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Covenant Academy - An Urban Fantasy School RP - Interest Check and Signups

Alright, I have garnered enough interest to try this out.

Humans:
Name: Jordan Montoya
Age: 16
Appearance: "So, whatcha wanna buy?"
Personality: Jordan was raised with only one thing in mind: those with the most money win. He's taken that lifetime family motto to heart and will do almost anything to make a quick buck. Almost anything. He's no Judas, he's not gonna sell someone out for thirty pieces of silver, and he's too afraid to actually kill for money. What he can do, however, is talk a good deal about what he's currently selling at that time. We're talking Honest John styles of talking here. Fast-talking, shilling, he'll even break into a musical number to get you to buy his product. And the funny thing is that the product won't be glorified snake oil. If he says he has a product that can do something cool and wonderful, he means it. With his contract, Jordan became opportunistic, looking at both sides and trying to strike a deal for all of them. As such, he's more in the middle.
Clubs: Entrepreneurs Club
Brief Backstory: His family came from a strong line of Spanish Conquistadors who had reported sightings of a strange creature with a gem on its head in South America. However, attempts to capture it proved infallible, as the creature would blind them if they ever gotten close to it and most importantly, the gem on its head. However, one of them, who would later become Jordan's ancestor, figured out exactly how to calm the creature and convince it that he won't hurt it. The creature smiled and bonded with the ancestor, giving him the gemstone as in trade for convincing the other Conquistadors to leave. Upon doing so, Jordan's ancestor received tremendous luck, as the Conquistadors ran off and left their valuables behind. This is the cause for Jordan's wealthy upbringing many years later. When Jordan was old enough, he was taken to a strange room by his father and was revealed the story of the encounter with the Carbuncle. He is given the gemstone, preserved for the generations, as a calling card to summon a Carbuncle to contract with, as per family tradition. He contracted with one and was told to treasure and respect the Carbuncle like its his last hope. With that, he went on his way to Covenant Academy.
Contract(s): Carbuncle

Contracted Beings:
Name: It has no name, but Jordan calls him Carbie.
Type: Carbuncle
Personality: Carbie was summoned and contracted as a baby, so his personality and mind is pretty child-like, only cooing and crying to communicate with anyone else. Its too young and innocent to detect any ulterior motives yet, a key ability for the Carbuncles to have when dealing with humans with greed in their hearts, which is probably why he and Jordan have their contract... For now at least.
Powers: Carbie can blind people for a few seconds. He is able to sense the desires in people's hearts, though only to judge whether they want the gemstone on his head for wealth or not. As he is still in an infantile stage, however, he won't be able to put two and two together and will just give the gemstone regardless.
Fusion: Jordan's top-hat turns into a large jewel crown on his head, while his jacket turns into a long, pink gemstone cape, broken to small tiny pieces so as to flutter about in the wind and not be a hassle for him. The gemstone on the Carbuncle's forehead now becomes the gemstone on Jordan's chest, and it acts as the main source for his powers. However, because the forehead gem isn't clear as crystal in what it can do, his power is being able to blind people, the same power that Carbie has, though lasting for at least half a minute.
Summon: "Coooo..." Carbie can produce gemstones from its forehead, which fall out in time only to be replaced by another gemstone. Each gemstone has a magical affinity, always elemental. One gemstone could spew out fire, while another could simply shock you with lightning. Because of his age, these gemstones are more likely than not weak compared to say, an elemental-based Contract would have, but there's the added benefit that anyone with magic can use these gemstones.

Anime Trope Deconstruction Medley, anyone?

Slumberful said
I would like to include the 'All girls love the Brooding Icicle' into the mix, as well. That is one annoying trope.

Easy one. Brooding Icicle takes advantage of their swooning. Like, human shield levels of advantage.

Anime Trope Deconstruction Medley, anyone?

ruronihs said
So, it happens quite a lot.

Ah, that's interesting.

Anime Trope Deconstruction Medley, anyone?

ruronihs said
Ah, but there's also plenty of Shonen tropes that aren't mentioned in that article.Defeat is friendship - If an antagonist is defeated by the protagonist, it is highly likely that the defeated character will join forces with the protagonist in a later arc.First girl wins - In a love triangle, the first girl introduced is the one that will win out in the end. "Stages" and "Modes" - new levels of power are reached not simply by getting stronger, but by taking on new forms. This goes hand-in-hand with transformation sequences and hidden techniques, which are often transformations of some kind. Flashback Armor - a villain will not be defeated unless his past has been elaborated on or explained, at least in part. Flashback De-armor - Once a character's past has been fully explained or resolved, he will fall to relative unimportance. Philosophy Motif - Characters will be deeply ingrained in a philosophy that fits with the theme of their combat strategy. And, if a girl is sitting/standing on a elevated platform of some kind, at night, singing, then she is in some way inhuman.

Oh yeah! I already know the perfect way to deconstruct Defeat Means Friendship (especially if the defeat is pretty brutal): The antagonist only joins out of fear of being killed by the protagonist if he ever steps out of line and it's pretty clear that 'friendship' for him is just another word for "Bully and Victim".

As for Flashback Armor, there's a trope for that called "Death By Flashback" which perfectly fits with your summary.

Though I'm interested in which anime had that last trope of the girl being inhuman from her singing on a high-elevated platform.

Anime Trope Deconstruction Medley, anyone?

Hm... How about Shonen? Okay, I know that's a demographic, but there's usually a clear genre in there. Like, an naive hero who struggles to be strong, his rival who is too cool for school, a big villain who wants to (you guessed it) take over the world (OF COURSE!), that one girly character that does nothing if she isn't fulfilling the role of the love interest, side characters that are usually pushed to the sidelines because they're not the hero, the mentor who is usually doomed to die because he's both badass and old, the inevitable tournament arc that usually serves to introduce strong and powerful opponents for the heroes to fight, etc.

Essentially this.

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I would love it too.

Journey Through The Multiverse: Just Live More

Well, when nobody besides the GM has nothing to post, it's usually a rule of thumb that it's dead...

Okay, that's a double negative... What I mean to say was that it's been four weeks since my post... And usually it's a sign that it's either dead or in a heavy hiatus. If anyone wishes to, I am more than happy to give you blessings to do a reboot or continue it...

Journey Through The Multiverse: Just Live More

Hm... Four weeks since anyone's posted... Gonna check if this is officially dead or not.

A Game of Stands (A JJBA Roleplay)

Not sure if I'd be good running it though. I do have an idea of how to begin it.

"With the brutal battle over, peace has been restored. But I fear that new evils will emerge in the passing time. I am Joseph Joestar. And I am sending this message out to any Stand Users out there willing to fight for justice. We are here. We are waiting." {plays Holy Diver on his walkman}

A Game of Stands (A JJBA Roleplay)

Well, I guess we can talk about character ideas for the time being.

I'm between two character ideas.

A alligator named Pippi with a sludge-based Stand called "Back in Mississippi", provided animal Stand Users are allowed. If not, then I have another idea: a guy by the name of Bernard D. Bizkut with a Stand that's able to split itself into two to double his punching power called "Goof Troop Boop".