Shaman King: Spirit of Those who came Before - Signups

Gah, made a Yoh expy. XC

• Name: Akari Tsukumo
• Gender: Female
• Age: 16
• Appearance: Battle Outfit!
• Drive, Goal, Motivation: Akari wishes to be the Shaman King in order to bring about a peaceful world and open-minded world so people wouldn't suffer from discrimination.
• Story: A girl who wants to enjoy the world with others, she found out from a young age that people were unfair to those who were different. Rather than hating them for that, she deemed it her duty to change people's opinions so that all could live in equally. Idealistic about this method, she trains her body and mind every day in order to participate in the Shaman King tournament and realize her wish. Studious and rather easy going, she attempts to make friends rather than enemies.
• Abilities: Akari has Shamanistic magic rooted about in Shintoism and Buddhism, using the two to strengthen her spiritual arts. She knows eastern exorcism techniques, as well as spiritual breathing exercises. Due to muscle memory, she knows how to use her nodachi with skill. She's a pretty accomplished cook, and likes making origami.
• Spirit(s): I'm... blazing up, Lord. Akatori Kashin was a particularly devout vassal from the the Muromachi period. One day though, his lord was felled in battle by a usurper in the clan. Without his master, the man lived only for revenge and finally died after plunging his blade into the traitor, in the process having become known as a the notorious "Vermillion". As a person, you can use the word "calm" to describe him so long as you don't say anything bad about his current Master or display dishonorable conduct in front of him.
• Classification: Sacred Type
• Medium for Over Soul: A nodachi.
• Over Soul Form or Forms: When in Oversoul Form, Vermillion resembles a fiery talon with feathers popping up every now and then. Will o wisps float around the main body like satellites, and what appears to be lacquered red armor surrounds the wisp. The talon holds onto the sword, which itself is sheathed in a single red aura that greatly resembles a giant feather in form. Things hit by the oversouled sword would find itself burned by flames.
• Skills or Traits of the Spirit: The Spirit on its own generally has quite a good deal of poetry and swordsmanship techniques that it passes onto his new Master. He also mentors and guides his new charge by steadying her actions with words and whatnot, dispensing valuable life lessons and other riddles.

edited 19th Mar '12 9:05:24 PM by GreyStar

Studious?

No, that can't be an Yoh expy. Not in a thousand years with that characteristic

Approved!

May be interested.

Exceeeeelent.

Alright then, since we have a good amount of entries and interest... now we got to decide where we shall start the fight.

Now, the actual tournament takes place somewhere in the United States, so anywhere else but there should be fine for all of our characters to begin.

I shall be hearing suggestions... now!

... Switzerland? XD

I'm tempted to just say the first place that comes to mind here, as I can not think of any logical place.

And I shall do so.

Scotland.

I am fine with Scotland. Makes things easier for me, ahah~

Thirding Scotland.

So i'm guessing it's definitely Scotland then? I like it I guess.

Scotland it is then! Just as long as nobody goes down to the bar and starts talking about golf.

Scotland's good for me too.

Same here with Scotland. XD

when are we gonna start this off

When it stops raining so we have a good start in Scotland.

...No, wait, we have unusually sunny weather, let's take advantage of it.

And as soon as we start... The rain will too. As always. >.>

...Man, we get such awful weather here, don't we?

To properly emulate our weather, we should point out every time it changes in the thread. See how many times it changes in one conversation.

It cannot. Possibly. Be worse than Minnesota.

Alright then, Scotland it is.

We should be starting around the weekend, though I may start it early if I get some free time to set it up.

Re-reserving a spot in the nick of time. I'll have the SU done by the end of today, I promise.

EDIT: And done!

Name: Alice Ó Marcaigh
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Appearance: Alice is medium tall and slim, though some may go as far as to call her a bit on the scrawny side. With black hair, pale blue eyes eyes and a pale complexion, she has been described as somewhat gloomy, and indeed, she doesn't seem to smile much. She does not wear black, however, instead clothing herself in grey and white with a long red coat over it all.
Drive, Goal, Motivation: The meaning of life and death. She wishes to uncover the reason why creatures are born and why they must die.

Story: Alice was always a strange child, ever since she grew up in an orphanage after her parents died in a car accident. She was a well-behaved child, albeit quiet and introverted. However, she had great trouble finding adoptive parents, as wherever she went, people seemed to die in accidents or to sudden illnesses. There were whispers that she was cursed, even though she was never connected to the reason of death. Death became something of an obsession with her, as it seemed to follow her around. She discovered her talent for summoning ghosts when being taken care of by a shaman couple, but to her great disappointment, she had absolutely no potential for calling upon the spirits of the dead like a medium. However, she was a strong shaman. One night, disaster struck when a fire broke out in their house, and her adoptive shaman mother died of smoke poisoning. However, as she stood outside as the firemen tried to put out the fire, she saw a strange spirit nearby. The next months, she dedicated herself to finding that spirit again, and it became hers to command.

Abilities: Good at hunting and dominating spirits, particularly restless spirits. She has great willpower, and is hard to fool. Despite appearances, she has quite the reserve of stamina.

Spirit(s): The spirit Alice found that night was the Dullahan. The headless horseman of death took a long time before submitting itself to her, yet the reason why it did not simply kill her with the power of his voice is unknown. It follows her everywhere, usually in the form of an armoured knight in black plate armour with its helmeted head under its arm, though it can take other forms. It does not speak, yet due to the bond between spirit and shaman, she can understand its intentions. It carries a vicious whip, which upon closer inspection is a long human spine.
Classification: Sacred
Mediums for Over Soul: A barbed leather whip (Weapon-type) and her own head (Unity/Spirit Class)
Over Soul Form: O.S. Lash. The Dullahan inhabits the whip, pouring all its menace and terror into the vicious weapon. The whip cuts deep, but its true danger is that every time it draws blood, it weakens the enemy by a tiny fraction. The aim is to make the enemy so weak that he submits or collapses from exhaustion from the barrage of minor attacks.
Over Soul Form: O.S. Gan Ceann. Alice's head is converted into spirit energy, and is carried under her arm. The Dullahan's armour covers her, but the hollow armour is far too big for her, so it floats an inch over her skin. The spine-whip disappears in this form, so Alice is left with an old and rusty, but sharp, sword.

However, this form's greatest tool is her newfound mobility. As the Dullahan takes shape in the real world, its black and imposing horse appears, carrying Alice into battle. From that moment on, she does not stop moving until either she collapses or the enemy is dead. True to the legends, she can not be stopped by locked doors or gates; they swing open when she gets close. She attacks the enemy from all angles, throwing blood in their eyes or in their path to blind or make them fall. If she stops, her head speaks the name of her opponent, and the opponent is struck with excruciating pain. This mystical magic can also kill.

Skills or Traits of the Spirit: On its own, the Dullahan instinctively knows where to find those close to death. It can also use the magic that opens locked doors and gates at will. It is frightened of gold, and even as much as a gold pin will make it draw back. Alice can spurr it onwards, but it takes a lot of energy.

edited 29th Mar '12 8:32:27 AM by Lemurian

Bump~ Thinking about joining. Boogeyman's fair game, right?

Can we get a discussion thread?

I shall get one up immediately.

I've not had the opportunity to make the OP yet, but at the very least you shall all have a place to discuss your characters and possible relations before the RP begins.

Here be the discussion thread.

edited 13th Apr '12 5:59:02 PM by daltar

Yay, this still lives! Does that mean I'm accepted?

Yup, you are Lemu!