Ammokkx

Persistent Characters vs "One-and-Done" Characters

@Ammokkx Don't you fucking start nit-picking over terminology with me. I made it clear what I meant.

I don't really have much more to add without repeating myself. I have no desire to change your mind. Doing so would only ruin what you currently enjoy and that isn't how this one does things. We're just going to have to disagree.

@One Who Tames

I mean, you're in a discussion thread lol. If I didn't want to argue about it, I wouldn't have replied in the first place.

Even then, my first sentence includes "to me," which is my attempt at setting an expectation for it being a subjective distinction. I still think words like that have merit, because it carries a certain implication. What's there to "legacy" if there's no "legacy" to speak of, right?

In particular, you never explain why one and done is "shallow and lazy." To me, it's the exact opposite from this, as you're putting effort into building something new from the ground-up each time you undertake a creative endeavor.

I also don't see how you can be better developed if your development doesn't carry over- and I'd dare even call this a detriment as it would imply a certain unwillingness to change them. Development is good, both in the negative and positive sense. A character should, ideally, change throughout the story- at least in a leading role, which is what each character barring NPC's in an RP are. It's good to have fairly one-dimensional ones in supporting roles since they don't get nearly as much spotlight, so having someone to learn from is ideal. But if your focus is on a singular entity, they should ideally be molded over the course of it to keep it fresh and interesting, and also make the story have weight and a point.

I also don't see how one character over-and-over has inherently more love put into it than a one-shot. Especially not in the case of Tamatsu, which I will never shut up about because she's a stroke of genius I'll never be able to replicate and that makes me upset :c. As a person, I grow from trying new things, so I'd like the perspective from someone who sees merit in repeatedly doing the same thing and growing from that.

Persistent Characters vs "One-and-Done" Characters

I’ll not pretend to understand mentality of people who describe legacy characters as somehow flawed or those who play them as inferior. To me, all that means is admitting an inability to adapt one’s own world view as well as the arrogance to declare anybody who disagrees with you as simply “wrong”. I could go so far as to describe the practice of discarding one’s characters after only one use as shallow and lazy, but that would only be me being spiteful.

Legacy characters gain the benefit of being established and better developed than ones made up on-the-spot. More love and heart can go into a creation that persists than a simple one-off who will be forgotten in a year but I digress.

The simple fact is that both one-offs and legacy characters have merit. Any GM can tell you all about that. Arbitrarily condemning one or the other is a sign of weakness on the part of he accuser. However, preferring one or the other is simple opinion. I enjoy a mix of the two as a GM and, in fact, find the “disposable” one-shots essential for the random NPCs that don’t really matter. A few, even, have gone on to become fleshed out and beloved additions to the party.

@One Who Tames

But there is a difference between a legacy character and a re-used one to me.

'Legacy' implies just that- the character has a history. This would imply that, if I played a mecha pilot in one RP and this RP got to its conclusion- I would then bring this character into another mecha RP with all of the experiences of that previous one. It intrinsically links one to the other.

I simply don't agree with resetting a character to 0 and invalidating their past experience, unless they never had any experience to begin with. In the latter case they're a concept, not a character. Playing the same thing over and over is boring and pointless to me- the least you could do is give them a facelift.

It's like playing an already established character to me- why would you bother? Make something new, something fresh. Continue to experiment by writing something new. I recognize people will still re-use characters and I'm in no position to tell them they're wrong for it or should stop, but I don't see the merit in it on a personal level, not anymore. I've had only one 'persistent' set of characters from way back in my Tumblr days, and each of them never got reset. They carried every experience and (tried) to grow or change as a person from them.

The only time I'll do a reset to 0 is a literal reset to 0- with which I mean a reboot of the same idea. No reason not to give it another shot at that point, as the explicit purpose is to try the same thing again but different at that point.

I realise I completely shoot myself in the foot sometimes with this- I'll never be able to pull of Cyll, Yasu, Tamatsu and Kyogi again. But the thing is that those were tailor-made to the story that was trying to be told there and I couldn't just import them to another RP, because I might as well play a new character with how I would have to change them. That seems more interesting to me than forcing this square-shaped brick into a triangle-shaped hole. Sure, I could cut off an edge or plaster some stuff on it to make it fit the shape, but it's not really the same object by the end of it. Better off just grabbing a pyramid.

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

@Ammokkx: Sorry about that. Trying to figure out a good way to close out the day in-RP, since people all seem to be running on different times right now. ^^;

@VitaVitaAR

Well, my problem atm is the fact that I don't really want Nico to be stuck interacting with Himeko forever, but if I don't do that, I don't really know where to go from here.

What do you look for when searching for an RP?

This is usually how I decide on which RP to join, generally speaking.

:thunkung:

Sometimes I wonder if I'm notoriously picky, fickle or just a normal guy. I join the most random thing with no rhyme or reason to it; generally it's just whatever seems halfway decent at the time. It's a lot easier for me to say what turns me off from an RP than it is to say what turns me on. _{^{I mean, a lot of things turn me on, but this isn't about that.}}

I'm generally turned off from any GIF usage or real-life faceclaiming. I don't jive with that crowd for a whole list of reasons. An interest check can be as detailed or as barebones as it wants, usually I'll be clamoring more for the idea than the amount of words written in it. Well, I do have some kind of set 'minimum,' but that minimum is very relative and more related to the quality of what's been written rather than the quantity.

Friends get a pass from me 24 times out of 25, unless I just don't care for the concept (Kuro's prone to this trap for me. Cool guy, but never makes something I feel 100% about committing to.) In that same vein, if I see some unreliable GM like a certain Diffusion Fork or Knockout Player I know, I'm less inclined to give them another shot. This goes for players too, if I see some Salvation Soul around anything I'd like to join, I don't think I'm going to be doing so. I'm not masochistic enough to tolerate people that are going to be damn-near guaranteed to get on my nerves.

I also join every YGO RP in existence no matter how trash it is/I can see it being, but I'm starting to regret that lifestyle after joining something where almost every character was a mary sue of some description with absolutely no knowledge on the basic rules of the setting.

Now if only my favorite RPs didn't die out left and right I wouldn't have to join new ones as often as I do :'D

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

Not entirely sure what to do now, ngl.

Revelation Heart : A Yu-Gi-Oh Roleplay

▂▃▅▆▇█ Miku █▇▆▅▃▂

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The brilliantly red-headed blue-clad teacher would move her gaze slowly down and then up at the person that had stepped into her turf. “Another one.” She would begin before looking eyes with them. “Well you certainly at least appear to have the fire that a duelist needs. Either that or your really overcompensating for it. So why don’t you show me how strong your bite actually is.” She said as she flexed her hands a bit to ease up the tension in her muscles from drawing cards before activating her duel disk for another round. It seemed that her duel disk was of the older solid model kind.

Miku didn’t respond to her would-be teacher, at least not with words. She pulled up her arm. The rectangular device on it clapped out both sides. It projected a black blade with a dark, purple haze around it. "I won’t lose," she stated. "I’ll prove that right now."

“You, and every other person I’ve seen today has walked up to me with that exact same line.” The Teacher said as she rolled her eyes. “Many end up crumpling in their conviction. Will that be you?” She said as the automatic deck shuffling function of her duel disk whirred before stopping, as did Miku’s. “Now the rule of thumb for these entry duels is that the Students get to declare to go first or second. So what will it be girl?”

"Isn’t it obvious?" Miku retorted. "There’s no point if I’m not going all out. I’m taking the first turn!"

“Then, Girl. There is only one thing left to say.” The Woman said with a bit of hair flourish.

“Duel!”

Miku Vs. Mikia

Turn 1: Miku
Miku: 4000 LP, 5 cards
Mikia: 4000 LP, 5 cards

Miku drew her cards and fanned them out in her hand, scanning each of them over. No fusion cards, but that was fine. This hand worked for her.

”Let’s go! I’m summoning my Gem-Armadillo!”

A portal opened up on the floor in front of the girl. Out of it spun a small orangish-brown shelled creature, before unfurling from its ball and staring up at the woman on the other side of the field. Not only were its shell and underbelly adorned with orange gemstones, its beady eyes glowed with the same colour.

Gem-Armadillo: 1700 ATK Level 4 EARTH Rock

”Gem-Armadillo’s effect! When it’s summoned, I add Gem-Knight Garnet from my deck to the hand!” Miku explained. Her monster curled up back into its ball, a light shining through the cracks in its shell, before unfurling again with a new gemstone in its hand. The gemstone glowed for a moment before becoming a ray of light that shot into Miku’s deck, making her device shoot out the card she declared. She put it into her hand as her auto-shuffler did its job.

”Next up, I’m activating Soul of Fire!”

Miku slid her card into the disk. As soon as she did, a flaming circle surrounded her opponent. ”With this, you draw one card. So draw it!” the girl shouted, pointing over towards Mikia.

Mikia would nod carefully, her eyes studying the cards on the board as she looked down at her hand, carefully held in manner that would benefit a woman of class, as she drew her card and added it to her hand. The moment that happened, however, the flames surrounding Mikia grew more intense and fierce, shooting up while still circling the woman.

”Now you take Soul of Fire’s curse. When you’ve drawn your card, I select one of my Pyro-type monsters from my deck and remove it from play. Once I do, you take half its attack points as damage, and the monster I’ll remove is...” Miku paused, taking the card that shot out of her deck and revealing it to the teacher. ”...my 1800 attack Gem-Knight Sardonyx! With Soul of Fire, that means your life goes down by 900 points!”

The flames encircling Mikia finally engulfed the woman, burning the lifepoints away from her.

“Ah, a simple move of attrition I see. Give and take, like all things in life.” Mikia would smile with that same fiery look in her eye as her life points were reduced by 900. “But, I am most sure you know. The game isn’t over until my Life points hit zero, and that draw was just what I needed to rise to your challenge.”

Mikia: 4000 LP -> 3100 LP 6 Cards in hand

The cream-haired challenger stood resolute in response to the taunting. ”Then bring it. With this, I end my turn.”

Turn 2: Mikia
Miku: 4000 LP, 4 cards, ‘Gem-Armadillo’
Mikia: 3100 LP, 7 cards

“My turn then. Draw” She said as she drew from the top of deck and studied the cards on hand. “No facedowns huh? Bit rough over there for you isn’t it.” She said eying her opponent. “Well no matter. I summon Chronomaly Nebra Disk.” She said as placed the card down on her duel disk. A gentle thrum from the battlefield in front of her as the flat relic rose to her side of the field, it then shone with a strange light.

“The Effect of Nebra Disk, activate! With this effect I can add any Chronomaly card from my deck to my hand, Of course I will add the continuous spell card. ‘Chronomaly Pyramid Eye Tablet’!” From within the strange light the card became manifest and turned around revealing the spell card she had chosen before fading. Her auto-shuffler whirring immediately after.

“And I will of course proceed to immediately activate it.” She said placing it down. Almost immediately there was the noise of rock moving against rock as the tablet, much larger than that of her Nebran Disk appeared on her side of the field. “The effect of the Tablet increases the attack points of all my Chronomaly monsters by 800”

‘Chronomaly Nebra Disk’ 1800 ATK -> 2600 ATK

Miku’s face tightened. ”2600 ATK...” she muttered, eyes fixated on the Nebra Disk.

“Hey, Eyes up here yes?” The Teacher said her duel disk hand on her hip. “Well I suppose we’ll move to the battle phase then if you want to see it in action so badly. Nebra Disk! Attack her Gem-Armadillo with Solar Glow!” She said pointing a finger to the Orange-tinged mammal. The Disk charged up with energy from the sun and moon, as it fired a beam of light directly at Miku’s monster. Gem-Armadillo tried to roll up and shield itself, but the beam was too strong and had it shatter regardless. Miku held up her arms to shield her eyes from the gust created by the shockwave.

Miku: 4000 > 3100

Miku lowered her arms and remained stoïc. ”A chronomaly deck… with one blow, my life’s already equal to yours.”

“Interesting right?” She said without a change in expression. “I hope though that your next turn is just as interesting as ancient history.” She then set 2 cards. “I’ll just set these two and end my turn like that.”

Turn 3: Miku
Miku: 3100 LP, 5 cards
Mikia: 3100 LP, 4 cards, ‘Chronomaly Nebra Disk’, ‘Chronomaly Pyramid Eye Tablet,’ 2 S/T

”Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Miku yelled. She gave the card only a cursory glance before activating it. ”I activate my Gem-Knight Fusion! By sending two Gem-Knights in my hand to the graveyard, I fusion summon!”

The girl picked up two cards from her hand and showed them to Mikia. One was a pitch-black Gem-Knight, while the other was the Garnet she added to her hand last turn. The two were slotted into her graveyard, which made them raise from the ground behind Miku. An arcane swirl opened up, making the both of them glow and mix into one form inside of it.

”Beautiful Garnet shimmering in the light, combine with the Obsidian as black as night. In this radiance, awaken a fierce new power! Gem-Knight Ruby!”

Emerging as only a shadow at first, the shimmering figure inside of the vortex soon got form. It spun both itself and the axe in its hand around, once and several times respectively, as the warrior’s cape fluttered back behind them. It stabbed the butt-end of the axe into the floor and let out a muffled cry of war.

Gem-Knight Ruby: 2500 ATK Level 6 EARTH Pyro Fusion

“Ah, and so the gemstones have finally learnt how to shine have they?” The Teacher said as she swished back her hair with her hand. “Alright then Kiddo, lets see how bright you shine.”

Miku closed her eyes. ”Gemstones shine because there’s light to illuminate them. Most of them are still hidden in the ground, beautiful and pure. The power of my Gem-Knights doesn’t come from the light.” the girl explained as her voice trailed off. She then shot her eyes open and declared ”They come from each-other! Gem-Knight Obsidian’s effect activates!”

Behind Ruby a black vortex inscribed with runes on the side opened. Flames shot out of that vortex before molding themselves around an orange gemstone. ”When it’s been sent from my hand to the graveyard, I’m allowed to call back one of my Gem-Knights! Return, Garnet!” Miku shouted in explanation. The raging fire gave way to a solid form, that of the previously fused monster.

Gem-Knight Garnet: 1900 ATK Level 4 EARTH Pyro

”Gem-Knight Ruby’s effect! By tributing one of my gems, I can increase its ATK equal to that monster’s! Gem integration!”

Garnet jumped up into the air as Ruby raised his hands. The armor around Garnet’s gemstone became nothing more than a shell which crumbled away, leaving the stone itself to glow and exude power. That power was gathered inside of Ruby’s hand, who glowed the same brilliant orange as Garnet.

Gem-Knight Garnet: 2500 > 4400 ATK

Miku threw her hand out in front of her. ”Here we go! Battle Phase! Gem-Knight Ruby attacks Nebra Disk!” she declared. Ruby grabbed the axe he’d stabbed into the ground, gripping onto it with both hands as he lunged forwards.

“Ah, so it is an attack like that huh?” The Teacher said getting into this a bit more as she flipped over one of her face downs. “But not so fast, I’ll activate my trap card. ‘Butterflyoke’” She said as she revealed the card, depicting a person drowning as butterflies flew around them. “A tragedy to be sure. But not as tragic as what it does. Now Ruby, Enter defense mode.” She said as she pointed at the attack monster that was forced into a kneeling stance. “And that's not all. Butterflyoke equips itself to your monster. Allowing me to have some fun with it later~” She said now with a smirk as the yellow butterflies flew around the monsters body.

Gem-Knight Ruby: 4400 ATK > 1300 DEF

“How does that feel? To have your attack negated so easily.” She said with an eyebrow raised.

”...”

Miku didn’t respond. She glared at the teacher, then looked at the glowing trap on the field and finally glanced down at her remaining hand. ”...I’m fine. I can still fight,” she mumbled to her cards, picking up the two remaining ones and slamming them down.

”I set two cards and end my turn! At this moment, Ruby’s ATK returns to normal.”

Turn 4: Mikia
Miku: 3100 LP, 0 cards, ‘Gem-Knight Ruby,’ 2 S/T
Mikia: 3100 LP, 5 cards, ‘Chronomaly Nebra Disk’, ‘Chronomaly Pyramid Eye Tablet,’ ‘Butteflyoke’ 1 S/T

“My turn then, Draw.” She said as she looked at Gem-Knight Ruby. “I activate the effect of Butterflyoke, I change Gem-Knight Ruby back to attack position.” She said as the Knight was forced to stand up once more.

Gem-Knight Ruby: 1300 DEF > 2500 ATK

”Are you planning on another attack with Nebra Disk?” the young girl asked in response.

“Not quite, Not quite. But you’d like that wouldn't you.” The teacher said as she placed down another continuous spell. “I activate my continuous spell card ‘Attack the Moon’ with it whenever I change the battle position of one of my Rock monsters I get to destroy one of your spell or trap cards! And of course I will be changing Nebra disk to defense position.” She emphasised with a hair flick.

Nebra Disk 2600 ATK -> 1500 DEF

The Disk turned blue and dull, as her continuous spell card glowed, and destroyed one of Miku’s face down cards. The trap was raised and instantly shattered, with Miku shielding herself from the particles. ”My Half Counter…!” she lamented, grimacing at the loss.

“Now, allow me to show you something.” The Teacher said as gently moved a card between her fingers. “Because I control a Chronomaly monster, I can activate the effect of this card in my hand.” She said as she revealed it. “Chronomaly crystal skull. By discarding this card I can add one Chronomaly monster from my deck to my hand and with it I’ll add Chronomaly Winged Sphinx” She said as she discarded the skull. The animation of a skulls head being smashed as she searched the Winged Sphinx would be played. Her auto shuffler whirred.

“Now then, lets get down to business. I summon Chronomaly Cabrera Trebuchet in Attack position” She said as the multi-limbed mechanic monstrousicity appeared on her side of the field. “And with it I’ll construct the overlay network!” And with that a swirl of cosmic proportions appeared on her side of the field

Chronomaly Cabrera Trebuchet 0 ATK -> 800 ATK

“Go, my level 4 Nebra disk, and my level 4 Cabrera Trebuchet” They both disappeared in a gold and brown light that plunged into the cosmic swirl. “Bring forth something much greater then yourselves! I Xyz Summon, NUMBER 36, CHRONOMALY CHATEAU HUYUK!” She yelled as a orb began to rotate, and from its core, a large floating structure appeared. But that wasn’t all. Soon blue light began to surround and encompass the structure as if akin to a force field.

Chronomaly Chateau Huyuk 2800 ATK, 2 Materials

“But thats not all. By detaching one material from my Chateau Huyuk. I can reduce the ATK points of your Gem-Knight monster to zero!” She said as one of the orbs was consumed by the central orb of her Xyz monster with began to flare up with blue energy. Before binding Ruby in that same blue energy.

Chronomaly Chateau Huyuk 2800 ATK, 2 -> 1 Materials
Gem-Knight Ruby 2500 ATK -> 0 ATK

”Ruby!” the girl yelled at her monster. She looked back to Mikia with a pained expression. ”No way…!” Miku said, one eye closed as if to brace for what to come. ”So this is Xyz summoning...” she mumbled to herself, equal parts impressed and terrified of this power.

“Go. Battle phase. Huyuk attack her Ruby with Ancient Laser” The Xyz monster whirred in response as it began to charge up its attack. Before firing it directly at the Gem-Knight that was so helplessly bound. ”Nnnh…! Gha!” Miku groaned as she couldn’t keep her balance, being sent flying onto her back from the huge shockwave created from the attack.

Miku: 3100 > 300 LP

“Come on, Get up. The Duels not over.” The Woman said strictly, almost demanding that her opponent stand and keep fighting. Miku pulled herself up from the floor, lightly bruised from the knocks, but nothing too major. The girl took a little to regain her balance, but when she looked back at Mikia, there was still that same fiery look in her eyes as Miku held since the start of the duel. ”I don’t… need you to tell me that! I’m going to win this!”

“Now that's the fire I’ve been looking for all day. Show me what makes you blaze girl. Show me the fire that fans your flames of victory.” The woman said with a for once. Genuine smile of proudness having been only smirking all duel this was a change. “I end my turn. Impress me ok?”

Miku smirked. ”Yeah… because I was waiting for this! Trap activate: Balance of Judgement!” she yelled. The trap sprung open and glowed brightly, depicting a god holding a scale out in front of him.

”I should be glad you destroyed my Half Counter… because with this card, I draw cards equal to the difference on our fields! I control only one card, and you four! That means I draw three cards from my deck!” Miku shouted, putting her hand on top of the deck holder in her disk.
(This is it. If I don’t draw the right cards here, I lose. Yumi… I’m going to win, enter this school and become a student, just like you told me to!)
”Here I go! Draw!”

Turn 5: Miku
Miku: 300 LP, 4 cards
Mikia: 3100 LP, 3 cards, ‘Chronomaly Chateau Huyuk,’ ‘Chronomaly Pyramid Eye Tablet,’ ‘Attack the Moon,’ 1 S/T

Miku looked at the four cards she now held. Yeah, with this… with this she could definitely turn this around!

”I activate the effect of the Gem-Knight Fusion in my graveyard!” Miku shouted, both it and Ruby shooting out of the disk. ”With this, by banishing the Gem-Knight Ruby in my graveyard, I return it to my hand! And then I’ll activate it,” she continued, placing it right back to pick up two cards from her hand. ”I fuse my Gem-Knight Topaz and my Gem-Knight Lapis!”

Topaz and Lapis rose like Obsidian and Garnet before them, one a lean suit of armor while the other was a petite girl. ”Noble gemstone which soothes the spirit, combine with the playful soul of the immature form! In this radiance, awaken a bright new power! Gem-Knight Prismaura!”

Out of the vortex appeared a proper knight, shield at the side and rapier pointing forwards as if to issue a challenge. All the gems adorning its armor shined brightly, even in the lighting of this arena.

Gem-Knight Prismaura: 2450 ATK Level 7 EARTH Thunder Fusion

”Let’s go! I banish my Lapis to add Gem-Knight Fusion to my hand, and discard it immediately to activate Prismaura’s effect. With it, I can destroy one card on your field. Naturally, I choose Huyuk!” Miku declared, pointing at the monster. Prismaura mimicked her with its rapier, charging up some kind of energy at its tip. ”Gem Purity!”

“Not so fast!” The teacher said as the monster absorbed its remaining material to produce its net. “I use the effect of Huyuk to target your Prismaura! Reducing its attack points to Zero!” She said while it was charging. Prismaura and Huyuk both shot out their respective beams, one destroying while the other binded.

Gem-Knight Prismaura: 2450 > 0 ATK

“Now, I need to activate my trap card. Stonehenge methods!” She said as the card flipped up on her board. “When one of my Chronomaly monsters is destroyed I can special summon a level 4 chronomaly from my deck. I summon Chronomaly Golden Jet In Defense position!” She said as the golden rocket-shaped monster floated down onto her board before turning a dull blue.

”Not yet… I’m not done just yet! Quickplay Spell; Dimension Explosion!” Miku showed her card to the teacher, a gust of wind whirling behind the girl. ”I return one Fusion monster to my Extra Deck and both players can summon up to two of their banished monsters! Come back to me, Ruby! Lapis!” The Teacher smiled as she knew what was coming.

Prismaura dissipated inside of a soft yellow light, out of which sprang both the powerful Ruby as well as the childlike Lazuli.

”Gem-Knight Fusion! I banish Garnet, add it back to my hand, and activate it again!” Miku continued her combo, holding up the last remaining card in her hand. On it, a small Gem girl similar to Lazuli was depicted. She popped out of the card and jumped over to her friend, the both of them high-fiving and holding hands as they were lifted up into the Fusion pool. The Teachers grin grew wider.

”Combine now, innocent and playful souls. One is not complete without the other, so awaken your true power in this radiant light! Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli!”

For the last time a new fusion monster appeared. A beautiful lady knight, wrapped in a blue robe instead of armor, with only her core gem in the middle to adorn the outfit. She descended down gracefully, hands folded in front of her.

Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli: 2400 ATK Level 5 EARTH Rock

Miku threw her hand forwards. ”And when Lapis is sent to the graveyard by a card effect, Lazuli is added back to my hand.”

The card slid out of Miku’s graveyard, and she carefully picked it up. The girl let herself be distracted for a moment to give it a gentle smile. ”You and me together, okay…?” she whispered to it, before turning her gaze back to Mikia.

”I’m going to win… no matter what! Lady Lapis Lazuli’s effect! By sending Prismaura from my Extra Deck to the graveyard, I inflict 500 points of damage for each Special Summoned monster on the field. With three of them, that’s a total of 1500! Gem Unity!” Miku shouted. Prismaura’s Prism appeared in front of Lapis Lazuli. She hovered her hands next to it, causing it to glow a soft blue. Suddenly, it shot out a blast in that same color straight at Mikia.

Mikia brought her arms up as the shockwave pushed her back, her red hair waving in the sudden gust. As she pulled her arms down. “Very well.” The Teacher quietly before said throwing her arms wide. “Hit me with the rest of your resolve!” She yelled with a laugh

Mikia: 3100 > 1600 LP

”Yeah… I will! Battle Phase!” Miku shouted, matching the excitement of the teacher. ”Gem-Knight Ruby attacks Golden Shuttle!”

Ruby’s axe coated itself in flames as the knight jumped up in the air, spinning himself around to come crashing down on Golden Shuttle. The flames spread all the way to the teacher, burning away more of her lifepoints. ”Ruby’s effect deals piercing damage,” Miku explained with a grin.

Mikia: 1600 > 500 LP

Mikia grinned as another shockwave, smaller then the last caused her red hair to blow a little. Oh this kid. This kid, was going places it seemed.

This was it. The final attack. Miku breathed heavily, her heart was pounding out of her chest. She looked up at her Lapis Lazuli, who looked back at her. Even though it was just a hologram, Miku could feel kind encouragement in those eyes. She looked back down again at the Lapis in her hand. It felt reassuring. Miku threw her hand out back towards Mikia.

”Alright… here I come! Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli! Attack directly! Unity Flash!”

With her final attack declared, Miku raised up her Duel Disk. All of her Gem-Knights, both banished and resting in her graveyard, appeared as transparent ghosts behind Lapis Lazuli for a moment. They glowed, then combined as one mix of light in between her palms. The fusion monster sent the strength of all the Gem-Knights combined straight at Mikia in one, great blast of light.

Mikia: 500 > 0 LP

WINNER: MIKU!

”I did it… I won...” Miku stammered out, before breathing a sigh of relief. She picked up the cards from her Duel Disk’s blade as the solid vision generator inside of it cooled down and shut off, ejecting all other cards from the disk as well. As for the teacher...

There was a beep from Mikia’s duel disk as it ticked down to zero and subsequently deactivated. It seemed the teacher was smiling a bit as she walked over. “Now usually the one that beats me would get all cocky about it. I hope that's not you. But yes. You passed, with flying colours actually, So hold that to your chest kid. Good job.” She said with a smile before it reverted back to her usual smirking. “Now don’t screw up on the other hurdles that may come up and you’ll fit right in here. Head back to the stands and wait for when you can collect your band. Trust me though, I’ll put in the good word.” She said with a chuckle.

Miku was stunned. She didn’t know what to say for a moment. The girl had been looking forward, practicing, studying for this day… but she never expected to get told that. Nothing was over yet, but after having come all this way, it sure felt like such. Relief washed over her as the girl meekly looked down, a small blush forming on her cheeks. ”Yes… thank you so much!” Miku responded, bowing before running away in embarrassment. The iron resolve she showed mere moments ago was all but melted away.

Revelation Heart : A Yu-Gi-Oh Roleplay

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Waves gently crashed against the side of the ship, its movement causing a still breeze to wade through the hair of a girl standing on its deck. The cruiser's destination was close enough to be in sight, the coast of mainland Japan stretching out in front of her eyes. She was holding a letter close to her heart. The paper was wrinkled from both the breeze and the girl's strong grip on it. A grip as tight as the leash on life itself. The girl closed her eyes, thinking back at what she had to leave behind. There was barely any luggage of hers aboard the cruiser.

"I'm sorry, mom, dad..."

...but Miku was in control of her own destiny now. She was going to Mitsuri. Nothing would stop her from that.

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Miku was in awe the moment she stepped in front of the gate to Mitsuri's campus. It took her a few metros to get there and it was a hassle to be on time, but she'd never seen something so modern or luxurious before. Even if the entire affair was nothing compared to some of the most prestigious academies out there, she hadn't been exposed to any of that. Being in the city like this was a new experience all its own. She tightened the grip on the sports bag in her hands, one which contained all the belongings she could bring. Breathing deep, she took her first steps onto the campus. It didn't take long for the girl to get spotted out by one of the already-enrolling students. A boy with poofy, blue hair and a leather jacket waved at Miku, who froze in place.

"Yo! You lookin' to take the entrance exam, right? It's up on the third floor!" they yelled at her, pointing behind them towards the large building at the back center..

"A-ah... thank you," Miku stammered out in reply.

"Hey, duel me when you get in alright? You seem to be sure of yourself with that bag, so you must be really good! I love a strong opponent!"

Miku glanced down at the sports bag, then back at the student. "...Yeah. I will," she replied with a fiery gaze in her eyes. The boy flinched for a second before waving her off. Miku made her way through the main building and climbed up the stairwells like the student told her to. Once reaching the third floor, she was informed of both who to face and when to do so. She seated herself down, watched the duels intensely and waited for her turn to come by. Miku didn't speak to anyone there. Nobody approached her either. That probably had something to do with the intense gaze she cast at the duel fields. Eventually, though, her turn came. It was right as the latest student was sent running out of the academy, crying, caused by the teacher Miku was told to face.

"I won't lose," she muttered to herself, setting aside her bag and ruffling through it to find her disk. She strapped the blue device to her arm and made her way down into the allotted arena. There, she was about to stand face-to-face with the stern gaze of the red-headed woman. Miku didn't falter. She couldn't falter. With her steeled resolve, Miku took her spot in front of Mikia Strusse.

Revelation Heart : A Yu-Gi-Oh Roleplay

Miyazaki Miku

I'm not dueling to run away from home... I'm dueling to return home!

(source)

Name
Miyazaki Miku

Age
15

Personality
Determination lies at the core of Miku's character. This has many implications; She's stubborn, never gives up, sets her mind to things... all of those are traits of hers. She's by no means intolerant or unpleasant, but her strong personality can, and has, rubbed people the wrong way. Miku is kind and polite to her peers, but also feels a sense of insecurity and inferiority around others due to her family's upbringing. The girl also has a habit of clamping up under pressure, and keeps slightly too many secrets.

History
Not everyone comes from a family who's particularly well-off. Miku was born into a couple of coal miners on an island off the coast of Japan. The people there are poor, sometimes barely able to afford basic necessities or healthcare. Luckily, he parents were always able to scrape just enough money by to get her at least a basic education, something which the local ruling force tries desperately to suppress. Her parents worked day and night to make sure their daughter grew up healthy, sacrificing themselves and working to the bone to accomplish this. Most of Miku's clothes are old and second hand, something she was teased for by her classmates, all of more well-off families.

Around the age of thirteen, Miku learned of the game Duel Monsters. In her first year of middle school, some kids were waving around their duel disks and dueling each-other. Miku didn't have many friends, but she did manage to get along with at least one other girl. That girl was also a duelist and taught her how to play the game. After a year, this friend gave Miku a deck and her own Duel Disk for her birthday. They encouraged her to go to a duel school, same as her!

Unfortunately, most duel schools were expensive. Those that weren't usually weren't in the best shape, either. Still, Miku decided to go to one. She couldn't let her family slave away forever and wanted to get a better life for both her and them. She managed to eventually find a new upstart school, Mitsuri. She got in contact with the staff and after countless letters, she managed to work something out with them. She could board over at the campus for a reduced fee if she scored high on the entrance exams.

Miku wasn't going to let the chance slip by, studying and practising furiously in any way she could. She even looked into getting a part-time job near the campus, finding something as a waitress in a nearby café. Unfortunately, everything about this was done in secret. She was afraid of what her parents would think, and when the time came for the entrance exams, she ran away from home and only left a letter behind.

Getting into Mitsuri was her only chance to turn things around for her and her family. She only had one shot. It wasn't going to slip by her.

Monsters: 15
Gem-Knight Crystal x 1
Gem-Knight Garnet x 1
Gem-Knight Tourmaline x 1
Gem-Knight Sapphire x 1
Gem-Knight Lapis x 1
Gem-Knight Alexandrite x 1
Gem-Knight Sardonyx x 1
Gem-Knight Emerald x 1
Gem-Armadillo x 1
Gem-Knight Amber x 1
Gem-Knight Iolite x 1
Gem-Turtle x 1
Gem-Knight Obsidian x 1
Crystal Rose x 1
Gem-Knight Lazuli x 1

Spells: 12
Unexpected Dai x 1
Gem-Knight Fusion x 1
Particle Fusion x 1
Card of Sanctity x 1
Absorb Fusion x 1
Card Destruction x 1
Soul of Fire x 1
Brilliant Fusion x 1
Dimension Explosion x 1
Dark Factory of Mass Production x 1
Battle Fusion x 1
Half Shut x 1

Traps: 13
Gem-Enhancement x 1
Brilliant Spark x 1
Half Counter x 1
Pyroxene Fusion x 1
Balance of Judgement x 1
Fragment Fusion x 1
Premature Return x 1
Krystal Avatar x 1
Paradox Fusion x 1
Fusion Guard x 1
Pinpoint Guard x 1
Destructive Draw x 1
Justi-Break x 1

Extra Deck: 9
Gem-Knight Zirconia x 1
Gem-Knight Prismaura x 1
Gem-Knight Citrine x 1
Gem-Knight Amethyst x 1
Gem-Knight Ruby x 1
Gem-Knight Topaz x 1
Gem-Knight Aquamarine x 1
Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli x 1
Gem-Knight Seraphinite x 1

Ace Monster
Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli

Mahou Shoujo no Hex Night: A Magical Girl Battle RP

✫✫ Nico ✫✫

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"F-... Forward?"

Nico blinked a few times as she processed the meaning behind both the words she'd spoken and the meaning given to them by Nari. The catgirl turned red as a beet, frantically waving her arms in front of her as she tried to stammer out a reply. "N-no, wait, not like that! I-I, I didn't mean it like that, I swear!!" was the best she could muster. Nico buried her face in her hands as the tail behind her quickly tucked between her legs. "Ooooh... that's so embarrassing..." she muttered, alongside similar sentiments, to herself for a short while. Then both the young lady and the tail jumped up like they'd realised something.

"Oh my gosh I totally forgot! I was looking for my friend before I got roped into this," Nico quickly rambled off, looking around the area as if she was suddenly expecting to find someone. "She should be around this area... I have to go! I hope none of the shades got to her before they arrived here," she informed Nari. The girl quickly climbed back into a tree, but turned around in it and gave a friendly wave to her new friend.

"It's a promise, okay Nari-chan? If I ever see you in trouble, I'll jump in and help right away! So let's meet again, okay?!"

And with that, the catgirl jumped from branch to branch and, eventually, out of the whole park. She'd continue to find a safe spot and transform back, then searched for the shrine maiden around town.

Topic of the Day/Week/Whatever

Well in that case...

I will never not mention how upset I am I never got to play Tamatsu.

So let me set the scene here. You have this new upstart card game RP that just blew up- like, massively- and I was there since the start. I'd actually helped the GM brainstorm and he even assigned me co-GM at some point in time due to me getting super involved. I PM him to bounce ideas back-and-forth about what I could make my character.

Then it hit me.

"Let's play a dead girl"

See, it's not mentioned in this sheet since it's the public one n'd all, but with the lore of the universe, I could reasonably pull off Tamatsu actually not being a living human. But let's back up a bit; because this is a two-parter. Vanth was also a factor, and if not for the two of them, this wouldn't have worked nearly as well.

Vanth is this batshit mage who lived in ye olden days and was absolutely obsessed with the arcane. He'd go to any length to be the most powerful mage on the goddamn planet, up to and including self-mutilation and eventual self-lichdom. That was the baseline concept, but we had a whole discord for this RP, and it soon became apparent that through linking various WIP lores together, Vanth turned into an easy final boss character. He also refused to die under any circumstance, so he eventually sealed himself before a holy knight could finish him off for good.

Now why was sealing himself important, you may ask?

Well, through some leftover magic, he's actually the one to cause Tamatsu's accident. Sending a truck off-course while she was admiring some fireworks from afar caused her to crash into the lake, limbs crippled leaving her unable to swim. Vanth's entire gambit was reliant on this gentle girl to not have a deathwish, and since she desperately wanted to live, he could form a contract with her to reincarnate into her as a second persona.

So this asshole managed to not only defy death twice in the past, but actively caused an innocent person's death just to serve his own goals. Tamatsu is barely even aware he's there, but she almost impulsively knows she's dead too. The girl's just a poor innocent soul who absolutely did not deserve to be subject to this, but because she was so simple, it also makes taking over her mind super simple. I was actively working with like 4 other people on possible relations, too. Someone with a similar backstory (though the possessor isn't nearly as evil, nor was the character strictly dead, nor did the possessor cause the accident) was going to be her friend and it would lead to a really tragic fight where both of them fought to free the other from their curse by sacrificing themselves. Tamatsu was going to be frequenting the shop of an older character, who taught her the game. The Dread King and Vanth had a whole chain of backstabbing going.

And then the GM imploded the entire RP because he didn't flesh out the mechanics ahead of time ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

I still consider Tamatsu and Vanth's dynamic an absolute stroke of genius I'll never be able to pull off in any other RP again, because the planets had to align for their existence in the first place. It makes me all the more bitter that I never got to write them.