[Other FULL] Youkai Academy [OOC/SU][T]

[Sapphire Rose]

Gimmepie&Lord Sephear- Sephear could VM or PM people of how the whole process went. You could send a VM or PM to both DuskLunacy and gimmepie. You could also ask Dusk if Lerion could be on his way to Sagishi to get the translation necklaces. Gimmepie could do the same or pretend that he has spend his whole week helping Sagishi on the translation necklaces and figuring out what alchemy is? :p you could also mention that he spend most of his time in the library or with Cheryl and Terra if Genevieve and Machomuu alright with that.

I'm just giving ideas~

 

[gimmepie]

@Pink, perhaps. I will certainly think on it :)

 

[machomuu]

Well, during the past week, Terra's been taking advantage of his new life.

Now, part of me is thinking that, in order to create his own identity, Terra is starting down the path of becoming an artificial mage, like a certain ordinary magician, using his knowledge to create gadgets to reproduce magic on the fly (so they're more similar in concept than in practice).

Now, I'm not 100% on this as of yet, and I doubt this would completely get in the way of social activity. I do imagine that Terra would have made it a point to meet some other students, though.

 

[Songbird]

Great, Terra's just getting used to being alive and he's already a gamer.

 

[Satan.EXE]

Great, Terra's just getting used to being alive and he's already a gamer.

I wouldn't have done it any other way, would you have?




I'm just gonna sum up the week here because I'm lazy and selfish and don't like timeskips.

Sagishi: since we timeskipped the funeral, Solo's real name was never really revealed. That said, though, it's probably for the best. He'd likely only want Eva and Sagishi because that's the only way it can work to know it, and even then, not use it. "Solo" stuck to him as a name, and that's what all of the students know him by. Sagishi finished duping the necklace by the end of the week and the Lycans now have them. Assumedly with either Allistar or Terra, though there'd need to be confirmation from either of them. If not, then random school mage. Sagishi has a dorm room now, and assumedly he'd have started hanging out with Eva (because Solo, and because Solo enjoys Sagishi's awkwardness-pain).

Yami/Luna: considering that most of the week was without translation, they'll have likely just talked with each other, hunted, ate, slept, and likely practiced fighting a lot. By the end of it they have the necklaces, and are planning on heading toward the school to see what it's like before they fully accept the offer.

 

[gimmepie]

@Dusk - Allister probably would have helped, so I'm alright with that. Although it would likely have also made him dislike Sagishi even more (although perhaps respect his talents? We'll see).

As for everything else I assume he spent the week as he normally would. Studying magic and dream analysis like he has taken to (because Raka and Terra and his weird recurring dream). when not book-diving he'd have spent time reading his fictional books (he reads a lot, okay?) and spending time with Cheryll, Yorick and probably Terra.

 

[Sapphire Rose]

I posted as Nami. It's kinda an example for you guys but I'd appreciate it if everyone would just leave Nami be xD This means; Don't pick her up or try to help her, it's probably the best if your characters don't notice her at all.

Why am I asking something like that while Nami is on the edge of life and dead? You'll see.

 

[Songbird]

As a warning, Claire and I have a big post incoming. Just wanted to warn you.

It's posted.

 

[Geras]

SU for new Yorick that needs approval from all people involved even a little, namely Gimmie, Genevieve, Macho, PS, SD, and Sephy (Pink's Luna, Wolfy's chars, and Khawill's chars are mentioned in the history, but are not influenced directly) :

Spoiler:

Yorick Amherst Lee
Male Werewolf, age 18​

Spoiler:

Former Yorick:

Appearance: Yorick has continued his training to become a gentleman, which has led to many changes. With the one and only uniform he brought destroyed, he now wears one of Luthas' modified uniforms consisting of a jacket that looks more like a tailed coat with a redesigned collar and cuffs that has many decorative patterns made from gold colored thread and the same color lining the edges and pants that are equally ornate. His hair is no longer messy throughout the day and he now wears it in a low ponytail. Overall, Yorick now appears like a well-groomed aristocrat. However, at night when he visits the forest he will remove the jacket, tie, and ponytail and even rustle his hair. Once he goes deep enough into the forest and is sure he is alone, he transforms into his Werewolf form to hunt.

Personality: One week ago, Yorick was in disarray. His smile was scarce, often with a pensive or frustrated scowl in its place. He struggled to make sense of the new feelings welling up inside him from his short time at the academy up to that point which were due to things such as unanswered questions, homesickness, unmet expectations, and unresolved feelings of his past. Throughout the week he has spoken with Luthas about much of this. He would occasionally speak with Allister about his emotions, but in time he only spoke with him about questions with more concrete answers, approaching Luthas for everything else.

Now Yorick has a much better grasp on both the world around him as well as himself. While he is still ignorant in many things and still asks questions often, he is much more stable and understanding. After confronting his issues of homesickness he is no longer averse to entering the forest, rather he takes frequent night trips to it to hunt and act as if he were in fact home. He understands that he isn't, but he figures it's as close as he can get. It is approaching the point where his night self and his day self are almost completely different people.

Something that hasn't changed is Yorick's dedication to upholding laws and rules. This has been a major influence to his views on certain people at the academy. However, as he understands more he no longer follows these rules blindly, although one's idea of the extent of the word "blindly" may not be the same as his own. Besides his idea of civilization, his views are also largely influenced by his origins in nature. They form his fundamental opinions on larger themes such as the individual and how they relate to those around them. He believes all are equal and essential, the prey and the predator, the plant and the animal, the animate and inanimate. He also struggles to comprehend ideas such as hatred and love, ideas cultivated by ages of sentient thought. As such, he also struggles to comprehend art and symbolism.

History: Yorick has spent the majority of the week learning, either on his own or with Luthas. His vocabulary has increased greatly from his time with his dictionary, but his knowledge is still bound to strict definitions and does not include connotations, slang, and expressions. Other things he has learned more about include poetry, history, maths. and sciences. He particularly enjoys biology because it is mostly concrete facts that make sense (as opposed to certain events in history or the other more math-centric sciences). During the day when he is not spending time with other people, he can often be found in the library. The night usually consists of trips to the forest.

Concerning his friends, he still enjoys spending time with Allister and Cheryll, occasionally speaking with Terra (although he still wonders where Gavin has gone, since he has no clue what happened to him or why Terra's scent matches Gavin's exactly), but most of his time is spent with Luthas whenever the snowman has free time and isn't busy investigating. Luthas has spent much of his own time trying to find out why the student council has become so corrupt. He has come up with several theories and has even come close to tracking the source, but the culprit is always alert and consistently covering their tracks. He often asks for Yorick's help to assist in the investigation thanks to the hunter Werewolf's good tracking skills.

People he is not entirely fond of at present are Yami and Luna, ones who brandish weapons on school grounds, Sagishi, a practitioner of Illegal magic, and Elise, a killer who runs free and unpunished. He also has doubts concerning Higoroshi-sensei's refusal to act on these things. He doesn't dislike any of these people per se, but he can't bring himself to like any of them either. On the other hand, he has spoken with Lerion and Takumi. He has also tried to speak with Nami, but he was unsuccessful.

Weakness: Yorick is still easily confused, misled and lied to. He has not worked on his combat ability so his fighting style still focuses on feral tactics and instinct, although his abilities in stealth have been kept sharp through hunting. As with all Werewolves, he is prone to changes in the moon's phase.

Other: Along with affecting his appearance, the gentleman training has also changed his manners and mannerisms. He tries to be polite and to eat food with utensils as well as standing upright when he walks with his chin up among other things, but he is still far from perfecting the act.

Code: Cantaloupe Strawberry

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[gimmepie]

@Geras - That's actually a really good idea! I might do a Part 2 sign-up like that for Allister which could help with my posts. Also, his relationship with Allister seems to make sense, after all Allister isn't exactly an expert on emotional stuff xD

 

[Sephear]

I second that statement, great work Gerbear! I think I'll make an updated SU along those lines.

BTW I whole-heartedly approve, maybe add a little detail like Lerion and Yorick reminiscing about nature and forests.

 

[gimmepie]

and here it is, couldn't be bothered with pretty CSS though xD

Allister Part 2

Spoiler:

Name: Allister Curtis (still)
Nickname: Allister still has no real nickname.
Gender: Male (still)
Age: 17
Species: Mage (still xD)

Appearance: Allister hasn't grown any during the past week, and still stands above most of his classmates at a towering six feet and five inches and his thin frame corresponding with his soft (yet somehow also angular) features remains. This is not to say that there have been some changes to his appearance physically. Allister's trademark (naturally) blood red hair, whilst still being kept fairly neat an in the same simple style (although a bit shorter in the fringe and a bit longer in the back) has become somewhat scruffier in accordance with the hard work he has put in over the week. Allister's skin, whilst still very pale, has also become slightly more tanned and his body, whilst still rather twig like, a fair bit more toned as he has spent a fair bit of his free time exercising to improve his endurance and physical strength in preparation for the day Raka would inevitably return.

Allister is still generally rather well-dressed as he always was – although his initial belief about appearances giving away hints to one's personality has long since faded. When not in his school uniform he still wears his typical attire of black dress pants, an (un-tucked) white button-up shirt and often a nice black coat suit jacket. Allister will sometimes also be seen without the jacket wearing a black shirt instead, he is rapidly growing a strong preference for darker colours. He still prefers to forgo a tie when not dressed for school or formal events. Allister's school uniform is the same as any other male at Yokai Academy – tan pants, white shirt, red tie (which he has sometimes worn loose out of frustration on occasion) and the typical green blazer. Allister still always wears the silver chain bracelet depicting his family crest (a serpent coiled around a magical staff) on his left hand but now wears clear contacts in his deep blue eyes so he doesn't have to waste energy magically protecting his eyes in combat. He will on occasion still wear his glasses since the contacts can sometimes irritate his eyes.

Personality: Whilst the main framework for Allister's personality hasn't changed much over the last week it wouldn't be accurate to say that his personality is entirely the same either. The previous week was a stressful one with the events surrounding the attacks by fairytale, Solo's death, the schools seeming incompetence and increased frustration over the recurring dream he keeps having weighing down heavily on Allister's mind.
Allister is still just as intelligent and magically gifted as he always was and is still equally disinterested in his school work. He will put almost no effort into his classes, still passing with marks that most of the other students cannot compete with much to the irritation of some. When in class Allister prefers to ponder his own private study, or take a break from this by reading something for enjoyment rather than follow Higurashi's lessons. This all being said, Allister has found a new drive and when not in class he spends as much time as he can working on improving his abilities (physically and magically) and knowledge. All the work isn't necessarily good for his stress levels, but any effects on his health remain to be seen.

Allister's intense dislike of those who are overly boastful, disrespectful or bullies has certainly not vanished in the last week, if anything it has only become more intense with his hatred of the school's administration and irritation with Higurashi thrown into the mix. This can lead to some fairly surly moods that he can have difficulty getting a handle on due to being rather emotionally drained by his higher stress levels. Thankfully, Allister has grown fonder of spending his time with others and when in the presence of Yorick, Terra or Cheryll finds his mood definitely lifts. Allister has become very protective of his friends (especially Cheryll), and feels rather deeply connected to them as they the first people he has felt close to in a long time.

Allister still dislikes his snooty family, and still doesn't talk about himself too much, but has mostly pushed those thoughts from his mind in favour of focussing primarily on being ready for fairytale's next attack on the school – an attack he is certain is looming just around the corner. Related to this, his loss of respect for the majority of the school's staff and administration has lead him to occasionally fall into a "gavinesque" mood in which he will gladly make life very difficult for those employed by the school.

History: Allister has spent most of his time during the week either at "his" table in the library going through stacks of books – some of which he has stolen from staff members in an attempt to further learn information he deems "actually useful" or aiding Sagishi (although he isn't particularly fond of his fellow mage) in creating a translation necklace for the "aliens".

When in the library studying he tends to be alone, although he has come to enjoy having Cheryll or Terra as company on occasion providing they don't distract him too much – which they normally don't. In fact, he has found them quite helpful on occasion. Perhaps slightly alarming to his friends is that he has on occasion been found asleep on a pile of books he had spent all night studying in the library – the school has been extra careful to make sure the doors to the room get locked but they have been by and large completely unsuccessful at keeping him out when he wants to get in.

Allister's time with Sagishi has been… interesting. The two do not exactly get along, having very different personalities but Allister has found him growing a strong respect for Sagishi's abilities as a mage – especially in the illegal field of alchemy which he has now learned a little of as a result of his time with the alchemist.

When not in the library or working with Sagishi (or actually sleeping) Allister has taken to working on his physical strength and fitness, which whilst improved are still in the early stages of getting used more. He was managed to run into the likes of Chris (whose music he quite enjoys), Milly and Sorae as a result of his more frequent trips to more athletic areas of the school but hasn't become particularly close with any of them. Allister has also gone with Yorick once on two of the werewolf' hunting trips, finding trying (and of course failing) to keep up with his very fast friend good exercise and using it as an exercise in learning more about stealth and physical combat (he has also learned to appreciate the werewolf's cooking abilities.

As it stands right now, Allister certainly knows more people and his relationships with his friends have only gotten stronger. The people Allister are close with are
• Cheryll – Allister tends to enjoy being able to talk academically with Cheryll, but at this point also has earned a deep respect for her kindness and consideration. Generally he finds talking to her very comforting, something he finds odd considering he's the older of the two of them.

• Terra – Whilst Allister certainly misses Gavin, he finds he has squabbled a bit less with Terra (perhaps this is because he has grown Gavin-like qualities of his own?). He still believes that Gavin exists in some form, and wants to find a way to return him and still keep Terra around but has been largely unsuccessful. He has been considering asking Sagishi for help on the matter but doesn't particularly want to have to take that step. His conversations with Terra are usually philosophical babble and the questioning of random conundrums.

• Yorick – Yorick's loyalty is something Allister strongly approves of and he has actually grown a liking for answering Yorick's questions, although he feels somewhat slighted that his friend tends to go to Luthas more than himself now. Yorick is always a laugh for Allister, although Allister does wish he would try less hard to be a gentleman and be more true to himself.

There is also long enough list of people Allister doesn't particularly care for (only single characters are mentioned at this point)
• Sagishi – Respect for his abilities or not, allister and Sagishi's personalities do not gel and Allister tires quickly of Sagishi's boisterous, loud and obnoxious nature. They have had moments where they have gotten along well enough but for the most part the time they spent working on the translation necklace involved a lot of arguing.

• Janie – Picking on Allister's friends, especially Cheryll who feels needs protection more than the other two, is a guaranteed way to be on his bad side.

• Higurashi – Allister has pretty much taken on Gavin's view of the man as completely and entirely incompetent. He no longer has any intention of giving the teacher his book back and doesn't even pretend to pay even the slightest attention in Higurashi's class unless he hears information he deems useful – which is rarely.

• Luthas – Allister feels as though Luthas is trying to convert Yorick into the kind of person he despises – snooty rich people. He also classifies Luthas into this category and would rather like to strangle him with one of his fancy tail coats. The only reason he has not done so at this point is because he doesn't wish to offend Yorick.

Weaknesses: Allister may have worked hard on improving his physical strength but he is still far from where most other yokai are which could result in him getting his beat in if his magic wasn't at a rather high level. Lately he has also been experiences headaches quite often and the frequent mental and physical strain he has been under often leave shim exhausted. There haven't been any significant effects on his health as a result yet but there may be if he keeps it up. His protectiveness for his friends could likely be used against him by others if they were smart enough.

Code: Mango Strawberry

Lokiepie, Geras, Genevieve, Siiadams, DeLaMuerte, Machomuu, DuskLunacy and Pink I have mentioned your characters in there so if you have any major problems let me know and I'll change it.

 

[Sapphire Rose]

Why does everyone hate Higorashi so much? D: He's your homeroom teacher! and will prove that he does care on the next IC day muwahaha

Still, what did he do...? ... Never mind. Bad question xD I will let him explain his actions some other time.

Why does everyone hate Higorashi so much? D: He's your homeroom teacher! and will prove that he does care on the next IC day muwahaha

Still, what did he do...? ... Never mind. Bad question xD I will let him explain his actions some other time.

 

[Satan.EXE]

Sagishi blindly ran into... Someone. I'll leave it up to you guys to decide who.

 

[siiadams]

@gimme your SU looks good to me. I see no problems.

 

[Khawill]

Sagishi blindly ran into... Someone. I'll leave it up to you guys to decide who.

If its Yvette, I might actually have some fun >:D

 

[SylveonStar]

I'll make a part 2 su for Cheryll sometime tonight or tomorrow :)

also he could have run into Cheryll if you would like Dusk.

 

[Geras]

@PinkSapphire: Yorick isn't fond of Higoroshi because of what he hasn't done, namely punish Elise and Sagishi. He isn't entirely concerned with what people want or what is best for them as opposed to what he feels is right.

@Gimmiepie: Nice! I like the tension with Allister's feelings about Luthas, could make for some interesting stuff.

@Sephy: I find it interesting how both Lerion and Yorick grew up in a forest but ended up with very different lessons from it because of the people around them, namely Lerion's pack and the lack of involvement from Yorick's parents.

 

[Perplexity]

Sagishi blindly ran into... Someone. I'll leave it up to you guys to decide who.

Wait...didn't he run into Yuria? I could have sworn that said he ran into Yuria earlier. I thought we were about to have some awesome three way interaction? :\

 

[Songbird]

We still are; it's destined—as is Eva's harem. We're just going to make it more awesome than tripping over him, considering Yuria and Eva already bumped into each other in their last post. That would just get annoying for anyone, especially with broken arms.