Roleplay / Elfen High 2

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A few billion years ago, the Universe was created. Don't ask how, nobody knows, though people tend to agree this was a bad move.

On an insignificant little blue planet in the Milky Way, creatures evolved. First came the bacteria, then came the amphibians, then the reptiles, then the birds, then the mammals and then the Indian narrator who probably got quite a few things wrong in this sentence. But what also evolved were vampires, demons, werewolves, fairies, Gods, etc.

First were the Egyptian Gods, and shortly after them were the Hindu Gods. They got along affably enough, and ruled the Earth together. Then came the Greeks, Aesir, Aztecs, Shinto and Abrahamics, along others. They lived under the rule of the Hindus and Egyptians, who kept the Earth from being destroyed by their constant warring.

Then the True Fae revealed themselves. Nobody was quite sure where they came from- another planet? Another dimension? Another galaxy? But they showed their intents to take over Earth, and Earth allied to defeat them. The Egyptian Gods were completely destroyed in this struggle. After centuries of warfare, the True Fae were chased away.

In the aftermath of the battle, all the Pantheons and supernatural beings were severely weakened. The supernatural council got together, got wasted, debated on whether the rumors of Loki screwing Aphrodite were true, and then they ultimately made the decision to leave Earth, due to the fact they were too weak at the moment, and those dirty hairless apes living there were getting stronger and more advanced every day.

So with some exceptions, supernatural creatures left Earth for the Celestial planes or their own universes. But nowadays the supernatural is wondering why the hell they left, and are considering returning to Earth. And some humans, aware of the supernatural, are also aware that they might want to return. They're also aware some places on Earth are more magical than others.

This is where the friggin title of the rp, Elfen High, comes into play. Somewhere in Britain, there is a highly magical hotspot. A few decades ago, a boarding school was built over it. As a defense, many teachers here aren't what they appear, and are usually trained mages. The school has even become a place where highly intelligent, or students with high magical potential, can be protected.

But magical creatures, though they officially aren't supposed to go to Earth, they often make visits here because they love the sheer magic of it. They often came here.

And then on December 21st, 2012, a horde of rogue demons entered London and started slaughtering. They were stopped by one Mr. Crowley, the Headmaster of Elfen High, intent on protecting his home.

But the Masquerade, so carefully maintained before, was shattered for good. Humans now knew about supernatural beings, even if the knowledge so far is slim. Elfen High upgraded from a mere school to a training facility where countries send children with magical powers.

It is now 2018. The school year is beginning.

Which is to say, Elfen High 2 is the long-awaited reboot (though not sequel, as the title would suggest) to the original Elfen High, bringing back tweaked versions of the original cast, as well as many new characters. Warning, the RP is Trope Overdosed as hell, perhaps even more than the original. Continue at your own risk.

As of Arc 2, the RP has a new spin-off - Roads Untraveled, which chronicles the adventures of a documentary crew as they attempt to document the daily life at the ISSR, the U.N. military base in Hell. Ties to the original are tenuous, plot-wise, but some characters from the proper RP make their way there.

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This rp provides examples of:

• Archangel Gabriel: Not an archangel. Was captured by an unknown enemy early in the story.
• Archangel Michael: Is dating Gabriel, again. We don't see much of him, Calliel simply mentions him in passing.
• Ass Shove: To cap off his utter pounding of Loki, Laz takes one of his very sharp teeth, and rams it straight up Loki's backdoor.
• Berserk Button: Lewis' banjo is very precious to him. Touching it, insulting it, or, most of all, threatening to destroy it will get you one kicked ass.

• Break the Cutie: Subverted: Nightkill vowed to destroy the blithe and optimistic Sarina, but it proved to be impossible.

• Blue-and-Orange Morality: The angels, who are similar to Evangelical fundamentalists, but don't seem to care for someone after they've died (after death, one still has a second life), nor humans in general.
  • The angels in Heavensgate are slightly better, but have severe difficulty with empathy. They try, at least.
  • This is contrasted heavily with the demons, who, while anarchic and blood-thirsty, are emotionally stable and incredibly sympathetic. They seem to be more victims of their broken culture, rather than alien, like the angels.
• Brick Joke: Rampant.
  • Lewis crashed a plane into the Latin teacher's petunia gardens. This leads to his resignation and eventual stress-induced heart attack. His replacement is the Pillsbury Dough Boy, apparently.
  • The bears.
  • Sanchez, a member of the Air Force who combated Calliel in the original, now works for the ISSR.
    • Almost immediately after his introduction, he is promoted to Brigadier (making him the commander of the ISSR) and welcomes the Roads Untraveled crew into the base.

• Cannon Fodder: Most of the demons encountered so far are absolutely terrible at fighting.

• Caught with Your Pants Down: Eric is in the middle of... private alone time when Crowley teleports the school into his office.

• Comedic Sociopathy: Minh points out that 14 students have nearly died at the paws of the mutant rabbits. Crowley's response? It will motivate them to improve their grades.

• Combat Pragmatist:
  • James, despite including parkour and professional wrestling moves in his fighting style, is still not afraid to hit people in the balls when necessary, as well as bring weapons into fistfights or find ways to make his opponent back off.
  • In the fight against Karna, Lewis froze the blood vessels in Karna's neck, so as to cut off the blood going to his brain, and blocked off his airways with ice. Crowley, meanwhile, shoved Gram up his ass. In contrast, Minh just got hit. A lot.

• Continuity Reboot: Well, yeah. It has roughly the same story as Arc 1, with some tweaks.
  • Returning characters from the original include Damien, James, and Laz (all reverted to their original ages), as well as Crowley (obviously), Yuzuki, Lewis, and EVE. Calliel also makes a cameo, though OOC comments say he won't be as promiment, meaning that the plot to Arc 1 can't possibly be the same. Later on, Crowley reveals that he has an army of War-Bots and Timothy's father appears as a doctor, working for the SHIELD-esque ISSR.
    • Sachin, an easily forgotten student played by Nightkil, is mentioned in passing as having released the army of mutant rabbits the prior year. He also created a Marauder's Map rip-off, the only thing capable of keeping track of the school's ever-shifting structure.
    • Ivy is pregnant with Calliel's child, a la Jesus. This echoes Nora's child (who was Calliel's son via rape) and Malakh (the child of two male angels through magical means in the original.

• Darker and Edgier: Than the original, but still somehow more optimistic, in a way. It's safe to say that it's more realistic, but carries more of a "life sucks, but we can do something about it" attitude, rather than the original's "we're all fucked - let's get drunk!" take on things.

• Eldritch Abomination: The bears. They are smarter than humans, built Spanish galleons before Jesus was born, can create portals merely using words, are Masters Of Disguise and can hide anywhere they please, amongst other things.

• Eldritch Location:
  • The school itself, which is constantly changing shapes, is Bigger on the Inside, and time seems to fluctuate insanely between locales. Fitting, given that it is made out of a dead dragon.

• The castle the Fae use appears very firmly to be this, what with absorbing other buildings and creatures to help build itself.

• Everybody Has Lots of Sex: Everybody except Pierre, Laz, Ivy, Izera and Izanagi gets banged at least once.
• Expy: The angels began as, for the most part, carbon copies of the angels from TV/Supernatural. They do not, however, need to possess humans to come to Earth like they did in the original and eventually evolved quite a bit from their original Expy status over the last two RP's.

• Idiot Savant: Laz, surprisingly, can define "irony", explain what Greek word it comes from, and how Luca is misinterpreting the concept. That's not even getting into his cooking and military skills.
  • Lewis can be surprisingly clever and has an extensive knowledge of the world's peoples, albeit slightly (extremely) out-dated.

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
  • James Callahan. Show-off, has an ego, pervert, quick to anger, Canadian, but still more than willing to put his life on the line instead of his fellow students, and even some teachers. Lost this between Arcs 1 and 2.
  • Lewis is very protective of the school and students (though, that may just be his paycheck) and is rather sweet to Pierre after he helped defeat War-Bot in Crowley's gladiator match. He also allows Sarina to pass his class without showing up and apologizes to James for burning his room down because of this. Once he begins building a family, he becomes much more of a crazy uncle than he used to be. His final act is to take a bullet for his daughter.

• Jesus Taboo: Jesus was not mentioned and has not appeared in either the original or this.
• Killed Off for Real:
  • Damien gets his head blown off by anti-James after being brainwashed by the Fae.
  • Fixban, at Loki's hands.
  • Minh is killed by Lilith after trying to take her on one-on-one.
  • Lewis takes one of James' soul-destroying bullets (stolen by Azazel) to save his daughter's life.
    • Azazel killed Polarbeard.

• Mirror Universe:
  • Dwarven High. Here, Crowley is a sober, fatherly figure; Damien is a poor monster rights activist; James is a priest who fought in a war of some kind; Jade is Crowley's girlfriend; Laz is an Angel; Pierre is Minh; Minh is Pierre; you get the point.
  • After the cross-over between universes, much of the DH staff is left dead, as opposed to their regular counterparts. It's left on a high note, however, with the upstanding father figure of anti-Sachin becoming the headmaster in the wake of anti-Crowley's death.

• Our Mermaids Are Different: They're unsettling human-fish hybrids whose biology changes with their environment.
• Our Presidents Are Different: They're Clint Eastwood. And Jack Nicholson is the Vice President. Also, crazy as fuck.

• Pregnant Bad Ass: Megan, Lewis' wife, who is already the mother of his daughter (Rosalind) and pregnant with his son when she is introduced. She fearlessly attacks Sobek, stares Azazel down, insults him, and then beats the shit out of Laz for considering joining Azazel again. This is taken to its logical conclusion when Azazel murders her violently. When she wakes up in Hell, the baby isn't with her.

• Really Gets Around: Crowley and Yuzuki are the notable ones, while others such as James, Damien, and Rayne have it as backstory or just off-screen.

• Screw Yourself: James tries to do this with his Dwarven High counterpart, but is rejected.

• Spin-Off: Type 1 with Roads Untraveled. Yuzuki and Jade are moved to the slower-moving sub-arc due to their player's busy schedule.
• The Brigadier: Vidur, an Indian naval captain whose crew was trapped in Atlantis has shades of this. This is, presumably, an act to get close to his half-brother and sworn foe.

• Hunter of Monsters: Damien is a monster hunter, who comes from a long line of them, in fact.
  • Damien's great grandfather was actually John Seward, from Dracula.
  • After Damien dies killing his half-brother, son of the man who killed his father, he becomes consumed with the impulse to fight, citing that it is all he knows.
• The Reveal:
  • Actually done in A World Beyond - Leviathan, a creepy monster from before time, is the Big Bad of AWB and perhaps Elfen High, as well. This also ties them both to American Paranormal Society, where the concept of the "first universe", the Pradesa, from which Leviathan originates, was first introduced.
  • Not long after, in the RP proper, it is revealed that the Strix (monsters from AWB) exist in every Nightkills Shit universe, and are more than a little pissed at Damien Seward for what he did to them in AWB.
  • Vidur is Damien's half-brother.

• Troubled Sympathetic Bigot: Ivy, towards demons and, to a lesser extent, humans after she is killed in Loki's attack on the school and adopted by the Heavensgate angels, whom she considers perfect. She is rather saddened by the fact that she is too human to be like them.

• Weak, but Skilled: James, who starts off unable to use his abilities, he instead uses his agility, parkour training, and various martial-art skills to best his opponents.

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