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Xedite
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The Perfectionist
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Posted: 4/16/2020 at 5:32 AM
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The Mark of Silence
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RP thread is here.
So made this setting originally as a PRP.. that.. never.. happened for whatever reason? But I still think it's really neat and want to try to run an rp out of it, so here we go. *cracks knuckles*
Note: This rp is about super powered criminal gangs and the police forces who deal with them, it might get dark at times and people might die.
Or wordy at other times, I write a lot.
Other important note: I don't plan to start this for another 2 and half weeks or so, I'll send out a ping to anyone who's signed up when it's all ready to go and the actual rp thread is up.
I want time to free up my schedule a lot more so I don't get too overwhelmed, fully work out details of plot, and any additional odds and ends.
If you'd like to take charge of any NPCs I'll be adding on this thread, please let me know, otherwise I'll be controlling them.
So without further ado:
Intro
In the year 2012, on an alternate Earth, a distortion in reality began causing portions of humanity to begin developing strange and powerful magical powers. These individuals were known as the Marked due to the strange, tattoo like markings that manifested on their bodies as their powers developed.
Many hid from other humans while others openly abused their powers for criminal acts.
It is now the year 2018, 6 years after the phenomenon first hit the news and a powerful gang of Marked known as Salvation Silence has risen up and begun hitting the streets of Japan, calling for a complete overhaul of humanity, brutally using their powers to try to seize control of the world.
You are a resident of the city of Shinha, known to be the origin point of their operations and the strange distortion that has reshaped humanity.
So what side are you on, anyways?
Rules
-This is plot driven, my word is law as narrator. I control all major story events.
-Feel free to ping me if you need to be caught up on the story.
-Multiple characters are allowed. Don't take more on than you can handle.
-I'm fine with swearing and romance, just don't be excessive. Aim to be PG-13 and fully follow the site rules.
-No OP/Mary/Gary Sue characters. Magic powers or not, you can still get hit. Dodging bullets is hard. Trust me. I'll fight you on it.
-If you've read all these, put "aye, aye captain" in your other.
-Human characters only. Having a shapeshifting power is fine with a Marked though.
-Remember, this is modern day. Keep to it.
-I reserve the right to remove anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Please don't make me do it.
Signup Form:
Full Name:
Nickname(s):
Marked?: (If yes, specify)
Age(16+):
Gender:
Sexuality:
Height:
Appearance:
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Powers and Skills: (if Marked, pick one superpower):
Home to the hideout of Salvation Silence, the Ratways are named as such by the locals who consider the area to be a decrepit slum area of the city. It is largely avoided by the general public with the large number of Marked who traverse through the area for one reason or another.
Hideout
Tucked in the Ratways, the Salvation Silence hideout is a dingy place, fashioned from an old set of former, abandoned manufacturing warehouses. Most of the inside has been revamped to allow for a safe area for members to regroup and rest between missions if need be, but its primary purpose is to allow for briefings and planning of the group's activities.
Choho Park
A small nature park in the middle of the city. It is just outside the city plaza and provides a great resting place during the day for salarymen and college students alike. It is home to carefully maintained flower gardens, fruit trees, and a kid's playground.
City Plaza
The origin site of the distortion 6 years ago that rocked the country of Japan. Strange energy emitted from the area in the past has been claimed responsible for the development of many marks.
Despite superstitions, the city plaza is home to many various shops, restaurants, and arcade and gaming parlors.
Residential Area
A sleepy area of the city just outside the business district. Many residents of the city call their home here among apartment buildings and narrow alleyways.
Shinha Police Station
One of the city's few police stations. Most major police operations for the city and regarding the Marked come through this building.
The 2nd floor is the Special Investigations department that can be accessed by elevator or stairwell.
Edited By Xedite on 5/5/2020 at 1:45 PM.
Xedite
Level 71
The Perfectionist
Joined: 12/16/2019
Threads: 54
Posts: 3,984
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 5:32 AM
Post #3
NPCs of Note:
Salvation Silence members:
Rei 'Rose' Merrano
Head of the notorious Salvation Silence gang.
An aloof and cold leader with a burning agenda. She seems surprisingly quiet about her goals, wanting to keep most eyes of the law off her organization.
She has nature based powers and can summon thorned vines at will.
Wes 'Hurricane' Jackson
Rei's right hand man and second of command of Salvation Silence.
No one's quite sure of his age, but many are all too sure of his brutality and solemn, no-nonsense attitude.
He can control strong vortexes of razor sharp wind to decimate any who dare step in his way.
Shinha Police Department:
Chief Masashi Kendo
The current head of the Shinha Police Force.
Chief Kendo is a bit of an eccentric older man, known for his love of all things feline. He often finds himself buried in work these days, leaving most departments to head their own affairs but gets along with most under his command.
Detective Miko Miyahara
Miko is a stern, reserved woman with a bit of a sharp tongue. She is openly unemotional and tends to be a closed book most of the time, preferring to keep discussions on the job ahead. She thinks well on her feet, but she can be quick to annoy or rile up. Much to Detective Deharo's amusement. She serves as a member of the Shinha PD Special Investigations branch.
Rosette DeHaro
Detective DeHaro's mother. She has been in a coma for the last 7 years and has been paralyzed from the waist down due to a hit-and-run accident. She is kind woman to most at first, but known to be wily, temperamental, and hard to please. She seems to have a fierce stubborn streak and can be a bit of a schemer. She is known to dote on her son greatly.
Edited By Xedite on 5/14/2020 at 3:54 PM.
Xedite
Level 71
The Perfectionist
Joined: 12/16/2019
Threads: 54
Posts: 3,984
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 5:32 AM
Post #4
All slots are currently full. Thanks for your time.
Characters:
Salvation Silence aligned:
Odessa Barrington | 19 | F | Marked | Piperlake | Link
Leah Yamada | 20 | F | Marked | Larkien | Link
Lyla Sky | 18 | F | Marked | Kittyauthor | Link
Mikal Lilybud | 21 | M | Marked | Orcastration | Link
Kiyoshi Kuroda | 26 | M | Marked | Xedite | Link
Montgomery Moon | 26 | M | Marked | Kittyauthor | Link
Neutral:
Liam Murphy | 17 | M | Human | Piperlake | Link
Lunara Lilybud | 17 | F | Human | Orcastration | Link
Lishian Isaac Allen | 19 | M | Marked | Orcastration | Link
Isabeli Mango Holister | 16 | F | Marked | Kiwi14 | Link
Shinha PD aligned:
Detective Ryuji DeHaro | 25 | M | Marked | Xedite | Link
Yuuko Nakamura | 23 | M | Marked | Xedite | Link
Officer Harvard Lee | 21 | M | Human | Larkien | Link
Officer 'Mel' Meline | 17 | F | Marked | Lalalanmao | Link
Officer Kimina Joji | 23 | F | Marked | Pipps | Link
Officer Valia Allendrik | 20 | F | Marked | Cian | Link
NPC characters
Detective Miko Miyahara | 22 | F | Human (npc, Shinha)
Chief Masashi Kendo | 54 | M | Human | (npc, Shinha)
Rei Merrano | 26 | F | Marked | Pipps (npc, SS)
(Just for fun)
Deceased
Wes Jackson | ?? | M | Marked | (npc, SS)
Cody "Hatter" Richard | 18 | M | Marked | Kiwi14 | Link
Marked?: (If yes, specify) Yes, down the left side of his ribcage.
Age(16+): 26
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Demiromantic Pansexual
Height: 6'3
Appearance:
(art is not mine)
Personality:
Kiyo is pretty straight-laced, witty, and friendly unless someone pushes his buttons. He has a hard time getting angry due to an almost people-pleasing level of patience, looking at most things with curiosity and a sort of burning optimism. Sometimes this can be mistaken as arrogance and naivety, but Kiyo dislikes any sort of negativity in his life, a bizarre contrast to his bizarre ways of dressing.
Likes: Streetwear, formalwear, setting things on fire, jazz music, late nights
Dislikes: Getting his suits dirty, killing people without a reason, rainy days, sleeping
Powers and Skills: (if Marked, pick one superpower): He can create bladed weapons, barriers, and various tools from smoke thanks to his mark.
He's fairly skilled with a small firearm, but prefers to be on jobs where only his skills of breaking and entering or arson are needed. He is proficient at picking locks of any sort.
Equipment: Do cigarettes count? He mostly just keeps a lot of them and a metal lighter on hand to use in a pinch if he needs to light something on fire. He doesn't mind fighting persay, but he would rather not go out of his way since he's never had a particular reason to and doesn't see the point in making reasons now.
On rare occasions and important missions, he will carry a small uzi.
Backstory (optional):
The older brother of Yuuko Nakamura. Kiyoshi joined Salvation Silence towards the start of its formation, not as a means to cause violence but as a means to take back what he feels the world owes him.
He was dumped on the streets as a young child due to his mother's poverty and inability to raise him and his brother both as a single mother only to be taken in as an only child by a wealthy, but distant family.
It is his hope with his powers and the help of others in Salvation Silence that they can all bring about a society in which the suffering of man is erased and society is made to benefit the comfort of all.
He does not resent his younger brother's birth for causing his upbringing, but finds it upsetting that Yuuko still refuses to treat him as flesh and blood.
Other: He has a normally gothic aesthetic and enjoys formalwear greatly. No one really knows what his natural hair color is as he goes to great lengths to mantain an outlandish appearance through cosmetics.
Marked?: (If yes, specify) Yes, on the front of his right, upper arm. It resembles twisting vines.
Age(16+): 25
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heteroromantic Heterosexual
Height: 6'3
Appearance:
(art is not mine)
Personality: He's fairly personable and is well-natured to most. While he can be very light-hearted and quick to tease those he gets along with, he tends to take his job seriously and has a powerful drive to protect those in need.
Ryuji has a bad habit of often seeing himself as everyone's big brother for this reason, for better or worse.
Likes: Mimi (not that she knows it), Dogs, Pranks
Dislikes: The sight of blood, insects, snow
Powers and Skills: (if Marked, pick one superpower):
Ryuji is able to use his power to heal the wounds of others on touch.
Like most of the police force, he is trained extensively in apprehension and close combat tactics. He is also trained thoroughly with handguns, able to use a variety with relative ease. While protocol has him using guns most of the time, he has no reservations about taking someone in a fist fight.
He was born blind in his right eye, generally keeping it covered. It doesn't seem to affect his aim much though.
Equipment:
He wears a kevlar vest under his day to day uniform and outer coat. He carries a standard issue police pistol and a metal baton with him at all times.
Backstory (optional):
A young detective in charge of the Special Investigations branch of the Shinha Police Department. Ryuji was in the city with his half-sister when he witnessed the event that led to their marks. He finds it difficult to speak about to most, well aware of those who would treat him poorly over it.
Perhaps it's what led him to join the PD in the first place, wanting to further dissect the mystery and stop those who would abuse the situation firsthand.
Other: N/A
Edited By Xedite on 5/7/2020 at 8:28 AM.
Pipps
Level 57
The Sweet Tooth
Joined: 7/15/2018
Threads: 42
Posts: 4,734
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 10:10 AM
Post #6
I couldn't resist...this looks so cool! Btw, I threw just one character in so that I would be able to assist with any NPC's you want help with.
-Full Name-
Kimina Sunpo Joji
-Nickname(s)-
Sunny, Kim, Gadget, Trinket
-Marked-
She has this in her hand, and a similar mark on the small of her back that seems to have a lightning bolt like shape in the center.
-Age-
23
-Gender-
Female
-Sexuality-
Bisexual
-Height-
5'3"
-Appearance-
not mine
-Personality-
Kim is a firm believer in the saying, "Speak loudly, and carry a bigger stick." She finds herself to be insatiably curious and insufferably sarcastic. This girl loves having her own space and privacy. She absolutely hates it when people decide it is a good idea to pester her. This one is a bit of a clean freak, keeping all her weapons polished, and her belongings always looking good as new. Gadget is very overprotective of what is hers, and this includes her friends. Despite her seemingly anti-social attitude, she easily gets attached and is fiercely loyal.
-Likes-
Coffee, late nights, causing bits of trouble here and there, mochi candy, honeydew boba, messing with tech(Specifically smaller gadgets and trinkets, hence the nicknames)
-Dislikes-
Being decaffeinated, being poked at, cats, yoga, messes
-Powers and Skills-
She is able to drain people of their energy, and eventually life force via prolonged physical contact. She calls her ability 'sponge' since she basically soaks up energy of others. She is great with technology and spends much of her time behind a screen. Recently however, she has been training to be more physically capable. She is ok with a gun and pretty good at physical combat, but she has a lot to learn. She is much better at finding people than fighting them.
-Equipment-
She wears this to prevent too much touchy touchy. Other than that she occasionally has a Pereta Px4 storm on her, even though she is not the best at using it. She has various small tech pieces strapped to her forearms to assist her in tracking and hacking when on the move.
-Affiliation-
Neutral
-Backstory-
Debating wether to add this or not
-Other-
Despite hating being pestered, she is very touch starved. She keeps at least three feet from people in order to minimize the risk of 'draining' them. She has a dog, but she has to wear gloves to pet him. She never wears shorts or short sleeves, always trying to cover as much skin as possible. She has accidentally hurt several people by bumping into them, she she is doing her best to prevent that. Aye, aye, Captain!!
Edited By Pipps on 5/6/2020 at 1:18 PM.
Piperlake
Level 27
Candy Dispenser
Joined: 9/16/2018
Threads: 21
Posts: 1,189
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 1:06 PM
Post #7
Kek, I would love to join, I'll reping you when I'm finished!
Full Name: Odessa Barrington
Nickname(s): Odi
Marked?: yes, on the back of her neck that looks like this
Age(16+): 19
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bi, leans towards girls
Height: 5'6
Appearance:
Personality: Odessa is very headstrong and opinionated, and loves to be the center of attention. She's extroverted and even a little flirtatious. She can be standoffish towards strangers, and is extremely protective. She's a bit confused about who she wants to be and why she has these powers, but she won't hesitate to snap back against anyone who hurts her pride. Despite her exterior she's soft at heart, and it shows from time to time.
Likes: Rainstorms, fish, gardens, fluffy adorable animals?!?, the ocean
Dislikes: people telling her she can't do something, damaging the environment, the smell of gas and fumes
Powers and Skills: Atmokinesis, it turns her hair grey when she uses it and it takes a lot of energy.
Equipment: She likes to travel as light as possible but does keep a dagger at her side at all times.
Affiliation: Salvation Silence
Backstory (optional):
Other: aye aye
Full Name: Liam Murphy
Nickname(s): n/a
Marked?: No
Age(16+): 18
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Pan
Height: 6'2
Appearance:
Personality: Liam is very sweet and considerate. He likes to help out in any ways he can - he's a bit of a goody-two-shoes. He gets flustered easily when embarrassed, and becomes a total klutz. He can be very shy and nervous around people and things that scare him, which is a lot. Around younger kids, he'll put on a brave face and act like everything is great, for their sake. He underestimates himself - he's a lot more capable than he thinks. He's a little superstitious too.
Likes: Reading, science (insists there has to be an explanation for everything), things being neat and organized (despite his clumsiness), warm weather, birds
Dislikes: people yelling at him, things incomplete or messy, being alone, being put under pressure, heights
Powers and Skills: (Is bad timing and being a klutz skills? Lol) He's good at piecing puzzles and clues together, and his aloofness and natural squeamish nature makes him a good candidate for an unsuspecting spy
Equipment: I imagine he would carry around a bag of some sort filled with papers and miscellaneous records, drawings, and information of sorts.
Affiliation: Neutral
Backstory (optional): Originally an American exchange student, Liam signed himself up to force himself out of his comfort zone - but didn't quite think it through. Due to some family issues back home however, he prolonged his stay for another year and has been living and providing for himself. He's not sure whether he wants to stay in Japan or eventually move back closer to home.
Other: captain
Edited By Piperlake on 5/6/2020 at 9:53 PM.
Xedite
Level 71
The Perfectionist
Joined: 12/16/2019
Threads: 54
Posts: 3,984
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 3:14 PM
Post #8
Hey, glad to have you, check the rules again though for your other section. :>
I think mainly I'd be looking for help on the Salvation Silence side, though I'm hoping there's enough players that hold out I don't really need to pad it out too much with NPC characters other than essential ones.
Yuuko I'm trying not to adopt personally right now as a full character because he doesn't talk very much, but I don't think I'd have any issues with him because I have a generally good idea of where to go with him, so that leaves Wes and Rei mainly.
Not sure how important Wes would be but Rei I kinda need written by someone knowing what they're doing because she'd be very plot involved for a side character.
I don't know if I'll add more, but knowing me there is a possibility so any help is definitely appreciated if you're willing to take on one of them.
Pipps
Level 57
The Sweet Tooth
Joined: 7/15/2018
Threads: 42
Posts: 4,734
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 3:21 PM
Post #9
*Facepalm*...I read the rules, but I forgot...thanks
Anyway, I'm here to help! I''l take on whoever you are least interested in handling yourself. Your NPC's look really cool so far!
Xedite
Level 71
The Perfectionist
Joined: 12/16/2019
Threads: 54
Posts: 3,984
Posted: 4/16/2020 at 3:29 PM
Post #10
You can take Rei then if you want, she seems up your alley with characters anyways.
noticed I forgot to specify her mark oops
But she would have probably a thorny rose one.
I try to give my NPCs some personality and flesh them out enough it doesn't feel like a chore to always write them.
I have some other interesting details worked on on her related to plot I can tell you in pm too.
Edited By Xedite on 4/16/2020 at 3:29 PM.
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