KoL

Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

@IncredibleBee

You're still misunderstanding something, but this is the last time will make an effort about it.

When have I said that YTC's yeah is all magical based? They research the Crimson Sky, to build technologic things, magitech isn't their usual game. Plus, you should recheck out, but it's quote specific that they deal with pharmaceutical research and unscrupulous things like what Vincent went through. You are thinking they are building magical holocoms, and death rays, when what they do are drugs and implants to enhance soldier performance and next generation arms. The magical projects rarely ever see the day light.

Second, how is it that you perform an assuredly lethal body overhaul like Vincent got without the technology described above? Also, the dimension crossing satellite is absolutely impossible without YTC's tech being party of its core drive.

Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

@IncredibleBee

Just mind one thing, it's impossible to have Crimson Sky related technology that has nothing to do with YTC (unless your character created it on their own, but that's not the case with Vincent), even if the project he's in isn't being ran by them, the tech still comes from them. Actually, it must be stolen tech, because they would never lend prototypes to contractors which paints a giant target in his back because YTC will try to shut down the whole project and if they want to there's little that coalition can do to avoid it.

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@TheWindel

If you (and whoever else) want to check it, Reiko's CS is out there now, on the second CS tab post.

Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

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He can send and receive transmissions to summon drop pods, but the satellite enters and exits the dimension with him. The problem is sending transmissions to the Human World from the Crimson World.
Also, it wasn't built using YTC technology. Vincent was part of a really dangerous project involving human experimentation that a public corporation wouldn't be allowed to work on; his augments and weapons were created using military scientists. I was considering DARPA was the major developer behind most of his weapons, for example.

@IncredibleBee

Well, I won't force my ideas on you if you don't want to, but know that you should know that YTC is a PMC (actually, like the Umbrella from Resident Evil, most of YTC income, comes from military contracts) and they do build things for governments ask over the world using Crimson Sky based tech. They are specifically the only Company that can do so and for good reason (they shut down any competition in the harshest easy possible).

Also, most of the mechanical issues you are mentioning really aren't of any big importance. There's electric power on the Crimson Sky, and the radio stations are still there, so making a call is possible unless some specific circumstances happen to jam it. Obviously, the reception should be crappy for normal devices (as the genre dictates) but it still works.

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Reiko

Name: Reiko Asamiya

Title: The Scarlet Sage.

Gender: Female.

Race: Human, though there are non-confirmed stories that say she might have vampire blood running in her veins.

Age: Unknown, but she looks to be around 25 years old..

Height: 170 cm.

Weight: 63 kg.

Appearance: Reiko is a slightly tall woman with a toned and slender figure who looks to be in her mid to late twenties. The stern and scholarly look in her glasses-framed red eyes is complimented by her long dark hair, reaching past her waist, giving Reiko an aura of respect, as is expected of a serious academic such as she.

Her usual attire consists of an overcoat over a white shirt and skirt, with a pair of thighs covering her legs and adventuring on her feet to endure her constant outdoor expeditions. No matter what, Reiko is always seem wearing a long red scarf, a mark the women of the Asamiya lineage.

Personality: Reiko is a serious, no-nonsense person as is expected of someone who has attained the rank of World's Strongest Mage by talent alone, instead of racial or birth gifts and within the life time of a single human to top it all. She wears an aloof facade, but deep down Reiko is quite vengeful, perhaps even sadistic, and does not take kindly on those who insult her unless they have a special meaning to the World's Strongest, like a pupil or a lover. Anger her at your own peril.

First and foremost, Reiko is an scholar, thus she enjoys to study and pass on her knowledge to others, as long as they are able to follow her rhythm of teaching, which is no small feat. Specially, Reiko is prone to philosophical arguments that can extend for some time if you indulge her for too long.

Reiko seems to have a personal distaste of her own master, mainly because the harsh training of those on the line of the World's Strongest Mages tend to breed this kind of discomfort between student and tutor even if they don't outwardly hate one another. It's just that it's hard to look on the person that nearly tortured you both physically and mentally for years and be all kisses and giggles for them, there's no rancor involved on this relationship.

Short Bio: Reiko Asamiya, the Scarlet Sage, the World's Strongest Mage, all these names and perhaps others that she is not aware of refer to the same person.

Reiko was born to the demon hunter clan known as the Asamiya lineage, a matriarchal family that has bred some of the best witches of history, while their men are known to be unnoteworthy, at best being librarians and archivists of the Asamiya history as payment for being accepted in such a powerful clan. Form her early childhood it was determined that Reiko was a genius without compare ever since the time of the foundation of the clan as she devoured all the lore she could find and mastered the Asamiya magic at an astounding rate.

Soon enough there was nothing more for Reiko to learn and then her grandmother made the harsh decision of sending the still wide-eyed infant to be trained under the Magister of the World, a mage known for her powers and her strange ways. Reiko succeeded were countless others failed, however once she came back from her training, Reiko was a completely different person. Her idealism had been swapped with calculations and her wide-eyed grin with the harsh stare of one who had seen and knew too much of the working of the world, cynicism had taken a grip of her heart and refused to yield.

Not all of this was the Magister's fault, though; certain... personal experiences changed who Reiko is from her core out after she concluded her studies and as a sign of this, Reiko offered herself to work with her master, again, shaping the new generations. Hopefully, no new World's Strongest Mage will need to be bred by her, since this training is much more than most can ever dream to take.

Manifestation: As a mage, and the World's Strongest, Reiko's powers take on a different shape than most. Magic allows her to do any kind of thaumaturgic and occult effect, though most spells would require a modicum of preparation at least, Reiko is powerful and skilled enough to enact even grand rituals with mere minutes at most.

Reiko can generate barriers, cast curses and enhancements, summon spirits, and even do direct magic attacks with easy, though her signature magic is Rose-Killing, a subtype of blood magic unique to her, which allows Reiko to create and shape "roses" made of blood and magic. These roses are completely under Reiko's control and diffuse an extremely powerful and corrosive hemotoxin, not to talk about the thorns that can dig through steel armor while the vines strangle you to death. Truly, being caught on Reiko's garden leads to a gruesome demise, be either human, Youkai, or whatever else.

Weapons: Reiko has absolutely no need for weapons and if she ever does need it, she can simply summon whatever weapon she wishes to.

Equipment: As above, though depending on the nature of her current research, she might carry around tools that are more practical than employing magical for their job, most particularly, books to take notes.

Other: None worthy of note.

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Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

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Vincent's officially backed by the governments of several powerful countries. He would have a support team consisting of medics, scientists, engineers and the like to patch him up, repair his gear, and study any findings after each incursion (for example, all the monster gore stuck to his swords.) as well as provide him with intel relating to the city itself and anything they might discover about Youkai and what's best for fighting them. Ideally, yes, this would include a support team giving him info live via radio.

However, in my first post I wrote that radio transmissions couldn't pass between the human world and Crimson world, because to my knowledge they're in different dimensions. If we're gonna do this, I'd like an explanation for why radios could still connect to the human world, OR a decent idea for how technology can circumvent the problem, OR you really, really can't think of how to reveal the plot otherwise.

Also if you want a decent way to reveal assassin plot, Vincent's trying to chop the leader's arms and legs off so he can interrogate him.

@IncredibleBee

Well, you are forgetting the satellite, not? If he can send commands to it, he can also receive transmissions as well. More over, it must be built and operated by YTC's technology, so it's really no problem at all.

As for your suggestion, that is exactly why the mission control would be needed, he doesn't know anything about that Youkai, to begin with the fact that there was at least one more of them around. More than that would be spoiling, but believe that what I have planned is good.

Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

@IncredibleBee

Would Vincent have something like a mission control (aka Bridge Bunnies) helping him? I have an idea for my next post, but it kind of swings around this, so if not I'd have to rethink how to reveal the plot around that assassin.

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@Mysaren

Oh my! You flew under my radar, sorry. Anyway, I've read your character way ago. She's ok as well.

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@Jay Kalton

She's ok with me as well. Just so that you know.

@KoL When you say "humanoid" youkai, how much of the "youkai" part is ok?
Tail and horns are ok?
The character being taller or shorter than the normal is ok?

@Double Capybara

I mean general human size and shape, but extra features are no problem. Size should be around that of a kid around their 8 to 10 age range and that of a really tall basketball player, more or less

Akatsuki Academy

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Wait, what if he uses a "stockpile" Manifestation i.e. Juniper's ability to hold back pain and fatigue. Say he holds something in, then switches power. What happens to that excess energy?

@Brithwyr

Under my eyes, he would suffer the backlash, on the moment he switches from it, since he effectively decided to not concentrate on holding the damage anymore.