-- Kämpfer {M} --

[VirtualPlay]

Kämpfer
Based loosely on the manga/anime of the same name.
Written by Roy Karrde; revised by VirtualPlay.
Rated Mature for bent gender themes.

There are forces outside that which we see. Forces of good and evil that fight each other for control. For many millennia, these forces battled on a separate plane of existence. One small section of the evil forces stationed themselves on a plane close to our planet; their evil acts affected our plane of existence, causing many problems throughout the years. Seeing this, a section of the good forces came to defend our planet from these problems; they came to call themselves the Guardians, and dubbed their enemies simply as the Evils.

But a few centuries ago, the Evils discovered a way to enter our plane, causing even more horrible catastrophes in the world. Unable to directly manifest in our plane, the Guardians figured out a way to defend against the Evils. By bestowing power-filled bracelets to certain humans, these super-powered people could then fight off the evil minions, bringing peace to the land. The Guardians dubbed these people Kämpfer, literally 'Champions.'

The bracelets directly tied into the type of power the people received. The males would get red bracelets, based on physical fighting, and would be able to summon magical weapons to fight. The females, on the other hand, received blue bracelets, which allowed them to conjure magical spells of a certain type.

For many years, the Kämpfer would spring into action whenever evil found its way into the world. But after a time, while the Evils were busy planning, the Kämpfer started getting restless, and longed to use their power. Before long, the Kämpfer began fighting each other, trying to prove themselves better than the other. Unable to interfere, the Guardians watched, powerless, as the Kämpfer fought each other. Their power not only affected each other, but also the surrounding areas, causing massive death and destruction in the wake of the battles.

As the Kämpfer died off, either by old age or by being killed, the Guardians transferred their power to a new generation in hopes that they would not succumb to the same dark urges their predecessors did. Unfortunately, human nature doesn't change, and the Guardians knew they had to do something to stop the needless fighting.

Improving on their initial design, they created new white bracelets, unlike the colored two, that would be placed on unsuspecting people. When a conflict was detected between the other Kämpfer, these bracelets would activate, summoning a White Kämpfer from the person. The difference was the person who was host to a White Kämpfer had no idea that they were, thus they would not know about the power and be tempted to use it. On the other hand, this lack of connection to a person meant that the White Kämpfer were emotionless killing machines, hunting and killing the conflicting Kämpfer without thought or remorse. After a few of these White Kämpfer encounters, the Guardians were pleased to see that the other Kämpfer rarely fought each other.

It has been many centuries since the White Kämpfer were created, and now a new generation of Kämpfer have been chosen, this time in Tokyo, Japan. Not wanting to interfere directly anymore, the Guardians created avatars that would help inform new Kämpfer of their new identity and powers. These have been created in the form of animated stuffed animals and distributed to the chosen people over time.

Now the last of the chosen ones are about to be awoken. The last bracelets have made their way to their targets. They are about to enter the world of the Kämpfer, and must learn from their avatars and the Kämpfer that have already been awoken. Even in their confusion and shock, they must all learn to work together, for they are the new champions of the Guardians, the new saviors of humanity. They are...

Kämpfer

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Anyway, here are some general things I probably should have mentioned all of in the sign-up topic (but only had a couple), so I'll put them here...

Plot things:
First, the bracelets look like this. Obviously the red ones are of a red color instead. The uniforms look like this for the males, and like this, this, and this for females.

The way one becomes a Kämpfer is by stuffed animal avatar (it can move and talk to you) to guide you. This can range from something simple (dog or lion) to what people might call "interesting" (such as CT's Chocobo).

The night upon receiving the avatar, your bracelet appears on you and you become your Kämpfer form, with the avatar explaining everything above. That means you do know the whole backstory, although your character might have forgotten parts of it.

When transforming, the bracelet glows; for those that can't control it, this is effectively a warning beacon. If the person can't control it, but notices the glow, they can concentrate and delay the transformation for a couple minutes (while they find a convenient phone booth...I mean, secret place to transform). They will transform after a couple minutes, though; no getting out of it! If they don't notice the glow, or are otherwise distracted, they will change immediately.

Transformation is effectively virtually instant (it takes about a second); however, the person going through the transformation has time slowed so they notice what happens to their body (and therefore aren't totally disoriented in the new form). It typically takes about 4-6 seconds in their perspective to transform.

For any person whose Kämpfer gender is not their original gender, any clothes worn while transforming into Kämpfer will transform as well into the closest equivalent for the Kämpfer gender. (For example, females becoming male Kämpfer would have a skirt become shorts or pants.) The clothes will transform back when the Kämpfer reverts, no matter what happened to the clothes (even if they get tossed in their room and they revert at someone else's house). However, any clothes put on while in Kämpfer form will not change when reverting (so a male with a female Kämpfer form who puts on different female clothing after transforming will be wearing the same female clothing if they revert). A school uniform will become the other gender's school uniform.

For all Kämpfer, however, their clothes will change to fit their new body size/shape.

RPG things:
There is no word count minimum; however, if either Roy or I feel that your posts are not of a sufficient quality or length, we do reserve the right to remove you from our RPG. I've done it before, and I don't like doing it, it's not a pretty picture!

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Kämpfer is both singular and plural. On Windows, the ä is made by typing Alt-0228 (Ä is Alt-0196). On Mac OS, it is made by typing Option-u, a (or A). On Linux…you're on your own. ^^;

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Blue Bracelet, Female Kämpfer, Magic:
Okada, Hikaru {Roy Karrde - Fire type}
Mayonaka, Yuki {VirtualPlay - Electric type}
Suzuro, Chiro {Classy_cat18 - Wind type}
Izuruha, Tsubine Shinji {tsubine - Ice type}

Red Bracelet, Male Kämpfer, Weapon:
Hisakawa, Izumi {Dominus - Claymore}
Moto, Suzume {Crystal Tears - Dual Short-swords}
Oboro, Kisuke {DivineAll - Lance}
Watanabe, Hayato {Kurosakura - Chain Scythe}