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@Altered Tundra Thanks, but I've decided on using Dan Avidan. I just need to find the right gif now.

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@Lovely Complex
Ok. It may take a little while to find a picture that isn't an anime character, but I'll start searching now.

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@Lovely Complex
Oh, cool. Also, my phone is all janky and old so I can't see everyone's pictures to confirm it, but did you only want pictures of real people for the characters? Because I think that's what it said in the rules, but I may have misinterpreted it because I'm dumb.

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Hey, I'm interested in joining. I read the intro post in the OC, and I'm wondering if there's any possible way to get someone who, quite honestly, is neither rich nor intelligent, at least in an academic sense? I know its probably unlikely, but if there's a way, it'd be pretty cool to make a student who just does not belong in such a fancy place.

Hikari Academy

Belias Verto

• Appearance:

A small part of his spinal column is actually exposed, leaving a line of rough ridges up his back. He also has a thin, whip-like tail, also hosting the same spines.

• Name: Belias (Bel) Verto

• Age: 15, but 16 in just a couple of weeks.

• Species: Half demon

• Abilities: Bel has a couple of natural abilities, all of which come from his perpetually high body heat. The first is his 'healing factor', which self-cauterises any wounds he might take. However, it is very painful for him.
His second ability causes his natural body heat to flow into his spinal column, causing it to actually light up from heat alone. This is particularly noticeable in the exposed ridges, which glows a bright blue. Once it has powered up properly, his jaw snaps and unhinges painfully, and the heat bursts out in a highly pressurised beam. This process burns his throat very badly, leaving him in terrible pain for the few moments until it heals.
All of the pain from these powers can be traced back to the fact that he is half human, taking away any natural endurance to his own heat he would have had otherwise.

• Skills: He is fairly acrobatic, having tried to get into gymnastics multiple times as a child. Perhaps because of this, he is also a very good dancer, having taken it up as one of his most enduring hobbies. Finally, he is quite good at playing the Bodhrán, or Irish drum, although most other instruments tend to escape him.

• Inventory: His Bodhrán, given to him by his human grandfather.

• Sample Post:

Hider

"Hey Bel, why don't you play something for us?" Belias's grandfather, the human one, asked. "I here you've gotten pretty good since I last visited."

The entire family was over, ready to see him off the next day when he departed for Hikari Academy, and if he was lucky, somehow not fail badly enough to get sent home within the month. Yeah, that was mostly just his nerves talking, but just because he was paranoid, it didn't mean he was wrong, damn it!

"Yeah, alright..." He said, picking his Bodhrán up and giving it a small knock.

However, it seemed like that was all he needed, and within moments he was lost completely in the sound coming from the drum. A couple of minutes later, he opened his eyes, seeing the whole group looking just that little bit calmer.

"Are you better now?" His grandfather asked him, an amused grin on his face, and if Bel had had skin on his, it would be blushing.

"Oh, yeah." He said, almost a little embarrassed at how quickly he'd given into the drums beat. "I guess I am."

"Don't worry." His father said, patting him on the shoulder and, if his face had not also been a skull, Bel thought he'd probably be smiling. "You're a friendly boy, once you get over your shyness enough to talk to people. You won't be alone for very long, and then you'll always have someone at your back!"

Looking around the room, Bel felt a lot better. His dad was right. It might take a little while to make friends, considering his unnerving appearance, but once he did, he'd likely be able to turn to them whenever he was freaking out.

"Now..." His father continued. "I believe it's about time for you to get to bed."

"Wait, what?" He asked incredulously. "It's not even five o'clock yet! The sun is still up!"

"Trust me, you're going to need as much sleep as you can get before we leave tomorrow. It's a long way to the academy, and even my magic won't get us there in an instant! Now bed. Go."

Grumbling, Bel went to his room.

And promptly lay awake the entire night in a terrible combination of excitement and nerves.

• Other: He generally needs to wear clothes that either have a very wide, open collar, or clothes like his vest that he can put on without getting them caught on his horns.

Hikari Academy

Sorry, got distracted by life. I'll try to get everything sorted with Bel and put out an introductory post for Bel soon.

Song of the Sky

Akihisa Yuuta stood at the gates of Hojiki Castle, steadily becoming more and more annoyed. It was early in the morning, to the point where the sun hadn't even come up yet, it was snowing, and this stupid goddamn guard wasn't letting him in!

"Aren't you a little short to be called before the council for a special mission?" The guard asked, a skeptical expression on his face.

"Well aren't you a little stupid to be a guard?" Yuuta asked, growling slightly. "I'm telling you, they called me over here! I had to travel all the way here from Tano village!"

"Yes, I'm aware." The guard sighed. "You've been shouting at me about it for fifteen minutes now."

"Well if you know, then why won't you let me i-"

"Stop! Please, just... Just stop. Listen, we're just getting confirmation. As soon as the other guard comes back, I'll know whether you're telling the truth or not, and you'll be escorted in."

Barely a couple of seconds after the guard had said this, another guard emerged from the castle and approached them.

"Kei, its alright. They want you to escort him in."

"Does it have to be me?" The first guard, apparently named Kei, asked, an expression of pain on his face.

"I'm afraid so. I'm to wait for the other one."

Yuuta's scowl faded a little as he watched Kei's expression grow even more tired.

"Alright, ok, lets just head in and get this over with." He said, walking ahead of Kei. "If we keep standing around together I'm gonna end up feeling bad and apologising, and I'd prefer not to do that when I'm so clearly in the right."

...

A little while later, he found himself standing in a room filled with members of various races. Amongst them, his eyes focused on the chief of his own village, an elderly Oni named Suzuki Kana. He smiled when he saw her, feeling just that little bit less nervous. The woman had practically been like a grandmother to him, after all.

"Ah, Yuuta-kun." She said. "Please, sit down."

And then the nervousness re-emerged. They weren't gonna get annoyed at him for getting frustrated outside? Because sure, he was kind of being an ass, but he was tired!

Also totally in the right!

"Now," an elderly Nurarihyon said, "we'll discuss your mission when your partner arrives. For now though, would you like some tea?"

No, he hated tea.

"Oh, yes, thank you." He said, accepting the vile liquid from the servant with a smile he was pretty sure didn't look as strained as it felt. His eyes flickered to chief Suzuki, who wasn't even trying to hide her snickering.

"So, we hear you've been training as a spearman recently." A Tengu woman said, bringing his attention back to the moment. "How good would you say you are?"

Not.

"I'm afraid I still have a ways to go before I can claim mastery." He said. "I've trained with my mother in a few different ways of fighting, but I think it would probably be smarter to just dedicate myself to a specific weapon or style."

"That may be the case on occasion, but you may be surprised how often a versatile fighter can best one who is locked in their ways." The nurarihyon said. "Besides that, we hear you are also training with your father as a blacksmith. Chief Suzuki tells us you wish to become a smith who creates powerful magic weapons."

"Yeah!" He said, nodding with an excitement that somehow managed to wash away the nervousness he still felt. "My hope is to make weapons that will protect Hiyuki, and one day become as famous as the weapons of legend."

"An intriguing goal, but do what you can to keep it from consuming you." The tengu said. "Remember that weapons are not all you can make, nor the only things that would benefit out country."

Before the conversation could continue further, however, a guard entered the room, bowing to the council.

"Forgive me for interrupting, councillors, but the other warrior has arrived."

"Ah, good. Please escort her in." Chief Suzuki asked with a small chuckle. "Perhaps when she arrives, we can finally stop interrogating poor Yuuta-kun!"

Yuuta blushed as the rest of the council laughed along with her. He was honestly beginning to wonder why he was being so formal in the first place! They clearly didn't actually care all that much!

Still, besides the embarrassment, his thoughts were also taken up by curiosity. Just what was the mission he was being sent on? Why was someone like him being sent on it? And most importantly, what was his teammate going to be like, and why did it sound like they were going to be his only other teammate?!

Just how much more difficult was his life about to become?

Hikari Academy

Just realised I never replied to the half demon thing. Yeah, I guess I could make him half instead of giving him just one human grandparent.

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

@Poi@ReusableSword

"Oh." Joseph said dumbly as he looked between the two, before his eyes widened and he realised what they'd actually said. "Oh! Wow, seriously? That's... That's actually really crazy! And you only met today? That's just... Wow..."

He smiled as they offered to let him join them, nodding gratefully.

"Yeah, alright! I was meaning to go inside anyway. Besides, I'm always up for making new friends! Well, at least if I'm too drunk to be terrified of it... Or if I'm dying of hunger... What was I talking about?"

And then he looked up to Victor, who asked about his cardboard suit.

"Well, I wish I could say it was by choice, but it was mostly by necessity." He said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I guess I wanted to wear something nice-ish, and seeing as I only wandered into town about a week ago, I had absolutely no money. So I starting looking around the alley I'm sleeping in for the moment, and I found some boxes. I left an offering out for the pigeons, and they led me to a roll of duct tape someone must have thrown out. After that, it was all pretty easy, and it didn't even cost me any money... I just had to deal with not eating for the last two days!"

Despite talking about what in all honesty had been two fairly difficult days for him, his mood was picking up. Hell, he even thought he saw someone dressed almost like a superhero!

Or, you know, an anime character, at the very least...

And that was why he didn't even notice what was going on until Olivia was already falling.

His heart practically sank when she fell, and even in his drunken state, he knew how it could've gone if her baggy clothes hadn't softened her fall.

"Shit, Olivia!" He shouted, almost tripping in his haste to see what was wrong, and eventually settling for just kneeling next to her. "Hey, Olivia, what's wrong?!"

Shit shit shit! What should he do? What could he do? Damn it, he knew he shouldn't have drank so much tonight! Maybe he could've kept his mind clear enough to remember the stuff he'd read if he'd just kept away from the liquor!

And then he stopped panicking as he listened to Victor calling the paramedics. The clear, efficient way he explained the situation put his panicked reaction to shame. However, it also made him realise just how little panicking would help here.

He took a deep breath, before turning to the superhero/animu girl who had just said she'd try to look for a doctor.

"Hey hero-girl!" He shouted, important details kind of coming back to him. "Look for Ren White! He has white hair, and he always looks grumpy! He's studying to be a doctor!"

He wasn't sure she'd actually heard him, but he didn't have the time to follow her and make sure she heard. Instead he turned back to Olvia and grabbed her hand. He wasn't entiry sure why he did that, but he figured it could only help.

"Olivia, are you awake?" He asked, trying to sound more confident than he was. "If you're awake, try to focus on my voice! Don't fall asleep! I don't know what's happening, but people are coming who'll know what to do. Until then, keep concentrating on my hand and voice. You'll get through this, Vic and I will make sure of it!"

Atsat's Astonishingly Amazing Assortment of Ideas

Hey, I'm interested. I don't have many ideas for an actual story, but I'm down for anything you might think of.