Lore Magus

Creator and Bearer of Worlds
Original poster
FOLKLORE MEMBER
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.
    [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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    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?!​
  • Currently Under Maintenance
    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!
  • Currently Under Maintenance
    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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Oh my, this OOC blew up while I was away :3 anyways, your plight does seem like it was a hair puller, but all in all I'm glad you managed to figure it out in the end :) btw @IceQueen and @TheTechnologicVampire one of the major reasons why I haven't been able to do anything for the respective RPs you're involved in outside of this is the above mention laptop issues, which continue to persist in preventing me from even booting up now! X( until I can finish copying all my files to external drives and do a clean reinstall of windows I won't be able to work on anything. Only reason I haven't said anything on them is because I've been so focused and this RP is sorta better at pulling me since it was one I've wanted to do forever and it's garnered a highly faithful and reliable following already, so I apologize for the lack of information. I'll go post in those other ones now though so they don't get archived >~<"
 
Teehee. That's one down(up?)side to having me around...this place will be chatty.

On that note...who's actually still 'in' the RP? Obviously this buggering thing was set up a year ago, and I'm having a hard time telling who's still around.
 
Teehee. That's one down(up?)side to having me around...this place will be chatty.

On that note...who's actually still 'in' the RP? Obviously this buggering thing was set up a year ago, and I'm having a hard time telling who's still around.
Are you kidding me? Y'ALL FILLED UP A WHOLE PAGE IN NO TIME! THAT'S GREAT! Anyways, although the head post is still a WIP, the lists in the Index and Archive tabs are nonetheless accurate. Honestly, the main part of it that's really WIP is the aesthetic as well as providing small tidbits of extra info on each character, like a quick notes type of thing. If you're on mobile and can't see that (which I didn't think you were based on you're general interaction, but oh well) then the easy way to explain it is that all the finished characters made by myself, @Banana-senpai, @chaosheart13, and @Amayan are still active, while everyone else you've been chatting with are also still on standby waiting for me and my laptop to get into gear so they can jump in. As a side note: Banana and chaos are both experienced and familiar with the plot and what the direction is, and despite they're lack of communication recently they are essentially like my sub-leaders or what-have-you. Takumi and York on the other hand, while not having gotten the chance to jump in yet, have been a part of the group for at least half of its livelihood. Namely the reason they haven't been introduced is a combination of various situations (like the one currently going on) delaying progress of the main story, and bad timing on their part for being away during the one time we were able to let them jump in again. Thankfully, though, they are more active now and the time for them to finally join the IC is nigh. If you're not caught up yet, essentially chaos's character Kazami just caused a bit of an uproar during a club showcasing assembly and is on the run. We haven't planned out what happens immediately after yet, but as for the next day it is planned that their characters, both of which are in the connected middle school, will have heard some rumors about her and will seek her out for their own personal reasons. After that we'll start to slowly introduce each character to the story sort of in the order they got posted. Lucky thing that they all were prepared with solid reasoning behind why they wouldn't have been seen yet: 1 is truant and the others are all in different classes than those who we've been focusing on until now ^-^
 
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Though I also figure it'd be hella easy to sneak Satori in, considering A. He's well known amongst the chunni at this point as a mercenary, so it'd be extremely easy to incorporate him just about anywhere, and B. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had spent the entire first week avoiding literally everyone. He's so shy when he's not on business xD

Also yes, my laptop is working quite satisfactorily. ;) What's taking your computer so long to back up exactly? I had to do it once on my old Windows and I was able to get 'er done in an hour on a terabyte hard drive. Is it that messed up? (Also, is there a rough ETA? I've read the updates but am still confused as to when!)
 
@Bass Magus If you've seen, I've decided to change up my character. She's now going to have a Kamen Ridet Drive vibe about her.

On her mortal side, she's a biker and rides a KTM SuperDuke 1290 R, and the weapon she uses for her chunnibyou side is represented by the NERF Nitro Motofury on the mortal side.
 
Though I also figure it'd be hella easy to sneak Satori in, considering A. He's well known amongst the chunni at this point as a mercenary, so it'd be extremely easy to incorporate him just about anywhere, and B. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had spent the entire first week avoiding literally everyone. He's so shy when he's not on business xD

Also yes, my laptop is working quite satisfactorily. ;) What's taking your computer so long to back up exactly? I had to do it once on my old Windows and I was able to get 'er done in an hour on a terabyte hard drive. Is it that messed up? (Also, is there a rough ETA? I've read the updates but am still confused as to when!)
The issue is that the thing keeps killing my processing speed while I'm copying, or will occasionally restart itself to try to fix errors, and whenever it kills processing speed the best way to get it working right again is to restart it, but this time around it's having issues booting which means I can't do any copying at all until it figures out the problem and starts up again, which is dragging on a while. I still have music, videos, and save game data to back up while the thing is in this state, so it's soaking up a lot of time. Couple that with the fact that I work during the day and thus can't be working on it the entire time despite slashing all my sleeping hours and you've got a recipe of me running myself ragged with hardly any results to speak of, not to mention I have homework due Monday that requires my laptop be working in order for me to finish. I should probably also mention that it has been almost 2 years since I got the laptop and I've yet to do a hard reset, so it was really only a matter of time before this happened

@Bass Magus If you've seen, I've decided to change up my character. She's now going to have a Kamen Ridet Drive vibe about her.

On her mortal side, she's a biker and rides a KTM SuperDuke 1290 R, and the weapon she uses for her chunnibyou side is represented by the NERF Nitro Motofury on the mortal side.
I did see the conversation but I decided not to comment in part because I figured you were still in the idea stages of the process, and because you really should post a CS so I can really understand your vision for the character before commenting further ^^"
 
Wait. Don't Windows computers give you the option to do a hard backup before your reset? I know mine did, and it did it in no time flat. Didn't have to worry about processing speed or 'fixing errors' because it was already on the reset screen and that was the only process available. Just fishing through my own experience with it. Are you trying to do it FROM the backup screen, or are you saving everything on there manually...?

I know jack and squat about computers, I won't lie. xD
 
Wait. Don't Windows computers give you the option to do a hard backup before your reset? I know mine did, and it did it in no time flat. Didn't have to worry about processing speed or 'fixing errors' because it was already on the reset screen and that was the only process available. Just fishing through my own experience with it. Are you trying to do it FROM the backup screen, or are you saving everything on there manually...?

I know jack and squat about computers, I won't lie. xD
I'm backing up manually because I'm unfamiliar with how to retrieve my files from the built in backup feature, and I'd rather know where all my crap is. Besides, it's entirely possible that I'll need to sign up to some website or something to do it, and there are 2 reasons why that doesn't work for me: 1; because I greatly dislike signing up for accounts on websites I next to never use, and 2; my computer is also having issues with web display and application response all around, so it probably wouldn't work anyways :/ then again, I never really trusted that option in the first place; I can be a bit of a pessimist at times believe it or not
 
I'm pretty sure all I did was contact Windows support and they walked me through it all :P Just saying. xD

This was 3 years ago, and my Mac still runs efficiently as all get-out, so at least I have that working for me.

Protip: Unless you use Steam a whole lot, get a Mac. They are sooo much better as a home laptop.
 
I'm pretty sure all I did was contact Windows support and they walked me through it all :P Just saying. xD

This was 3 years ago, and my Mac still runs efficiently as all get-out, so at least I have that working for me.

Protip: Unless you use Steam a whole lot, get a Mac. They are sooo much better as a home laptop.
I don't have Steam, but I nonetheless have a bunch of video games that I play, and I also have to use Maya (which is a 3D modeling program) and other programming engines for school and whatnot, so a Mac won't cut it for me because it can't run most if not all of those. Also, I should probably mention that I already went to Windows Support... 3 TIMES. The first person was just like "you should install the newest update", when I couldn't even download said update the second person redirected me to tech and they solved the at the time issue, but my computer created a new user account and didn't migrate my data. The third person took a look at the situation and told me to go ahead and migrate the files manually. After all that I started having lag issues, so my close friend who's good with computers helped guide me to clean up and get rid of viruses and whatnot, but I think screwed up at some point and now have to go through this whole process, and since I can't really use web browsers atm all I can do is push forward manually until it's been totally rebooted. Btw, it finally booted up again, so I can start making progress again!
 
I see you Bass :P

How goes the laptop's thingamajig?
 
Holy crap, it's a thing!

Hello! I am new person :D
 
Meanwhile, with my unimaginative character.....
 
*shoots a nerf dart at Conman*

At least he can always hire Satori to be imaginative for him xD