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Hello, Drama, how are you?

anyway.

I must take a leave for now, apparently theres more stress in my life than i figured before >.> anyway...

i have deemed that I can not hold my emotions in, making it a threat to my identity.

so, im taking a break from the forum to reduce stress.

expect me back in a few weeks, or before.

You ARE a pokemon. no legends, and pokemon deemed overpowerful are unnallowed.

Plot:

at first, everything is peaceful, and in one forest, a forest on an isolated island, Faraway Island, every pokemon in existence live, protected by the Mew. humans scarcely ever set foot on Faraway Island, and those that do have access only to a single clearing, due to Mew's power.

one day, a group of pokemon, young and unevolved, decide to go out and have an adventure, but not just yet. first, we open up on their lives in Faraway.

signup:

so, who are you?

Name:
Species: (your species of pokemon, duh)
Set-Out Traits: (little differences in your look that set you apart from others of your species)
gender:
personality: (give what you want, change it if you need to.)
History: (your characters biography up until the point where the story begins)
Favorite Attack: (eh, kinda optional, just tell us what attack your guy prefers)
Other: (stuff uncovered thus far)

im lookin for... ten people for this, BE A POKEMON! it'll start off a little Spice of Lifish, where we all meet in the beginning, and then at one point someone suggests we go on an adventure, then we get allowance from Mew, or 'the Mew'. then its adventurish, with battles and running around, avoiding trainers and stuff, and from there we might swerve off into a Save the Worldish theme. we can cover a lot of stuff here. oh, and, once we start leaving we can start evolving. at the start, in the Slice of Lifish part battles will be scarce, probably once or twice for fun or against a bully.

note: there are more than one of every legendary, but the most powerful, the original, the one that made the legend, is called 'the (legend species)' such as 'the Mew'. the original legends are impossible for a trainer to catch, btw, even by a masterball.

also, BE EXOTIC! only ubers like the Tyranitar Line, the Salamence Line, the Dragonite Line and the legends are offlimits. I'll be the one to decide if the pokemon or one of its future evolutions is off limits. tho i might make the Tyranitar, Salamence and Dragonite line available, which would mean that only legends are offlimits.

BUT NO BEING A LEGEND LIKE RAYQUAZA!

also, I hate the fourth generation, just a little, fyi.

there is no 'the (legend)' for any of the fourth generation legends, or the Regis, as the Regis are artificial constructs of earth ice and metal, so they can only be the ones, not that we'll ever run into them. the reason for the fourth gen not having any original legends is that one, I hate them, two, the 'legends' are completely and totally false and a lie and arceus is an attention whoring, God-Impersonating, bitchy little assholic piece of crap. this is the truth, if you dont believe it your an idiot.

just my say on things. *pouts a bit*

anyway signup and I'll get the Playing Thread up.

Paeol is the story of one adventurer prepared for many things. here is the short tale of his excursion into a not-so-adventurer-friendly place.


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Paeol



Hello, my name is Paeol. I make a living by going into dangerous dungeons, gathering treasure, and coming out alive.

Anyway, I was doing my job one merry day. Some stupid lass lost her kitten deep in a dungeon of ever changing labyrinths. You know lasses these days, always losing kittens in dangerous places on innocent little explorings into scary places. It certainly doesn't make you wonder why a parent would allow their child into the Dooming Flora Forest.

But anyway, enough about young lasses and their kittens, it was an excuse into Dooming Flora, and as every able-bodied adventurer strong enough to survive the toxic poisonings of the Dooming Flora on the first floor, there are unexplained staircases that lead upwards, sometimes downwards, into unseen 'floors' of the Forest. Like all Forest and Single Floor Housings that have become infested with monsters of varying kinds.

Anyway, I carried my very difficult to obtain Adventurer Paeol's Mace of Wonder(self made by me for me) fashioned out of a Sub-Medusa's head. Sub-Medusa's... not so tough. They share the same things that make Medusa so horrificly scary, but their stonings tend to last, oh, ten seconds or so. Plenty of time, mind you, for them to prepare to quickly snap your head off, but also gives plenty of time for me to break the stone of a victim, shattering that part from the body, killing the creature the moment they become unstoned.

I also have a sub-Medusa head set to perpetually stone my wife, to keep her age frozen in the midst of her beauty till I have use of her.  So I'd set foot inside old Dooming Flora, and came upon the most wonderful looking Krillkur Flower. Krillkur's have a nasty tendency to release a poison so deadly it could kill a rampaging boar instantly. Lucky for me I have an anti-poison talisman right around my delicate human neck. I plucked the flower for use in a poison I could pawn off to some noble for thousands of riches.

So I spent my time looking around the first floor of the beautiful, wonderously eye candyish, poisonous Dooming Flora Forest, and noticed this 'dungeon' would have me head downwards inexplicably. And that's where my whole life went sour. I tripped on the second to last step, and as I crashed to floor, my anti poison talisman flew off my neck, and before I could reflexively reach out to grab it - the mere touch would be enough to protect me - the Krillkur I held had me dead in an instant.

I managed to get a last pitiful laugh out, damned lass would never get her kitten back. I hadn't the heard before to tell her the fool thing would have died mere moments after she'd left - though she herself should have been dead mere moments after entering, but then, I figured, to hell with heart, and I screamed the young lass's name into the heavens above, informing any random passerby that Sally Mcfizzerwats's cat was dead in Dooming Flora Forest.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lqAfd1tY1GU

KIRBY!!!! HAMMER STRIKU!

ok so as usual with me a simple idea became a huge like, freaking thing.

and now I'm making a game, YAY!

ok.

so, basically there is no plot.

but anyway...

History: in Alacron, a city hidden on an island, people are born with various 'gifts' for magic. these people, powerful and often bored, discovered a way to hunt down High Level Demons without having too go through there Caves or Lairs or Castles or whatever and getting right to them.

teleporting in front of their faces.

and they realized something, Scrimwidgets are a GREAT form of energy. so now Alacron runs entirely on Scrimwidgets. however, Scrimwidgets have to be Activated by a high level Demomancer, which, by the way, all have government jobs, and actually Are the high-ranking government.

so, now its like this: Scrimwidget hunting teams go and hunt down High Level Demons(which there never seems to be a shortage of O.o) and obtain there Scrimwidgets(actually their souls, high level demons have plenty) however, it takes A LOT of Scrimwidgets to work the city.

so Scrimwidget Hunting Teams go and kill many High Level Demons, and keep the Scrimwidgets, until they can 'afford' Really Useful stuff from the government shops.

due to the high-power of the government's ranking Mages and stuff, the Government Made weapons are actually quite useful.

more so than most average weapons.

and stuff.

however, there is a standard economy of Gold as well. this is so that those incapable of slaying High Level Demons can make a living.

Plot: I'm not planning on one, but its developing. annoyingly.

Uhh... I have one character set up, so I'm looking for three more.

also, I'd like to request a Standard RMXP RTP style battler for Noble_6. several High-Ranking looking demon sprites of varying looks.

if you would be so kind, provide a Character and Standard Battler Sprite for your character please.

also, include skills, up to fifty for one character.

I'm only looking for three characters, I have a Healer/Mage/High Capable Close Combat character already, feel free to make them Uber-like, the Demon's are goin to be hard to face, and considering how humans aren't supposed to be able to beat them... uhh... yeah. feel free to go crazy... but be serious.

I'll take a bunch of suggestions and accept the three I like most. or I'll accept them all, and allow you to choose your guys from the beginning. I'll have a demo up soon. it'll have placeholder sprites.

also, don't put yourself in, cuz the people Here are going to have High Ranking Government Positions.

I'm a store owner, Government store owner of a Scrimwidget shop! I make the weapons ! mine are all Flame Based(of course)

so, I'm looking for people to have shops as well.

uhh, Screenies coming eventually and stuff XD I just started it.

so... uhh... *goes off to start making me game*

also, if someone could make like Flame Weaponry and Armor Icons, that'd be nice!


EDIT: well as it turns out, I'm going to make two versions. One with my own character and her minions. another with a bunch of characters from here. so...  people I need four not three XD and I've decided also that for the Main Character I'll do something borrowed from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon; I'm givin you a quiz and based on your answers Ima give you some dude. no variables included. then you choose three more. thats for Version two, and It'll be the one with the Plot and stuff... Ima do the one with my character first... and that'll act as a seperate Version, and more of a Demo of sorts.

so, for signups(which I forgot to do before)

Default Name: In Version Two you choose your own name, but this here is the Defaults for the guy.
Weapons: give me about twenty different weapons... if you have Icons thats great... stats can be crazy.
Base-Max Level Stats: what stats do they start with, and what do they end with? again, can be crazy, but not too crazy.
Armors: give me about twenty armor sets, and about ten armor sets with weapons, and some random armors without sets, or whatever
Skills: about fifty would be nice. well. fifty is the max. you can have any amount, but fifty is the limit.
Character set: standard RMXP style if possible please
Battler: for Version Two I plan on having Side View Battle System, because Side Views are easier to make, and look cool.
History: tell us the story of your character
personality: self explanatory.

the last two DONT need to be filled, but the rest do. and feel free to use standard RMXP RTP battlers. and CSes.

well... think I've got enough now.

Note: characters dont have to be original, you CAN like, nominate Sephiroth.

actually... well freaking dang...

THREE Versions.

Version One: my character + Minions
Version Two: Four of Your Characters = THE PLOT, shows histories and cutscenes and dialogue.
Version Three: Basically you play the endgame of Version Three(just keep killing High LV Demons and trying to max yourself), there is more characters(Characters from One and Two{including the minions, but they boring} are available, along with Extra Characters.

Version One will be the easiest.

Two will be the hardest.

Three will just be like mess around have fun mode lol.

...I get bored and inspirations...

and pretty much Version Three is the idea i had in the beginning.

both One and Two will feature Plots, though Two's will be MUCH longer, and One's will only have one character.

also, One will have the Default system, as I have not yet found a Custom Side View battle system.

well, good luck everyone!

the prologue is barely over a page long with size eleven calibri font. However, it serves it's purpose, and Chapter 1 will be up within a few days. Welcome, to the Liel Project. and welcome too, to the Memory Projects.

Prologue:



      Standard Capture Mission.



   The leader of the squad was Shyra Elcron Malius. He was well-known within the Memory Project as one of the few to always test 'would come out alive' in the trials for this very mission.

Trials... do you know about them? Nowadays every mission has a developed trial. Basically just a big holographic file on a big hologram computer, designed to see if the soldiers have a decent chance of living during a particular mission.

Usually, they say most people come out alive afterwards.

This one? On average about five of the several hundred sent in came out. Only by chance. In the trials.

So, naturally, Shyra had to calm his units down, as well as lead them. Which, of course, meant that he had to give them an award winning moral speech about every five minutes. High General Malius, as his subordinates had to call him according to standard protocol, feared for his life.

He'd bragged to his lieutenants and soldiers that he wasn't worried. This capture would be simple. "It's just one enemy after all, and it's a capture mission after all." He spoke into his radio once again.

He had opted to be alone on his ridge, overlooking where the target was, hopefully, sleeping. "High General Malius, sir, we, uhh, have som-" Shyra paid little heed to the interrupted notice at first.

They had been having a bit of a bad connection all day. His guess was that there was a storm brewing. "Unit, report." He returned lazily.

Just the crackle of the radio giving him a return signal seemed urgent, and it was then that the High General realized he was in a near panic state. He was clenching and unclenching his hand. He found his vision was a little hazy, even for the darkness of night.

Before he could hear the message being transmitted, he saw a flash of bright light. He took his own E-blade from its holster and turned the energy weapon on.

His body, slashed into several pieces, crumpled to the ground as the sound began to be transmitted. "GENERAL SIR! THERE ARE TWO OF THEM! I REPEAT, TWO OF THEM!"

ok, in this game you can be any mythological creature with ten skills(your power level must be kept within reason, I'll be the judge of it) and you can make up your own creature, but you'll have to make up lore for that creature, and others will be allowed to make one of that species too.

ok, so basically this is a purely for fun, neaerly plotless, humor but still serious RP designed to just go on and on.

in essence, everyone gets to decide what to do, can form there own groups within the game, can quest together, work alone, be thieves, rule over a mansion, attempt to kill eachother.

I'll be the person who judges battles, and I'll have a character in there, but he never fights, unless I can find another judge.

I'll decide what attacks hit, how they affect the person, and what arena parts are destroyed.

oh yeah, I'll also play as NPC characters.

you guys can all go try to take over a kingdom, which owuld mean fighting an enemy army, possibly with a rebel army of your own. your allowed to grow, so where you start with ten skills(fist and weapon fighting are automatic... but skills that like do something special with your fist or weapon, those count) by the time the game is over you could have... well, like, a hundred or something.

I don't want this game to die, so there is never a limit to how many can be playing at once.

also, therell be a third topic solely for battles, so that in the real topic you can write what actually happens in your own words, as what actually happened.

if two people decide an outcome of a fight before it starts, they may judge there own fight.

NO UBERS, my judging is designed to keep Ubers out, but if someone designs a character with Uber skills, or Ubers somehow, I will not let that character in.

everyone may have two characters.

there CAN be obvious breaks in power levels among characters, and I will take these into account when judging.

uhh... everyone is welcome so long as there Signup meets requirements.

just make them decent enough.

here they are

Name:
Age:
Species:
Surrounding Lore: (for made-up specieses)
Skills:
background:
personality:
Hometown:
Weapon:
Weapon History (if available)

btw, you guys can make up your own areas.

there are five kingdoms of which no players rule in the beginning: Belior, Malciun, Gilgris, Relfar and Terip. they have well-established armies, and it will take five people with a rebel army to have a chance of defeating the kingdom.

yes, they will use actual military tactics, which you won't know about, and will act as if I don't know about your plans since they must be posted about in this RP

NO DISCUSSING THE GAME OUTSIDE THE THREE MYRIAD SOULS THREADS!

well, this is Signup and Discussion, once I accept ten people it will start, but there is no limit.

uhh, if your guy dies you can make a new one.

[Nit is humanity, Quil is Tranquility, and Hatred and Evil are two of the biggest factors that interrupt times of tranquility, which leads Greed and War, Reed and Ar hanging around Nit while Atre and Vil delay Quil signifies this in that basically while tranquility gets disrupted, greed and war break out, and take over]

well heres the thing.

I find I have NO game making patience what so ever.

however, this story is one I find very cute(SILENCE) and I want it made.

however, I WANT it made, and as long as I can see it completed right I'll be happy.

its not the standard kind of game, as its more about symbolism with the characters and such than anything.

ok heres the cast:

Quil: guy from whom the game's point of view is based.

Nit: female main character, at the beginning a close friend of Quil's

Ar: male antagonist, leads the Antagonist Group. tries to get Nit to leave Quil.

Atre: Male Antagonist, assists Ar in his endeavors.

Reed: Female Antagonist, known to hang out with both Ar and Atre.

Vil: Male Antagonist, despises Quil. desires Nit.

Ov: Female Protagonist, close friend of Quil, and Nit, one who originally brought the two together.

Pe: male Protagonist, stays near Ov, and does all he can to assist her in whatever he can.

Lif: a neutral character, friend of Nit, and a friend of Quil, and a friend of Vil. is sometimes seen with Ov and Pe. usually Female, sometimes appears as Male. is actually twins.

Ado: Male character, always seen with the female Lif. whether he is a protagonist or antagonist is unknown.

Ig:  Female character, always seen with the male Lif. whether she is a protagonist or antagonist is debatable.

Ace: female protagonist, is often in Quil's presence, and follows him around constantly, is also his little sister

and possibly others.

the story is based more around the characters, what they represent, and the relationships they have, than anything else really.

there will be fights occasionally, just, they aren't the main focus.

the story is from Quil's point of view, but its All about Nit.

Quil, Ov, and Pe, and, if we think of others, are the good guys, as I said above.

Ar, Atre, Reed and Vil, and if we think of others, are the bad guys.

ok guys, so basically here is the deal...

I have an idea that I really some kind of freaking want done.

I have problems being committed to things, so I figured, hey, why not get the people together to all help on it? I mean, its not like they'd need to spend ALL DAY on it and make it there main purpose... just like, a little bit of time here and there, doesn't even need to be everyday, just like, hopefully a little somethin a week, if you can.

I'm not looking for people to ignore there own games or anything, I'm just looking for people who are willing to do a group project.

and as I realize that the only thing I'll be contributing here is the idea and some of the characters(cuz yes I'd like to see more character, but yes I'd also like them to follow the basic pattern already set) I'm Very willing to let things be open for ideas from everyone.

that being said, I think I should explain the stuff I've got so far...

in the beginning, Nit is Quil's closest friend. then, Atre and Vil keep making Quil inable to meet, see, or be near Nit, while Reed and Ar keep spending time with her.

Nit is humanity, Quil is Tranquility, and Hatred and Evil are two of the biggest factors that interrupt times of tranquility, which leads Greed and War, Reed and Ar hanging around Nit while Atre and Vil delay Quil signifies this in that basically while tranquility gets disrupted, greed and war break out, and take over

by the time Quil finally is able to see Nit again, she is more or less seriously annoyed with him because he couldn't be there.

basically, after War takes over Humanity, the earliest chances for resolution and a return to peace, and tranquility, are ignored

Quil tries to explain himself, but Nit, now hanging with Ar and Reed, won't hear of it.

people who figure war to be stupid try to explain to the higher ups that it IS stupid, but the highers ups, Greedy and figuring they can get money from it, continue War

Quil is pretty shaken up, and Ov and Pe can only sparingly see Nit, now that Vil Reed Atre and Ar are her 'group of friends'

the people from before realize eventually that they are ignored, and most of them give up. Love and Hope barely glimmer when humanity is taken over by Evil, Greed, Hatred and War.

it is this time that Lif and Ado make there original appearance, when Ov and Pe get a chance meeting with Nit. during this meeting, Lif looks slightly pained, and Ado's eyes show a protective feeling.

well, Lif is Life, Ado signifies Shadow, the 'darker' side to life, it signifies that when Love and Hope have a spike, thats when more people realize Life itself is threatened, and due to War killing off people, Lif, the personification of Life, is in constant pain, Ado is her protector, in a sense, and closest friend(the whole Female with Dark and Male with light idea thing comes from Yin Yang), and thus worrys about what Nit is doing, since her decisions ultimately affect Lif

things continue, with Lif and Ado/Ig making more appearances, Lif looking more in pain each time, and Nit seeming to grow a little weaker over time, but in a way 'harder' her expressions and actions showing more of a shadowed outlook than the character in the beginning, who had a much more brighter view, and whos features were 'softer'.

Life seems to fade from people Long before Humanity itself grows weak, and that Nit takes longer to show weakening expresses this, as people start to recognize that war and greed may have been a poor choice(ya think?) Nit herself seems herself to become 'darker', in the shadow of regret, and the weakening of herself and all the things affecting her cause her to become a 'darker' character than the fun-loving, nice girl she was in the beginning to a more despaired and mean girl towards the end

it is apparent that being with Ar and his group, being around what they represent, is causing Lif to slip away, making Ado and Ig worry, and for the Nit Quil, Ov and Pe knew to change.

War changes everyone, and the deaths cause Life to wane, and become uncertain, people fear for themselves, people happy and people not worry each day if they will see the next. what happens if someone decides to bomb their town? what if the enemy raids their village? both the dark side and the light side of humanity begin to fear for Life. Humanity, desperate and despairing, changes, losing hope, love failing as people flee to what they believe is safe, and times of Tranquility, are forgotten. Love and Hope becomes spare things. a thing only a fool would believe in.

then, on the last night of the game, Ov and Pe go the still-despaired Quil, and somehow manage to make him snap out of it, and to try to reconcile with Nit.

War is coming to an end, but it is not over, Love and Hope have to help people overcome the evils of war, and have to help usher in an era of Tranquility for Humanity.

it is thought to be almost too late.

some will have lost all hope and say everyone is doomed.

by now the Lif Twins are too weak to even move or speak, and Ado and Ig seem to be fading in a completely different way. the Lifs mean everything to the two.

Life has taken such a hit, so many people have died, so many people left in despair and rage and left hopeless and without loved ones, that Life itself seems almost gone. the Light and the Dark of people rely on the spark of life being within people, if that is lost, they do not exist.

Nit herself is significantly weaker, but the effect of Ar and his group on her makes her ignore the lessening of her, and she ignores it.

humanity, stubborn and refusing to believe anything is wrong during times of War and Hatred, and wishing with foolish passion to perservere, ignore the destruction it is causing itself, and continue in vain attempts to end it quickly by continuing to fight and kill one another

on that night, Quil and Ov and Pe, go to Nit, in an attempt to reverse everythign that happened because of Ar and his group.

the first vestiges of Tranquility begin to show when Love and Hope make a seemingly sudden comeback. people begin to try to heal the wounds placed upon all of humanity, and people come together.

after one of the few major fights in the game, Nit and Quil finally make it back together, and they share a wonderful moment.

well this is mostly for the romance fans :/ but it also represents the moment when War passes and Humanity begins to repair itself in a time of Tranquility.

then they all realize that Ar was nowhere to be seen.

Drama.

he'd snuck off.

more Drama, and also the two mean that War isn't totally gone, the seed remains, War can and most likely will come again.

and the Lif twins only had the fading Ado and Ig as a defense.

after War, the crime increase during war doesnt instantly fade, and there is steal a threat, the Ado and Ig thing is that the big players in the War on War don't have the ability to move immediately, and only the average people(such as local law enforcement) are the defense against the last remains of war and evil, which actually never entirely leaves.

(this is when the action comes in in the end for those who have to have it...)

standard RPG action, which will probably have to be included throughout the entire game.

Quil and Nit lead Ov and Pe to the final area.

mostly just video game Drama and Suspense.

the Lair of the Lif Twins.

once again, Video Game Drama. don't know if there was any symbolic relevance... although being in the lair of Life itself shows that if Love and Hope don't prevail, everyone is screwed since Life itself dies... I think.

when they arrive Ado and Ig are nearly completly faded, and Ar holds his finishing blade in his hands to end the Twins.

mostly video game drama, usually War is stopped and people continue normally long before Life is actually on the verge of death. usually.

Quil stops Ar, who gets enraged, then Ov and Pe interrupt the blow.

I forgot to put that Ar tries to strike out at Quil. it means that War never seems to be over when it does, and if people get careless, War WILL seem to just suddenly and violently continue where it left off. Love and Hope means everyone has to be ACTIVELY involved against War, even after it is over.

Ar is weaker than he was before, when Nit was on his side, but still a challenging enough fight.

meaning final boss time.

afterwards, Ar swears to not give up, Lif will end, and Nit will be his, its his promise.

well, Drama, but also means that we have to be careful, or all of humanity wil fall to war and Life will be over.

then Ar vanishes.

yah, you guessed it, video game drama once again. also once again showing that War is never truly finished.

and it is said that a few months in there world later, Quil and Nit return to life as normal, still fixing the damaged relationship Ar and his group caused.

even when Tranquility is restored, it takes a long time for people to become used to the idea that they dont have to be afraid of their house suddenly exploding above their heads

Ado and Ig are completely back, but the Lif twins are still just within ability to walk around there Lair.

as it is easy to make Life wither, hard it is to bring it back.

and Ov and Pe run freely.

yay, hope and Love is prevalent in Tranquil times.

but Ar, Vil, Reed, and Atre have not yet given up. they want Nit. nothing can end them. just as nothing can truely end Quil Ov or Pe. but Ado, Ig, Nit, and the Lif Twins werent as the other seven were. they are vulnerable, weak. they rely on the others to live.

meaning that War, Evil, Greed, Hatred... Tranquility, Love, Hope(and Peace, who is Ace), can't truly be destroyed, since something else will always pop-up that can continue them. Humanity and its Life, and its dark and bright halves rely on Tranquility, Love, Peace, Hope, and even to some extent war evil greed and hatred, to survive. when Humanity ends Life and the halves of it will end too. but the rest can survive, as anything can war, anything can be evil, anything can love.




so heres what we need:

a Spriter: for the character sprites(and, I suppose battlers... if we need them)

a Scripter: for certain scripts, like Menu Script, there wont be shops, as the main characters are the only characters(unless others disagree)

Eventer: for some things better done with events than scripts

Music Person: someone able to make some nice tunes that'll be nice for the feel of the game.

Mapper: to make the maps

Symbolist: well I have some good symbolism(I think?) but if someone has ideas on how to incorporate it into the game via movements or dialogue, itd help.

Drawer: well for character art maybe... show people what they look like in a maybe anime-style? its one of the less-important(in terms of development) jobs... but itsone of the ones I want done the most. if people don't want to involve character art... thats ok.

Quil = Tranquility
Ace = Peace
Reed = Greed
Pe = Hope
Ov = Love
Ar = War
Lif = Life
Nit = Humanity
Ado = Shadow
Ig = Light
Vil = Evil
Atre = Hatred

EDIT: there... now this thread is all Spiffy and... un-... -spammed with guesses?

define Trance music please. *ignores rest of the post*

can anyone honestly tell me why people feel hopeless? can someone honestly tell me that they have any clue why people say they have nothing to live for? can someone tell me why people just allow themselves to be and not be willing to change? well, can you?

so for now we can call it 'Sephris'

Prologue,
Remembrance



This is a story of misery and unhappiness. Long ago the people only believed in Angels and the Holy Father, but now, there is confirmed existence of at least one angel. She was discovered one day.

This being, known as Sephri was just a normal human, until one day when something went horribly wrong. Sephri was caught in an unfortunate circumstance, and around her people she knew, people she loved were dying, one at a time, and she never was touched.

Soon it would be, that her own rage was to be wrought. Her entire being changed, and soon peoples' lives were being cut short by the vengeful wrath of a teenager scarred by wars worst evils.

People recognized her for what she was, an Angel of death, and they feared her for it, and despite anything they tried to do they couldn't stop her, they even sent an entire country's military up against her, only to have it be destroyed by the Angel.

Wings a black midnight, eventually her existence was seen to be destroyed, and her life ended, and Death's hands clutched the Angel of Death which had plagued humanity. People thanked their Holy Father. Others, wondered.

Why had the Holy Father sent one of his subjects to kill them? Why had he left them to lose many of their loved ones and soldiers?

Some had lost their faith.

And one, finding a True Text, knew what was to happen.

He read, and deciphered, and understood, and he knew.

God, the Holy Father, all such things, are false. Angels, however, exist. But not as Divine Messengers of His Will.

They were the Ultimate, the Powerful, not necessarily the Right, but the True. The Ultimate, Powerful, True, beings of the planet.

Each one represented a different thing.

The man knew, he'd have to warn humanity of the coming darkness. The coming death. Sephris was just the beginning, the warning. He had to extend the warning to let the devastated race know.

That was a few thousand years ago.

We hear about this crazy man who found a 'True Text' and said that God doesn't exist, and that Angels would kill us all.

Sephris was killed, and along with her the chance for future Angels, true, we don't know what in her DNA caused her to be able to be that powerful, but she was, and she died, and a dark chapter in humanity's existence was ended.

We still hear of this idiots rambling and idiocy.

His most famous quote is something we read on a daily basis.

'God does not exist, HE NEVER DID! Sephris was a warning! WE MUST HEED THAT WARNING! Sephris will come again! HUMANITY WONT BE ABLE TO DEFEND ITSELF!' and it continues from there, it was a whole speech.

But we in school wonder, why? If the guy was such a kook, why learn about him?

Alright everyone gets it, the guy was stupid, and by then, Atheism and Polytheism had been eliminated, but just Sephris's showing was enough to bring back Atheism, and then this man reversed the effects of the Sephlaron Project.

Sephlaron Project?

That was where a man used science to prove that God exists, a single God only, he proved not only that it was possible, but that it HAD to have happened. The Sephlaron Project was incredible, there was not a single person that could disprove it.

Until Sephris that is.

So were currently in the year 4587 KX.

KX stands for Kina Xelra, the year that marked humanity's return to magic. Kina Xelra is actually two words from an ancient language that means 'Mark of Magic' there is no record of how humanity has that information, as, although we have all the words from the language, only the two have been properly translated.

And so, we, the humans of year 4587 KX learn about that fool.

And yet.

Nowadays.

Some of us have to wonder.

Was that idiot right?

There was that one city that was completely destroyed with no survivors, and there seems to be no explanation for how it happened. It just suddenly became a ruin overnight.

But yet, the loss of one city has not impacted the world, it was a useless city, just full of people, nothing important coming out, only the normal going in.

And that was years ago.

And that concludes today's lesson.

See you tomorrow, students.
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(I apologize for not puttint his p yesterday, something was like, preventing computer access.)

Kieladronclimbed over the hill, and in the form of an old man, the Shapeshifter changed his eyes, getting a look at the human settlement as if he was standing right among them, a long brown robe covering his hair, which, as he was at the moment, was long, and his typical light blue.

Kieladron, or Kiel as his friends called him, scanned every area he could see from the tall hill with his modified super-vision.

Kiel turned back and faced the four other warriors that had been summoned up by Earth. "I will get a closer look." and with those words, he morphed intoa light blue feahered Raven, and flew off in the direction of the settlement, known by humans as Sindraloon City.

Kieladron Norfos had chosen Sindraloon himself, and he had told none of his allies why he chose this city, or how he thought, with only five warriors, they could take down the entire human city, which was protected by skilled soldiers, practiced in air combat on wyverns, and dragons.

Kieladron landed and morphed into a human soldier's form just outside the town gates.

"YOU THERE!" a soldier called out to him. "Is it finally my turn to take a break?"

Kiel just nodded, and the nameless soldier relaxed, putting his spear beside him for the moment and sighed, relieved, taking his armor off, and walked away.

before the soldier could enter town, Kiel tapped his shoulder.

"yes? AGH!" in a split secnod Kiel had morphed his hand into a sharp blade, and punctured the male's neck. Kiel waited, but nobody else had come.

Kiel assumed the identity of the dead man, and walked in town, once again keeping his eyes morphed to remember everything that was around him, getting an accurate number of soldiers, and the location of the Target.

Kiel put a piece of paper in a soldiers hand, and moved into an alley.

a few moments later, a light blue Pidgeon flew up, and flew away, nobody paying attention to the oddly colored bird.

History:

Ashe a young Hunter girl, met a biometal called Model A, while on a routine mission running some cargo, or as hunters know it, 'booty', to Legion. Mechaniloids, machines gone wrong, attacked the transport train, and Ashe eliminated them, and even defeated the Pseudoroid, Buckfire. following that, she went on an, albeit short, but perilous adventure to save the world from the clutches of an evil psychopath who believed he was a god. participating in the 'Game of Destiny' Ashe discovered it was someone the world thought they could trust. after defeating this person, who had thought himself a god, Ashe saved the world, and allowed her 'story' to continue.

That, was forty years ago, Ashe and the young man Vent she met along the way had vanished to go on there own adventures, for there own reasons, however, the two who had saved the world virtually by themselves, appear to have fissapeared off the face of the earth, and even there biometals havent been heard from.

the world faces peril, as someone new starts up another Game of Destiny, unleashing more Biometal upon the world than in the last time, will the Destiny of Destruction play out this time through? with Ashe and Vent having vanished, assumed dead, all the Mega Men from the original Game of Destiny, can no longer help save the world again.


Explanation of Pseudoroids, Biometal, MegaMen, and the Game of Destiny:

Biometals, small, triangular pieces of metal that are alive, and capable of 'MegaMerging' with a human, or reploid, to become a 'MegaMan' they grant superhuman strength and abilities to the people they Merge with. each one has a letter, such as Model A, Model L, Model P, Model F, Model Z, Model X, Model W, and Model H. in the first Game of Destiny, those were the Biometal Models in the battle. Models Z and X were used by Vent, and A was usd by Ashe.

Pseudoroids: basically, just big, stronger than usual, one of a kind, Mechanoloids.

MegaMen: humans or Reploids with the ability ot MegaMerge with a Biometal, not all people are capable of this.

Game of Destiny: where MegaMen battle one another and the last one left alive will become the MegaMan King, and gain the power of the Ultimate Megaman, this has been restarted, and, like last time, there is a possibility that the one who started it is merely manipulating the other Megaman for his or her own desires. when you participate in this Game of Destiny, what will you be trying to accomplish?

Plot:

on an ordinary day, you come into contact with a Biometal, and are able to MegaMerge with it, becoming a MegaMan, and soon after, a MegaMan who says nothing appears and attacks you, and you fall unconscious, and wake up in a room in a facility, with the Biometal you found nearby.

This Biometal explains the situation you are in.

You were kidnapped, and are given the chance to fight to change the world to be anything you want it to be. only one requirement is made to your dream: some kind of big destruction must occur, or else, the world remains as is. the Biometal then explains how things work, you fight other MegaMen, and if you end up the one who never lost a fight, or the last one alive, you will become the MegaMan King, and have your wish grnted. currently, your in a Mansion on an island, and until it is believed that you can be trusted to participate in the Game of Destiny, you will not be able to leave the Island. while you are here, so are the other MegaMen chosen. now is when you learn of the Letter of your Biometal Model, and what its abilities are. also, you are informed that the MegaMan you met before who beat the crap out of you, is the one who started the competition.

You can then go into the Island, there will be the other MegaMen wandering around there, and not all of them are nice(also, I'll have other MegaMen NPCs be around there to attack you guys), so it is suggested that you remain MegaMerged throughout your stay there.

Signup:

Name:
Race: (Replod or Human ONLY)
Age: (can be anywhere form 15-23)
Gender:
Description: (describe yourself BEFORE MegaMerging)
Personality: (its your character, give us an idea on his/her personality, BEFORE the story starts)
History: (I would like a good past for your character, please)
UnMerged weapon: (a buster(laser gun) or saber(laser sword))
Optionals: Faction: (Hunters, or Raiders)

Biometal Letter: (one letter)
Biometal's Personality: (c'mon, this is a character too)
Biometal look: (generally there all the same... just differently colored, tomorrow I will show a picture of one)
MegaMerged Description: (basically, when this Biometal MegaMerges with you, what do you look like? remember, its just like new stuff comes onto you... if i can find a vid of a MegaMerging, I'll show you)
MegaMerge: (well, when Model L MegaMerges, he becomes covered with ice first, when Model F does, Flames Surround him, Model P becomes temporarily shrouded with shadows. by 'he/him' I mean the character)
Merged Weapon: (Saber, or Buster)
Biometal Skills: (like, special things, Model H can call up miniature Tornadoes, and can dash in the air, and has two sabers, one he uses for horizontal slashing, one for vertical, if he does and horizontal, vertical, then horizontal one again, he sends a shockwave out at the enemy, what are your things? I'm allowing two movement Skills, and Three attacking skills)

(I will have two Characters, both will seem like Regular competitors, but one will be the person starting up this Game, you won't be able to recognize him form the other, because his MegaMerged form will look different, showing that whichever it is from my two characters, has more than one Biometal, or perhaps, something else is going on. don't worry, Its not like I'll keep the secret of whom it is for very long, i mean, itd be murder to make it be like, there are three left, two are my guys, one turns and kills the other, ITS THAT ONE! OTHER GUY, BEAT HIM AND SAVE EARTH! no... not only would that be stupid, but it would be much too long of a wait, besides, I'm not one for simplicity, I'm even planning on revealing it early on haha, I'm evil. also, you do not need kill someone to knock them out of the Game of Destiny, in this RPG, the other way to do it, is if every other competitor defeats that person, then that person may not compete, but still keeps the Biometal and remains a MegaMan, but may never be the MegaMan King, and will not be permitted to participate in the Game of Destiny)

I'll do my Signups Tomorrow. I have one all planned out, and yes, I AM STILL DOING DRAGON'S WINGS PEOPLE, I JUST COULDNT WAIT TO BRING THIS ONE OUT.

I am only planning on starting out with like, five people, other than my Two, so that would make for a total of seven characters minimum at start, and others can join in at any time.

so yeah, if you have an idea for an RPG but think it could be betterified, or if u don't wanna post it yet, but wanna see peoples views on it, post it here.

yeah, I'll be posting some here, as I come up with them on a hourly basis... but most i just toss out the window due to horrible plots and stuff.

History:

long ago, there existed humans, they'd discovered Dragons, which had existed only in lore up until then. They lived in fear, and did as there Myths and Legends told, sent Knights against them. this lasted a long time, and humanity's numbers were waning.

then they discovered how to capture and tame the 'savage beasts', and Humanity sprang back and drove Dragon's to the brink of extinction, then, suddenly, as if from nowhere, in the defense of the Dragons, came Wyverns, slimmer, faster, draconic creatures, they flew in on there scaly wings and, with wings more developed than a dragon's, outmaneuvered the captured Dragons, and freed Dragons from human control

but most of them had forgotten there Wild Instincts, and the human's once again conquered the 'wild creatures' and tamed Wyverns, and now, with two twin species, one bigger and capable of breathing flame, and one smaller, and sleeker, yet incapable of fire-breathing, they` believed they were ready for anything.

and they were.

some Dragons managed to escape and so did some Wyverns, but they were quickly recaptured, humanity soon began forcing breeding and other cruelties upon the 'lower creatures'. with almost no sense of Draconic Instinct left in the Race, Dragons and Wyverns led quiet lives as slaves and pets.

they even lost there truest heritage. there most sacred birthright. The one thing that would decide if a Dragon or Wyvern would be able to make it past Youth to Adulthood!

they lost...

there inner fire. Dragon's could no longer breathe flame after some time. and Wyverns' wings had grown weaker over the ages, and they couldn't carry as far or as fast as they once could.

that is the situation of the world as it stands.

but Nature has a way of changing things. if only for a while.

however, if the introduction of one species, sent humanity on that much of a fallback...

then all the Races of Lore must be unleashed upon the land.

but yet...

Earth, the planet who calls upon these beings in its most dire time against the humans... is weak, she is losing strength everyday, and the waves of her sorrow wash upon some of the purer humans, and her blessing is lost on even them, once given a taste of human power, they become corrupt.

so, with waning power, she can't call forth a whole race, but merely a select few of any number of races. some she took from Human Lore, and yet, others, Earth made herself.

Plot:

humanity has taken over and nearly destroyed Earth. they've captured Dragons, and Wyverns, so now she sends few creatures of Lore, to come, and rid Earth of the Humans who've infested it.

You, are a noble warrior of a lore devised by humanity, or great mother earth herself.

choose a race from Lore, or make your own, and come, assist us on our quest to end all humanity.


SignUp:

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Race: (you can choose one from lore, or make one yourself, if you make one yourself, provide a general description here)
Description: (describe yourself here, what do you wear? eye color? five sentences, five lines, NOT IN THE REPLY BOX)
Personality: (same as above... five sentences, five lines, NOT IN THE REPLY BOX)
Abilities: (spells, combat abilities, special powers, extra senses? whatever your special skills are, they go here, WITH DESCRIPTIONS)
Other (uhh, anything I missed, or anything u wanna add extra goes here)

konichiwa.

and thats about as far as i will go with the Japanese

anyway, HELLO PEOPLES, whats up with you?

[The Idea]

Wow, that old post had some shitty grammar. Really doesn't provide a professional atmosphere to have misspellings and starting sentences with a lowercase letter. Anywho, I here am Vell, known around here as either Ulta, Vellus, Vellus Terennia, UltaFlame, or p much anything someone cares to nickname me. I used to be pretty much a celebrity at Chaos Project, but then I had a teenage flipout and got banned and then unbanned and then between inactivity and generally not posting, I'm more or less a factor of CP's history and not really involved in the process of game-making in the modern day.

Let's change that, shall we?

The Idea

Hello, dear reader, this thread here is designed to provide a service to the Chaos Project community. What sort of service am I providing, you ask, dear anonymous user? Simple! I am here to provide YOU (The anonymous user) with the service of storyline assistance! What does that mean? Well, it boils down to a few things. See, there's one thing many people who want to be game developers lack and that's the ability to structure their creativity. Writing is -hard- as any published novelist will tell you. It requires a lot of practice, a lot of sweat and so many hours of looking at what went wrong and trying to figure out how to fix it. And for the solo developer - as many people at CP are - there are a lot of other skills you need to be proficient at in order to successfully create your game, or have resources to shortcut on a few of those skills. You need art assets, code for scripting, eventing, mapping, editing of all of these, musical assets and... probably, a lot more. Even using RPG Maker you still need a wide variety of skills. A lot of the time people forget that these games are going to need to follow a plot and have character interaction.

Which is where I come in. I'm not going to write your game's plot for you. I'm not going to develop your world from the ground up. I'm not going to so much as write a single line of character dialogue. Put simply, I don't have the time for that. If I were going to do that, I'd write my own plot, develop my own world, write my own dialogue, and then probably practice the skills needed needed to make a game on my own. What I will do for you is help you do these things yourself. To that end, allow me to move on to a relatively unrelated point and rant for a bit about myself. No, trust me, dear anonymous user, I'm getting somewhere. Seriously, it'll help you in the end to understand the purpose of this place! Really! You willing to let me move on and talk about myself now? Yes? Good. You kept me waiting much longer and I was going to show you why I used to be called THE IT here at Chaos Project.

I am a writer. Not by trade, as it so happens (though I am working on a first draft for a novel) but I have spent more than a decade honing the art. Yes, that's right, writing is an art and I am an artist. Like any artist, I specialized and focused my effort into a particular aspect. Just as the cubist painter focuses on... well, cubist painting, I am a worldbuilder, which means my focus in writing is in building and developing worlds. I also am an experienced GM for forum roleplaying, as my... many and varied failed attempts at roleplaying at this very forum can attest. Utilising both skillsets has given me a unique ability that I have found makes me an excellent asset to other people. That ability is this: I am very good at taking a wide-range of points in terms of plot and characterisation and simple worldbuilding and bringing them together into a cohesive whole. My talent isn't simply in writing - it's in taking disparate elements and tying them together.

How can that help you? You don't already see it? My dear anonymous user, can't you open your eyes? I excel at asking questions. You tell me about your world, about what magic is to it, where it came from, who the actors on the stage are, where they go... you tell me about the villains, their motivations and their ideals and I... I will ask you why? Not only that, I will ask you everything. I won't tear it apart, I won't tell you it's wrong, but I'll help you expand upon it. And, sometimes, I'll have suggestions. Ideas. Themes you can incorporate. Most of the time, when I give someone a suggestion, they pause for a moment and tell me that it unexpectedly helped tie two elements together that they couldn't do themselves. This is what I can do for you. I can make plot point A illuminate aspect of the world B and together that can display why character C has goal D and the implications of that lead to new idea E and it all cascades down and past Z. I can take you into infinity, baby. You just gotta talk to me.

Your Part

Is actually simple and easy. You need to do one thing (and this is perhaps the most helpful part of what I do for you) before I can help you. Get everything into one document and then load it into a gun and fire it at my face so I can read it. Compile every fact about your world, from how many continents there are on down to what the most pathetic plebian thinks of his monarch. You give me a synopsis of your plot and don't leave out any spoilers because I need to know that shit to help you out. You tell me about each and every character you have, major and minor. If you have it, give me every piece of actual writing you've done, because it gives me further context.

I'll tell you why. Dearest, most close to my heart, anonymous user, I need this information to start asking questions. And I need it all given to me -before- I have questions. As I read, I will ask questions. And then, based on your answers, I'll give you more questions. And more. And then a few more. After you answer those, I'll read on again and then more questions. Why does this sound like I'm acting like a three year old? "Why is this? But why? But why? But why? But why? But why? But why?" Because... well, to know your story you have to be able to explain it to a three year old constantly asking why. Because that's how depth is added to your tale. You have to be able to live in your world to truly tell its story, you know.

So come on, anonymous user. Stop being invisible scum, send me that personal message, find me on skype, and give me that document. Tell me about what has burned your soul, the ideas that have threatened to cave your skull in, give me everything. And like the roaring fire, I will refine it. Purify it. I will put it through the ringer, push it to the limit and beyond and by the time I'm finished with you... you'll be ready to finish it all on your own. That is the service I offer you. My product isn't simple. It's not something you can just look at before you purchase it. It's not something you can test. I'm not offering you something easily obtained. Hell, my product isn't something I can sell, because you know what? I'm not selling you anything that came from my own efforts. I'm not giving you something of me, I'm not giving you anything but my own time. But I am providing you with something. It's something you already have, but it's something you might need my help to find. Because at the end of the day, my goal is your goal. I can't charge any money for this service because that would imply that the product of my service is mine. My stories, my worlds, my characters. And they're not. They won't be. That's why this is a free service.

Everything, every world I help you show, every character that we flesh out, every plot that springs fully formed from a villain's plotting machine, every tiny aspect that brings it all together... it'll come from you. It'll be your work. Your story to share with the world. Believe me, anonymous user, I'm not giving you anything that's mine. I'm giving you everything that's yours and at the end, that's why this service is here. It's here to help you believe in yourself, to find the kinks and holes and fill them in. That's why I'm here. Not so that I can make something for you. But so that I can help you find what you need to make something yourself. I'll be here, my anonymous user, so regardless of where in the process you find yourself stuck, just search me up and I'll make your dreams come true. By your own effort.