WELCOME & AU PLANNING - MAY 2017

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WELCOME TO THE FIRST PLANNING POST!

Congratulations on being accepted into the game. Now let's have a big meeting post, plan and have fun together!

AU PLANNING

The AU in this game is completely player's choice. We encourage you to take a look at the city and plan accordingly! Your AU information can be added to your character hub, should you desire. As long as it is available somewhere, and others can take a quick glance and know what the character's AU is.

We only ask that you try to keep everything tasteful and respect our decision if we feel you're going too far. As the game begins, you are free to continue using this post to plan or ask the mods first-post related questions. We'll do our best to answer in a timely manner!

The city of Eddan is very much a typical metropolis, so your characters can have any job that would make sense in a busy city. They don't have to be restricted to the school, or have a school job. If you're not sure, don't be shy about asking. There's a lot of freedom!

Roll the dice

There is also a randomized AU signup if you'd like to leave it to chance who your family members are and establish pre-game CR with new people. But if you'd rather leave it for now and wait for other app turns, that's also fine!

GAME START

The first log will be posted on MAY 13TH. Please vote on what time you want it to be posted. We'll go with player majority! (As a note, this will be done for all rounds).

Comments

MOD HELP

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If you have any questions regarding the first log / anything in the game that can't be posted in the FAQ, let us know here!

RANDOMIZED AU

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If you'd like to get a randomized family, please post here! The randomization will be rolled May 12th, at 11:59PM EST

VOTE ON GAME START TIME!

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Reply to the post with what time you'd prefer for the first log to be. We'll go with the highest votes!

12:00PM EST

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3:00PM EST

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6:00PM EST

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9:00PM EST

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MIDNIGHT EST

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[beastfang]

+1 because I work second shift so I have a weird sleep/wake cycle and this let's people get any weekend chores out of the way as well.

[transient_specter]

+ 1, any later and the excitement will start bubbling over into my sleep schedule and I need to be up on time on Sunday. :/

[torching]

+1

[autorejoin]

I'm unemployed so whenever works, but I'm also on PST and this is the earliest time listed I can guarantee coherency.

Re: 3:00PM EST

[umbral_idol]

Technically I could go for any time after this too, but this is... the earliest I can get, I think.

Gladion | Pokemon Moon

[lovelledup]

Hello all! I'm Wei, bringing in this grumpy young teen. I still don't have a ton decided about his AU so feel free to throw any ideas you have at me.

What I know:
In his AU life, he's been going by the name of Asher. His family lives near the school, and he spends a significant amount of time with his parents and siblings. He's 14, so he's in the lower cycle, either second or third year (I could go with either, especially depending on how it might affect CR.)

If things from the test drive stand:
-Ankh is his older brother, with whom he's quite close in AU life.
-Professor Sycamore is one of his teachers and they have a good relationship as teacher and student.
-He and Moon were not acquainted in AU life, since they're in different grades even if they're at the same school. They'll have to find each other later.

I don't think I had any other test drives that really defined a relationship, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. As for anyone else, I'm open to any suggestions. Teachers? Parents? Friends? Sources of school life drama? Since his life is a lot more normal in the AU, I suspect he's not nearly as much of a loner here as he is in canon, even if he probably still does the edgy goth clothes thing when he's not stuck in a school uniform.

[beastfang]

So I guess I'll get a comment in here before bed. Yo! I'm Re.


So as anyone that saw on the plot post we did before the TDM (I'll link it here later when I have the spoons to find it) I'm playing Koujirou Genda (Genda to everyone). He's going to be a Third year student in the lower cycle and go by the name of Christopher Noro pre-Awakening. I've been noting some stuff about him already regarding his AU life and even regarding his combat style. someone please help me figure out his long range weapon because I can't seem to settle on one that works with someone maining gauntlets.

So yeah Green Valley CR is always welcomed, as well as anyone else wanting to be subway buddies, because let's be real, commuting makes for odd friendships when you share the same subway car for six months okay.

Also after Awakening there can be shenanigans over the fact this kid is suddenly interested in a sport he didn't even know the first thing about and is suddenly hanging out with others what ??? (aka Kidou and Sakuma are going to be his go to for shadowing about after Awakening which will be a bit surprising considering 'Christopher' didn't really socialize and hang out. So him suddenly spending as much free time with others willingly is going to be a shock))


I'm also down for battle senpais because Genda has never fought an actual battle in his life, and despite how serious soccer can get in his world it's not the same as punching something to death okay. So please teach him how to punch things and how to heal tank for the party because despite his Healer style there he's going to act like a baby tank more then a squishy healer.

mako | legend of korra

[torching]

hey everyone! my name is coco and i'm playing mako from the legend of korra! i'm still working out his AU history but i'll list what i have so far:

- if mako and riko are siblings, his full name will be mako sakurauchi. (if not then i'll be randomizing for a family!)
- he has no last name in canon btw so that's gonna be weird when he finds out lmao...
- he works part-time at a dojo as an assistant instructor
- in high school he was on the judo team, if anyone would know him through that
- mako spends most of his time in the school's library, though, studying and reading up on things for school
- he will be a first year in the higher cycle.
- he aspires to join the police force or become a lawyer. probably the former
- here is his persona information!

cr i'm looking for? anything! friends, enemies, classmates, professors...anyone who wants to learn martial arts! subway buddies! i'm super open to anything really. i had some great cr on the tdm so for those of you i tagged, let me know if you'd like to continue what we had going, change things up, etc.!

Yue Katou | Angel Sanctuary

[autorejoin]

Hi! I'm Crystal/Rin (I go by either, I usually prefer "Rin" but a lot of people call me "Crystal" and I don't hate it), and I'm bringing you Katou from Angel Sanctuary! (Don't call him "Yue," he hates that.) He's a rude, eccentric teenager with a hidden loyalty streak. He was a delinquent and an addict in his life, and fell in with a rebellion against heaven in his death. Fun times!

The AU So Far:
He's Yusuke Fujimoto (western-style), and his parents moved to town when he was young (maybe two or three). His family's fairly well-off, but his parents care more for appearances than they do their child. They want the perfect family, and anything less than that is Unacceptable. His parents never paid attention to him unless he's doing something wrong. Yusuke grew bitter and resentful, and he's been lashing out. His grades have begun slipping, and he's been getting into more and more trouble lately. He's currently in the final year of his senior cycle.

Beyond that, I'd really love to make more connections for this AU life. Teachers, friends? Enemies? Kids he might have beaten up in school? Talk with me, let's work something out.

[probablynoteren]

I assume this would be on a weekend, so this time or any time after would work for me.

Kaltz | Lamento

[dendranthema]

Hi, I'm Heron, playing Kaltz. He's very kind, but also an incredibly depressing person to hang around - AU him is a hundred times better about that, though. I don't have a lot worked out for an AU yet but here's what I've got so far.

What I'm sure of: He's a florist. He's also an incredibly doting father in a relatively happy family (he'll very likely still play a father role to any AU kids after Awakening, because he wouldn't be able to help himself). He's prooobably lived in Eddan his entire life, though I'm willing to shift this around to accommodate other AUs if needed. He's still the quiet introverted type, but he's a lot happier and more satisfied with his life.

To be determined: AU name. Whether anyone in the AU is his spouse or child - also friends and the like. I would REALLY like for at least 1 other character to be AU'd as his kid, and that's part of why I'm holding off on name decisions. Details and etc.

[lovelledup]

I can't help seeing parallels between Katou's AU family life and Gladion's canon one. I don't honestly have a clue what to do with that, particularly since Gladion's still in the lower cycle, but there might be some kind of CR opportunity there.

[lovelledup]

Gladion's AU will very easily accept a doting father, so I'd be totally cool with that (I'll have to check to make sure that's also okay with Gladion's not-really-brother once he's accepted). Or if not, maybe he could be a friend of Gladion's parents or something and they know each other that way.

[autorejoin]

That's a beautiful coincidence. I'd love to have some kind of CR there!

[dendranthema]

Let me know what not-brother's player thinks, and we can go from there! I'd also be totally okay with the friend-of-parents route.

Lenka Utsugi (God Eater)

[probablynoteren]

Heya all, I'm Fyre and I'll be bringing Lenka Utsugi from the anime offshoot of the God Eater franchise. I've updated his AU history a little bit from the pre-game planning meme but the bulk of the outline is the same. Details are flexible depending on plotting, really.

Quick(?) Recap:

• Alias Haruka Sorazawa (all names in western order for less confusion...!)
• 15 years old, 1st year of senior cycle at Green Valley
• Seems unapproachable, but really just quiet and prone to doing his own thing. If you need help, he'll generally try, even if you're a stranger.
• Moved here early in grade school; he's an only child and his family is loving but on the poorer side, so his parents tend to work a lot to make ends meet. For the most part, he's been understanding about this, but there's been a little more friction lately after he learned he was adopted. They live in a busy apartment complex.
• As of pre-TDM plotting, long-time friends and neighbors with a certain Mishina Eikichi.
• An officer at the school's gardening club, which presumably takes care of the greenhouses and helps with the school grounds (I'm winging it here, don't mind me). He's especially fond of flowers of all kinds, and can often be found at school for club activities outside of class hours. The club also has the unenviable task of delivering flower valentines on Valentine's Day.
• Low key and hardworking with excellent grades, since he's a sponsored attendee; however, he has a long history of getting into trouble occasionally for stepping into other people's fights if he sees bullying or other issues. May have gotten on the bad side of a teacher or two if they treated their students unfairly. Generally a rule-follower until the rules stop working.
• Probably has a part-time job to help with the bills, though I haven't decided exactly what he'd do. Maybe just odd jobs around the school or the city, he can do either manual labor or finer work. Maybe as a delivery boy?
• For various reasons, he really likes exploring any abandoned or remote places in or around the city. Sometimes breaks curfew to do so, and is relatively sneaky about it. Still, it's possible to run into him in weird places.

AU CR is my quest, guys. Friends! Rivals! Enemies! (It's hard to become enemies with him but I'm sure it could happen.) Classmates! Apartment complex neighbors! Gardening club members! Job buddies, curfew breaking buddies, together-they-survived-fighting-off-some-bullies-one-time, study partners... Come to me and we'll make it work. ☆ Pre-TDM planning meme buds, let's hash out where we might want to go down the road!

Pharos | Persona 3

[seasonsofdeath]

Hello everybody! I am Bookie and I have Pharos from Persona 3 and I am VERY EXCITED. Pharos is a small creepy child who is also the Shadow of the Thirteenth Arcana, aka Death. He is going to be very confused about all of this. Also his social skills are a bit, uh... lacking for a better word. It's ok to call the 16 year old girl whose body you're kind of chilling out in 'my dearest,' right?

I don't have much plotted out at the moment, other than 'Akira' yes he stole the p5 mc's name LOOK THAT GUY STARTED IT HE STOLE HIS PRISON PAJAMAS is a primary school student who is pretty weird but not quite as prone to talking about death as Pharos. He has a big brother (Shinjiro, assuming that's all still good) but otherwise pretty much a clean slate. Anyone want this kid? It'll be fuuun!