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the city of oji⸺a forgotten metropolis seemingly stuck in the early 2000s, with a likeness to a retro tokyo. a sad beach city that's half built on silly, old myth and grumpy fishermen, plagued with rainy weather and fog that comes every morning, without fail, to cover the city in a coat of eggshell and gray. nothing ever happens in oji.

nothing.

not until tokyo announces that the once every 10 year 人間 festival will be held somewhere different this year⸺oji. a mysterious festival where 6 random people from around japan ( and other countries ) are individually sent an invitation and chosen to participate in a festival with a different theme, activities and gifts every festival, with each day offering something unique and dissimilar from the day before. the theme this year isn't like the years before and only a single sentence hints at the theme: the many faces of a whispered secret.

the six are sent an email with the location of where they'll be staying for the week⸺a traditional bath house specifically prepared for them. little do they know that once midnight strikes, the bath house will act as a door. a door that transports them to feudal japan, where oni, ghouls and the spirit world dwell. they'll have to work together to stay alive and gather six demon shards before the next full moon, one for each of them, in order to get back home.

FAQ
upon being transported into the feudal world, they'll take on characteristics and attributes from that world, physically and ability wise. meaning your character's black hair might suddenly be white, with little horns and they're 10x stronger than usual. of course that'll be up to you to decide.

  • you must be 18 to join this roleplay as there will be darker themes here and there as this is set during feudal japan, with demons, prostitution ( oiran/courtesans ), violence, romance and etc.
  • to apply, please post your character with the criteria i will be listing somewhere below. as i'd like to focus on getting started and not so much on character profile's, i will not be requiring much. this being said, i do expect that you are atleast semi-literate and able to post a minimum of 3 / 4 paragraphs per post.
  • posting speed requirement is once per week.

PROFILE CRITERIA
for this roleplay you can have a total of two characters but you're only required to play one, if that's what you'd prefer. you can either be one of the main six or someone entirely from the feudal world, meaning your character is a demon, spirit, trapped human from one of the previous festivals or whatever species makes sense for this era.

* in regards to photos, i'd like a before and an after photo if you can find any. if not, all i need is an after example of what you imagine them to look like! so what they look like in the feudal world. you're free to use whatever format or no format if that suits you best.

( sentence or two about what they currently do / are in the world. are they a villain? infamous? a nobody? an inn keeper? )

ROLE
* for humans who won the invitation and are transported you'll put ' invitation winner '
* for a demon/someone of the feudal world you'll put ' spirit world resident '

NAME

AGE ( 20 and older only )

NICKNAME

HEIGHT
* for humans, you're free to just mention what they look like after arriving to the spirit world, meaning whatever physical changes they've had happen, if any. if you want to, you can post both! ex. before they had black hair but in the feudal world they've got pink hair.

HAIR COLOR
* for humans, you're free to just mention what they look like after arriving to the spirit world, meaning whatever physical changes they've had happen, if any.

EYE COLOR
* for humans, you're free to just mention what they look like after arriving to the spirit world, meaning whatever physical changes they've had happen, if any.

SKIN DETAILS
* for humans, you're free to just mention what they look like after arriving to the spirit world, meaning whatever physical changes they've had happen, if any.

PERSONALITY

STORY
* for humans, just explain a little bit about their currently life and who they are.
* for demons/etc you can do the same, here is where you'd be able to be a little more in depth about it, though i'm not asking for much as it'll come up as we write.

ABILITIES
  • these are free for you to be creative. some may be more powerful than others! keep it to three, two minor, one major. no one should be too overpowered or anything.
  • you're also free to list any weapons they may use here.
 
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HANSUKE


stopped aging at 33 ⼺ apart of the festival in the 60s and never made it home. he's been apart of the spirit world since ⼺bisexual with a lean towards women ⼺ japanese



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lost to the ocean of the dead, hansuke wanders the dirt path of the spirit world, finding his home amidst a tayū house as a servant responsible for applying the makeup of the courtesans.

ROLE
spirit world resident

NAME
hansuke.
* he can no longer remember his surname and slowly is forgetting his first name, too.

NICKNAME
ねずみ because he resembles a mouse in demeanor, say the oiran. it wasn't long before they were all calling him nezumi, nezumi, nezumi.

HEIGHT
6 ' 0 " and if it wasn't for his terribly posture, maybe taller.

HAIR COLOR
pale blue, like the sky. waist length and pin straight, often down and almost never pulled up. it's rumored that even when he cuts his hair, it grows to the same length within just a few days.

EYE COLOR
once they'd been dark enough one could confuse them for tourmaline gems; soot colored optics, that could still conjure up the warmth to symbolize he was human. but after a while they began to change from night to sun. they're golden and bright, like starlight.

SKIN DETAILS
skin that was once golden and sunkissed is now imitation golden, with a sickly paleness setting in, especially under his eyes. he looks much like a sleepless poet, with a faint pink rimming his under eye that no amount of " rest " seems to remedy.

PERSONALITY
comes off shy but isn't. he only speaks if he's got something to say ; WIP

STORY
hansuke was apart of the festival in the 60s and after an especially cruel time within the feudal world, his entire group failed to make it home, leaving them entrapped to the spirit world. he left behind his newlywed wife and seven month old son.

ABILITIES
  • the abilities he seemed to inherit have to do with emotions and deceiption. hansuke is able to make someone feel whatever emotion he wants them to feel and at whatever intensity also. alternatively, he can absorb someone's anger, sadness, misery, etc and cleanse them of it entirely. he also seems to be a lot more agile.
 
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CHARACTER LIST

spirit world resident : hansuke
spirit world resident : reserved ( @graveyard.fairy )
unlimited spots

human : taken ( @gumiho. )
human : saki ( @graveyard.fairy )
human : open
human : open
human : open
human : open

* as a reminder, please just post a profile if you're interested !!! ૮꒰ ˶• •˶꒱ა ♡
and if any questions, post here also.
 
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i should've mentioned that some good examples you can reference for the feudal world / spirit aspects are inuyasha, spirited away, gintama, rurouni kenshin, samurai champloo, princess mononoke and etc. there will be aspects of fantasy / spirit world / underworld themes and there's no pressure to be perfectly historically accurate. some beings you'd see are low ranking demons, oni, tengu, higher rank demon lords, prince's, princess's, insect monsters, deity's, gods, kitsune, lost humans, wandering souls, parasites and etc. you can be as creative as you'd like so long as it more or less makes sense for this theme. ♥
 
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✧ 茗荷 先 ✧
大貫妙子 - 4:00 a.m.

lost amidst the neon lights. another body who wanders craving to find someone to share her soul with. the red lights at night in osaka are particularly ugly to her. Trapped in their shadow in tiny wooden restaurant stalls where customers seek to fill their stomachs and empty something else...

ROLE
invitation winner

NAME
茗荷 myoga 先 saki

AGE ( 20 and older only )
25 twenty-five

NICKNAME
催眠 saimin ; hypnosis

in the district they abandon her old name in favor of something easier to remember.

HEIGHT
the world grew a bit larger as her world shrunk from a view of someone 5'6" to one of a petite being of 5'2".

HAIR COLOR
Ravenette locks faded appearing less saturate and more of a weakened black smothered with grey smoke. So pieces of her hair completely loss pigment, leaving random chunks of silvers. That wouldn't be so bad if it isn't for the two little ivory horns poking out from either side of her head. Maintained the same length but her new hair has the slightest wave she is not familiar with.

EYE COLOR
The color of burnt coffee fading out as if water poured into them and washed out all the color save for an ash grey hue. Even her pupil is lost within it's murky grey depths, only visable when a strong amount of light reflects off her eyes.

SKIN DETAILS
ivory skin free of the old blemishes and scars of her life before being spirited away.

PERSONALITY
unreadable -- like an alley cat you've just met, unsure whether they will tuck their tail in fear or strink out with claws drawn... wip

STORY
the nights come and they are even worse than the days. drunken on cheap liquor, the night fades away into sinful obscurity. Nothing left behind except the smell of cigarette smoke, taste of salt and the lingering pain of a rotten fruit abandoned once the patron's belly has swollen with greedy pleasure. saki often looses track of time, seasons bleeding together into a blur -- only leaving the feeling of hot or cold on her skin. She never had a family who loved her, only one who sought to take from her until she was nothing more than an empty husk. The girl ran far from her countryside town to the rough city of tokyo, full of jaded shells of former humans. Somehow it felt more like home than her birth city.

received the invitation one day -- a string of good luck? saki doubted it but what did she have to lose by going?

ABILITIES
  • wip


i'm feeling so alive, wasting time



i'd rather be lost in the lights, the moon embraces you

code by MaryGold
 
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✧ 茗荷 先 ✧
大貫妙子 - 4:00 a.m.

lost amidst the neon lights. another body who wanders craving to find someone to share her soul with. the red lights at night in osaka are particularly ugly to her. Trapped in their shadow in tiny wooden restaurant stalls where customers seek to fill their stomachs and empty something else...

ROLE
invitation winner

NAME
茗荷 myoga 先 saki

AGE ( 20 and older only )
25 twenty-five

NICKNAME
催眠 saimin ; hypnosis

in the district they abandon her old name in favor of something easier to remember.

HEIGHT
the world grew a bit larger as her world shrunk from a view of someone 5'6" to one of a petite being of 5'2".

HAIR COLOR
Ravenette locks faded appearing less saturate and more of a weakened black smothered with grey smoke. So pieces of her hair completely loss pigment, leaving random chunks of silvers. That wouldn't be so bad if it isn't for the two little ivory horns poking out from either side of her head. Maintained the same length but her new hair has the slightest wave she is not familiar with.

EYE COLOR
The color of burnt coffee fading out as if water poured into them and washed out all the color save for an ash grey hue. Even her pupil is lost within it's murky grey depths, only visable when a strong amount of light reflects off her eyes.

SKIN DETAILS
ivory skin free of the old blemishes and scars of her life before being spirited away.

PERSONALITY
unreadable -- like an alley cat you've just met, unsure whether they will tuck their tail in fear or strink out with claws drawn... wip

STORY
the nights come and they are even worse than the days. drunken on cheap liquor, the night fades away into sinful obscurity. Nothing left behind except the smell of cigarette smoke, taste of salt and the lingering pain of a rotten fruit abandoned once the patron's belly has swollen with greedy pleasure. saki often looses track of time, seasons bleeding together into a blur -- only leaving the feeling of hot or cold on her skin. She never had a family who loved her, only one who sought to take from her until she was nothing more than an empty husk. The girl ran far from her countryside town to the rough city of tokyo, full of jaded shells of former humans. Somehow it felt more like home than her birth city.

received the invitation one day -- a string of good luck? saki doubted it but what did she have to lose by going?

ABILITIES
  • wip


i'm feeling so alive, wasting time



i'd rather be lost in the lights, the moon embraces you

code by MaryGold

stop. i love her. 🥹
 
hi hi. still looking for others for this if you're at all interested. <3
 
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Role: Invitation winner
Name: Sakagami Ema 阪上詠真
Age: 29
Nickname: Hakai no senpu 破壊の旋風 "Whirlwind of destruction"
Height: 5'8"

Description: Before her arrival, Ema was nondescript. Tall for a Japanese woman, with long dark hair, but otherwise not particularly notable. Her transformation has been dramatic. She is now a statuesque beauty with violet hair, a lovely tan, and the ability to cut her way through an army.

Personality/Story: Ema was quiet and unremarkable, her only quirk being a passion for vaporwave music and other electronica. Until she received the invitation, the most exciting thing that ever happened to her was when she quit her job as a legal secretary by reporting her boss to the tax authorities. She'd got by after that by taking an assortment of part-time jobs, most notably as a clerk at a music store. As the Whirlwind of Destruction, however, she is languidly cool, outspoken, and quick to resort to a touch of the old ultra-violence.

Abilities: Ema wields a pair of swords with the skill of a master and the aggression of a mean drunk. She's become superhumanly strong and quick, able to go toe to toe with a monstrous oni and win.
Her swords are named Ikazuchi 雷 "Thunder" and Inazuma 電 "Lightning". Exquisitely balanced and razor-sharp, they are equally capable of bisecting a falling tissue and cleaving through the shell of a warrior kappa.
Aside from her swordsmanship, Ema has developed considerable ability in unarmed combat, intuitively using a flashy striking-grappling style reminiscent of an unholy fusion between Tai Chi and Kyokushin karate. Watching her perform a kata is a confusing but spectacular sight, the martial arts equivalent of a salmon sashimi ice cream cone.




Higanbana 彼岸花 "The blossom of the far shore"

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Description: Higanbana is a shikigami, a harbinger of death. Her symbol is the red spider lily, the funeral flower of Japan, and her powers revolve around the growth and use of the toxic blossoms.
 
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@gumiho. Any feedback/criticism regarding my submission?
 
please give me a little bit of time and i'll privately message you about criticism, feedback, acceptances and helpful information. ♥
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