Tales From Mabase- FLCL signup/interest check

It's the winter after Atomsk appeared through Naota's NO channel. Kids all around Mabase have found themselves tapping into NO Channels, and there are robots running around town. To help get things under control, the Galactic Space Police Brotherhood has sent a small group of investigators (note: We'll only be taking 3 GSPB characters.) to stop the Medical Mechanica robots from ironing out the wrinkles in humanity's brains and in the process taking away their individuality nd sense of self. However, the Bureau of Interstellar Immigration (we're going to accept 3 of those characters)isn't too keen on the GSPB sending more investigators after Haruko's antics, and are trying to get the investigators

Character Sheet:

• Name:
• Gender:
• Age:
• Affiliation: (GSPB? Interstellar Immigration? Civilian?)
• Personality:
• Appearance:
• Notable Powers: What does your character carry around to fight? What can they do? Amarao had weak NO channels and his pair of pistols. Haruko had that crazy-ass Richenbacker that opened NO channels, became a shotgun and later a machine gun, and got used as a hoverboard. Naota had a super-strong NO channel. Please try to stay away from being overpowered- zaniness is encouraged, but Mary Sue-ing isn't. Try to keep it balanced- for example, Haruko could do all those crazy things with her bass guitar, but she didn't have an NO channel of her own.

• Name: Takumi Takenaka
• Gender: Male
• Age: Indeterminable
• Affiliation: GSPB
• Personality: Brash and overconfident. Foul-mouthed. Often acts recklessly and charges into situation without thinking things out ahead of time.
• Appearance: Has long snow white hair he keeps in a ponytail and emerald-green eyes. Wears a black leather biker jacket and a pair of blue jeans, but for some reason will only wear purple flip-flops for footwear, refusing anything else.
• Notable Powers: Carries around a green Fender Stratocaster.◊ The guitar, like Haruka's bass, can be used as a gun and help open NO channels, however unlike Haruka's bass it can't be used as a hoverboard. Uses a black motorcycle as a means of transportation. Doesn't have an NO channel of his own.

edited 23rd May '13 5:30:50 AM by fearjunkie

Consider me interested.

I will create my signup tomorrow!

Just as I promised. Not really zany, but I think he'd fit in the universe just fine.

• Name: Kenta Ishimura
• Gender: Male
• Age: 27
• Affiliation: GSBP
• Personality: People who like him say that he's easygoing and laid back. People who don't like him call him a slacker who doesn't give a rip about anything. While his true personality is somewhere in between, when it comes right down to it, he's one to always get the job done, although not always in a way his superiors expect (or encourage).
• Appearance: Average height, with spiky, black hair and icy blue eyes which always seem to be half shut. Wears a black t-shirt with a skull on it, and khaki cargo pants with black high top Chucks. Always has a half-smoked cigarette hanging from his mouth.
• Notable Powers: Kenta's primary weapon is a silver suitcase that transforms into something resembling an M2 Browning machine gun, which seems to have a limitless capacity. His primary mode of transportation is a black skateboard. He has a relatively weak NO channel, but seems to have supernatural reflexes.

edited 27th May '13 5:26:12 PM by KarlKadaver

Kenta is approved.

I want to play a GSPB agent, but at the same time I don't want to snatch up the last slot from someone with a better idea. Also, I'm worried that this concept is a bit too similar to Haruko. I'll play a member of any other faction if someone else wants this position.

• Name: Akira Akamine
• Gender: Female
• Age: 25
• Affiliation: GSPB
• Personality: Overwhelmingly playful and curious. When faced with a big red button marked "DO NOT PUSH", she will push it, every time. Refuses to take anything seriously and frequently teases others. Never, ever, ever does anything the easy way. She likes to confuse and obfuscate, and generally does so for its own sake. She's difficult, and likes to bicker and point out annoying details.
• Appearance: Remember Paprika? She looks a bit like that. Akira has black eyes and bright red hair cut in a bob. She wears a long-sleeved t-shirt with black and white horizontal stripes, a short leather jacket and jeans. On occasion, she dresses up in a vaguely formal ensemble, consisting of a white blouse, scarlet cravat and matching, pinstriped waistcoat and trousers. Her footwear, dissonantly enough, consists at all times of a heavy, practical pair of hobnail ankleboots.
• Notable Powers: Carries an umbrella that deflects bullets and allows her to fly like Mary Poppins. It also makes a handy melee weapon, which she handles a bit like a short sword. Lots of parries and thrusts. Its dimensions are loosely defined. She doesn't have an NO channel.

edited 30th May '13 2:08:09 PM by TigerwiseVillain

I changed Kenta's attire.

@tiger Akira's approved @karl noted.

It occurs to me that Akira's probably the sort of character that works best bouncing off other characters, and the play-by-post format doesn't really allow for that. Is it alright if I give her a minor, useless side-character in the form of a talking head in a bag named Tetsuo? I mean, he might be useful in scouting or maybe as a makeshift projectile, but I figure he'll mainly serve as the oft-ignored straight man.

Also, I'm really enjoying my wordplay in the naming. Akira roughly translates to clarity. Originally, I chose it because I intended her to be loud and brash and I figured it suited her, but right now it's more of an ironic name. Akamine means "red peak"; an obvious reference to her hair that happens to be conveniently alliterative. Tetsuo is two-fold: On the one hand, it's an obvious reference to the manga Akira, but it's also a play on tête, the French word for head. I figure he'll be carried around in a fir-green bowling bag with a Canadian-flag patch on the side. This is partly a nod to my own Canadian nationality, but mainly a pun on Kaneda, which is in turn a reference to Akira.

Is that ok?

Sure.