Gowi

Soul Eater: AID in the Witch Wars

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I was actually iffy on the color myself. So thanks for letting me know. I'll find something lighter.

Edit: How's that one?

@AirBender

Soul Eater: AID in the Witch Wars

Navy seems a bit too dark on my eyes, but that's just one player to another.

Soul Eater: AID in the Witch Wars

Working on a CS for a Meister/Weapon team. Shouldn't take me long, but I am rusty on my lore.

CS

Nadia Ylwizaker

Gender: Female
Age: Teens
Appearance:
Spritzy, brash, and overconfident; Nadia’s personality traits reflect her appearance in one way or another. Bearing her father’s crimson hair, she arranges it in the form of a crude ponytail locked with whatever she can find at the time— which includes bows, string, bands, and on one occasion a torn piece of cloth. Her hair is rarely undone and when it is it drops down fairly far beyond her back, but is not so long she can trip over it with her feet. Nadia prefers loose clothing for comfortability as well as mobility but always tends to have a schoolgirl’s sweater jacket on her person whether she is wearing it correctly or not. Her eyes are a shade of brown, and her expressions tend to be cocky and self-indulged. She tops out at around five foot three and has an athletic build.

Race/Species: Meister
Soul Colour & Traits: Sienna - Seems to be weighed down by an anchor as it flutters in energy.
Abilities:

• Meister: “Meisters are warriors who fight and battle using the weapon forms of Demon Weapons, people who're able to transform into traditional weapons.” — Much like many at the DWMA, Nadia is a Meister; the leading half of a Meister/Weapon pairing. This leads to skills that come under the umbrella of the role.
• Combat Trained: Lan Olzon trained Nadia constantly as a favor to her friend during the time she raised her. This included rigorous perception training, conventional weapon awareness, and physical conditioning. This however did not include any distinct level of advanced martial arts training, so as such Nadia lacks much more than resilience, athletics, brawn, and awareness.
• Soul Perception: Nadia is skilled enough in perception of the soul to sort out the “noise” that lies as a challenging buffer for identification purposes. She however does have difficulties beyond intermediate levels of the ability.
• Soul Resonance: A rare ability, but one that Nadia has the potential for as with all Meisters. When synchronized perfectly with her Demon Weapon pairing she can utilize sort of “true” soul abilities that are immensely powerful. It is hard to say if it is reminiscent of her father’s Soul Resonance ability due to the fact he never synchronized on such a level with his Demon Weapon partner.
  
  • Arisia Königin: When synchronized Nadia and Arisia create the Soul Resonance abilities that fall under the “Gun-type” category (despite being a Bow & Arrow foundation). The only one known to them is called Danmaku, a barrage category technique that uses the supercharged ability from a synchronization to spread the soul energy into a complex “machine gun” sort of volley.

Weaknesses:
A lot of Nadia’s weaknesses fall under her general personality, a fact that she has either failed to realize or care about. It would take much self-awareness and guidance for Nadia to break her frequency to emit arrogance, brash behavior, antagonistic playfulness, lack of care towards others opinions, her “act first, think later” methods, and temperament.

Beyond her personality, intellectually Nadia is lacking— a fact that is apparent on the exams despite her tenacity and cohesive understanding. She is ranked in moderate levels in academics and rarely applies herself due to her own apathy or spite towards her instructors for comparing her to her father.

Physically speaking, Nadia is generally the least flawed but is far from perfect. She is nimble and can endure a lot of damage, but lacks precision and focus preferring to blindly attack over elaborate planning. She has little advanced martial arts training and her acrobatics are only slightly above par for a typically ranged Meister. Her stamina varies depending on how much energy she chooses to exert both physically and mentally as well.

Brief History:
The result of the union between Ivran Ylwizaker and an unknown woman, Nadia Ylwizaker was raised for the majority of her childhood not by her father but by his comrade, Lan Olzon. This was because of the fact that Ivran had supposedly gone missing on a contract along with his partner, the Demon Weapon known as Hokori. This created a darkness above Nadia as she began her interest in Meisters and Demon Weapons as a sort of idolization from the stories she had been told by her guardian. Though Lan did not paint false pictures of Ivran Ylwizaker for his daughter, Nadia still found a passion ignited within her at the stories of her father’s earnest dedication to protecting others despite a reputation that painted him weak and unskilled— the reputation of “the worst Meister in recent memory”. A reputation Nadia would later learn to be a constant obstacle for herself.

By the age of eight years old Nadia’s passion turned into an annoyance for Lan; Nadia beginning to badger her guardian about training her to be ‘just as awesome’ as her father and ‘as cool’ as Lan herself. The flattery may have been the first step to Nadia’s aspirations; though the journey itself would be rough and meticulous due to Lan’s rigid perception of skills a Meister should be expected to have before they entered the DWMA due to Lan’s own status as a child prodigy in the past. Somehow, Nadia took to it despite the difficulties in front of her— the life of a Meister was all she dreamed for. A dream that was as idealistic and naive as it came… though perhaps it was because of that passion that hardened her for what was to come.

Upon entry to the DWMA at age thirteen, the truth of people’s perception of her father really hit Nadia— but what began to grind into the young girl wasn’t the whispers of her father’s skill alone but also the reputation that came to have her judged by proxy. “The Daughter of the Worst Meister”, a titular nickname that would drive Nadia to obnoxious levels of distaste; for whatever Nadia could do it always seemed to her to be dismissed in a condescending comparison to her father’s infamous level of skill and talent. A reputation that would twist Nadia from her innocent passion and forge her into a defiant troublemaker with a zeal that matched other problem students at the DWMA. Upon passing through the NOT program and pairing with Arisia Königin Nadia’s behavior only continued in this fashion for many more years.

Nadia & Arisia became an odd pair indeed as they took upon the contracts given to them through the DWMA as Nadia looked to prove herself and Arisia served as a buffer to temper her partner’s erratic personality. The quest to defeat and absorb corrupted souls (and eventually the goal to defeat a Witch) was hardly a simple task and one that would take the pairing through many challenges and obstacles. Though in the end, they stood as some of the younger pairs to complete graduation with the soul of Witch in hand. Upon that graduation the eyes of another organization came upon them called AID...

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Arisia Königin

Gender: Female
Age: Teens
Appearance:
Intellectual, poised, and focused; Arisia’s personality traits reflect her appearance in one way or another. Birthed with colorful purple hair, Arisia’s appearance seems prim and proper to a fine point— her long hair groomed and meticulously arranged no matter the hairstyle she chooses. Generally her hair is often undone, falling down her back and to her waist. When Arisia puts up her hair it is for occasion and not a frequent affair. Arisia prefers extravagant dress and schoolwear with bright bows and accessories. Her eyes are a bright yellow green. She sets in at about five foot four and has a above average build.

Race/Species: Demon Weapon
Soul Colour & Traits: Yellow Green - Seems dignified with what resembles a bow.
Weapon Form: Shortbow
Abilities:

• Demon Weapon: “Demon Weapons are a race of people who can take on the form of traditional weapons.” — Much like many at the DWMA, Arisia is a Demon Weapon (or Magic Weapon); the weaponized half of a Meister/Weapon pairing. This leads to skills that come under the umbrella of the role.
• Soul Perception: Arisia is skilled enough in perception of the soul to sort out the “noise” that lies as a challenging buffer for identification purposes. She however does have difficulties beyond intermediate levels of the ability.
• Combat Trained: Trained by aristocrats, Arisia is skilled in some degree of self-defense despite her lack of mentioning so. Whilst she lacks the techniques of Anastasia Yngling (see; Royal Karate) she is similar in pedigree with expertise in European fencing and by extension Canne de Combat. This can be extended to hand-to-hand combat and isn’t limited to swords and canes.
• Soul Resonance: A rare ability, but one that Arisia has the potential for as with all Demon Weapons. When synchronized perfectly with her Meister pairing she can utilize sort of “true” soul abilities that are immensely powerful.
  
  • Nadia Ylwizaker: When synchronized Nadia and Arisia create the Soul Resonance abilities that fall under the “Gun-type” category (despite being a Bow & Arrow foundation). The only one known to them is called Danmaku, a barrage category technique that uses the supercharged ability from a synchronization to spread the soul energy into a complex “machine gun” sort of volley.

Weaknesses:
Arisia is particularly reserved and ambivalent towards most things, which ends up being a costly double-edged sword. Whilst it might be hard to invoke an emotional reaction from her it also means she has less passion thrown out into combat which can cause weird off-put synergies with her Meister, Nadia.

Mentally, Arisia has the least obvious flaws given her high academic scores and her great level of focus intellectually.

Whilst Arisia has some conditioning (and is a Demon Weapon) she is not the most physically conditioned with lower stamina than most and a lower threshold of pain tolerance and endurance. She is extremely accurate and precise, which is perhaps why her Demon Weapon form is as it is, but that is her only central physical strength, with the rest being poor-to-moderate.

Brief History:
The youngest daughter of the Königin family, Arisia was discovered to have inherited the Demon Weapon ‘gene’ when she was thirteen years old thus starting her on the journey to DWMA. Within the NOT curriculum Arisia showed herself reserved and rather… introverted to the point of awkwardness. Arisia became know to speak few lines and seek little things and up until her pairing with Nadia Ylwizaker was believed to have difficulty finding a pairing of any sort with any potential Meisters despite her studious personality. Once paired with Nadia she would often be called the “ice” to Nadia’s “fire”— a reference to their vastly different personality types. But somehow the two would learn to become quite cohesive in their bond with one another for just that reason.

Nadia & Arisia became an odd pair indeed as they took upon the contracts given to them through the DWMA as Nadia looked to prove herself and Arisia served as a buffer to temper her partner’s erratic personality. The quest to defeat and absorb corrupted souls (and eventually the goal to defeat a Witch) was hardly a simple task and one that would take the pairing through many challenges and obstacles. Though in the end, they stood as some of the younger pairs to complete graduation with the soul of Witch in hand. Upon that graduation the eyes of another organization came upon them called AID...

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Allocated Contract:
Nadia & Arisia have taken on a new contract — a trail of bodies leads through a small town located near an ominous forest; to which the villagers have hushed in a silent panic as no investigation has led to results other than death and suspense. The sighting of something dangerous could lead it to be the work of a monster, witch, or perhaps both? It seems that another neighboring village is facing similar issues… but that’s another contract entirely. Or is it?

Soul Eater: AID in the Witch Wars

Consider this tentative interest on my end. However, I haven't watched nor read the series itself in a few years which puts me at a disadvantage with cohesive familiarity. I'll be working on a Meister/Weapon and try to collect my thoughts in the next few days. You might get a few questions regarding that throughout that time.

Can you refresh me on the significance of soul colors and such?

"Project: Creative Expansion" - RP [Accepting]

@Gowi
O.O
*Hides all my children characters*

Get thee back Satan!

@XxLyraxX

You were the one who said they were in the mood for child characters! I should hide my adolescent-aged characters from you!

"Project: Creative Expansion" - RP [Accepting]

@Scarifar
I dunno. I'm in a mood for child characters I guess.

@XxLyraxX

NCQuest: Favors for Favors (Taking new players)

Alright errybody, as I said, people are pretty much free to post how they please right now, so.. yeah. If you guys can't think of anything to do, or just after a few days, then I'll start the combat posting.

Sound good?

@LHG100

I think we should let the pre-battle development take its course and not rush into the missions immediately.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile - Knights of the Last Republic

So yeah, feel free to say Hi.

@Sep

Hi.

NCQuest: Favors for Favors (Taking new players)

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STEIN KALFOX

_{“Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.”
E A R T H A K I T T}

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BRIEFING ROOM - NEW ANCHORAGE

The whole incident with Percy felt strange, even to someone like Stein. The blonde-haired pilot recalled situations where she had been in a similar situation as Percy, though the last time she had felt so nervous and crippled by her emotions was when she was still an inexperienced child— a memory that was barely one she could recall. Though there was something off about what had just happened between their Commander and Percy, something that Stein couldn’t quite place. Why would their Commander belittle him and rattle him rather than simply dismiss his anxiety and get back to the point?

However odd, Percy’s feelings were not so important to Stein and she had to focus on the rest of what was left of the briefing. Though seeing the man that rattled into such a state made her wonder how emotionally compromised he actually was. Would this risk them their lives at a crucial moment in battle? As Stein thought this her brows narrowed at the possibility of such a thing. She had already almost died due to someone’s emotions and she wouldn’t let that happen again.

She would make a note to talk to him immediately after the briefing had concluded.

As time progressed and the rest of her unit began to make for the exit she approached Sophia, remembering before she’d look for Percy she had to get some additional intelligence… about her own unit.

“I have an inquiry before I return to assigned downtime preluding the missions, Commander.”

“Make it quick.”

“Your assistant forgot to hand me individual dossiers on my squad, I would like to read them over before the missions.”

The information she needed was something she had forgotten to request upon her introduction to the facilities and their operations— having been too distracted by her NC’s own damages and what necessary repairs and analyses she needed to run to get it back to “fighting” shape. Had she been a little less shell shocked and distracted she wouldn’t feel so utterly blind to who her unit was. Going off words from her Commander’s assistant were not enough. It was weird being separated from the only comrades she had known for so many years; a reason the intel of her new unit slipped her mind, after all she had been used to already knowing who her team was beforehand. Switching from Corporate to Independent had a degree of whiplash, no matter who you were. Stein realized that now.

“Did he? Well, that’s a quick fix.”

The request didn’t seem to bother Sophia and with her aggressive retorts earlier, which was good. Because Stein didn’t have reason to argue or debate.

“Thank you, Commander.”

The exchange didn’t take long, as one of Sophia’s other assistants quickly rounded up the files she requested and handed them to her. Stein followed the acquisition with a quick salute to her commanding officer before she left the briefing room— being the last of the group of pilots to do so.

CORRIDORS - NEW ANCHORAGE

As Stein walked through the corridors she began quickly flipping through the files she had been given. Whilst she was mostly concerned about what the particular pages that contained information on Percy at the moment she still glanced over noteworthy mentions about her other teammates.

“Hm. This is sufficient background information for now.” She thought as she closed the file after reading enough to get what she needed to know. It was here that she saw the visage of her comrades making through the corridor.

“I suppose I should find him now, hopefully it does not take up too much of my time.”

Stein made off in search of Percy.

NCQuest: Favors for Favors (Taking new players)

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STEIN KALFOX

_{“Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.”
E A R T H A K I T T}

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BRIEFING ROOM - NEW ANCHORAGE

"Currently, it's pretty walled up. We seem to have two NC's guarding it, the Red-Oni and Fubuki, a heavily armored unit that specializes in thermal based attacks, and a 'bird-leg' humanoid that focuses on mobility and electronic warfare respectively. Aside from those two stooges, the gun is also defended by a small collective of turrets, most of them fitted with standard medium-ROF, medium damage kinetic cannons, and two of them being light artillery pieces. Nothing Little-Dragon and Goldenspur can't handle together, I reckon, so you two'll be heading out for that. Pay is 450,000 credits, divided amongst you two and after taking a cut for SR, that should be 100,000 for each of you."

Little Dragon and Goldenspur. Heh.

If Stein had a sense of humor she would’ve found her first assignment as an independent particularly amusing. Not only was it for her former employers, it was one assigned with that pilot in particular. She was sure that the lead engineer would be chuckling in his own amusement. It seemed that she would be indeed seeing if his piloting was better than his wit, indeed.

Her eyes moved down as she flipped through the information her unit had been given on the missions at large.

“Hm.” Stein mused in her thoughts, as she read the paper in front of her.

As Stein read through the files she stopped on the page that detailed her to-be enemies. Enemies that were detailed in what could have been possibly the most messy intelligence gathering she had ever seen for any enemy in her entire career, let alone ones she was particularly familiar with— NC’s that she had come across before in actual reports back when she was a Volkov drone. Then again she didn’t know a lot more than Sophia’s operation, though she’d never admit it. Red Oni, or Akai no Akuma (赤い悪魔) was a bulky mech that had a ridiculous loadout, but if she remembered correctly the pilot used this as a sort of “false flag” operation to trick opponents into underestimating them; which was smart and something Stein would do. As for Fubuki (吹雪), well the only thing that Stein could gather in the past was they were a “solo player” who liked dealing with things quickly, efficiently, and alone.

These were facts she would most definitely share with her partner in the operation. Though it was here that Stein began thinking of strategies revolving around the two almost as soon as she read and recalled their profiles.

Jan had taken a sideways glance at Stein the moment he realized he was being paired up with her. He thought back on the simulation earlier. It seemed like he would get to know what her piloting was like without the rigidity of an AI involved. He was already making plans as to how they would work together. The intelligence on the enemy wasn’t too great, but it would have to do. At least, that's what he thought.

When his name was mentioned specifically, Jan felt somewhat flattered, but also rather perturbed. If a corporation would bother to call him by name, it meant they had at least a passing interest in him. Experience had taught him such attention could be quite dangerous for independents like him. Still, the offer seemed easy enough, just shoot at a prototype for field testing. He had a nagging feeling about the specifics of the offered contract though. Why did Fairbanks want independent contractors for such a sensitive thing, he’d think they could just draw from their own fleet of NC pilots. It seemed Stein had followed a similar vein of reasoning to himself though, as she was already raising essentially the same concerns.

“I have a comment, if I may.” Stein stated as she paused on reading about the third operation; the one requesting Jan by name.

"You have the floor. Go ahead.”

“Is it not sufficiently risky for us to engage in the Fairbanks operation? It seems like we could damage our armors pointlessly. Is there additional information, Commander?”

"Pointlessly? No. It’s a simple fight ‘to the death’, AKA, until you or the prototype has to tap out. In any case, Fairbanks didn’t give us shit to go on themselves, but they’re the types to use anything to win, no matter what. ”

“Understood, though could it also be possible that asking for Officer Van Gent by name might indicate Fairbanks is targeting him? His career as an independent has dubbed him as a ‘mercenary’ with many enemies in all corporations if my information is correct.”

Whilst Stein didn’t recognize Jan’s face when she met him earlier in the day, she did know the name; a fact she kept to herself when they exchanged names in their brief ‘proper’ introduction. It was clear to her, at least within her mind, that this operation from Fairbanks could’ve been a trap for one individual pilot. Stein had guided herself on her instincts in the past and she was getting one from this briefing when the third operation had been mentioned— a reason she had decided to speak up when her history at Volkov had little vocal inquiries or statements in the briefing room.

Jan nodded, “I would rather not walk ass backwards into a trap, sir. She is right, I have quite a bit of bad blood with quite a lot of powerful people. And if this were to be a trap, it would also drag everyone else in this room in along with me.”

“Very good points you two, it’s nice to confirm that you pilots are keeping your eye on the ball too. In any case, they had to go through a lot of trouble to contact us, and just how hated can you be by the higher-ups in Fairbanks, Jan, really?”

Jan leaned back as he reminisced. “Well, I’ve disrupted their supply lines for about a year one time, I’ve also been part of some larger clashes where I’m quite certain I could confirm a not easily ignored number of confirmed Fairbanks-aligned casualties to my name. But perhaps you are right. An independent like me can grow quite paranoid living ‘off the grid’ for as long as I have.”

“A career on the grid isn’t much less dangerous.” Stein added before turning back to their Commander. “What are the estimated statistics of this Fairbanks operation being a FFO?”

Jan chuckled at the mention of the word ‘statistics’. As if pure conjecture like this could be quantified. Still, he remained silent, as to not interrupt anyone’s train of thought.

“Oh, yes, what a complex series of calculations…. three percent.”. Sophia had to keep herself from breaking face. Stein wanted a full on estimation of the statistics? These days, anything could happen.

Stein raised a brow about the statistic given, but decided not to make a comment on it’s authenticity; an authenticity that was most certainly fabricated as far as her presumptions went because she had never gotten such a low percentile in her decade or so of fighting as a pilot. Howver, if that was the information she was given, then that was what she would factor in.

”If you two really believe it’s a trap, as I said, it’s optional, on all technicalities. I won’t force you to do it, but I’d obviously prefer if you signed up.”

“If he accepts the mission and requests me as backup, I will provide it.”

Jan took a moment to think about the entire situation. “As you say Commander, the chance of this being a trap is rather negligible. Still, I’d prefer we have a backup plan in case that three percent does ring true. I would ask some pilots stay back at base as a plan B, just in case. But given those precautions… I’d be willing to do it.”

“Fair enough. Anyone else have any questions?”