Stern Algorithm

A non-grimdark RP of Magical Girls....IN SPAAAAACE !!! Let's world-build and plot-build together! Free to Casual (not strict)

I'm honestly not that strict with length, and paragraphs are very subjective. To answer your question, I guess one meaty paragraph or two or more less-meaty paragraphs are good. If you are in the mood to write more, then go for it, but I'm not going to expect a minimum of five fully fleshed-out paragraphs (I left essay writing behind me when I got out of grad school). I usually avoid the 'free' classification because I'm afraid of speedposting (or expectations that I be on all the time) and poor grammar. I'm fine with one-liners if it's just combat or conversation, but I really just want someone who can be proactive to share the load of moving the plot forward instead of just reacting to what I give them. Even though I said my post frequency was about one per day, that applies to IC because I sit down and try to put a great deal of thought free of distractions into my IC posts; I post a bit more frequently when discussing things OOC, especially when starting a new RP, because taking forever to brainstorm can cause an RP to get stale before it has even begun. I see from your avatar and signature that we probably have similar tastes. Any ideas pique your interest?

The Village of Soren (a 1x1 Harvest Moon/Rune Factory-inspired Village RP for FaithfulMuse and Stern Algorithm)

Gil, Bormash, Kalram and Emtardas helped unload the caravan and reload it with merchandise to be sold. When they finished Emtardas said, "Great job everyone. If you haven't heard, Ryul's father, Illithor and Illithor's girlfriend, Talila, will be staying at Soren. Of course, Ryul, as our merchant, even though you won't be staying here due to your travels, you'll be considered an honorary citizen. There's bound to be a welcome feast tonight at the inn, so be sure to come."

Kalram approached Ryul and asked, "Are you from Elsil?"

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Reas felt the leaf, losing zirself in the sensation of warmth. Ze was glad Elizabeth dropped the previous topic, though ze was sure Elizabeth did so to indulge zir, rather than actually being tricked.

A non-grimdark RP of Magical Girls....IN SPAAAAACE !!! Let's world-build and plot-build together! Free to Casual (not strict)

Will a title change make this topic seem more attractive? Let's see!

BAMP.

Technomancy: Magic and Metal

Name: Felix Crepley-Quates

Age: 32

Appearance:

Felix's Appearance

Felix looks like a 9-year old human child with silvery white skin with a blonde pixie cut and big, glassy violet eyes. He wears boyish, but sophisticated clothing, his usual outfit consisting of a white shirt with lace, a black vest, a dark blue shoulder mantle, a pair of short dark blue pants, long white stockings, brown leather shoes and a top hat.

Enhancements:

Felix's Enhancements

Felix is an automaton created to be as human-like as possible. His entire outer covering is a finely sculpted silver, enchanted to behave like skin and flesh, and acid treated and sanded to give it as close to a skin-like texture as possible and to make the surface non-reflective, making it took metallic white, rather than silver. Underneath the silver skin is a network of copper veins and arteries, with mercury running through them. The copper is enchanted to passively give off low amounts of heat to give Felix's flesh a 'life-like' warmth, while the enchanted mercury ensures that his skin repairs like normal skin if damaged. Underneath all that is a human like skeleton that can be felt through Felix's skin. it is made of mostly copper, iron and aluminum. No titanium was used as there was no need to make Felix's bones indestructible, and the iron and copper are not enchanted as there was no need to make him particularly fast or strong. If his bones break, the mercury in his veins can repair them as well. The aluminum is enchanted to offset his overall weight, making him weigh as a human boy should. All of this is controlled by a palladium brain via gold nerves that run through his entire body. Felix is truly a marvel of modern technomancy, and his parents are proud to showcase him.

Caste: Royal Family

Bio:

Felix's Bio

Ophelia Crepley, a member of the Royal Family and close relative to the Queen (as close as one can be to someone almost 400 years old) took a fancy to the wealthy Arno Quates, an artificer who was more businessman than craftsman. Upon marriage, in an attempt to bring himself closer to the Royal Family, Arno changed his family name to Crepley-Quates, an act that brought about disdain and worked counter to his original goal. Arno used his wealth to provide Ophelia with luxuries, luxuries that she indulged in happily, having never known a life outside of being pampered, though she did love and appreciate Arno despite the rumors that she merely married him for his wealth. They were a happy couple and at some point, Ophelia had a child named Clement. Clement was deeply loved by both parents and grew up among high society, but tragedy struck when Clement was kidnapped for ransom. A botched attempt by the Automata Corps to negotiate with an unstable kidnapper resulted in Clement's untimely death. Grief-stricken, Arno and Ophelia turned in desperation to technomancy to fill the hole left in their hearts. They would make a replacement. They used every connection and resource they had to secure the finest the city had to offer in terms of Magi and Artificers to create their 'perfect little boy'. And though Arno never told his wife, some hush money was paid to the Magus working on the palladium brain since a poor urchin was picked up off the street and involuntarily forced to have his consciousness used as the template of the creation. Still, Arno and Ophelia couldn't truly forget about Clement, and in the end, named the new automaton Felix instead. Though Felix's personality was very close to Clement's, he was made aware at inception that he was not human, and that he had been based off of their deceased child. Still, Felix's creation was able to, over time, soothe the wound of losing their child, and they raised him truly as a son. While Arno and Ophelia slowly replaced their bodies with technomancy as they aged, extending their lives, Felix never changed physically, and it seemed the three would live out their lives as parents and child forever. Though Arno continues to run his business, he has shown Felix the ropes of management and finance.

Technomancy: Magic and Metal

Name: Felix Crepley-Quates

Age: 32

Appearance: Felix looks like a 9-year old human child with silvery white skin with a blonde pixie cut and big, glassy violet eyes. He wears boyish, but sophisticated clothing, his usual outfit consisting of a white shirt with lace, a black vest, a dark blue shoulder mantle, a pair of short dark blue pants, long white stockings, brown leather shoes and a top hat.

Enhancements: Felix is an automaton created to be as human-like as possible. His entire outer covering is a finely sculpted silver, enchanted to behave like skin and flesh, and acid treated and sanded to give it as close to a skin-like texture as possible and to make the surface non-reflective, making it took metallic white, rather than silver. Underneath the silver skin is a network of copper veins and arteries, with mercury running through them. The copper is enchanted to passively give off low amounts of heat to give Felix's flesh a 'life-like' warmth, while the enchanted mercury ensures that his skin repairs like normal skin if damaged. Underneath all that is a human like skeleton that can be felt through Felix's skin. it is made of mostly copper, iron and aluminum. No titanium was used as there was no need to make Felix's bones indestructible, and the iron and copper are not enchanted as there was no need to make him particularly fast or strong. If his bones break, the mercury in his veins can repair them as well. The aluminum is enchanted to offset his overall weight, making him weigh as a human boy should. All of this is controlled by a palladium brain via gold nerves that run through his entire body. Felix is truly a marvel of modern technomancy, and his parents are proud to showcase him.

Caste: Royal Family

Bio: Ophelia Crepley, a member of the Royal Family and close relative to the Queen (as close as one can be to someone almost 400 years old) took a fancy to the wealthy Arno Quates, an artificer who was more businessman than craftsman. Upon marriage, in an attempt to bring himself closer to the Royal Family, Arno changed his family name to Crepley-Quates, an act that brought about disdain and worked counter to his original goal. Arno used his wealth to provide Ophelia with luxuries, luxuries that she indulged in happily, having never known a life outside of being pampered, though she did love and appreciate Arno despite the rumors that she merely married him for his wealth. They were a happy couple and at some point, Ophelia had a child named Clement. Clement was deeply loved by both parents and grew up among high society, but tragedy struck when Clement was kidnapped for ransom. A botched attempt by the Automata Corps to negotiate with an unstable kidnapper resulted in Clement's untimely death. Grief-stricken, Arno and Ophelia turned in desperation to technomancy to fill the hole left in their hearts. They would make a replacement. They used every connection and resource they had to secure the finest the city had to offer in terms of Magi and Artificers to create their 'perfect little boy'. And though Arno never told his wife, some hush money was paid to the Magus working on the palladium brain since a poor urchin was picked up off the street and involuntarily forced to have his consciousness used as the template of the creation. Still, Arno and Ophelia couldn't truly forget about Clement, and in the end, named the new automaton Felix instead. Though Felix's personality was very close to Clement's, he was made aware at inception that he was not human, and that he had been based off of their deceased child. Still, Felix's creation was able to, over time, soothe the wound of losing their child, and they raised him truly as a son. While Arno and Ophelia slowly replaced their bodies with technomancy as they aged, extending their lives, Felix never changed physically, and it seemed the three would live out their lives as parents and child forever. Though Arno continues to run his business, he has shown Felix the ropes of management and finance.

Evolution of Conflict: A Sci-Fi Mecha 1x1 FaithfulMuse and Stern Algorithm

"Something the doctor called mental load," Israfil said, "We control our cogs with our thoughts, as I'm sure you know as one of the engineers. But supposedly it can strain our minds, and in Solomon's case, he was using his cog to amplify his ability."

"Nothing a little practice won't fix," Solomon said dismissively.

"I'm not sure you should be exercising either," Israfil said with some concern.

The Village of Soren (a 1x1 Harvest Moon/Rune Factory-inspired Village RP for FaithfulMuse and Stern Algorithm)

"Great," Gil replied and continued to help.

Meanwhile, a young, tall, strong-looking orc came. "Kalram said the merchant was here?" he asked before seeing Gil and Ryul, "Name's Bormash, a pleasure."

Kalram arrived with Elliot soon after.

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Reas looked away mischievously. "What's that?" Reas asked, pointing at a herb, trying to change the subject.

Welcome To Shine City (Season 1)

@Dynamo Frokane

Alright, I edited my post to kick off Shizuka and Nick's interaction.

Technomancy: Magic and Metal

Interested! need to think up a character now.

I'm guessing it's implied that consciousnesses transferred into Automata via palladium may be altered or modified. Can an automaton whose consciousness comes from a donor be made to believe that they never had a human body to begin with, that they are an AI even though they're not? Just curious because having a subservient AI might be desirable were it not for the difficulty of making one, so using an existing consciousness as a template might be more feasible. I might make a character like this if it is allowed.

@Stern Algorithm

Yes, that is certainly doable.

You could also take the consciousness of an animal and move it to an automaton, altering it for the better.

@Gisk

OK, so here's the idea, someone with high status (a magus or off-shoot member of the royal family AKA a noble) lost a child at a very young age and commissioned a perfect facsimile to be made as an obsessive substitute. An urchin (homeless child, not the spiny sea-dwelling creature) was abducted off the streets and his mind implanted into the facsimile and rewritten to be as close in mind and personality as the original child. The facsimile would look as lifelike as possible. The outer layer would be silver made to appear, feel, and behave like skin. Under the skin is a network of mercury to repair the skin when it is damaged, giving it the ability to heal in a skin-like way. There would be a mechanical skeleton underneath it all, made with iron and/or copper, maybe even some aluminum to offset the weight and make the overall weight seem more 'child-like'. Everything would be controlled by a palladium brain connected to everything via gold wires. This character would be created as a 'doll' and/or prized possession, cherished like the child it replaced, growing up in high-society. Of course, this would undoubtedly be an extremely expensive endeavor. The facsimile would not have any built in combat features as the parent had no intention to have it fight or act as a bodyguard or anything of that sort.

I ask you mainly because I want to know if it is acceptable to create an automaton that looks perfectly human. If this is fine, then I will get started on this character. Also, can I use a picture in the CS appearance, and are you ok with anime-style images?

Welcome To Shine City (Season 1)

@Stern Algorithm hey will you be updating your post to shizuka's opening/greeting of nick?

@Dynamo Frokane

Sure, for some reason I thought Nick was still on the train. I'll have Shizuka go to where he is since he texted her his location. I'll let you know when I've updated it.