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Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

There sure is a lotta bang banging in Nocturnia (allegedly; don't actually see it on screen, alas).

After Era Mythos

My brother's visiting right now so I can push back ze deadline a bit if need be. No beeg deal.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Estylwen
For when you return. Kinda horny but the vibes are there.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

and ran straight into someone with enough force to knock them both off-balance

Should’ve just gone straight into the “fell down on each other in a 69 position”, like a proper shounen romcom. ;3

After Era Mythos

@Megatron If she was already an icon of beauty standards, why did she choose to go into Hero work? While Heroes do get actual superpowers and can participate in pretty crazy events, there's still room in Neo-Astraea for regular celebrities too. Think musicians, actresses, models, etc. Being a Hero would also entail having to deal with real-ass (though loosely scripted) pain, which isn't super pleasant for someone in their 30s. Unless that's part of her self-destructive bad-decision-making life.

@Eviledd1984 Explain more why he chose to take up work as a Talent. You kinda glossed that over. If dude is naturally a teddy bear, and doesn't really have a chiselled jaw or devilishly good looks, I don't see why he'd be picked up for that kinda stuff. Also, Extracurriculars is meant for what he does outside of regular fights in order to improve his Fame. Not what he does in his spare time.

@PapiTan Y'know, it's absolutely fucked, how this looks in mobile. Looks good on desktop though! You mentioned that AGC Rising focuses on traditional acts of heroism. Does that mean that, say, she'd be involved in helping out with actual incidents that the police/fire department would handle? Or is it more that they would script scenarios using their Talents where Amaris would like, say, save a kid from getting crushed by a truck (that some other Talent softballed)?

@Digmata Brudda. I dunno if you're intentionally using a picture with a panty flash here. It's nice to see someone go through regular auditioning processes though. Also, Aspera Agency? More like Kurosanji.

Only thing you'll have to change is her name, as it's in violation of one of the three Taboos.

@Asuras@Crimson Flame@Crowvette@Silver Carrot@Yankee@Cu Chulainn@Dark Light@Sanity43217
How's CS creation going for the rest of y'all?

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

Bit of a quick job, but it iz what it iz.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

Arashiyama Junko
Arashiyama Junko

"Ohohoho, well-spoken indeed!"

Prideful. Booming. Like the voice of a thunder deity, reverberating across the classroom in a way that undercut the chatter rather than rising above it. The accompanying footsteps could be felt in the stomachs of all present. Something was approaching, something not quite human. Just as how rikishi were seen as not just athletes, but persons halfway divine, so too was there an inexplicable aura that the woman who rose above the crowds possessed. The light of noontime reflected off her thick lenses and gave a flaxen quality to the silver strands that framed her square-set face. Even in her spring uniform, with its long sleeves, one could not ignore how tautly the fabric was stretched against her shoulders, how well-defined her legs were beneath her black stockings.

In the springtime of youth, amidst the flurry of changes caused by puberty, there were those who became delicate flowers, there were those who became intoxicating blossom, and there was was herself, who became as a tree.

Club activities haven't started yet, so it had been on a whim that she had chosen the cafeteria, rather than the club room, for a light lunch, but to have encountered such a disorderly mob on the very first day...well, she simply couldn't allow herself to be uninvolved, could she? It mattered not if it was in a different classroom. It was her school. And so, there she stood, the very symbol of the newest generation of third years, a titan who had influence on-par with the student council. Lady Arashiyama Junko, resplendent even in her corpulence.

"Second-years, are you now? How uncouth. Have manners fled your grasp in your scramble to satisfy such ulterior curiousities?" She scoffed, the very image of high-class disappointment. "I would suggest you form a line and speak with her properly, but it's lunchtime. Queue in the cafeteria. Unless you seek to not only to bother, but also starve her."

⇜ Deicide ⇝ [Dark Fantasy Isekai]

He coughed. He laughed. He breathed.

"Sure it ain't chicken?"

The world continued to unfold its myriad mysteries. The lady he thought was a princess turned to be something far more divine, while the swordsman who he had called out to decided that he neither wanted to use his swords, nor wanted to give others his swords. Greedy fellow, wasn't he? Not that it mattered overmuch when a great striped beast leapt out from who-knows-where and tried to feast upon monstrous prey. He stared at it for a moment, wondering whose pet that was. Better be careful of that guy, for sure.

As for the byproducts of that cursed creature's rampage though?

Fists or timber.

Corpses sprouted feathers, and he kicked up a hefty branch from nearby, taking a step to the side as if covering the girl's retreat. It had a nice weight. It was an excellent weapon. A few experimental swings, and he got the hang of it pretty quickly, rolling the branch over his wrists and arms as he expelled the last bit of that strange addiction of his with some physical activity. A quick run up, a two-handed swing, and...

The branch smashed against the head of the first feather-being, knocking it over. He almost followed through with a stomp to the head, then decided that he didn't know when he'd get a new pair of shoes, so settled for a downwards swing with the branch a second time, the grisly impact felt deep in both hands. More were lumbering forth, pulling themselves out of the piles of corpses and he glanced around him, wondering if there were any else who would participate in the relatively safe fun.

No?

Oh well.

A wordless tune left his lips as he continued to swing away, forming a new pile of corpses just a few meters away from the previous one. If he picked up the pace further, he could even start whacking their heads right as they worm their way out of the pile! Now that would be a proper game.

After Era Mythos [Corpo-Heroes Powered by Fame]

Blippity blappity, OOC is up.

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After Era Mythos

@Psyker Landshark@Asuras@Crimson Flame@PapiTan@Crowvette@Silver Carrot@Eviledd1984@Yankee@Cu Chulainn@Megatron@Dark Light@Sanity43217

Alright, so I can probably only take 5 to 7 people max, so fill out the CS and apply, ye. Deadline will tentatively be May 3rd. Lemme know if ya got extra questions.

CS Template

Literally just write one paragraph absolutely GLAZING the Hero's feats and abilities. Doesn't matter if it seems too crazy; they'll be nerfed by actual Fame anyways, so this is just pure hype-generation.

Then go identify them with two nouns.

Third, hit em with the 'First Name + Title' combination. The first name wouldn't be something like a superhero name like "Manbat" or "Greatman" though. More like just a pseudo-fake name like you'd see from influencers. Like 'Amelia' or 'Odd'.

And finally, of course...
<insert anime picture>

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Write maybe a couple paragraphs or so describing who they are outside of their Stage Persona. Think of it as a mixture of personality and history. Just make sure to give me their real name, as well as how they got picked up by the Agency.

Agency: Give the name of their Agency, as well as a short paragraph detailing any interesting bits about said Agency. Does it specialize in music? Do they do sick movies? Do they have exclusive deals with a big toy maker? Are they large/mid-sized/start-up? If your character is instead an indie Talent, then go over the name of their social media account and what content they usually do.
Fame Level: You'll need a baseline of 100,000 before you're even considered a viable Talent to be brought out onto the Stage that is Neo-Astraea. The maximum you can have at the start is 1,000,000, which is 1/5th of Neo-Astraea's total population. Understand that these are numbers on debut, which could fluctuate pretty quickly, and that starting with a higher number may not necessarily be a good thing.
Concept: One sentence to cover what your Stage Persona's identity is. Basically what powers you want the public to believe you have.
Extra Curriculars: Outside of putting on heroic performances of violence and passion, how else does your character commonly stay in the eyes of the public? Do they do make-up sponsorships? Do they put on idol concerts? Do they show up in high-society functions and then get articles written about them by tabloids (that their Agency owns)?

Sample Hero

He wields the masterwork of the Antediluvian Swordsmith, and reforged it as law-defying bullets. He was able to vanquish the Giga-Gorilla, Maxidoomeen, piercing all vital points with a single bullet. He is the sole practitioner of the Alabaster Monarch Style, boasting a speed surpassing even superhuman perception. An outlaw pursued, unfettered by all convictions and laws except his own unbreakable code.

Vigilante. Gunman.

Kunibert the Critical Showdown

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Jens Aalto, at age 27, was nothing special. A displaced maintenance worker and part-time semi-legal duelist, he lived a quiet, grizzled life defined by two constants: a talent for engineering and a compulsive urge to test his talent against others. If life went differently, he'd just be another face in the crowd, working to make sure that Neo Astraea could enjoy the heroic mythos that others wrote, all while Jens himself smirked wryly at their overblown melodramatics. He had no aspirations for glory, no dreams of televised duels or commemorative cereal boxes—just the occasional itch to take apart what others said couldn't be taken apart, and win fights that shouldn't be winnable.

The moment that changed everything came during a sector-line transport collapse, when an overdone three-point landing caused the monorail to go off rail. Panic consumed the station, the Talents at hand briefly paralyzed at the unexpected turn of events, but Jens moved as he always did: clear-mindedly and without hesitation. In under 90 seconds, he removed the limiters on an industrial-grade nail gun, used a snapped rail as a stabilizer, and, with a single shot, severe redirected a spar that would’ve otherwise fallen upon a cluster of trapped commuters. Of course, where he acted, fifty others recorded, and the taciturn man became an overnight sensation.

Within a week, three offers arrived. Two came from legacy Agencies: polished, prestige-driven, heavily contractual. The third came from Sable Ironworks, a mid-sized company with a CEO who had a taste for outlaws and antiheroes. Jens took the third. It let him operate outside Neo-Astraea's choreographed hero rotations, so long as he agreed to periodic appearances and allowed his manager to handle his online presence. Thus was born Kunibert the Critical Showdown: outlaw hero, duelist without peer, wielder of law-defying bullets forged from the remnants of a style the world forgot.

Agency: Sable Ironworks - A mid-sized Agency with a cult following. They specialize in 'wild card' Talents, curating a collection of antiheroes and well-meaning rogues, lone wolves with a flare. Outside of the pulpy, hyper-stylized films they produce, as well as the gritty radio dramas that air at 2AM into the night, Sable Ironworks also has a merchandising deal with BlackCrane, which deals in high-fidelity collectible figures that are geared towards adult fans.

Fame Level: 247,300
Concept: A lone gunman who can fire a shot no God can divert.

Extra Curriculars: Kunibert appears regularly in noir-drama radio broadcasts, where he voices a fictionalized version of himself in a private investigator serial that would be unfeasible to do in real life. He also shows up as a model in "Carbon Toxin", a men's fashion magazine published by Sevendust Corp, featuring fringe outerwear and antique accessories. Though not someone who makes public appearances, there are rumors that he's the 'Reaper of the Top Score' at various arcades around Neo-Astraea, showing up just to raise the bar in various shooting-sim games.