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AUGUST AU PLANNING
AUGUST AU PLANNING
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Welcome to the August AU Planning Meme for Daybreak Academy! This post is intended to help prospective players plot their AU and figure out who their characters are in this setting and where they want to go, as well as work together with other players to plan future CR, build Secret Societies and Clubs, and generally determine where they want to start their characters, and where they want them to go. In addition to posting up the form, you are encouraged to tag around to other people's forms and discuss potential CR and plans with them. This post is an open forum for all prospective players to hash out interesting ideas for their characters ahead of joining the game.
Not sure where to start? Feel free to look through the Premise and FAQ for notes on what the game is about, and what to expect. We also encourage you to take a look at our information for in-setting Powers and Secret Societies to help flesh out your character's backstory.
Please note, simply posting here is not enough to guarantee your spot in the game. If you are interested in playing a character, you will want to Reserve them.
GENERAL INFORMATION
PLAYER NAME: (Your name/alias.)
CHARACTER NAME: (Your character's name in canon)
CANON: (Canon name, or Original Canon if applicable)
BLURB: (Use this space to give us a birds eye view of the character/canon.)
AU INFORMATION
CHARACTER AU NAME: (Can be the same or different from OU)
STUDENT OR FACULTY?: (Self-explanatory. Optional: Include grade for student it subject of study for faculty)
CHARACTER BLURB: (A short blurb about who they are and where they come from)
PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: (What are you looking for in terms of pre-established CR as you enter the game. Include information about what kind of family/clan or secret society your character might be a part of, or anything that might be a potential hook for others.)
DESIRED CR: (What kinds of CR would you like to build in the game?)
OTHER:(Put whatever you like here. Tagging schedule, cat gifs, you do you.)
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PLAYER NAME: Maple
CHARACTER NAME: Shiro Fujimoto
CANON: Blue Exorcist
BLURB: OKAY QUICK TL;DR TIME: Demon in Blue Exorcist do not have their own bodies in Assiah (the human world). The only way they can exist in the human world is by possessing something. An animal, a human, an object, you get the idea. Most demons want human bodies, but the more powerful a demon is the harder it is for them to possess a body. This is because human bodies cannot contain that much power under normal circumstances, and the bodies start to break down after some time. So Mephisto started a human testing project to use cloning and genetic modification to create 'perfect bodies' for him and his brothers (all the sons of Satan, and some of the most powerful demons in the world) to use as vessels while in the human world. Thousands upon thousands of these children were created to try and make these 'perfect bodies', and those that were not deemed suitable for possession were used for testing until they finally died.
Shiro is one of those clones. He escaped the program as a pre-teen by basically telling Mephisto "Make me your attack dog or whatever, I don't care. I just want out." Mephisto was impressed by Shiro's courage, and took Shiro out of "Section 13" and made him a regular exorcist. The condition on that, however, was that Shiro worked for Mephisto for as long as he lived. There was no leaving the Order. Ever. He was to be an exorcist until the day he died, and he could not back down from any fight.
So basically, Shiro is a shitload of courage and reckless behavior all wrapped up in one package. He also used to be a complete asshole, and he still has some assholish behaviors. But one of his friends/his crush was actually a decent person who put an emphasis on understanding and friendship and giving people a chance, and after she died he started to act more like her, in a "What would Yuri do?" kind of way. So he still is a bit of a jerk, but he tries to temper it by acting in a way his dead friend would approve of. Also raising two half-demon children and being a teacher at an exorcist high school taught him a lot of patience.
AU INFORMATION
CHARACTER AU NAME: Shiro Fujimoto
STUDENT OR FACULTY?: Faculty, teaching ranged weapon use (primarily firearms, but he can also do traditional bows and things like grenades in a pinch)
CHARACTER BLURB: His backstory is going to be revamped by a lot. Instead of a cloning project, he's going to have been abandoned as an infant and picked up by a cult that took in orphans and raised them to be used as child sacrifices in rituals. As soon as he realized what was up with the orphanage he lived in (so around 10 or so), he ran away and never looked back. This instilled in him a hate for all supernatural things, since the supernatural is what nearly got him killed/got all the kids he grew up with killed.
After wandering around and surviving on his own for 2 years, he gets picked up by a hunter who sees the hate in him and goes "Why yes, you would make a good hunter. Let me train you." Shiro travels with this hunter from 12 to 18, learning how to be a hunter and taking down many, many supernatural beings. After 18 he works mostly on his own but cooperates with other hunters as he needs to. From about age 18 to 25-ish he gains a reputation as a ruthless killer of the supernatural, someone who shows no mercy.
At 25-ish he starts taking in orphans of daemon attacks and other supernatural occurrences. His original goal was to train up new hunters, but he quickly grows soft because he actually likes being a dad figure to these kids and just wants to raise them to be happy and healthy. Over the next 25 years he settles down and raises kids primarily, with the hunting thing being more of a "on the weekend as needed" kind of thing rather than tirelessly pursuing daemons and vampires and stuff.
During the 'totally a dad' years, he moves away from his "black and white" view of the world. He starts to see that not all supernatural beings are dangerous, and not all humans are good. With the world painted in greys for the first time, Shiro changes his tactics from "kill anything supernatural" to "talk first, attack only if they're a threat". I'm open to having people know him from this time in his life and having helped influence him to reaching this conclusion, since it's not one he would reach on his own without help.
Approximately 5 years before 'current time', Shiro meets a Fey that has taken the form of a cat. He and this cat, named Kuro, become friends. Shiro contracts with Kuro, who in turn helps him with hunting down dangerous supernatural beings.
CURRENT DAY: The last of Shiro's kids have finally graduated high school and moved on to college/work/whatever, and Shiro has become an empty nester. At that point he's not sure what to do with himself, because he's in his 50s and not exactly in the same shape he was when he was in his 20s and used to hunt full time. He hears about the Academy and decides that maybe it's time to actually pass on what he has learned to the next generation, and he gets hired on as a teacher starting in the fall.
As a note, Kuro will be coming along with Shiro for this AU. So most of the time he will have this magic cat that just lazes about, but sometimes the cat will turn big and Shiro will use him as a mighty steed.
PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: Shiro's going to have a rather dark reputation among supernatural communities, thanks to his bloodthirsty past. So anyone knowing him from his days 25-30 years ago and being like "oh shit it's that guy" would be cool. Also rumors to that effect would be fine too.
Also, for older characters, if they want to have encountered Shiro at some point in the past I am cool with this! He traveled a lot for like a decade, so he's been all over and could have potentially run into just about anyone.
And if anyone wants to be one of his adopted kids/a friend of one of his adopted kids, that's an option too! I'm leaving that part open in case anyone from Blue Exorcist decides to app, so they can decide of they know him already or not.
DESIRED CR: He's kind of the "Big Good Mentor" in his canon, so I would like to have that be true here too. I'd like to have him build CR with students through teaching and mentoring them. He has a soft spot for kids, so he tends to give them a lot of leeway too.
On the adult side of things, drinking buddies would be great. Someone to enable his bad behavior (recklessness, pranking people, etc.) would be awesome too. Also, since a lot of the staff is supernatural, I'm okay with people distrusting him at first because of his reputation. He's of the opinion that "Yeah, we probably wouldn't get along, but if you wanna survive the Nightfall then you're gonna need my skills." Begrudging coworkers, especially if they gradually become friends, is some Good Shit.
I would also like to see negative CR too, especially if it's someone who distrusts him/is afraid of him because of who he was in the past. Having him reconcile with his past and try to make up for the things he did would be pretty great. Shiro is very opinionated and doesn't like admitting he's wrong, but I am 100% okay with him butting heads with someone because he doesn't agree with their methods (or vice versa).
ALSO! I'm open to "You killed my parent/friend/someone I knew" situations too. He has a lot of supernatural blood on his hands, so it's bound to happen.
OTHER:My tagging time is sporadic because I work two jobs. Weekends are the best time to catch me, but I'll also try to do at least one round of tags per day when I can.
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While Ky's kind of in a weird position where he's a magically inclined human with some weird stuff going on, being relatively new in the modern world would basically treat Shiro without preconceptions, but given he's pretty much a Paladin in personality, they'll likely clash over methods.
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BUT OKAY YEAH NO basically, during the ruthless killer phase, Moriarty absolutely got (accidentally) wrapped up in something supernatural and...honestly probably got killed early on, then came back to life as Shiro was cleaning up and doublechecking?
I could swing that as being the reason why he even got interested in the supernatural to begin with, because oopsie doodle getting caught in a hunter's way, also oh yeah I'm immortal and I don't know why.
Anyway, Moriarty probably had a much different face at the time than the one he'll have in Daybreak, so he's just gonna be like 'huh. that kid chilled out. neat' and sip tea while never letting on what he is or that he's immortal just in case..
Also, OLD MAN SHENANIGANS
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Their meeting would be like 30 years ago at the most though, is that far enough back to be what sparks Moriarty's interest in the supernatural?
And yes old man shenanigans
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yep! Moriarty's interest is pretty 'recent', considering - so it's absolutely enough.
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My character that's actually in the game currently, Lia, is a teenager with an interest in ranged weaponry so she'd certainly be pretty eager to take his classes...
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