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Pokémon: Rise of Chaos

I somewhat expected that. A pattern of yours is that if you don't spit out a character (normally of notably high quality) within 1-3 days of showing interest, your interest dies out. I'm generally the exact opposite. I can create and create and create indefinitely. I haven't been involved in a roleplay that has died before I lost interest in a long time. Here tends to be a counter example as I only intended on creating one CS (with no real goal of it getting through) and it was shot down due to a rule change. I could make a handful more characters, but I would have no desire to play any of them. Pretty much spelled doom for me the moment a core part of Nic was rejected.

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

I also have this posted in the Advanced Interest Checks where it's getting a little more spotlight. You may wish to check there to see the development going on.

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

Alright, I'll admit that I am being slightly vague here. In all honestly, I want to highlight some points before I go on (I won't be making a character immediately as this is still in concept phase)

1.a I want the 'powerset' to be free form so that each roleplayer may play a unique set of abilities that they personally enjoy. No one has to follow a similar trend, nor do they have to create an umbrella theme. If someone just wants to manipulate the element of fire, they can.

1.b Everyone will have a standard set of abilities they can train. Strength, speed, energy project, etc.; even entire fighting styles might be fabricated, by me, or inserted into the roleplay to continuously sculpt characters in unique ways. With that said, choosing a power might be more about making a more linear path for it; for example, if someone choose to control fire, as they grew more powerful and trained, they might understand that they do not control 'fire' as much as they control combustion and become even more adept when using the concepts of combustion, space-confinement, etc. with combination with their abilities. Do keep in mind this will have science fantasy elements, so draw from both science and your imagination.

2. When I compared this to a game, I didn't mean you had to have completely set-in-stone abilities. In fact, I somewhat dislike that concept. However, it is an option and you can easily have an umbrella ability that sprouts several smaller branch abilities that are unique to themselves.

3. You are more than welcome to making your character initially ignorant to what their abilities are. In fact, I would much prefer that your characters didn't fully understand their abilities quickly. Just because a character starts off with manipulating fire doesn't mean that is his true ability. You might go a very, very long time into the RP without the true nature of your ability being known. Maybe never. Zenpachi from Bleach never knew his Bankai, and he was still fucking awesome.

4. I stress that you should plan to start slow and start relatively weak, so when considering your abilities and their reflections of your(self) character, imagine abilities that are each small expressions of such but also part of a bigger idea. You are more than the sum of your parts, but each part is still important.

With those main points made, I found a character from a Naruto RP I was once in that should identify the concept of ability core and branches that I mean.

Hayato Nakamura

"My life changed when I began to understand... knowledge is power."

Name Hayato "Allure of Ame / Allure" Nakamura
Age 32 | Gender Male
Alliance Konohagakure
Rank Jounin
Position Cursed Seal Hunter
Favorite Food Fresh Shrimp
Least Favorite Food Spinach
Favorite Phrase "Knowledge is power."
Hobby Playing musical instruments
Traits High stamina, large chakra pools

Appearance

Hayato stands a solid six feet tall with a muscular frame. His auburn hair is often left completely unchecked and he has a disdain for the uniform that most shinobi at and above chuunin level are urged to wear, thus he doesn't. The only equipment that Hayato does choose to wear is a belt full of shorter-than-average scrolls accompanied by three on his back all roughly two feet in length and three inches thick. These scrolls account for a vast majority of his actual weaponry, but not all. Hayato is fit with three specialized air tubes in his arms, similar to those used by Zaku Abumi. Aside from these characteristics, Hayato is generally defined as an 'aesthetically pleasing' man by those around him, thus earning him the nickname "The Allure of Ame" as he also originates from Amegakure.



History Hayato was a prodigious chuunin in Amegakure during the Second Great Shinobi war, making his name using the enhancements given to him through Amegakure weapons specialist of the era. Due to alliances and trade unions, Amegakure had become very powerful and wealthy despite its small size, and its shinobi were receiving some of the benefits. Before the procedures, Hayato was just another genin that went into the ranks for the glory, as much of the able-bodied youth of that time did, but his ability to handle the enhancements earned him recognition. Those who received the implants in their arms often rejected them, causing damage to muscles groups and the nervous systems located in their arms, permanently lowering their combat capabilities. Hayato was able to receive three without complication, and could use them skillfully.

Hayato fought for Amegakure in the Second Great Shinobi War, but fled to Sunagakure upon the overthrow of its government, as did several other shinobi whom sought refuge. Hayato became part of a refugee culture within Sunagakure and hid within its walls and sand-struck boundary until it was finally overtaken by Sai in his last act of world domination. The Kazekage of Sunagakure held out, alongside his personal guard, until their chakra was completely exhausted and the sands shifted in the favor of Sai. This took years, however, since Sai did not truly own every country until his sixth year in power. Even with Sunagakure taken, miles of desert and hundreds of oasis provided sanctuary for most of the rogue shinobi, thus leading them, and Hayato, to the life of a wandering nomad.

During his time in Sunagakure, Hayato trained among many of the shinobi that took refuse there. He honed his Wind Release, but moreover found he had an advanced chakra nature: Sound Release. Hayato began to play instruments, learn of how sound worked, how the air worked, and as he did pushed his abilities using knowledge instead of raw power, although he did not lack the latter. This lead Hayato develop his signature fighting style by incorporating the abilities of the famous puppeteers of Sunagakure with the addition of chakra strings. Hayato spent nearly a decade honing his style as a desert nomad with those he traveled with, moving by day and playing by night.

This lasted until the resistance called upon all shinobi to take stand and rise against Sai's Empire within their domain, and Hayato was not one to ignore the horn of battle. With hundreds of nomadic shinobi alongside him, Hayato assisted in the siege of the great desert fortress of Sungakure and brought down the Sai that ran the sandy cornerstone of the world. After the fall of Sai, Hayato took to hunting those with the Cursed Marks, but with political pressure, was forced to choose sides between Sunagakure and Konohagakure. As did many shinobi, although fewer of the nomadic desert shinobi, he chose to join Konohagakure solely on the influence of the resistance and his former friends that also joined. Not long after taking a permanent spot in Konohagakure, Hayato and his loose adherence to rules, skill in frivolity using instruments and latent charm earned him the nickname "The Allure of Ame", which results in most either calling him Allure or Hayato, generally pending on gender.

Personality Hayato was once a very stern shinobi that took little pride in his ability to use his implants. However, a decade spent in the desert, dancing 'round fires while honing his skills against friends led to him becoming a fairly frivolous individual. Some claim that if Hayato trained as diligently as even a chuunin, he may be just as powerful as the Hokage and Jounin Commander, to which Hayato generally retorts with apathy. Hayato prefers the foods, sensations and freedom of not being stuck in endless sand and even after months of being inside Konohagakure he truly has yet to lose interest in his frivolity. That said, Hayato does take his job quite seriously, and on a mission there is no one more focused on hunting down those with the Cursed Mark of Sai, but it is a rarity for such a mission or even lead to arise.

Nature Release Wind, Sound
Important Items Twelve short-scrolls that contain folded, hollow, holed metal balls. Three large scrolls on his back, each summoning a different item:

• Two large curved walls that act as barriers and sound amplifiers


• One harp made of material that amplifies chakra flow


• Sixteen large, hollow pillars of holed metal

Combat Style: Hayato is easily the definition of versatility when it comes to combat. Although he has no outstanding skill in taijutsu alone, Hayato has developed a nintaijutsu that works in collaboration with one of his core jutsu. Hayato has a set of core jutsu in addition to several more peripheral jutsu granting him a high level of versatility. Additionally, his years within the Sunagakure desert have left him with a high amount of stamina and his years practicing the same jutsu have granted him well-trained chakra reservers. Hayato centers his justu around the little metal balls he can summon, which is why he carries twelve scrolls. They are connected in a network of chakra that allow them to emit sound and are controlled by Hayato himself via chakra threads normally used by puppeteers. These balls can be used to enhance or alter his jutsu as well as can be enhanced with the use of his dome or pillars. Hayato is also skilled with Wind Release, although most Wind Release techniques can dampen his Sound Release, but is still capable of blasting powerful gusts of wind, if need be.

Justu List All Academy Jutsu.

Canon jutsu

• Decapitating Airwaves


• Extreme Decapitating Airwaves


• Wind Release: Great Breakthrough

Custom Jutsu

Jutsu Name: Wind Release: Tempest Rising
Jutsu Type: Offensive
Effective Range: Close-Mid
Nature Type: Wind
Descriptions: Hayato performs a single handsign that conjures a wall of wind around him, acting as a barrier. This wind can be turned into a cyclone and aimed at a target with great destructive force.
Drawbacks: Hayato cannot visibly see past the wind barrier when created.

Jutsu Name: Helix Airwaves
Jutsu Type: Offensive
Effective Range: Mid
Nature Type: Wind
Descriptions: Using the implants in his arms, Hayato blasts compressed wind in the shape of a helix. This blast is more compressed than his decapitating airwaves, thus has greater penetrating power.
Drawbacks: Hayato cannot perform handsigns while using this jutsu.

Jutsu Name: Spherical Airwaves
Jutsu Type: Offensive
Effective Range: Mid-Long
Nature Type: Wind
Descriptions: This jutsu allows the creation of 'pellets' of compressed air that can be fired at high rates similar to a Gatling gun. Upon impact, the airwaves explode with a large sum of force. These pellets can be held and added together to create larger spheres that can be fired at shorter distances and slower velocities to do exponentially more collateral damage.
Drawbacks: Hayato cannot perform handsigns while using this jutsu.

Jutsu Name: Sound Release: Decapitating Soundwaves
Jutsu Type: Offensive
Effective Range: Close-Mid-Short
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Hayato creates sound waves using the three implants in his arm and manipulates them with chakra as to control their concentration, range, frequency and potency. Hayato can thusly create soundwaves that act as regular Decapitating Airwaves, Helix Airwaves or Spherical Airwaves with the use of one jutsu, and can be amplified by other sound-based jutsu.
Drawbacks: Hayato cannot perform handsigns while using this jutsu.

Jutsu Name: Sound Release: White Noise Zone
Jutsu Type: Supplementary
Effective Range: 15 meter radius
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Using the metal balls he can summon and chakra threads, Hayato creates an area that is constantly amplified by sound that is under his control, ranging from frequency, wavelength and potency. Each ball is connected with 12 chakra threads that repair in 2 seconds if cut. Each connection, aside from the outer most layer,is thus connected to twelve other balls. The constant sonic emission allows Hayato to see everything in the area in ultrasound and amplify his Sound jutsu.
Drawbacks: Alone, this jutsu is effortless to maintain, but using it to amplify jutsu can be exhausting.

Jutsu Name: Sound Release: White Noise Death Zone
Jutsu Type: Supplementary, Offensive
Effective Range: 50 meters in a do-decagon
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Hayato creates a do-decagon using the pillars he has sealed on his back that connect to the metal balls, allowing him to have far more of them in an area. These pillars channel his chakra at a higher efficiency, thus reducing their chakra use while also increasing the demand. In addition to increasing the range that Hayato can use the White Noise Zone, it also amplifies the chakra that passes through it greatly. Using sound waves alone, Hayato can deal blows to opponents as hard as regular punches, interrupt regular breathing, redirect airflow and increase pressure on a person as well as create high-pitch sounds that can deafen opponents, all within his field.
Drawbacks: This jutsu requires at least four pillars to remain up to maintain, but loses some strength if any of its pillars are lost in general. This is why there are four extra in his seal.

Jutsu Name: Sound Release: White jacket Insanity
Jutsu Type: Nintaijutsu
Effective Range: Short-Mid
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Hayato coats his body in a layer of sound-attuned chakra, then can transition his body through a White Noise Zone at just under the speed of sound itself. If there are at least four pillars standing while this jutsu is in use, Hayato can also amplify simple blows with sound-wave explosions to add collateral damage. This jutsu also protects Hayato from certain concussive forces.
Drawbacks: This jutsu prevents Hayato from using other jutsu while in movement, but not while active.

Jutsu Name: Sound Release: The Bell Tolls
Jutsu Type: Supplementary, Offensive
Effective Range: Short-Mid,-Long
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Hayato can amplify any sound wave within his White Noise Zone, including those of his own jutsu. Thus, Hayato can simply pour more chakra into his pillars and thus his jutsu to make them stronger.
Drawbacks: The chakra required to amplify jutsu.

Jutsu Name: Summoning: Walls of Sound
Jutsu Type: Offensive, Defensive
Effective Range: Short-Mid-Long
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Hayato can summon his large, curved walls to either be used offensively or defensively. Defensively, they are simply large walls of steel, but offensively they are curved to amplify soundwaves greatly, allowing Hayato to destroy small towns with them if he was not interrupted.
Drawbacks: The specific shape of these walls can interrupt the White Noise Zone, thus forcing Hayato to only use one at a time.

Jutsu Name: Sound Release: Harp of Discord
Jutsu Type: Offensive
Effective Range: Mid-Long
Nature Type: Sound
Descriptions: Hayato can use his summoned harp to conduct a symphony of destruction. Each chakra-enhanced stroke of the fingers will cause a torrent of powerful sound waves of beautific nature that can rip apart even solid steel. This jutsu grows more powerful the longer a song is played and can be made even more destructive by the use of Hayato's walls of sound. If allowed to play an entire song on his harp, Hayato could leave a village in ruin.
Drawbacks: Hayato cannot miss a note, elsewise will cancel the jutsu. He must also remain stationary and he does not always have full control over the direction of the sound waves. It is possible, while using the Wall of Sound, for Hayato to be hit and even killed by his own sound wave. This jutsu was created by accident by Hayato and is one he considers a mistake.

Admittedly, that is a slightly extreme example and it follows the setup used for ninjutsu by Naruto, but it should definitely highlight what I mean by following a theme. Additionally, these characters will be HIGHLY prone to development if this roleplay goes as I imagine, so don't begin believing the image you have is how it will turn out. I don't like it when people have a static idea and just force it. Interact. Grow. Develop. Bounce back and forth with the roleplay and your fellow roleplayers. Change your character and adjust to the interaction. You might go in a completely different direction than you begin in and ultimately add huge layers of depth. This will have fantasy elements lined within it and you will be venturing from world to world, so just because people use "Ley" doesn't mean that they won't be using mana or fel energy or the mysteries of the arcane or shamanistic mysticism. You might find a whole new branch and learn from it. Maybe become a Wizard for a while, or a Warlock, a Priest, a Spellblade or Dashing Rogue with a magical lute. I'm obviously stretching this out, and that's to make the point. You are making people like you and me, regular humans from the regular world. They will be going into new, fantastical places and your initial plan might not at all be applicable.

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

No, I mean, in more depth, what might you be interested in playing?

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

I've actually used that specific test before. I test very close between the lines of INTP and INTJ, which equates to (introverted, intuitive, thinking, perception/judgemental). I've also found that I can alter my test-taking mentality to be an ENTP. The test itself is designed so that many questions are 'which answer suits you best', so altering perception and judgement or introverted and extroverted isn't terribly far-fetched, especially considering the intuitive and thinking traits remain constant.

INTP said Architects are rare - maybe one percent of the population - and show the greatest precision in thought and speech of all the types. They tend to see distinctions and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter when or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing out the speaker's error. And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating, their skill in framing arguments giving them an enormous advantage. Architects regard all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function is to eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an uncomfortable experience for many.

Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except with close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. Able to concentrate better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers or drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with analysis, and this can seem to shut others out. Once caught up in a thought process, Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all its complexity. Architects prize intelligence, and with their grand desire to grasp the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and may show impatience with others who have less ability, or who are less driven.

INTJ said All Rationals are good at planning operations, but Masterminds are head and shoulders above all the rest in contingency planning. Complex operations involve many steps or stages, one following another in a necessary progression, and Masterminds are naturally able to grasp how each one leads to the next, and to prepare alternatives for difficulties that are likely to arise any step of the way. Trying to anticipate every contingency, Masterminds never set off on their current project without a Plan A firmly in mind, but they are always prepared to switch to Plan B or C or D if need be.

asterminds tend to be much more definite and self-confident than other Rationals, having usually developed a very strong will. Decisions come easily to them; in fact, they can hardly rest until they have things settled and decided. But before they decide anything, they must do the research. Masterminds are highly theoretical, but they insist on looking at all available data before they embrace an idea, and they are suspicious of any statement that is based on shoddy research, or that is not checked against reality.

ENTP said Inventors often have a lively circle of friends and are interested in their ideas and activities. They are usually easy-going, seldom critical or carping. Inventors can be engaging conversationalists, able to express their own complicated ideas and to follow the ideas of others. When arguing issues, however, they may deliberately employ debate skills to the serious disadvantage of their opponents.

Inventors are usually non-conformists in the workplace, and can succeed in many areas as long as the job does not involve too much humdrum routine. They make good leaders on pilot projects that test their ingenuity. And they are skilled at engineering human relationships and human systems, quickly grasping the politics of institutions and always wanting to understand the people within the system rather than tell them what to do. No matter what their occupation, however, Inventors display an extraordinary talent for rising to the demands of even the most impossible situations. "It can't be done" is a challenge to an Inventor and elicits a reaction of "I can do it."

It's pretty easy to see the correlations. At work, finish tasks quickly and with relative ease. I'm assistant manager of the People Department and most specifically am in charge of interviews, training and the training of new management and new crew trainers. I, however, rarely run the actual crew and in most instances that I do run the crew, it is either in the stead of another manager for their break or out of frustration due to their inability to lead. I was given my position, most specifically, due to the Department Manager finding my very direct nature useful, my actual abilities in my field (which at the time, was customer service and sales) and my proficiency in training new crew. My specific position was made 'for me' and didn't exist until our department managers decided I needed to be above regular management so that I could justifiably regulate them. This makes me the sixth in chain of command.

As you can see, facts like that take from elements of all of those. Introverted most of the time, but extroverted when necessary. Capable of making judgement calls, but most of the time preferential to designing a system that can 'run itself' with minimal input. If I were to just use INTP alone, it wouldn't cover as large of a spectrum. Anyway, I just find it interesting you brought such testing up.

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Two of you have thus far thought of yourselves as using some type of external force. One for the act of 'pushing others away' and the other in a sense of 'control'.

Honestly, I feel that making choices based on such criteria is a little shallow and I would like to see more... creativity. As a matter of fact, I find such powers boring and cliche; I'm not even going to pull a punch there. I found such choices slightly disappointing. I understand that when reflecting upon yourself, you don't quite look at fantastical applications for a roleplay or maybe don't immediately see the literary applications, but I would love to see a lot more thought and depth put into these powers.

For example, I play both WoW and League of Legends. In League, you have five abilities: your innate passive, then four others. There is a LARGE diversity of characters that work on a theme or mechanic and have varying abilities due to such, yet still stem from the same root. They work on a definitive concept. World of Warcraft allows you to spec into trees and make multiple alignment choices that define your role by defining your character more and more. These are the types of things and considerations I am looking for in designing a powerset. This is in fact CosmoNET, which is meant to be somewhat of a metaphorical comparison to MMORPG's; think like a game designer as much as you are as a roleplayer.

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

What might you be interested in playing?

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

Bump.

CosmoNET: Be you. Become anything!

Bump.

Pokémon: Rise of Chaos

So, I do hate to let down anyone whom might have liked Niccolo, but I do doubt I'll be partaking in this RP. Removing (or I should more accurately say 'enforcing an edition to the rules made post-creation') the Aura Reading element of the character, in my opinion, compromises the core concept of the character too greatly for me to play him. Enjoy the banner and enjoy the RP.

Pokémon: Rise of Chaos

I did actually finish a full CS. It's in that tiny little hider that's super easy to overlook. You could, at the very least, review it. lol I put in more effort than I thought I would making it.

I'm a huge Absol fan, too. I saw that on a free image search and was like, "If this isn't a suitable banner, there are some issues with this RP."