sort of movement repeated. Like a dolphin dancing in and out of an ocean. This went on for six cycles before it’s momentum dipped, falling quietly into the body.

Ginshi at that time, looked at his work and spoke as the ripples began to fade, “As so, a reflection of one’s own heart can be seen. Not to brag, but it was pretty graceful. It’s an indication that my heart is perfectly steady, as developed by my years of mental and physical training.” Although he tried not to brag, there was a certain small hint of confidence to his words. But that’s to be expected of the Ultimate Judo Master.

Finishing off his explanation, Ginshi knelt down, grabbed a new pebble off the grass and tossed it to Momoe. “Want to give it a shot?"

She easily caught it in her right hand, eyebrow still raised in suspicion of the martial artist.

“What is this, some kind of joke?”

Despite the hostile tone, Momoe walked towards the lake. She made sure to keep Ginshi at arm’s length before pausing in front of the water, taking her eyes off him briefly to look at it, then the pebble in her hand. She tossed it a little into the air and caught it again, observing its smooth, nearly artificial surface. It did look like it would bounce.

“Ridiculous. So I just toss it?” she asked rhetorically. The girl was, after all, already leaning her arm back to ready her throw. The release that followed was unceremonious and crude, reflected in how the pebble only flew a short distance before it sank like the rock it was. A small splash was caused by the stone’s descent into the lake, but it was far removed from a bounce. Momoe cocked her head back towards Ginshi.

“What a shame, you made it look so easy too…”

Ginshi took in Momoe’s attempt without much reaction on his usual calm demeanor. “That just comes with practice. Anything can look easy with enough of it. Well, you’re an Ultimate yourself so I’m sure you already know that,” he took his eyes away from the lake and back at Momoe. Hand on his chin, he spoke “Even so, there was a bit of insight that can be gathered from those ripples. Momoe it seems like your heart isn’t at peace,” he stated bluntly as if diagnosing something. Then again, it isn’t much of a surprise considering her talent, but Ginshi decided to keep that thought to himself.

“You should think about training your mind. I have a few daily routines I can give,” he offered a helping hand. The boy figured it wouldn’t hurt having someone else also go the same path as him. Though more importantly, it would be a good way of severely crippling the chances of there being any killing going on.

"Wait, you’re serious about this ‘reflection of the heart’ crap? Don’t humor yourself,” Momoe growled back at the boy. She turned her body towards him, her eyebrows furrowed. “Why the hell would I want to train with you anyway? Sounds like a waste of time to me.”

An amusing smile formed on Ginshi’s face as he listened to her complaints. “The reason is simple. It’s to no longer be weak,” He held his hand out as if offering something. “It’s something just about everyone wants, no matter how much they may deny it,” wanting to get stronger may have seem like something incredibly simple-minded, but it was that simple-minded nature that led to the creation of martial arts to begin with. Thinking of that, Ginshi continued to speak “Though strength comes in many shapes and forms. And I believe in order for us to survive, all of us need to strengthen our hearts,”

It was sudden, but Ginshi’s feet had spread apart and his hands moved up at an even height, with one a few inches behind the other. Palms out, facing forward. It didn’t take an expert to know that this was a fighting stance. “What say we spar, Momoe? It may be unlike me to take the initiative, but I can’t miss a chance like this. There’s an easy way of being motivated to becoming strong, and that’s by knowing how weak you are.”

Momoe’s scowl turned to a grin as soon as Ginshi took his fighting pose. “Oh? So it’s a fight now? Fine by me,” she answered. The smuggler seemed nonchalant as she stepped forward, though Ginshi’s trained eye could tell Momoe was far from off-guard. He watched her rub the back of her head as she spoke up again.

“I don’t know too much about martial arts, though… doesn’t seem like a fair fight. You just gotta knock the other guy over, right?!”

Before her sentence had even finished, Momoe was already crouching down. She kicked her legs horizontally in an attempt to sweep Ginshi off his legs. Without much effort or hostility, Ginshi used his right foot to halt the sweep in place, then in less than a second, slid his foot under her heel, and lifted it above the ground, causing her to stumble. “That’s a good point, maybe I should just use one arm then,” taking heed to his own words, the orange-haired youth, put one arm behind his own back while using the other to grab at the shirt sleeve at the girl’s shoulder, attempting to pull her back to the dirt.

“Like hell!” she shouted while narrowly avoiding the grapple by leaning backwards. She grabbed onto Ginshi’s arm and threw it back to him so she could recover and get better footing again. Unfortunately it didn’t put her any closer to knocking the judo practitioner off his feet.

“Being able to escape that,..I can’t underestimate you huh?” For a mere moment, a small amount of intensity emitted from the Martial Artist. His next movement was fluid, not just like water, but also like a snake. He had bent very low to the grass as he slid right under her guard. With his long right arm, he wrapped his hand around to the base of her back to grab onto her coat. Then, still clinging onto her, he spun around in a full circle, lifting her off her feet with the momentum before finally letting go of his grip.

She didn’t just fall onto the dirt however, no..

‘I don’t like having to embarrass someone, but I'm hoping it’ll be enough of a shock to urge her to become stronger,..’ Ginshi allowed those thoughts to fill his mind as he watched Momoe crash into the lake. The splash being of considerable height before drizzling down and lightly spraying the boy. A few seconds passed before Momoe’s head and part of her upper torso appeared again, the water just shallow enough for her to find some footing and stand in.

“Feh! Couldn’t just toss me on the floor, could you? Would’ve been preferable to getting my coat all wet,” she complained, but a wry grin betrayed her true feelings.

“Sorry, sorry, you were so formidable I got a bit too serious there,” he responded with an apologetic smile, his arm was also stretched out for her to grab onto.

“Damn right I was,” she replied before taking his hand, pulling herself back up to the pier using both Ginshi’s help and by grabbing onto the ledge with her other hand. Once the girl was somewhat stable on her feet again she cracked her neck and brushed away the sticky hairs from the front of her face. “Guess they don’t call you the Ultimate judomaster for nothing.”

“But now you see right? By keeping your heart centered, you can do some pretty amazing things,” Ginshi said that with absolute confidence, though he happened to raise an eyebrow once he saw she was now drenched wet from the water. Feeling a tad bit guilty, the Ultimate Judo Master took off the upper portion of his Judo gi uniform and tossed it at Momoe so she could use it as a towel. He figured it would be fine considering how he had spares. She caught it without much issue before staring at Ginshi’s naked upper body with a raised eyebrow.

Finished with his lesson that no one asked for, Ginshi began to head back to his cabin, “Though, sometimes we need other people to help us keep our hearts at ease. That’s fine too. So know that I've got your back” He finished with a flash of a smile and a parting wave.

“I’ll keep it in mind,” Momoe replied with suspicion in her voice while watching him walk off. The smuggler then stared at the orange-coloured gi in her hands.

(Is this meant to be a towel, or did he just want to take his shirt off...? Well, whatever. Can’t say I blame him, with those looks.)

She ran the gi through her hair in an attempt to dry it off and found it worked decently enough, though it wasn’t going to replace a real towel any time soon. Nevertheless, it was still enough to satisfy Momoe until she got to the showers.

Momoe and Ginshi grew a little closer today!