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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga OOC Thread (Recruiting Closed, 8/8)
« on: July 24, 2022, 12:56:02 pm »
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 23, 2022, 09:40:39 pm »
"There's that word again, 'want'," Mori stated to himself, "Why does everything think that I'm allowed to want things?"
He continued to sit there for a bit. Thinking.
"Oh, I like her." the voice he had been expecting finally decided to speak up, "She's right, you should be honest with yourself, Mori. Just accept it. You are nothing but an empty void desperately making up some unneeded grudge to satisfy your need to deny that you merely enjoy bringing suffering down on others. Abandon your delusions and just accept who you truly are."
"Shut up." he thought to himself, and for once, the voice obeyed.
He picked up his briefcase and walked out, handing a 1000 yen note to the maitre d' when he passed him, and walking back to his dorm in silence.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 23, 2022, 08:59:45 pm »
The air temperature around the table seemed to drop 10 degrees, and the air itself seemed to pick up a sense of anger and tension like the last second before a bomb went off.
"Let me be extremely clear." Mori replied, his voice not changing in volume, but with a venomous edge, "I was being polite because I had a pleasant day today. The morning was rough, perhaps, but I had some fantastic news from someone close to me that set me in a good mood from then on. Further, I know that we were going to have to collaborate a lot, given we are in charge of coordinating the play, and we are more than likely going to be costarring. Unfortunately, it seems that I gave you the wrong idea about how exactly I feel about you, so let me fix that."
He leaned in close again. Something blazed in his eyes, like a wildfire, threatening to burn out of control, indiscriminately reducing everything in its path to scorched black ashes from which nothing would ever grow again.
"*When I say I hate you? When I say that you are my enemy? When I say I don't want to be near you? When I say merely hearing your name pisses me off? When I say that I dream of one day forcing your blight of a family out of my town to never return?*" he hissed like a rattlesnake seconds away from biting, "*I fucking mean it.*"
"Those who hurt your family do not deserve your mercy."
"Now if there's nothing more to discuss about the play, I think it would be best if I take my leave."
"Let me be extremely clear." Mori replied, his voice not changing in volume, but with a venomous edge, "I was being polite because I had a pleasant day today. The morning was rough, perhaps, but I had some fantastic news from someone close to me that set me in a good mood from then on. Further, I know that we were going to have to collaborate a lot, given we are in charge of coordinating the play, and we are more than likely going to be costarring. Unfortunately, it seems that I gave you the wrong idea about how exactly I feel about you, so let me fix that."
He leaned in close again. Something blazed in his eyes, like a wildfire, threatening to burn out of control, indiscriminately reducing everything in its path to scorched black ashes from which nothing would ever grow again.
"*When I say I hate you? When I say that you are my enemy? When I say I don't want to be near you? When I say merely hearing your name pisses me off? When I say that I dream of one day forcing your blight of a family out of my town to never return?*" he hissed like a rattlesnake seconds away from biting, "*I fucking mean it.*"
"Those who hurt your family do not deserve your mercy."
"Now if there's nothing more to discuss about the play, I think it would be best if I take my leave."
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 22, 2022, 08:03:36 pm »”I did suggest a change of location.” Mori replied, ”as… disturbing as it may have come out.”
He didn’t respond to the comment about being enemies. He didn’t have the energy to speak about his duty again today, especially not with her.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 22, 2022, 06:24:36 pm »
”What exactly is that “allegedly” doing there?” Mori questioned, before moving on to the other matter. Let’s see… how to discuss being Kaijin without discussing being kaijin…
”Well, if you haven’t yet heard of what happened earlier today, I suppose it falls to me to tell you.” Mori began, ”There was an Akuma attack at Hermelin today. I was actually with Kazami at the time. The white knight and some other kaijin dealt with the matter, but I happened to have… a little bird who found there way into the realm.
”Now, I do my best to make sure all my information is verified, but I’ll admit I can’t totally verify the validity of the information I received, but if it’s true… something interesting happened with one of the kaijin.” he leaned in a bit and turned his voice down to a whisper, ”*One of the kaijin, out of nowhere, fell to the floor, grabbed their head, and started screaming at nothing.*”
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 21, 2022, 08:06:27 pm »”I believe the conversation I’ve brought the briefcase for would best be had somewhere more private.” Mori replied. He then paused for a moment and added ”Just realized that sounded creepy as hell. It’s about what happened this morning. I assume Kazami told you what occurred?”
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 21, 2022, 07:04:39 am »”You shouldn’t make such offers to enemies,” Mori replied ”someone with poorer manners might think to abuse it.”
He returned to looking at the menu.
”As for actors I had in mind for roles, yes of course I have a few, but I prefer to wait until after auditions to declare who really seems best for the role, after all, some people can surprise you. Further, in this case, it’s not merely my own troupe who are up for the roles, but yours as well, so a pick I make among my own may serve to be faulty due to a lack of information about another actor who could serve better. No, I think we should rather discuss how we want to see characters interpreted so we can go back to our troupes with an understanding of what we’re looking for.”
”With that said, here are some ideas I had. You were right that Kaguya is a very well known story that both our troupes will already have a decent grasp on, but as a result, anyone in the audience, with the exception of small children, has probably already heard the story multiple times before. As such, I had the thought that to add some interest, we could try to flesh out some of the characters with little defined personalities, such as the suitors, and present a greater idea of the emotional impact of the events on everyone. I think Ishitsukuri can be kept as the typical spoiled young noble who tries to pull the wool over the eyes of a girl who vastly underestimated, though I think it would serve to come up with some more interesting characterization for Kuramochi. Mimuraji I think should be played as more foolish than malicious, given his failing was a result of being scammed. Marotari should be a tragic character, a young man plagued by insecurities, desperately trying to prove himself, only to fail and die, and his fate should weigh on the play and the characters in it. As for Miyuki, I often see him presented as a coward for giving up after he suffered a storm, but I always saw him as the wisest character in the play, realizing, as he lay shipwrecked, many loyal servants dead, that all these impossible tasks and the dreadful toll they took upon them just really wasn’t worth it to marry a woman who obviously didn’t want to marry them. For added points, I think it would be interesting if he had been close to Marotari, and his epiphany, combined with the death of his friend in another impossible task, drives him to an emotional monologue against Kaguya and the other suitors, cursing them for their arrogance, pettiness, and cruelty.”
He let out a deep breath when he was done, but he seemed a bit more tense than when he had started speaking.
”Apologies,” he said, a bit of emotion slipping into his voice, ”I have a lot of thoughts about this story. What do you think?”
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 20, 2022, 07:59:21 pm »"Well, it's understandable that people would lie to you about how they feel, it's inevitable really," he mused "When you have power, people will always say what they think you want to hear as long as they want something from you, and you and your family have an incredible amount of power."
"There are only really two exceptions to the rule," he continued, "Those who care enough about you to tell the truth, and those who don't care enough to lie."
"Putting that aside, about auditions, a big part of deciding that falls to what roles we're looking for and how we want to do them. As I understand, the only roles we really need are Kaguya, her parents, the five suitors, the emperor, and at least one denizen of the moon. Assuming you didn't have any other parts you wanted to include, the next concern is how we want the characters portrayed. I think the suitors are likely the characters most open to interpretation, though all of the roles need at least an outline of the personality before we know what we're looking for for an audition."
As he was talking, he'd been scanning the menu, looking at prices.
"As for the tea... I'm not certain I have the disposable income to spend on much of anything."
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 20, 2022, 06:20:00 pm »
Mori waited for the maitre d' to move out of earshot before responding.
"Well, we can start with the fact that I hate you and dread the thought of having to spend time with you." he replied, his tone the same as if he had replied with "nothing", "Regardless, I am in fact here, contrary to my better judgment, so why did you ask for my attendance?"
"Well, we can start with the fact that I hate you and dread the thought of having to spend time with you." he replied, his tone the same as if he had replied with "nothing", "Regardless, I am in fact here, contrary to my better judgment, so why did you ask for my attendance?"
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 19, 2022, 10:27:55 pm »
Mori somewhat nervously shifted the weight of his briefcase in his hand. The reminder of whose family ran this place caused him to cautiously scan for cameras out of the corner of his eyes. He couldn’t say did certain if Mamiya would be willing to use her family business to pick up secrets on… interesting clientele, but he wouldn’t put it past her. After all, he’d do it if he was in her shoes.
He straightened his cravat. He’d showered after he left the batting cages, changed into a suit, and otherwise did his best to look respectable. Veep had made fun of him for “trying to look good for Mishima”, but he was in a good mood, so he let it slide. In fact, that good mood, and the possibility of getting the demon out of his head, were the only reasons he hadn’t told the maitre d’ that he’s suddenly remembered something urgent he needed to get done, and to please tell Ms. Mishima that he wasn’t able to make it.
Yet regardless of his apprehension, he walked in.
He straightened his cravat. He’d showered after he left the batting cages, changed into a suit, and otherwise did his best to look respectable. Veep had made fun of him for “trying to look good for Mishima”, but he was in a good mood, so he let it slide. In fact, that good mood, and the possibility of getting the demon out of his head, were the only reasons he hadn’t told the maitre d’ that he’s suddenly remembered something urgent he needed to get done, and to please tell Ms. Mishima that he wasn’t able to make it.
Yet regardless of his apprehension, he walked in.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 18, 2022, 08:34:10 pm »
Moving out of the group chat, Mori sent a quick text to just Otoya.
I’m sorry.
With that, he put his phone away. It was time to go to the batting cages with Veep and then… his meeting with Mishima.
I’m sorry.
With that, he put his phone away. It was time to go to the batting cages with Veep and then… his meeting with Mishima.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fate/Mechanics Test (Mechanics Test for a new system for Fate style games)
« on: July 17, 2022, 09:06:17 pm »
John Henry
Strength Check: 7 (Success),10 (No Crit) Remainder 5 vs 3 (Success), 10 (No Crit) Remainder 9
Wyvern 2 Agility Check: 8 (Success), 7 (No Crit) Remainder 4 vs 8 (Success), 2 (No Crit) Remainder 2
Once more, John Henry struck at the wyvern with his hammer, but the wyvern managed to duck out of the way of the attack in time. The wyvern tried to attack back at John, but once more failed to land a hit. Realizing that this was going nowhere, the wyvern decided that it was in its best interest to just fly away in search of easier prey, and so it did, leaving the pass open for John Henry to head through.
Yeah, when I started writing this turn I said “if nothing changes again, the wyvern is going to fly away” and so… round 2 is done. Still waiting on all the updated sheets and doing some work of my own to prepare for the next round, but when I get those we can start.
Strength Check: 7 (Success),10 (No Crit) Remainder 5 vs 3 (Success), 10 (No Crit) Remainder 9
Wyvern 2 Agility Check: 8 (Success), 7 (No Crit) Remainder 4 vs 8 (Success), 2 (No Crit) Remainder 2
Once more, John Henry struck at the wyvern with his hammer, but the wyvern managed to duck out of the way of the attack in time. The wyvern tried to attack back at John, but once more failed to land a hit. Realizing that this was going nowhere, the wyvern decided that it was in its best interest to just fly away in search of easier prey, and so it did, leaving the pass open for John Henry to head through.
Yeah, when I started writing this turn I said “if nothing changes again, the wyvern is going to fly away” and so… round 2 is done. Still waiting on all the updated sheets and doing some work of my own to prepare for the next round, but when I get those we can start.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 16, 2022, 11:12:29 pm »
Ok. Well, with all that settled, I believe I should let you get back to resting and recovering from the morning. Stay safe.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fate/Mechanics Test (Mechanics Test for a new system for Fate style games)
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Demon Soul Saga IC Thread: Chapter 2: White Fields / Temple Garden
« on: July 13, 2022, 07:16:59 pm »
Mori sighed.
Ok, I suppose I don’t have any leads for now. Just know that if you remember any recent interactions with suspicious people, or just people you don’t normally interact with, or anything else at all that may give a lead on who is doing this, I *need* you to tell me. Also, and this is more personal so it’s entirely at your discretion, please let me know any information regarding your recovery. I want to learn more about how magic healing works and what it can do.
He then remembered that this was a group chat.
Miyazono, when you wake up, the suspicious personnel question applies to you as well, if not for my sake then you and Sakurajima, and Tadano’s. If you can think of anything that will help me track down who is doing this, I’d be much obliged.
Ok, I suppose I don’t have any leads for now. Just know that if you remember any recent interactions with suspicious people, or just people you don’t normally interact with, or anything else at all that may give a lead on who is doing this, I *need* you to tell me. Also, and this is more personal so it’s entirely at your discretion, please let me know any information regarding your recovery. I want to learn more about how magic healing works and what it can do.
He then remembered that this was a group chat.
Miyazono, when you wake up, the suspicious personnel question applies to you as well, if not for my sake then you and Sakurajima, and Tadano’s. If you can think of anything that will help me track down who is doing this, I’d be much obliged.