FURINKAZAN ~ A WBW Production [sign-ups]

[Weasel Overlord]

FURINKAZAN

風林火山

a WBW production [hurrah]

Furin Gakuen - motto: “move swift as the wind, stay steady as a forest.”

Kazan Gakuen - motto: “attack fierce as fire; immovable defence like a mountain.”

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８月２１日

There is a small boy by the name of Tatsuo. He is fifteen years old, and has always been short for his age. This boy is a rather untalented attendee of Kazan school. He has never been very good at the whole immovable defence thing…

The weightier parts of his uniform are discarded as he runs, desperate to escape his pursuers and to lighten his tread. Stray bits of science flash to the front of his mind as he runs; be streamlined for speed, equations of weight and height and ability at sport (which he has never been any good at). All he thinks of is how he can escape his Furin attackers. They are definitely good at the whole swift as the wind thing, and they catch up with Tatsuo quicker than he ever could have thought.

He cowers, a cornered mouse with nowhere to go. He does not know why they chase, why they hurt; all he knows is that he does not like it.

Tears run down his plain face as the three move in for the action, and Tatsuo squeezes his eyes shut in panic, waiting for the inevitable crush of breath as feet make contact with ribs and face and stomach; no mercy, no empathy, they will just hurt and hurt until they grow bored with his crying and then filter away into the dwindling light.

Tatsuo feels an intense rage come over him at his predicament. Why do people pick on him? Why do they single him out for their cruelties?

The rage is red hot then white hot and he feels suffused with it from head to curled up toe. Tatsuo gathers his strength. He forces himself to stand, using the wall as a support until he can look the Furin bastards in the eyes. He sees them tremble, dread fear in their eyes, and he looks on in wonder. Something he is doing is making them feel like this - but what is it?

His shadow stretches out in front of him longer than it ever has before, and larger and somehow, much more dark. This shadow has depths that should not be looked upon by man, and yet here is our little Tatsuo, controlling this shadow with the force of his pain.

Not once does he feel as if he is being manipulated as a puppet is dangled from the darkness, its master hidden in shadows. Tatsuo simply sees his enemies flee, but they cannot possibly be fast enough for his wrath, and they are soon overcome by shadow.

Nothing is left save a trio of Furin uniforms, their blazers forlorn on the darkening floor.

Tatsuo, like a puppet whose strings are finally cut, shudders to the floor, his eyes fixed in horror on those three, lonely blazers; a flash of colour streaking the floor with plum red, which looks to his grieving eyes like blood in the pale, pale dusk.

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Now, you may be wondering just what the HELL happened in the preceding ramble. Well, I’ll tell you!

One perfectly normal-seeming year, strange things start a’happening at the schools of Furin and Kazan. Some people, a select few you might say, start to experience the awakening of powers within themselves; powers that first surface when they are subject to heightened emotions - such as fear, anger, sadness, &c. These powers are directed towards others, the first incident being the one described in the paragraphs above.
Up until this incident, tensions have merely being escalating slowly. Students of both schools are scared by the appearance of powers, their friends sceptical that they even exist; an uneasy truce stands between schools. That is until now. The attack of three Furin boys by one Aoiga Tatsuo has provoked serious hatred between these two ancient academies; war has been declared between students, teachers try desperately to hold the peace, but to no avail.
Some of the brighter students begin to wonder, however. Where do these powers come from? Who sent them? Is there someone hiding in shadows, behind the scenes, controlling all that happens in these dread days?
This is where our story begins…

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Easy-peasy step-by-step guide to learning the vagaries of this RPG and signing up at the same time.

STEP 0: Your hosts for this RPG are the esteemed Messrs. Weasel Overlord (aka: the Wurzled One), EngiMatikul (aka. the Boxy One) and Emotional Faun Chiko-sai (aka. the Wenfordy One). They can all be approached in the matter of problems, complaints, questions, &c. &c.

STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR ZODIAC SIGN

Note: The element does not have a direct bearing on your powers unless your power is related to elemental magic in some way.

FURIN

Water:
Pisces - Inoue Hotaru, Weapon-user, played by Weasel
Scorpio - Kuchiki, Naoko, Magic-user, played by Toxicity
Cancer - Kazeji Yuko, Familiar-user, played by Crazy Elf Boy

Air:
Gemini - Satou Rika, Summoner, played by Crystal Tears
Libra - Tsurugi Touma, Familiar-user, played by Kalad
Aquarius - Mizukazi Ryuu, Weapon-user, played by Outlaw JT


KAZAN

Earth:
Virgo - Sakamoto Dai, Summoner, played by Emo-sai
Taurus -Gou Ushitaros, Familiar-user, played by Prof. JB Wolf
Capricorn - Mihana Ami, Magic-user, played by Shizo

Fire:
Aries - Kasai Akio, Magic-user played by Bulbie
Leo - Itou Cho, Summoner, played by classy_cat18
Sagittarius - Keto Satoshi, Familiar-user, played by Dr McNinja

ADDITIONAL

Ophiuchus - Akaikame, played by EngiMatikul
Thomas Reusbucks - Played by EngiMatikul
Sakamoto Aria - Played by EngiMatikul
Doumeki Yumi - Played by Emo-sai
Domeki Kazujo - Played by Emo-sai
Kalah Byquest - Played by Bulbie
Makoto Sayuri - Played by Weasel
Sakaki Hideo - Played by darktyranitar
Gou Ookami - Played by Prof. JB Wolf
[nameless] - Playedby EngiMatikul

STEP 2: CHOOSE YOUR POWER

There's four types of powers for the choosing, but the snag is that if someone else in the element your chosen Zodiac sign is categorized by has taken it already, that power is off-limits. This is our not-so-subtle little attempt to have some diversity. :x
First and foremost, awakening of powers is achieved when the character is in an extreme emotional state. From then on powers may be called upon at will. The efficacy of each power is directly connected to the character's physical and mental state at the time that it is used and I think we are all lovely and sensible and intelligent RPers, so no god-RPing with whatever your power happens to be please, kkthxbai.

Possible powers:

Familiars - aka Bigass Robots. These are extremely large mecha which your character will pilot. Design and power up to you but must be based on related zodiac sign. As a general guideline, Familiars destroy things. They do not have defensive or support abilities and are in essence mindless golems.

Summons - aka Pokemon. These are magical creatures; their appearance and ability relates to the appropriate zodiac sign. They may be called upon to fight for their Chosen. They have a telepathic bond with their Chosen, and as such are useful as spies. Otherwise, their abilities are entirely up to you.

Magic - Self-explanatory. Elemental, support, defence, whatever as long as it's somehow linked to the zodiac sign.

Weapons - This can be any weapon. Any weapon. Yes, even machine guns or mortars, or things which are not weapons, like flutes. (Okay, maybe not mortars.) Can be magical. Must be related appearance-and-magical-function-wise to zodiac sign, blah, blah. Believe me, these, and the sense-related powers, can be more useful than Familiars OR summons, used correctly.


STEP 3: MISCELLANEOUS

This is Japanese high school themed. If it wasn't obvious enough already. (Despite the use of the Western zodiac... despite.)

Furin's uniforms are standard public school style: shirt, tie, blazer etc.

Kazan's uniforms are sailor fuku for girls and gakuran for guys. Sailor fuku = the standard Japanese high school uniform you see in anime, like Sailormoon. (that's why it's called Sailormoon, because they wear sailor fuku...) Gakuran = the black suit.. thing. Wiki tells all.

Modifications to these uniforms can be made by individual students.


STEP 4: FILL UP THE FORM

Name: (a Japanese one, obviously - unless you have a particular reason for NOT being Japanese. If this is the case, pm one of your esteemed hosts for permission)
Age: (15-17 for students, 22 and above for teachers or anyone else on the school grounds, including janitors)
Gender: (m/f, neh?)
Appearance:
Personality:
School: (which school you go to is determined by the zodiac sign you choose)
Zodiac Sign:
Power: (just tell us which power you’ve chosen here, and description goes in the section below)
Power Description: (any description of your power goes here - so we can have Weapon appearance and magic, a description of what your Familiar looks like, etc. Feel free to elaborate at length on these. I'm not putting up a separate section for them because there are too many kinds of powers; you are free to make one yourself. You are the judge of how much you want to flesh out your power. Obviously, Familiars and Summons would require more physical description, Summons, Magic and Weapons would need some description of the abilities involved. Summons can be given a personality if you so wish.)
Background/History:
Other:

If you want to create an NPC use the below bastardised version of the original sign-up form:

Name:
Age: (15-17 for students, 22 and above for teachers or anyone else on the school grounds, including janitors)
Gender:
Appearance:
Personality:
School:
Background/History:
Other:

ADDENDUM: NPCs.
In addition to regular signups, this RPG will be more unique in that you may also make "signups" for "Nonplayable Characters", or NPCs. They are not really "non-playable" as will be explained later, but for the most part their purpose is just to give the rest of the audience an understanding of an otherwise more minor character you put into the story. Why would we want NPCs? First off, chances are that even with our enormous population of RPGers we won't likely fill up the list of "powers" given therefore it's better to substitute it with NPCs. Additionally, say you want to make a side character, a "best friend" for your character, but you don't want to take on the responsibility of making a whole new character because then you'd have to play him/her. By making him/her an NPC, you can tell people how the character acts and so THEY won't (majorly) mess up how they interact with your best friend character.
Now, having NPCs also means that if you sign up and ditch the RPG later your character can turn into an NPC. And there is NO restriction for killing an NPC. At ANY time. Therefore if anyone starts deeming you as being inactive, we can turn your character into an NPC and quite possibly kill you off without any warning. Of course, if you respond like a day later saying "wtf why am I dead" we might change it, but consider it a warning. :p
As a final note, even though they're called NPCs, the CREATOR can (if they desire) once in a while make a post about what they're thinking, as if they were an actual character. But unlike their main character, they are not responsible for doing this on a consistent basis.

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