The Goblin King

Little Homeschool - Steven Universe Future RP

Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched Steven Universe Future.

Thinking of setting up a roleplay based on Steven Universe Future that takes place predominantly at Little Homeschool or nearby. Characters would mostly be Gems adjusting to Era 3. These could be regular Gems getting used to freedom, Gems who used to be corrupted and have been healed, or even some of the former forced fusions that have now been prepared (or any other concept you can think of, really, that would fit in with what we know of canon). There could even be some who aren't so happy about the new order of things and take a more antagonistic role- maybe Gems who used to be high-ranking who have now lost their power, or just don't know what to do with themselves now that they no longer serve the Diamonds. Humans characters who want to interact with Gems and try to help them integrate (or humans who are not so fond of the idea) are also welcome. For the most part, this would be a more day-to-day, Gems-trying-to-adjust-to-normal-life sort of thing, but there could definitely be some fighting and things like that; just probably not on the planet-shattering scale that the main characters of the show usually deal with, since this is supposed to be a bit more behind-the-scenes.

Debating if I would want this to be on the forums or a Discord server for something a bit faster-paced. Also not sure about the style level, whether casual, advanced, or free. Would definitely want there to be character depth and development (that's what it's all about, right?) but I feel like expecting really long posts might bog down a roleplay based on a storytelling style that mostly revolves around fast-paced and in-depth character interaction rather than scene-setting. So, that's open for discussion.

Finally, while this will be all OCs (though it would also be fine if you're interested on expanding on background characters from the show who only make brief appearances- for example, the Lapis Lazuli or some of the Rose Quartzes) you should definitely strive to keep them as much in line with what we know of the canon Gems as possible, including keeping their backstories, roles, appearances, and personality traits in line with what we know of those types of Gems. Considering there are plenty of minerals, rocks, and gemstones that have not been used in the series, though, there should be plenty of room to explore and expand.

Also open for some groups/parts of the story taking place in places besides Little Homeschool or even Earth- even though that will probably be the centerpoint of the roleplay, there can certainly be other subplots and things going on in the world besides just Gem College lol.

The Escape Room

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝓂

Inspired in part by the board game "Mysterium."

A number of people wake up in what appears to be the dining room of some sort of Victorian-style mansion, with no recollection of how they got there. Their only clues are each other, as well as a mysterious note signed by "The Landlord." The only things that the people have in common, as they come to find out through discussion, are three things: a recent near-death experience, a habit of seeing odd things and visions, and having something to hide- though it's possible that some of them may be even more inexplicably linked....

At first, it doesn't seem so bad. They are fed and clothed, without a worry save for boredom. They have company, and each their own bedroom to which to retire at night. Besides, all the doors are locked and cannot be picked or broken, and beyond the windows is nothing but moonlight and shimmering gray mist, though some swear they can see the dark outline of trees in the distance. However, it quickly becomes apparent that there is something more sinister as more notes from the Landlord arrive- some to the entire group, some to individual members- with promises and threats and information that they shouldn't have. Similarly, a shadow stalks the halls at night, causing suffering and nightmares and possibly worse. Finally, the members of the group begin to have visions, hinting at secrets about each other, themselves, and the place around them, and seeming to edge them towards escape.

I don't have the premise entirely thought out yet because I don't want to put a ton of thought into something that no one's gonna be interested in, but the gist of it is that it would be a sort of a mystery/psychological horror type deal where the characters have to escape room-style figure out how to get out of this (clearly somewhat magic) mansion before something bad happens. Of course, they can't fully trust each other either, and most of them are hiding something. Clues come in the form of visions that characters will have, which they will then have to share with each other (or not) to try to figure out how to get out. And of course the setting is Victorian and vaguely Haunted Mansion-ish because ya gotta be extra like that.

Of course, this doesn't have to be the finished product wholesale. Definitely open to alterations and suggestions. But mostly want to see if anyone would be interested in something tense and (hopefully) high drama like this.

The Hunter's Club

@ERodeI think I might have to set up some deadlines. I don't want this RP to die out because of slow posting.

@GingerBoi123 @The Goblin King
Are you guys able to post soon? Are you going to be able to post 2-3 times per week?

Everyone else, feel free to interact with your fellow classmates. 8 players is a lot, and I don't want you to feel like you have to wait for the whole cycle to complete before posting again.

@Tomaru

Apologies, I will probably not be able to keep up with this and I would hate to hold y'all back. I apologize. Without going into too much detail, life and my emotional state is generally really volatile and I have a bad habit of starting things when I'm manic so, sorry for the inconvenience :') good luck.

The Winter Forest - Relatively unstructured wolf rp

Interested!! I'd prefer a more realistic setting, BUT still interested.

@GeekFactor

In terms of both characters and environment or just environment? I was kind of thinking of changing the environment anyways. I was considering doing just a regular wolf rp but I kinda like letting people get a bit freestyle with magic lol.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (medieval fay rp)

I don't really have a good narrative introduction.... mostly I just really, really love medieval/Shakespearean type fay and I need my fix because, frankly, my fantasy larp ain't doing it for me right now lmao. What I'm thinking is something fairly sandbox; it takes place in a fantasy space roughly analogous to medieval Europe (or perhaps could even by a fictional location somewhere in medieval Europe, or a place where the real world meets the fay realm), where fay, satyr, nymphs, and similar magical creatures live and generally antagonize each other and the humans that venture into the area. Right now, I'm particularly thinking of perhaps a small "family" of fay that take a particular pleasure in confusing and misleading mortals, getting them lost in the forest and into weird adventures, before leading them back to the trail and having them question their sanity. However, there could be a number of other characters in the forest too, if a great number of people are interested.

While it would be very open in what, specifically, you could do and make your characters like, I would like to draw fairly heavily from medieval European folklore. So, you would want to fit your character directly into a specific category of creature, as opposed to an amalgamation of lore, and preferably a medieval rather than contemporary version of it (so fay would be more like something from A Midsummer Night's Dream [thus the title] than Tinkerbell).

I would like people to also be willing to play NPCs/extraneous characters (such as human travelers or villagers living nearby, non-humanoid magical creatures like unicorns or dragons, etc.) to give the fairy characters something to mess with or fight against. We could certainly come up with more in-depth plots from time to time to bring characters together- maybe some sort of heroic quest, or danger to their forest, or whatever- but the main idea is just to have fair folk doing generally mischievous things. It will hopefully be a fairly laid-back roleplay that's easy to jump in and out of when you have time, considering there shouldn't really be one overarching goal or storyline- you can just pop in for a few scenes when you're feeling up to it, and then your fay can sleep in a hollow log until you feel like coming back around, or whatever.

Hype music for this concept:

Waters Under the Burning Sky

Yep I'm added it looks like. I like the name.

So, we've got an islandy pirate nation and a possible desert nation, right? And it's gonna be the prince from the island nation that is having to go marry the princess of the desert nation. That'll be interesting... he's gonna absolutely hate the dryness lol. I'll have to go back through the PM to get the details we've established for the islands but I'll start working on it.

The Selkie

Random idea for a roleplay where someone finds and takes a selkie's pelt, hoping for a beautiful wife; instead, they find that the pelt actually belongs to a male selkie, which they didn't realize even existed. Now, they're stuck with their selkie husband instead, and the selkie is not very happy about the arrangement.

This could really go into a lot of eras, and take place in the real world or a fantasy world. It's not necessarily a romance rp, either, since the characters may very well not fall in love; the human character may be a straight male, or even a lesbian, and the selkie is certainly resentful of being roped into this in the first place, so maybe they just end up hating each other, or becoming platonic friends (that are accidentally married). That said, it could end up being a romance, but mostly it's meant to be a little comedic. It was really just a random idea I had of "what if someone takes a selkie pelt wanting a wife but gets unlucky and the selkie is actually male."

Because it's such a versatile concept, I haven't really developed a lot of details for it, so if you're interested we can work on that together. Also, thanks to Disenchantment, I also now have "land selkie" in my head, so the selkie doesn't necessarily have to be a seal, he could really be any sort of animal. The important bit is the pelt-stealing lore that means they're married now.

Feel free to comment or pm me if interested!

The Hunter's Club

Hayato Arashi,

Name: Hayato Arashi

Appearance: a somewhat small boy standing at only about 5'6", with somewhat long (about shoulder-length) snow-white hair that always seems to be sticking out in odd directions, as if charged with static electricity. Sometimes- particularly when trying to look presentable- he may pull it into a ponytail in a relatively vain attempt to keep it under control. In his natural state, his eyes shift in color, glowing with different colors of electricity (from purple to blue to yellow), but typically settle at pale blue-ish white. With his Limiter- disguising him as fully human- his eyes instead appear as a somewhat dull blue-gray. His skin is also covered in pale patterns (similar in shape to the scars left behind when a human is struck by lightning), which are hidden by his Limiter but may glow with electrical light when he is channeling his abilities in human form. Outside of school, he generally wears loose, covering clothing; t-shirts, hoodies, baggy pants, etc.

art by me.

Age: 16

Gender: male

Backstory: it's hard to say if Arashi is full youkai or only half, considering that he is, for all intents and purposes, an orphan of unknown heritage. He was discovered amidst the typical hallmarks of his kind- continuous storms and uncontrolled destruction, in a rural village. Of course, Hunters tracked him down, but quickly discovered that rather than a terrifying monster, it was instead what amounted to a lightning-imbued kitten in search of a warm blanket and some milk. The Hunters took pity on the small, abandoned creature, offering it kindness instead of killing it outright. This seemed to bring its tantrum under control, and thus they chose to take it in, for the time being at least. The young raiju quickly learned to take the shape of a young human boy. Thus they chose to adopt him once and for all- after all, they were unable to conceive children of their own, and it surely would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to closely study the physiology and powers of such a youkai. Thus, he was taken in and named Arashi, meaning "storm."

Raising a powerful youkai child was, of course, no easy feat, but Hunters are accustomed to dealing with children who have magical powers, and their own, in turn, made control of his a bit easier. Either way, he was raised mostly alone, both as most other Hunters didn't particularly like the idea of their children playing alongside a youkai child (wouldn't want them to get too friendly with a youkai, after all), and even though he was mostly well-behaved, he was still a bit too powerful and unpredictable to play with fully human children. Therefore, he was homeschooled for most of his life, though he did have a few Hunter friends. He was never forced into the life of a Hunter, given the option to be raised as normal person, in control of his powers, so that he could simply integrate with human society and live a normal life. As he got older, though, he insisted he be trained so that he could follow in his mothers' footsteps. The risk that any youkai he came across could be his kin never bothered him; after all, it was Hunters who had raised him, and Hunters who he considered his family. Still, the idea of a youkai Hunter was met with some reservation and suspicion by other Hunters, and thus it took a great deal of convincing for Arashi's mothers to convince them to even allow him to go to school with the others.

Finally, it seemed that he had enough control of his abilities- and enough of the other Hunters had been convinced well enough- that he was allowed to enroll in school alongside regular humans and the other Hunter children. No doubt the test isn't over yet, however; it will still take a great deal of convincing to get the others to truly trust him, if they ever do.

Hunter Power: anything related to his natural state as a raiju youkai - control of electricity/lightning, flight (only in his raiju form, quite tiring to do), and the ability to shift into his raiju form- thus, any physical ability expected of a large, predatory-shaped beast (biting, clawing, etc). Though not weak by any stretch in his human form (in terms of electrical control), his ability is far greater in his "true" form, though he tends to try to avoid taking that form in an effort to appear more "normal" or "human" when among Hunters, and he is very sensitive and self-conscious about this form, especially since he was occasionally teased about it as a child (especially in its smaller size). When not wearing his Limiter, however, strong storms or being hit with strong currents of electricity may force him to change, and often times the mere buildup of electricity in his body even from day to day activities may be enough to cause him to shift uncontrollably if his limiter is removed.

His raiju form is that of a somewhat dragon-like creature, with a long, narrow body, slender limbs, multiple whipping, lion-like tails, and a long-muzzled, wolfish face. His body is covered in wispy, almost cloud-like white and storm-gray fur with electric blue markings, and when he becomes agitated it begins to crackle with electricity. Just like in his human form, his eyes glow and shift colors. His size in this form is somewhat variable; when he is calm and it is not storming, he takes a smaller form that looks more like a strange house cat than a dragon. When agitated and it is storming, he is much larger, about twice the size of a large horse. As he draws his power from electricity and natural storms, he has little control over which form he takes; during storms or when there is a great deal of electric energy around him to draw on, or if he has a great deal built up in his system, it will be the larger form, but if not then it will be the smaller.

As a side effect of his electrical abilities, it is very difficult for electronic objects, such as phones, computers, and other complex electronics to function around him. Even simpler items, like electric lights, may occasionally flicker or surge when he is proximity, especially if he is drained of electricity or too powered up.

"Kohiro" by Isvoc on DeviantArt

Techniques: since he doesn't have a bloodline to learn from, Arashi lacks in specific, honed techniques. He's trying to develop his own, but these things come with time, and he has yet to be involved in any real combat more than some training with his mothers.

Heirloom: Arashi is unable to use his family's heirloom, being a youkai. He does own several swords which he not only uses as mundane melee weaponry, but the metal of which he can use to channel his electricity just like any other metal object. Unfortunately, these are not magical, meaning that he can't exactly carry them around at school, and though sturdy and well-made, they can be broken just like any regular weapon.

Skill: Arashi is pretty typical in most things; he can cook well enough to make mac-n-cheese out of a box; he can tidy up the house but he's not overly meticulous; he can keep up with schoolwork, but he's not an A+ student. Even with his Limiter, he is strong-ish, and a little faster than a lot of humans, but he's still not real athletic. He is, however, surprisingly good at sewing, and within his family is often tasked with repairing or re-fitting broken or outgrown items, or else making new ones if they can't be bought. He is also quite good with plants, and keeps a small garden in his yard at home.

Limiter: a simple black collar-style choker that he wears around his neck.

Theme Song:


Raiju

I'll make this a little, eh, prettier when I have time.

The Hunter's Club

Oh cool, I actually didn't think I was gonna make it lol.

The Winter Forest - Relatively unstructured wolf rp

lmao I had forgotten I had even posted this, I figured it wasn't gonna get any attention.

Yeah, I would definitely still be up for doing this if it got any interest. Somewhat considering dropping the "eternal winter" plot, though... what do you think?