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BLEACH
JUST BEFORE TWILIGHT

oreta awai tsubasa kimi wa sukoshi aosugiru sora ni tsukareta dake sa
mou dareka no tame janakute jibun no tame ni waratte ii yo

izentoshite shinobiyoru kodoku uchigawa ni tomoru rousoku
nigiwau PAATI gouka na SHANDERIA to wa urahara ni
tarinai kotoba no kubomi o nande umetaraiin darou
mou wakaranai ya..
semete yume no naka de jiyuu ni oyoge tara anna sora mo ira nai noni
kinou made no koto o nuritsubusa naku te mo ashita ni mukaeru noni

oreta awai tsubasa kimi wa sukoshi aosugiru sora ni tsukareta dake sa
mou dareka no tame janakute jibun no tame ni waratte ii yo

“What you see is what you get.” This seems to be the motto of the human race in the modern day. People believe that they exist in a simple world where all the unknowns have been discovered and that life is merely something to be conquered with work, family and death. However, this is a belief that hinders the true sight of the earthen realm.

Karakura Town, is a prime example of the truth. Most humans who live here are normal, everyday people who do go to work, exist with family and know that the end of the road lies with a simple death. Yet, there are a few exceptions to this “blind sight.” Some of the humans – primarily the youth- have slowly begun to realize that the earth is not all that it seems. Strange occurrences have happened- unexplained explosions, mysterious movement, blurred figures that almost are catchable by the eye. Soon they will see the truth… and find themselves falling into another world that is nothing they could prepare themselves for.


Shinigami and Hollows. For ages they have been in a struggle, battling each other for centuries to maintain the balance of the world. Shinigami live in what humans call, “Heaven” or more importantly, Soul Society. In Soul Society, it is extremely difficult for a normal soul to be chosen to become a Shinigami. However, once chosen the Shinigami train to become accepted into one of the 13 squads. All 13 work together (some with few conflicts), led by Captains and their Lieutenants, to primarily go out to the Earthen realm to destroy Hollows and perform Soul Burials to bring reluctant or lost souls to Soul Society. This is the way things have been for centuries.

Hollows however live in Hueco Mundo and serve as the antagonists to the Shinigami. They create black rifts to enter the Earthen realm and feed on lost souls upon the Earth. They are formed when a soul dies and is in despair or remains upon Earth too long. Hollows have many ranks and secrets as well, matching the Shinigami. Yet… not even Soul Society or Hollows could comprehend the future events that will dramatically change their world as well the entirety of Heaven and Hueco Mundo.


And the worlds of humans, Shinigami, and Hollows will collide. With a select few humans with growing spiritual energy, a few dutiful (or not so dutiful) Shinigami, and some rogue Hollows… everything will be spun into motion. When nighttime starts to rise while the sun does fall… just before twilight…



*Note= Blue items in the character guide can be clicked for reference.*

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CHARACTER GUIDE

HUMANS

Humans with high spiritual energy usually develop their powers over time. They either are born with high spiritual energy or gain it by being around someone who already has an amazing amount of spiritual energy. Having a lot of spiritual energy allows a human to see Shinigami, Hollows and supernatural things. Some (very rare) humans gain unique powers due to their spiritual energies. These powers are usually discovered when put under a stressful and life-threatening situation. Humans in the RPG will play a vital role and are needed.
MAX AMOUNT: 4 Humans

SPECIAL: QUINCY

The Quincy were a clan of special spiritual-aware humans who fought hollows long ago using bows made up of spiritual energy. Quincy use the spiritual energy from their surroundings and absorb and channel it to fight. They are presumed extinct however, due to a Shinigami campaign that led to the extermination of the clan 200 years ago. While Shinigami release Hollow souls when destroying them which allows them to enter Soul Society, the Quincy clan destroyed the Hollow soul entirely. 200 years ago the Quincy clan was so proficient at it that they were upsetting the balance of souls and thus it led to their extermination.
MAX AMOUNT: 2


SHINIGAMI

Shinigami are souls selected in Soul Society to become Soul Reapers. The Elite Shinigami serve in the 13 Divisions. Some divisions have a specialty, but all Shinigami have Zanpakuto, supernatural swords, that they use to channel their own energy for fighting. Each Zanpakuto has a name (the sword has its own separate identity, so a Shinigami does not give it a name but rather learns it from the sword itself) and is unique. Shinigami also know the art of Kido, which is a form of magic to fight. Shinigami can have specific and special duties, but they are primarily known for defeating hollows and releasing their souls, as well as leading other souls (pluses) to Soul Society by performing a Soul Burial.
NOTABLE SHINIGAMI SQUADS:
2nd Division - Intelligence Gathering/Internal Defense
4th Division – Medical/Supply Division (They be healers)
5th Division - Demon Arts Specialists (They're good with swords too)
9th Division - Recon Division
11th Division – Combat Division (special in swordsman ship)
12th Division- Research/Scientific Division
Shinigami Ranks: Captain, Lieutenant, 3rd Command, 4th etc… (For each squad).

* YOU CAN BE A MADE-UP SHINIGAMI OR YOU CAN PLAY AN ALREADY MADE SHINIGAMI FROM BLEACH. IF YOU WISH TO BE A MADE UP CAPTAIN, YOU MAY PLAY AS A CAPTAIN BUT CAPTIANS/LIEUTENANTS NOT TAKEN WILL BE PLAYED AS THE NPCs ALREADY CREATED IN BLEACH.

MAX AMOUNT OF, CAPTAINS: 3, LIEUTENANT: 5, OTHER: INFINITE


HOLLOWS

Spirits that have unfinished business and stay on Earth for too long often turn into Hollows. Other spirits become filled with such despair or negative feelings that they turn into Hollows from this. Once they turn into Hollows, they often travel to the Earthen realm to eat lost souls. Depending on the soul that was turned into a Hollow, different Hollows have various intelligence- some being mindless while others are vastly intelligent and have greater power. Hollows do not have a ranking order, but can/do follow commands from a sub group of Hollows, called Menos. Menos are formed when a bunch of Hollows merging together to create another entity. Their power is far superior to that of a regular Hollow and they give Shinigami a harder time to the point that only specially trained Shinigami are sent to deal with a Menos.
CLASSES of MENOS:
GILLIAN CLASS – Weaker than a Shinigami lieutenant, they are the lowest of the Menos. They all look the same- giant black cloaked-looking Hollows with the same round white faces. They are still powerful in comparison to regular Hollows.
ADJUCHAS CLASS – The Medium class of Menos. They could fight evenly with a lieutenant. Adjuchas class Menos look humanoid, but are obviously not human. Usually they are wide and bulky but are fairly intelligent. They can watch over Gillian class Menos. There are not many Adjuchas menos.
VASTO LORDE CLASS – Most powerful form of Menos. They appear mostly humanoid and are more powerful than an average Shinigami Captain. They are extremely powerful and tend to reside deep in Hueco Mundo.

MAX AMOUNT OF, VASTO LORDE MENOS: 2, ADJUCHAS: 3, GILLIAN: 0, HOLLOW: INFINITE


* Some of you may be familiar with the Arrancar class or the Vizard. If you wish to play them, you may but I expect that you know the specifics of what they are. Keep in mind that since they are so powerful, you must keep your character in check and they will play a mentor role in the beginning more than anything. Their max amount is negotiable.

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This RPG will start with the normal Bleach plot. However, once it takes place in Soul Society the plot may change depending on our characters. If the plot it not progressing naturally, I will add my own events to keep it moving. If you wish to have some say in the plot or have any ideas… please feel free to IM me. Also, please only sign up if you will try your best to be dedicated. I HIGHLY recommend to sign up with Bleach knowledge and if you have none, that is okay. Please study up on the links I have provided! ^_^

Also, you may play up to 3 characters if you can handle it. I recommend 2 or 1 however.

THE CAST

Humans:
<None Yet>

Shinigami:
Yamashita, Kumiko |F| Lieutenant of 13th Divison

Hollows:
<None Yet>

THE FORMS:

HUMAN –

Name: <I prefer Japanese names, unless you are a transfer>
Gender:
Age: <Keep it a school age>
Appearance:
Personality:
Powers: <To get an idea of human powers, take a look at the humans in Bleach.>
History: <Doesn’t have to be too detailed.>
Relations: <Family, Friends… the more previous relations, the better. I request that all playing a human who gains powers know the other humans. >
Other:


SHINIGAMI –

Name: <Again, Japan!>
Gender:
Age: <What they appear… they tend to be really old otherwise.>
Appearance: <Keep in mind that all regular Shinigami wear black uniforms, Lieutenants have a special badge and captains wear pretty white cloaky things!>
Personality:
Rank: <Captain, Lieutenant, or something else?>
Powers: <What do you specialize in? Strength? Speed? Average in all? Swordsmanship? Kedo? Feel free to have fun with this. Just obviously don’t be overly powerful in everything… >.<;;>
Zanpakuto: <What is it’s name? What does it look like when it is at Shikai level? If you are a Captain (unless a rogue perhaps like Urahara now), what does your Bankai look like? Some non-captains know a bankai but rarely.>
History: <Don’t worry about too much detail.>
Relations: <Please try to have relations! ^_^ >
Other:


HOLLOW –

Name: <blaaaaargh.. this actually would probably be Spanish-esque sounding.>
Gender:
Age:
Appearance: <Keep in mind that all Hollows and Menos have a form of a mask.>
Personality:
Class: <Hollow or a class of Menos?>
Powers: <Hollows can specialize their powers somewhat to do specific things… and some powerful Menos know the Cero blast. Look them up here to get an idea of their powers.>
History: <Perhaps your death and such…>
Relations: <If any.>
Other:


*If you are going to be something else like a Vizard for example, modify the forms as you see fit.

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Name: Yamashita, Kumiko

Gender: Female

Age: Appears to be mid-twenties

Appearance: Kumiko wears the traditional black Shinigami uniform. Her one quirk in her uniform is that she wears the sash around her waist so that the ribbon-like tie is to the side, upon her hip. She stands at a medium height for a female shinigami, being around 5’7. Like the common theme in bleach, she has a sizable bust but her bust is slightly smaller than Orihime’s. Kumiko has interesting hair coloring- for it isn’t a solid color, but a mixture of streaks of blonde, light brown, light auburn and strawberry blonde. When let down, her hair reaches down slightly above her waist and is extremely straight with only a slight wave. However, she usually wears it up into a half-ponytail so that half of it is tucked under while the top layer hangs downwards. Kumiko’s eyes are a rich royal blue in color with a few small flecks of sea green blue ebbed into them. They’re generally very feminine and large, usually giving away her mood.

Personality: Kumiko is generally extremely cheerful, but not in a bubbly way. She always has a smile upon her face but it usually is her eyes that are the dead give away to her mood. While she respects her Captain dearly and is loyal to him, she does tend to have a wild streak at times and goes by the motto of her own ‘instincts’. She often takes on a commanding role however, due to Ukitake’s sickness and oversees a lot of the training in Division 13. She is down-to-earth and good natured, but when she battles she shifts her mood to be a bit of a calculating and battle-happy opponent. (She was almost recruited for Division 11, but her lack of complete lust allured her to Ukitake instead.)

Rank: Lieutenant of Division 13

Powers: Kumiko is known for her relationship with her Zanpakuto and her skill. While she isn’t the fastest, strongest and doesn’t have notably massive amounts of spiritual energy like the captains… she makes up for it in reaction times, finesse and her bond. She is one of the few who can Bankai, not due to her spiritual strength but because of her natural inclination of attachment to her Zanpakuto (and it’s mutual attachment.) This is a surprise to many, due to the fact that most need a great amount of training before being able to control their bankai effectively. She rarely uses her bankai however, but rather enjoys fighting with her shikai due to the difficulty. She is dangerous in battle due to the fact that her skill to wield her weapon often catches enemies offguard- for she turns her disadvantages to advantages with a simple flick of her sword.

Zanpakuto: His name is Kanlong.
Kanlong’s shikai is a medium-lengthed sword. However, the handle of the sword is built into the blade but has several wrappings and a round handle shape so not to damage. The tricky thing, is that around the top of the handle curves two deadly knife-like ends that point slightly inward, making it very difficult to wield if you are not highly accustomed to the sword. On the opposite end of the handle is just one knife-like jutting edge, which points outwards. However, about three quarters upwards from the sword are four prong-like end that come out and then jut upwards. (Think of a cubed trident with four prongs in the shape of half a box.) This makes plunging the sword into the enemy extremely painful, especially if the four prongs enter as well. At the end of her Shikai, is a long but thin chain. At the very end of this chain, is a red feather-like decoration which infact can turn into a small blade. The chain also lengthens or shortens.
Kanlong in Bankai form is a bit more complicated. When activating Bankai, Kumiko’s outfit adorns a black shinigami-esque dress that cuts off at the thighs and is sleeveless, rimmed in white. Around her right arm is a golden & black tattoo of a dragon tail, that extends down towards her hand. From her hand is a small chain, but from the chain is a glowing and viberant gold ‘whip’ like weapon. However, the whip glows with a crackling energy that isn’t fire but similar with its burning glow. The whip can extend to great distances. Attached to Kumiko’s back are metallic wings, made into a similar shape of Kanlong in Shikai form as feather-like devices. However, the wings do not allow Kumiko to fly but mainly serve a last minute shield. The most impressive and effect part of the Bankai however, Kanlong reveals himself in a more deadly form. A Chinese red dragon wraps its long body in a circle so that you do not see its tail at all (and some question if it really is there or if it is just the front half of the body since the whip represent’s Kanlong’s tail). However, Kanlong’s head and front limbs are clearly visible although his body does not move from his spot but only his long slender neck and head. Kanlong’s scales gleam in a metallic fashion, rippling of red and he seems to always have a rather cruel smile upon his face. What he can do is a secret! MWHA!
Kanlong’s true form (visible form) is a large Chinese dragon, however he has no element but seems to use pure spiritual energy.

History: Kumiko became a Shinigami much like most Shinigami in Soul Society, for she was selected due to her spiritual energy. During training, she was not viewed as very impressive by her peers at first since she showed no great strengths. However, Kumiko was bright and did well in classes. Training continued, and suddenly Kumiko swiftly rose in ability in her training. Her peers could not figure it out, but her mentors saw that with her bright mind she had huge potential in the way she used her Zanpakuto and the skill she demonstrated in combat. Not only did she have instincts but she could calculate to alter her main battle style to exploit the weaknesses of her opponents. She then was admitted into Soul Society under Team 13. Her power continued to grow as many noticed that her bond between her Zanpakuto grew unnaturally fast. It wasn’t long before Kumiko was well known and sometimes sought out for advice on growing bonds between themselves and their swords. When Shiba passed away, Kumiko was recruited as the Lieutenant although Kumiko feels inadequate when in comparision to him and despite what others tell her, she worries about it inwardly.

Relations: None yet, I’d like to wait to see what others do when they sign up. I’d love to accept relations though!! ^_^

Other: BLAH!!


I will most definitely be making a second character, but it depends how others sign up. If you have an idea for a relationship and want me to make a second character with some sort of relation… feel free to PM me and I’ll probably do it! ^_^