Double

Dragon Ball: Universe Zero

Han had spent the majority of the flight and waiting periods in silent meditation. Something was clearly on his mind that he had not yet become keen to share. And this time was spent contemplating that something. It was Goda, or rather, Goda's words to be more precise. The way he phrased himself had made it clear to Han that escaping the shadows of his father would not be so simple. Even now, Han was evidently still seen as an asset. He doubted this had anything to do with fatherly love, either, since even when he was a Wuye-ying, such affection was never shown to him. How any parent could view their child as little more than an asset or investment was a horrible thing to think about, but it didn't stop that from being the case.

And the meeting with Niko's contact didn't exactly make things better. She asserted that Han could still be targeting Niko and simply doing all this as a ruse to lower his guard. Niko was quick to jump to Han's defense, but... the conversation still stung. Even here, with strangers in a strange land, Han couldn't seem to escape from being attached to his father and the Wuye-ying. He'd closed his eyes and took a few contemplative breaths. Sure, he could correct the girl, point out that he had severed ties with his father three and a half years ago and had been independent ever since. But what was the point? He doubted it would clear him of any suspicion, and he certainly didn't want to appear overly defensive as that would also serve to make things worse.

But none of this was the focus here. Niko had gotten his answers. He couldn't present it to a Judge as evidence, but he appeared to consider it to be a start at least. Naturally he was eager to put the pressure on and make his would-be killers pay. But Han sighed, knowing this would be far from simple. And while he hated to rain on someone's parade, he had to speak up anyway.

"That will be far from simple." he pointed out, "If this company had such repeated dealings with my father, then there is no doubt that he and all his assassins will be trying to stop us. He may have spared me once, but I doubt that "kindness" will last forever. Especially not from Goda. If there's one thing that man has truly mastered, it's holding a grudge. By now he will have learned of his men's failure and have been reprimanded by my father. He won't be so sporting next time, I'm afraid." he paused, but unfortunately he wasn't quite finished yet, "And there's still the other Lieutenant: Li. He was my father's personal apprentice before he started focusing on training me. And above all that is of course the man himself, probably the deadliest assassin in the entire world by far."

Megaman X: Crimson Metal

Duster

Serial Number: LX-2972A

Name: Lex

Codename: Duster

Race: Reploid

Gender: Male/He

Personality:
While largely a secretive sort, Lex still adheres to a personal code of honor that demands trust between squad mates. It can be viewed as paradoxical at times, as Lex rarely talks about himself and clams up whenever anyone presses him for personal information. He doesn't have any strong views regarding the Crimson Nova. Overall he treats the crisis as little more than a job he is contracted to complete. He comes off like a mercenary because of these views, but one who is also a man of his word.

Biography:
Lex was first created almost 30 years ago. And unlike most Reploids, who are built with almost superhuman appearances, Lex was curiously designed to much more accurately resemble a human being, from his build to even his facial features. The purpose for his creation was, at the time, considered questionable at best. In most states, it is often illegal for Reploids to be created to resemble real life people due to ethical debates. But one robotics engineer, Jared Statler, risked his reputation and career to ignore those laws when he created Lex. He had recently lost his son Alex, a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Wracked with grief, Jared believed that Lex would be a way for him to still have a son.

The creation of this Reploid reignited the ethical debates, with some viewing Jared's actions as understandable while others believed he was losing his mind to do such a thing. As for the Reploid himself, Lex remained benign enough at first. But issues soon arose as the human memories he'd been programmed with began to clash with the more hard-lined logic of the Reploid. It sent Lex spiraling into an existential crisis, seemingly unable to discern whether he was the human named Alex or Reploid LX-2972A. He lashed out and attacked Jared when the latter tried to calm him, resulting in Jared Statler's death. For most people, that was it. The Reploid was largely believed to have gone Maverick and thus orders were given for Maverick Hunters to bring him in.

Lex ran, but had no combat capabilities, and so the Hunters caught up to him without much effort. But they didn't count on Lex's personality codes going haywire enough that he triggered his own self-destruct sequence. Lex exploded and the blast took out the Hunters that were bringing him in. For the most part, it appeared the case was closed. But LX-2972A hadn't quite perished that day, his body was in pieces but much of his CPU was still in tact. His parts were gathered by scavengers who sold them to a buyer on the black market. That buyer used the surviving parts in addition to foreign parts he possessed to rebuild the self-destructed Reploid. When reactivated, the Reploid reacted as if he were still being chased by Maverick Hunters and tried to flee. He was now equipped with weapons and even armor that allowed him to force his way out to freedom. He spent a long time after that in isolation, eventually able to repress the human memories and fully embrace himself as a Reploid. That was when he gave himself the name Lex, the name having come from the first two letters of his serial number, "LX".

Since he had apparently been redesigned for combat, Lex was found himself doing occasional mercenary work. Crimson Nova was in full swing by this point, and so whatever controversy had arisen from his original creation had been all but forgotten. And even if there were still some that remembered the incident from 30 years ago, Lex's combat overhaul had provided him enough alterations to his physical appearance that he no longer resembled what he looked like back then, at least not while he was donned his combat armor form. His most recent job was as part of a unit that was about to make a routine patrol in the Quarantine Zone.

Weaponry/Abilities: Lex's combat overhaul is based largely on technology that predates the use of Bio-Metal. As such he is instead equipped with a hand blaster and energy saber, common weaponry for Reploid units. In addition to that, his leg armor is equipped with thrusters meant for dashing on the ground and flying/hovering for short periods. The coat he wears is made from a synth-fabric capable of altering its colors. That combined with his armor's ability to do the same allows him to blend into backgrounds and surroundings for stealth purposes. His combat armor is of course designed for long-term sustainability, able to reduce battle damage a considerable amount and also capable of draining shield and weapon energy from fallen foes in order to replenish its energy while out on the field. Lex himself has been programmed with an adaptability combat protocol that allows him to rapidly analyze and master the use of any weapon he comes into the possession of outside of his own.

Misc: TBD

Dragon Ball: Shattered Worlds

So like does that mean we can finally go shopping? Because my girl needs a new handbag. And makeup set. And a change of clothes. And I guess we can get stuff like food and other survival supplies while we are at it. But only if there is money left after the essentials are taken care off.

@PPQ Purple

Wait, you're planning to pay for your stuff? Shit, I was just gonna loot one of the abandoned shops for my replacement Scouter.

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

@Bright_Ops

Looks good, accepted.

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

@Fabricant451@Letter Bee@The Ghost Note@Bright_Ops@metanoia

It's here!
roleplayerguild.com/topics/184500-the…

At least we didn't wait as long as we did for KH3, right? xD

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of light. Everyone loved the light. Then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived... in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open. And the true light will return. So listen, child. Even in the deepest darkness, there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light, and the darkness will never defeat you. Your heart will shine with its power and push the darkness away.

In the seemingly idyllic community of Twilight Town, the year is reaching its end and a new one fast approaches. With the Christmas holiday over, there still yet remains a week of festivities and celebration. It is called the New Dawn Festival, founded to celebrate the New Year that over the years had had other festivities attached to it. Much is planned for this final week of the Winter Break, the Carnival itself features rides and games at the pier. Many stores have special sales going on. On the day before New Year's Eve, a special Winter Cup of the Struggle Tournament is planned to be held at the beloved Sandlot. On the night of New Year's Eve, the New Dawn Festival itself is held, where fun and games can be had going all the way to midnight. In short, there's much fun to be had and plenty of places and ways to do it. In all the excitement, the students may find it easy to forget that the second half of the school year will begin the day after New Year's Day, and like in the Summer there is a homework assignment due. For this occasion the assignment involves a paper to be written about the history of the New Dawn Festival, and the important names and dates associated with it.

It is here where our story begins, following the week-long activities and exploits of a certain group of classmates. As they laugh, play, compete in the struggle, or work on their school project. There is so much to look forward to, so much laughter and happiness through out the community. There seems to be nothing that could ruin this week for anyone.

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This role play is for those who miss the similar times, when Kingdom Hearts was just a coming of age story about a kid fighting cartoonish villains with his giant key. As such, don't expect a lot of the complexities and elements introduced by the later games of the series. Maybe some of that can come at a later time if the story gets far enough to warrant it. Otherwise, this is for all intents and purposes a "retelling" of Kingdom Hearts 1. The only difference will be the main protagonists being entirely original, and also us taking advantage of ~20 years of retcons and hindsight in order to tell what will hopefully be a more streamlined and (maybe) less convoluted version of the story. Well, we can try at least!

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Rules

1. The GM (and in any Co-GM in the event I assign one) has the final say.
2. You will of course be required to follow the rules of the site. No brainer, I suppose.
3. You won't need a Master's Degree in KH Lore (though it will probably help you a lot) but I do at least ask you have played at least one game in the series.
4. Since we're retelling the first game, Characters will have to be in that general age range that Sora was. 14-16 range.
5. Everyone starts in Twilight Town, and no one is allowed to have come from any other world or have knowledge of other worlds. I know that sounds restrictive, and I apologize, but I will not be making exceptions to this rule. So, please don't ask me to.
6. I'll be controlling all the NPCs and Villains. But the random Heartless encounters I'll be less strict about and give you some amount of control of the monsters in question. This should allow you to make fairly thorough posts when in battles against the Heartless.
7. Speaking of battle, I don't plan on following any strict stats system or the like. Characters will just naturally become more skilled and acrobatic and the like as the story progresses. There are a few obvious caveats, though. For instance, Glide and other such story-related abilities will be awarded to you by me when the plot dictates it.
8. Let's all just have some fun and try to get along, yeah?

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Character Sheet

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b]Bio:[/b]

[b]Appearance:[/b]

[b]Weapon:[/b] (Everyone will be able to become a Keyblade Wielder when the plot gets rolling. So go ahead and leave this blank until then.)

[b]Spells:[/b] (Similar to the Keyblade. You'll be learning these after the plot picks up, so feel free to leave this blank for now.)

[b]Abilities:[/b] (Attacks like Strike Raid or Sonic Blade can go in here, in addition to more passive abilities. But like with spells, leave it blank for now.)

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

@Double

So we're starting in Twilight Town. Is this a situation where it's all we've ever known or would we have memories of live before it?

@Bright_Ops

It'll be all you've ever known. I wasn't kidding when I implied we'd be dialing back the craziness and sticking to KH1 storytelling. Other things might get referenced or introduced later if we get far enough to warrant it, but for all intents and purposes this is a KH1 Retelling (just with the benefits of 20 years of hindsight, xD).

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

@metanoia

I suppose that depends on the size of group I'm ultimately looking for. I said earlier that KH stories tend to work best when it involves a trio of protagonists, and I meant it, but at the same time that would equate to a pretty small group here on RPG. I suppose I'd be fine with that, assuming everyone here is fully committed to joining and everything.

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

@The Ghost Note@Bright_Ops@metanoia

Currently debating with myself if I should do the OOC or wait maybe a day longer or so.

The Key of Twilight (Kingdom Hearts AU)

@The Ghost Note@Bright_Ops@metanoia

Just a couple of things I want to throw out there ahead of time. 1, we're starting in Twilight Town. And 2, expect a KH2 style of pacing with the Prologue. I know, I know, that prologue has been critiqued for being "too slow" but my purpose for doing this is to allow time for people to fully establish who their characters are, and to also make you the players become a bit more attached to the world of Twilight Town before... bad things happen.