Lore Magus

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  1. 1-3 posts per week
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  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.
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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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Okay, I know I haven't posted in a while guys but I've been preoccupied with various situations, so I apologize. Anyways, I've gathered a few possible faceclaims for our ever important NPC 3rd year, but first I'll lay out her personality so you can get a better understanding of what kind of character I'm trying to convey and better give me a judgement on what she should look like. Also... we need to name her too ^^;

「Ikeda Hitomi」 is normally a very high energy person with a deep interest in anything mysterious or strange. She fantasizes about being an amazing detective or sleuth, and is fairly skilled at staying well informed about the happenings around school and collecting gossip from other students, but despite all this her extreme lack of patience and the fact that she's also slightly airheaded at times makes it difficult for her to actually stake out information herself. All in all she's relatively sweet and kindhearted to most, but can also be fairly mischievous at times if you get on her bad side.

I think that about sums up her personality... unless anyone feels like I should change something about her. This is an NPC student character whose creation is not being limited to my will alone (though I will be making final judgements) so if anyone has suggestions on how I should portray her differently I really would like to know :) Anyways, next up are the face claim pictures I found that I liked. I'd like everyone participating in the RP to please give me their opinions on which one to use, and if anyone has a better image to use please don't feel afraid to share it with us. Also, I'll be providing these in a format I haven't used before because the rich text editor would insert the wrong code when I tried using it before initially and I have recently found the correct code for it; Tabs!



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  • FC 1: 0
    FC 2: 2
    FC 3: 2
    FC 4: 1
    FC 5: 1
    FC 6: 2
    FC 7: 4




Again, I'd like everyone participating in this character's creation (@Banana-senpai @chaosheart13 @Takumi @york @Amayan) so please give me your honest opinions. Also, after a FC has been agreed upon then we can start focusing on her name, but I'd like the appearance decided first unless anyone has a good idea for what fits her personality, but whatever.
 
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Hmm, leaning towards 2, 5, or 6, I guess 7 is out there though >><
 
I like 2, 4, and 7. Though 2 sticks out the most rn even if 7 is pretty close.
 
Again, I'd like everyone participating in this character's creation (@Banana-senpai @chaosheart13 @Takumi @york @Amayan) so please give me your honest opinions. Also, after a FC has been agreed upon then we can start focusing on her name, but I'd like the appearance decided first unless anyone has a good idea for what fits her personality, but whatever.

7 or 3. Though 7 is too much individuality and 3 is too little, I think either fits in perfectly with the current cast. Probably looks like someone Meiko would hang with.

Also. I'M BACK!
 
Sorry for not posting last week; a lot was happening. Anyways, welcome back senpai!

I think we'll wait until the end of the week for @chaosheart13 and @Amayan to post their votes before using the one that accumulates the most (I'm really hoping they come back soon; ESPECIALLY chaos)
 
Oh snap, I'm sorry guys, I completely forgot about this because of other things and kinda thought this was dead... But um, I like FC 3 because of how mature she looks, FC 6 because I know the character it's referenced on and how it would the color scheme makes her look mysterious and somewhat mature as a super sleuth is normally, and FC 7 because it seems somewhat tomboyish which also would work with super sleuth type character.

Again, I'm sorry for posting late. I wish I got emails notifying me whenever someone posts or mentions me.
 
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Oh snap, I'm sorry guys, I completely forgot about this because of other things and kinda thought this was dead... But um, I like FC 3 because of how mature she looks, FC 6 because I know the character it's referenced on and how it would the color scheme makes her look mysterious and somewhat mature as a super sleuth is normally, and FC 7 because it seems somewhat tomboyish which also would work with super sleuth type character.

Again, I'm sorry for posting late. I wish I got emails notifying me whenever someone posts or mentions me.
As long as you're back it's fine ^-^ I had been checking your account every so often and it said you haven't logged on during most of that time, which is part of what made me worry most. Anyways, thanks for getting back to us again; I'll go ahead and add your votes to the total. Also, I think that if you go into your account settings you should be able to set it up to email you about notifications. If not, then I know that if you click the "More Options" button in quick response it'll bring you to a full page response area. In that page, if you look below the response field there's the option to "Watch this thread..." and underneath that is the option "and receive email notifications". I double checked it just now while typing this so I can tell you that you can still apply it in a post that isn't your first response to the thread ^-^ anyways, I hope that helps.
 
Alternatively, I could also set up a Discord Server for us to use as an emergency backup contact; what do you guys think? It could be a way for us to get in contact with anyone who hasn't logged on or really spoken on the page for a while to let them know that we're waiting for them. I have Discord on my phone, so obviously it'd work for getting in contact with me, but do you guys think it'd work out for you too?
 
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Alternatively, I could also set up a Discord Server for us to use as an emergency backup contact; what do you guys think? It could be a way for us to get in contact with anyone who hasn't logged on or really spoken on the page for a while to let them know that we're waiting for them. I have Discord on my phone, so obviously it'd work for getting in contact with me, but do you guys think it'd work out for you too?

I love this idea. It could make for a faster and more organized plotting too.
I missed you all. ;o; All RPs I'm in are looking dead except this.
 
Ooo a discord server would be pretty good. Butuma, I'll see if I can get notifs sent to my email.
 
okay then, everyone who wants the server go ahead and send me your Discord user ID info via PM and I'll get it set up! In the meantime, sorry for my absence; I've been preoccupied you could say. I'm really bummed that @chaosheart13 is still missing; they've been gone for 7 weeks now! :( It really makes this entire situation difficult to deal with when someone with that much plot weight up and disappears -~- but for now we can only slowly progress until they show up again I guess; probably highlight a focus on the 3rd years now that we've created a device for their progress.

On that subject, since the week is over and everyone but chaos has put in some votes it looks like we're going with FC 7 since it collected the most votes (it was totally unanimous x_x) Now we primarily need a name for her, and to know if she should be in the same class or a different one to Satoshi, Meiko, and Miyako. [spoili]Personally I think it makes more sense as far as the story is going that she be in a different class...[/spoili] Cast your votes on her class status before reading the spoiler please! ^-^ Also, anyone have any name ideas for her?
 
I like her in 3-A but it's already full of named people so 3-B maybe haha
NAMES? You've come to the right place lol hand me the meanings you prefer. First and surname. I'll give you kanji
 
I like her in 3-A but it's already full of named people so 3-B maybe haha
NAMES? You've come to the right place lol hand me the meanings you prefer. First and surname. I'll give you kanji
just whatever you feel fits her personality really. Also, what are your opinions on the ones Amayan provided?
 
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They're great! I'm just hyper about naming anything and anyone esp. Asian characters. I like to insert meaning and puns and shoutouts, etc. Sorry ^^;
no need to apologize; I'm the same way sometimes. All I meant was is there one in particular that you liked best that you could provide a good surname to that fits along the lines of her personality?
 
Aiko....Aoi... Saori... Chizuru...
Aiko is a very common name, "child of love". This isn't special and lacks character which may work since she's an NPC.

Aoi is a hella punny name for her with FC7 since it means "blue" as in the color. It'd be really fun if her hair really is blue.

Saori is a tough one because I don't know which kanji you're gonna use. Most of its meanings are on the very feminine and graceful side.

Chizuru is kind of a cute name, sorta like "good fortune" or "well wishes" derived from the thousand paper cranes belief.

I love names related to "light" for her since she's kinda got this happy vibe and also is smart. Hikari/Hikaru, Akira, Kou, Ryou, Mitsuko, Aki/Akiko... Maybe even Hoshi/Hoshiko for the star power! XD Maybe Hitomi is nice since she investigates. It means "beautiful eyes" which can be a cool trait.

Take your pic? For surnames, I often use a generic one if the first name is more often used and has a special meaning.
 
Aiko is a very common name, "child of love". This isn't special and lacks character which may work since she's an NPC.

Aoi is a hella punny name for her with FC7 since it means "blue" as in the color. It'd be really fun if her hair really is blue.

Saori is a tough one because I don't know which kanji you're gonna use. Most of its meanings are on the very feminine and graceful side.

Chizuru is kind of a cute name, sorta like "good fortune" or "well wishes" derived from the thousand paper cranes belief.

I love names related to "light" for her since she's kinda got this happy vibe and also is smart. Hikari/Hikaru, Akira, Kou, Ryou, Mitsuko, Aki/Akiko... Maybe even Hoshi/Hoshiko for the star power! XD Maybe Hitomi is nice since she investigates. It means "beautiful eyes" which can be a cool trait.

Take your pic? For surnames, I often use a generic one if the first name is more often used and has a special meaning.
Aiko and Aoi I was definitely picking up on the meanings, but I didn't know the other ones so thanks for the info! :) Based on that Saori doesn't seem to really fit, and Chizuru, while very applicable for nearly any female character, seems kinda iffy since it lacks any real special meaning. I think the two I like the most so far are Aoi (because of obvious reasons) and Hitomi (because I like the sound of its possible connection to her inquisitive nature, not to mention that when I looked back at FC 7 she does actually have quite the pair of pretty eyes). What does everyone else think? @Amayan @chaosheart13 @Takumi @york (I'm going to keep pinging chaos when I ping everyone else until they show up again)
 
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I like Hitomi :3

Edit: Aoi also sounds nice though too....
 
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Aiko and Aoi I was definitely picking up on the meanings, but I didn't know the other ones so thanks for the info! :) Based on that Saori doesn't seem to really fit, and Chizuru, while very applicable for nearly any female character, seems kinda iffy since it lacks any real special meaning. I think the two I like the most so far are Aoi (because of obvious reasons) and Hitomi (because I like the sound of its possible connection to her inquisitive nature, not to mention that when I looked back at FC 7 she does actually have quite the pair of pretty eyes). What does everyone else think? @Amayan @chaosheart13 @Takumi @york (I'm going to keep pinging chaos when I ping everyone else until they show up again)

Hmm, yeah, Hitomi fits nicely, all things considered o.o and I guess coupled with FC 7, it could definitely work out xD