Hullo! This is CK posting from her mule. This is the account I'll be using for RP purposes, but if you need to, you can PM me at CK instead.

This is going to be a bit long - so I appreciate it very much if you read it all the way. :) I know it's a lot to digest, but this keeps things clear on what I want/expect and what you can expect from me!

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What I am looking for in a player:

First I'd like to note that I'm not ready for any rp that is not one-on-one. My schedule for awhile is going to be a tiny bit crazy and I wouldn't want to hold a group up because I don't feel like popping online because I'm tired. ^^;

- A player who does not do crazy things with their text.
I can't wear my glasses at the computer without it giving me a headache. So no tiny text. If you want to use colors, please use darker colors - they're easier to see on the white background.

- A player with decent English writing skills.
I don't mind typos/spelling mistakes here and there. Everyone has them. :) I don't care for shorthand/chat speak if you can avoid it. I don't mind emoticons if used sparingly and to illustrate a facial expression that might be difficult to replicate in written format/is not as effective as in emoticon form.

- A player who will post at least a few sentances in each post with something for my character to react to.
If it's all in your character's head or descriptions of your character, there is nothing for me to respond to.

- A player who will be understanding if I take a few days to respond - even if I've logged in and made posts in other threads. (I will be understanding of the same.) ((I don't expect this to happen often, mind you. But in case it did.))
There are days I'm just not 'feeling it'. If you're bored, you can always go back and edit/add to your post. That might even make it easier for me to respond. :)

- A player who will let me know if something comes up.
If you're bored with the RP, let me know. :) I won't be offended if you want to try out another player instead. This is meant to be causual, remember? We can even try to swing things more into territories you find interesting if you still want to play with me. (I'll try to let you know the same.)

On Romance in rpgs:

I'm not against it at all. Romance can be very fun to play! But please keep in mind that I'm not going to write towards a romance between characters. If they hit it off, they hit it off. If they don't - they can be friends or rivals or enemies. And those relationships can be just as much fun to play! (And might grow right back towards romance once they've got to know each other.)

So, in short, if you're looking for someone to play a romance rpg, you should go somewhere else. I find that I enjoy rps less when a relationship is cut and dry before it even gets started. And once I figure out "who" a character is, it's irritating to try to wedge them into a relationship with a character they don't have chemistry with... ^^;

Pairing Types:

Keeping in mind what I said above about romance rpgs, I also wanted to make note of what type of relationships I am "open" to.

-Male/Female
-Male/Male

That means I'm not interested in Female/Female or multi-partner relationships. They're just not my thing, sorry. :) (Please note that this is not a judgment call, merely a preference.)

What I'm willing to play:

- I'm just as happy with playing a boy as a girl.
If you have no preference, I'll probably make my decision based on the theme of rpg we go with.

- My favorite themes are:
Fantasy (modern, western or Asian), superheroes, school drama, and historical-based.
But you can always ask if I'd be open to your favorite. :)

- My favorite fandoms that I'd be interested in trying to play are:
Vampire Hunter D, Ouran High School Host Club, Final Fantasy (X or Tactics based - or freeform from all games), Harry Potter...
I may add more later. You're free to ask if I'm interested in a fandom, however. I may be familiar enough to swing it.
I don't mind mixing OCs with show/series characters, or taking the show/series "universe" and populating it entirely with OCs. I'm probably not interested in only show/series characters and no OCs, though. There's not too much room for creativity there *generally*...

Other notes:

If we hit it off as players and our rp starts to either go out of Menewsha rules or we find we're online often at around the same time and would like to try live-chat rps, we can exchange IMs or meet up in IRC or even do a Google Documents rpg. Until such time, I'd like to play on Mene in the one-on-one forums. :)

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RPGING WITH ME....
Please Submit:

- A link to a writing sample.
(If you don't have one or want to submit a more recent one, click here. I've set up a thread where you can create one. :)
Here is my sample: [link].

- What sort of RPs you're interested in.
This includes preferences of theme or fandom or even potential pairings. (It's totally cool to say, "I'd like to play a boy/boy relationship, but I know full well they might not hit it off. :D But we can see?")

- If you have any questions or would like more information/clarification from me!

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Thank you very much. :)

The Samples:
[x] [x]
The Interests:
Medieval or Modern Fantasy; whether Boy-Boy or Boy-Girl, I'm fine. Romance a side, I'd even like a Girl-Girl roleplay, just not for romance purposes. xD; I'd play any gender, and may even be interested in playing either a tranny or something similar if we do a Modern roleplay. ;)
Questions: Nada. :D But, uh... -shrug- I'd highly prefer doing a modern fantasy one, if you wouldn't mind. ^^;

Samples:
[x] [x]

Interests:
Well we apparently have some similar tastes! XD I'm totally up for an Ouran, Harry Potter, or FF roleplay. I'm fine with being a cannon character or an OC, so we can discuss that and such.

If we were to do Ouran I could probably either be Tamaki or Hikaru, but know that I'm not a huge fan of the twincest or TamakixKyouya. xD;; I could probably even pull off Haruhi if need be.
Harry Potter-wise I'd probably do best as an OC..
And for FF it just depends, I could do quite a few characters from FFX/X-2 and FFVII.

Questions:
Nope. ^^

Thank you both. :3 I would enjoy trying to RP with both of you!

Other people, if you are interested you can still post samples and requests of me, but I will probably only be "up" to juggling two players/rps here at the moment. :) I wouldn't want to fall behind on anyone!

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@Facade: I like the thought of a modern-fantasy RP. :3 Are you interested in something like Harry Potter (ie: Magic exists and there is a largish population of it, but regular people don't know.), or where magic is just now coming back and our characters would be the first to be empowered, or where magic is an every-day, common thing (like riding dragons to work or something. LOL.)

I'm up for anything. :3 So if you don't have anythign in mind, I'll just come up with something random and see if you're interested in that. XD

Once we have a sort of set-up in mind, I'll figure out a character and gender. :3 Trannies are great and two girls meeting would be cool with me too. ;)

@Poi: I'm not a huge fan of twincest either. XD It's only slightly less squicky than straight out different-birth sort of thing.. Bleh. XD;

I adore Hikaru! Would you like to try a Host Club-based rp? You're more than welcome to pick any of the characters you enjoy playing or an OC. If you choose a show character, I'll pick and OC and vice-versa. XD (Your choice, please!) I think I could swing Kyouya, Hikaru, Hunny or Mori-sama. :3 (And, if we wanted, we could play multiple show characters as our "sides"/NPCs to liven up the rp and switch it up a bit?)

Whee. :3

Ah, just my luck of getting here too late. Your ideas sound fascinating. Good luck to you and congrats finding some great people to roleplay with!

X3 We can both keep each other in mind! :D Or if you don't mind if I put you third in line for posting, I'll pick you up too and just close anyone else off from poking this thread so I don't get tempted by other awesome-sounding players. LOL. :3

Up to you! But I always enjoy meeting new people. :3

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@Poi: I'm not a huge fan of twincest either. XD It's only slightly less squicky than straight out different-birth sort of thing.. Bleh. XD;

I adore Hikaru! Would you like to try a Host Club-based rp? You're more than welcome to pick any of the characters you enjoy playing or an OC. If you choose a show character, I'll pick and OC and vice-versa. XD (Your choice, please!) I think I could swing Kyouya, Hikaru, Hunny or Mori-sama. :3 (And, if we wanted, we could play multiple show characters as our "sides"/NPCs to liven up the rp and switch it up a bit?)

Whee. :3

:DDD A Host Club rp sounds awesome.

And hm... I'm tempted on Tamaki or a really rebel-like OC girl... xD Ah the choices. I think I'll go with the OC seeing as in a lot of other rps I'm the cannon currently and I need to have some OC ones to balance it out. I like your idea for the NPCs and such too, so I can also double as Tamaki and some others if need be seeing as there's a bunch of hosts and only two of us. XD

Sweet, Poi! :)

Did we want to divide the Host Club down the center...? You could choose your top three plus your OC and I could take on the other four? :3
That way we'd be able to put our own 'touches' on the boys without worrying about passing them back and forth too much and getting things confused...

It might be easier for me to figure out which of the Host Club boys would become my "main" once I've tried them out. XD (Or you could request I take on a main out of the four I choose. XD I'm really not picky. Particularly since I've never role-played Host Club before and it'll be a little bit of a learning experience for me. XD)

Once we've decided on characters, one of us can set up the thread (I guess an introduction post for those who wanted to read along and aren't familiar with the series? And then a post each for bios of the characters we play so we can each edit our own bios with as much/little info as we wanted to post on the boys and your OC?) and then link it back here. :3

Anyway. Whee. :3 I'm excited. XD;; Feel free to PM me here or at my "CK" account if there's anything you wanted to discuss privately. (But posting here is fine too. I check with my CK account a few times a night and then logon with this one to actually reply.)

Wooot! You're getting me all excited for this too. XD

But yeah, I believe it'd be best for use to split the hosts up. xD I could do Tamaki, Haruhi, annnnd.. Kaoru. After we mess around a bit, then you can pick your own main unless you're really comfortable with all of them or something, then I could help you. xD

We can plot along the way if you'd like. I mean, we should probably start at Ouran but later on events can happen and such.

If we do the whole introductory post, could you do it? xDDD; I don't think I'd do a good one. I could make profiles and such for my characters though, no worries about that.

Yeah! :D All right - no problem. :3 I'll go and do that now. When I'm done, I'll either come back here and edit this post with the URL or if you (or someone else has posted) reply here with the URL. (Whichever is most logical.)

It'll be a little skeletal at first, though. XD I'm running on a meager five hours of sleep so I'll probably typo like crazy. XD;;;

ETA:
http://www.menewsha.com/viewtopic.php?t=30304

There we go. :D

Should we create an OOC thread in the OOC forum? (If you think so, you should create it so you can get the posting gold for that thread since I'll be getting the posting gold for the RP thread. :D )

Anything else to add to the intro? :3
Any other posts pre-rpg that you think are good to have?

Feel free to make the first post (or any other pre-rpg posts that you think we may need for information purposes!), if you have one. We can have the Host Club gathered, as per usual, in their music room. XD

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I love it, it's very good considering you only got 5 hours of sleep. xP

I suppose we should have an OOC board, just so we can plot there. XD It'd be way more convenient for us. So I'll get to work making that. I'll go ahead and try to make the first post in this class I'm having currently. If not, then I'll do it as soon as I get home. I think I may be able to, if I'm speedy on my character's profiles. XD;

EDIT: I'll have to do the OOC once I get home as well. xD But I do have my profiles mostly finished. :D

XD Thanks. I admit to "cheating" and looking over the Wiki article to refresh my memory. (But as anyone who looks at the Wikipedia page will discover, it was rewritten by me from scratch! Sothere. :B )

I also made us a post so I can post any art I did based on this rpg there. (I don't know if you're an artist too or not... your www link doesn't load for me and you don't have anything linked in your signature. XD But if you are as well I can post your art too. X3 Or if for some reason someone else draws art of our rp, that's where it'd go. LOL. <-- high hopes, apparently. ;D )

Eek!!
Sorry about that (It's Facade; on my mule getting it zee event items XD). I couldn't re-find this thread, so I lazily gave up, and totally forgot your mule's name... And I've also been far too busy to just PM your main... Yes, I'm pathetic. xD

Anyway, I'm thinking of making a trannie. xD It's something I've NEVER roleplayed, and it's definitely in my comfort zone. It's an exciting idea just thinking about it. I'm glad you're alright with it. xD ^^ <3
And as for the whole 'magic' concept... I'm liking the idea of making it more Harry Potterish, just no Hogwarts/other lame boarding school type thing. :P
Or maybe the second idea, too - about magic re-entering the world, and ours are the first to be empowered... Either way, it's fine. I've never done either of those; I'm so used to the whole 'magic is everyday' that it's gotten boring. Thanks for brining up those other ideas, for that reason! :3

But yeah, anyway...
-cough- <3

I'm definitely interested in making a transexual male teen... o 3o;
I don't know what age that would be, at the moment. Probably something along the lines of either seventeen or nineteen, so older... Unless - do you want to do characters even older than that? I just feel like I'd be able to more descriptively/properly dissect and play a teenage trannie, versus an older one. XD

He would just be the generic drag queen, in general terms, though. No surgery, no hormones... And to intertwine his family life, I'm thinking his mother would support it all the way, but his brothers will be so out of their element concerning it that all they truly wish for is for him to be a bit more normal... And, of course, I'm thinking of making him a so-called "bastard," and thus his father would not have been around most of his life...

Please don't think I'm being a hypocrite by saying all of this. There's more than you think that's being put into it. xD

@Facade: It's all right. :3 Remember up there in the original post in this thread was the line about, "will understand if it takes me a few days to respond, even if I've been on - and I'll do the same for you". ;) I've lost threads before too. XD

Oh - I'd kind of have to be, really. XD; My favorite character in the world to play is a very beautiful man who uses his feminine looks for work (actor - for roles/spy - for "bait"). So he cross-dresses a lot. One of his very good friends is an outright cross-dresser as a personal style - and that character's mun is the same.

Besides, there are too many beautiful people who don't fit in society's little box for them. :3 There aren't many people cooler than those who know who they are and aren't afraid to go there even if it lays outside the box. And I have to admire that. :3

Perhaps we can combine the two set-up ideas? There is a small group of people who know about magic - but magic hadn't been in the world in at least one generation - probably a good two or three. Since World War two, perhaps? Or some other major event in history. :3 I'm not picky. X3 Then our characters become the first in the rebirth of magic.

Do you think:
- Magic was foretold to come back in this generation?
- Certain conditions have to be/had to be reached in order to awaken magic (if so - do our characters do these things? Or are they done just before we gain our powers?)
- There was no 'foretelling' of magic at all. No one was for sure it would come back, but hoped and kept the tradition of learning it alive, even if they couldn't use the magic.

What sort of magic is it?
- Verbal spells focused through an object (wand, staff, talisman, or other?)
- Elemental (limited to the traditional Western four? Or do we include other elements as well?)
- Familiar (ie: using an animal or spirit to channel the magic through)
- Psychic (needing only the will)
- "mutant" (like Xmen where they have one or two 'major' skills and one or two "minor" skills that they may even be entirely unique in)
- something else I didn't cover...?

I think I'm feeling in a very boyish mood right now. So unless I get a brainwave of a girl character... I'm thinking a very dependable/responsible leader-type young man. Family is within the select group of people 'in the know', so they taught him with the mind of gaining powers.... Perhaps they even pushed him to be this really special all-around-awesome sort of guy. Hmm. I'll let that simmer...

Late teens sounds just fine. :3 It can account for all sorts of mistakes they make and wild fluctations on emotion and decisions. XD

Half falling asleep here... if I didn't cover something or you have questions/want clarifications before you decide anything, just ask. XD

xD
I'll be busy tonight, so I'll try my best to condense all of my current thoughts into this one post, so you don't have to deal with some sort of cliffhanger. >w<

I think:
-Magic wasn't necessarily foretold to come back THIS generation, but was definitely foretold, probably in some pointless brothel that doubled as a fortune teller's den (HAHA, just kidding. xP But something, maybe, along those lines? Minus the brothel.). It was just at the beginning of the Industrial Age, when everything was beginning to be mass-produced, factories sprang up, etc. From my current knowledge, I think that's around... the turn of the 19th century? So early 1900s, I guess. The Industrial Age brought a whole new meaning to reality, to normality, to anything that seemed to contradict the belief in magic, and its existence. So gradually, people led normal lives, and magic dwindled into nothingness. We should make it so that present-day psychics are all corrupt, as well, just to add our own twist or something. xP By corrupt, I mean fake, and only the schoolgirl's curious and innocent self wants to have their fortune told, meaning easily fooling the customer into believing their lives are going to be the most outlandish and beautiful of all fairy tales...
-There was a foretelling, yet a select few - we could come up with a name for them, as a form of religion; I'd rather not resort to calling them Wiccan, yet since that's the only example I can use right now, and they're regarded as unrealistic and practically insane for believing they're magical in today's world -- hypocritically speaking - well anyway, this select few would still uphold the tradition of belief in magic.

The magic is...
-Well, I've an idea that it would either be psychic or elemental magic, and OF COURSE there would be more than the basic four elements. I'd probably choose gravity, or something so off-key. :P

So yeah, anyway... xD
Another male character would be spiffy. =D Just someone who'd more or less befriend my character (I've decided on his name AND so-called 'drag name' - the name he tells people to call him, but that's a surprise!), and just act more brotherly or whatnot. Someone who can at least attempt to understand him in a world of hypocrisy and disbelievers. That by far does not mean anything more than friendship. xD I'm actually thinking it'd only resort to friendship, personally.
But yeah, anyway... :3
I may also make my character misdiagnosed with something - nothing too drastic, but something like mild delusions, or something... That'd be where his abilities/powers/whatever you'd prefer to call them come in. ;)
I'm thinking on my feet right now, and gotta go over my aunt's for trick-or-treating, so yeah. xD I pride myself in being a speedy thinker, though. >>;
Anyway, so yeah. <3 Talk to you later!
Also, feel free to insert your own opinions/preferences, since I don't want to feel like I'm completely commandeering this roleplay. xP Feel free to contradict me, agree, whatever. We can always compromise and meet each other halfway. ^^;

Sorry it took me so long to reply, Facade... I was watching Ghost Hunters LIVE and all six hours I was completely and utterly distracted. It was easier to respond to things that didn't make me think than posts that did. XD;;;

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I like the idea that the foretelling of the return of magic was done in a sort of obscure place. Maybe a pub or at a party with members of families of magical people or something? Like, "Oh, that's just Sir Bob. He's drunk off the punch, I suppose..."

I love the idea of magic going out of existance around the Industrial Age. That'd be around Victorian times. :3 Or maybe a bit earlier. Anyway - it makes perfect sense. :D

I also like playing out the idea that all present-day psychics are frauds after money and/or power and/or fame. (That is, after all, what I think most people who claim to be psychics are/do, anyway.) I would say that at best those who claim to be psychic (within the realm of the game) who aren't money-fame-power--hungry people aren't really psychic so much as good readers of body language and picking up on information that people drop about themselves without realizing it - but they fool themselves into thinking that it's "psychic" when it's not.

Perhaps we could call our group of magic-believers "The Society"? That's fairly generic and inoffensive. XD It also sounds vaguely ominous to outsiders and welcoming to those who want to be included. I think very few members of "The Society" (assuming that's the title we go with) would be vocal any longer... But at first perhaps they were, and that's how they got their nutty reputation? I'm thinking they'd be treated similarly to how Wiccans are now - many people would still be uncomfortable if they go, "Hey, I'm a member of The Society" but in general the attitude is, "They're relatively harmless, just don't talk about magic and they're pleasant enough people." So, I'd say, just to the side of "mainstream" without being so fringe that it makes it difficult for them to get jobs or something. XD And most members of the Society wouldn't mention it anyway.

I think maybe elemental magic is the way to go, then, since you're up for it. ;3 There would have to be a sort of "psychic" component to it - meaning an innate ability to use the power... at least the power The Society knows about. Maybe enemies can use power without having an innate ability for it through blood magic?

How many elements can one control? A single element? A few? All?

I think what you're talking about with regards to our characters' relationship sounds spiffy. :3

Also, feel free to insert your own opinions/preferences, since I don't want to feel like I'm completely commandeering this roleplay. xP Feel free to contradict me, agree, whatever. We can always compromise and meet each other halfway. ^^;

I don't think you're commandeering. XD I think it's very nice to play with people who kind of know what they want out of a game. :3 It means I don't have to do all the mental footwork - which I'm used to in other games. XD;

The flip-side to that is... Well...! I'm used to doing all or most of the mental footwork in a game. XD; So if I start laying out my thoughts/opinions, don't think I'm trying to take control or anything - I'm just used to people going, "Oh, I'm cool with whatever. :D" I'm always, always willing to compromise or talk something through. X3

Oh, it's okay. xD
I just logged on about five minutes ago anyways. ^^

Anyway, you're right. For reasons I can't remember, we brought up the Industrial Age in History today. o_O Not me, someone else... Anyway, so then I found out it originally started in the 1700s...? I'm really uneducated in most historical eras, so... I wasn't surprised to be wrong. XD
Either way, it makes for a nice... 300 year-old plot. :3 And like you were suggesting, it could just be some unprofessional drunkard, or something else just... ordinary and not necessarily taken seriously... Of course, within magical families, but still so apocalyptic for their kind that they shrug it off or whatever.
...And I've got the sudden urge to make my character one such fraudulent psychic. xD I just feel like it'd be right, since he seems to be of the kind who would very much run away from his suburbian roots, and branch off into the city on his own, dropping out of school, and making what little money he can being a false prophet... And you gave me yet another great idea of good readers of body language and all that. He'd be great at that, it seems. :D I love bouncing ideas off of other people. xD <3

And "The Society" sounds PERFECT! I hope I didn't offend you for using Wiccans as an example; I just couldn't find any other religious scapegoat that would seem to fit for people who believe in magic, yet don't specifically have said abilities, yet still it doesn't mean they don't, either. And I like the idea of making it hard for them to get jobs. ^_^ Reminds me of this part in Wicked involving the age-old sign that shop owners would put up, "No Irish Need Apply," yet it wouldn't be so forward - they wouldn't have a sign, or voice any indifference, yet when it came to applications/resumes, and interviews, they would show obvious discretion and disapproval and the like...


Elemental magic would be super. ^_^ And I think we could limit the abilities to use elements to... Oh, say, a few? Maybe two - one you more or less "major" in, and one you have minor abilities in. Or maybe even three, yet still only one you primarily use/can control - the others merely being minor.
And yeah, psychic components in magic always seemed preferable to me; I don't want to make up word after word for magic enabling, and it always seemed a bit chaotic and somewhat silly to even do so. xP And... would the entire Society be able to USE the magic they believe in? Or would it just be open to any believers, any who either believe in magic's existence, or in the fact that they can perform it - yet possibly can't? -shrug- It's one complicated idea after another that doesn't necessarily need to be fully planned out beforehand. xD Though I've a reputation for being very detail oriented, I try my best not to be when there's barely any reason for me to be; I like finding out new pieces of my characters, and letting the plot develop by itself, but there's still a need to make at least a frame of what the RP will be like. I suppose. :3

And well, okay. xD I like planning out things, yet feel free to chime in and voice your opinion at any given time - I'll probably PM you on CK - since that seems the easiest way to reach you - in order to run by any extremely controversial/whatever you'd call it parts of the plot, anyway.

Anyway, so yeah. XD I think I typed enough, so I'll let you fully consume this before we get further.

Yeah, I'd remembered it'd (the Industrial Revolution, I mean) started earlier... but Victorian times is when it was really sort of prominant. XD But up until then, if you look into things like the paranormal/magic, claims of such were made a lot more frequently - and were believed. After that, those sorts of things became less 'believable'. ;3

But I think saying that the Industrial Revolution in general starting in the 1700s is what lead to the decline... And by the Victorian Era, there were very few magic users at all.

As science and technology took over, human minds began to reject magic. As if the brain can really only accept one. Or, more properly... As a passion for science took over and science was taught and magic was rejected, the human mind was evolutionarily 'bred' to reject magic... Erm... Okay, this isn't making a huge amount of sense, but you see where I'm going? XD

This idea ties into your question about who can use magic... Genetically, there's a small percentage of people who can use magic at all. And most of them would be within The Society. It's a recessive gene or something. XD So that means that it can crop up outside of The Society, but it's less likely to. :o So even members of The Society wouldn't be able to use the powers that would start cropping up again. Though I'm not sure how 'common' it would be within The Society. XD Maybe it takes it awhile to start to get going... The younger members would be the first to show signs of magic and then seeing magic is real would unlock the abilities of the elders....

I really love the idea of your character as a psi-fraud. :3 It sounds fun. :3

Nah - I'm not offended re: Wiccans. XD I only know a few people who profess to be so, and none of them really talk about it much. But I live in the South, so I know how people are around here about people who even just don't go to church on Sunday - much less being of another religion. Much less being a "witch". So if you detected any bitterness or something, it relates to that. XD;; Wiccans are really a good basis for how I see The Society working, though. If anyone around here tried to get a job and started talking to a Good Old Boy making the hiring decision about how they were Wiccan, they would 9 times out of 10 not get the job.

There would be a few cities where The Society got to live a completely 'normal' life. - Salem, maybe? Or we can make one up. XD - But mostly when they live outside these cities or communities, they keep quiet about being part of The Society. It's safer that way. At least if you want to continue living a more or less normal life. XD;;

(Should we start out in one of these Society strongholds? Or outside of it?)

Yeah - I'd say one "major" element and one or two (rarely) "minors". In stair-step amounts, too. .... Hmm... Maybe we can consider power by a "100%" scale. So -
Some people would be "100% Fire" (rarely a full amount), others would be "80% Fire, 20% Earth" and a few would be, "60% Fire, 30% Earth, 10% Gravity." Meaning, if they had a third element, it would be the weakest one in their abilities.

:3 I agree we don't have to plan everything out beforehand. XD But it saves some false-starts and rewriting if we plot some of the more major components beforehand. XD

But - yes - PMing me via CK is the fastest way. XD I check the RP forums to see things, but if you want to make certain I see something ASAP, PM CK first. XD I have this account logged into a browser I don't use. So when I use this account, it's purely for these purposes. XD

xD Ah, alright. ^^
I'll just notify you every time I reply, so you can feel free to get to replying at your leisure - whether right away, or eventually. ;P

And this whole idea is really making me excited. ;3 It's very interesting... And I know what you meant about the whole teaching of science and rejection of magic. It makes perfect sense. xD...

And... So, would the music be triggered in some sort of "I believe in magic" type thing? Like, once you have faith, it'll come true? xD Or in a way more involved, such as diligence, frequent practice, and not once straying from the belief in magic? Or whatever? xP

I like the idea of having The Society be different communities; I'm thinking like small suburbs, in the middle of the United States (Since I'm the most familiar with the US, and it just seems like a more preferable place to roleplay in regarding that @[email protected];)... Salem has gotten me annoyed recently, what with everything I see referring to it. XD I'm thinking we should make up our own, if that's okay? We can make multiple, yet each should be a small little village, maybe in the same state... For some reason, I want it to take place in either Kansas or Oklahoma... XD I love the Wizard of Oz... <<;... And Oklahoma just has that interestingly weird shape... -shrug- Feel free to comment/suggest other places, since I really don't know what I want.

On the whole Wiccan thing: Oh... I'm from Pennsylvania! xD We don't have many Wiccans around here, either, but we've got a more general mixture of different lifestyles and such: whereas most of my friends aren't involved in church, or even remotely religious, there are plenty people I know who are... Anyways...

I think our characters should start within these so-called "strongholds" of The Society, yet not know it officially. Like, it's a big secret unless you show direct talent/any kind of ability... And the Society is corrupted to a vague point that they judge at the age of nine... So if you're a "late bloomer" in regards to magic, you'll never really know... Because the Society won't confront you, or open your mind to this whole world of magic. It's a messy system, meaning a lot of self-discovery and the like. ^^ If that's all okay with you, anyway. XD I just thought it'd add more controversy if everything wasn't *perfect* in the Society, nor outside of it...

And on top of that, The Society should have corrupt morals, where each magic user is taught to use their powers for revenge upon all of the non-believers - however, if you're *born* within one of these Society strongholds, and you're not magical, you'll still be protected from it - because you're ignorant, and anyone outside of the strongholds are merely just optimists, thinking that the strike of lightning that forced the tree onto their home is just pure coincidence, and not revenge. In a way, The Society would be like a mob, with the rest of the inhabitants of the stronghold unaware, thinking everything outside of the stronghold is the same as within...
And that's why you're only allowed in by birth, and never allowed out - unless you have an aptitude for magic...

If this is alright with you, anyway. ^^;
I'm just brainstorming on a whim, as usual. XD I've nothing better to do. <3

I like the division of each element. Sounds fine to me. ^^ I think my character will be 80% Gravity, 20% Light; Gravity is just something I stole from my old game, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. XD I suppose it'd just be controlling the element itself, versus controlling "air," the separate element... You'd be able to bestow imbalance, of some sort. xP

Anyways, so yeah. ^^

I think that magic being able to be used would happen in this way:

- Firstly, you must be genetically "open" to channeling elemental magic. (No more than 50% of the world's population would fit here. Possibly less...?)

- (IF we want to go with this...? This is my suggestion for alternate type of magic...)
"Blood Magic" - The spilling of blood to various degrees creates a power that anyone can tap if they know the proper dark rituals - which I would think would be a bit complex for quick spells. But maybe they could store power in an amulet...
Again - we don't have to use this at all if you want there to just be one type of magic. ;3 And alterations to Blood Magic are welcome too. XD

- Assuming you are genetically "open" to elemental magic, you have to have some sort of catalyst to provoke your powers. For some, this would be simply believing with all your might that you can do this. For others, it may be seeing magic performed. And for others it may be a traumatic event that triggers the need to protect ones self/someone else.

Study/practice/training in magic can only make what's there stronger... Augmented by belief. XD The traditional "will" thing. "I believe X will happen, and since my will is strong enough, X does happen."

Say, for instance, that a Society member who is genetically able to channel, 50 years old, has been taught to believe in magic all his life. But he sort of gives lip service to it and doesn't believe. Unless a catalyst causes him to do magic, he never will.

On the other hand, say that he was not a Society member but had the ability to channel magic. But he's read enough in his life to suspect (and secretly wish) that magic did really exist. It might take much less of a catalyst to make his magic flow - maybe even a magnificently magical dream he wakes out of and in a dream-fog believes he can perform magic because in his dream he could - so he suddenly does.

Alternately.... A Society member can have been raised in the belief and believe with all their heart that it is true... but if they're unlucky and aren't genetically able to channel magic... well... they can't. >_< (Unless they resort to Blood Magic... If we go with it. XD; )

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Small colonies of The Society sounds keen with me. XD I've traveled a bit, but agree that I know more about the US and how people actually live/act in a day-to-day manner than anyone else. XD

At some point, let's make up a list of two or three Society colonies each and name them and decide where they are in the US. (There would be Society colonies in other countries too, but our characters would be more familiar with the US ones.)

I'm more familiar with Oklahoma than Kansas. XD Oklahomans are still somewhat southern. XD I'm cool with OK. ;D It also has a nice range of weather!

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I like the thought of The Society being at least somewhat corrupt and that you only get to be 'in' on the existance of magic if you show aptitude for it.

Maybe The Society has developed a way to test someone for their potential? Like... "We have methods of testing for magic potential. Not that anyone has actually controlled magic in about 150 years... But we know what to look for. So we teach these members of The Society how to use magic."

But the system of testing people isn't fully accurate (maybe only 40%?)... So people who should have got the training have no more clue than the average American that magic exists. And those who get the training might not be able to chanel magic at all.

Also - to make things more corrupt and tragic... The Society might try to strongly discourage marriages between someone who is "magical" and those who "aren't". So there's some sort of shunning involved with those who marry "beneath" them in The Society. (Which can be 'redeemed' if a child they have is deemed 'magical'.)

But - yes... I would think that if you have the aptitude for magic (at least by their system) - you aren't allowed "out" of the bounds of The Society except by special permission by The Jury (or something else that sounds ominous. XD). And The Jury would generally only allow people to move outside one of the colonies if they were acting as "sleeper cells" - all terrorist like. IE: The most radical of the radical Society.

Probably people with good morals have tried to escape their reach before and either been dragged back, or their remaining family held hostage on good behavior... Maybe they generally go to other countries where The Society chooses not - for the moment - to pursue them...

IF we go with Blood Magic... The Jury may be behind it. :o

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When did magic come back into the world?

Recently as in "within the last five to ten years" or recently as in, "our characters are the very first to use these new powers - and they awaken others by having done so."

Either's good with me. XD Or any other suggestion. XD

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Gravity sounds cool. XD

I'll be going by this Wiki template:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Classic_element

And we can use any of those (and I'm including Gravity 'cause it just sounds cool, though I can't fit it into any of the ones in that table. XD )...

I'm thinking my guy will be 70% Water, 30% Wood/Flora.

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I think I've covered everything. XD

I finally posted! Sorry it has taken so long. >.< *explained why on the post*

Also, I'm sorry if the post is too long as well (seeing as some people hate that much length), I was trying to get all the characters I played in the first post just to make sure I can pull them off correctly. XD;; I hope you'll enjoy it though!

@Poi: No worries! I'm sorry your week was hectic and there was drama. :/ But I understand entirely that life will crop up. :3 That's why it was one of my requirements in seeking a role-playing partner. ;3 I hope that things have calmed down now and I'm glad you found your muse again. :3

I don't mind posts of any length! Long, short, or in-between. XD Just as long as there's something for me to respond to, I'm happy. ;3 And I tend to write a lot myself, so no worries there. ;3 (I'm an aspiring fantasy fiction writer, you see.)

I'm off to read it now. :3 I'm sure I'll enjoy it. n_n

PS: Don't forget to create that OOC thread for us! :D

Here's to hoping we can make this RP thread soon. XD

The whole Blood Magic concept is alright with me. ^^ The Jury should definitely be behind it... ;]
Now, to clear things up, this Blood Magic will include all types, correct? In correlation to the amount of blood you spill, a different range of usage would be bestowed with the magic that is created? Like, if you want to poison a glass of water, you would spill about an ounce of blood, and the poison would be pure and undetectable - the amount of blood would determine the quality and succession of the spell?

And Oklahoma it is, then? xD I really can't decide on a state, or really anywhere...

For some reason, a Hermione-like character keeps coming into my mind. =P Something along the lines of her, anyway; except different. This character would be BORN into the knowledge of magic, as well as with the know-how of casting and whatnot... She'd be approved by the 'Jury' and everything for magical potential, and would grow up to be a somewhat snobbish, yet well-read girl. Her knowledge would be vast, and yet she's known for quite some time now that the Jury's process for determining magical potential is corrupt... They judge too early on, averagely, and have a tendency to send away any families that are completely without a member with magical abilities... She'd know all this, and yet still live within the community nonetheless and function like a proper member of society...

-shrug- Just a random thought I got while reading your reply. xD Thought I'd share. :3

Oh, and on the catalyst thing - sounds perfect. ^^ Whether it's a personal event during your lifetime, or maybe something your relative(s) went through; or just a sudden aggravation with your parents... It could stir up this passion, this force, that would help you successfully complete magic.

I'm trying to condense your post. xD Anything I don't mention is 100% A-okay with me. Things I do mention are just select things to point out/approve of. xD

Oh, and the whole schbeal on discouraging/outlawing marriage between "magical" and "non-magical" couples is definitely something I like. =D Also on the whole matter of birthing a "magical" child... I like that. Yet they should put a time restriction: if you're inable to birth a child who shows obvious knack for magic within a ten year period, then you're shunned from one of the Society Colonies, and inable to return to the Society ever again. Again, like I said, the only way to be in one of these colonies is by birth, from magical parents... Yet due to increase in 'magical' children, they're practically downsizing for future generations... So they're going to shun anyone who can't really be seen as to contributing one way or another to the Society...

There should also be different ranks between Society members. If you're a particularly excellent magic user, you are offered different positions than those who are non-magical. Magic users can become, possibly, Generals of what you described as sleeper cells. Or they could become these snipers/terrorists, or maybe even stay positioned in the Society as an official or something... A wide range of specific ranking, or a quiet life as someone in a profession. You can either aid the Society in their secret battle to overtake the world, or live a quiet life - the quiet life option being available to both the Magics and Non-Magics...

Also, I think that within the past decade, a growing increase in 'magical' children should be announced bythe 'Jury,' yet their percentages are off for the fact that their process of finding Magically Apt people are off... So there's still an even more defined increase.

Also, regarding the elements Wiki: I think we should do something involving the Modern and Neo-paganism elements... Although, what exactly is Informatics? xD

...Although, the Modern elements may add some sort of lame kind of piece to the RP... People being able to de-materialize and whatnot... xD
Tell me what you think. xP

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@Poi: No worries! I'm sorry your week was hectic and there was drama. :/ But I understand entirely that life will crop up. :3 That's why it was one of my requirements in seeking a role-playing partner. ;3 I hope that things have calmed down now and I'm glad you found your muse again. :3

I don't mind posts of any length! Long, short, or in-between. XD Just as long as there's something for me to respond to, I'm happy. ;3 And I tend to write a lot myself, so no worries there. ;3 (I'm an aspiring fantasy fiction writer, you see.)

I'm off to read it now. :3 I'm sure I'll enjoy it. n_n

PS: Don't forget to create that OOC thread for us! :D

:D Thanks for be so understanding. xD *hates when rp partners try to eat her for not posting*

Anyway! I'm off to make that OOC thread now, I'll link it here once I've finished.

EDIT: Here we are!!

@Poi: Responded in our OOC thread, if you happened to check here first. XD

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@Facade: Did we want to go ahead and make our own OOC thread and continue yapping there? XD ie:

01: Introduction to rp.
02: Introduction to magic, The Society; etc.
03: Character(s) played by you.
04: Character(s) played by me.
05: Post of miscellany. (art, etc)

Then we can continue firming up any details we need. :3 (I could make that thread or you can - we'd just have to wait for the other person to post in order for their bio so we don't have to rely on the other person to edit our own character(s)'s bios - keeps things cleaner. XD And whoever doesn't make the OOC thread can make the RP thread, so we both earn "idle" gold. XD

Blood Magic:
I've read a few fantasy novels/short stories where blood magic is involved...
The quality of the spell is defined not just by how much blood is spilled, but the "quality" of it.
Specifically, the highest quality blood would come from children, virgins, people of social/political power (royalty especially), and people of magical power.

So this leads into The Jury using blood magic....

The Jury and its rule:
I like them putting a time-limit on a "mixed-blood" marriage to produce "magical" children...

Maybe they say these families are Shunned... but instead kidnap them (or try to) and use them in their blood magic work? (Now I'm imagining these horrible underground concentration camps. D: ) Though maybe some families actually are Shunned, if their families are powerful enough. They 'spare' those families to keep the illusion alive that they are a Good and Just Society. :o

I love the idea of ranks too. :3 How about...
The Jury (the judge, jury and excecutioners)
The Baliffs (the law enforcement)
The Pioneers (the sleeper cells)
The Peers (community leader types - kind of like The Jury, but on a colony-specific scale... Neighborhood Watch sort of thing).

And I like the divide between those who are into The Society re: beliefs in magic and politics. If you're interested in Society politics, you get rankings within The Peers (maybe there are a few subrankings within this and each of the other categories) and then if you're considered 'useful' you can move your way up into one of the other rankings. But The Jury feels you out in the Peers first. Everyone else in The Society is probably as decent as the next American - they just believe in magic and live in a smaller community is the only difference...

Am I still on the same page with you? XD Any suggestions/changes? ::is open!::

Oklahoma sounds fine. XD If not there, then Texas, maybe? It's a large state. You can get lots of different variations in culture even within the one state. XD

Re: "Hermione"
She sounds cool. :3 Maybe you could play her? She could be something of an antagonist that the boys may sway to be on their side? Or maybe they never know if she's on their side or not...

Re: Magical children
So, to clarify... These last ten years, an increase in "magical" children has got everyone excited, making them think that the rebirth is near. But it comes about when our characters reach puberty? XD So - within the last year at most? :o Or do we start with them discovering their powers for the first time? XD

re: magic elements
LOL. I've no idea what informatics is. XD I guess I could read the wiki article on it... XD;

I'm not so sure I want to use the "Modern" elements - but anything you can think of that would be cool could be covered by thinking creatively with what can be considered "X magic" from another disapline. XD

I would think the main elemental tables I'd use are the Chinese, Neo-Pagan, and traditional Greek. XD

I hope I covered everything. XD I kind of jumped around a bit. XD;

PS: Sorry it took so long for me to respond to this. With Menewsha being up and down things are getting marked 'read' that I haven't actually read yet. D: