Lore Magus

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Posting Speed
  1. 1-3 posts per week
  2. One post per week
Writing Levels
  1. Give-No-Fucks
  2. Beginner
  3. Elementary
  4. Intermediate
  5. Adept
  6. Advanced
  7. Adaptable
Preferred Character Gender
  1. Male
  2. Female
Genres
Romance is a big plus for me, but I can be pretty adaptable
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  • Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
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    About
    This is an RP loosely based on the anime "Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai". I say loosely because it recycles similar themes and setting, but with all original characters. No canon characters will show up in this RP, and only characters approved in the CS thread for this RP should be posting in the IC. If someone is interested in joining they can post here in the OOC about their interest as well as infer as to where the plot is moving, and then fill out a CS, which should only be posted in the CS thread (linked above soon). The rules for this RP are as follows:
    • 1. First and foremost you need to adhere to the standard rules of RPing: no powerplaying or meta-gaming, but mild godmoding or auto-hitting is allowed as long as it's to the point of, say, occasionally having a perfect counter, flicking someone too close on the forehead, or sneaking up behind someone who is distracted and tickling them or the likes, but anything beyond is forbidden. That said, many acts of light auto-hitting like the tickling will still need to be discussed between players in the OOC for permission.
    • 2. The next thing I can't stress enough is that characters don't necessarily need to get along, but players should still show respect to each other in the OOC and retain a positive environment here.
    • 3. Players are not allowed to post in the IC unless their character has been approved and it is that character's turn to post.
    • 4. The IC will be conducted in an orderly manner with an episodic style where character posting order will be determined prior to each episode. Depending on how things turn out it may be possible that some posting orders will be reused, but that is to be determined. Players may also use a posting profile to spruce up their posts should they wish to use one.
    • 5. Even though this is based on the Chuunibyou series, one does not need to have actually seen or read the series to join as long as they can match the setting, though it is nonetheless highly recommended as the series is great!
    • 6. Like in the series there will be delusion battles on occasion. Make sure that all actions performed in the realm of fantasy during such events are justifiable within the constructs of the realm of reality.
    • 7. Despite this RP focusing around the concept of chuunibyou, it does not mean you can't have a character like Kumin or Isshiki from the anime: one who's either completely oblivious to chuunibyou or doesn't quite have it but is mildly interested in the idea.
    • 8. On the subject of characters: there will be a max cap of 2 per player to begin with. This being said, both characters do not need to be submitted or enter the fray at the beginning. In other words, you could go ahead and submit a CS for 2 different characters if you want, and have one enter in later on in the RP, and you could also submit just one in the beginning and then submit another one at a later date when inspiration strikes you. This goes without saying that you can also submit 2 characters and start RPing as both right from the get-go. If the latter is done then, when character posting order is chosen, you may have influence over which of your two characters you'd like to post as before the other, but they will still adhere to the randomly generated order and they can not switch places after the order has been set. One more thing to note is that although the initial character limit is 2 per person, if, later on down the road, anyone feels that they want to have another character they are free to submit a third as long as they can still keep up.
    • 9. Bear in mind while you are creating your character that since this RP is anime-based all FCs need be in anime style and of decent quality; whether they are official anime/manga art, anime-style game art, or fan art/commission. Sources won't need to be cited, however, so no need to stress there.
    • 10. Another point to note is that, similar to the original series, there will be a dedicated junior high school connected to the high school where most of the setting takes place, so the possibility for making a junior high character like Dekomori is open as long as they have relevance to the setting. Despite this, characters at the high school are not barred from having attended a different junior high school.
    • 11. Touching up from earlier on character limitations; family members and random NPCs can be used independent of your character limit, as long as they are not used as frequently as a PC would be; the occasional one liner from a random person or RPing as a character's family when around them at home or whatever is acceptable.
    • 12. Oh, romance? Sure, there can be an element of romance to this RP between characters; just remember that if one or both parties are patients of chuunibyou it will be a long and bumpy road before they can officially be called an item as those suffering from the affliction typically aren't well versed in such deep, complex relationships and will frequently cause problems or misunderstandings. Granted some characters can already be in a relationship upon RP launch, as long as it is specified by both parties in the CS and at least briefly explained in their bio. if players would like to discuss various inner plots such as this among each other they may do so in the OOC.
    • 13. Lastly, this RP will be taking place in modern Japan (specifically: the Minato ward in Tokyo, a.k.a. Minato City), and as such it will be following typical Japanese customs. High school and junior high school each have only 3 years, and classes will begin in April; typically when cherry blossoms begin or are close to blooming. Also, there are no dedicated school buses to pick up students; they will commute to school by either train, public bus, and/or foot depending on the distance between their home and the school. Classes will take place Monday-Saturday, with Saturday being a half day. Also don't forget that all students have foot lockers at the entrance of the school where they switch between their indoor and outdoor shoes which are provided by the student's family. Lastly on the subject is that while there is a cafeteria within the school where students can buy lunches via purchasing vouchers at a machine and then bringing them to the service area, a large percentage of students typically tend to have packed lunches (bentou! XD) brought from home often consisting of leftovers or a small, balanced lunch prepared by family alongside white rice, so make sure to keep these factors in mind.

    That's it for rules and the like! More information on the current events and direction of the IC can be found on the Summary tab, but if you have any questions not answered feel free to ask away! Let's all have fun alright?!​
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    Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
    [btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-ic.149827/]IC[/btn][btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-cs.149323/]CS[/btn]
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    Characters of Note
    A quick look at the characters that are in the IC

    Active Characters

    • Bass Magus as:
      • Aria Sakai
    • chaosheart13 as:
      • Kazami Ueda
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      • Nariko Hideyoshi
    • Banana-senpai as:
      • Meiko Tanaka
      • Satoshi Saruyama
    • Amayan as:
      • Akemi Kurokawa
  • Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
    [btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-ic.149827/]IC[/btn][btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-cs.149323/]CS[/btn]
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    The Story Thus Far...

    Week one of school has come and gone, and some of our rambunctious new students have begun meeting new faces. The energetic second year Kazami Ueda has tried and failed to find any new members for her rather unique club that got reduced to just her at the end of the previous year, but her drive to rebuild the club burns hotter than ever! Meanwhile a small group of third years are becoming aware of and interested by each other, but due to complications one Miyako Mitsuoka has given her cousin Satoshi Maruyama the task of investigating the happenings around the school, as well as the intentions behind their classmate, Meiko Tanaka.

    We now enter the second week of school, and club recruitment has officially begun! The first years end their Monday with an assembly where a selection of clubs are showcasing to the students in an attempt to gain fresh new members, however everything gets thrown off balance when Kazami causes a scene at the gym where the assembly is being held. With teachers hot on her tail, Kazami flees the scene, dragging along with her a hapless, unsuspecting first year student named Akemi Kurokawa who happened to be in her path. Will Kazami manage to find enough members to revive her club? Only time (and your participation) will tell!
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    Tell me, have you ever heard of the term "Chuunibyou", or "Eighth Grader Syndrome"? For those not familiar with this Japanese term, you might understand better by hearing it's more common English synonym: "Delusions of Grandeur". This is a sad affliction that typically affects young adolescents, its most drastic form making those who contract it believe they have special powers or are somehow connected to and surrounded by the occult. For those such patients, the period in which they retain these delusions later develops into an embarrassing period of shame that forever haunts their memories, despite how much fun they seem to have at the time. In most cases this behavior subsides by the beginning of one's first year in high school, but there are some cases where patients retain their status as chuunibyou patient for the remainder of their school days and sometimes longer.
    [btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-ic.149827/]IC[/btn][btn=moda|https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/inside-identity-cs.149323/]CS[/btn]
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    Past Characters of Note
    A quick look at the characters that were in the IC

    Inactive Characters

    • DANAsaur as:
      • Miyako Mitsuoka
    • Jesse Knight as:
      • Sagu Jackson
 
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Guys I'm so sorry but I think I have to go on Hiatus again. My life isn't going great right now and everything is just falling to pieces. I know I haven't been active and I really did try to make a post but I just don't feel it. I'm so sorry guys. I feel like I'm such a let down. I don't know when I'll be back again but please continue without me..

Gosh I feel so embarrassed and ashamed righ now. I really like this RP but my feelings just keeps getting in my way. I'm sorry and I do hope you can forgive me.
I see... well I guess it can't be help :( hopefully we'll get to see you again. @Banana-senpai what do you want to do in relation to the situation this time around?
 
Guys I'm so sorry but I think I have to go on Hiatus again. My life isn't going great right now and everything is just falling to pieces. I know I haven't been active and I really did try to make a post but I just don't feel it. I'm so sorry guys. I feel like I'm such a let down. I don't know when I'll be back again but please continue without me..

Gosh I feel so embarrassed and ashamed righ now. I really like this RP but my feelings just keeps getting in my way. I'm sorry and I do hope you can forgive me.
Hey it's alright. :) Take care of yourself.

I see... well I guess it can't be help :( hopefully we'll get to see you again. @Banana-senpai what do you want to do in relation to the situation this time around?
I umm actually I don't know. I'm not good enough to be able to take over Miyako so maybe we can find a way to give her a temporary exit?
 
I umm actually I don't know. I'm not good enough to be able to take over Miyako so maybe we can find a way to give her a temporary exit?

Man, although I really hate to actually say it this does put us in a difficult spot. I've been trying to think about what to do but without being able to discuss it directly with Dana I can't make a decision on this one that could potentially affect the character without going through her since not only is this the second time this has happened but also that the timing isn't as convenient in the story as it was last time =-= I'm sorta at my wits end here >^<
 
Man, although I really hate to actually say it this does put us in a difficult spot. I've been trying to think about what to do but without being able to discuss it directly with Dana I can't make a decision on this one that could potentially affect the character without going through her since not only is this the second time this has happened but also that the timing isn't as convenient in the story as it was last time =-= I'm sorta at my wits end here >^<
What if I backtrack for now? Start from the beginning of the day..use the same excuse and pull Meiko out of NPC category?
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What if I backtrack for now? Start from the beginning of the day..use the same excuse and pull Meiko out of NPC category?
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Not sure what excuse you're referring to, but essentially you mean to replace Miyako and Satoshi's turns with Meiko and have her backtrack about her day up until Kazami's disturbance? That could work... we can just say that Satoshi and Miyako had trouble looking for her and gave up or something
 
Not sure what excuse you're referring to,
The one before this episode. Miyako being with her parents.
but essentially you mean to replace Miyako and Satoshi's turns with Meiko and have her backtrack about her day up until Kazami's disturbance? That could work... we can just say that Satoshi and Miyako had trouble looking for her and gave up or something
For Meiko, there'd be no need to backtrack, I guess. I could pick up from wherever she is written in.
Or an offscreen moment where Miyako had to go home (perhaps she feels safer outside of school or her parents did something?) and tasks Satoshi to investigate the school?
 
The one before this episode. Miyako being with her parents.
oh, THAT excuse!
For Meiko, there'd be no need to backtrack, I guess. I could pick up from wherever she is written in.
Or an offscreen moment where Miyako had to go home (perhaps she feels safer outside of school or her parents did something?) and tasks Satoshi to investigate the school?
That makes sense, though if we're going with that excuse for Miyako's absence then we should probably hold off on Satoshi until at least the next day in school. In the meantime, you can put out a post for Meiko where she reacts to Kazami's outburst and I'll get our next round started. Still though, since all of our other third year characters seem to keep dropping like flies, I feel like I need to create an extra character to be used as a side-character to interact with Satoshi and/or Meiko because I'd feel bad to continue to put you out where you're practically RPing with yourself. I'm thinking there could be a girl who's within Meiko's circle of friends who is a mystery fanatic and loves investigating things and whatnot (poking her nose where it doesn't belong iow) but whether or not she's actually proficient at it is up in the air. Either that, or the class's female class rep (many schools tend to have one boy and one girl class rep per class in more recent anime I've noticed) who gets involved with Satoshi's slacker nature holding back the rest of the class or something? (maybe she has a crush on male class rep?) What do you think?
 
I feel like I need to create an extra character to be used as a side-character to interact with Satoshi and/or Meiko because I'd feel bad to continue to put you out where you're practically RPing with yourself.
Hey it's okay. If the story keeps progressing, Meiko and Satoshi will eventually interact with the rest of the group. I'd rather we focus on moving the story forward rather than branching it sideways just for two characters who aren't that important (Meiko and Satoshi aren't involved in the main plot).
 
Hey it's okay. If the story keeps progressing, Meiko and Satoshi will eventually interact with the rest of the group. I'd rather we focus on moving the story forward rather than branching it sideways just for two characters who aren't that important (Meiko and Satoshi aren't involved in the main plot).
I try to consider all or at least most characters to be main characters in their own right when I do group roleplays like this and try to treat them as such. Besides, this is just mostly to give the two another person to bounce activity off of. If you want it to keep relevance I could make the character good at collecting gossip and have her mention while in earshot of Satoshi (or while 'investigating' with him) "a certain underclassman that interrupted the club assembly shouting weird stuff that sounded delusional and fantastic" or something along those lines, which would point him in Kazami's direction :)
 
Hey guys, before anyone mentions it yes I know there's some issues with the CS rn; I was making edits and due to bandwidth being taken up by updating a game client Iwaku won't let me make corrections atm and I'd rather not stop the update as it has been months since the last update and it's been working on it for a couple hours now and is still just at 40%, so I'll be fixing it later within the next 24 hours
 
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If you want it to keep relevance I could make the character good at collecting gossip and have her mention while in earshot of Satoshi (or while 'investigating' with him) "a certain underclassman that interrupted the club assembly shouting weird stuff that sounded delusional and fantastic" or something along those lines, which would point him in Kazami's direction
You could use the NPCs from Meiko and Satoshi's earlier posts. There's the male class rep (who's very concerned about Satoshi since they've been classmates for three years...Meiko ships them) and Meiko's seatmates/friends (there's three, I believe). I have them named just in case, so you don't have to trouble yourself.

Sorry for the additional burden. ^^;

Aside from Miyako and now Meiko, the only other student Satoshi knew by name was the class representative. The other boy was quite concerned about Satoshi's grades, which the latter felt grateful for despite not understanding the need.

"...and these are from English class. You really need to work on this, you're close to failing," class representative said as he placed his last of the pile of papers he put on Satoshi's desk. Satoshi looked from the papers to class representative.

This had gone for years. If not for Miyako's help and the class representative's notes, he would not have gotten far at all.

"Thank you," his low voice sounded a bit like a grunt.

"Thank me when you pass. Jeez, Maru-kun. Don't rely on your cousin forever," class representative turned away to pack his own things.

"Do you want me to rely on you, then?" Satoshi stood up and tilted his head at the class representative. The other boy froze and Satoshi chuckled a little. Humans liked to play heroes for each other. He took the next guess to the representative's motives.

Her seatmate rolled her eyes and Meiko grimaced. "With a name like 'Aimi' you'd think she'd belong in the past Era." the girl behind her whispered. "With too many buttons open, you'd expect her to be a porn star." Meiko replied.

"Pft, that's too much, Mei." her seatmate stifled her giggle as Tohsaka did her roll call. Meiko covered one side of her face and put her tongue out. "I bet she likes younger guys." the girl next to the one seated behind Meiko added. "Ugh, these types just piss me off." Meiko whispered back, her accent almost slipping to its real lilt. "I'm taking it as a challenge."
 
You could use the NPCs from Meiko and Satoshi's earlier posts. There's the male class rep (who's very concerned about Satoshi since they've been classmates for three years...Meiko ships them) and Meiko's seatmates/friends (there's three, I believe). I have them named just in case, so you don't have to trouble yourself.

Sorry for the additional burden. ^^;

Well I sorta feel like those are characters you would probably handle better than me. Besides; the character idea is already starting to grow in my head ^^; I was recently thinking she'd be a member of the Karate Club who wanted to start a Mystery Club of sorts herself but never managed to get the members so she joined the Karate Club because her family insisted she do something active but she doesn't have the stamina for sports so she went with karate, and she'd be one of the better members (maybe even Meiko's rival in the club, but probably not THAT good; I could go either way with it) and that's how Meiko knows her and why she would even talk to her: because she has respect for the girl's skill. I could also say that the girl has had in interest in the cousins for a while due to their abnormal antics and mannerisms, but always felt a sense of danger coming from Miyako whenever she tried to get close, so she only watched from afar and gosh this character is already developing too much in my head to let it go to waste >.<
 
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Also, I tried fixing the CS again and it's still giving me an error, so I posted a thread asking about why I'm getting the error in the Help section so hopefully we can get this issue solved. Worst case scenario I may have to put up a new CS page and split the info between two posts, but hey at least that means we'll only have approved posts on it and we won't have those 2 junk posts from that one person that got banned >_>
 
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gosh this character is already developing too much in my head to let it go to waste >.<
Then go crazy! :D You're the GM after all!
How about making a list of open NPCs other than the teachers? Just in case anyone needs a plot device.
 
Then go crazy! :D You're the GM after all!

Alrighty then! :)

How about making a list of open NPCs other than the teachers? Just in case anyone needs a plot device.
This is a great idea btw, I will do that! However now's not a good time so I will work on it later. Go ahead and PM me a list of the NPCs you've already got set up (names and all) in the meantime and I'll add them to the list when I get the chance to put it up :)
 
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No problem! Take your time. I also can't make much at the moment...at least until the end of the month. I'll draft a post for Meiko but I can't tell when I'll be able to submit it.
 
I'll get stuff up in the next couple days, but the site is being really buggy for me... is anyone else having problems here? I mean, it won't even load a simple reply quote x_x
 
@Bass Magus YES
gods, I thought it was just me...
Should I post for Meiko? I mean, she's already in place so there doesn't seem to be a need.
 
Please do; and it seems the whole site is having this trouble and the admins are working on it
 
I'll catch up as soon as I can, @Bass Magus. I don't have a way of coming online for sure at my house and at work either so it's better not to wait for me (just in case).