BrokenPromise

March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay

@Chevaleresse Other than the first OOC post? not really. This RP has been going on for the better part of a decade at this point, but the plot itself is pretty basic.

An issue you might run into though is that we're in the middle of the "final battle" so to speak, so it might not be the best time to join. Things move slow, and with the battle going on there might not be a lot of people to interact with.

Though you are in luck, because there's a lot of magical girl RPs on the forum. It feels like a new one crops up every other week.

If you still want to join this one, the only thing that's going on right now is a meta entity wants to kill the grand magistrate (basically the GM) and is rallying the forces of wonderland to wipe out Penrose (a city that's central to the RP. In fact 99% of the RP has taken place inside of Penrose) But that plan is being thwarted, because the Penrose magical girls learned that there are these giant eggs they plan on seiging with, so they're attacking wonderland's factory to destroy the eggs and set back the forces of wonderland. There's also a diplomacy mission ongoing, but that's kind of a side thing right now and with everyone being mad I don't think it's going to get very far.

If you're still confused, that's okay, most of us are too.

The interpersonal stories are a lot more complex, but also totally unnecessary to participating in the setting. The try hard banners aren't necessary either. Some of us just like making them, but others just use forum BBC and call it a day.

Post deletion please

I could use a post deletion too. roleplayerguild.com/topics/192370-kur…

I edited a post and the forum weirdly made a second post with 99% of the content. Anyway, it's taken care of so please just kabosh that one.

Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido

“The lady of the house should always know her place. Now make me a sandwich.”

— Rei Ishiko

Roche chose to talk back to the most powerful dark magical girl she had ever seen. One so powerful that even a demon like Ashbringer turned tail and ran at the mere sound of her bounding across rooftops. A dark magical girl with so much power that she could hold, if only barely, an entire club of dark magical girls together without killing each other. A dark magical girl that authored the rules that the rule keeper herself tattooed onto her heart like the ink on her skin. Such insubordination could lead to an "attitude adjustment" at best, and excommunication at worst. Was it her position in the club or being fed up with Rei that made the stoic rule keeper feel so rebellious?

The air around the taller, more athletic looking woman felt cold.

“You've forgotten your place, Roche.” Rei's tone was reminiscent of a parent who didn't have the heart to scold their child.“You misunderstand my concern. Why you left does not matter. Light girls wander into Hibusa town from time to time. They spout their annoying platitudes and we show them the door. This is a cycle that will never stop so long as we operate here.” She slid a hand into her pocket. “When you venture out of Hibusa town and destroy property, even if it's not your fault, you make them angry. They build resentment and find common ground with one another. We are a small club but we always outnumber the light girls because they are unable to organize against us. Destroying that beach might have been the linchpin the Gems needed to rally against us. Is something so basic beyond your understanding?”

Rei placed her hands around Roche's neck. Her touch was like the northern winds, or that of a corpse. But all she did was straighten out Roche's shirt before slipping her hands into her pockets.

“But you are right. You are going to fix this. And you're also going to make sure nothing like that happens again. No more vacations that happen to involve such widespread destruction.” Rei was about to walk away when she stopped in her tracks. She looked back at Roche, hesitated, and finally spoke. “I had thought that you could hunt miseria without my supervision, but very well. Perhaps I can make time to hunt with you tomorrow.”

It wasn't as if Rei ever did more than perch on some elevated platform while her underlings laid waste, but it was going to be essential now, wasn't it? These weren't normal light girls, they had managed to tick off the Gems. That meant that they'd likely need Schrade to avoid getting totally bodied by the opposition. It was a hassle, but it was also a little interesting too, wasn't it?

"My first and forth, fifth, and sixth favorite people in the club!”

— Suki Oyama

"Yea... Some parents...” Suki's eyes glazed over. She remained as stiff as a board until Kiyo tried to shift the focus back on to Rapunzel herself. "Yea, I really don't get the whole parent thing.” A bitter grin crossed her face when she looked back at the page. "Like, all the mom does is just complain all the time. Like she gets pregnant and just refuses to eat anything but one plant? I kind of picture her as this bloated tick that sits in a cave, existing only to suck the happiness out of the people around her. She's too big to leave the cave and just sort of exists to be a drain on everyone else. And the dad...” Suki laughed. "What a piece of crap! I mea what's he even doing this for? He can't love his wife. He's willing to decide what happens to their child without their consent, so you know that's going to divide them. But the entire reason why she's suffering right now is so that she can deliver a baby. So by giving up the baby it's almost like he's saying what she's gone through isn't even worth considering. I can't imagine they lived a happy life after that. I think Rapunzel's better off having never known her parents.” She pointed at Rapunzel's hair. "But what the hell is with her scalp? If I had hair that long you know I'd be able to tell the difference between an old witch and a big burly prince was crawling up my braid. Provided I didn't get yanked out of the tower. Rapunzel had to be a magical girl.”

And then came the idea of summoning a giga miseria in town. Like, what? It might have been an idea worth entertaining if the last one hadn't leveled a beach when it died. At the same time, Suki couldn't totally dismiss it. "Uh, maybe if it was a really small one? And we fought it on the mountain somewhere? But I think that would be a little dangerous with the light girls around. I mean, were'nt you-”

Tsubomi and Shuuko came through the door.

"Hey Guys!” Suki gave the newly arrived her traditional flamboyant wave and smile. "Roach is still MIA, so we're talking about how Rapunzel might have been a magical girl and giga miseria” After a pause, she clarified. "That's two different topics. Rapunzel is not a giga miseria.”

Battle Toyale — Christmas Rumble!

Oh boy oh boy I wonder when the next post is going to come.

When is a RP Deader Than Disco?

I just want to get some opinions from other RPers on a matter. What separates an inactive RP from a truly dead one? And when is a RP well and truly dead in your book?

@Cleveraptor

You know how you have a tendency to drop out of an RP without giving any warning to your partners? That RP is dead to you but inactive to your partner. See? It's all based on perspective.

In all seriousness, I believe that is one of those distinctions that can only be made with hindsight. A roleplay that sits dormant for 4 years before the GM or your partner open it back up again is inactive, while one that sits dormant forever is dead. Though if you ask me, people and their tastes tend to change over time, and so a long absence from an RP can change its intended trajectory. Say you and I started an RP with dinosaurs that was just some mindless body horror, but after a four year hiatus I decide I want all the carnage to mean something and start writing the dinos as allegories for my character's struggles. It's not really the same RP, yet is is.

I think a better question would be not asking if an RP is dead, but if it's something I could see myself picking up again. I'll never know what the other side thinks unless they tell me, which is a rarity in group or 1x1 RPs. Recently I took an RP that the GM shit canned and started running it with 75%-ish of the original players. It's far outlived the original RP, has a lot of the same characters, but I wouldn't say it's the same RP. It's all very abstract, kind of like how there's no material difference between a corpse and a living person. All the same materials are there, the only difference is that one rots and the other is sleeping.

Though perhaps instead of exploring the existential state of an RP, maybe you just want to know how long I wait on an RP before moving on. But I think that's had the hell answered out of it so I won't be redundant.

Symphony on High

What's up everyone? This is the BP man here!

“No pressure, no diamonds.”

― Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist,historian, and philosopher. Basically what most internet users think of themselves as minus the Scottish ancestry.

Opperation is more or less over. You can start working on your esper’s upgrades. Pyramid level up system, etc etc. Some of you forgot to upgrade so I'll make this simple: You should have one Diamond, one Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze glamor. This is going to be the last upgrade for this chapter of the RP so try to get it done in a timely manner. There may be a 1-2 month wait time before the last op but there's going to be a lot of crazy stuff going on in the meantime. The sooner you can work out what you want, the better. Also, Diamond is kind of a broken tier. There's a good chance I'm going to have to rework existing Diamond characters like Oros and Elroy, so don't worry too much about getting feedback. The sooner you get something to me, the better.

Remember that you can carry a friendo's trinket to use in a really emotional and sad way. Just think of how much more impactful Himiko's death would have been if she had used her BFF's charm to power up before delivering her final attack, or maybe their BFF is out there holding onto Himiko's gift, knowing that once they use it, there won't be anything left of her. And then in using it, it can be a way of the character finally moving on. Yea, it's great stuff, and you losers should totally try to make friends. But yea, bronze for backups.

PR upgrades/downgrades will be announced later once we see how Noah does and if anyone else turns their back on humanity.

But yes, I have a lot of collabing to do. so many collabs. I may be writing collabs like the president writes executive orders. You can feel free to workshop your own stuff too. Everyone likes to do collabs but nobody likes to be the one to start them for some reason.

Uhh, but just to start I guess I'll list what I have to do.

COMPLETE!-Noah VS Trixy/Boteg
COMPLETE!-Asher and THE NUNS
STARTED-Gemini post operation briefing (This is probs going to involve just Ashley : C)
-Maverick Alternative post operation party (Just Ciri... Man, Maverick and Gemini have just as many player characters now. That's sad. But we can't start until the Noah fight progresses.)
-Something with Finn C:
-Sooooo many things with Marrie, but it's her fault for going pacifist route like this is Undertale.

Might do a hunt later, but yea, got some stuff to work through.

Symphony on High

"I just wish I could have pushed him."

— Mika Fang

@Ponn@Majoraa@TaintedMushroom

It may have seemed strange for Mika to ask what was going on right behind her head, but that was a testament to how intently she was watching the nuns. She didn’t look away from them for one second, despite how relaxed they seemed.

Mika was not relaxed though. As superior and inferior “talked” behind her back, she found her hands tightening into fists.

No one really takes me seriously.

Yet Ashley keeps you by her side in every job we take on.

You really still don't get it, don't you? You don't see it?

You’re the one who’s blind to everyone’s feelings but your own.

Ah yes, pity how my theory about how the behemoths behave was correct.

A broken clock is right twice a day, but we don’t know how this is going to play out.

I'm sure there'll be another one you lot can kill with glee next time.

The only one living out their power fantasy here is you, dummy.

And I fear with the way things are going, there won't be a time.

You’re just trying to be annoying now.

Hmm... Protecting behemoths is grounds for getting fired, is it not?

No, Finn. Being a liability by constantly disobeying orders and getting mad when Ashley slaps your wrist is!

Consider this my formal resignation from everyone. Don't wanna keep jinxing everyone I meet, right?

Oh look, we agree on something.

Let this be the last time we meet as allies.

Good, you'll help us far more on their side than ours.

"Whatever." She curled her lips. There was so much she wanted to yell about, so much she wanted to rub in Ashley’s face, but there was no point. Her anger was only building and-

What was that fluttering through the air?

As if Peace Train was curious, it floated up to it so that Mika could catch it in her hand. It was a jacket. Did it belong to Himiko? It looked like something she’d wear, and Mika couldn’t see her anywhere else on the battlefield. It was no surprise she had finally fallen. Mika had believed Himiko was on borrowed time, and her prediction came true. But it also brought the world back into focus. This was Pax Septimus. Everyone was fighting in a never ending conflict that nobody understood. Because the fighting never ended, continuing to fight lead to certain death. Her mother died, Angelie died, and now Himiko died. Mika had no intention of stopping, so she would die too. She knew she wasn’t as experienced as her mother was, and she only survived four operations here. This was Mika's third, so her number was coming up.

Mika slipped her arms through the jacket. The white tattered jacket looked a little weird with her Arabian style outfit, but it felt nice to wear something that belonged to someone she knew. Even if she was an idiot, she died trying to protect something. She deserved to be remembered, even if it was just for the small time the current espers were alive. She’d have to recover her Grimoire soon.

”It looks good on you.” Lexi commented, but she was ignored.

The corner of Bobo’s lip crooked upwards. She took the cigar she was smoking out of her lips and handed it to Asher. Then she pulled out a fresh one to smoke herself. ”I knew I’d be tempted to light your face on fire if I gave you a fresh one.” But the joke fell away as soon as Asher revealed how confused he felt. ”Eh? Are you sad or something?”

”Yes! We can explain everything to you. Lexi clapped her hands together. But let’s do that once we get out of here.”

Mika fretted her brow and pointed. "Don’t leave with them." She warned. "You’re a cool guy, and I don’t want to fight you later because they lied to you. You saw what they did to Angelie."

Then a familiar voice that belonged to a nun, but not those present spoke up. ”I thought it was hard to see with the smoke screen.

The trio were enveloped in smoke. Mika took a step back and raised her claw defensively, and just in time to defend from Lenore. She flew out of the smoke and collide with Mika before hopping back into the smog. Nova’s gravely laugh ripped through the air before the smoke, the nuns, and even Asher, were gone.

"He had better listen to me." Mika said while pointing at where Asher had been moments ago. "I’d hate to get betrayed twice."

@The World

Below, the priest plummeted. Even if he was just a corpse, he would turn into one hell of a mess if he hit the ground. Surely the vatican wouldn’t be happy to learn of Raphael’s death, but they could swallow it better if he was returned in good condition like his bravery warranted. Marrie was running low on mana, but she pushed herself as far as she dare go. She caught the giant gargoyle and nearly plummeted to the ground herself. But she was able to slow her decent enough that neither her nor cadaver were damaged by the fall.

But once the adrenaline wore off, Marrie remembered something. Dead espers revert back to their true form once they’re slain. Maybe their instruments or outfits remain in some instances, but if Raphael was keeping up this transformation, that could only mean…

”Than you.” The Priest attempted to stand up, but he found himself stumbling. ”We were unable to slay the demon, but the Holy Roller-” He raised an eyebrow. ”You didn’t come to my summons. Why are you here?”

Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido

“Maybe I do wish to curse some of you, Kiyo.”

— Rei Ishiko

Roche was strangely happy today. It wasn’t hard to tell that something good must have happened to make her change like that. Rei, as Roche would likely notice, was also in a sort of rare form. While not as apathetic as Tsubomi, it was rare for her to show much emotion. She tended to stay on a narrow spectrum somewhere between “confident smile” and “disappointed frown.” These expressions could be entirely read by looking at her lips, as her eyes always stayed the same size and her brow was fixed in place. This only changed in very extreme cases like when she risked having to eat Suki’s food or was joking around with Willow. Though something must have been up, because her eyebrows sunk a bit when she saw Roche.

“The crematorium has been busy.” Rei concurred with the rule keeper, but that wasn’t what she wanted to discuss. “Is Hibusa town not big enough for you anymore? I understand you ventured out to slay stronger miseria with a few detention members. It seems you ended up destroying a beach as a result.” She rolled back her shoulders before sliding her hands into her pockets. “You know the rules, Roche. That could have killed someone. As interesting as it was, a group of light girls see us as a threat now. Not just any group of light girls, you managed to upset the GEMS. They come from the City of Light.” The GEMS wouldn’t have been a familiar name to Roche, but all dark magical girls knew that light girls from the City of Light were a nuisance. They had much better teamwork than the solo light girls that haplessly wandered into Hibusa town, and rumors painted them as being a good deal more aggressive too. “They’ve already attempted to capture some of ours, and have their eye on Hibusa town. I have a hard time believing you would endanger the club like this.”

"My second and third favorite people in the club!”

— Suki Oyama

Suki was shocked. Not by the sudden appearance of the purple skinned magical girl, but the fact that she bothered to say hello to her. She immediately took a hand off of her book and waved it over her head. "Hi!” Was all her brain could muster before Nyxia said something far more normal. Before she could answer, Kiyo made her presence known, answered for her, and then made a comment about Roche’s tardiness. "Uh…” She looked back at Nyxia. "Yea, I had fun. But I brought Tsubomi with me. I don’t really have any sex toys unless you count my body pillow, but I haven’t taken that old thing out in public in years.” Yes, shortly after becoming a light girl, Suki started hanging out with her “real friends” and left her pillowy partner at home. It brought a smile to Suki’s face just thinking about it. It had a pillow cover that looked like a magical gir. On one side she was smiling bright enough to shine through clouds, and on the other side was a “battle damaged” variant where she was laying on her back with an unsettled expression on her face. She had initially named her pillow Miki, but eventually ended up changing her name to Lada. It was unfortunate that she couldn’t recover her before retreating. She wondered what had happened to it. "Hey, you guys like fairy tales? I always thought Rapunzel was kinda cool.”

Suki immediately opened the book to Rapunzel’s chapter. Rapunzel was barely the size of the letters on the adjacent page, but the tower filled the space completely. There was just enough space to show the night sky, and the back of the prince that would scale Rapunzel’s golden braid.

Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido

“May you find this next arc… Interesting.”

— Rei Ishiko

Summer drew to a close, and fall began. The leaves were already starting to change color and good girls and boys were helping rake the yard. Some were even thinking ahead to halloween and the load of festivities that were to come. For bad children, the season was one for tricks as well as treats, and the Hibusa girls found themselves on the defensive.

It started a month ago after an attempted ambush. Some light girls had attacked some of the club members. They were driven off, but ever since that day they had been encroaching on their territory. Not within Hibusa town directly, but the roads and rural communities surrounding it were starting to see more light girl traffic. It had always been Rei’s rule that Hibusa town was theirs, and those pesky light girls could have anything beyond. That was why the forest and the mountain were left to the frog princess to croak about in. If she really wanted to she could flush her out of the trees, but who cared about the mountain? There were no miseria to hunt there. But it no longer felt like they were merely neighboring a frog obsessed priestess, no. A noose had been lowered around their neck, and, while they were not strong enough to tighten it, Why allow them to think they had them trapped? That would only give them more hope, and hope was what emboldened light girls to be more annoying.

Rei stood outside her classroom. There was no reason to visit the club at this time. She had to be somewhere with Willow and only really needed to speak with Roche. A busy schedule could be a hassle sometimes.

"Wow! Feels like I missed 7 3 months weeks of school posts!”

— Suki Oyama

It was that time of the week again.

Suki had already shown up in the detention club. Her swift approach was less because she wanted to hide from Roche and more because she had heard that boss baby might be dropping by. It wasn’t super uncommon for Rei to be here, but she was still quite busy doing whatever it was that she did. At the very least, she was sure to take interest in getting stronger. Though at the same time, Rei had to know what a giga miseria was. There was no way someone as strong as her couldn’t have encountered them in the past. So why didn’t they ever bother to try fighting them?

She probably had her reasons. Suki picked up a book and started reading. Though the book she picked up was one on old fairy tales, and instead of reading she was just looking at pictures of the princesses.